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General equilibrium impacts of monetary and fiscal policies on welfare of households in South Asia (2011)
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Bhattarai, K. (2011). General equilibrium impacts of monetary and fiscal policies on welfare of households in South Asia. Review of development economics, 15(4), 745-757. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2011.00640.x

Impacts of fiscal and monetary policies are assessed in an open economy two sector multi-household general equilibrium tax model with money for South Asia. Despite impressive growth rates there is evidence for alarming gaps in the distribution of inc... Read More about General equilibrium impacts of monetary and fiscal policies on welfare of households in South Asia.

Influence of step length on 6-minute walk test performance in patients with chronic heart failure (2011)
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Pepera, G. K., Sandercock, G. R., Sloan, R., Cleland, J. J., Ingle, L., & Clark, A. L. (2012). Influence of step length on 6-minute walk test performance in patients with chronic heart failure. Physiotherapy, 98(4), 325-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2011.08.005

Objective: To investigate the influence of gait parameters including step length and walking speed during performance of the 6-minute walking test (6MWT) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Design: Observational study. Setting: Specialist h... Read More about Influence of step length on 6-minute walk test performance in patients with chronic heart failure.

(Dis)continuity and the Coalition: primary pedagogy as craft and primary pedagogy as performance (2011)
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Adams, P. (2011). (Dis)continuity and the Coalition: primary pedagogy as craft and primary pedagogy as performance. Educational review, 63(4), 467-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2011.620699

Shortly after taking power following the May 2010 UK general election, the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government published its education white paper, The Importance of Teaching. In this, certain features for primary school pedagogy can be discerne... Read More about (Dis)continuity and the Coalition: primary pedagogy as craft and primary pedagogy as performance.

Hierarchical formation of bulgeless galaxies - II. Redistribution of angular momentum via galactic fountains: Bulgeless discs II (2011)
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Brook, C. B., Stinson, G., Gibson, B. K., Roškar, R., Wadsley, J., & Quinn, T. (2012). Hierarchical formation of bulgeless galaxies - II. Redistribution of angular momentum via galactic fountains: Bulgeless discs II. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419(1), 771-779. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19740.x

Within a fully cosmological hydrodynamical simulation, we form a galaxy which rotates at 140 kms-1, and it is characterized by two loose spiral arms and a bar, indicative of a Hubble-type SBc/d galaxy. We show that our simulated galaxy has no classic... Read More about Hierarchical formation of bulgeless galaxies - II. Redistribution of angular momentum via galactic fountains: Bulgeless discs II.

Age and reproductive investment in grass goby females in the Venice lagoon (2011)
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Franco, A., Malavasi, S., Pranovi, F., Franzoi, P., & Torricelli, P. (2012). Age and reproductive investment in grass goby females in the Venice lagoon. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 93(3), 419-425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-011-9931-y

The present work describes the relationship between age and reproductive investment in the grass goby females in the Venice Lagoon. Age was estimated by otoliths reading, while reproductive investment was assessed by either the relative number of mat... Read More about Age and reproductive investment in grass goby females in the Venice lagoon.

Cognitive Skills, Openness and Growth (2011)
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Bhattarai, K., & Basu, P. (2012). Cognitive Skills, Openness and Growth. Economic Record, 88(280), 18-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.2011.00764.x

A significant positive relationship exists between the ratios of trade and educational spending to gross domestic product, implying that countries which are more open on the trade front also spend more on education. An open economy endogenous growth... Read More about Cognitive Skills, Openness and Growth.

Molecular toxicology of corals: A review (2011)
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Rotchell, J. M., & Ostrander, G. K. (2011). Molecular toxicology of corals: A review. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B: Critical Reviews, 14(8), 571-592. https://doi.org/10.1080/10937404.2011.615112

Coral reefs worldwide have become increasingly affected by a phenomenon known as "coral bleaching," the loss of the symbiotic algae from the host corals. The underlying causes and mechanism(s) of coral bleaching are not well known, although several h... Read More about Molecular toxicology of corals: A review.

Implicit reconstruction of vasculatures using bivariate piecewise algebraic splines (2011)
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Hong, Q., Li, Q., & Tian, J. (2012). Implicit reconstruction of vasculatures using bivariate piecewise algebraic splines. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 31(3), 543-553. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2011.2172455

Vasculature geometry reconstruction from volumetric medical data is a crucial task in the development of computer guided minimally invasive vascular surgery systems. In this paper, a technique for reconstructing the geometry of vasculatures using biv... Read More about Implicit reconstruction of vasculatures using bivariate piecewise algebraic splines.

Inferring the origin of populations introduced from a genetically structured native range by approximate Bayesian computation: case study of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. (2011)
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Lombaert, E., Guillemaud, T., Thomas, C. E., Lawson Handley, L. J., Li, J., Wang, S., Pang, H., Goryacheva, I., Zakharov, I. A., Jousselin, E., Poland, R. L., Migeon, A., Van Lenteren, J., De Clercq, P., Berkvens, N., Jones, W., & Estoup, A. (2011). Inferring the origin of populations introduced from a genetically structured native range by approximate Bayesian computation: case study of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Molecular ecology, 20(22), 4654-4670. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05322.x

Correct identification of the source population of an invasive species is a prerequisite for testing hypotheses concerning the factors responsible for biological invasions. The native area of invasive species may be large, poorly known and/or genetic... Read More about Inferring the origin of populations introduced from a genetically structured native range by approximate Bayesian computation: case study of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis..

Momentum relaxation due to polar optical phonons in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures (2011)
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Zhang, J.-Z., Zhang, J.-Z., Dyson, A., & Ridley, B. K. (2011). Momentum relaxation due to polar optical phonons in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 84(15), Article ARTN 155310. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.155310

Using the dielectric continuum (DC) model, momentum relaxation rates are calculated for electrons confined in quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) channels of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures. Particular attention is paid to the effects of half-space and inter... Read More about Momentum relaxation due to polar optical phonons in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures.

Ammonia removal in anaerobic digestion by biogas stripping: An evaluation of process alternatives using a first order rate model based on experimental findings (2011)
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Walker, M., Iyer, K., Heaven, S., & Banks, C. (2011). Ammonia removal in anaerobic digestion by biogas stripping: An evaluation of process alternatives using a first order rate model based on experimental findings. Chemical Engineering Journal, 178, 138-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2011.10.027

The feasibility of biogas stripping to remove ammonia in the anaerobic digestion of source segregated food waste was investigated. It was found in batch experiments that ammonia could be removed from digestate and that the removal followed 1st order... Read More about Ammonia removal in anaerobic digestion by biogas stripping: An evaluation of process alternatives using a first order rate model based on experimental findings.

Torontská disertace o ceském divadle (A Toronto doctoral dissertation on Czech theatre) (2011)
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Drabek, P. (2011). Torontská disertace o ceském divadle (A Toronto doctoral dissertation on Czech theatre). Theatralia, 14(2), 277 - 279

A critical review of Adam Grunzke's PhD thesis "Models of Aesthetic Subversion: Ideas, Spaces, and Objects in Czech Drama and Theatre of the 1950s and 1960s", defended at the University of Toronto.

Tendence v našem myšlení o divadle (Trends in our thinking on the theatre) (2011)
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Drabek, P. (2011). Tendence v našem myšlení o divadle (Trends in our thinking on the theatre). Theatralia, 14(2), 285 - 291

A critical essay on the papers presented at the international theatre studies conference held at the Theatre Faculty of the Janácek Academy of Performing Arts, 2008, to the honour of Prof. Ivo Osolsobe. These papers were published in a collection ent... Read More about Tendence v našem myšlení o divadle (Trends in our thinking on the theatre).

Príspevek k provázkovské mytologii (a contribution to the mythology of the Goose on a String Theatre) (2011)
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Drabek, P. (2011). Príspevek k provázkovské mytologii (a contribution to the mythology of the Goose on a String Theatre). Theatralia, 14(2), 266 - 267

A critical review of Petr Oslzlý's book "Theatre on a String's Commedia dell'Arte Production (1974-1985): An Analysis, Reconstruction and Documentation of Peter Scherhaufer's and Harlequin Boleslav Polívka's Production" (Brno: JAMU, 2011).

A microfluidic system for testing the responses of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma tissue biopsies to treatment with chemotherapy drugs (2011)
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Hattersley, S. M., Sylvester, D. C., Dyer, C. E., Stafford, N. D., Haswell, S. J., & Greenman, J. (2012). A microfluidic system for testing the responses of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma tissue biopsies to treatment with chemotherapy drugs. Annals of biomedical engineering, 40(6), 1277-1288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-011-0428-9

Tumors are heterogeneous masses of cells characterized pathologically by their size and spread. Their chaotic biology makes treatment of malignancies hard to generalize. We present a robust and reproducible glass microfluidic system, for the maintena... Read More about A microfluidic system for testing the responses of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma tissue biopsies to treatment with chemotherapy drugs.

Ethylene polymerization catalysis by vanadium-based systems bearing sulfur-bridged calixarenes (2011)
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Redshaw, C., Clowes, L., Hughes, D. L., Elsegood, M. R., & Yamato, T. (2011). Ethylene polymerization catalysis by vanadium-based systems bearing sulfur-bridged calixarenes. Organometallics, 30(21), 5620-5624. https://doi.org/10.1021/om200402u

Calixarenes bridged by thia (?S?), sulfinyl (?SO?), or sulfonyl (?SO 2-) linkers have been employed as ancillary ligands in vanadium-based ethylene polymerization and in the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone. For ethylene polymerization,... Read More about Ethylene polymerization catalysis by vanadium-based systems bearing sulfur-bridged calixarenes.

The experiences of men living with inhibited ejaculation (2011)
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Robbins-Cherry, S. A., Hayter, M., Wylie, K. R., & Goldmeier, D. (2011). The experiences of men living with inhibited ejaculation. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 26(3), 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2011.621939

This study describes the experience of inhibited ejaculation in five men using qualitative methods. All the men shared some common features that emerged as four major themes. These were Sexual Development, Relationships, Fantasy versus Reality and Pe... Read More about The experiences of men living with inhibited ejaculation.

Imagining 'radical' youth work possibilities - challenging the 'symbolic violence' within the mainstream tradition in contemporary state-led youth work practice in England (2011)
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Cooper, C. (2012). Imagining 'radical' youth work possibilities - challenging the 'symbolic violence' within the mainstream tradition in contemporary state-led youth work practice in England. Journal of Youth Studies, 15(1), 53-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2011.618489

This paper critically assesses the contemporary mainstream state-led youth work tradition in England. Its particular focus is possibilities within this tradition for engaging disadvantaged young people in activities that facilitate resistance to oppr... Read More about Imagining 'radical' youth work possibilities - challenging the 'symbolic violence' within the mainstream tradition in contemporary state-led youth work practice in England.

Encapsulation of living cells into sporopollenin microcapsules (2011)
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Hamad, S. A., Dyab, A. F., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (2011). Encapsulation of living cells into sporopollenin microcapsules. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(44), 18018-18023. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm13719k

We demonstrate that living cells can be encapsulated inside sporopollenin microcapsules derived from Lycopodium clavatum. To encapsulate large objects like cells, the sporopollenin particles are compressed into a pellet which forces their trilite sca... Read More about Encapsulation of living cells into sporopollenin microcapsules.