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Targeted epidermal growth factor receptor therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: where do we stand? (2010)
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Agarwal, V., Lind, M. J., & Cawkwell, L. (2011). Targeted epidermal growth factor receptor therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: where do we stand?. Cancer Treatment Reviews, 37(7), 533-542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrv.2010.11.004

The median survival for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma remains extremely poor and there is a need for the development of more effective treatment modalities. The epidermal growth factor receptor is frequently over-expressed in malignant... Read More about Targeted epidermal growth factor receptor therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: where do we stand?.

The national heart failure audit for England and Wales 2008-2009 (2010)
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Yassin, A., Cleland, J., McDonagh, T., Rigby, A. S., Whittaker, T., Dargie, H. J., & on behalf of the National Heart Failure Audit Team for England and Wales. (2011). The national heart failure audit for England and Wales 2008-2009. Heart, 97(11), 876-886. https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2010.209171

Objectives To obtain national data on the clinical characteristics, investigation, management and outcome of patients hospitalised with a diagnosis of heart failure. Method A survey was carried out of the first 10 patients hospitalised with a primary... Read More about The national heart failure audit for England and Wales 2008-2009.

Alterations of the blood-brain barrier in cerebral white matter lesions in the ageing brain (2010)
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Simpson, J. E., Wharton, S. B., Cooper, J., Gelsthorpe, C., Baxter, L., Forster, G., …Ince, P. G. (2010). Alterations of the blood-brain barrier in cerebral white matter lesions in the ageing brain. Neuroscience letters, 486(3), 246-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2010.09.063

White matter lesions (WML) are associated with dementia and are common in brain ageing. In order to determine whether alteration of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) may contribute to the pathogenesis of WML we assessed albumin leakage and expression of... Read More about Alterations of the blood-brain barrier in cerebral white matter lesions in the ageing brain.

Long-term return reversals-Value and growth or tax? UK evidence (2010)
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Wu, Y., & Li, Y. (2011). Long-term return reversals-Value and growth or tax? UK evidence. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 21(3), 347-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2010.12.001

This paper examines (i) whether value-growth characteristics have more power than past performance in predicting return reversals; and (ii) whether typical rational behaviour such as incentives to delay paying capital gain taxes can better explain lo... Read More about Long-term return reversals-Value and growth or tax? UK evidence.

Visual aftereffects for walking actions reveal underlying neural mechanisms for action recognition (2010)
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Barraclough, N., & Jellema, T. (2011). Visual aftereffects for walking actions reveal underlying neural mechanisms for action recognition. Psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society / APS, 22(1), 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610391910

The results of this study illustrate a new high-level visual aftereffect: Observing actors walking forward, without horizontal translation, makes subsequent actors appear to walk backward, and the opposite effect is obtained after observing backward... Read More about Visual aftereffects for walking actions reveal underlying neural mechanisms for action recognition.

Why do humans have chins? Testing the mechanical significance of modern human symphyseal morphology with finite element analysis (2010)
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Gröning, F., Liu, J., Fagan, M. J., & O'Higgins, P. (2011). Why do humans have chins? Testing the mechanical significance of modern human symphyseal morphology with finite element analysis. American journal of physical anthropology, 144(4), 593-606. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21447

The modern human mandibular symphysis differs from those of all other primates in being vertically orientated and possessing a chin, but the functional significance of this unique morphology is not well understood. Some hypotheses propose that it is... Read More about Why do humans have chins? Testing the mechanical significance of modern human symphyseal morphology with finite element analysis.

Oil foams stabilised solely by particles (2010)
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Binks, B. P., Rocher, A., & Kirkland, M. (2011). Oil foams stabilised solely by particles. Soft matter, 7(5), 1800-1808. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01129k

The influence of the surface tension of the liquid (γla) on the material formed upon aerating mixtures of the liquid and fluoroethylene particles is investigated. For non-polar oils of relatively low tension, an oil dispersion of particles is formed... Read More about Oil foams stabilised solely by particles.

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism (2010)
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Whittle, A. M., Allsup, D. J., & Bailey, J. R. (2011). Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism. Leukemia Research, 35(3), 419-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leukres.2010.11.011

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. The literature is sparse on the incidence in the most common lymphoid malignancy, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). We calculated the incidence rates for... Read More about Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism.

Cough hypersensitivity syndrome: A distinct clinical entity (2010)
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Morice, A. H., Faruqi, S., Wright, C. E., Thompson, R., & Bland, J. M. (2011). Cough hypersensitivity syndrome: A distinct clinical entity. Lung, 189(1), 73-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-010-9272-1

We postulate that most patients with chronic cough have a single discrete clinical entity: Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome. We constructed a questionnaire that elicits the major components of the syndrome. Here we describe the validation of this ques... Read More about Cough hypersensitivity syndrome: A distinct clinical entity.

Susanne MacGregor (ed.) (2010), Responding to Drug Misuse: Research and Policy Priorities in Health and Social Care. Hove, Sussex: Routledge. £39, pp. 247, hbk. (2010)
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Hammersley, R. (2011). Susanne MacGregor (ed.) (2010), Responding to Drug Misuse: Research and Policy Priorities in Health and Social Care. Hove, Sussex: Routledge. £39, pp. 247, hbk. Journal of Social Policy, 40(1), 202-203. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047279410000802

This article begins by examining the possible meanings of ‘sustainability’, and argues that most meanings are prescriptive rather than descriptive in nature: they tend, either overtly or covertly, to recommend the particular end-states that writers d... Read More about Susanne MacGregor (ed.) (2010), Responding to Drug Misuse: Research and Policy Priorities in Health and Social Care. Hove, Sussex: Routledge. £39, pp. 247, hbk..

A set of highly water-soluble tetraethyleneglycol-substituted Zn(ii) phthalocyanines: synthesis, photochemical and photophysical properties, interaction with plasma proteins and in vitro phototoxicity (2010)
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Tuncel, S., Dumoulin, F., Gailer, J., Sooriyaarachchi, M., Atilla, D., Durmuş, M., Bouchu, D., Savoie, H., Boyle, R. W., & Ahsen, V. (2011). A set of highly water-soluble tetraethyleneglycol-substituted Zn(ii) phthalocyanines: synthesis, photochemical and photophysical properties, interaction with plasma proteins and in vitro phototoxicity. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 40(16), 4067-4079. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0dt01260b

Three Zn(II) phthalocyanines substituted by hydroxyl-terminated tetraethylene glycol chains have been synthesized. In order to evaluate the potential of these highly water-soluble phthalocyanines as type II-photosensitisers for photodynamic therapy,... Read More about A set of highly water-soluble tetraethyleneglycol-substituted Zn(ii) phthalocyanines: synthesis, photochemical and photophysical properties, interaction with plasma proteins and in vitro phototoxicity.

Nonlinear time-series convergence: The role of structural breaks (2010)
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King, A., & Ramlogan-Dobson, C. (2011). Nonlinear time-series convergence: The role of structural breaks. Economics letters, 110(3), 238-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.12.001

Chong et al. (2008) found only limited support for the income convergence hypothesis among 15 OECD nations using a nonlinear unit root test. We find considerably greater evidence of convergence by allowing for breaks in the test's time trend. © 2010... Read More about Nonlinear time-series convergence: The role of structural breaks.

Blogs and e-Portfolios: can they support reflection, evidencing and dialogue in teacher training? (2010)
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Cotterill, S., Lowing, K., Cain, K., Lofthouse, R., Mackay, C., McShane, J., …Wright, D. (2010). Blogs and e-Portfolios: can they support reflection, evidencing and dialogue in teacher training?. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Special Edition: Researching and Evaluating Personal Development Planning and e-Portfolio Practice, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.v0i0.97

A blog with explicit support for structured skills/competencies and community publishing was integrated within an e-Portfolio and evaluated with three successive cohorts of PGCE secondary students at Newcastle University in order to support reflectio... Read More about Blogs and e-Portfolios: can they support reflection, evidencing and dialogue in teacher training?.

Preferences surf on the currents of words: Implicit verb causality influences evaluative conditioning (2010)
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Walther, E., Langer, T., Weil, R., & Komischke, M. (2011). Preferences surf on the currents of words: Implicit verb causality influences evaluative conditioning. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41(1), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.785

It is a psychological truism that thought shapes language. However, the idea that language constrains cognition is less well understood and has been debated in philosophy, linguistic, and psychology. The goal of the present research was to investigat... Read More about Preferences surf on the currents of words: Implicit verb causality influences evaluative conditioning.

Modelling of light extinction by soot particles (2010)
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Zhang, Q., & Rubini, P. A. (2011). Modelling of light extinction by soot particles. Fire Safety Journal, 46(3), 96-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2010.11.002

A simplified model for the prediction of light extinction through combustion generated smoke is presented. The model builds upon existing theory and available experimental data to account for the principal factors that influence light extinction in p... Read More about Modelling of light extinction by soot particles.

National survey of alcohol treatment agencies in England: Characteristics of clients (2010)
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Rose, A. K., Winfield, H., Jenner, J. H., Oyefeso, A., Phillips, T. S., Deluca, P., Perryman, K. A., Heriot-Maitland, C., Galea, S., Cheeta, S., Saunders, V., & Drummond, C. (2012). National survey of alcohol treatment agencies in England: Characteristics of clients. Journal of substance use, 17(5-6), 389-398. https://doi.org/10.3109/14659891.2010.499493

Background: To map and contact all alcohol treatment services in England offering Tier 2, 3 and 4 interventions and describe the characteristics of their service-users. Methods: A national cross-sectional survey of alcohol treatment providers in Engl... Read More about National survey of alcohol treatment agencies in England: Characteristics of clients.

A neurocognitive approach to brand memory (2010)
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Ratnayake, N., Broderick, A. J., & Mitchell, R. L. C. (2010). A neurocognitive approach to brand memory. Journal of marketing management, 26(13-14), 1295-1318. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2010.522531

Consumer decisions are largely influenced by prior experiences via memory, and the episodic (autobiographical)/semantic dichotomy has particular relevance to the cognitive versus emotional decision-making models. Yet, consumer research is limited in... Read More about A neurocognitive approach to brand memory.

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning on heat shock protein 72 expression following in vitro stress in human monocytes (2010)
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Vince, R. V., Midgley, A. W., Laden, G., & Madden, L. A. (2011). The effect of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning on heat shock protein 72 expression following in vitro stress in human monocytes. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 16(3), 339-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-010-0246-2

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is thought to confer protection to cells via a cellular response to free radicals. This process may involve increased expression of heat shock proteins, in particular the highly inducible heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72). Healthy... Read More about The effect of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning on heat shock protein 72 expression following in vitro stress in human monocytes.

The Ras related GTPase Miro is not required for mitochondrial transport in Dictyostelium discoideum (2010)
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Vlahou, G., Eliáš, M., von Kleist-Retzow, J.-C., Wiesner, R. J., & Rivero, F. (2011). The Ras related GTPase Miro is not required for mitochondrial transport in Dictyostelium discoideum. European journal of cell biology, 90(4), 342-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.10.012

Ras-related GTPases of the Miro family have been implicated in mitochondrial homeostasis and microtubule-dependent transport. They consist of two GTP-binding domains separated by calcium-binding motifs and of a C-terminal transmembrane domain that ta... Read More about The Ras related GTPase Miro is not required for mitochondrial transport in Dictyostelium discoideum.