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Systematic review of levodopa dose equivalency reporting in Parkinson's disease: Systematic Review of LED Reporting in PD (2010)
Journal Article
Tomlinson, C. L., Stowe, R., Patel, S., Rick, C., Gray, R., & Clarke, C. E. (2010). Systematic review of levodopa dose equivalency reporting in Parkinson's disease: Systematic Review of LED Reporting in PD. Movement Disorders, 25(15), 2649-2653. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.23429

Interpretation of clinical trials comparing different drug regimens for Parkinson's disease (PD) is complicated by the different dose intensities used: higher doses of levodopa and, possibly, other drugs produce better symptomatic control but more la... Read More about Systematic review of levodopa dose equivalency reporting in Parkinson's disease: Systematic Review of LED Reporting in PD.

High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Asher, G. High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. Presented at 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)

This paper proposes a high performance hybrid cascaded H-Bridge (HB) Multilevel Converter (MLC) with integrated Series Active Power Filter SAPF for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. Isolated DC sources comprised of modular... Read More about High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids.

Characterization of energy storage devices for constant power applications (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kulsangcharoen, P., Klumpner, C., Rashed, M., & Asher, G. Characterization of energy storage devices for constant power applications. Presented at 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)

In this paper, a few known characterization techniques for supercapacitors have been evaluated with the purpose of being able to predict the roundtrip efficiency of an energy storage system under constant power application. It is found that the user... Read More about Characterization of energy storage devices for constant power applications.

Literacy, power, and the schooled body: Learning in time and space (2010)
Book
Dixon, K. (2010). Literacy, power, and the schooled body: Learning in time and space. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203851487

What effects do space and time have on classroom management, discipline, and regulation? How do teachers’ practices create schooled and literate students? To explore these questions, this book looks at early childhood classrooms, charting the shifts... Read More about Literacy, power, and the schooled body: Learning in time and space.

The role of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GapA-1) in Neisseria meningitidis adherence to human cells (2010)
Journal Article
Tunio, S. A., Oldfield, N. J., Ala'Aldeen, D. A. A., Wooldridge, K. G., & Turner, D. P. J. (2010). The role of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GapA-1) in Neisseria meningitidis adherence to human cells. BMC Microbiology, 10, Article 280. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-280

Background
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenases (GAPDHs) are cytoplasmic glycolytic enzymes, which although lacking identifiable secretion signals, have also been found localized to the surface of several bacteria (and some eukaryotic organisms... Read More about The role of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GapA-1) in Neisseria meningitidis adherence to human cells.

Work time. Leisure time. On women’s temporal and economic wellbeing in Europe (2010)
Journal Article
Warren, T. (2010). Work time. Leisure time. On women’s temporal and economic wellbeing in Europe. Community, Work and Family, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/13668801003765713

In the study of work time, a wealth of influential ideas have emerged about the potentially damaging impact of too many hours in the labour market on the rest of peoples’ lives, as well as about the negative economic ramifications of short hours work... Read More about Work time. Leisure time. On women’s temporal and economic wellbeing in Europe.

The retributive emotions: passions and pains of punishment (2010)
Journal Article
Holroyd, J. (2010). The retributive emotions: passions and pains of punishment. Philosophical Papers, 39(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2010.538914

It is not usually morally permissible to desire the suffering of another person, or to act so as to satisfy this desire; that is, to act with the aim of bringing about suffering. If the retributive emotions, and the retributive responses of which the... Read More about The retributive emotions: passions and pains of punishment.

Clone stories: ‘shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder’ (2010)
Journal Article
Marks, J. (in press). Clone stories: ‘shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder’. Paragraph, 33(3), https://doi.org/10.3366/E0264833410000945

This article explores literary interrogations of the bioethical implications of cloning. It does so by outlining the basic science of cloning before going on to question the dominance of the Freudian notion of the ‘uncanny’ in the critical theoretica... Read More about Clone stories: ‘shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder’.

Indoor multipath effect study on the Locata system (2010)
Journal Article
Bonenberg, L. K., Hancock, C. M., & Roberts, G. W. (2010). Indoor multipath effect study on the Locata system. Journal of Applied Geodesy, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.1515/jag.2010.012

GNSS has become one of the most wide- spread measurement technologies, allowing cm-level positioning accuracy using RTK or Network RTK. Unfortunately, the system’s major drawbacks are the requirement for a clear view of the sky and accu- racy depende... Read More about Indoor multipath effect study on the Locata system.

Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression in rats is dependent on the perirhinal cortex (2010)
Journal Article
Robinson, J., Whitt, E. J., Horsley, R. R., & Jones, P. M. (2010). Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression in rats is dependent on the perirhinal cortex. Behavioral Neuroscience, 124(5), 587-599. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020900

We report that bilateral, excitoxic lesions of the perirhinal cortex attenuate rats' familiarity-based stimulus generalization. After surgery, rats were preexposed either to 2 auditory stimuli (A and B) or to only 1 auditory stimulus (B). Following p... Read More about Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression in rats is dependent on the perirhinal cortex.

DNA compaction by the higher-order assembly of PRH/Hex homeodomain protein oligomers (2010)
Journal Article
Soufi, A., Sawasdichai, A., Shukla, A., Noy, P., Dafforn, T., Smith, C., Jayaraman, P.-S., & Gaston, K. (2010). DNA compaction by the higher-order assembly of PRH/Hex homeodomain protein oligomers. Nucleic Acids Research, 38(21), 7513--7525. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkq659

Protein self-organization is essential for the establishment and maintenance of nuclear architecture and for the regulation of gene expression. We have shown previously that the Proline-Rich Homeodomain protein (PRH/Hex) self-assembles to form oligom... Read More about DNA compaction by the higher-order assembly of PRH/Hex homeodomain protein oligomers.

Household epidemic models with varying infection response (2010)
Journal Article
Ball, F. G., Britton, T., & Sirl, D. J. (2011). Household epidemic models with varying infection response. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 63(2), 309-337

This paper is concerned with SIR (susceptible--infected--removed) household epidemic models in which the infection response may be either mild or severe, with the type of response also affecting the infectiousness of an individual. Two different mode... Read More about Household epidemic models with varying infection response.

The Pursuit of integration in the assessment of older people with health and social care needs (2010)
Journal Article
Abendstern, M., Hughes, J., Clarkson, P., Sutcliffe, C., & Challis, D. (2011). The Pursuit of integration in the assessment of older people with health and social care needs. British Journal of Social Work, 41(3), 467-485. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcq118

The provision of timely and effective services for older people with health and social care needs is dependent on the collection of accurate assessment information being shared with relevant agencies and accepted by them. This requires an integrated... Read More about The Pursuit of integration in the assessment of older people with health and social care needs.

Glycosylation of surface Ig creates a functional bridge between human follicular lymphoma and microenvironmental lectins (2010)
Journal Article
Coelho, V., Krysov, S., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., Emara, M., Potter, K. N., Johnson, P., Packham, G., Martinez-Pomares, L., & Stevenson, F. K. (2010). Glycosylation of surface Ig creates a functional bridge between human follicular lymphoma and microenvironmental lectins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(43), 18587-18592. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1009388107

Surface Ig (sIg) of follicular lymphoma (FL) is vital for tumor cell survival. We found previously that the Ig in FL is unusual, because the variable region genes carry sequence motifs for N-glycan addition. These are introduced by somatic mutation a... Read More about Glycosylation of surface Ig creates a functional bridge between human follicular lymphoma and microenvironmental lectins.

Pediatric brain tumor cancer stem cells: cell cycle dynamics, DNA repair, and etoposide extrusion (2010)
Journal Article
Hussein, D., Punjaruk, W., Storer, L. C. D., Shaw, L., Othman, R. T., Peet, A., Miller, S., Bandopadhyay, G., Heath, R., Kumari, R., Bowman, K. J., Braker, P., Rahman, R., Jones, G. D. D., Watson, S., Lowe, J., Kerr, I. D., Grundy, R. G., & Coyle, B. (2011). Pediatric brain tumor cancer stem cells: cell cycle dynamics, DNA repair, and etoposide extrusion. Neuro-Oncology, 13(1), 70-83. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noq144

Reliable model systems are needed to elucidate the role cancer stem cells (CSCs) play in pediatric brain tumor drug resistance. The majority of studies to date have focused on clinically distinct adult tumors and restricted tumor types. Here, the CSC... Read More about Pediatric brain tumor cancer stem cells: cell cycle dynamics, DNA repair, and etoposide extrusion.

Signalling pathways involved in ribonuclease-7 expression (2010)
Journal Article
Mohammed, I., Yeung, A., Abedin, A., Hopkinson, A., & Dua, H. S. (2011). Signalling pathways involved in ribonuclease-7 expression. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 68(11), 1941-1952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-010-0540-2

Antimicrobial peptides are host defence molecules that play a potential role in preventing infection at the epithelial surfaces. Ribonuclease (RNase)-7 has been shown to possess a broad spectrum of microbicidal activity against various pathogens. Her... Read More about Signalling pathways involved in ribonuclease-7 expression.

Parasitoid developmental mortality in the field: patterns, causes and consequences for sex ratio and virginity (2010)
Journal Article
Kapranas, A., Hardy, I. C., Morse, J. G., & Luck, R. F. (in press). Parasitoid developmental mortality in the field: patterns, causes and consequences for sex ratio and virginity. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01767.x

1. Sex ratio theory predicts that developmental mortality can affect sex ratio optima under Local Mate Competition and also lead to ‘virgin’ broods containing only females with no sibling-mating opportunities on maturity.
2. Estimates of development... Read More about Parasitoid developmental mortality in the field: patterns, causes and consequences for sex ratio and virginity.

Differential gaze behavior towards sexually preferred and non-preferred human figures (2010)
Journal Article
Hall, C., Hogue, T., & Guo, K. (2011). Differential gaze behavior towards sexually preferred and non-preferred human figures. Journal of Sex Research, 48(5), 461-469. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2010.521899

The gaze pattern associated with image exploration is a sensitive index of our attention, motivation, and preference. To examine whether an individual's gaze behavior can reflect his or her sexual interest, this study compared gaze patterns of young... Read More about Differential gaze behavior towards sexually preferred and non-preferred human figures.

MoveM8! A technology-based physical activity intervention for UK worksites: Results of a randomized controlled trial conducted from September 2009 to August 2010 (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Suggs, L., Blake, H., Lloyd, S., & Bardus, M. MoveM8! A technology-based physical activity intervention for UK worksites: Results of a randomized controlled trial conducted from September 2009 to August 2010. Presented at 3rd European Public Health Association Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Uneven opening of China's society, economy, and politics: pro-growth authoritarian governance and protests in China (2010)
Journal Article
Lai, H. (2010). Uneven opening of China's society, economy, and politics: pro-growth authoritarian governance and protests in China. Journal of Contemporary China, 19(67), https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2010.508581

This article evaluates China's model of development, especially its main component, i.e. its model of governance. It suggests that China's model of development is marked by an imbalance between fast opening of the economy and the society and sluggish... Read More about Uneven opening of China's society, economy, and politics: pro-growth authoritarian governance and protests in China.