Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (192)

No resonant tunneling in standard scalar quantum field theory (2008)
Journal Article
Copeland, E. J., Padilla, A., & Saffin, P. M. (2008). No resonant tunneling in standard scalar quantum field theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/01/066

We investigate the nature of resonant tunneling in Quantum Field Theory. Following the pioneering work of Banks, Bender and Wu, we describe quantum field theory in terms of infinite dimensional quantum mechanics and utilize the ``Most probable escape... Read More about No resonant tunneling in standard scalar quantum field theory.

Direct and indirect contacts between cattle farms in north-west England (2008)
Journal Article
Brennan, M. L., Kemp, R., & Christley, R. M. (in press). Direct and indirect contacts between cattle farms in north-west England. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 84(3/4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.12.009

Little is known regarding the types and frequencies of contact that exist between farms and which of these may act as pathogen transmission routes; however it is likely that farms demonstrate considerable heterogeneity in such contacts. In this cross... Read More about Direct and indirect contacts between cattle farms in north-west England.

Telomeric 3′-overhang length is associated with the size of telomeres (2008)
Journal Article
Rahman, R., Forsyth, N. R., & Cui, W. (2008). Telomeric 3′-overhang length is associated with the size of telomeres. Experimental Gerontology, 43(4), 258-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2008.01.005

Telomeres are specialized DNA/protein complexes that cap eukaryotic chromosome ends as T-loop structures and maintain genomic integrity. Vertebrate telomeric DNA consists of tandem double-strand repeats which terminate in a 3 0 single-strand G-rich o... Read More about Telomeric 3′-overhang length is associated with the size of telomeres.

Molecular mechanism of target recognition by subtilin, a class I lanthionine antibiotic (2008)
Journal Article
Parisot, J., Carey, S., Breukink, E., Chan, W. C., Narbad, A., & Bonev, B. (2008). Molecular mechanism of target recognition by subtilin, a class I lanthionine antibiotic. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 52(2), 612-618. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00836-07

The increasing resistance of human pathogens to conventional antibiotics presents a growing threat to the chemotherapeutic management of infectious diseases. The lanthionine antibiotics, still unused as therapeutic agents, have recently attracted sig... Read More about Molecular mechanism of target recognition by subtilin, a class I lanthionine antibiotic.

Association of antibodies to hepatitis C virus glycoproteins 1 and 2 (anti-E1E2) with HCV disease (2008)
Journal Article
Hamed, M. R., Tarr, A. W., McClure, C. P., Ball, J. K., Hickling, T. P., & Irving, W. L. (2008). Association of antibodies to hepatitis C virus glycoproteins 1 and 2 (anti-E1E2) with HCV disease. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 15(5), 339-345. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00947.x

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes acute and chronic liver diseases in humans. Its two envelope glycoproteins, E1 and E2, provide a target for host immune recognition. HCV genotypes are classified into six genetic groups. To study the role of anti-HCV E1... Read More about Association of antibodies to hepatitis C virus glycoproteins 1 and 2 (anti-E1E2) with HCV disease.

Acceptability of blood and blood substitutes (2008)
Journal Article
Ferguson, E., Prowse, C., Townsend, E., Spence, A., van Hilten, J., & Lowe, K. (2008). Acceptability of blood and blood substitutes. Journal of Internal Medicine, 263(3), 244-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01897.x

Alternatives to donor blood have been developed in part to meet increasing demand. However, new biotechnologies are often associated with increased perceptions of risk and low acceptance. This paper reviews developments of alternatives and presents d... Read More about Acceptability of blood and blood substitutes.

Antibodies that identify only the active conformation of G(i) family G protein alpha subunits (2008)
Journal Article
Lane, J. R., Henderson, D., Powney, B., Wise, A., Rees, S., Daniels, D., …Milligan, G. (2008). Antibodies that identify only the active conformation of G(i) family G protein alpha subunits. FASEB Journal, 22(6), 1924-1932. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.07-100388

Production of antisera able to recognize individual heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunits resulted in rapid expansion of information on their distribution and function. However, no antibodies that specifically recognize the active state have been a... Read More about Antibodies that identify only the active conformation of G(i) family G protein alpha subunits.

Stroke outcome in clinical trial patients deriving from different countries (2008)
Journal Article
Ali, M., Atula, S., Bath, P. M., Grotta, J., Hacke, W., Lyden, P. D., …Lees, K. R. (2008). Stroke outcome in clinical trial patients deriving from different countries. Stroke, 40(1), https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.518035

Background and Purpose—Stroke incidence and outcome vary widely within and across geographical locations. We examined whether differences in index stroke severity, stroke risk factors, mortality, and stroke outcome across geographical locations rem... Read More about Stroke outcome in clinical trial patients deriving from different countries.

p53 represses human papillomavirus type 16 DNA replication via the viral E2 protein (2008)
Journal Article
Brown, C., Kowalczyk, A. M., Taylor, E. R., Morgan, I. M., & Gaston, K. (2008). p53 represses human papillomavirus type 16 DNA replication via the viral E2 protein. Virology Journal, 5, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-5-5

Background. Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA replication can be inhibited by the cellular tumour suppressor protein p53. However, the mechanism through which p53 inhibits viral replication and the role that this might play in the HPV life cycle are not... Read More about p53 represses human papillomavirus type 16 DNA replication via the viral E2 protein.

Differential acetylation of histone H4 lysine during development of in vitro fertilized, cloned and parthenogenetically activated bovine embryos (2008)
Journal Article
Maalouf, W. E., Alberio, R., & Campbell, K. H. (2008). Differential acetylation of histone H4 lysine during development of in vitro fertilized, cloned and parthenogenetically activated bovine embryos. Epigenetics, 3(4), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.4161/epi.3.4.6497

The oocyte is remarkable in its ability to remodel parental genomes following fertilization and to reprogram somatic nuclei after nuclear transfer (NT). To characterize the patterns of histone H4 acetylation and DNA methylation during development of... Read More about Differential acetylation of histone H4 lysine during development of in vitro fertilized, cloned and parthenogenetically activated bovine embryos.

Identification of a broadly cross-reacting and neutralizing human monoclonal antibody directed against the hepatitis C virus E2 protein (2008)
Journal Article
Perotti, M., Mancini, N., Diotti, R. A., Tarr, A. W., Ball, J. K., Owsianka, A., …Burioni, R. (2008). Identification of a broadly cross-reacting and neutralizing human monoclonal antibody directed against the hepatitis C virus E2 protein. Journal of Virology, 82(2), 1047-1052. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01986-07

Identification of anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) human antibody clones with broad neutralizing activity is important for a better understanding of the interplay between the virus and host and for the design of an effective passive immunotherapy an... Read More about Identification of a broadly cross-reacting and neutralizing human monoclonal antibody directed against the hepatitis C virus E2 protein.

New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms (2008)
Journal Article
Faulconbridge, J. R., Hall, S. J., & Beaverstock, J. V. (2008). New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms. Environment and Planning A, 40(1), 210-234. https://doi.org/10.1068/a3924

This paper uses the exemplar of global headhunting firms to provide new insights into the intricacies of internationalization and related 'spatial economies' of producer services in the world economy. In particular, we unpack the complex relationship... Read More about New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms.

A novel antimicrobial peptide on the ocular surface shows decreased expression in inflammation and infection (2008)
Journal Article
Abedin, A., Mohammed, I., Hopkinson, A., & Dua, H. S. (2008). A novel antimicrobial peptide on the ocular surface shows decreased expression in inflammation and infection. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 49(1), 28-33. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.07-0645

PURPOSE: Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are cationic host defense peptides with microbicidal and cell-signaling properties. They show promise as potential therapeutic agents. In the present study, a beta-defensin AMP gene was isolated from the ocular... Read More about A novel antimicrobial peptide on the ocular surface shows decreased expression in inflammation and infection.

The Motif Tracking Algorithm (2008)
Journal Article
Wilson, W., Birkin, P., & Aickelin, U. (2008). The Motif Tracking Algorithm. International Journal of Automation and Computing, 5(January), 32–44

The search for patterns or motifs in data represents a problem area of key interest to finance and economic researchers. In this paper we introduce the Motif Tracking Algorithm, a novel immune inspired pattern identification tool that is able to iden... Read More about The Motif Tracking Algorithm.

The effect of laser transformation notching on the controlled fracture of a high carbon (C70S6 ) steel (2008)
Journal Article
Zhang, D., Harris, S. J., McCartney, D., Pashby, I., Powell, J., Shipway, P., & Voisey, K. (2008). The effect of laser transformation notching on the controlled fracture of a high carbon (C70S6 ) steel. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 489(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2007.12.040

A high carbon (C70S6) steel has been laser surface treated using CO2 and Diode lasers in order to produce an embrittled region to act as a fracture notch. Such a process has been investigated as a precursor to the fracture splitting of automotive eng... Read More about The effect of laser transformation notching on the controlled fracture of a high carbon (C70S6 ) steel.

Dum (assombrado) complexo de Bartleby: Isto [não] é um livro e eu [não] sou daqui (ou da [im]possibilidade lusófona da Galiza) (2008)
Journal Article
Vidal Bouzon, Á. J. (2008). Dum (assombrado) complexo de Bartleby: Isto [não] é um livro e eu [não] sou daqui (ou da [im]possibilidade lusófona da Galiza)

In 2003 the Galizan writer João Guisan published Isto é um livro. Projecto Dicionário Vivo, conceived as ‘a project of a Project’ which would retain an essential relationship with language and writing but would potentially exceed them, crossing the b... Read More about Dum (assombrado) complexo de Bartleby: Isto [não] é um livro e eu [não] sou daqui (ou da [im]possibilidade lusófona da Galiza).

Resettlement and reintegration: single mothers' reflections after homelessness (2008)
Journal Article
Tischler, V. (2008). Resettlement and reintegration: single mothers' reflections after homelessness. Community, Work and Family, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/13668800802133628

Previous research has identified that most families who become homeless are women with dependent children. Homeless families are reported to have a variety of complex needs however little is known about the experiences of families once they are re-ho... Read More about Resettlement and reintegration: single mothers' reflections after homelessness.

Isotope offsets in marine diatom δ18O over the last 200 ka (2008)
Journal Article
Swann, G. E., Leng, M. J., Sloane, H. J., & Maslin, M. A. (2008). Isotope offsets in marine diatom δ18O over the last 200 ka. Journal of Quaternary Science, 23(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1185

Previous work has suggested that a species effect may be present in diatom oxygen isotope ratios (δ18Odiatom). While predominantly attributed to be a size related species effect, currently the precise mechanism remains unknown. Here, two size fractio... Read More about Isotope offsets in marine diatom δ18O over the last 200 ka.