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Additive manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship (2012)
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Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Jones, T., & Nayling, N. (2012). Additive manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship. Rapid Prototyping Journal, 18(6), 443-450. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552541211271983

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the suitability of additive manufacturing technologies in the reconstruction of archaeological discoveries as illustrative models. The processes of reverse engineering and part fabrication are discuss... Read More about Additive manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship.

Efficient two-move blind signatures in the common reference string model (2012)
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Ghadafi, E., & Smart, N. P. (2012). Efficient two-move blind signatures in the common reference string model. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7483 LNCS, 274-289. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33383-5_17

Blind signatures provide a mechanism for achieving privacy and anonymity whereby a user gets the signer to sign a message of his choice without the signer learning the message, or being able to link a signature to the protocol run via which it was ob... Read More about Efficient two-move blind signatures in the common reference string model.

Human Homolog of Drosophila Ariadne (HHARI) is a marker of cellular proliferation associated with nuclear bodies (2012)
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Elmehdawi, F., Wheway, G., Szymanska, K., Adams, M., High, A. S., Johnson, C. A., & Robinson, P. A. (2013). Human Homolog of Drosophila Ariadne (HHARI) is a marker of cellular proliferation associated with nuclear bodies. Experimental Cell Research, 319(3), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.10.002

HHARI (also known as ARIH1) is an ubiquitin-protein ligase and is the cognate of the E2, UbcH7 (UBE2L3). To establish a functional role for HHARI in cellular proliferation processes, we performed a reverse genetics screen that identified n=86/522 (16... Read More about Human Homolog of Drosophila Ariadne (HHARI) is a marker of cellular proliferation associated with nuclear bodies.

Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing (2012)
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Spotswood, F., French, J., Tapp, A., & Stead, M. (2012). Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing. Journal of Social Marketing, 2(3), 163-175. https://doi.org/10.1108/20426761211265168

The purpose of this paper is to explore the scope of social marketing by re-examining some of its core concepts: the balance between the “wants” of individuals with the “needs” of society; the nature of exchange; the inclusion of techniques not expli... Read More about Some reasonable but uncomfortable questions about social marketing.

The enhanced assumed strain method for the isogeometric analysis of nearly incompressible deformation of solids (2012)
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Cardoso, R. P., & Cesar de Sa, J. M. (2012). The enhanced assumed strain method for the isogeometric analysis of nearly incompressible deformation of solids. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 92(1), 56-78. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.4328

Isogeometric analysis has recently become very popular for the numerical modeling of structures and fluids. Among other potential features, advantages of using a non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS)-based isogeometric analysis over the traditional... Read More about The enhanced assumed strain method for the isogeometric analysis of nearly incompressible deformation of solids.

Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management (2012)
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Spillane, J. P., Oyedele, L., & von Meding, J. (2012). Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 10(3), 397-420. https://doi.org/10.1108/17260531211274747

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify, clarify and tabulate the various managerial issues encountered, to aid in the management of the complex health and safety concerns which occur within a confined construction site environment. Design/... Read More about Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management.

Can impairment-focused therapy change the everyday conversations of people with aphasia? A review of the literature and future directions (2012)
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Wilkinson, R., Carragher, M., Conroy, P., & Sage, K. (2012). Can impairment-focused therapy change the everyday conversations of people with aphasia? A review of the literature and future directions. Aphasiology, 26(7), 895-916. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2012.676164

Background: The ultimate goal in any programme of aphasia rehabilitation is that behaviours targeted in therapy will generalise to everyday use for people with aphasia (PWA). The pervasiveness of conversation in everyday life has undoubtedly contribu... Read More about Can impairment-focused therapy change the everyday conversations of people with aphasia? A review of the literature and future directions.

Treaties/conventions (2012)
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Man, A. (2012). Treaties/conventions

Treaties are one of the main sources of public international law as outlined by art.38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice. Treaties are essentially agreements between States (generally in written form), which cover a myriad of iss... Read More about Treaties/conventions.

E-commerce transactions in a virtual environment: Virtual transactions (2012)
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Scarle, S., Arnab, S., Dunwell, I., Petridis, P., Protopsaltis, A., & de Freitas, S. (2012). E-commerce transactions in a virtual environment: Virtual transactions. Electronic Commerce Research, 12(3), 379-407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-012-9098-4

E-commerce is a fundamental method of doing business, such that for a firm to say it is trading at all in the modern market-place it must have some element of on-line presence. Coupled with this is the explosion of the "population" of Massively Multi... Read More about E-commerce transactions in a virtual environment: Virtual transactions.

The effect of a clinically effective and non-effective dose of lorazepam on 7.5% CO2-induced anxiety (2012)
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Diaper, A., Papadopoulos, A., Rich, A. S., Dawson, G. R., Dourish, C. T., Nutt, D. J., & Bailey, J. E. (2012). The effect of a clinically effective and non-effective dose of lorazepam on 7.5% CO2-induced anxiety. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 27(6), 540-548. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2261

Symptoms of anxiety induced by 7.5% CO2 inhalation can be attenuated by acute administration of GABAA receptor anxiolytics such as lorazepam and alprazolam. This study investigated if these effects are dose-related, by comparing a 0.5 mg dose (consid... Read More about The effect of a clinically effective and non-effective dose of lorazepam on 7.5% CO2-induced anxiety.

β-catenin negatively regulates expression of the prostaglandin transporter PGT in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells: A role in the chemopreventive efficacy of aspirin (2012)
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Smartt, H. J., Smartt, H., Greenhough, A., Ordóñez-Morán, P., Al-Kharusi, M., Collard, T. J., …Paraskeva, C. (2012). β-catenin negatively regulates expression of the prostaglandin transporter PGT in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells: A role in the chemopreventive efficacy of aspirin. British Journal of Cancer, 107(9), 1514-1517. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.430

Background: Levels of the pro-tumorigenic prostaglandin PGE 2 are increased in colorectal cancer, previously attributed to increased synthesis through COX-2 upregulation and, more recently, to decreased catabolism. The functionally linked genes 15-pr... Read More about β-catenin negatively regulates expression of the prostaglandin transporter PGT in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells: A role in the chemopreventive efficacy of aspirin.

Brenneria goodwinii sp. nov., associated with acute oak decline in the UK (2012)
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Denman, S., Brady, C., Kirk, S., Cleenwerck, I., Venter, S., Coutinho, T., & De Vos, P. (2012). Brenneria goodwinii sp. nov., associated with acute oak decline in the UK. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 62(10), 2451-2456. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.037879-0

A group of nine Gram-negative staining, facultatively anaerobic bacterial strains isolated from native oak trees displaying symptoms of acute oak decline (AOD) in the UK were investigated using a polyphasic approach. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phyl... Read More about Brenneria goodwinii sp. nov., associated with acute oak decline in the UK.

The transfer of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as an urban policy for spatially targeted economic development (2012)
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Squires, G., & Lord, A. D. (2012). The transfer of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as an urban policy for spatially targeted economic development. Land Use Policy, 29(4), 817-826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.12.007

Urban policy transfer between the US and UK has long been of interest to researchers and practitioners. Given the recent wider context of reduced direct funding and the absence of a coherent regeneration policy, this paper considers the introduction... Read More about The transfer of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as an urban policy for spatially targeted economic development.

Territorial attractiveness in EU urban and spatial policy: A critical review and future research agenda (2012)
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Servillo, L., Atkinson, R., & Russo, A. P. (2012). Territorial attractiveness in EU urban and spatial policy: A critical review and future research agenda. European Urban and Regional Studies, 19(4), 349-365. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776411430289

The paper introduces the concept of territorial assets and discusses their role for regional development. Focusing on European societies and taking into account different strands of the literature on place and territorial capital, we argue that the e... Read More about Territorial attractiveness in EU urban and spatial policy: A critical review and future research agenda.

The National Falls and Bone Health Audit: Implications for UK emergency care (2012)
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Benger, J., Treml, J., Martin, F. C., Grant, R., Lowe, D., Potter, J., & Husk, J. (2012). The National Falls and Bone Health Audit: Implications for UK emergency care. Emergency Medicine Journal, 29(10), 830-832. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200501

Introduction: The National Clinical Audit of Falls and Bone Health, coordinated by the Royal College of Physicians, assesses progress in implementing integrated falls services across the UK against national standards and enables benchmarking between... Read More about The National Falls and Bone Health Audit: Implications for UK emergency care.

An exploration of the collaborative processes of making theatre inspired by science (2012)
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Dowell, E., & Weitkamp, E. (2012). An exploration of the collaborative processes of making theatre inspired by science. Public Understanding of Science, 21(7), 891-901. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662510394278

This research examined the collaborative processes of making theatre inspired by science through the analysis of 16 semi-structured interviews with individual collaborators (eight theatre practitioners and eight scientists). Interviews explored exper... Read More about An exploration of the collaborative processes of making theatre inspired by science.

Comparing CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN clinical decision rules for paediatric head injuries (2012)
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Lyttle, M. D., Lyttle, M., Crowe, L., Oakley, E., Dunning, J., & Babl, F. E. (2012). Comparing CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN clinical decision rules for paediatric head injuries. Emergency Medicine Journal, 29(10), 785-794. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200225

Many children present to emergency departments following head injury (HI), with a small number at risk of avoidable poor outcome. Difficulty identifying such children, coupled with increased availability of cranial CT, has led to variation in practic... Read More about Comparing CATCH, CHALICE and PECARN clinical decision rules for paediatric head injuries.

Clinical outcomes from bilateral versus unilateral stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus with and without concomitant caudal zona incerta region stimulation in Parkinson's disease (2012)
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Gill, S. S., Khan, S., Javed, S., Mooney, L., White, P., Plaha, P., & Whone, A. (2012). Clinical outcomes from bilateral versus unilateral stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus with and without concomitant caudal zona incerta region stimulation in Parkinson's disease. British Journal of Neurosurgery, 26(5), 722-725. https://doi.org/10.3109/02688697.2012.659297

Introduction. The Pedunculopontine nucleus is a novel target for deep brain stimulation and this may improve postural instability and gait dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. If unilateral Pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation is as efficacious as bil... Read More about Clinical outcomes from bilateral versus unilateral stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus with and without concomitant caudal zona incerta region stimulation in Parkinson's disease.

Transient fuel spray impingement at atmospheric and elevated ambient conditions (2012)
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Kay, P. J., Bowen, P. J., Gold, M. R., & Sapsford, S. M. (2012). Transient fuel spray impingement at atmospheric and elevated ambient conditions. Experiments in Fluids, 53(4), 873-890. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-012-1334-0

This study analyses detailed temporally resolved full flow field data for pre- and post-impingement fuel sprays under atmospheric and elevated ambient conditions. A comprehensive suite of diagnostic techniques is utilised comprising of phase-resolved... Read More about Transient fuel spray impingement at atmospheric and elevated ambient conditions.