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Transnational and transcultural positionality in globalised higher education (2014)
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Montgomery, C. (2014). Transnational and transcultural positionality in globalised higher education. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 40(3), 198-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2014.903021

Transnational higher education (TNE), where students study on a ‘foreign’ degree programme whilst remaining in their home country, is a rapidly developing phenomenon. Universities across the UK, for example, are now operating 1,395 TNE programmes and... Read More about Transnational and transcultural positionality in globalised higher education.

Inhibitory effects of thought substitution in the think/no-think task: evidence from independent cues (2014)
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del Prete, F., Hanczakowski, M., Bajo, M. T., & Mazzoni, G. (2015). Inhibitory effects of thought substitution in the think/no-think task: evidence from independent cues. Memory, 23(4), 507-517. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.907429

When people try not to think about a certain item, they can accomplish this goal by using a thought substitution strategy and think about something else. Research conducted with the think/no-think (TNT) paradigm indicates that such strategy leads sub... Read More about Inhibitory effects of thought substitution in the think/no-think task: evidence from independent cues.

Survival through networks: the 'grip' of the administrative links in the Russian post-Soviet context (2014)
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Afanassieva, M. (2015). Survival through networks: the 'grip' of the administrative links in the Russian post-Soviet context. Public management review, 17(9), 1261-1281. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2014.906964

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Based on an analysis of the post-Soviet transformation experience of four defence sector organizations in a Russian region where the defence sector occupies a substantial part of the local economy, this article develops a t... Read More about Survival through networks: the 'grip' of the administrative links in the Russian post-Soviet context.

Rapid behavioural gregarization in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria entails synchronous changes in both activity and attraction to conspecifics (2014)
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Rogers, S. M., Cullen, D. A., Anstey, M. L., Burrows, M., Despland, E., Dodgson, T., …Simpson, S. J. (2014). Rapid behavioural gregarization in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria entails synchronous changes in both activity and attraction to conspecifics. Journal of Insect Physiology, 65, 9-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.04.004

Desert Locusts can change reversibly between solitarious and gregarious phases, which differ considerably in behaviour, morphology and physiology. The two phases show many behavioural differences including both overall levels of activity and the degr... Read More about Rapid behavioural gregarization in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria entails synchronous changes in both activity and attraction to conspecifics.

Identifying patient problems and devising care pathways with the neurogenic bowel dysfunction score (2014)
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Gardiner, A., & Wallace, E. (2014). Identifying patient problems and devising care pathways with the neurogenic bowel dysfunction score. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 12(Sup2), S17-S23. https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2014.12.Sup2.S17

© MA Healthcare Limited 2014. Neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) is a consequence of dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system leading to impairment of sensory and/or motor control; it includes constipation, incontinence, and disordered defaecation... Read More about Identifying patient problems and devising care pathways with the neurogenic bowel dysfunction score.

Iso-level tool path planning for free-form surfaces (2014)
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Zou, Q., Zhang, J., Deng, B., & Zhao, J. (2014). Iso-level tool path planning for free-form surfaces. Computer aided design, 53, 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2014.04.006

The aim of tool path planning is to maximize the efficiency against some given precision criteria. In practice, scallop height should be kept constant to avoid unnecessary cutting, while the tool path should be smooth enough to maintain a high feed r... Read More about Iso-level tool path planning for free-form surfaces.

High fidelity full sized human patient simulation manikins: Effects on decision making skills of nursing students (2014)
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Loke, J. C. F., Lee, B. K., Loh, S., & Noor, A. M. (2014). High fidelity full sized human patient simulation manikins: Effects on decision making skills of nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 4(7), 31-40. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v4n7p31

Background: The continued use of high fidelity full sized human patient simulation manikins (HF-HPSMs) for developing decision making skills of nursing students has led to growing research focusing its value on student learning and decision making sk... Read More about High fidelity full sized human patient simulation manikins: Effects on decision making skills of nursing students.

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy: Cross-sectional survey (2014)
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Smith, L., Savory, J., Couves, J., & Burns, E. (2014). Alcohol consumption during pregnancy: Cross-sectional survey. Midwifery, 30(12), 1173-1178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2014.04.002

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Objective: to assess the prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption pre-conception and/or during the first trimester using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Cons... Read More about Alcohol consumption during pregnancy: Cross-sectional survey.

Non-equilibrium chemistry and cooling in the diffuse interstellar medium - I. Optically thin regime (2014)
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Richings, A. J., Schaye, J., & Oppenheimer, B. D. (2014). Non-equilibrium chemistry and cooling in the diffuse interstellar medium - I. Optically thin regime. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440(4), 3349-3369. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu525

An accurate treatment of the multiphase interstellar medium (ISM) in hydrodynamic galaxy simulations requires that we follow not only the thermal evolution of the gas, but also the evolution of its chemical state, including its molecular chemistry, w... Read More about Non-equilibrium chemistry and cooling in the diffuse interstellar medium - I. Optically thin regime.

Beyond the island story? the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games as public history (2014)
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Baker, C. (2015). Beyond the island story? the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games as public history. Rethinking History, 19(3), 409-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642529.2014.909674

This paper evaluates the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games as an exercise in public history. Public events have been widely identified within the study of nationalism as festivals that attempt to reinforce national identity and belong... Read More about Beyond the island story? the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games as public history.

Barium isotopic composition of mainstream silicon carbides from Murchison : constraints for s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars (2014)
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Savina, M. R., Pellin, M. J., Willingham, D. G., Pignatari, M., Bisterzo, S., Cristallo, S., …Willingham, D. (2014). Barium isotopic composition of mainstream silicon carbides from Murchison : constraints for s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars. The Astrophysical journal, 786(1), 66. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/786/1/66

We present barium, carbon, and silicon isotopic compositions of 38 acid-cleaned presolar SiC grains from Murchison. Comparison with previous data shows that acid washing is highly effective in removing barium contamination. Strong depletions in δ(138... Read More about Barium isotopic composition of mainstream silicon carbides from Murchison : constraints for s-process nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch stars.

The visualization of biofilms in chronic diabetic foot wounds using routine diagnostic microscopy methods (2014)
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Oates, A., Bowling, F. L., Boulton, A. J. M., Bowler, P. G., Metcalf, D. G., & McBain, A. J. (2014). The visualization of biofilms in chronic diabetic foot wounds using routine diagnostic microscopy methods. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2014, Article 153586. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/153586

Diabetic foot wounds are commonly colonised by taxonomically diverse microbial communities and may additionally be infected with specific pathogens. Since biofilms are demonstrably less susceptible to antimicrobial agents than are planktonic bacteria... Read More about The visualization of biofilms in chronic diabetic foot wounds using routine diagnostic microscopy methods.

Can comprehensive specialised end-of-life care be provided at home? Lessons from a study of an innovative consultant-led community service in the UK (2014)
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Noble, B., King, N., Woolmore, A., Hughes, P., Winslow, M., Melvin, J., …Bath, P. A. (2015). Can comprehensive specialised end-of-life care be provided at home? Lessons from a study of an innovative consultant-led community service in the UK. European Journal of Cancer Care, 24(2), 253-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12195

© 2014 The Authors. European Journal of Cancer Care published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Midhurst Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Service (MMSPCS) is a UK, medical consultant-led, multidisciplinary team aiming to provide round-the-clock adv... Read More about Can comprehensive specialised end-of-life care be provided at home? Lessons from a study of an innovative consultant-led community service in the UK.

Reshaping the field: building restorative capital (2014)
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Green, S., Johnstone, G., & Lambert, C. (2014). Reshaping the field: building restorative capital. Restorative justice, 2(1), 43-63. https://doi.org/10.5235/20504721.2.1.43

Restorative justice is best known as an alternative approach for dealing with crime and wrongdoing. Yet as the restorative movement has grown it is increasingly being deployed in different arenas. Based on a two-year study funded by the UK National L... Read More about Reshaping the field: building restorative capital.

Investigating invariant item ordering in the Mental Health Inventory : an illustration of the use of different methods (2014)
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Watson, R., Wang, W., Thompson, D. R., & Meijer, R. R. (2014). Investigating invariant item ordering in the Mental Health Inventory : an illustration of the use of different methods. Personality and individual differences, 66(August), 74-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.017

Invariant item ordering is a property of scales whereby the items are scored in the same order across a wide range of the latent trait and across a wide range of respondents. In the package ‘mokken’ in the statistical software R, the ability to analy... Read More about Investigating invariant item ordering in the Mental Health Inventory : an illustration of the use of different methods.

Modifying the frequency and characteristics of involuntary autobiographical memories (2014)
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Vannucci, M., Batool, I., Pelagatti, C., & Mazzoni, G. (2014). Modifying the frequency and characteristics of involuntary autobiographical memories. PLoS ONE, 9(4), e89582. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089582

Recent studies have shown that involuntary autobiographical memories (IAMs) can be elicited in the laboratory. Here we assessed whether the specific instructions given to participants can change the nature of the IAMs reported, in terms of both their... Read More about Modifying the frequency and characteristics of involuntary autobiographical memories.

Why place matters: imaginative geography and international student mobility (2014)
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Beech, S. E. (2014). Why place matters: imaginative geography and international student mobility. Area, 46(2), 170-177. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12096

This paper develops and extends the recent work on international student mobility by expanding beyond the traditional push–pull factors of migration to show that students are influenced by more than the economic in their decision of where to study. I... Read More about Why place matters: imaginative geography and international student mobility.

Estrogen receptor-alpha promotes alternative macrophage activation during cutaneous repair (2014)
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Campbell, L., Emmerson, E., Williams, H., Saville, C. R., Krust, A., Chambon, P., …Hardman, M. J. (2014). Estrogen receptor-alpha promotes alternative macrophage activation during cutaneous repair. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 134(9), 2447-2457. https://doi.org/10.1038/jid.2014.175

Efficient local monocyte/macrophage recruitment is critical for tissue repair. Recruited macrophages are polarized toward classical (proinflammatory) or alternative (prohealing) activation in response to cytokines, with tight temporal regulation cruc... Read More about Estrogen receptor-alpha promotes alternative macrophage activation during cutaneous repair.