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From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia (2012)
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Ivļevs, A., Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2012). From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia. IZA Journal of Migration, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9039-1-14

© 2012, Ivļevs and King; licensee Springer. We study the determinants of the willingness to acquire citizenship of Latvia by ‘non-citizens’ – the former Soviet migrants and their descendants born on the territory of Latvia. The country of Latvia serv... Read More about From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia.

The Moderated Relationship of Appearance Valence on Appearance Self Consciousness: Development and Testing of New Measures of Appearance Schema Components (2012)
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Moss, T. P., Moss, T., & Rosser, B. A. (2012). The Moderated Relationship of Appearance Valence on Appearance Self Consciousness: Development and Testing of New Measures of Appearance Schema Components. PLoS ONE, 7(11), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050605

This paper describes the creation and psychometric properties of two independent measures of aspects of appearance schematicity - appearance salience and valence, assessed by the CARSAL and CARVAL, and their relation to appearance self-consciousness.... Read More about The Moderated Relationship of Appearance Valence on Appearance Self Consciousness: Development and Testing of New Measures of Appearance Schema Components.

Beaming: An asymmetric telepresence system (2012)
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Steed, A., Steptoe, W., Oyekoya, W., Pece, F., Weyrich, T., Kautz, J., …Slater, M. (2012). Beaming: An asymmetric telepresence system. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 32(6), 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2012.110

The Beaming project recreates, virtually, a real environment; using immersive VR, remote participants can visit the virtual model and interact with the people in the real environment. The real environment doesn't need extensive equipment and can be a... Read More about Beaming: An asymmetric telepresence system.

Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment (2012)
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Golombok, S., Blake, L., Casey, P., Roman, G., & Jadva, V. (2013). Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(6), 653-660. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12015

Background: Parenting and children's adjustment were examined in 30 surrogacy families, 31 egg donation families, 35 donor insemination families, and 53 natural conception families. Methods: Parenting was assessed at age 3 by a standardized interview... Read More about Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment.

The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8 (2012)
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Fisher, J. (2012). The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8. International History Review, 34(3), 431-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2012.675211

This article examines the interface of military service and the Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services during the First World War. That convergence encompassed efforts by those institutions to respond in a patriotic spirit to demands for... Read More about The impact of military service on the British Foreign Office and Diplomatic and Consular Services, 1914-8.

Tensile properties and microstructural characteristics of indirect rheoformed A356 aluminum alloy (2012)
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Bolouri, A., Bae, J. W., & Kang, C. G. (2013). Tensile properties and microstructural characteristics of indirect rheoformed A356 aluminum alloy. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 562, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2012.10.099

The effects of rheoforming parameters such as the rheoforming temperature and pressure on the tensile properties of H-shaped components were examined. An H-shaped component is useful for practical investigation into the influence of different wall th... Read More about Tensile properties and microstructural characteristics of indirect rheoformed A356 aluminum alloy.

Afterword: Literature and philosophy 1850–1910: The view from New England (2012)
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Greenham, D. (2012). Afterword: Literature and philosophy 1850–1910: The view from New England. Literature Compass, 9(11), 908-915. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-4113.2012.00905.x

In this afterword I look at the period 1850–1910 from a Transatlantic perspective, focusing on key New England writers whose work spans the disciplines of philosophy and literature: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Herman Me... Read More about Afterword: Literature and philosophy 1850–1910: The view from New England.

The effects of graded motor imagery and its components on chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2012)
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Bowering, K. J., O'Connell, N. E., Tabor, A., Catley, M. J., Leake, H. B., Moseley, G. L., & Stanton, T. R. (2013). The effects of graded motor imagery and its components on chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Pain, 14(1), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2012.09.007

Graded motor imagery (GMI) is becoming increasingly used in the treatment of chronic pain conditions. The objective of this systematic review was to synthesize all evidence concerning the effects of GMI and its constituent components on chronic pain.... Read More about The effects of graded motor imagery and its components on chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

MyRIP interaction with MyoVa on secretory granules is controlled by the cAMP-PKA pathway (2012)
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Váradi, A., Molnár, E., Hayward, K., Brozzi, F., Lajus, S., Diraison, F., …Varadi, A. (2012). MyRIP interaction with MyoVa on secretory granules is controlled by the cAMP-PKA pathway. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 23(22), 4444-4455. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E12-05-0369

Myosin- and Rab-interacting protein (MyRIP), which belongs to the protein kinase A (PKA) - anchoring family, is implicated in hormone secretion. However, its mechanism of action is not fully elucidated. Here we investigate the role of MyRIP in myosin... Read More about MyRIP interaction with MyoVa on secretory granules is controlled by the cAMP-PKA pathway.

Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults (2012)
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Byron-Daniel, J., Cramp, F., Cramp, F. (., & Byron-Daniel, J. Z. (2012). Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012(11), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006145.pub3

© 2015 The Cochrane Collaboration. Background: Cancer-related fatigue is recognised as an important symptom associated with cancer and its treatment. A number of studies have investigated the effects of physical activity in reducing cancer-related fa... Read More about Exercise for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults.

Conceptualisation of self-management intervention for people with early stage dementia (2012)
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Martin, F., Turner, A., Wallace, L. M., & Bradbury, N. (2013). Conceptualisation of self-management intervention for people with early stage dementia. European Journal of Ageing, 10(2), 75-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-012-0253-5

Dementia is a major challenge for health and social care services. People living with dementia in the earlier stages experience a "care-gap". Although they may address this gap in care, self-management interventions have not been provided to people w... Read More about Conceptualisation of self-management intervention for people with early stage dementia.

Numerical study of unsteady airflow phenomena in a ventilated room (2012)
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Horikiri, K., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2012). Numerical study of unsteady airflow phenomena in a ventilated room. Computational Thermal Sciences, 4(4), 317-333. https://doi.org/10.1615/ComputThermalScien.2012005093

Numerical simulation of airflow in an indoor environment has been carried out for forced, natural, and mixed convection modes, respectively, by using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach of solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equat... Read More about Numerical study of unsteady airflow phenomena in a ventilated room.

Evaluating the Green Revolution after a decade: A Swaziland case study (2012)
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Terry, A. (2012). Evaluating the Green Revolution after a decade: A Swaziland case study. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 10(2), 135-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2011.600828

This paper analyses the impact of the Komati Pilot Project (KPP) upon members and their neighbours. The KPP was a Government of Swaziland (GoS)-financed irrigation scheme that enabled 43 subsistence and semi-subsistence farmers to change from rain-fe... Read More about Evaluating the Green Revolution after a decade: A Swaziland case study.

The chronoamperometric and voltammetric behaviour of glutathione at screen-printed carbon micro-band electrodes modified with cobalt phthalocyanine (2012)
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Honeychurch, K. C., & Hart, J. P. (2012). The chronoamperometric and voltammetric behaviour of glutathione at screen-printed carbon micro-band electrodes modified with cobalt phthalocyanine. Advances in Analytical Chemistry, 2(5), 46-52. https://doi.org/10.5923/j.aac.20120205.01

Screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) incorporating the electrocatalyst cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPC) have been successfully used for the manufacture of microband electrodes for the determination of reduced glutathione (GSH). Initially investigati... Read More about The chronoamperometric and voltammetric behaviour of glutathione at screen-printed carbon micro-band electrodes modified with cobalt phthalocyanine.

Patient directed self management of pain (PaDSMaP) compared to treatment as usual following total knee replacement: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2012)
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Donell, S., Deane, K., Swift, L., Barton, G., Balls, P., Darrah, C., & Gray, R. (2012). Patient directed self management of pain (PaDSMaP) compared to treatment as usual following total knee replacement: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 13, 204. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-13-204

Background: In 2009, 665 patients underwent total knee replacements (TKRs) at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), representing nearly 1% of the national total. Pain control following the operation can be poor, an... Read More about Patient directed self management of pain (PaDSMaP) compared to treatment as usual following total knee replacement: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Kinematic response of single piles for different boundary conditions: Analytical solutions and normalization schemes (2012)
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Anoyatis, G., Di Laora, R., Mandolini, A., & Mylonakis, G. (2013). Kinematic response of single piles for different boundary conditions: Analytical solutions and normalization schemes. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 44, 183-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2012.09.011

Kinematic pile-soil interaction is investigated analytically through a Beam-on-Dynamic-Winkler-Foundation model. A cylindrical vertical pile in a homogeneous stratum, excited by vertically-propagating harmonic shear waves, is examined in the realm of... Read More about Kinematic response of single piles for different boundary conditions: Analytical solutions and normalization schemes.

Triple-negative breast cancer and PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue)loss are predictors of BRCA1 germline mutations in women with early-onset and familial breast cancer, but not in women with isolated late-onset breast cancer (2012)
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Hassan, N., Phuah, S. Y., Looi, L. M., Rhodes, A., Dean, S., Taib, N. A., …Teo, S. H. (2012). Triple-negative breast cancer and PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue)loss are predictors of BRCA1 germline mutations in women with early-onset and familial breast cancer, but not in women with isolated late-onset breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research, 14(6), https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr3347

Introduction: Given that breast cancers in germline BRCA1 carriers are predominantly estrogen-negative and triple-negative, it has been suggested that women diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) younger than 50 years should be offered B... Read More about Triple-negative breast cancer and PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue)loss are predictors of BRCA1 germline mutations in women with early-onset and familial breast cancer, but not in women with isolated late-onset breast cancer.