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Biopower, genetics and livestock breeding: (re)constituting animal populations and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities (2009)
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Holloway, L., Morris, C., Gilna, B., & Gibbs, D. (2009). Biopower, genetics and livestock breeding: (re)constituting animal populations and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities. Transactions - Institute of British Geographers, 34(3), 394-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00347.x

Genetic techniques have become increasingly prevalent in livestock breeding, associated with new types of knowledge-practice and changes in the institutional and geographical relationships related to animal husbandry. This paper examines the value of... Read More about Biopower, genetics and livestock breeding: (re)constituting animal populations and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities.

D-branes and doubled geometry (2009)
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Albertsson, C., Kimura, T., & Reid-Edwards, R. A. (2009). D-branes and doubled geometry. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009(04), Article 113. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/04/113

We define the open string version of the nonlinear sigma model on doubled geometry introduced by Hull and Reid-Edwards, and derive its boundary conditions. These conditions include the restriction of D-branes to maximally isotropic submanifolds as we... Read More about D-branes and doubled geometry.

Filter feeders and plankton increase particle encounter rates through flow regime control (2009)
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Humphries, S. (2009). Filter feeders and plankton increase particle encounter rates through flow regime control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(19), 7882-7887. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809063106

Collisions between particles or between particles and other objects are fundamental to many processes that we take for granted. They drive the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, the onset of rain and snow precipitation, and the manufacture of pharmac... Read More about Filter feeders and plankton increase particle encounter rates through flow regime control.

Electrochemical Determination of Diffusion Anisotropy in Molecularly-Structured Materials (2009)
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Evans, L. A., Thomasson, M. J., Kelly, S. M., & Wadhawan, J. (2009). Electrochemical Determination of Diffusion Anisotropy in Molecularly-Structured Materials. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 113(20), 8901-8910. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp806322c

Theory is presented for the case of two-dimensional diffusion anisotropy in axiosymmetric systems, which, advantageously and indirectly, affords a unified theory of diffusive mass transport at planar, microdisk (or nanodisk) and cylindrical electrode... Read More about Electrochemical Determination of Diffusion Anisotropy in Molecularly-Structured Materials.

A question of timing: Walter de Lacy's seisin of Meath 1189–94 (2009)
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Veach, C. T. (2009). A question of timing: Walter de Lacy's seisin of Meath 1189–94. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C, Archaeology, linguistics, and literature, 109(-1), 165-194. https://doi.org/10.3318/priac.2009.109.165

The Irish kingdom of Mide was granted by King Henry II to Hugh de Lacy in 1172. After Hugh’s death in 1186, what had come to be known as the lordship of Meath passed, after a period of wardship, to Hugh’s son, Walter. Until now, the transfer of the l... Read More about A question of timing: Walter de Lacy's seisin of Meath 1189–94.

Maintenance of dominance is mediated by urinary chemical signals in male European lobsters, Homarus gammarus (2009)
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Skog, M., Chandrapavan, A., Hallberg, E., & Breithaupt, T. (2009). Maintenance of dominance is mediated by urinary chemical signals in male European lobsters, Homarus gammarus. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 42(2), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/10236240902833729

We studied the relevance of urine cues in Homarus gammarus dominance maintenance, hypothesising that urinary signals are necessary to mediate recognition of former opponents. Males in size-matched pairs interacted on two consecutive days with or with... Read More about Maintenance of dominance is mediated by urinary chemical signals in male European lobsters, Homarus gammarus.

Validating a voxel-based finite element model of a human mandible using digital speckle pattern interferometry (2009)
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Gröning, F., Liu, J.-S., Fagan, M. J., & O'Higgins, P. (2009). Validating a voxel-based finite element model of a human mandible using digital speckle pattern interferometry. Journal of biomechanics, 42(9), 1224-1229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.025

Finite element analysis is a powerful tool for predicting the mechanical behaviour of complex biological structures like bones, but to be confident in the results of an analysis, the model should be validated against experimental data. In such valida... Read More about Validating a voxel-based finite element model of a human mandible using digital speckle pattern interferometry.

Particle-stabilised foams: an interfacial study (2009)
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Stocco, A., Drenckhan, W., Rio, E., Langevin, D., & Binks, B. P. (2009). Particle-stabilised foams: an interfacial study. Soft matter, 5(11), 2215-2222. https://doi.org/10.1039/b901180c

In an attempt to elucidate the remarkable stability of foams generated from dispersions of partially hydrophobic nanoparticles (fumed silica), we present investigations into the static and dilational properties of the gas-liquid interfaces of such di... Read More about Particle-stabilised foams: an interfacial study.

Straw-men and selective citation are needed to argue that associative-link formation makes no contribution to human learning (2009)
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Dwyer, D. M., Le Pelley, M. E., George, D. N., Haselgrove, M., & Honey, R. C. (2009). Straw-men and selective citation are needed to argue that associative-link formation makes no contribution to human learning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32(2), 206. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x09000946

Mitchell et al. contend that there is no need to posit a contribution based on the formation of associative links to human learning. In order to sustain this argument, they have ignored evidence which is difficult to explain with propositional accoun... Read More about Straw-men and selective citation are needed to argue that associative-link formation makes no contribution to human learning.

Towards an Holistic Framework for Environmental Change: The Role of Normative Behaviour and Informal Networking to Enhance Sustainable Business Practices (2009)
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Espinosa, A. (2009). Towards an Holistic Framework for Environmental Change: The Role of Normative Behaviour and Informal Networking to Enhance Sustainable Business Practices. Systemic practice and action research, 22(4), 275 - 291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-009-9123-2

The term 'Sustainable Development' is brandished by modern businesses as a marketing ploy used to suggest evidence of ethical conduct, innovative thinking and moral superiority. However, when analysing an organisations' adoption of sustainable practi... Read More about Towards an Holistic Framework for Environmental Change: The Role of Normative Behaviour and Informal Networking to Enhance Sustainable Business Practices.

Emergence of the verification phase procedure for confirming ‘true’V̇O2max (2009)
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Midgley, A. W., & Carroll, S. (2009). Emergence of the verification phase procedure for confirming ‘true’V̇O2max. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 19(3), 313-322. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00898.x

Traditional VO2max criteria are typically based on attainment of a VO2 plateau, and threshold values for the respiratory exchange ratio, heart rate and blood lactate concentration. Despite long-standing criticisms directed at these criteria, their us... Read More about Emergence of the verification phase procedure for confirming ‘true’V̇O2max.

Muscle hypertrophy driven by myostatin blockade does not require stem/precursor-cell activity (2009)
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Amthor, H., Otto, A., Vulin, A., Rochat, A., Dumonceaux, J., Garcia, L., Mouisel, E., Hourdé, C., Macharia, R., Friedrichs, M., Relaix, F., Zammit, P. S., Matsakas, A., Patel, K., & Partridge, T. (2009). Muscle hypertrophy driven by myostatin blockade does not require stem/precursor-cell activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(18), 7479-7484. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0811129106

Myostatin, a member of the TGF-β family, has been identified as a powerful inhibitor of muscle growth. Absence or blockade of myostatin induces massive skeletal muscle hypertrophy that is widely attributed to proliferation of the population of muscle... Read More about Muscle hypertrophy driven by myostatin blockade does not require stem/precursor-cell activity.

Prevalence, incidence, and prognostic value of anaemia in patients after an acute myocardial infarction: Data from the OPTIMAAL trial (2009)
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Anker, S. D., Voors, A., Okonko, D., Clark, A. L., James, M. K., von Haehling, S., …for the OPTIMAAL Investigators. (2009). Prevalence, incidence, and prognostic value of anaemia in patients after an acute myocardial infarction: Data from the OPTIMAAL trial. European Heart Journal, 30(11), 1331-1339. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehp116

Aims The prevalence, incidence, and prognostic value of anaemia in patients with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by heart failure is unclear. Methods and results We analysed the relationship between haemoglobin (Hb) and outcome in 50... Read More about Prevalence, incidence, and prognostic value of anaemia in patients after an acute myocardial infarction: Data from the OPTIMAAL trial.

Reply to Triant D and DeWoody J: Integrating numt pseudogenes into mitochondrial phylogenies: comment on Mitochondrial phylogeny of Arvicolinae using comprehensive taxonomic sampling yields new insights (2009)
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Buzan, E. V., Krystufek, B., Hänfling, B., & Hutchinson, W. F. (2009). Reply to Triant D and DeWoody J: Integrating numt pseudogenes into mitochondrial phylogenies: comment on Mitochondrial phylogeny of Arvicolinae using comprehensive taxonomic sampling yields new insights. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 97(1), 225-226. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01232.x

Semi-automatic FMEA supporting complex systems with combinations and sequences of failures (2009)
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Walker, M., Papadopoulos, Y., Parker, D., Lönn, H., Törngren, M., Chen, D., Johannson, R., & Sandberg, A. (2009). Semi-automatic FMEA supporting complex systems with combinations and sequences of failures. SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems, 2(1), 791-802. https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-0738

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is a well established safety analysis technique used for the assessment of safety critical engineering systems in the automotive industry. Although FMEA has been shown to be useful, the analysis is typically... Read More about Semi-automatic FMEA supporting complex systems with combinations and sequences of failures.

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence at droplet-modified electrodes: towards biphasic pKₐ measurement via proton-coupled electron transfer at liquid|liquid interfaces (2009)
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Lledo-Fernandéz, C., Hatay, I., Ball, M. J., Greenway, G. M., & Wadhawan, J. (2009). Electrogenerated chemiluminescence at droplet-modified electrodes: towards biphasic pKₐ measurement via proton-coupled electron transfer at liquid|liquid interfaces. New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, 33(4), 749-759. https://doi.org/10.1039/b810844g

This preliminary work reports, for the first time, electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) at droplet-modified electrodes. The system involves oxidation of aqueous tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(ii) ions at a glassy carbon electrode on which a random... Read More about Electrogenerated chemiluminescence at droplet-modified electrodes: towards biphasic pKₐ measurement via proton-coupled electron transfer at liquid|liquid interfaces.

Increase in magnetoresistivity in Ba2CoS3 via Zn2+/Co2+substitution (2009)
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Harrison, M. R., Hardy, V., Maignan, A., & Francesconi, M. G. (2009). Increase in magnetoresistivity in Ba2CoS3 via Zn2+/Co2+substitution. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2214-2216. https://doi.org/10.1039/b817363j

We report an increase of negative magnetoresistivity from 1.7% to 9% in the Ba2Co0.5Zn0.5S3 series (0 <= x <= 0.5), derived from Zn2+/Co2+ substitution in Ba2CoS3; Zn2+ substitution destroys the one-dimensional antiferromagnetic ordering typical of B...

γ-Secretase-dependent cleavage of amyloid precursor protein regulates osteoblast behavior (2009)
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McLeod, J., Curtis, N., Lewis, H. D., Good, M. A., Fagan, M. J., & Genever, P. G. (2009). γ-Secretase-dependent cleavage of amyloid precursor protein regulates osteoblast behavior. FASEB Journal, 23(9), 2942-2955. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.08-121657

gamma-Secretase cleaves amyloid precursor protein (APP) to generate amyloid-beta (A beta) peptides, which aggregate in the brain in Alzheimer's disease (AD). gamma-Secretase also cleaves molecules that regulate osteoblast activity, such as Notch and... Read More about γ-Secretase-dependent cleavage of amyloid precursor protein regulates osteoblast behavior.