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Choosing between alternative wrist postures: Action planning needs perception (2008)
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Dijkerman, H. C., McIntosh, R. D., Schindler, I., Nijboer, T. C. W., & Milner, A. D. (2009). Choosing between alternative wrist postures: Action planning needs perception. Neuropsychologia, 47(6), 1476-1482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.12.002

When normal subjects grasp with their right hand a rectangular object placed at different orientations in the horizontal plane, they change from a 'thumb left' (clockwise) to a 'thumb right' (anti-clockwise) grasp when the orientation exceeds about 1... Read More about Choosing between alternative wrist postures: Action planning needs perception.

Stereostructural behaviour of N-N atropisomers: Two conglomerate crystallisations and a crystallisation-induced deracemisation (2008)
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Arthur, R. J., Coogan, M. P., Casadesus, M., Haigh, R., Headspith, D. A., Francesconi, M. G., & Laye, R. H. (2009). Stereostructural behaviour of N-N atropisomers: Two conglomerate crystallisations and a crystallisation-induced deracemisation. CrystEngComm RSC, 11(4), 610-619. https://doi.org/10.1039/b814424a

The solid state behaviour of a number of compounds which show hindered rotation around an N-N bond, in some cases leading to axial chirality is described. A diacyl hydrazine, bisanthranoly hydrazine, 1 crystallises in the chiral space group P2(1)2(1)... Read More about Stereostructural behaviour of N-N atropisomers: Two conglomerate crystallisations and a crystallisation-induced deracemisation.

A "Kite" Shaped Styryl End-Capped Benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b ']dithiophene with High Electrical Performances in Organic Thin Film Transistors (2008)
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Didane, Y., Mehl, G. H., Kumagai, A., Yoshimoto, N., Videlot-Ackermann, C., & Brisset, H. (2008). A "Kite" Shaped Styryl End-Capped Benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b ']dithiophene with High Electrical Performances in Organic Thin Film Transistors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(52), 17681-17683. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja807504k

The bridging of distyryl-bithiophene leads to a kite shape of the conjugated system. This twist is not like twistacenes or twist deformation in α-oligothiophenes but a curvature such as in bowl shaped systems. Initially perceived to be undesirable, t... Read More about A "Kite" Shaped Styryl End-Capped Benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b ']dithiophene with High Electrical Performances in Organic Thin Film Transistors.

Dynamic modelling of CO2 absorption for post combustion capture in coal-fired power plants (2008)
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Lawal, A., Wang, M., Stephenson, P., & Yeung, H. (2009). Dynamic modelling of CO2 absorption for post combustion capture in coal-fired power plants. Fuel, 88(12), 2455-2462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2008.11.009

Power generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants is the largest single source of CO 2 emissions. Post combustion capture via chemical absorption is viewed as the most mature CO 2 capture technique. This paper presents a study of the post combusti... Read More about Dynamic modelling of CO2 absorption for post combustion capture in coal-fired power plants.

The cubic Segre variety in PG(5,2) (2008)
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Shaw, R., & Gordon, N. A. (2009). The cubic Segre variety in PG(5,2). Designs, codes, and cryptography, 51(2), 141-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-008-9250-2

The Segre variety S 1,2 in PG(5, 2) is a 21-set of points which is shown to have a cubic equation Q(x) = 0. If T(x, y, z) denotes the alternating trilinear form obtained by completely polarizing the cubic polynomial Q, then the associate U # of an r-... Read More about The cubic Segre variety in PG(5,2).

Industrial ecology and regional development: Eco-industrial development as cluster policy (2008)
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Deutz, P., & Gibbs, D. (2008). Industrial ecology and regional development: Eco-industrial development as cluster policy. Regional studies, 42(10), 1313-1328. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802195121

Industrial ecology and regional development: eco-industrial development as cluster policy, Regional Studies. Aspects of industrial ecology fit closely with work in regional development investigating clustering, networking, and local economic developm... Read More about Industrial ecology and regional development: Eco-industrial development as cluster policy.

Factors contributing to the time taken to consult with symptoms of lung cancer: A cross-sectional study (2008)
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Smith, S. M., Campbell, N. C., MacLeod, U., Lee, A. J., Raja, A., Wyke, S., …Nicolson, M. C. (2009). Factors contributing to the time taken to consult with symptoms of lung cancer: A cross-sectional study. Thorax, 64(6), 523-531. https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2008.096560

Objectives: To determine what factors are associated with the time people take to consult with symptoms of lung cancer, with a focus on those from rural and socially deprived areas. Methods: A cross-sectional quantitative interview survey was perform... Read More about Factors contributing to the time taken to consult with symptoms of lung cancer: A cross-sectional study.

Masticatory loading and bone adaptation in the supraorbital torus of developing macaques (2008)
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Kupczik, K., Dobson, C. A., Crompton, R. H., Phillips, R., Oxnard, C. E., Fagan, M. J., & O'Higgins, P. (2009). Masticatory loading and bone adaptation in the supraorbital torus of developing macaques. American journal of physical anthropology, 139(2), 193-203. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20972

Research on the evolution and adaptive significance of primate craniofacial morphologies has focused on adult, fully developed individuals. Here, we investigate the possible relationship between the local stress environment arising from masticatory l... Read More about Masticatory loading and bone adaptation in the supraorbital torus of developing macaques.

Non-coherent modelling in compositional fault tree analysis (2008)
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Sharvia, S., & Papadopoulos, Y. I. (2008). Non-coherent modelling in compositional fault tree analysis. IFAC Proceedings Volumes/ International Federation of Automatic Control, 41(2), 4138-4143. https://doi.org/10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.00696

The inclusion of NOT gates in a fault tree creates a 'non-coherent' structure in which not only the failure of a component but also the negation of failure, i.e. the working state of the component, can contribute to the undesirable effects on a syste... Read More about Non-coherent modelling in compositional fault tree analysis.

The use of calixarenes in metal-based catalysis (2008)
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Homden, D. M., & Redshaw, C. (2008). The use of calixarenes in metal-based catalysis. Chemical reviews, 108(12), 5086-5130. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr8002196

A study was conducted to demonstrate the use of calixarenes in metal-based catalysis. The study focused on rare earth metal-containing species,including neodymium to demonstrate the use of calixarenes in metal-based catalysis. It was found that the a... Read More about The use of calixarenes in metal-based catalysis.

𝒩 = 4 gauged supergravity from duality-twist compactifications of string theory (2008)
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Reid-Edwards, R. A., & Spanjaard, B. (2008). 𝒩 = 4 gauged supergravity from duality-twist compactifications of string theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008(12), Article 052. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/052

We investigate the lifting of half-maximal four-dimensional gauged supergravities to compactifications of string theory. It is shown that a class of such supergravities can arise from compactifications of IIA string theory on manifolds of SU(2)-struc... Read More about 𝒩 = 4 gauged supergravity from duality-twist compactifications of string theory.

Learning on demand, at your own pace, in rapid bite-sized chunks: The future shape of management development? (2008)
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Armstrong, S. J., & Sadler-Smith, E. (2008). Learning on demand, at your own pace, in rapid bite-sized chunks: The future shape of management development?. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 7(4), 571-586. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2008.35882197

Recent decades have witnessed an unprecedented growth In management and executive education which, paradoxically, has been accompanied by a crisis of confidence manifested in debates about its direction, relevance, and effectiveness. Outside academia... Read More about Learning on demand, at your own pace, in rapid bite-sized chunks: The future shape of management development?.

The service needs of migrant workers in the Humber sub-region (2008)
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Wilkinson, M. (2008). The service needs of migrant workers in the Humber sub-region. The Yorkshire &. Humber Regional Review, 23 - 25

The Humber Improvement Partnership Commissioned research from the University of Hull into the servicec needs of migrant workers in the Humber sub-region (Adamson et al., 2008).  This is a companion to the quantitative analysis published by Sue Adamso... Read More about The service needs of migrant workers in the Humber sub-region.

How apply you this? Conflict and consensus in Coriolanus (2008)
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Kaegi, A. (2008). How apply you this? Conflict and consensus in Coriolanus. Shakespeare, 4(4), 362 - 378. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450910802501089

The tense political debates that dominate the first three acts of Shakespeare's Coriolanus shed valuable light on a little understood feature of early modern political discourse that is pivotal to the tragic action. In the increasingly heated exchang... Read More about How apply you this? Conflict and consensus in Coriolanus.

Influence of exogenous tissue factor on estrogen receptor α expression in breast cancer cells: Involvement of β1-integrin, PAR2, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation (2008)
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Collier, M. E. W., Li, C., & Ettelaie, C. (2008). Influence of exogenous tissue factor on estrogen receptor α expression in breast cancer cells: Involvement of β1-integrin, PAR2, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. Molecular cancer research, 6(12), 1807-1818. https://doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-08-0109

Increased expression of tissue factor (TF) has been associated with invasive forms of breast cancer. Conversely, the loss of estrogen receptor α (ERα) is associated with increased cell invasiveness. We have examined the influence of exogenous truncat... Read More about Influence of exogenous tissue factor on estrogen receptor α expression in breast cancer cells: Involvement of β1-integrin, PAR2, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation.

Sexual and aggressive interactions in a mixed species group of lobsters Homarus gammarus and H. americanus (2008)
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van der Meeren, G. I., Chandrapavan, A., & Breithaupt, T. (2008). Sexual and aggressive interactions in a mixed species group of lobsters Homarus gammarus and H. americanus. Aquatic Biology, 2(2), 191-200. https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00050

The introduction of non-native populations can have dramatic effects on the native fauna as a result of interbreeding and aggressive interference between closely related species. This study investigates if female European lobsters Homarus gammarus wo... Read More about Sexual and aggressive interactions in a mixed species group of lobsters Homarus gammarus and H. americanus.

Where have all the nurses gone? (2008)
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Shields, L., & Watson, R. (2008). Where have all the nurses gone?. The Australian journal of advanced nursing : a quarterly publication of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation, 26(1), 95-101

Objective: The aim of this article is to highlight a crisis that has developed in UK nursing. Setting: The nursing workforce worldwide is diminishing and the UK nursing workforce is no exception. Subjects: Registered Nurses. Primary argument: While s... Read More about Where have all the nurses gone?.

Banana-shaped dopants for flexoelectric nematic mixtures (2008)
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Aziz, N., Kelly, S. M., Duffy, W., & Goulding, M. (2008). Banana-shaped dopants for flexoelectric nematic mixtures. Liquid crystals, 35(11), 1279-1292. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290802522114

The synthesis is reported of new meta-substituted quaterphenyls and several related dimers as dopants for nematic mixtures with flexoelectric properties. The number and nature of the terminal substituents is varied from apolar with a small dipole mom... Read More about Banana-shaped dopants for flexoelectric nematic mixtures.

Developing environmental standards for abstractions from UK rivers to implement the EU Water Framework Directive / Développement de standards environnementaux sur les prélèvements d'eau en rivière au Royaume Uni pour la mise en œuvre de la directive cadre sur l'eau de l'Union Européenne (2008)
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Acreman, M., Dunbar, M., Hannaford, J., Mountford, O., Wood, P., Holmes, N., …Crookall, D. (2008). Developing environmental standards for abstractions from UK rivers to implement the EU Water Framework Directive / Développement de standards environnementaux sur les prélèvements d'eau en rivière au Royaume Uni pour la mise en œuvre de la directive cadre sur l'eau de l'Union Européenne. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 53(6), 1105-1120. https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.53.6.1105

Under the European Union Water Framework Directive, Member States must put in place a river basin planning framework to determine what measures are necessary to maintain and improve the ecological status for all surface water bodies. The governmental... Read More about Developing environmental standards for abstractions from UK rivers to implement the EU Water Framework Directive / Développement de standards environnementaux sur les prélèvements d'eau en rivière au Royaume Uni pour la mise en œuvre de la directive cadre sur l'eau de l'Union Européenne.