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The effect of different UV and calcium provisioning on health and fitness traits of red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) (2014)
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Antwis, R., Preziosi, R., & Fidgett, A. (2014). The effect of different UV and calcium provisioning on health and fitness traits of red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas). ˜The œJournal of zoo and aquarium research, 2(3), 69-76. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v2i3.70

In response to global amphibian declines and extinctions, the IUCN has recommended the establishment of ex situ conservation breeding programmes. However, there are a limited number of studies that scientifically assess amphibian husbandry practices,... Read More about The effect of different UV and calcium provisioning on health and fitness traits of red-eyed tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas).

Manipulation of the calcium content of insectivore diets through supplementary dusting (2014)
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Michaels, C., Antwis, R., & Preziosi, R. (2014). Manipulation of the calcium content of insectivore diets through supplementary dusting. ˜The œJournal of zoo and aquarium research, 2(3), 77-81

Insects fed to captive insectivores are deficient in calcium with inverse calcium to phosphorous ratios (Ca:P), and supplementation is required to avoid nutritional metabolic bone disease (NMBD). One method of improving the nutritional value of fee... Read More about Manipulation of the calcium content of insectivore diets through supplementary dusting.

How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises (2014)
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large distributed enterprises. Empirical Software Engineering, 20(6), 1525-1557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-014-9322-z

Software development teams in large scale offshore enterprise development programmes are often under intense pressure to deliver high quality software within challenging time contraints. Project failures can attract adverse publicity and damage corpo... Read More about How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises.

The reliability of biomechanical variables collected during single leg squat and landing tasks (2014)
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Alenezi, F., Herrington, L., Jones, P., & Jones, R. (2014). The reliability of biomechanical variables collected during single leg squat and landing tasks. Journal of Electro - myography and Kinesiology, 24(5), 718-721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2014.07.007

Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the within- and between-day reliability of lower limb biomechanical variables collected during single leg squat (SLS) and single leg landing (SLL) tasks. Methods: 15 recreational athletes took... Read More about The reliability of biomechanical variables collected during single leg squat and landing tasks.

A 6 year study of mammographic compression force : practitioner variability within and between screening sites (2014)
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Mercer, C., Szczepura, K., Kelly, J., Millington, S., Denton, D., Borgen, R., …Hogg, P. (2015). A 6 year study of mammographic compression force : practitioner variability within and between screening sites. Radiography, 21(1), 68-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.07.004

Background The application of compression force in mammography is more heavily influenced by the practitioner rather than the client. This can affect client experience, radiation dose and image quality. This research investigates practitioner comp... Read More about A 6 year study of mammographic compression force : practitioner variability within and between screening sites.

Effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine-glucose combination on cognitive performance and mood during multi-tasking (2014)
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Scholey, A., Savage, K., O'Neill, B., Owen, L., Stough, C., Priestley, C., & Wetherell, M. (2014). Effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine-glucose combination on cognitive performance and mood during multi-tasking. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 29(5), 434-445. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2417

Background: This study assessed the effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine–glucose combination on mood and performance of an ecologically valid, computerised multi-tasking platform. Materials and methods: Following a double-blind, placebo-... Read More about Effects of two doses of glucose and a caffeine-glucose combination on cognitive performance and mood during multi-tasking.

Assessment of long-term phosphorus retention in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater (2014)
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Dzakpasu, M., Scholz, M., McCarthy, V., & Jordan, S. (2015). Assessment of long-term phosphorus retention in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22(1), 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3350-5

Due to the nature of the phosphorus (P) removal mechanisms associated with constructed wetlands, the sustainability of P treatment is usually of high interest. As a result, a 4-year dataset from a typical multi-celled integrated constructed wetland (... Read More about Assessment of long-term phosphorus retention in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater.

A comparison of international HRM practices by Indian and European MNEs : evidence from Africa (2014)
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Gomes, E., Sahadev, S., Glaister, A., & Demirbag, M. (2015). A comparison of international HRM practices by Indian and European MNEs : evidence from Africa. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(21), 2676-2700. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.939986

By comparing the HRM practices in Indian and European MNE subsidiaries located in four of the Southern African Development Community countries, this paper tests the relevance of the country-of-origin effect and analyses the strength of institutional... Read More about A comparison of international HRM practices by Indian and European MNEs : evidence from Africa.

Strategies for the suspension and prevention of connection : rendering disconnection as socioeconomic lubricant with Facebook (2014)
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Light, B., & Cassidy, E. (2014). Strategies for the suspension and prevention of connection : rendering disconnection as socioeconomic lubricant with Facebook. New Media and Society, 16(7), 1169-1184. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444814544002

This article attends to the idea of disconnection as a way of theorising people’s lived experience of social networking sites. Enrolling and extending a disconnective practice lens, we suggest that the disconnective strategies of suspension and preve... Read More about Strategies for the suspension and prevention of connection : rendering disconnection as socioeconomic lubricant with Facebook.

Heat mitigation strategies in winter and summer: Field measurements in temperate climates (2014)
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Taleghani, M., Tenpierik, M., van den Dobbelsteen, A., & Sailor, D. (2014). Heat mitigation strategies in winter and summer: Field measurements in temperate climates. Building and Environment, 81(Nov 14), 309-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.07.010

Natural elements such as vegetation and water bodies may help reduce heat in urban spaces in summer or in hot climates. This effect, however, has rarely been studied during cold seasons. This paper briefly studies the effect of vegetation and water i... Read More about Heat mitigation strategies in winter and summer: Field measurements in temperate climates.

Optical medium spatial resolution satellite constellation data for monitoring woodland in the UK (2014)
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Ogunbadewa, E., Armitage, R., & Danson, F. (2014). Optical medium spatial resolution satellite constellation data for monitoring woodland in the UK. Forests, 5(7), 1798-1814. https://doi.org/10.3390/f5071798

The aim of this study was to test the potential of a constellation of remote sensing satellites, the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), for retrieving a temporal record of forest leaf area index (LAI) in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Ground-based... Read More about Optical medium spatial resolution satellite constellation data for monitoring woodland in the UK.

An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction (2014)
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Crawford, G., Gosling, V., Bagnall, G., & Light, B. (2014). An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction. Cultural Sociology, 8(4), 483-500. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749975514541862

This paper considers the key findings of a yearlong collaborative research project focusing on the audience of the London Symphony Orchestra and their introduction of a new mobile telephone (‘app’) ticketing system. A mixed-method approach was employ... Read More about An orchestral audience : classical music and continued patterns of distinction.

Gross motor function is an important predictor of daily physical activity in young people with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (2014)
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Bania, T., Taylor, N., Baker, R., Graham, H., Karimi, L., & Dodd, K. (2014). Gross motor function is an important predictor of daily physical activity in young people with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 56(12), 1163-1171. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12548

Aim: The aim of the study was to describe daily physical activity levels of adolescents and young adults with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) and to identify factors that help predict these levels. Method: Daily physical activity was measur... Read More about Gross motor function is an important predictor of daily physical activity in young people with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy.

Mapping 100 years of Thornthwaite moisture index : impact of climate change in Victoria, Australia (2014)
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Zarpelon Leao, S. (2014). Mapping 100 years of Thornthwaite moisture index : impact of climate change in Victoria, Australia. Geographical Research, 52(3), 309-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12072

Geographer C. W. Thornthwaite proposed in 1948 a moisture index called Thornthwaite Moisture Index (TMI) as part of a water balance model for a new classification system for climate. The importance of TMI climatic classification has been recognised i... Read More about Mapping 100 years of Thornthwaite moisture index : impact of climate change in Victoria, Australia.

Incorporating the spatial access priorities of fishers into strategic conservation planning and marine protected area design : reducing cost and increasing transparency (2014)
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Yates, K., & Schoeman, D. (2015). Incorporating the spatial access priorities of fishers into strategic conservation planning and marine protected area design : reducing cost and increasing transparency. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72(2), 587-594. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu122

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly used to address multiple marine management needs, and the incorporation of stakeholders into the MPA planning and designation processes is considered vital for success. Commercial fishers are often the s... Read More about Incorporating the spatial access priorities of fishers into strategic conservation planning and marine protected area design : reducing cost and increasing transparency.

Quantitative incorporation of fishers’ spatial access priorities into strategic conservation planning and fisheries management (2014)
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Yates, K., & Schoeman, D. (2014). Quantitative incorporation of fishers’ spatial access priorities into strategic conservation planning and fisheries management. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72(2), 587-594. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu122

Both marine conservation and fisheries management are increasingly incorporating spatial tools such as marine protected areas (MPAs) and seasonal closures. To be able to develop spatial management plans that minimise negative impacts on the fishing c... Read More about Quantitative incorporation of fishers’ spatial access priorities into strategic conservation planning and fisheries management.

Students’ interpretations of the meanings of questionnaire items in the National Student Survey (2014)
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Bennett, R., & Kane, S. (2014). Students’ interpretations of the meanings of questionnaire items in the National Student Survey. Quality in Higher Education, 20(2), 129-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2014.924786

In many countries the outputs from university student satisfaction surveys are used for a variety of educational management purposes. Within Britain, the main instrument employed by state authorities to measure student satisfaction is the National St... Read More about Students’ interpretations of the meanings of questionnaire items in the National Student Survey.

Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment : the case of born-global firms in emerging economies (2014)
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Glaister, A., Liu, Y., Sahadev, S., & Gomes, E. (2014). Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment : the case of born-global firms in emerging economies. Management International Review, 54(4), 473-496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-014-0215-6

This paper examines the HR practices of mature born-global firms from 29 emerging economies. Through an examination of large scale survey data the paper questions the extent to which firm size impacts the employment of temporary workers, the employme... Read More about Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment : the case of born-global firms in emerging economies.

Gait profile score and movement analysis profile in patients with Parkinson's disease during concurrent cognitive load (2014)
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Speciali, D., Oliveira, E., Cardoso, J., Correa, J., Baker, R., & Lucareli, P. (2014). Gait profile score and movement analysis profile in patients with Parkinson's disease during concurrent cognitive load. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 18(4), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0049

Background: Gait disorders are common in individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and the concurrent performance of motor and cognitive tasks can have marked effects on gait. The Gait Profile Score (GPS) and the Movement Analysis Profile (MAP) were... Read More about Gait profile score and movement analysis profile in patients with Parkinson's disease during concurrent cognitive load.