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Barklie McKee Henry, 1902-1966
Barklie McKee Henry, 1902-1966 The tributes which follow are from some of the institutions which Barklie McKee Henry served so well, and reproduced with their kind permission. Occasional Papers by the faculty and friends of The...
The Ecology of Nipah Virus in Bangladesh
Nipah virus is a bat-borne paramyxovirus that produces yearly outbreaks of fatal encephalitis in Bangladesh. Understanding the ecological conditions that lead to spillover from bats to humans can assist in designing effective...
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The Ecology of Nipah Virus in Bangladesh
Nipah virus is a bat-borne paramyxovirus that produces yearly outbreaks of fatal encephalitis in Bangladesh. Understanding the ecological conditions that lead to spillover from bats to humans can assist in designing effective...
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Professor to Collaborate on Grant to Combat Terrorism
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Clifton Calloway, associate professor of chemistry, will participate in a National Science Foundation award given to Wake Forest University. The grant program is a partnership between NSF and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Educational spillovers and parental emigration
Joanna Clifton-Sprigg
Jun 01, 2015
This paper studies whether children with parents working abroad (PWA) influence school performance of their classmates. Based on novel data for lower secondary pupils in Poland, I exploit within-class variation in the fraction...
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Literalising Metaphor in the Poetry of Robert Southwell <sup>☆</sup>
Conor McKee
Jun 07, 2022
Abstract: This article focuses on a distinctive feature of Robert Southwell's poetic technique, namely, his approach to metaphor. I argue that a number of Southwell's metaphors have a surprisingly literal quality where their...
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Piezoelectric chemical sensors based on morpholine containing polymers
A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) based system has been developed for the selective analysis of Cu2- ions in aqueous solution. The crystal is coated with a thin film of poly(acryloyl morpholine) which selectively chelates Cu2-...
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Educational spillovers and parental emigration
Joanna Clifton-Sprigg
Jun 01, 2015
This paper studies whether children with parents working abroad (PWA) influence school performance of their classmates. Based on novel data for lower secondary pupils in Poland, I exploit within-class variation in the fraction...
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Baby-Led Weaning-Safe and Effective but Not Preventive of Obesity.
R Lakshman, EA Clifton, KK Ong
Dec 04, 2017
Childhood obesity has important consequences for morbidityandmortality throughout life.1 In 2010, anestimated43 million children younger than 5 years were obese or overweight worldwide, and the prevalence is expected to increase...
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Piezoelectric chemical sensors based on morpholine containing polymers
A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) based system has been developed for the selective analysis of Cu2- ions in aqueous solution. The crystal is coated with a thin film of poly(acryloyl morpholine) which selectively chelates Cu2-...
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The "Friday Effect"

Using newly released detailed data on absence from school, we find a ‘Friday effect’—children are much less likely to attend schools in England on Fridays. We use daily level data across the whole of England and find that...

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DEFLATE compression algorithm corrects for overestimation of phylogenetic diversity by Grantham approach to single-nucleotide polymorphism classification.
Improvements in speed and cost of genome sequencing are resulting in increasing numbers of novel non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) in genes known to be associated with disease. The large number of nsSNPs...
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The social determinants of adolescent smoking in Russia in 2004
To determine the prevalence of adolescent smoking in the Russian Federation and examine what factors are associated with it. Data were drawn from Round 13 of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) carried out in 2004....
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The "Friday Effect"

Using newly released detailed data on absence from school, we find a ‘Friday effect’—children are much less likely to attend schools in England on Fridays. We use daily level data across the whole of England and find that...

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Considerations for Setting Up Play Therapy Training Clinics
When setting up a play therapy training clinic, there are many considerations to explore regarding designing a therapeutic space, selecting toys and other materials, exploring the rationale for the toy selection and examining...

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