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The role of hedonism in ethical tourism (2013)
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Malone, S., Smith, A., & McCabe, S. (2014). The role of hedonism in ethical tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 44, 241-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2013.10.005

This paper investigates the role of emotion in the ethical choice processes of tourists. Specifically, it explores how hedonism is experienced and the links between hedonic experiences and intentions for future ethical behaviour. It adopts an interpr... Read More about The role of hedonism in ethical tourism.

Cytokinin signalling inhibitory fields provide robustness to phyllotaxis (2013)
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Besnard, F., Farcot, E., Refahi, Y., Morin, V., Marteaux, B., Brunoud, G., Chambrier, P., Rozier, F., Mirabet, V., Legrand, J., Lainé, S., Thévenon, E., Cellier, C., Das, P., Bishopp, A., Dumas, R., Parcy, F., Helariutta, Y., Boudaoud, A., Godin, C., …Vernoux, T. (2014). Cytokinin signalling inhibitory fields provide robustness to phyllotaxis. Nature, 505(7483), 417-421. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12791

How biological systems generate reproducible patterns with high precision is a central question in science. The shoot apical meristem (SAM), a specialized tissue producing plant aerial organs, is a developmental system of choice to address this quest... Read More about Cytokinin signalling inhibitory fields provide robustness to phyllotaxis.

Managerial Delegation, Cost Asymmetry and Social Efficiency of Entry (2013)
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Mukherjee, A., & Tsai, Y. (2014). Managerial Delegation, Cost Asymmetry and Social Efficiency of Entry. Economic Record, 90(288), 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12079

This article examines the welfare implications of entry in oligopolistic markets with separation of management from ownership. In the presence of strategic managerial delegation and cost asymmetry, entry is socially insufficient unless the degree of... Read More about Managerial Delegation, Cost Asymmetry and Social Efficiency of Entry.

Looking for a face in the crowd: Fixation-related potentials in an eye-movement visual search task (2013)
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Kaunitz, L. N., Kamienkowski, J. E., Varatharajah, A., Sigman, M., Quian Quiroga, R., & Ison, M. J. (2014). Looking for a face in the crowd: Fixation-related potentials in an eye-movement visual search task. NeuroImage, 89, 297-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.006

Despite the compelling contribution of the study of event related potentials (ERPs) and eye movements to cognitive neuroscience, these two approaches have largely evolved independently. We designed an eye-movement visual search paradigm that allowed... Read More about Looking for a face in the crowd: Fixation-related potentials in an eye-movement visual search task.

Mathematical analysis of a model for the growth of the bovine corpus luteum (2013)
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Prokopiou, S. A., Byrne, H. M., Jeffrey, M. R., Robinson, R. S., Mann, G. E., & Owen, M. R. (2014). Mathematical analysis of a model for the growth of the bovine corpus luteum. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 69, 1515-1546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-013-0722-2

© 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. The corpus luteum (CL) is an ovarian tissue that grows in the wound space created by follicular rupture. It produces the progesterone needed in the uterus to maintain pregnancy. Rapid growth of the CL and pr... Read More about Mathematical analysis of a model for the growth of the bovine corpus luteum.

An investigation into IgE-facilitated allergen recognition and presentation by human dendritic cells (2013)
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Sharquie, I. K., Al-Ghouleh, A., Fitton, P., Clark, M. R., Armour, K. L., Sewell, H. F., …Ghaemmaghami, A. M. (2013). An investigation into IgE-facilitated allergen recognition and presentation by human dendritic cells. BMC Immunology, 14(Decemb), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-14-54

Background: Allergen recognition by dendritic cells (DCs) is a key event in the allergic cascade leading to production of IgE antibodies. C-type lectins, such as the mannose receptor and DC-SIGN, were recently shown to play an important role in the u... Read More about An investigation into IgE-facilitated allergen recognition and presentation by human dendritic cells.

Mycobacteriosis outbreak caused by Mycobacterium aviumsubsp.avium detected through meat inspection in five porcine fattening farms (2013)
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Pérez de Val, B., Grau-Roma, L., Segalés, J., Domingo, M., & Vidal, E. (2013). Mycobacteriosis outbreak caused by Mycobacterium aviumsubsp.avium detected through meat inspection in five porcine fattening farms. Veterinary Record, 174(4), Article 96. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.101886

Between December 2010 and January 2011 a number (n=20) of cases were submitted to the Slaughterhouse Support Service (Servei de Suport a Escorxadors, SESC-CReSA), consisting of grossly nodular granulomatous and caseous lesions in pig carcasses from f... Read More about Mycobacteriosis outbreak caused by Mycobacterium aviumsubsp.avium detected through meat inspection in five porcine fattening farms.

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy: a randomized Phase II study (2013)
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Lucia, A., Maddocks, M., Halliday, V., Chauhan, A., Taylor, V., Nelson, A., …Wilcock, A. (2013). Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy: a randomized Phase II study. PLoS ONE, 8(12), Article e86059. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086059

Background

A reduced exercise capacity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Therapeutic exercise can be beneficial and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) of the... Read More about Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the quadriceps in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy: a randomized Phase II study.

Impacts of premature yeast flocculation factors on yeast physiological characteristics and metabolite profiles during stirred and unstirred high-gravity fermentations (2013)
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Panteloglou, A. G., Smart, K. A., & Cook, D. J. (2013). Impacts of premature yeast flocculation factors on yeast physiological characteristics and metabolite profiles during stirred and unstirred high-gravity fermentations. Journal of The American Society of Brewing Chemists, 71(4), 214-223. https://doi.org/10.1094/ASBCJ-2013-0916-01

Premature yeast flocculation (PYF) is a sporadic condition of brewery fermentations in which yeast settles out from the fermenting wort earlier or more heavily than usual and before full attenuation has been reached. Factors originating from malt (i.... Read More about Impacts of premature yeast flocculation factors on yeast physiological characteristics and metabolite profiles during stirred and unstirred high-gravity fermentations.

First Identification of Rare-Earth Oxide Nucleation in Chalcogenide Glasses and Implications for Fabrication of Mid-Infrared Active Fibers (2013)
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Tang, Z., Furniss, D., Fay, M., Neate, N. C., Cheng, Y., Barney, E., …Seddon, A. B. (2014). First Identification of Rare-Earth Oxide Nucleation in Chalcogenide Glasses and Implications for Fabrication of Mid-Infrared Active Fibers. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 97(2), 432-441. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.12732

Gallium (Ga) helps solubilize rare-earth ions in chalcogenide glasses, but has been found to form the dominant crystallizing selenide phase in bulk glass in our previous work. Here, the crystallization behavior is compared of as-annealed 0–3000 ppmw... Read More about First Identification of Rare-Earth Oxide Nucleation in Chalcogenide Glasses and Implications for Fabrication of Mid-Infrared Active Fibers.

Viscosity development during aqueous dispersion and dissolution: a comparison of PGX® with other dietary supplements and individual polysaccharides (2013)
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Smith, I. H., Lawson, C. J., Harding, S. E., Gahler, R. J., Lyon, M. R., & Wood, S. (2014). Viscosity development during aqueous dispersion and dissolution: a comparison of PGX® with other dietary supplements and individual polysaccharides. Food Hydrocolloids, 38, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2013.12.004

Viscosity development with time was studied during the aqueous dissolution of the novel polysaccharide complex PGX®, a finer particle size version used in meal replacement PGXf, and a blend of the three polysaccharides 3PB used in their manufacture.... Read More about Viscosity development during aqueous dispersion and dissolution: a comparison of PGX® with other dietary supplements and individual polysaccharides.

Observer based temperature control for reduced thermal cycling in power electronic cooling (2013)
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Wang, X., Castellazzi, A., & Zanchetta, P. (in press). Observer based temperature control for reduced thermal cycling in power electronic cooling. Applied Thermal Engineering, 64(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.12.001

This paper presents an advanced dynamic cooling strategy for multi-layer structured power electronic modules. A observer based feedback controller is proposed to reduce a power device or module's thermal cycle amplitude during operation, with the aim... Read More about Observer based temperature control for reduced thermal cycling in power electronic cooling.

A randomised trial of ondansetron for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (2013)
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Garsed, K., Chernova, J., Hastings, M., Lam, C., Marciani, L., Singh, G., Henry, A. P., Hall, I. P., Whorwell, P., & Spiller, R. C. (2014). A randomised trial of ondansetron for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea. Gut, 63(10), 1617-1625. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2013-305989

Background: Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D) is particularly debilitating due to urgency and episodic incontinence. Some 5-hydroxytryptamine 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonists (5-HT3RAs) have proven effective but have serious side effects.... Read More about A randomised trial of ondansetron for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea.

Epigenetic Regulation of Sensory Axon Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury (2013)
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Finelli, M. J., Wong, J. K., & Zou, H. (2013). Epigenetic Regulation of Sensory Axon Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(50), 19664-19676. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0589-13.2013

Axon regeneration is hindered by a decline of intrinsic axon growth capability in mature neurons. Reversing this decline is associated with the induction of a large repertoire of regeneration-associated genes (RAGs), but the underlying regulatory mec... Read More about Epigenetic Regulation of Sensory Axon Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury.

Achieving low voltage half electrolysis with a supercapacitor electrode (2013)
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Peng, C., Hu, D., & Chen, G. Z. (2014). Achieving low voltage half electrolysis with a supercapacitor electrode. Energy and Environmental Science, 7(3), 1018-1022. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ee43817a

Half electrolysis consists of a single faradaic reaction and a supercapacitor electrode. The electrolytic product is only produced at the faradaic electrode and the low voltage electrolysis is highly energy efficient.

Understanding mass participatory pervasive computing systems for environmental campaigns (2013)
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Chamberlain, A., Paxton, M., Glover, K., Flintham, M., Price, D., Benford, S., …Greenhalgh, C. (2014). Understanding mass participatory pervasive computing systems for environmental campaigns. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 18(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-013-0756-x

Participate was a 3-year collaboration between industry and academia to explore how mobile, Web and broadcast technologies could combine to deliver environ- mental campaigns. In a series of pilot projects, schools used mobile sensors to enhance scien... Read More about Understanding mass participatory pervasive computing systems for environmental campaigns.

Investigating the microrheology of the vitreous humor using an optically trapped local probe (2013)
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Watts, F., Tan, L. E., Wilson, C. G., Girkin, J. M., Tassieri, M., & Wright, A. J. (2013). Investigating the microrheology of the vitreous humor using an optically trapped local probe. Journal of Optics, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/16/1/015301

We demonstrate that an optically trapped silica bead can be used as a local probe to measure the micro-rheology of the vitreous humor. The Brownian motion of the bead was observed using a fast camera and the micro-rheology determined by analysis of t... Read More about Investigating the microrheology of the vitreous humor using an optically trapped local probe.

Surgical excision versus imiquimod 5% cream for nodular and superficial basal-cell carcinoma (SINS): a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial (2013)
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Bath-Hextall, F., Ozolins, M., Armstrong, S. J., Colver, G. B., Perkins, W., Miller, P. S., & Williams, H. C. (2014). Surgical excision versus imiquimod 5% cream for nodular and superficial basal-cell carcinoma (SINS): a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncology, 15(1), 96-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045%2813%2970530-8

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Basal-cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer and its incidence is increasing worldwide. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of imiquimod cream versus surgical excision in patients with low-risk basal-cell carcinoma.

Met... Read More about Surgical excision versus imiquimod 5% cream for nodular and superficial basal-cell carcinoma (SINS): a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial.