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Prevalence and properties of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in bovine bulk tank milk in Great Britain (2013)
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Paterson, G. K., Morgan, F. J. E., Harrison, E. M., Peacock, S. J., Parkhill, J., Zadoks, R. N., & Holmes, M. A. (2014). Prevalence and properties of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in bovine bulk tank milk in Great Britain. The journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 69(3), 598-602. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkt417

Objectives mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) represent a newly recognized form of MRSA, distinguished by the possession of a divergent mecA homologue, mecC. The first isolate to be identified came from bovine milk, but there are... Read More about Prevalence and properties of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in bovine bulk tank milk in Great Britain.

Effects of exercise dose and type during breast cancer chemotherapy: Multicenter randomized trial (2013)
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Courneya, K. S., McKenzie, D. C., Mackey, J. R., Gelmon, K., Friedenreich, C. M., Yasui, Y., …Segal, R. J. (2013). Effects of exercise dose and type during breast cancer chemotherapy: Multicenter randomized trial. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 105(23), 1821-1832. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djt297

Background Exercise improves physical functioning and symptom management during breast cancer chemotherapy, but the effects of different doses and types of exercise are unknown. Methods A multicenter trial in Canada randomized 301 breast cancer pati... Read More about Effects of exercise dose and type during breast cancer chemotherapy: Multicenter randomized trial.

Involuntary social cue integration in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (2013)
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Tumkaya, S., Karadag, F., Jellema, T., Oguzhanoglu, N. K., Ozdel, O., Atesci, F. C., & Varma, G. (2014). Involuntary social cue integration in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55(1), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.08.007

Objective Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have inferior social functioning compared to healthy controls, but the exact nature of these social deficits, and the underpinning mechanisms, are unknown. We sought to investigate social fu... Read More about Involuntary social cue integration in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder.

Conceptions of person-centered education in the 21st century : developing a position statement for ways of being in educational organizations (2013)
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Hope, M. A. (2014). Conceptions of person-centered education in the 21st century : developing a position statement for ways of being in educational organizations. Person-centered & experiential psychotherapies : PCEP, 13(3), 217-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2013.811610

Across the world, policies and practices within education are changing, and this presents a small window of opportunity for person-centered educators to put principles into practice within mainstream educational systems. In this context, it is import... Read More about Conceptions of person-centered education in the 21st century : developing a position statement for ways of being in educational organizations.

The narrow X-ray tail and double Hα tails of ESO 137-002 in A3627 (2013)
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Zhang, B., Sun, M., Ji, L., Sarazin, C., Lin, X. B., Nulsen, P. E. J., …Kong, X. (2013). The narrow X-ray tail and double Hα tails of ESO 137-002 in A3627. The Astrophysical journal, 777(2), Article 122. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/777/2/122

We present the analysis of a deep Chandra observation of a ~2 L * late-type galaxy, ESO 137-002, in the closest rich cluster A3627. The Chandra data reveal a long (gsim40 kpc) and narrow tail with a nearly constant width (~3 kpc) to the southeast of... Read More about The narrow X-ray tail and double Hα tails of ESO 137-002 in A3627.

Longitudinal kinematic and kinetic adaptations to obstacle crossing in recent lower limb amputees (2013)
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Barnett, C. T., Polman, R. C. J., & Vanicek, N. (2014). Longitudinal kinematic and kinetic adaptations to obstacle crossing in recent lower limb amputees. Prosthetics and orthotics international, 38(6), 437-446. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364613506249

Background: Obstacle crossing is an important activity of daily living, necessary to avoid tripping or falling, although it is not fully understood how transtibial amputees adapt to performing this activity of daily living following discharge from r... Read More about Longitudinal kinematic and kinetic adaptations to obstacle crossing in recent lower limb amputees.

Cough in the Elderly Population: Relationships with Multiple Comorbidity (2013)
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Song, W. J., Morice, A. H., Kim, M. H., Lee, S. E., Jo, E. J., Lee, S. M., …Chang, Y. S. (2013). Cough in the Elderly Population: Relationships with Multiple Comorbidity. PLoS ONE, 8(10), Article e78081. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078081

Background:The epidemiology of cough in the elderly population has not been studied comprehensively. The present study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of cough in a community elderly population, particularly in relation with their comorbidity.M... Read More about Cough in the Elderly Population: Relationships with Multiple Comorbidity.

Rethinking church and state during the English Interregnum (2013)
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Prior, C. W. A. (2014). Rethinking church and state during the English Interregnum. Historical research : the bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 87(237), 444-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12042

This essay offers a re-examination of the concept of Erastianism as an explanatory tool in discussions of church and state. It focuses in particular on three texts – by Pierre du Moulin, Thomas Cobbet and John Milton - that took up the question of th... Read More about Rethinking church and state during the English Interregnum.

The role of sea ports in end-to-end maritime transport chain emissions (2013)
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Gibbs, D., Rigot-Muller, P., Mangan, J., & Lalwani, C. (2014). The role of sea ports in end-to-end maritime transport chain emissions. Energy policy, 64, 337-348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.09.024

This paper's purpose is to investigate the role of sea ports in helping to mitigate the GHG emissions associated with the end-to-end maritime transport chain. The analysis is primarily focused on the UK, but is international in application. The paper... Read More about The role of sea ports in end-to-end maritime transport chain emissions.

Legal narratives as significant news sources about mental illness and violent crime (2013)
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Wondemaghen, M. (2014). Legal narratives as significant news sources about mental illness and violent crime. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 38(4), 343-372. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2013.848219

Media coverage about people affected by mental illness is an area of research that is extensively examined. Many scholars argue that the media depicts people with mental illness as inherently violent and dangerous within sensational narratives. These... Read More about Legal narratives as significant news sources about mental illness and violent crime.

Ligation of anti-cancer drugs to self-assembling ultrashort peptides by click chemistry for localized therapy (2013)
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Reithofer, M. R., Chan, K.-H., Lakshmanan, A., Lam, D. H., Mishra, A., Gopalan, B., …Hauser, C. A. E. (2014). Ligation of anti-cancer drugs to self-assembling ultrashort peptides by click chemistry for localized therapy. Chemical science, 5(2), 625-630. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sc51930a

Self-assembling ultrashort peptides from aliphatic amino acids were functionalized with platinum anti-cancer drugs by click chemistry. Oxaliplatin-derived hybrid peptide hydrogels with up to 40% drug loading were tested for localized breast cancer th... Read More about Ligation of anti-cancer drugs to self-assembling ultrashort peptides by click chemistry for localized therapy.

Beneficial influence of nanocarbon on the aryliminopyridylnickel chloride catalyzed ethylene polymerization (2013)
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Zhang, L., Yue, E., Liu, B., Serp, P., Redshaw, C., Sun, W.-H., & Durand, J. (2014). Beneficial influence of nanocarbon on the aryliminopyridylnickel chloride catalyzed ethylene polymerization. Catalysis communications, 43(January), 227-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2013.10.014

A series of 1-aryliminoethylpyridine ligands (L1―L3) was synthesized by condensation of 2-acetylpyridine with 1-aminonaphthalene, 2-aminoanthracene or 1-aminopyrene, respectively. Reaction with nickel dichloride afforded the corresponding nickel (II)... Read More about Beneficial influence of nanocarbon on the aryliminopyridylnickel chloride catalyzed ethylene polymerization.

The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): Fourth data release (2013)
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Kordopatis, G., Gilmore, G., Steinmetz, M., Boeche, C., Seabroke, G. M., Siebert, A., …Žerjal, M. (2013). The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): Fourth data release. Astronomical Journal, 146(5), 134. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/146/5/134

We present the stellar atmospheric parameters (effective temperature, surface gravity, overall metallicity), radial velocities, individual abundances, and distances determined for 425,561 stars, which constitute the fourth public data release of the... Read More about The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): Fourth data release.

The G-protein-coupled receptor CLR is upregulated in an autocrine loop with adrenomedullin in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and associated with poor prognosis (2013)
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Nikitenko, L. L., Leek, R., Henderson, S., Pillay, N., Turley, H., Generali, D., …Fox, S. B. (2013). The G-protein-coupled receptor CLR is upregulated in an autocrine loop with adrenomedullin in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and associated with poor prognosis. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 19(20), 5740-5748. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-1712

Purpose: The G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CLR) and its ligand peptide adrenomedullin (encoded by ADM gene) are implicated in tumor angiogenesis in mouse models but poorly defined in human cancers. We therefore... Read More about The G-protein-coupled receptor CLR is upregulated in an autocrine loop with adrenomedullin in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and associated with poor prognosis.

In the thick of it: metal-poor disc stars in RAVE (2013)
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Kordopatis, G., Gilmore, G., Wyse, R., Steinmetz, M., Siebert, A., Bienaymé, O., …Siviero, A. (2013). In the thick of it: metal-poor disc stars in RAVE. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(4), 3231-3246. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1804

By selecting in the Radial Velocity Experiment-fourth data release (RAVE-DR4) survey the stars located between 1 and 2 kpc above the Galactic plane, we question the consistency of the simplest three-component model (thin disc, thick disc and halo) fo... Read More about In the thick of it: metal-poor disc stars in RAVE.

Gender differences in adolescents' academic motivation and classroom behaviour (2013)
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Bugler, M., McGeown, S. P., & St Clair-Thompson, H. (2015). Gender differences in adolescents' academic motivation and classroom behaviour. Educational psychology, 35(5), 541-556. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2013.849325

© 2013 Taylor & Francis. The present study investigated gender differences in adolescents’ academic motivation and classroom behaviour and gender differences in the extent to which motivation was associated with, and predicted, classroom behaviour.... Read More about Gender differences in adolescents' academic motivation and classroom behaviour.

Biomass derived mesoporous carbon monoliths via an evaporation-induced self-assembly (2013)
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Elaigwu, S. E., & Greenway, G. M. (2014). Biomass derived mesoporous carbon monoliths via an evaporation-induced self-assembly. Materials letters, 115, 117-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2013.10.019

Evaporation-induced self-assembly has been applied in the synthesis of crack-free mesoporous carbon monolith with good mechanical stability using a waste plant material as carbon precursor and triblock copolymer F127 as template. The carbon monolith... Read More about Biomass derived mesoporous carbon monoliths via an evaporation-induced self-assembly.

Synthesis and photophysical properties of novel butterfly-shaped blue emitters based on pyrene (2013)
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Feng, X., Hu, J. Y., Tomiyasu, H., Seto, N., Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R., & Yamato, T. (2013). Synthesis and photophysical properties of novel butterfly-shaped blue emitters based on pyrene. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 11(48), 8366-8374. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ob41350k

Using 1,3,5,9-tetrabromo-7-tert-butylpyrene as the bromide precursor, a series of novel butterfly-shaped 1,3,5,9-tetraaryl substituted pyrene derivatives were synthesized by the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. Their thermal, photophysical, el... Read More about Synthesis and photophysical properties of novel butterfly-shaped blue emitters based on pyrene.

The Use of Quantile Regression to Forecast Higher Than Expected Respiratory Deaths in a Daily Time Series: A Study of New York City Data 1987-2000 (2013)
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Soyiri, I. N., & Reidpath, D. D. (2013). The Use of Quantile Regression to Forecast Higher Than Expected Respiratory Deaths in a Daily Time Series: A Study of New York City Data 1987-2000. PLoS ONE, 8(10), e78215. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078215

Forecasting higher than expected numbers of health events provides potentially valuable insights in its own right, and may contribute to health services management and syndromic surveillance. This study investigates the use of quantile regression to... Read More about The Use of Quantile Regression to Forecast Higher Than Expected Respiratory Deaths in a Daily Time Series: A Study of New York City Data 1987-2000.