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Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008 (2008)
Journal Article
Ringleb, P. A., Bousser, M., Ford, G., Bath, P. M., Brainin, M., Caso, V., …Walker, M. F. (2008). Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 25(5), https://doi.org/10.1159/000131083

This article represents the update of the European Stroke Initiative Recommendations for Stroke Management. These guidelines cover both ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attacks, which are now considered to be a single entity. The article cove... Read More about Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008.

Fingering Instabilities in Dewetting Nanofluids (2008)
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Pauliac-Vaujour, E., Stannard, A., Martin, C., Blunt, M., Notingher, I., Moriarty, P., …Thiele, U. (2008). Fingering Instabilities in Dewetting Nanofluids. Physical Review Letters, 100,

The growth of fingering patterns in dewetting nanofluids (colloidal solutions of thiol-passivated gold nanoparticles) has been followed in real time using contrast-enhanced video microscopy. The fingering instability on which we focus here arises fro... Read More about Fingering Instabilities in Dewetting Nanofluids.

Calculation of sample size for stroke trials assessing functional outcome: comparison of binary and ordinal approaches (2008)
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The Optimising Analysis of Stroke Trials Collaboration, O. (2008). Calculation of sample size for stroke trials assessing functional outcome: comparison of binary and ordinal approaches. International Journal of Stroke, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4949.2008.00184.x

Background Many acute stroke trials have given neutral
results. Sub-optimal statistical analyses may be failing to
detect efficacy. Methods which take account of the ordinal
nature of functional outcome data are more efficient. We
compare sample... Read More about Calculation of sample size for stroke trials assessing functional outcome: comparison of binary and ordinal approaches.

Differentiation-dependent changes in the membrane properties of fiber cells isolated from the rat lens (2008)
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Webb, K. F., & Donaldson, P. J. (2008). Differentiation-dependent changes in the membrane properties of fiber cells isolated from the rat lens. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 294(5), C1133-C1145. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00315.2007

Impedance measurements in whole lenses showed that lens fiber cells possess different permeability properties to the epithelial cells from which they differentiate. To confirm these observations at the cellular level, we analyzed the membrane propert... Read More about Differentiation-dependent changes in the membrane properties of fiber cells isolated from the rat lens.

Exercise intervention in acquired brain injury rehabilitation: a discussion (2008)
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Blake, H., & Batson, M. (2008). Exercise intervention in acquired brain injury rehabilitation: a discussion. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 15(4), 180-185. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2008.15.4.29037

Physical activity is essential for health and well-being. The importance of an active lifestyle is increasingly being recognized in rehabilitation for its benefits to quality of life and the prevention and management of secondary disease resulting fr... Read More about Exercise intervention in acquired brain injury rehabilitation: a discussion.

‘Not rocket science’ or ‘No silver bullet’? Media and government discourses about MRSA and cleanliness (2008)
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Koteyko, N., Nerlich, B., Crawford, P., & Wright, N. (2008). ‘Not rocket science’ or ‘No silver bullet’? Media and government discourses about MRSA and cleanliness. Applied Linguistics, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amn006

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), commonly called a superbug, has recently been a major political issue in the UK, playing a significant role in debates over health policy in the general election held in 2005. While science recogniz... Read More about ‘Not rocket science’ or ‘No silver bullet’? Media and government discourses about MRSA and cleanliness.

Sensory gating and its modulation by cannabinoids: electrophysiological, computational and mathematical analysis (2008)
Journal Article
Zachariou, M., Dissanayake, D. W. N., Coombes, S., Owen, M. R., & Mason, R. (in press). Sensory gating and its modulation by cannabinoids: electrophysiological, computational and mathematical analysis. Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11571-008-9050-4

Gating of sensory information can be assessed using an auditory conditioning-test paradigm which measures the reduction in the auditory evoked response to a test stimulus following an initial conditioning stimulus. Recording brainwaves from specific... Read More about Sensory gating and its modulation by cannabinoids: electrophysiological, computational and mathematical analysis.

Role of VGF-derived peptides in the control of food intake, body weight and reproduction (2008)
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Jethwa, P. H., & Ebling, F. J. P. (2008). Role of VGF-derived peptides in the control of food intake, body weight and reproduction. Neuroendocrinology, 88(2), 80-87. https://doi.org/10.1159/000127319

VGF is a 68-kDa polypeptide synthesized in neuronal and neuroendocrine cells. It is cleaved into a number of smaller peptides which are stored in dense core vesicles and are likely to be secreted products. The VGF gene is expressed abundantly in the... Read More about Role of VGF-derived peptides in the control of food intake, body weight and reproduction.

In the kingdom of the blind: successfully implementing institutional repositories in the UK and the SHERPA Partnership experience (2008)
Journal Article
Johnson, G. J. (2008). In the kingdom of the blind: successfully implementing institutional repositories in the UK and the SHERPA Partnership experience. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 13(1-2), 13-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614530701868652

This paper takes an overview of the work of SHERPA team and the SHERPA Partnership institutions in the area of developing, populating and maintaining institutional open access repositories. Crucial to this work has been the development of mutually s... Read More about In the kingdom of the blind: successfully implementing institutional repositories in the UK and the SHERPA Partnership experience.

Possible evidence for an inverted temperature-density relation in the intergalactic medium from the flux distribution of the Lyman-alpha forest (2008)
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S. Bolton, J., Viel, M., -S. Kim, T., G. Haehnelt, M., & F. Carswell, R. (2008). Possible evidence for an inverted temperature-density relation in the intergalactic medium from the flux distribution of the Lyman-alpha forest. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 386(2), 1131-1144. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13114.x

Cow, farm, and herd management factors in the dry period associated with raised somatic cell counts in early lactation (2008)
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Green, M. J., Medley, G. F., Browne, W. J., & Bradley, A. J. (2008). Cow, farm, and herd management factors in the dry period associated with raised somatic cell counts in early lactation. Journal of Dairy Science, 91(4), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2007-0621

This study investigated cow characteristics, farm facilities, and herd management strategies during the dry period to examine their joint influence on somatic cell counts (SCC) in early lactation. Data from 52 commercial dairy farms throughout Englan... Read More about Cow, farm, and herd management factors in the dry period associated with raised somatic cell counts in early lactation.

The "home country" of a multinational enterprise group facing insolvency (2008)
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Mevorach, I. (2008). The "home country" of a multinational enterprise group facing insolvency. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 57(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589308000250

Identifying the ‘home country’ for the multinational enterprise group’s insolvency proceedings can be crucial for allowing an effective insolvency process for related
entities. However, this is a challenging task given the diversity of group structu... Read More about The "home country" of a multinational enterprise group facing insolvency.

Structural and electrical characterization of AuPtAlTi ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN with varying annealing temperature and Al content (2008)
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Fay, M. W., Han, Y., Brown, P. D., Harrison, I., Hilton, K., Munday, A., …Martin, T. (2008). Structural and electrical characterization of AuPtAlTi ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN with varying annealing temperature and Al content. Journal of Applied Physics, 103(7), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2890978

The effect of varying annealing temperature and Al layer thickness on the structural and electrical characteristics of AuPtAlTi/AlGaN/GaN ohmic contact structures has been systematically investigated. The relationship between annealing temperature, A... Read More about Structural and electrical characterization of AuPtAlTi ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN with varying annealing temperature and Al content.

Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care (2008)
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Blake, H. (2008). Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care. British Journal of Community Nursing, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2008.13.4.29024

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly important in everyday life and now in healthcare. There has been a steady growth of information and communication technologies in health communication and technology is used progressively in telemedicine, wirel... Read More about Innovation in practice: mobile phone technology in patient care.

Blending classroom instruction with online homework: A study of student perceptions of computer-assisted L2 learning (2008)
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Sagarra, N., & Zapata, G. (2008). Blending classroom instruction with online homework: A study of student perceptions of computer-assisted L2 learning. ReCALL, 20(2), 208-224. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0958344008000621

This study investigates the impact of an online workbook on the attitudes of 245 second language (L2) Spanish learners toward this pedagogical tool over two consecutive semesters. The treatment consisted of four hours of classroom instruction and one... Read More about Blending classroom instruction with online homework: A study of student perceptions of computer-assisted L2 learning.

G Protein Coupling and Ligand Selectivity of the D2L and D3 Dopamine Receptors (2008)
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Lane, J. R., Powney, B., Wise, A., Rees, S., & Milligan, G. (2008). G Protein Coupling and Ligand Selectivity of the D2L and D3 Dopamine Receptors. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 325(1), 319-330. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.107.134296

The human dopamine D2L receptor couples promiscuously to multiple members of the Gαi/o subfamily. Despite the high homology of the D2L and D3 receptors, the G protein coupling specificity of the human D3 receptor is less clearly characterized. The pr... Read More about G Protein Coupling and Ligand Selectivity of the D2L and D3 Dopamine Receptors.

Development of a Genomic Microsatellite Library in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and its Use in Trait Mapping (2008)
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King, J., Thorogood, D., Edwards, K. J., Armstead, I. P., Roberts, L., Skot, K., …King, I. P. (in press). Development of a Genomic Microsatellite Library in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and its Use in Trait Mapping. Annals of Botany, 101(6), 845-853. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcn016

Background and Aims
Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) is one of the key forage and amenity grasses throughout the world. In the UK it accounts for 70 % of all agricultural land use with an estimated farm gate value of £6 billion per annum. However... Read More about Development of a Genomic Microsatellite Library in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and its Use in Trait Mapping.

Identifying genetic components controlling fertility in the outcrossing grass species perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) by quantitative trait loci analysis and comparative genetics (2008)
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Armstead, I. P., Turner, L. B., Marshall, A. H., Humphreys, M. O., King, I. P., & Thorogood, D. (2008). Identifying genetic components controlling fertility in the outcrossing grass species perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) by quantitative trait loci analysis and comparative genetics. New Phytologist, 178(3), 559-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02413.x

Mutational load and resource allocation factors and their effects on limiting seed set were investigated in ryegrass by comparative mapping genomics and quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis in two perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) mapping familie... Read More about Identifying genetic components controlling fertility in the outcrossing grass species perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) by quantitative trait loci analysis and comparative genetics.

The O-linked glycosylation of secretory/shed MUC1 from an advanced breast cancer patient's serum (2008)
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Storr, S. J., Royle, L., Chapman, C. J., Hamid, U. M. A., Robertson, J. F., Murray, A., …Rudd, P. M. (2008). The O-linked glycosylation of secretory/shed MUC1 from an advanced breast cancer patient's serum. Glycobiology, 18(6), 456-462. https://doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cwn022

MUC1 is a high molecular weight glycoprotein that is overexpressed in breast cancer. Aberrant O-linked glycosylation of MUC1 in cancer has been implicated in disease progression. We investigated the O-linked glycosylation of MUC1 purified from the se... Read More about The O-linked glycosylation of secretory/shed MUC1 from an advanced breast cancer patient's serum.

Structure of the N-terminal oligomerization domain of DnaD reveals a unique tetramerization motif and provides insights into scaffold formation (2008)
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Schneider, S., Zhang, W., Soultanas, P., & Paoli, M. (2008). Structure of the N-terminal oligomerization domain of DnaD reveals a unique tetramerization motif and provides insights into scaffold formation. Journal of Molecular Biology, 376(5),

DnaD is a primosomal protein that remodels supercoiled plasmids. It binds to supercoiled forms and converts them to open forms without nicking. During this remodeling process, all the writhe is converted to twist and the plasmids are held around the... Read More about Structure of the N-terminal oligomerization domain of DnaD reveals a unique tetramerization motif and provides insights into scaffold formation.