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Crohn disease: A current perspective on genetics, autophagy and immunity (2011)
Journal Article
Stappenbeck, T. S., Rioux, J. D., Mizoguchi, A., Saitoh, T., Huett, A., Darfeuille-Michaud, A., …Xavier, R. J. (2011). Crohn disease: A current perspective on genetics, autophagy and immunity. Autophagy, 7(4), 355-374. https://doi.org/10.4161/auto.7.4.13074

Crohn disease (CD) is a chronic and debilitating inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract.1 Prevalence in western populations is 100-150/100,000 and somewhat higher in Ashkenazi Jews. Peak incidence is in early adult life, although any ag... Read More about Crohn disease: A current perspective on genetics, autophagy and immunity.

Quantum Field Theory on Curved Noncommutative Spacetimes (2011)
Journal Article
Schenkel, A. (2011). Quantum Field Theory on Curved Noncommutative Spacetimes. Proceedings of Science, 127, https://doi.org/10.22323/1.127.0029

We summarize our recently proposed approach to quantum field theory on noncommutative curved spacetimes. We make use of the Drinfel'd twist deformed differential geometry of Julius Wess and his group in order to define an action functional for a real... Read More about Quantum Field Theory on Curved Noncommutative Spacetimes.

Hurricanes and child health: lessons from Cuba (2011)
Journal Article
Sánchez Miranda, D., & Choonara, I. (2011). Hurricanes and child health: lessons from Cuba. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 96(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2009.178145

Adding more fuel to the fire: an eye-tracking study of idiom processing by native and non-native speaker (2011)
Journal Article
Siyanova-Chanturia, A., Conklin, K., & Schmitt, N. (2011). Adding more fuel to the fire: an eye-tracking study of idiom processing by native and non-native speaker. Second Language Research, 27(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658310382068

Using eye-tracking, we investigate on-line processing of idioms in a biasing story context by native and non-native speakers of English. The stimuli are idioms used figuratively (at the end of the day – ‘eventually’), literally (at the end of the day... Read More about Adding more fuel to the fire: an eye-tracking study of idiom processing by native and non-native speaker.

Bridging the gap: pracademics in foreign policy (2011)
Journal Article
Murphy, A. M., & Fulda, A. (2011). Bridging the gap: pracademics in foreign policy. PS: Political Science and Politics, 44(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096511000084

In his seminal work Bridging the Gap: Theory and Practice in Foreign Policy, Alexander George (1993) lamented the great divide between academia and the foreign policymaking community, arguing that greater interaction between scholars and policymakers... Read More about Bridging the gap: pracademics in foreign policy.

Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste (2011)
Journal Article
Jewitt, S. (2011). Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste. Applied Geography, 31(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.08.003

There is huge geographical variation in the extent to which excrement represents a threat to human and environmental health. In the UK, we tend to think little of such risks. By contrast, 52% of all people in Asia have no access to basic sanitation a... Read More about Poo gurus? Researching the threats and opportunities presented by human waste.

A heuristic algorithm for nurse scheduling with balanced preference satisfaction (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Constantino, A. A., Landa-Silva, D., Luiz de Melo, E., & Romao, W. (2011). A heuristic algorithm for nurse scheduling with balanced preference satisfaction.

This paper tackles the nurse scheduling problem with balanced preference satisfaction which consists of generating an assignment of shifts to nurses over a given time horizon and ensuring that the satisfaction of nurses personal preferences for shift... Read More about A heuristic algorithm for nurse scheduling with balanced preference satisfaction.

Evolution of ?-blockers: from anti-anginal drugs to ligand-directed signalling (2011)
Journal Article
Baker, J. G., Hill, S. J., & Summers, R. J. (2011). Evolution of ?-blockers: from anti-anginal drugs to ligand-directed signalling. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 32(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2011.02.010

Sir James Black developed ?-blockers, one of the most useful groups of drugs in use today. Not only are they being used for their original purpose to treat angina and cardiac arrhythmias, but they are also effective therapeutics for hypertension, car... Read More about Evolution of ?-blockers: from anti-anginal drugs to ligand-directed signalling.

Evaluation of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions to the UK ‘Yellow Card Scheme’: literature review, descriptive and qualitative analyses, and questionnaire surveys (2011)
Book
Avery, A., Anderson, C., Bond, C., Fortnum, H., Gifford, A., Hannaford, P., …Watson, M. (2011). Evaluation of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions to the UK ‘Yellow Card Scheme’: literature review, descriptive and qualitative analyses, and questionnaire surveys. NIHR HTA. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta15200

Background: The monitoring of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) through pharmacovigilance is vital to patient safety. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is one method of pharmacovigilance, and in the UK this is undertaken through the Yellow Card Scheme (YC... Read More about Evaluation of patient reporting of adverse drug reactions to the UK ‘Yellow Card Scheme’: literature review, descriptive and qualitative analyses, and questionnaire surveys.

Supporting nurse health champions: developing a 'new generation' of health improvement facilitators (2011)
Journal Article
Blake, H., & Chambers, D. (in press). Supporting nurse health champions: developing a 'new generation' of health improvement facilitators. Health Education Journal, 71(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896910396767

In efforts to respond to key government public health initiatives for settings-based health promotion, the ‘Workplace Health Champion’ role has emerged as a method of promoting health within the UK healthcare setting. Health promotion techniques used... Read More about Supporting nurse health champions: developing a 'new generation' of health improvement facilitators.

Setting the stage – Building and working in an ancient DNA laboratory (2011)
Journal Article
Knapp, M., Clarke, A. C., Horsburgh, K. A., & Matisoo-Smith, E. A. (2012). Setting the stage – Building and working in an ancient DNA laboratory. Annals of Anatomy, 194(1), 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2011.03.008

With the introduction of next generation high throughput sequencing in 2005 and the resulting revolution in genetics, ancient DNA research has rapidly developed from an interesting but marginal field within evolutionary biology into one that can cont... Read More about Setting the stage – Building and working in an ancient DNA laboratory.

Making riverscapes real (2011)
Journal Article
Carbonneau, P. E., Fonstad, M. A., Marcus, W. A., & Dugdale, S. J. (2012). Making riverscapes real. Geomorphology, 137(1), 74-86. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.09.030

Compensatory Neural Reorganization in Tourette Syndrome (2011)
Journal Article
Jackson, G., Jackson, S., Parkinson, A., Hollis, C., Jung, J., Ryan, S., & Morgan, P. (2011). Compensatory Neural Reorganization in Tourette Syndrome. Current Biology, 21(7), 580-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.02.047

Children with neurological disorders may follow unique developmental trajectories whereby they undergo compensatory neuroplastic changes in brain structure and function that help them gain control over their symptoms [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. We used behav... Read More about Compensatory Neural Reorganization in Tourette Syndrome.

The significant effect of the choice of ionic current integration method in cardiac electro-physiological simulations (2011)
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Pathmanathan, P., Mirams, G. R., Southern, J., & Whiteley, J. P. (2011). The significant effect of the choice of ionic current integration method in cardiac electro-physiological simulations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 27(11), 1751-1770. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.1438

Finite element (FE) cardiac electro-physiology solvers commonly have ionic current determined at mesh nodes but required element interiors. We consider two interpolation approaches: (i) ionic current interpolation (ICI), where nodal ionic currents ar... Read More about The significant effect of the choice of ionic current integration method in cardiac electro-physiological simulations.

Integrating assessments of older people: Examining evidence and impact from a randomised controlled trial (2011)
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Clarkson, P., Brand, C., Hughes, J., & Challis, D. (2011). Integrating assessments of older people: Examining evidence and impact from a randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 40(3), 388-391. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afr015

Partial regularity and t-analytic sets for Banach function algebras (2011)
Journal Article
Feinstein, J., & Mortini, R. (2012). Partial regularity and t-analytic sets for Banach function algebras. Mathematische Zeitschrift, 271(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-011-0856-0

In this note we introduce the notion of t-analytic sets. Using this concept, we construct a class of closed prime ideals in Banach function algebras and discuss some problems related to Alling’s conjecture in H infinity. A description of all closed t... Read More about Partial regularity and t-analytic sets for Banach function algebras.

A review of alcohol pricing and its effects on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm (2011)
Journal Article
Dhalwani, N. (2011). A review of alcohol pricing and its effects on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm. Journal of Pioneering Medical Sciences, 1(1),

Alcohol has a complex relationship with any given society. On one hand, it may have some benefits by providing a means of leisure and socialization and a source of revenue through taxation of its sales while on the other hand; it has harmful effects... Read More about A review of alcohol pricing and its effects on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm.

Aroma encapsulation and aroma delivery by oil body suspensions derived from sunflower seeds (Helianthus annus) (2011)
Journal Article
Fisk, I. D., Linforth, R. S., Taylor, A. J., & Gray, D. A. (2011). Aroma encapsulation and aroma delivery by oil body suspensions derived from sunflower seeds (Helianthus annus). European Food Research and Technology, 232(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-011-1459-z

Oil bodies are small discrete cell organelles that can be found within oilseeds. Oil bodies have been investigated previously as a potential technology platform for use within the food industry, offering stable, antioxidant-enriched lipid-delivery... Read More about Aroma encapsulation and aroma delivery by oil body suspensions derived from sunflower seeds (Helianthus annus).

First principles predictions of thermophysical properties of refrigerant mixtures (2011)
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Oakley, M. T., Hainam, D., Hirst, J., & Wheatley, R. J. (2011). First principles predictions of thermophysical properties of refrigerant mixtures. Journal of Chemical Physics, 134, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3567308

We present pair potentials for fluorinated methanes and their dimers with CO2 based on ab initio potential energy surfaces. These potentials reproduce the experimental second virial coefficients of the pure fluorinated methanes and their mixtures wit... Read More about First principles predictions of thermophysical properties of refrigerant mixtures.

Simulating current global river runoff with a global hydrological model: Model revisions, validation, and sensitivity analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Gosling, S. N., & Arnell, N. W. (2011). Simulating current global river runoff with a global hydrological model: Model revisions, validation, and sensitivity analysis. Hydrological Processes, 25(7), 1129-1145. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7727

Global hydrological models (GHMs) model the land surface hydrologic dynamics of continental-scale river basins. Here we describe one such GHM, the Macro-scale-Probability-Distributed Moisture model.09 (Mac-PDM.09). The model has undergone a number of... Read More about Simulating current global river runoff with a global hydrological model: Model revisions, validation, and sensitivity analysis.