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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.

PASD1: A Promising Target for the Immunotherapy of Haematological Malignancies (2013)
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Khan, G., Denniss, F., Mills, K. I., Guinn, B., & Pulford, K. (2013). PASD1: A Promising Target for the Immunotherapy of Haematological Malignancies. Genetic Syndromes and Gene Therapy, 04(09), Article 186. https://doi.org/10.4172/2157-7412.1000186

In general, there is a lack of good immunotherapy targets within the spectrum of haematological malignancies. However haematopoietic stem cell transplants and continuing antigen discovery have allowed further insight into how further improvements in... Read More about PASD1: A Promising Target for the Immunotherapy of Haematological Malignancies.

'They know what you are going through': A service response to young people who have experienced the impact of domestic abuse (2013)
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Coburn, A., & Gormally, S. (2014). 'They know what you are going through': A service response to young people who have experienced the impact of domestic abuse. Journal of Youth Studies, 17(5), 642-663 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2013.844779

Riverside Women's Aid offers a specialised youth service for young people who have experienced or been affected by domestic abuse in one town in Scotland. This article discusses findings from a research evaluation that examined the advantages of part... Read More about 'They know what you are going through': A service response to young people who have experienced the impact of domestic abuse.

Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach (2013)
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Guo, Z., Mi, J., Xiong, S., & Grant, P. (2014). Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach. Journal of Computational Physics, 257(A), 278-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2013.10.004

Alloy dendrite growth during solidification with coupled thermal-solute-convection fields has been studied by phase field modeling and simulation. The coupled transport equations were solved using a novel parallel-multigrid numerical approach with hi... Read More about Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach.

Case study on CO₂ transport pipeline network design for Humber region in the UK (2013)
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Lazic, T., Oko, E., & Wang, M. (2014). Case study on CO₂ transport pipeline network design for Humber region in the UK. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 228(3), 210-225. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408913500447

Reliable, safe and economic CO₂ transport from CO₂ capture points to long term storage/enhanced oil recovery (EOR) sites is critical for commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Pipeline transportation of CO₂ is considere... Read More about Case study on CO₂ transport pipeline network design for Humber region in the UK.

Zinc 2-((2-(benzoimidazol-2-yl)quinolin-8-ylimino)methyl)phenolates : synthesis, characterization and photoluminescence behavior (2013)
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Li, L., Zhang, X., Zhang, W., Li, W., Sun, W. H., & Redshaw, C. (2014). Zinc 2-((2-(benzoimidazol-2-yl)quinolin-8-ylimino)methyl)phenolates : synthesis, characterization and photoluminescence behavior. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 118(January), 1047-1055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2013.09.106

A series of 2-(2-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)quinolin-8-yliminomethyl)phenol derivatives and their zinc complexes (C1 – C5) were synthesized and fully characterized. The molecular structure of the representative complex C2 was determined by single crystal... Read More about Zinc 2-((2-(benzoimidazol-2-yl)quinolin-8-ylimino)methyl)phenolates : synthesis, characterization and photoluminescence behavior.

A qualitative study of Egyptian school nurses' attitudes and experiences toward sex and relationship education (2013)
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Farrag, S., & Hayter, M. (2014). A qualitative study of Egyptian school nurses' attitudes and experiences toward sex and relationship education. Journal of School Nursing, 30(1), 49-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840513506941

School nurses play a vital role in the promotion of sexual health. However, there is very limited evidence of how school nurses experience this topic in an Islamic cultural setting. Using an exploratory qualitative design, 13 in-depth interviews were... Read More about A qualitative study of Egyptian school nurses' attitudes and experiences toward sex and relationship education.

Industrial relations in South-Eastern Europe: disaggregating the contexts (2013)
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Psychogios, A., Brewster, C., Kohont, A., Missopoulos, F., Slavic, A., & Vatchkova, E. (2014). Industrial relations in South-Eastern Europe: disaggregating the contexts. The international journal of human resource management, 25(11), 1592-1612. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2013.837090

This study critically evaluates industrial relations (IR) in South-Eastern Europe and points towards future practical and research-oriented opportunities in the region. A survey of organizational policies and practices has been used to explore the st... Read More about Industrial relations in South-Eastern Europe: disaggregating the contexts.

cAMP signaling regulates platelet myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation and shape change through targeting the RhoA-Rho kinase-MLC phosphatase signaling pathway (2013)
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Aburima, A., Wraith, K. S., Raslan, Z., Law, R., Magwenzi, S., & Naseem, K. M. (2013). cAMP signaling regulates platelet myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation and shape change through targeting the RhoA-Rho kinase-MLC phosphatase signaling pathway. Blood, 122(20), 3533-3545. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2013-03-487850

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent signaling modulates platelet shape change through unknown mechanisms. We examined the effects of cAMP signaling on platelet contractile machinery. Prostaglandin E1 (PGE1)-mediated inhibition of thrombin... Read More about cAMP signaling regulates platelet myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation and shape change through targeting the RhoA-Rho kinase-MLC phosphatase signaling pathway.

Erratum: Cranial sutures work collectively to distribute strain throughout the reptile skull (Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2013) 10 (2013044) DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0442) (2013)
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Curtis, N., Jones, M. E., Evans, S. E., O'Higgins, P., & Fagan, M. J. (2013). Erratum: Cranial sutures work collectively to distribute strain throughout the reptile skull (Journal of The Royal Society Interface (2013) 10 (2013044) DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0442). Journal of the Royal Society interface / the Royal Society, 10(87), Article 2013044. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0584

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Validity of self-measured waist and hip circumferences: results from a community study in Malaysia (2013)
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Reidpath, D. D., Cheah, J. C. H., Lam, F., Yasin, S., Soyiri, I., & Allotey, P. (2013). Validity of self-measured waist and hip circumferences: results from a community study in Malaysia. Nutrition Journal, 12(1), Article 135. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-12-135

Background: Measures of central adiposity are better predictors of adverse health events than BMI. Nonetheless, BMI is more widely used in health research. One reason for this may be the limited research supporting the self-measurement of waist and h... Read More about Validity of self-measured waist and hip circumferences: results from a community study in Malaysia.

Rhenium(i) phenanthrolines bearing electron withdrawing CF3 substituents: Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation (2013)
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Redshaw, C., Watkins, S., Humphrey, S. M., Bulman Page, P. C., Ashby, S., Chao, Y., …Mueller, A. (2013). Rhenium(i) phenanthrolines bearing electron withdrawing CF3 substituents: Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation. RSC advances, 3(46), 23963-23966. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra43207f

Rhenium(i) tricarbonyl complexes bearing a 2,4,7,9- tetraphenylphenanthroline ligand, where the 2,9-phenyl groups have either meta- or para-CF3 groups, have been screened against a selection of cell lines. The meta derivative shows anticancer activit... Read More about Rhenium(i) phenanthrolines bearing electron withdrawing CF3 substituents: Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation.

Conditional Reasoning and Emotional Experience: A Review of the Development of Counterfactual Thinking (2013)
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Beck, S. R., Weisberg, D. P., Burns, P., & Riggs, K. J. (2014). Conditional Reasoning and Emotional Experience: A Review of the Development of Counterfactual Thinking. Studia Logica, 102(4), 673-689. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11225-013-9508-1

What do human beings use conditional reasoning for? A psychological consequence of counterfactual conditional reasoning is emotional experience, in particular, regret and relief. Adults' thoughts about what might have been influence their evaluations... Read More about Conditional Reasoning and Emotional Experience: A Review of the Development of Counterfactual Thinking.

Evidence for radiogenic sulfur-32 in type Ab presolar silicon carbide grains? (2013)
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Fujiya, W., Hoppe, P., Zinner, E., Pignatari, M., & Herwig, F. (2013). Evidence for radiogenic sulfur-32 in type Ab presolar silicon carbide grains?. Astrophysical journal. Letters, 776(2), L29. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/776/2/l29

We report C, Si, and S isotope measurements on 34 presolar silicon carbide grains of Type AB, characterized by 12 C/ 13 C < 10. Nitrogen, Mg-Al-, and Ca-Ti-isotopic compositions were measured on a subset of these grains. Three grains show large 3... Read More about Evidence for radiogenic sulfur-32 in type Ab presolar silicon carbide grains?.

Analysis of radiation-induced cell death in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and rat liver maintained in microfluidic devices (2013)
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Green, V. L., Greenman, J., Carr, S. D., & Stafford, N. D. (2014). Analysis of radiation-induced cell death in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and rat liver maintained in microfluidic devices. Otolaryngology and head and neck surgery, 150(1), 73-80. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599813507427

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate how head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) tissue biopsies maintained in a pseudo in vivo environment within a bespoke microfluidic device respond to radiation treatment. Study Design Feasibi... Read More about Analysis of radiation-induced cell death in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and rat liver maintained in microfluidic devices.

Fabrication of viable cyborg cells with cyclodextrin functionality (2013)
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Mathapa, B. G., & Paunov, V. N. (2014). Fabrication of viable cyborg cells with cyclodextrin functionality. Biomaterials science / Royal Society of Chemistry, 2(2), 212-219. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3bm60162e

We describe two alternative methods for surface functionalisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells with cyclodextrin molecules without affecting the cell viability. The first strategy involved using epichlorohydrin as a cross-linking agent which bin... Read More about Fabrication of viable cyborg cells with cyclodextrin functionality.

Viscous Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in highly ionised plasmas (2013)
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Roediger, E., Kraft, R. P., Nulsen, P., Churazov, E., Forman, W., Brüggen, M., & Kokotanekova, R. (2013). Viscous Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in highly ionised plasmas. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(2), 1721-1740. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1691

Transport coefficients in highly ionised plasmas like the intra-cluster medium (ICM) are still ill-constrained. They influence various processes, among them the mixing at shear flow interfaces due to the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI). The observ... Read More about Viscous Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in highly ionised plasmas.

The Mandarin Chinese version of the childhood autism spectrum test (CAST): Test-retest reliability (2013)
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Sun, X., Allison, C., Auyeung, B., Matthews, F. E., Baron-Cohen, S., & Brayne, C. (2013). The Mandarin Chinese version of the childhood autism spectrum test (CAST): Test-retest reliability. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34(10), 3267-3275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.05.042

This study aimed to investigate the test-retest reliability of a Mandarin Chinese version of the Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST), in a Chinese population. Parents in a school based study on the prevalence of ASC in mainland China were asked to... Read More about The Mandarin Chinese version of the childhood autism spectrum test (CAST): Test-retest reliability.