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Neuronal networks with gap junctions: A study of piece-wise linear planar neuron models (2008)
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The presence of gap junction coupling among neurons of the central nervous systems has been appreciated for some time now. In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest from the mathematical community in understanding the contribution of the... Read More about Neuronal networks with gap junctions: A study of piece-wise linear planar neuron models.

Relaxin signalling in primary cultures of human myometrial cells (2008)
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In myometrium of pigs and rats, though not humans, relaxin appears to mediate an inhibition of spontaneous and oxytocin-induced contractility, presumably acting through a G-protein coupled receptor (RXFP1) to generate cAMP. In humans, circulating rel... Read More about Relaxin signalling in primary cultures of human myometrial cells.

Telmisartan to Prevent Recurrent Stroke and Cardiovascular Events (2008)
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Background Prolonged lowering of blood pressure after a stroke reduces the risk of recurrent stroke. In addition, inhibition of the renin–angiotensin system in high-risk patients reduces the rate of subsequent cardiovascular events, including str... Read More about Telmisartan to Prevent Recurrent Stroke and Cardiovascular Events.

Effects of Antioxidants on Endothelial Function in Human Saphenous Vein in an Ex vivo Model (2008)
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Some stationary properties of a Q-ball in arbitrary space dimensions (2008)
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Introducing new physically motivated ansaetze, we explore both analytically and numerically the classical and absolute stabilities of a single Q-ball in an arbitrary number of spatial dimensions D, working in both the thin and thick wall limits.

Transmission of an inhomogeneous state via resonant tunnelling (2008)
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We recently investigated the nature of resonant tunnelling in standard scalar Quantum Field Theory, uncovering the conditions required for resonance. It was shown that whereas the homogeneous false vacuum may decay via bubble nucleation, it may not d... Read More about Transmission of an inhomogeneous state via resonant tunnelling.

The Construction of Masculinities and Femininities in the Church of England: The Case of the Male Clergy Spouse (2008)
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The ordination of women to the priesthood in the Church of England in 1994 signified great change. The impact of the new priests was well documented, and their integration became the focus of much research in the following years. One important area o... Read More about The Construction of Masculinities and Femininities in the Church of England: The Case of the Male Clergy Spouse.

Workplace intervention to promote stair?use in an NHS setting (2008)
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Purpose – Increasing physical activity (PA) is an international public health priority. This study aims to assess the impact of an environmental stair-use intervention using “point of decision” prompts with varying messages in an NHS workplace in th... Read More about Workplace intervention to promote stair?use in an NHS setting.

Powered by imagination: nanobots at the Science Photo Library (2008)
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Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases (2008)
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Intestinal helminth infections of livestock and humans are predominantly controlled by treatment with three classes of synthetic drugs, but some livestock nematodes have now developed resistance to all three classes and there are signs that human hoo... Read More about Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases.

Aspirin and extended-release dipyridamole versus clopidogrel for recurrent stroke (2008)
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Background: Recurrent stroke is a frequent, disabling event after ischemic stroke. This study compared the efficacy and safety of two antiplatelet regimens — aspirin plus extended release dipyridamole (ASA–ERDP) versus clopidogrel. Methods: In this... Read More about Aspirin and extended-release dipyridamole versus clopidogrel for recurrent stroke.

Roots/Routes (2008)
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This narrative and poetic rendering acts as an articulation of a journey of many routes. It is a storying of critical research issues and events as performances of lived experience. It is a métissage of hybrid, but interrelated, themes that find cohe... Read More about Roots/Routes.

Deletion polymorphism upstream of IRGM associated with altered IRGM expression and Crohn's disease (2008)
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Following recent success in genome-wide association studies, a critical focus of human genetics is to understand how genetic variation at implicated loci influences cellular and disease processes. Crohn's disease (CD) is associated with SNPs around I... Read More about Deletion polymorphism upstream of IRGM associated with altered IRGM expression and Crohn's disease.

Associations between elevated atmospheric temperature and human mortality: A critical review of the literature (2008)
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The effects of the anomalously warm European summer of 2003 highlighted the importance of understanding the relationship between elevated atmospheric temperature and human mortality. This review is an extension of the brief evidence examining this re... Read More about Associations between elevated atmospheric temperature and human mortality: A critical review of the literature.

Oxidative stability of sunflower oil bodies (2008)
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This study investigates the oxidative stability of sunflower oil body suspensions (10 wt-% lipid). Two washed suspensions of oil bodies were evaluated over 8 days at three temperatures (5, 25 and 45 °C) against three comparable sunflower oil emulsion... Read More about Oxidative stability of sunflower oil bodies.

The PRH/Hex repressor protein causes nuclear retention of Groucho/TLE co-repressors (2008)
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The PRH (proline-rich homeodomain) [also known as Hex (haematopoietically expressed homeobox)] protein is a transcription factor that functions as an important regulator of vertebrate development and many other processes in the adult including haemat... Read More about The PRH/Hex repressor protein causes nuclear retention of Groucho/TLE co-repressors.

General practitioners' views on reattribution for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a questionnaire and qualitative study (2008)
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Background: The successful introduction of new methods for managing medically unexplained symptoms in primary care is dependent to a large degree on the attitudes, experiences and expectations of practitioners. As part of an exploratory randomised... Read More about General practitioners' views on reattribution for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a questionnaire and qualitative study.

Multifactorial analysis of predictors of outcome in pediatric intracranial ependymoma (2008)
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Beyond Point Charges: Dynamic Polarization from Neural Net Predicted Multipole Moments (2008)
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Intramolecular polarization is the change to the electron density of a given atom upon variation in the positions of the neighboring atoms. We express the electron density in terms of multipole moments. Using glycine and N-methylacetamide (NMA) as pi... Read More about Beyond Point Charges: Dynamic Polarization from Neural Net Predicted Multipole Moments.

DNA wrapping and distortion by an oligomeric homeodomain protein (2008)
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Many transcription factors alter DNA or chromatin structure. Changes in chromatin structure are often brought about by the recruitment of chromatin-binding proteins, chromatin-modifying proteins, or other transcription co-activator or co-repressor pr... Read More about DNA wrapping and distortion by an oligomeric homeodomain protein.