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Individual contributions to babysitting in a cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta by Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., O'Riain, M.J., Griffin, A.S., Gaynor, D., Sharpe, L., Kansky, R., Manser, M.B., McIlrath, G.M.

“…helpers babysit pups at the natal burrow for the first month of pup life and frequent babysitters suffer substantial weight losses over the period of…”
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Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection by WEST, S.A, GRIFFIN, A.S, GARDNER, A

“…From an evolutionary perspective, social behaviours are those which have fitness consequences for both the individual that performs the behaviour, and another…”
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Retrospective evaluation of a new neonatal trigger score by Holme, Harriet, Bhatt, Reena, Koumettou, Marita, Griffin, Mark A S, Winckworth, Lucinda C

“…To design and validate an objective clinical scoring system to identify unwell neonates, by using routinely collected bedside observations. A Neonatal Trigger…”
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Routes to indirect fitness in cooperatively breeding vertebrates: kin discrimination and limited dispersal by CORNWALLIS, C.K, WEST, S.A, GRIFFIN, A.S

“…Hamilton demonstrated that the evolution of cooperative behaviour is favoured by high relatedness, which can arise through kin discrimination or limited…”
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Social semantics: how useful has group selection been by WEST, S.A, GRIFFIN, A.S, GARDNER, A

“…In our social semantics review (J. Evol. Biol., 2007, 415-432), we discussed some of the misconceptions and sources of confusion associated with group…”
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Phenotypic plasticity of a cooperative behaviour in bacteria by KÜMMERLI, R, JIRICNY, N, CLARKE, L.S, WEST, S.A, GRIFFIN, A.S

“…There is strong evidence that natural selection can favour phenotypic plasticity as a mechanism to maximize fitness in animals. Here, we aim to investigate…”
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Fitness correlates with the extent of cheating in a bacterium by JIRICNY, N, DIGGLE, S.P, WEST, S.A, EVANS, B.A, BALLANTYNE, G, ROSS-GILLESPIE, A, GRIFFIN, A.S

“…There is growing awareness of the importance of cooperative behaviours in microbial communities. Empirical support for this insight comes from experiments…”
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Training captive-bred or translocated animals to avoid predators by Griffin, A.S, Blumstein, D.T, Evans, C.S

“…: Animal reintroductions and translocations are potentially important interventions to save species from extinction, but most are unsuccessful. Mortality due…”
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Repression of competition favours cooperation: experimental evidence from bacteria by KÜMMERLI, R, van denBERG, P, GRIFFIN, A.S, WEST, S.A, GARDNER, A

“…Repression of competition (RC) within social groups has been suggested as a key mechanism driving the evolution of cooperation, because it aligns the…”
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Hemorrhage risk with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) insertion at the main portal vein bifurcation with stent grafts by Griffin, A.S., Preece, S.R., Ronald, J., Smith, T.P., Suhocki, P.V., Kim, C.Y.

“…The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of major hemorrhage after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) insertion using a stent…”
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Contributions to cooperative rearing in meerkats by Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., O'Riain, M.J., Griffin, A.S., Gaynor, D., Kansky, R., Sharpe, L., McIlrath, G.M.

“…In vertebrate societies where young are reared communally, nonbreeding helpers are usually closely related to young but often vary widely in their…”
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Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology sympsosia by Schroeder, J, Dugdale, H.L, Radersma, R, Hinsch, M, Buehler, D.M, Saul, J, Porter, L, Liker, A, Cauwer, I., de, Johnson, P.J, Santure, A.W, Griffin, A.S, Bolund, E, Ross, L, Webb, T.J, Feulner, P.G.D, Winney, I, Szulkin, M, Komdeur, J, Versteegh, M.A, Hemelrijk, C.K, Svensson, E.I, Edwards, H, Karlsson, M, West, S.A, Barrett, E.L.B, Richardson, D.S, Brink, V., van den, Wimpenny, J.H, Ellwood, S.A, Rees, M., van, Matson, K.D

“…Lower visibility of female scientists, compared to male scientists, is a potential reason for the under-representation of women among senior academic ranks…”
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Using Web 2.0 Technology (YouTube) to Reach Extension Clientele by Greene∗, E.A., Whittle, J.L., Griffin, A.S., Wood, C.H., Anderson, K., Williams, C.A.

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The rate and cost of hospital-acquired infections occurring in patients admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital in England and the national burden imposed by Plowman, R., Graves, N., Griffin, M.A.S., Roberts, J.A., Swan, A.V., Cookson, B., Taylor, L.

“…Between April 1994 and May 1995 4000 adult patients admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital were recruited to this study…”
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Behavioral and physiological differences between two parapatric Heliconius species by Davison, A, McMillan, W.O, Griffin, A.S, Jiggins, C.D, Mallett, J.L.B

“…The behavior and physiology of two parapatric sibling species, Heliconius erato cyrbia Godt. and H. himera Hew., were investigated to assess if environmental…”
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The effect of weaning age on foal growth and radiographic bone density by Warren, L.K., Lawrence, L.M., Parker, A.L., Barnes, T., Griffin, A.S.

“…Seven foals weaned at 4.5 months were compared toeight foals weaned at 6.0 months at three-week intervals before and after weaning to assess the effect of…”
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Randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of emergency day surgery against standard inpatient treatment by Conaghan, P. J., Figueira, E., Griffin, M. A. S., Ingham Clark, C. L.

“…Background: The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of treating patients with minor and intermediate general surgical emergency conditions as day…”
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Adverse events in British hospitals by Nguyen, Tuan V., Hillman, Ken M., Buist, Michael D., Chakraverty, S., Wright, J., Plowman, Rosalind, Roberts, Jennifer A., Graves, Nicholas, Griffin, Mark A. S., Cookson, Barry, Taylor, Lynda, Collopy, Brian T., McDonald, I. G., Griffith, David, Diggory, Paul, Mehta, Anand, Vincent, Charles, Neale, Graham, Woloshynowych, Maria, Ferner, R. E., Aronson, J. K., Bezruchka, Stephen

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Analysis of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl derivatives of carboxylic acid herbicides by gas chromatography with mass-selective and electron capture detection by Lee, A S, Hong, M K, Smith, A E

“…A method for derivatizing carboxylic acid herbicides with 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) in preparation for gas chromatographic (GC) analysis was developed…”
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