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Next generation sequencing of CLU, PICALM and CR1: pitfalls and potential solutions (2012)
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Lord, J., Turton, J., Medway, C., Shi, H., Brown, K., Lowe, J., Mann, D., Pickering-Brown, S., Kalsheker, N., Passmore, P., & Morgan, K. (2012). Next generation sequencing of CLU, PICALM and CR1: pitfalls and potential solutions. International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics, IJMEG, 3(4),

CLU, PICALM and CR1 were identified as genetic risk factors for late onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in two large genome wide association studies (GWAS) published in 2009, but the variants that convey this alteration in disease risk, and how the genes... Read More about Next generation sequencing of CLU, PICALM and CR1: pitfalls and potential solutions.

Calibrated BOLD using direct measurement of changes in venous oxygenation (2012)
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Driver, I. D., Hall, E. L., Wharton, S. J., Pritchard, S. E., Francis, S. T., & Gowland, P. A. (2012). Calibrated BOLD using direct measurement of changes in venous oxygenation. NeuroImage, 63(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.045

Calibration of the BOLD signal is potentially of great value in providing a closer measure of the underlying changes in brain function related to neuronal activity than the BOLD signal alone, but current approaches rely on an assumed relationship bet... Read More about Calibrated BOLD using direct measurement of changes in venous oxygenation.

Contribution of large scale biases in decoding of direction-of-motion from high-resolution fMRI data in human early visual cortex (2012)
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Beckett, A., Peirce, J., Sanchez-Panchuelo, R., Francis, S., & Schluppeck, D. (2012). Contribution of large scale biases in decoding of direction-of-motion from high-resolution fMRI data in human early visual cortex. NeuroImage, 63(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.07.066

Previous studies have demonstrated that the perceived direction of motion of a visual stimulus can be decoded from the pattern of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) responses in occipital cortex using multivariate analysis methods (Kamitani... Read More about Contribution of large scale biases in decoding of direction-of-motion from high-resolution fMRI data in human early visual cortex.

Transient serum exposure regimes to support dual differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (2012)
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France, L., Scotchford, C., Grant, D., Rashidi, H., Popov, A., & Sottile, V. (2014). Transient serum exposure regimes to support dual differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 8(8), https://doi.org/10.1002/term.1567

Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which can generate both osteoblasts and chondrocytes, represent an ideal resource for orthopaedic repair using tissue-engineering approaches. One major difficulty for the development of osteochondral constructs us... Read More about Transient serum exposure regimes to support dual differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells.

Implications of regional surface ozone increases on visibility degradation in southeast China (2012)
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Lin, M., Chan, I.-N., Chan, C.-Y., Engling, G., & Bloss, W. (in press). Implications of regional surface ozone increases on visibility degradation in southeast China. Tellus B, 64(1), Article 19625. https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.19625

Long-term visibility (1968–2010) and air pollutant (1984–2010) data records in Hong Kong reveal that the occurrence of reduced visibility (RV, defined as the percentage of hours per month with visibility below 8 km in the absence of rain, fog, mist o... Read More about Implications of regional surface ozone increases on visibility degradation in southeast China.

Sexual cognition guides viewing strategies to human figures (2012)
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Hall, C. L., Hogue, T., & Guo, K. (2014). Sexual cognition guides viewing strategies to human figures. Journal of Sex Research, 51(2), 184-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2012.716872

Gaze patterns to figure images have been proposed to reflect the observer's sexual interest, particularly for men. This eye-tracking study investigated how individual differences in sexual motivation tendencies are manifested in naturalistic gaze pat... Read More about Sexual cognition guides viewing strategies to human figures.

Prospects for detecting the 21 cm forest from the diffuse intergalactic medium with LOFAR (2012)
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Ciardi, B., Labropoulos, P., Maselli, A., Thomas, R., Zaroubi, S., Graziani, L., …Yatawatta, S. (2013). Prospects for detecting the 21 cm forest from the diffuse intergalactic medium with LOFAR. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(2), 1755-1765. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts156

We discuss the feasibility of the detection of the 21 cm forest in the diffuse intergalactic medium (IGM) with the radio telescope LOFAR. The optical depth to the 21 cm line has been derived using simulations of reionization which include detailed ra... Read More about Prospects for detecting the 21 cm forest from the diffuse intergalactic medium with LOFAR.

Calpain system protein expression in carcinomas of the pancreas, bile duct and ampulla (2012)
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Storr, S. J., Zaitoun, A. M., Arora, A., Durrant, L. G., Lobo, D. N., Madhusudan, S., & Martin, S. G. (2012). Calpain system protein expression in carcinomas of the pancreas, bile duct and ampulla. BMC Cancer, 12(511), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-511

Background: Pancreatic cancer, including cancer of the ampulla of Vater and bile duct, is very aggressive and has a
poor five year survival rate; improved methods of patient stratification are required.
Methods: We assessed the expression of calpai... Read More about Calpain system protein expression in carcinomas of the pancreas, bile duct and ampulla.

Modulation of pluripotency in the porcine embryo and iPS Cells (2012)
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Rodríguez, A., Allegrucci, C., & Alberio, R. (2012). Modulation of pluripotency in the porcine embryo and iPS Cells. PLoS ONE, 7(11), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049079

The establishment of the pluripotent ICM during early mammalian development is characterized by the differential expression of the transcription factors NANOG and GATA4/6, indicative of the epiblast and hypoblast, respectively. Differences in the mec... Read More about Modulation of pluripotency in the porcine embryo and iPS Cells.

Nanomaterial-based electrochemical biosensors for cytochrome c using cytochrome c reductase (2012)
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Pandiaraj, M., Madasamy, T., Naidu Gollavilli, P., Balamurugan, M., Kotamraju, S., Kameswara Rao, V., …Karunakaran, C. (2013). Nanomaterial-based electrochemical biosensors for cytochrome c using cytochrome c reductase. Bioelectrochemistry, 91, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2012.09.004

Emerging evidences have pointed out that the release of cytochrome c (cyt c) from mitochondria into cytosol is a critical step in the activation of apoptosis. This article presents a novel approach for the detection of mitochondrial cyt c release for... Read More about Nanomaterial-based electrochemical biosensors for cytochrome c using cytochrome c reductase.

Fiber orientation-dependent white matter contrast in gradient echo MRI (2012)
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Wharton, S., & Bowtell, R. W. (2012). Fiber orientation-dependent white matter contrast in gradient echo MRI. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(45), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1211075109

Recent studies have shown that there is a direct link between the orientation of the nerve fibers in white matter (WM) and the contrast observed in magnitude and phase images acquired using gradient echo MRI. Understanding the origin of this link is... Read More about Fiber orientation-dependent white matter contrast in gradient echo MRI.

An art novel for the age of mechanical reproduction: Blaise Cendrars's Dan Yack (2012)
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Shingler, K. (2013). An art novel for the age of mechanical reproduction: Blaise Cendrars's Dan Yack. French Studies, 67(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/kns229

This article considers Blaise Cendrars's novel Dan Yack (1929) as a variation on the art novel genre, arguing that it rewrites and adapts well-worn art narratives — most notably various iterations of the Pygmalion myth — in order to question the natu... Read More about An art novel for the age of mechanical reproduction: Blaise Cendrars's Dan Yack.

Incorporation of paramagnetic, fluorescent and PET/SPECT contrast agents into liposomes for multimodal imaging (2012)
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Mitchell, N. J., Kalber, T. L., Cooper, M. S., Sunassee, K., Chalker, S. L., Shaw, K. P., …Tabor, A. B. (2013). Incorporation of paramagnetic, fluorescent and PET/SPECT contrast agents into liposomes for multimodal imaging. Biomaterials, 34(4), 1179-1192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.09.070

A series of metal-chelating lipid conjugates has been designed and synthesized. Each member of the series bears a 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) macrocycle attached to the lipid head group, using short n-ethylene glyc... Read More about Incorporation of paramagnetic, fluorescent and PET/SPECT contrast agents into liposomes for multimodal imaging.

Application of cardiac electrophysiology simulations to pro-arrhythmic safety testing (2012)
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Mirams, G. R., Davies, M. R., Cui, Y., Kohl, P., & Noble, D. (2012). Application of cardiac electrophysiology simulations to pro-arrhythmic safety testing. British Journal of Pharmacology, 167(5), 932-945. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02020.x

Concerns over cardiac side effects are the largest single cause of compound attrition during pharmaceutical drug development. For a number of years, biophysically detailed mathematical models of cardiac electrical activity have been used to explore h... Read More about Application of cardiac electrophysiology simulations to pro-arrhythmic safety testing.

Financial business education: The remaking of gendered investment banking subjects in the (post-crisis) City of London (2012)
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Hall, S., & Appleyard, L. (2012). Financial business education: The remaking of gendered investment banking subjects in the (post-crisis) City of London. Journal of Cultural Economy, 5(4), 457-472. https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2012.691894

In this paper, we reveal the neglected role of business education in legitimizing and performing gendered discourses in financial services work in London's financial district. In particular, by combining research on gendered subjectivities in elite l... Read More about Financial business education: The remaking of gendered investment banking subjects in the (post-crisis) City of London.

R&D cooperation with entry (2012)
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Bandyopadhyay, S., & Mukherjee, A. (2014). R&D cooperation with entry. Manchester School, 82(1), 52-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9957.2012.02336.x

We show the effects of entry by a non‐innovating firm on the innovating firms' incentive for undertaking cooperative R&D, highlighting the implications of knowledge spillover. Entry by a non‐innovating firm may either increase or decrease the incenti... Read More about R&D cooperation with entry.

Discrete element modelling of a flexible membrane for triaxial testing of granular material at high pressures (2012)
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de Bono, J. P., McDowell, G. R., & Wanatowski, D. (2012). Discrete element modelling of a flexible membrane for triaxial testing of granular material at high pressures. Géotechnique Letters, 2(4), https://doi.org/10.1680/geolett.12.00040

The discrete element method (DEM) has been used to simulate triaxial tests on a bonded material at high pressures. A key feature of the model is the use of a flexible membrane that allows the correct volumetric deformation and the true failure mode... Read More about Discrete element modelling of a flexible membrane for triaxial testing of granular material at high pressures.