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3-(4-Bromophenyl)-5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)isoxazole: a versatile, new molecular building block for side-chain liquid crystal oligomers and polymers (2015)
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Vilela, G. D., Fernandes, T. H. M., da Rosa, R. R., Kelly, S. M., Kitney, S. P., & Merlo, A. A. (2016). 3-(4-Bromophenyl)-5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)isoxazole: a versatile, new molecular building block for side-chain liquid crystal oligomers and polymers. Polymer Bulletin, 73(4), 959-973. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-015-1529-7

The synthesis and liquid crystalline behaviour of new comb-shaped methacrylate oligomers, derived from a new key intermediate in the synthesis of heterocyclic liquid crystals, i.e., 3-(4-bromophenyl)-5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)isoxazole, are reported. These... Read More about 3-(4-Bromophenyl)-5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)isoxazole: a versatile, new molecular building block for side-chain liquid crystal oligomers and polymers.

The design and investigation of the self-assembly of dimers with two nematic phases (2015)
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Ahmed, Z., Welch, C., & Mehl, G. H. (2015). The design and investigation of the self-assembly of dimers with two nematic phases. RSC advances, 5(113), 93513-93521. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra18118f

A series of non-symmetric dimers were synthesised containing either cyanobiphenyl or difluoroterphenyl moieties on one side and a range of long, short, bent, polar or apolar mesogens on the other side of the molecules. The dielectric anisotropy of th... Read More about The design and investigation of the self-assembly of dimers with two nematic phases.

Using realist review to inform intervention development: Methodological illustration and conceptual platform for collaborative care in offender mental health (2015)
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Pearson, M., Brand, S. L., Quinn, C., Shaw, J., Maguire, M., Michie, S., Briscoe, S., Lennox, C., Stirzaker, A., Kirkpatrick, T., & Byng, R. (2015). Using realist review to inform intervention development: Methodological illustration and conceptual platform for collaborative care in offender mental health. Implementation Science, 10(1), Article 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0321-2

Background This paper reports how we used a realist review, as part of a wider project to improve collaborative mental health care for prisoners with common mental health problems, to develop a conceptual platform. The importance of offenders gaining... Read More about Using realist review to inform intervention development: Methodological illustration and conceptual platform for collaborative care in offender mental health.

A qualitative evaluation of home based contraceptive and sexual health care for teenage mothers (2015)
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Hayter, M., Jones, C., Owen, J., & Harrison, C. (2016). A qualitative evaluation of home based contraceptive and sexual health care for teenage mothers. Primary health care research & development, 17(3), 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1463423615000432

This paper reports on the findings from a qualitative study exploring the experiences of teenage mothers using a nurse-led, home-based contraceptive service designed to prevent repeat unplanned pregnancies. The aim was to understand if, and how the s... Read More about A qualitative evaluation of home based contraceptive and sexual health care for teenage mothers.

Childhood disrupted : Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s unfinished autobiography Before the knowledge of evil (2015)
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Hatter, J. (2015). Childhood disrupted : Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s unfinished autobiography Before the knowledge of evil. Peer English : the journal of new critical thinking, 11-25

As Mary Jean Corbett in Representing Femininity (1992), Linda Peterson in Traditions of Victorian Women’s Autobiography (1999) and David Amigoni in Life Writing and Victorian Culture (2006) have all noted, Victorian women could write about their live... Read More about Childhood disrupted : Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s unfinished autobiography Before the knowledge of evil.

Stabilization of Pickering Emulsions with Oppositely Charged Latex Particles: Influence of Various Parameters and Particle Arrangement around Droplets (2015)
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Nallamilli, T., Binks, B. P., Mani, E., & Basavaraj, M. G. (2015). Stabilization of Pickering Emulsions with Oppositely Charged Latex Particles: Influence of Various Parameters and Particle Arrangement around Droplets. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 31(41), 11200-11208. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02443

© 2015 American Chemical Society. In this study we explore the fundamental aspects of Pickering emulsions stabilized by oppositely charged particles. Using oppositely charged latex particles as a model system, Pickering emulsions with good long-term... Read More about Stabilization of Pickering Emulsions with Oppositely Charged Latex Particles: Influence of Various Parameters and Particle Arrangement around Droplets.

Mechanical compression to characterize the robustness of liquid marbles (2015)
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Liu, Z., Fu, X., Binks, B. P., & Shum, H. C. (2015). Mechanical compression to characterize the robustness of liquid marbles. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 31(41), 11236-11242. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02792

In this work, we have devised a new approach to measure the critical pressure that a liquid marble can withstand. A liquid marble is gradually squeezed under a mechanical compression applied by two parallel plates. It ruptures at a sufficiently large... Read More about Mechanical compression to characterize the robustness of liquid marbles.

Identifying psychological and socio-economic factors affecting motorcycle helmet use (2015)
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Haqverdi, M. Q., Seyedabrishami, S., & Groeger, J. A. (2015). Identifying psychological and socio-economic factors affecting motorcycle helmet use. Accident analysis and prevention, 85, 102-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2015.09.007

Sixty percent of motorcyclist fatalities in traffic accidents of Iran are due to head injuries, but helmet use is low, despite it being a legal requirement. This study used face-to-face interviews to investigate the factors associated with helmet use... Read More about Identifying psychological and socio-economic factors affecting motorcycle helmet use.

Contrasts in short- and long-term responses of Mediterranean reptile species to fire and habitat structure (2015)
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Santos, X., Badiane, A., & Matos, C. (2016). Contrasts in short- and long-term responses of Mediterranean reptile species to fire and habitat structure. Oecologia, 180(1), 205-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3453-9

Changes in habitat structure constitute a major factor explaining responses of reptiles to fire. However, few studies have examined habitat factors that covary with fire-history variables to explain reptile responses. We hypothesise that more complex... Read More about Contrasts in short- and long-term responses of Mediterranean reptile species to fire and habitat structure.

Association between omega-3 index and blood lipids in older Australians (2015)
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Ferguson, J. J., Veysey, M., Lucock, M., Niblett, S., King, K., MacDonald-Wicks, L., & Garg, M. L. (2016). Association between omega-3 index and blood lipids in older Australians. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 27, 233-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.09.010

Management of hyperlipidaemia remains a cornerstone therapy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) has been shown to modulate blood lipid profiles and reduce the risk of... Read More about Association between omega-3 index and blood lipids in older Australians.

Extremes in dune preservation: Controls on the completeness of fluvial deposits (2015)
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Reesink, A., Van den Berg, J., Parsons, D., Amsler, M., Best, J., Hardy, R., Orfeo, O., & Szupiany, R. (2015). Extremes in dune preservation: Controls on the completeness of fluvial deposits. Earth-Science Reviews, 150, 652-665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.09.008

Understanding sedimentary preservation underpins our ability to interpret the ancient sedimentary record and reconstruct paleoenvironments and paleoclimates. Dune sets are ubiquitous in preserved river deposits and are typically interpreted based on... Read More about Extremes in dune preservation: Controls on the completeness of fluvial deposits.

Exploring quality of life in patients with and without heart failure (2015)
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Zhang, J., Hobkirk, J., Carroll, S., Pellicori, P., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2016). Exploring quality of life in patients with and without heart failure. International journal of cardiology, 202, 676-684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.09.076

Aims The EuroHeart Failure Survey Questionnaire (EHFSQ-1) has 39 questions on symptoms and quality of life (QoL); many items are related. We sought to identify underlying clusters amongst EHFSQ-1 questions, construct an overall “QoL score” and invest... Read More about Exploring quality of life in patients with and without heart failure.

Ask a clearer question, get a better answer. [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations] (2015)
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Henri, D., Morrell, L., & Scott, G. (in press). Ask a clearer question, get a better answer. [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. F1000Research, 4, Article 901. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.7066.1

Many undergraduate students struggle to engage with higher order skills such as evaluation and synthesis in written assignments, either because they do not understand that these are the aim of written assessment or because these critical thinking ski... Read More about Ask a clearer question, get a better answer. [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations].

Helically twisted chiral arrays of gold nanoparticles coated with a cholesterol mesogen (2015)
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Cseh, L., Mang, X., Zeng, X., Liu, F., Mehl, G., Ungar, G., & Siligardil, G. (2015). Helically twisted chiral arrays of gold nanoparticles coated with a cholesterol mesogen. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(40), 12736-12739. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b05059

© 2015 American Chemical Society. Gold nanoparticles have been prepared and surface-functionalized with a 1:1 molar mixture of a hexylthiol ligand and a chiral mesogenic ligand consisting of a cholesterylbenzoate attached via an undecylthiol spacer.... Read More about Helically twisted chiral arrays of gold nanoparticles coated with a cholesterol mesogen.

Subjective Memory Complaints are Involved in the Relationship between Mood and Mild Cognitive Impairment (2015)
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Yates, J. A., Clare, L., Woods, R. T., & Matthews, F. E. (2015). Subjective Memory Complaints are Involved in the Relationship between Mood and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 48(S1), S115-S123. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-150371

Subjective memory complaints (SMC) are a criterion in many definitions of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, there is controversy over whether this is useful and appropriate, as previous research has suggested that SMC may be a function of moo... Read More about Subjective Memory Complaints are Involved in the Relationship between Mood and Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Purcell enhancement and focusing effects in plasmonic nanoantenna arrays (2015)
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Stokes, J. L., Sarua, A., Pugh, J. R., Dorh, N., Munns, J. W., Bassindale, P. G., Ahmad, N., Orr-Ewing, A. J., & Cryan, M. J. (2015). Purcell enhancement and focusing effects in plasmonic nanoantenna arrays. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 32(10), 2158-2163. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.32.002158

This paper presents measured fluorescence results for PMMA dye-coated 5×5 gold plasmonic nanoantenna arrays. We use numerical electromagnetic modeling to show how array size and element spacing can be used to control emitted beam shape and compare th... Read More about Purcell enhancement and focusing effects in plasmonic nanoantenna arrays.

Evolving models in model-driven engineering : state-of-the-art and future challenges (2015)
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Matragkas, N., Paige, R. F., & Rose, L. M. (2016). Evolving models in model-driven engineering : state-of-the-art and future challenges. Journal of Systems and Software, 111, 272-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2015.08.047

The artefacts used in Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) evolve as a matter of course: models are modified and updated as part of the engineering process; metamodels change as a result of domain analysis and standardisation efforts; and the operations ap... Read More about Evolving models in model-driven engineering : state-of-the-art and future challenges.