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RoDMod A computer program for characterizing genotypic variation in flowering responses to photoperiod and temperature
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The dream maker : My app shaped their slumbers
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Night School : The Life-Changing Science of Sleep
(Macmillan, 2014)Almost a third of your whole life is spent asleep. Every night you close your eyes, become oblivious to your surroundings and waste hours flying, being chased or watching all your teeth fall out – and then you wake up. ... -
Rich pickings in comedy
(2013-04)Richard Wiseman, Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, talks to comedian Richard Herring -
59 Seconds : Think a little, change a lot
(Macmillan, 2010-04)Most people would like to be more creative, more persuasive and more attractive. For years, gurus and ‘life coaches’ have urged people to improve their lives by changing the way they think and behave, but scientific research ... -
Rip It Up : Forget positive thinking, it's time for positive action
(Macmillan, 2015-01)Most self-help books encourage you to think differently; to think yourself thin, imagine a richer self or to visualize the perfect you. This is difficult, time consuming and often doesn’t work. Drawing on a dazzling array ... -
The child in society : enhancing health and wellbeing
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A Co-operative Response to Entrepreneurial and Competitive Pressures
(Routledge, 2015-08-13)Is innovation in contemporary education inevitably subject to the private and business orientated values of entrepreneurialism? The question is a challenge for school leaders who value the ethics of collaboration and ... -
Cultural Evolution of the Structure of Human Groups
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The Cultural Evolution of Religion
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The effects of gluteus medius strengthening and video feedback on hip adduction angle in female runners
(2014)Lower-limb injuries in recreational runners account for a large number of patients presenting at physiotherapy departments in the United Kingdom (Buist et al., 2010, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 44, 598–604). Females ... -
Narrative, Identity and the Kierkegaardian Self
(Edinburgh University Press, 2015-05)Are selves stories? Is each of us the main character in a narrative we tell about ourselves? Are selves and persons the same thing, or is each of us somehow both these things? What implications does the possibility of ... -
The Khat and Meow Meow Tale : Teaching the Relevance of Chemistry through Novel Recreational Drugs
(2015)Using current research and real-life scenarios to motivate students to understand chemistry principles is a key strategy in learning and teaching. An illustration of psychoactive drugs referred to as “legal highs” used in ... -
'The Best Way to See Waterloo is with Your Eyes Shut’ : British 'Histourism', Authenticity and Commercialisation in the Mid-Nineteenth-Century
(2013-03-01)This article analyses how nineteenth-century British visitors of Waterloo anticipated, experienced and explained their visit of 'the field'. The article shows how British visitors attempted to claim ownership over Waterloo ... -
A Historical Database of Sociocultural Evolution
(2012)The origin of human ultrasociality—the ability to cooperate in huge groups of genetically unrelated individuals—has long interested evolutionary and social theorists, but there has been little systematic empirical research ... -
Production and evaluation of dry alginate-chitosan microcapsules as an enteric delivery vehicle for probiotic bacteria
(2011-07-11)This study investigates the production of alginate microcapsules, which have been coated with the polysaccharide chitosan, and evaluates some of their properties with the intention of improving the gastrointestinal viability ... -
‘If It’s 1815, This Must Be Belgium' : The Origins of the Modern Travel Guide
(2012)This article calls for a more evolutionary understanding of the “birth of the modern travel guide” by contextualizing the guidebooks of Murray and Baedeker within the wider genre and by focusing on their lesser-known ... -
Maternity Care in Prison
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An audit into supervisors of midwives experience of supervision
(2014-12-02)An audit of supervisors of midwives' (SoMs') experience of supervision and their understanding of their role as leaders in clinical practice was undertaken. Particular attention was paid to their experiences as newly ...