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Modifications of human growth differentiation factor 9 to improve the generation of embryos from low competence oocytes (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Modifications of human growth differentiation factor 9 to improve the generation of embryos from low competence oocytes. https://doi.org/10.1210/me.2014-1173

Growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) is an oocyte-derived growth factor that plays a critical role in ovarian folliculogenesis and oocyte developmental competence and belongs to the TGF-ß family of proteins. Recombinant human GDF9 (hGDF9) is secret... Read More about Modifications of human growth differentiation factor 9 to improve the generation of embryos from low competence oocytes.

Should a water colour parameter be included in lake total phosphorus prediction models used for the Water Framework Directive? (2015)
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Oliver, I., & Vinogradoff, S. (2015). Should a water colour parameter be included in lake total phosphorus prediction models used for the Water Framework Directive?. Journal of Environmental Management, 81 - 86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.09.012

Under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) lakes are classified according to a variety of criteria. This classification facilitates state of the environment assessments and helps identify work needed to achieve the objectives of the WFD, which are bro... Read More about Should a water colour parameter be included in lake total phosphorus prediction models used for the Water Framework Directive?.

Partial and iterative Lean implementation: two case studies (2015)
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(2015). Partial and iterative Lean implementation: two case studies. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-07-2013-0329

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the implementation of lean within two contrasting UK-based organizations; a food manufacturer and a healthcare organization. The different contexts provide insight to the strategic desire for efficienc... Read More about Partial and iterative Lean implementation: two case studies.

Self-management approaches for osteoarthritis in the hand: a 2×2 factorial randomised trial. (2015)
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Dziedzic, K., Nicholls, E., Hill, S., Hammond, A., Handy, J., Thomas, E., & Hay, E. (2015). Self-management approaches for osteoarthritis in the hand: a 2×2 factorial randomised trial. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74(1), 108 - 118. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203938

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of disability in older adults. Evidence of effectiveness for self-management of hand osteoarthritis is lacking. METHODS: In this randomised, factorial trial, we evaluated the effectiveness of joint prot... Read More about Self-management approaches for osteoarthritis in the hand: a 2×2 factorial randomised trial..

'Unanchored fragments of print': Lessing’s Experiments with Drama and Poetry in the Late 1950s (2015)
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Bentley, & Bentley, N. (2015). 'Unanchored fragments of print': Lessing’s Experiments with Drama and Poetry in the Late 1950s

The latter years of the 1950s represent a period in which Lessing is experimenting with literary forms that extend beyond narrative fiction. In 1958 she produced the play Each to His Own Wilderness and the following year published Fourteen Poems. Bot... Read More about 'Unanchored fragments of print': Lessing’s Experiments with Drama and Poetry in the Late 1950s.

The Aurora Women's Leadership Programme: reflections from the inaugural Keele cohort (2015)
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Szkornik, K., Beardmore, R., Boylan, J., Hider, S., Hunter, S., Montana-Williams, K., Morgan, C., Sherman, S., & Watts, J.-A. (2015). The Aurora Women's Leadership Programme: reflections from the inaugural Keele cohort. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, 54 -57

The Aurora programme is a leadership initiative for women in academic and professional roles and is designed to address the lack of women in senior positions within UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). In October 2013, 13 female staff from academ... Read More about The Aurora Women's Leadership Programme: reflections from the inaugural Keele cohort.

The challenge of multimorbidity in nurse education: an international perspective. (2015)
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Green. (2015). The challenge of multimorbidity in nurse education: an international perspective. Nurse Education Today, 288 -292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2014.05.006

The rise in prevalence of chronic diseases has become a global healthcare priority and a system wide approach has been called for to manage this growing epidemic. Whilst healthcare reform to tackle the scale of chronic disease and other long term con... Read More about The challenge of multimorbidity in nurse education: an international perspective..

Know versus Familiar: Differentiating states of awareness in others' subjective reports of recognition (2015)
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Williams, H., & Moulin, C. J. (2015). Know versus Familiar: Differentiating states of awareness in others' subjective reports of recognition. Memory, 23(7), 981 -990. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2014.945460

In the Remember-Know paradigm whether a Know response is defined as a high-confidence state of certainty or a low-confidence state based on familiarity varies across researchers and can influence participants' responses. The current experiment was de... Read More about Know versus Familiar: Differentiating states of awareness in others' subjective reports of recognition.

Development of a nanomaterial bio-screening platform for neurological applications (2015)
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Jenkins, S., Roach, P., & Chari, D. (2015). Development of a nanomaterial bio-screening platform for neurological applications. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 77 - 87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2014.07.010

Nanoparticle platforms are being intensively investigated for neurological applications. Current biological models used to identify clinically relevant materials have major limitations, e.g. technical/ethical issues with live animal experimentation,... Read More about Development of a nanomaterial bio-screening platform for neurological applications.

Brands at Work: The Search for Meaning in Mundane Work (2015)
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(2015). Brands at Work: The Search for Meaning in Mundane Work. Organization Studies, 29 - 53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840614553382

Brand scholarship traditionally resides within the marketing literature and focuses on organizations’ external relationships with customers. However, increasing critical attention in organization studies has focused on the brand in order to understan... Read More about Brands at Work: The Search for Meaning in Mundane Work.

Brands at Work: Understanding Organizational Control Through the Illusory Power of Employee Branding (2015)
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(2015). Brands at Work: Understanding Organizational Control Through the Illusory Power of Employee Branding. Organization Studies, 29-53. https://doi.org/10.1170/0170840614553382

Brand scholarship traditionally resides within the marketing literature and focuses on organizations’ external relationships with customers. However, increasing critical attention in organization studies has focused on the brand in order to understan... Read More about Brands at Work: Understanding Organizational Control Through the Illusory Power of Employee Branding.

What else can music preferences do?: a commentary on Clark and Giacomantonio (2015)
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Lamont, A. (2015). What else can music preferences do?: a commentary on Clark and Giacomantonio. Empirical Musicology Review, 66-70. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v10i1-2.4585

This commentary considers the uses to which information about music preferences can be put, considering the findings from Clark and Giacomantonio (2015) and other related studies of music preferences. It focuses on three areas. Firstly, the ways in... Read More about What else can music preferences do?: a commentary on Clark and Giacomantonio.

An algorithm to identify rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: a Clinical Practice Research Datalink study. (2015)
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Muller, S., Hider, S. L., Raza, K., Stack, R. J., Hayward, R. A., & Mallen, C. D. (2015). An algorithm to identify rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: a Clinical Practice Research Datalink study. BMJ Open, 5(12), Article e009309. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009309

OBJECTIVE: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multisystem, inflammatory disorder associated with increased levels of morbidity and mortality. While much research into the condition is conducted in the secondary care setting, routinely collected primary c... Read More about An algorithm to identify rheumatoid arthritis in primary care: a Clinical Practice Research Datalink study..

Unplanned admissions and the organisational management of heart failure: a multicentre ethnographic, qualitative study. (2015)
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(2015). Unplanned admissions and the organisational management of heart failure: a multicentre ethnographic, qualitative study. BMJ Open, e007522 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007522

OBJECTIVES: Heart failure is a common cause of unplanned hospital admissions but there is little evidence on why, despite evidence-based interventions, admissions occur. This study aimed to identify critical points on patient pathways where risk of a... Read More about Unplanned admissions and the organisational management of heart failure: a multicentre ethnographic, qualitative study..

A High Throughput Ambient Mass Spectrometric Approach to Species Identification and Classification from Chemical Fingerprint Signatures. (2015)
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Drijfhout. (2015). A High Throughput Ambient Mass Spectrometric Approach to Species Identification and Classification from Chemical Fingerprint Signatures. Scientific reports, 11520 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep11520

A high throughput method for species identification and classification through chemometric processing of direct analysis in real time (DART) mass spectrometry-derived fingerprint signatures has been developed. The method entails introduction of sampl... Read More about A High Throughput Ambient Mass Spectrometric Approach to Species Identification and Classification from Chemical Fingerprint Signatures..

Patient-reported improvements in health are maintained 2 years after completing a short course of cognitive behaviour therapy, exercise or both treatments for chronic widespread pain: long-term results from the MUSICIAN randomised controlled trial. (2015)
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(2015). Patient-reported improvements in health are maintained 2 years after completing a short course of cognitive behaviour therapy, exercise or both treatments for chronic widespread pain: long-term results from the MUSICIAN randomised controlled trial. RMD Open, e000026 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2014-000026

OBJECTIVES: The MUSICIAN study has previously shown short-term benefit but only marginal cost-effectiveness for two non-pharmacological interventions for chronic widespread pain (CWP). We wished to determine their long-term effectiveness and cost-eff... Read More about Patient-reported improvements in health are maintained 2 years after completing a short course of cognitive behaviour therapy, exercise or both treatments for chronic widespread pain: long-term results from the MUSICIAN randomised controlled trial..

Targeting male mosquito mating behaviour for malaria control (2015)
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(2015). Targeting male mosquito mating behaviour for malaria control. Parasites and Vectors, 347. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0961-8

Malaria vector control relies heavily on the use of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) and Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS). These, together with the combined drug administration efforts to control malaria, have reduced the death toll to less than... Read More about Targeting male mosquito mating behaviour for malaria control.

Draft Genomes, Phylogenetic Reconstruction, and Comparative Genomics of Two Novel Cohabiting Bacterial Symbionts Isolated from Frankliniella occidentalis. (2015)
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(2015). Draft Genomes, Phylogenetic Reconstruction, and Comparative Genomics of Two Novel Cohabiting Bacterial Symbionts Isolated from Frankliniella occidentalis. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2188 - 2202. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evv136

Obligate bacterial symbionts are widespread in many invertebrates, where they are often confined to specialized host cells and are transmitted directly from mother to progeny. Increasing numbers of these bacteria are being characterized but questions... Read More about Draft Genomes, Phylogenetic Reconstruction, and Comparative Genomics of Two Novel Cohabiting Bacterial Symbionts Isolated from Frankliniella occidentalis..