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Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality (2013)
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Pagani-Núñez, E., & Senar, J. C. (2014). Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality. Acta oecologica, 55, 23-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2013.11.001

Given the known influence of parental investment on breeding success of great tits Parus major, females should be expected to use male parental quality as an essential criterion in mate choice. Since parental quality cannot usually be observed direct... Read More about Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality.

Predicting the ecological impacts of a new freshwater invader: functional responses and prey selectivity of the ‘killer shrimp’, Dikerogammarus villosus, compared to the native Gammarus pulex (2013)
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Dodd, J. A., Dick, J. T. A., Alexander, M. E., MacNeil, C., Dunn, A. M., & Aldridge, D. C. (2014). Predicting the ecological impacts of a new freshwater invader: functional responses and prey selectivity of the ‘killer shrimp’, Dikerogammarus villosus, compared to the native Gammarus pulex. Freshwater Biology, 59(2), 337-352. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12268

The ability to predict the likely ecological impacts of invasive species in fresh waters is a pressing research requirement. Whilst comparisons of species traits and considerations of invasion history have some efficacy in this respect, we require ro... Read More about Predicting the ecological impacts of a new freshwater invader: functional responses and prey selectivity of the ‘killer shrimp’, Dikerogammarus villosus, compared to the native Gammarus pulex.

Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: urban and forest birds differ (2013)
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Torné-Noguera, A., Pagani-Núñez, E., & Senar, J. C. (2014). Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: urban and forest birds differ. Journal of Ornithology, 155(1), 315-318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-1025-5

Animal research commonly requires temporary handling of study animals. In this study, we compared the response to handling stress in urban and forest Great Tits (Parus major). We measured breath rate, which has been suggested as a proxy of the stress... Read More about Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: urban and forest birds differ.

Using focus groups in naturally occurring settings (2013)
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Brown, S. (2013). Using focus groups in naturally occurring settings. Qualitative Research Journal, 15, 86-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-11-2013-0068

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the experiences of conducting focus groups amongst acquaintances in naturally occurring settings, where participants were known to each other and participation was less about being recruited, and m... Read More about Using focus groups in naturally occurring settings.

A holidic medium for Drosophila melanogaster (2013)
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Piper, M. D. W., Blanc, E., Leitão-Gonçalves, R., Yang, M., He, X., Linford, N. J., Hoddinott, M. P., Hopfen, C., Soultoukis, G. A., Niemeyer, C., Kerr, F., Pletcher, S. D., Ribeiro, C., & Partridge, L. (2014). A holidic medium for Drosophila melanogaster. Nature methods, 11(1), 100-105. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2731

A critical requirement for research using model organisms is a well-defined and consistent diet. There is currently no complete chemically defined (holidic) diet available for Drosophila melanogaster. We describe a holidic medium that is equal in per... Read More about A holidic medium for Drosophila melanogaster.

Improving Discrimination and Face Matching with Caricature: Improving face matching with caricature (2013)
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McIntyre, A. H., Hancock, P. J. B., Kittler, J., & Langton, S. R. H. (2013). Improving Discrimination and Face Matching with Caricature: Improving face matching with caricature. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27(6), 725-734. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.2966

Summary: Identification of faces from photographs is a common security measure, but matching unfamiliar faces produces high rates of error. Caricatures of familiar people are highly identifiable because they exaggerate distinctive features. We inves... Read More about Improving Discrimination and Face Matching with Caricature: Improving face matching with caricature.

Training status and sex influence on senescent T-lymphocyte redistribution in response to acute maximal exercise (2013)
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Brown, F. F., Bigley, A. B., Sherry, C., Neal, C. M., Witard, O. C., Simpson, R. J., & Galloway, S. D. (2014). Training status and sex influence on senescent T-lymphocyte redistribution in response to acute maximal exercise. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 39, 152-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2013.10.031

Purpose Investigate training status and sex effects on the redistribution of senescent and naïve T-lymphocytes following acute exercise. Methods Sixteen (8 male, 8 female) trained (18.3 ± 1.7 yr) soccer players (Tr) and sixteen (8 male, 8 female... Read More about Training status and sex influence on senescent T-lymphocyte redistribution in response to acute maximal exercise.

Caste load and the evolution of reproductive skew (2013)
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Holman, L. (2014). Caste load and the evolution of reproductive skew. American Naturalist, 183(1), 84-95. https://doi.org/10.1086/674052

Reproductive skew theory seeks to explain how reproduction is divided among group members in animal societies. Existing theory is framed almost entirely in terms of selection, though nonadaptive processes must also play some role in the evolution of... Read More about Caste load and the evolution of reproductive skew.

The Effects of a Single Dose of Concentrated Beetroot Juice on Performance in Trained Flatwater Kayakers (2013)
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Muggeridge, D. J., Howe, C. C. F., Spendiff, O., Pedlar, C., James, P. E., & Easton, C. (2013). The Effects of a Single Dose of Concentrated Beetroot Juice on Performance in Trained Flatwater Kayakers. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 23(5), 498-506. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.23.5.498

The aim of the current study was to determine the effects of dietary nitrate ingestion on parameters of submaximal and supramaximal exercise and time trial (TT) performance in trained kayakers. Eight male kayakers completed four exercise trials consi... Read More about The Effects of a Single Dose of Concentrated Beetroot Juice on Performance in Trained Flatwater Kayakers.

GABAA receptor chloride channels are involved in the neuroprotective role of GABA following oxygen and glucose deprivation in the rat cerebral cortex but not in the hippocampus (2013)
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Darlison, M. G., Dos-Anjos, S., Llorente, I. L., Llorente, I. L., Perez-Rodriguez, D., Martínez-Villayandre, B., Dos Anjos, S., Darlison, M. G., Poole, A. V., & Fernández-López, A. (2013). GABAA receptor chloride channels are involved in the neuroprotective role of GABA following oxygen and glucose deprivation in the rat cerebral cortex but not in the hippocampus. Brain Research, 1533, 141-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2013.08.024

Assays on "ex vivo" sections of rat hippocampus and rat cerebral cortex, subjected to oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) and a three-hour reperfusion-like (RL) recovery, were performed in the presence of either GABA or the GABA(A) receptor binding... Read More about GABAA receptor chloride channels are involved in the neuroprotective role of GABA following oxygen and glucose deprivation in the rat cerebral cortex but not in the hippocampus.

Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery (2013)
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Kirui, B. K. Y., Kairo, J. G., Bosire, J. O., Viergever, K. M., Rudra, S., Huxham, M., & Briers, R. A. (2013). Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery. Ocean and Coastal Management, 83, 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.12.004

Mangroves in Kenya provide a wide range of valuable services to coastal communities despite their relatively small total area. Studies at single sites show reductions in extent and quality caused by extraction for fuel wood and timber and clearance f... Read More about Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery.

Chemical induction in mangrove crab megalopae. Ucides cordatus (Ucididae): Do young recruits emit metamorphosis-triggering odours as do conspecific adults? (2013)
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Simith, D. D. J. D. B., Abrunhosa, F. A., & Diele, K. (2013). Chemical induction in mangrove crab megalopae. Ucides cordatus (Ucididae): Do young recruits emit metamorphosis-triggering odours as do conspecific adults?. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 131, 264-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.07.015

In many brachyuran species, including the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus, water-soluble chemicals (odours) emitted by adult residents trigger metamorphosis of megalopae, probably facilitating habitat selection and settlement near conspecific crab popu... Read More about Chemical induction in mangrove crab megalopae. Ucides cordatus (Ucididae): Do young recruits emit metamorphosis-triggering odours as do conspecific adults?.

The evolution of genomic imprinting: costs, benefits and long-term consequences (2013)
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Holman, L., & Kokko, . H. (2014). The evolution of genomic imprinting: costs, benefits and long-term consequences. Biological Reviews, 89(3), 568-587. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12069

Genomic imprinting refers to a pattern of gene expression in which a specific parent's allele is either under‐expressed or completely silenced. Imprinting is an evolutionary conundrum because it appears to incur the costs of diploidy (e.g. presenting... Read More about The evolution of genomic imprinting: costs, benefits and long-term consequences.

"I'm not insane, my mother had me tested." The risks and benefits of being labelled 'at-risk' for psychosis. (2013)
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Welsh, P., & Brown, S. (2013). "I'm not insane, my mother had me tested." The risks and benefits of being labelled 'at-risk' for psychosis. Health, Risk and Society, 15, 648-662. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2013.848846

In this article we examine the identification of young people deemed to be at an elevated risk of developing psychosis (often referred to as an At-Risk Mental State for psychosis). Although this is not a new concept within psychiatry, there has been... Read More about "I'm not insane, my mother had me tested." The risks and benefits of being labelled 'at-risk' for psychosis..

The feasibility and acceptability of the provision of alcohol screening and brief advice in pharmacies for women accessing emergency contraception: an evaluation study. (2013)
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Brown, S., Henderson, E., & Sullivan, C. (2013). The feasibility and acceptability of the provision of alcohol screening and brief advice in pharmacies for women accessing emergency contraception: an evaluation study. BMC Public Health, 14, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1139

Background: It is widely accepted that excessive drinking contributes to both health and social problems. There has been considerable interest in the potential of community pharmacies as a setting for health advice, and evidence suggests that interve... Read More about The feasibility and acceptability of the provision of alcohol screening and brief advice in pharmacies for women accessing emergency contraception: an evaluation study..

Fungi at a Small Scale: Spatial Zonation of Fungal Assemblages around Single Trees (2013)
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Branco, S., Bruns, T. D., & Singleton, I. (2013). Fungi at a Small Scale: Spatial Zonation of Fungal Assemblages around Single Trees. PLOS ONE, 8(10), Article e78295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078295

Biological communities are often structured by environmental factors even at small spatial scales. Fungi are no exception, though the patterns and mechanisms underlying their community structure are usually unknown. Previous work documented zonation... Read More about Fungi at a Small Scale: Spatial Zonation of Fungal Assemblages around Single Trees.

Predators vs. alien: differential biotic resistance to an invasive species by two resident predators (2013)
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MacNeil, C., Dick, J., Alexander, M., Dodd, J., & Ricciardi, A. (2013). Predators vs. alien: differential biotic resistance to an invasive species by two resident predators. NeoBiota, 19, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.19.4839

The success of invading species can be restricted by interspecific interactions such as competition and predation (i.e. biotic resistance) from resident species, which may be natives or previous invaders. Whilst there are myriad examples of resident... Read More about Predators vs. alien: differential biotic resistance to an invasive species by two resident predators.

miRNA-221 and miRNA-222 synergistically function to promote vascular calcification: MIR221/222 PROMOTE VASCULAR CALCIFICATION (2013)
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Mackenzie, N. C. W., Staines, K. A., Zhu, D., Genever, P., & MacRae, V. E. (2014). miRNA-221 and miRNA-222 synergistically function to promote vascular calcification: MIR221/222 PROMOTE VASCULAR CALCIFICATION. Cell Biochemistry and Function, 32(2), 209-216. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbf.3005

Vascular calcification shares many similarities with skeletal mineralisation and involves the phenotypic trans-differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) to osteoblastic cells within a calcified environment. Various microRNAs (miRs) are... Read More about miRNA-221 and miRNA-222 synergistically function to promote vascular calcification: MIR221/222 PROMOTE VASCULAR CALCIFICATION.

Parasites of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from an urban area in Germany, in relation to worldwide results (2013)
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Frank, R., Kuhn, T., Mehlhorn, H., Rueckert, S., Pham, D., & Klimpel, S. (2013). Parasites of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from an urban area in Germany, in relation to worldwide results. Parasitology Research, 112(12), 4255-4266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-013-3617-7

The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) belongs to the most invasive and successful mammalian species, which is distributed nearly worldwide. In Europe, they inhabit broad parts of the mainland and subsequently reached several European islands vi... Read More about Parasites of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from an urban area in Germany, in relation to worldwide results.

Crozier’s paradox revisited: maintenance of genetic recognition systems by disassortative mating (2013)
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Holman, L., van Zweden, J. S., Linksvayer, T. A., & d’Ettorre, P. (2013). Crozier’s paradox revisited: maintenance of genetic recognition systems by disassortative mating. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13, 211. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-211

Background Organisms are predicted to behave more favourably towards relatives, and kin-biased cooperation has been found in all domains of life from bacteria to vertebrates. Cooperation based on genetic recognition cues is paradoxical because it... Read More about Crozier’s paradox revisited: maintenance of genetic recognition systems by disassortative mating.