Longitudinal associations between social connections and subjective wellbeing in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing by Shankar, Aparna, Rafnsson, Snorri Bjorn, Steptoe, Andrew

“…Design: Measures of social relationships were obtained at baseline and associations with well-being over the following six years were analysed using mixed models. Main outcome measures: Hedonic and evaluative well-being assessed every two years over the six-year period. …”
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A Novel Monofilar-Archimedean Metamaterial Inspired Leaky-Wave Antenna for Scanning Application for Passive Radar Systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Ali, Abdul, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Measured bandwidth of the antenna is 710 MHz (165-875 MHz) corresponding to a fractional bandwidth of 136.5%. The main advantage of the antenna is its ability to scan over a wide angle from -25 degrees to +45 degrees with acceptable gain and radiation efficiency of 1.2 dBi and 50.1%, respectively, measured at 400 MHz. …”
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Epidithiodiketopiperazines inhibit protein degradation by targeting Proteasome Deubiquitinase Rpn11 by Li, Jing, Zhang, Yaru, Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Wang, Feng, Ma, Yuyong, Perez, Christian, Yang, Yanling, Peng, Junmin, Cohen, Seth M., Chou, Tsui-Fen, Hilton, Stephen T., Deshaies, Raymond J.

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Molecular tiling on the surface of a bacterial spore - the exosporium of the Bacillus anthracis/cereus/thuringiensis group by Terry, Cassandra, Jiang, Shuo, Radford, David S., Wan, Qiang, Tzokov, Svetomir, Moir, Anne, Bullough, Per A.

“…Until now, the identity of the main structural protein components of the basal layer was unknown. …”
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Classifying and evaluating assessment feedback practices by Palmer-Brown, Dominic, Cai, Fang Fang, Patel, Preeti

“…The taxonomy is then evaluated with the use of dimensions such as effectiveness/impact, satisfaction, adoption/engagement and quantity of feedback. The main finding of the taxonomical evaluation is the significance of developmental feed-forward guidance with which students are able to self-regulate and evaluate themselves. …”
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Union activism : an exploration of the differential consequences of employee and freelancer experiences by Jones, Edith Ann

“…A combined methods approach is adopted, providing qualitative and quantitative data in order to deliver comprehensive answers to the main research questions. The primarily qualitative research involves semi-structured interviews conducted with high profile union activists. …”
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An extended FABEER model for the equilibrium Chinese yuan/US dollar nominal exchange rate by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…We extend the FABEER model to include eleven of China’s main trade partners which account for 82% of its foreign trade. …”
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Usage and Consequences of Privacy Settings in Microblogs by Daehnhardt, Elena, Taylor, Nick K., Jing, Yanguo

“…Our findings revealed that protecting user accounts is not always detrimental to exploiting the main microblogging features. Additionally, we found that users across geographic regions have different privacy preferences. …”
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Use of ‘gay dating apps’ and its relationship with individual well-being and sense of community in men who have sex with men by Zervoulis, Karyofyllis, Smith, David S., Reed, Rhiannon, Dinos, Sokratis

“…Still, there is some evidence that those MSM who use GDAs mainly for sexual encounters report higher levels of self-esteem and of satisfaction with life compared to those who use GDAs mainly for other reasons. …”
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Investigation of binary and ternary solvent systems for dermal delivery of methadone by Kung, Chin-Ping, Zhang, Yanling, Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Hadgraft, Jonathan, Lane, Majella E., Patel, Bhumik, McCulloch, Renée

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The elevator illusion results from the combination of body orientation and egocentric perception. by Paillard, Aurore, Denise, Pierre, Barraud, P.-A., Roux, A., Cian, C.

“…“elevator illusion”). The main aim of this study was to quantify the contribution of body and egocentric perception in the elevator illusion. …”
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On existence and uniqueness of a modified carrying simplex for discrete Kolmogorov systems by Hou, Zhanyuan

“…As an example of applications of the main result, sufficient conditions are provided for vanishing species and dominance of one species over others.…”
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An evaluation of the experiences of the hidden curriculum of Black and minority ethnic undergraduate health and social care students at a London university by Webb, Justin, Arthur, Ryan, McFairlane-Edmond, Pansy, Burns, Tom, Warren, Digby

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Informed, engaged and empowered? : A thicker description of community participation in the setting of coastal adaptation policy in England and Wales by Blunkell, Christopher Thomas

“…Overall, coastal planning exercises do not appear to satisfy the main tenet of 'localism' - that citizens should be given power over decisions that affect them. …”
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Kinenoetic analysis: unveiling the material traces of insight by Ross, Wendy, Vallée-Tourangeau, Frédéric

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The impact of corporate social responsibility on construction workers by Buckley, Andrea Michelle

“…In the industry it is common for main contractors to be employed by the client, and then to subcontract out the work to a supply chain of subcontractors, who may further outsource the work to subbies and agency workers. …”
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Regulation theory/Global Fordism and Peripheral Fordism: the case of Ireland by Rushe, Kenneth M.

“…Ultimately, the objective will be to produce an evaluation of the state of manufacturing in Ireland and which will provide a constructive evaluation of the relevance of the two main contrasting theories.…”
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The well from which we drink is poisoned: clergy sexual exploitation of adult women by Kennedy, Margaret

“…This is not part of the main thesis as the whole area requires an in depth analysis not undertaken in this study. …”
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The utilisation of peer-assisted learning/mentoring and translanguaging in higher education by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…In terms of the present study, 80 undergraduate multilingual students were involved in PALM tasks during which they could use their first language through translanguaging and English, the target language, for one academic semester. The main goal was to ensure they had equal opportunities to develop their oral fluency while preparing group presentations. …”
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Enhancing supply chain performance using RFID technology and decision support systems in the industry 4.0: a systematic literature review by Unhelkar, Bhuvan, Joshi, Sudhanshu, Sharma, Manu, Prakash, Shiv, Mani, Ashwin Krishna, Prasad, Mukesh

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