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Failure of captive-born greater rheas (Rhea americana, Rheidae, Aves) to discriminate between predator and nonpredator models (2012)
Journal Article
de Azevedo, C., Young, R., & Rodrigues, M. (2012). Failure of captive-born greater rheas (Rhea americana, Rheidae, Aves) to discriminate between predator and nonpredator models. Acta ethologica, 15, 179-185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-012-0124-2

The capacity to recognize and respond to predators can be lost by captive animals. Habituation to humans caused by the captive environment can be transferred to other stimuli, such as predators, a situation that conservation biologists wish to avoid.... Read More about Failure of captive-born greater rheas (Rhea americana, Rheidae, Aves) to discriminate between predator and nonpredator models.

International business research and risky investments, an analysis of FDI in conflict zones (2012)
Journal Article
Driffield, N., Jones, C., & Crotty, J. (2012). International business research and risky investments, an analysis of FDI in conflict zones. International Business Review, 22(1), 140-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2012.03.001

The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of a firm’s strategy to invest in a conflict location. To the best of our knowledge, this has not been done before. We examine this using a standard model of international business, overlaid wi... Read More about International business research and risky investments, an analysis of FDI in conflict zones.

Purchasing patterns of migrant groups : the impact of acculturation on ethnocentric behaviours (2012)
Journal Article
Newman, A., & Zaleha, S. (2012). Purchasing patterns of migrant groups : the impact of acculturation on ethnocentric behaviours. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42(7), 1551-1575. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.00895.x

This study investigated the social psychology of Malaysian migrants and their ethnocentric
purchase behavior as they assimilate into the local culture. A theoretical
framework consisting of acculturation, consumer ethnocentrism, time, and demograph... Read More about Purchasing patterns of migrant groups : the impact of acculturation on ethnocentric behaviours.

Returns on education amongst men in England and Wales: the impact of residential segregation and ethno-religious background (2012)
Journal Article
Khattab, N., Johnston, R., Sirkeci, I., & Modood, T. (2012). Returns on education amongst men in England and Wales: the impact of residential segregation and ethno-religious background. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 30(3), 296-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2012.03.002

Individuals’ occupational and educational attainment is influenced by their ethnicity, religion and colour in the UK and elsewhere. In this paper, we analyse the impact of ethnicity, religion and colour along with residential segregation1 and socio-e... Read More about Returns on education amongst men in England and Wales: the impact of residential segregation and ethno-religious background.

What are reasonable expectations? Healthcare student perceptions of their programmes in the North West of England (2012)
Journal Article
Hamshire, C., Willgoss, T. G., & Wibberley, C. (2013). What are reasonable expectations? Healthcare student perceptions of their programmes in the North West of England. Nurse Education Today, 33(2), 173-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.02.014

Background
Concerns about current levels of attrition from some healthcare programmes have emphasised the need to gain a greater insight into students' expectations and experiences.

Objectives
The aim of this study was to determine how students... Read More about What are reasonable expectations? Healthcare student perceptions of their programmes in the North West of England.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2012)
Journal Article
Curran, J., Darling, J., Rogers, P., & Gournay, K. (2012). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 1(1), 57-63. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2012.1.1.57

This article discusses acceptance and commitment therapy. It outlines the principles that underpin acceptance and commitment therapy practice, and how these principles can be applied. It encourages the reader to reflect upon their own use of the tech... Read More about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Supporting civil engineers during disaster response and recovery using a segway mobile workstation chariot (2012)
Journal Article
Peña-Mora, F., Thomas, J., Golparvar-Fard, M., & Aziz, Z. (2012). Supporting civil engineers during disaster response and recovery using a segway mobile workstation chariot. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 26(3), 448-455. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CP.1943-5487.0000117

This paper presents a mobile workstation chariot (MWC) that enables first responders and civil engineers to undertake initial
disaster reconnaissance and damage assessment operations by quickly traversing hazardous terrain and through provisioning o... Read More about Supporting civil engineers during disaster response and recovery using a segway mobile workstation chariot.

Regulation of p73 activity by post-translational modifications (2012)
Journal Article
Conforti, F., Sayan, A., Sreekamur, R., & Sayan, B. (2012). Regulation of p73 activity by post-translational modifications. Cell Death and Disease, 3, https://doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2012.27

The transcription factor p73 is a member of the p53 family that can be expressed as at least 24 different isoforms with pro- or anti-apoptotic attributes. The TAp73 isoforms are expressed from an upstream promoter and are regarded as bona fide tumor... Read More about Regulation of p73 activity by post-translational modifications.

The role of social networks in the governance of health systems : the case of eye care systems in Ghana (2012)
Journal Article
Blanchet, K., & James, P. (2013). The role of social networks in the governance of health systems : the case of eye care systems in Ghana. Health Policy and Planning, 28(2), 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czs031+1

Efforts have been increasingly invested to improve local health systems’capacities in developing countries. We describe the application of innovative methods based on a social network analysis approach. The findings presented
refer to a study carrie... Read More about The role of social networks in the governance of health systems : the case of eye care systems in Ghana.

Being an effective nurse consultant in the English National Health Service : what does it take? A study of consultants specializing in safeguarding (2012)
Journal Article
Franks, H., & Howarth, M. (2012). Being an effective nurse consultant in the English National Health Service : what does it take? A study of consultants specializing in safeguarding. Journal of Nursing Management, 20(7), 847-857. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01353.x

Aims

This study established key attributes and perceived strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of nurse consultants specialising in safeguarding children.


Background

The nurse consultant role in England spans four doma... Read More about Being an effective nurse consultant in the English National Health Service : what does it take? A study of consultants specializing in safeguarding.

Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence (2012)
Journal Article
Scally, A., Dutheil, J., Hillier, L., Jordan, G., Goodhead, I., Herrero, J., …Marques-Bonet, T. (2012). Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence. Nature, 483(7388), 169-175. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10842

Gorillas are humans’ closest living relatives after chimpanzees, and are of comparable importance for the study of human origins and evolution. Here we present the assembly and analysis of a genome sequence for the western lowland gorilla,and compare... Read More about Insights into hominid evolution from the gorilla genome sequence.

Relative expression of TAp73 and ΔNp73 isoforms (2012)
Journal Article
Conforti, F., Yang, A., Agostini, M., Rufini, A., Tucci, P., Nicklison-Chirou, M., …Sayan, B. (2012). Relative expression of TAp73 and ΔNp73 isoforms. Aging, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.100441

The transcription factor p73 belongs to the p53 family of tumour suppressors and similar to other family members, transcribed as different isoforms with opposing pro- and anti-apoptotic functions. Unlike p53, p73 mutations are extremely rare in cance... Read More about Relative expression of TAp73 and ΔNp73 isoforms.

The effect of the use of a walkway and the choice of the foot on plantar pressure assessment when using pressure platforms (2012)
Journal Article
Naemi, R., Larose Chevalier, T., Healy, A., & Chockalingam, N. (2012). The effect of the use of a walkway and the choice of the foot on plantar pressure assessment when using pressure platforms. Foot, 22(2), 100-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foot.2012.01.004

Background
Plantar pressure assessment is routinely used in a clinical setting for diagnosing foot problems and prescribing orthoses or footwear. Despite this, the measurement procedures and protocols that might have an effect on the results are not... Read More about The effect of the use of a walkway and the choice of the foot on plantar pressure assessment when using pressure platforms.

An evolutionary approach to modelling the soil-water characteristic curve in unsaturated soils (2012)
Journal Article
Ahangar-Asr, A., Johari, A., & Javadi, A. (2012). An evolutionary approach to modelling the soil-water characteristic curve in unsaturated soils. Computers and Geosciences, 43, 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2012.02.021

In this paper a new approach is presented based on evolutionary polynomial regression (EPR) for modelling of soil–water characteristic curve in unsaturated soils. EPR is an evolutionary data mining technique that generates a transparent and structure... Read More about An evolutionary approach to modelling the soil-water characteristic curve in unsaturated soils.

The impact of caring for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on carers’ psychological well-being : a narrative review (2012)
Journal Article
Yorke, J., Grant, M., & Cavanagh, A. (2012). The impact of caring for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on carers’ psychological well-being : a narrative review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 49(11), 1459-1471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.02.010

Objective

To identify and summarise studies of the psychological well-being of informal carers of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Design

The review included studies if they reported the carers perspective of caregiving – s... Read More about The impact of caring for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on carers’ psychological well-being : a narrative review.

Cinematic and aesthetic cartographies of subjective mutation (2012)
Journal Article
Goddard, M. (2012). Cinematic and aesthetic cartographies of subjective mutation. Subjectivity, 5(1), 75-94. https://doi.org/10.1057/sub.2011.24

This article exmaines the use of cinema as a mapping of subjective mutation in the work of Deleuze, Gauttari and Berardi. Drawing on Deleuze's distinciton between the reduction of the art-work to the symptom and the idea of art as symptomatology, the... Read More about Cinematic and aesthetic cartographies of subjective mutation.

The effects of transverse rotation angle on compression and effective lever arm of prosthetic feet during simulated stance (2012)
Journal Article
Major, M., Howard, D., Jones, R., & Twiste, M. (2012). The effects of transverse rotation angle on compression and effective lever arm of prosthetic feet during simulated stance. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 36(2), 231-235. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364611435996

Background and Aim: Unlike sagittal plane prosthesis alignment, few studies have observed the effects of transverse plane alignment on gait and prosthesis behaviour. Changes in transverse plane rotation angle will rotate the points of loading on the... Read More about The effects of transverse rotation angle on compression and effective lever arm of prosthetic feet during simulated stance.

Why do men earn more than women? An analysis using British Household Panel Survey (2012)
Journal Article
Rahman, M., & Khatoon, R. (2012). Why do men earn more than women? An analysis using British Household Panel Survey

The analysis of pay gap across gender is sensitive to the use of specific econometric techniques. While the estimates may reveal upward bias in case of exclusion of significant covariates, the use of inappropriate estimation techniques results in und... Read More about Why do men earn more than women? An analysis using British Household Panel Survey.

Occurrence of fatigue during sets of static squat jumps at a variety of loads (2012)
Journal Article
Thomasson, M., & Comfort, P. (2012). Occurrence of fatigue during sets of static squat jumps at a variety of loads. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 26(3), 677-683. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e31822a61b5

Thomasson, ML and Comfort, P. Occurrence of fatigue during
sets of static squat jumps performed at a variety of loads.
J Strength Cond Res 26(3): 677–683, 2012—Research has
identified that the optimal power load for static squat jumps
(with no cou... Read More about Occurrence of fatigue during sets of static squat jumps at a variety of loads.