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Lameness in UK dairy cows: a review of the current status (2010)
Journal Article

Lameness in dairy cattle has been reported as a concern for welfare and economic reasons for over 20 years. This concern has been expressed from across the industry and has prompted the launch of a number of initiatives to address the problem. This a... Read More about Lameness in UK dairy cows: a review of the current status.

Bi-galileon theory I: motivation and formulation (2010)
Journal Article

We introduce bi-galileon theory, the generalisation of the single galileon model introduced by Nicolis et al. The theory contains two coupled scalar fields and is described by a Lagrangian that is invariant under Galilean shifts in those fields. This... Read More about Bi-galileon theory I: motivation and formulation.

Protein flexibility directs DNA recognition by the papillomavirus E2 proteins (2010)
Journal Article

Although DNA flexibility is known to play an important role in DNA–protein interactions, the importance of protein flexibility is less well understood. Here, we show that protein dynamics are important in DNA recognition using the well-characterized... Read More about Protein flexibility directs DNA recognition by the papillomavirus E2 proteins.

A new graphical password scheme resistant to shoulder-surfing (2010)
Journal Article

Shoulder-surfing is a known risk where an attacker can capture a password by direct observation or by recording the authentication session. Due to the visual interface, this problem has become exacerbated in graphical passwords. There have been some... Read More about A new graphical password scheme resistant to shoulder-surfing.

Towards an integrated workforce management system (2010)
Conference Proceeding

We describe progress towards a workforce management system in which personnel scheduling is integrated with other important processes such as payroll processing, attendance and absence recording, staffing forecast and planning, etc. Our focus is on c... Read More about Towards an integrated workforce management system.

An elitist GRASP metaheuristic for the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem (2010)
Conference Proceeding

We propose an elitist Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) metaheuristic algorithm, called mGRASP/MH, for approximating the Pareto-optimal front in the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem (mQAP). The proposed algorithm is char... Read More about An elitist GRASP metaheuristic for the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem.

Neural fields with sigmoidal firing rates: Approximate solutions (2010)
Journal Article

Many tissue level models of neural networks are written in the language of nonlinear integro-differential equations. Analytical solutions have only been obtained for the special case that the nonlinearity is a Heaviside function. Thus the pursuit of... Read More about Neural fields with sigmoidal firing rates: Approximate solutions.

Tonic modulation of spinal hyperexcitability by the endocannabinoid receptor system in a rat model of osteoarthritis pain (2010)
Journal Article

Objective. To investigate the impact of an experimental model of osteoarthritis (OA) on spinal nociceptive processing and the role of the inhibitory endocannabinoid system in regulating sensory processing at the spinal level. Methods. Experiment... Read More about Tonic modulation of spinal hyperexcitability by the endocannabinoid receptor system in a rat model of osteoarthritis pain.

Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (2010)
Journal Article

Falls occur frequently among older people and represent the most common cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality in later life. Preventing falls is an important way to reduce injuries, hospitalizations, and injury-related morbidity and mortali... Read More about Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.

Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place (2010)
Journal Article

There is increasing focus on the role of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in learning and memory, but there is little consensus as to how the core and medial shell subregions of the NAc contribute to these processes. In the current experiments, we used sp... Read More about Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place.

Work-related stress case definitions and prevalence rates in national surveys (2010)
Journal Article

Background: There is concern about lack of consistency in the design of case definitions used to measure work-related stress in national workforce surveys and the implications of this for the reliability and validity of prevalence estimates as well a... Read More about Work-related stress case definitions and prevalence rates in national surveys.

Activity of an antimicrobial hydrocephalus shunt catheter against Propionibacterium acnes (2010)
Journal Article

Shunt infection is a major complication affecting approximately 10% of procedures. Propionibacterium acnes, an anaerobic skin bacterium, is increasingly recognized as a shunt pathogen, causing up to 14% of infections. Though susceptible to penicillin... Read More about Activity of an antimicrobial hydrocephalus shunt catheter against Propionibacterium acnes.

Fundamentals of probability and statistical evidence in criminal proceedings: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses (2010)
Book

An accessible introduction to the fundamentals of statistical evidence and probabilistic reasoning in criminal proceedings, providing guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses.

Early modernization theory?: the Eisenhower administration and the foreign policy of development in Brazil (2010)
Journal Article

Existing views of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration’s policies in Latin America have tended to portray its approach as being either fixated upon waging the Cold War, or overly concerned with quelling outbreaks of Latin American economic nationa... Read More about Early modernization theory?: the Eisenhower administration and the foreign policy of development in Brazil.

Recommending rides: psychometric profiling in the theme park (2010)
Journal Article

This paper presents a study intended to inform the design of a recommender system for theme park rides. It examines the efficacy of psychometric testing for profiling theme park visitors, with the aim of establishing a set of measures to be included... Read More about Recommending rides: psychometric profiling in the theme park.

Composition of semi-volatile organic compounds in the urban atmosphere of Singapore: influence of biomass burning (2010)
Journal Article

An intensive field study was conducted in the urban atmosphere of Singapore to investigate the composition of organic compounds in both gaseous and particulate phases during the period of August to early November 2006. 17 atmospheric samples were col... Read More about Composition of semi-volatile organic compounds in the urban atmosphere of Singapore: influence of biomass burning.

Influences on women's entrepreneurship in Ireland and the Czech Republic (2010)
Book Chapter

Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe (2010)
Journal Article

There is a longstanding interest in the 'production of markets' and the various political-and cultural-economic strategies associated with demand-creation. This article shows how the professions, because of their central role in contemporary economy,... Read More about Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe.

Structure-activity relationships of trans-substituted-propenoic acid derivatives on the nicotinic acid receptor HCA2 (GPR109A) (2010)
Journal Article

Nicotinic acid (niacin) has been used for decades as an antidyslipidemic drug in man. Its main target is the hydroxy-carboxylic acid receptor HCA2 (GPR109A), a G protein-coupled receptor. Other acids and esters such as methyl fumarate also interact w... Read More about Structure-activity relationships of trans-substituted-propenoic acid derivatives on the nicotinic acid receptor HCA2 (GPR109A).

Spatial frequency discrimination learning in normal and developmentally impaired human vision (2010)
Journal Article

Perceptual learning effects demonstrate that the adult visual system retains neural plasticity. If perceptual learning holds any value as a treatment tool for amblyopia, trained improvements in performance must generalise. Here we investigate whether... Read More about Spatial frequency discrimination learning in normal and developmentally impaired human vision.