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Multi-disciplinary investigations of active faults in the Julian Alps, Slovenia (2007)
Journal Article
Cunningham, D., Gosar, A., Kastelic, V., Grebby, S., & Tansey, K. (2007). Multi-disciplinary investigations of active faults in the Julian Alps, Slovenia. Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia, 4(1),

UK-Slovenian collaborative research connected to EU COST-Action 625 began in 2003 and has involved interdisciplinary research into the current activity, structural architecture and landscape expression of the Ravne and Idrija strike-slip fault system... Read More about Multi-disciplinary investigations of active faults in the Julian Alps, Slovenia.

Ventral extra-striate cortical areas are required for optimal orientation averaging (2007)
Journal Article
Allen, H. A., Humphreys, G. W., & Bridge, H. (2007). Ventral extra-striate cortical areas are required for optimal orientation averaging. Vision Research, 47(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.10.018

We examined the ability of a previously well-studied patient with visual agnosia to compute the average orientation of elements in visual displays. In a structural MRI study, we show that the lesion is likely to involve a variety of ventral extra-str... Read More about Ventral extra-striate cortical areas are required for optimal orientation averaging.

A psychophysical investigation into the preview benefit in visual search (2007)
Journal Article
Allen, H. A., & Humphreys, G. W. (2007). A psychophysical investigation into the preview benefit in visual search. Vision Research, 47(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2006.11.007

In preview search, half of the distracters are presented ahead of the remaining distracters and the target. Search under these conditions is more efficient than when all the items appear together (Watson & Humphreys, 1997). We investigated the mechan... Read More about A psychophysical investigation into the preview benefit in visual search.

Monitoring the Effects of Pulp and Paper Effluent Is Restricted in Genetically Distinct Populations of Common Bully (Gobiomorphuscotidianus) (2007)
Journal Article
van den Heuvel, M. R., Michel, C., Stevens, M. I., Clarke, A. C., Stölting, K. N., Hicks, B. J., & Tremblay, L. A. (2007). Monitoring the Effects of Pulp and Paper Effluent Is Restricted in Genetically Distinct Populations of Common Bully (Gobiomorphuscotidianus). Environmental Science and Technology, 41(7), 2602-2608. https://doi.org/10.1021/es061922q

The common bully (Gobiomorphuscotidianus), a small-bodied New Zealand native fish species, was used to monitor population impacts of multiple effluents in the Tarawera River, New Zealand. In an initial survey, the absence of reproductive development... Read More about Monitoring the Effects of Pulp and Paper Effluent Is Restricted in Genetically Distinct Populations of Common Bully (Gobiomorphuscotidianus).

Almost Forgotten or Latest Practice? AFLP applications, analyses and advances (2007)
Journal Article
Meudt, H. M., & Clarke, A. C. (2007). Almost Forgotten or Latest Practice? AFLP applications, analyses and advances. Trends in Plant Science, 12(3), 106-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2007.02.001

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) DNA fingerprinting is a firmly established molecular marker technique, with broad applications in population genetics, shallow phylogenetics, linkage mapping, parentage analyses, and single-locus PCR mark... Read More about Almost Forgotten or Latest Practice? AFLP applications, analyses and advances.

Interpreting lake isotope records of Holocene environmental change in the Eastern Mediterranean (2007)
Journal Article
Jones, M. D., & Roberts, C. N. (2008). Interpreting lake isotope records of Holocene environmental change in the Eastern Mediterranean. Quaternary International, 181(1), 32-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2007.01.012

Oxygen isotope records from lake sediment archives are becoming an increasingly common tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. We discuss their interpretation in the Eastern Mediterranean region with particular reference to three records, Zeriba... Read More about Interpreting lake isotope records of Holocene environmental change in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Cloning, Expression, and Functional Analysis of Patient-Derived Hepatitis C Virus Glycoproteins (2007)
Book Chapter
Tarr, A. W., Owsianka, A. M., Szwejk, A., Ball, J. K., & Patel, A. H. (2007). Cloning, Expression, and Functional Analysis of Patient-Derived Hepatitis C Virus Glycoproteins. In Glycovirology Protocols (177-197). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59745-393-5%3A177

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of severe chronic liver disease including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. HCV has been classified into six major genotypes that exhibit extensive genetic variability, particularly in the enve... Read More about Cloning, Expression, and Functional Analysis of Patient-Derived Hepatitis C Virus Glycoproteins.

Cloning, expression, and functional analysis of patient-derived hepatitis C virus glycoproteins (2007)
Book Chapter
Tarr, A. W., Owsianka, A. M., Szwejk, A., Ball, J. K., & Patel, A. H. (2007). Cloning, expression, and functional analysis of patient-derived hepatitis C virus glycoproteins. In R. J. Sugrue (Ed.), Glycovirology Protocols (177-197). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-393-6_13

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of severe chronic liver disease including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. HCV has been classified into six major genotypes that exhibit extensive genetic variability, particularly in the enve... Read More about Cloning, expression, and functional analysis of patient-derived hepatitis C virus glycoproteins.

Cloning, expression, and functional analysis of patient-derived hepatitis C virus glycoproteins (2007)
Book Chapter
Tarr, A. W., Owsianka, A. M., Szwejk, A., Ball, J. K., & Patel, A. H. (2007). Cloning, expression, and functional analysis of patient-derived hepatitis C virus glycoproteins. In R. J. Sugrue (Ed.), Glycovirology Protocols (177-197). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-393-6_13

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of severe chronic liver disease including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. HCV has been classified into six major genotypes that exhibit extensive genetic variability, particularly in the enve... Read More about Cloning, expression, and functional analysis of patient-derived hepatitis C virus glycoproteins.

Elucidating the interactions between the adhesive and transcriptioanl functions of beta-catenin in normal and cancerous cells (2007)
Journal Article
van Leeuwen, I. M. M., Byrne, H. M., Jensen, O. E., & King, J. R. (2007). Elucidating the interactions between the adhesive and transcriptioanl functions of beta-catenin in normal and cancerous cells. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 247(1), 77-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.01.019

Wnt signalling is involved in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes. The presence of an extracellular Wnt stimulus induces cytoplasmic stabilisation and nuclear translocation of beta-catenin, a protein that also plays an essential... Read More about Elucidating the interactions between the adhesive and transcriptioanl functions of beta-catenin in normal and cancerous cells.

Coping with food allergy: Exploring the role of the online support group (2007)
Journal Article
Coulson, N. S., & Knibb, R. C. (2007). Coping with food allergy: Exploring the role of the online support group. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 10(1), 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.2006.9978

The aims of this study were to explore the reasons for participation in an online support group for individuals affected by food allergy, its perceived advantages and disadvantages as well as impact on the relationship with healthcare providers. A to... Read More about Coping with food allergy: Exploring the role of the online support group.

Cross-genotype characterization of genetic diversity and molecular adaptation in hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein genes (2007)
Journal Article
Brown, R. J., Tarr, A. W., McClure, C. P., Juttla, V. S., Tagiuri, N., Irving, W. L., & Ball, J. K. (2007). Cross-genotype characterization of genetic diversity and molecular adaptation in hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein genes. Journal of General Virology, 88(2), 458-469. https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.82357-0

Investigation of the mechanisms underlying hepatitis C virus (HCV) envelope glycoprotein gene evolution will greatly assist rational development of broadly neutralizing antibody-based vaccines or vaccine components. Previously, comprehensive cross-ge... Read More about Cross-genotype characterization of genetic diversity and molecular adaptation in hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein genes.

Patients’ expectations of ‘first-contact care’ consultations with nurse and general practitioners in primary care (2007)
Journal Article
Redsell, S., Jackson, C., Stokes, T., Hastings, A., & Baker, R. (2007). Patients’ expectations of ‘first-contact care’ consultations with nurse and general practitioners in primary care. Quality in Primary Care, 15(1),

Background Patients’ attending UK primary care currently receive first-contact care services from nurses as well as general practitioners (GPs). Although randomised trials have reported higher satisfaction following nurse consultations,the relati... Read More about Patients’ expectations of ‘first-contact care’ consultations with nurse and general practitioners in primary care.

Exotic dynamics in a firing rate model of neural tissue with threshold accommodation (2007)
Journal Article
Coombes, S., & Owen, M. R. (2007). Exotic dynamics in a firing rate model of neural tissue with threshold accommodation

Many of the equations describing the dynamics of neural systems are written in terms of firing rate functions, which themselves are often taken to be threshold functions of synaptic activity. Dating back to work by Hill in 1936 it has been recognize... Read More about Exotic dynamics in a firing rate model of neural tissue with threshold accommodation.

Images of Childhood in Mothers' Accounts of Contemporary Childrearing (2007)
Journal Article
Murphy, E. (2007). Images of Childhood in Mothers' Accounts of Contemporary Childrearing. Childhood, 14 (1)(1),

This article examines how a sample of first-time mothers in the UK constitute childhood in general, and their own children in particular, in and through their talk about the mundane practices of child-care. The data analysed are drawn from a longitu... Read More about Images of Childhood in Mothers' Accounts of Contemporary Childrearing.

Introgression mapping in the grasses (2007)
Journal Article
King, J., Armstead, I. P., Donnison, I. S., Harper, J. A., Roberts, L. A., Thomas, H., …King, I. P. (2007). Introgression mapping in the grasses. Chromosome Research, 15(1), 105-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-006-1103-0

The unique properties of Lolium/Festuca hybrids and their derivatives provide an ideal system for intergeneric introgression. At IGER a focus on the Lolium perenne/Festuca pratensis system is being exploited to elucidate genome organization in the gr... Read More about Introgression mapping in the grasses.

Building oscillations bottom up: Elemental time scales of intracellular calcium dynamics (2007)
Book Chapter
Thul, R., & Falcke, M. (2007). Building oscillations bottom up: Elemental time scales of intracellular calcium dynamics. In L. Schimansky-Geier, B. Fiedler, J. Kurths, & E. Schöll (Eds.), Analysis and control of complex nonlinear processes in physics, chemistry and biology (293-324). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812706911_0011

We analyze the elemental time scale of intracellular calcium dynamics. It is determined by the time course of Ca2+ puffs, which represent the fundamental quantum of Ca2+ release from intracellular storage compartments. Since Ca2+ puffs are truly rand... Read More about Building oscillations bottom up: Elemental time scales of intracellular calcium dynamics.

Enabling rapid and cost-effective creation of massive pervasive games in very unstable environments (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Wietrzyk, B., & Radenkovic, M. (2007). Enabling rapid and cost-effective creation of massive pervasive games in very unstable environments. In 2007 Fourth Annual Conference on Wireless on Demand Network Systems and Services. https://doi.org/10.1109/WONS.2007.340493

Pervasive gaming is a new form of multimedia entertainment that extends the traditional computer gaming experience out into the real world. Through a combination of personal devices, positioning systems and other sensors, combined with wireless netwo... Read More about Enabling rapid and cost-effective creation of massive pervasive games in very unstable environments.

Feasibility study to inform the design of a UK multi-centre randomised controlled trial of prophylactic antibiotics for the prevention of recurrent cellulitis of the leg (2007)
Journal Article
Thomas, K. S., Cox, N. H., Savelyich, B. S., Shipley, D., Meredith, S., Nunn, A., …Reynolds, N. (2007). Feasibility study to inform the design of a UK multi-centre randomised controlled trial of prophylactic antibiotics for the prevention of recurrent cellulitis of the leg. Trials, 8(3),

Background: This paper describes the results of a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial (RCT). Methods: Twenty-nine members of the UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network (UK DCTN) expressed an interest in recruiting for this study.... Read More about Feasibility study to inform the design of a UK multi-centre randomised controlled trial of prophylactic antibiotics for the prevention of recurrent cellulitis of the leg.