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Biological role and clinical significance of insulin-like peptide 3 (2011)
Journal Article
Ivell, R., & Anand-Ivell, R. (2011). Biological role and clinical significance of insulin-like peptide 3. Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity, 18(3), 210-216. https://doi.org/10.1097/MED.0b013e3283453fe6

Purpose of Review: Insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) is the subject of a fast expanding literature reflecting increasing clinical application, particularly as a diagnostic parameter. This review summarizes the recent INSL3 literature published within th... Read More about Biological role and clinical significance of insulin-like peptide 3.

Influence of the thermophysical properties of pavement materials on the evolution of temperature depth profiles in different climatic regions (2011)
Journal Article
Hall, M. R., Dehdezi, P. K., Dawson, A. R., Grenfell, J., & Isola, R. (2012). Influence of the thermophysical properties of pavement materials on the evolution of temperature depth profiles in different climatic regions. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 24(1), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29MT.1943-5533.0000357

The paper summarizes the relative influence of different pavement thermo-physical properties on the thermal response of pavement cross-sections, and how their relative behaviour changes in different climatic regions. A simplified one-dimensional heat... Read More about Influence of the thermophysical properties of pavement materials on the evolution of temperature depth profiles in different climatic regions.

The politics of protest in newspaper campaigns: dissent, populism and the rhetoric of authenticity (2011)
Journal Article
Birks, J. (2011). The politics of protest in newspaper campaigns: dissent, populism and the rhetoric of authenticity. British Politics, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1057/bp.2011.5

Newspaper campaigns embody newspaper’ most emphatic claims to speak for ‘the people’, and as such are generally regarded as populist. However, they can be oppositional, engaging in dissent of one sort or another, and often assume a certain amount of... Read More about The politics of protest in newspaper campaigns: dissent, populism and the rhetoric of authenticity.

Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search (2011)
Journal Article
Muzio, D., Hodgson, D., Faulconbridge, J., Beaverstock, J., & Hall, S. (2011). Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search. Current Sociology, 59(4), 443-464. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392111402587

This article explores patterns of professionalization in a number of 'new' knowledge-based occupations: management consultancy, project management and executive headhunters. Against a general assumption in the literature that such occupations are unw... Read More about Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search.

A geometric parameter study of piezoelectric coverage on a rectangular cantilever energy harvester (2011)
Journal Article
Patel, R., McWilliam, S., & Popov, A. (2011). A geometric parameter study of piezoelectric coverage on a rectangular cantilever energy harvester. Smart Materials and Structures, 20(8), Article 085004. https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/20/8/085004

This paper proposes a versatile model for optimizing the performance of a rectangular cantilever beam piezoelectric energy harvester used to convert ambient vibrations into electrical energy. The developed model accounts for geometric changes to the... Read More about A geometric parameter study of piezoelectric coverage on a rectangular cantilever energy harvester.

Comparing System Dynamics and Agent-Based Simulation for tumour growth and its interactions with effector cells (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Figueredo, G. P., & Aickelin, U. (2011). Comparing System Dynamics and Agent-Based Simulation for tumour growth and its interactions with effector cells.

There is little research concerning comparisons and combination of System Dynamics Simulation (SDS) and Agent Based Simulation (ABS). ABS is a paradigm used in many levels of abstraction, including those levels covered by SDS. We believe that the est... Read More about Comparing System Dynamics and Agent-Based Simulation for tumour growth and its interactions with effector cells.

Conveying intentions through haptics in human-computer collaboration (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kucukyilmaz, A., Sezgin, T. M., & Basdogan, C. (2011). Conveying intentions through haptics in human-computer collaboration. In 2011 IEEE World Haptics Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/whc.2011.5945523

Haptics has been used as a natural way for humans to communicate with computers in collaborative virtual environments. Human-computer collaboration is typically achieved by sharing control of the task between a human and a computer operator. An impor... Read More about Conveying intentions through haptics in human-computer collaboration.

Resistance mutations define specific antiviral effects for inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus p7 ion channel (2011)
Journal Article
Foster, T. L., Verow, M., Wozniak, A. L., Bentham, M. J., Thompson, J., Atkins, E., …Griffin, S. (2011). Resistance mutations define specific antiviral effects for inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus p7 ion channel. Hepatology, 54(1), 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.24371

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) p7 ion channel plays a critical role during infectious virus production and represents an important new therapeutic target. Its activity is blocked by structurally distinct classes of small molecules, with sensitivity vary... Read More about Resistance mutations define specific antiviral effects for inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus p7 ion channel.

Effects of orally administered Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus on the well-being and Salmonella colonization of young chicks (2011)
Journal Article
Atterbury, R. J., Hobley, L., Till, R., Lambert, C., Capeness, M. J., Lerner, T. R., …Sockett, R. E. (2011). Effects of orally administered Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus on the well-being and Salmonella colonization of young chicks. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77(16), https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00426-11

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a bacterium which preys upon and kills Gram-negative bacteria, including the zoonotic pathogens Escherichia coli and Salmonella. Bdellovibrio has potential as a biocontrol agent, but no reports of it being tested in livi... Read More about Effects of orally administered Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus on the well-being and Salmonella colonization of young chicks.

Preventing childhood obesity during infancy in UK primary care: a mixed-methods study of HCPs' knowledge, beliefs and practice (2011)
Journal Article
Redsell, S. A., Atkinson, P. J., Nathan, D., Siriwardena, A. N., Swift, J. A., & Glazebrook, C. (2011). Preventing childhood obesity during infancy in UK primary care: a mixed-methods study of HCPs' knowledge, beliefs and practice. BMC Family Practice, 12(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-54

Background

There is a strong rationale for intervening in early childhood to prevent obesity. Over a quarter of infants gain weight more rapidly than desirable during the first six months of life putting them at greater risk of obesity in childhoo... Read More about Preventing childhood obesity during infancy in UK primary care: a mixed-methods study of HCPs' knowledge, beliefs and practice.

A case study of avoiding the heat-related mortality impacts of climate change under mitigation scenarios (2011)
Journal Article
Gosling, S. N., & Lowe, J. A. (2011). A case study of avoiding the heat-related mortality impacts of climate change under mitigation scenarios. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 6, 104-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2011.05.011

We compare heat-related mortality impacts for three European cities, London, Lisbon and Budapest, under five climate change policies representing different dates at which carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions peak, rates at which emissions decline, and emis... Read More about A case study of avoiding the heat-related mortality impacts of climate change under mitigation scenarios.

Breast cancer and age in Black and White women in South East England (2011)
Journal Article
Jack, R. H., Davies, E. A., & Møller, H. (2012). Breast cancer and age in Black and White women in South East England. International Journal of Cancer, 130(5), 1227-1229. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.26088

Black women have lower age-standardized breast cancer incidence rates than White women in the United Kingdom. However, little is known about such differences in risk in separate age groups. Records on female residents of South East England diagnosed... Read More about Breast cancer and age in Black and White women in South East England.

Cten is targeted by Kras signalling to regulate cell motility in the colon and pancreas (2011)
Journal Article
Al-Ghamdi, S., Albasri, A., Cachat, J., Ibrahem, S., Muhammad, B. A., Jackson, D., Nateri, A. S., Kindle, K. B., & Ilyas, M. (2011). Cten is targeted by Kras signalling to regulate cell motility in the colon and pancreas. PLoS ONE, 6(6), Article e20919. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020919

CTEN/TNS4 is an oncogene in colorectal cancer (CRC) which enhances cell motility although the mechanism of Cten regulation is unknown. We found an association between high Cten expression and KRAS/BRAF mutation in a series of CRC cell lines (p = 0.03... Read More about Cten is targeted by Kras signalling to regulate cell motility in the colon and pancreas.

P-glycoprotein and breast cancer resistance protein in acute myeloid leukaemia cells treated with the Aurora-B Kinase Inhibitor barasertib-hQPA (2011)
Journal Article
Grundy, M., Seedhouse, C., Russell, N. H., & Pallis, M. (2011). P-glycoprotein and breast cancer resistance protein in acute myeloid leukaemia cells treated with the Aurora-B Kinase Inhibitor barasertib-hQPA. BMC Cancer, 11, Article 254. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-11-254

Background
Aurora kinases play an essential role in orchestrating chromosome alignment, segregation and cytokinesis during mitotic progression, with both aurora-A and B frequently over-expressed in a variety of human malignancies. Over-expression of... Read More about P-glycoprotein and breast cancer resistance protein in acute myeloid leukaemia cells treated with the Aurora-B Kinase Inhibitor barasertib-hQPA.

China's charm offensive and peacekeeping: the lessons of Cambodia – what now for Sudan? (2011)
Journal Article
Hirono, M. (2011). China's charm offensive and peacekeeping: the lessons of Cambodia – what now for Sudan?. International Peacekeeping, 18(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2011.563097

China's participation in UN peacekeeping is often viewed as a part of a global ‘charm offensive’ aimed at enhancing China's image in host countries. However, when viewed in the light of its support for dictatorial regimes in those host countries, do... Read More about China's charm offensive and peacekeeping: the lessons of Cambodia – what now for Sudan?.

Role of amygdala-prefrontal cortex circuitry in regulating the expression of contextual fear memory (2011)
Journal Article
Stevenson, C. W. (2011). Role of amygdala-prefrontal cortex circuitry in regulating the expression of contextual fear memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 96(2), 315-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2011.06.005

The basolateral amygdala (BLA) and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are inter-connected regions involved in fear memory expression. The reciprocal nature of projections between these areas differs along the rostrocaudal extent of BLA. This study inves... Read More about Role of amygdala-prefrontal cortex circuitry in regulating the expression of contextual fear memory.