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Vapour phase: A potential future use for essential oils as antimicrobials?

Variants of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g- and b-adrenergic receptor genes are associated with measures of compensatory eating behaviors in young children.

Cecil, J. E.; Palmer, C. N. A.; Fischer, B.; Watt, P.; Wallis, D. J.; Murrie, I. S. L.; Hetherington, M. M. (Article)

Background: Young children can regulate energy precisely in the short term, showing the potential for an innate compensation mechanism of eating behavior. However, data suggest that precise compensation is attenuated ...

Variation in serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) short/long genotype modulates resting frontal electroencephalography asymmetries in children

Endoa, Satoshi; Wallis, Yvonne; Christou, Antonios; Bair, Hayley; Zeegers, Maurice; McCleery, Joseph (Article)

Variations in nucleus accumbens dopamine associated with individual differences in maternal behaviour in the rat.

Stevenson, C. W.; Champagne, F. A.; Chretien, P.; Zhang, T. Y.; Gratton, Alain; Meaney, Michael J. (Article)

Vascular endothelial growth factor activates the Tie family of receptor tyrosine kinases.

Singh, Harprit; Milner, C. S.; Aguilar-Hernandez, M.; Patel, N.; Brindle, N. P. J. (Article)

Venturing beyond the imposition of a postdigital, anti-human higher education

Hall, Richard (Book chapter)

In an important footnote in Capital, Marx highlights how an analysis of technology enables us to reveal the dialectical construction of our dominant mode of reproducing everyday life. This links humans, infrastructures, ...

Venturing into the visual voice: combining photos and interviews in phenomenological inquiry around marginalisation and chronic illness

Papaloukas, P.; Williamson, I. R.; Quincey, Kerry (Article)

In this article, we present a reflection on the research process of combining photographs with phenomenologically oriented interviews. Two studies in the field of chronic illness with marginalised individuals (lesbian, ...

The verification interview technique: Enabling the evaluation of the impact of language therapy on the quality of life of a person with severe aphasia.

Bixley, Morag; Williamson, I. R.; Jin, Lixian; Luby, Nicky (Conference)

Background It is difficult to measure the impact of speech and language therapy intervention for people with aphasia. This is because the effect of communication loss and language rehabilitation is hard to capture using ...

Vibrational spectroscopy in diagnosis and screening

Severcan, F.; Haris, P. I. (Parvez I.) (Book)

Victim or offender: Girls and violence in the home.

Welford, J.; Hine, Jean (Article)

Victim support services and the world of commissioning.

Turgoose, Di (Book chapter)

The victim-bully cycle of sexual minority school adolescents in China: prevalence and the association of mood problems and coping strategies

Wang, Yuan Yuan; Yu, Hui; Yang, Yong; Li, Ronghua; Wilson, Amanda; Wang, Shuilan; Drescher, Jack; Chen, Runsen (Article)

Victims and victimisation: A reader.

Williams, Brian; Chong, Hannah Goodman (Book)

Video Links: their impact on child witness trials

Davies, G.; Noon, E. (Article)

“The view ‘Down Under’": Australian Isma’ili Muslim youth and the quest for identity.

Mitha, Karim (Conference)

Populist media depictions of Islam as being at odds with the West in a ‘clash of civilizations’ have caused young Muslims living in Western contexts to feel increasingly pressured to establish their identity and allegiances. ...

The Views of Carers of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities on Annual Health Checks - Final Report

Tyson, Margaret; McElduff, Simon; Pawlyn, J.; McElduff, Patrick; Kellett, Susan (Technical Report / Other)

This report presents data from a survey of carers about Annual Health Checks for people with learning/intellectual disabilities. The main aims of this study were to discover what factors cause the low uptake of Annual ...

The Views of Nursing Students and Staff surrounding Additional Academic/Pastoral Support, Pod Tutorials and Student Success: A Two-Phase Mixed Methods Study

Griffin, Edward; Postance, Richard; Dowsett, Deborah; Welyczko, Nikki (Article)

Academic difficulties, financial problems, personal and psychological issues can cause various negative outcomes for trainee nurses, which can ultimately result in course failure or dropping out of university (Orton, 2011). ...