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Waiting times for radiotherapy: Variation over time and between cancer networks in southeast England (2005)
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Robinson, D., Massey, T., Davies, E., Jack, R. H., Sehgal, A., & Møller, H. (2005). Waiting times for radiotherapy: Variation over time and between cancer networks in southeast England. British Journal of Cancer, 92(7), 1201-1208. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602463

The aim of this study was to investigate variations in the length of time that patients with cancer wait from diagnosis to treatment with radiotherapy. A total of 57426 men and 71018 women diagnosed with cancer between 1992 and 2001 and receiving rad... Read More about Waiting times for radiotherapy: Variation over time and between cancer networks in southeast England.

Identification of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne (L.)) and meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis (Huds.)) candidate orthologous sequences to the rice Hd1(Se1) and barley HvCO1 CONSTANS-like genes through comparative mapping and microsynteny (2005)
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Armstead, I., Skøt, L., Turner, L., Skøt, K., Donnison, I., Humphreys, M., & King, I. (2005). Identification of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne (L.)) and meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis (Huds.)) candidate orthologous sequences to the rice Hd1(Se1) and barley HvCO1 CONSTANS-like genes through comparative mapping and microsynteny. New Phytologist, 167(1), 239-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01392.x

Microsynteny with rice and comparative genetic mapping were used to identify candidate orthologous sequences to the rice Hd1(Se1) gene in Lolium perenne and Festuca pratensis. A F. pratensis bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library was screened... Read More about Identification of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne (L.)) and meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis (Huds.)) candidate orthologous sequences to the rice Hd1(Se1) and barley HvCO1 CONSTANS-like genes through comparative mapping and microsynteny.

The Lyman-alpha forest opacity and the metagalactic hydrogen ionization rate at z~2-4 (2005)
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S. Bolton, J., G. Haehnelt, M., Viel, M., & Springel, V. (2005). The Lyman-alpha forest opacity and the metagalactic hydrogen ionization rate at z~2-4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 357(4), 1178–1188. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08704.x

Estimates of the metagalactic hydrogen ionization rate from the Lyman-alpha forest opacity in QSO absorption spectra depend on the complex density distribution of neutral hydrogen along the line-of-sight. We use a large suite of high resolution hydro... Read More about The Lyman-alpha forest opacity and the metagalactic hydrogen ionization rate at z~2-4.

A study to investigate the extent of delivery of an intervention in asthma, in a UK national community pharmacy chain, using mystery customers (2005)
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Thornley, T., Gray, N., Anderson, C., & Eastham, S. (2006). A study to investigate the extent of delivery of an intervention in asthma, in a UK national community pharmacy chain, using mystery customers. Patient Education and Counseling, 60(2), 246-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2005.01.016

Objective: The objective of this study was to implement a brief intervention in asthma within a UK national pharmacy chain, and through the use of mystery customers, measure the extent of delivery of the intervention over a 4-month period. Methods: M... Read More about A study to investigate the extent of delivery of an intervention in asthma, in a UK national community pharmacy chain, using mystery customers.

A spectrophotometric assay for fatty acid amide hydrolase suitable for high-throughput screening (2005)
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De Bank, P. A., Kendall, D. A., & Alexander, S. P. (2005). A spectrophotometric assay for fatty acid amide hydrolase suitable for high-throughput screening. Biochemical Pharmacology, 69(8), 1187-1193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2005.01.012

Signalling via the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonylglycerol appears to be terminated largely through the action of the enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH). In this report, we describe a simple spectrophotometric assay to detect FAAH... Read More about A spectrophotometric assay for fatty acid amide hydrolase suitable for high-throughput screening.

Narratives great and small: neighbourhood change, place and identity in Notting Hill (2005)
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Martin, G. P. (2005). Narratives great and small: neighbourhood change, place and identity in Notting Hill. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 29(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2005.00570.x

The area of Notting Hill in west London has been subject to much media coverage in recent years, which, along with substantial gentrification, has given rise to an image of the area as the epitome of fashionable London. This study investigates the vi... Read More about Narratives great and small: neighbourhood change, place and identity in Notting Hill.

A mandate to self archive? The role of open access institutional repositories (2005)
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Pinfield, S. (2005). A mandate to self archive? The role of open access institutional repositories. Serials, 18(1),

This paper argues that the best way to achieve major improvements in scholarly communication in the short and medium term is to make it mandatory to deposit research papers in open access institutional repositories. This is what the House of Commons... Read More about A mandate to self archive? The role of open access institutional repositories.

Expected, sensed, and desired: A framework for designing sensing-based interaction (2005)
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Benford, S., Schnädelbach, H., Koleva, B., Anastasi, R., Greenhalgh, C., Rodden, T., Green, J., Ghali, A., Pridmore, T., Gaver, B., Boucher, A., Walker, B., Pennington, S., Schmidt, A., Gellersen, H., & Steed, A. (2005). Expected, sensed, and desired: A framework for designing sensing-based interaction. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 12(1), 3-30. https://doi.org/10.1145/1057237.1057239

Movements of interfaces can be analyzed in terms of whether they are expected, sensed, and desired. Expected movements are those that users naturally perform; sensed are those that can be measured by a computer; and desired movements are those that a... Read More about Expected, sensed, and desired: A framework for designing sensing-based interaction.

Construction of a Festuca pratensis BAC library for map-based cloning in Festulolium substitution lines (2005)
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Donnison, I. S., O’Sullivan, D. M., Thomas, A., Canter, P., Moore, B., Armstead, I., Thomas, H., Edwards, K. J., & King, I. P. (2005). Construction of a Festuca pratensis BAC library for map-based cloning in Festulolium substitution lines. TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 110(5), 846-851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-004-1870-y

Introgression in Festulolium is a potentially powerful tool to isolate genes for a large number of traits which differ between Festuca pratensis Huds. and Lolium perenne L. Not only are hybrids between the two species fertile, but the two genomes can... Read More about Construction of a Festuca pratensis BAC library for map-based cloning in Festulolium substitution lines.

Investigation of Second Genetic Hits at the BMPR2 Locus as a Modulator of Disease Progression in Familial Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (2005)
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Machado, R. D., James, V., Southwood, M., Harrison, R. E., Atkinson, C., Stewart, S., Morrell, N. W., Trembath, R. C., & Aldred, M. A. (2005). Investigation of Second Genetic Hits at the BMPR2 Locus as a Modulator of Disease Progression in Familial Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Circulation, 111(5), 607-613. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000154543.07679.08

Medium-term temporal stability of the helminth component community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland (2005)
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Bajer, A., Behnke, J. M., Pawelczyk, A., Kulis, K., Sereda, M. J., & Sinski, E. (2005). Medium-term temporal stability of the helminth component community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland. Parasitology, 130(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182004006389

The structure of helminth communities in wild rodents is subject to seasonal variation, and is dependent on host age within years. Although between-year variation has been monitored, seldom has it been assessed rigorously by appropriate multifactoria... Read More about Medium-term temporal stability of the helminth component community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

Characterization of host-range and cell entry properties of the major genotypes and subtypes of hepatitis C virus (2005)
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Lavillette, D., Tarr, A. W., Voisset, C., Donot, P., Bartosch, B., Bain, C., Patel, A. H., Dubuisson, J., Ball, J. K., & Cosset, F. L. (2005). Characterization of host-range and cell entry properties of the major genotypes and subtypes of hepatitis C virus. Hepatology, 41(2), 265-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.20542

Because of the lack of a robust cell culture system, relatively little is known about the molecular details of the cell entry mechanism for hepatitis C virus (HCV). Recently, we described infectious HCV pseudo-particles (HCVpp) that were generated by... Read More about Characterization of host-range and cell entry properties of the major genotypes and subtypes of hepatitis C virus.

Tagged polymerase chain reaction subtractive hybridization for the enrichment of phage display random peptide libraries (2005)
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Tarr, A. W., Boneham, S. P., Grabowska, A. M., & Ball, J. K. (2005). Tagged polymerase chain reaction subtractive hybridization for the enrichment of phage display random peptide libraries. Analytical Biochemistry, 339(1), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2004.12.020

Affinity selection of phage display peptide libraries is routinely used for isolating peptides capable of binding a range of molecules, including antibodies and receptors. This process is most successful when the selecting molecule is relatively pure... Read More about Tagged polymerase chain reaction subtractive hybridization for the enrichment of phage display random peptide libraries.

The Fourth Attempt to Construct a Politics of Welfare Obligations (2005)
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Fitzpatrick, T. (2005). The Fourth Attempt to Construct a Politics of Welfare Obligations

Since the 1980s there have been three main attempts to ground citizenship upon the principles of duty, obligation and responsibility: conservative, communitarian and Third Way. Each of these are reviewed below. The principal task of this article, th... Read More about The Fourth Attempt to Construct a Politics of Welfare Obligations.

Work stress, smoking status and smoking intensity: an observational study of 46 190 employees (2005)
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Kouvonen, A., Kivimäki, M., Virtanen, M., Pentti, J., & Vahtera, J. (2005). Work stress, smoking status and smoking intensity: an observational study of 46 190 employees. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59(1),

Study objective: To examine the relationship between work stress, as indicated by the job strain model and the effort-reward imbalance model, and smoking.
Setting: Ten municipalities and 21 hospitals in Finland.
Design and Participants: Binary log... Read More about Work stress, smoking status and smoking intensity: an observational study of 46 190 employees.

Managing product variety in quotation processes (2005)
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Bramham, J., MacCarthy, B. L., & Guinery, J. (2005). Managing product variety in quotation processes. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 16(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/17410380510594507

Purpose – Manufacturers across many sectors increasingly operate in high variety environments. Research evidence suggests that variety has a negative impact on performance. However, the research literature is limited on the enablers that allow variet... Read More about Managing product variety in quotation processes.

A Recommender System based on Idiotypic Artificial Immune Networks (2005)
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Cayzer, S., & Aickelin, U. (2005). A Recommender System based on Idiotypic Artificial Immune Networks. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10852-004-5336-7

The immune system is a complex biological system with a highly distributed, adaptive and self-organising nature. This paper presents an Artificial Immune System (AIS) that exploits some of these characteristics and is applied to the task of film reco... Read More about A Recommender System based on Idiotypic Artificial Immune Networks.