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Dual-modal magnetic resonance/fluorescent zinc probes for pancreatic β-cell mass imaging (2015)
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Stasiuk, G. J., Minuzzi, F., Sae-Heng, M., Rivas, C., Juretschke, H.-P., Piemonti, L., Allegrini, P. R., Laurent, D., Duckworth, A. R., Beeby, A., Rutter, G. A., & Long, N. J. (2015). Dual-modal magnetic resonance/fluorescent zinc probes for pancreatic β-cell mass imaging. Chemistry: a European journal, 21(13), 5023-5033. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201406008

Despite the contribution of changes in pancreatic β-cell mass to the development of all forms of diabetes mellitus, few robust approaches currently exist to monitor these changes prospectively in vivo. Although magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) provid... Read More about Dual-modal magnetic resonance/fluorescent zinc probes for pancreatic β-cell mass imaging.

Embedding electronic decision-support tools for suspected cancer in primary care: a qualitative study of GPs' experiences (2015)
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Dikomitis, L., Green, T., & Macleod, U. (2015). Embedding electronic decision-support tools for suspected cancer in primary care: a qualitative study of GPs' experiences. Primary health care research & development, 16(6), 548-555. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423615000109

Aim: The purpose of this evaluation was to obtain views from general practitioners (GPs) who piloted the electronic risk assessment tools (eRATs) for suspected lung or colorectal cancer. We wanted to find out whether GPs were able to integrate these... Read More about Embedding electronic decision-support tools for suspected cancer in primary care: a qualitative study of GPs' experiences.

Vanadyl calix[6]arene complexes: Synthesis, structural studies and ethylene homo-(co-)polymerization capability (2015)
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Redshaw, C., Walton, M., Michiue, K., Chao, Y., Walton, A., Elo, P., Sumerin, V., Jiang, C., & Elsegood, M. R. J. (2015). Vanadyl calix[6]arene complexes: Synthesis, structural studies and ethylene homo-(co-)polymerization capability. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 44(27), 12292-12303. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt00376h

Treatment of p-tert-butylcalix[6]areneH₆ (L⁶H₆) with in situ [LiVO(Ot-Bu)₄] afforded, after work-up, the dark green complex [Li(MeCN)₄][V₂(O)₂Li(MeCN)(L⁶H₂)₂]·8MeCN (1·8MeCN). On one occasion, the reaction led to the formation of a mixture of product... Read More about Vanadyl calix[6]arene complexes: Synthesis, structural studies and ethylene homo-(co-)polymerization capability.

Evaluating the importance of catchment hydrological parameters for urban surface water flood modelling using a simple hydro-inundation model (2015)
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Yu, D., & Coulthard, T. J. (2015). Evaluating the importance of catchment hydrological parameters for urban surface water flood modelling using a simple hydro-inundation model. Journal of hydrology, 524(May), 385-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.02.040

The influence of catchment hydrological processes on urban flooding is often considered through river discharges at a source catchment outlet, negating the role of other upstream areas that may add to the flooding. Therefore, where multiple entry poi... Read More about Evaluating the importance of catchment hydrological parameters for urban surface water flood modelling using a simple hydro-inundation model.

Religion, Spirituality and Secularism (2015)
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Arya, R. (2015). Religion, Spirituality and Secularism. The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, 23, 1--19. https://doi.org/10.1093/ywcct/mbu022

This chapter responds to a range of contemporary debates in the field of religion, spirituality and secularism in books published between 2013 and 2014. The chapter is divided into three sections: 1. Religion and Digital Culture; 2. Religion and the... Read More about Religion, Spirituality and Secularism.

Making a star on the small screen: The case of Mina and RAI (2015)
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Haworth, R. (2015). Making a star on the small screen: The case of Mina and RAI. Journal of Italian cinema & media studies, 3(1-2), 27-41. https://doi.org/10.1386/jicms.3.1-2.27_1

© 2015 Intellect Ltd Article. English language. Anna Maria Quaini (née Mazzini), or Mina as she is more commonly known, is a prolific Italian pop singer who rose to fame in the late 1950s. She was particularly dominant from the mid-1960s to the mid-1... Read More about Making a star on the small screen: The case of Mina and RAI.

Understanding the transnational higher education landscape: shifting positionality and the complexities of partnership (2015)
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Caruana, V., & Montgomery, C. (2015). Understanding the transnational higher education landscape: shifting positionality and the complexities of partnership. Learning and Teaching, 8(1), 5-29. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2015.080102

This article presents a comprehensive review of research on transnational higher education published between 2006 and 2014. It aims to provide an overview of a highly complex field that is both nascent and shifting, with research developing unevenly... Read More about Understanding the transnational higher education landscape: shifting positionality and the complexities of partnership.

Prevalence and correlates of strength exercise among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors (2015)
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Forbes, C. C., Blanchard, C. M., Mummery, W. K., & Courneya, K. S. (2015). Prevalence and correlates of strength exercise among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors. Oncology Nursing Forum, 42(2), 118-127. https://doi.org/10.1188/15.ONF.42-02AP

Purpose/Objectives: To identify and compare the prevalence and correlates of strength exercise among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors.

Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive survey.

Setting: Nova Scotia, Canada.

Sample: 741 breast,... Read More about Prevalence and correlates of strength exercise among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors.

Progressive age-associated activation of JNK associates with conduction disruption in the aged atrium (2015)
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Jones, S. A., & Lancaster, M. K. (2015). Progressive age-associated activation of JNK associates with conduction disruption in the aged atrium. Mechanisms of ageing and development, 146-148, 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2015.05.001

Connexin43 (Cx43) is critical for maintaining electrical conduction across atrial muscle. During progressive ageing atrial conduction slows associating with increasing susceptibility to arrhythmias. Changes in Cx43 protein expression, or its phosphor... Read More about Progressive age-associated activation of JNK associates with conduction disruption in the aged atrium.

Speculative bubbles in Bitcoin markets? An empirical investigation into the fundamental value of Bitcoin (2015)
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Cheah, E.-T., & Fry, J. (2015). Speculative bubbles in Bitcoin markets? An empirical investigation into the fundamental value of Bitcoin. Economics letters, 130, 32-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.02.029

Amid its rapidly increasing usage and immense public interest the subject of Bitcoin has raised profound economic and societal issues. In this paper we undertake economic and econometric modelling of Bitcoin prices. As with many asset classes we show... Read More about Speculative bubbles in Bitcoin markets? An empirical investigation into the fundamental value of Bitcoin.

Palladium-bismuth intermetallic and surface-poisoned catalysts for the semi-hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol (2015)
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Cherkasov, N., Ibhadon, A. O., McCue, A. J., Anderson, J. A., & Johnston, S. K. (2015). Palladium-bismuth intermetallic and surface-poisoned catalysts for the semi-hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol. Applied catalysis. A, General, 497, 22-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.02.038

The effects of poisoning of Pd catalysts with Bi and annealing in a polyol (ethylene glycol) were studied on the semi-hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol (MBY). An increase in the Pd:Bi ratio from 7 to 1 in the Bi-poisoned catalysts decreased the... Read More about Palladium-bismuth intermetallic and surface-poisoned catalysts for the semi-hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol.

Common pressures, same results? Recent reforms in professional standards and competences in teacher education for secondary teachers in England, France and Germany (2015)
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Page, T. M. (2015). Common pressures, same results? Recent reforms in professional standards and competences in teacher education for secondary teachers in England, France and Germany. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 41(2), 180-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2015.1011900

Over the last decade the introduction of professional standards and competences in Initial Teacher Education for Secondary teachers in England, France, and Germany has provided the cornerstone of education reform in all three countries. The precise n... Read More about Common pressures, same results? Recent reforms in professional standards and competences in teacher education for secondary teachers in England, France and Germany.

Preliminary testing using Mokken scaling of an Italian translation of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) scale (2015)
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Bagnasco, A., Watson, R., Zanini, M., Rosa, F., Rocco, G., & Sasso, L. (2015). Preliminary testing using Mokken scaling of an Italian translation of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) scale. Applied nursing research : ANR, 28(4), 391-396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2015.02.003

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. Purpose: To study the psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) Scale. Background: The EdFED Scale is the only validated instrument that measures difficulty with feedi... Read More about Preliminary testing using Mokken scaling of an Italian translation of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) scale.

Teachers learning to use the iPad in Scotland and Wales: a new model of professional development (2015)
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Beauchamp, G., Burden, K., & Abbinett, E. (2015). Teachers learning to use the iPad in Scotland and Wales: a new model of professional development. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 41(2), 161-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2015.1013370

In learning to use a new technology like the iPad, primary teachers adopt a diverse range of experiential, informal and playful strategies contrasting sharply with traditional models underpinning professional development which emphasise formal course... Read More about Teachers learning to use the iPad in Scotland and Wales: a new model of professional development.

Determining Plant – Leaf Miner – Parasitoid Interactions: A DNA Barcoding Approach (2015)
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Derocles, S. A., Evans, D. M., Nichols, P. C., Evans, S. A., & Lunt, D. H. (2015). Determining Plant – Leaf Miner – Parasitoid Interactions: A DNA Barcoding Approach. PLoS ONE, 10(2), Article e0117872. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117872

A major challenge in network ecology is to describe the full-range of species interactions in a community to create highly-resolved food-webs. We developed a molecular approach based on DNA full barcoding and mini-barcoding to describe difficult to o... Read More about Determining Plant – Leaf Miner – Parasitoid Interactions: A DNA Barcoding Approach.

Modelling of a post-combustion CO₂ capture process using neural networks (2015)
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Li, F., Zhang, J., Oko, E., & Wang, M. (2015). Modelling of a post-combustion CO₂ capture process using neural networks. Fuel, 151, 156-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2015.02.038

This paper presents a study of modelling post-combustion CO₂ capture process using bootstrap aggregated neural networks. The neural network models predict CO₂ capture rate and CO₂ capture level using the following variables as model inputs: inlet flu... Read More about Modelling of a post-combustion CO₂ capture process using neural networks.

Traceability system for capturing, processing and providing consumer-relevant information about wood products: System solution and its economic feasibility (2015)
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Appelhanz, S., Osburg, V. S., Toporowski, W., & Schumann, M. (2016). Traceability system for capturing, processing and providing consumer-relevant information about wood products: System solution and its economic feasibility. Journal of cleaner production, 110(January), 132-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.02.034

Current research and practice reports indicate the existence of purchase barriers concerning eco-friendly products, e.g. wood products. These can be ascribed to consumers' mistrust regarding the non-observable environmental impact of wood products. T... Read More about Traceability system for capturing, processing and providing consumer-relevant information about wood products: System solution and its economic feasibility.

Potential for improving the energy efficiency of cryogenic air separation unit (ASU) using binary heat recovery cycles (2015)
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Aneke, M., & Wang, M. (2015). Potential for improving the energy efficiency of cryogenic air separation unit (ASU) using binary heat recovery cycles. Applied thermal engineering, 81(April), 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.02.034

In this paper, the potential of improving the energy efficiency of a conventional cryogenic air separation unit (ASU) was investigated through modelling and simulation using Aspen Plus® v 8.1. It is achieved through converting the heat from the compr... Read More about Potential for improving the energy efficiency of cryogenic air separation unit (ASU) using binary heat recovery cycles.

How Men Manage Bulbar Urethral Stricture by Concealing Urinary Symptoms (2015)
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Whybrow, P., Rapley, T., Pickard, R., & Hrisos, S. (2015). How Men Manage Bulbar Urethral Stricture by Concealing Urinary Symptoms. Qualitative Health Research, 25(10), 1435-1442. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732315573208

In this article, we present findings from research conducted as part of a multi-center surgical trial. Bulbar urethral stricture, a narrowing of the middle urethra, is a common cause of urinary problems in men that can have a profound impact on their... Read More about How Men Manage Bulbar Urethral Stricture by Concealing Urinary Symptoms.

A novel zinc finger gene, ZNF465, is inappropriately expressed in acute myeloid leukaemia cells (2015)
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Collin, J. F., Wells, J. W., Czepulkowski, B., Lyne, L., Duriez, P. J., Banham, A. H., Mufti, G. J., & Guinn, B. A. (2015). A novel zinc finger gene, ZNF465, is inappropriately expressed in acute myeloid leukaemia cells. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 54(5), 288-302. https://doi.org/10.1002/gcc.22242

To increase our knowledge of leukaemia‐associated antigens, especially in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) M4, we prepared a phage display cDNA library using mRNA from the bone marrow cells of a patient with AML M4 at diagnosis. We immunoscreened 106 pf... Read More about A novel zinc finger gene, ZNF465, is inappropriately expressed in acute myeloid leukaemia cells.