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Genome-wide evaluation of the interplay between Caenorhabditis elegans and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis during in vivo biofilm formation. (2014)
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Joshua, G. W., Atkinson, S., Goldstone, R. J., Patrick, H. L., Stabler, R. A., Purves, J., …Wren, B. W. (2015). Genome-wide evaluation of the interplay between Caenorhabditis elegans and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis during in vivo biofilm formation. Infection and Immunity, 83(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00110-14

The formation of an incapacitating biofilm on Caenorhabditis elegans by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis represents a tractable model for investigating the genetic basis for host-pathogen interplay during the biofilm-mediated infection of a living surface... Read More about Genome-wide evaluation of the interplay between Caenorhabditis elegans and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis during in vivo biofilm formation..

How reliable are case formulations?: a systematic literature review (2014)
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Flinn, L., Braham, L., & das Nair, R. (2015). How reliable are case formulations?: a systematic literature review. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 54(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12073

Objectives: This systematic literature review investigated the inter-rater and test–retest reliability of case formulations. We considered the reliability of case formulations across a range of theoretical modalities and the general quality of the pr... Read More about How reliable are case formulations?: a systematic literature review.

Compensated convexity and Hausdorff stable extraction of intersections for smooth manifolds (2014)
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Zhang, K., Orlando, A., & Crooks, E. (2015). Compensated convexity and Hausdorff stable extraction of intersections for smooth manifolds. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 25(5), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218202515500207

We apply compensated convex transforms to define a multiscale Hausdorff stable method to extract intersections between smooth compact manifolds represented by their characteristic functions or as point clouds embedded in Rn. We prove extraction resul... Read More about Compensated convexity and Hausdorff stable extraction of intersections for smooth manifolds.

Constrained and unconstrained rearrangement minimization problems related to the p-Laplace operator (2014)
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Emamizadeh, B., & Liu, Y. (2015). Constrained and unconstrained rearrangement minimization problems related to the p-Laplace operator. Israel Journal of Mathematics, 206(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-014-1141-9

In this paper we consider an unconstrained and a constrained minimization problem related to the boundary value problem ??pu = f in D, u = 0 on ?D. In the unconstrained problem we minimize an energy functional relative to a rearrangement class, and... Read More about Constrained and unconstrained rearrangement minimization problems related to the p-Laplace operator.

CMHTs for older people: Team managers' views surveyed (2014)
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Abendstern, M., Brand, C., Harrington, V., Jasper, R., Tucker, S., Wilberforce, M., & Challis, D. (2014). CMHTs for older people: Team managers' views surveyed. Journal of Integrated Care, 22(5/6), 208-219. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICA-07-2014-0029

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify features of community mental health teams (CMHTs) for older people valued by their managers, and those they would most like to change.Design/methodology/approach -... Read More about CMHTs for older people: Team managers' views surveyed.

The press and the pledge: Father Theobald Mathew’s 1843 temperance tour of Britain (2014)
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Beckingham, D. (2014). The press and the pledge: Father Theobald Mathew’s 1843 temperance tour of Britain. Historical Geography, 42,

This article examines Father Theobald Mathew’s temperance tour of Britain in 1843. Estimates vary, but by this point some 6 million people in Ireland may have made a personal pledge to abstain from consuming alcohol. This pledge involved more than... Read More about The press and the pledge: Father Theobald Mathew’s 1843 temperance tour of Britain.

Novel mechanisms of resistance to vemurafenib in melanoma – V600E B-Raf reversion and switching VEGF-A splice isoform expression (2014)
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Beazley Long, N., Gaston, K., Harper, S. J., Orlando, A., & Bates, D. O. (2015). Novel mechanisms of resistance to vemurafenib in melanoma – V600E B-Raf reversion and switching VEGF-A splice isoform expression. American Journal of Cancer Research, 5(1), 433--441

Targeting activating mutations in the proto-oncogene B-Raf, in melanoma, has led to increases in progression free survival. Treatment with vemurafenib, which inhibits the most common activating-mutated form of B-Raf (B-RafV600E), eventually results i... Read More about Novel mechanisms of resistance to vemurafenib in melanoma – V600E B-Raf reversion and switching VEGF-A splice isoform expression.

Quantitative Microstructure Characterization of Ag Nanoparticle Sintered Joints for Power Die Attachment (2014)
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Wang, Y., Li, J., Agyakwa, P., Johnson, C. M., & Li, S. (2014). Quantitative Microstructure Characterization of Ag Nanoparticle Sintered Joints for Power Die Attachment. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 604(1), 11-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2014.967647

© 2014 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The samples of sintered Ag joints for power die attachments were prepared using paste of Ag nanoparticles at 240°C and 5 MPa for 3 to 17 minutes. Their microstructural features were quantitatively cha... Read More about Quantitative Microstructure Characterization of Ag Nanoparticle Sintered Joints for Power Die Attachment.

Assessing the effect of fibre extraction processes on the strength of flax fibre reinforcement (2014)
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Zeng, X., Mooney, S., & Sturrock, C. J. (2015). Assessing the effect of fibre extraction processes on the strength of flax fibre reinforcement. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 70, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2014.12.004

A number of factors impede the direct translation of fibre properties from plant crop species to natural fibre composites. Commercially available fibre extraction processes introduce defects and degrade the mechanical properties of fibres. This study... Read More about Assessing the effect of fibre extraction processes on the strength of flax fibre reinforcement.

Possible mechanism behind the hard-to-swallow property of oil seed pastes (2014)
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Rosenthal, A. J., & Yilmaz, S. (2015). Possible mechanism behind the hard-to-swallow property of oil seed pastes. International Journal of Food Properties, 18(9), https://doi.org/10.1080/10942912.2013.862633

Roasted and crushed oil-rich seeds, such as sesame paste and peanut butter, both share a common structure and elicit an apparent sensation of thickening in the mouth. Working with sesame paste, as an example, the force needed to compress sesame paste... Read More about Possible mechanism behind the hard-to-swallow property of oil seed pastes.

Understanding and protecting vulnerable financial consumers (2014)
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Cartwright, P. (2015). Understanding and protecting vulnerable financial consumers. Journal of Consumer Policy, 38(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-014-9278-9

This article considers how consumer protection law and policy should address the interests of particularly vulnerable financial consumers. Specifically, the article proposes a taxonomy of vulnerability which helps to identify (a) what makes consumers... Read More about Understanding and protecting vulnerable financial consumers.

Exploring impacts of process technology development and regional factors on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn stover ethanol (2014)
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McKechnie, J., Pourbafrani, M., Saville, B. A., & MacLean, H. L. (2015). Exploring impacts of process technology development and regional factors on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn stover ethanol. Renewable Energy, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.11.088

This paper examines impacts of regional factors affecting biomass and process input supply chains and ongoing technology development on the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of ethanol production from corn stover in the U.S. Corn stover suppl... Read More about Exploring impacts of process technology development and regional factors on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn stover ethanol.

Longitudinal assessment of circulating insulin-like peptide 3 levels in healthy peripubertal girls (2014)
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Hagen, C. P., Mieritz, M. G., Nielsen, J. E., Anand-Ivell, R., Ivell, R., & Juul, A. (2015). Longitudinal assessment of circulating insulin-like peptide 3 levels in healthy peripubertal girls. Fertility and Sterility, 103(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.11.014

Objective: To elucidate the natural course of circulating insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) levels according to puberty as well as its relation to other reproductive hormones. Design: Population-based cohort study. Setting: Not applicable. Patient(s)... Read More about Longitudinal assessment of circulating insulin-like peptide 3 levels in healthy peripubertal girls.

Peddling a semiotics of fear: a critical examination of scare tactics and commercial strategies in public health promotion (2014)
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Brookes, G., & Harvey, K. (2015). Peddling a semiotics of fear: a critical examination of scare tactics and commercial strategies in public health promotion. Social Semiotics, 25(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2014.988920

This study critically examines the ways in which the nationwide Diabetes UK/Tesco public health promotion campaign (2013-2014) sought to raise awareness of Type 2 diabetes. Conducting a multimodal critical discourse analysis of six campaign images, w... Read More about Peddling a semiotics of fear: a critical examination of scare tactics and commercial strategies in public health promotion.

South Asian older adults with memory impairment: Improving assessment and access to dementia care (2014)
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Giebel, C. M., Zubair, M., Jolley, D., Bhui, K. S., Purandare, N., Worden, A., & Challis, D. (2015). South Asian older adults with memory impairment: Improving assessment and access to dementia care. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 30(4), 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4242

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objective With increasing international migration, mental health care of migrants and ethnic minorities is a public health priority. South Asian older adults experience difficulties in accessing services for memory i... Read More about South Asian older adults with memory impairment: Improving assessment and access to dementia care.