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A social democratic narrative of British democracy (2011)
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Beech, M. (2012). A social democratic narrative of British democracy. Policy studies : the journal of the Policy Studies Institute, 33(2), 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2011.601205

This article argues that social democracy as a political ideology has much to contribute to a narrative of British democracy. Democracy is the central tenet of social democracy and this distinguishes it from Marxist socialism. However, despite the La... Read More about A social democratic narrative of British democracy.

Refining the understanding of inhibitory processes: how response prepotency is created and overcome (2011)
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Simpson, A., Riggs, K., Beck, S. R., Gorniak, S. L., Wu, Y., Abbott, D., & Diamond, A. (2012). Refining the understanding of inhibitory processes: how response prepotency is created and overcome. Developmental Science, 15(1), 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01105.x

Understanding (a) how responses become prepotent provides insights into when inhibition is needed in everyday life. Understanding (b) how response prepotency is overcome provides insights for helping children develop strategies for overcoming such te... Read More about Refining the understanding of inhibitory processes: how response prepotency is created and overcome.

Precise chemical, electronic, and magnetic structure of binuclear complexes studied by means of X-ray spectroscopies and theoretical methods (2011)
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Kuepper, K., Benoit, D. M., Wiedwald, U., Mögele, F., Meyering, A., Neumann, M., …Ziemann, P. (2011). Precise chemical, electronic, and magnetic structure of binuclear complexes studied by means of X-ray spectroscopies and theoretical methods. Journal of physical chemistry. C, 115(50), 25030-25039. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2069804

We investigate two planar complexes MnNi and CoNi (see Scheme 1) by X-ray photoelec- tron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultralow-temperature X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). In this way the valence states as well as the presence of uncompensated ma... Read More about Precise chemical, electronic, and magnetic structure of binuclear complexes studied by means of X-ray spectroscopies and theoretical methods.

Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene (2011)
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Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R. J., Wright, J. A., Baillie-Johnson, H., Yamato, T., Giovanni, S. D., & Mueller, A. (2012). Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 48(8), 1129-1131. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc16480a

Vanadyl bearing calix[4]arene ligands have undergone evaluation against several cell lines, and show varying degrees of toxicity. For vanadyl complexed to a sulfonylcalix[4]arene, monitoring of the strong blue fluorescence revealed slow uptake kineti... Read More about Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene.

Anticipation of action intentions in autism spectrum disorder (2011)
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Hudson, M., Burnett, H. G., & Jellema, T. (2012). Anticipation of action intentions in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(8), 1684-1693. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-011-1410-y

We investigated whether individuals with a mild form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are influenced by an actor’s gaze direction when anticipating how an observed action will continue in the immediate future. Participants observed a head rotate tow... Read More about Anticipation of action intentions in autism spectrum disorder.

Optically-programmable nonlinear photonic component for dielectric-loaded plasmonic circuitry (2011)
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Krasavin, A. V., Randhawa, S., Bouillard, J. S., Renger, J., Quidant, R., & Zayats, A. V. (2011). Optically-programmable nonlinear photonic component for dielectric-loaded plasmonic circuitry. Optics express, 19(25), 25222-25229. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.025222

We demonstrate both experimentally and numerically a compact and efficient, optically tuneable plasmonic component utilizing a surface plasmon polariton ring resonator with nonlinearity based on trans-cis isomerization in a polymer material. We obser... Read More about Optically-programmable nonlinear photonic component for dielectric-loaded plasmonic circuitry.

A new role for the architecture of microvillar actin bundles in apical retention of membrane proteins (2011)
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Revenu, C., Ubelmann, F., Hurbain, I., El-Marjou, F., Dingli, F., Loew, D., …Robine, S. (2012). A new role for the architecture of microvillar actin bundles in apical retention of membrane proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 23(2), 324-336. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E11-09-0765

Actin-bundling proteins are identified as key players in the morphogenesis of thin membrane protrusions. Until now, functional redundancy among the actin-bundling proteins villin, espin, and plastin-1 has prevented definitive conclusions regarding th... Read More about A new role for the architecture of microvillar actin bundles in apical retention of membrane proteins.

Britain finds Andy Hardy: British cinema audiences and the American way of life in the Second World War (2011)
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Eldridge, D. (2011). Britain finds Andy Hardy: British cinema audiences and the American way of life in the Second World War. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 31(4), 499-521. https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2011.620842

The Arp2/3 activator WASH regulates α5β1-integrin-mediated invasive migration (2011)
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Zech, T., Calaminus, S., Caswell, P., Spence, H. J., Carnell, M., Insall, R. H., …Machesky, L. M. (2012). The Arp2/3 activator WASH regulates α5β1-integrin-mediated invasive migration. Journal of cell science, 124(22), 3753-3759. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.080986

The actin cytoskeleton provides scaffolding and physical force to effect fundamental processes such as motility, cytokinesis and vesicle trafficking. The Arp2/3 complex nucleates actin structures and contributes to endocytic vesicle invagination and... Read More about The Arp2/3 activator WASH regulates α5β1-integrin-mediated invasive migration.

Paradigms in estuarine ecology - a review of the Remane diagram with a suggested revised model for estuaries (2011)
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Whitfield, A., Elliott, M., Basset, A., Blaber, S., & West, R. (2012). Paradigms in estuarine ecology - a review of the Remane diagram with a suggested revised model for estuaries. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 97, 78-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.026

Most estuarine ecology textbooks have included the so-called Remane diagram which is derived from German studies in the Baltic Sea region during the early part of the 20th Century. The model shows how aquatic species diversity changes from freshwater... Read More about Paradigms in estuarine ecology - a review of the Remane diagram with a suggested revised model for estuaries.

Executive control and the experience of regret (2011)
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Burns, P., Riggs, K. J., & Beck, S. R. (2012). Executive control and the experience of regret. Journal of experimental child psychology, 111(3), 501-515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2011.10.003

The experience of regret rests on a counterfactual analysis of events. Previous research indicates that regret emerges at around 6 years of age, marginally later than the age at which children begin to answer counterfactual questions correctly. We hy... Read More about Executive control and the experience of regret.

Controlling the ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl] pyridyliron dichloride (2011)
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Zhao, W., Yu, J., Song, S., Yang, W., Liu, H., Hao, X., …Sun, W. H. (2012). Controlling the ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl] pyridyliron dichloride. Polymer, 53(1), 130-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2011.11.024

The ligand series 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1- (arylimino)ethyl]pyridines and the iron(II) chloride complexes thereof have been synthesized and characterized by elemental and spectroscopic analyses. The molecular structures... Read More about Controlling the ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl] pyridyliron dichloride.

Development and validation of a virtual reality simulator: Human factors input to interventional radiology training (2011)
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Johnson, S. J., Guediri, S. M., Kilkenny, C., & Clough, P. J. (2011). Development and validation of a virtual reality simulator: Human factors input to interventional radiology training. Human Factors, 53(6), 612-625. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720811425042

Objective: This study developed and validated a virtual reality (VR) simulator for use by interventional radiologists.Background: Research in the area of skill acquisition reports practice as essential to become a task expert. Studies on simulation s... Read More about Development and validation of a virtual reality simulator: Human factors input to interventional radiology training.

Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications (2011)
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Hird, M. (2011). Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications. Liquid crystals, 38(11-12), 1467-1493. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2011.625126

Molecular chirality confers the necessary reduced symmetry to tilted smectic liquid crystals and disordered crystals to generate ferroelectric properties. By definition, ferroelectrics are materials that possess a spontaneous polarisation in the abse... Read More about Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications.

Dimroth-type rearrangement of 1-benzyl- and 1-glycosyl-5-aminoimidazoles to 4-(N-substituted amino)imidazoles (2011)
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Costanzi, S., Rouse, S. P., Vanbaelinghem, L., Prior, T., Ewing, D. F., Boa, A. N., & Mackenzie, G. (2012). Dimroth-type rearrangement of 1-benzyl- and 1-glycosyl-5-aminoimidazoles to 4-(N-substituted amino)imidazoles. Tetrahedron letters; the international organ for the rapid publication of preliminary communications in organic chemistry, 53(4), 412-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.11.058

An efficient route is described to an unusual exocyclic 4-β-d-ribofuranosyl-aminoimidazole nucleoside, related 4-N-benzylaminoimidazoles and imidazole analogues of precursors in the de novo biosynthesis of purines, via a regiospecific and stereoselec... Read More about Dimroth-type rearrangement of 1-benzyl- and 1-glycosyl-5-aminoimidazoles to 4-(N-substituted amino)imidazoles.

A self-adaptive case-based reasoning system for dose planning in prostate cancer radiotherapy (2011)
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Mishra, N., Petrovic, S., & Sundar, S. (2011). A self-adaptive case-based reasoning system for dose planning in prostate cancer radiotherapy. Medical physics, 38(12), 6528-6538. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3660517

Purpose: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in the male population. Radiotherapy is often used in the treatment for prostate cancer. In radiotherapy treatment, the oncologist makes a trade-off between the risk and benefit of the radiation, i.e... Read More about A self-adaptive case-based reasoning system for dose planning in prostate cancer radiotherapy.

Shear-derived mixing in dense granular flows (2011)
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Rowley, P. J., Kokelaar, P., Menzies, M., & Waltham, D. (2011). Shear-derived mixing in dense granular flows. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 81(12), 874-884. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2011.72

In flume experiments, granular avalanches run onto loose substrates develop 3-D architectures that record shear-derived mixing between the flow and the substrate. Spherical silica beads 0.250 mm diameter are run onto stratified substrates of various... Read More about Shear-derived mixing in dense granular flows.

Applied utility and the auto-ethnographic short story: persuasions for, and illustrations of, writing critical social science (2011)
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Gilbourne, D., Jones, R., & Jordon, S. (2014). Applied utility and the auto-ethnographic short story: persuasions for, and illustrations of, writing critical social science. Sport, Education and Society, 19(1), 80-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.632405

In some quarters it is argued that, narrative researchers might be classified as being either story-analysts or storytellers. They go on to suggest that one feature of storytellers is that they undertake a form of analysis as the process of writing u... Read More about Applied utility and the auto-ethnographic short story: persuasions for, and illustrations of, writing critical social science.

Different cultures, different values: The role of cultural variation in public’s WTP for marine species conservation (2011)
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Ressurreição, A., Gibbons, J., Kaiser, M., Dentinho, T. P., Zarzycki, T., Bentley, C., …Edwards-Jones, G. (2012). Different cultures, different values: The role of cultural variation in public’s WTP for marine species conservation. Biological Conservation, 145(1), 148-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.026

Understanding the cultural variation in public preference for marine species is a necessary pre-requisite if conservation objectives are to include societal preferences in addition to scientific considerations. We report the results of a contingent s... Read More about Different cultures, different values: The role of cultural variation in public’s WTP for marine species conservation.

Personalized and not general suggestion produces false autobiographical memories and suggestion-consistent behavior (2011)
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Scoboria, A., Mazzoni, G., Jarry, J. L., & Bernstein, D. M. (2012). Personalized and not general suggestion produces false autobiographical memories and suggestion-consistent behavior. Acta Psychologica, 139(1), 225-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.10.008

Suggesting false childhood events produces false autobiographical beliefs, memories and suggestion-consistent behavior. The mechanisms by which suggestion affects behavior are not understood, and whether false beliefs and memories are necessary for s... Read More about Personalized and not general suggestion produces false autobiographical memories and suggestion-consistent behavior.