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Imaging the failure of a rock-fill dam following liquefaction (2013)
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Rock-fill dams are popular in developing countries due to their ease of construction and use of local materials. They are used to store water and to provide flood defences. The presence of such dams in earthquake-prone regions poses risks, particular... Read More about Imaging the failure of a rock-fill dam following liquefaction.

AFTER LEANING TO ONE SIDE: China and its allies in the Cold War (2013)
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A Survey Investigating the Infection of Fusarium langsethiae and Production of HT-2 and T-2 Mycotoxins in UK Oat Fields (2013)
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Fusarium langsethiae is a toxigenic fungal species that has been reported in European small-grain cereal crops such as oats, wheat and barley. Although its relative contribution to fusarium head blight (FHB) symptoms is not well understood, it is rep... Read More about A Survey Investigating the Infection of Fusarium langsethiae and Production of HT-2 and T-2 Mycotoxins in UK Oat Fields.

Observing fermionic statistics with photons in arbitrary processes (2013)
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In contrast to classical physics, quantum mechanics divides particles into two classes-bosons and fermions-whose exchange statistics dictate the dynamics of systems at a fundamental level. In two dimensions quasi-particles known as 'anyons' exhibit f... Read More about Observing fermionic statistics with photons in arbitrary processes.

Teaching and learning about dementia in UK medical schools: a national survey (2013)
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Background: Dementia is an increasingly common condition and all doctors, in both primary and secondary care environments, must be prepared to competently manage patients with this condition. It is unclear whether medical education about dementia i... Read More about Teaching and learning about dementia in UK medical schools: a national survey.

Building nurse education capacity in India: insights from a faculty development programme in Andhra Pradesh (2013)
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Background: India faces an acute shortage of nurses. Strategies to tackle the human resource crisis depend upon scaling up nursing education provision in a context where the social status and working conditions of nurses are highly variable. Several... Read More about Building nurse education capacity in India: insights from a faculty development programme in Andhra Pradesh.

D-amphetamine and antipsychotic drug effects on latent inhibition in mice lacking dopamine D2 receptors (2013)
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Drugs that induce psychosis, such as D-amphetamine (AMP), and those that alleviate it, such as antipsychotics, are suggested to exert behavioral effects via dopamine receptor D2 (D2). All antipsychotic drugs are D2 antagonists, but D2 antagonism und... Read More about D-amphetamine and antipsychotic drug effects on latent inhibition in mice lacking dopamine D2 receptors.

Transvaginal sonographic assessment of cervical length and wedging for predicting outcome of labor induction at term: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2013)
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Objective To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the predictive capacity of transvaginal sonographic assessment of the cervix for the outcome of induction of labor. Methods We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library... Read More about Transvaginal sonographic assessment of cervical length and wedging for predicting outcome of labor induction at term: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Fleas and smaller fleas: virotherapy for parasite infections (2013)
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Bacteriophages are viruses of bacteria that are used for controlling bacterial food-borne pathogens and have been proposed for more extensive usage in infection control. Protists are now recognised to harbour viruses and virus-like particles. We prop... Read More about Fleas and smaller fleas: virotherapy for parasite infections.

The putative influence of the agr operon upon survival mechanisms used by Clostridium acetobutylicum (2013)
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The bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum produces acids as an energy-yielding process during exponential growth. An acidic environment, however, is toxic to the cells and two survival mechanisms are in place to prevent them from dying. Firstly, durin... Read More about The putative influence of the agr operon upon survival mechanisms used by Clostridium acetobutylicum.

Nurturing health-related online support groups: Exploring the experiences of patient moderators (2013)
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The aim of this study was to examine the views of moderators across a diverse and geographically broad range of online support groups about their moderator experiences and to explore both the personal benefits as well as challenges involved. Thirty-t... Read More about Nurturing health-related online support groups: Exploring the experiences of patient moderators.

Bis-thioether-substituted perylene diimides: Structural, electrochemical, and spectroelectrochemical properties (2013)
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The synthesis and separation of the 1,6- and 1,7- isomers of N,N′-bis(alkyl)diadamantylthio-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide are reported. Investigations of the structural, electrochemical, spectroscopic, and spectroelectrochemical prope... Read More about Bis-thioether-substituted perylene diimides: Structural, electrochemical, and spectroelectrochemical properties.

The role of lectins in allergic sensitization and allergic disease (2013)
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Allergic diseases are a global public health issue affecting millions of persons around the world. However, full understanding of the molecular basis of this group of chronic inflammatory disorders remains rather elusive. Recently, the role of carboh... Read More about The role of lectins in allergic sensitization and allergic disease.

A Rich Vein? Novel Disseisin and the Trowell Coalmine Case of 1258 (2013)
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Functional link between bone morphogenetic proteins and insulin-like peptide 3 signaling in modulating ovarian androgen production (2013)
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are firmly implicated as intraovarian regulators of follicle development and steroidogenesis. Here we report a microarray analysis showing that treatment of cultured bovine theca cells (TC) with BMP6 significantly (... Read More about Functional link between bone morphogenetic proteins and insulin-like peptide 3 signaling in modulating ovarian androgen production.

Diagnostic criteria for erosive lichen planus affecting the vulva: an international electronic-Delphi consensus exercise (2013)
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Background: There is no defined set of criteria for diagnosing erosive lichen planus affecting the vulva (ELPV) and there is geographical variation in management. Objectives: To reach consensus on clinicopathological diagnostic criteria for ELPV.... Read More about Diagnostic criteria for erosive lichen planus affecting the vulva: an international electronic-Delphi consensus exercise.

Luminance cues constrain chromatic blur discrimination in natural scene stimuli (2013)
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Introducing blur into the color components of a natural scene has very little effect on its percept, whereas blur introduced into the luminance component is very noticeable. Here we quantify the dominance of luminance information in blur detection an... Read More about Luminance cues constrain chromatic blur discrimination in natural scene stimuli.

Geography and the Paris Academy of Sciences: politics and patronage in early 18th-century France (2013)
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This essay considers the politics and patronage of geography in early-modern France. It examines how the Paris Academy of Sciences, widely acknowledged as the 18th century's pre-eminent scientific society, came to recognise geography as an independen... Read More about Geography and the Paris Academy of Sciences: politics and patronage in early 18th-century France.

Molecular networks of human muscle adaptation to exercise and age (2013)
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Physical activity and molecular ageing presumably interact to precipitate musculoskeletal decline in humans with age. Herein, we have delineated molecular networks for these two major components of sarcopenic risk using multiple independent clinical... Read More about Molecular networks of human muscle adaptation to exercise and age.

Act now against new NHS competition regulations (2013)
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An open letter to the BMA and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges calls on them to make a joint public statement of opposition to the amended section 75 regulations