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Haste makes waste, but not for all : the speed-accuracy trade-off does not apply to neurotics (2013)
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Bell, J., Mawn, L., & Poynor, R. (2013). Haste makes waste, but not for all : the speed-accuracy trade-off does not apply to neurotics. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14(6), 860-864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.07.001

Objectives: To examine if neurotics are the exception to the speed-accuracy rule and in fact are more accurate when making faster decisions. Design: The study employed a laboratory-based, cross-sectional design. Method: One hundred and ninety-six eli... Read More about Haste makes waste, but not for all : the speed-accuracy trade-off does not apply to neurotics.

“The five fingers of my hand”: human capital and well-being in SMEs (2013)
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Galabova, L., & McKie, L. (2013). “The five fingers of my hand”: human capital and well-being in SMEs. Personnel Review, 42(6), 662-683. https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-01-2012-0017

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the SME managers' understanding of, and attitudes towards human capital (HC) and well-being as factors impacting on the business performance of their organisations. Design/methodology/approach – The study from whi... Read More about “The five fingers of my hand”: human capital and well-being in SMEs.

Evaluation of risk assessment tools for suspected cancer in general practice: a cohort study (2013)
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Hamilton, W., Green, T., Martins, T., Elliot, K., Rubin, G., & Macleod, U. (2013). Evaluation of risk assessment tools for suspected cancer in general practice: a cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 63(606), e30-e36. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13x660751

Background Diagnostic delay is deemed to account for an estimated 5000 to 10 000 extra cancer deaths each year in the UK. Many cancer patients do not have symptoms meeting national referral criteria for rapid investigation. Risk assessment tools (RAT... Read More about Evaluation of risk assessment tools for suspected cancer in general practice: a cohort study.

Sphingolipid synthesis and scavenging in the intracellular apicomplexan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii (2013)
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Pratt, S., Wansadhipathi-Kannangara, N., Bruce, C., Mina, J., Shams-Eldin, H., Casas, J., …Denny, P. (2013). Sphingolipid synthesis and scavenging in the intracellular apicomplexan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 87(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.11.007

Sphingolipids are essential components of eukaryotic cell membranes, particularly the plasma membrane, and are involved in a diverse array of signal transduction pathways. Mammals produce sphingomyelin (SM) as the primary complex sphingolipid via the... Read More about Sphingolipid synthesis and scavenging in the intracellular apicomplexan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii.

Understanding diagnosis of lung cancer in primary care: qualitative synthesis of significant event audit reports (2013)
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Mitchell, E., Rubin, G., & Macleod, U. (2013). Understanding diagnosis of lung cancer in primary care: qualitative synthesis of significant event audit reports. British Journal of General Practice, 63(606), e37-e46. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13x660760

Background Most lung cancers present symptomatically, but the pathway to diagnosis in primary care can be complex and is poorly understood. Significant event audit (SEA) is a quality improvement technique widely used in UK general practice. Aim To ga... Read More about Understanding diagnosis of lung cancer in primary care: qualitative synthesis of significant event audit reports.

Transition and the Education of the New South African Citizen (2013)
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Hammett, D., & Staeheli, L. (2013). Transition and the Education of the New South African Citizen. Comparative Education Review, 57(2), 309-331. https://doi.org/10.1086/669123

South Africa’s democratic transition was a time of optimism, with immense hopes pinned on the youth who would be educated to see themselves as equal citizens. It was also a time of pragmatic decision making, not least in the education sector, which w... Read More about Transition and the Education of the New South African Citizen.

The Righteous Gentile Interjects (James 2:18-19 and Romans 2:14-15) (2013)
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Heath, J. (2013). The Righteous Gentile Interjects (James 2:18-19 and Romans 2:14-15). Novum Testamentum: An International Quarterly for New Testament and Related Studies, 55(3), 272-295. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685365-12341425

Jas 2:18-19 is at the heart of James’ famous (or, to some, infamous) argument about faith and works, but it defies definitive interpretation due to combined difficulties in punctuation and in tracing the literary continuity in James’ argument. This e... Read More about The Righteous Gentile Interjects (James 2:18-19 and Romans 2:14-15).

Necessity or Luxury Good? Household Energy Spending and Income in Britain 1991-2007 (2013)
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Meier, H., Jamasb, T., & Orea, L. (2013). Necessity or Luxury Good? Household Energy Spending and Income in Britain 1991-2007. The Energy Journal, 34(4), 109-128. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.34.4.6

In recent years, many households around the world have experienced reductions in real incomes and higher energy prices, both of which have important demand and welfare implications. A better understanding of the socio-economic determinants of househo... Read More about Necessity or Luxury Good? Household Energy Spending and Income in Britain 1991-2007.

A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles (2013)
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Church, M., Nesbitt, C., & Gilmour, S. (2013). A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 143, 157-226

This is the third of a series of four papers that present the excavations undertaken on the Uig Peninsula,Isle of Lewis, as part of the Uig Landscape Project. We present the archaeological evidence from An Dunan, a causewayed tidal islet in the salt... Read More about A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles.

Islamic Education and Multiculturalism: Engaging with the Canadian Experience (2013)
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Ali, F., & Bagley, C. (2013). Islamic Education and Multiculturalism: Engaging with the Canadian Experience. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 8(2), 19-31

Canada has a long history of immigration by diverse ethnic minority groups arriving in the hope of establishing economically successful – yet socially and culturally distinct – communities based on particular values and beliefs not necessarily shared... Read More about Islamic Education and Multiculturalism: Engaging with the Canadian Experience.

The Language Of Protest, Belonging And Exclusion: Russian Anti-Election Campaigns in Europe (2011-2012) (2013)
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Kliuchnikova, P. (2013). The Language Of Protest, Belonging And Exclusion: Russian Anti-Election Campaigns in Europe (2011-2012). The Ideology and politics journal, 2(4), 38-59

This article focuses on specific protest language formed during the row of anti-election activities of 2011-2012, which were performed by Russian migrants currently residing in London, Berlin and Barcelona. The phenomenon is analysed from three stand... Read More about The Language Of Protest, Belonging And Exclusion: Russian Anti-Election Campaigns in Europe (2011-2012).

Changes in the quaternary structure and function of MjHSP16.5 attributable to deletion of the I–X–I motif and introduction of the substitution, R107G in the a-crystallin domain (2013)
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Quinlan, R., Zhang, Y., Lansbury, A., Williamson, I., Pohl, E., & Sun, F. (2013). Changes in the quaternary structure and function of MjHSP16.5 attributable to deletion of the I–X–I motif and introduction of the substitution, R107G in the a-crystallin domain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368(1617), Article 20120327. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0327

The archael small heat-shock protein (sHSP), MjHSP16.5, forms a 24-subunit oligomer with octahedral symmetry. Here, we demonstrate that the IXI motif present in the C-terminal domain is necessary for the oligomerization of MjHSP16.5. Removal increase... Read More about Changes in the quaternary structure and function of MjHSP16.5 attributable to deletion of the I–X–I motif and introduction of the substitution, R107G in the a-crystallin domain.

Sanctuary : a politics of ease? (2013)
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Bagelman, J. (2013). Sanctuary : a politics of ease?. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 38(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/0304375412469314

Over the last decade, sanctuary has been evoked as an alternative to the problems associated with an exclusionary statist asylum regime. In Canada, the United States, and Europe, a “cities of sanctuary” movement has emerged, articulated through vario... Read More about Sanctuary : a politics of ease?.

Mind the Gap: Built Infrastructures, Sustainable Caring Relations, and Resilient Communities in Extreme Weather Events (2013)
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Dominelli, L. (2013). Mind the Gap: Built Infrastructures, Sustainable Caring Relations, and Resilient Communities in Extreme Weather Events. Australian Social Work, 66(2), 204-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407x.2012.708764

Climate change debates seldom link the insights derived from the physical sciences to the concerns of social scientists. Understanding how failures in built infrastructures increase the caring burden on women is one of these instances. This article d... Read More about Mind the Gap: Built Infrastructures, Sustainable Caring Relations, and Resilient Communities in Extreme Weather Events.

Mapping the implementation of Children's Trust arrangements (2013)
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Devanney, C., & Wistow, R. (2013). Mapping the implementation of Children's Trust arrangements. Journal of Children's Services, 8(1), 65-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/17466661311309790

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to explore findings from the children's services mapping (CSM) policy monitoring exercise on the implementation of Children's Trust arrangements in England in 2008 and 2009. It outlines progress made in impleme... Read More about Mapping the implementation of Children's Trust arrangements.

Constraints on a fourth generation of fermions from Higgs Boson searches (2013)
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Lenz, A. (2013). Constraints on a fourth generation of fermions from Higgs Boson searches. Advances in High Energy Physics, 2013, Article 910275. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/910275

We review the past and current status of the extension of the standard model (SM) by a fourth generation of fermions. In particular the new results for Higgs boson searches at the LHC and at Tevatron exclude the possibility of having simply a perturb... Read More about Constraints on a fourth generation of fermions from Higgs Boson searches.

Sub-millimetre source identifications and the microjansky source population at 8.4 GHz in the William Herschel Deep Field (2013)
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Heywood, I., Bielby, R., Hill, M., Metcalfe, N., Rawlings, S., Shanks, T., & Smirnov, O. (2013). Sub-millimetre source identifications and the microjansky source population at 8.4 GHz in the William Herschel Deep Field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(2), 935-951. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts046

Sub-millimetre observations of the William Herschel Deep Field (WHDF) using the Large Apex Bolometer Camera (LABOCA) revealed possible sub-mm counterparts for two X-ray-absorbed quasars. The primary aim here is to exploit Expanded Very Large Array (E... Read More about Sub-millimetre source identifications and the microjansky source population at 8.4 GHz in the William Herschel Deep Field.

Language teaching and its contexts (2013)
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Byram, M. (2013). Language teaching and its contexts. Iranian journal of language teaching research, 1(1), 1-26

The title of this new journal provides opportunity to review the many contexts which need to be taken into account in reflecting upon foreign language teaching. These contexts include the educational, the fact that much language teaching takes place... Read More about Language teaching and its contexts.