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Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish (2010)
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Young, K. A., Genner, M. J., Haesler, M. P., & Joyce, D. A. (2010). Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish. Evolution, 64(8), 2246-2253. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00984.x

In many animals, sexual selection on male traits results from female mate choice decisions made during a sequence of courtship behaviors. We use a bower-building cichlid fish, Nyassachromis cf. microcephalus, to show how applying standard selection a... Read More about Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish.

Unpredictability in food supply during early life influences boldness in fish (2010)
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Chapman, B. B., Krause, J., & Morrell, L. J. (2010). Unpredictability in food supply during early life influences boldness in fish. Behavioral ecology, 21(3), 501-506. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arq003

Behavioral variation has been documented both between and within populations in a variety of traits. Many of these behavioral traits are phenotypically plastic and are conditional on the early environment an animal experiences, yet despite this the r... Read More about Unpredictability in food supply during early life influences boldness in fish.

Theorizing systems methodologies across cultures (2010)
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Zhichang, Z. (2010). Theorizing systems methodologies across cultures. Systems research and behavioral science, 27(2), 208-223. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.1026

People across cultures solve problems differently, so do they theorize systems methodologies. Mainstream systems research has thus far managed to ignore the cultural dimension, which generates frustrations in cross-border conversation and application... Read More about Theorizing systems methodologies across cultures.

Like false money (2010)
Book
Grubb, P. (2010). Like false money. Robert Hale Ltd

Crime novel: nominated for John Creasey Dagger award

The effects of training set selection on the relationship between pollen assemblages and climate parameters: Implications for reconstructing past climate (2010)
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Bunting, M. J., Li, Y., Liu, J., Tian, F., & Xu, Q. (2010). The effects of training set selection on the relationship between pollen assemblages and climate parameters: Implications for reconstructing past climate. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 289(1-4), 123-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.024

494 surface soil pollen samples were collected from forests, steppes, deserts, shrubs and meadows in the northern China, and compared with modern climate data. Two approaches for estimating climate parameters from pollen data were tested independentl... Read More about The effects of training set selection on the relationship between pollen assemblages and climate parameters: Implications for reconstructing past climate.

The Review of English Studies Prize Essay * 'The measured music of our meeting swords': William Morris's early romances and the transformative touch of violence (2010)
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Hanson, I. (2010). The Review of English Studies Prize Essay * 'The measured music of our meeting swords': William Morris's early romances and the transformative touch of violence. Review of English Studies, 61(250), 435-454. https://doi.org/10.1093/res/hgq014

Between the showy chivalric pageantry of the 1839 Eglinton tournament and the literary appearance, in 1859, of Tennyson’s Arthurian Idylls of the King, William Morris published his first romances of medieval knighthood and battle. This essay will arg... Read More about The Review of English Studies Prize Essay * 'The measured music of our meeting swords': William Morris's early romances and the transformative touch of violence.

Trends in the incidence of rain rates associated with outages on fixed links operating above 10 GHz in the southern United Kingdom (2010)
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Paulson, K. S. (2010). Trends in the incidence of rain rates associated with outages on fixed links operating above 10 GHz in the southern United Kingdom. Radio science, 45(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009rs004193

Studies have shown that climate change is leading to an increase in the incidence of heavy rain in the United Kingdom, particularly over winter. The major interest has been on the hydrological impacts of this increase, and so studies have focused on... Read More about Trends in the incidence of rain rates associated with outages on fixed links operating above 10 GHz in the southern United Kingdom.

The dramatic influence of the location of bend and of lateral fluoro substitution on the mesomorphic properties of angular chiral esters based on a 1,3-disubstituted benzene ring (2010)
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Fergusson, K. M., & Hird, M. (2010). The dramatic influence of the location of bend and of lateral fluoro substitution on the mesomorphic properties of angular chiral esters based on a 1,3-disubstituted benzene ring. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20(15), 3069-3078. https://doi.org/10.1039/b923267b

The synthesis and mesomorphic properties of a range of 3-ring and 4-ring chiral esters based on a 1,3-disubstituted benzene unit are detailed. These materials all deviate from the usual linear molecular architecture of liquid crystals, and hence are... Read More about The dramatic influence of the location of bend and of lateral fluoro substitution on the mesomorphic properties of angular chiral esters based on a 1,3-disubstituted benzene ring.

Biomarkers of chemotherapy resistance in breast cancer identified by proteomics: current status (2010)
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Hodgkinson, V. C., Eagle, G. L., Drew, P. J., Lind, M. J., & Cawkwell, L. (2010). Biomarkers of chemotherapy resistance in breast cancer identified by proteomics: current status. Cancer Letters, 294(1), 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2010.01.036

This review describes and discusses the advantages and limitations of proteomic approaches in the identification of biomarkers associated with chemotherapy resistance. Both gel-based (two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) and gel-free (... Read More about Biomarkers of chemotherapy resistance in breast cancer identified by proteomics: current status.

Barriers to treatment adherence in physiotherapy outpatient clinics: a systematic review (2010)
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Jack, K., McLean, S. M., Moffett, J. K., & Gardiner, E. (2010). Barriers to treatment adherence in physiotherapy outpatient clinics: a systematic review. Manual Therapy, 15(3), 220-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.math.2009.12.004

Poor adherence to treatment can have negative effects on outcomes and healthcare cost. However, little is known about the barriers to treatment adherence within physiotherapy. The aim of this systematic review was to identify barriers to treatment ad... Read More about Barriers to treatment adherence in physiotherapy outpatient clinics: a systematic review.

Access to a primary aminosporopollenin solid support from plant spores (2010)
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Barrier, S., Löbbert, A., Boasman, A. J., Boa, A. N., Lorch, M., Atkin, S. L., & MacKenzie, G. (2010). Access to a primary aminosporopollenin solid support from plant spores. Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC, 12(2), 234-240. https://doi.org/10.1039/b913215e

Sporopollenin, which is a naturally occurring and highly resilient organic polymer constituting the external shell of spores and pollen grains, has been converted into a primary amine form with a loading of 0.58 +/- 0.04 mmol. g(-1) by reductive amin... Read More about Access to a primary aminosporopollenin solid support from plant spores.

Reliable decentralized supervisory control of fuzzy discrete event systems (2010)
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Wang, F., Feng, Z., & Jiang, P. (2010). Reliable decentralized supervisory control of fuzzy discrete event systems. Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 161(12), 1657-1668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fss.2010.02.002

Decentralized supervisory control has been introduced to deal with a class of fuzzy discrete event systems (DES) in which state transitions are uncertain. In this paper, we develop the work on fuzzy DES to consider the reliable decentralized supervis... Read More about Reliable decentralized supervisory control of fuzzy discrete event systems.

The construction of fantastic spaces: Tlön, Les cités obscures and the cognitive power of fiction (2010)
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Riberi, A. (2010). The construction of fantastic spaces: Tlön, Les cités obscures and the cognitive power of fiction. Lejana, 1(February),

In this paper I will establish similarities between Jorge Luis Borges'"Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis, Tertius" ("Tlön") and the graphic novels Les Cités Obscures byFrançois Schuiten and Benoît Peeters. "Tlön" is largely grounded in the ‘as if'principle: ‘If ide... Read More about The construction of fantastic spaces: Tlön, Les cités obscures and the cognitive power of fiction.

Viscoelastic properties of silica nanoparticle monolayers at the air-water interface (2010)
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Zang, D. Y., Rio, E., Langevin, D., Wei, B., & Binks, B. P. (2010). Viscoelastic properties of silica nanoparticle monolayers at the air-water interface. European Physical Journal E, 31(2), 125-134. https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2010-10565-7

We have investigated the rheological behaviour of silica nanoparticle layers at the air-water interface. Both compressed and deposited layers have been studied in Langmuir troughs and with a bicone rheometer. The compressed layers are more homogeneou... Read More about Viscoelastic properties of silica nanoparticle monolayers at the air-water interface.

Estrogens disrupt serotonin receptor and cyclooxygenase mRNA expression in the gonads of mussels (Mytilus edulis) (2010)
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Cubero-Leon, E., Ciocan, C. M., Hill, E. M., Osada, M., Kishida, M., Itoh, N., Kondo, R., Minier, C., & Rotchell, J. M. (2010). Estrogens disrupt serotonin receptor and cyclooxygenase mRNA expression in the gonads of mussels (Mytilus edulis). Aquatic Toxicology, 98(2), 178-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.02.007

Estrogenic contaminants in the aquatic environment are associated with feminisation of male fish, however their effects on some invertebrate species, such as bivalve molluscs, have yet to be characterised. Gametogenesis represents a critical step in... Read More about Estrogens disrupt serotonin receptor and cyclooxygenase mRNA expression in the gonads of mussels (Mytilus edulis).

The impact of task controllability on perceived control and cardiovascular processes (2010)
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Why, Y. P., & Foo, Y. (2010). The impact of task controllability on perceived control and cardiovascular processes. Psychophysiology, 47(4), 669-672. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.00984.x

This article examines the impact of task control on perceived control and cardiovascular processes. Fifty-eight undergraduates performed a computer task where the functionality of the computer mouse was used to manipulate task control. Results are co... Read More about The impact of task controllability on perceived control and cardiovascular processes.

Sedimentation of bidisperse suspensions (2010)
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Dorrell, R., & Hogg, A. J. (2010). Sedimentation of bidisperse suspensions. International journal of multiphase flow, 36(6), 481-490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.02.001

The average settling velocity of a suspension of identical particles through otherwise quiescent fluid is smaller than the settling velocity of a single particle in an unbounded fluid. When a suspension settles out to form a deposit, this hindered se... Read More about Sedimentation of bidisperse suspensions.

Compliance, resistance and seduction: reflections on 20 years of the funding council model of governance (2010)
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Filippakou, O., Salter, B., & Tapper, T. (2010). Compliance, resistance and seduction: reflections on 20 years of the funding council model of governance. Higher Education, 60(5), 543-557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-010-9314-x

Formally the new public management model of governance was introduced into British higher education with the passage of the 1988 Education Reform Act, which abolished the existing University Grants Committee (UGC) and instigated the funding councils.... Read More about Compliance, resistance and seduction: reflections on 20 years of the funding council model of governance.

Risk and predictability of Singapore's private residential market (2010)
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Xiao, Q., & Huang, W. (2010). Risk and predictability of Singapore's private residential market. Quantitative finance, 10(5), 529-543. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697680903236113

This study explores the short-run predictability of, and the risks facing investors in, Singapore's private housing market. We explicitly model a periodically collapsing rational speculative bubble within the present value framework, and propose an u... Read More about Risk and predictability of Singapore's private residential market.