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Sleep disturbances and sleep disorders in adults living with chronic pain: a meta-analysis by Mathias, J.L., Cant, M.L., Burke, A.L.J.

“…Chronic pain, with or without an identified diagnosis or cause, is widespread and commonly associated with sleep disturbances. However, research has often used…”
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The evolution of democratic peace in animal societies by Hunt, K. L., Patel, M., Croft, D. P., Franks, D. W., Green, P. A., Thompson, F. J., Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A., Sankey, D. W. E.

“…A major goal in evolutionary biology is to elucidate common principles that drive human and other animal societies to adopt either a warlike or peaceful…”
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Mortality risk and social network position in resident killer whales: sex differences and the importance of resource abundance by Ellis, S., Franks, D. W., Nattrass, S., Cant, M. A., Weiss, M. N., Giles, D., Balcomb, K. C., Croft, D. P.

“…An individual's ecological environment affects their mortality risk, which in turn has fundamental consequences for life-history evolution. In many species,…”
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Assessment during Intergroup Contests by Green, P.A., Briffa, M., Cant, M.A.

“…Research on how competitors assess (i.e., gather information on) fighting ability and contested resources, as well as how assessment impacts on contest…”
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Caregiver’s cognitive traits are associated with pup fitness in a cooperatively breeding mammal by Shelafoe, C., Thompson, F. J., Mwanguhya, F., Kyabulima, S., Businge, R., Mwesige, K., Sanderson, J. L., Cant, M. A., Marshall, H. H., Vitikainen, E. I. K.

“…Studies across diverse taxa have revealed the importance of early life environment and parenting on characteristics later in life. While some have shown how…”
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Post-TB bronchiectasis: clinical characteristics and microbiology by Hoole, A.S., Ilyas, A, Munawar, S., Cant, M., Hameed, R., Gill, S., Riaz, J., Siddiq, I.

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Behavioural response of workers to repeated intergroup encounters in the harvester ant Messor barbarus by Birch, G., Cant, M. A., Thompson, F. J.

“…The evolution of cooperation in animal societies is often associated with the evolution of hostility towards members of other groups. It is usually predicted…”
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cost of dominance: suppressing subordinate reproduction affects the reproductive success of dominant female banded mongooses by Bell, M. B. V, Nichols, H. J, Gilchrist, J. S, Cant, M. A, Hodge, S. J

“…Social species show considerable variation in the extent to which dominant females suppress subordinate reproduction. Much of this variation may be influenced…”
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Leaders of war: modelling the evolution of conflict among heterogeneous groups by Sankey, D W E, Hunt, K L, Croft, D P, Franks, D W, Green, P A, Thompson, F J, Johnstone, R A, Cant, M A

“…War, in human and animal societies, can be extremely costly but can also offer significant benefits to the victorious group. We might expect groups to go into…”
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A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society by Marshall, H. H., Johnstone, R. A., Thompson, F. J., Nichols, H. J., Wells, D., Hoffman, J. I., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Sanderson, J. L., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Blount, J. D., Cant, M. A.

“…Rawls argued that fairness in human societies can be achieved if decisions about the distribution of societal rewards are made from behind a veil of ignorance,…”
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The social formation of fitness: lifetime consequences of prenatal nutrition and postnatal care in a wild mammal population by Vitikainen, E I K, Meniri, M, Marshall, H H, Thompson, F J, Businge, R, Mwanguhya, F, Kyabulima, S, Mwesige, K, Ahabonya, S, Sanderson, J L, Kalema-Zikusoka, G, Hoffman, J I, Wells, D, Lewis, G, Walker, S L, Nichols, H J, Blount, J D, Cant, M A

“…Research in medicine and evolutionary biology suggests that the sequencing of parental investment has a crucial impact on offspring life history and health…”
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Evidence for frequent incest in a cooperatively breeding mammal by Nichols, H. J., Cant, M. A., Hoffman, J. I., Sanderson, J. L.

“…As breeding between relatives often results in inbreeding depression, inbreeding avoidance is widespread in the animal kingdom. However, inbreeding avoidance…”
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Pregnancy is detected via odour in a wild cooperative breeder by Mitchell, J., Cant, M. A., Nichols, H. J.

“…Among mammals, scent has long been known to encode oestrus; however, in many species, detecting pregnancy may also be important in terms of both competition…”
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Spontaneous abortion as a response to reproductive conflict in the banded mongoose by Inzani, E, Marshall, H H, Thompson, F J, Kalema-Zikusoka, G, Cant, M A, Vitikainen, E I K

“…When breeding females compete for limited resources, the intensity of this reproductive conflict can determine whether the fitness benefits of current…”
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Suppressing subordinate reproduction provides benefits to dominants in cooperative societies of meerkats by Bell, M. B. V., Cant, M. A., Borgeaud, C., Thavarajah, N., Samson, J., Clutton-Brock, T. H.

“…In many animal societies, a small proportion of dominant females monopolize reproduction by actively suppressing subordinates. Theory assumes that this is…”
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Scent marking within and between groups of wild banded mongooses by Jordan, N.R, Mwanguhya, F, Kyabulima, S, Rüedi, P, Cant, M.A

“…Scent marking is commonly described as a territorial behaviour, and scent marks might deter potential intruders from entering occupied areas. Conspecific…”
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Reproductive competition and the evolution of extreme birth synchrony in a cooperative mammal by Hodge, S. J., Bell, M. B. V., Cant, M. A.

“…Reproductive events in animal societies often show a high degree of temporal clustering, but the evolutionary causes of this synchronization are poorly…”
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Heterozygosity but not inbreeding coefficient predicts parasite burdens in the banded mongoose by Mitchell, J., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Wells, D. A., Cant, M. A., Nichols, H. J.

“…Inbreeding, reproduction between relatives, often impinges on the health and survival of resulting offspring. Such inbreeding depression may manifest itself…”
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Elevated glucocorticoid concentrations during gestation predict reduced reproductive success in subordinate female banded mongooses by Sanderson, J. L., Nichols, H. J., Marshall, H. H., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Thompson, F. J., Walker, S. L., Cant, M. A., Young, A. J.

“…Dominant females in social species have been hypothesized to reduce the reproductive success of their subordinates by inducing elevated circulating…”
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Identifying Psychosocial Risk Indicative of Subsequent Resource Use in Families of Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Oncology Patients by KAZAK, Anne E, CANT, M. Catherine, JENSEN, Merritt M, MCSHERRY, Mary, ROURKE, Mary T, HWANG, Wei-Ting, ALDERFER, Melissa A, BEELE, David, SIMMS, Steven, LANGE, Beverly J

“…The primary purpose of this prospective study was to identify the level of risk for psychosocial distress in families of children newly diagnosed with cancer…”
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