Outputs (109)

Investigating the effects of predator removal and habitat management on nest success and breeding population size of a farmland passerine: a case study (2008)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C., Stoate, C., Szczur, J., & Norris, K. (2008). Investigating the effects of predator removal and habitat management on nest success and breeding population size of a farmland passerine: a case study. Ibis, 150, 178-190. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00858.x

Passerines are especially vulnerable to predation at the pre-independence stage. Although the role of nest success in British farmland passerine declines is contentious, improvement in nest success through sympathetic management could play a role in... Read More about Investigating the effects of predator removal and habitat management on nest success and breeding population size of a farmland passerine: a case study.

Identification in rats of a programming window for reproductive tract masculinization, disruption of which leads to hypospadias and cryptorchidism (2008)
Journal Article
Welsh, M., Saunders, P. T. K., Fisken, M., Scott, H. M., Hutchison, G. R., Smith, L. B., & Sharpe, R. M. (2008). Identification in rats of a programming window for reproductive tract masculinization, disruption of which leads to hypospadias and cryptorchidism. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 118(4), 1479-1490. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI34241

Becoming a phenotypic male is ultimately determined by androgen-induced masculinization. Disorders of fetal masculinization, resulting in hypospadias or cryptorchidism, are common, but their cause remains unclear. Together with the adult-onset disord... Read More about Identification in rats of a programming window for reproductive tract masculinization, disruption of which leads to hypospadias and cryptorchidism.

Biofuels - the solution for the future is in the past: history of butanol fermentation and its application as a biofuel (2008)
Journal Article
Tangney, M., & White, J. S. (2008). Biofuels - the solution for the future is in the past: history of butanol fermentation and its application as a biofuel. The Brewer and Distiller International, 4, 53-55

Donkey nutrition, Chapter 1 (2008)
Book Chapter
Smith, D., & Wood, S. (2008). Donkey nutrition, Chapter 1. In D. Svendsen (Ed.), The professional handbook of the donkey (10-27). Whttet Books

This chapter focus on the significant aspects regarding the nutrition of donkeys. Topics include: the donkey's natural feeding patterns, the structure of the donkey's gut, physical breakdown, chemical breakdown, the nature of donkey's food, water req... Read More about Donkey nutrition, Chapter 1.

Swimming. (2008)
Book Chapter
Sanders, R., Psycharakis, S., Naemi, R., McCabe, C., & Machtsiras, G. (2008). Swimming. In Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science (323-339). Routledge

Young people's homeless pathways (2008)
Report
Mayock, P., Corr, M.-L., & O'Sullivan, E. (2008). Young people's homeless pathways

This is a qualitative longitudinal study of homeless young people in Dublin city. The research adopted a pathways approach and set out to document, record and understand temporal change in the homeless experience over time. A core aim was to generate... Read More about Young people's homeless pathways.

It's wrong for a a boy to hit a girl because the girl might cry: investigating primary school children's attitudes towards violence against women. (2008)
Book Chapter
Lombard, N. (2008). It's wrong for a a boy to hit a girl because the girl might cry: investigating primary school children's attitudes towards violence against women. In F. Alexander, & K. Throsby (Eds.), Gender and Interpersonal Violence: Language, Action and Representation (121-138). Palgrave MacMillan

The construction and negotiation of risk and trust in families (Risiko und Vertrauen in Familien ais Konstruktion und Aushandlungsprozess). (2008)
Book Chapter
Harden, J., & Backett-Milburn, K. (2008). The construction and negotiation of risk and trust in families (Risiko und Vertrauen in Familien ais Konstruktion und Aushandlungsprozess). In H. Kelle, & A. Tervooren (Eds.), Ganz normale kinder: heterogenitat und standardisierung kindlicher. Enticklung Weinheim

Aggressive monopolization of mobile carers by young of a cooperative breeder (2008)
Journal Article
Gilchrist, J. (2008). Aggressive monopolization of mobile carers by young of a cooperative breeder. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275, 2491-2498. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0597

Competition between young of the same brood or litter is of particular interest in the fields of behavioural and evolutionary ecology, because the competing individuals are likely to be closely related, where evolutionary theory predicts a greater de... Read More about Aggressive monopolization of mobile carers by young of a cooperative breeder.

Does the UK Local Finance Improvement Trust (LIFT) initiative improve risk management in public-private procurement? (2008)
Journal Article
Fitzsimmons, D., Brown, S., & Beck, M. (2008). Does the UK Local Finance Improvement Trust (LIFT) initiative improve risk management in public-private procurement?. Journal of risk and governance, 1, 137-156

The UK government introduced the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and, latterly, the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) in an attempt to improve public service provision. As a variant of PFI, LIFT seeks to create a framework for the effective pro... Read More about Does the UK Local Finance Improvement Trust (LIFT) initiative improve risk management in public-private procurement?.