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A comparison of field-based and lab-based experiments to evaluate user experience of personalised mobile devices (2013)
Journal Article
Sun, X., & May, A. (2013). A comparison of field-based and lab-based experiments to evaluate user experience of personalised mobile devices. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2013, Article 619767. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/619767

There is a growing debate in the literature regarding the tradeoffs between lab and field evaluation of mobile devices. This paper presents a comparison of field-based and lab-based experiments to evaluate user experience of personalised mobile devic... Read More about A comparison of field-based and lab-based experiments to evaluate user experience of personalised mobile devices.

Young people, social media, social network sites and sexual health communication in Australia: "this is funny, you should watch it" (2013)
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Evers, C., Albury, K., Byron, P., & Crawford, K. (2013). Young people, social media, social network sites and sexual health communication in Australia: "this is funny, you should watch it". International Journal of Communication, 7(1),

Social media and social network sites (SNS) are an evolving area for sexual health communication with young people. They present opportunities and challenges for sexual health professionals and young people alike, such as learning through interactivi... Read More about Young people, social media, social network sites and sexual health communication in Australia: "this is funny, you should watch it".

Determinants of arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease stage 3 (2013)
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McIntyre, N. J., Fluck, R. J., McIntyre, C. W., Fakis, A., & Taal, M. W. (2013). Determinants of arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease stage 3. PLoS ONE, 8(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055444

Background: Early chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) risk but underlying mechanisms remain uncertain. Arterial stiffness (AS) is associated with increased CV risk in advanced CKD, but it is unclear whether A... Read More about Determinants of arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease stage 3.

A Change of Perspective: Seeing Through Children at the Front of the Classroom, to Seeing Children from the Back of the Classroom (2013)
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Dixon, K. (2013). A Change of Perspective: Seeing Through Children at the Front of the Classroom, to Seeing Children from the Back of the Classroom. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 32(3), 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-012-9347-y

This article considers a noted trend by teacher educators at a South African University where student teachers seem to have very little connection with children they teach on their teaching practicals. This lack of engagement and ability to see indiv... Read More about A Change of Perspective: Seeing Through Children at the Front of the Classroom, to Seeing Children from the Back of the Classroom.

The SSC: A decade of climate-health research and future directions (2013)
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Hondula, D. M., Vanos, J. K., & Gosling, S. N. (2014). The SSC: A decade of climate-health research and future directions. International Journal of Biometeorology, 58(2), 109-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-012-0619-6

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the development of the revised Spatial Synoptic Classification, the "SSC", by Scott Sheridan. This daily weather-type classification scheme has become one of the key analytical tools implemented in a diverse r... Read More about The SSC: A decade of climate-health research and future directions.

A Weber-like law for perceptual learning (2013)
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Astle, A. T., Li, R. W., Webb, B. S., Levi, D. M., & McGraw, P. V. (2013). A Weber-like law for perceptual learning. Scientific Reports, 3, Article 1158. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01158

What determines how much an organism can learn? One possibility is that the neural factors that limit sensory performance prior to learning, place an upper limit on the amount of learning that can take place. We tested this idea by comparing learning... Read More about A Weber-like law for perceptual learning.

Oral green tea catechin metabolites are incorporated into human skin and protect against UV radiation-induced cutaneous inflammation in association with reduced production of pro-inflammatory eicosanoid 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (2013)
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Rhodes, L. E., Darby, G., Massey, K. A., Clarke, K. A., Dew, T. P., Farrar, M. D., Bennett, S., Watson, R. E. B., Williamson, G., & Nicolaou, A. (2013). Oral green tea catechin metabolites are incorporated into human skin and protect against UV radiation-induced cutaneous inflammation in association with reduced production of pro-inflammatory eicosanoid 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid. British Journal of Nutrition, 110(5), 891-900. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114512006071

Green tea catechins (GTC) reduce UV radiation (UVR)-induced inflammation in experimental models, but human studies are scarce and their cutaneous bioavailability and mechanism of photoprotection are unknown. We aimed to examine oral GTC cutaneous upt... Read More about Oral green tea catechin metabolites are incorporated into human skin and protect against UV radiation-induced cutaneous inflammation in association with reduced production of pro-inflammatory eicosanoid 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid.

The lipidome and proteome of oil bodies from Helianthus annuus (common sunflower) (2013)
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Furse, S., Liddell, S., Ortori, C. A., Williams, H., Neylon, D. C., Scott, D. J., Barrett, D. A., & Gray, D. A. (2013). The lipidome and proteome of oil bodies from Helianthus annuus (common sunflower). Journal of Chemical Biology, 6(2), 63-76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12154-012-0090-1

In this paper we report the molecular profiling, lipidome and proteome, of the plant organelle known as an oil body (OB). The OB is remarkable in that it is able to perform its biological role (storage of triglycerides) whilst resisting the physical... Read More about The lipidome and proteome of oil bodies from Helianthus annuus (common sunflower).

Genetics and livestock breeding in the UK: Co-constructing technologies and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities (2013)
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Morris, C., & Holloway, L. (2014). Genetics and livestock breeding in the UK: Co-constructing technologies and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities. Journal of Rural Studies, 33, 150-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.10.003

Cattle and sheep breeders in the UK and elsewhere are increasingly being encouraged to use a variety of genetic technologies to help them make breeding decisions. The technology of particular interest here is 'classical' statistical genetics, which u... Read More about Genetics and livestock breeding in the UK: Co-constructing technologies and heterogeneous biosocial collectivities.

RubiX: combining spatial resolutions for Bayesian inference of crossing fibers in diffusion MRI (2013)
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Sotiropoulos, S., Jbabdi, S., Andersson, J., Woolrich, M., Ugurbil, K., & Behrens, T. (2013). RubiX: combining spatial resolutions for Bayesian inference of crossing fibers in diffusion MRI. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 32(6), https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2012.2231873

The trade-off between signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and spatial specificity governs the choice of spatial resolution in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); diffusion-weighted (DW) MRI is no exception. Images of lower resolution have higher signal to nois... Read More about RubiX: combining spatial resolutions for Bayesian inference of crossing fibers in diffusion MRI.

Effects of Neospora caninum infection on brain microvascular endothelial cells bioenergetics (2013)
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Elsheikha, H. M., McKinlay, C. L., Elsaied, N. A., & Smith, P. A. (2013). Effects of Neospora caninum infection on brain microvascular endothelial cells bioenergetics. Parasites and Vectors, 6(24), https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-24

Background: The brain is the most commonly affected organ during Neospora caninum infection but the mechanisms utilized by this protozoan parasite for traversal of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) are not yet understood. Herein, we investigate the cellu... Read More about Effects of Neospora caninum infection on brain microvascular endothelial cells bioenergetics.

Hydrogen sulphide mediated vasodilatation involves the release of neurotransmitters from sensory nerves in pressurized mesenteric small arteries isolated from rats (2013)
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White, B. J., Smith, P. A., & Dunn, W. R. (2013). Hydrogen sulphide mediated vasodilatation involves the release of neurotransmitters from sensory nerves in pressurized mesenteric small arteries isolated from rats. British Journal of Pharmacology, 168(4), 785-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02187.x

Background and Purpose Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a gas that has recently been shown to have biological activity. In the majority of blood vessels studied so far, H2S has been shown to cause vasorelaxation, although contractile responses have been re... Read More about Hydrogen sulphide mediated vasodilatation involves the release of neurotransmitters from sensory nerves in pressurized mesenteric small arteries isolated from rats.

In vitroevaluation of biomimetic chitosan–calcium phosphate scaffolds with potential application in bone tissue engineering (2013)
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Tanase, C. E., Sartoris, A., Popa, M. I., Verestiuc, L., Unger, R. E., & Kirkpatrick, C. J. (2013). In vitroevaluation of biomimetic chitosan–calcium phosphate scaffolds with potential application in bone tissue engineering. Biomedical Materials, 8(2), Article 025002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-6041/8/2/025002

This work reports on the physicochemical properties and in vitro cytotoxicity assessment of chitosan–calcium phosphate (Cs–CP) scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, which were synthesized by a novel biomimetic co-precipitation method. X-ray diffract... Read More about In vitroevaluation of biomimetic chitosan–calcium phosphate scaffolds with potential application in bone tissue engineering.

Fault detection for modular multilevel converters based on sliding mode observer (2013)
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Shao, S., Wheeler, P., Clare, J. C., & Watson, A. J. (2013). Fault detection for modular multilevel converters based on sliding mode observer. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 28(11), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2013.2242093

This letter presents a fault detection method for modular multilevel converters (MMC) which is capable of lo¬cating a faulty semiconductor switching device in the circuit. The proposed fault detection method is based on a sliding mode observer (SMO)... Read More about Fault detection for modular multilevel converters based on sliding mode observer.

Attenuating Staphylococcus aureus virulence gene regulation: A medicinal chemistry perspective (2013)
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Gordon, C. P., Williams, P., & Chan, W. C. (2013). Attenuating Staphylococcus aureus virulence gene regulation: A medicinal chemistry perspective. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 56(4), 1389-1404. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm3014635

Virulence gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus is tightly regulated by intricate networks of transcriptional regulators and two-component signal transduction systems. There is now an emerging body of evidence to suggest that the blockade of S. au... Read More about Attenuating Staphylococcus aureus virulence gene regulation: A medicinal chemistry perspective.

The incidence of feline injection site sarcomas in the United Kingdom (2013)
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Dean, R. S., Pfeiffer, D. U., & Adams, V. J. (2013). The incidence of feline injection site sarcomas in the United Kingdom. BMC Veterinary Research, 9(Januar), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-9-17

Background

Feline injection site sarcomas (FISS) are aggressive neoplasms that have been associated with vaccination. In North America the incidence estimates have varied from 1 case of FISS per 1,000-10,000 cats vaccinated. The aim of this study... Read More about The incidence of feline injection site sarcomas in the United Kingdom.

On the social nature of eyes: the effect of social cues in interaction and individual choice tasks (2013)
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Baillon, A., Selim, A., & van Dolder, D. (2013). On the social nature of eyes: the effect of social cues in interaction and individual choice tasks. Evolution and Human Behavior, 34(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.12.001

In an experimental setting, we applied a dual strategy to better understand the effect of pictures of eyes on human behavior. First, we investigated whether the effect of eyes was limited to interaction tasks in which the subjects’ decisions influenc... Read More about On the social nature of eyes: the effect of social cues in interaction and individual choice tasks.

Intestinal ischemia following laparoscopic surgery: a case series (2013)
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Al-Khyatt, W., Thomas, J. D., Humes, D. J., & Lobo, D. N. (2013). Intestinal ischemia following laparoscopic surgery: a case series. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 7(25), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-25

Introduction: Intestinal ischemia is a rare complication of laparoscopic surgery. Its prognosis depends on a high
index of suspicion and effective early treatment.
Case presentation: In the present report, we describe three cases where intestinal i... Read More about Intestinal ischemia following laparoscopic surgery: a case series.