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The Role of Feedback in Young People’s Academic Choices (2017)
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(2017). The Role of Feedback in Young People’s Academic Choices. International Journal of Science Education, 453-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2017.1294783

Women are underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics subjects with more girls leaving these subjects at every stage in education. The current research used a scenario methodology to examine the impact of teacher feedback on... Read More about The Role of Feedback in Young People’s Academic Choices.

Psychologies of Ageing: Research, policy and practice (2017)
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(2017). Psychologies of Ageing: Research, policy and practice. Working with Older People, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1108/wwop-12-2016-0035

A frequent concern of older people and of those who work with older people is that research is often divorced from reality and does not inform everyday practice. For many years, psychology and related disciplines have investigated the social and psyc... Read More about Psychologies of Ageing: Research, policy and practice.

The aggregation pheromones of thrips (Thysanoptera) and their potential for pest management (2017)
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(2017). The aggregation pheromones of thrips (Thysanoptera) and their potential for pest management. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1742758416000205

Aggregation pheromones have been identified and tested in the field for Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips palmi. These pheromones are produced by adult males and attract both males and females. They are likely to be widespread across the Thripida... Read More about The aggregation pheromones of thrips (Thysanoptera) and their potential for pest management.

Long-term variability of T Tauri stars using WASP (2017)
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(2017). Long-term variability of T Tauri stars using WASP. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2977

We present a reference study of the long-term optical variability of young stars using data from the WASP project. Our primary sample is a group of well-studied classical T Tauri stars (CTTS), mostly in Taurus-Auriga. WASP lightcurves cover timescale... Read More about Long-term variability of T Tauri stars using WASP.

A Chemical Signature from Fast-rotating Low-metallicity Massive Stars: ROA 276 inωCentauri (2017)
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Yong, D., Norris, J. E., Da Costa, G. S., Stanford, L. M., Karakas, A. I., Shingles, L. J., …Pignatari, M. (2017). A Chemical Signature from Fast-rotating Low-metallicity Massive Stars: ROA 276 inωCentauri. Astrophysical Journal, 837(2), 176. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa6250

We present a chemical abundance analysis of a metal-poor star, ROA 276, in the stellar system ω Centauri. We confirm that this star has an unusually high [Sr/Ba] abundance ratio. Additionally, ROA 276 exhibits remarkably high abundance ratios, [X/Fe]... Read More about A Chemical Signature from Fast-rotating Low-metallicity Massive Stars: ROA 276 inωCentauri.

Explanatory model of illness of the patients with schizophrenia and the role of educational intervention (2017)
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Farooq. (2017). Explanatory model of illness of the patients with schizophrenia and the role of educational intervention. Schizophrenia Research, 68-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.03.006

This randomized controlled trial was conducted at Department of Psychiatry, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from February to August 2015 to explore beliefs and concepts of patients with schizophrenia about their illness and to find out the effectiven... Read More about Explanatory model of illness of the patients with schizophrenia and the role of educational intervention.

The feasibility and challenges of energy self-sufficient wastewater treatment plants (2017)
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Robinson, Z., Gu, Y., Li, Y., Li, X., Luo, P., Wang, H., …Wu, J. (2017). The feasibility and challenges of energy self-sufficient wastewater treatment plants. Applied Energy, 1463-1475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.02.069

Energy efficiency optimization is crucial for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) because of increasing energy costs and concerns about global climate change. Energy efficiency optimization can be achieved through a combination of energy recovery fro... Read More about The feasibility and challenges of energy self-sufficient wastewater treatment plants.

Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density (2017)
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(2017). Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density. PloS one, e0173273 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173273

Malaria control programs are being jeopardized by the spread of insecticide resistance in mosquito vector populations. It has been estimated that the spread of resistance could lead to an additional 120000 deaths per year, and interfere with the pros... Read More about Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density.

The absence of detectable ADAMTS-4 (aggrecanase-1) activity in synovial fluid is a predictive indicator of autologous chondrocyte implantation success (2017)
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Kuiper, J., Roberts, S., & Wright, K. (2017). The absence of detectable ADAMTS-4 (aggrecanase-1) activity in synovial fluid is a predictive indicator of autologous chondrocyte implantation success. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1806-1814

Background:
Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) is used worldwide in the treatment of cartilage defects in the knee. Several demographic and injury-specific risk factors have been identified that can affect the success of ACI treatment. Howeve... Read More about The absence of detectable ADAMTS-4 (aggrecanase-1) activity in synovial fluid is a predictive indicator of autologous chondrocyte implantation success.

Engineering p–n junctions and bandgap tuning of InSe nanolayers by controlled oxidation (2017)
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Balakrishnan, N., Kudrynskyi, Z., Smith, E., Fay, M., Makarovsky, O., Kovalyuk, Z., …Patanè, A. (2017). Engineering p–n junctions and bandgap tuning of InSe nanolayers by controlled oxidation. 2D Materials, 025043 - 025043. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aa61e0

Exploitation of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) crystals can be hindered by the deterioration of the crystal surface over time due to oxidation. On the other hand, the existence of a stable oxide at room temperature can offer prospects for s... Read More about Engineering p–n junctions and bandgap tuning of InSe nanolayers by controlled oxidation.

Aarhus Regenerative Orthopaedics Symposium (AROS) (2017)
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(2017). Aarhus Regenerative Orthopaedics Symposium (AROS). Acta orthopaedica, 1 - 5. https://doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2017.1297918

The combination of modern interventional and preventive medicine has led to an epidemic of ageing. While this phenomenon is a positive consequence of an improved lifestyle and achievements in a society, the longer life expectancy is often accompanied... Read More about Aarhus Regenerative Orthopaedics Symposium (AROS).

The pre-history of health psychology in the UK: From natural science and psychoanalysis to social science, social cognition and beyond (2017)
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(2017). The pre-history of health psychology in the UK: From natural science and psychoanalysis to social science, social cognition and beyond. Journal of Health Psychology, 472-791. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317705879

Health psychology formally came of age in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, but it was prefigured by much discussion about challenges to the dominance of biomedicine in healthcare and debates. This articles focuses on what could be termed the pre-hist... Read More about The pre-history of health psychology in the UK: From natural science and psychoanalysis to social science, social cognition and beyond.

Impact of diet on faecal output and caecotroph consumption in rabbits. (2017)
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Meredith, A., & Prebble, J. (2017). Impact of diet on faecal output and caecotroph consumption in rabbits. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 58(3), 139-145. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12620

Objectives
To assess the impact of four rabbit diets (hay only, extruded diet with hay, muesli with hay and muesli only) on faecal pellet size, faecal output and caecotrophy.

Materials and Methods
Thirty-two Dutch rabbits were studied over 17 mo... Read More about Impact of diet on faecal output and caecotroph consumption in rabbits..

Who woke the sleeping beauties in psychology? (2017)
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(2017). Who woke the sleeping beauties in psychology?. Scientometrics, 1065-1068. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2326-x

In an earlier paper we identified three ‘sleeping beauties’ in Psychology, that is three important papers that were not cited by others for many years before becoming much later citation classics. In this paper we identify the ‘princes’ that alerted... Read More about Who woke the sleeping beauties in psychology?.

Tidal breathing parameters measured using structured light plethysmography in healthy children and those with asthma before and after bronchodilator (2017)
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Gilchrist. (2017). Tidal breathing parameters measured using structured light plethysmography in healthy children and those with asthma before and after bronchodilator. Physiological Reports, https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13168

Structured light plethysmography (SLP) is a light-based, noncontact technique that measures tidal breathing by monitoring displacements of the thoracoabdominal (TA) wall. We used SLP to measure tidal breathing parameters and their within-subject vari... Read More about Tidal breathing parameters measured using structured light plethysmography in healthy children and those with asthma before and after bronchodilator.

Public sector reforms and Public Private Partnerships: Overview and research agenda (2017)
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(2017). Public sector reforms and Public Private Partnerships: Overview and research agenda. Accounting forum, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2017.01.003

The purpose of this editorial paper is to introduce the special issue and outline its majorthemes. This special issue of Accounting Forum aims to stimulate interdisciplinary and critical research on public sector reforms, particularly in the context... Read More about Public sector reforms and Public Private Partnerships: Overview and research agenda.

The Use of Educational Game Design and Play in Higher Education to Influence Sustainable Behaviour (2017)
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Mercer, T., Kythreotis, A., Robinson, Z., Stolte, T., George, S., & Haywood, S. (2017). The Use of Educational Game Design and Play in Higher Education to Influence Sustainable Behaviour. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 359-384. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-03-2015-0064

Design/methodology/approach: A case study on the creation, development and utilisation of educational games by university students is presented. We discuss the case study in the context of Kolb’s experiential learning and Dynamic Matching model, Perr... Read More about The Use of Educational Game Design and Play in Higher Education to Influence Sustainable Behaviour.

Explicit wave action conservation for water waves on vertically sheared flows (2017)
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Toledo, Y., Shrira, V., & Quinn, B. (2017). Explicit wave action conservation for water waves on vertically sheared flows. Ocean Modelling, 112, 33-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.03.003

This paper addresses a major shortcoming of the current generation of wave models, namely their inability to describe wave propagation upon ambient currents with vertical shear. The wave action conservation equation (WAE) for linear waves propagating... Read More about Explicit wave action conservation for water waves on vertically sheared flows.