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Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases (2008)
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Behnke, J. M., Buttle, D. J., Stepek, G., Lowe, A., & Duce, I. (2008). Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases. Parasites and Vectors, 1(29), https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-1-29

Intestinal helminth infections of livestock and humans are predominantly controlled by treatment with three classes of synthetic drugs, but some livestock nematodes have now developed resistance to all three classes and there are signs that human hoo... Read More about Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases.

Workplace intervention to promote stair‐use in an NHS setting (2008)
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Blake, H., Lee, S., Stanton, T., & Gorely, T. (2008). Workplace intervention to promote stair‐use in an NHS setting. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 1(3), 162-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/17538350810926525

Purpose – Increasing physical activity (PA) is an international public health priority.
This study aims to assess the impact of an environmental stair-use intervention using “point of decision” prompts with varying messages in an NHS workplace in th... Read More about Workplace intervention to promote stair‐use in an NHS setting.

The Construction of Masculinities and Femininities in the Church of England: The Case of the Male Clergy Spouse (2008)
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Page, S. (2008). The Construction of Masculinities and Femininities in the Church of England: The Case of the Male Clergy Spouse. Feminist Theology, 17(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0966735008095640

The ordination of women to the priesthood in the Church of England in 1994 signified great change. The impact of the new priests was well documented, and their integration became the focus of much research in the following years. One important area o... Read More about The Construction of Masculinities and Femininities in the Church of England: The Case of the Male Clergy Spouse.

Aspirin and extended-release dipyridamole versus clopidogrel for recurrent stroke (2008)
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Sacco, R. L., Diener, H.-C., Yusuf, S., Cotton, D., Ounpuu, S., Lawton, W. A., …Yoon, B.-W. (2008). Aspirin and extended-release dipyridamole versus clopidogrel for recurrent stroke. New England Journal of Medicine, 359(12), 1238-1251. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0805002

Background: Recurrent stroke is a frequent, disabling event after ischemic stroke. This study compared the efficacy and safety of two antiplatelet regimens — aspirin plus extended release dipyridamole (ASA–ERDP) versus clopidogrel.
Methods: In this... Read More about Aspirin and extended-release dipyridamole versus clopidogrel for recurrent stroke.

Roots/Routes (2008)
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Swanson, D. M. (2008). Roots/Routes. Qualitative Inquiry, 15(1), 49-78. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800408321631

This narrative and poetic rendering acts as an articulation of a journey of many routes. It is a storying of critical research issues and events as performances of lived experience. It is a métissage of hybrid, but interrelated, themes that find cohe... Read More about Roots/Routes.

Deletion polymorphism upstream of IRGM associated with altered IRGM expression and Crohn's disease (2008)
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McCarroll, S. A., Huett, A., Kuballa, P., Chilewski, S. D., Landry, A., Goyette, P., …Xavier, R. J. (2008). Deletion polymorphism upstream of IRGM associated with altered IRGM expression and Crohn's disease. Nature Genetics, 40(9), 1107-1112. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.215

Following recent success in genome-wide association studies, a critical focus of human genetics is to understand how genetic variation at implicated loci influences cellular and disease processes. Crohn's disease (CD) is associated with SNPs around I... Read More about Deletion polymorphism upstream of IRGM associated with altered IRGM expression and Crohn's disease.

The PRH/Hex repressor protein causes nuclear retention of Groucho/TLE co-repressors (2008)
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Desjobert, C., Noy, P., Swingler, T., Williams, H., Gaston, K., & Jayaraman, P. (2009). The PRH/Hex repressor protein causes nuclear retention of Groucho/TLE co-repressors. BBA - Biomembranes, 417(1), 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20080872

The PRH (proline-rich homeodomain) [also known as Hex (haematopoietically expressed homeobox)] protein is a transcription factor that functions as an important regulator of vertebrate development and many other processes in the adult including haemat... Read More about The PRH/Hex repressor protein causes nuclear retention of Groucho/TLE co-repressors.

Oxidative stability of sunflower oil bodies (2008)
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Fisk, I. D., White, D. A., Lad, M., & Gray, D. A. (2008). Oxidative stability of sunflower oil bodies. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 110(10), 962-968. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.200800051

This study investigates the oxidative stability of sunflower oil body suspensions (10 wt-% lipid). Two washed suspensions of oil bodies were evaluated over 8 days at three temperatures (5, 25 and 45 °C) against three comparable sunflower oil emulsion... Read More about Oxidative stability of sunflower oil bodies.

Associations between elevated atmospheric temperature and human mortality: A critical review of the literature (2008)
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Gosling, S. N., Lowe, J. A., McGregor, G. R., Pelling, M., & Malamud, B. D. (2009). Associations between elevated atmospheric temperature and human mortality: A critical review of the literature. Climatic Change, 92(3-4), 299-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-008-9441-x

The effects of the anomalously warm European summer of 2003 highlighted the importance of understanding the relationship between elevated atmospheric temperature and human mortality. This review is an extension of the brief evidence examining this re... Read More about Associations between elevated atmospheric temperature and human mortality: A critical review of the literature.

General practitioners' views on reattribution for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a questionnaire and qualitative study (2008)
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Dowrick, C., Gask, L., Hughes, J. G., Charles-Jones, H., Hogg, J. A., Peters, S., …Morriss, R. K. (2008). General practitioners' views on reattribution for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a questionnaire and qualitative study. BMC Family Practice, 9(46), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-9-46

Background:

The successful introduction of new methods for managing medically unexplained symptoms in primary care is dependent to a large degree on the attitudes, experiences and expectations of practitioners. As part of an exploratory randomised... Read More about General practitioners' views on reattribution for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a questionnaire and qualitative study.

DNA wrapping and distortion by an oligomeric homeodomain protein (2008)
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Williams, H., Jayaraman, P., & Gaston, K. (2008). DNA wrapping and distortion by an oligomeric homeodomain protein. Journal of Molecular Biology, 383, 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.004

Many transcription factors alter DNA or chromatin structure. Changes in chromatin structure are often brought about by the recruitment of chromatin-binding proteins, chromatin-modifying proteins, or other transcription co-activator or co-repressor pr... Read More about DNA wrapping and distortion by an oligomeric homeodomain protein.

Beyond Point Charges: Dynamic Polarization from Neural Net Predicted Multipole Moments (2008)
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Darley, M. G., Handley, C. M., & Popelier, P. L. A. (2008). Beyond Point Charges: Dynamic Polarization from Neural Net Predicted Multipole Moments. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 4(9), 1435-1448. https://doi.org/10.1021/ct800166r

Intramolecular polarization is the change to the electron density of a given atom upon variation in the positions of the neighboring atoms. We express the electron density in terms of multipole moments. Using glycine and N-methylacetamide (NMA) as pi... Read More about Beyond Point Charges: Dynamic Polarization from Neural Net Predicted Multipole Moments.

Centrifugal propagation of motion adaptation effects across visual space (2008)
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McGraw, P. V., & Roach, N. W. (2008). Centrifugal propagation of motion adaptation effects across visual space. Journal of Vision, 8(11), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1167/8.11.1

Perceptual distortions induced by adaptation (aftereffects) arise through selective changes in the response properties of discrete subpopulations of neurons tuned to particular image features at the adapted spatial location. The systematic and well-d... Read More about Centrifugal propagation of motion adaptation effects across visual space.

A two-fluid model for tissue growth within a dynamic flow environment (2008)
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O'Dea, R. D., Waters, S. L., & Byrne, H. M. (2008). A two-fluid model for tissue growth within a dynamic flow environment. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 19, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956792508007687

We study the growth of a tissue construct in a perfusion bioreactor, focussing on its response to the mechanical environment. The bioreactor system is modelled as a two-dimensional channel containing a tissue construct through which a flow of culture... Read More about A two-fluid model for tissue growth within a dynamic flow environment.

Self-esteem, shyness, and sociability in adolescents with specific language impairment (SLI) (2008)
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Wadman, R., Durkin, K., & Conti-Ramsden, G. (2008). Self-esteem, shyness, and sociability in adolescents with specific language impairment (SLI). Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51, https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388%282008/069%29

Purpose: To determine if lower global self-esteem, shyness and low sociability are outcomes associated with SLI in adolescence. Possible concurrent predictive relationships and gender differences were also examined. Method: Fifty-four adolescents wit... Read More about Self-esteem, shyness, and sociability in adolescents with specific language impairment (SLI).

A multiproxy palaeolimnological investigation of Holocene environmental change, between c. 10 700 and 7200 years BP, at Holebudalen, southern Norway (2008)
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Panizzo, V. N., Jones, V. J., Birks, H. J., Boyle, J. F., Brooks, S. J., & Leng, M. J. (2008). A multiproxy palaeolimnological investigation of Holocene environmental change, between c. 10 700 and 7200 years BP, at Holebudalen, southern Norway. Holocene, 18(5), 805-817. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683608089217

Geochemical analyses (x-ray fluorescence, δ13C and C/N ratios) were used to reconstruct early Holocene environments (between 10685 and 7260 cal. yr BP) at a small lake near Holebudalen, southern Norway. Results show a period of increasing stability,... Read More about A multiproxy palaeolimnological investigation of Holocene environmental change, between c. 10 700 and 7200 years BP, at Holebudalen, southern Norway.

Use of ordinal outcomes in vascular prevention trials: comparison with binary outcomes in published trials (2008)
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Bath, P. M., Geeganage, C., Gray, L. J., Collier, T., & Pocock, S. (2008). Use of ordinal outcomes in vascular prevention trials: comparison with binary outcomes in published trials. Stroke, 39(10), https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.509893

Background and Purpose—Vascular prevention trials mostly count “yes/no” (binary) outcome events, eg, stroke/no
stroke. Analysis of ordered categorical vascular events (eg, fatal stroke/nonfatal stroke/no stroke) is clinically relevant
and could be... Read More about Use of ordinal outcomes in vascular prevention trials: comparison with binary outcomes in published trials.