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Identification of environmentally stable QTL for resistance against Leptosphaeria maculans in oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
(2016-01-31)
Phoma stem canker, caused by Leptosphaeria maculans, is a disease of world-wide importance on oilseed rape (Brassica napus). Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mediated resistance against L. maculans in B. napus is considered ...
User-generated content about brands : understanding its creators and consumers
(2016-01-31)
This consumer research study investigates the meanings behind creating and consuming user-generated content (UGC) about brands. It touches on the broader issues of the lives of persons, rather than consumers. We discuss ...
Managing and Developing Communities, Festivals and Events
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2016-01-31)
The different stages of a festival's evolution provide a plethora of opportunities for us to better understand our culture, the relationships we build, what we value in our culture and our communities, and how we socialize ...
MicroRNA expression profiles in pediatric dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors.
(2016-01-30)
Among noncoding RNAs, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been most extensively studied, and their biology has repeatedly been proven critical for central nervous system pathological conditions. The diagnostic value of several miRNAs ...
An Overview of Tissue Engineering as an Alternative for Toxicity Assessment
(2016-01-30)
Tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary field that combines aspects of biology, material sciences, engineering and medicine - the ultimate goal being able to fabricate replacement tissues and/or organs for an ageing ...
Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics : The challenge of complexity to ways of thinking about organisations
(Pearson Education, 2016-01-30)
Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics remains unique amongst strategic management textbooks by taking a refreshingly alternative look at the subject. Drawing on the sciences of complexity as well as a broad range ...
A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial investigating the behavioural effects of vitamin, mineral and n-3 fatty acid supplementation in typically developing adolescent schoolchildren
(2016-01-28)
Nutrient deficiencies have been implicated in anti-social behaviour in schoolchildren; hence, correcting them may improve sociability. We therefore tested the effects of vitamin, mineral and n-3 supplementation on behaviour ...
The VMC survey - XVII : The proper motions of the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way globular cluster 47 Tucanae
(2016-01-28)
In this study we use multi-epoch near-infrared observations from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Cloud system (VMC) to measure the proper motion of different stellar populations in a tile of 1.5 deg sq. in size in the ...
Comparison of energy estimates in chronic kidney disease using doubly-labelled water
(2016-01-27)
BACKGROUND: Total energy expenditure (TEE) is estimated in clinical practice as a combined measure of resting energy expenditure and physical activity level. Commonly available questionnaires to estimate physical activity ...
Body composition and morphological assessment of nutritional status in adults : a review of anthropometric variables
(2016-01-27)
Evaluation of body composition is an important part of assessing nutritional status and provides prognostically useful data and opportunity to monitor the effects of nutrition-related disease progression and nutritional ...