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Bovine and human becomings in histories of dairy technologies: robotic milking systems and remaking animal and human subjectivity (2017)
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HOLLOWAY, L., & BEAR, C. (2017). Bovine and human becomings in histories of dairy technologies: robotic milking systems and remaking animal and human subjectivity. BJHS Themes, 2, 215-234. https://doi.org/10.1017/bjt.2017.2

This paper positions the recent emergence of robotic or automatic milking systems (AMS) in relation to discourses surrounding the longer history of milking technologies in the UK and elsewhere. The mechanisation of milking has been associated with se... Read More about Bovine and human becomings in histories of dairy technologies: robotic milking systems and remaking animal and human subjectivity.

Novel non-invasive algorithm to identify the origins of re-entry and ectopic foci in the atria from 64-lead ECGs. A computational study (2017)
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Alday, E. A. P., Colman, M. A., Langley, P., & Zhang, H. (2017). Novel non-invasive algorithm to identify the origins of re-entry and ectopic foci in the atria from 64-lead ECGs. A computational study. PLoS Computational Biology, 13(3), e1005270. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005270

Atrial tachy-arrhytmias, such as atrial fibrillation (AF), are characterised by irregular electrical activity in the atria, generally associated with erratic excitation underlain by re-entrant scroll waves, fibrillatory conduction of multiple wavelet... Read More about Novel non-invasive algorithm to identify the origins of re-entry and ectopic foci in the atria from 64-lead ECGs. A computational study.

Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy (2017)
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van der Linde, R. M., Matthews, F. E., Dening, T., & Brayne, C. (2017). Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 32(3), 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4464

Objective: To study the stability and emergence of a range of behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS), their association with mortality and the effect of covariates on these transitions in a population-based study of cognitively impaired older p... Read More about Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy.

Association of delirium with cognitive decline in late life: A neuropathologic study of 3 population-based cohort studies (2017)
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Davis, D. H., Muniz-Terrera, G., Keage, H. A., Stephan, B. C., Fleming, J., Ince, P. G., …Oinas, M. (2017). Association of delirium with cognitive decline in late life: A neuropathologic study of 3 population-based cohort studies. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(3), 244-251. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3423

Importance: Delirium is associated with accelerated cognitive decline. The pathologic substrates of this association are not yet known, that is, whether they are the same as those associated with dementia, are independent, or are interrelated. Object... Read More about Association of delirium with cognitive decline in late life: A neuropathologic study of 3 population-based cohort studies.

Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve, and cognitive function in later life: A cross-sectional study (2017)
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Clare, L., Wu, Y. T., Teale, J. C., MacLeod, C., Matthews, F., Brayne, C., & Woods, B. (2017). Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve, and cognitive function in later life: A cross-sectional study. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002259

Background: Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors may influence cognitive health in later life and offer potential to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. The concept of cognitive reserve has been proposed as a mechanism to explain i... Read More about Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve, and cognitive function in later life: A cross-sectional study.

Dementia incidence trend over 1992-2014 in the Netherlands: Analysis of primary care data (2017)
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van Bussel, E. F., Richard, E., Arts, D. L., Nooyens, A. C., Coloma, P. M., de Waal, M. W., …Moll van Charante, E. P. (2017). Dementia incidence trend over 1992-2014 in the Netherlands: Analysis of primary care data. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002235

Background: Recent reports have suggested declining age-specific incidence rates of dementia in high-income countries over time. Improved education and cardiovascular health in early age have been suggested to be bringing about this effect. The aim o... Read More about Dementia incidence trend over 1992-2014 in the Netherlands: Analysis of primary care data.

Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study (2017)
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Lipnicki, D. M., Crawford, J. D., Dutta, R., Thalamuthu, A., Kochan, N. A., Andrews, G., …Sachdev, P. S. (2017). Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002261

Background: The prevalence of dementia varies around the world, potentially contributed to by international differences in rates of age-related cognitive decline. Our primary goal was to investigate how rates of age-related decline in cognitive test... Read More about Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study.

Assessing reading development through systematic synthetic phonics (2017)
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Glazzard, J. (2017). Assessing reading development through systematic synthetic phonics. English in Education, 51(1), 44-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/eie.12125

This narrative literature review evaluates the effectiveness of synthetic phonics in comparison with analytic phonics. It presents the key research findings and offers a critical appraisal of this research. Primary schools have developed a variety of... Read More about Assessing reading development through systematic synthetic phonics.

Localized tissue mineralization regulated by bone remodelling: A computational approach (2017)
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Berli, M., Borau, C., Decco, O., Adams, G., Cook, R. B., Aznar, J. M. G., & Zioupos, P. (2017). Localized tissue mineralization regulated by bone remodelling: A computational approach. PLoS ONE, 12(3), Article e0173228. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173228

Bone is a living tissue whose main mechanical function is to provide stiffness, strength and protection to the body. Both stiffness and strength depend on the mineralization of the organic matrix, which is constantly being remodelled by the coordinat... Read More about Localized tissue mineralization regulated by bone remodelling: A computational approach.

Collecting and processing euphausiids (2017)
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Johnson, M. L., & Tarling, G. A. (2017). Collecting and processing euphausiids. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 37(2), 228-231. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux002

© 2017 The Author 2017. Euphausiid crustaceans, commonly referred to as krill, are fast-moving, pelagic, exclusively marine, and found in all oceans generally below 50 m. While restricted to only 86 species in two families, the six largest-size speci... Read More about Collecting and processing euphausiids.

Does early intervention improve outcomes in physiotherapy management of lumbar radicular syndrome? A mixed-methods study protocol (2017)
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Reddington, M., Walters, S. J., Cohen, J., & Baxter, S. (2017). Does early intervention improve outcomes in physiotherapy management of lumbar radicular syndrome? A mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ open, 7(3), Article e014422. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014422

© Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-And-licensing/. Introduction Lumbar radicular syndrome (LRS) can be a... Read More about Does early intervention improve outcomes in physiotherapy management of lumbar radicular syndrome? A mixed-methods study protocol.

The effect of boundary constraints on finite element modelling of the human pelvis (2017)
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Watson, P., Dostanpor, A., Fagan, M. J., & Dobson, C. A. (2017). The effect of boundary constraints on finite element modelling of the human pelvis. Medical engineering & physics, 43, 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2017.02.001

The use of finite element analysis (FEA) to investigate the biomechanics of anatomical systems critically relies on the specification of physiologically representative boundary conditions. The biomechanics of the pelvis has been the specific focus of... Read More about The effect of boundary constraints on finite element modelling of the human pelvis.

Translating classical plays: collected papers, J. Michael Walton (2016) London and New York: Routledge, 270pp. (2017)
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Drábek, P. (2017). Translating classical plays: collected papers, J. Michael Walton (2016) London and New York: Routledge, 270pp. Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance, 10(1), 81-83. https://doi.org/10.1386/jafp.10.1.81_5

Review of J. Michael Walton. Translating Classical Plays: Collected Papers. London and New York: Routledge, 2016. 270pp. ISBN 9781138124325. £85.00 (hb). ISBN 9781315648231. £24.49 (eb).

Ultra-stable self-foaming oils (2017)
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Binks, B. P., & Marinopoulos, I. (2017). Ultra-stable self-foaming oils. Food Research International, 95, 28-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2017.02.020

This paper is concerned with the foaming of a range of fats in the absence of added foaming agent/emulsifier. By controlling the temperature on warming from the solid or cooling from the melt, crystals of high melting triglycerides form in a continuo... Read More about Ultra-stable self-foaming oils.

TRPV1 polymorphisms influence capsaicin cough sensitivity in men (2017)
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Sadofsky, L. R., Cantero-Recasens, G., Wright, C., Valverde, M. A., & Morice, A. H. (2017). TRPV1 polymorphisms influence capsaicin cough sensitivity in men. Journal of thoracic disease, 9(3), 839-840. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2017.03.50

Capsaicin, the hot component of chilli peppers, is a well-known tussive agent, which is regularly used as a tool to study cough and antitussives (1). Capsaicin is known to activate the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) cation channel w... Read More about TRPV1 polymorphisms influence capsaicin cough sensitivity in men.

Primary somatosensory cortex necessary for the perception of weight from other people's action: a continuous theta-burst TMS experiment (2017)
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Valchev, N., Tidoni, E., Hamilton, A. F. D. C., Gazzola, V., & Avenanti, A. (2017). Primary somatosensory cortex necessary for the perception of weight from other people's action: a continuous theta-burst TMS experiment. NeuroImage, 152, 195-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.02.075

The presence of a network of areas in the parietal and premotor cortices, which are active both during action execution and observation, suggests that we might understand the actions of other people by activating those motor programs for making simil... Read More about Primary somatosensory cortex necessary for the perception of weight from other people's action: a continuous theta-burst TMS experiment.

Free trade as a force of political stability? The case of mainland China and Hong Kong (2017)
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Villalta Puig, G., & Chan, V. (2017). Free trade as a force of political stability? The case of mainland China and Hong Kong. International Lawyer, 49(3), 299-323

Is free trade a force of political stability? This article argues that, while political stability could be a cause, it is not always a consequence of free trade. To test this argument, the article analyses the political causes and consequences of the... Read More about Free trade as a force of political stability? The case of mainland China and Hong Kong.

Fostering children's relationship with nature : exploring the potential of Forest school (2017)
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Smith, M. A., Dunhill, A., & Scott, G. W. (2017). Fostering children's relationship with nature : exploring the potential of Forest school. Education 3-13, 46(5), 525-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2017.1298644

Forest School offers children opportunities to explore the natural environment regularly over an extended period of time. It is based on six key principles, one of which states Forest School fosters a relationship with nature and develops long-term p... Read More about Fostering children's relationship with nature : exploring the potential of Forest school.

Facilitating permeability of landscapes impacted by roads for protected amphibians: patterns of movement for the great crested newt (2017)
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Matos, C., Petrovan, S., Ward, A. I., & Wheeler, P. (2017). Facilitating permeability of landscapes impacted by roads for protected amphibians: patterns of movement for the great crested newt. PeerJ, 2017(2), e2922. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2922

Amphibian populations are highly vulnerable to road mortality and habitat fragmentation caused by road networks. Wildlife road tunnels are considered the most promising road mitigation measure for amphibians yet generally remain inadequately monitore... Read More about Facilitating permeability of landscapes impacted by roads for protected amphibians: patterns of movement for the great crested newt.