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Writing the vampire : M. E. Braddon’s Good Lady Ducayne and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (2015)
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Hatter, J. (2015). Writing the vampire : M. E. Braddon’s Good Lady Ducayne and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Supernatural studies, 2(2), 29-47

By the fin-de-siècle, vampire fiction already had a long-standing Gothic heritage, and yet, in the mid-1890s, two authors published their own vampire tales, hoping to make their mark in the popular genre. One author was an established best-seller wit... Read More about Writing the vampire : M. E. Braddon’s Good Lady Ducayne and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

FOXA1 regulates androgen receptor variant activity in models of castrate-resistant prostate cancer (2015)
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Jones, D., Wade, M., Nakjang, S., Chaytor, L., Grey, J., Robson, C. N., & Gaughan, L. (2015). FOXA1 regulates androgen receptor variant activity in models of castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Oncotarget, 6(30), 29782-29794. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4927

Retention of androgen receptor (AR) signalling in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) highlights the requirement for the development of more effective AR targeting therapies. A key mechanism of resistance to anti-androgens is through expression... Read More about FOXA1 regulates androgen receptor variant activity in models of castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

Development and exploitation of a novel mutant androgen receptor modelling strategy to identify new targets for advanced prostate cancer therapy (2015)
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O’Neill, D., Jones, D., Wade, M., Grey, J., Nakjang, S., Guo, W., …Gaughan, L. (2015). Development and exploitation of a novel mutant androgen receptor modelling strategy to identify new targets for advanced prostate cancer therapy. Oncotarget, 6(28), 26029-26040. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4347

The persistence of androgen receptor (AR) signalling in castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) highlights the unmet clinical need for the development of more effective AR targeting therapies. A key mechanism of therapy-resistance is by selection o... Read More about Development and exploitation of a novel mutant androgen receptor modelling strategy to identify new targets for advanced prostate cancer therapy.

Living with contradictions: the dynamics of senior managers in relation to sustainability (2015)
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Allen, S., Marshall, J., & Easterby-Smith, M. (2015). Living with contradictions: the dynamics of senior managers in relation to sustainability. Organization & environment, 28(3), 328-348. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026615575048

In this article, we investigate how senior managers located in Northern Europe in the energy and power industry coordinate their recognition of sustainability challenges with other things they say and do. Identity theory is used to examine the fine-g... Read More about Living with contradictions: the dynamics of senior managers in relation to sustainability.

High speed synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of the ultrasound shockwave and enhanced flow during metal solidification processes (2015)
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Tan, D., Lee, T. L., Khong, J. C., Connolley, T., Fezzaa, K., & Mi, J. (2015). High speed synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of the ultrasound shockwave and enhanced flow during metal solidification processes. Metallurgical and materials transactions. A, Physical metallurgy and materials science, 46(7), 2851-2861. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-2872-x

The highly dynamic behaviour of ultrasonic bubble implosion in liquid metal, the multiphase liquid metal flow containing bubbles and particles, and the interaction between ultrasonic waves and semisolid phases during solidification of metal were stud... Read More about High speed synchrotron X-ray imaging studies of the ultrasound shockwave and enhanced flow during metal solidification processes.

In situ synchrotron x-ray study of ultrasound cavitation and its effect on solidification microstructures (2014)
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Mi, J., Tan, D., & Lee, T. L. (2015). In situ synchrotron x-ray study of ultrasound cavitation and its effect on solidification microstructures. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 46(4), 1615-1619. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-014-0256-z

Considerable progress has been made in studying the mechanism and effectiveness of using ultrasound waves to manipulate the solidification microstructures of metallic alloys. However, uncertainties remain in both the underlying physics of how microst... Read More about In situ synchrotron x-ray study of ultrasound cavitation and its effect on solidification microstructures.

The histone demethylase enzyme KDM3A is a key estrogen receptor regulator in breast cancer (2014)
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Wade, M. A., Jones, D., Wilson, L., Stockley, J., Coffey, K., Robson, C. N., & Gaughan, L. (2015). The histone demethylase enzyme KDM3A is a key estrogen receptor regulator in breast cancer. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(1), 196-207. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku1298

Endocrine therapy has successfully been used to treat estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer, but this invariably fails with cancers becoming refractory to treatment. Emerging evidence has suggested that fluctuations in ER co-regulatory protei... Read More about The histone demethylase enzyme KDM3A is a key estrogen receptor regulator in breast cancer.

Technology demonstrator of a novel software defined radio-based aeronautical communications system (2014)
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Cheng, Y., Xu, K., Hu, Y. F., Pillai, P., Baddoo, J., Smith, A., …Pillai, A. (2014). Technology demonstrator of a novel software defined radio-based aeronautical communications system. IET science, measurement & technology, 8(6), 370-379. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2014.0003

This study presents the architectural design, software implementation, the validation and flight trial results of an aeronautical communications system developed within the Seamless Aeronautical Networking through integration of Data links Radios and... Read More about Technology demonstrator of a novel software defined radio-based aeronautical communications system.

Commodity futures price behaviour following large one-day price changes (2014)
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Mazouz, K., & Wang, J. (2014). Commodity futures price behaviour following large one-day price changes. Applied financial economics, 24(14), 939-948. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603107.2014.914140

This study examines individual commodity futures price reactions to large one-day price changes, or “shocks”. The mean-adjusted abnormal return model suggests that investors in 6 of the 18 commodity futures examined in this study either underreact or... Read More about Commodity futures price behaviour following large one-day price changes.

Fragments from a medieval archive: the life and death of Sir Robert Constable (2013)
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McDonagh, B. (2013). Fragments from a medieval archive: the life and death of Sir Robert Constable. Journal of Historical Geography, 42(Oct 2013), 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2013.06.002

This article asks what we can know of historical individuals in pre-Reformation England. While recognizing the challenges of writing medieval biography, it points to the opportunities offered by a range of under-utilized sources for engaging both wit... Read More about Fragments from a medieval archive: the life and death of Sir Robert Constable.

Making and breaking property: Negotiating enclosure and common rights in sixteenth-century england (2013)
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McDonagh, B. (2013). Making and breaking property: Negotiating enclosure and common rights in sixteenth-century england. History workshop journal : HWJ, 76(1), 32-56. https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbs054

This paper explores the making – and breaking – of property in early sixteenth-century England, examining the range of strategies available to those engaged in negotiating and resisting enclosure, common rights and land-use change. It interrogates th... Read More about Making and breaking property: Negotiating enclosure and common rights in sixteenth-century england.

Parliamentary enclosure, vermin and the cultural life of English parishes, 1750-1850 (2013)
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Cragoe, M., & McDonagh, B. (2013). Parliamentary enclosure, vermin and the cultural life of English parishes, 1750-1850. Continuity and Change, 28(1), 27-50. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0268416013000118

This article explores the impact of parliamentary enclosure on the cultural life of English villages after 1750. It focuses on parish-sponsored vermin control, arguing that the popular 'hunting' sanctioned by parish vestries under Tudor legislation,... Read More about Parliamentary enclosure, vermin and the cultural life of English parishes, 1750-1850.

Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire (2012)
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McDonagh, B., & Daniels, S. (2012). Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire. cultural geographies, 19(1), 107-121. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474011427361

This paper rethinks and revises enclosure narratives, thickening the concept of enclosure by researching a particular place and period: the English Midland county of Northamptonshire in the period between the 16th and the 19th centuries. It argues th... Read More about Enclosure stories: narratives from Northamptonshire.

Refining the understanding of inhibitory processes: how response prepotency is created and overcome (2011)
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Simpson, A., Riggs, K., Beck, S. R., Gorniak, S. L., Wu, Y., Abbott, D., & Diamond, A. (2012). Refining the understanding of inhibitory processes: how response prepotency is created and overcome. Developmental Science, 15(1), 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01105.x

Understanding (a) how responses become prepotent provides insights into when inhibition is needed in everyday life. Understanding (b) how response prepotency is overcome provides insights for helping children develop strategies for overcoming such te... Read More about Refining the understanding of inhibitory processes: how response prepotency is created and overcome.

Liquid crystalline organic semiconductors: nematic spiro[cyclopentyl-1,9']fluorenes (2011)
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Billa, M. R., Kassireddy, K., Haro, M., Al-Kalifah, M. S., Kelly, S. M., Kitney, S. P., & O'Neill, M. (2011). Liquid crystalline organic semiconductors: nematic spiro[cyclopentyl-1,9']fluorenes. Liquid crystals, 38(7), 813-829. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2011.577913

A number of nematic spiro[cyclopentyl-1,9′]fluorene reactive mesogens with polymerisable oxetane or non-conjugated diene end-groups have been successfully synthesised. The melting and clearing points of these new spiro[cyclopentyl-1,9′]fluorenes are... Read More about Liquid crystalline organic semiconductors: nematic spiro[cyclopentyl-1,9']fluorenes.

Carbazole nematic liquid crystals (2010)
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Bao, W., Billa, M. R., Kassireddy, K., Haro, M., Kelly, M. J., Kitney, S. P., …Kelly, S. M. (2010). Carbazole nematic liquid crystals. Liquid crystals, 37(10), 1289-1303. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2010.504862

A number of calamitic 2,7-diary-N-alkyl-substituted carbazoles with an enantiotropic nematic phase have been prepared. Branching of the aliphatic chain attached to the nitrogen atom in the carbazole ring leads to significantly lower liquid crystal tr... Read More about Carbazole nematic liquid crystals.

Exploring the link between IT systems and the outsourcing of logistics activities: A transaction cost perspective (2010)
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Hong, E., Son, B., & Menachof, D. (2010). Exploring the link between IT systems and the outsourcing of logistics activities: A transaction cost perspective. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 13(1), 41-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675560903233682

This study explores the relationship between the expansion of information technology (IT) systems and the outsourcing of logistics activities. Transaction cost theory was adopted to explain this relationship. The research model for this study consist... Read More about Exploring the link between IT systems and the outsourcing of logistics activities: A transaction cost perspective.

Subverting the ground : private property and public protest in the sixteenth-century Yorkshire Wolds (2009)
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McDonagh, B. A. (2009). Subverting the ground : private property and public protest in the sixteenth-century Yorkshire Wolds. The Agricultural history review, 57(2), 191-206

As a forum for litigating property disputes, the Star Chamber left records that provide crucial evidence for investigating the way people understood and experienced the landscape around them at precisely the time that the modern concept of property i... Read More about Subverting the ground : private property and public protest in the sixteenth-century Yorkshire Wolds.