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Effect of a Multicomponent Behavioral Intervention in Adults Impaired by Psychological Distress in a Conflict-Affected Area of Pakistan: A Randomized Clinical Trial (2016)
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Rahman, A., Hamdani, S. U., Awan, N. R., Bryant, R. A., Dawson, K. S., Khan, M. F., …van Ommeren, M. (2016). Effect of a Multicomponent Behavioral Intervention in Adults Impaired by Psychological Distress in a Conflict-Affected Area of Pakistan: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 316(24), 2609-2607. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.17165

Importance The mental health consequences of conflict and violence are wide-ranging and pervasive. Scalable interventions to address a range of mental health problems are needed.

Objective To test the effectiveness of a multicomponent behavioral... Read More about Effect of a Multicomponent Behavioral Intervention in Adults Impaired by Psychological Distress in a Conflict-Affected Area of Pakistan: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Red squirrels in the British Isles are infected with leprosy bacilli. (2016)
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AVANZI, C., DEL-POZO, J., BENJAK, A., STEVENSON, K., SIMPSON, V. R., BUSSO, P., …MEREDITH, A. L. (2016). Red squirrels in the British Isles are infected with leprosy bacilli. Science, 354(6313), 744-747. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah3783

With the exception of armadillos in the Americas, leprosy infections are considered almost exclusively restricted to humans. Avanzi et al. examined warty growths on the faces and extremities of red squirrels in the British Isles and found that two sp... Read More about Red squirrels in the British Isles are infected with leprosy bacilli..

Inter-rater reliability of the Shoulder Symptom Modification Procedure in people with shoulder pain (2016)
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Barrett, E., Hegedus, E., Sim, J., Lewis, J., & McCreesh, K. (2016). Inter-rater reliability of the Shoulder Symptom Modification Procedure in people with shoulder pain. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2016-+000181

Background Musculoskeletal conditions involving the shoulder are common and, because of the importance of the upper limb and hand in daily function, symptoms in this region are commonly associated with functional impairment in athletic and non-athlet... Read More about Inter-rater reliability of the Shoulder Symptom Modification Procedure in people with shoulder pain.

Music Use in Exercise: A Questionnaire Study (2016)
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Lamont. (2016). Music Use in Exercise: A Questionnaire Study. Media Psychology, 658-684. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2016.1247716

Although there is much research looking at music’s effects on sport and exercise performance, little is known about exercisers’ own application of music during workouts. An online questionnaire exploring its relationship with gender, formal music tra... Read More about Music Use in Exercise: A Questionnaire Study.

Species-Specific Cuticular Hydrocarbon Stability within European Myrmica Ants. (2016)
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Drijfhout. (2016). Species-Specific Cuticular Hydrocarbon Stability within European Myrmica Ants. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1052 - 1062. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-016-0784-x

Recognition is a fundamental process on which all subsequent behaviors are based at every organizational level, from the gene up to the super-organism. At the whole organism level, visual recognition is the best understood. However, chemical communic... Read More about Species-Specific Cuticular Hydrocarbon Stability within European Myrmica Ants..

Pulsation versus metallicism in Am stars as revealed by LAMOST and WASP (2016)
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Smalley, B., Antoci, V., L. Holdsworth, D., W. Kurtz, D., J. Murphy, S., De Cat, P., …J. Wheatley, P. (2017). Pulsation versus metallicism in Am stars as revealed by LAMOST and WASP. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465(3), 2662-2670. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2903

We present the results of a study of a large sample of A and Am stars with spectral types from LAMOST and light curves from WASP. We find that, unlike normal A stars, d Sct pulsations in Am stars are mostly confined to the effective temperature range... Read More about Pulsation versus metallicism in Am stars as revealed by LAMOST and WASP.

Ultrafiltration for acute decompensated cardiac failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
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Davies, & Mamas. (2016). Ultrafiltration for acute decompensated cardiac failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Cardiology, 122-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.11.136

Background
Ultrafiltration is a method used to achieve diuresis in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) when there is diuretic resistance, but its efficacy in other settings is unclear. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analysi... Read More about Ultrafiltration for acute decompensated cardiac failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Review of early hospitalization after percutaneous coronary intervention (2016)
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Mamas. (2016). Review of early hospitalization after percutaneous coronary intervention. International Journal of Cardiology, 370-377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.11.050

Background
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most common modality of revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease. Understanding the readmission rates and reasons for readmission after PCI is important because readmission... Read More about Review of early hospitalization after percutaneous coronary intervention.

The Strikethrough: an Approach to Regulatory Writing and Professional Discipline (2016)
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(2016). The Strikethrough: an Approach to Regulatory Writing and Professional Discipline. Legal Studies, 137-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12142

This paper attends to writing practices by way of examining how a professional regulator engages with research activities conducted by doctors. In order to explore regulatory responses to alleged research misconduct, I use a specific calligraphic pra... Read More about The Strikethrough: an Approach to Regulatory Writing and Professional Discipline.

Structured light plethysmography measures asynchronous breathing patterns in patients with acute stroke (Meeting Abstract) (2016)
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Gilchrist, & Roffe. (2016). Structured light plethysmography measures asynchronous breathing patterns in patients with acute stroke (Meeting Abstract). European Respiratory Journal, https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA4156

Background
The extent of respiratory compromise following a stroke depends on any pre-existing respiratory illness and the aetiology, location and extent of the lesion. Acquired respiratory infection in subsequent days may alter respiratory function... Read More about Structured light plethysmography measures asynchronous breathing patterns in patients with acute stroke (Meeting Abstract).

The Traditional Lecture: A case of Academic Chuunibyou? (2016)
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(2016). The Traditional Lecture: A case of Academic Chuunibyou?. Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v9i13.319

Chuunibyou: a Japanese slang term where people with chuunibyou act out by looking down on others resulting in a subculture-type preference for minor trends thereby seeking a "cool" factor. To this author, an apt description of how the lecture has b... Read More about The Traditional Lecture: A case of Academic Chuunibyou?.

Postgraduate Engaged Research: Get out of the office and into the field! (2016)
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(2016). Postgraduate Engaged Research: Get out of the office and into the field!

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has a lively postgraduate community and many of our PGR students are involved in Engaged Research. In this series of blog posts, postgraduates from across the Faculty reflect on how their work engages wit... Read More about Postgraduate Engaged Research: Get out of the office and into the field!.

Spectral density of Markov switching models: Derivation, simulation studies and application (2016)
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Cheng, J. (2016). Spectral density of Markov switching models: Derivation, simulation studies and application. Model Assisted Statistics and Applications, 44(4), 277-291. https://doi.org/10.3233/MAS-160373

This paper is concerned with frequency domain analysis of Markov mean-switching autoregressive (MMSAR) models, linear Markov switching autoregressive (LMSAR) model and transitional Markov switching autoregressive (TMSAR) model. We derive the general... Read More about Spectral density of Markov switching models: Derivation, simulation studies and application.

Flexible Porous Coordination Polymers from Divergent Photoluminescent 4-Oxo-1,8-naphthalimide Ligands (2016)
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Hawes, C. S. (2016). Flexible Porous Coordination Polymers from Divergent Photoluminescent 4-Oxo-1,8-naphthalimide Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 11570 -11582. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02137

Two new luminescent ditopic naphthalimide-derived ligands, N-(4-cyanophenylmethylene)-4-(4-cyanophenoxy)-1,8-naphthalimide (L3) and N-(4-carboxyphenylmethylene)-4-(4-carboxyphenoxy)-1,8-
naphthalimide (H2L4), have been prepared, and their coordinati... Read More about Flexible Porous Coordination Polymers from Divergent Photoluminescent 4-Oxo-1,8-naphthalimide Ligands.

The First Simultaneous Microlensing Observations by Two Space Telescopes: Spitzer and Swift Reveal a Brown Dwarf in Event OGLE-2015-BLG-1319 (2016)
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Shvartzvald, Y., Li, Z., Udalski, A., Gould, A., Sumi, T., Street, R., …Gehrels, N. (2016). The First Simultaneous Microlensing Observations by Two Space Telescopes: Spitzer and Swift Reveal a Brown Dwarf in Event OGLE-2015-BLG-1319. Astrophysical Journal, 831(2), Article 183. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/183

Simultaneous observations of microlensing events from multiple locations allow for the breaking of degeneracies between the physical properties of the lensing system, specifically by exploring different regions of the lens plane and by directly measu... Read More about The First Simultaneous Microlensing Observations by Two Space Telescopes: Spitzer and Swift Reveal a Brown Dwarf in Event OGLE-2015-BLG-1319.

Exploring the depths of gender, parenting and ‘work’: critical discursive psychology and the ‘missing voices’ of involved fatherhood (2016)
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Locke, A., & Yarwood, G. (2017). Exploring the depths of gender, parenting and ‘work’: critical discursive psychology and the ‘missing voices’ of involved fatherhood. Community, Work and Family, 20(1), 4-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2016.1252722

This paper sets out to capture the missing voices of fathers in discussions around gender, parenting and work. Using Critical Discursive Psychology (CDP), a qualitative methodology that frames discourse, language and action as socially situated, the... Read More about Exploring the depths of gender, parenting and ‘work’: critical discursive psychology and the ‘missing voices’ of involved fatherhood.

Toleration and pragmatism: themes from the work of John Horton (2016)
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Baiasu. (2016). Toleration and pragmatism: themes from the work of John Horton. Philosophia, 397-413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-016-9767-y

John Horton’s work has been particularly influential in debates on specific topics related to toleration, political obligation, modus vivendi and political realism. More recently, he has synthesised these views in the form of a distinctive position i... Read More about Toleration and pragmatism: themes from the work of John Horton.

Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of female African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora Harris and Gagné, to host plant volatiles. (2016)
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Ogah, E., Smart, L., Woodcock, C., Caulfield, J., Birkett, M., Pickett, J., …Bruce, T. (2016). Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of female African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora Harris and Gagné, to host plant volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 13 - 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-016-0788-6

African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora Harris and Gagné, is a major pest of rice in Africa. Depsite its economic importance, its chemical ecology is not well understood. Here, we assessed behavioral and electrophysiological responses of O. oryzi... Read More about Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of female African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora Harris and Gagné, to host plant volatiles..