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Uremic cardiomyopathy and insulin resistance: a critical role for Akt? (2010)
Journal Article
Semple, D., Smith, K., Bhandari, S., & Seymour, A. M. L. (2011). Uremic cardiomyopathy and insulin resistance: a critical role for Akt?. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 22(2), 207-215. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2009090900

Uremic cardiomyopathy is a classic complication of chronic renal failure whose cause is unclear and treatment remains disappointing. Insulin resistance is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in chronic renal failure. Underlying insul... Read More about Uremic cardiomyopathy and insulin resistance: a critical role for Akt?.

Transmission properties of plasmonic metamaterial quantum cascade lasers (2010)
Journal Article
Austin, D., Mullin, N., Bismuto, A., Luxmoore, I., Adawi, A. M., Revin, D. G., Soulby, M., Cockburn, J. W., Jiang, Q., Krysa, A. B., Cullis, A. G., Faist, J., Hobbs, J. K., & Wilson, L. R. (2010). Transmission properties of plasmonic metamaterial quantum cascade lasers. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 22(16), 1217-1219. https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2010.2052595

We report the results of transmission experiments performed on hybridized plasmonic metamaterial quantum cascade lasers. This device was formed by etching an array of split ring resonators (SRRs) onto the gold coated facet of a laser. Broadband midin... Read More about Transmission properties of plasmonic metamaterial quantum cascade lasers.

Howard Ferguson's 'Amore langueo', 'The dream of the rood' and new music in the 1950s (2010)
Journal Article
Wilson, C. R. (2010). Howard Ferguson's 'Amore langueo', 'The dream of the rood' and new music in the 1950s. Tempo, 64(253), 2-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0040298210000264

A re-evaluation of the work and status of a composer not infrequently occurs a decade after death and/or during an anniversary year. Howard Ferguson was born on 21 October 1908. The centennial year of his birth saw a number of high-profile concerts a... Read More about Howard Ferguson's 'Amore langueo', 'The dream of the rood' and new music in the 1950s.

Scale model study of balcony insertion losses on a building façade with non-parallel line sources (2010)
Journal Article
Tang, S. K. (2010). Scale model study of balcony insertion losses on a building façade with non-parallel line sources. Applied acoustics. Acoustique appliqué. Angewandte Akustik, 71(10), 947-954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2010.06.006

The screening effect of balconies on a building faade in the case where the noise source is not parallel to the faade is studied using scale model experiment in the present study. Results show that the angle of source inclination to the faade has sub... Read More about Scale model study of balcony insertion losses on a building façade with non-parallel line sources.

Categorical perception of morphed objects using a free-naming experiment (2010)
Journal Article
Hartendorp, M. O., Van der Stigchel, S., Burnett, H. G., Jellema, T., Eilers, P. H., & Postma, A. (2010). Categorical perception of morphed objects using a free-naming experiment. Visual Cognition, 18(9), 1320-1347. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2010.482774

Morphed figures entail a dominant and nondominant interpretation. Testing perception of morphed objects using forced-choice methods demonstrates that morphed figures are perceived as their dominant interpretation ("categorical perception", or CP). Us... Read More about Categorical perception of morphed objects using a free-naming experiment.

Induction of endothelial cell proliferation by recombinant and microparticle-tissue factor involves β1-integrin and extracellular signal regulated kinase activation (2010)
Journal Article
Collier, M. E. W., & Ettelaie, C. (2010). Induction of endothelial cell proliferation by recombinant and microparticle-tissue factor involves β1-integrin and extracellular signal regulated kinase activation. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 30(9), 1810-1817. https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.110.211854

Objective: Increased levels of circulating tissue factor (TF) in the form of microparticles increase the risk of thrombosis. However, any direct influence of microparticle-associated TF on vascular endothelial cell proliferation is not known. In this... Read More about Induction of endothelial cell proliferation by recombinant and microparticle-tissue factor involves β1-integrin and extracellular signal regulated kinase activation.

A stairway to heaven? Structure of the religious involvement inventory and spiritual well-being scale (2010)
Journal Article
Gow, A. J., Watson, R., Whiteman, M., & Deary, I. J. (2011). A stairway to heaven? Structure of the religious involvement inventory and spiritual well-being scale. Journal of religion and health, 50(1), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-010-9375-2

Being religious or having spiritual beliefs has been linked to improved health and well-being in several empirical studies. Potential underlying mechanisms can be suggested by psychometrically reliable and valid indices. Two self-report measures of r... Read More about A stairway to heaven? Structure of the religious involvement inventory and spiritual well-being scale.

Politics UK (2010)
Book
Jones, B., & Lord Norton of Louth, P. (2010). Politics UK. Pearson

Politics UK is an indispensible introduction to British politics,providing a thorough and accessible overview of the institutions and processes of British government, a good grounding in British political history, and an incisive introduction to the... Read More about Politics UK.

Effects of estrogen exposure in mussels, Mytilus edulis, at different stages of gametogenesis (2010)
Journal Article
Ciocan, C. M., Cubero-Leon, E., Puinean, A. M., Hill, E. M., Minier, C., Osada, M., Fenlon, K., & Rotchell, J. M. (2010). Effects of estrogen exposure in mussels, Mytilus edulis, at different stages of gametogenesis. Environmental pollution, 158(9), 2977-2984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2010.05.025

Mytilus edulis were exposed to 17β-estradiol (E2) and the synthetic estrogens ethinyl estradiol (EE2) and estradiol benzoate (EB) for 10 days. Two exposures were performed to determine their effect on vitellogenin (VTG) and estrogen receptor 2 (ER2)... Read More about Effects of estrogen exposure in mussels, Mytilus edulis, at different stages of gametogenesis.

Synthesis, structure and reactivity of 1-(4-nitrobenzyl)-2-chloromethyl benzimidazole (2010)
Journal Article
Sparke, A. E., Fisher, C. M., Mewis, R. E., & Archibald, S. J. (2010). Synthesis, structure and reactivity of 1-(4-nitrobenzyl)-2-chloromethyl benzimidazole. Tetrahedron letters; the international organ for the rapid publication of preliminary communications in organic chemistry, 51(36), 4723-4726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.07.010

The synthesis of 1-(4-nitrobenzyl)-2-chloromethyl benzimidazole, which undergoes a nucleophilic substitution with pyridine in the absence of additional base, is reported. The key steps are the reaction of 1,2-phenylenediamine to give exclusively the... Read More about Synthesis, structure and reactivity of 1-(4-nitrobenzyl)-2-chloromethyl benzimidazole.

Increasing supply chain resilience in a global sourcing context (2010)
Journal Article
Colicchia, C., Dallari, F., & Melacini, M. (2010). Increasing supply chain resilience in a global sourcing context. Production planning & control, 21(7), 680-694. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537280903551969

Managing risk has emerged as an issue of critical importance for today’s globalised supply chains. This article focuses on inbound supply risk in a global sourcing context, where increased distances between sources of supply and final markets add unc... Read More about Increasing supply chain resilience in a global sourcing context.

The social impact of surveillance in three UK schools : 'angels', 'devils' and 'teen mums' (2010)
Journal Article
McCahill, M., & Finn, R. (2010). The social impact of surveillance in three UK schools : 'angels', 'devils' and 'teen mums'. Surveillance and Society, 7(3-4), 273-289. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v7i3/4.4156

Drawing upon the preliminary findings of a broader ESRC-funded project on the 'surveilled', this paper examines the social impact of 'new surveillance' technologies on the lives of school children living in a Northern City. We conducted fifteen one-h... Read More about The social impact of surveillance in three UK schools : 'angels', 'devils' and 'teen mums'.

The post-colonial state and minorities: ethnocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh (2010)
Journal Article
Chakma, B. (2010). The post-colonial state and minorities: ethnocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 48(3), 281-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2010.489746

This paper argues that ethnocide in post-colonial states can be located in the interplay of three processes: (1) nation-building and development visions of the bureaucratic state; (2) the struggle for autonomy by the minorities; and (3) militarised p... Read More about The post-colonial state and minorities: ethnocide in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.

Screening for cardiovascular risk in patients with anorexia nervosa (2010)
Journal Article
Ingle, L. (2010). Screening for cardiovascular risk in patients with anorexia nervosa. British journal of cardiac nursing, 5(7), 332-337. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2010.5.7.48926

In young people, especially females, a high importance is placed on body image and physical appearance. Unfortunately, misperceptions of the ideal body shape can encourage a pre-occupation with weight loss strategies. Long-term, these strategies may... Read More about Screening for cardiovascular risk in patients with anorexia nervosa.

Regular lattice and small-world spin model simulations using CUDA and GPUs (2010)
Journal Article
Hawick, K. A., Leist, A., & Playne, D. P. (2011). Regular lattice and small-world spin model simulations using CUDA and GPUs. International Journal of Parallel Programming, 39(2), 183-201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10766-010-0143-4

Data-parallel accelerator devices such as Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) are providing dramatic performance improvements over evenmulti-coreCPUs for lattice-oriented applications in computational physics. Models such as the Ising and Potts models... Read More about Regular lattice and small-world spin model simulations using CUDA and GPUs.

The politics of educating children ‘with' ADHD (2010)
Book Chapter
Adams, P. D. (2010). The politics of educating children ‘with' ADHD. In L. J. Graham (Ed.), (De)Constructing ADHD: Critical guidance for teachers and teacher educators (77-98). Peter Lang

Who will be eligible? An investigation of the dementia population eligible for cholinesterase treatment following the change in NICE guidance (2010)
Journal Article
Matthews, F. E., Muniz-Terrera, G., McKeith, I., & Brayne, C. (2010). Who will be eligible? An investigation of the dementia population eligible for cholinesterase treatment following the change in NICE guidance. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 25(7), 719-724. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2413

Objectives: Investigate the impact of the changes in eligibility within England and Wales (E&W) for prescription within the UK National Health Service for treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods: A population-based study in England and Wales w... Read More about Who will be eligible? An investigation of the dementia population eligible for cholinesterase treatment following the change in NICE guidance.

The characterisation of calpain-like proteins in Trypanosoma brucei (2010)
Thesis
Liu, W. (2010). The characterisation of calpain-like proteins in Trypanosoma brucei. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214144

Calpains are a ubiquitous family of calcium-dependent cysteine proteases involved in a wide range of cell regulatory and differentiation processes. In many protozoan organisms, atypical calpains have been discovered that lack the characteristic calci... Read More about The characterisation of calpain-like proteins in Trypanosoma brucei.

Facilitating choice for people with learning disabilities (2010)
Thesis
Bradley, J. (2010). Facilitating choice for people with learning disabilities. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212983

Background:

Choice constitutes a core element of the human experience. To deny this right can be seen as a denial of basic human rights and yet for people with learning disabilities this has often been a reality. Some argue that choice is differen... Read More about Facilitating choice for people with learning disabilities.