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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty results in improved physical function but not balance in patients with intermittent claudication (2013)
Journal Article
Gohil, R. A., Mockford, K. A., Mazari, F. A., Khan, J. A., Van Vanicek, N., Chetter, I. C., & Coughlin, P. A. (2013). Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty results in improved physical function but not balance in patients with intermittent claudication. Journal of vascular surgery, 58(6), 1533-1539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2013.05.106

Objective The aim of this study was to identify whether revascularization by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for patients with intermittent claudication improved measures of functional performance including balance. Methods A prospective... Read More about Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty results in improved physical function but not balance in patients with intermittent claudication.

Unsymmetrical α-diiminonickel bromide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and their catalytic behavior toward ethylene (2013)
Journal Article
Jia, D., Zhang, W., Liu, W., Wang, L., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2013). Unsymmetrical α-diiminonickel bromide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and their catalytic behavior toward ethylene. Catalysis science & technology, 3(10), 2737-2745. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cy00422h

A series of unsymmetrical α-diimine compounds L1-L5 bearing the dibenzhydryl substituent (-CH(Ph)2) has been prepared and characterized by IR and NMR (1H/13C) spectroscopy as well as by elemental analysis. Their corresponding nickel dibromide complex... Read More about Unsymmetrical α-diiminonickel bromide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and their catalytic behavior toward ethylene.

Drivers of in-group and out-of-group electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) (2013)
Journal Article
Abrantes, J. L., Seabra, C., Lages, C. R., & Jayawardhena, C. (2013). Drivers of in-group and out-of-group electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). European Journal of Marketing, 47(7), 1067-1088. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561311324219

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to address a recent call for additional research on electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM). In response to this call, this study draws on the social network paradigm and the uses and gratification theory (UGT) to propos... Read More about Drivers of in-group and out-of-group electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM).

The variability of high intensity exercise tests in pre-pubertal boys (2013)
Journal Article
Ingle, L., & Tolfrey, K. (2013). The variability of high intensity exercise tests in pre-pubertal boys. International journal of sports medicine, 34(12), 1063-1069. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1327714

The aim of the study was to determine the variability of different performance tests during high intensity exercise in active, untrained pre- and early pubertal boys. Participants were habituated to the Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT), force-velocity t... Read More about The variability of high intensity exercise tests in pre-pubertal boys.

Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with TiO 2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer approach (2013)
Journal Article
Cheng, F., Lorch, M., Sajedin, S. M., Kelly, S. M., & Kornherr, A. (2013). Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with TiO 2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer approach. ChemSusChem, 6(8), 1392-1399. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201300305

To inhibit the photocatalytic degradation of organic material supports induced by small titania (TiO2) nanoparticles, four kinds of TiO2 nanoparticles, that is, commercial P25-TiO2, commercial rutile phase TiO2, rutile TiO2 nanorods and rutile TiO2 s... Read More about Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with TiO 2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer approach.

Transformational leadership and globalization: attitudes of school principals in Kuwait (2013)
Journal Article
Alsaeedi, F., & Male, T. (2013). Transformational leadership and globalization: attitudes of school principals in Kuwait. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 41(5), 640-657. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143213488588

The study explores the attitudes of a sample of school principals in a Kuwaiti local authority towards the need for transformational leadership, the use of its behaviours, whether these school leaders are ready to behave in diverse ways or whether th... Read More about Transformational leadership and globalization: attitudes of school principals in Kuwait.

Fragments from a medieval archive: the life and death of Sir Robert Constable (2013)
Journal Article
McDonagh, B. (2013). Fragments from a medieval archive: the life and death of Sir Robert Constable. Journal of Historical Geography, 42(Oct 2013), 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2013.06.002

This article asks what we can know of historical individuals in pre-Reformation England. While recognizing the challenges of writing medieval biography, it points to the opportunities offered by a range of under-utilized sources for engaging both wit... Read More about Fragments from a medieval archive: the life and death of Sir Robert Constable.

An analogue peptide from the cancer/testis antigen PASD1 induces CD8+ T cell responses against naturally processed peptide (2013)
Journal Article
Hardwick, N., Buchan, S., Ingram, W., Khan, G., Vittes, G., Rice, J., Pulford, K., Mufti, G., Stevenson, F., & Guinn, B. A. (2013). An analogue peptide from the cancer/testis antigen PASD1 induces CD8+ T cell responses against naturally processed peptide. Cancer Immunology Research, 13(3), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1158/1424-9634.DCL-16.13.3

We have previously identified the novel Cancer/Testis antigen PASD1 by immunoscreening a testis library with pooled acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient sera. To develop a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-inducing vaccine, we have now investigated the ca... Read More about An analogue peptide from the cancer/testis antigen PASD1 induces CD8+ T cell responses against naturally processed peptide.

A novel code system for revealing sources of students' difficulties with stoichiometry (2013)
Journal Article
Gulacar, O., Overton, T. L., Bowman, C. R., & Fynewever, H. (2013). A novel code system for revealing sources of students' difficulties with stoichiometry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 14(4), 507-515. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3rp00029j

A coding scheme is presented and used to evaluate solutions of seventeen students working on twenty five stoichiometry problems in a think-aloud protocol. The stoichiometry problems are evaluated as a series of sub-problems (e.g., empirical formulas,... Read More about A novel code system for revealing sources of students' difficulties with stoichiometry.

'I know this labyrinth so well': narrative mappings in the poetry of Ciaran Carson (2013)
Book Chapter
Weston, D. (2013). 'I know this labyrinth so well': narrative mappings in the poetry of Ciaran Carson. In N. Alexander, & D. Cooper (Eds.), Poetry & geography: Space & place in post-war poetry (105-119). Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781846318641.003.0008

Ciaran Carson is increasingly recognised as a poet of place, of the city, and specifically of Belfast. However, Carson's work is also permeated by the Northern Irish Troubles in thoroughgoing ways. This essay elucidates the ways in which his poetry o... Read More about 'I know this labyrinth so well': narrative mappings in the poetry of Ciaran Carson.

First do no harm: pressing concerns regarding euthanasia in Belgium (2013)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2013). First do no harm: pressing concerns regarding euthanasia in Belgium. International journal of law and psychiatry, 36(5-6), 515-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.06.014

This article is concerned with the practice of euthanasia in Belgium. Background information is provided; then major developments that have taken place since the enactment of the Belgian Act on Euthanasia are analysed. Concerns are raised about (1) t... Read More about First do no harm: pressing concerns regarding euthanasia in Belgium.

Why junior doctors are innovation leaders (2013)
Journal Article
Marshall, P., & Penlington, C. (2013). Why junior doctors are innovation leaders. The Health service journal, 123(6359), 22-23

Why junior doctors are best placed to lead improvements in healthcare leadership.

Making and breaking property: Negotiating enclosure and common rights in sixteenth-century england (2013)
Journal Article
McDonagh, B. (2013). Making and breaking property: Negotiating enclosure and common rights in sixteenth-century england. History workshop journal : HWJ, 76(1), 32-56. https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbs054

This paper explores the making – and breaking – of property in early sixteenth-century England, examining the range of strategies available to those engaged in negotiating and resisting enclosure, common rights and land-use change. It interrogates th... Read More about Making and breaking property: Negotiating enclosure and common rights in sixteenth-century england.

Antecedents of well-being: a study to examine the extent to which personality and emotional intelligence contribute to well-being (2013)
Journal Article
Higgs, M., & Dulewicz, V. (2014). Antecedents of well-being: a study to examine the extent to which personality and emotional intelligence contribute to well-being. The international journal of human resource management, 25(5), 718-735. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2013.815253

In the debate surrounding the relationships between HRM and performance, there is an argument suggesting that a focus on understanding the role of employee attitudes and behaviours may elicit valuable insights into performance drivers. In examining i... Read More about Antecedents of well-being: a study to examine the extent to which personality and emotional intelligence contribute to well-being.

Re-imagining improvisation: listening, discourse and aesthetics (2013)
Other
Elsdon, P. (2013). Re-imagining improvisation: listening, discourse and aesthetics

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Witnessing the assembly of the cluster Abell 1882 (2013)
Journal Article
Owers, M. S., Baldry, I. K., Bauer, A. E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brown, M. J. I., Cluver, M. E., Colless, M., Driver, S. P., Edge, A. C., Hopkins, A. M., Van Kampen, E., Lara-Lopez, M. A., Liske, J., Loveday, J., Pimbblet, K. A., Ponman, T., & Robotham, A. S. G. (2013). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Witnessing the assembly of the cluster Abell 1882. The Astrophysical journal, 772(2), 104. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/772/2/104

We present a combined optical and X-ray analysis of the rich cluster ABELL 1882 (A1882) with the aim of identifying merging substructure and understanding the recent assembly history of this system. Our optical data consist of spectra drawn from the... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Witnessing the assembly of the cluster Abell 1882.

City-regionalism as a politics of collective provision : regional transport infrastructure in Denver, USA (2013)
Journal Article
Jonas, A. E. G., Goetz, A. R., & Bhattacharjee, S. (2014). City-regionalism as a politics of collective provision : regional transport infrastructure in Denver, USA. Urban studies, 51(11), 2444-2465. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013493480

The rise of the city-region concept has focused attention on the nature of territorial politics underpinning city-regionalism. This paper investigates the relationship between territorial politics, city-regionalism and the collective provision of mas... Read More about City-regionalism as a politics of collective provision : regional transport infrastructure in Denver, USA.

Workshop: Helping undergraduate medical students to improve their clinical reasoning in the direct patient encounter - skills for tutors (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., & Henderson, J. (2013, July). Workshop: Helping undergraduate medical students to improve their clinical reasoning in the direct patient encounter - skills for tutors. Presented at Association for the Study of Medical Education Annual Scientific Meeting: Changes in healthcare delivery and the effects on medical education, Edinburgh

Workshop Description: This workshop demonstrates how clinical consultations can be used in a structured way to facilitate student understanding of their own clinical reasoning. Participants will actively explore, analyse and practise some of the sk... Read More about Workshop: Helping undergraduate medical students to improve their clinical reasoning in the direct patient encounter - skills for tutors.

Randomized clinical trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients with intermittent claudication (2013)
Journal Article
Shahin, Y., Cockcroft, J. R., & Chetter, I. C. (2013). Randomized clinical trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients with intermittent claudication. British journal of surgery, 100(9), 1154-1163. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9198

BackgroundThe aim was to investigate the effect of ramipril on clinical parameters in patients with peripheral arterial disease.MethodsPatients with intermittent claudication were randomized to receive ramipril or placebo for 24 weeks in a double-bli... Read More about Randomized clinical trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients with intermittent claudication.

Economic analysis of a randomized trial of percutaneous angioplasty, supervised exercise or combined treatment for intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal arterial disease (2013)
Journal Article
Mazari, F. A. K., Khan, J. A., Carradice, D., Samuel, N., Gohil, R., McCollum, P. T., & Chetter, I. C. (2013). Economic analysis of a randomized trial of percutaneous angioplasty, supervised exercise or combined treatment for intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal arterial disease. British journal of surgery, 100(9), 1172-1179. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9200

BackgroundThe aim was to compare costs and utilities of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), a supervised exercise programme (SEP) and combined treatment (PTA + SEP) in patients with intermittent claudication (IC) to establish the most cost-e... Read More about Economic analysis of a randomized trial of percutaneous angioplasty, supervised exercise or combined treatment for intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal arterial disease.