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Fish assemblage response to environmental pressures in the Venice lagoon (2009)
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Franco, A., Riccato, F., Torricelli, P., & Franzoi, P. (2009). Fish assemblage response to environmental pressures in the Venice lagoon. Transitional waters bulletin, 3(1), 29-44. https://doi.org/10.1285/i1825229Xv3n1p29

1 - Venice lagoon (Italy), being a transitional water environment, is subjected to several environmental pressures of anthropogenic origin, with a likely impact on the overall ecological status of the system. 2 - Following the Water Framework Directi... Read More about Fish assemblage response to environmental pressures in the Venice lagoon.

Combining problem structuring methods to conduct applied research: a mixed methods approach to studying fitness-to-drive in the UK (2009)
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Hindle, G. A., & Franco, L. A. (2009). Combining problem structuring methods to conduct applied research: a mixed methods approach to studying fitness-to-drive in the UK. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60(12), 1637-1648. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2008.125

This paper describes a mixed methods approach using problem structuring methods to conduct applied research into fitness-to-drive arrangements within the UK Department for Transport. Computer-supported group causal mapping was used to collect and str... Read More about Combining problem structuring methods to conduct applied research: a mixed methods approach to studying fitness-to-drive in the UK.

TRPA1 agonists evoke coughing in guinea pig and human volunteers (2009)
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Birrell, M. A., Belvisi, M. G., Grace, M., Sadofsky, L., Faruqi, S., Hele, D. J., …Morice, A. H. (2009). TRPA1 agonists evoke coughing in guinea pig and human volunteers. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 180(11), 1042-1047. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.200905-0665OC

Rationale: Cough is the most frequent reason for consultation with a family doctor, or with a general or respiratory physician. Treatment options are limited and one meta-analysis concluded that over-the-counter remedies are ineffective. There is als... Read More about TRPA1 agonists evoke coughing in guinea pig and human volunteers.

The role of temporal synchrony as a binding cue for visual persistence in early visual areas: An fMRI study (2009)
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Wong, Y. J., Aldcroft, A. J., Large, M., Culham, J. C., & Vilis, T. (2009). The role of temporal synchrony as a binding cue for visual persistence in early visual areas: An fMRI study. Journal of Neurophysiology, 102(6), 3461-3468. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00243.2009

We examined the role of temporal synchrony - the simultaneous appearance of visual features - in the perceptual and neural processes underlying object persistence. When a binding cue (such as color or motion) momentarily exposes an object from a back... Read More about The role of temporal synchrony as a binding cue for visual persistence in early visual areas: An fMRI study.

Investigating the attentional demands of recognition memory: Manipulating depth of encoding at study and level of attention at test (2009)
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Knott, L. M., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2009). Investigating the attentional demands of recognition memory: Manipulating depth of encoding at study and level of attention at test. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 21(7), 1045-1071. https://doi.org/10.1080/09541440802539515

Two experiments investigated the effects of divided attention at test after manipulating levels of processing at study. In Experiment 1 items were studied either intact or as anagrams. In Experiment 2 items were studied with either full or divided at... Read More about Investigating the attentional demands of recognition memory: Manipulating depth of encoding at study and level of attention at test.

Visualising muscle anatomy using three-dimensional computer models - an example using the head and neck muscles of Sphenodon (2009)
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Curtis, N., Jones, M. E., Evans, S. E., O'Higgins, P., & Fagan, M. J. (2009). Visualising muscle anatomy using three-dimensional computer models - an example using the head and neck muscles of Sphenodon. Palaeontologia electronica, 12(3), Article 12.3.7T

We demonstrate how the computer-based technique of multi-body dynamics analysis (MDA) can be used to create schematic, but informative three-dimensional (3D) representations of complex muscle anatomy. As an example we provide an overview of the head... Read More about Visualising muscle anatomy using three-dimensional computer models - an example using the head and neck muscles of Sphenodon.

PDMS Microfluidic Device with an Integrated Optical Sensor for Determination of Zinc (II) in Pharmaceuticals: Toward the Production of Miniaturized Green Chemistry Analytical Systems (2009)
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AlSuhaimi, A., Greenway, G. M., McCreedy, T., & Youngvises, N. (in press). PDMS Microfluidic Device with an Integrated Optical Sensor for Determination of Zinc (II) in Pharmaceuticals: Toward the Production of Miniaturized Green Chemistry Analytical Systems. Spectroscopy letters, 42(6-7), 370-375. https://doi.org/10.1080/00387010903187260

A simple miniaturized system was fabricated in general laboratory from polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) according to a prototype casting and molding process permitting the construction of three-dimensional (3D) microchannel (100 mu m i.d.) with T-type net... Read More about PDMS Microfluidic Device with an Integrated Optical Sensor for Determination of Zinc (II) in Pharmaceuticals: Toward the Production of Miniaturized Green Chemistry Analytical Systems.

Effects of surfactant structure on the phase inversion of emulsions stabilized by mixtures of silica nanoparticles and cationic surfactant (2009)
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Cui, Z. G., Yang, L. L., Cui, Y. Z., & Binks, B. P. (2010). Effects of surfactant structure on the phase inversion of emulsions stabilized by mixtures of silica nanoparticles and cationic surfactant. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 26(7), 4717-4724. https://doi.org/10.1021/la903589e

Silica nanoparticles without any surface modification are not surface active at the toluene-water interface due to their extreme hydrophilicity but can be surface activated in situ by adsorbing cationic surfactant from water. This work investigates t... Read More about Effects of surfactant structure on the phase inversion of emulsions stabilized by mixtures of silica nanoparticles and cationic surfactant.

IL-7 is superior to IL-2 for ex vivo expansion of tumourspecific CD4 + T cells (2009)
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Caserta, S., Alessi, P., Basso, V., & Mondino, A. (2010). IL-7 is superior to IL-2 for ex vivo expansion of tumourspecific CD4 + T cells. European journal of immunology, 40(2), 470-479. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.200939801

It is well established that tumours hinder both natural and vaccine-induced tumourspecific CD4 + T-cell responses. Adoptive T-cell therapy has the potential to circumvent functional tolerance and enhance anti-tumour protective responses. While proto... Read More about IL-7 is superior to IL-2 for ex vivo expansion of tumourspecific CD4 + T cells.

Rival bishops, rival cathedrals: the election of Cormac, archdeacon of Sodor, as bishop in 1331 (2009)
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Thomas, S. E. (2009). Rival bishops, rival cathedrals: the election of Cormac, archdeacon of Sodor, as bishop in 1331. Innes Review, 60(2), 145-163. https://doi.org/10.3366/e0020157x0900050x

On 6 July 1331, two procurators arrived in Bergen claiming that Cormac son of Cormac had been elected bishop of Sodor by the clergy of Skye and the canons of Snizort. Their arrival is recorded in a letter sent by Eiliv, archbishop of Nidaros, to two... Read More about Rival bishops, rival cathedrals: the election of Cormac, archdeacon of Sodor, as bishop in 1331.

Trapped in transition: findings from a UK study of student suicide (2009)
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Stanley, N., Mallon, S., Bell, J., & Manthorpe, J. (2009). Trapped in transition: findings from a UK study of student suicide. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 37(4), 419-433. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069880903161427

This study of student suicide within UK higher education directs attention to the community context of suicide. A modified psychological autopsy approach was used to explore 20 case studies of student suicide from the period 2000-2005, drawing on the... Read More about Trapped in transition: findings from a UK study of student suicide.

Mobile learning for teacher professional learning: benefits, obstacles and issues (2009)
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Burden, K., Aubusson, P., & Schuck, S. (2009). Mobile learning for teacher professional learning: benefits, obstacles and issues. ALT-J, 17(3), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687760903247641

This paper reflects on the role of mobile learning in teachers’ professional learning. It argues that effective professional learning requires reflection and collaboration and that mobile learning is ideally suited to allow reflection-inaction and to... Read More about Mobile learning for teacher professional learning: benefits, obstacles and issues.

Elevated mtDNA diversity in introduced populations of Cynotilapia afra(Günther 1894) in Lake Malawi National Park is evidence for multiple source populations and hybridization (2009)
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TURNER, G. F., ZIDANA, H., Van Oosterhout, C., & Haenfling, B. (2009). Elevated mtDNA diversity in introduced populations of Cynotilapia afra(Günther 1894) in Lake Malawi National Park is evidence for multiple source populations and hybridization. Molecular ecology, 18(21), 4380-4389. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2009.04362.x

Proteomic identification of putative biomarkers of radiotherapy resistance: a possible role for the 26S proteasome? (2009)
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Smith, L., Qutob, O., Watson, M. B., Beavis, A. W., Potts, D., Welham, K. J., …Cawkwell, L. (2009). Proteomic identification of putative biomarkers of radiotherapy resistance: a possible role for the 26S proteasome?. Neoplasia, 11(11), 1194-1207. https://doi.org/10.1593/neo.09902

PURPOSE: We aimed to identify putative predictive protein biomarkers of radioresistance. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Three breast cancer cell lines (MCF7, MDA-MB-231, and T47D) were used as in vitro models to study radioresistance. Inherent radiosensitiviti... Read More about Proteomic identification of putative biomarkers of radiotherapy resistance: a possible role for the 26S proteasome?.

Detection of nitric oxide in tissue samples by ESI-MS (2009)
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Shen, Z., Webster, A., Welham, K. J., Dyer, C. E., Greenman, J., & Haswell, S. J. (2010). Detection of nitric oxide in tissue samples by ESI-MS. Analyst, 135(2), 302-305. https://doi.org/10.1039/b917643h

A novel method to determine nitric oxide (NO) in biological tissue samples with minimal interference from the cellular detritus is described. Methylpiperazinobenzenediamine, consisting of an o-phenylenediamine and a methyl piperazine group, was chose... Read More about Detection of nitric oxide in tissue samples by ESI-MS.

Anchoring novel molecular biomarker responses to traditional responses in fish exposed to environmental contamination (2009)
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Nogueira, P., Pacheco, M., Lourdes Pereira, M., Mendo, S., & Rotchell, J. M. (2010). Anchoring novel molecular biomarker responses to traditional responses in fish exposed to environmental contamination. Environmental pollution, 158(5), 1783-1790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.11.007

The responses of Dicentrarchus labrax and Liza aurata to aquatic pollution were assessed in a contaminated coastal lagoon, using both traditional and novel biomarkers combined. DNA damage, assessed by comet assay, was higher in both fish species from... Read More about Anchoring novel molecular biomarker responses to traditional responses in fish exposed to environmental contamination.

First Impressions : Diarists, Scientists, Imperialists and the Management of the Environment in the American Pacific, 1899-1902 (2009)
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Bankoff, G. (2009). First Impressions : Diarists, Scientists, Imperialists and the Management of the Environment in the American Pacific, 1899-1902. Journal of Pacific History, 44(3), 261-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223340903356849

They say first impressions always matter. Americans acquired an empire of tropical islands in the Pacific about which they knew little and cared even less. Yet they set to almost immediately to understand and harness these new environments for their... Read More about First Impressions : Diarists, Scientists, Imperialists and the Management of the Environment in the American Pacific, 1899-1902.

Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol variability in patients with type 2 diabetes taking atorvastatin compared to simvastatin: Justification for direct measurement? (2009)
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Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Kilpatrick, E. S. (2010). Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol variability in patients with type 2 diabetes taking atorvastatin compared to simvastatin: Justification for direct measurement?. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 12(6), 540-544. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-1326.2009.01190.x

Aim: The benefit of direct, as opposed to calculated, low density lipoprotein - cholesterol (LDL-C) measurement remains unclear. This study compared the biological variability of direct LDL in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) on equivalent doses... Read More about Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol variability in patients with type 2 diabetes taking atorvastatin compared to simvastatin: Justification for direct measurement?.