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Do Angry Birds Make for Angry Children? A Meta-Analysis of Video Game Influences on Children's and Adolescents' Aggression, Mental Health, Prosocial Behavior, and Academic Performance by Ferguson, Christopher J.

“…The issue of whether video games—violent or nonviolent—"harm" children and adolescents continues to be hotly contested in the scientific community, among…”
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An Effect Size Primer: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers by Ferguson, Christopher J

“…Increasing emphasis has been placed on the use of effect size reporting in the analysis of social science data. Nonetheless, the use of effect size reporting…”
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Spanking, corporal punishment and negative long-term outcomes: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies by Ferguson, Christopher J.

“…Social scientists continue to debate the impact of spanking and corporal punishment (CP) on negative child outcomes including externalizing and internalizing…”
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Legume nodulation: The host controls the party by Ferguson, Brett J., Mens, Céline, Hastwell, April H., Zhang, Mengbai, Su, Huanan, Jones, Candice H., Chu, Xitong, Gresshoff, Peter M.

“…Global demand to increase food production and simultaneously reduce synthetic nitrogen fertilizer inputs in agriculture are underpinning the need to intensify…”
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Carbon‐Nanotube‐Based Thermoelectric Materials and Devices by Blackburn, Jeffrey L., Ferguson, Andrew J., Cho, Chungyeon, Grunlan, Jaime C.

“…Conversion of waste heat to voltage has the potential to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of a number of critical energy sectors, such as the…”
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Biocompatibility and toxicity of graphene quantum dots for potential application in photodynamic therapy by Tabish, Tanveer A, Scotton, Chris J, J Ferguson, Daniel C, Lin, Liangxu, der Veen, Anienke van, Lowry, Sophie, Ali, Muhammad, Jabeen, Farhat, Ali, Muhammad, Winyard, Paul G, Zhang, Shaowei

“…Achieving reliably high production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in photodynamic therapy (PDT) remains challenging. Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) hold great…”
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A Meta-Analysis of Normal and Disordered Personality Across the Life Span by Ferguson, Christopher J

“…Debate continues about whether personality, both normal and disordered, can change significantly or is mainly stable across the life span. One issue that…”
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A Bronchial Genomic Classifier for the Diagnostic Evaluation of Lung Cancer by Silvestri, Gerard A, Vachani, Anil, Whitney, Duncan, Elashoff, Michael, Porta Smith, Kate, Ferguson, J. Scott, Parsons, Ed, Mitra, Nandita, Brody, Jerome, Lenburg, Marc E, Spira, Avrum

“…A bronchial-airway gene-expression classifier that is used in combination with results on bronchoscopy helps to identify intermediate-risk patients who are…”
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Unconventional Thermoelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting and Sensing Applications by Massetti, Matteo, Jiao, Fei, Ferguson, Andrew J, Zhao, Dan, Wijeratne, Kosala, Würger, Alois, Blackburn, Jeffrey L, Crispin, Xavier, Fabiano, Simone

“…Heat is an abundant but often wasted source of energy. Thus, harvesting just a portion of this tremendous amount of energy holds significant promise for a more…”
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The relationship between problem gambling, excessive gaming, psychological distress and spending on loot boxes in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and the United States - a cross-national survey by Drummond, Aaron

“…Notes that loot boxes are digital containers of randomised rewards available in many video games, and that due to similarities between some loot boxes and…”
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Young’s modulus of trabecular bone at the tissue level: A review by Wu, Dan, Isaksson, Per, Ferguson, Stephen J., Persson, Cecilia

“…[Display omitted] The tissue-level Young’s modulus of trabecular bone is important for detailed mechanical analysis of bone and bone-implant mechanical…”
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Phytohormone Regulation of Legume-Rhizobia Interactions by Ferguson, Brett J, Mathesius, Ulrike

“…The symbiosis between legumes and nitrogen fixing bacteria called rhizobia leads to the formation of root nodules. Nodules are highly organized root organs…”
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Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey by Moore, Sarah A, Faulkner, Guy, Rhodes, Ryan E, Brussoni, Mariana, Chulak-Bozzer, Tala, Ferguson, Leah J, Mitra, Raktim, O'Reilly, Norm, Spence, John C, Vanderloo, Leigh M, Tremblay, Mark S

“…Healthy childhood development is fostered through sufficient physical activity (PA; including time outdoors), limiting sedentary behaviours (SB), and adequate…”
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The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age by Ferguson, Heather J., Brunsdon, Victoria E. A., Bradford, Elisabeth E. F.

“…Executive functions demonstrate variable developmental and aging profiles, with protracted development into early adulthood and declines in older age. However,…”
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Revealing the Dynamics of Charge Carriers in Polymer:Fullerene Blends Using Photoinduced Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity by Savenije, Tom J, Ferguson, Andrew J, Kopidakis, Nikos, Rumbles, Garry

“…During the past decade, time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC) has evolved to an established, powerful technique to study photoactive layers. With this…”
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How Mouse-tracking Can Advance Social Cognitive Theory by Stillman, Paul E., Shen, Xi, Ferguson, Melissa J.

“…Mouse-tracking – measuring computer-mouse movements made by participants while they choose between response options – is an emerging tool that offers an…”
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Pornography and Sexual Aggression: Can Meta-Analysis Find a Link? by Ferguson, Christopher J., Hartley, Richard D.

“…Whether pornography contributes to sexual aggression in real life has been the subject of dozens of studies over multiple decades. Nevertheless, scholars have…”
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Revisiting the ownership effect in adults with and without autism by Smith, Marchella, Williams, David, Lind, Sophie, Ferguson, Heather J

“…Self-owned items are better remembered than other-owned items; this ownership effect reflects privileged processing of self-related information. The size of…”
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Genetic Contributions to Antisocial Personality and Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review From an Evolutionary Perspective by Ferguson, Christopher J.

“…Evidence from behavioral genetics supports the conclusion that a significant amount of the variance in antisocial personality and behavior (APB) is due to…”
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Computationally designed lattices with tuned properties for tissue engineering using 3D printing by Egan, Paul F, Gonella, Veronica C, Engensperger, Max, Ferguson, Stephen J, Shea, Kristina

“…Tissue scaffolds provide structural support while facilitating tissue growth, but are challenging to design due to diverse property trade-offs. Here, a…”
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