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Patients' needs following colorectal cancer diagnosis: where does primary care fit in? (2011)
Journal Article
Browne, S., Dowie, A., Mitchell, E. D., Wyke, S., Ziebland, S., Campbell, N., & Macleod, U. (2011). Patients' needs following colorectal cancer diagnosis: where does primary care fit in?. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 61(592), e692 - e699. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp11x606582

Background Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK. Patients with colorectal cancer spend most of their time in the community, but the role of primary care in their management and follow-up is unclear. Aim To explore colorectal ca... Read More about Patients' needs following colorectal cancer diagnosis: where does primary care fit in?.

Structural and interaction properties of encapsulated Mno2 nanowires filled MWCNTs (2011)
Journal Article
Abd Razak, S. I., & Sharif Zein, S. H. (2011). Structural and interaction properties of encapsulated Mno2 nanowires filled MWCNTs. Nano, 06(05), 435-439. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793292011002822

Uniform encapsulated MnO2 nanowires were achieved within the cavity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The Raman spectra revealed a charge-transfer shifts between the MnO2 particles and the inner tube of MWCNTs. Thin, uniform and continuous Mn... Read More about Structural and interaction properties of encapsulated Mno2 nanowires filled MWCNTs.

Hybrid FIB milling strategy for the fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures on semiconductor substrates (2011)
Journal Article
Einsle, J. F., Bouillard, J. S., Dickson, W., & Zayats, A. V. (2011). Hybrid FIB milling strategy for the fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures on semiconductor substrates. Nanoscale Research Letters, 6(1), Article 572. https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-6-572

The optical properties of plasmonic semiconductor devices fabricated by focused ion beam (FIB) milling deteriorate because of the amorphisation of the semiconductor substrate. This study explores the effects of combining traditional 30 kV FIB milling... Read More about Hybrid FIB milling strategy for the fabrication of plasmonic nanostructures on semiconductor substrates.

Caring for patients with brain tumor: the patient and care giver perspectives (2011)
Journal Article
Mezue, W. C., Draper, P., Mathew, B. G., & Watson, R. (2011). Caring for patients with brain tumor: the patient and care giver perspectives. Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 14(3), 368-372. https://doi.org/10.4103/1119-3077.86786

Background: Patients with brain tumors form a heterogeneous group in terms of clinical presentation and pathology. However, the impact of the disease on patients' families is often more homogenous and frequently quite profound. A considerable body of... Read More about Caring for patients with brain tumor: the patient and care giver perspectives.

Impact of exchange rate and money supply on growth, inflation and interest rates in the UK (2011)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2011). Impact of exchange rate and money supply on growth, inflation and interest rates in the UK. International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, 4(4), 355-371. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMEF.2011.043400

Growth rates, inflation and interest rates are determined simultaneously in the UK. Depreciations of Sterling pounds contribute to the growth by enhancing international competitiveness. Inflation from the growth of money, depreciation of Sterling and... Read More about Impact of exchange rate and money supply on growth, inflation and interest rates in the UK.

The Campaigns of Alexander the Great (2011)
Book Chapter
Lonsdale, D. J. (2011). The Campaigns of Alexander the Great. In J. A. Olsen, & C. S. Gray (Eds.), The Practice of Strategy: From Alexander the Great to the Present (15-35). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199608638.003.0002

By the time of his death in 323 BC, Alexander the Great had added the Persian Empire to Macedon's European territories, thus controlling most of the world as known to the ancient Greeks. In Chapter 1, David J. Lonsdale examines Alexander's campaigns... Read More about The Campaigns of Alexander the Great.

The foraging ecology of larval and juvenile fishes (2011)
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Nunn, A. D., Tewson, L. H., & Cowx, I. G. (2012). The foraging ecology of larval and juvenile fishes. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 22(2), 377-408. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-011-9240-8

Knowledge of the foraging ecology of fishes is fundamental both to understanding the processes that function at the individual, population and community levels, and for the management and conservation of their populations and habitats. Furthermore, t... Read More about The foraging ecology of larval and juvenile fishes.

Ferrous and cobaltous chloride complexes bearing 2-(1-(arylimino)methyl)-8- (1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)quinolines: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior in ethylene polymerization (2011)
Journal Article
Xiao, T., Zhang, S., Li, B., Hao, X., Redshaw, C., Li, Y. S., & Sun, W. H. (2011). Ferrous and cobaltous chloride complexes bearing 2-(1-(arylimino)methyl)-8- (1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)quinolines: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior in ethylene polymerization. Polymer, 52(25), 5803-5810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2011.10.037

The series of ligands 2-(1-(arylimino)methyl)-8-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl) quinolines was synthesized and used to prepare new iron(II) and cobalt(II) dichloride complexes. X-ray diffraction studies revealed that the coordination geometry around the metal... Read More about Ferrous and cobaltous chloride complexes bearing 2-(1-(arylimino)methyl)-8- (1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)quinolines: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior in ethylene polymerization.

On-chip integrated labelling, transport and detection of tumour cells (2011)
Journal Article
Woods, J., Docker, P. T., Dyer, C. E., Haswell, S. J., & Greenman, J. (2011). On-chip integrated labelling, transport and detection of tumour cells. ELECTROPHORESIS, 32(22), 3188-3195. https://doi.org/10.1002/elps.201100172

Microflow cytometry represents a promising tool for the investigation of diagnostic and prognostic cellular cancer markers, particularly if integrated within a device that allows primary cells to be freshly isolated from the solid tumour biopsies tha... Read More about On-chip integrated labelling, transport and detection of tumour cells.

The 'headache tree' via umbellulone and TRPA1 activates the trigeminovascular system (2011)
Journal Article
Nassini, R., Materazzi, S., Vriens, J., Prenen, J., Benemei, S., De Siena, G., la Marca, G., Andrè, E., Preti, D., Avonto, C., Sadofsky, L., Di Marzo, V., De Petrocellis, L., Dussor, G., Porreca, F., Taglialatela-Scafati, O., Appendino, G., Nilius, B., & Geppetti, P. (2012). The 'headache tree' via umbellulone and TRPA1 activates the trigeminovascular system. Brain, 135(2), 376-390. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awr272

The California bay laurel or Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt., is known as the 'headache tree' because the inhalation of its vapours can cause severe headache crises. However, the underlying mechanism of the headache precipitating proper... Read More about The 'headache tree' via umbellulone and TRPA1 activates the trigeminovascular system.

2-(N-Alkylcarboxamide)-6-iminopyridyl palladium and nickel complexes: Coordination chemistry and catalysis (2011)
Journal Article
Zhang, W., Wang, Y., Yu, J., Redshaw, C., Hao, X., & Sun, W. H. (2011). 2-(N-Alkylcarboxamide)-6-iminopyridyl palladium and nickel complexes: Coordination chemistry and catalysis. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 40(48), 12856-12865. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1dt11079a

The 2-(N-alkylcarboxamide)-6-iminopyridine ligands (L1-L7) can bind as either mono-anionic tridentate NNN ligands on reaction with PdCl 2(CH3CN)2, to form complexes LPdCl (C1-C7), or as neutral tridentate NNO ligands with NiCl2·6H2O, to produce compl... Read More about 2-(N-Alkylcarboxamide)-6-iminopyridyl palladium and nickel complexes: Coordination chemistry and catalysis.

General equilibrium impacts of monetary and fiscal policies on welfare of households in South Asia (2011)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2011). General equilibrium impacts of monetary and fiscal policies on welfare of households in South Asia. Review of development economics, 15(4), 745-757. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2011.00640.x

Impacts of fiscal and monetary policies are assessed in an open economy two sector multi-household general equilibrium tax model with money for South Asia. Despite impressive growth rates there is evidence for alarming gaps in the distribution of inc... Read More about General equilibrium impacts of monetary and fiscal policies on welfare of households in South Asia.

Influence of step length on 6-minute walk test performance in patients with chronic heart failure (2011)
Journal Article
Pepera, G. K., Sandercock, G. R., Sloan, R., Cleland, J. J., Ingle, L., & Clark, A. L. (2012). Influence of step length on 6-minute walk test performance in patients with chronic heart failure. Physiotherapy, 98(4), 325-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2011.08.005

Objective: To investigate the influence of gait parameters including step length and walking speed during performance of the 6-minute walking test (6MWT) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Design: Observational study. Setting: Specialist h... Read More about Influence of step length on 6-minute walk test performance in patients with chronic heart failure.

(Dis)continuity and the Coalition: primary pedagogy as craft and primary pedagogy as performance (2011)
Journal Article
Adams, P. (2011). (Dis)continuity and the Coalition: primary pedagogy as craft and primary pedagogy as performance. Educational review, 63(4), 467-483. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2011.620699

Shortly after taking power following the May 2010 UK general election, the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government published its education white paper, The Importance of Teaching. In this, certain features for primary school pedagogy can be discerne... Read More about (Dis)continuity and the Coalition: primary pedagogy as craft and primary pedagogy as performance.

Hierarchical formation of bulgeless galaxies - II. Redistribution of angular momentum via galactic fountains: Bulgeless discs II (2011)
Journal Article
Brook, C. B., Stinson, G., Gibson, B. K., Roškar, R., Wadsley, J., & Quinn, T. (2012). Hierarchical formation of bulgeless galaxies - II. Redistribution of angular momentum via galactic fountains: Bulgeless discs II. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419(1), 771-779. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19740.x

Within a fully cosmological hydrodynamical simulation, we form a galaxy which rotates at 140 kms-1, and it is characterized by two loose spiral arms and a bar, indicative of a Hubble-type SBc/d galaxy. We show that our simulated galaxy has no classic... Read More about Hierarchical formation of bulgeless galaxies - II. Redistribution of angular momentum via galactic fountains: Bulgeless discs II.

Age and reproductive investment in grass goby females in the Venice lagoon (2011)
Journal Article
Franco, A., Malavasi, S., Pranovi, F., Franzoi, P., & Torricelli, P. (2012). Age and reproductive investment in grass goby females in the Venice lagoon. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 93(3), 419-425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-011-9931-y

The present work describes the relationship between age and reproductive investment in the grass goby females in the Venice Lagoon. Age was estimated by otoliths reading, while reproductive investment was assessed by either the relative number of mat... Read More about Age and reproductive investment in grass goby females in the Venice lagoon.

Cognitive Skills, Openness and Growth (2011)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K., & Basu, P. (2012). Cognitive Skills, Openness and Growth. Economic Record, 88(280), 18-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.2011.00764.x

A significant positive relationship exists between the ratios of trade and educational spending to gross domestic product, implying that countries which are more open on the trade front also spend more on education. An open economy endogenous growth... Read More about Cognitive Skills, Openness and Growth.