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Release of VCAM-1 associated endothelial microparticles following simulated SCUBA dives (2008)
Journal Article
Vince, R. V., McNaughton, L. R., Taylor, L., Midgley, A. W., Laden, G., & Madden, L. A. (2009). Release of VCAM-1 associated endothelial microparticles following simulated SCUBA dives. European journal of applied physiology, 105(4), 507-513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-008-0927-z

Microparticles (MP) are shed into the circulation from endothelium following activation or apoptosis. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is expressed on endothelial cells following activation and here we report quantification of VCAM-1 positi... Read More about Release of VCAM-1 associated endothelial microparticles following simulated SCUBA dives.

Influence of particle composition and thermal cycling on bijel formation (2008)
Journal Article
White, K. A., Schofield, A. B., Binks, B. P., & Clegg, P. S. (2008). Influence of particle composition and thermal cycling on bijel formation. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20(49), Article ARTN 494223. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/49/494223

Colloidal particles with appropriate wetting properties can become very strongly trapped at an interface between two immiscible fluids. We have harnessed this phenomenon to create a new class of soft materials with intriguing and potentially useful c... Read More about Influence of particle composition and thermal cycling on bijel formation.

Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on mechanical properties of feldspar filled polypropylene composites (2008)
Journal Article
Ansari, M. N., Ismail, H., & Zein, S. H. (2009). Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on mechanical properties of feldspar filled polypropylene composites. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 28(20), 2473-2485. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684408092377

In this study, the effect of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) reinforcement on mechanical and morphological properties of MWCNT reinforced feldspar/polypropylene composites was investigated. The composites were compounded in a Polydrive Thermo Ha... Read More about Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on mechanical properties of feldspar filled polypropylene composites.

Combined finite element and multibody dynamics analysis of biting in aUromastyx hardwickiilizard skull (2008)
Journal Article
Moazen, M., Curtis, N., Evans, S. E., O’Higgins, P., & Fagan, M. J. (2008). Combined finite element and multibody dynamics analysis of biting in aUromastyx hardwickiilizard skull. Journal of anatomy, 213(5), 499-508. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00980.x

Lizard skulls vary greatly in shape and construction, and radical changes in skull form during evolution have made this an intriguing subject of research. The mechanics of feeding have surely been affected by this change in skull form, but whether th... Read More about Combined finite element and multibody dynamics analysis of biting in aUromastyx hardwickiilizard skull.

Embodied interpretation: a novel way of evocatively re-presenting meanings in phenomenological research (2008)
Journal Article
Todres, L., & Galvin, K. T. (2008). Embodied interpretation: a novel way of evocatively re-presenting meanings in phenomenological research. Qualitative Research, 8(5), 568-583. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794108094866

This article contributes to a growing trend in articulating an aesthetic phenomenology that exercises more evocative and poetic forms of writing. Our task is to give ontological weight to our common humanity, thereby facilitating experiences of recog... Read More about Embodied interpretation: a novel way of evocatively re-presenting meanings in phenomenological research.

Conflict and collaboration: Britain and Sultan Ibrahim of Johore (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. C. Conflict and collaboration: Britain and Sultan Ibrahim of Johore

The establishment of workable collaborative relations with indigenous elites formed a vital part of the maintenance of the British Empire. This was especially so in the Malay States, where the Malay rulers enjoyed considerable local prestige as relig... Read More about Conflict and collaboration: Britain and Sultan Ibrahim of Johore.

Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes : the ISOMED synthesis (2008)
Journal Article
Roberts, N., Jones, M. D., Benkaddour, A., Eastwood, W. J., Filippi, M. L., Frogley, M. R., Lamb, H. F., Leng, M. J., Reed, J. M., Stein, M., Stevens, L., Valero-Garcés, B., & Zanchetta, G. (2008). Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes : the ISOMED synthesis. Quaternary science reviews, 27(25-26), 2426-2441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.005

Lake isotope records can be used to assess the spatial coherency of Late Quaternary climate change across the circum-Mediterranean region. We place modern and palaeo-data within a simple conceptual lake response model to show that the isotope hydrolo... Read More about Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes : the ISOMED synthesis.

Inscription of fibre Bragg gratings in non-sensitised fibres using VUV F2 laser radiation (2008)
Journal Article
Dyer, P. E., Johnson, A. M., & Walton, C. D. (2008). Inscription of fibre Bragg gratings in non-sensitised fibres using VUV F2 laser radiation. Optics express, 16(23), 19297-19303. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.019297

We report the inscription of fibre Bragg gratings in non-sensitised SMF 28 and HI 980 fibre by exposure to VUV F2 laser radiation at 157nm. The modulated effective refractive index change Δneff deduced from the shift in the grating reflection peaks w... Read More about Inscription of fibre Bragg gratings in non-sensitised fibres using VUV F2 laser radiation.

Social capital, institutional innovation and Atlantic trade before 1800 (2008)
Journal Article
Pearson, R., & Richardson, D. (2008). Social capital, institutional innovation and Atlantic trade before 1800. Business history, 50(6), 765-780. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076790802420336

The growth of the Atlantic economy during the eighteenth century has been associated with developments in business networking to mitigate the hazards of communication in long-distance trade. Such social capital-based mechanisms reduced transaction co... Read More about Social capital, institutional innovation and Atlantic trade before 1800.

Between Madam Bubble and Kitty Lorimer: Women investors in British and Irish stock companies (2008)
Book Chapter
Freeman, M., Pearson, R., & Taylor, J. (2008). Between Madam Bubble and Kitty Lorimer: Women investors in British and Irish stock companies. In A. Laurence, J. Maltby, & J. Rutterford (Eds.), Women and their money, 1700-1950: Essays on women and finance (95-114). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203885994

As the pilgrims came to rest on the Enchanted Ground, Mr Stand-fast, in Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress (1684), told his friends of an encounter on the road.

‘As I was thus musing . . . there was one in very pleasant attire, but old, that presente... Read More about Between Madam Bubble and Kitty Lorimer: Women investors in British and Irish stock companies.

A meta-analysis of impact exercise on postmenopausal bone loss: The case for mixed loading exercise programmes (2008)
Journal Article
Martyn-St James, M., & Carroll, S. (2009). A meta-analysis of impact exercise on postmenopausal bone loss: The case for mixed loading exercise programmes. British journal of sports medicine, 43(12), 898-908. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2008.052704

Objectives: To assess the effects of differing impact exercise protocols on postmenopausal bone loss at the hip and spine. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources: Electronic bibliographic databases, key journals and reference lists... Read More about A meta-analysis of impact exercise on postmenopausal bone loss: The case for mixed loading exercise programmes.

ATM activation and signaling under hypoxic conditions (2008)
Journal Article
Bencokova, Z., Kaufmann, M. R., Monteiro dos Santos Pires, I., Lecane, P. S., Giaccia, A. J., & Hammond, E. M. (2009). ATM activation and signaling under hypoxic conditions. Molecular and cellular biology, 29(2), 526-537. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.01301-08

The ATM kinase has previously been shown to respond to the DNA damage induced by reoxygenation following hypoxia by initiating a Chk 2-dependent cell cycle arrest in the G2 phase. Here we show that ATM is both phosphorylated and active during exposur... Read More about ATM activation and signaling under hypoxic conditions.

Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era (2008)
Book
Macleod, J. (Ed.). (2008). Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582798

The legacy of defeat in war reverberates through private and collective memory and remains a sub-text in international relations and political discourse. This book examines the manner in which a series of military defeats have been understood and rem... Read More about Defeat and memory: Cultural histories of military defeat in the modern era.

Multi-state analysis of cognitive ability data: A piecewise-constant model and aWeibull model (2008)
Journal Article
van den Hout, A., & Matthews, F. E. (2008). Multi-state analysis of cognitive ability data: A piecewise-constant model and aWeibull model. Statistics in Medicine, 27(26), 5440-5455. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.3360

Longitudinal data can be used to estimate transition intensities between healthy and unhealthy states prior to death. When health is defined with respect to cognitive ability during old age, the trajectory of performance is either static or downward.... Read More about Multi-state analysis of cognitive ability data: A piecewise-constant model and aWeibull model.

A study to define the key factors that lead to school improvement in the secondary sector (2008)
Thesis
Metcalfe, G. (2008). A study to define the key factors that lead to school improvement in the secondary sector. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213181

This research has a focus on the identification of the key factors which bring about whole-school improvement in secondary schools. These are a set of dynamic processes which are evidenced in eight secondary schools in the north of England, rather th... Read More about A study to define the key factors that lead to school improvement in the secondary sector.

An examination of poor readers' approaches to recognising printed words (2008)
Thesis
Warhurst, A. C. (2008). An examination of poor readers' approaches to recognising printed words. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4209156

This thesis aimed to explore the approaches to reading made by poor readers. An examination was made of a compensated adult dyslexic, DB, who did not show the degree of impairment in phonological awareness skills generally reported in studies, yet wh... Read More about An examination of poor readers' approaches to recognising printed words.