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Variation in the level of protection afforded to birds and crustaceans exposed to different pesticides under standard risk assessment procedures (2011)
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Luttik, R., Hart, A., Roelofs, W., Craig, P., & Mineau, P. (2011). Variation in the level of protection afforded to birds and crustaceans exposed to different pesticides under standard risk assessment procedures. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 7(3), 459-465. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.183

First-tier risk assessment for pesticides is often based on the quotient of the toxicity divided by the predicted environmental concentration or dose. This ratio is compared to a fixed assessment factor (AF) to decide whether the pesticide is to be a... Read More about Variation in the level of protection afforded to birds and crustaceans exposed to different pesticides under standard risk assessment procedures.

A new procedure for the determination of the Soil Water Retention Curves by continuous drying using high suction tensiometers (2011)
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Lourenço, S., Gallipoli, D., Toll, D., Augarde, C., & Evans, F. (2011). A new procedure for the determination of the Soil Water Retention Curves by continuous drying using high suction tensiometers. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 48(2), 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1139/t10-062

Soil-water retention curves (SWRCs) can be determined using high-suction tensiometers (HSTs) following two different procedures that involve either continuous or discrete measurement of suction. In the former case, suction measurements are taken whil... Read More about A new procedure for the determination of the Soil Water Retention Curves by continuous drying using high suction tensiometers.

Audience perceptions of charismatic and non-charismatic oratory: The case of management gurus (2011)
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Clark, T., & Greatbatch, D. (2011). Audience perceptions of charismatic and non-charismatic oratory: The case of management gurus. The Leadership Quarterly, 22(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.004

The purpose of the paper is to investigate whether people consider someone a charismatic speaker because they are deploying the generic features commonly identified as being associated with charismatic oratory in the literature, or whether the attrib... Read More about Audience perceptions of charismatic and non-charismatic oratory: The case of management gurus.

The geometry of the Gauss-Picard modular group (2011)
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Falbel, E., Francsics, G., & Parker, J. R. (2011). The geometry of the Gauss-Picard modular group. Mathematische Annalen, 349(2), 459-508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-010-0515-5

We give a construction of a fundamental domain for PU(2,1,\mathbbZ [i])PU(21Z[i]), that is the group of holomorphic isometries of complex hyperbolic space with coefficients in the Gaussian ring of integers \mathbbZ [i]Z[i]. We obtain from that constr... Read More about The geometry of the Gauss-Picard modular group.

Non-associated Reuleaux plasticity: analytical stress integration and consistent tangent for finite deformation mechanics (2011)
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Coombs, W., & Crouch, R. (2011). Non-associated Reuleaux plasticity: analytical stress integration and consistent tangent for finite deformation mechanics. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 200(9-12), 1021-1037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2010.11.012

Analytical backward Euler stress integration is presented for a volumetrically non-associated pressure-sensitive yield criterion based on a modified Reuleaux triangle. This advances previous work on associated Reuleaux plasticity using energy-mapped... Read More about Non-associated Reuleaux plasticity: analytical stress integration and consistent tangent for finite deformation mechanics.

The Magic Grasp: Motor Expertise in Deception (2011)
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Cavina-Pratesi, C., Kuhn, G., Ietswaart, M., & Milner, A. (2011). The Magic Grasp: Motor Expertise in Deception. PLoS ONE, 6(2), Article e16568. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016568

Background Most of us are poor at faking actions. Kinematic studies have shown that when pretending to pick up imagined objects (pantomimed actions), we move and shape our hands quite differently from when grasping real ones. These differences betwee... Read More about The Magic Grasp: Motor Expertise in Deception.

Spectrum Occupancy Statistics and Time Series Models for Cognitive Radio (2011)
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Wang, Z., & Salous, S. (2011). Spectrum Occupancy Statistics and Time Series Models for Cognitive Radio. Journal of Signal Processing Systems, 62(2), 145-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11265-009-0352-5

While dedicated spectrum occupancy monitoring provides vital information for frequency planning and management, it usually cannot tell the common properties in spectrum occupancy. As a complement, the models approach can be used to describe and compa... Read More about Spectrum Occupancy Statistics and Time Series Models for Cognitive Radio.

Non-iterative Method for Modeling Systematic Data Errors in Power System Risk Assessment (2011)
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Dent, C., & Bialek, J. (2011). Non-iterative Method for Modeling Systematic Data Errors in Power System Risk Assessment. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 26(1), 120-127. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpwrs.2009.2037636

This paper provides a new framework for modeling uncertainty in the input data for power system risk calculations, and the error bars that this places on the results. Differently from previous work, systematic error in unit availability probabilities... Read More about Non-iterative Method for Modeling Systematic Data Errors in Power System Risk Assessment.

A Phase I clinical study of cisplatin-incorporated polymeric micelles (NC-6004) in patients with solid tumours (2011)
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Plummer, R., Wilson, R., Calvert, H., Boddy, A., Griffin, M., Sludden, J., …Nishiya, T. (2011). A Phase I clinical study of cisplatin-incorporated polymeric micelles (NC-6004) in patients with solid tumours. British Journal of Cancer, 104(4), 593-598. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2011.6

Background: On the basis of preclinical studies of NC-6004, a cisplatin-incorporated micellar formulation, we hypothesised that NC-6004 could show lower toxicity than cisplatin and show greater anti-tumour activity in phase I study. Methods: A total... Read More about A Phase I clinical study of cisplatin-incorporated polymeric micelles (NC-6004) in patients with solid tumours.

Risk-based modelling of diffuse land use impacts from rural landscapes upon salmonid fry abundance (2011)
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Reaney, S., Lane, S., Heathwaite, A., & Dugdale, L. (2011). Risk-based modelling of diffuse land use impacts from rural landscapes upon salmonid fry abundance. Ecological Modelling, 222(4), 1016-1029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.08.022

Research has demonstrated that landscape or watershed scale processes can influence instream aquatic ecosystems, in terms of the impacts of delivery of fine sediment, solutes and organic matter. Testing such impacts upon populations of organisms (i.e... Read More about Risk-based modelling of diffuse land use impacts from rural landscapes upon salmonid fry abundance.

The socially skilled teacher and the development of tacit knowledge (2011)
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Elliott, J., Stemler, S., Grigorenko, E., Sternberg, R., & Hoffman, N. (2011). The socially skilled teacher and the development of tacit knowledge. British Educational Research Journal, 37(1), 83-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920903420016

Skilled interpersonal relations are crucial for effective teaching and learning but much professional knowledge here is tacit and thus not easily communicated. This article presents the results of a study that examined the tacit knowledge of trainee... Read More about The socially skilled teacher and the development of tacit knowledge.

Using local areas data to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and families (2011)
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Jack, G. (2011). Using local areas data to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and families. Child & Family Social Work, 16(1), 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00708.x

Because economic and social opportunities are unevenly distributed across England, the places in which children and young people are born and grow up can have significant influences on both their current well-being and their future life chances. Data... Read More about Using local areas data to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and families.

Anticipation, Materiality, Event: The Icelandic Ash Cloud Disruption and the Security of Mobility (2011)
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Adey, P., & Anderson, B. (2011). Anticipation, Materiality, Event: The Icelandic Ash Cloud Disruption and the Security of Mobility. Mobilities, 6(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2011.532919

In this article we explore how the aerial mobilities disrupted by the Icelandic ash cloud were remarkably contingent upon a series of systems and technologies of anticipation and speculation that sit within wider nested logics of future-oriented or '... Read More about Anticipation, Materiality, Event: The Icelandic Ash Cloud Disruption and the Security of Mobility.

Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations (2011)
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van Hunen, J., & Allen, M. (2011). Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 302(1-2), 27-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.035

Conditions and dynamics of subduction-collision and subsequent 3-D slab break-off and slab tear propagation are quantified, for the first time, using fully dynamic numerical models. Model results indicate that collision after the subduction of old, s... Read More about Continental collision and slab break-off: a comparison of 3-D numerical models with observations.

Evidence-base for primary prevention of obesity in children and adolescents = Evidenzbasierung von Primärprävention der Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen (2011)
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Hillier, F., Pedley, C., & Summerbell, C. (2011). Evidence-base for primary prevention of obesity in children and adolescents = Evidenzbasierung von Primärprävention der Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 54(3), 259-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-010-1227-4

Effective interventions to prevent obesity in children have never been more necessary. There have been over 30 published reviews and meta-analyses on such interventions (randomized and controlled trials) since 2008. In summary, interventions which in... Read More about Evidence-base for primary prevention of obesity in children and adolescents = Evidenzbasierung von Primärprävention der Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen.

Cost analysis of a community pharmacy 'minor ailment scheme' across three primary care trusts in the North East of England (2011)
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Baqir, W., Learoyd, T., Sim, A., & Todd, A. (2011). Cost analysis of a community pharmacy 'minor ailment scheme' across three primary care trusts in the North East of England. Journal of Public Health, 33(4), 551-555. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdr012

Background: A large proportion of primary care medical consultations relate to minor ailments, placing a substantial burden on the UK National Health Service (NHS). In response, minor ailment schemes (MAS) have been introduced in several community ph... Read More about Cost analysis of a community pharmacy 'minor ailment scheme' across three primary care trusts in the North East of England.

A new chitinase-like xylanase inhibitor protein (XIP) from coffee (Coffea arabica) affects Soybean Asian rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) spore germination (2011)
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Vasconcelos, E., Santana, C., Godoy, C., Seixas, C., Silva, M., Moreira, L., …Grossi-de-Sa, M. (2011). A new chitinase-like xylanase inhibitor protein (XIP) from coffee (Coffea arabica) affects Soybean Asian rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) spore germination. BMC Biotechnology, 11, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-11-14

Background: Asian rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) is a common disease in Brazilian soybean fields and it is difficult to control. To identify a biochemical candidate with potential to combat this disease, a new chitinase-like xylanase inhibitor protein... Read More about A new chitinase-like xylanase inhibitor protein (XIP) from coffee (Coffea arabica) affects Soybean Asian rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) spore germination.

Psychological distress of rural parents: Family influence and the role of isolation (2011)
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Novello, D., Stain, H., Lyle, D., & Kelly, B. (2011). Psychological distress of rural parents: Family influence and the role of isolation. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 19(1), 27-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1584.2010.01173.x

Objective: Research regarding psychological distress has often underestimated the importance of contextual social factors. This research aims to investigate patterns of psychological distress within the family system (parent dyads) across rural and r... Read More about Psychological distress of rural parents: Family influence and the role of isolation.