Intelligence and educational achievement

IJ Deary, S Strand, P Smith, C Fernandes - Intelligence, 2007 - Elsevier
This 5-year prospective longitudinal study of 70,000+ English children examined the
association between psychometric intelligence at age 11 years and educational achievement in …

Different polyphenolic components of soft fruits inhibit α-amylase and α-glucosidase

…, F Shpiro, P Dobson, P Smith… - Journal of agricultural …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Polyphenol-rich extracts from soft fruits were tested for their ability to inhibit α-amylase and α-glucosidase.
All extracts tested caused some inhibition of α-amylase, but there was a 10-…

Assessing potential bioavailability of raspberry anthocyanins using an in vitro digestion system

GJ McDougall, P Dobson, P Smith… - Journal of agricultural …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The bioavailability of anthocyanins from raspberry extracts was assessed using an in vitro
digestion procedure that mimics the physiochemical and biochemical changes that occur in …

Sex differences in cognitive abilities test scores: A UK national picture

S Strand, IJ Deary, P Smith - British Journal of Educational …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims. There is uncertainty about the extent or even existence of sex differences
in the mean and variability of reasoning test scores ( Jensen, 1998 ; Lynn, 1994, 1998 ; …

Towards a practical measure of hypertext usability

PA Smith - Interacting with computers, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Disorientation or the sense of being ‘lost’ in an information space has long been held as a
major drawback of hypertext systems. However, the usability of hypertext systems has been …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence and type of social noise exposure in young adults in England

PA Smith, A Davis, M Ferguson, ME Lutman - Noise and health, 2000 - journals.lww.com
There have been several recent reports on the potential risk to hearing from various types of
social noise exposure. However, there are few population-based data to substantiate a case …

Enhanced thermal conductivity by aggregation in heat transfer nanofluids containing metal oxide nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes

…, W Cross, H Hong, J Kellar, P Smith… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
An approximately 10% increase in the thermal conductivity (TC) of heat transfer nanofluids
containing metal oxide nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes has been determined with very …

Effects of pH on heat transfer nanofluids containing ZrO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles

…, MK Opoku, H Hong, P Smith - Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, p H influences of zeta potential, particle size distribution, rheology, viscosity,
and stability on heat transfer nanofluids are studied. Significant enhancement of thermal …

Sex, intelligence and educational achievement in a national cohort of over 175,000 11-year-old schoolchildren in England

CM Calvin, C Fernandes, P Smith, PM Visscher… - Intelligence, 2010 - Elsevier
General cognitive ability (g) does not explain sex differences in academic test performance
by the end of compulsory education. Instead, individual differences in specific reasoning …

Effects of alignment, pH, surfactant, and solvent on heat transfer nanofluids containing Fe2O3 and CuO nanoparticles

…, G Christensen, X Luan, H Hong, P Smith - Journal of Applied …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the effects of alignment, pH, surfactant and solvent on heat transfer nanofluids
containing Fe2O3 and CuO nanoparticles are studied and analyzed. The microscope …