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RCT of treatments for pyoderma gangrenosum: time to get involved (2010)
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Mitchell, E. (2010). RCT of treatments for pyoderma gangrenosum: time to get involved. Wounds UK, 6(4), 27-32

Background: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, painful ulcerating skin condition that is often associated with underlying systemic disease such as inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis and haematological malignancies. There has been litt... Read More about RCT of treatments for pyoderma gangrenosum: time to get involved.

Antiangiogenic therapy and mechanisms of tumor resistance in malignant glioma (2010)
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Rahman, R., Smith, S., Rahman, C., & Grundy, R. (2010). Antiangiogenic therapy and mechanisms of tumor resistance in malignant glioma. Journal of Oncology, 2010, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/251231

Despite advances in surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapeutics, patients with malignant glioma have a dismal prognosis. The formations of aberrant tumour vasculature and glioma cell invasion are major obstacles for effective treatment. Angioge... Read More about Antiangiogenic therapy and mechanisms of tumor resistance in malignant glioma.

Getting healthcare staff more active: the mediating role of self-efficacy (2010)
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Mo, P. K. H., Blake, H., & Batt, M. E. (2011). Getting healthcare staff more active: the mediating role of self-efficacy. British Journal of Health Psychology, 16(4), (690-706). doi:10.1111/j.2044-8287.2010.02007.x. ISSN 1359-107X

Objectives.?Physical activity has been associated with positive health outcomes. The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between knowledge of physical activity, social support, self?efficacy, perceived barriers to physical acti... Read More about Getting healthcare staff more active: the mediating role of self-efficacy.

Cost-effective fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses using a three primer system (2010)
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Stolting, K. N., Clarke, A. C., Meudt, H. M., Blankenhorn, W. U., & Wilson, A. B. (2011). Cost-effective fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses using a three primer system. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11(3), 494-502. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02957.x

The amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) technique is a widely used multi-purpose DNA fingerprinting tool. The ability to size-separate fluorescently labelled AFLP fragments on a capillary electrophoresis instrument has provided a means for... Read More about Cost-effective fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses using a three primer system.

Compact differential evolution (2010)
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Mininno, E., Neri, F., Cupertino, F., & Naso, D. (2011). Compact differential evolution. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 15(1), 32-54. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2010.2058120

This paper proposes the compact differential evolution (cDE) algorithm. cDE, like other compact evolutionary algorithms, does not process a population of solutions but its statistic description which evolves similarly to all the evolutionary algorith... Read More about Compact differential evolution.

End-stapled homo and hetero collagen triple helices: A click chemistry approach (2010)
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Byrne, C., McEwan, P. A., Emsley, J., Fischer, P. M., & Chan, W. C. (2011). End-stapled homo and hetero collagen triple helices: A click chemistry approach. Chemical Communications, 47(9), 2589-2591. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0cc04795c

A CuAAC reaction was established for modular synthesis of end-stapled homo- and hetero-triple helical peptides, generating "clicked" macro-assemblies with enhanced thermal stability. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Maximising graduate status in pre-registration nursing programmes: Utilising problem based learning (2010)
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McGarry, J., Aubeeluck, A., James, V., & Hinsliff-Smith, K. (2011). Maximising graduate status in pre-registration nursing programmes: Utilising problem based learning. Nurse Education in Practice, 11(6), 342-344. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2010.11.018

This paper debates the use of problem based learning in accelerated pre-registration nursing programmes that are specifically designed for candidates with ‘graduate status’. We discuss the benefits of using problem based learning (PBL) within a gradu... Read More about Maximising graduate status in pre-registration nursing programmes: Utilising problem based learning.

Galaxy Zoo 1 : Data Release of Morphological Classifications for nearly 900,000 galaxies (2010)
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Lintott, C., Schawinski, K., Bamford, S., Slosar, A., Land, K., Thomas, D., …Vandenberg, J. (2011). Galaxy Zoo 1 : Data Release of Morphological Classifications for nearly 900,000 galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410(1), 166–178. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17432.x

Morphology is a powerful indicator of a galaxy's dynamical and merger history. It is strongly correlated with many physical parameters, including mass, star formation history and the distribution of mass. The Galaxy Zoo project collected simple morph... Read More about Galaxy Zoo 1 : Data Release of Morphological Classifications for nearly 900,000 galaxies.

Security interests over intellectual property (2010)
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Tosato, A. (2011). Security interests over intellectual property. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 6(2), 93-104. doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpq168

The development of new technologies and the viral spread of communication networks have both rendered possible the rise of businesses that own very few tangible assets and owe their success almost exclusively to their intellectual property. Within th... Read More about Security interests over intellectual property.

Extending pathways and processes using molecular interaction networks to analyse cancer genome data (2010)
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Glaab, E., Baudot, A., Krasnogor, N., & Valencia, A. (2010). Extending pathways and processes using molecular interaction networks to analyse cancer genome data. BMC Bioinformatics, 11(597),

BACKGROUND: Cellular processes and pathways, whose deregulation may contribute to the development of cancers, are often represented as cascades of proteins transmitting a signal from the cell surface to the nucleus. However, recent functional genomic... Read More about Extending pathways and processes using molecular interaction networks to analyse cancer genome data.

Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks (2010)
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Hall, S. (2011). Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks. Global Networks, 11(1), 118-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00310.x

Research on elite, transnational networks has identified social and cultural capital associated with particular academic credentials as being an important element in network formation. How and why such networks are reproduced after graduation, howeve... Read More about Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks.

Centre for Research Communications and the SHERPA services (2010)
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Smith, J. H. (2010). Centre for Research Communications and the SHERPA services

Describes the work of the SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) services in relation to open access and institutional repositories.

A personal route prediction system based on trajectory data mining (2010)
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Chen, L., Lv, M., Ye, Q., Chen, G., & Woodward, J. (2011). A personal route prediction system based on trajectory data mining. Information Sciences, 181(7), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2010.11.035

This paper presents a system where the personal route of a user is predicted using a probabilistic model built from the historical trajectory data. Route patterns are extracted from personal trajectory data using a novel mining algorithm, Continuous... Read More about A personal route prediction system based on trajectory data mining.

Lameness in UK dairy cows: a review of the current status (2010)
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Archer, S. C., Bell, N., & Huxley, J. (2010). Lameness in UK dairy cows: a review of the current status. In Practice, 32(10), https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.c6672

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)
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Padilla, A., Saffin, P. M., & Zhou, S. (2010). Bi-galileon theory I: motivation and formulation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010(12), https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12%282010%29031

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)
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Brown, C. A., Campos-León, K., Strickland, M., Williams, C., Fairweather, V., Brady, R. L., …Gaston, K. (2011). Protein flexibility directs DNA recognition by the papillomavirus E2 proteins. Nucleic Acids Research, 39(7), 2969--2980. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkq1217

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)
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Haichang, G., Zhongjie, R., Xiuling, C., Xiyang, L., & Aickelin, U. A new graphical password scheme resistant to shoulder-surfing. https://doi.org/10.1109/CW.2010.34

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.