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Chaste: A test-driven approach to software development for biological modelling (2009)
Journal Article
Pitt-Francis, J., Pathmanathan, P., Bernabeu, M. O., Bordas, R., Cooper, J., Fletcher, A. G., …Gavaghan, D. J. (2009). Chaste: A test-driven approach to software development for biological modelling. Computer Physics Communications, 180(12), 2452-2471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2009.07.019

Chaste ('Cancer, heart and soft-tissue environment') is a software library and a set of test suites for computational simulations in the domain of biology. Current functionality has arisen from modelling in the fields of cancer, cardiac physiology an... Read More about Chaste: A test-driven approach to software development for biological modelling.

Facile synthesis of responsive nanoparticles with reversible, tunable and rapid thermal transitions from biocompatible constituents (2009)
Journal Article
Abulateefeh, S. R., Saeed, A. O., Aylott, J. W., Chan, W. C., Garnett, M. C., Saunders, B. R., & Alexander, C. (2009). Facile synthesis of responsive nanoparticles with reversible, tunable and rapid thermal transitions from biocompatible constituents. Chemical Communications, 6068-6070. https://doi.org/10.1039/b911986h

Responsive polymeric nanoparticles composed of hybrid block co-polymers were prepared from biocompatible components that displayed rapid, tunable and multiply reversible transitions in response to change of temperature. © 2009 The Royal Society of Ch... Read More about Facile synthesis of responsive nanoparticles with reversible, tunable and rapid thermal transitions from biocompatible constituents.

Staff perceptions of e-learning for teaching delivery in healthcare (2009)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2009). Staff perceptions of e-learning for teaching delivery in healthcare. Learning in Health and Social Care, 8(3), 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-6861.2009.00213.x

Background: Web?based e?learning methods are increasingly used in higher education to support learning in pre? and post?registration healthcare subjects. Although new technologies are central to teaching and learning strategies, e?learning is not cur... Read More about Staff perceptions of e-learning for teaching delivery in healthcare.

Strong coupling in Ho?ava gravity (2009)
Journal Article
Charmousis, C., Niz, G., Padilla, A., & Saffin, P. M. (2009). Strong coupling in Ho?ava gravity. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009(8), https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/08/070

By studying perturbations about the vacuum, we show that Horava gravity suffers from two different strong coupling problems, extending all the way into the deep infra-red. The first of these is associated with the principle of detailed balance and ex... Read More about Strong coupling in Ho?ava gravity.

Preparatory information for third molar extraction: Does preference for information and behavioral involvement matter? (2009)
Journal Article
van Wijk, A. J., Buchanan, H., Coulson, N., & Hoogstraten, J. (2010). Preparatory information for third molar extraction: Does preference for information and behavioral involvement matter?. Patient Education and Counseling, 79(1), 94-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.013

Objective: The objectives of the present study were to: (1) evaluate the impact of high versus low information provision in terms of anxiety towards third molar extraction (TME) as well as satisfaction with information provision. (2) Investigate how... Read More about Preparatory information for third molar extraction: Does preference for information and behavioral involvement matter?.

Building complex biological networks based upon model organisms: Mapping the human autophagy interactome via a hybrid yeast-human protein interaction network (2009)
Journal Article
Huett, A., & Xavier, R. (2009). Building complex biological networks based upon model organisms: Mapping the human autophagy interactome via a hybrid yeast-human protein interaction network. Autophagy, 5(6), 876-878. https://doi.org/10.4161/auto.9094

Autophagy is a process whose core machinery is highly conserved from yeast to higher eukaryotes and mammals. However it is becoming clear that multicellular organisms exhibit increased complexity of autophagic regulation and specialization of the non... Read More about Building complex biological networks based upon model organisms: Mapping the human autophagy interactome via a hybrid yeast-human protein interaction network.

How effective are physical activity interventions for alleviating depressive symptoms in older people?: a systematic review (2009)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Mo, P. K. H., Malik, S., & Thomas, S. (2009). How effective are physical activity interventions for alleviating depressive symptoms in older people?: a systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 23(10), 873-887. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215509337449

Background: The benefits of physical exercise in reducing clinically defined depression in the general population have been established, although a review of the evidence for older adults is needed. Objectives: To assess the efficacy of physical exe... Read More about How effective are physical activity interventions for alleviating depressive symptoms in older people?: a systematic review.

Ventral extra-striate cortical areas are required for human visual texture segmentation (2009)
Journal Article
Allen, H. A., Humphreys, G. W., Colin, J., & Neumann, H. (2009). Ventral extra-striate cortical areas are required for human visual texture segmentation. Journal of Vision, 9(9), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1167/9.9.2

A patient (HJA) with bilateral occipital lobe damage to ventral cortical areas V2, V3 and V4 was tested on a texture segmentation task involving texture bar detection in an array of oriented lines. Performance detecting a target shape was assessed as... Read More about Ventral extra-striate cortical areas are required for human visual texture segmentation.

The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonylglycerol is a negative allosteric modulator of the human A3 adenosine receptor (2009)
Journal Article
Lane, J. R., Beukers, M. W., Mulder-Krieger, T., & IJzerman, A. P. (2010). The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonylglycerol is a negative allosteric modulator of the human A3 adenosine receptor. Biochemical Pharmacology, 79(1), 48-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2009.07.024

Studies of endogenous cannabinoid agonists, such as 2-arachidonylglycerol (2-AG), have revealed their potential to exert modulatory actions on other receptor systems in addition to their ability to activate cannabinoid receptors. This study investiga... Read More about The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonylglycerol is a negative allosteric modulator of the human A3 adenosine receptor.

Surviving mass extinction by bridging the benthic/planktic divide (2009)
Journal Article
Darling, K. F., Thomas, E., Kasemann, S. A., Seears, H. A., Smart, C. W., & Wade, C. M. (2009). Surviving mass extinction by bridging the benthic/planktic divide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(31), 12629-12633. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902827106

Evolution of planktic organisms from benthic ancestors is commonly thought to represent unidirectional expansion into new ecological domains, possibly only once per clade. For foraminifera, this evolutionary expansion occurred in the Early-Middle Jur... Read More about Surviving mass extinction by bridging the benthic/planktic divide.

Relationship between therapeutic changes in blood pressure and outcomes in acute stroke: a metaregression (2009)
Journal Article
Geeganage, C., & Bath, P. M. (in press). Relationship between therapeutic changes in blood pressure and outcomes in acute stroke: a metaregression. Hypertension, 54(4), https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.133538

Both low and high blood pressure (BP) during the acute phase of stroke are associated independently with a poor outcome. Several small clinical trials have involved the alteration of BP and this study assessed the relationship between change in BP an... Read More about Relationship between therapeutic changes in blood pressure and outcomes in acute stroke: a metaregression.

Risky Business: Disambiguating Ambiguity-Related Responses in the Brain (2009)
Journal Article
Kobayashi, S., & O'Neill, M. (2009). Risky Business: Disambiguating Ambiguity-Related Responses in the Brain. Journal of Neurophysiology, 102(2), 645-647. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00406.2009

Previous functional MRI studies reported neural correlates of risk and ambiguity based on behavioral economic theories. A recent study controlled for uncertainty by adding noise to information of an impending aversive event and demonstrated brain are... Read More about Risky Business: Disambiguating Ambiguity-Related Responses in the Brain.

Interactions between new and pre-existing dynamics in bimanual movement control (2009)
Journal Article
Serrien, D. J. (2009). Interactions between new and pre-existing dynamics in bimanual movement control. Experimental Brain Research, 197(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-009-1910-6

Motor skills are commonly acquired through practice. This process not only involves acquisition of the particular task demands but also requires overcoming pre-existing modes. In the present study, interactions between new and intrinsic dynamics were... Read More about Interactions between new and pre-existing dynamics in bimanual movement control.

Compounds, creativity and complexity in climate change communication: the case of ‘carbon indulgences’ (2009)
Journal Article
Nerlich, B., & Koteyko, N. (2009). Compounds, creativity and complexity in climate change communication: the case of ‘carbon indulgences’. Global Environmental Change, 19(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.03.001

This article deals with climate change from a linguistic perspective. Climate change is an extremely complex issue that has exercised the minds of experts and policy makers with renewed urgency in recent years. It has prompted an explosion of writing... Read More about Compounds, creativity and complexity in climate change communication: the case of ‘carbon indulgences’.

Deploying a spreadsheet tool for early economic value assessment of medical device innovations with healthcare decision makers (2009)
Journal Article
Craven, M. P., Morgan, S. P., Crowe, J. A., & Lu, B. (2009). Deploying a spreadsheet tool for early economic value assessment of medical device innovations with healthcare decision makers. International Journal of Healthcare Management, 2(3), https://doi.org/10.1179/175330309791011055

Early stage evaluation of medical device innovations is important for healthcare decision-makers as much as for manufacturers, meaning that a wider application of a basic cost-effectiveness analysis is becoming necessary outside the usual expert base... Read More about Deploying a spreadsheet tool for early economic value assessment of medical device innovations with healthcare decision makers.

The non-invasive biopsy: will urinary proteomics make the renal tissue biopsy redundant? (2009)
Journal Article
Bramham, K., Mistry, H., Poston, L., Chappell, L., & Thompson, A. (2009). The non-invasive biopsy: will urinary proteomics make the renal tissue biopsy redundant?. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 102(8), https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcp071

Proteomics is a rapidly advancing technique which gives a functional insight into gene expression in living organisms. Urine is an ideal medium for study as it is readily available, easily obtained and less complex than other bodily fluids. Consider... Read More about The non-invasive biopsy: will urinary proteomics make the renal tissue biopsy redundant?.

Cricket batting technique analyser/trainer using fuzzy logic (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Curtis, K., Kelly, M., & Craven, M. (2009). Cricket batting technique analyser/trainer using fuzzy logic. doi:10.1109/icdsp.2009.5201206

Within this paper a system is proposed to capture the motion of a cricket batter whilst playing a stroke. The system is based on the classification of cricket batting strokes using fuzzy logic. The system was then used to analyze the motion of novice... Read More about Cricket batting technique analyser/trainer using fuzzy logic.

'Behind closed doors': Debt-Bonded sex workers in Sihanoukville, Cambodia (2009)
Journal Article
Sandy, L. (2009). 'Behind closed doors': Debt-Bonded sex workers in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 10(3), 216-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/14442210903114223

In the trafficking discourse and international law, debt-bonded sex workers have been defined as 'victims of trafficking'. The hyperexploitative contractual arrangements faced by debt-bonded sex workers may be the most common form of contemporary for... Read More about 'Behind closed doors': Debt-Bonded sex workers in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.