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Research of Detection and Control System for Lunar Dust Effects Simulator (2012)
Journal Article
Liao, Z. R., Zhou, L., Gao, D., Zhang, X. L., & Yin, M. L. (2012). Research of Detection and Control System for Lunar Dust Effects Simulator. Advanced Materials Research, 426, 126-130. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.426.126

To simluate the effects of lunar dust environment veritably by using lunar dust effects simulator, a detection and control system based on singlechip microcomputer was developed. In this system, peripheral circuits with stepper motor driver, temperat... Read More about Research of Detection and Control System for Lunar Dust Effects Simulator.

General second-order scalar-tensor theory and self-tuning (2012)
Journal Article
Charmousis, C., Copeland, E. J., Saffin, P. M., & Padilla, A. (2012). General second-order scalar-tensor theory and self-tuning. Physical Review Letters, 108(5), Article 051101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.051101

Starting from the most general scalar-tensor theory with second order field equations in four dimensions, we establish the unique action that will allow for the existence of a consistent self-tuning mechanism on FLRW backgrounds, and show how it can... Read More about General second-order scalar-tensor theory and self-tuning.

The LIMD1 protein bridges an association between the prolyl hydroxylases and VHL to repress HIF-1 activity (2012)
Journal Article
Foxler, D. E., Bridge, K. S., James, V., Webb, T. M., Mee, M., Wong, S. C. K., …Sharp, T. V. (2012). The LIMD1 protein bridges an association between the prolyl hydroxylases and VHL to repress HIF-1 activity. Nature Cell Biology, 14(2), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb2424

There are three prolyl hydroxylases (PHD1, 2 and 3) that regulate the hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), the master transcriptional regulators that respond to changes in intracellular O2 tension1,2. In high O2 tension (normoxia) the PHDs hydroxylate t... Read More about The LIMD1 protein bridges an association between the prolyl hydroxylases and VHL to repress HIF-1 activity.

Lymphatic vessels in osteoarthritic human knees (2012)
Journal Article
Walsh, D. A., Verghese, P., Cook, G. J., McWilliams, D. F., Mapp, P. I., Ashraf, S., & Wilson, D. (2012). Lymphatic vessels in osteoarthritic human knees. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 20(5), 405-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2012.01.012

Objectives: The distribution and function of lymphatic vessels in normal and diseased human knees are understood incompletely. This study aimed to investigate whether lymphatic density is associated with clinical, histological or radiographic paramet... Read More about Lymphatic vessels in osteoarthritic human knees.

A European study investigating patterns of transition from home care towards institutional dementia care: The protocol of a RightTimePlaceCare study (2012)
Journal Article
Verbeek, H., Meyer, G., Leino-Kilpi, H., Zabalegui, A., Hallberg, I. R., Saks, K., …Hamers, J. P. (2012). A European study investigating patterns of transition from home care towards institutional dementia care: The protocol of a RightTimePlaceCare study. BMC Public Health, 12(1), Article 68. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-68

Background: Health care policies in many countries aim to enable people with dementia to live in their own homes as long as possible. However, at some point during the disease the needs of a significant number of people with dementia cannot be approp... Read More about A European study investigating patterns of transition from home care towards institutional dementia care: The protocol of a RightTimePlaceCare study.

Tribbles 2 (Trib2) is a novel regulator of toll-like receptor 5 signaling (2012)
Journal Article
Wei, S. C., Rosenberg, I. M., Cao, Z., Huett, A. S., Xavier, R. J., & Podolsky, D. K. (2012). Tribbles 2 (Trib2) is a novel regulator of toll-like receptor 5 signaling. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 18(5), 877-888. https://doi.org/10.1002/ibd.22883

Background: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are expressed by a variety of cells, including intestinal epithelia. However, the full spectrum of regulators modulating innate responses via TLRs has not been delineated. Tribbles (Trib) have been identified as... Read More about Tribbles 2 (Trib2) is a novel regulator of toll-like receptor 5 signaling.

Coöperatie in spelshows (2012)
Book Chapter
van den Assem, M. J., & van Dolder, D. (2012). Coöperatie in spelshows. In V. Buskens, & I. Maas (Eds.), Samenwerking in sociale dilemma's: voorbeelden van Nederlands onderzoek. Amsterdam University Press

In this chapter, we argue that game shows can be a useful source of data to study cooperative behavior. The unique combination of well-defined decision problems and large stakes makes game show data complementary to both experimental and field data.... Read More about Coöperatie in spelshows.

Protocol for a qualitative study exploring the roles of ‘Diffusion Fellows’ in bridging the research to practice gap in the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC-NDL) (2012)
Journal Article
Rowley, E. (2012). Protocol for a qualitative study exploring the roles of ‘Diffusion Fellows’ in bridging the research to practice gap in the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC-NDL). BMJ Open, 2(1), Article e000604. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000604

The role of genetics in pre-eclampsia and potential pharmacogenomic interventions (2012)
Journal Article
Williams, P. J., & Morgan, L. (2012). The role of genetics in pre-eclampsia and potential pharmacogenomic interventions. Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2012:5, https://doi.org/10.2147/PGPM.S23141

The pregnancy-specific condition pre-eclampsia not only affects the health of mother and baby during pregnancy but also has long-term consequences, increasing the chances of cardiovascular disease in later life. It is accepted that pre-eclampsia has... Read More about The role of genetics in pre-eclampsia and potential pharmacogenomic interventions.

Subspace learning from image gradient orientations (2012)
Journal Article
Tzimiropoulos, G., Zafeiriou, S., & Pantic, M. (2012). Subspace learning from image gradient orientations. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 34(12), 2454-2466. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPAMI.2012.40

We introduce the notion of subspace learning from image gradient orientations for appearance-based object recognition. As image data is typically noisy and noise is substantially different from Gaussian, traditional subspace learning from pixel inten... Read More about Subspace learning from image gradient orientations.

‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word? (2012)
Journal Article
Phull, J., & Bartlett, P. (2012). ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word?. Medicine, Science and the Law, https://doi.org/10.1258/msl.2011.011023

Following the amendments in the 2007 Act, there were several revisions made focusing largely on community treatment orders and deprivation of liberty of persons lacking capacity. One of the amendments included a requirement that ‘appropriate treatmen... Read More about ‘Appropriate’ medical treatment: what’s in a word?.

Integration of DNA into bacterial chromosomes from plasmids without a counter-selection marker (2012)
Journal Article
Heap, J. T., Ehsaan, M., Cooksley, C. M., Ng, Y., Cartman, S. T., Winzer, K., & Minton, N. P. (2012). Integration of DNA into bacterial chromosomes from plasmids without a counter-selection marker. Nucleic Acids Research, 40(8), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr1321

Most bacteria can only be transformed with circular plasmids, so robust DNA integration methods for these rely upon selection of single-crossover clones followed by counter-selection of double-crossover clones. To overcome the limited availability of... Read More about Integration of DNA into bacterial chromosomes from plasmids without a counter-selection marker.

Fluoxetine counteracts the cognitive and cellular effects of 5-Fluorouracil in the rat hippocampus by a mechanism of prevention rather than recovery (2012)
Journal Article
Lyons, L., ELBeltagy, M., Bennett, G., & Wigmore, P. (2012). Fluoxetine counteracts the cognitive and cellular effects of 5-Fluorouracil in the rat hippocampus by a mechanism of prevention rather than recovery. PLoS ONE, 7(1), Article e30010. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030010

5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a cytostatic drug associated with chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairments that many cancer
patients experience after treatment. Previous work in rodents has shown that 5-FU reduces hippocampal cell proliferation, a
possi... Read More about Fluoxetine counteracts the cognitive and cellular effects of 5-Fluorouracil in the rat hippocampus by a mechanism of prevention rather than recovery.

Hans Christoph Buch’s Sansibar Blues and the fascination of cross-cultural experience in contemporary German historical novels about colonialism (2012)
Journal Article
Göttsche, D. (2012). Hans Christoph Buch’s Sansibar Blues and the fascination of cross-cultural experience in contemporary German historical novels about colonialism. German Life and Letters, 65(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0483.2011.01563.x

This article maps four different types of cross-cultural experience in contemporary historical novels about colonial Africa (colonialist, exoticist, intercultural, and transcultural) before focusing on Buch’s Sansibar Blues (2008) as a case study in... Read More about Hans Christoph Buch’s Sansibar Blues and the fascination of cross-cultural experience in contemporary German historical novels about colonialism.

Simple Near Exact Image Solution for Vertical Antenna Above Lossy Ground Using Stationary Phase Approximation (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tahanian, E., Dadashzadeh, G., & Taghvaee, H. Simple Near Exact Image Solution for Vertical Antenna Above Lossy Ground Using Stationary Phase Approximation. Presented at IEEE NEMO 2012 (Numerical Electromagnetic Modeling and Optimization)

In this paper, the traditional problem of field computation for a vertical radiating antenna above a lossy infinite ground is discussed and revisited. To simplify and solve the traditional solutions consist of complicated integrals of sommerfeld type... Read More about Simple Near Exact Image Solution for Vertical Antenna Above Lossy Ground Using Stationary Phase Approximation.

Ball and rackets: inferring fiber fanning from diffusion-weighted MRI (2012)
Journal Article
Sotiropoulos, S. N., Behrens, T. E., & Jbabdi, S. (2012). Ball and rackets: inferring fiber fanning from diffusion-weighted MRI. NeuroImage, 60(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.056

A number of methods have been proposed for resolving crossing fibers from diffusion-weighted (DW) MRI. However, other complex fiber geometries have drawn minimal attention. In this study, we focus on fiber orientation dispersion induced by within-vox... Read More about Ball and rackets: inferring fiber fanning from diffusion-weighted MRI.

Exposure to bisphosphonates and risk of cancer: a protocol for nested caseecontrol studies using the QResearch primary care database (2012)
Journal Article
Vinogradova, Y., Coupland, C., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2012). Exposure to bisphosphonates and risk of cancer: a protocol for nested caseecontrol studies using the QResearch primary care database. BMJ Open, 2(1), Article e000548. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000548

Introduction: Bisphosphonates are becoming
a common treatment for osteoporosis particularly after
discovery of the association between hormone
replacement therapy and increased risk of breast
cancer. As osteoporosis develops with age, treatment... Read More about Exposure to bisphosphonates and risk of cancer: a protocol for nested caseecontrol studies using the QResearch primary care database.

Hemispheric dispersion of radioactive plume laced with fission nuclides from the Fukushima nuclear event (2012)
Journal Article
Hsu, S., Huh, C., Chan, C., Lin, S., Lin, F., & Liu, S. C. (2012). Hemispheric dispersion of radioactive plume laced with fission nuclides from the Fukushima nuclear event. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(7), https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049986

Radioactivities of particulate 131I and 137Cs released from the Fukushima nuclear accident were monitored in a regional aerosol network including two high mountain sites (central Taiwan and Tibetan Plateau). The results were integrated with data meas... Read More about Hemispheric dispersion of radioactive plume laced with fission nuclides from the Fukushima nuclear event.