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Geographies of money and finance III: Financial circuits and the 'real economy' (2012)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2013). Geographies of money and finance III: Financial circuits and the 'real economy'. Progress in Human Geography, 37(2), 285-292. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132512443488

This report focuses on the intersection between finance and the 'real economy'. I begin by examining how political economy approaches to money and the wider financialization literature reveal the entangled relationship between finance and broader eco... Read More about Geographies of money and finance III: Financial circuits and the 'real economy'.

Safety and efficacy of antibiotics compared with appendicectomy for treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2012)
Journal Article
Varadhan, K. K., Neal, K. R., & Lobo, D. N. (2012). Safety and efficacy of antibiotics compared with appendicectomy for treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ, 344(7855), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e2156

Objective To compare the safety and efficacy of antibiotic treatment versus appendicectomy for the primary treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis.

Design Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Population Randomised controlled tri... Read More about Safety and efficacy of antibiotics compared with appendicectomy for treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data (2012)
Journal Article
Orton, E., Kendrick, D., West, J., & Tata, L. J. (2012). Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data. PLoS ONE, 7(4), Article e35193. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035193

Background: Injuries in childhood are largely preventable yet an estimated 2,400 children die every day because of injury and violence. Despite this, the factors that contribute to injury occurrence have not been quantified at the population scale us... Read More about Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data.

Thermal constraints on the reionization of hydrogen by Population II stellar sources (2012)
Journal Article
Raskutti, S., Bolton, J. S., Wyithe, J. B., & Becker, G. D. (2012). Thermal constraints on the reionization of hydrogen by Population II stellar sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 421(3), 1969–1981. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20401.x

Metaethics, teleosemantics and the function of moral judgements (2012)
Journal Article
Sinclair, N. (2012). Metaethics, teleosemantics and the function of moral judgements. Biology and Philosophy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-012-9316-4

This paper applies the theory of teleosemantics to the issue of moral content. Two versions of teleosemantics are distinguished: input-based and output-based. It is argued that applying either to the case of moral judgements generates the conclusion... Read More about Metaethics, teleosemantics and the function of moral judgements.

Impact of material surface properties on building performance across a variety of climates (2012)
Journal Article
Kokogiannakis, G., Tuohy, P., & Darkwa, J. (2012). Impact of material surface properties on building performance across a variety of climates. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 7(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/cts018

Reflective coatings have been promoted for improved energy performance of buildings and are considered in some building regulations such as the California Title 24 standard. This paper provides an analysis of the energy impact of different internal a... Read More about Impact of material surface properties on building performance across a variety of climates.

Promoting Personalization in Social Care Services for Older People (2012)
Journal Article
Xie, C., Hughes, J., Sutcliffe, C., Chester, H., & Challis, D. (2012). Promoting Personalization in Social Care Services for Older People. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 55(3), 218-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2011.639437

This article presents findings on 4 themes associated with the personalization of social care for older people: integration of health and social care services; initiatives that prevent the need for more costly interventions; services to maintain peop... Read More about Promoting Personalization in Social Care Services for Older People.

Retrofit Yield Spectra–a practical device in seismic rehabilitation (2012)
Journal Article
Thermou, G., Elnashai, A., & Pantazopoulou, S. (2012). Retrofit Yield Spectra–a practical device in seismic rehabilitation. Earthquakes and Structures, 3(2), 141-168. https://doi.org/10.12989/eas.2012.3.2.141

The Retrofit Yield Spectrum (RYS) is a new spectrum-based device that relates seismic demand of a retrofitted structure with the fundamental design parameters of the retrofit. This is obtained from superposition of Yield Point Spectra with design cha... Read More about Retrofit Yield Spectra–a practical device in seismic rehabilitation.

Genetic basis for personalized medicine in asthma (2012)
Journal Article
Portelli, M. A., & Sayers, I. (2012). Genetic basis for personalized medicine in asthma. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1586/ers.12.9

There is heterogeneity in patient responses to current asthma medications. Significant progress has been made identifying genetic polymorphisms that influence the efficacy and potential for adverse effects to asthma drugs, including; β2-adrenergic re... Read More about Genetic basis for personalized medicine in asthma.

Open access central funds in UK universities (2012)
Journal Article
Pinfield, S., & Middleton, C. (2012). Open access central funds in UK universities. Learned Publishing, 25(2), 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1087/20120205

This paper reports on the extent to which higher education institutions in the UK have set up central funds and similar institutionally co-ordinated approaches to the payment of open access article-processing charges. It presents data demonstrating t... Read More about Open access central funds in UK universities.

Scientific evidence and rationale for the development of curcumin and resveratrol as nutraceutricals for joint health (2012)
Journal Article
Mobasheri, A., Henrotin, Y., Biesalski, H.-K., & Shakibaei, M. (2012). Scientific evidence and rationale for the development of curcumin and resveratrol as nutraceutricals for joint health. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms13044202

Interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) are key cytokines that drive the production of inflammatory mediators and matrix-degrading enzymes in osteoarthritis (OA). These proinflammatory cytokines bind to their respective cell surfac... Read More about Scientific evidence and rationale for the development of curcumin and resveratrol as nutraceutricals for joint health.

Re-examining the evidence for a pitch-sensitive region: a human fMRI study using iterated ripple noise (2012)
Journal Article
Barker, D., Plack, C. J., & Hall, D. A. (2012). Re-examining the evidence for a pitch-sensitive region: a human fMRI study using iterated ripple noise. Cerebral Cortex, 22(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhr065

Human neuroimaging studies have identified a region of auditory cortex, lateral Heschl’s gyrus (HG), that shows a greater response to iterated ripple noise (IRN) than to a Gaussian noise control. Based in part on results using IRN as a pitch-evoking... Read More about Re-examining the evidence for a pitch-sensitive region: a human fMRI study using iterated ripple noise.

5-hydroxymethyl-cytosine enrichment of non-committed cells is not a universal feature of vertebrate development (2012)
Journal Article
Almeida, R. D., Loose, M., Sottile, V., Matsa, E., Denning, C., Young, L., …Ruzov, A. (2012). 5-hydroxymethyl-cytosine enrichment of non-committed cells is not a universal feature of vertebrate development. Epigenetics, 7(4), https://doi.org/10.4161/epi.19375

5-hydroxymethyl-cytosine (5-hmc) is a cytosine modification that is relatively abundant in mammalian pre-implantation
embryos and embryonic stem cells (Esc) derived from mammalian blastocysts. Recent observations imply that both
5-hmc and Tet1/2/... Read More about 5-hydroxymethyl-cytosine enrichment of non-committed cells is not a universal feature of vertebrate development.

Salt release from potato crisps (2012)
Journal Article
Tian, X., & Fisk, I. D. (2012). Salt release from potato crisps. Food and Function, 3(4), https://doi.org/10.1039/C2FO10282J

The rate of salt release in-mouth from salted potato crisps was evaluated. It was hypothesised that
a slow steady release of sodium would occur on chewing and hydration; to test this a crisp was chewed
and held in the oral cavity without swallowing... Read More about Salt release from potato crisps.

Using evolutionary algorithms for fitting high-dimensional models to neuronal data (2012)
Journal Article
Svensson, C.-M., Coombes, S., & Peirce, J. (2012). Using evolutionary algorithms for fitting high-dimensional models to neuronal data. Neuroinformatics, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12021-012-9140-7

n the study of neurosciences, and of complex biological systems in general, there is frequently a need to fit mathematical models with large numbers of parameters to highly complex datasets. Here we consider algorithms of two different classes, gradi... Read More about Using evolutionary algorithms for fitting high-dimensional models to neuronal data.

In vitro and in vivo analysis of a novel highly selective β1-adrenoceptor partial agonist. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Baker, J. G., Mistry, S. N., Fischer, P. M., Hill, S. J., Gardiner, S. M., & Kellam, B. (2012). In vitro and in vivo analysis of a novel highly selective β1-adrenoceptor partial agonist.

What counts as inclusion? (2012)
Journal Article
Walton, E., & Nel, N. (2012). What counts as inclusion?. Africa Education Review, 9(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2012.683606

In the years since the publication in South Africa of White Paper Six: Special needs education (Department of Education (DoE) 2001) various schools in the state and independent sectors have begun to implement inclusive policies and practices. With re... Read More about What counts as inclusion?.

Commentary (2012)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2012). Commentary. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 19(3), 143. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2012.19.3.143

[This is a commentary on: Tai Chi intervention for older adults using assistive devices in a senior living community: a pilot study (https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/ijtr.2012.19.3.136?journalCode=ijtr)]

HIV-1 Nef Enhances Dendritic Cell-Mediated Viral Transmission to CD4+ T Cells and Promotes T-Cell Activation (2012)
Journal Article
Wang, J., St. Gelais, C., Coleman, C. M., & Wu, L. (2012). HIV-1 Nef Enhances Dendritic Cell-Mediated Viral Transmission to CD4+ T Cells and Promotes T-Cell Activation. PLoS ONE, 7(3), Article e34521. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034521

The dendritic cell algorithm for intrusion detection (2012)
Book Chapter
Gu, F., Greensmith, J., & Aickelin, U. (2012). The dendritic cell algorithm for intrusion detection. In P. Lio, & D. Verma (Eds.), Biologically inspired networking and sensing : algorithms and architectures. IGI Global

As one of the solutions to intrusion detection problems, Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) have shown their advantages. Unlike genetic algorithms, there is no one archetypal AIS, instead there are four major paradigms. Among them, the Dendritic Cell Al... Read More about The dendritic cell algorithm for intrusion detection.