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Global health policy and access to care: investigating patient choice on an international level using social media (2016)
Journal Article
Zhukovsky, P., Ruggeri, K., Garcia-Garzon, E., Plakolm, S., Haller, E., Petrova, D., Mahalingam, V., & Menezes, I. G. (2016). Global health policy and access to care: investigating patient choice on an international level using social media. Frontiers in public health, 3, Article 284. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00284

Background: Increased access to transportation and information has led to the emergence of more diverse patient choice and new forms of health care consumption, such as medical travel. In order for health care providers to effectively attract patient... Read More about Global health policy and access to care: investigating patient choice on an international level using social media.

The Impact of Vein Mechanical Compliance on Arteriovenous Fistula Outcomes (2016)
Journal Article
Smith, G. E., Barnes, R., Chetter, I. C., Barnes, R., & Fagan, M. (2016). The Impact of Vein Mechanical Compliance on Arteriovenous Fistula Outcomes. Annals of vascular surgery, 32, 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2015.11.002

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. Background Arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) are the preferred access for hemodialysis but suffer a high early failure rate. The aim of this study was to determine how venous distensibility, as measured in vitro, relates to early out... Read More about The Impact of Vein Mechanical Compliance on Arteriovenous Fistula Outcomes.

Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey (2016)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., Allgar, V., Macleod, U., Jones, A., Oliver, S., & Currow, D. (2016). Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey. PLoS ONE, 11(1), e0146960. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146960

Background Family caregivers provide significant care at the end of life. We aimed to describe caregiver characteristics, and of those unwilling to repeat this role under the same circumstances. Methods Observational study of adults in private househ... Read More about Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey.

The effect of temporally variable environmental stimuli and group size on emergence behavior (2016)
Journal Article
Hansen, M. J., Morrell, L., & Ward, A. J. (2016). The effect of temporally variable environmental stimuli and group size on emergence behavior. Behavioral ecology, 27(3), 939-945. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv237

How animals trade-off food availability and predation threats is a strong determinant of animal activity and behavior; however, the majority of work on this topic has been on individual animals, despite the modulating effect the presence of conspecif... Read More about The effect of temporally variable environmental stimuli and group size on emergence behavior.

Can the effects of anthropogenic pressures and environmental variability on nekton fauna be detected in fishery data? Insights from the monitoring of the artisanal fishery within the Venice lagoon (2016)
Journal Article
Zucchetta, M., Scapin, L., Cavraro, F., Pranovi, F., Franco, A., & Franzoi, P. (2016). Can the effects of anthropogenic pressures and environmental variability on nekton fauna be detected in fishery data? Insights from the monitoring of the artisanal fishery within the Venice lagoon. Estuaries and coasts : journal of the Estuarine Research Federation, 39(4), 1164-1182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-0064-y

Nekton communities in transitional ecosystems are naturally adapted to stressful conditions associated with high environmental variability. Human activities in these systems are likely to determine additional stress with a possible effect on fish fau... Read More about Can the effects of anthropogenic pressures and environmental variability on nekton fauna be detected in fishery data? Insights from the monitoring of the artisanal fishery within the Venice lagoon.

Identifying the relative importance of stock characteristics (2016)
Journal Article
French, D., Wu, Y., & Li, Y. (2016). Identifying the relative importance of stock characteristics. Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 34, 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mulfin.2016.01.002

There is no consensus in the literature as to which stock characteristic best explains returns. In this study, we employ a novel econometric approach better suited than the traditional characteristic sorting method to answer this question for the UK... Read More about Identifying the relative importance of stock characteristics.

Mono- and bis-alkylation of glyoxal-bridged tetraazamacrocycles using mechanochemistry (2016)
Journal Article
Abdulwahaab, B. H., Burke, B. P., Domarkas, J., Silversides, J. D., Prior, T. J., & Archibald, S. J. (2016). Mono- and bis-alkylation of glyoxal-bridged tetraazamacrocycles using mechanochemistry. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 81(3), 890-898. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5b02464

Glyoxal-bridged bisaminal tetraazamacrocyclic derivatives of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane (cyclen) and 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane (cyclam) can be N-functionalized to incorporate coordinating groups or for conjugation to biomolecules. Herein,... Read More about Mono- and bis-alkylation of glyoxal-bridged tetraazamacrocycles using mechanochemistry.

Solidarity, grassroots initiatives and power relations (2016)
Journal Article
Sotiropoulou, I. (2016). Solidarity, grassroots initiatives and power relations. World Social and Economic Review of Contemporary Policy Issues, 6, 44-59

Although solidarity is not a recent phenomenon, the emergence of new or re-invented forms of production and sharing that are based on that principle, has raised again several burning questions of what solidarity is and how far it can go, particularly... Read More about Solidarity, grassroots initiatives and power relations.

Customer relationship building: The role of brand attractiveness and consumer–brand identification (2016)
Journal Article
Elbedweihy, A. M., Jayawardhena, C., Elsharnouby, M. H., & Elsharnouby, T. H. (2016). Customer relationship building: The role of brand attractiveness and consumer–brand identification. Journal of business research, 69(8), 2901-2910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.12.059

Building enduring relationships with consumers is a key marketing objective for most firms, but how can they develop such relationships? Drawing on social identity and self-verification theories, this research postulates that value congruence and cus... Read More about Customer relationship building: The role of brand attractiveness and consumer–brand identification.

Iron-group abundances in the metal-poor main-sequence turnoff star HD 84937 (2016)
Journal Article
Sneden, C., Cowan, J. J., Kobayashi, C., Pignatari, M., Lawler, J. E., Den Hartog, E. A., & Wood, M. P. (2016). Iron-group abundances in the metal-poor main-sequence turnoff star HD 84937. The Astrophysical journal, 817(1), 53. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637x/817/1/53

We have derived new, very accurate abundances of the Fe-group elements Sc through Zn (Z = 21−30) in the bright main-sequence turnoff star HD 84937 based on high-resolution spectra covering the visible and ultraviolet spectral regions. New or recent l... Read More about Iron-group abundances in the metal-poor main-sequence turnoff star HD 84937.

Phonon emission and arrival times of electrons from a single-electron source (2016)
Journal Article
Emary, C., Dyson, A., Ryu, S., Sim, H.-S., & Kataoka, M. (2016). Phonon emission and arrival times of electrons from a single-electron source. Physical Review B, 93(3), Article ARTN 035436. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.035436

In recent charge-pump experiments, single electrons are injected into quantum Hall edge channels at energies significantly above the Fermi level. We consider here the relaxation of these hot edge-channel electrons through longitudinal-optical-phonon... Read More about Phonon emission and arrival times of electrons from a single-electron source.

Respite and repair: how mothers of incarcerated long-term problematic drug users make prison work for them (2016)
Journal Article
Cartwright, L. (2016). Respite and repair: how mothers of incarcerated long-term problematic drug users make prison work for them. Journal of substance use, 21(4), 439-443. https://doi.org/10.3109/14659891.2015.1052106

This article considers the way a group of mothers experienced the incarceration of their problematic drug using offspring. The offspring had been imprisoned for a range of offences including theft, burglary and drug dealing with the root cause of the... Read More about Respite and repair: how mothers of incarcerated long-term problematic drug users make prison work for them.

Analysis of the potential of cancer cell lines to release tissue factor-containing microvesicles: correlation with tissue factor and PAR2 expression (2016)
Journal Article
Ettelaie, C., Collier, M. E. W., Featherby, S., Benelhaj, N. E., Greenman, J., & Maraveyas, A. (2016). Analysis of the potential of cancer cell lines to release tissue factor-containing microvesicles: correlation with tissue factor and PAR2 expression. Thrombosis journal, 14(2), Article ARTN 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12959-016-0075-3

Background
Despite the association of cancer-derived circulating tissue factor (TF)-containing microvesicles and hypercoagulable state, correlations with the incidence of thrombosis remain unclear.

Methods
In this study the upregulation of TF re... Read More about Analysis of the potential of cancer cell lines to release tissue factor-containing microvesicles: correlation with tissue factor and PAR2 expression.

A pyrene-functionalized triazole-linked hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene as a fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺ ions (2016)
Journal Article
Wu, C., Ikejiri, Y., Zhao, J.-L., Jiang, X.-K., Ni, X.-L., Zeng, X., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2016). A pyrene-functionalized triazole-linked hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene as a fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺ ions. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 228(2 June), 480-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.01.051

A new pyrenyl appended hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene L featuring 1,2,3-triazole linkers was synthesized as a fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺ in mixed aqueous media. It exhibited high affinity toward Zn²⁺, and the monomer and excimer emission of the py... Read More about A pyrene-functionalized triazole-linked hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene as a fluorescent chemosensor for Zn²⁺ ions.

Solvent-free semihydrogenation of acetylene alcohols in a capillary reactor coated with a Pd-Bi/TiO2 catalyst (2016)
Journal Article
Cherkasov, N., Ibhadon, A. O., & Rebrov, E. V. (2016). Solvent-free semihydrogenation of acetylene alcohols in a capillary reactor coated with a Pd-Bi/TiO2 catalyst. Applied catalysis. A, General, 515, 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2016.01.019

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. A solvent-free semihydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol (MBY) to 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol was performed in a capillary reactor (10 m long, 0.53 mm i.d.) coated with a titania supported Pd-Bi catalyst. Several... Read More about Solvent-free semihydrogenation of acetylene alcohols in a capillary reactor coated with a Pd-Bi/TiO2 catalyst.

Gastrocnemius muscle architecture and achilles tendon properties influence walking distance in claudicants with peripheral arterial disease (2016)
Journal Article
O'brien, T. D., King, S. L., & Vanicek, N. (2016). Gastrocnemius muscle architecture and achilles tendon properties influence walking distance in claudicants with peripheral arterial disease. Muscle & nerve, 53(5), 733-741. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.24925

© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Introduction: The extent to which gastrocnemius muscle and Achilles tendon properties contribute to the impaired walking endurance of claudicants is not known. Methods: Ultrasound images quantified muscle architecture o... Read More about Gastrocnemius muscle architecture and achilles tendon properties influence walking distance in claudicants with peripheral arterial disease.

Breathlessness in the elderly during the last year of life sufficient to restrict activity (2016)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., Bland, J. M., Gahbauer, E. A., Ekström, M., Sinnarajah, A., Gill, T. M., & Currow, D. (2016). Breathlessness in the elderly during the last year of life sufficient to restrict activity. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(1), 73-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.13865

OBJECTIVES: Breathlessness is prevalent in older people. Symptom control at the end of life is important. This study investigated relationships between age, clinical characteristics and breathlessness sufficient to have people spend at least one half... Read More about Breathlessness in the elderly during the last year of life sufficient to restrict activity.

Using robots to understand animal social cognition (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frohnwieser, A., Murray, J., Pike, T., & Wilkinson, A. (2015, March). Using robots to understand animal social cognition. Presented at ASAB Easter Conference 2015, Durham, UK

In recent years, robotic animals and humans have been used to answer a variety of questions related to behavior. In the case of animal behavior, these efforts have largely been in the field of behavioral ecology. They have proved to be a useful tool... Read More about Using robots to understand animal social cognition.

Using robots to understand animal cognition (2016)
Journal Article
Frohnwieser, A., Murray, J. C., Pike, T. W., & Wilkinson, A. (2016). Using robots to understand animal cognition. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 105(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.193

In recent years, robotic animals and humans have been used to answer a variety of questions related to behavior. In the case of animal behavior, these efforts have largely been in the field of behavioral ecology. They have proved to be a useful tool... Read More about Using robots to understand animal cognition.