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The Rac GEF ZizB regulates development, cell motility and cytokinesis in Dictyostelium (2012)
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Pakes, N. K., Veltman, D. M., Rivero, F., Nasir, J., Insall, R., & Williams, R. S. (2012). The Rac GEF ZizB regulates development, cell motility and cytokinesis in Dictyostelium. Journal of cell science, 125(10), 2457-2465. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.100966

Dock (dedicator of cytokinesis) proteins represent a family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) that include the well-studied Dock180 family and the poorly characterised zizimin family. Our current understanding of Dock180 function is that... Read More about The Rac GEF ZizB regulates development, cell motility and cytokinesis in Dictyostelium.

Dilemmas in doing insider research in professional education (2012)
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Humphrey, C. (2013). Dilemmas in doing insider research in professional education. Qualitative Social Work, 12(5), 572-586. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325012446006

This article explores the dilemmas I encountered when researching social work education in England as an insider researcher who was simultaneously employed as an educator in the host institution. This was an ethnographic project deploying multiple me... Read More about Dilemmas in doing insider research in professional education.

Finding the unexpected: an account of a writing group for women with chronic pelvic pain (2012)
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Evans, K., & Glover, L. (2012). Finding the unexpected: an account of a writing group for women with chronic pelvic pain. Journal of Poetry Therapy, 25(2), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/08893675.2012.680724

The focus of this article is on a creative writing group developed for women with chronic pelvic pain. The authors address whether their experiences have anything to say about how creative writing sits within the current Western health paradigm and i... Read More about Finding the unexpected: an account of a writing group for women with chronic pelvic pain.

Leadership through action learning: a bottom-up approach to ‘best practice’ in ‘infection prevention and control’ in a UK NHS trust (2012)
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Kellie, J., Milsom, B., & Henderson, E. (2012). Leadership through action learning: a bottom-up approach to ‘best practice’ in ‘infection prevention and control’ in a UK NHS trust. Public money & management, 32(4), 289-296. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2012.691308

This article reports on the outcomes of an action learning leadership intervention in a National Health Service (NHS) acute trust in partnership with a UK business school. This contribution provides an empirical example of the potential benefits of n... Read More about Leadership through action learning: a bottom-up approach to ‘best practice’ in ‘infection prevention and control’ in a UK NHS trust.

A gain-of-function mutation in IAA16 confers reduced responses to auxin and abscisic acid and impedes plant growth and fertility (2012)
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Rinaldi, M. A., Liu, J., Enders, T. A., Bartel, B., & Strader, L. C. (2012). A gain-of-function mutation in IAA16 confers reduced responses to auxin and abscisic acid and impedes plant growth and fertility. Plant Molecular Biology, 79(4-5), 359-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-012-9917-y

Auxin regulates many aspects of plant development, in part, through degradation of the Aux/IAA family of transcriptional repressors. Consequently, stabilizing mutations in several Aux/IAA proteins confer reduced auxin responsiveness. However, of the... Read More about A gain-of-function mutation in IAA16 confers reduced responses to auxin and abscisic acid and impedes plant growth and fertility.

Why is corruption less harmful to income inequality in Latin America? (2012)
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Dobson, S., & Ramlogan-Dobson, C. (2012). Why is corruption less harmful to income inequality in Latin America?. World Development, 40(8), 1534-1545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.04.015

Conventional wisdom says corruption is bad for income inequality. But recent research on Latin America finds a trade-off between corruption and inequality and suggests this is due to the large informal sector in the region. Using data on a large samp... Read More about Why is corruption less harmful to income inequality in Latin America?.

Central and effector memory CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses to tumor-associated antigens (2012)
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Caserta, S., Borger, J. G., & Zamoyska, R. (2012). Central and effector memory CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses to tumor-associated antigens. Critical reviews in immunology, 32(2), 97-126. https://doi.org/10.1615/critrevimmunol.v32.i2.10

Harnessing T-cell responses to constrain tumor growth is a realistic treatment aspiration in tumor medicine, as many tumors express specific tumor associated antigens that are recognized by the adaptive immune system. CD8 T cells have direct cytolyti... Read More about Central and effector memory CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses to tumor-associated antigens.

Caribbean slavery, British anti-slavery, and the cultural politics of venereal disease (2012)
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Burnard, T., & Follett, R. (2012). Caribbean slavery, British anti-slavery, and the cultural politics of venereal disease. The Historical journal, 55(2), 427-451. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X11000513

Venereal disease was commonplace among free and enslaved populations in colonial Caribbean societies. This article considers how contemporaries (both in the empire and metropole) viewed venereal infection and how they associated it with gendered noti... Read More about Caribbean slavery, British anti-slavery, and the cultural politics of venereal disease.

Direct processing of clinically relevant large volume samples for the detection of sexually transmitted infectious agents from urine on a microfluidic device (2012)
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Kemp, C., Birch, C., Shaw, K. J., Nixon, G. J., Docker, P. T., Greenman, J., …Dyer, C. E. (2012). Direct processing of clinically relevant large volume samples for the detection of sexually transmitted infectious agents from urine on a microfluidic device. Analytical Methods, 4(7), 2141-2144. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ay25075f

Urine is a preferred specimen for nucleic acid-based detection of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) but represents a challenge for microfluidic devices due to low analyte concentrations. We present an extraction methodology enabling rapid on-chi... Read More about Direct processing of clinically relevant large volume samples for the detection of sexually transmitted infectious agents from urine on a microfluidic device.

Exploring the experiences and expectations of year 1 children's nursing students. (2012)
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Wright, J., & Wray, J. (2012). Exploring the experiences and expectations of year 1 children's nursing students. Nursing Children and Young People, 24(4), 24-28. https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp2012.05.24.4.24.c9091

Attrition among children's nursing students remains high despite the field of practice attracting large numbers of applicants. While previous studies have examined nursing students as a group, this study specifically examines the children's nursing s... Read More about Exploring the experiences and expectations of year 1 children's nursing students..

Antecedents of board composition: The role of nomination committees (2012)
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Kaczmarek, S., Kimino, S., & Pye, A. (2012). Antecedents of board composition: The role of nomination committees. Corporate governance, 20(5), 474-489. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8683.2012.00913.x

Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: The global financial crisis in 2008 has generated increasing recognition of the importance of board diversity reflected amidst the capabilities and skills of directors on a board. As the primary... Read More about Antecedents of board composition: The role of nomination committees.

Wastewater as a photoelectrochemical fuel source: light-to-electrical energy conversion with organochloride remediation (2012)
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Halls, J. E., Johnson, T., Altalhi, A. A., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2012). Wastewater as a photoelectrochemical fuel source: light-to-electrical energy conversion with organochloride remediation. Electrochemistry communications, 22, 4-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2012.04.024

A photogalvanic cell that employs 2,4-dichlorophenol as a fuel source, an N-substituted phenothiazine as light harvester, and sacrificial zinc anode is presented, and shown to afford a ca. 4% light-to-electrical power conversion efficiency in violet... Read More about Wastewater as a photoelectrochemical fuel source: light-to-electrical energy conversion with organochloride remediation.

Consistency of leadership in shoals of mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) in novel and in familiar environments (2012)
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Burns, A. L. J., Herbert-Read, J. E., Morrell, L. J., & Ward, A. J. W. (2012). Consistency of leadership in shoals of mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) in novel and in familiar environments. PLoS ONE, 7(5), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036567

In social animal groups, an individual's spatial position is a major determinant of both predation risk and foraging rewards. Additionally, the occupation of positions in the front of moving groups is generally assumed to correlate with the initiatio... Read More about Consistency of leadership in shoals of mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) in novel and in familiar environments.

Leaching characteristics of CCA-treated wood waste: A UK study (2012)
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Mercer, T. G., & Frostick, L. E. (2012). Leaching characteristics of CCA-treated wood waste: A UK study. The Science of the total environment, 427-428, 165-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.008

CCA-treated wood is expected to increase in the UK waste stream over the next 20-50years. The potential pollution from this waste has been evaluated through two leaching studies, one based upon batch leaching tests and another based upon a series of... Read More about Leaching characteristics of CCA-treated wood waste: A UK study.

Evaluation of the influence of strain rate on Colles' fracture load (2012)
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Ural, A., Zioupos, P., Buchanan, D., & Vashishth, D. (2012). Evaluation of the influence of strain rate on Colles' fracture load. Journal of biomechanics, 45(10), 1854-1857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.04.023

Colles' fracture, a transverse fracture of the distal radius bone, is one of the most frequently observed osteoporotic fractures resulting from low energy or traumatic events, associated with low and high strain rates, respectively. Although experime... Read More about Evaluation of the influence of strain rate on Colles' fracture load.

Molecular and culture-based assessment of the microbial diversity of diabetic chronic foot wounds and contralateral skin sites (2012)
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Oates, A., Bowling, F. L., Boulton, A. J. M., & McBain, A. J. (2012). Molecular and culture-based assessment of the microbial diversity of diabetic chronic foot wounds and contralateral skin sites. Journal of clinical microbiology, 50(7), 2263-2271. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.06599-11

Wound debridement samples and contralateral (healthy) skin swabs acquired from 26 patients attending a specialist foot clinic were analyzed by differential isolation and eubacterium-specific PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) in conju... Read More about Molecular and culture-based assessment of the microbial diversity of diabetic chronic foot wounds and contralateral skin sites.

Screening for alcohol use in criminal justice settings: An exploratory study (2012)
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Coulton, S., Newbury-Birch, D., Cassidy, P., Dale, V., Deluca, P., Gilvarry, E., …Drummond, C. (2012). Screening for alcohol use in criminal justice settings: An exploratory study. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 47(4), 423-427. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/ags048

Aims: To examine the feasibility and acceptability of alcohol screening and delivery of brief interventions within criminal justice settings. Methods: A quantitative survey of those aged 18 or over in English criminal justice settings (three custody... Read More about Screening for alcohol use in criminal justice settings: An exploratory study.

Unionists as 'court sceptics': exploring elite-level unionist discourses about a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights (2012)
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Munce, P. (2013). Unionists as 'court sceptics': exploring elite-level unionist discourses about a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 15(4), (647-667). doi:10.1111/j.1467-856X.2012.00509.x. ISSN 1369-1481

One of the most significant characteristics of the peace process in Northern Ireland has been the profound importance attached by a range of academic, political and non-governmental actors to the concept of human rights. However, unionists, more so t... Read More about Unionists as 'court sceptics': exploring elite-level unionist discourses about a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights.