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A Comprehensive Model for Graduate Teaching Assistant Education (2002)
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Zapata, G. C. (2002). A Comprehensive Model for Graduate Teaching Assistant Education. The Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, 9,

This article proposes a blueprint for a comprehensive model for Graduate Teaching Assistants” (GTAs) education based on Lave and Wenger’s (1991) theory of Legitimate Peripheral Participation and on existing research on GTA training and supervision. T... Read More about A Comprehensive Model for Graduate Teaching Assistant Education.

Understanding relaxin in the female reproductive system (2002)
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Ivell, R., & Anand-Ivell, R. (2003). Understanding relaxin in the female reproductive system. Current Medicinal Chemistry Immunology Endocrine and Metabolic Agents, 5(5), 383-389. https://doi.org/10.2174/156801305774322394

Recent advances in our understanding of the hormone relaxin, and the discovery of its specific receptor LGR7, have provided a series of new tools and paradigms, with which to re-examine many aspects of female reproductive physiology classically assoc... Read More about Understanding relaxin in the female reproductive system.

Adolescents’ perceptions of the costs and benefits of food additives and their presence in different foods (2002)
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Richard Eiser, J., Coulson, N. S., & Eiser, C. (2002). Adolescents’ perceptions of the costs and benefits of food additives and their presence in different foods. Journal of Risk Research, 5(2), 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669870010004979

A questionnaire concerning the use of additives in foods was completed by 572 high school students aged 12–15 years. Participants recorded how often they ate each of 16 common foods, and rated the relative levels of colourings, flavourings, preservat... Read More about Adolescents’ perceptions of the costs and benefits of food additives and their presence in different foods.

Comparison and integration of genetic maps generated from F2 and BC1-type mapping populations in perennial ryegrass (2002)
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Armstead, I., Turner, L., King, I., Cairns, A., & Humphreys, M. (2002). Comparison and integration of genetic maps generated from F2 and BC1-type mapping populations in perennial ryegrass. Plant Breeding, 121(6), 501-507. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0523.2002.00742.x

Linkage maps of perennial ryegrass were constructed from F2 and BC1‐type populations using, predominantly, restriction fragment length polymorphism data based on heterologous probes used in mapping other grass species. The maps identified seven linka... Read More about Comparison and integration of genetic maps generated from F2 and BC1-type mapping populations in perennial ryegrass.

Efficient Solution of Rational Conics (2002)
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Cremona, J. E., & Rusin, D. (2003). Efficient Solution of Rational Conics. Mathematics of Computation, 72(243), 1417-1441. https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-02-01480-1

We present efficient algorithms for solving Legendre equations over Q (equivalently, for finding rational points on rational conics) and parametrizing all solutions. Unlike existing algorithms, no integer factorization is required, provided that the... Read More about Efficient Solution of Rational Conics.

Cross-sucking and other oral behaviours in calves, and their relation to cow suckling and food provision (2002)
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Margerison, J. K., Preston, T. R., Berry, N., & Phillips, C. J. (2003). Cross-sucking and other oral behaviours in calves, and their relation to cow suckling and food provision. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 80(4), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1591%2802%2900231-9

Abnormal oral behaviour in calves is believed to develop when there is a lack of opportunity to suckle, but it is unclear whether they need access to their mother or whether a multiple suckling system will suffice to prevent this behaviour from devel... Read More about Cross-sucking and other oral behaviours in calves, and their relation to cow suckling and food provision.

Student attendance at dental checkups: An application of the transtheoretical model (2002)
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Coulson, N. S., & Buchanan, H. (2002). Student attendance at dental checkups: An application of the transtheoretical model. Health Education Journal, 61(4), 309-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/001789690206100404

Objective To examine the application of key constructs of the Transtheoretical Model (stages of change and decisional balance) to attendance at dental checkups with a student sample. Method A questionnaire was completed by 224 students from the Unive... Read More about Student attendance at dental checkups: An application of the transtheoretical model.

Nasal immunization with homogenate and peptide antigens induces protective immunity against Trichinella spiralis (2002)
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McGuire, C., Chan, W. C., & Wakelin, D. (2002). Nasal immunization with homogenate and peptide antigens induces protective immunity against Trichinella spiralis. Infection and Immunity, 70(12), 7149-7152. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.70.12.7149-7152.2002

Mice were successfully immunized against the intestinal nematode Trichinella spiralis by intranasal administration of a 30-mer peptide antigen with cholera toxin B. Immunized mice developed antigen-specific serum immunoglobulin G1, intestinal immunog... Read More about Nasal immunization with homogenate and peptide antigens induces protective immunity against Trichinella spiralis.

Spectral synthesis and topologies on ideal spaces for Banach *-algebras (2002)
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Feinstein, J., Kaniuth, E., & Somerset, D. (2002). Spectral synthesis and topologies on ideal spaces for Banach *-algebras. Journal of Functional Analysis, 196(1), https://doi.org/10.1006/jfan.2002.3964

This paper continues the study of spectral synthesis and the topologies τ∞ and τr on the ideal space of a Banach algebra, concentrating on the class of Banach *-algebras, and in particular on L1-group algebras. It is shown that if a group G is a fini... Read More about Spectral synthesis and topologies on ideal spaces for Banach *-algebras.

A High-Copy-Number CACTA Family Transposon in Temperate Grasses and Cereals (2002)
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Langdon, T., Jenkins, G., Hasterok, R., Jones, R. N., & King, I. P. (2003). A High-Copy-Number CACTA Family Transposon in Temperate Grasses and Cereals. Genetics, 163(3), 1097-1108

A lineage of CACTA family transposons has been identified in temperate grasses and cereals, and a full-length representative of the subfamily from Lolium perenne has been sequenced. Both the size and internal organization of the L. perenne element ar... Read More about A High-Copy-Number CACTA Family Transposon in Temperate Grasses and Cereals.

Micro-thermal analysis of NiTi shape memory alloy thin films (2002)
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Zhang, J., Botterill, N. W., Roberts, C. J., & Grant, D. M. (2003). Micro-thermal analysis of NiTi shape memory alloy thin films. Thermochimica Acta, 401(2), 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-6031%2802%2900502-6

A novel technique of micro-thermal analysis (micro-TA) has been used to investigate martensitic to austenitic transformations of near equi-atomic NiTi shape memory alloy (SMA) thin films deposited on silicon wafer by a plasma assisted sputter deposit... Read More about Micro-thermal analysis of NiTi shape memory alloy thin films.

The genotype distribution of the XRCC1 gene indicates a role for base excision repair in the development of therapy-related acute myeloblastic leukemia (2002)
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Seedhouse, C., Bainton, R., Lewis, M., Harding, A., Russell, N., & Das-Gupta, E. (2002). The genotype distribution of the XRCC1 gene indicates a role for base excision repair in the development of therapy-related acute myeloblastic leukemia. Blood, 100(10), 3761-3766. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2002-04-1152

Polymorphisms in several DNA repair genes have been described. These polymorphisms may affect DNA repair capacity and modulate cancer susceptibility by means of gene-environment interactions. We investigated DNA repair capacity and its association wi... Read More about The genotype distribution of the XRCC1 gene indicates a role for base excision repair in the development of therapy-related acute myeloblastic leukemia.

Postnatal cardiovascular function after manipulation of fetal growth by embryo transfer in the horse (2002)
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Giussani, D. A., Forhead, A. J., Gardner, D. S., Fletcher, A. J. W., Allen, W. R., & Fowden, A. L. (2003). Postnatal cardiovascular function after manipulation of fetal growth by embryo transfer in the horse. Journal of Physiology, 547(1), 67-76

This study used between-breed embryo transfer in the horse to investigate the effects of maternal size and uterine capacity on fetal growth and postnatal cardiovascular and neuroendocrine functions. Equine embryos were transferred to establish eight... Read More about Postnatal cardiovascular function after manipulation of fetal growth by embryo transfer in the horse.

Fossilized records of past seas (2002)
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Wade, C., & Darling, K. (2002). Fossilized records of past seas. Microbiology Today, 29, 183-184

The planktonic foraminifera are an important part of the zooplankton, and their calcific shells, preserved in the ocean sediments, form one of the most complete fossil records on earth. Chris Wade and Kate Darling explain how they can be used as indi... Read More about Fossilized records of past seas.

Hypothalamic Actions of Neuromedin U (2002)
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Wren, A. M., Small, C. J., Abbott, C. R., Jethwa, P. H., Kennedy, A. R., Murphy, K. G., Stanley, S. A., Zollner, A. N., Ghatei, M. A., & Bloom, S. R. (2002). Hypothalamic Actions of Neuromedin U. Endocrinology, 143(11), 4227-4234. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2002-220308

The central nervous system and gut peptide neuromedin U (NMU) inhibits feeding after intracerebroventricular injection. This study explored the hypothalamic actions of NMU on feeding and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Intraparaventricular nu... Read More about Hypothalamic Actions of Neuromedin U.

The Countdown Problem (2002)
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Hutton, G. (2002). The Countdown Problem. Journal of Functional Programming, 12(6),

We systematically develop a functional program that solves the countdown problem, a numbers game in which the aim is to construct arithmetic expressions satisfying certain constraints. Starting from a formal specification of the problem, we present... Read More about The Countdown Problem.