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Transcript profiling and DNA damage in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) exposed to 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (2009)
Journal Article
Nogueira, P., Lourenço, J., Rodriguez, E., Pacheco, M., Santos, C., Rotchell, J. M., & Mendo, S. (2009). Transcript profiling and DNA damage in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) exposed to 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene. Aquatic Toxicology, 94(2), 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.06.007

The molecular responses induced during and after an acute exposure to 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) were analysed in liver, gill and blood cells of juvenile Anguilla anguilla with the aim of developing molecular biomarkers of environmental PA... Read More about Transcript profiling and DNA damage in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) exposed to 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene.

The actuary as fallen hero: on the reform of a profession (2009)
Journal Article
Collins, D., Dewing, I., & Russell, P. (2009). The actuary as fallen hero: on the reform of a profession. Work, employment & society : a journal of the British Sociological Association, 23(2), 249-266. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017009102857

This article investigates reform of the actuarial profession following the establishment of the UK Financial Services Authority and as a result of the problems emerging at the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Perceptions on changes to the role of li... Read More about The actuary as fallen hero: on the reform of a profession.

Education and poverty: mapping the terrain and making the links to educational policy (2009)
Journal Article
Raffo, C., Dyson, A., Gunter, H., Hall, D., Jones, L., & Kalambouka, A. (2009). Education and poverty: mapping the terrain and making the links to educational policy. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 13(4), 341-358. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603110802124462

Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and poor educational outcomes are related, there are different explanations about why that should be the case. The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual synthesis of some of the research... Read More about Education and poverty: mapping the terrain and making the links to educational policy.

Israel and International Human Rights (2009)
Book Chapter
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2009). Israel and International Human Rights. In D. P. Forsythe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Rights, vol. 3 (247-257). Oxford University Press

Other possibilities? The contribution to management education of alternative organizations (2009)
Journal Article
Reedy, P., & Learmonth, M. (2009). Other possibilities? The contribution to management education of alternative organizations. Management Learning, 40(3), 241-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507609104338

Business education tends to reinforce the neo-liberal view that the best, perhaps the only desirable model of organization is the managed corporation. Furthermore, in competing to attract students, business schools frequently stress that lucrative ca... Read More about Other possibilities? The contribution to management education of alternative organizations.

2-Benzoxazolyl-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridyl cobalt (II) chlorides: A temperature switch catalyst in oligomerization and polymerization of ethylene (2009)
Journal Article
Gao, R., Wang, K., Li, Y., Wang, F., Sun, W. H., Redshaw, C., & Bochmann, M. (2009). 2-Benzoxazolyl-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridyl cobalt (II) chlorides: A temperature switch catalyst in oligomerization and polymerization of ethylene. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 309(1-2), 166-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2009.05.021

A series of cobalt (II) complexes ligated by 2-(2-benzoxazolyl)-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridines was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopic and elemental analysis. The molecular structures of Co1 (Ar = 2,6-Me2C6H3), Co2 (Ar = 2,6-Et2C6H3... Read More about 2-Benzoxazolyl-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridyl cobalt (II) chlorides: A temperature switch catalyst in oligomerization and polymerization of ethylene.

Does clinical method mask significant VTE-related mortality and morbidity in malignant disease? Mini review. (2009)
Journal Article
Johnson, M., & Maraveyas, A. (2009). Does clinical method mask significant VTE-related mortality and morbidity in malignant disease? Mini review. The British Journal of Cancer, 100(12), 1837 - 1841. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605091

After more than 150 years of a recognised link between cancer and vascular thromboembolic events (VTE), and despite a greatly improved understanding of its pathophysiology, epidemiology and treatment, the management of patients with cancer and VTE is... Read More about Does clinical method mask significant VTE-related mortality and morbidity in malignant disease? Mini review..

Madagascar as a model region of species diversification (2009)
Journal Article
Vences, M., Wollenberg, K. C., Vieites, D. R., & Lees, D. C. (2009). Madagascar as a model region of species diversification. Trends in ecology & evolution, 24(8), 456-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.03.011

Tropical biotas provide excellent settings in which to explore mechanisms of evolutionary diversification, yet these processes remain poorly understood. Pioneering work on biodiversity patterns and diversification processes in other tropical regions... Read More about Madagascar as a model region of species diversification.

Association of FcγRIIa (CD32a) with lipid rafts regulates ligand binding activity (2009)
Journal Article
Bournazos, S., Hart, S. P., Chamberlain, L. H., Glennie, M. J., & Dransfield, I. (2009). Association of FcγRIIa (CD32a) with lipid rafts regulates ligand binding activity. Journal of Immunology, 182(12), 8026-8036. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.0900107

Binding of Igs to myeloid cells via FcR is a key event in the control of innate and acquired immunity. FcγRIIa (CD32a) is a receptor for multivalent IgG expressed predominantly by myeloid cells, and its association with microdomains rich in cholester... Read More about Association of FcγRIIa (CD32a) with lipid rafts regulates ligand binding activity.

Network-based activity induced by 4-aminopyridine in rat dorsal horn in vitro is mediated by both chemical and electrical synapses (2009)
Journal Article
Chapman, R. J., Cilia La Corte, P. F., Asghar, A. U. R., & King, A. E. (2009). Network-based activity induced by 4-aminopyridine in rat dorsal horn in vitro is mediated by both chemical and electrical synapses. The Journal of physiology, 587(11), 2499-2510. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2009.171777

This study investigated the role of electrical and chemical synapses in sustaining 4-aminopyridine (4-AP)-evoked network activity recorded extracellularly from substantia gelatinosa (SG) of young rat spinal cord in vitro. Superfusion of 4-AP (50 micr... Read More about Network-based activity induced by 4-aminopyridine in rat dorsal horn in vitro is mediated by both chemical and electrical synapses.

Does clinical method mask significant VTE-related mortality and morbidity in malignant disease? (2009)
Journal Article
Johnson, M., & Maraveyas, A. (2009). Does clinical method mask significant VTE-related mortality and morbidity in malignant disease?. The British Journal of Cancer, 100(12), 1837-1841. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605091

After more than 150 years of a recognised link between cancer and vascular thromboembolic events (VTE), and despite a greatly improved understanding of its pathophysiology, epidemiology and treatment, the management of patients with cancer and VTE is... Read More about Does clinical method mask significant VTE-related mortality and morbidity in malignant disease?.

Plasticity in male courtship behaviour as a function of light intensity in guppies (2009)
Journal Article
Chapman, B. B., Morrell, L. J., & Krause, J. (2009). Plasticity in male courtship behaviour as a function of light intensity in guppies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63(12), 1757-1763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-009-0796-4

The environment is profoundly important in shaping many aspects of animal phenotype, including courtship and mating behaviours. Courtship displays rely upon the transmission of visual information from the signaller to the receiver, which means they a... Read More about Plasticity in male courtship behaviour as a function of light intensity in guppies.

Population variation in glial fibrillary acidic protein levels in brain ageing: Relationship to alzheimer-type pathology and dementiaon behalf of the MRC cognitive function and ageing neuropathology study group (2009)
Journal Article
Wharton, S. B., O'Callaghan, J. P., Savva, G. M., Nicoll, J. A., Matthews, F., Simpson, J. E., …Ince, P. G. (2009). Population variation in glial fibrillary acidic protein levels in brain ageing: Relationship to alzheimer-type pathology and dementiaon behalf of the MRC cognitive function and ageing neuropathology study group. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 27(5), 465-473. https://doi.org/10.1159/000217729

Background: The cellular pathology of astrocytes in brain ageing and their role in modulating the brain's response to neurodegenerative pathology remain incompletely understood. Methods: Using quantitative ELISA, we have investigated glial fibrillary... Read More about Population variation in glial fibrillary acidic protein levels in brain ageing: Relationship to alzheimer-type pathology and dementiaon behalf of the MRC cognitive function and ageing neuropathology study group.

Prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions: UK school-based population study (2009)
Journal Article
Baron-Cohen, S., Scott, F. J., Allison, C., Williams, J., Bolton, P., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2009). Prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions: UK school-based population study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 194(6), 500-509. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.108.059345

Background: Recent reports estimate the prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions in the UK to be 1%. Aims: To use different methods to estimate the prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions, including previously undiagnosed cases, in Cambridgeshire. M... Read More about Prevalence of autism-spectrum conditions: UK school-based population study.

Cardiovascular risk reduction in insulin resistant states (2009)
Thesis
Sathyapalan, T. (2009). Cardiovascular risk reduction in insulin resistant states. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212907

Introduction: Insulin resistance is the hall mark of a number of pathological conditions and is thought to play a major role in the cardiovascular risk associated with them. This thesis critically evaluates two insulin resistant conditions - polycyst... Read More about Cardiovascular risk reduction in insulin resistant states.

Specialist palliative day care : patients' perspectives (2009)
Thesis
Bradley, S. E. (2009). Specialist palliative day care : patients' perspectives. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210932

This portfolio has three parts.

Part one is a systematic literature review entitled ‘Patients' Psychosocial Experiences of Attending Specialist Palliative Day Care: A Systematic Literature Review’. Recent reviews conclude that the benefits of atten... Read More about Specialist palliative day care : patients' perspectives.

A matrix isolation study of transition metal halides and their structure. (2009)
Thesis
Wilson, A. V. (2009). A matrix isolation study of transition metal halides and their structure. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4209348

The work within this thesis has concentrated on the formation and isolation of titanium, vanadium, palladium, and mercury halides, with emphasis on the fluorides.TiF, TiF2, TiF3, and TiF4 have all been isolated within an argon matrix and infrared spe... Read More about A matrix isolation study of transition metal halides and their structure..

Fabrication of novel functional anisotropic micro-particles for foam stabilisation and structuring in food formulations (2009)
Thesis
Campbell, A. L. (2009). Fabrication of novel functional anisotropic micro-particles for foam stabilisation and structuring in food formulations. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4209319

This thesis is concerned with the fabrication of novel food-grade anisotropic solid particles for foam stabilisation and applications in food formulations. Two main techniques were employed for the fabrication of these particles. Acidic hydrolysis of... Read More about Fabrication of novel functional anisotropic micro-particles for foam stabilisation and structuring in food formulations.

Electronic structure and optical properties of sb-based self-assembled quantum dots for the mid-infrared range (2009)
Thesis
Yeap, G. H. (2009). Electronic structure and optical properties of sb-based self-assembled quantum dots for the mid-infrared range. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4209306

Quantum dots (QDs) are zero-dimensional nanostructures that confined carriers in three dimensions comparable to their de Broglie wavelengths. Therefore, carriers exhibit δ-shaped energy levels and densities of states. Due to their band structure, QD... Read More about Electronic structure and optical properties of sb-based self-assembled quantum dots for the mid-infrared range.