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Composition of semi-volatile organic compounds in the urban atmosphere of Singapore: influence of biomass burning (2010)
Journal Article
He, J., Zielinska, B., & Balasubramanian, R. (2010). Composition of semi-volatile organic compounds in the urban atmosphere of Singapore: influence of biomass burning. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10(23), https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-11401-2010

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.

Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe (2010)
Journal Article
Beaverstock, J. V., Faulconbridge, J. R., & Hall, S. J. (2010). Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe. Journal of Economic Geography, 10(6), 825-843. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbp058

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
van Veldhoven, J. P. D., Blad, C. C., Artsen, C. M., Klopman, C., Wolfram, D. R., Abdelkadir, M. J., Lane, J. R., Brussee, J., & IJzerman, A. P. (2011). Structure-activity relationships of trans-substituted-propenoic acid derivatives on the nicotinic acid receptor HCA2 (GPR109A). Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 21(9), 2736-2739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.11.091

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
Astle, A. T., Webb, B. S., & McGraw, P. V. (2010). Spatial frequency discrimination learning in normal and developmentally impaired human vision. Vision Research, 50(23), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.004

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.

Knockdown of microRNA-21 Inhibits Proliferation and Increases Cell Death by Targeting Programmed Cell Death 4 (PDCD4) in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (2010)
Journal Article
Bhatti, I., Lee, A., James, V., Hall, R. I., Lund, J. N., Tufarelli, C., …Larvin, M. (2011). Knockdown of microRNA-21 Inhibits Proliferation and Increases Cell Death by Targeting Programmed Cell Death 4 (PDCD4) in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 15(1), 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-010-1381-x

Management of tinnitus in English NHS audiology departments: an evaluation of current practice (2010)
Journal Article
Hoare, D. J., Gander, P. E., Collins, L. C., Smith, S., & Hall, D. A. (2010). Management of tinnitus in English NHS audiology departments: an evaluation of current practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01566.x

Rationale, aim and objective: In 2009, the UK Department of Health formalized recommended National Health Service practices for the management of tinnitus from primary care onwards. It is timely therefore to evaluate the perceived practicality, utili... Read More about Management of tinnitus in English NHS audiology departments: an evaluation of current practice.

Coding of Reward Risk by Orbitofrontal Neurons Is Mostly Distinct from Coding of Reward Value (2010)
Journal Article
O'Neill, M., & Schultz, W. (2010). Coding of Reward Risk by Orbitofrontal Neurons Is Mostly Distinct from Coding of Reward Value. Neuron, 68(4), 789-800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2010.09.031

Risky decision-making is altered in humans and animals with damage to the orbitofrontal cortex. However, the cellular function of the intact orbitofrontal cortex in processing information relevant for risky decisions is unknown. We recorded responses... Read More about Coding of Reward Risk by Orbitofrontal Neurons Is Mostly Distinct from Coding of Reward Value.

HF induction motor modeling using Genetic Algorithms and experimental impedance measurement (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Degano, M., Zanchetta, P., Clare, J., & Empringham, L. (2010). HF induction motor modeling using Genetic Algorithms and experimental impedance measurement. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2010.5637052

High frequency (HF) models of electrical motors and converters are of basic importance for Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) characterization of electrical drives and for EMI filters design. In this paper a method for characterizing and tuning HF... Read More about HF induction motor modeling using Genetic Algorithms and experimental impedance measurement.

A hybrid approach to multi-scale modelling of cancer (2010)
Journal Article
Osborne, J. M., Walter, A., Kershaw, S. K., Mirams, G. R., Fletcher, A. G., Pathmanathan, P., …Byrne, H. M. (2010). A hybrid approach to multi-scale modelling of cancer. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 368(1930), 5013-5028. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2010.0173

In this paper, we review multi-scale models of solid tumour growth and discuss a middleout framework that tracks individual cells. By focusing on the cellular dynamics of a healthy colorectal crypt and its invasion by mutant, cancerous cells, we comp... Read More about A hybrid approach to multi-scale modelling of cancer.

Encouraging women's entrepreneurship in the sciences: Women in veterinary medicine (2010)
Book Chapter
Henry, C., Baillie, S., & Treanor, L. (2010). Encouraging women's entrepreneurship in the sciences: Women in veterinary medicine. In P. Wynarczyk, & S. Marlow (Eds.), Innovating Women: Contributions to Technological Advancement: Volume 1 (15-33). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s2040-7246%282010%290000001007

Purpose – The chapter aims to explore women's entrepreneurship in the sciences, specifically, veterinary medicine, and to highlight future potential.

Methodology/approach – Following a review of the extant literature, the chapter employs a single... Read More about Encouraging women's entrepreneurship in the sciences: Women in veterinary medicine.

Conditional Cooperation and Costly Monitoring Explain Success in Forest Commons Management (2010)
Journal Article
Rustagi, D., & Engel, S. (2010). Conditional Cooperation and Costly Monitoring Explain Success in Forest Commons Management. Science, 330(6006), 961-965. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1193649

Recent evidence suggests that prosocial behaviors like conditional cooperation and costly norm enforcement can stabilize large-scale cooperation for commons management. However, field evidence on the extent to which variation in these behaviors among... Read More about Conditional Cooperation and Costly Monitoring Explain Success in Forest Commons Management.

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. (2010). High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. In IECON 2010 - 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2010.5675400

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. (2010). Characterization of energy storage devices for constant power applications. In IECON 2010 - 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2010.5675401

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.