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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and fetal organ growth: a magnetic resonance imaging study (2013)
Journal Article

Objective: To study whether maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy is associated with alterations in the growth of fetal lungs, kidneys, liver, brain, and placenta. Design: A case-control study, with operators performing the image analysis bli... Read More about Maternal smoking during pregnancy and fetal organ growth: a magnetic resonance imaging study.

A nondominated sorting genetic algorithm for bi-objective network coding based multicast routing problems (2013)
Journal Article

Network coding is a new communication technique that generalizes routing, where, instead of simply forwarding the packets they receive, intermediate nodes are allowed to recombine (code) together some of the data packets received from different incom... Read More about A nondominated sorting genetic algorithm for bi-objective network coding based multicast routing problems.

Effects of leucine and its metabolite ?-hydroxy-?-methylbutyrate on human skeletal muscle protein metabolism (2013)
Journal Article

Maintenance of skeletal muscle mass is contingent upon the dynamic equilibrium (fasted losses–fed gains) in protein turnover. Of all nutrients, the single amino acid leucine (Leu) possesses the most marked anabolic characteristics in acting as a trig... Read More about Effects of leucine and its metabolite ?-hydroxy-?-methylbutyrate on human skeletal muscle protein metabolism.

Learning to argue in mathematics: effects of heuristic worked examples and CSCL scripts on transactive argumentation (2013)
Book Chapter

A previous study has shown that both CSCL scripts and heuristic worked examples implemented in a CSCL environment were effective to fostering students' acquisition of argumentation skills in the context of mathematical proof tasks (Kollar, et al. 201... Read More about Learning to argue in mathematics: effects of heuristic worked examples and CSCL scripts on transactive argumentation.

A harmony search algorithm for nurse rostering problems (2013)
Journal Article

Harmony search algorithm (HSA) is a relatively new nature-inspired algorithm. It evolves solutions in the problem search space by mimicking the musical improvisation process in seeking agreeable harmony measured by aesthetic standards. The nurse rost... Read More about A harmony search algorithm for nurse rostering problems.

What is a good midwife? Some historical considerations (2013)
Journal Article

AIM: This review takes into account some of the historical considerations around characteristics of a good midwife throughout the centuries in relation to historical and professional factors, tracing changing concepts from the definition of Soranus o... Read More about What is a good midwife? Some historical considerations.

Association between somatic cell count early in the first lactation and the longevity of Irish dairy cows (2013)
Journal Article

Reduced longevity of cows is an important component of mastitis costs, and increased somatic cell count (SCC) early in the first lactation has been reported to increase culling risk throughout the first lactation. Generally, cows must survive beyond... Read More about Association between somatic cell count early in the first lactation and the longevity of Irish dairy cows.

Natural history of skeletal muscle mass changes in chronic kidney disease stage 4 and 5 patients: an observational study (2013)
Journal Article

Cross-sectional studies in dialysis demonstrate muscle wasting associated with loss of function, increased morbidity and mortality. The relative drivers are poorly understood. There is a paucity of data regarding interval change in muscle in pre-dial... Read More about Natural history of skeletal muscle mass changes in chronic kidney disease stage 4 and 5 patients: an observational study.

Universities, the public good and professional education in the UK (2013)
Journal Article

In times of economic uncertainty, questions of the purpose and value of higher education come to the fore. Such questions have particular relevance when directed towards the preparation of professionally qualified graduates who might be expected to c... Read More about Universities, the public good and professional education in the UK.

Remembering slavery on screen: Paul Robeson in The Song of Freedom (1936) (2013)
Journal Article

This article examines cinematic remembrances of the Atlantic slave trade through the lens of Paul Robeson-starring British film The Song of Freedom (1936). An exceptional visualization of the horrors of the Middle Passage in transatlantic interwar ci... Read More about Remembering slavery on screen: Paul Robeson in The Song of Freedom (1936).

Permanent magnet volume minimization in permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motors (2013)
Conference Proceeding

In the recent years the study on new motor topologies for automotive applications has found an increasing interest. The environmental impact of conventional internal combustion engine, together with the increasing demand and the cost of the oil, are... Read More about Permanent magnet volume minimization in permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motors.

Systematically reviewing and synthesizing evidence from conversation analytic and related discursive research to inform healthcare communication practice and policy: an illustrated guide (2013)
Journal Article

Background Healthcare delivery is largely accomplished in and through conversations between people, and healthcare quality and effectiveness depend enormously upon the communication practices employed within these conversations. An important body... Read More about Systematically reviewing and synthesizing evidence from conversation analytic and related discursive research to inform healthcare communication practice and policy: an illustrated guide.

hp-Version composite discontinuous Galerkin methods for elliptic problems on complicated domains (2013)
Journal Article

In this paper we introduce the hp-version discontinuous Galerkin composite finite element method for the discretization of second-order elliptic partial differential equations. This class of methods allows for the approximation of problems posed on c... Read More about hp-Version composite discontinuous Galerkin methods for elliptic problems on complicated domains.

Editorial: Financialization, Space and Place (2013)
Journal Article

Subdeterminant approach for pseudo-orbit expansions of spectral determinants in quantum maps and quantum graphs (2013)
Journal Article

We study implications of unitarity for pseudo-orbit expansions of the spectral determinants of quantum maps and quantum graphs. In particular, we advocate to group pseudo-orbits into sub-determinants. We show explicitly that the cancellation of long... Read More about Subdeterminant approach for pseudo-orbit expansions of spectral determinants in quantum maps and quantum graphs.

Is Overshoot Caused by an Efferent Reduction in Cochlear Gain? (2013)
Conference Proceeding

Under certain conditions, detection of a masked tone is improved by a preceding sound ("precursor"). This phenomenon is referred to as the "temporal effect" or "overshoot". A prevalent model of overshoot, referred to as the "gain reduction model", po... Read More about Is Overshoot Caused by an Efferent Reduction in Cochlear Gain?.

An oral health intervention for people with serious mental illness (Three Shires Early Intervention Dental Trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2013)
Journal Article

Background Oral health is an important part of general physical health and is essential for self-esteem, self-confidence and overall quality of life. There is a well-established link between mental illness and poor oral health. Oral health problems... Read More about An oral health intervention for people with serious mental illness (Three Shires Early Intervention Dental Trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Lung cancer diagnosed following emergency admission: a mixed methods study protocol to improve understanding of patients’ characteristics, needs, experiences and outcomes (2013)
Journal Article

Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer in England. About 40% of patients with lung cancer are diagnosed following an emergency admission (DFEA) to hospital. DFEA is more common in women, and more likely with increasing age... Read More about Lung cancer diagnosed following emergency admission: a mixed methods study protocol to improve understanding of patients’ characteristics, needs, experiences and outcomes.

The role of the WNT/?-catenin pathway in central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumours (CNS PNETs) (2013)
Journal Article

Background: Central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumours (CNS PNETs) are embryonal tumours occurring predominantly in children. Current lack of knowledge regarding their underlying biology hinders development of more effective treatments... Read More about The role of the WNT/?-catenin pathway in central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumours (CNS PNETs).

Delivery of definable number of drug or growth factor loaded poly(DL-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) microparticles within human embryonic stem cell derived aggregates (2013)
Journal Article

Embryoid bodies (EBs) generated from embryonic stem cells are used to study processes of differentiation within a three dimensional (3D) cell environment. In many instances however, EBs are dispersed to single cell suspensions with a subsequent monol... Read More about Delivery of definable number of drug or growth factor loaded poly(DL-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) microparticles within human embryonic stem cell derived aggregates.