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DeFT: A conceptual framework for considering learning with multiple representations (2006)
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Ainsworth, S. (2006). DeFT: A conceptual framework for considering learning with multiple representations. Learning and Instruction, 16(3), 183-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2006.03.001

Multiple (external) representations can provide unique benefits when people are learning complex new ideas. Unfortunately, many studies have shown this promise is not always achieved. The DeFT (Design, Functions, Tasks) framework for learning with mu... Read More about DeFT: A conceptual framework for considering learning with multiple representations.

A comparison of microbial contamination on sheep/goat carcasses in a modern Indian abattoir and traditional meat shops (2006)
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Bhandare, S. G., Sherikar, A. T., Paturkar, A. M., Waskar, V. S., & Zende, R. J. (2007). A comparison of microbial contamination on sheep/goat carcasses in a modern Indian abattoir and traditional meat shops. Food Control, 18(7), 854-858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2006.04.012

The microbial load on sheep/goat carcasses was investigated in Deonar abattoir and traditional meat shops in Mumbai. A total of 96 swab samples from carcass sites were collected and analysed from the abattoir, while 144 swab samples from carcass site... Read More about A comparison of microbial contamination on sheep/goat carcasses in a modern Indian abattoir and traditional meat shops.

A high-resolution late Holocene lake isotope record from Turkey and links to North Atlantic and monsoon climate (2006)
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Jones, M. D., Roberts, C. N., Leng, M. J., & Türkeş, M. (2006). A high-resolution late Holocene lake isotope record from Turkey and links to North Atlantic and monsoon climate. Geology, 34(5), 361-364. https://doi.org/10.1130/G22407.1

A high resolution proxy record of precipitation and evaporation variability through the past 1700 yr from δ18O analysis of a varved lake sequence from central Turkey shows rapid shifts between dry periods (AD 300–500 and AD 1400–1950) and wetter inte... Read More about A high-resolution late Holocene lake isotope record from Turkey and links to North Atlantic and monsoon climate.

In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic efficacy of plant cysteine proteinases against the rodent gastrointestinal nematode, Trichuris muris (2006)
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Stepek, G., Lowe, A., Buttle, D. J., Duce, I., & Behnke, J. M. (2006). In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic efficacy of plant cysteine proteinases against the rodent gastrointestinal nematode, Trichuris muris. Parasitology, 132(5), https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200500973X

Extracts of plants, such as papaya, pineapple and fig, are known to be effective at killing intestinal nematodes that inhabit anterior sites in the small intestine, such as Heligmosomoides polygyrus. In this paper, we demonstrate that similar in vitr... Read More about In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic efficacy of plant cysteine proteinases against the rodent gastrointestinal nematode, Trichuris muris.

Expression of the insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) hormone-receptor (LGR8) system in the testis (2006)
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Anand-Ivell, R. J., Relan, V., Balvers, M., Coiffec-Dorval, I., Fritsch, M., Bathgate, R. A., & Ivell, R. (2006). Expression of the insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) hormone-receptor (LGR8) system in the testis. Biology of Reproduction, 74(5), 945-953. https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.105.048165

The new peptide hormone insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) is a member of the insulin-relaxin family, yet, unlike insulin, it signals through a new G-protein coupled receptor, LGR8, distantly related to the receptors for LH and FSH. INSL3 is produced in... Read More about Expression of the insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) hormone-receptor (LGR8) system in the testis.

The Dynamics of coset dimensional reduction (2006)
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Karthauser, J. L., & Saffin, P. M. (2006). The Dynamics of coset dimensional reduction. Physical Review D, 73(8), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.084027

The evolution of multiple scalar fields in cosmology has been much studied, particularly when the potential is formed from a series of exponentials. For a certain subclass of such systems it is possible to get `assisted` behaviour, where the presence... Read More about The Dynamics of coset dimensional reduction.

Toric Fano three-folds with terminal singularities (2006)
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Kasprzyk, A. M. (2006). Toric Fano three-folds with terminal singularities. TÔhoku Mathematical Journal, 58(1), 101-121. https://doi.org/10.2748/tmj/1145390208

This paper classifies all toric Fano 3-folds with terminal singularities. This is achieved by solving the equivalent combinatoric problem; that of finding, up to the action of GL(3,Z), all convex polytopes in Z^3 which contain the origin as the only... Read More about Toric Fano three-folds with terminal singularities.

Clinical outcome after first and recurrent hemorrhage in patients with untreated brain arteriovenous malformation (2006)
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Choi, J. H., Mast, H., Sciacca, R. R., Hartmann, A., Khaw, A. V., Mohr, J. P., …Stapf, C. (2006). Clinical outcome after first and recurrent hemorrhage in patients with untreated brain arteriovenous malformation. Stroke, 37(5), 1243-1247

Background and Purpose: The morbidity from spontaneous hemorrhage of untreated brain arteriovenous malformations
(AVM) is not well described.
Methods: The 241 consecutive AVM patients (mean age 3716 years, 52% women) from the prospective Columbia... Read More about Clinical outcome after first and recurrent hemorrhage in patients with untreated brain arteriovenous malformation.

Effects of biomass-generated producer gas constituents on cell growth, product distribution and hydrogenase activity of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7T (2006)
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Ahmed, A., Cateni, B. G., Huhnke, R. L., & Lewis, R. S. (2006). Effects of biomass-generated producer gas constituents on cell growth, product distribution and hydrogenase activity of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7T. Biomass and Bioenergy, 30(7), 665-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2006.01.007

In our previous work, we demonstrated that biomass-generated producer gas can be converted to ethanol and acetic acid using a microbial catalyst Clostridium carboxidivorans P7T. Results showed that the producer gas (1) induced cell dormancy, (2) inhi... Read More about Effects of biomass-generated producer gas constituents on cell growth, product distribution and hydrogenase activity of Clostridium carboxidivorans P7T.

Nada es como es, sino como se recuerda: Teatro de la Abadía 1995-2005 (2006)
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Breden, S. (2006). Nada es como es, sino como se recuerda: Teatro de la Abadía 1995-2005. Modern Language Review, 101(2), https://doi.org/10.2307/20466855

Case Based Heuristic Selection for Timetabling Problems (2006)
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Burke, E., Petrovic, S., & Qu, R. (2006). Case Based Heuristic Selection for Timetabling Problems. Journal of Scheduling, 9(2),

This paper presents a case-based heuristic selection approach for automated university course and exam timetabling. The method described in this paper is motivated by the goal of developing timetabling systems that are fundamentally more general than... Read More about Case Based Heuristic Selection for Timetabling Problems.

Tocopherol: an intrinsic component of sunflower seed oil bodies (2006)
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Fisk, I. D., White, D. A., Carvalho, A., & Gray, D. A. (2006). Tocopherol: an intrinsic component of sunflower seed oil bodies. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 83(4), 341-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-006-1210-2

Oil bodies were removed from mature sunflower through wet grinding followed by filtration then centrifugation and recovered as the buoyant fraction. Washing this fraction with buffer (water‐washed oil bodies, WWOB) or 9 M urea (urea‐washed oil bodies... Read More about Tocopherol: an intrinsic component of sunflower seed oil bodies.

Evolutionary relationships among the Pulmonate land snails and slugs (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) (2006)
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Wade, C. M., Mordan, P. B., & Naggs, F. (2006). Evolutionary relationships among the Pulmonate land snails and slugs (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 87(4), 593-610. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00596.x

We have incorporated an additional 56 species of land snails and slugs in our ribosomal (r) RNA molecular phylogeny. The new taxa include representatives of several important groups. The molecular tree now includes 160 species of stylommatophoran lan... Read More about Evolutionary relationships among the Pulmonate land snails and slugs (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora).

One in the nose for Bellure: French appellate court confirms that perfumes are copyright protected (2006)
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Derclaye, E. (2006). One in the nose for Bellure: French appellate court confirms that perfumes are copyright protected. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 1(6), https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpl048

The Cour d'appel de Paris has held that a fragrance could be protected by copyright, as long as it fulfils the requirement of originality.

Alignment of the Genomes of Brachypodium distachyon and Temperate Cereals and Grasses Using Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Landing With Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (2006)
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Hasterok, R., Marasek, A., Donnison, I. S., Armstead, I., Thomas, A., King, I. P., …Jenkins, G. (2006). Alignment of the Genomes of Brachypodium distachyon and Temperate Cereals and Grasses Using Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Landing With Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization. Genetics, 173(1), 349-362. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.105.049726

As part of an initiative to develop Brachypodium distachyon as a genomic “bridge” species between rice and the temperate cereals and grasses, a BAC library has been constructed for the two diploid (2n = 2x = 10) genotypes, ABR1 and ABR5. The library... Read More about Alignment of the Genomes of Brachypodium distachyon and Temperate Cereals and Grasses Using Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Landing With Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization.

The influence of the fitness evaluation method on the performance of multiobjective search algorithms (2006)
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Burke, E. K., & Landa Silva, J. D. (2006). The influence of the fitness evaluation method on the performance of multiobjective search algorithms. European Journal of Operational Research, 169(3), 875-897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2004.08.028

In this paper we are concerned with finding the Pareto optimal front or a good approximation to it. Since non-dominated solutions represent the goal in multiobjective optimisation, the dominance relation is frequently used to establish preference bet... Read More about The influence of the fitness evaluation method on the performance of multiobjective search algorithms.

Inhibition of metal dusting of alloy 800H by laser surface melting (2006)
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Voisey, K., Liu, Z., & Stott, F. (2006). Inhibition of metal dusting of alloy 800H by laser surface melting. Applied Surface Science, 252(10), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.05.040

Metal dusting is a catastrophic carburisation phenomenon that occurs at temperatures of 450-850°C in atmospheres of high carbon activity. The resistance of alloys to corrosion, including metal dusting, relies on the formation of a dense, adherent oxi... Read More about Inhibition of metal dusting of alloy 800H by laser surface melting.

Spatial fluctuations in the spectral shape of the UV background at 2 (2006)
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S. Bolton, J., G. Haehnelt, M., Viel, M., & F. Carswell, R. (2006). Spatial fluctuations in the spectral shape of the UV background at 2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 366(4), 1378-1390. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.09927.x

The low density hydrogen and helium in the IGM probed by QSO absorption lines is sensitive to the amplitude and spectral shape of the metagalactic UV background. We use realistic HI and HeII Ly-alpha forest spectra, constructed from state-of-the-art... Read More about Spatial fluctuations in the spectral shape of the UV background at 2.

Effects of fatty acids on skeletal muscle cell differentiation in vitro (2006)
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Hurley, M. S., Flux, C., Salter, A. M., & Brameld, J. M. (2006). Effects of fatty acids on skeletal muscle cell differentiation in vitro. British Journal of Nutrition, 95(3), 623-630. https://doi.org/10.1079/BJN20051711

Previous studies have shown stimulatory effects of linoleic acid (LA, C18:2) on differentiation of rat muscle cells in culture (Allen et al. 1985), but there appears to be little investigation of the effects of other fatty acids. The present study th... Read More about Effects of fatty acids on skeletal muscle cell differentiation in vitro.

Does technological diversification promote innovation?: An empirical analysis for European firms (2006)
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Garcia-Vega, M. (2006). Does technological diversification promote innovation?: An empirical analysis for European firms. Research Policy, 35(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2005.09.006

This paper analyses the impact of technological diversity on innovative activity at the firm level. The empirical study on a panel of European R&D active companies shows that both R&D intensity and patents increase with the degree of technological di... Read More about Does technological diversification promote innovation?: An empirical analysis for European firms.