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Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment by Webster, P. J, Holland, G. J, Curry, J. A, Chang, H.-R

“…We examined the number of tropical cyclones and cyclone days as well as tropical cyclone intensity over the past 35 years, in an environment of increasing sea…”
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Were the 2010 Pakistan floods predictable? by Webster, P. J., Toma, V. E., Kim, H.-M.

“…During July 2010, a series of monsoonal deluges over northern Pakistan resulted in catastrophic flooding, loss of life and property and an agricultural crisis…”
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A Hydrological Definition of Indian Monsoon Onset and Withdrawal by Fasullo, J., Webster, P. J.

“…A diagnostic criterion that retrospectively assesses the onset and withdrawal dates of the Indian monsoon is derived from variability in the large-scale…”
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Systematic review to evaluate a potential association between helminth infection and physical stunting in children by Raj, E, Calvo-Urbano, B, Heffernan, C, Halder, J, Webster, J P

“…Despite considerable public health efforts over the past 20 years, childhood stunting (physical and/or cognitive) levels globally remain unacceptably high-at…”
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Deconvolution of the Factors Contributing to the Increase in Global Hurricane Intensity by Hoyos, C. D., Agudelo, P. A., Webster, P. J., Curry, J. A.

“…To better understand the change in global hurricane intensity since 1970, we examined the joint distribution of hurricane intensity with variables identified…”
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Saponin Adsorption at the Air–Water InterfaceNeutron Reflectivity and Surface Tension Study by Penfold, J, Thomas, R. K, Tucker, I, Petkov, J. T, Stoyanov, S. D, Denkov, N, Golemanov, K, Tcholakova, S, Webster, J. R. P

“…Saponins are a large group of glycosides present in many plant species. They exhibit high surface activity, which arises from a hydrophobic scaffold of…”
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Multiscale analysis of three consecutive years of anomalous flooding in Pakistan by Rasmussen, K. L., Hill, A. J., Toma, V. E., Zuluaga, M. D., Webster, P. J., Houze, R. A.

“…A multiscale investigation into three years of anomalous floods in Pakistan provides insight into their formation, unifying meteorological characteristics,…”
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The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI): rationale, development and implementation from 2002-2008 by Fenwick, A, Webster, J P, Bosque-Oliva, E, Blair, L, Fleming, F M, Zhang, Y, Garba, A, Stothard, J R, Gabrielli, A F, Clements, A C A, Kabatereine, N B, Toure, S, Dembele, R, Nyandindi, U, Mwansa, J, Koukounari, A

“…Schistosomiasis remains one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in developing countries. After malaria, schistosomiasis is the most important tropical…”
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Fatal attraction in rats infected with Toxoplasma gondii by Berdoy, M., Webster, J. P., Macdonald, D. W.

“…T. gondii'…”
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Self-assembly in escin-nonionic surfactant mixtures: From micelles to vesicles by Tucker, IM, Burley, A, Petkova, RE, Hosking, SL, R P Webster, J, X Li, P, Ma, K, Doutch, J, Penfoldoo, J, Thomas, RK

“…[Display omitted] Hypothesis: Saponins are a class of plant derived surfactants which are widely used in food related foams and emulsions, aerated drinks, and…”
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Monsoons: Processes, predictability, and the prospects for prediction by Webster, P. J., Magaña, V. O., Palmer, T. N., Shukla, J., Tomas, R. A., Yanai, M., Yasunari, T.

“…The Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere (TOGA) program sought to determine the predictability of the coupled ocean‐atmosphere system. The World Climate Research…”
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Interdecadal Changes in the ENSO–Monsoon System by Torrence, Christopher, Webster, Peter J.

“…The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian monsoon are shown to have undergone significant interdecadal changes in variance and coherency over the last…”
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Adsorption of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) at the Oil/Water Interface: A Neutron Reflection Study by Campana, M, Hosking, S. L, Petkov, J. T, Tucker, I. M, Webster, J. R. P, Zarbakhsh, A, Lu, J. R

“…The structure of the adsorbed protein layer at the oil/water interface is essential to the understanding of the role of proteins in emulsion stabilization, and…”
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Specificity of the Toxoplasma gondii-altered behaviour to definitive versus non-definitive host predation risk by Lamberton, P H L, Donnelly, C A, Webster, J P

“…The hypothesis that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii manipulates the behaviour of its intermediate rat host in order to increase its chance of being predated…”
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Development of novel multiplex microsatellite polymerase chain reactions to enable high-throughput population genetic studies of Schistosoma haematobium by Webster, B L, Rabone, M, Pennance, T, Emery, A M, Allan, F, Gouvras, A, Knopp, S, Garba, A, Hamidou, A A, Mohammed, K A, Ame, S M, Rollinson, D, Webster, J P

“…Human urogenital schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium is widely distributed across Africa and is increasingly targeted for control and regional…”
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Small bowel obstruction in pregnancy is a complex surgical problem with a high risk of fetal loss by Webster, P J, Bailey, M A, Wilson, J, Burke, D A

“…Small bowel obstruction (SBO) in pregnancy is rare and is most commonly caused by adhesions from previous abdominal surgery. Previous literature reviews have…”
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Parasites as causative agents of human affective disorders? The impact of anti-psychotic, mood-stabilizer and anti-parasite medication on Toxoplasma gondii's ability to alter host behaviour by Webster, J.P, Lamberton, P.H.L, Donnelly, C.A, Torrey, E.F

“…T. gondii…”
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Population genetics of Schistosoma haematobium: development of novel microsatellite markers and their application to schistosomiasis control in Mali by Gower, C M, Gabrielli, A F, Sacko, M, Dembelé, R, Golan, R, Emery, A M, Rollinson, D, Webster, J P

“…The recent implementation of mass drug administration (MDA) for control of uro-genital schistosomiasis has identified an urgent need for molecular markers to…”
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Promoting the adsorption of saponins at the hydrophilic solid-aqueous solution interface by the coadsorption with cationic surfactants by Tucker, IM, Burley, A, Petkova, RE, Hosking, SL, R P Webster, J, X Li, P, Ma, K, Penfold, J, Thomas, RK

“…[Display omitted] Hypothesis: Saponins are highly surface active glycosides, and are extensively used to stabilise emulsions and foams in beverages, foods, and…”
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Coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics in the Indian Ocean during 1997-98 by Webster, Peter J, Moore, Andrew M, Loschnigg, Johannes P, Leben, Robert R

“…Climate variability in the Indian Ocean region seems to be, in some aspects, independent of forcing by external phenomena such as the El Niño/Southern…”
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