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Corneal Densitometry as an Indicator of Corneal Health (2011)
Journal Article

Purpose To establish prospectively the normal values of corneal density of healthy subjects using the Pentacam Scheimpflug system (Oculus, Inc., Wetzlar, Germany) and to investigate alteration in corneal density during active and healed stages of ba... Read More about Corneal Densitometry as an Indicator of Corneal Health.

Towards the development of a simulator for investigating the impact of people management practices on retail performance (2011)
Journal Article

Often models for understanding the impact of management practices on retail performance are developed under the assumption of stability, equilibrium and linearity, whereas retail operations are considered in reality to be dynamic, non-linear and comp... Read More about Towards the development of a simulator for investigating the impact of people management practices on retail performance.

Diabetes health-beliefs, self-care practices and glycaemic control among Malaysian young adults with diabetes (2011)
Journal Article

Self-care practices and glycaemic control remain suboptimal among young adults with diabetes. One of the known factors to influence self-care behaviours is health beliefs. Targeting health beliefs through diabetes education facilitates individual’s d... Read More about Diabetes health-beliefs, self-care practices and glycaemic control among Malaysian young adults with diabetes.

Internet users’ perception of the importance of signs commonly seen in old animals with age-related diseases (2011)
Journal Article

Managing learning trajectories: the case of 14-19 mathematics (2011)
Journal Article

In this paper we explore how mathematics department leaders manage curriculum (what is taught), teaching (how it is taught) and learner progression (what results) for 14-19 year olds. The background to the study is a range of national, and internati... Read More about Managing learning trajectories: the case of 14-19 mathematics.

On symmetries of crystals with defects related to a class of solvable groups (S1) (2011)
Journal Article

We consider distributions of dislocations in continuum models of crystals which are such that the corresponding dislocation density tensor relates to a particular class of solvable Lie group, and discrete structures which are embedded in these crysta... Read More about On symmetries of crystals with defects related to a class of solvable groups (S1).

Tabu assisted guided local search approaches for freight service network design (2011)
Journal Article

The service network design problem (SNDP) is a core problem in freight transportation. It involves the determination of the most cost-effective transportation network and the character- istics of the corresponding services, subject to various constra... Read More about Tabu assisted guided local search approaches for freight service network design.

Differences in the pattern and regulation of mineral deposition in human cell lines of osteogenic and non-osteogenic origin (2011)
Journal Article

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely used as a cellular model of bone formation, and can mineralize in vitro in response to osteogenic medium (OM). It is unclear, however, whether this property is specific to cells of mesenchy... Read More about Differences in the pattern and regulation of mineral deposition in human cell lines of osteogenic and non-osteogenic origin.

S1P1 receptor subtype inhibits demyelination and regulates chemokine release in cerebellar slice cultures (2011)
Journal Article

Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors (S1PRs) are drug targets for the compound FTY720, which is the first oral therapy developed for treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. S1PRs play a variety of functional roles in the differentiation, pr... Read More about S1P1 receptor subtype inhibits demyelination and regulates chemokine release in cerebellar slice cultures.

Personalisation through individual budgets: Does it work and for whom? (2011)
Journal Article

In England, 'personal budgets' are being implemented at a time of financial austerity. They are part of a growing trend internationally to give users of publicly funded social care and support more choice and control. In the individual budgets' (IB)... Read More about Personalisation through individual budgets: Does it work and for whom?.

Applied utility and the auto-ethnographic short story: persuasions for, and illustrations of, writing critical social science (2011)
Journal Article

In some quarters it is argued that, narrative researchers might be classified as being either storyanalysts or storytellers. They go on to suggest that one feature of storytellers is that they undertake a form of analysis as the process of writing un... Read More about Applied utility and the auto-ethnographic short story: persuasions for, and illustrations of, writing critical social science.

A thematic analysis of patient communication in Parkinson's disease online support group discussion forums (2011)
Journal Article

Online support groups have become a popular source of information, advice and support for individuals living with a range of health conditions. However, research has not commonly focused on patients living with Parkinson's disease and their use of on... Read More about A thematic analysis of patient communication in Parkinson's disease online support group discussion forums.

The willingness of patients presenting with advanced glaucoma to participate in a trial comparing primary medical vs primary surgical treatment (2011)
Journal Article

Aim The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of patients, who presented with advanced glaucoma in at least one eye, to participation in a randomised prospective trial comparing primary medical treatment with primary surgical treatment for a... Read More about The willingness of patients presenting with advanced glaucoma to participate in a trial comparing primary medical vs primary surgical treatment.

Combining classical and molecular approaches elaborates on the complexity of mechanisms underpinning anterior regeneration (2011)
Journal Article

The current model of planarian anterior regeneration evokes the establishment of low levels of Wnt signalling at anterior wounds, promoting anterior polarity and subsequent elaboration of anterior fate through the action of the TALE class homeodomain... Read More about Combining classical and molecular approaches elaborates on the complexity of mechanisms underpinning anterior regeneration.

Predicting Phenolic Acid Absorption in Caco-2 Cells: A Theoretical Permeability Model and Mechanistic Study (2011)
Journal Article

There is a considerable need to rationalize the membrane permeability and mechanism of transport for potential nutraceuticals. The aim of this investigation was to develop a theoretical permeability equation, based on a reported descriptive absorptio... Read More about Predicting Phenolic Acid Absorption in Caco-2 Cells: A Theoretical Permeability Model and Mechanistic Study.

Modelling Reactive and Proactive Behaviour in Simulation: A Case Study in a University Organisation (2011)
Conference Proceeding

Simulation is a well established what-if scenario analysis tool in Operational Research (OR). While traditionally Discrete Event Simulation (DES) and System Dynamics Simulation (SDS) are the predominant simulation techniques in OR, a new simulation t... Read More about Modelling Reactive and Proactive Behaviour in Simulation: A Case Study in a University Organisation.

MicroRNA-mediated gene silencing: are we close to a unifying model? (2011)
Journal Article

Fluctuations in the open time of synaptic channels: an application to noise analysis based on charge (2011)
Journal Article

Synaptic channels are stochastic devices. Even recording from large ensembles of channels, the fluctuations, described by Markov transition matrices, can be used to extract single channel properties. Here we study fluctuations in the open time of cha... Read More about Fluctuations in the open time of synaptic channels: an application to noise analysis based on charge.

Widefield heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera (2011)
Journal Article

In this paper a method of taking widefield heterodyne inter- ferograms using a prototype modulated light camera is described. This custom CMOS modulated light camera (MLC) uses analogue quadrature demodulation at each pixel to output the phase and am... Read More about Widefield heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera.

Publicity, punishment and protection: the role(s) of adverse publicity in consumer policy (2011)
Journal Article

This paper argues that adverse publicity can fulfil two crucial roles in consumer protection law and policy. First, it can operate as an effective regulatory sanction in its own right; secondly it can play a vital role in helping consumers to exert m... Read More about Publicity, punishment and protection: the role(s) of adverse publicity in consumer policy.