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Deciding to join a perinatal randomised controlled trial: experiences and views of pregnant women enroled in the Magpie Trial. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: to provide insight into pregnant women's experiences of participating in a large multi-centre randomised trial. DESIGN: qualitative semi-structured interviews. SETTING: six UK maternity units. PARTICIPANTS: women recruited to the Magpie Trial.
Smyth, Rebecca M D, Jacoby, Ann, Diana Elbourne, Smyth, Rebecca MD, Elbourne, Diana, Ann Jacoby, Rebecca M.D. Smyth   +6 more
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The impact of a social norms approach on reducing levels of misperceptions around smokefree hospital entrances amongst patients, staff, and visitors of a NHS hospital: a repeated cross-sectional survey study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Smoking is a cause of avoidable morbidity and mortality. In the United Kingdom (UK) the national smoking ban inside hospital buildings is widely adhered to.
Scott Crosby, Diane Bell, Gerard Savva, Becky Edlin, Bridgette M. Bewick   +4 more
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Facing a Clever Predator Demands Clever Responses - Red-Backed Shrikes (Lanius collurio) vs. Eurasian Magpies (Pica pica). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Red-backed shrikes (Lanius collurio) behave quite differently towards two common nest predators. While the European jay (Garrulus glandarius) is commonly attacked, in the presence of the Eurasian magpie (Pica pica), shrikes stay fully passive.
Michaela Syrová, Michal Němec, Petr Veselý, Eva Landová, Roman Fuchs   +4 more
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Report of a magpie preying on a post‐fledgling Daurian redstart

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
A magpie (Pica pica) preying on a fledgling of Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) was incidentally recorded with a video shot by mobile phone on 26 May 2021, providing direct evidence for magpie predation.
Guofen Zhu, Meinuo Zheng, Shanshan Lyu, Laikun Ma   +3 more
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Multiparasitism and repeated parasitism by the great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius on its main host, the magpie Pica pica: effects on reproductive success, nest desertion and nest predation

Journal of Avian Biology, 2023
Brood parasites are expected to lay only one egg per parasitized nest, as the existence of several parasitic nestlings in a brood increases competition and can lead the starvation of some of them.
Manuel Soler, Tomás Pérez‐Contreras, Francisco Ruiz‐Raya   +2 more
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Antibody-guided design and identification of CD25-binding small antibody mimetics using mammalian cell surface display

Scientific Reports, 2021
Small antibody mimetics that contain high-affinity target-binding peptides can be lower cost alternatives to monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). We have recently developed a method to create small antibody mimetics called FLuctuation-regulated Affinity ...
Kyra See, Tetsuya Kadonosono, Kotaro Miyamoto, Takuya Tsubaki, Yumi Ota, Marina Katsumi, Sumoe Ryo, Kazuki Aida, Misa Minegishi, Tatsuhiro Isozaki, Takahiro Kuchimaru, Shinae Kizaka-Kondoh   +11 more
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Egg rejection and egg recognition mechanism in a Chinese Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) population

Avian Research, 2023
Recognition and rejection of foreign eggs are effective defense of hosts against brood parasitism. However, brood parasitism can impose various selection pressures on different geographic populations of the same host species.
Jianping Liu, Longwu Wang, Wei Liang
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MAGPIE: Simplifying access and execution of computational models in the life sciences. [PDF]

PLoS Computational Biology, 2017
Over the past decades, quantitative methods linking theory and observation became increasingly important in many areas of life science. Subsequently, a large number of mathematical and computational models has been developed. The BioModels database alone
Christoph Baldow, Sebastian Salentin, Michael Schroeder, Ingo Roeder, Ingmar Glauche   +4 more
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More than a brain on legs: an exploration of working with the body in coaching [PDF]

International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 2013
Coaching typically takes place as a seated conversation aimed at stimulating cognitive reflection. This study explores why some coaches are choosing to combine a physical activity with their coaching rather than working in a more conventional manner.
Trish Matthews
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Phylogeography and hybridization of corvid birds in the Palearctic Region

Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции, 2019
Natural hybridization increases a lot phenotypic and genetic diversity and shapes intra-species patterns, which is a subject of phylogeography. We studied mitochondrial and complete genome variation in the bird family Corvidae, genera Corvus, Pica ...
A. P. Kryukov
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