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Virtual reality training compared with apprenticeship training in laparoscopic surgery: a meta-analysis by Portelli, M, Bianco, S F, Bezzina, T, Abela, J E

“…Since its inception, laparoscopic surgery has evolved and new techniques have been developed due to technological advances. This requires a different and more…”
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A Machine Learning approach for automatic land cover mapping from DSLR images over the Maltese Islands by Gauci, A., Abela, J., Austad, M., Cassar, L.F., Zarb Adami, K.

“…High resolution raster data for land cover mapping or change analysis are normally acquired through satellite or aerial imagery. Apart from the incurred costs,…”
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Differential susceptibility in youth: evidence that 5-HTTLPR x positive parenting is associated with positive affect 'for better and worse' by Hankin, B L, Nederhof, E, Oppenheimer, C W, Jenness, J, Young, J F, Abela, J R Z, Smolen, A, Ormel, J, Oldehinkel, A J

“…Positive affect has been implicated in the phenomenological experience of various psychiatric disorders, vulnerability to develop psychopathology and overall…”
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Elastic buckling of elliptical tubes subjected to generalised linearly varying stress distributions by Abela, J.M., Gardner, L.

“…The structural behaviour of elliptical hollow sections has been examined in previous studies under several loading conditions, including pure compression, pure…”
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Cognitive Vulnerability to Depressive Symptoms in Children: The Protective Role of Self-efficacy Beliefs in a Multi-Wave Longitudinal Study by Steca, Patrizia, Abela, J. R. Z., Monzani, D., Greco, A., Hazel, N. A., Hankin, B. L.

“…The current multi-wave longitudinal study on childhood examined the role that social and academic self-efficacy beliefs and cognitive vulnerabilities play in…”
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Blinding struts — Part 1: Buckling response by Abela, J.M., Vollum, R.L., Izzuddin, B.A., Potts, D.M.

“…The term ‘blinding’ is used to describe the thin layer of unreinforced over-site concrete which is used to protect the base of excavations from construction…”
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Blinding struts, Part 2: Towards a simplified design method by Vollum, R.L., Izzuddin, B.A., Abela, J.M., Potts, D.M.

“…The companion paper described how concrete blinding can be used to prop retaining walls in cut and cover excavations prior to the completion of the base slab…”
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Geotechnical analysis of blinding struts in cut-and-cover excavations by Abela, J.M., Potts, D.M., Vollum, R.L., Izzuddin, B.A.

“…The term ‘blinding’ is used to describe the thin layer of unreinforced over-site concrete which is used to protect the base of excavations from construction…”
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Incarcerated small bowel within a spontaneous lumbar hernia by Teo, K. A. T., Burns, E., Garcea, G., Abela, J. E., McKay, C. J.

“…Lumbar hernias are rare, resulting from protrusion through the posterior abdominal wall that may be congenital, acquired or spontaneous. They very rarely…”
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Chemotherapy induced carcinoma-adenoma regression in the caecum by Abela, J E, Wright, D M, Hennessy, A, Roberts, F, Anderson, J R

“…The case of a male patient with synchronous oesophago-gastric junction (OGJ) and caecal adenocarcinomas is reported. His management is described, particularly…”
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Beck's cognitive theory of depression: A test of the diathesis-stress and causal mediation components by Abela, John R. Z., D'Alessandro, David U.

“…Objectives: This prospective study tested the diathesis‐stress and causal mediation components of Beck's (1967, 1983) cognitive theory of depression. Design:…”
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Omental actinomycosis presenting with right lower quadrant abdominal pain by Abela, J, Sciberras, J, Meilak, M, Felice, A G, Degaetano, J

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The hopelessness theory of depression : A test of the diathesis-stress and causal mediation components in third and seventh grade children by ABELA, John R. Z

“…The goal of the current study was to test the diathesis-stress and causal mediation components of the hopelessness theory of depression in third- and…”
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Dictionary based encoding of cosmological images by Gauci, A., Abela, J., Cachia, E., Zarb Adami, K.

“…The pioneering theory of Compressed Sensing (CS) provides a framework for ill-posed inverse problems and allows for the recovery of sparse signals from a set…”
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Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals leads to lower world population growth by Abel, Guy J., Barakat, Bilal, KC, Samir, Lutz, Wolfgang

“…Here we show the extent to which the expected world population growth could be lowered by successfully implementing the recently agreed-upon Sustainable…”
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Cognitive vulnerability-stress interaction predicts prospective increases of depressive symptoms and onsets of new depressive episodes in the transition from early to middle adolescence by Hankin, B.L, Abela, J.R.Z

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The hopelessness theory of depression: A test of the diathesis-stress component in the interpersonal and achievement domains by ABELA, J. R. Z, SELIGMAN, M. E. P

“…Two prospective studies tested the diathesis-stress component of the hopelessness theory in the interpersonal and achievement domains. In Study 1, 149 high…”
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An examination of the response styles theory of depression in third- and seventh-grade children: A short-term longitudinal study by ABELA, John R. Z, BROZINA, Karen, HAIGH, Emily P

“…The goal of this study was to test the response styles theory of depression in a sample of 3rd- and 7th-grade children. In addition, we examined whether the…”
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State-of-the-art experimental facilities at Imperial College London by Gardner, L, Abela, J M

“…Imperial College London's recently upgraded Structures Laboratories in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering were launched on the 28 September…”
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Abstract 956: Cholesterol Crystals Cause Endothelial Damage and Impair Vasoreactivity by Gadeela, Nitesh, Rubinstein, Jack, Vedre, Ameeth, Huang, Ruiping, Abela, Andrew J, Abela, George

“…Abstract only Background Cholesterol has been shown to expand when crystallizing and then be released into the circulation following plaque rupture. We…”
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