Fire and climate change impacts on lowland forest composition in northern Congo during the last 2580 years from palaeoecological analyses of a seasonally flooded swamp by Brncic, T, Willis, K, Harris, D, Telfer, M, Bailey, R

“…Is this forest in the process of succession after natural climatic variation and/or anthropogenic disturbances in the past, or is it a stable forest type? …”

The development of organolead reagents in organic synthesis by Wright, E, Moloney, M

“…It was found that alternative catalysts, such as mercury(II) chloride, could be used successfully in the α-phenylation reaction.</p>…”

Distributed interactions across multiple brain circuits explain performance in a cued spatiovisual discrimination task by Morley, A

“…We found that in a cued discrimination task, where mice used LED-based visual cues to determine their behaviour in response to an auditory stimulus, these same brain-wide assemblies evolve with the successful translation of local sensory representations into behaviour. …”

Towards a multi-arm multi-stage platform trial of disease modifying approaches in Parkinson's disease by Foltynie, T, Gandhi, S, Gonzalez-Robles, C, Zeissler, M-L, Mills, G, Barker, R, Carpenter, J, Schrag, A, Schapira, A, Bandmann, O, Mullin, S, Duffen, J, Tofaris, GK, McFarthing, K, Chataway, J, Parmar, M, Carroll, C

“…An increase in the efficiency of clinical trial conduct has been successfully demonstrated in the oncology field, by the use of multi-arm, multi-stage trials allowing the evaluation of multiple therapeutic candidates simultaneously, and seamless recruitment to phase 3 for those candidates passing an interim signal of efficacy. …”

Parents' Active Role and ENgagement in The review of their Stillbirth/perinatal death 2 (PARENTS 2) study: a mixed-methods study of implementation by Burden, Christy, Bakhbakhi, D, Heazell, AE, Kurinczuk, J, Et al.

“…Parent engagement in the process is likely to be essential for a successful review and to improve patient safety. This study aimed to evaluate an intervention process of parental engagement in perinatal mortality review (PNMR) and to identify barriers and facilitators to its implementation. …”

Littérature féminine; Rousseau; Voltaire; Théâtre

“…Moureux, Un épisode inconnu de la querelle Voltaire-Needham<br/> Roselyne Laplace, Autour de la création d’<em>Irène</em> E.M Langille, Allusion to homosexuality in Voltaire’s <em>Candide</em>: a reassesment<br/> Samy Ben Messaoud, La succession de Voltaire: abstention de l’abbé Mignot<br/> Marco di Palma, Rousseau’s Enlightment ethics: the synthesis of materialism and morals<br/> Armelle St-Martin, <em>Les Cent vingt journées de Sodome</em>, ou les coulisses du pouvoir <br/> Miladen Kozul, Les fragments inédits du théâtre de Sade: <em> La Ruse d’amour</em> et la théâtralité sadienne <br/> John Dunkley, Autour de la ‘Harangue de M.Boindin’: supercherie littéraire et texte inédit attribué à Nicolas Boindin <br/> Simon Davies, <em>Lettres d’une Péruvienne</em>, 1977-1997: the present state of studies<br/> Pierre Saint-Amand, <em>Manon Lescaut</em> ou le dé-ménagement<br/> Carol de Dobay Rifelj, <em>Cheveux épars</em>: hair, suffering and eroticism in the French novel<br/> Penny Brown, Rational fairies and the pursuit of virtue: didactic strategies in early French children’s literature <br/> Jacqueline Letzter and Robert Adelson, Women opera composers face the Parisian <em>comités de lecture</em>: where institutional barriers meet social barriers to performance<br/> Russel Gourlbourne, The eighteenth-century ‘querelle des vers’ and Jean Du Castre d’Auvigny’s <em>La tragédie en prose</em> Résumés <br/>…”

The effect of extracellular tonicity on the anatomy of triad complexes in amphibian skeletal muscle. by Martin, C, Petousi, N, Chawla, S, Hockaday, A, Burgess, A, Fraser, J, Huang, C, Skepper, J

“…Fully polarized fibres correspondingly showed elementary Ca(2+)-release events ('sparks', in 100 mM-sucrose-Ringer solution), sustained Ca2+ elevations and propagated Ca2+ waves (&gt; or = 350-500 mM sucrose) following exposure to physiological Ringer solutions of successively greater tonicities. These were absent in hypotonic, isotonic or less strongly hypertonic (approximately 50 mM sucrose-Ringer) solutions. …”

A comparison of intraosseous and intravenous adrenaline administration during resuscitation of asphyxiated newborn lambs by Roberts, CT, Klink, S, Schmölzer, GM, Roehr, C, Polglase, GR

“…</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> ROSC was successful in 7/9 intraosseous adrenaline lambs and 10/12 intravenous adrenaline lambs. …”

Tetramates as antibacterial and anticancer core scaffolds by Cullere, L

“…Preparation of reduced acyltetramates was only successful via hydrogenation of the Weinreb amide and subsequent Grignard substitution.…”

A reporting guideline for clinical platelet transfusion studies from the BEST Collaborative by Meyer, E, Delaney, M, Lin, Y, Morris, A, Pavenski, K, Tinmouth, A, Murphy, M, Slichter, S, Heddle, N, Dumont, L

“…CONCLUSION: Use of the Delphi method was successful in finding consensus on items to include in reports of a clinical PLT transfusion study. …”

Temazepam at high altitude reduces periodic breathing without impairing next-day performance: a randomized cross-over double-blind study. by Nickol, A, Leverment, J, Richards, P, Seal, P, Harris, G, Cleland, J, Dubowitz, G, Collier, D, Milledge, J, Stradling, JR, Morrell, M

“…Volunteers took 10 mg of temazepam and placebo in random order on two successive nights soon after arrival at 5000 m, following a 17-day trek from 410 m. …”

Simulation of the effects of extracellular calcium changes leads to a novel computational model of human ventricular action potential with a revised calcium handling by C Bartolucci, E Passini, J Hyttinen, M Paci, S Severi

“…Our results indicate that we successfully developed an improved version of ORd, which can be used to investigate electrophysiological changes and pro-arrhythmic abnormalities induced by electrolyte variations and current block at multiple rates and at the population level.…”

Calibrating the duration and timing of the Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean: linked tectonoclimatic signals in thrust-top basins of Sicily

“…Deposits within the Caltanissetta Basin of central Sicily are used to calibrate the duration and timing of these fluctuations. Two successions of evaporites termed 'First Cycle' and ‘Second Cycle’, are separated by an inter-regional unconformity. …”

Applying the resource dispersion hypothesis to a fission–fusion society: A case study of the African lion (Panthera leo) by Mbizah, M, Valeix, M, Macdonald, D, Loveridge, A

“…While the resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH) was formulated to explain why animals sometimes live in groups from which they derive no obvious benefits, it has also been successfully applied to species that benefit from group living. …”

Simultaneous measurement and modulation of multiple physiological parameters in the isolated heart using optical techniques by Lee, P, Yan, P, Ewart, P, Kohl, P, Loew, L, Bollensdorff, C

“…Calcium maps (heart loaded with di-4-ANBDQPQ and rhod-2) demonstrate successful NP-EGTA loading and local flash photolysis. …”

The politics of culture in the world of René of Anjou by Margolis, O, Oren J Margolis

“…After René’s ultimate military failure in the 1458-64 Neapolitan war of succession, his network evolved into a faction opposed to the Italian League and the state system it sustained.…”

(Micro)saccade-related potentials during face recognition: A study combining EEG, eye-tracking, and deconvolution modeling by Spiering, L, Dimigen, O

“…Under natural viewing conditions, complex stimuli such as human faces are typically looked at several times in succession, implying that their recognition may unfold across multiple eye fixations. …”

Regulatory capacity and knowledge brokers in the decarbonisation of electricity systems by Valenzuela Robles Linares, JM

“…Independent system operators and expert organisations are alternatives for knowledge brokering that can be crucial to successful regulatory innovations. This research explores the mechanisms and significance of knowledge brokerage through the use of process tracing, network analysis and the controlled comparison of two liberalised electricity systems –Chile and the UK– and two state dominated systems –China and Mexico. …”

Monetary policy, 1833-9 : with special reference to the Anglo-American crisis of 1837 by Ledward, WP

“…And, if a more discretionary policy had been adopted, it must be doubted whether this would have been much more successful, for the lesson of the monetary history of the 1830's is that monetary control is very difficult to achieve in a sophisticated financial system.…”

Structural, morphological and Raman studies of CdS/CdSe sensitized TiO2 nanocrystalline thin films for quantum dot sensitized solar cell applications by Bousiakou, L, Ivanda, M, Mikac, L, Raptis, D, Gotic, M, Lianos, P, Jurschat, K, Johnston, C

“…Furthermore, a layer of CdS and CdSe nanoparticles was deposited on the titania film by a sequence of successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) and chemical bath deposition (CBD) methods. …”