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Queen's University Belfast
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About: Queen's University Belfast is a education organization based out in Belfast, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 25457 authors who have published 55463 publications receiving 1751346 citations. The organization is also known as: Queen's College, Belfast & Queen's College.
Topics: Population, Context (language use), Laser, Catalysis, Ionic liquid
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TL;DR: Intermolecular potentials suitable for molecular dynamics or Monte Carlo simulations have been developed for dimethyl imidazolium and methyl ethyl imidrazolium ions as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Intermolecular potentials suitable for molecular dynamics or Monte Carlo simulations have been developed for dimethyl imidazolium and methyl ethyl imidazolium ions. The predicted crystal structures were compared with experimental crystal structures for chloride and PF− 6 salts and found to be satisfactory when the dominant electrostatic interactions were modelled by either an accurate distributed multipole description or a simplified atomic point charge model. A further simplification of using united atoms in place of methyl or methylene groups on the side chains gave a much less satisfactory reproduction of the crystal structures. Liquid dimethyl imidazolium chloride and dimethyl imidazolium PF− 6 were simulated using the explicit atom and united atom potentials. The local structure showed a strong preference for the chloride ions to be located in certain regions around the cation, and a similar, but less strong localization of the larger PF− 6. Significant differences in density and diffusion rates were...
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Washington University in St. Louis1, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia2, Harvard University3, State University of New York System4, Virginia Commonwealth University5, Colgate University6, University of Michigan7, University of Virginia8, University of California, Irvine9, California State University, Los Angeles10, New York University11, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology12, Queen's University Belfast13, London Business School14, University of Padua15
TL;DR: Eight of 17 interventions were effective at reducing implicit preferences for Whites compared with Blacks, particularly ones that provided experience with counterstereotypical exemplars, used evaluative conditioning methods, and provided strategies to override biases.
Abstract: Many methods for reducing implicit prejudice have been identified, but little is known about their relative effectiveness. We held a research contest to experimentally compare interventions for reducing the expression of implicit racial prejudice. Teams submitted seventeen interventions that were tested an average of 3.70 times each in four studies (total N = 17,021), with rules for revising interventions between studies. Eight of seventeen interventions were effective at reducing implicit preferences for Whites compared to Blacks, particularly ones that provided experience with counterstereotypical exemplars, used evaluative conditioning methods, and provided strategies to override biases. The other nine interventions were ineffective, particularly ones that engaged participants with others’ perspectives, asked participants to consider egalitarian values, or induced a positive emotion. The most potent interventions were ones that invoked high self-involvement or linked Black people with positivity and White people with negativity. No intervention consistently reduced explicit racial preferences. Furthermore, intervention effectiveness only weakly extended to implicit preferences for Asians and Hispanics.
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TL;DR: Modifications of LPS structure and biosynthetic pathways that occur upon adaptation of model opportunistic pathogens to chronic infection in respiratory and gastrointestinal sites are reviewed.
Abstract: The Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a major component of the outer membrane that plays a key role in host-pathogen interactions with the innate immune system. During infection, bacteria are exposed to a host environment that is typically dominated by inflammatory cells and soluble factors, including antibiotics, which provide cues about regulation of gene expression. Bacterial adaptive changes including modulation of LPS synthesis and structure are a conserved theme in infections, irrespective of the type or bacteria or the site of infection. In general, these changes result in immune system evasion, persisting inflammation and increased antimicrobial resistance. Here, we review the modifications of LPS structure and biosynthetic pathways that occur upon adaptation of model opportunistic pathogens (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria, Helicobacter pylori and Salmonella enterica) to chronic infection in respiratory and gastrointestinal sites. We also discuss the molecular mechanisms of these variations and their role in the host-pathogen interaction.
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TL;DR: In this article, two ways of modelling attribute non-attendance were proposed to estimate non-market effects of agriculture from stated preference surveys from a stated preference survey designed to value landscapes in Ireland.
Abstract: Non-market effects of agriculture are often estimated using discrete choice models from stated preference surveys. In this context we propose two ways of modelling attribute non-attendance. The first involves constraining coefficients to zero in a latent class framework, whereas the second is based on stochastic attribute selection and grounded in Bayesian estimation. Their implications are explored in the context of a stated preference survey designed to value landscapes in Ireland. Taking account of attribute non-attendance with these data improves fit and tends to involve two attributes one of which is likely to be cost, thereby leading to substantive changes in derived welfare estimates. Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2009; all rights reserved. For permissions, please email journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.
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TL;DR: Self-identity and the descriptive social norm significantly added to the original theory in predicting intentions as well as behaviour directly, and offer a useful extension of the theory of planned behaviour and some practicable suggestions for pro-recycling interventions.
Abstract: In an effort to contribute to greater understanding of norms and identity in the theory of planned behaviour, an extended model was used to predict residential kerbside recycling, with self-identity, personal norms, neighbourhood identification, and injunctive and descriptive social norms as additional predictors. Data from a field study (N =527) using questionnaire measures of predictor variables and an observational measure of recycling behaviour supported the theory. Intentions predicted behaviour, while attitudes, perceived control, and the personal norm predicted intention to recycle. The interaction between neighbourhood identification and injunctive social norms in turn predicted personal norms. Self-identity and the descriptive social norm significantly added to the original theory in predicting intentions as well as behaviour directly. A replication survey on the self-reported recycling behaviours of a random residential sample (N =264) supported the model obtained previously. These findings offer a useful extension of the theory of planned behaviour and some practicable suggestions for pro-recycling interventions. It may be productive to appeal to self-identity by making people feel like recyclers, and to stimulate both injunctive and descriptive norms in the neighbourhood.
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George Davey Smith | 224 | 2540 | 248373 |
David J. Hunter | 213 | 1836 | 207050 |
Grant W. Montgomery | 157 | 926 | 108118 |
Caroline S. Fox | 155 | 599 | 138951 |
Debbie A Lawlor | 147 | 1114 | 101123 |
Markus Ackermann | 146 | 610 | 71071 |
Hermann Kolanoski | 145 | 1279 | 96152 |
Paul Jackson | 141 | 1372 | 93464 |
Alan Ashworth | 134 | 578 | 72089 |
Conor Henderson | 133 | 1387 | 88725 |
David Smith | 129 | 2184 | 100917 |
Stuart J. Connolly | 125 | 610 | 75925 |
G. Merino | 123 | 687 | 66163 |
Richard J.H. Smith | 118 | 1308 | 61779 |
Yong-Guan Zhu | 115 | 684 | 46973 |