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What Happened to the Forests of Sierra Leone? by Wadsworth, Richard A., Lebbie, Aiah R.

“…The last National Forest Inventory of Sierra Leone took place more than four decades ago in 1975. There appears to be no legal definition of “forest” in Sierra…”
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Long-Term Trends in PBDEs in Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) Eggs Indicate Sustained Contamination of UK Terrestrial Ecosystems by Crosse, John D, Shore, Richard F, Wadsworth, Richard A, Jones, Kevin C, Pereira, M. Glória

“…PBDE contamination in terrestrial biota is poorly characterized, and robust data on temporal trends are scarce. We measured temporal (1985–2007) and spatial…”
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Predictors of Hypertension in a Population of Undergraduate Students in Sierra Leone by Bangura, Camilla, Saidu, Janette, Wadsworth, Richard, Lebbie, Aiah

“…We report on the first survey of hypertension in undergraduates in Sierra Leone. Levels of hypertension (12%) and obesity (4%) appear low compared to the…”
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The impact of sustainable energy production on land use in Britain through to 2050 by Howard, David C., Wadsworth, Richard A., Whitaker, Jeanette W., Hughes, Nick, Bunce, Robert G.H.

“…Historically, land use in Britain has been shaped by the environment's capacity to provide energy as well as food, water and shelter. Over the next decades,…”
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Predicting the Spatial Distribution of Non-Indigenous Riparian Weeds: Issues of Spatial Scale and Extent by Collingham, Yvonne C., Wadsworth, Richard A., Huntley, Brian, Hulme, Philip E.

“…1. The existence of a hierarchical scheme of environmental controls on the spatial distribution of plant species was explored for three non-indigenous weeds,…”
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Semantics, Metadata, Geographical Information and Users by Comber, Alexi J, Fisher, Peter F, Wadsworth, Richard A

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What is Land Cover? by Comber, Alexis, Fisher, Peter, Wadsworth, Richard

“…Much geographic information is an interpretation of reality and it is possible for multiple interpretations to coexist. This is unproblematic for the research…”
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Phosphate acceptance map: A novel approach to match phosphorus content of biosolids with land and crop requirements by Wadsworth, Richard, Hallett, Stephen, Sakrabani, Ruben

“…Phosphorus is a key irreplaceable nutrient that plays a major role in crop nutrition. The mineral form of phosphorus fertiliser is a mined resource and its…”
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Closing the loop: A spatial analysis to link observed environmental damage to predicted heavy metal emissions by Colgan, Anja, Hankard, Peter K., Spurgeon, David J., Svendsen, Claus, Wadsworth, Richard A., Weeks, Jason M.

“…In many cases, the link between industrial emissions and damage to the environment can only be inferred. The Environment Agency of the United Kingdom imposes…”
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants utilized by forest edge communities in southern Sierra Leone by Jonathan, Johnny, Aiah, Lebbie, Richard, Wadsworth

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Identifying pollution hot spots from polychlorinated biphenyl residues in birds of prey by Broughton, Richard K., Osborn, Daniel, Shore, Richard F., Wienburg, Claire L., Wadsworth, Richard A.

“…Techniques for determining whether patterns of points are random, clustered, or dispersed are well established; however, when the magnitude of the attribute at…”
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Effect of rectus sheath block vs. spinal anaesthesia on time-to-readiness for hospital discharge after trans-peritoneal hand-assisted laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy: A randomised trial by Bhatia, Kailash, Columb, Malachy, Wadsworth, Richard, Macnab, William, Jepegnanam, Chandran, Campbell, Tunde, Van Dellen, David

“…BACKGROUNDThe role of spinal anaesthesia in patients having a transperitoneal hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in an enhanced recovery setting has…”
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Isolation of Angola-like Marburg virus from Egyptian rousette bats from West Africa by Amman, Brian R., Bird, Brian H., Bakarr, Ibrahim A., Bangura, James, Schuh, Amy J., Johnny, Jonathan, Sealy, Tara K., Conteh, Immah, Koroma, Alusine H., Foday, Ibrahim, Amara, Emmanuel, Bangura, Abdulai A., Gbakima, Aiah A., Tremeau-Bravard, Alexandre, Belaganahalli, Manjunatha, Dhanota, Jasjeet, Chow, Andrew, Ontiveros, Victoria, Gibson, Alexandra, Turay, Joseph, Patel, Ketan, Graziano, James, Bangura, Camilla, Kamanda, Emmanuel S., Osborne, Augustus, Saidu, Emmanuel, Musa, Jonathan, Bangura, Doris, Williams, Samuel Maxwell Tom, Wadsworth, Richard, Turay, Mohamed, Edwin, Lavalie, Mereweather-Thompson, Vanessa, Kargbo, Dickson, Bairoh, Fatmata V., Kanu, Marilyn, Robert, Willie, Lungai, Victor, Guetiya Wadoum, Raoul Emeric, Coomber, Moinya, Kanu, Osman, Jambai, Amara, Kamara, Sorie M., Taboy, Celine H., Singh, Tushar, Mazet, Jonna A. K., Nichol, Stuart T., Goldstein, Tracey, Towner, Jonathan S., Lebbie, Aiah

“…Marburg virus (MARV) causes sporadic outbreaks of severe Marburg virus disease (MVD). Most MVD outbreaks originated in East Africa and field studies in East…”
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Estimating the Effect of Abiotic Factors on Modifying the Sensitivity of Vegetation to Nitrogen Deposition: An Application of Endorsement Theory by Hall, Jane, Wadsworth, Richard

“…Many natural and semi-natural vegetation communities are sensitive to eutrophication; most eutrophication is caused by human activities. Critical loads have…”
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Capacity and leadership development for wildlife conservation in sub-Saharan Africa: assessment of a programme linking training and mentorship by Abu-Bakarr, Ibrahim, Bakarr, Mohamed I., Gelman, Nancy, Johnny, Jonathan, Kamanda, Philip Jimia, Killian, Dan, Lebbie, Aiah, Murphy, Melanie, Ntongho, Anne, O'Connor, Sheila, Sam-Mbomah, Edwin, Thulla, Philip Foday Yamba, Wadsworth, Richard

“…As threats facing wildlife and protected areas across Africa increase, demand for innovative and transformational leadership to tackle the challenges remains…”
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Laparoscopic hand‐assisted adrenalectomy for tumours larger than 5 cm by Buxton, Jennifer, Vun, Shen H., Dellen, David, Wadsworth, Richard, Augustine, Titus

“…Objective Adrenal surgery remains a distinct surgical challenge. Technical challenges associated with laparoscopic adrenalectomy are tumour size, haemorrhage…”
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The role of SRGAP2 in vertebrate gastrulation by Wadsworth, Richard

“…During vertebrate gastrulation, an elaborate series of cellular motility events occur that define the three germ layers, and establishes the primary body axis…”
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Single stage hand assisted laparoscopic and trans thoracic excision of multifocal paraaortic and cardiac paragangliomas by Ong, Kirsten Jie Ying, Shaw, Alexander, Wadsworth, Richard, Ball, Steven, Hasan, Rageb, Augustine, Titus

“…Abstract A 26-year-old male, with a family history of Paraganglioma Syndrome 4 (PGL4) presented with an 18-month history of paroxysmal headaches, a one-month…”
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Spatial Modelling in Forest Ecology and Management: A Case Study. Edited by M. JANSEN, M. JUDAS and J. SABOROWSKI (Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2002). [Pp. xiii+225]. ISBN 3-540-43357-0. Price €89.95. Hardback by Wadsworth, Richard

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Integrating land-cover data with different ontologies: identifying change from inconsistency by Comber, Alexis, Fisher, Peter, Wadsworth, Richard

“…Spatially coincident land-cover information frequently varies due to technological and political variations. This is especially problematic for time-series…”
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