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Gossip in the workplace and the implications for HR management : a study of gossip and its relationship to employee cynicism (2014)
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a study of gossip and its relationship to employee cynicism. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(18), 2288-2307. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.985329

Gossip is a common phenomenon in the workplace and yet relatively little is understood about its influence to employees. This study adopts social information theory and social cognitive theory to interpret the diverse literature on gossip, and to d... Read More about Gossip in the workplace and the implications for HR management : a study of gossip and its relationship to employee cynicism.

A comparison of maximal power clean performances performed from the floor, knee and mid-thigh (2014)
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Kelly, J., McMahon, J., & Comfort, P. (2014). A comparison of maximal power clean performances performed from the floor, knee and mid-thigh. Journal of trainology, 3(2), 53-56. https://doi.org/10.17338/trainology.3.2_53

Objectives: This study aimed to compare one repetition maximum (1RM) power clean performances, performed from the floor, the knee and from mid-thigh, to determine the differences between variations. Design and Methods: Using a within subjects repeate... Read More about A comparison of maximal power clean performances performed from the floor, knee and mid-thigh.

Paper 2: Conceptualizing the transition from advanced to consultant practitioner: Role clarity, self-perception, and adjustment (2014)
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Hardy, M., & Nightingale, J. (2014). Paper 2: Conceptualizing the transition from advanced to consultant practitioner: Role clarity, self-perception, and adjustment. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 45, 365-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2014.09.008

Background: Interest in the influence of emotions on behaviour, decision making, and leadership has accelerated over the last decade. Despite this, the influence of emotions on career advancement and behaviour within radiography and radiotherapy has... Read More about Paper 2: Conceptualizing the transition from advanced to consultant practitioner: Role clarity, self-perception, and adjustment.

Helmholtz non-paraxial beam propagation method: An assessment (2014)
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Chamorro-Posada, P., & McDonald, G. (2014). Helmholtz non-paraxial beam propagation method: An assessment. Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 23(4), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218863514500404

We present a performance evaluation of a non-paraxial beam propagation method suitable for the study of Helmholtz solitons. The analysis aims to determine the accuracy limits of the numerical scheme in terms of the maximum propagation angle addressab... Read More about Helmholtz non-paraxial beam propagation method: An assessment.

Sceptical responses in early modern plays : from self-knowledge to self-doubt in Marston’s The Malcontent and Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy (2014)
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Nigri, L. (2014). Sceptical responses in early modern plays : from self-knowledge to self-doubt in Marston’s The Malcontent and Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy. English Literature, 1(1), 117-130. https://doi.org/10.14277/2420-823X/6p

Defined for the first time by Sir Thomas Elyot as a «secte of Phylosophers, whiche affirmed nothynge» (1538), the term ‘scepticism’ appears in all its variants only too rarely in the drama of the period. Chadwyck Healey databases (Early English Books... Read More about Sceptical responses in early modern plays : from self-knowledge to self-doubt in Marston’s The Malcontent and Middleton’s The Revenger’s Tragedy.

Education for nurses working in cardiovascular care: A european survey (2014)
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Astin, F., Carroll, D., De Geest, S., Martensson, J., Jones, I., Hunterbuchner, L., …Timmins, F. (2014). Education for nurses working in cardiovascular care: A european survey. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 13(6), 532-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515113514864

Background: Nurses represent the largest sector of the workforce caring for people with cardiovascular disease in Europe. Little is known about the post-registration education provided to nurses working within this speciality. The aim of this descrip... Read More about Education for nurses working in cardiovascular care: A european survey.

Happy like profilers: Gordon Burn, modernity and serial killing (2014)
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Cummins, I., & King, M. (2014). Happy like profilers: Gordon Burn, modernity and serial killing. International journal of criminology & sociological theory, 7(3),

Haggerty (2009) has outlined the ways, in which, “serial killers” can be seen as a product of modernity. In particular, he highlights the ways, in which, a symbiotic relationship has developed between the media and “serial killers”. A significa... Read More about Happy like profilers: Gordon Burn, modernity and serial killing.

The effects of corticosteroids on cytokine production from asthma lung lymphocytes (2014)
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Kaur, M., Reynolds, S., Smyth, L., Simpson, K., Hall, S., & Singh, D. (2014). The effects of corticosteroids on cytokine production from asthma lung lymphocytes. International Immunopharmacology, 23(2), 581-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intimp.2014.10.008

BACKGROUND Lymphocytes play a central role in the pathophysiology of asthma. Corticosteroids have a limited effect in severe asthma and we hypothesise that lymphocytes play a central role in corticosteroid insensitivity. We investigated the effect... Read More about The effects of corticosteroids on cytokine production from asthma lung lymphocytes.

Changing homelessness services : revanchism, ‘professionalisation’ and resistance (2014)
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Scullion, L., Somerville, P., Brown, P., & Morris, G. (2015). Changing homelessness services : revanchism, ‘professionalisation’ and resistance. Health and Social Care in the Community, 23(4), 419-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12159

This paper argues that the increasing international salience of homelessness can be partially explained by reference to the revanchist thesis (involving processes of coerced exclusion and abjection), but the situation on the ground is more complex. I... Read More about Changing homelessness services : revanchism, ‘professionalisation’ and resistance.

Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in localized populations of Apodemus sylvaticus is linked to population genotype not to population location (2014)
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Bajnok, J., Boyce, K., Rogan, M., Craig, P., Lun, Z., & Hide, G. (2015). Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in localized populations of Apodemus sylvaticus is linked to population genotype not to population location. Parasitology, 142(5), 680-690. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182014001760

Toxoplasma gondii is a globally distributed parasite infecting humans and warm-blooded animals. Although many surveys have been conducted for T. gondii infection in mammals, little is known about the detailed distribution in localized natural populat... Read More about Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in localized populations of Apodemus sylvaticus is linked to population genotype not to population location.

A technical review of BIM based cost estimating in UK Quantity Surveying practice, standards and tools (2014)
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Quantity Surveying practice, standards and tools. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 19, 534-563

In light of recent technological advancements over the decades especially with Information Technology (IT), the ‘Building Information Modelling’ (BIM) is one of those advancements that have attracted significant attention in UK construction industry.... Read More about A technical review of BIM based cost estimating in UK Quantity Surveying practice, standards and tools.

Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts (2014)
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Kola-Lawal, C., Wood, M., Alo, B., & Clark, A. (2014). Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2(4), 408-421. https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.2014.02.0032

Country specificities and national cultures influence Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation and pro-environmental behaviour in organisations. Previous studies have focused on organisations in developed or emerging economies, creating... Read More about Factors in organisational environmental management system implementation – Developed vs. Developing country contexts.

The contribution of nurse consultants in England to the public health leadership agenda (2014)
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Franks, H. (2014). The contribution of nurse consultants in England to the public health leadership agenda. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 23(23-24), 3434-3448. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12593

Aims and objectives: To examine the contribution of nurse consultants in relation to UK public health outcomes by contrasting the health and public health skills frameworks with a study of the role of nurse consultants. Background: Nurse consultan... Read More about The contribution of nurse consultants in England to the public health leadership agenda.

Taking the pseudo out of pseudogenes (2014)
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Goodhead, I., & Darby, A. (2015). Taking the pseudo out of pseudogenes. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 23, 102-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2014.11.012

Pseudogenes are defined as fragments of once-functional genes that have been silenced by one or more nonsense, frameshift or missense mutations. Despite continuing increases in the speed of sequencing and annotating bacterial genomes, the identificat... Read More about Taking the pseudo out of pseudogenes.

Emotional intelligence in STEM (2014)
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Singh, M., & Chadwick, E. (2014). Emotional intelligence in STEM. Mathematics today, Dec, 212-214

Vulnerability and risk in children living with a physical disability (2014)
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Heaslip, V., & Hewitt-Taylor, J. (2014). Vulnerability and risk in children living with a physical disability. Nursing Children and Young People, 26(10), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.26.10.24.e528

Children are identified as a vulnerable group in need of a degree of safeguarding. About 6% of children in the UK have a disability, which can increase their level of vulnerability. How disability is perceived by others may affect the way they work w... Read More about Vulnerability and risk in children living with a physical disability.

Movement and physiological demands of international and regional men's touch Rugby matches. (2014)
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RP, B., JM, H., MC, T., EV, K., & C, T. (2014). Movement and physiological demands of international and regional men's touch Rugby matches. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 28(11), https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000000535

This study compared the internal and external match demands imposed on international and regional standard male touch rugby players. The study adopted a cohort design with independent groups. Twelve international players (mean age, 27.8 ± 6.2 years;... Read More about Movement and physiological demands of international and regional men's touch Rugby matches..

CCR5 receptor antagonists block metastasis to bone of v-Src Oncogene-Transformed Metastatic prostate cancer cell lines (2014)
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Sicoli, D., Jiao, X., Ju, X., Velasco-Velazquez, M., Ertel, A., Addya, S., …Pestell, R. (2014). CCR5 receptor antagonists block metastasis to bone of v-Src Oncogene-Transformed Metastatic prostate cancer cell lines. Cancer Research, 74(23), 7103-7114. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-0612

Src family kinases (SFK) integrate signal transduction for multiple receptors, regulating cellular proliferation, invasion, and metastasis in human cancer. Although Src is rarely mutated in human prostate cancer, SFK activity is increased in the majo... Read More about CCR5 receptor antagonists block metastasis to bone of v-Src Oncogene-Transformed Metastatic prostate cancer cell lines.