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Assessing asphalt mixture moisture susceptibility through intrinsic adhesion, bitumen stripping and mechanical damage (2013)
Journal Article

Durability is one of the most important properties of an asphalt mixture. A key factor affecting the durability of asphalt pavements is moisture damage. Moisture damage is generally considered to be the result of two main mechanisms; the loss of adhe... Read More about Assessing asphalt mixture moisture susceptibility through intrinsic adhesion, bitumen stripping and mechanical damage.

Potential of a sequence-based antigenic distance measure to indicate equine influenza vaccine strain efficacy (2013)
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The calculation of pepitope values, a sequence-based measure of antigenic distance between strains, was developed for human influenza. The potential to apply the pepitope value to equine influenza vaccine strain selection was assessed. There was a ne... Read More about Potential of a sequence-based antigenic distance measure to indicate equine influenza vaccine strain efficacy.

Apoferritin-encapsulated PbS quantum dots significantly inhibit growth of colorectal carcinoma cells (2013)
Journal Article

Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is the 3rd most common cancer worldwide, thus development of novel therapeutic strategies is imperative. Herein potent, selective dose-dependent antitumor activity of horse spleen apoferritin encapsulated PbS quantum dots (... Read More about Apoferritin-encapsulated PbS quantum dots significantly inhibit growth of colorectal carcinoma cells.

Sound of nano (2013)
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Ultrasound is widely used for imaging, measurement and diagnostics in the MHz region and is perhaps most familiar as a medical or non-destructive imaging or measurement tool. In the MHz frequency range the wavelength is typically measured in microns... Read More about Sound of nano.

Development of the Pregnancy and Childbirth Questionnaire (PCQ): evaluating quality of care as perceived by women who recently gave birth (2013)
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Objective To develop an instrument to the assess quality of care during pregnancy and delivery as perceived by women who recently gave birth. Study design Prospective design from focus group interviews to validation of the questionnaire. The focus gr... Read More about Development of the Pregnancy and Childbirth Questionnaire (PCQ): evaluating quality of care as perceived by women who recently gave birth.

Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning (2013)
Journal Article

In order to determine the relative or absolute railway track and foundation deformation, ground-based laser scanning technology is utilised in this study to attain a precise 3D track reference. Located at the University of Nottingham’s Innovation Par... Read More about Precise determination of mini railway track with ground based laser scanning.

Investigation of the functional expression of purine and pyrimidine receptors in porcine isolated pancreatic arteries (2013)
Journal Article

Receptors for purines and pyrimidines are expressed throughout the cardiovascular system. This study investigated their functional expression in porcine isolated pancreatic arteries. Pancreatic arteries (endothelium intact or denuded) were prepared f... Read More about Investigation of the functional expression of purine and pyrimidine receptors in porcine isolated pancreatic arteries.

Pragmatic optimisation methods for determining material constants of viscoplasticity model from isothermal experimental data (2013)
Journal Article

A procedure to estimate material constants for the unified Chaboche viscoplasticity model from experimental data has been published elsewhere; however several critical assumptions are made to enable this and potential numerical problems can limit the... Read More about Pragmatic optimisation methods for determining material constants of viscoplasticity model from isothermal experimental data.

Faecal microbiota composition and host–microbe cross-talk following gastroenteritis and in postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome (2013)
Journal Article

Background: About 10% of patients with IBS report the start of the syndrome after infectious enteritis. The clinical features of postinfectious IBS (PI-IBS) resemble those of diarrhoea-predominant IBS (IBS-D). While altered faecal microbiota has been... Read More about Faecal microbiota composition and host–microbe cross-talk following gastroenteritis and in postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome.

Hyperactive mariner transposons are created by mutations that disrupt allosterism and increase the rate of transposon end synapsis (2013)
Journal Article

New applications for transposons in vertebrate genetics have spurred efforts to develop hyperactive variants. Typically, a genetic screen is used to identify several hyperactive point mutations, which are then incorporated in a single transposase gen... Read More about Hyperactive mariner transposons are created by mutations that disrupt allosterism and increase the rate of transposon end synapsis.

Metrics and textural features of MRI diffusion to improve classification of pediatric posterior fossa tumors (2013)
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Qualitative radiologic MR imaging review affords limited differentiation among types of pediatric posterior fossa brain tumors and cannot detect histologic or molecular subtypes, which could help to stratify treatment. This st... Read More about Metrics and textural features of MRI diffusion to improve classification of pediatric posterior fossa tumors.

Can theory of mind deficits be measured reliably in people with mild and moderate Alzheimer’s dementia? (2013)
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Background Patients suffering from Alzheimer’s dementia develop difficulties in social functioning. This has led to an interest in the study of “theory of mind” in this population. However, difficulty has arisen because the associated cognitive dema... Read More about Can theory of mind deficits be measured reliably in people with mild and moderate Alzheimer’s dementia?.

Functional role of endothelial adhesion molecules in the early stages of brain metastasis (2013)
Journal Article

Can Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders Infer What Happened to Someone From Their Emotional Response? (2013)
Journal Article

Can adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) infer what happened to someone from their emotional response? Millikan has argued that in everyday life, others' emotions are most commonly used to work out the antecedents of behavior, an ability terme... Read More about Can Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders Infer What Happened to Someone From Their Emotional Response?.

Surgical resection of primary tumour improves aerobic performance in colorectal cancer (2013)
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Background Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK, with patients suffering declines in muscle mass and aerobic function. We hypothesised that tumour removal in non-metastatic colorectal cancer would lead to a restoration of le... Read More about Surgical resection of primary tumour improves aerobic performance in colorectal cancer.

Modelling and Prediction of Bacterial Attachment to Polymers (2013)
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Infection by pathogenic bacteria on implanted and indwelling medical devices during surgery causes large morbidity and mortality worldwide. Attempts to ameliorate this important medical issue have included development of antimicrobial surfaces on mat... Read More about Modelling and Prediction of Bacterial Attachment to Polymers.

c-Met inhibition in aHOXA9/Meis1model of CN-AML (2013)
Journal Article

Background: Hematopoiesis is a paradigm for developmental processes, hierarchically organized, with stem cells at its origin. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) replenish progenitor and precursor cells of multiple lineages, which normally differentiate... Read More about c-Met inhibition in aHOXA9/Meis1model of CN-AML.

Patent protection under endogenous product differentiation (2013)
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It is generally believed that, if weak patent protection does not affect innovation, it makes consumers and society better off compared to strong patent protection by increasing the intensity of competition. We show that this conclusion may not be va... Read More about Patent protection under endogenous product differentiation.

Origins of the perceived nutty character of new-make malt whisky spirit (2013)
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New-make malt spirits were sourced from 35 individual Scotch Whisky distilleries and their sensory characteristics rated by a trained panel using descriptive analysis. Selected samples (either high or low in perceived nutty character) were analysed u... Read More about Origins of the perceived nutty character of new-make malt whisky spirit.

Reducing dietary protein in dairy cow diets: implications for nitrogen utilization, milk production, welfare and fertility (2013)
Journal Article

In light of increasing global protein prices and with the need to reduce environmental impact of contemporary systems of milk production, the current review seeks to assess the feasibility of reducing levels of dietary CP in dairy cow diets. At CP le... Read More about Reducing dietary protein in dairy cow diets: implications for nitrogen utilization, milk production, welfare and fertility.