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Isolated metal atom geometries as a strategy for selective heterogeneous hydrogenations (2012)
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Boucher, M. B., Kyriakou, G., Jewell, A. D., Lewis, E. A., Sykes, E. C. H., Baber, A. E., Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, M., Lawton, T. J., & Tierney, H. L. (2012). Isolated metal atom geometries as a strategy for selective heterogeneous hydrogenations. Science, 335(6073), 1209-1212. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215864

Facile dissociation of reactants and weak binding of intermediates are key requirements for efficient and selective catalysis. However, these two variables are intimately linked in a way that does not generally allow the optimization of both properti... Read More about Isolated metal atom geometries as a strategy for selective heterogeneous hydrogenations.

Design, synthesis, and characterization of mesogenic amine-capped nematic gold nanoparticles with surface-enhanced plasmonic resonances (2012)
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Yu, C. H., Schubert, C. P. J., Welch, C., Tang, B. J., Tamba, M. G., & Mehl, G. H. (2012). Design, synthesis, and characterization of mesogenic amine-capped nematic gold nanoparticles with surface-enhanced plasmonic resonances. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(11), 5076-5079. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja300492d

The use of the liquid-crystalline state to control the assembly of large (>5 nm) gold nanoparticles (NPs) is of considerable interest because of the promise of novel metamaterial properties of such systems. Here we report on a new approach for the pr... Read More about Design, synthesis, and characterization of mesogenic amine-capped nematic gold nanoparticles with surface-enhanced plasmonic resonances.

Task- and response related dissociations between neglect in near and far space: A morphometric case study (2012)
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Aimola, L., Schindler, I., & Venneri, A. (2012). Task- and response related dissociations between neglect in near and far space: A morphometric case study. Behavioural neurology, 27(3), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2012-110243

Introduction: Patients with unilateral neglect may show line bisection errors selectively in either near (within hand reaching) or far (beyond hand reaching) space which suggests that these two spatial areas are coded differently by the brain. This e... Read More about Task- and response related dissociations between neglect in near and far space: A morphometric case study.

Recalling unpresented hostile words: false memories predictors of traditional and cyberbullying (2012)
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Vannucci, M., Nocentini, A., Mazzoni, G., & Menesini, E. (2012). Recalling unpresented hostile words: false memories predictors of traditional and cyberbullying. European journal of developmental psychology, 9(2), 182-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2011.646459

This study investigated the relationship between hostile false memories (violent and verbal/aggressive) and engagement in traditional and cyberbullying, controlling for their co-occurrence. Two hundred eleven adolescents completed measures of traditi... Read More about Recalling unpresented hostile words: false memories predictors of traditional and cyberbullying.

Are the scientific foundations of temperate marine reserves too warm and hard? (2012)
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Caveen, A. J., Sweeting, C. J., Willis, T. J., & Polunin, N. V. (2012). Are the scientific foundations of temperate marine reserves too warm and hard?. Environmental Conservation, 39(3), 199-203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892912000033

The scientific literature (including some of the most high-profile papers) on the ecological and fisheries effects of permanent no-take marine reserves is dominated by examples from hard tropical and warm temperate ecosystems. It appears to have been... Read More about Are the scientific foundations of temperate marine reserves too warm and hard?.

Ditopic receptors based on lower- and upper-rim substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arenes: Cation-controlled hydrogen bonding of anion (2012)
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Ni, X. L., Tahara, J., Rahman, S., Zeng, X., Hughes, D. L., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2012). Ditopic receptors based on lower- and upper-rim substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arenes: Cation-controlled hydrogen bonding of anion. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 7(3), 519-527. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.201100926

Heteroditopic hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene receptors that are capable of binding an anion and a cation simultaneously in a cooperative fashion were synthesized. The structure of one of the triamide derivatives was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray dif... Read More about Ditopic receptors based on lower- and upper-rim substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arenes: Cation-controlled hydrogen bonding of anion.

Rehearsal talk: Familiarity and expertise in singer-pianist duos (2012)
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Ginsborg, J., & King, E. (2012). Rehearsal talk: Familiarity and expertise in singer-pianist duos. Musicae Scientiae, 16(2), 148-167. https://doi.org/10.1177/1029864911435733

The cognitive and social processes underlying musical and social collaboration were explored in a small-scale study of two professional and two student singer-pianist duos. Each of the eight participants rehearsed one song with his or her regular par... Read More about Rehearsal talk: Familiarity and expertise in singer-pianist duos.

2-Substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7-trihydroquinoline-N,N′ nickel dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene (2012)
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Hou, X., Liang, T., Sun, W. H., Redshaw, C., & Chen, X. (2012). 2-Substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7-trihydroquinoline-N,N′ nickel dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 708-709, 98-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.02.031

A series of 2-substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7- trihydroquinolines (L) was synthesized and fully characterized, and their nickel chloride complexes, namely 2-substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7- trihydroquinoline-N,N′ nickel dichlo... Read More about 2-Substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7-trihydroquinoline-N,N′ nickel dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene.

Silicon imidonitride aerogel exhibiting macro- and meso-dual porosity (2012)
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Rocher, V., Kelly, S. M., & Hector, A. L. (2012). Silicon imidonitride aerogel exhibiting macro- and meso-dual porosity. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 156, 196-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2012.02.041

Porous silicon imidonitride aerogels have been produced by combining a sol-gel process based on [Si(NH2)(NMe2)3] and ammonia that is known for producing xerogels with controlled mesoporosity, with a supercritical drying process using diethylamine to... Read More about Silicon imidonitride aerogel exhibiting macro- and meso-dual porosity.

Electrochemistry of organometallic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (2012)
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Halls, J. E., Bourne, R. W., Wright, K. J., Partington, L. I., Tamba, M. G., Zhou, Y., Ramakrishnappa, T., Mehl, G. H., Kelly, S. M., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2012). Electrochemistry of organometallic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals. Electrochemistry communications, 19(1), 50-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2012.02.032

Two aqueous lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals made from nickel(II) or copper(II) phthalocyananine tetrasulfonic acid tetrasodium salt are prepared with characterisation through optical polarising microscopy, X-ray diffraction and conductivity. Thes... Read More about Electrochemistry of organometallic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals.

2-[1-(2,6-Dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridyliron(II) dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior (2012)
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Cao, X., He, F., Zhao, W., Cai, Z., Hao, X., Shiono, T., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). 2-[1-(2,6-Dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridyliron(II) dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior. Polymer, 53(9), 1870-1880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2012.02.050

A series of 2-[1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1- (arylimino)ethyl]pyridine ligands (L1-L5) as well as the ligand 2,6-bis[1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-chloro-phenylimino)ethyl]pyridine (L6) were synthesized and reacted with FeCl2·4H2O to a... Read More about 2-[1-(2,6-Dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridyliron(II) dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior.

Population heterogeneity in trajectories of midlife blood pressure (2012)
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Wills, A. K., Lawlor, D. A., Muniz-Terrera, G., Matthews, F., Cooper, R., Ghosh, A. K., …Hardy, R. (2012). Population heterogeneity in trajectories of midlife blood pressure. Epidemiology, 23(2), 203-211. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182456567

Background: We investigated whether there are subgroups with different underlying (latent) trajectories of midlife systolic blood pressure (BP), diastolic BP, and pulse pressure in a UK cohort. Methods: Data are from 1840 men and 1819 women with BP m... Read More about Population heterogeneity in trajectories of midlife blood pressure.

Development of microfluidic devices for analysis of cardiac tissue ex vivo (2012)
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Cheah, L. T. (2012). Development of microfluidic devices for analysis of cardiac tissue ex vivo. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4227445

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)–based (Generation 1) and glass–based (Generation 2) microfluidic devices for heart tissue maintenance have been developed. Rat and human heart biopsies were electrically–paced in a 37 oC environment constantly perfused wit... Read More about Development of microfluidic devices for analysis of cardiac tissue ex vivo.

An examination of the effects of copper in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor; focusing on how the effects of copper detected at the molecular level manifest at higher levels of biological organisation (2012)
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Bell, E. (2012). An examination of the effects of copper in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor; focusing on how the effects of copper detected at the molecular level manifest at higher levels of biological organisation. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215961

"Resilience of many ecosystems is likely to be exceeded this century by a combination of climate change and pollution impacts among other drivers" (Lawrence 2009).

Copper, although it is an essential metal it can also be extremely harmful to aquat... Read More about An examination of the effects of copper in the polychaete Hediste diversicolor; focusing on how the effects of copper detected at the molecular level manifest at higher levels of biological organisation.

The significance of the EGFR pathway in malignant pleural mesothelioma (2012)
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Agarwal, V. (. (2012). The significance of the EGFR pathway in malignant pleural mesothelioma. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214047

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EGFR, MTOR and COX2 are up regulated in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). In this study we aimed to determine the expression of Lipoxygenase enzymes (LOX), absence of PTEN protein expression and the cytotoxic effect of EGFR, MTOR an... Read More about The significance of the EGFR pathway in malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Multi-objective system optimisation with respect to availability, maintainability and cost (2012)
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Nggada, S. H. (2012). Multi-objective system optimisation with respect to availability, maintainability and cost. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213593

Safety critical engineering systems are becoming increasingly larger and more complex. One way of ensuring the dependability of such systems is via architectural redundancy and replication of components. Use of redundancy has its limitations though,... Read More about Multi-objective system optimisation with respect to availability, maintainability and cost.

Development of a portable microfluidic system for monitoring ions river water (2012)
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Ong, C. K. (2012). Development of a portable microfluidic system for monitoring ions river water. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213552

Nowadays, there is a growing demand for predictive models that are capable of predicting future trends in water quality which is constantly being affected by environmental changes and industrialisation. The presence of various nutrient contaminants i... Read More about Development of a portable microfluidic system for monitoring ions river water.