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Abnormal Histone Methylation Is Responsible for Increased Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor 165a Secretion from Airway Smooth Muscle Cells in Asthma (2012)
Journal Article
Clifford, R. L., John, A. E., Brightling, C. E., & Knox, A. J. (2012). Abnormal Histone Methylation Is Responsible for Increased Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor 165a Secretion from Airway Smooth Muscle Cells in Asthma. Journal of Immunology, 189(2), 819-831. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1103641

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a key angiogenic molecule, is aberrantly expressed in several diseases including asthma where it contributes to bronchial vascular remodeling and chronic inflammation. Asthmatic human airway smooth muscle ce... Read More about Abnormal Histone Methylation Is Responsible for Increased Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor 165a Secretion from Airway Smooth Muscle Cells in Asthma.

Paramagnetic 19F Chemical Shift Probes that Respond Selectively to Calcium or Citrate Levels and Signal Ester Hydrolysis (2012)
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Harvey, P., Chalmers, K. H., De Luca, E., Mishra, A., & Parker, D. (2012). Paramagnetic 19F Chemical Shift Probes that Respond Selectively to Calcium or Citrate Levels and Signal Ester Hydrolysis. Chemistry - A European Journal, 18(28), 8748-8757. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201200737

Paramagnetic magnetic resonance chemical shift probes containing a proximal CF3 group have been characterised. Different systems have been created that report reversible changes in calcium ion concentrations in the millimolar regime, signal the prese... Read More about Paramagnetic 19F Chemical Shift Probes that Respond Selectively to Calcium or Citrate Levels and Signal Ester Hydrolysis.

MORAL REALISM, FACE-VALUES AND PRESUMPTIONS (2012)
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SINCLAIR, N. (2012). MORAL REALISM, FACE-VALUES AND PRESUMPTIONS. Analytic Philosophy, 53(2), 158-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2153-960x.2012.00558.x

Many philosophers argue that the face-value of moral practice provides presumptive support to moral realism. This paper analyses such arguments into three steps. (1) Moral practice has a certain face-value, (2) only realism can vindicate this face va... Read More about MORAL REALISM, FACE-VALUES AND PRESUMPTIONS.

An embedded longitudinal multi-faceted qualitative evaluation of a complex cluster randomized controlled trial aiming to reduce clinically important errors in medicines management in general practice (2012)
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Cresswell, K. M., Sadler, S., Rodgers, S., Avery, A., Cantrill, J., Murray, S. A., & Sheikh, A. (2012). An embedded longitudinal multi-faceted qualitative evaluation of a complex cluster randomized controlled trial aiming to reduce clinically important errors in medicines management in general practice. Trials, 13, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-13-78

Controlled release of BMP-2 from a sintered polymer scaffold enhances bone repair in a mouse calvarial defect model (2012)
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Rahman, C. V., Ben‐David, D., Dhillon, A., Kuhn, G., Gould, T., Müller, R., …Livne, E. (2014). Controlled release of BMP-2 from a sintered polymer scaffold enhances bone repair in a mouse calvarial defect model. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 8(1), 59-66. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.1497

Sustained and controlled delivery of growth factors, such as bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2), from polymer scaffolds has excellent potential for enhancing bone regeneration. The present study investigated the use of novel sintered polymer scaffo... Read More about Controlled release of BMP-2 from a sintered polymer scaffold enhances bone repair in a mouse calvarial defect model.

Discovering sequential patterns in a UK general practice database (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reps, J., Garibaldi, J. M., Aickelin, U., Soria, D., E. Gibson, J. E., & Hubbard, R. B. (2012). Discovering sequential patterns in a UK general practice database.

The wealth of computerised medical information becoming readily available presents the opportunity to examine patterns of illnesses, therapies and responses. These patterns may be able to predict illnesses that a patient is likely to develop, allowin... Read More about Discovering sequential patterns in a UK general practice database.

Surfactant destabilization and non-linear phenomena in two-fluid shear flows at small Reynolds numbers (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kalogirou, A., Papageorgiou, D. T., & Smyrlis, Y.-. S. (2011, July). Surfactant destabilization and non-linear phenomena in two-fluid shear flows at small Reynolds numbers. Presented at The IMA Conference on Nonlinearity and Coherent Structures, Reading, UK

The flow of two superposed fluids in a channel in the presence of an insoluble surfactant is studied. Asymptotic analysis when one of the layers is thin yields a system of coupled weakly non-linear evolution equations for the film thickness and the l... Read More about Surfactant destabilization and non-linear phenomena in two-fluid shear flows at small Reynolds numbers.

Social top-down response modulation (STORM): a model of the control of mimicry in social interaction (2012)
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Wang, Y., & Hamilton, A. F. D. C. (2012). Social top-down response modulation (STORM): a model of the control of mimicry in social interaction. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(153), Article 153. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00153

As a distinct feature of human social interactions, spontaneous mimicry has been widely investigated in the past decade. Research suggests that mimicry is a subtle and flexible social behavior which plays an important role for communication and affil... Read More about Social top-down response modulation (STORM): a model of the control of mimicry in social interaction.

A partially interpenetrated metal-organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide (2012)
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Yang, S., Lin, X., Lewis, W., Suyetin, M., Bichoutskaia, E., Parker, J. E., …Schröder, M. (2012). A partially interpenetrated metal-organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide. Nature Materials, 11(8), 710-716. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3343

The selective capture of carbon dioxide in porous materials has potential for the storage and purification of fuel and flue gases. However, adsorption capacities under dynamic conditions are often insufficient for practical applications, and strategi... Read More about A partially interpenetrated metal-organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide.

Review: Sketches of Frank Gehry: Markus Heidingsfelder and Min Tesch, directors. Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect. Arthouse Films, New York, 2010, DVD, 97 mins., $19.95, http://www.arthousefilms online.com (2012)
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Kauffman, J. (2012). Review: Sketches of Frank Gehry: Markus Heidingsfelder and Min Tesch, directors. Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect. Arthouse Films, New York, 2010, DVD, 97 mins., $19.95, http://www.arthousefilms online.com. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 71(2), 245-246. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2012.71.2.242

During the past decade, it became clear that the postmodern belief in the death of the author as a narrative construct was greatly exaggerated. As architects realized the marketing value of the authorial persona—labeled the “starchitect” by the media... Read More about Review: Sketches of Frank Gehry: Markus Heidingsfelder and Min Tesch, directors. Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect. Arthouse Films, New York, 2010, DVD, 97 mins., $19.95, http://www.arthousefilms online.com.

Malt-induced premature yeast flocculation: Current perspectives (2012)
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Panteloglou, A. G., Smart, K. A., & Cook, D. J. (2012). Malt-induced premature yeast flocculation: Current perspectives. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 39(6), 813-822. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-012-1086-0

Premature yeast flocculation (PYF) is a sporadic problem for the malting and brewing industries which can have significant financial and logistical implications. The condition is characterised by abnormally heavy (and sometimes early) flocculation of... Read More about Malt-induced premature yeast flocculation: Current perspectives.

Phthalates and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid in human amniotic fluid: Temporal trends and timing of amniocentesis in pregnancy (2012)
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Jensen, M. S., Norgaard-Pedersen, B., Toft, G., Hougaard, D. M., Bonde, J. P., Cohen, A., …Jönsson, B. A. (2012). Phthalates and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid in human amniotic fluid: Temporal trends and timing of amniocentesis in pregnancy. Environmental Health Perspectives, 120(6), 897-903. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104522

Background: Measures of prenatal environmental exposures are important, and amniotic fluid levels may directly reflect fetal exposures during hypothesized windows of vulnerability. Objectives: We aimed to detect various phthalate metabolites and perf... Read More about Phthalates and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid in human amniotic fluid: Temporal trends and timing of amniocentesis in pregnancy.

Tissue transglutaminase (TG-2) modified amniotic membrane: A novel scaffold for biomedical applications (2012)
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Chau, D. Y., Brown, S. V., Mather, M. L., Hutter, V., Tint, N. L., Dua, H. S., …Ghaemmaghami, A. M. (2012). Tissue transglutaminase (TG-2) modified amniotic membrane: A novel scaffold for biomedical applications. Biomedical Materials, 7(4), Article 045011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-6041/7/4/045011

The amniotic membrane (AM) is considered as a natural cell culture substrate and has occasionally been exploited in regenerative medicine especially for ocular surface reconstruction and dermal wound healing applications. However, its use is limited... Read More about Tissue transglutaminase (TG-2) modified amniotic membrane: A novel scaffold for biomedical applications.

Evolutionary local search for solving the office space allocation problem (2012)
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Ulker, O., & Landa-Silva, D. (2012). Evolutionary local search for solving the office space allocation problem.

Office Space Allocation (OSA) is the task of correctly allocating the spatial resources of an institution to a set of entities by minimising the wastage of space and the violation of additional constraints. In this paper, an evolutionary local search... Read More about Evolutionary local search for solving the office space allocation problem.

Narratives of variation in teacher-pupil relationships across a career (2012)
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Kington, A. (2012). Narratives of variation in teacher-pupil relationships across a career

This paper reports on the findings of a research study focused on teacher perceptions of their relationships with pupils over three phases of a career. Data collected from thirty primary school teachers using a critical event narrative approach were... Read More about Narratives of variation in teacher-pupil relationships across a career.

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, combined with bimolecular fluorescence complementation, reveals the effects of β-arrestin complexes and endocytic targeting on the membrane mobility of neuropeptide Y receptors (2012)
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Kilpatrick, L. E., Briddon, S. J., & Holliday, N. D. (2012). Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, combined with bimolecular fluorescence complementation, reveals the effects of β-arrestin complexes and endocytic targeting on the membrane mobility of neuropeptide Y receptors. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, 1823(6),

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and photon counting histogram (PCH) analysis are powerful ways to study mobility and stoichiometry of G protein coupled receptor complexes, within microdomains of single living cells. However, relating thes... Read More about Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, combined with bimolecular fluorescence complementation, reveals the effects of β-arrestin complexes and endocytic targeting on the membrane mobility of neuropeptide Y receptors.

Farm systems assessment of bioenergy feedstock production: Integrating bio-economic models and life cycle analysis approaches (2012)
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Glithero, N., Ramsden, S., & Wilson, P. (2012). Farm systems assessment of bioenergy feedstock production: Integrating bio-economic models and life cycle analysis approaches. Agricultural Systems, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2012.02.005

Climate change and energy security concerns have driven the development of policies that encourage bioenergy production. Meeting EU targets for the consumption of transport fuels from bioenergy by 2020 will require a large increase in the production... Read More about Farm systems assessment of bioenergy feedstock production: Integrating bio-economic models and life cycle analysis approaches.

Variation among individual dairy cows in methane measurements made on farm during milking (2012)
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Garnsworthy, P., Craigon, J., Hernandez-Medrano, J., & Saunders, N. (2012). Variation among individual dairy cows in methane measurements made on farm during milking. Journal of Dairy Science, 95(6), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2011-4606

The objective of this study was to quantify on-farm variation between and within cows in methane emissions measured during milking, and to determine which factors are related to this variation. Methane emission rate during milking (MERm) was recorded... Read More about Variation among individual dairy cows in methane measurements made on farm during milking.

On-farm methane measurements during milking correlate with total methane production by individual dairy cows (2012)
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Garnsworthy, P., Craigon, J., Hernandez-Medrano, J., & Saunders, N. (2012). On-farm methane measurements during milking correlate with total methane production by individual dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 95(6), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2011-4605

The objective of this study was to investigate whether measurement of methane emissions by individual dairy cows during milking could provide a useful technique for monitoring on-farm methane emissions. To quantify methane emissions from individual c... Read More about On-farm methane measurements during milking correlate with total methane production by individual dairy cows.