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Impact of the transparent reporting of evaluations with nonrandomized designs reporting guideline: Ten years on (2014)
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Fuller, T., Peters, J., Pearson, M., & Anderson, R. (2014). Impact of the transparent reporting of evaluations with nonrandomized designs reporting guideline: Ten years on. American journal of public health : JPH / American Public Health Association, 104(11), e110-e117. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302195

Objectives. We assessed how the Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs (TREND) reporting guideline was used by authors and journal editors in journals’ instructions to authors. We also evaluated its impact on reporting comple... Read More about Impact of the transparent reporting of evaluations with nonrandomized designs reporting guideline: Ten years on.

Visual processing of words in a patient with visual form agnosia: A behavioural and fMRI study (2014)
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Large, M.-E., Cavina-Pratesi, C., & Milner, A. D. (2015). Visual processing of words in a patient with visual form agnosia: A behavioural and fMRI study. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior, 64(March), 29-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.09.017

Patient D.F. has a profound and enduring visual form agnosia due to a carbon monoxide poisoning episode suffered in 1988. Her inability to distinguish simple geometric shapes or single alphanumeric characters can be attributed to a bilateral loss of... Read More about Visual processing of words in a patient with visual form agnosia: A behavioural and fMRI study.

Geochemical recovery of the Torna-Marcal river system after the Ajka red mud spill, Hungary (2014)
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Anton, Á. D., Klebercz, O., Magyar, Á., Burke, I. T., Jarvis, A. P., Gruiz, K., & Mayes, W. M. (2014). Geochemical recovery of the Torna-Marcal river system after the Ajka red mud spill, Hungary. Environmental science--processes & impacts, 16(12), 2677-2685. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4em00452c

The failure of the Ajka red mud depository in October 2010 led to the largest single release of red mud into the surface water environment. This study provides a comparative assessment of stream sediment quality in the Torna–Marcal–Rába catchment bet... Read More about Geochemical recovery of the Torna-Marcal river system after the Ajka red mud spill, Hungary.

Age-related changes in physical functioning : correlates between objective and self-reported outcomes (2014)
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Alcock, L., O'Brien, T. D., & Vanicek, N. (2015). Age-related changes in physical functioning : correlates between objective and self-reported outcomes. Physiotherapy, 101(2), 204-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2014.09.001

Objectives To quantify the variance attributable to age and estimate annual decline in physical function and self-reported health using a battery of outcome measures in healthy older females. To determine whether self-reported functional losses are s... Read More about Age-related changes in physical functioning : correlates between objective and self-reported outcomes.

Comparative efficacy and acceptability of drug treatments for bipolar depression: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis (2014)
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Taylor, D. M., Cornelius, V., Smith, L., & Young, A. H. (2014). Comparative efficacy and acceptability of drug treatments for bipolar depression: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 130(6), 452-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12343

Objective: Treatment of bipolar depression is complicated by variable response and risk of switch to mania. Guidance is informed by the strength of evidence rather than by comparative data. Method: We performed a multiple-treatments meta-analysis of... Read More about Comparative efficacy and acceptability of drug treatments for bipolar depression: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis.

Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (2014)
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Stratton, D., Lange, S., Kholia, S., Jorfi, S., Antwi-Baffour, S., & Inal, J. (2014). Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 453(3), 619-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.09.132

© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance with dissipation monitoring, QCM-D (label-free system) measuring changes in resonant frequency (Δf) that equate to mass deposited on a sensor, we showed the attachment, ove... Read More about Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance.

Filling gaps in simulation of complex systems: the background and motivation for CoSMoS (2014)
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Polack, F. (2015). Filling gaps in simulation of complex systems: the background and motivation for CoSMoS. Natural Computing, 14(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-014-9462-5

Modelling and simulation of complex systems can create scientific research tools that allow the inaccessible dynamic aspects of systems to be explored in ways that are not possible in live systems. In some scientific contexts, there is a need to be a... Read More about Filling gaps in simulation of complex systems: the background and motivation for CoSMoS.

A development of ecological risk screening with an application to fisheries off SW England (2014)
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Cotter, J., Lart, W., De Rozarieux, N., Kingston, A., Caslake, R., Quesne, W. L., …Brown, M. (2015). A development of ecological risk screening with an application to fisheries off SW England. ICES journal of marine science : journal du conseil, 72(3), 1092-1104. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu167

A development of the ecological risk screening (ERS) technique, scale intensity and consequence analysis (SICA), is described and application to the varied fisheries and ecosystem off the southwest of England on behalf of an industry steering group (... Read More about A development of ecological risk screening with an application to fisheries off SW England.

Beyond the abolition of dual administration: The challenges to NGO governance in 21st century China (2014)
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Yang, Y., Wilkinson, M., & Zhang, X. (2016). Beyond the abolition of dual administration: The challenges to NGO governance in 21st century China. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 27(5), 2292-2310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9521-7

The abolition of dual administration of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China is an inexorable and essential trend toward a genuine civil society. This article seeks to examine the challenges that come with the abolition of the dual administ... Read More about Beyond the abolition of dual administration: The challenges to NGO governance in 21st century China.

Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation or surgery as treatment for primary varicose veins from the randomized CLASS trial: Cost-effectiveness of primary varicose vein treatments (2014)
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Tassie, E., Scotland, G., Brittenden, J., Cotton, S. C., Elders, A., Campbell, M. K., …on behalf of the CLASS study team. (2014). Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation or surgery as treatment for primary varicose veins from the randomized CLASS trial: Cost-effectiveness of primary varicose vein treatments. British journal of surgery, 101(12), 1532-1540. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9595

© 2014 Crown copyright. Background: The treatment of patients with varicose veins constitutes a considerable workload and financial burden to the National Health Service. This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided foam scl... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy, endovenous laser ablation or surgery as treatment for primary varicose veins from the randomized CLASS trial: Cost-effectiveness of primary varicose vein treatments.

On-chip determination of C-reactive protein using magnetic particles in continuous flow (2014)
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Phurimsak, C., Tarn, M. D., Peyman, S. A., Greenman, J., & Pamme, N. (2014). On-chip determination of C-reactive protein using magnetic particles in continuous flow. Analytical chemistry, 86(21), 10552-10559. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac5023265

We demonstrate the application of a multilaminar flow platform, in which functionalized magnetic particles are deflected through alternating laminar flow streams of reagents and washing solutions via an external magnet, for the rapid detection of the... Read More about On-chip determination of C-reactive protein using magnetic particles in continuous flow.

Developing antitussives the clinician's pipeline-what do we need? (2014)
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Morice, A. H. (2014). Developing antitussives the clinician's pipeline-what do we need?. Journal of thoracic disease, 6, S735-S738. https://doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.40

© Pioneer Bioscience Publishing Company. The evolving concept of cough hypersensitivity, an over activity of the afferent sensory nerves in the upper airways, has given new insights into the pathophysiology underlying chronic cough. Armed with this n... Read More about Developing antitussives the clinician's pipeline-what do we need?.

King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed (2014)
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Veach, C. (2014). King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed. English Historical Review, 129(540), 1051-1078. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceu221

This article re-examines King John’s persecution and eventual destruction of his former friend, William de Briouze, a signal example of John’s tyranny on the eve Magna Carta. Approaching the episode from the transnational perspective of the two men i... Read More about King John and royal control in Ireland: Why William de Briouze had to be destroyed.

Exploring inclusive practices in primary schools : focusing on children’s voices (2014)
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Adderley, R., Hope, M., Hughes, G., Jones, L., Messiou, K., & Shaw, T. (2014). Exploring inclusive practices in primary schools : focusing on children’s voices. European journal of special needs education, 30(1), 106-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2014.964580

This paper reports a small-scale research project which took place in one primary school in the north-east of England. The study aimed to listen to children about how the practices of teachers helped and/or hindered their sense of inclusion in classr... Read More about Exploring inclusive practices in primary schools : focusing on children’s voices.

Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees (2014)
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de Thierry, E., Lam, H., Harcourt, M., Flynn, M., & Wood, G. (2014). Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees. Employee relations, 36(6), 654-673. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-02-2013-0020

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use the theoretical and empirical pension literatures to question whether employers are likely to gain any competitive advantage from degrading or eliminating their employees’ defined benefit (DB) pensions.... Read More about Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees.

The construction of anosognosia: History and implications (2014)
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Marková, I. S., & Berrios, G. E. (2014). The construction of anosognosia: History and implications. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior, 61, 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.09.011

The construction of anosognosia as a clinical ‘disorder’ resulted from the convergence (in the work of various writers and culminating in Babinski) of a name, a concept, and a clinical phenomenon. During the early stages of this convergence, unawaren... Read More about The construction of anosognosia: History and implications.

A candidate multimodal functional genetic network for thermal adaptation (2014)
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Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Pathak, R., Prajapati, I., Bankston, S., Thompson, A., Usher, J., & Isokpehi, R. D. (2014). A candidate multimodal functional genetic network for thermal adaptation. PeerJ, 2014(1), e578. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.578

Vertebrate ectotherms such as reptiles provide ideal organisms for the study of adaptation to environmental thermal change. Comparative genomic and exomic studies can recover markers that diverge between warm and cold adapted lineages, but the genes... Read More about A candidate multimodal functional genetic network for thermal adaptation.

The Lyman α forest as a tool for disentangling non-Gaussianities (2014)
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Chongchitnan, S. (2014). The Lyman α forest as a tool for disentangling non-Gaussianities. Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics, 2014(10), Article ARTN 034. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/10/034

© 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl . Detection of primordial non-Gaussianity will give us an unprecedented detail of the physics of inflation. As observational probes are now exploring new expanses of the inflationary landscape, it is c... Read More about The Lyman α forest as a tool for disentangling non-Gaussianities.

Pressures to increase public expenditure and patterns of procyclical expenditure (2014)
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Abbott, A., & Jones, P. (2014). Pressures to increase public expenditure and patterns of procyclical expenditure. Economic issues, 19(2), 39-53

This paper draws on the literature that explains why governments spend procyclically, to predict the pattern of cyclical expenditure across government budgets. Procyclical expenditure increases at a faster rate than income in economic upturns and fal... Read More about Pressures to increase public expenditure and patterns of procyclical expenditure.