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Worth, age, and social status in early modern England (2010)
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Spicksley, J., & Shepard, A. (2011). Worth, age, and social status in early modern England. The Economic history review, 64(2), 493-530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00533.x

This article introduces a new source for assessing the distribution of wealth in early modern England derived from witness depositions taken by the church courts. It discusses the accuracy of statements of ‘worth’ provided by thousands of witnesses b... Read More about Worth, age, and social status in early modern England.

Research based empathic knowledge for nursing: A translational strategy for disseminating phenomenological research findings to provide evidence for caring practice (2010)
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Todres, L., & Galvin, K. T. (2011). Research based empathic knowledge for nursing: A translational strategy for disseminating phenomenological research findings to provide evidence for caring practice. International journal of nursing studies, 48(4), 522-530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.08.009

We are interested in the kind of knowledge that is particularly relevant to caring practice and the way in which qualitative research findings can serve such knowledge. As phenomenological researchers we have been engaged with the question of how fin... Read More about Research based empathic knowledge for nursing: A translational strategy for disseminating phenomenological research findings to provide evidence for caring practice.

The hot interstellar medium of the interacting galaxy NGC 4490 (2010)
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Richings, A. J., Fabbiano, G., Wang, J., & Roberts, T. P. (2010). The hot interstellar medium of the interacting galaxy NGC 4490. The Astrophysical journal, 723(2), 1375-1392. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/723/2/1375

We present an analysis of the hot interstellar medium (ISM) in the spiral galaxy NGC 4490, which is interacting with the irregular galaxy NGC 4485, using ∼100 ks of Chandra ACIS-S observations. The high angular resolution of Chandra enables us to rem... Read More about The hot interstellar medium of the interacting galaxy NGC 4490.

Treatment of cystic fibrosis associated cutaneous vasculitis with chloroquine (2010)
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Molyneux, I. D., Moon, T., Webb, A. K., & Morice, A. H. (2010). Treatment of cystic fibrosis associated cutaneous vasculitis with chloroquine. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 9(6), 439-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2010.08.017

Vasculitis is a well recognised complication of Cystic Fibrosis. Corticosteroids are the mainstay of treatment but some cases can be resistant and may require additional disease modifying agents.We describe a case of steroid resistant cutaneous vascu... Read More about Treatment of cystic fibrosis associated cutaneous vasculitis with chloroquine.

Isolated word recognition of silent speech using magnetic implants and sensors (2010)
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Gilbert, J. M., Rybchenko, S. I., Hofe, R., Ell, S. R., Fagan, M. J., Moore, R. K., & Green, P. (2010). Isolated word recognition of silent speech using magnetic implants and sensors. Medical engineering & physics, 32(10), 1189-1197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.08.011

There are a number of situations where individuals wish to communicate verbally but are unable to use conventional means so called 'silent speech'. These include speakers in noisy and covert situations as well as patients who have lost their voice as... Read More about Isolated word recognition of silent speech using magnetic implants and sensors.

Income-generating activities for young people in southern Africa: exploring AIDS and other constraints (2010)
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Hajdu, F., Ansell, N., Robson, E., Van Blerk, L., & Chipeta, L. (2011). Income-generating activities for young people in southern Africa: exploring AIDS and other constraints. The Geographical journal, 177(3), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00381.x

This paper reports on a study with rural young people (aged 10-24 years) in Malawi and Lesotho, focusing on their opportunities to learn skills and access capital and assets to engage in income-generating activities (IGAs). Participatory group exerci... Read More about Income-generating activities for young people in southern Africa: exploring AIDS and other constraints.

Hull early walking aid for rehabilitation of transtibial amputees - randomized controlled trial (HEART) (2010)
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Mazari, F. A. K., Mockford, K., Vanicek, N., Barnett, C., Khan, J. A., Brown, B., Smith, L., Polman, R. C., Hancock, A., & Chetter, I. C. (2010). Hull early walking aid for rehabilitation of transtibial amputees - randomized controlled trial (HEART). Journal of vascular surgery, 52(6), 1564-1571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2010.07.006

Purpose: To compare articulated and nonarticulated early walking aids (EWAs) for clinical and quality-of-life outcomes in transtibial amputees. Methods: Patients undergoing lower limb amputation in a tertiary-care vascular surgical unit were screened... Read More about Hull early walking aid for rehabilitation of transtibial amputees - randomized controlled trial (HEART).

Filtering spatial error from DEMs: implicatons for morphological change estimation (2010)
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Milan, D. J., Heritage, G. L., Large, A. R. G., & Fuller, I. C. (2011). Filtering spatial error from DEMs: implicatons for morphological change estimation. Geomorphology, 125(1), 160-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.09.012

Scour and fill estimation from digital elevation model (DEM) subtraction or differencing is an increasingly common technique in morphological and sediment transport investigations. The technique is commonly used to estimate scour and fill volumes and... Read More about Filtering spatial error from DEMs: implicatons for morphological change estimation.

Choice, control and contemporary childbirth: understanding through women's stories (2010)
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Jomeen, J. (2010). Choice, control and contemporary childbirth: understanding through women's stories. Radcliffe Publishing Ltd

Current maternity policy advocates choice and control for women in maternity care, and promotes women as active childbirth consumers and decision-makers. However, evidence that women receive true choice within contemporary maternity services is lacki... Read More about Choice, control and contemporary childbirth: understanding through women's stories.

Mokken scaling analyses of the Personal Disturbance Scale (DSSI/sAD) in large clinical and non-clinical samples (2010)
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Bedford, A., Watson, R., Henry, J. D., Crawford, J. R., & Deary, I. J. (2011). Mokken scaling analyses of the Personal Disturbance Scale (DSSI/sAD) in large clinical and non-clinical samples. Personality and individual differences, 50(1), 38-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2010.08.017

The responses of a predominantly British sample of 479 persons undergoing psychiatric treatment (as in-, out and day patients), and two British samples from the general population, on the Personal Disturbance Scale (DSSI/sAD), were separately subject... Read More about Mokken scaling analyses of the Personal Disturbance Scale (DSSI/sAD) in large clinical and non-clinical samples.

The influence of parasitism on fish population success (2010)
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Longshaw, M., Frear, P. A., Nunn, A. D., Cowx, I. G., & Feist, S. W. (2010). The influence of parasitism on fish population success. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 17(5), 426-434. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2010.00741.x

The influence of parasitism on first-year growth and recruitment success of two cyprinid species in the Yorkshire Ouse catchment, England, was investigated using a 14-year dataset. This study demonstrated a significant role of parasitism in growth an... Read More about The influence of parasitism on fish population success.

Cognitive motor interference while walking: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2010)
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Al-Yahya, E., Dawes, H., Smith, L., Dennis, A., Howells, K., & Cockburn, J. (2011). Cognitive motor interference while walking: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 35(3), 715-728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.08.008

Dual-task methodology has been increasingly used to assess cognitive motor interference while walking. However, whether the observed dual-task-related gait changes are systematically related to methodological variations remains unclear and researcher... Read More about Cognitive motor interference while walking: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The social marketing of giving: a framework for public policy intervention (2010)
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Sargeant, A., Shang, J., & Shabbir, H. (2010). The social marketing of giving: a framework for public policy intervention. Public management review, 12(5), 635-662. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719031003633953

Despite significant government efforts to bolster individual philanthropy, giving by individuals (as a percentage of household income) has remained remarkably static and participation in many western countries is declining. This article explores the... Read More about The social marketing of giving: a framework for public policy intervention.

Commentary on East L, Jackson D, Peters K & O’Brien L (2010) Disrupted sense of self: young women and sexually transmitted infections. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19, 1995-2003 (2010)
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Hayter, M. (2010). Commentary on East L, Jackson D, Peters K & O’Brien L (2010) Disrupted sense of self: young women and sexually transmitted infections. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19, 1995-2003. Journal of clinical nursing, 19(19-20), 2952-2953. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03429.x

Synthesis and characterisation of alkylaluminium benzimidazolates and their use in the ring-opening polymerisation of ε-caprolactone (2010)
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Shen, M., Huang, W., Zhang, W., Hao, X., Sun, W. H., & Redshaw, C. (2010). Synthesis and characterisation of alkylaluminium benzimidazolates and their use in the ring-opening polymerisation of ε-caprolactone. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 39(41), 9912-9922. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0dt00514b

The stoichiometric reactions of 2-(benzimidazol-2-yl)-6-methylpyridine (L1) or 8-(benzimidazol-2-yl)quinaldine (L2) with trialkylaluminium reagents R 3Al (R = Me, Et and iBu) afforded the corresponding dialkylaluminium benzimidazolate complexes R2AlL... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of alkylaluminium benzimidazolates and their use in the ring-opening polymerisation of ε-caprolactone.

Is there evidence for a shift in fish growth and recruitment success linked to climate change? (2010)
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Nunn, A. D., Frear, P. A., Lee, M., & Cowx, I. G. (2010). Is there evidence for a shift in fish growth and recruitment success linked to climate change?. Journal of fish biology, 77(8), 1780-1792. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02751.x

This study investigated whether a putative shift in climate regime in the North Atlantic in the 1990s coincided with changes in the growth and recruitment of roach Rutilus rutilus in the north-east of England. The relationships between R. rutilus gro... Read More about Is there evidence for a shift in fish growth and recruitment success linked to climate change?.

Further evaluation of the criterion validity of the Severe Impairment Battery for the assessment of cognitive functioning in adults with Down Syndrome (2010)
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Hutchinson, N., & Oakes, P. (2011). Further evaluation of the criterion validity of the Severe Impairment Battery for the assessment of cognitive functioning in adults with Down Syndrome. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 24(2), 172-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00600.x

Background People with Down Syndrome are at significant risk of developing Alzheimer's disease as they get older and early assessment, diagnosis and intervention is essential. Neuro-psychological measures of cognitive functioning play an important pa... Read More about Further evaluation of the criterion validity of the Severe Impairment Battery for the assessment of cognitive functioning in adults with Down Syndrome.

Mokken scaling of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS) (2010)
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Thompson, D. R., & Watson, R. (2011). Mokken scaling of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS). Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 17(1), 156-159. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01415.x

Aims The purpose of this study was to examine the hierarchical and cumulative nature of the 35 items of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS), a disease-specific health-related quality of life measure. Method Data from 668 pa... Read More about Mokken scaling of the Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS).

A new in vitro screening bioassay for the ecotoxicological evaluation of the estrogenic responses of environmental chemicals using roach (Rutilus rutilus) liver explant culture (2010)
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Gerbron, M., Geraudie, P., Rotchell, J., & Minier, C. (2010). A new in vitro screening bioassay for the ecotoxicological evaluation of the estrogenic responses of environmental chemicals using roach (Rutilus rutilus) liver explant culture. Environmental Toxicology, 25(5), 510-516. https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.20596

There is growing evidence that many chemicals released in the environment are able to disturb the normal endocrinology of organisms affecting the structure and function of their reproductive system. This has prompted the scientific community to devel... Read More about A new in vitro screening bioassay for the ecotoxicological evaluation of the estrogenic responses of environmental chemicals using roach (Rutilus rutilus) liver explant culture.

Synthesis and properties of novel columnar liquid crystals based on symmetrical and non-symmetrical 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene derivatives (2010)
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Stackhouse, P. J., Wilson, A., Lacey, D., & Hird, M. (2010). Synthesis and properties of novel columnar liquid crystals based on symmetrical and non-symmetrical 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene derivatives. Liquid crystals, 37(9), 1191-1203. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2010.490647

In this structure-property correlation study we have investigated a number of novel disc-shaped compounds incorporating a 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene at the central core. All the materials with peripheral arms attached through an ester linkage exhib... Read More about Synthesis and properties of novel columnar liquid crystals based on symmetrical and non-symmetrical 1,3,5-trisubstituted benzene derivatives.