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Validating nurses' and nursing assistants' report of assessing pain in older people with dementia (2010)
Journal Article
Lin, L.-C., Chen, Y.-H., & Watson, R. (2010). Validating nurses' and nursing assistants' report of assessing pain in older people with dementia. Journal of clinical nursing, 19(1-2), 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02950.x

Aims and objectives. To evaluate the usefulness of registered nurses' (RNs) and nursing assistants' (NAs) pain report among 304 institutional older people with dementia and elucidate the factors influencing the agreement of pain reports within dyadic... Read More about Validating nurses' and nursing assistants' report of assessing pain in older people with dementia.

 A "Society of Mind" cognitive architecture based on the principles of artificial economics (2010)
Journal Article
Davis, D. N., & Venkatamuni, V. M. (2010).  A "Society of Mind" cognitive architecture based on the principles of artificial economics. International journal of artificial life research, 1(1), 51-71. https://doi.org/10.4018/jalr.2010102104

This research investigates the concept of mind as a control system using the "Society of Agents" metaphor, whereby the whole is described as the collective behavior of simple and intelligent agents. This powerful concept for mind research benefits fr... Read More about  A "Society of Mind" cognitive architecture based on the principles of artificial economics.

The Cell: separation, isolation and space in the architecture of the birth of the prison (2010)
Journal Article
Johnston, H. (2010). The Cell: separation, isolation and space in the architecture of the birth of the prison. Prison service journal, 9-14

This article will examine the changing place of architecture and the contested nature of prison space across 100 years of the development of the modern prison. In the mid eighteenth century the architecture of imprisonment was relatively unimportant... Read More about The Cell: separation, isolation and space in the architecture of the birth of the prison.

The shadow of Maeterlinck's La vie des abeilles and El espríitu de la colmena (2010)
Journal Article
Miles, R. (2010). The shadow of Maeterlinck's La vie des abeilles and El espríitu de la colmena. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 87(8), 961-975. https://doi.org/10.3828/bhs.2010.40

No critic of El espríitu de la colmena (1973, Víctor Erice) has systematically analysed the - albeit brief - citation of the work of the Belgian prose writer and poet, Maurice Maeterlinck, although some insist that the allusion to the entire text is... Read More about The shadow of Maeterlinck's La vie des abeilles and El espríitu de la colmena.

The Holy Roman Empire and the problem of the armed estates (2010)
Book Chapter
Wilson, P. (2010). The Holy Roman Empire and the problem of the armed estates. In P. Rauscher (Ed.), Kriegführung und Staatsfinanzen. Die Habsburgermonarchie und das Heilige Römische Reich vom Dreißigjährigen Krieg bis zum Ende des habsburgischen Kaisertums 1740 (487-514). Munster: The University of Hull

‘Only in dreams’: Philip Larkin and surrealism (2010)
Journal Article
Perry, S. (2010). ‘Only in dreams’: Philip Larkin and surrealism. English, 59(224), 95-119. https://doi.org/10.1093/english/efp049

This article suggests that one of the most illuminating ways of approaching the poetry of Philip Larkin is through the philosophy and art of the Surrealists, including the work of some of the movement's most renowned practitioners: André Breton, Salv... Read More about ‘Only in dreams’: Philip Larkin and surrealism.

Oxaliplatin responses in colorectal cancer cells are modulated by CHK2 kinase inhibitors (2010)
Journal Article
Pires, I. M., Ward, T. H., & Dive, C. (2010). Oxaliplatin responses in colorectal cancer cells are modulated by CHK2 kinase inhibitors. British Journal of Pharmacology, 159(6), 1326-1338. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00607.x

Background and purpose: Checkpoint kinase 2 (CHK2) is activated by DNA damage and can contribute to p53 stabilization, modulating growth arrest and/or apoptosis. We investigated the contribution of CHK2 to oxaliplatin-mediated toxicity in a colorecta... Read More about Oxaliplatin responses in colorectal cancer cells are modulated by CHK2 kinase inhibitors.

Iron(III) and Zinc(II) calixarene complexes: Synthesis, structural studies, and use as procatalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerization (2010)
Journal Article
Arbaoui, A., Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R. J., Wright, V. E., Yoshizawa, A., & Yamato, T. (2010). Iron(III) and Zinc(II) calixarene complexes: Synthesis, structural studies, and use as procatalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerization. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 5(3), 621-633. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.200900514

Treatment of the heterobimetallic iron(II) alkoxides [(THF)MFe(OtBu)3]2 with p-tert-butylcalix[4]areneH4 (L1H4) affords the oxo-bridged diiron(III) complexes {Fe[M(NCMe)x]2L1}2(μ-O), M=Na, x=2 1⋅8(CH3CN), M= K, x=3 2⋅3.5(CH3CN); similar use of p-tert... Read More about Iron(III) and Zinc(II) calixarene complexes: Synthesis, structural studies, and use as procatalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerization.

Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: Implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis (2010)
Journal Article
Montgomery, S. H., Capellini, I., Barton, R. A., & Mundy, N. I. (2010). Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: Implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis. BMC biology, 8(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-9

Background: Brain size is a key adaptive trait. It is often assumed that increasing brain size was a general evolutionary trend in primates, yet recent fossil discoveries have documented brain size decreases in some lineages, raising the question of... Read More about Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: Implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis.

A perceptually relevant approach to ringing region detection (2010)
Journal Article
Liu, H., Klomp, N., & Heynderickx, I. (2010). A perceptually relevant approach to ringing region detection. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 19(6), 1414-1426. https://doi.org/10.1109/tip.2010.2041406

An efficient approach toward a no-reference ringing metric intrinsically exists of two steps: first detecting regions in an image where ringing might occur, and second quantifying the ringing annoyance in these regions. This paper presents a novel ap... Read More about A perceptually relevant approach to ringing region detection.

Effects of acute versus chronic hypoxia on DNA damage responses and genomic instability (2010)
Journal Article
Pires, I. M., Bencokova, Z., Milani, M., Folkes, L. K., Li, J.-L., Stratford, M. R., Harris, A. L., & Hammond, E. M. (2010). Effects of acute versus chronic hypoxia on DNA damage responses and genomic instability. Cancer Research, 70(3), 925-935. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-2715

Questions exist concerning the effects of acute versus chronic hypoxic conditions on DNA replication and genomic stability that may influence tumorigenesis. Severe hypoxia causes replication arrest independent of S-phase checkpoint, DNA damage respon... Read More about Effects of acute versus chronic hypoxia on DNA damage responses and genomic instability.

Mapping hydraulic biotopes using terrestrial laser scan data of water surface properties (2010)
Journal Article
Milan, D., Heritage, G., Large, A., & Entwistle, N. (2010). Mapping hydraulic biotopes using terrestrial laser scan data of water surface properties. Earth surface processes and landforms : the journal of the British Geomorphological Research Group, 35(8), 918-931. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.1948

For more than a decade, habitat mapping using biotopes (in-channel hydraulically-defined habitats) has underpinned aquatic conservation in the UK through (a) providing baseline information on system complexity and (b) allowing environmental and ecolo... Read More about Mapping hydraulic biotopes using terrestrial laser scan data of water surface properties.

Optimizing strategic behaviour in a dynamic setting in professional team sports (2010)
Journal Article
Dobson, S., & Goddard, J. (2010). Optimizing strategic behaviour in a dynamic setting in professional team sports. European journal of operational research, 205(3), 661-669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2010.01.024

This article develops a dynamic game-theoretic model of optimizing strategic behaviour by football (soccer) teams. Teams choose between defensive and attacking formations and between a non-violent and a violent playing style, and can vary these choic... Read More about Optimizing strategic behaviour in a dynamic setting in professional team sports.

Molecular phylogeny, morphology and bioacoustics reveal five additional species of arboreal microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla from Madagascar (2010)
Journal Article
Vences, M., Glaw, F., Köhler, J., & Wollenberg, K. C. (2010). Molecular phylogeny, morphology and bioacoustics reveal five additional species of arboreal microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla from Madagascar. Contributions to Zoology, 79(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-07901001

We provide a partial revision of the microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla, endemic to Madagascar, based on comprehensive molecular, bioacoustic and morphological data sets that include newly collected specimens from multiple localities. The mole... Read More about Molecular phylogeny, morphology and bioacoustics reveal five additional species of arboreal microhylid frogs of the genus Anodonthyla from Madagascar.

Variant IRF4/MUM1 associates with CD38 status and treatment-free survival in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (2010)
Journal Article
Allan, J. M., Sunter, N. J., Bailey, J. R., Pettitt, A. R., Harris, R. J., Pepper, C., Fegan, C., Hall, A. G., Deignan, L., Bacon, C. M., Pointon, J. C., Houlston, R. S., Broderick, P., Mainou-Fowler, T., Jackson, G. H., Summerfield, G., Evans, P. A., Strefford, J. C., Parker, A., Oscier, D., …Allsup, D. J. (2010). Variant IRF4/MUM1 associates with CD38 status and treatment-free survival in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Leukemia : official journal of the Leukemia Society of America, Leukemia Research Fund, U.K, 24(4), 877-881. https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2009.298

Providing context to the global code of practice for recreational fisheries (2010)
Journal Article
Arlinghaus, R., Cooke, S. J., & Cowx, I. G. (2010). Providing context to the global code of practice for recreational fisheries. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 17(2), 146-156. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00696.x

An in-depth explanation of selected content of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission's 'Code of Practice for Recreational Fisheries' (CoP) is presented. The focus is on core areas that were intensely debated in the drafting the CoP. These... Read More about Providing context to the global code of practice for recreational fisheries.

Responses of three Muslim majority primary schools in England to the Islamic faith of their pupils (2010)
Journal Article
Ipgrave, J., Miller, J., & Hopkins, P. (2010). Responses of three Muslim majority primary schools in England to the Islamic faith of their pupils. Journal of international migration and integration = Revue de l'intégration et de la migration internationele, 11(1), 73-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-009-0119-7

This paper considers the responses of three English primary schools to the education of their Muslim pupils. It begins by setting out the context of discussion about Muslims and education in Europe as well as by describing some of the structural and... Read More about Responses of three Muslim majority primary schools in England to the Islamic faith of their pupils.

Population variation in oxidative stress and astrocyte DNA damage in relation to Alzheimer-type pathology in the ageing brain (2010)
Journal Article
Simpson, J. E., Ince, P. G., Haynes, L. J., Theaker, R., Gelsthorpe, C., Baxter, L., …Wharton, S. B. (2010). Population variation in oxidative stress and astrocyte DNA damage in relation to Alzheimer-type pathology in the ageing brain. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 36(1), 25-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2990.2009.01030.x

Aims: Increasing evidence suggests a role for oxidative damage to DNA in brain ageing and in neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. Most studies have focussed on the reduced capacity for DNA repair by neurones, and have not taken... Read More about Population variation in oxidative stress and astrocyte DNA damage in relation to Alzheimer-type pathology in the ageing brain.

Measurement of breathlessness in clinical trials in patients with chronic heart failure: the need for a standardized approach: a systematic review (2010)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., Oxberry, S. G., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2010). Measurement of breathlessness in clinical trials in patients with chronic heart failure: the need for a standardized approach: a systematic review. European journal of heart failure, 12(2), 137-147. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjhf/hfp194

AIMS: Chronic breathlessness is a major symptom for patients with compensated chronic heart failure (CHF) and its impact is different to the breathlessness resulting from pulmonary oedema. This systematic review aims to establish which tools have bee... Read More about Measurement of breathlessness in clinical trials in patients with chronic heart failure: the need for a standardized approach: a systematic review.