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European Union and international negotiations on climate change. A limited role to play (2012)
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Fernández, R. M. (2012). European Union and international negotiations on climate change. A limited role to play. Journal of Contemporary European Research, 8(2),

The European Union played a key role on Kyoto Protocol’s entrance into force, and has been a front runner on the implementation of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within its territory. However, the slow progress achieved since the Bali Ro... Read More about European Union and international negotiations on climate change. A limited role to play.

First Gram-Scale Synthesis of a Heparin-Related Dodecasaccharide (2012)
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Hansen, S. U., Miller, G. J., Jayson, G. C., & Gardiner, J. M. (2013). First Gram-Scale Synthesis of a Heparin-Related Dodecasaccharide. Organic Letters, 15(1), 88 - 91. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol303112y

The first example of a gram-scale synthesis of a structurally defined, heparin-related dodecasaccharide is reported. An iterative 14-step process using an iduronate donor disaccharide delivers >1g quantities of the dodecasaccharide sequence [GlcNS-Id... Read More about First Gram-Scale Synthesis of a Heparin-Related Dodecasaccharide.

THE12C +12C REACTION AND THE IMPACT ON NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN MASSIVE STARS (2012)
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Pignatari, M., Hirschi, R., Wiescher, M., Gallino, R., Bennett, M., Beard, M., …Timmes, F. X. (2013). THE12C +12C REACTION AND THE IMPACT ON NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN MASSIVE STARS. Astrophysical Journal, 762(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/762/1/31

Despite much effort in the past decades, the C-burning reaction rate is uncertain by several orders of magnitude, and the relative strength between the different channels 12C(12C, α)20Ne, 12C(12C, p)23Na, and 12C(12C, n)23Mg is poorly determined. Add... Read More about THE12C +12C REACTION AND THE IMPACT ON NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN MASSIVE STARS.

Subacromial Impingement Syndrome: Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Interventions–Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Corticosteroid, or Other Injections: A Systematic Review (2012)
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van der Sande, R., Rinkel, W. D., Gebremariam, L., Hay, E. M., Koes, B. W., & Huisstede, B. M. (2013). Subacromial Impingement Syndrome: Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Interventions–Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Corticosteroid, or Other Injections: A Systematic Review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 94(5), 961-976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2012.11.041

The VMC Survey: VI. Quasars behind the Magellanic system⋆ (2012)
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Cioni, M. L., Kamath, D., Rubele, S., van Loon, J. T., Wood, P. R., Emerson, J. P., …Ripepi, V. (2013). The VMC Survey: VI. Quasars behind the Magellanic system⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, Article A29. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219696

Context. The number and spatial distribution of confirmed quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) behind the Magellanic system is limited. This undermines their use as astrometric reference objects for different types of studies.

Aims. We have searched for c... Read More about The VMC Survey: VI. Quasars behind the Magellanic system⋆.

Discrete and Polymeric Cu(II) Coordination Complexes with a Flexible bis-(pyridylpyrazole) Ligand: Structural Diversity and Unexpected Solvothermal Reactivity (2012)
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Hawes, C. S., & Kruger, P. E. (2013). Discrete and Polymeric Cu(II) Coordination Complexes with a Flexible bis-(pyridylpyrazole) Ligand: Structural Diversity and Unexpected Solvothermal Reactivity. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 66(4), 401. https://doi.org/10.1071/ch12443

Reported here is the synthesis and structural characterisation of five copper complexes derived from the bis-bidentate ligand 4,4′-methylenebis(1-(2-pyridyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazole), L. Complex 1, [Cu2L(CH3COO)4(OH2)2]·6H2O, is a single stranded unsatu... Read More about Discrete and Polymeric Cu(II) Coordination Complexes with a Flexible bis-(pyridylpyrazole) Ligand: Structural Diversity and Unexpected Solvothermal Reactivity.

Delivery of short interfering ribonucleic acid-complexed magnetic nanoparticles in an oscillating field occurs via caveolae-mediated endocytosis (2012)
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(2012). Delivery of short interfering ribonucleic acid-complexed magnetic nanoparticles in an oscillating field occurs via caveolae-mediated endocytosis. PloS one, e51350 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051350

Gene delivery technologies to introduce foreign genes into highly differentiated mammalian cells have improved significantly over the last few decades. Relatively new techniques such as magnetic nanoparticle-based gene transfection technology are sho... Read More about Delivery of short interfering ribonucleic acid-complexed magnetic nanoparticles in an oscillating field occurs via caveolae-mediated endocytosis.

The EBLM project: I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit (2012)
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Triaud, A. H. M. J., Hebb, L., Anderson, D. R., Cargile, P., Collier Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., …West, R. G. (2013). The EBLM project: I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, A18. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219643

This paper introduces a series of papers aiming to study the dozens of low-mass eclipsing binaries (EBLM), with F, G, K primaries, that have been discovered in the course of the WASP survey. Our objects are mostly single-line binaries whose eclipses... Read More about The EBLM project: I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit.

Defining the Content of an Opportunistic Osteoarthritis Consultation With Primary Health Care Professionals: A Delphi Consensus Study (2012)
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Finney, A., Porcheret, M., Grime, J., Jordan, K. P., Handy, J., Healey, E., …Dziedzic, K. (2013). Defining the Content of an Opportunistic Osteoarthritis Consultation With Primary Health Care Professionals: A Delphi Consensus Study. Arthritis Care and Research, 65(6), 962-968. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.21917

Objective
To define the core content for an opportunistic consultation between a health care professional (HCP) and a patient with osteoarthritis (OA) in primary care.

Methods
An ideas generation round and a 2-round Delphi postal consensus study... Read More about Defining the Content of an Opportunistic Osteoarthritis Consultation With Primary Health Care Professionals: A Delphi Consensus Study.

The transiting system GJ1214: high-precision defocused transit observations and a search for evidence of transit timing variation (2012)
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Harpsøe, K. B. W., Hardis, S., Hinse, T. C., Jørgensen, U. G., Mancini, L., Southworth, J., …Wertz, O. (2013). The transiting system GJ1214: high-precision defocused transit observations and a search for evidence of transit timing variation. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, Article A10. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219996

Aims. We present 11 high-precision photometric transitobservations of the transiting super-Earth planet GJ 1214 b. Combining these data with observations from other authors, we investigate the ephemeris for possible signs of transit timing variations... Read More about The transiting system GJ1214: high-precision defocused transit observations and a search for evidence of transit timing variation.

Fabrication of 3-Dimensional Cellular Constructs via Microstereolithography Using a Simple, Three-Component, Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Acrylate-Based System (2012)
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Leigh, S. J., Gilbert, H. T. J., Barker, I. A., Becker, J. M., Richardson, S. M., Hoyland, J. A., …Dove, A. P. (2013). Fabrication of 3-Dimensional Cellular Constructs via Microstereolithography Using a Simple, Three-Component, Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Acrylate-Based System. Biomacromolecules, 14(1), 186-192. https://doi.org/10.1021/bm3015736

Trends in the quality of human-centric software engineering experiments – a quasi-experiment (2012)
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(2012). Trends in the quality of human-centric software engineering experiments – a quasi-experiment. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 1002-1017. https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2012.76

Context: Several text books and papers published between 2000 and 2002 have attempted to introduce experimental design and statistical methods to software engineers undertaking empirical studies. Objective: This paper investigates whether there has b... Read More about Trends in the quality of human-centric software engineering experiments – a quasi-experiment.

Intraguild predation in winter wheat: prey choice by a common epigeal carabid consuming spiders (2012)
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Davey, J. S., Vaughan, I. P., King, R. A., Bell, J. R., Bohan, D. A., Bruford, M. W., …Symondson, W. O. (2013). Intraguild predation in winter wheat: prey choice by a common epigeal carabid consuming spiders. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50(1), 271-279. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12008

Predators can provide a valuable ecosystem service by suppressing crop pests. However, intraguild predation, where predators compete for the same prey resource whilst consuming each other, may destabilize population dynamics and increase the risk of... Read More about Intraguild predation in winter wheat: prey choice by a common epigeal carabid consuming spiders.

Oxidative rearrangement of tertiary propargylic alcohols (2012)
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Rodríguez, A., & Moran, W. J. (2013). Oxidative rearrangement of tertiary propargylic alcohols. SYNLETT, 24(1), 102-104. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1317711

An oxidative rearrangement of tertiary alcohols mediated by m-CPBA is described that generates tetrasubstituted alkenes with a carboxylic acid substituent. The mechanism of the reaction is proposed to proceed through epoxidation of the alkyne to form... Read More about Oxidative rearrangement of tertiary propargylic alcohols.

Compliance, resistance and incipient compliance when responding to directives (2012)
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Kent. (2012). Compliance, resistance and incipient compliance when responding to directives. Discourse Studies, 711 -730. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445612457485

How does a parent get a child to do something? And, indeed, how might the child avoid complying or seem to comply without actually having done so? This article uses conversation analysis to identify the interactionally preferred and dispreferred resp... Read More about Compliance, resistance and incipient compliance when responding to directives.

Counterbalancing for Serial Order Carryover Effects in Experimental Condition Orders (2012)
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Brooks. (2012). Counterbalancing for Serial Order Carryover Effects in Experimental Condition Orders. Psychological Methods, 600 - 614. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029310

Reactions of neural, psychological, and social systems are rarely, if ever, independent of previous inputs and states. The potential for serial order carryover effects from one condition to the next in a sequence of experimental trials makes counterb... Read More about Counterbalancing for Serial Order Carryover Effects in Experimental Condition Orders.

Evaluation of a patient-initiated review system in rheumatoid arthritis: an implementation trial protocol (2012)
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Paudyal. (2012). Evaluation of a patient-initiated review system in rheumatoid arthritis: an implementation trial protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-120

Background
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects the joints causing unpredictable episodes of pain, stiffness and disability. People with rheumatoid arthritis usually require lifelong specialist follow-up but frequent... Read More about Evaluation of a patient-initiated review system in rheumatoid arthritis: an implementation trial protocol.