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Hydrogen gas and its role in cell signaling (2017)
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Hydrogen gas (H2) was once thought to be inert in biological systems but it has now become apparent that exposure of a wide range of organisms, including animals and plants, to H2 or hydrogen-rich water (HRW) has beneficial effects. It is involved in... Read More about Hydrogen gas and its role in cell signaling.

Development of strength models for prediction of unconfined compressive strength of cement/byproduct material improved soils (2017)
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© 2017 ASTM International. All rights reserved. This paper presents the possible inclusion of pulverized fuel ash (PFA) and ground granulated blast slag (GGBS) in cement deep soil mixing for enhancement of unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of wea... Read More about Development of strength models for prediction of unconfined compressive strength of cement/byproduct material improved soils.

A patient-reported outcome measure for effect of glucocorticoid therapy in adults with inflammatory diseases is needed: Report from the OMERACT 2016 special interest group (2017)
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Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved. Objective: The need for a standardized instrument to measure the effect of glucocorticoid (GC) therapy has been well documented in the literature. The aim of the first GC Special Interest Group was to define a r... Read More about A patient-reported outcome measure for effect of glucocorticoid therapy in adults with inflammatory diseases is needed: Report from the OMERACT 2016 special interest group.

An OMERACT initiative toward consensus to identify and characterize candidate contextual factors: Report from the contextual factors working group (2017)
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Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved. Objective: The importance of contextual factors (CF) for appropriate patient-specific care is widely acknowledged. However, evidence in clinical trials on how CF influence outcomes remains sparse. The 2014 Outco... Read More about An OMERACT initiative toward consensus to identify and characterize candidate contextual factors: Report from the contextual factors working group.

The evolution of sex through the Baldwin effect (2017)
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This paper suggests that the fundamental haploid-diploid cycle of eukaryotic sex exploits a rudimentary form of the Baldwin effect. With this explanation for the basic cycle, the other associated phenomena can be explained as evolution tuning the amo... Read More about The evolution of sex through the Baldwin effect.

Enabling recruitment success in bariatric surgical trials: Pilot phase of the By-Band-Sleeve study (2017)
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© 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. Background:Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving surgical procedures are challenging for recruitment and infrequent in the specialty of bariatrics. The pilot p... Read More about Enabling recruitment success in bariatric surgical trials: Pilot phase of the By-Band-Sleeve study.

What factors determine e-satisfaction and consumer spending in e-commerce retailing? (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Evidently, the Internet has resulted in a fundamental shift in retailing practice, creating a shift in both consumer and business behavior, which has been compared to that of the Industrial Revolution. The purpose of this paper is... Read More about What factors determine e-satisfaction and consumer spending in e-commerce retailing?.

Data quality and 30-day survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the UK out-of-hospital cardiac arrest registry: A data linkage study (2017)
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© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. Objectives The Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes (OHCAO)... Read More about Data quality and 30-day survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the UK out-of-hospital cardiac arrest registry: A data linkage study.

Time contracts and temporal precision declines when the mind wanders (2017)
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© 2017 American Psychological Association. Our perception of time varies considerably from moment to moment, but how this variability relates to endogenous fluctuations in attentional states has been neglected. Here, we tested the hypothesis that per... Read More about Time contracts and temporal precision declines when the mind wanders.

An exploration of shifts in visual fixation prior to the execution of baseball batting: Evidence for oculomotor warm up, attentional processes or pre-performance routines? (2017)
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The visual performance of athletes should be considered high on the list of variables fundamental to elite sport performance. One particular aspect of visual performance that has gained dominance over the last 25 years is the quiet eye. Quiet eye is... Read More about An exploration of shifts in visual fixation prior to the execution of baseball batting: Evidence for oculomotor warm up, attentional processes or pre-performance routines?.

Independent reporting sonographers: Could other countries follow the UK's lead? (2017)
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Introduction For many years, the majority of ultrasound examinations in the United Kingdom (UK), both obstetric and non-obstetric, have been performed by radiographers who have undergone postgraduate training. These sonographers scan, interpret a... Read More about Independent reporting sonographers: Could other countries follow the UK's lead?.

From world sf (via, if we must, World Sf) to world-sf: An introduction (2017)
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This article situates the recent turn to sf from outside the America-British tradition within broader developments in American Studies, Comparative Literature and World Literature. Building on the work of WReC, it argues that the next stage for sf st... Read More about From world sf (via, if we must, World Sf) to world-sf: An introduction.

Virtual reality in pediatric psychology (2017)
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Copyright © 2017 by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Virtual reality (VR) technologies allow for controlled simulations of affectively engaging background narratives. These virtual environments offer promise for enhancing emotionally relevant expe... Read More about Virtual reality in pediatric psychology.

Extreme multi-basin flooding linked with extra-tropical cyclones (2017)
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© 2017 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Fluvial floods are typically investigated as 'events' at the single basin-scale, hence flood management authorities may underestimate the threat of flooding across multiple basins driven by large... Read More about Extreme multi-basin flooding linked with extra-tropical cyclones.

San Andreas and the Spiralling of the Analogico–Digital Animated Image (2017)
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© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. This article considers the contemporary state of mainstream Hollywood cinema as a profoundly animation-driven form of spectacular entertainment characteristic of global digital media in the era of what Bernard Stiegler c... Read More about San Andreas and the Spiralling of the Analogico–Digital Animated Image.

Adapting the ASSIST model of informal peer-led intervention delivery to the Talk to FRANK drug prevention programme in UK secondary schools (ASSIST + FRANK): intervention development, refinement and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (2017)
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Contribution of supra-permafrost discharge to thermokarst lake water balances on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (2017)
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The seasonal hydrological mechanisms of two thermokarst lakes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) were characterized by three-year intensive field observations and a water balance model. In three ice-free seasons, the supra-permafrost dis... Read More about Contribution of supra-permafrost discharge to thermokarst lake water balances on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Artificial egg-strip surveying for detection of pond-breeding newts: Does egg-strip substrate matter? (2017)
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Survey methods for detecting newts (Salamandridae: Pleurodelinae) in ponds by identifying presence of eggs laid during their aquatic breeding condition are useful and often deployed across various population surveillance activities. Egg-strip surveyi... Read More about Artificial egg-strip surveying for detection of pond-breeding newts: Does egg-strip substrate matter?.

Prognosis of the infected diabetic foot ulcer: a 12-month prospective observational study (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors. Diabetic Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Diabetes UK Aims: To determine clinical outcomes and explore prognostic factors related to ulcer healing in people with a clinically infected diabetic foot ulcer.... Read More about Prognosis of the infected diabetic foot ulcer: a 12-month prospective observational study.

Efficacy of whip roller setting on physical attributes of denim fabric (2017)
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Whip roller settings in a weaving machine is one of the vital factor to adjust warp yarn tension properly as well as delivering fault free fabric. The present study was undertaken with an aim to explore the influence of whip roller settings on variou... Read More about Efficacy of whip roller setting on physical attributes of denim fabric.