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Calpastatin is associated with lymphovascular invasion in breast cancer (2011)
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Storr, S. J., Mohammed, R. A., Woolston, C. M., Green, A. R., Parr, T., Spiteri, I., …Martin, S. G. (2011). Calpastatin is associated with lymphovascular invasion in breast cancer. Breast, 20(5), 413-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2011.04.002

Metastasis of breast cancer is a major contributor to mortality. Histological assessment of vascular invasion (VI) provides important prognostic information and demonstrates that VI occurs predominantly via lymphatics in breast cancer. We sought to e... Read More about Calpastatin is associated with lymphovascular invasion in breast cancer.

The interactions of CO2, ethanol, hop acids and sweetener on flavour perception in a model beer (2011)
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Clark, R. A., Hewson, L., Bealin-Kelly, F., & Hort, J. (2011). The interactions of CO2, ethanol, hop acids and sweetener on flavour perception in a model beer. Chemosensory Perception, 4(1-2), 42-54. doi:10.1007/s12078-011-9087-3

Beer is a complex beverage. Beer flavour is a multisensory experience in which, in addition to aroma volatiles, CO2, ethanol, bitterness (hop acids) and sweetness all contribute. To investigate the interactions between these fundamental components, a... Read More about The interactions of CO2, ethanol, hop acids and sweetener on flavour perception in a model beer.

Advances in research on the prenatal development of skeletal muscle in animals in relation to the quality of muscle-based food. I. Regulation of myogenesis and environmental impact (2011)
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Rehfeldt, C., Te Pas, M. F., Wimmers, K., Brameld, J. M., Nissen, P. M., Berri, C., …Oksbjerg, N. (2011). Advances in research on the prenatal development of skeletal muscle in animals in relation to the quality of muscle-based food. I. Regulation of myogenesis and environmental impact. Animal, 5(5), 703-717. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731110002089

Skeletal muscle development in vertebrates - also termed myogenesis - is a highly integrated process. Evidence to date indicates that the processes are very similar across mammals, poultry and fish, although the timings of the various steps differ co... Read More about Advances in research on the prenatal development of skeletal muscle in animals in relation to the quality of muscle-based food. I. Regulation of myogenesis and environmental impact.

Seeing a phrase “time and again” matters: the role of phrasal frequency in the processing of multiword sequences (2011)
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Siyanova-Chanturia, A., Conklin, K., & van Heuven, W. J. (2011). Seeing a phrase “time and again” matters: the role of phrasal frequency in the processing of multiword sequences. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(3), https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022531

Are speakers sensitive to the frequency with which phrases occur in language. The authors report an eye-tracking study that investigates this by examining the processing of multiword sequences that differ in phrasal frequency by native and proficient... Read More about Seeing a phrase “time and again” matters: the role of phrasal frequency in the processing of multiword sequences.

Asynchrony adaptation reveals neural population code for audio-visual timing (2011)
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Roach, N. W., Heron, J., Whitaker, D., & McGraw, P. V. (2011). Asynchrony adaptation reveals neural population code for audio-visual timing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1710), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1737

The relative timing of auditory and visual stimuli is a critical cue for determining whether sensory signals relate to a common source and for making inferences about causality. However, the way in which the brain represents temporal relationships re... Read More about Asynchrony adaptation reveals neural population code for audio-visual timing.

Dance anthropology and the impact of 1930s Haiti on Katherine Dunham's scientific and artistic consciousness (2011)
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Durkin, H. (2011). Dance anthropology and the impact of 1930s Haiti on Katherine Dunham's scientific and artistic consciousness. International Journal of Francophone Studies, 14(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1386/ijfs.14.1-2.123_1

Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) was one of the most critically and commercially successful dancers of the twentieth century. She established and ran the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, the earliest self-supporting predominantly black dance company and o... Read More about Dance anthropology and the impact of 1930s Haiti on Katherine Dunham's scientific and artistic consciousness.

High throughput proteomic analysis of the secretome in an explant model of articular cartilage inflammation (2011)
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Clutterbuck, A. L., Smith, J. R., Allaway, D., Harris, P., Liddell, S., & Mobasheri, A. (2011). High throughput proteomic analysis of the secretome in an explant model of articular cartilage inflammation. Journal of Proteomics, 74(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2011.02.017

This study employed a targeted high-throughput proteomic approach to identify the major proteins present in the secretome of articular cartilage. Explants from equine metacarpophalangeal joints were incubated alone or with interleukin-1beta (IL-1β, 1... Read More about High throughput proteomic analysis of the secretome in an explant model of articular cartilage inflammation.

Surgeon opinion on new technologies in orthopaedic surgery (2011)
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Craven, M. P., Martin, J. L., & Crowe, J. A. (2011). Surgeon opinion on new technologies in orthopaedic surgery. Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 35(3-4), 139-148. https://doi.org/10.3109/03091902.2011.554596

Technological advances such as computer navigation systems and robotics, includingsupport systems for minimally invasive surgery, have the potential to revolutionise howorthopaedic surgery is carried out. However uptake has so far been limited. Incre... Read More about Surgeon opinion on new technologies in orthopaedic surgery.

Discrete-time model predictive contouring control for biaxial feed drive systems and experimental verification (2011)
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El Khalick M., A., & Uchiyama, N. (2011). Discrete-time model predictive contouring control for biaxial feed drive systems and experimental verification. Mechatronics, 21(6), 918-926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2010.11.011

In this paper we present a novel algorithm to model predictive contouring control for biaxial feed drive systems. model predictive control (MPC) refers to a class of model-based controllers that uses an explicit process model and tracking error dynam... Read More about Discrete-time model predictive contouring control for biaxial feed drive systems and experimental verification.

How healthy are our nurses?: new and registered nurses compared (2011)
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Malik, S., Blake, H., & Batt, M. (2011). How healthy are our nurses?: new and registered nurses compared. British Journal of Nursing, 20(8), 489-496. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2011.20.8.489

This study examined the health behaviour of nursing staff, comparing registered and pre-registered nurses in terms of their self-reported health and lifestyle behaviour. In total, 325 pre-registered nurses and 551 registered nurses, based at the same... Read More about How healthy are our nurses?: new and registered nurses compared.

QFT on homothetic Killing twist deformed curved spacetimes (2011)
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Schenkel, A. (2011). QFT on homothetic Killing twist deformed curved spacetimes. General Relativity and Gravitation, 43, 2605–2630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-011-1184-8

We study the quantum field theory (QFT) of a free, real, massless and curvature coupled scalar field on self-similar symmetric spacetimes, which are deformed by an abelian Drinfel'd twist constructed from a Killing and a homothetic Killing vector fie... Read More about QFT on homothetic Killing twist deformed curved spacetimes.

A method for representation of component geometry using discrete pin for reconfigurable moulds (2011)
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Wang, Y., Wang, Z., & Gindy, N. (2011). A method for representation of component geometry using discrete pin for reconfigurable moulds. Advances in Engineering Software, 42(7), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2011.03.004

Moulding plays a paramount role in our daily life. Traditional moulding is often dedicated and expensive. As the current market trend moves from mass production towards small batch and large variation production, the demand for a mould that can recon... Read More about A method for representation of component geometry using discrete pin for reconfigurable moulds.

The calpain system and cancer (2011)
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Storr, S. J., Carragher, N. O., Frame, M. C., Parr, T., & Martin, S. G. (2011). The calpain system and cancer. Nature Reviews Cancer, 11(5), 364-374. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc3050

The calpains are a conserved family of cysteine proteinases that catalyse the controlled proteolysis of many specific substrates. Calpain activity is implicated in several fundamental physiological processes, including cytoskeletal remodelling, cellu... Read More about The calpain system and cancer.

An exploratory case study of Olympiad students’ attitudes towards and passion for science (2011)
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Oliver, M., & Venville, G. (2011). An exploratory case study of Olympiad students’ attitudes towards and passion for science. International Journal of Science Education, 33(16), https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2010.550654

Much is known about high school students’ attitudes towards science but there is almost no research on what passion for science might look like and how it might be manifested. This exploratory case study took advantage of a unique group of highly gif... Read More about An exploratory case study of Olympiad students’ attitudes towards and passion for science.

Hepatitis C patient-derived glycoproteins exhibit marked differences in susceptibility to serum neutralizing antibodies: Genetic subtype defines antigenic but not neutralization serotype (2011)
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Tarr, A. W., Urbanowicz, R. A., Hamed, M. R., Albecka, A., McClure, C. P., Brown, R. J., …Ball, J. K. (2011). Hepatitis C patient-derived glycoproteins exhibit marked differences in susceptibility to serum neutralizing antibodies: Genetic subtype defines antigenic but not neutralization serotype. Journal of Virology, 85(9), 4246-4257. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01332-10

Neutralizing antibodies have a role in controlling hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A successful vaccine will need to elicit potently neutralizing antibodies that are capable of preventing the infection of genetically diverse viral isolates. Howeve... Read More about Hepatitis C patient-derived glycoproteins exhibit marked differences in susceptibility to serum neutralizing antibodies: Genetic subtype defines antigenic but not neutralization serotype.

Recognition of the major cat allergen Fel d 1 through the cysteine-rich domain of the mannose receptor determines its allergenicity (2011)
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Emara, M., Royer, P. J., Abbas, Z., Sewell, H. F., Gebriel Mohamed, G., Singh, S., …Ghaemmaghami, A. M. (2011). Recognition of the major cat allergen Fel d 1 through the cysteine-rich domain of the mannose receptor determines its allergenicity. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286(15), 13033-13040. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.220657

Dendritic cells are professional antigen-presenting cells that are specialized in antigen uptake and presentation. Allergy to cat has increased substantially in recent years and has been shown to be positively associated with asthma.Wehave recently s... Read More about Recognition of the major cat allergen Fel d 1 through the cysteine-rich domain of the mannose receptor determines its allergenicity.

Should treatment for Parkinson's disease start immediately on diagnosis or delayed until functional disability develops? (2011)
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Clarke, C. E., Patel, S., Ives, N., Rick, C., Wheatley, K., & Gray, R. (2011). Should treatment for Parkinson's disease start immediately on diagnosis or delayed until functional disability develops?. Movement Disorders, 26(7), 1187-1193. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.23519

Background: Evidence from clinical trials with monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors (TEMPO, ADAGIO and DATATOP) and levodopa (ELLDOPA) suggests that Parkinson's disease patients may benefit from treatment being commenced immediately on diagnosis ra... Read More about Should treatment for Parkinson's disease start immediately on diagnosis or delayed until functional disability develops?.

Alien introgression in the grasses Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) and Festuca pratensis (meadow fescue): The development of seven monosomic substitution lines and their molecular and cytological characterization (2011)
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Harper, J., Armstead, I., Thomas, A., James, C., Gasior, D., Bisaga, M., …King, J. (2011). Alien introgression in the grasses Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) and Festuca pratensis (meadow fescue): The development of seven monosomic substitution lines and their molecular and cytological characterization. Annals of Botany, 107(8), 1313-1321. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcr083

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: To address the issues associated with food security, environmental change and bioenergy in the context of crop plants, the production, identification and evaluation of novel plant phenotypes is fundamental. One of the major rout... Read More about Alien introgression in the grasses Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) and Festuca pratensis (meadow fescue): The development of seven monosomic substitution lines and their molecular and cytological characterization.