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Anti-convulsant Effects of Bongardia chrysogonum L. Tuber in the Pentylenetetrazole-induced Seizure Model (2017)
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Abuhamdah, S. M., Abuirmeile, A. N., Thaer, F., Al-Olimat, S., Abdel, E., & Chazot, P. L. (2017). Anti-convulsant Effects of Bongardia chrysogonum L. Tuber in the Pentylenetetrazole-induced Seizure Model. International Journal of Pharmacology, 14(1), 127-135. https://doi.org/10.3923/ijp.2018.127.135

Background and Objective: The dried tuber of Bongardia chrysogonum (L.) is a popular folk remedy for its use in the treatment of epilepsy in traditional medicine. The study aimed to evaluate the anti-oxidant and anti-convulsant activity of B. chrysog... Read More about Anti-convulsant Effects of Bongardia chrysogonum L. Tuber in the Pentylenetetrazole-induced Seizure Model.

Personal protection of permethrin-treated clothing against Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue and Zika virus, in the laboratory (2016)
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Orsborne, J., DeRaedt Banks, S., Hendy, A., Gezan, S., Kaur, H., Wilder-Smith, A., …Logan, J. (2016). Personal protection of permethrin-treated clothing against Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue and Zika virus, in the laboratory. PLoS ONE, 11(5), Article e0152805. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152805

Background The dengue and Zika viruses are primarily transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are most active during day light hours and feed both in and outside of the household. Personal protection technologies such as insecticide-treated clo... Read More about Personal protection of permethrin-treated clothing against Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue and Zika virus, in the laboratory.

Cryptic Lineage Differentiation Among Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Northwest Indian Ocean (2017)
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Gray, H., Nishida, S., Welch, A., Moura, A., Tanabe, S., Kiani, M., …Hoelzel, A. (2018). Cryptic Lineage Differentiation Among Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Northwest Indian Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 122, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.027

Phylogeography can provide insight into the potential for speciation and identify geographic regions and evolutionary processes associated with species richness and evolutionary endemism. In the marine environment, highly mobile species sometimes sho... Read More about Cryptic Lineage Differentiation Among Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the Northwest Indian Ocean.

Guinnerso (Uig Parish (1998)
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Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (1998). Guinnerso (Uig Parish. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, (1998), 106-107

Samango monkeys (Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus) manage risk in a highly seasonal, human-modified landscape in Amathole Mountains, South Africa (2016)
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Nowak, K., Wimberger, K., Richards, S., Hill, R., & le Roux, A. (2017). Samango monkeys (Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus) manage risk in a highly seasonal, human-modified landscape in Amathole Mountains, South Africa. International Journal of Primatology, 38(2), 194-206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-016-9913-1

Wild species use habitats that vary in risk across space and time. This risk can derive from natural predators and also from direct and indirect human pressures. A starving forager will often take risks that a less hungry forager would not. At a high... Read More about Samango monkeys (Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus) manage risk in a highly seasonal, human-modified landscape in Amathole Mountains, South Africa.

Emotional intelligence and individual differences in affective processes underlying task-contingent conscientiousness (2017)
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Minbashian, A., Beckmann, N., & Wood, R. (2018). Emotional intelligence and individual differences in affective processes underlying task-contingent conscientiousness. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39(9), 1182-1196. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2233

Organisational researchers have recently begun to focus on the more dynamic aspects of personality in the workplace. The present study examines individual differences in the affective processes that underlie one such dynamic construct, task-contingen... Read More about Emotional intelligence and individual differences in affective processes underlying task-contingent conscientiousness.

The future of fish passage science, engineering, and practice (2017)
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Silva, A., Lucas, M., Castro-Santos, T., Katopodis, C., Baumgartner, L., Thiem, J., …Cooke, S. (2018). The future of fish passage science, engineering, and practice. Fish and Fisheries, 19(2), 340-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12258

Much effort has been devoted to developing, constructing and refining fish passage facilities to enable target species to pass barriers on fluvial systems, and yet, fishway science, engineering and practice remain imperfect. In this review, 17 expert... Read More about The future of fish passage science, engineering, and practice.

Joint palaeoclimate reconstruction from pollen data via forward models and climate histories (2016)
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Parnell, A., Haslett, J., Sweeney, J., Doan, T., Allen, J., & Huntley, B. (2016). Joint palaeoclimate reconstruction from pollen data via forward models and climate histories. Quaternary Science Reviews, 151, 111-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.09.007

We present a method and software for reconstructing palaeoclimate from pollen data with a focus on accounting for and reducing uncertainty. The tools we use include: forward models, which enable us to account for the data generating process and hence... Read More about Joint palaeoclimate reconstruction from pollen data via forward models and climate histories.

Delphinid systematics and biogeography with a focus on the current genus Lagenorhynchus: Multiple pathways for antitropical and trans-oceanic radiation (2014)
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Banguera-Hinestroza, E., Hayano, A., Crespo, E., & Hoelzel, A. (2014). Delphinid systematics and biogeography with a focus on the current genus Lagenorhynchus: Multiple pathways for antitropical and trans-oceanic radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 80, 217-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.005

The six species currently classified within the genus Lagenorhynchus exhibit a pattern of antitropical distribution common among marine taxa. In spite of their morphological similarities they are now considered an artificial grouping, and include bot... Read More about Delphinid systematics and biogeography with a focus on the current genus Lagenorhynchus: Multiple pathways for antitropical and trans-oceanic radiation.

Bio-prospecting endemic Mascarene Aloes for potential neuroprotectants (2017)
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Lobine, D., Howes, M., Cummins, I., Govinden-Soulange, J., Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya, M., Lindsey, K., & Chazot, P. (2017). Bio-prospecting endemic Mascarene Aloes for potential neuroprotectants. Phytotherapy Research, 31(12), 1926-1934. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.5941

The Mascarene Aloes are used in the traditional pharmacopoeia against various ailments including cutaneous diseases and as antispasmodics. Scientific evidence to support these claims is non-existent and mainly based on the scientific repute of A. ver... Read More about Bio-prospecting endemic Mascarene Aloes for potential neuroprotectants.

Calanais Farm (Uig Parish) (1998)
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Coles, G., Church, M., Harding, D., & Inglis, R. (1998). Calanais Farm (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, (1998),

Forecasting potential routes for movement of endemic birds among important sites for biodiversity in the Albertine Rift under projected climate change (2016)
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Bagchi, R., Hole, D. G., Butchart, S. H., Collingham, Y. C., Fishpool, L. D., Plumptre, A. J., …Willis, S. G. (2016). Forecasting potential routes for movement of endemic birds among important sites for biodiversity in the Albertine Rift under projected climate change. Ecography, 41(2), 401-413. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02712

The ability of species to shift their distributions in response to climate change may be impeded by lack of suitable climate or habitat between species’ current and future ranges. We examined the potential for climate and forest cover to limit the mo... Read More about Forecasting potential routes for movement of endemic birds among important sites for biodiversity in the Albertine Rift under projected climate change.

Predicting plant immunity gene expression by identifying the decoding mechanism of calcium signatures (2017)
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Lenzoni, G., Liu, J., & Knight, M. (2018). Predicting plant immunity gene expression by identifying the decoding mechanism of calcium signatures. New Phytologist, 217(4), 1598-1609. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14924

Calcium plays a key role in determining the specificity of a vast array of signalling pathways in plants. Cellular calcium elevations with different characteristics (calcium signatures) carry information on the identity of the primary stimulus, ensur... Read More about Predicting plant immunity gene expression by identifying the decoding mechanism of calcium signatures.

Envisioning the future of aquatic animal tracking: Technology, science, and application (2017)
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Lennox, R., Aarestrup, K., Cooke, S., Cowley, P., Deng, Z., Fisk, A., …Young, N. (2017). Envisioning the future of aquatic animal tracking: Technology, science, and application. Bioscience, 67(10), 884-896. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix098

Electronic tags are significantly improving our understanding of aquatic animal behavior and are emerging as key sources of information for conservation and management practices. Future aquatic integrative biology and ecology studies will increasingl... Read More about Envisioning the future of aquatic animal tracking: Technology, science, and application.

Guinnerso (Uig Parish) (1997)
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Burgess, C., Church, M., Heald, A., & Gilmour, S. (1997). Guinnerso (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 85-86

To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies (2016)
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Rawlings, B., Flynn, E., & Kendal, R. (2017). To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies. Child Development Perspectives, 11(1), 39-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12206

In our technologically complex world, children frequently have problems to solve and skills to learn. They can develop solutions through learning strategies involving social learning or asocial endeavors. While evidence is emerging that children may... Read More about To copy or to innovate? The role of personality and social networks on children's learning strategies.

Selective copying of the majority suggests children are broadly “optimal-” rather than “over-” imitators (2017)
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Evans, C., Laland, K., Carpenter, M., & Kendal, R. (2018). Selective copying of the majority suggests children are broadly “optimal-” rather than “over-” imitators. Developmental Science, 21(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12637

Human children, in contrast to other species, are frequently cast as prolific “over-imitators”. However, previous studies of “over-imitation” have overlooked many important real-world social dynamics, and may thus provide an inaccurate account of thi... Read More about Selective copying of the majority suggests children are broadly “optimal-” rather than “over-” imitators.

Cognitive Evolution and the Transmission of Popular Narratives: A Literature Review and Application to Urban Legends (2017)
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Stubbersfield, J., Flynn, E., & Tehrani, J. (2017). Cognitive Evolution and the Transmission of Popular Narratives: A Literature Review and Application to Urban Legends. Evolutionary studies in imaginative culture, 1(1), 121-136. https://doi.org/10.26613/esic.1.1.20

Recent research into cultural transmission suggests that humans are disposed to learn, remember, and transmit certain types of information more easily than others, and that any information that is passed between people will be subjected to cognitive... Read More about Cognitive Evolution and the Transmission of Popular Narratives: A Literature Review and Application to Urban Legends.