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Sublethal Effects Of Copper Sulphate Compared To Copper Nanoparticles In Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) At Low Ph: Physiology And Metal Accumulation, Ga Al-Bairuty, D Boyle, Tb Henry, Rd Handy Jan 2016

Sublethal Effects Of Copper Sulphate Compared To Copper Nanoparticles In Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) At Low Ph: Physiology And Metal Accumulation, Ga Al-Bairuty, D Boyle, Tb Henry, Rd Handy

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Nanomaterials In The Aquatic Environment: A European Union-United States Perspective On The Status Of Ecotoxicity Testing, Research Priorities, And Challenges Ahead, H Selck, Rd Handy, Tf Fernandes, Sj Klaine, Ej Petersen Jan 2016

Nanomaterials In The Aquatic Environment: A European Union-United States Perspective On The Status Of Ecotoxicity Testing, Research Priorities, And Challenges Ahead, H Selck, Rd Handy, Tf Fernandes, Sj Klaine, Ej Petersen

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Long-Term Modifications Of Coastal Defences Enhance Marine Biodiversity, Gustavo M. Martins, Stuart R. Jenkins, Ana I. Neto, Stephen J. Hawkins, Richard C. Thompson Jan 2016

Long-Term Modifications Of Coastal Defences Enhance Marine Biodiversity, Gustavo M. Martins, Stuart R. Jenkins, Ana I. Neto, Stephen J. Hawkins, Richard C. Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour As A Dominance Display, Sarah M. Lane, Alice E. Haughan, Daniel Evans, Tom Tregenza, Clarissa M. House Jan 2016

Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour As A Dominance Display, Sarah M. Lane, Alice E. Haughan, Daniel Evans, Tom Tregenza, Clarissa M. House

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Boa Constrictor (Common Boa). Reproduction / Courtship, R Puschendorf, G Chaves Jan 2016

Boa Constrictor (Common Boa). Reproduction / Courtship, R Puschendorf, G Chaves

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Accessible Polyvocality And Paired Talk: How Family Therapists Talk Positive Connotation Into Being, Lynsey Williams, Tim Auburn Jan 2016

Accessible Polyvocality And Paired Talk: How Family Therapists Talk Positive Connotation Into Being, Lynsey Williams, Tim Auburn

Peninsula Medical School

In this article we identify one particular way in which the reflecting team process is used by family therapists. We show that reflecting teams draw upon occasions in the main session to intensify and extend positivity in the reflecting session. This analysis identified positive connotation as a device by which a hopeful orientation is established. Videos of family therapy sessions were obtained and transcripts of these sessions made. Excerpts with hope and positivity were identified and conversation analysis was used to gain insight into the organization and function of this talk. In addition, therapist interventions occurring during the main therapy …


Exploring The Relationship Between Childhood Obesity And Proximity To The Coast: A Rural/Urban Perspective, Sophie L. Wood, Philippe R. Demougin, Sahran Higgins, Kerryn Husk, Benedict W. Wheeler, Mathew White Jan 2016

Exploring The Relationship Between Childhood Obesity And Proximity To The Coast: A Rural/Urban Perspective, Sophie L. Wood, Philippe R. Demougin, Sahran Higgins, Kerryn Husk, Benedict W. Wheeler, Mathew White

Peninsula Medical School

Abstract Childhood obesity is one of the 21st century's most serious global health challenges. Research suggests that better access to ‘greenspace’ (e.g. parks) may encourage physical activity and reduce the risk of obesity amongst children. We extend earlier work by considering childhood obesity in relation to proximity to the coast, using data from England's National Child Measurement Programme. Results suggest that although the overall prevalence of childhood obesity is slightly lower at the coast (−0.68% points comparing <1 km to >20 km, p<0.001), the relationship depends on area type. Specifically, although a coastal proximity gradient (lower obesity rates nearer the coast) was found for rural areas and smaller cities and towns, it was not present among large urban conurbations (interaction p-value<0.001). Coastal environments and access to them are changing in many areas, and research to explore potential impacts on child health is warranted.


The Effectiveness And Micro-Costing Analysis Of A Universal, School-Based, Social–Emotional Learning Programme In The Uk: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial, Vashti Berry, Nick Axford, Sarah Blower, Rod S. Taylor, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Kate Tobin, Carys Jones, Tracey Bywater Jan 2016

The Effectiveness And Micro-Costing Analysis Of A Universal, School-Based, Social–Emotional Learning Programme In The Uk: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial, Vashti Berry, Nick Axford, Sarah Blower, Rod S. Taylor, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Kate Tobin, Carys Jones, Tracey Bywater

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Verifying Inevitability Of Oscillation In Ring Oscillators Using The Deductive Sos-Qe Approach, Hafiz Ul Asad, Kevin D. Jones Jan 2016

Verifying Inevitability Of Oscillation In Ring Oscillators Using The Deductive Sos-Qe Approach, Hafiz Ul Asad, Kevin D. Jones

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

A study presents a deductive approach to verify the AGI of oscillations in an ring oscillator (RO). The study is inspired by the Lyapunov theory of stability for dynamical systems and uses a certificate-based deductive approach to verify the inevitability of oscillations in ROs. It defines the verification task as a conjunction of several subproperties whose verification is delegated to the existence of several Lyapunov-like certificates.


Chromosomal Microarray Testing In Adults With Intellectual Disability Presenting With Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders, Kate Wolfe, André Strydom, Deborah Morrogh, Jennifer Carter, Peter Cutajar, Mo Eyeoyibo, Angela Hassiotis, Jane Mccarthy, Raja Mukherjee, Dimitrios Paschos, Nagarajan Perumal, Stephen Read, Rohit Shankar, Saif Sharif, Suchithra Thirulokachandran, Johan H. Thygesen, Christine Patch, Caroline Ogilvie, Frances Flinter, Andrew Mcquillin, Nick Bass Jan 2016

Chromosomal Microarray Testing In Adults With Intellectual Disability Presenting With Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders, Kate Wolfe, André Strydom, Deborah Morrogh, Jennifer Carter, Peter Cutajar, Mo Eyeoyibo, Angela Hassiotis, Jane Mccarthy, Raja Mukherjee, Dimitrios Paschos, Nagarajan Perumal, Stephen Read, Rohit Shankar, Saif Sharif, Suchithra Thirulokachandran, Johan H. Thygesen, Christine Patch, Caroline Ogilvie, Frances Flinter, Andrew Mcquillin, Nick Bass

Peninsula Medical School

Chromosomal copy-number variations (CNVs) are a class of genetic variants highly implicated in the aetiology of neurodevelopmental disorders, including intellectual disabilities (ID), schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Yet the majority of adults with idiopathic ID presenting to psychiatric services have not been tested for CNVs. We undertook genome-wide chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) of 202 adults with idiopathic ID recruited from community and in-patient ID psychiatry services across England. CNV pathogenicity was assessed using standard clinical diagnostic methods and participants underwent comprehensive medical and psychiatric phenotyping. We found an 11% yield of likely pathogenic CNVs (22/202). CNVs at recurrent loci, …


Patient- And Carer-Held Health Records: Can They Improve Annual Health Checks For Patients With Learning Disability?, Rohit Shankar, Guy Bradley-Smith, Philip Brigham, John Devapriam, Amy Osborne, Sharon Axby Jan 2016

Patient- And Carer-Held Health Records: Can They Improve Annual Health Checks For Patients With Learning Disability?, Rohit Shankar, Guy Bradley-Smith, Philip Brigham, John Devapriam, Amy Osborne, Sharon Axby

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Lone Parents’ Experiences Of Higher Education, Lucy Spowart Jan 2016

Lone Parents’ Experiences Of Higher Education, Lucy Spowart

Peninsula Medical School

In the UK, close to one in four children are cared for by a lone parent (Policy Research Institute, 2007:8). The specific needs of students with parental responsibilities have been largely ignored by widening participation agendas, despite research evidence suggesting that this group is increasing in number (Hinton-Smith, 2012; Moreau, 2011). One of the key challenges at Plymouth (and elsewhere) is that data classifying students as parents is not collected on application or enrolment, and as a consequence this group remain largely invisible. Student Finance England no longer offers specific funding for single parents adding to the difficulties in identifying …


Area-Throughput Trade-Offs For Sha-1 And Sha-256 Hash Functions’ Pipelined Designs, Harris E. Michail, George S. Athanasiou, Vasileios I. Kelefouras, George Theodoridis, Thanos Stouraitis, Costas E. Goutis Jan 2016

Area-Throughput Trade-Offs For Sha-1 And Sha-256 Hash Functions’ Pipelined Designs, Harris E. Michail, George S. Athanasiou, Vasileios I. Kelefouras, George Theodoridis, Thanos Stouraitis, Costas E. Goutis

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Learning Organizations: Panacea Or Irrelevance?, Rod Sheaff Jan 2016

Learning Organizations: Panacea Or Irrelevance?, Rod Sheaff

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Understanding The Routes Of Contamination Of Ready-To-Eat Vegetables In The Middle East, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Muhammad Murtada, Victor Kuri, Ewen C.D. Todd Jan 2016

Understanding The Routes Of Contamination Of Ready-To-Eat Vegetables In The Middle East, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Muhammad Murtada, Victor Kuri, Ewen C.D. Todd

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


On The Use Of The Radon Transform To Estimate Longshore Currents From Video Imagery, Rafael Almar, Stanislas Larnier, Bruno Castelle, Timothy Scott, France Floc'h Jan 2016

On The Use Of The Radon Transform To Estimate Longshore Currents From Video Imagery, Rafael Almar, Stanislas Larnier, Bruno Castelle, Timothy Scott, France Floc'h

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Droidscribe: Classifying Android Malware Based On Runtime Behavior, Santanu Kumar Dash, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil, Salahuddin Khan, Kimberly Tam, Mansour Ahmadi, Johannes Kinder, Lorenzo Cavallaro Jan 2016

Droidscribe: Classifying Android Malware Based On Runtime Behavior, Santanu Kumar Dash, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil, Salahuddin Khan, Kimberly Tam, Mansour Ahmadi, Johannes Kinder, Lorenzo Cavallaro

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The Android ecosystem has witnessed a surge in malware, which not only puts mobile devices at risk but also increases the burden on malware analysts assessing and categorizing threats. In this paper, we show how to use machine learning to automatically classify Android malware samples into families with high accuracy, while observing only their runtime behavior. We focus exclusively on dynamic analysis of runtime behavior to provide a clean point of comparison that is dual to static approaches. Specific challenges in the use of dynamic analysis on Android are the limited information gained from tracking low-level events and the imperfect …


Differences In The Timing Of Cardio-Respiratory Development Determine Whether Marine Gastropod Embryos Survive Or Die In Hypoxia., Tabitha S. Rudin-Bitterli, John I. Spicer, Simon D. Rundle Jan 2016

Differences In The Timing Of Cardio-Respiratory Development Determine Whether Marine Gastropod Embryos Survive Or Die In Hypoxia., Tabitha S. Rudin-Bitterli, John I. Spicer, Simon D. Rundle

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Physiological plasticity of early developmental stages is a key way by which organisms can survive and adapt to environmental change. We investigated developmental plasticity of aspects of the cardio-respiratory physiology of encapsulated embryos of a marine gastropod,Littorina obtusata, surviving exposure to moderate hypoxia (PO2 =8 kPa) and compared the development of these survivors with that of individuals that died before hatching. Individuals surviving hypoxia exhibited a slower rate of development and altered ontogeny of cardio-respiratory structure and function compared with normoxic controls (PO2 >20 kPa). The onset and development of the larval and adult hearts were delayed in chronological time …


Core Outcomes And Common Data Elements In Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Systematic Review Of The Literature Focusing On Baseline And Peri-Operative Care Data Elements, Aswin Chari, Katie C. Hocking, Ellie Edlmann, Carole Turner, Thomas Santarius, Peter J. Hutchinson, Angelos G. Kolias Jan 2016

Core Outcomes And Common Data Elements In Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Systematic Review Of The Literature Focusing On Baseline And Peri-Operative Care Data Elements, Aswin Chari, Katie C. Hocking, Ellie Edlmann, Carole Turner, Thomas Santarius, Peter J. Hutchinson, Angelos G. Kolias

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Modelling The Alongshore Variability Of Optimum Rip Current Escape Strategies On A Multiple Rip-Channelled Beach, Bruno Castelle, R. Jak Mccarroll, Robert W. Brander, Timothy Scott, Benjamin Dubarbier Jan 2016

Modelling The Alongshore Variability Of Optimum Rip Current Escape Strategies On A Multiple Rip-Channelled Beach, Bruno Castelle, R. Jak Mccarroll, Robert W. Brander, Timothy Scott, Benjamin Dubarbier

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


A New Parameterisation For Runup On Gravel Beaches, Timothy G. Poate, Robert T. Mccall, Gerd Masselink Jan 2016

A New Parameterisation For Runup On Gravel Beaches, Timothy G. Poate, Robert T. Mccall, Gerd Masselink

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Framework To Determine The Impact Of The Lyme Bay Fisheries And Conservation Reserve And The Activities Of The Lyme Bay Consultative Committee On Ecosystem Services And Human Wellbeing., Se Rees, M Ashley, L Evans, S Mangi, L Rodwell, M Attrill, O Langmead, E Sheehan, A Rees Jan 2016

An Evaluation Framework To Determine The Impact Of The Lyme Bay Fisheries And Conservation Reserve And The Activities Of The Lyme Bay Consultative Committee On Ecosystem Services And Human Wellbeing., Se Rees, M Ashley, L Evans, S Mangi, L Rodwell, M Attrill, O Langmead, E Sheehan, A Rees

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Proteome And Phosphoproteome Analysis Of Stratified Meningiomas, S Ferluga, J Dunn, E Lasonder, V Sharma, Da Hilton, C Adams, Co Hanemann Jan 2016

Proteome And Phosphoproteome Analysis Of Stratified Meningiomas, S Ferluga, J Dunn, E Lasonder, V Sharma, Da Hilton, C Adams, Co Hanemann

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Modifying Hofstee Standard Setting For Assessments That Vary In Difficulty, And To Determine Boundaries For Different Levels Of Achievement, Sa Burr, J Whittle, Lc Fairclough, L Coombes, I Todd Jan 2016

Modifying Hofstee Standard Setting For Assessments That Vary In Difficulty, And To Determine Boundaries For Different Levels Of Achievement, Sa Burr, J Whittle, Lc Fairclough, L Coombes, I Todd

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Large Scale Licensing Examinations In Highly Developed Countries: A Systematic Review, Julian Archer, Nick Lynn, Lee Coombes, Martin Roberts, Tom Gale, Tristan Price, De Bere S Regan Jan 2016

The Impact Of Large Scale Licensing Examinations In Highly Developed Countries: A Systematic Review, Julian Archer, Nick Lynn, Lee Coombes, Martin Roberts, Tom Gale, Tristan Price, De Bere S Regan

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Dietary Administration Of A Commercial Mixed-Species Probiotic Improves Growth Performance And Modulates The Intestinal Immunity Of Tilapia, Oreochromis Niloticus, B. T. Standen, D. L. Peggs, M. D. Rawling, A. Foey, S. J. Davies, G. A. Santos, D. L. Merrifield Jan 2016

Dietary Administration Of A Commercial Mixed-Species Probiotic Improves Growth Performance And Modulates The Intestinal Immunity Of Tilapia, Oreochromis Niloticus, B. T. Standen, D. L. Peggs, M. D. Rawling, A. Foey, S. J. Davies, G. A. Santos, D. L. Merrifield

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Anti-Envelope Antibody Responses In Individuals At High Risk Of Hepatitis C Virus Who Resist Infection, R. E. Swann, P. Mandalou, M. W. Robinson, M. M. Ow, S. K.H. Foung, J. Mclauchlan, A. H. Patel, M. E. Cramp Jan 2016

Anti-Envelope Antibody Responses In Individuals At High Risk Of Hepatitis C Virus Who Resist Infection, R. E. Swann, P. Mandalou, M. W. Robinson, M. M. Ow, S. K.H. Foung, J. Mclauchlan, A. H. Patel, M. E. Cramp

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Functional Involvement Of Γ-Secretase In Signaling Of The Triggering Receptor Expressed On Myeloid Cells-2 (Trem2), K Glebov, P Wunderlich, I Karaca, J Walter Jan 2016

Functional Involvement Of Γ-Secretase In Signaling Of The Triggering Receptor Expressed On Myeloid Cells-2 (Trem2), K Glebov, P Wunderlich, I Karaca, J Walter

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Plain Language Review Of Volatile Substance Use Among Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander People, Trish Amaranti Jan 2016

Plain Language Review Of Volatile Substance Use Among Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander People, Trish Amaranti

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This review is a plain language version of the Review of volatile substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (2016). It provides key information on the use of volatile substances (petrol, paint, glue and other substances), among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. Technical terms are explained and information is provided in an easy to understand format, with additional graphs and images to illustrate data. This plain language review provides background information on volatile substance use in Australia as well as information that has specific relevance to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait …


Microbiological Quality Of Ready-To-Eat Fresh Vegetables And Their Link To Food Safety Environment And Handling Practices In Restaurants, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Ewen C.D. Todd, Victor Kuri Jan 2016

Microbiological Quality Of Ready-To-Eat Fresh Vegetables And Their Link To Food Safety Environment And Handling Practices In Restaurants, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Ewen C.D. Todd, Victor Kuri

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

he increased consumption of ready-to-eat salads outside homes as a result of a fast paced lifestyle, awareness on their nutritional attributes and enhanced processing technology is well documented. This study aimed to determine the microbiological quality of fresh-cut salads vegetables in small and medium sized foodservice establishments (SMEs) and to identify risk factors and handling practices through observational assessment in order to investigate if an association between microbiological quality and visual assessment (inspection) scores can be established. A total of 118 samples fresh-cut vegetable salads were collected from 50 inspected locations and analysed microbiologically, in addition to 49 swabs of …