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Effects of dual task on turning ability in stroke survivors and older adults (2014)
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Hollands, K., Agnihotri, D., & Tyson, S. (2014). Effects of dual task on turning ability in stroke survivors and older adults. Gait & Posture, 40(4), 564-569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.06.019

Background: Turning is an integral component of independent mobility in which stroke survivors frequently fall. Objective: This study sought to measure the effects of competing cognitive demands on the stepping patterns of stroke survivors, compared... Read More about Effects of dual task on turning ability in stroke survivors and older adults.

Oroya fever and verruga peruana: Bartonelloses unique to South America (2014)
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Vinetz, J., Minnick, M., Anderson, B., Lima, A., Battisti, J., Lawyer, P., & Birtles, R. (2014). Oroya fever and verruga peruana: Bartonelloses unique to South America. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(7), e2919. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002919

Bartonella bacilliformis is the bacterial agent of Carrión's disease and is presumed to be transmitted between humans by phlebotomine sand flies. Carrión's disease is endemic to high-altitude valleys of the South American Andes, and the first reporte... Read More about Oroya fever and verruga peruana: Bartonelloses unique to South America.

The influence of experience and training in a group of novice observers : A jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis (2014)
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observers : A jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis. Radiography, 20(4), 300-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.016

Purpose: The study evaluates the pre- and post-training lesion localisation ability of a group of novice observers. Parallels are drawn with the performance of inexperienced radiographers taking part in preliminary clinical evaluation (PCE) and ‘re... Read More about The influence of experience and training in a group of novice observers : A jackknife alternative free-response receiver operating characteristic analysis.

Ontology enhancing process for a situated and curiosity-driven robot (2014)
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Rea, F., Nefti-Meziani, S., Manzoor, U., & Davis, S. (2014). Ontology enhancing process for a situated and curiosity-driven robot. Robotics and autonomous systems, 62(12), 1837-1847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.06.005

Nowadays, robots need to be able to interact with humans and objects in a flexible way and should be able to share the same knowledge (physical and social) of the human counterpart. Therefore, there is a need for a framework for expressing and sharin... Read More about Ontology enhancing process for a situated and curiosity-driven robot.

Rooted in violence: civil war, international trade and the expansion of palm oil in Colombia (2014)
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Maher, D. (2015). Rooted in violence: civil war, international trade and the expansion of palm oil in Colombia. New Political Economy, 20(2), 299-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2014.923825

Internal armed conflict severely inhibits economic growth according to a prominent set of civil war literature. Similarly, emerging scholarship finds that civil war inhibits processes of economic globalisation which are argued to produce economic gro... Read More about Rooted in violence: civil war, international trade and the expansion of palm oil in Colombia.

Exploring the role of stakeholders in place branding - a case analysis of the 'City of Liverpool' (2014)
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Maheshwari, V., Lodorfos, G., & Vandewalle, I. (2014). Exploring the role of stakeholders in place branding - a case analysis of the 'City of Liverpool'. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 13(1), 104-121. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbg.2014.063398

To date, there has been no investigation into the roles and interrelationships of various stakeholder groups in developing place branding. Similarly, there is limited previous research that examines the links between stakeholders, place branding and... Read More about Exploring the role of stakeholders in place branding - a case analysis of the 'City of Liverpool'.

An evaluation of the student and tutor experience of a residential summer school event (OPTIMAX) (2014)
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Higgins, R., Robinson, L., & Hogg, P. (2014). An evaluation of the student and tutor experience of a residential summer school event (OPTIMAX). Radiography, 20(4), 363-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.015

Aim: To explore the experiences of students and tutors who participated in a residential multi-cultural and multi-professional 3 week summer school event (OPTIMAX). Method: A grounded theory approach was adopted. Two semi-structured focus group in... Read More about An evaluation of the student and tutor experience of a residential summer school event (OPTIMAX).

Metabolic asymmetry in cancer : a “balancing act” that promotes tumor growth (2014)
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Martinez-Outschoorn, U., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2014). Metabolic asymmetry in cancer : a “balancing act” that promotes tumor growth. Cancer Cell, 26(1), 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2014.06.021

Profound metabolic differences between cancer cells and fibroblasts promote tumorigenesis. A study by Valencia and colleagues in this issue of Cancer Cell supports this assertion. They observed that metabolic asymmetry in prostate tumors drives aggre... Read More about Metabolic asymmetry in cancer : a “balancing act” that promotes tumor growth.

Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance (2014)
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Whittle, N., Peris, E., Condie, J., Woodcock, J., Brown, P., Moorhouse, A., …Steele, A. (2015). Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance. Applied Acoustics, 87, 83-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.06.015

This paper outlines good practice guidelines for developing a social survey to investigate public annoyance in relation to environmental vibration. Drawing on the development of international good practice guidelines and research into noise and vibra... Read More about Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance.

Slurs and expletives: a case against a general account of expressive meaning (2014)
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Blakemore, D. (2015). Slurs and expletives: a case against a general account of expressive meaning. Language Sciences, 52, 22-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2014.06.018

This paper argues against the case for treating slurs alongside expletives in a general account of expressive meaning (cf Hedger, 2102, 13; Kaplan, 1997; Richard, 2008). Working within a relevance theoretic account of communication (. Sperber and Wil... Read More about Slurs and expletives: a case against a general account of expressive meaning.

Listening laboratory study of low height roadside noise barrier performance compared against in-situ field data (2014)
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Torija Martinez, A., & Flindell, I. (2014). Listening laboratory study of low height roadside noise barrier performance compared against in-situ field data. Building and Environment, 81, 216-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.07.006

A listening laboratory study conducted using simulated soundfields with and without a low (1 m) height roadside noise barrier suggested that small but significant improvements in the perceived or subjective soundscape could be achieved. The laborat... Read More about Listening laboratory study of low height roadside noise barrier performance compared against in-situ field data.

Biomechanical analysis of force distribution in human finger extensor mechanisms (2014)
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Hu, D., Ren, L., Howard, D., & Zong, C. (2014). Biomechanical analysis of force distribution in human finger extensor mechanisms. BioMed Research International, 2014, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/743460

The complexities of the function and structure of human fingers have long been recognised. The in vivo forces in the human finger tendon network during different activities are critical information for clinical diagnosis, surgical treatment, prosthet... Read More about Biomechanical analysis of force distribution in human finger extensor mechanisms.

Theorising director task performance over time : insights from capture theory (2014)
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Farquhar, S., Machold, S., & Ahmed, P. (2014). Theorising director task performance over time : insights from capture theory. International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 9(2), 155-169. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBGE.2014.063277

We develop a conceptual framework in which we show how a non-executive director's task performance may change over their life cycle on the board. We adopt a three-stage process to examine the task performance of a non-executive director: independence... Read More about Theorising director task performance over time : insights from capture theory.

Exploring the effects of financial and fiscal vulnerabilities on G7 economies : evidence from SVAR analysis (2014)
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Magkonis, G., & Tsopanakis, A. (2014). Exploring the effects of financial and fiscal vulnerabilities on G7 economies : evidence from SVAR analysis. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 32, 343-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2014.06.010

We examine the possible interactions of the financial cycle and fiscal position for G7 economies. We employ the innovative aggregate financial and fiscal stress indexes which are able to depict the perplexed nature of modern economies. A SVAR model i... Read More about Exploring the effects of financial and fiscal vulnerabilities on G7 economies : evidence from SVAR analysis.

An immunological marker of tolerance to infection in wild rodents (2014)
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Jackson, J., Hall, A., Friberg, I., Ralli, C., Lowe, A., Zawadzka, M., …Begon, M. (2014). An immunological marker of tolerance to infection in wild rodents. PLoS Biology, 12(7), e1001901. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001901

Hosts are likely to respond to parasitic infections by a combination of resistance (expulsion of pathogens) and tolerance (active mitigation of pathology). Of these strategies, the basis of tolerance in animal hosts is relatively poorly understood, w... Read More about An immunological marker of tolerance to infection in wild rodents.

Is there a relationship between landing and changing direction in terms of ‘dynamic valgus’? (2014)
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Jones, P., Herrington, L., Munro, A., & Graham-Smith, P. (2014). Is there a relationship between landing and changing direction in terms of ‘dynamic valgus’?. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 42(9), 2095-2102. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546514539446

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are a major problem amongst female athletes. Screening for ACL injury risk tends to focus on landing tasks, which may be limited in sports where changing direction is the main action involved in n... Read More about Is there a relationship between landing and changing direction in terms of ‘dynamic valgus’?.

An Immunological Marker of Tolerance to Infection in Wild Rodents (2014)
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Jackson, J., Hall, A., Friberg, I., Ralli, C., Lowe, A., Zawadzka, M., …Begon, M. (2014). An Immunological Marker of Tolerance to Infection in Wild Rodents. PLoS Biology, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001901

Hosts are likely to respond to parasitic infections by a combination of resistance (expulsion of pathogens) and tolerance(active mitigation of pathology). Of these strategies, the basis of tolerance in animal hosts is relatively poorly understood,wit... Read More about An Immunological Marker of Tolerance to Infection in Wild Rodents.

The development of contour processing : evidence from physiology and psychophysics (2014)
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Taylor, G., Hipp, D., Moser, A., Dickerson, K., & Gerhardstein, P. (2014). The development of contour processing : evidence from physiology and psychophysics. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00719

Object perception and pattern vision depend fundamentally upon the extraction of contours from the visual environment. In adulthood, contour or edge-level processing is supported by the Gestalt heuristics of proximity, collinearity, and closure. Less... Read More about The development of contour processing : evidence from physiology and psychophysics.

Localized micro- and nano-scale remodelling in the diabetic aorta (2014)
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Akhtar, R., Cruickshank, J., Zhao, X., Walton, L., Gardiner, N., Barrett, S., …Sherratt, M. (2014). Localized micro- and nano-scale remodelling in the diabetic aorta. Acta biomaterialia, 10(11), 4843-4851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2014.07.001

Diabetes is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms, structural and biomechanical consequences of aberrant blood vessel remodelling remain poorly defined. Using an experimental (streptozotocin, STZ) rat model of diabetes... Read More about Localized micro- and nano-scale remodelling in the diabetic aorta.