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Using errors by guard honeybees (Apis mellifera) to gain new insights into nestmate recognition signals (2015)
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gain new insights into nestmate recognition signals. Chemical Senses, 40(9), 649-653. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjv053

Although the honeybee (Apis mellifera) is one of the world most studied insects, the chemical
compounds used in nestmate recognition, remains an open question. By exploiting the error prone
recognition system of the honeybee, coupled with genotypin... Read More about Using errors by guard honeybees (Apis mellifera) to gain new insights into nestmate recognition signals.

The expanded p53 interactome as a predictive model for cancer therapy (2015)
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Hussain, M., Tian, K., Mutti, L., Krstic-Demonacos, M., & Schwartz, J. (2015). The expanded p53 interactome as a predictive model for cancer therapy. Genomics and computational biology, 1(1), e20. https://doi.org/10.18547/gcb.2015.vol1.iss1.e20

The tumour suppressor gene TP53 is implicated in
the majority of all human cancers, thus pivotal to
genomic integrity. Even though over 72,000 PubMed
publications are linked with the keyword p53 and this
number is continuously increasing, due to... Read More about The expanded p53 interactome as a predictive model for cancer therapy.

An action research approach to facilitating the adoption of a foot health assessment tool in India (2015)
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Harrison-Blount, M., Cullen, M., Nester, C., & Williams, A. (2015). An action research approach to facilitating the adoption of a foot health assessment tool in India. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 8(52), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-015-0108-3

Background:
India has a diabetes population that is growing and alongside this, the incidence of limb threatening foot problems is increasing. Foot health care provision does not yet meet this demand. In one locality in India, clinicians had an uns... Read More about An action research approach to facilitating the adoption of a foot health assessment tool in India.

Manual therapy student handbook : an introduction to manual therapy - part 1 (2015)
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Hatcher, J. (2015). Manual therapy student handbook : an introduction to manual therapy - part 1. Co-kinetic, 41-43

This article is the first in a series from our Manual Therapy Student Handbook (see the 'Contents panel' for further details). It provides a short introduction to what manual therapy is and who some of the influential practitioners have been. Subsequ... Read More about Manual therapy student handbook : an introduction to manual therapy - part 1.

Manual therapy student handbook : definitions of mobilisation, manipulation and massage - part 2 (2015)
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Hatcher, J. (2015). Manual therapy student handbook : definitions of mobilisation, manipulation and massage - part 2. Co-kinetic, 44-47

This article is the second in a series from our Manual Therapy Student Handbook (see the ‘Contents panel’ for further details). It discusses the terms ‘mobilisation’, ‘manipulation’ and ‘massage’. As these terms are used commonly, although not always... Read More about Manual therapy student handbook : definitions of mobilisation, manipulation and massage - part 2.

The key kinematic determinants of undulatory underwater swimming at maximal velocity (2015)
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Connaboy, C., Naemi, R., Brown, S., Psycharakis, S., McCabe, C., Coleman, S., & Sanders, R. (2016). The key kinematic determinants of undulatory underwater swimming at maximal velocity. Journal of sports sciences, 34(11), 1036-1043. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2015.1088162

The optimisation of undulatory underwater swimming is highly important in competitive swimming performance. Nineteen kinematic variables were identified from previous research undertaken to assess undulatory underwater swimming performance. The purpo... Read More about The key kinematic determinants of undulatory underwater swimming at maximal velocity.

Dichotomising compulsory land acquisition and land contamination valuations (2015)
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Akujuru, V., & Ruddock, L. (2015). Dichotomising compulsory land acquisition and land contamination valuations. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(3), 268-288. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-11-2013-0040

Purpose – This study aims at identifying the consequences of adopting statutory rather than market basis in assessing damages due to contamination to land. Most valuations undertaken to assess compensation for damages due to contamination on land are... Read More about Dichotomising compulsory land acquisition and land contamination valuations.

Strategic management of salespeople when promoting new products : moderating effects of sales-related organizational psychological climate (2015)
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of salespeople when selling new products (namely, electronic goods) in a business-to-business context by incorporating the organizations’ perceived psychological climate into goal orien... Read More about Strategic management of salespeople when promoting new products : moderating effects of sales-related organizational psychological climate.

Might more harm be done than good when scientists and engineers engage with the public about new technology before it is fully developed? The case of hydrogen energy (2015)
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Bellaby, P., & Clark, A. (2016). Might more harm be done than good when scientists and engineers engage with the public about new technology before it is fully developed? The case of hydrogen energy. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 6(3), 283-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2015.1073404

We report consultation about hydrogen energy at the Hydrogen Centre in South Wales with members of the public in the region. The Centre's research staff guided tours and outside sociologists made the independent assessment presented here. Hydrogen en... Read More about Might more harm be done than good when scientists and engineers engage with the public about new technology before it is fully developed? The case of hydrogen energy.

Enabling practitioners working with young people who self-harm (2015)
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Foster, C., Birch, L., Allen, S., & Rayner, G. (2015). Enabling practitioners working with young people who self-harm. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 10(4), 268-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-05-2014-0011

Purpose: This paper outlines a United Kingdom based interdisciplinary workforce development project that had the aim of improving service delivery for children and young people who self-harm or are feeling suicidal.

Approach: This innovative prac... Read More about Enabling practitioners working with young people who self-harm.

Aggregation of group fuzzy risk information in the railway risk decision making process (2015)
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An, M., Qin, Y., Jia, L., & Chen, Y. (2016). Aggregation of group fuzzy risk information in the railway risk decision making process. Safety Science, 82, 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2015.08.011

Railway risk assessment is a hierarchical process where risk information obtained at lower levels may be used for risk assessment at higher levels. Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) is widely used in risk decision making process to solve impr... Read More about Aggregation of group fuzzy risk information in the railway risk decision making process.

Professionalism and what it means for you (2015)
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Stonehouse, D. (2015). Professionalism and what it means for you. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 9(9), 455-457. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2015.9.9.455

Within this article, the author will be discussing professionalism and what this means for the support worker in their everyday practice. The difference between being a member of a profession and acting with professionalism will be discussed.
The... Read More about Professionalism and what it means for you.

Measuring impact and the most influential works in Migration Studies (2015)
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Sirkeci, I., & Cohen, J. (2015). Measuring impact and the most influential works in Migration Studies. Migration Letters, 12(3), 336-345. https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v12i3.284

Our paper offers an independent measure of the citation of published research in the field of migration studies. Using the Google Scholar citation database and Ann Harzing ranking software, we have created a list of the 100 most cited articles, books... Read More about Measuring impact and the most influential works in Migration Studies.

Recommendations for the conduct of efficacy trials of treatment devices for osteoarthritis : a report from a working group of the Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis and Crystal Diseases Clinical Studies Group (2015)
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Objective. There are unique challenges to designing and carrying out high-quality trials testing therapeutic devices in OA and other rheumatic diseases. Such challenges include determining the mechanisms of action of the device and the appropriate sh... Read More about Recommendations for the conduct of efficacy trials of treatment devices for osteoarthritis : a report from a working group of the Arthritis Research UK Osteoarthritis and Crystal Diseases Clinical Studies Group.

In-play forecasting of win probability in one-day international cricket : a dynamic logistic regression model (2015)
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Asif, M., & McHale, I. (2016). In-play forecasting of win probability in one-day international cricket : a dynamic logistic regression model. International Journal of Forecasting, 32(1), 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2015.02.005

The paper presents a model for forecasting the outcomes of One-Day International cricket matches whilst the game is in progress. Our ‘in-play’ model is dynamic, in the sense that the parameters of the underlying logistic regression model are allowed... Read More about In-play forecasting of win probability in one-day international cricket : a dynamic logistic regression model.

Trophic flexibility and opportunism in pikeEsox lucius (2015)
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Pedreschi, D., Mariani, S., Coughlan, J., Voigt, C., O'Grady, M., Caffrey, J., & Kelly-Quinn, M. (2015). Trophic flexibility and opportunism in pikeEsox lucius. Journal of Fish Biology, 87(4), 876-894. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12755

The first comprehensive investigation of pike Esox lucius trophic ecology in a region (Ireland) where they have long been thought to be a non-native species is presented. Diet was investigated across habitat types (lake, river and canal) through the... Read More about Trophic flexibility and opportunism in pikeEsox lucius.

From Aristotle to Arendt : a phenomenological exploration of forms of knowledge and practice in the context of child protection social work in the UK (2015)
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This paper attempts to explore the relationship between different forms of knowledge and the kinds of activity that arise from them within child protection social work practice. The argument that social work is more than either ‘science’ or ‘art’ but... Read More about From Aristotle to Arendt : a phenomenological exploration of forms of knowledge and practice in the context of child protection social work in the UK.