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Coping with infertility online: An examination of self-help mechanisms in an online infertility support group (2010)
Journal Article
Malik, S. H., & Coulson, N. S. (2010). Coping with infertility online: An examination of self-help mechanisms in an online infertility support group. Patient Education and Counseling, 81(2), 315-318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2010.01.007

Objective: To examine communication within an online infertility support group. Methods: A content analysis of 3500 messages posted to infertility bulletin boards. Results: The most frequently used self-help mechanisms were support or empathy (45.5%)... Read More about Coping with infertility online: An examination of self-help mechanisms in an online infertility support group.

Depolarization induced suppression of excitation and the emergence of ultraslow rhythms in neural networks (2010)
Journal Article
Hlinka, J., Hlinka, J., & Coombes, S. (2010). Depolarization induced suppression of excitation and the emergence of ultraslow rhythms in neural networks. Physical Review Letters, 104(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.068101

Ultraslow fluctuations (0.01-0.1 Hz) are a feature of intrinsic brain activity of as yet unclear origin. We propose a candidate mechanism based on retrograde endocannabinoid signaling in a synaptically coupled network of excitatory neurons. This is k... Read More about Depolarization induced suppression of excitation and the emergence of ultraslow rhythms in neural networks.

Potential Energy Surfaces Fitted by Artificial Neural Networks (2010)
Journal Article
Handley, C. M., & Popelier, P. L. A. (2010). Potential Energy Surfaces Fitted by Artificial Neural Networks. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114(10), 3371-3383. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9105585

Molecular mechanics is the tool of choice for the modeling of systems that are so large or complex that it is impractical or impossible to model them by ab initio methods. For this reason there is a need for accurate potentials that are able to quick... Read More about Potential Energy Surfaces Fitted by Artificial Neural Networks.

Reputation-based security protocol for MANETs in highly mobile disconnection-prone environments (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Radenkovic, M., Zakhary, S. R., & Radenkovic, M. (2010). Reputation-based security protocol for MANETs in highly mobile disconnection-prone environments. In 2010 Seventh International Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (WONS) (161--167). https://doi.org/10.1109/WONS.2010.5437117

This paper is concerned with fully distributed reputation-based mechanisms that improve security in MANETS. We introduce a number of optimisations to the current reputation schemes used in MANETs such as selective deviation tests and adaptive expirat... Read More about Reputation-based security protocol for MANETs in highly mobile disconnection-prone environments.

The effect of cooperative Jahn–Teller interactions on C60− anions (2010)
Journal Article
Moujaes, E. A., & Dunn, J. L. (2010). The effect of cooperative Jahn–Teller interactions on C60− anions. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22(8), https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/22/8/085007

Singly charged buckminsterfullerene anions, C60−, are subject to a strong intramolecular T [circle times] h Jahn–Teller (JT) effect. When such ions interact with other C60− ions in a solid through a cooperative JT effect, they will be subject to an... Read More about The effect of cooperative Jahn–Teller interactions on C60− anions.

A new method for conditioning stochastic groundwater flow models in fractured media (2010)
Journal Article
Milne, A., Cliffe, A., Holton, D., Houston, P., Jackson, C. P., & Joyce, S. A new method for conditioning stochastic groundwater flow models in fractured media. Manuscript submitted for publication

Many geological formations consist of crystalline rocks that have very low matrix permeability but allow flow through an interconnected network of fractures. Understanding the flow of groundwater through such rocks is important in considering disposa... Read More about A new method for conditioning stochastic groundwater flow models in fractured media.

Normed algebras of differentiable functions on compact plane sets (2010)
Journal Article
Dales, H., & Feinstein, J. (2010). Normed algebras of differentiable functions on compact plane sets. Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 41(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s13226-010-0005-1

We investigate the completeness and completions of the normed algebras (D(1)(X),∥•∥) for perfect, compact plane sets X. In particular, we construct a radially self-absorbing, compact plane set X such that the normed algebra (D(1)(X),∥•∥) is not compl... Read More about Normed algebras of differentiable functions on compact plane sets.

Press protest and publics: the agency of publics in newspaper campaigns (2010)
Journal Article
Birks, J. (2010). Press protest and publics: the agency of publics in newspaper campaigns. Discourse and Communication, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481309353285

Campaign advocacy is a common but rarely researched practice in British tabloid journalism. Newspaper campaigns give an account of ‘public opinion’ to politicians, make explicit claims to speak for ‘the public’ and authentically represent them, and... Read More about Press protest and publics: the agency of publics in newspaper campaigns.

‘We need to talk’: Communication between primary care trusts and other health and social care agencies following the introduction of the Single Assessment Process for older people in England (2010)
Journal Article
Abendstern, M., Hughes, J., Clarkson, P., Sutcliffe, C., Wilson, K., & Challis, D. (2010). ‘We need to talk’: Communication between primary care trusts and other health and social care agencies following the introduction of the Single Assessment Process for older people in England. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 11(1), 61-71. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423609990314

The article seeks to provide evidence of developments in relation to the extent and type of information sharing between primary care trusts (PCTs) and other settings involved in the assessment and provision of services for older people with health an... Read More about ‘We need to talk’: Communication between primary care trusts and other health and social care agencies following the introduction of the Single Assessment Process for older people in England.

A novel chemogenomics analysis of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their ligands: a potential strategy for receptor de-orphanization (2010)
Journal Article
van der Horst, E., Peironcely, J. E., Ijzerman, A. P., Beukers, M. W., Lane, J. R., van Vlijmen, H. W. T., …Bender, A. (2010). A novel chemogenomics analysis of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their ligands: a potential strategy for receptor de-orphanization. BMC Bioinformatics, 11, Article 316. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-11-316

BACKGROUND:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent a family of well-characterized drug targets with significant therapeutic value. Phylogenetic classifications may help to understand the characteristics of individual GPCRs and their subtypes. P... Read More about A novel chemogenomics analysis of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their ligands: a potential strategy for receptor de-orphanization.

Large-scale neural dynamics: Simple and complex (2010)
Journal Article
Coombes, S. (2010). Large-scale neural dynamics: Simple and complex. NeuroImage, 52(3), 731-739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.01.045

We review the use of neural field models for modelling the brain at the large scales necessary for interpreting EEG, fMRI, MEG and optical imaging data. Albeit a framework that is limited to coarse-grained or mean-field activity, neural field models... Read More about Large-scale neural dynamics: Simple and complex.

AAV-mediated chronic over-expression of SNAP-25 in adult rat dorsal hippocampus impairs memory-associated synaptic plasticity (2010)
Journal Article
McKee, A. G., Loscher, J. S., O'Sullivan, N. C., Chadderton, N., Palfi, A., Batti, L., …Murphy, K. J. (2010). AAV-mediated chronic over-expression of SNAP-25 in adult rat dorsal hippocampus impairs memory-associated synaptic plasticity. Journal of Neurochemistry, 112(4), 991-1004. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06516.x

Long-term memory is formed by alterations in glutamate-dependent excitatory synaptic transmission, which is in turn regulated by synaptosomal protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25), a key component of the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment pro... Read More about AAV-mediated chronic over-expression of SNAP-25 in adult rat dorsal hippocampus impairs memory-associated synaptic plasticity.

Aerial photosieving of exposed gravel bars for the rapid calibration of airborne grain size maps (2010)
Journal Article
Dugdale, S. J., Carbonneau, P. E., & Campbell, D. (2010). Aerial photosieving of exposed gravel bars for the rapid calibration of airborne grain size maps. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 35(6), 627-639. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.1936

In recent years, fluvial remote sensing has seen considerable progress in terms of methods capable of system scale characterisation of river catchments. One key development is automated grain size mapping. It has been shown that high resolution aeria... Read More about Aerial photosieving of exposed gravel bars for the rapid calibration of airborne grain size maps.

Elvis sings for the BBC: broadcast branding and digital media design (2010)
Journal Article
Grainge, P. (2010). Elvis sings for the BBC: broadcast branding and digital media design. Media, Culture and Society, 32(1), 45-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443709350097

This essay uses a striking example of digital remix promotion - BBC Radio 2’s Elvis ad - to examine developments in the contemporary branding and broadcast environment. Developing work by John Caldwell, it examines the Elvis ad as a ‘deep text’, a pr... Read More about Elvis sings for the BBC: broadcast branding and digital media design.

On the interpretation of results from small punch creep tests (2010)
Journal Article
Hyde, T. H., Stoyanov, M., Sun, W., & Hyde, C. J. (2010). On the interpretation of results from small punch creep tests. Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 45(3), https://doi.org/10.1243/03093247JSA592

The small punch creep testing method is highly complex and involves interactions between a number of non-linear processes. The deformed shapes that are produced from such tests are related to the punch and specimen dimensions and to the elastic, plas... Read More about On the interpretation of results from small punch creep tests.

'Voluntary Bounty and Devotion to the Service of God'? Lay Patronage, Protest and the Creation of the Parish of St Paul Covent Garden, 1629-41 (2010)
Journal Article
Merritt, J. (2010). 'Voluntary Bounty and Devotion to the Service of God'? Lay Patronage, Protest and the Creation of the Parish of St Paul Covent Garden, 1629-41. English Historical Review, CXXV(512), 35-59. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cep408

While historians have long appreciated the political and cultural importance of the famous Covent Garden development of the 1630s, they have neglected one of its remarkable features, namely the building of an entirely new church combined with the cre... Read More about 'Voluntary Bounty and Devotion to the Service of God'? Lay Patronage, Protest and the Creation of the Parish of St Paul Covent Garden, 1629-41.

A novel method for obtaining the multiaxiality constant for damage mechanics which is appropriate to crack tip conditions (2010)
Journal Article
Hyde, C. J., Sun, W., & Hyde, T. (2010). A novel method for obtaining the multiaxiality constant for damage mechanics which is appropriate to crack tip conditions. Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2011-57166

Many engineering components, such as power plant steam pipes, aero-engine turbine discs, etc, operate under severe loading/temperature conditions for the majority of their service life. As a result, cracks can initiate and subsequently propagate over... Read More about A novel method for obtaining the multiaxiality constant for damage mechanics which is appropriate to crack tip conditions.