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The diet of Great Tit Parus major nestlings in a Mediterranean Iberian forest: the important role of spiders (2011)
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Pagani–Núñez, E., Ruiz, Í., Quesada, J., Negro, J. J., & Senar, J. C. (2011). The diet of Great Tit Parus major nestlings in a Mediterranean Iberian forest: the important role of spiders. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 34(2), 355-361. https://

The diet of the Great Tit Parus major when rearing chicks has been described in many studies. However, data from the Mediterranean area is scarce. Here we describe the diet of nestlings in a population of Great Tits in a Mediterranean forest in Barce... Read More about The diet of Great Tit Parus major nestlings in a Mediterranean Iberian forest: the important role of spiders.

Mobility and Immobility in the European Union: Experiences of Young Polish People Living in the UK (2011)
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Botterill, K. (2011). Mobility and Immobility in the European Union: Experiences of Young Polish People Living in the UK. Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny, 6(1),

Mobility' is a zeitgeist of the European Union. European enlargement and the removal of borders in Central and Eastern Europe has reinvigorated geographical mobility in Europe while the extension of neo-liberal economic reform across the region has b... Read More about Mobility and Immobility in the European Union: Experiences of Young Polish People Living in the UK.

Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (part 2) (2011)
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Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. (2011). Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (part 2). Animal Welfare, 20(4), 549-558

The development of a novel structured questionnaire instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) in individual farmed pigs was described previously (companion paper). The instrument embraces the measurement of positive welfare, and was... Read More about Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (part 2).

Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (Part 1) (2011)
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Wiseman-Orr, M. L., Scott, E. M., & Nolan, A. M. (2011). Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (Part 1). Animal Welfare, 20(4), 535=548

Health-related quality of life (HRQL) was defined for farmed animals and identified as an appropriate focus of integrative welfare measurement for farmed pigs that embraces measurement of positive welfare. The instrument for HRQL measurement was de... Read More about Development and testing of a novel instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) of farmed pigs and promote welfare enhancement (Part 1).

Witness Interviews: Does recall of relational information improve identifiability of a facial composite? (2011)
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Skelton, F. C., Frowd, C. D., & Andrews, S. (2011). Witness Interviews: Does recall of relational information improve identifiability of a facial composite?. International Journal of Security and Its Applications, 5, 37-48

Facial composites are used by Police to generate lines of enquiry; unfortunately composites made by traditional ‘feature’ systems are not often accurately named. One reason could be that these systems tend to rely on descriptions of the criminal’s fa... Read More about Witness Interviews: Does recall of relational information improve identifiability of a facial composite?.

Preliminary evidence that glucose ingestion facilitates prospective memory performance (2011)
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Riby, L., Law, A., McLaughlin, J., & Murray, J. (2011). Preliminary evidence that glucose ingestion facilitates prospective memory performance. Nutrition Research, 31, 370-377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2011.04.003

Previous research has found that the ingestion of glucose boosts task performance in the memory domain (including tasks tapping episodic, semantic, and working memory). The present pilot study tested the hypothesis that glucose ingestion would enha... Read More about Preliminary evidence that glucose ingestion facilitates prospective memory performance.

Assessment of accuracy, reliability and force measurement errors for a tethered swimming apparatus (2011)
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Psycharakis, S., Paradisis, G., & Zacharogiannis, E. (2011). Assessment of accuracy, reliability and force measurement errors for a tethered swimming apparatus. International journal of performance analysis in sport, 11, 410-416

Researchers frequently use purpose-built devices to calculate propulsive forces during tethered swimming. Although such devices are subject to force measurement errors, no specific methods have been suggested in the swimming literature for the estima... Read More about Assessment of accuracy, reliability and force measurement errors for a tethered swimming apparatus.

Shoulder and hip roll differences between breathing and non-breathing conditions in front crawl swimming (2011)
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Psycharakis, S., & McCabe, C. (2011). Shoulder and hip roll differences between breathing and non-breathing conditions in front crawl swimming. Journal of Biomechanics, 44, 1752-1756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.004

The effects of breathing on body roll have been previously investigated for the roll of the whole trunk only. The purposes of this study were: to calculate separately the shoulder roll (SR) and hip roll (HR) of swimmers during front crawl for non-bre... Read More about Shoulder and hip roll differences between breathing and non-breathing conditions in front crawl swimming.

A longitudinal analysis on the validity and reliability of ratings of perceived exertion for elite swimmers (2011)
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Psycharakis, S. (2011). A longitudinal analysis on the validity and reliability of ratings of perceived exertion for elite swimmers. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 25, 420-426. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181bff58c

The purpose of this study was to examine longitudinally the reliability and validity of ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) for monitoring exercise intensity in elite swimmers, with the percentage of maximum heart rate (%HRmax) and the blood lactate... Read More about A longitudinal analysis on the validity and reliability of ratings of perceived exertion for elite swimmers.

Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality. (2011)
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Murray, J., Thomson, M. E., Cooke, D. J., & Charles, K. E. (2011). Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 16, 126-143. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532510X490183

Purpose: The present research aimed to investigate the effects of attribution on expert clinical judgment in comparison to semi-experts and lay-people. Two research questions were addressed. Firstly, would experts be less subject to attributional m... Read More about Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality..

Kinematic differences between front crawl sprint and distance swimmers at sprint pace (2011)
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McCabe, C., Psycharakis, S., & Sanders, R. (2011). Kinematic differences between front crawl sprint and distance swimmers at sprint pace. Journal of Sports Sciences, 29, 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2010.523090

The purpose of this study was to use three-dimensional methods to determine whether there are distinct kinematic differences between sprint and distance front crawl swimmers when swimming at a sprint pace. Seven sprint and eight distance specialists... Read More about Kinematic differences between front crawl sprint and distance swimmers at sprint pace.

Young people exiting homelessness: an exploration of process, meaning and definition. (2011)
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Mayock, P., O'Sullivan, E., & Corr, M. (2011). Young people exiting homelessness: an exploration of process, meaning and definition. Housing Studies, 26, 803-826. doi:10.1080/02673037.2011.593131

In the past decade in particular, research attention has shifted from an almost exclusive focus on routes or pathways into homelessness towards the investigation of exits from homelessness. As well as demonstrating the multiple paths possible for you... Read More about Young people exiting homelessness: an exploration of process, meaning and definition..

Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness. (2011)
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Mayock, P., Corr, M., & O'Sullivan, E. (2011). Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness. Child and Family Social Work, 16, 391-401. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00753.x

The families of homeless young people are most often portrayed as a precipitating factor in their homelessness. However, recent studies, particularly those taking a longitudinal approach, have drawn attention to the enabling role of family members an... Read More about Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness..

Desynchronizing effects of lightning strike disturbances on cyclic forest dynamics in mangrove plantations. (2011)
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Kautz, M., Berger, U., Stoyan, D., Vogt, J., Khan, N. I., Diele, K., …Nam, V. N. (2011). Desynchronizing effects of lightning strike disturbances on cyclic forest dynamics in mangrove plantations. Aquatic Botany, 95, 173-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.05.005

Plantations released from management are vulnerable to transient oscillations until cohort dynamics are broken and the vertical and horizontal structures of the plantation are transformed to those of more natural forests. Cohort-desynchronizing facto... Read More about Desynchronizing effects of lightning strike disturbances on cyclic forest dynamics in mangrove plantations..

Impact of the talent development environment on achievement goals and life aspirations in Singapore (2011)
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John Wang, C. K., Sproule, J., McNeill, M., Martindale, R. J. J., & Lee, K. S. (2011). Impact of the talent development environment on achievement goals and life aspirations in Singapore. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 23, 263-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2010.543120

Producing successful athletes in Singapore is a high priority, and the financial rewards for those that make it are great. In light of such an extrinsically motivated structure, the purpose of the current study was to examine the impact of the talent... Read More about Impact of the talent development environment on achievement goals and life aspirations in Singapore.

Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (2011)
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Harper, M., O'Connor, R., Dickson, A., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2011). Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 16, 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2010.532558

The main objective of this study was to identify how bereaved mothers describe their coping strategies in their own words. The literature on parental bereavement is sparse, and the present study aims to add to existing knowledge by eliciting the moth... Read More about Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Familiarity effects in the construction of facial composite images using modern software systems. (2011)
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Frowd, C. D., Skelton, F. C., Butt, N., Hassan, A., Fields, S., & Hancock, P. J. B. (2011). Familiarity effects in the construction of facial composite images using modern software systems. Ergonomics, 54, 1147-1158. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2011.623328

We investigate the effect of target familiarity on the construction of facial composites, as used by law-enforcement to locate criminal suspects. Two popular software construction methods were investigated. Participants were shown a target face tha... Read More about Familiarity effects in the construction of facial composite images using modern software systems..

Catching more offenders with EvoFIT facial composites: Lab research and Police field trials. (2011)
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Frowd, C. D., Hancock, P. J. B., Bruce, V., Skelton, F. C., Atherton, C., Nelson, L., …Sendrea, G. (2011). Catching more offenders with EvoFIT facial composites: Lab research and Police field trials. Global Journal of Human Social Science, 11(3), 34-46

Often, the only evidence of an offender’s identity comes from the memory of an eyewitness. For over 12 years, we have been developing software called EvoFIT to help eyewitnesses recover their memories of offenders’ faces, to assist police investigati... Read More about Catching more offenders with EvoFIT facial composites: Lab research and Police field trials..

Co-induction of cyclooxyenase-2 and early growth response gene (Egr-1) in spinal cord in a clinical model of persistent inflammation and hyperalgesia (2011)
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Dolan, S., Hastie, P. G. R., Crossan, C., & Nolan, A. M. (2011). Co-induction of cyclooxyenase-2 and early growth response gene (Egr-1) in spinal cord in a clinical model of persistent inflammation and hyperalgesia. Molecular Pain, 7, 91. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8069-7-91

Background This study characterised the effects of persistent peripheral inflammation of the foot on pain and spinal cord expression of cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 (COX-1 and COX-2) and early growth response gene 1 (Egr-1), known markers of neuronal p... Read More about Co-induction of cyclooxyenase-2 and early growth response gene (Egr-1) in spinal cord in a clinical model of persistent inflammation and hyperalgesia.

Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 in spinal cord inhibits pain and hyperalgesia in a novel formalin model in sheep (2011)
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Dolan, S., Gunn, M. D., Crossan, C., & Nolan, A. M. (2011). Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 in spinal cord inhibits pain and hyperalgesia in a novel formalin model in sheep. Behavioural Pharmacology, 22, 582-588. https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0b013e3283478802

This study set out to characterize the contribution of group III metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 activation to nociceptive behaviour and mechanical hypersensitivity in a novel formalin test in sheep. The mGlu receptor 7 allosteric agonist, N,N′-dib... Read More about Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 in spinal cord inhibits pain and hyperalgesia in a novel formalin model in sheep.