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The optimization of electrical conductivity using central composite design for polyvinyl alcohol/multiwalled carbon nanotube-manganese dioxide nanofiber composites synthesised by electrospinning (2012)
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Zamri, M. F. M. A., Zein, S. H. S., Abdullah, A. Z., & Basir, N. I. (2012). The optimization of electrical conductivity using central composite design for polyvinyl alcohol/multiwalled carbon nanotube-manganese dioxide nanofiber composites synthesised by electrospinning. Journal of applied sciences (Asian Network for Scientific Information), 12(4), 345-353. https://doi.org/10.3923/jas.2012.345.353

This research reports the characterization and statistical analysis of electrical conductivity optimization for polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-manganese dioxide (MnO 2 ) nanofiber composite. The Central Composite Design (... Read More about The optimization of electrical conductivity using central composite design for polyvinyl alcohol/multiwalled carbon nanotube-manganese dioxide nanofiber composites synthesised by electrospinning.

The role of novelty in early word learning (2012)
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Mather, E., & Plunkett, K. (2012). The role of novelty in early word learning. Cognitive science, 36(7), 1157-1177. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01239.x

What mechanism implements the mutual exclusivity bias to map novel labels to objects without names? Prominent theoretical accounts of mutual exclusivity (e.g., Markman, 1989, 1990) propose that infants are guided by their knowledge of object names. H... Read More about The role of novelty in early word learning.

Metabolomic analysis of sex specific metabolites in gonads of the mussel, Mytilus edulis (2012)
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Cubero-Leon, E., Minier, C., Hill, E. M., & Rotchell, J. (2012). Metabolomic analysis of sex specific metabolites in gonads of the mussel, Mytilus edulis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 7(2), 212-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2012.03.002

Marine mussels have been used as sentinel organisms to monitor exposure to a variety of chemical contaminants, including endocrine disrupting chemicals, in the aquatic environment. Although they are an important species for use in ecotoxicology inves... Read More about Metabolomic analysis of sex specific metabolites in gonads of the mussel, Mytilus edulis.

Restoring river connectivity: Prioritizing passage improvements for diadromous fishes and lampreys (2012)
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Cowx, I. G., & Nunn, A. D. (2012). Restoring river connectivity: Prioritizing passage improvements for diadromous fishes and lampreys. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 41(4), 402-409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0281-6

Physical obstructions are becoming increasingly recognized as major factors influencing the migrations, population structures, spawning success and recruitment of freshwater organisms. This paper presents a simple but effective method, intended for u... Read More about Restoring river connectivity: Prioritizing passage improvements for diadromous fishes and lampreys.

Dynamic performance of a façade-based solar loop heat pipe water heating system (2012)
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Wang, Z., Duan, Z., Zhao, X., & Chen, M. (2012). Dynamic performance of a façade-based solar loop heat pipe water heating system. Solar Energy, 86(5), 1632-1647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.031

This paper reported a dedicated study of a novel façade-based solar loop heat pipe (LHP) water heating system using both theoretical and experimental methods. This system employs a modular panel incorporating a unique loop heat pipe that is able to s... Read More about Dynamic performance of a façade-based solar loop heat pipe water heating system.

Fluorescence-based experimental model to evaluate the concomitant effect of drugs on the tumour microenvironment and cancer cells (2012)
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Ramasamy, K., Khatun, H., Macpherson, L., Caley, M. P., Sturge, J., Mufti, G. J., Schey, S. A., & Calle, Y. (2012). Fluorescence-based experimental model to evaluate the concomitant effect of drugs on the tumour microenvironment and cancer cells. British journal of haematology, 157(5), 564-579. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2141.2012.09103.x

The response of the tumour microenvironment to anti-cancer drugs can influence treatment efficacy. Current drug-screening methodologies fail to distinguish and quantify simultaneously the concomitant effect of drugs on the tumour stroma and cancer ce... Read More about Fluorescence-based experimental model to evaluate the concomitant effect of drugs on the tumour microenvironment and cancer cells.

Gesture facilitates the syntactic analysis of speech (2012)
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Holle, H., Obermeier, C., Schmidt-Kassow, M., Friederici, A. D., Ward, J., & Gunter, T. C. (2012). Gesture facilitates the syntactic analysis of speech. Frontiers in Psychology, 3(MAR), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00074

Recent research suggests that the brain routinely binds together information from gesture and speech. However, most of this research focused on the integration of representational gestures with the semantic content of speech. Much less is known about... Read More about Gesture facilitates the syntactic analysis of speech.

Repairing Historical Wrongs: Public History and Transatlantic Slavery (2012)
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Oldfield, J. (2012). Repairing Historical Wrongs: Public History and Transatlantic Slavery. Social & legal studies, 21(2), 243 - 255. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663911435520

On both sides of the Atlantic, states have tended to react nervously to reparative claims for slavery, just as they have tended to be wary of making apologies of any kind. In the absence of more radical gestures, public history has taken on an added... Read More about Repairing Historical Wrongs: Public History and Transatlantic Slavery.

The structure of stress: confirmatory factor analysis of a Chinese version of the stressors in Nursing Students Scale (SINS) (2012)
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Watson, R., Yanhua, C., Ip, M. Y., Smith, G. D., Wong, T. K., & Deary, I. J. (2013). The structure of stress: confirmatory factor analysis of a Chinese version of the stressors in Nursing Students Scale (SINS). Nurse education today, 33(2), 160-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.02.013

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Stress is a feature of the life of nursing students and this had been well studied. However, there are very few instruments to measure stress in nursing students specifically. One such instrument, the Stressors in Nursing Students Scale... Read More about The structure of stress: confirmatory factor analysis of a Chinese version of the stressors in Nursing Students Scale (SINS).

On the study of the effects of sea views, greenery views and personal characteristics on noise annoyance perception at homes (2012)
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Nang Li, H., Kwan Chau, C., Sze Tse, M., & Tang, S. K. (2012). On the study of the effects of sea views, greenery views and personal characteristics on noise annoyance perception at homes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(3), 2131-2140. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3681936

Noise annoyance has caused significant adverse impacts on human beings and numerous efforts have been spent on mitigating annoyance problems. Natural greenery has been shown to be able to moderate annoyance problems at home but this conclusion was dr... Read More about On the study of the effects of sea views, greenery views and personal characteristics on noise annoyance perception at homes.

Electrophysiological responses to violations of expectation from eye gaze and arrow cues (2012)
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Tipples, J., Johnston, P., & Mayes, A. (2013). Electrophysiological responses to violations of expectation from eye gaze and arrow cues. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8(5), 509-514. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nss024

Isolating processes within the brain that are specific to human behavior is a key goal for social neuroscience. The current research was an attempt to test whether recent findings of enhanced negative ERPs in response to unexpected human gaze are uni... Read More about Electrophysiological responses to violations of expectation from eye gaze and arrow cues.

Effects of anisotropic permeability and electrical conductivity of gas diffusion layers on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (2012)
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Ismail, M. S., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D. B., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2012). Effects of anisotropic permeability and electrical conductivity of gas diffusion layers on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Applied energy, 95, 50-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.02.003

A 3-dimensional model for an in-house proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell with serpentine channels has been developed in order to investigate the sensitivity of the fuel cell performance to the anisotropic gas permeability and electrical conduct... Read More about Effects of anisotropic permeability and electrical conductivity of gas diffusion layers on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

Voltammetry within structured liquid nanosystems: towards the design of a flexible, three-dimensional framework for artificial photosystems (2012)
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Halls, J. E., Wright, K. J., Pickersgill, J. E., Smith, J. P., Altalhi, A. A., Bourne, R. W., Alaei, P., Ramakrishnappa, T., Kelly, S. M., & Wadhawan, J. (2012). Voltammetry within structured liquid nanosystems: towards the design of a flexible, three-dimensional framework for artificial photosystems. Electrochimica acta, 70, 215-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2012.03.052

Normal lyotropic liquid crystals (in the lamellar or hexagonal phases) are investigated as a route to afford a structured, three-dimensional, quasi-biphasic framework within which electron transfer cascades may be initiated voltammetrically. For mode... Read More about Voltammetry within structured liquid nanosystems: towards the design of a flexible, three-dimensional framework for artificial photosystems.

99 Reasons Why (2012)
Book
Smailes, C. (2012). 99 Reasons Why. London: HarperCollins Publishers

From the publisher:
From the brilliant author of ‘Black Boxes’ comes a gritty and heartfelt novella with a twist: 99 Reasons, 11 endings, your pick.

Kate isn’t like other 22 year olds. She’s got a job to do for her Uncle Phil. Each day, she spies... Read More about 99 Reasons Why.

Cognitive behavioural intervention for adults with anxiety complications of asthma: Prospective randomised trial (2012)
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Parry, G. D., Cooper, C. L., Moore, J. M., Yadegarfar, G., Campbell, M. J., Esmonde, L., Morice, A. H., & Hutchcroft, B. J. (2012). Cognitive behavioural intervention for adults with anxiety complications of asthma: Prospective randomised trial. Respiratory medicine, 106(6), 802-810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2012.02.006

Background: High levels of asthma-related fear and panic exacerbate asthma symptoms and complicate the management of asthma. Asthma-specific fear may be reduced by a cognitive behavioural intervention. We aimed to test if there is a reduction in asth... Read More about Cognitive behavioural intervention for adults with anxiety complications of asthma: Prospective randomised trial.

A survey based analysis of IT adoption and 3PLs' performance (2012)
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Evangelista, P., Mogre, R., Perego, A., Raspagliesi, A., & Sweeney, E. (2012). A survey based analysis of IT adoption and 3PLs' performance. Supply chain management, 17(2), 172-186. https://doi.org/10.1108/13598541211212906

Purpose: In today's competitive scenario, effective supply chain management is increasingly dependent on third-party logistics (3PL) companies' capabilities and performance. The dissemination of information technology (IT) has contributed to change t... Read More about A survey based analysis of IT adoption and 3PLs' performance.

Characterization of the effects of cross-linking of macrophage CD44 associated with increased phagocytosis of apoptotic PMN (2012)
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Hart, S. P., Rossi, A. G., Haslett, C., & Dransfield, I. (2012). Characterization of the effects of cross-linking of macrophage CD44 associated with increased phagocytosis of apoptotic PMN. PLoS ONE, 7(3), e33142. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033142

Control of macrophage capacity for apoptotic cell clearance by soluble mediators such as cytokines, prostaglandins and lipoxins, serum proteins, and glucocorticoids may critically determine the rate at which inflammation resolves. Previous studies su... Read More about Characterization of the effects of cross-linking of macrophage CD44 associated with increased phagocytosis of apoptotic PMN.

Creating Non-Believed Memories for Recent Autobiographical Events (2012)
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Clark, A., Nash, R. A., Fincham, G., & Mazzoni, G. (2012). Creating Non-Believed Memories for Recent Autobiographical Events. PLoS ONE, 7(3), 1334 - 1340. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032998

A recent study showed that many people spontaneously report vivid memories of events that they do not believe to have occurred [1]. In the present experiment we tested for the first time whether, after powerful false memories have been created, debri... Read More about Creating Non-Believed Memories for Recent Autobiographical Events.