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Experimental priming of independent and interdependent activity does not affect culturally variable psychological processes
(Royal Society, 2017-05)Cultural psychologists have shown that people from Western countries exhibit more independent self-construal and analytic (rule-based) cognition than people from East Asia, who exhibit more interdependent self-construal ... -
Genome sequence of the oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides strain CGMCC 2.1609
(Elsevier, 2017-05)Most eukaryotic oleaginous species are yeasts and among them the basidiomycete red yeast, Rhodotorula (Rhodosporidium) toruloides (Pucciniomycotina) is known to produce high quantities of lipids when grown in nitrogen-limiting ... -
Metagenomic analysis of silage
(MyJoVE Corp., 2017-01-13)Metagenomics is defined as the direct analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) purified from environmental samples and enables taxonomic identification of the microbial communities present within them. Two main metagenomic ... -
A major subtropical fruit pest accumulates in crop fields and spills over to a wild host
(Elsevier, 2017-04-13)© 2017 Elsevier B.V.Wild plant species are often considered a source of crop pests in mixed landscapes but this view rarely considers pest spillover in the opposite direction (from crop fields to natural vegetation), or ... -
Modelling effects of honeybee behaviors on the distribution of pesticide in nectar within a hive and resultant in-hive exposure
(American Chemical Society, 2017-05-09)Recently, the causes of honeybee colony losses have been intensely studied, showing that there are multiple stressors implicated in colony declines, one stressor being the exposure to pesticides. Measuring exposure of ... -
Beneficial effects of training in self-distancing and perspective broadening for people with a history of recurrent depression
(Elsevier, 2017)Cognitive training designed to recalibrate maladaptive aspects of cognitiveaffective processing associated with the presence of emotional disorder can deliver clinical benefits. This study examined the ability of an ... -
Planning as design in the wicked city
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Geography and the priority of injustice
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge) / Association of American Geographers (AAG), 2017)This article considers the challenges that follow from giving conceptual priority to injustice in the analysis of political life. Human geography, urban studies, and related fields of spatial theory meet this challenge ... -
Scaling the Oxygen Uptake Efficiency Slope for Body Size in Cystic Fibrosis
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins / American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), 2017-05-09)PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between body size and the oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES) in paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and healthy controls (CON), in order to ... -
Evolvability meets biogeography: evolutionary potential decreases at high and low environmental favourability
(Royal Society, 2017)Understanding and forecasting the effects of environmental change on wild populations requires knowledge on a critical question: Do populations have the ability to evolve in response to that change? However, our knowledge ... -
Getting Londoners on two wheels: a comparative approach analysing London’s potential pathways to a cycling transition
(Elsevier, 2017-05-01)This article compares the current state of cycling in London to the Amsterdam cycling transition of the 1970s, applying the Multi-Level Perspective to identify potential pathways and obstacles to the wider adoption of the ... -
Life after sport? Examining life skill transfer following withdrawal from sport and compulsory physical education
(British Psychological Society, 2016-03)Researchers have found convincing data to suggest sport is a suitable environment for adolescents to develop intrapersonal and interpersonal life skills. However, there is little evidence suggesting that young females ... -
Charcoal evidence that rising atmospheric oxygen terminated Early Jurassic ocean anoxia
(Nature Publishing Group, 2017-05-12)The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE) was characterized by a major disturbance to the global carbon(C)-cycle, and depleted oxygen in Earth’s oceans resulting in marine mass extinction. Numerical models predict that ... -
Dog ownership supports the maintenance of physical activity during poor weather in older English adults: cross-sectional results from the EPIC Norfolk cohort
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)Background: Dog ownership has been suggested to encourage physical activity in older adults and may enhance resilience to poor environmental conditions. This study investigates the role of dog ownership and walking as a ... -
Insect herbivory may cause changes in the visual properties of leaves and affect the camouflage of herbivores to avian predators
(Springer Verlag, 2017)‘Cry for help’ hypothesis predicts that attraction of predators with chemical or visual cues can decrease insect damage of plants. Visual cues involve changes in photosynthetic activity and the reflectance of leaves, and ... -
An Analysis of the Size and Direction of the Association between Mental Toughness and Olympic Distance Personal Best Triathlon Times
(Elsevier, 2017-05-12)Athletes, coaches, sport psychology practitioners, and researchers suggest that mental toughness represents an important construct that is associated with athletic performance. Unfortunately, the absence of real-world ... -
Developments in marine pCO2 measurement technology; towards sustained in situ observations
(Elsevier, 2016-12-28)The oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2 causes pronounced changes to the marine carbonate system. High quality pCO2 measurements with good temporal and spatial coverage are required to monitor the oceanic uptake, identify ... -
Two-component systems required for virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(Oxford University Press (OUP) for Federation of European Microbiological Societies, 2017-05-16)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a versatile opportunistic pathogen capable of infecting a broad range of hosts, in addition to thriving in a broad range of environmental conditions outside of hosts. With this versatility comes ... -
Motorboat noise impacts parental behaviour and offspring survival in a reef fish
(Royal Society, 2017)Anthropogenic noise is a pollutant of international concern, with mounting evidence of disturbance and impacts on animal behaviour and physiology. However, empirical studies measuring survival consequences are rare. We use ...