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Winter diet and condition of two 0+ year cyprinid fish species in the lower River Trent, England (2008)
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Nunn, A. D., Harvey, J. P., & Cowx, I. G. (2008). Winter diet and condition of two 0+ year cyprinid fish species in the lower River Trent, England. Journal of fish biology, 72(6), 1529-1533. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.01799.x

The winter diets of 0+ year juvenile dace Leuciscus leuciscus and roach Rutilus rutilus in the lower River Trent, England, were dominated by aufwuchs. There were no significant changes in the relative condition of either fish species over the winter.... Read More about Winter diet and condition of two 0+ year cyprinid fish species in the lower River Trent, England.

Representations of 1968 in French popular music: the case of Dominique Grange (2008)
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Haworth, R. (2008). Representations of 1968 in French popular music: the case of Dominique Grange. Modern & contemporary France / ASM & CF, 16(2), 181-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639480801975909

Focusing on the songs written during 1968–69 presented on the album L'Utopie toujours…(2004) by Dominique Grange, this article discusses some of the representations of key themes of 1968 in song. Grange is a politically engaged singer-songwriter who,... Read More about Representations of 1968 in French popular music: the case of Dominique Grange.

Fabrication of electrically anisotropic agarose gels by dielectrophoretic assembly and encapsulation of silver nanowires (2008)
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Small, W. R., & Paunov, V. N. (2008). Fabrication of electrically anisotropic agarose gels by dielectrophoretic assembly and encapsulation of silver nanowires. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18(18), 2082-2084. https://doi.org/10.1039/b802272k

A novel method for the fabrication of electrically anisotropic agarose gel has been developed by dielectrophoretic assembly and aligning of silver nanowires into bundles of microwires in a gel solution above the gelling point, and cooling to give a c... Read More about Fabrication of electrically anisotropic agarose gels by dielectrophoretic assembly and encapsulation of silver nanowires.

Can patient lifestyle influence the management of pain? (2008)
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Wilson, B. (2009). Can patient lifestyle influence the management of pain?. Journal of clinical nursing, 18(3), 399 - 408. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02091.x

The aim of this study was to explore whether a patient's lifestyle influences nurses' pain assessment and management decisions. Nurses' inferences of physical pain are thought to be affected by a matrix of implicit assumptions that operate without ef... Read More about Can patient lifestyle influence the management of pain?.

The impact of consent on observational research: A comparison of outcomes from consenters and non consenters to an observational study (2008)
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Macleod, U., & Watt, G. C. (2008). The impact of consent on observational research: A comparison of outcomes from consenters and non consenters to an observational study. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 8, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-8-15

Background. Public health benefits from research often rely on the use of data from personal medical records. When neither patient consent nor anonymisation is possible, the case for accessing such records for research purposes depends on an assessme... Read More about The impact of consent on observational research: A comparison of outcomes from consenters and non consenters to an observational study.

Predicting skull loading: applying multibody dynamics analysis to a macaque skull (2008)
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Curtis, N., Kupczik, K., O'Higgins, P., Moazen, M., & Fagan, M. (2008). Predicting skull loading: applying multibody dynamics analysis to a macaque skull. Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 291(5), 491-501. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.20689

Evaluating stress and strain fields in anatomical structures is a way to test hypotheses that relate specific features of facial and skeletal morphology to mechanical loading. Engineering techniques such as finite element analysis are now commonly us... Read More about Predicting skull loading: applying multibody dynamics analysis to a macaque skull.

The role of verbal processing at different stages of recognition memory for faces (2008)
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Nakabayashi, K., & Burton, A. M. (2008). The role of verbal processing at different stages of recognition memory for faces. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 20(3), 478-496. https://doi.org/10.1080/09541440801946174

Four experiments examined the role of verbal processing at different stages of face recognition memory. In Experiment 1 participants learned faces with or without articulatory suppression, then engaged in an old/new recognition task. Using the same p... Read More about The role of verbal processing at different stages of recognition memory for faces.

The effect of posthypnotic suggestion, hypnotic suggestibility, and goal intentions on adherence to medical instructions (2008)
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Carvalho, C., Mazzoni, G., Kirsch, I., Meo, M., & Santandrea, M. (2008). The effect of posthypnotic suggestion, hypnotic suggestibility, and goal intentions on adherence to medical instructions. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 56(2), 143-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207140701849478

The effects of implementation intentions and posthypnotic suggestion were investigated in 2 studies. In Experiment 1, participants with high levels of hypnotic suggestibility were instructed to take placebo pills as part of an investigation of how to... Read More about The effect of posthypnotic suggestion, hypnotic suggestibility, and goal intentions on adherence to medical instructions.

Synthesis and characterization of two metallic spin-glass phases of Fe Mo4 Ge3 (2008)
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Baker, P. J., Battle, P. D., Blundell, S. J., Grandjean, F., Lancaster, T., Long, G. J., Oldham, S. E., & Prior, T. J. (2008). Synthesis and characterization of two metallic spin-glass phases of Fe Mo4 Ge3. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 77(13), 134405-1 - 134405-13. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.77.134405

Polycrystalline samples of Fe Mo4 Ge3 have been synthesized by the reduction of an oxide mixture at 1248 K and characterized by a combination of diffraction, muon spin relaxation (μ+ SR), Mössbauer spectroscopy, magnetometry, transport, and heat-capa... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of two metallic spin-glass phases of Fe Mo4 Ge3.

Distinguishing Properties of Cells From the Myocardial Sleeves of the Pulmonary Veins: A Comparison of Normal and Abnormal Pacemakers (2008)
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Jones, S. A., Yamamoto, M., Tellez, J. O., Billeter, R., Boyett, M. R., Honjo, H., & Lancaster, M. K. (2008). Distinguishing Properties of Cells From the Myocardial Sleeves of the Pulmonary Veins: A Comparison of Normal and Abnormal Pacemakers. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology, 1(1), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.107.748467

BACKGROUND: A common source of arrhythmogenic spontaneous activity instigating atrial fibrillation is the myocardial tissue, or sleeves, at the base of the pulmonary veins. This study compared the properties of cells from the myocardial sleeves of th... Read More about Distinguishing Properties of Cells From the Myocardial Sleeves of the Pulmonary Veins: A Comparison of Normal and Abnormal Pacemakers.

An amygdala response to fearful faces with covered eyes (2008)
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Asghar, A. U., Chiu, Y. C., Hallam, G., Liu, S., Mole, H., Wright, H., & Young, A. W. (2008). An amygdala response to fearful faces with covered eyes. Neuropsychologia, 46(9), 2364-2370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.03.015

Findings of amygdala responsiveness to the eye region of fearful faces raise the question of whether eye widening is the only facial cue involved. We used fMRI to investigate the differential amygdala response to fearful versus neutral stimuli for fa... Read More about An amygdala response to fearful faces with covered eyes.

Reducing cultural barriers via Internet courses (2008)
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Xing, M., & Spencer, K. A. (2008). Reducing cultural barriers via Internet courses. Innovations in education and teaching international, 45(2), 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703290801950377

A web-based learning environment has been developed to support students from China who are studying in the UK and are confronted by many cultural barriers, which may impede their academic studies.The electronic environment incorporates a number of ap... Read More about Reducing cultural barriers via Internet courses.

Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale: Cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version (2008)
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Lin, L.-C., Watson, R., Lee, Y.-C., Chou, Y.-C., & Wu, S.-C. (2008). Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale: Cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version. Journal of advanced nursing, 62(1), 116-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04596.x

Title. Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale: cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version Aim. This paper is a report of an assessment of the construct validity of the Chinese version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Demen... Read More about Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale: Cross-cultural validation of the Chinese version.

Beyond organisational agendas: using boundary critique to facilitate the inclusion of societal concerns in information systems planning (2008)
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Córdoba, J. R., & Midgley, G. (2008). Beyond organisational agendas: using boundary critique to facilitate the inclusion of societal concerns in information systems planning. European Journal of Information Systems, 17(2), 125-142. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2008.4

As the development of the information society takes place worldwide, individuals, groups and organisations face the challenge of taking advantage of information and communication technologies (ICTs). 'Digital divides' are emerging: some sections of s... Read More about Beyond organisational agendas: using boundary critique to facilitate the inclusion of societal concerns in information systems planning.

Associations between active trachoma and community intervention with antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvement (A,F,E) (2008)
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Ngondi, J., Matthews, F., Reacher, M., Baba, S., Brayne, C., & Emerson, P. (2008). Associations between active trachoma and community intervention with antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvement (A,F,E). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2(4), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000229

Background: Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness and Environmental improvement (SAFE) are advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for trachoma control. However, few studies have evaluated the complete SAFE strategy, and of these, none ha... Read More about Associations between active trachoma and community intervention with antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvement (A,F,E).

Both 'One' and 'Other': Environmental Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Hybridity in Costa Rica (2008)
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Johnson, M., & Clisby, S. (2008). Both 'One' and 'Other': Environmental Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Hybridity in Costa Rica. Nature and Culture, 3(1), 63 - 81. https://doi.org/10.3167/nc.2008.030105

Cosmopolitans are frequently characterized as living and perceiving the world and their environment from a distance. Drawing on ethnographic work among a small group of Western migrants in Costa Rica, we complicate this portrayal in a number of ways.... Read More about Both 'One' and 'Other': Environmental Cosmopolitanism and the Politics of Hybridity in Costa Rica.

‘Motz el Son’: Pound’s musical modernism and the interpretation of medieval song (2008)
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Mundye, C. (2008). ‘Motz el Son’: Pound’s musical modernism and the interpretation of medieval song. Cambridge Opera Journal, 20(1), 53. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954586708002401

The article explores an interdisciplinary conjunction of music, literature and modernism. I examine the relationship between aspects of early music scholarship and modernism, with specific reference to Ezra Pound's critical and editorial work on medi... Read More about ‘Motz el Son’: Pound’s musical modernism and the interpretation of medieval song.

Regulatory regimes and multinational insurers before 1914 (2008)
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Pearson, R., & Lönnborg, M. (2008). Regulatory regimes and multinational insurers before 1914. Business History Review, 82(1), 59-86. https://doi.org/10.1017/s000768050003751x

At the end of the twentieth century, the global diffusion of one important financial service, insurance, was encouraged by deregulation, but it also encountered difficulties where deregulation remained incomplete and where there were many nonregulato... Read More about Regulatory regimes and multinational insurers before 1914.

The Determinants of Capital Structure: Capital Market-Oriented versus Bank-Oriented Institutions (2008)
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Antoniou, A., Guney, Y., & Paudyal, K. (2008). The Determinants of Capital Structure: Capital Market-Oriented versus Bank-Oriented Institutions. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 43(1), 59-92. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022109000002751

The paper investigates how firms operating in capital market-oriented economies (the U.K. and the U.S.) and bank-oriented economies (France, Germany, and Japan) determine their capital structure. Using panel data and a two-step system-GMM procedure,... Read More about The Determinants of Capital Structure: Capital Market-Oriented versus Bank-Oriented Institutions.