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Synthesis and crystal structures of new lanthanide hydroxyhalide anion exchange materials, Ln2(OH)5X·1.5H2O (X = Cl, Br; Ln = Y, Dy, Er, Yb) (2008)
Journal Article
Poudret, L., Prior, T. J., McIntyre, L. J., & Fogg, A. M. (2008). Synthesis and crystal structures of new lanthanide hydroxyhalide anion exchange materials, Ln2(OH)5X·1.5H2O (X = Cl, Br; Ln = Y, Dy, Er, Yb). Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society, 20(24), 7447-7453. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm802301a

A family of layered lanthanide hydroxyhalide intercalation hosts, Ln 2 (OH) 5 X·1.5H 2 0 (X = Cl, Br; Ln = Y, Dy, Er, Yb), has been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions and their crystal structure determined. These are the first structures for t... Read More about Synthesis and crystal structures of new lanthanide hydroxyhalide anion exchange materials, Ln2(OH)5X·1.5H2O (X = Cl, Br; Ln = Y, Dy, Er, Yb).

General anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia for carotid surgery (GALA): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (2008)
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Chetter, I. (2008). General anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia for carotid surgery (GALA): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 372(9656), 2132-2142. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2808%2961699-2

BackgroundThe effect of carotid endarterectomy in lowering the risk of stroke ipsilateral to severe atherosclerotic carotid-artery stenosis is offset by complications during or soon after surgery. We compared surgery under general anaesthesia with th... Read More about General anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia for carotid surgery (GALA): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

Individual differences in object and spatial imagery: personality correlates (2008)
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Vannucci, M., & Mazzoni, G. (2009). Individual differences in object and spatial imagery: personality correlates. Personality and individual differences, 46(4), 402-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.11.003

In the present study, we investigated whether individual differences in object and spatial imagery are correlated with two personality variables, fantasy proneness and dissociation. One hundred and eight undergraduates filled out the Object-Spatial I... Read More about Individual differences in object and spatial imagery: personality correlates.

Venous Thromboembolism in Advanced Disease: A clinical guide (2008)
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Lee, A. Y. Y., Johnson, M. J., & Noble, S. I. R. (Eds.). (2008). Venous Thromboembolism in Advanced Disease: A clinical guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199232048.001.0001

© Oxford University Press 2009. All rights reserved. There is increasing recognition of the burden of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with advanced incurable disease and the clinical, ethical, and philosophical challenges they may pose. With... Read More about Venous Thromboembolism in Advanced Disease: A clinical guide.

Characteristics of the nucleation and growth of template-free polyaniline nanowires and fibrils (2008)
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Kemp, N. T., Cochrane, J. W., & Newbury, R. (2009). Characteristics of the nucleation and growth of template-free polyaniline nanowires and fibrils. Synthetic Metals, 159(5-6), 435-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2008.11.001

Template-free electrochemical deposition of large arrays of uniform and oriented conducting polymer nanowires has recently been demonstrated. In this article, we build upon the key earlier findings and report new phenomena (initial formation of a 2D... Read More about Characteristics of the nucleation and growth of template-free polyaniline nanowires and fibrils.

Impact of adsorbent finishing and absorbent filming on energy exchange efficiency of an air-to-air cellulose fibre heat & mass exchanger (2008)
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Liu, S., Riffat, S., Zhao, X., & Yuan, Y. (2009). Impact of adsorbent finishing and absorbent filming on energy exchange efficiency of an air-to-air cellulose fibre heat & mass exchanger. Building and Environment, 44(9), 1803-1809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.12.004

This paper aimed to investigate the impact of two coating methods, namely solid adsorbent (CaCl 2 ) finishing and liquid absorbent (LiCl) filming, on energy (enthalpy) exchange efficiency of a cellulose fibre air-to-air heat & mass exchanger, throu... Read More about Impact of adsorbent finishing and absorbent filming on energy exchange efficiency of an air-to-air cellulose fibre heat & mass exchanger.

Fast vibrational calculation of anharmonic OH-stretch frequencies for two low-energy noradrenaline conformers (2008)
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Benoit, D. M. (2008). Fast vibrational calculation of anharmonic OH-stretch frequencies for two low-energy noradrenaline conformers. The Journal of chemical physics, 129(23), Article 234304. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3040427

We introduce a new reduced-coupling technique to accelerate direct calculations of a selected number of vibrational frequencies in large molecular systems. Our method combines the advantages of the single-to-all correlation-corrected vibrational self... Read More about Fast vibrational calculation of anharmonic OH-stretch frequencies for two low-energy noradrenaline conformers.

Vecer tríkrálový aneb Cokoli chcete: Prazvláštní hra z prazvláštní doby o prazvláštních událostech na prazvláštním míste (Twelfth night, (2008)
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Drábek, P., & Drabek, P. (2008). Vecer tríkrálový aneb Cokoli chcete: Prazvláštní hra z prazvláštní doby o prazvláštních událostech na prazvláštním míste (Twelfth night,. William Shakespeare: Večer tříkrálový, aneb, Cokoli chcete: inscenační verze MdB (81 - 95). Městské divadlo Brno

An essay on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in the theatre programme for the production of the Municipal Theatre in Brno. Play translated by Jirí Josek. Play and programme edited by Jirí Záviš.

Gait patterns in transtibial amputee fallers vs. non-fallers: biomechanical differences during level walking (2008)
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Vanicek, N., Strike, S., McNaughton, L., & Polman, R. (2009). Gait patterns in transtibial amputee fallers vs. non-fallers: biomechanical differences during level walking. Gait and Posture, 29(3), 415-420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.10.062

Transtibial amputees are at an increased risk of falling compared to age-matched, able-bodied individuals. The aim of this study was to compare the gait patterns of recent amputee fallers vs. non-fallers during level walking by investigating joint ki... Read More about Gait patterns in transtibial amputee fallers vs. non-fallers: biomechanical differences during level walking.

Geometric and non-geometric compactifications of IIB supergravity (2008)
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Reid-Edwards, R. A. (2008). Geometric and non-geometric compactifications of IIB supergravity. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008(12), Article 043. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/043

Complementary geometric and non-geometric consistent reductions of IIB supergravity are studied. The geometric reductions on the identified group manifold Script X = G/Γ are found to have a gauge symmetry with Lie algebroid structure, generalising th... Read More about Geometric and non-geometric compactifications of IIB supergravity.

Single ability among activities of daily living as a predictor of agitation (2008)
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Lin, L., Wu, S., Kao, C., Tzeng, Y., Watson, R., & Tang, S. (2009). Single ability among activities of daily living as a predictor of agitation. Journal of clinical nursing, 18(1), 117-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02367.x

Aims. The aims of this study were to investigate whether the interaction effect between restraint and functional ability, and single ability during activities of daily living can predict agitation among residents with dementia. Background. Agitated b... Read More about Single ability among activities of daily living as a predictor of agitation.

A longitudinal study of stress and psychological distress in nurses and nursing students (2008)
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Watson, R., Gardiner, E., Hogston, R., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A., Wrate, R., & Deary, I. (2009). A longitudinal study of stress and psychological distress in nurses and nursing students. Journal of clinical nursing, 18(2), 270-278. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02555.x

Aim. The aim of this study was to investigate how differences in life events and stress contribute to psychological distress in nurses and nursing students. Background. Stress is an issue for nursing students and qualified nurses leading to psycholog... Read More about A longitudinal study of stress and psychological distress in nurses and nursing students.

Archaeology and environment in a changing East Yorkshire landscape: The Foulness Valley c. 800 BC to c. AD 400 (2008)
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(2008). Archaeology and environment in a changing East Yorkshire landscape: The Foulness Valley c. 800 BC to c. AD 400. Archaeopress

This study combines new aerial surveying and fieldwalking with interpretation of the Iron Age and Roman sites of a 20 x 30km area of East Yorkshire, focusing squarely on the landscape context. Peter Halkon examines the development of the landscape, a... Read More about Archaeology and environment in a changing East Yorkshire landscape: The Foulness Valley c. 800 BC to c. AD 400.

Choosing between alternative wrist postures: Action planning needs perception (2008)
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Dijkerman, H. C., McIntosh, R. D., Schindler, I., Nijboer, T. C. W., & Milner, A. D. (2009). Choosing between alternative wrist postures: Action planning needs perception. Neuropsychologia, 47(6), 1476-1482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.12.002

When normal subjects grasp with their right hand a rectangular object placed at different orientations in the horizontal plane, they change from a 'thumb left' (clockwise) to a 'thumb right' (anti-clockwise) grasp when the orientation exceeds about 1... Read More about Choosing between alternative wrist postures: Action planning needs perception.

Stereostructural behaviour of N-N atropisomers: Two conglomerate crystallisations and a crystallisation-induced deracemisation (2008)
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Arthur, R. J., Coogan, M. P., Casadesus, M., Haigh, R., Headspith, D. A., Francesconi, M. G., & Laye, R. H. (2009). Stereostructural behaviour of N-N atropisomers: Two conglomerate crystallisations and a crystallisation-induced deracemisation. CrystEngComm RSC, 11(4), 610-619. https://doi.org/10.1039/b814424a

The solid state behaviour of a number of compounds which show hindered rotation around an N-N bond, in some cases leading to axial chirality is described. A diacyl hydrazine, bisanthranoly hydrazine, 1 crystallises in the chiral space group P2(1)2(1)... Read More about Stereostructural behaviour of N-N atropisomers: Two conglomerate crystallisations and a crystallisation-induced deracemisation.

A "Kite" Shaped Styryl End-Capped Benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b ']dithiophene with High Electrical Performances in Organic Thin Film Transistors (2008)
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Didane, Y., Mehl, G. H., Kumagai, A., Yoshimoto, N., Videlot-Ackermann, C., & Brisset, H. (2008). A "Kite" Shaped Styryl End-Capped Benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b ']dithiophene with High Electrical Performances in Organic Thin Film Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(52), 17681-17683. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja807504k

The bridging of distyryl-bithiophene leads to a kite shape of the conjugated system. This twist is not like twistacenes or twist deformation in α-oligothiophenes but a curvature such as in bowl shaped systems. Initially perceived to be undesirable, t... Read More about A "Kite" Shaped Styryl End-Capped Benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b ']dithiophene with High Electrical Performances in Organic Thin Film Transistors.

Dynamic modelling of CO2 absorption for post combustion capture in coal-fired power plants (2008)
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Lawal, A., Wang, M., Stephenson, P., & Yeung, H. (2009). Dynamic modelling of CO2 absorption for post combustion capture in coal-fired power plants. Fuel, 88(12), 2455-2462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2008.11.009

Power generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants is the largest single source of CO 2 emissions. Post combustion capture via chemical absorption is viewed as the most mature CO 2 capture technique. This paper presents a study of the post combusti... Read More about Dynamic modelling of CO2 absorption for post combustion capture in coal-fired power plants.

The cubic Segre variety in PG(5,2) (2008)
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Shaw, R., & Gordon, N. A. (2009). The cubic Segre variety in PG(5,2). Designs, codes, and cryptography, 51(2), 141-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-008-9250-2

The Segre variety S 1,2 in PG(5, 2) is a 21-set of points which is shown to have a cubic equation Q(x) = 0. If T(x, y, z) denotes the alternating trilinear form obtained by completely polarizing the cubic polynomial Q, then the associate U # of an r-... Read More about The cubic Segre variety in PG(5,2).