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The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review (2011)
Journal Article

Background: Spatial planning affects the built environment, which in turn has the potential to have a significant impact on health, for good or ill. One way of ensuring that spatial plans take due account of health is through the inclusion of health... Read More about The effectiveness of health appraisal processes currently in addressing health and wellbeing during spatial plan appraisal: A systematic review.

The use of carer assisted adherence therapy for people with Parkinson's disease and their carers (CAAT-PARK): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2011)
Journal Article

Background: Pharmacological intervention is essential for managing the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Adherence to medication regimens however is a major problem. Poor adherence leads to significant motor deterioration and inadequate symptom contro... Read More about The use of carer assisted adherence therapy for people with Parkinson's disease and their carers (CAAT-PARK): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Logical and arithmetic circuits in Belousov-Zhabotinsky encapsulated disks (2011)
Journal Article

Excitation waves on a subexcitable Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) substrate can be manipulated by chemical variations in the substrate and by interactions with other waves. Symbolic assignment and interpretation of wave dynamics can be used to perform log... Read More about Logical and arithmetic circuits in Belousov-Zhabotinsky encapsulated disks.

Wastewater management in a Nigerian leper colony (2011)
Journal Article

Wastewater from infected leprosy patients is expected to contain considerably higher concentrations of pathogens than standard domestic wastewater and, therefore, is more infectious. Isolation of lepers' is thought to prevent the spread of a wide ran... Read More about Wastewater management in a Nigerian leper colony.

The effect of shot peening on fatigue life of welded tubular joint in offshore structure (2011)
Journal Article

An offshore structure is exposed to environmental loading and cyclic stress variations throughout its life. This would result in the possibility of fatigue cracking in its members. Cracks in these structures usually initiate around welded areas, then... Read More about The effect of shot peening on fatigue life of welded tubular joint in offshore structure.

Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) of women experiencing domestic violence with a primary care training and support programme: A cluster randomised controlled trial (2011)
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Most clinicians have no training about domestic violence, fail to identify patients experiencing abuse, and are uncertain about management after disclosure. We tested the effectiveness of a programme of training and support in primary health-care pra... Read More about Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) of women experiencing domestic violence with a primary care training and support programme: A cluster randomised controlled trial.

What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: A mixed methods study in children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) (2011)
Journal Article

Background: Paediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is relatively common and disabling with a mean time out of school of more than one academic year. NICE guidelines recommend referral to specialist services immediately... Read More about What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: A mixed methods study in children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME).

Hierarchical event selection for video storyboards with a case study on snooker video visualization (2011)
Journal Article

Video storyboard, which is a form of video visualization, summarizes the major events in a video using illustrative visualization. There are three main technical challenges in creating a video storyboard, (a) event classification, (b) event selection... Read More about Hierarchical event selection for video storyboards with a case study on snooker video visualization.

Comparing value for money in healthcare and transport PFI projects (2011)
Journal Article

New research identifies and compares the main factors that complicate PFI projects in the UK healthcare and transport sectors. The findings cast light on the fundamentals of the public-private procurement dynamic just as PFI comes under review in the... Read More about Comparing value for money in healthcare and transport PFI projects.

β-catenin represses expression of the tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells (2011)
Journal Article

Background: Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) overexpression in colorectal cancer increases levels of its protumorigenic product prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). The recently identified colorectal tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) catalyses p... Read More about β-catenin represses expression of the tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells.

Virtuality and Ernst Bloch: Hope and subjectivity (2011)
Journal Article

Theories of affect have become an increasingly popular tool with which to conceptualise and analyse subjectivity. Of particular interest to us in this article are expositions that have sought to bring to the forefront of analysis notions of excess an... Read More about Virtuality and Ernst Bloch: Hope and subjectivity.

Someone to talk to: Using automated characters to support simulated learning activities (2011)
Journal Article

The University of the West of England (UWE) has a large number of students who will pursue subsequent careers in a wide range of professional fields such as engineering, law, business, nursing, teaching, psychology, criminology and design. An importa... Read More about Someone to talk to: Using automated characters to support simulated learning activities.

A turn to the rights: UK conservative Christian lobby groups and the 'gay debate' (2011)
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The extension of non-heterosexual rights in largely liberal democratic contexts and confirmed in wider international conventions poses a challenge to Christian churches which historically condemned homosexuality and other sexual 'variations' on the b... Read More about A turn to the rights: UK conservative Christian lobby groups and the 'gay debate'.

Signalling of DNA damage and cytokines across cell barriers exposed to nanoparticles depends on barrier thickness (2011)
Journal Article

The use of nanoparticles in medicine is ever increasing, and it is important to understand their targeted and non-targeted effects. We have previously shown that nanoparticles can cause DNA damage to cells cultured below a cellular barrier without cr... Read More about Signalling of DNA damage and cytokines across cell barriers exposed to nanoparticles depends on barrier thickness.

Lunar-solar rhythmpatterns: Towards the material cultures of tides (2011)
Journal Article

The movements of the oceans, and the liminal margins of sea, land, and fresh water haveprofound implications for human/nonhuman life. Those movements and margins are rhythmicallyaffected by tides which are thus a key means by which the forceful mater... Read More about Lunar-solar rhythmpatterns: Towards the material cultures of tides.

Erwinia oleae sp. nov., isolated from olive knots caused by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi (2011)
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Three endophytic bacterial isolates were obtained in Italy from olive knots caused by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi. Phenotypic tests in combination with 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated a phylogenetic position for these isolates in... Read More about Erwinia oleae sp. nov., isolated from olive knots caused by Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi.

Families created through surrogacy: Mother–child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7 (2011)
Journal Article

Each year, an increasing number of children are born through surrogacy and thus lack a genetic and/or gestational link with their mother. This study examined the impact of surrogacy on mother-child relationships and children's psychological adjustmen... Read More about Families created through surrogacy: Mother–child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7.

Shear-derived mixing in dense granular flows (2011)
Journal Article

In flume experiments, granular avalanches run onto loose substrates develop 3-D architectures that record shear-derived mixing between the flow and the substrate. Spherical silica beads 0.250 mm diameter are run onto stratified substrates of various... Read More about Shear-derived mixing in dense granular flows.

An audit of rubella IgG antibody status in antenatal women in a NHS Trust over 5 years (2005 - 2009) (2011)
Journal Article

Rubella, a vaccine-preventable infection. This study examined the antibody status of 11 987 pregnant women during 2005 - 2009. Results showed a non-significant decrease in those with antibody levels of

New frontiers in nitric oxide biology in plant (2011)
Journal Article