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    Finding the missing: an analysis of the monetization of social media exposure

    Social media has become the new “Milk Carton Campaign” for missing persons cases; however, research suggests that biases found in traditional news coverage persist in the social media realm. This study assesse...

    Michelle N. Jeanis, Sarah A. Smith, Caitlyn N. Muniz in Journal of Experimental Criminology (2024)

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    Female Perpetrators: Risks, Needs, and Pathways to Offending

    The purpose of this chapter is to examine the risks, needs, and pathways of offending for female offenders. The factors associated with the causes of criminal behavior have been studied copiously; however, muc...

    Michelle N. Jeanis, Sarah A. Smith in Women and Prison (2020)

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    A double-blind, randomised trial of a polyphenolic-rich nail bed balm for chemotherapy-induced onycholysis: the UK polybalm study

    Nail damage is common amongst patients receiving chemotherapy causing disfigurement and pain. This investigation evaluated whether a topical balm containing steam-extracted, bioactive polyphenolic-rich herbal ...

    Robert Thomas, Madeleine Williams, Michael Cauchi in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (2018)

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    Designing equitable workplace dietary interventions: perceptions of intervention deliverers

    Workplaces are a good setting for interventions that aim to support workers in achieving a healthier diet and body weight. However, little is known about the factors that impact on the feasibility and implemen...

    Sarah A. Smith, Shelina Visram, Claire O’Malley, Carolyn Summerbell in BMC Public Health (2017)

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    Exploring the dynamics of a free fruit at work intervention

    The workplace has been identified as an ideal setting for health interventions. However, few UK-based workplace intervention studies have been published. Fewer still focus on the practicalities and implication...

    Amelia A. Lake, Sarah A. Smith, Charlotte E. Bryant, Sevil Alinia in BMC Public Health (2016)

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    The effectiveness of workplace dietary interventions: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

    The lack of evidence of the role of workplaces as settings for behaviour change delivery and the failure to recognise and address the complexity of the work environment has been acknowledged. This systematic r...

    Sarah A. Smith, Amelia A. Lake, Carolyn Summerbell in Systematic Reviews (2016)

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    Cell-Based Splicing of Minigenes

    Cell-based splicing of minigenes is used extensively in the analysis of alternative splicing events. In particular, such assays are critical for identifying or confirming the in vivo relevance of cis- and trans-a...

    Sarah A. Smith, Kristen W. Lynch in Spliceosomal Pre-mRNA Splicing (2014)

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    A compendium of RNA-binding motifs for decoding gene regulation

    RNA-binding proteins are key regulators of gene expression, yet only a small fraction have been functionally characterized. Here we report a systematic analysis of the RNA motifs recognized by RNA-binding prot...

    Debashish Ray, Hilal Kazan, Kate B. Cook, Matthew T. Weirauch in Nature (2013)

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    Adaptive evolution of Toll-like receptor 5 in domesticated mammals

    Previous studies have proposed that mammalian toll like receptors (TLRs) have evolved under diversifying selection due to their role in pathogen detection. To determine if this is the case, we examined the ext...

    Sarah A Smith, Oliver C Jann, David Haig, George C Russell in BMC Evolutionary Biology (2012)

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    Believing that Intrusive Thoughts Can be Immoral Moderates the Relationship Between Obsessions and Compulsions for Shame-prone Individuals

    This study tests explanations of why some people experience intrusive thoughts as problematic, and others experience them as benign. Six-hundred and ninety non-clinical participants completed questionnaires. R...

    David P. Valentiner, Sarah A. Smith in Cognitive Therapy and Research (2008)

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    Lesbian

    Sarah A. Smith, Julianne M. Serovich in Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health (2008)

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    Polyamory

    Sarah A. Smith, Julianne M. Serovich in Encyclopedia of Aging and Public Health (2008)

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    Lesbian

    Sarah A. Smith, Julianne M. Serovich in Encyclopedia of Women’s Health (2004)

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    Polyamory

    Sarah A. Smith, Julianne M. Serovich in Encyclopedia of Women’s Health (2004)