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Influence of pedaling technique on metabolic efficiency in elite cyclists (2012)
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Cámara, J., Maldonado-Martín, S., Artetxe-Gezuraga, X., & Vanicek, N. (2012). Influence of pedaling technique on metabolic efficiency in elite cyclists. Biology of Sport, 29(3), 229-233. https://doi.org/10.5604/20831862.1003448

Our objective was to investigate the influence of pedaling technique on gross efficiency (GE) at various exercise intensities in twelve elite cyclists (V̇O 2max=75.7 ± 6.2 mL•kg -1•min -1). Each cyclist completed a V̇O 2max assessment, skinfold measu... Read More about Influence of pedaling technique on metabolic efficiency in elite cyclists.

Palaeo-seasonality of the last two millennia reconstructed from the oxygen isotope composition of carbonates and diatom silica from Nar Gölü, central Turkey (2012)
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Yiǧitbaşioǧlu, H., Dean, J. R., Jones, M. D., Leng, M. J., Sloane, H. J., Neil Roberts, C., …Yiğitbaşıoğlu, H. (2013). Palaeo-seasonality of the last two millennia reconstructed from the oxygen isotope composition of carbonates and diatom silica from Nar Gölü, central Turkey. Quaternary science reviews, 66, 35-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.014

Carbonates and diatoms are rarely deposited together in lake sediments in sufficient quantities for the oxygen isotope composition (δ18O) to be investigated simultaneously from both hosts. Here, d18Ocarbonate are compared to δ18Odiatom data from the... Read More about Palaeo-seasonality of the last two millennia reconstructed from the oxygen isotope composition of carbonates and diatom silica from Nar Gölü, central Turkey.

Weighing China's export basket: The domestic content and technology intensity of Chinese exports (2012)
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Upward, R., Wang, Z., & Zheng, J. (2013). Weighing China's export basket: The domestic content and technology intensity of Chinese exports. Journal of comparative economics, 41(2), 527-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2012.07.004

In this paper we use new, detailed, and comprehensive linked firm-transaction data to measure the domestic content and technology intensity of Chinese exports over the period 2000-2007. We evaluate the extent of value-added in China's exports, using... Read More about Weighing China's export basket: The domestic content and technology intensity of Chinese exports.

Effect of the anisotropic thermal conductivity of GDL on the performance of PEM fuel cells (2012)
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Alhazmi, N., Ingham, D. B., Ismail, M. S., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2013). Effect of the anisotropic thermal conductivity of GDL on the performance of PEM fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(1), 603-611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.07.007

Gas diffusion layers (GDLs) are one of the main components in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. In this paper, the effect of anisotropic thermal conductivity of the GDL is numerically investigated under different operating temperatures. Furt... Read More about Effect of the anisotropic thermal conductivity of GDL on the performance of PEM fuel cells.

Dimethylaluminium aldiminophenolates: Synthesis, characterization and ring-opening polymerization behavior towards lactides (2012)
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Zhang, W., Wang, Y., Sun, W. H., Wang, L., & Redshaw, C. (2012). Dimethylaluminium aldiminophenolates: Synthesis, characterization and ring-opening polymerization behavior towards lactides. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 41, 11587-11596. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2dt31215h

The stoichiometric reaction of the salicylaldimine derivatives (L1-L12) with trimethylaluminium afforded the corresponding dimethylaluminium aldiminophenolates (C1-C12), which were fully characterized by NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The m... Read More about Dimethylaluminium aldiminophenolates: Synthesis, characterization and ring-opening polymerization behavior towards lactides.

Minimally clinically important difference in chronic breathlessness: every little helps (2012)
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Oxberry, S. G., Bland, J. M., Clark, A. L., Cleland, J. G., & Johnson, M. (2012). Minimally clinically important difference in chronic breathlessness: every little helps. American Heart Journal, 164(2), 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.003

ObjectivesThe aim of the study was to determine the minimally clinically important difference (MCID) for breathlessness due to chronic heart failure (CHF). BackgroundThe measurement of breathlessness is difficult because it is subjective and multifac... Read More about Minimally clinically important difference in chronic breathlessness: every little helps.

Students' perception of biology fieldwork : the example of students undertaking a preliminary year at a UK university (2012)
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Goulder, R., Scott, G., & Scott, L. J. (2013). Students' perception of biology fieldwork : the example of students undertaking a preliminary year at a UK university. International journal of science education, 35(8), 1385-1406. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2012.708796

It is widely held among biology teachers that fieldwork is valuable, but little is heard about students' perception of fieldwork or about the reasons for their liking or disliking fieldwork. This paper uses data from students to explore the hypothese... Read More about Students' perception of biology fieldwork : the example of students undertaking a preliminary year at a UK university.

CPMV-DOX delivers (2012)
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Aljabali, A. A. A., Shukla, S., Lomonossoff, G. P., Steinmetz, N. F., & Evans, D. J. (2013). CPMV-DOX delivers. Molecular pharmaceutics, 10(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1021/mp3002057

The plant virus, Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV), is developed as a carrier of the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin (DOX). CPMV-DOX conjugate, in which eighty DOX molecules are covalently bound to external surface carboxylates of the viral nanoparticle (... Read More about CPMV-DOX delivers.

Optimizing multivariate behavioural syndrome models in locusts using automated video tracking (2012)
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Cullen, D. A., Sword, G. A., & Simpson, S. J. (2012). Optimizing multivariate behavioural syndrome models in locusts using automated video tracking. Animal behaviour, 84(4), 771-784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.031

Locusts exhibit a behavioural syndrome known as 'behavioural phase polyphenism', in which a number of behavioural traits change markedly in response to local population density. 'Solitarious' phase individuals, which are typical of low-density popula... Read More about Optimizing multivariate behavioural syndrome models in locusts using automated video tracking.

Combined effect of cadmium and estradiol on the endocrine system of roach (Rutilus rutilus): In vitro and in vivo approaches (2012)
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Gerbron, M., Geraudie, P., Xuereb, B., Hill, E. M., Rotchell, J., & Minier, C. (2012). Combined effect of cadmium and estradiol on the endocrine system of roach (Rutilus rutilus): In vitro and in vivo approaches. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology, 163(Supplement), S34-S34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.05.099

Motivation, reconsideration and exclusionary reasons (2012)
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Hatzistavrou, A. (2012). Motivation, reconsideration and exclusionary reasons. Ratio Juris, 25(3), 318-342. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9337.2012.00516.x

What do exclusionary reasons exclude? This is the main issue I address in this article. Raz appears to endorse what I label the ‘motivational' model of exclusionary reasons. He stresses that within the context of his theory of practical reasoning exc... Read More about Motivation, reconsideration and exclusionary reasons.

Methods of monitoring the training and match load and their relationship to changes in fitness in professional youth soccer players (2012)
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Akubat, I., Patel, E., Barrett, S., & Abt, G. (2012). Methods of monitoring the training and match load and their relationship to changes in fitness in professional youth soccer players. Journal of sports sciences, 30(14), 1473-1480. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2012.712711

Previous studies examining methods of monitoring the training and match load in soccer players have simply compared those methods to each other, not to changes in fitness. Training and match load measures from nine professional youth soccer players w... Read More about Methods of monitoring the training and match load and their relationship to changes in fitness in professional youth soccer players.

Native American Indian freemasonry and its relation to the performative turn within contemporary American scholarship (2012)
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Porter, J. (2013). Native American Indian freemasonry and its relation to the performative turn within contemporary American scholarship. Journal of American Studies, 47(2), 439-458. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875812000795

This article is informed by recent work by the author unearthing the histories of Native American Indian Freemasons from the revolutionary era to the present. Given that performed ritual has always been key to Masonic practice, it was initially suppo... Read More about Native American Indian freemasonry and its relation to the performative turn within contemporary American scholarship.

What sleep characteristics predict cognitive decline in the elderly? (2012)
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Keage, H. A. D., Banks, S., Yang, K. L., Morgan, K., Brayne, C., & Matthews, F. E. (2012). What sleep characteristics predict cognitive decline in the elderly?. Sleep medicine, 13(7), 886-892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2012.02.003

Background: Sleep is critical for optimal cognitive function, but as we age both cognitive impairment and sleep problems increase. Longitudinal, population-based studies can be used to investigate temporal relationships between sleep and cognition. M... Read More about What sleep characteristics predict cognitive decline in the elderly?.

Variety and origin of magmas on Shatsky Rise, northwest Pacific Ocean (2012)
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Sano, T., Shimizu, K., Ishikawa, A., Senda, R., Chang, Q., Kimura, J. I., …Sager, W. W. (2012). Variety and origin of magmas on Shatsky Rise, northwest Pacific Ocean. Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems G³, 13(8), Article Q08010. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GC004235

Shatsky Rise consists of thick (∼30km maximum) basaltic crust with various geochemical compositions. Geochemistry data indicate that four magma types exist on the plateau; namely normal, low-Ti, high-Nb, and U1349 types. The normal type is the most a... Read More about Variety and origin of magmas on Shatsky Rise, northwest Pacific Ocean.

Aspartame in conjunction with carbohydrate reduces insulin levels during endurance exercise (2012)
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Siegler, J., Howell, K., Vince, R., Bray, J., Towlson, C., Peart, D., …Atkin, S. (2012). Aspartame in conjunction with carbohydrate reduces insulin levels during endurance exercise. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 9, Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/1550-2783-9-36

Background: As most sport drinks contain some form of non-nutritive sweetener (e.g. aspartame), and with the variation in blood glucose regulation and insulin secretion reportedly associated with aspartame, a further understanding of the effects on i... Read More about Aspartame in conjunction with carbohydrate reduces insulin levels during endurance exercise.

Setting new thermal standards for transitional and coastal (TraC) waters (2012)
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Wither, A., Bamber, R., Colclough, S., Dyer, K., Elliott, M., Holmes, P., …Turnpenny, A. (2012). Setting new thermal standards for transitional and coastal (TraC) waters. Marine pollution bulletin, 64(8), 1564-1579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.019

The construction of a new generation of coastal power stations in the UK and other western European countries has highlighted the absence of robust standards for thermal discharges to transitional and coastal waters. The proposed discharge volumes ar... Read More about Setting new thermal standards for transitional and coastal (TraC) waters.