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The psychosocial benefits of corrective surgery for adults with strabismus (2006)
Journal Article
Morris, M., Jackson, S., Harrad, R. A., & Rumsey, N. (2006). The psychosocial benefits of corrective surgery for adults with strabismus. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 90(7), 883-888. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2005.089516

Background: Few papers have addressed the psychological impact of strabismus in adults, with none comparing preoperative and postoperative data using standardised questionnaires relating surgical results and psychosocial outcomes. Methods: 46 partici... Read More about The psychosocial benefits of corrective surgery for adults with strabismus.

Study of overload for basic compounds in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography as a function of mobile phase pH (2006)
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Davies, N. H., Euerby, M. R., & McCalley, D. V. (2006). Study of overload for basic compounds in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography as a function of mobile phase pH. Journal of Chromatography A, 1119(1-2), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2005.11.096

The retention and overloading properties for eight basic solutes and two quaternary ammonium compounds were studied over the pH range 2.7-10.0 using phosphate and carbonate buffers. At low pH, a hybrid inorganic-organic silica-ODS phase (XTerra RP-18... Read More about Study of overload for basic compounds in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography as a function of mobile phase pH.

Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate (2006)
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Dotchev, K., & Soe, S. (2006). Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate. Rapid Prototyping Journal, 12(3), 156-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552540610670735

Purpose - The main objective of this paper is to analyse all stages of the CastForm™ polystyrene (CF) pattern fabrication process, identify the reasons leading to inferior quality, and outline techniques for its improvement and reduction of failures.... Read More about Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate.

The role of the public toilet: Pathogen transmitter or health facilitator? (2006)
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Greed, C. (2006). The role of the public toilet: Pathogen transmitter or health facilitator?. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 27(2), 127-139. https://doi.org/10.1191/0143624406bt151oa

This paper discusses the role of public toilets, as transmitters of disease, but also of their importance in contributing to the health and well-being of society. Research has shown that public toilets are vital components in creating sustainable, ac... Read More about The role of the public toilet: Pathogen transmitter or health facilitator?.

Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: evidence from an urban health study (2006)
Journal Article
Khawaja, M., Barazi, R. A., & Linos, N. (2007). Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: evidence from an urban health study. Child: Care, Health and Development, 33(2), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00660.x

Background: The negative effect of poverty on child health has been well established. However, rapid urbanization in developing countries prompts new research questions relating to socio-cultural practices and other related variables in these setting... Read More about Maternal cultural participation and child health status in a Middle Eastern context: evidence from an urban health study.

Nucleolar protein upstream binding factor is sequestered into adenovirus DNA replication centres during infection without affecting RNA polymerase I location or ablating rRNA synthesis (2006)
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Lawrence, F., McStay, B., & Matthews, D. A. (2006). Nucleolar protein upstream binding factor is sequestered into adenovirus DNA replication centres during infection without affecting RNA polymerase I location or ablating rRNA synthesis. Journal of Cell Science, 119(12), 2621-2631. https://doi.org/10.1242/%E2%80%8Bjcs.02982

When human adenovirus infects human cells there is disruption of rRNA biogenesis. This report examines the effect of adenovirus infection on the nucleolar protein, upstream binding factor (UBF) which plays a major role in regulating rRNA synthesis. W... Read More about Nucleolar protein upstream binding factor is sequestered into adenovirus DNA replication centres during infection without affecting RNA polymerase I location or ablating rRNA synthesis.

The Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene (+KTS isoform) functions with a CTE to enhance translation from an unspliced RNA with a retained intron (2006)
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Hammarskjöld, M. L., Bor, Y. C., Swartz, J., Morrison, A., Rekosh, D., & Ladomery, M. (2006). The Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene (+KTS isoform) functions with a CTE to enhance translation from an unspliced RNA with a retained intron. Genes and Development, 20(12), 1597-1608. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1402306

The Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene plays an important role in mammalian urogenital development, and dysregulation of this gene is observed in many human cancers. Alternative splicing of WT1 RNA leads to the expression of two major protein isoforms, WT1(+K... Read More about The Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene (+KTS isoform) functions with a CTE to enhance translation from an unspliced RNA with a retained intron.

Perceptions of generic strategies of small and medium sized engineering and electronics manufacturers in the UK: The applicability of the Miles and Snow typology (2006)
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O'Regan, N., & Ghobadian, A. (2006). Perceptions of generic strategies of small and medium sized engineering and electronics manufacturers in the UK: The applicability of the Miles and Snow typology. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 17(5), 603-620. https://doi.org/10.1108/17410380610668540

Purpose - To present the main findings of a study conducted in manufacturing firms in the UK to determine the applicability of generic strategies to small and medium sized firms (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach - The Miles and Snow strategic orien... Read More about Perceptions of generic strategies of small and medium sized engineering and electronics manufacturers in the UK: The applicability of the Miles and Snow typology.

Aesthetics, performativity and resistance in the narratives of a computer programming community (2006)
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Case, P., & Piñeiro, E. (2006). Aesthetics, performativity and resistance in the narratives of a computer programming community. Human Relations, 59(6), 753-782. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726706066853

This article reports on an empirical study of a computer programmer community, focusing on online exchanges in which participants discuss the aesthetics of coding. Naturalistic data were collected during a 12-month period of non-participant observati... Read More about Aesthetics, performativity and resistance in the narratives of a computer programming community.

Recovery of surface orientation from diffuse polarization (2006)
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Hancock, E. R., & Atkinson, G. (2006). Recovery of surface orientation from diffuse polarization. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 15(6), 1653-1664. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2006.871114

When unpolarized light is reflected from a smooth dielectric surface, it becomes partially polarized. This is due to the orientation of dipoles induced in the reflecting medium and applies to both specular and diffuse reflection. This paper is concer... Read More about Recovery of surface orientation from diffuse polarization.

Properhood (2006)
Journal Article
Coates, R. (2006). Properhood. Language, 82(2), 356-82

A submitted theoretical article, accepted without major revision. The novel ideas presented have emerged from the author's historical studies of proper names conducted over many years. It consists firstly of a forcible restatement of J.S. Mill's view... Read More about Properhood.

Regulatory changes and market liquidity in Chinese stock markets (2006)
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Gao, L., & Kling, G. (2006). Regulatory changes and market liquidity in Chinese stock markets. Emerging Markets Review, 7(2), 162-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2005.11.001

Our study measures the impact of institutional reforms in China on market liquidity. Using monthly data on turnover ratios, turnover-volatility ratios and stock returns for the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchange and applying an intervention model,... Read More about Regulatory changes and market liquidity in Chinese stock markets.

Democracy and online news: Indymedia and the limits of participatory media (2006)
Journal Article
Salter, L. (2006). Democracy and online news: Indymedia and the limits of participatory media

This paper drew on practical experience of participating in 'Indymedia', a 'radical media' project to facilitate 'independent' online 'citizen journalism', and a conference paper delivered to the First European Communication Conference: 50 Years of C... Read More about Democracy and online news: Indymedia and the limits of participatory media.

Early speech- and language-impaired children linguistic literacy and social outcomes (2006)
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Glogowska, M., Roulstone, S., Peters, T. J., & Enderby, P. (2006). Early speech- and language-impaired children linguistic literacy and social outcomes. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 48(6), 489-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2006.tb01301.x

Funded by the South and West Research and Development Directorate of the NHS Executive, the study reports a prospective longitudinal study of a cohort of children referred to speech and language therapy (SLT) as pre-schoolers, compared with a control... Read More about Early speech- and language-impaired children linguistic literacy and social outcomes.

Psychiatric emergency (2006)
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Hall, J. (2006). Psychiatric emergency. Practising Midwife, 9(6), 33-37