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Patterns of genetic variation in pacific island land snails: The distribution of cytochrome b lineages among Society Island Partula (2001)
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Goodacre, S. L., & Wade, C. M. (2001). Patterns of genetic variation in pacific island land snails: The distribution of cytochrome b lineages among Society Island Partula. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73(1), 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1006/bijl.2001.0530

The radiation of Partula land snails has produced a large array of distinct morphological, ecological and behavioural types occupying many tropical volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean. Within the Society Islands of French Polynesia, the mode of evo... Read More about Patterns of genetic variation in pacific island land snails: The distribution of cytochrome b lineages among Society Island Partula.

Antibodies raised against the extracellular tail of the CCKB/gastrin receptor inhibit gastrin-stimulated signalling (2001)
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McWilliams, D. F., Grimes, S., & Watson, S. A. (2001). Antibodies raised against the extracellular tail of the CCKB/gastrin receptor inhibit gastrin-stimulated signalling. Regulatory Peptides, 99(2-3), 157-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-0115%2801%2900245-2

Introduction: Gastrin acts to stimulate gastric acid secretion and is an acknowledged growth factor for human gastrointestinal (GI) cancer. The identity of the exact receptor type mediating the growth promoting effects of gastrin in tumours is uncert... Read More about Antibodies raised against the extracellular tail of the CCKB/gastrin receptor inhibit gastrin-stimulated signalling.

In pain (2001)
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Noordhof, P. (2001). In pain. Analysis, 61(2),

Human T cell subset commitment determined by the intrinsic property of antigen: The proteolytic activity of the major mite allergen Der p 1 conditions T cells to produce more IL-4 and less IFN-γ (2001)
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Ghaemmaghami, A. M., Robins, A., Gough, L., Sewell, H. F., & Shakib, F. (2001). Human T cell subset commitment determined by the intrinsic property of antigen: The proteolytic activity of the major mite allergen Der p 1 conditions T cells to produce more IL-4 and less IFN-γ. European Journal of Immunology, 31(4), 1211-1216. https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4141%28200104%2931%3A4%3C1211%3A%3AAID-IMMU1211%3E3.0.CO%3B2-R

The house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergen Der p 1 elicits IgE antibody responses in a significant proportion of patients suffering from dust mite allergy. We have recently shown that Der p 1 proteolytically cleaves a cell surface mo... Read More about Human T cell subset commitment determined by the intrinsic property of antigen: The proteolytic activity of the major mite allergen Der p 1 conditions T cells to produce more IL-4 and less IFN-γ.

The changing role of subject librarians in academic libraries (2001)
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Pinfield, S. (2001). The changing role of subject librarians in academic libraries. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 33(1),

Discusses the roles that subject librarians (or 'subject specialists') play in contemporary UK academic libraries. Argues that subject librarians, who still form a significant grouping of senior staff in most UK academic libraries, continue to have a... Read More about The changing role of subject librarians in academic libraries.

A study of uranium speciation in acetate solutions at temperatures from 25 to 250°C (2001)
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Mosselmans, J. F., Bailey, E., & Schofield, P. (2001). A study of uranium speciation in acetate solutions at temperatures from 25 to 250°C. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 8(2), 660-662. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0909049500015922

We report U L3-edge XAS analysis results from a study of the speciation of U(VI) in acetate solutions between 25 and 250°C, at pH's between 1.82 and 2.57 and [acetate]:[U] ratios of 0.5 to 50. At 25°C in excess acetate there are at least two acetate... Read More about A study of uranium speciation in acetate solutions at temperatures from 25 to 250°C.

Patterns of Network and User Activity in an Inhabited Television Event (2001)
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Greenhalgh, C., Benford, S., & Craven, M. (2001). Patterns of Network and User Activity in an Inhabited Television Event. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 10(1), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1162/105474601750182306

Inhabited television takes traditional broadcast television and combines it with multiuser virtual reality to give new possibilities for interaction and participation in and around shows or channels. Out of This World was an experimental inhabited TV... Read More about Patterns of Network and User Activity in an Inhabited Television Event.

A phylogeny of the land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) (2001)
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Wade, C. M., Mordan, P. B., & Clarke, B. (2001). A phylogeny of the land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 268(1465), 413-422. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1372

We have undertaken the first large-scale molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Stylommatophora. Sequences of the ribosomal RNA gene-cluster were examined in 104 species of snails and slugs from 50 families, encompassing all the currently recognized... Read More about A phylogeny of the land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata).

Human defensin 5 is stored in precursor form in normal Paneth cells and is expressed by some villous epithelial cells and by metaplastic Paneth cells in the colon in inflammatory bowel disease (2001)
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Cunliffe, R. N., Rose, F. R., Keyte, J., Abberley, L., Chan, W. C., & Mahida, Y. R. (2001). Human defensin 5 is stored in precursor form in normal Paneth cells and is expressed by some villous epithelial cells and by metaplastic Paneth cells in the colon in inflammatory bowel disease. Gut, 48(2), 176-185. https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.48.2.176

Background and aims - Intestinal epithelial cell derived antimicrobial peptides of the defensin family may play a major role in host defence against microorganisms. Our aims were to (i) isolate, characterise, and investigate the processing of human d... Read More about Human defensin 5 is stored in precursor form in normal Paneth cells and is expressed by some villous epithelial cells and by metaplastic Paneth cells in the colon in inflammatory bowel disease.

Oestrogen and progesterone increase the levels of apoptosis induced by the human papillomavirus type 16 E2 and E7 proteins (2001)
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Webster, K., Taylor, A., & Gaston, K. (2001). Oestrogen and progesterone increase the levels of apoptosis induced by the human papillomavirus type 16 E2 and E7 proteins. Journal of General Virology, 82(1), 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-82-1-201

Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 infects the genital tract and is generally acknowledged to be a causative agent of cervical cancer. HPV infection alone is not sufficient to induce cervical cancer and other factors such as steroid hormones are thou... Read More about Oestrogen and progesterone increase the levels of apoptosis induced by the human papillomavirus type 16 E2 and E7 proteins.

Molecular evolutionary relationships between partulid land snails of the Pacific (2001)
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Goodacre, S. L., & Wade, C. M. (2001). Molecular evolutionary relationships between partulid land snails of the Pacific. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 268(1462), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1322

Adaptive radiation of partulid land snails in the tropical Pacific has produced an extraordinary array of distinctive morphological, ecological and behavioural types. Here we use part of the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene cluster to investigate the relat... Read More about Molecular evolutionary relationships between partulid land snails of the Pacific.

Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland (2001)
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Bajer, A., Pawelczyk, A., Behnke, J. M., Gilbert, F., & Sinski, E. (2001). Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland. Parasitology, 122(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182000007058

The prevalence and abundance of infections with haemoparasites were studied over a 3 year period in Clethrionomys glareolus (bank vole, n=420) sampled from forests in the NE of Poland. Total species richness was 5 (Prevalence=Haemobartonella sp. 63.1... Read More about Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

Database-backed library web sites: a case study of the use of PHP and MySQL at the University of Nottingham (2001)
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Gardner, M., & Pinfield, S. (2001). Database-backed library web sites: a case study of the use of PHP and MySQL at the University of Nottingham. Program, 35(1),

This paper discusses the advantages of database-backed websites and describes the model for a library website implemented at the University of Nottingham using open source software, PHP and MySQL. As websites continue to grow in size and complexity i... Read More about Database-backed library web sites: a case study of the use of PHP and MySQL at the University of Nottingham.

Integrability for Relativistic Spin Networks (2001)
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Barrett, J. W., & Baez, J. C. (2001). Integrability for Relativistic Spin Networks. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 18(4683-4),

The evaluation of relativistic spin networks plays a fundamental role in the Barrett-Crane state sum model of Lorentzian quantum gravity in 4 dimensions. A relativistic spin network is a graph labelled by unitary irreducible representations of the Lo... Read More about Integrability for Relativistic Spin Networks.

Legal madness in the nineteenth century (2001)
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Bartlett, P. (2001). Legal madness in the nineteenth century. Social History of Medicine, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/14.1.107

Legal sources remain under-exploited in the history of madness, and the legal character of some documents is sometimes unrecognized. This article examines the interrelations between legal and medical histories of madness, and discusses use and availa... Read More about Legal madness in the nineteenth century.

Interactions involving intestinal nematodes of rodents: experimental and field studies (2001)
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Behnke, J., Bajer, A., Sinski, E., & Wakelin, D. (2001). Interactions involving intestinal nematodes of rodents: experimental and field studies. Parasitology, 122, Article S39-S49. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200001679

Multiple species infections with parasitic helminths, including nematodes, are common in wild rodent populations. In this paper we first define different types of associations and review experimental evidence for different categories of interactions.... Read More about Interactions involving intestinal nematodes of rodents: experimental and field studies.

Variation in the helminth community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from three comparable localities in the Mazury Lake District region of Poland (2001)
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Behnke, J., Barnard, C., Bajer, A., Bray, D., Dinmore, J., Frake, K., Osmond, J., Race, T., & Sinski, E. (2001). Variation in the helminth community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from three comparable localities in the Mazury Lake District region of Poland. Parasitology, 123(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182001008605

We tested the null hypothesis that populations of hosts trapped in isolated neighbouring locations showing comparable habitat quality, should support similar helminth parasite communities. The study was undertaken in a 2-week period in late summer in... Read More about Variation in the helminth community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from three comparable localities in the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.