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The importance of antioxidant micronutrients and vitamins in pregnancy (2011)
Journal Article
Mistry, H. D., & Williams, P. J. (2011). The importance of antioxidant micronutrients and vitamins in pregnancy. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/841749

Pregnancy places increased demands on the mother to provide not only adequate nutrition to support her own health but also to enable the growth and development of the conceptus. A key role of a number of micronutrients and vitamins is their function... Read More about The importance of antioxidant micronutrients and vitamins in pregnancy.

Selenium in reproduction (2011)
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Mistry, H. D., Broughton Pipkin, F., Redman, C. W., & Poston, L. (2012). Selenium in reproduction. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 206(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2011.07.034

Selenium is an essential trace element of importance to human biology and health. Increasing evidence suggests that this mineral plays an important role in normal growth and reproduction in animals and humans, and selenium supplementation is now reco... Read More about Selenium in reproduction.

“Frank Lloyd Oop”: microserfs, modern migration, and the architecture of the nineties (2011)
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Thompson, G. (in press). “Frank Lloyd Oop”: microserfs, modern migration, and the architecture of the nineties. Canadian Review of American Studies, 31(3), https://doi.org/10.3138/CRAS-s031-03-02

If the early development of the computing industry in America was marked by a preoccupation with hardware, as companies like UNIVAC, DEC, and IBM filled the nation’s corporate and government offices with mainframes, then a similar pre­occupation has... Read More about “Frank Lloyd Oop”: microserfs, modern migration, and the architecture of the nineties.

Abrasive wear behaviour of conventional and large-particle tungsten carbide-based cermet coatings as a function of abrasive size and type (2011)
Journal Article
Kamdi, Z., Shipway, P., Voisey, K., & Sturgeon, A. (2011). Abrasive wear behaviour of conventional and large-particle tungsten carbide-based cermet coatings as a function of abrasive size and type. Wear, 271(9-10), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2010.12.060

Abrasive wear behaviour of materials can be assessed using a wide variety of testing methods, and the relative performance of materials will tend to depend upon the testing procedure employed. In this work, two cermet type coatings have been examined... Read More about Abrasive wear behaviour of conventional and large-particle tungsten carbide-based cermet coatings as a function of abrasive size and type.

Validation of a microsimulation of the port of Dover (2011)
Journal Article
Roadknight, C., Aickelin, U., & Sherman, G. (in press). Validation of a microsimulation of the port of Dover. Journal of Computational Science, 3(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2011.07.005

Modelling and simulating the traffic of heavily used but secure environments such as seaports and airports is of increasing importance. Errors made when simulating these environments can have long standing economic, social and environmental implicati... Read More about Validation of a microsimulation of the port of Dover.

SUMO conjugation of STAT1 protects cells from hyperresponsiveness to IFNγ (2011)
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Begitt, A., Droescher, M., Knobeloch, K.-P., & Vinkemeier, U. (2011). SUMO conjugation of STAT1 protects cells from hyperresponsiveness to IFNγ. Blood, 118(4), https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2011-04-347930

The biologic effects of IFNγ are mediated by the transcription factor STAT1. The activity of STAT1 is inhibited by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) conjugation. This occurs both directly through decreasing STAT1 tyrosine phosphorylation and indir... Read More about SUMO conjugation of STAT1 protects cells from hyperresponsiveness to IFNγ.

The sterile alpha-motif (SAM) domain of p63 binds in vitro monoasialoganglioside (GM1) micelles (2011)
Journal Article
Rufini, S., Lena, A. M., Cadot, B., Mele, S., Amelio, I., Terrinoni, A., …Candi, E. (2011). The sterile alpha-motif (SAM) domain of p63 binds in vitro monoasialoganglioside (GM1) micelles. Biochemical Pharmacology, 82(10), 1262-1268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2011.07.087

The transcription factor p63 plays pivotal roles in epidermal barrier formation and in embryonic development. The protein structures of TAp63 and ΔNp63α isoforms include a C-terminal steril alpha-motif (SAM) involved in protein–protein interaction. I... Read More about The sterile alpha-motif (SAM) domain of p63 binds in vitro monoasialoganglioside (GM1) micelles.

Native-state stability determines the extent of degradation relative to secretion of protein variants from Pichia pastoris (2011)
Journal Article
Whyteside, G., Alcocer, M. J., Kumita, J. R., Dobson, C. M., Lazarou, M., Pleass, R. J., & Archer, D. B. (2011). Native-state stability determines the extent of degradation relative to secretion of protein variants from Pichia pastoris. PLoS ONE, 6(7), Article e22692. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022692

We have investigated the relationship between the stability and secreted yield of a series of mutational variants of human lysozyme (HuL) in Pichia pastoris. We show that genes directly involved in the unfolded protein response (UPR), ER-associated d... Read More about Native-state stability determines the extent of degradation relative to secretion of protein variants from Pichia pastoris.

Personality is of central concern to understand health: towards a theoretical model for health psychology (2011)
Journal Article
Eamonn, F. (2013). Personality is of central concern to understand health: towards a theoretical model for health psychology. Health Psychology Review, 7(Suppl1), S32-S70. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2010.547985

This paper sets out the case that personality traits are central to health psychology. To achieve this, three aims need to be addressed. First, it is necessary to show that personality influences a broad range of health outcomes and mechanisms. Secon... Read More about Personality is of central concern to understand health: towards a theoretical model for health psychology.

Modelling electricity consumption in office buildings: an agent based approach (2011)
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Zhang, T., Siebers, P.-O., & Aickelin, U. (2011). Modelling electricity consumption in office buildings: an agent based approach. Energy and Buildings, 43(10), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.07.007

In this paper, we develop an agent-based model which integrates four important elements, i.e. organisational energy management policies/regulations, energy management technologies, electric appliances and equipment, and human behaviour, to simulate t... Read More about Modelling electricity consumption in office buildings: an agent based approach.

Real-time fermions for baryogenesis simulations (2011)
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Saffin, P. M., & Tranberg, A. (2011). Real-time fermions for baryogenesis simulations. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(7), https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07%282011%29066

We study how to numerically simulate quantum fermions out of thermal equilibrium, in the context of electroweak baryogenesis. We find that by combining the lattice implementation of Aarts and Smit [1] with the "low cost" fermions of Borsanyi and Hind... Read More about Real-time fermions for baryogenesis simulations.

Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patel, R., Clark, M., & Achamfuo-Yeboah, S. (2011). Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera.

A method of detecting optical heterodyne interference fringes using a custom CMOS modulated light camera array has been developed. Widefield phase images are generated using quadrature demodulation and are kept stable using a feedback system. © 2011... Read More about Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera.

CHOTs optical transducers (2011)
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Arca, A., Aylott, J., Marques, L., Clark, M., Somekh, M., Smith, R., …Chen, X. (2011). CHOTs optical transducers. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 26(3-4), 353-366. https://doi.org/10.1080/10589759.2011.573555

Laser ultrasonics conventionally use direct absorption in the sample to generate ultrasound and monitor the sample to detect the ultrasound. However, in some circumstances there are significant advantages to using an optical transducer - a device to... Read More about CHOTs optical transducers.

International trends in HRM in the public sector: Reform attempts in the Republic of Georgia (2011)
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Common, R. (2011). International trends in HRM in the public sector: Reform attempts in the Republic of Georgia. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 24(5), 421-434. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513551111147150

Purpose The overall purpose of this paper is to explore the limits of HRM in public sector organisations, within the context of international public management. The cultural basis of HRM, derived chiefly from North America and Western Europe continu... Read More about International trends in HRM in the public sector: Reform attempts in the Republic of Georgia.

Implementing Consumer Choice Long-term Care: The Impact of Individual Budgets on Social Care Providers England (2011)
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Wilberforce, M., Glendinning, C., Challis, D., Fernandez, J. L., Jacobs, S., Jones, K., …Stevens, M. (2011). Implementing Consumer Choice Long-term Care: The Impact of Individual Budgets on Social Care Providers England. Social Policy and Administration, 45(5), 593-612. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00788.x

common with many advanced welfare states, England has increasingly relied on consumerist principles to deliver both greater quality and improved efficiency the long-term care system. The Individual Budget (IB) pilots marked the next step this process... Read More about Implementing Consumer Choice Long-term Care: The Impact of Individual Budgets on Social Care Providers England.

The personalization of care services and the early impact on staff activity patterns (2011)
Journal Article
Jacobs, S., Abell, J., Stevens, M., Wilberforce, M., Challis, D., Manthorpe, J., …Netten, A. (2013). The personalization of care services and the early impact on staff activity patterns. Journal of Social Work, 13(2), 141-163. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017311410681

• Summary: This study examines the early impact on care coordinators' (care managers') work activity patterns of implementing the current personalization agenda within English local authorities. The Individual Budget (IB) pilots operated between 2005... Read More about The personalization of care services and the early impact on staff activity patterns.

Polymers with hydro-responsive topography identified using high throughput AFM of an acrylate microarray (2011)
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Hook, A. L., Yang, J., Chen, X., Roberts, C. J., Mei, Y., Anderson, D. G., …Davies, M. C. (2011). Polymers with hydro-responsive topography identified using high throughput AFM of an acrylate microarray. Soft Matter, 7, https://doi.org/10.1039/c1sm06063e

Atomic force microscopy has been applied to an acrylate polymer microarray to achieve a full topographic characterisation. This process discovered a small number of hydro-responsive materials created from monomers with disparate hydrophilicities that... Read More about Polymers with hydro-responsive topography identified using high throughput AFM of an acrylate microarray.