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Assessment indices for the seismic vulnerability of existing R.C. buildings (2010)
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Thermou, G. E., & Pantazopoulou, S. J. (2011). Assessment indices for the seismic vulnerability of existing R.C. buildings. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 40(3), 293-313. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.1028

The seismic vulnerability of old multi‐storey reinforced concrete (R.C.) buildings reinforced with substandard details is assessed as a function of interstorey drift demand imposed by the design earthquake while considering brittle termination of ela... Read More about Assessment indices for the seismic vulnerability of existing R.C. buildings.

Histone Deacetylase Inhibition Attenuates Cell Growth with Associated Telomerase Inhibition in High-Grade Childhood Brain Tumor Cells (2010)
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Rahman, R., Osteso-Ibanez, T., Hirst, R. A., Levesley, J., Kilday, J.-P., Quinn, S., Peet, A., O'Callaghan, C., Coyle, B., & Grundy, R. G. (2010). Histone Deacetylase Inhibition Attenuates Cell Growth with Associated Telomerase Inhibition in High-Grade Childhood Brain Tumor Cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 9(9), 2568-2581. https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.mct-10-0272

Aberrant epigenetic regulation of gene expression contributes to tumor initiation and progression. Studies from a plethora of hematologic and solid tumors support the use of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) as potent anticancer agents. However,... Read More about Histone Deacetylase Inhibition Attenuates Cell Growth with Associated Telomerase Inhibition in High-Grade Childhood Brain Tumor Cells.

Geographies of money and finance I: Cultural economy, politics and place (2010)
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Hall, S. (2011). Geographies of money and finance I: Cultural economy, politics and place. Progress in Human Geography, 35(2), 234-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132510370277

In this report, I review the intersection between cultural economy and economic geography research on money and finance. To date, economic geographers have engaged most extensively with cultural economy work on the calculative practices that (re)prod... Read More about Geographies of money and finance I: Cultural economy, politics and place.

Spacetime Noncommutativity in Models with Warped Extradimensions (2010)
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Ohl, T., Schenkel, A., & F. Uhlemann, C. (2010). Spacetime Noncommutativity in Models with Warped Extradimensions. Journal of High Energy Physics, Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07%282010%29029

We construct consistent noncommutative (NC) deformations of the Randall-Sundrum spacetime that solve the NC Einstein equations with a non-trivial Poisson tensor depending on the fifth coordinate. In a class of these deformations where the Poisson ten... Read More about Spacetime Noncommutativity in Models with Warped Extradimensions.

An investigation into the empowerment effects of using online support groups and how this affects health professional/patient communication (2010)
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Bartlett, Y. K., & Coulson, N. S. (2011). An investigation into the empowerment effects of using online support groups and how this affects health professional/patient communication. Patient Education and Counseling, 83(1), 113-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2010.05.029

Objective: The current research investigates the potential of online support groups (OSGs) to foster empowerment and how membership might affect the patient/health professional relationship. Methods: 246 participants across 33 OSGs completed an onlin... Read More about An investigation into the empowerment effects of using online support groups and how this affects health professional/patient communication.

Analysis of the cone penetration test in layered clay (2010)
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Walker, J., & Yu, H.-S. (2010). Analysis of the cone penetration test in layered clay. Géotechnique, 60(12), https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.7.00153

This paper presents an analysis of the cone penetration test in multi-layered clays using the commercial finite-element code Abaqus/Explicit. The von Mises yield criterion and its associated flow rule are assumed to model the plastic behaviour of ela... Read More about Analysis of the cone penetration test in layered clay.

[Impacts of stroke clinics on the utilization of statins for secondary prevention of ischemic stroke]. (2010)
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Shao, B.-L., Geng, J.-L., & Li, Y.-S. (2010). [Impacts of stroke clinics on the utilization of statins for secondary prevention of ischemic stroke]. Zhonghua Neike Zazhi, 49(7), 595-598

Objective: To describe the impact of stroke clinic on the usage of statins for secondary prevention of ischemic stroke.

Methods: Data about the demography, social economic status, personal histories, blood lipid profiles, and the status of the usa... Read More about [Impacts of stroke clinics on the utilization of statins for secondary prevention of ischemic stroke]..

A systems biology viewpoint on autophagy in health and disease (2010)
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Huett, A., Goel, G., & Xavier, R. J. (2010). A systems biology viewpoint on autophagy in health and disease. Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 26(4), 302-309. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOG.0b013e32833ae2ed

Purpose of review: The field of autophagy is rapidly expanding to encompass many important areas of cell biology, physiology and disease. Recent discoveries and tools allow the connection of the autophagy pathway to other cellular signals and process... Read More about A systems biology viewpoint on autophagy in health and disease.

Specific interaction of hepatitis C virus glycoproteins with mannan binding lectin inhibits virus entry (2010)
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Brown, K. S., Keogh, M. J., Owsianka, A. M., Adair, R., Patel, A. H., Arnold, J. N., Ball, J. K., Sim, R. B., Tarr, A. W., & Hickling, T. P. (2010). Specific interaction of hepatitis C virus glycoproteins with mannan binding lectin inhibits virus entry. Protein and Cell, 1(7), 664-674. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13238-010-0088-9

Mannan-binding lectin (MBL) is a soluble innate immune protein that binds to glycosylated targets. MBL acts as an opsonin and activates complement, contributing to the destruction and clearance of infecting microorganisms. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) enc... Read More about Specific interaction of hepatitis C virus glycoproteins with mannan binding lectin inhibits virus entry.

Determinants of physical activity participation following traumatic brain injury (2010)
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Reavenall, S., & Blake, H. (2010). Determinants of physical activity participation following traumatic brain injury. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 17(7), https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2010.17.7.48893

Aims

The objective of the study described in this article was to establish the environmental, social, or personal determinants associated with physical activity participation in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Methods

A multi-centre... Read More about Determinants of physical activity participation following traumatic brain injury.

Ensuring open access to European, Latin American and Caribbean research: a description of the OpenAIRE and NECOBELAC FP7 Projects (2010)
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Furnival, C. (2010). Ensuring open access to European, Latin American and Caribbean research: a description of the OpenAIRE and NECOBELAC FP7 Projects. Aliss Quarterly, 5(4),

Brief article that outlines two Open Access projects, OpenAIRE – Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe – and NECOBELAC – Network of Collaboration between Europe and Latin American Caribbean Countries, both of which count on the input and... Read More about Ensuring open access to European, Latin American and Caribbean research: a description of the OpenAIRE and NECOBELAC FP7 Projects.

Effect of delivery method on the efficacy of Salmonella vaccination in chickens (2010)
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Atterbury, R. J., Morris, V., Harrison, D., Tucker, V., Allen, V., Davies, R., & Carrique-Mas, J. (2010). Effect of delivery method on the efficacy of Salmonella vaccination in chickens. Veterinary Record, 167(5), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.b4884

To investigate whether the efficacy of live vaccines is influenced by the mode of vaccine delivery, a widely-used UK live commercial Salmonella Enteritidis vaccine was delivered to pullet chicks either by spray, in drinking water, or in combination w... Read More about Effect of delivery method on the efficacy of Salmonella vaccination in chickens.

Large deformations in oriented polymer glasses: experimental study and a new glass-melt constitutive model (2010)
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De Focatiis, D. S., Embery, J., & Buckley, C. (2010). Large deformations in oriented polymer glasses: experimental study and a new glass-melt constitutive model. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 48(13), https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.22028

An experimental study was made of the effects of prior molecular orientation on large tensile deformations of polystyrene in the glassy state. A new hybrid glass-melt constitutive model is proposed for describing and understanding the results, achiev... Read More about Large deformations in oriented polymer glasses: experimental study and a new glass-melt constitutive model.

Outcomes after internal versus external tocodynamometry for monitoring labor (2010)
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Bakker, J. J. . H., Verhoeven, C. J. . M., Janssen, P. F., van Lith, J. M., van Oudgaarden, E. D., Bloemenkamp, K. W. . M., Papatsonis, D. N. . M., Mol, B. W. J., & van der Post, J. A. . M. (2010). Outcomes after internal versus external tocodynamometry for monitoring labor. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 65(6), 355-356. https://doi.org/10.1097/OGX.0b013e3181e59d45

Professional societies in obstetrics and gynecology have recommended the use of internal tocodynamometry to monitor uterine contractions during induction or augmentation of labor. This recommendation is based on the hypothesis that internal tocodynam... Read More about Outcomes after internal versus external tocodynamometry for monitoring labor.

All three domains of the Hepatitis C virus nonstructural NS5A protein contribute to RNA binding (2010)
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Foster, T. L., Belyaeva, T., Stonehouse, N. J., Pearson, A. R., & Harris, M. (2010). All three domains of the Hepatitis C virus nonstructural NS5A protein contribute to RNA binding. Journal of Virology, 84(18), 9267-9277. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00616-10

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein NS5A is critical for viral genome replication and is thought to interact directly with both the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, NS5B, and viral RNA. NS5A consists of three domains which have, as yet, un... Read More about All three domains of the Hepatitis C virus nonstructural NS5A protein contribute to RNA binding.

Characterization of [3H]LUF5834: A novel non-ribose high-affinity agonist radioligand for the adenosine A1 receptor (2010)
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Lane, J. R., Klaasse, E., Lin, J., van Bruchem, J., Beukers, M. W., & Ijzerman, A. P. (2010). Characterization of [3H]LUF5834: A novel non-ribose high-affinity agonist radioligand for the adenosine A1 receptor. Biochemical Pharmacology, 80(8), 1180-1189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2010.06.041

The adenosine A(1) receptor is a promising therapeutic target for neurological disorders such as cognition deficits and is involved in cardiovascular preconditioning. Classically adenosine receptor agonists were all derivatives of adenosine, and thou... Read More about Characterization of [3H]LUF5834: A novel non-ribose high-affinity agonist radioligand for the adenosine A1 receptor.

Gender in campus incubation: evidence from Ireland (2010)
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Treanor, L., & Henry, C. (2010). Gender in campus incubation: evidence from Ireland. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 2(2), 130-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/17566261011051008

Purpose
Women entrepreneurs face gender‐specific barriers surrounding access to: networks of information, assistance, finance and investment funds, in addition to socio‐cultural barriers. Business incubation literature indicates the supports provide... Read More about Gender in campus incubation: evidence from Ireland.

Human leucine-rich repeat proteins: A genome-wide bioinformatic categorization and functional analysis in innate immunity (2010)
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Ng, A. C., Eisenberg, J. M., Heath, R. J., Huett, A., Robinson, C. M., Nau, G. J., & Xavier, R. J. (2011). Human leucine-rich repeat proteins: A genome-wide bioinformatic categorization and functional analysis in innate immunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(SUPPL. 1), 4631-4638. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1000093107

In innate immune sensing, the detection of pathogen-associated molecular patterns by recognition receptors typically involve leucine-rich repeats (LRRs). We provide a categorization of 375 human LRR-containing proteins, almost half of which lack othe... Read More about Human leucine-rich repeat proteins: A genome-wide bioinformatic categorization and functional analysis in innate immunity.