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Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule
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Olarte-Sánchez, C., Valencia Torres, L., Body, S., Cassaday, H. J., Bradshaw, C., & Szabadi, E. Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881111409607

It has been suggested that a sub-population of orexinergic neurones whose somata lie in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) play an important role in regulating the reinforcing value of both food and drugs. This experiment examined the effect of disr... Read More about Effect of orexin-B-saporin-induced lesions of the lateral hypothalamus on performance on a progressive ratio schedule.

Configuring the caller in ambiguous encounters: volunteer handling of calls to Samaritans emotional support services
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Pollock, K., Moore, J., Coveney, C., & Armstrong, S. Configuring the caller in ambiguous encounters: volunteer handling of calls to Samaritans emotional support services. Communication and Medicine, 9(2), https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.v9i2.113

This paper discusses volunteer strategies for handling and assessing calls to Samaritans emotional support services for the suicidal and despairing. It presents findings from the qualitative components of a two year mixed methods study based on an o... Read More about Configuring the caller in ambiguous encounters: volunteer handling of calls to Samaritans emotional support services.

Non-respiratory infections – specific considerations in care homes
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Ewan, V., & Gordon, A. Non-respiratory infections – specific considerations in care homes. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology,

This review provides an update on current evidence surrounding the epidemiology, treatment and prevention of non-respiratory infections in care homes. It covers urinary tract infection (UTI), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), decubi... Read More about Non-respiratory infections – specific considerations in care homes.

Open access to scholarly communications: advantages, policy and advocacy
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FURNIVAL, A. C. Open access to scholarly communications: advantages, policy and advocacy

The Open Access (OA) movement regards OA modes of disseminating research as the unequivocal future of scholarly communication. Proponents of the open access movement itself have, over the last ten years, carried out systematic research to show how OA... Read More about Open access to scholarly communications: advantages, policy and advocacy.

Sleep in care homes
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Gordon, A., & Gladman, J. R. Sleep in care homes. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 20(4),

Sleep problems in older adults are common and disturbance in sleep is associated with increased mortality. These problems are more pronounced in the care home population because of institutional factors and a high prevalence of frailty and comorbidi... Read More about Sleep in care homes.

Education and development: thirty years of continuity and change
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McGrath, S. Education and development: thirty years of continuity and change. International Journal of Educational Development, 30(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.04.004

At the end of the thirtieth volume of IJED and in the year that the journal published its 1000th paper, it is appropriate to look back at the journal’s development. In so doing, this article will discuss a series of important issues regarding the fu... Read More about Education and development: thirty years of continuity and change.

Works in progress: new technologies and the European Court of Human Rights
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Murphy, T., & Ó Cuinn, G. Works in progress: new technologies and the European Court of Human Rights. Human Rights Law Review, 10(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngq038

A field—new technologies and human rights or, more broadly, law and technology—is in the process of being framed. Should the European Court of Human Rights be seen as part of that process? To find out, we searched the Court’s case-law using HUDOC, a... Read More about Works in progress: new technologies and the European Court of Human Rights.

'Climategate': paradoxical metaphors and political paralysis
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Nerlich, B. 'Climategate': paradoxical metaphors and political paralysis. Environmental Values, 14(9), https://doi.org/10.3197/096327110X531543

Climate scepticism in the sense of climate denialism or contrarianism is not a new phenomenon, but it has recently been very much in the media spotlight. When, in November 2009, emails by climate scientists were published on the internet without thei... Read More about 'Climategate': paradoxical metaphors and political paralysis.

Information fusion in the immune system
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Twycross, J., & Aickelin, U. Information fusion in the immune system. Information Fusion, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2009.04.008

Biologically-inspired methods such as evolutionary algorithms and neural networks are proving useful in the field of information fusion. Artificial immune systems (AISs) are a biologically-inspired approach which take inspiration from the biological... Read More about Information fusion in the immune system.

Against spyware using CAPTCHA in graphical password scheme
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Wang, L., Chang, X., Ren, Z., Haichang, G., Liu, X., & Aickelin, U. Against spyware using CAPTCHA in graphical password scheme. https://doi.org/10.1109/AINA.2010.46

Text-based password schemes have inherent security and usability problems, leading to the development of graphical password schemes. However, most of these alternate schemes are vulnerable to spyware attacks. We propose a new scheme, using CAPTCHA (... Read More about Against spyware using CAPTCHA in graphical password scheme.

Two-timescale learning using idiotypic behaviour mediation for a navigating mobile robot
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Whitbrook, A., Aickelin, U., & Garibaldi, J. M. Two-timescale learning using idiotypic behaviour mediation for a navigating mobile robot. Applied Soft Computing, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2009.10.005

A combined short-term learning (STL) and long-term learning (LTL) approach to solving mobile-robot navigation problems is presented and tested in both the real and virtual domains. The LTL phase consists of rapid simulations that use a genetic algo... Read More about Two-timescale learning using idiotypic behaviour mediation for a navigating mobile robot.