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Can you ever regulate the virtual world against virtual economic crime (2012)
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Chambers-Jones, C. (2012). Can you ever regulate the virtual world against virtual economic crime

The question of whether you can ever regulate the virtual world against economic crime is one which cannot be answered easily in practice or in theory. This paper examines this question as part of a much larger study into virtual economic crime. Econ... Read More about Can you ever regulate the virtual world against virtual economic crime.

Validation of virtual reality simulation for obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cross-sectional study (2012)
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Fox, R., Burden, C., Preshaw, J., White, P., Draycott, T. J., & Grant, S. (2012). Validation of virtual reality simulation for obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cross-sectional study. Simulation in Healthcare, 7(5), 269-273. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3182611844

INTRODUCTION: Ultrasonography is an important skill for obstetricians and gynecologists; however, trainees have highlighted ultrasonography as an area of deficiency in their training. We undertook a prospective cross-sectional comparative study to as... Read More about Validation of virtual reality simulation for obstetric ultrasonography: A prospective cross-sectional study.

Understanding complex service systems through different lenses: An overview (2012)
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Briscoe, G., Keränen, K., & Parry, G. (2012). Understanding complex service systems through different lenses: An overview. European Management Journal, 30(5), 418-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2012.06.004

The 2011 Grand Challenge in Service conference aimed to explore, analyse and evaluate complex service systems. A case scenario, improving the perception of safety in the London Borough of Sutton, provided a common context to link participant contribu... Read More about Understanding complex service systems through different lenses: An overview.

Ingesting breakfast meals of different glycaemic load does not alter cognition and satiety in children (2012)
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Noakes, M., Bowen, J., Wilson, C., Danthiir, V., Baird, D., Brindal, E., …Noakes, M. (2012). Ingesting breakfast meals of different glycaemic load does not alter cognition and satiety in children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 66(10), 1166-1171. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2012.99

Background/Objectives: The effect of Glycaemic Index (GI) and Load (GL) of breakfasts on satiety and aspects of cognitive function in children is inconclusive. We aimed to assess if isocaloric breakfasts differing in GL (by replacing high-GI carbohyd... Read More about Ingesting breakfast meals of different glycaemic load does not alter cognition and satiety in children.

Poor whites in recent southern fiction (2012)
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Robertson, S. (2012). Poor whites in recent southern fiction. Literature Compass, 9(10), 631-641. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-4113.2012.00920.x

Poor white characters have appeared throughout southern fiction in a number of guises. This article examines the ways in which contemporary depictions of poor whites challenge earlier one-dimensional accounts of this economically disenfranchised grou... Read More about Poor whites in recent southern fiction.

Aromatherapy and massage intrapartum service impact on use of analgesia and anesthesia in women in labor: A retrospective case note analysis (2012)
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Dhany, A. L., Dhany, A., Mitchell, T., & Foy, C. (2012). Aromatherapy and massage intrapartum service impact on use of analgesia and anesthesia in women in labor: A retrospective case note analysis. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(10), 932-938. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2011.0254

Background: Over the past decade, interest in complementary therapies and alternative medicine has escalated among midwives and the general public in response to increased demand from expectant mothers for more choice, control, and continuity in labo... Read More about Aromatherapy and massage intrapartum service impact on use of analgesia and anesthesia in women in labor: A retrospective case note analysis.

Prevalence of energy malnutrition in children under five years and service delivery responses in Nepal (2012)
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Banstola, A. (2012). Prevalence of energy malnutrition in children under five years and service delivery responses in Nepal. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 2(7), 79-90

Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is a very common problem in children under five years of age in Nepal. The purpose of this review is to summarise the situation of PEM in children under five in Nepal and the service delivery mechanisms carried out b... Read More about Prevalence of energy malnutrition in children under five years and service delivery responses in Nepal.

Banana production systems: Identification of alternative systems for more sustainable production (2012)
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Bellamy, A. S. (2013). Banana production systems: Identification of alternative systems for more sustainable production. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 42(3), 334-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0341-y

Large-scale, monoculture production systems dependent on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, increase yields, but are costly and have deleterious impacts on human health and the environment. This research investigates variations in banana productio... Read More about Banana production systems: Identification of alternative systems for more sustainable production.

Generative modelling of an Albertian capital (2012)
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e Costa, E. C., Coutinho, F., Duarte, J. P., & Krüger, M. (2012). Generative modelling of an Albertian capital. Arquiteturarevista, 8(2), 108-120. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2012.82.02

The main objective of the ongoing investigation described in this paper is to produce a Corinthian capital through generative modelling and digital prototyping, and according to Leon Battista Alberti's treatise on architecture, De re aedificatoria. T... Read More about Generative modelling of an Albertian capital.

Exploring the cultural validity of rheumatology outcomes (2012)
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Sanderson, T., Hewlett, S., Calnan, M., Morris, M., Raza, K., & Kumar, K. (2012). Exploring the cultural validity of rheumatology outcomes. British Journal of Nursing, 21(17), 1015-1023

In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the use of a ‘core’ set of treatment outcomes was pioneered to ensure that the same outcomes are measured across all clinical trials to enable comparison of trial results. However, studies have not investigated the inf... Read More about Exploring the cultural validity of rheumatology outcomes.

μ-Opioid receptor desensitization: Homologous or heterologous? (2012)
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Llorente, J., Lowe, J. D., Sanderson, H. S., Tsisanova, E., Kelly, E., Henderson, G., & Bailey, C. P. (2012). μ-Opioid receptor desensitization: Homologous or heterologous?. European Journal of Neuroscience, 36(12), 3636-3642. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.12003

There is considerable controversy over whether μ-opioid receptor (MOPr) desensitization is homologous or heterologous and over the mechanisms underlying such desensitization. In different cell types MOPr desensitization has been reported to involve r... Read More about μ-Opioid receptor desensitization: Homologous or heterologous?.

Resilience to health related adversity in older people (2012)
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Gallacher, J., Mitchell, C., Heslop, L., & Christopher, G. (2012). Resilience to health related adversity in older people. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 13(3), 197-204. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717791211264188

Purpose - This paper's aim is to explore factors underlying resilience to health adversity, where resilience is defined as better perceived health after adjusting for the presence of doctor diagnosed heart disease, stroke or diabetes (vascular diseas... Read More about Resilience to health related adversity in older people.

Determinants of web‐accessibility of corporate social responsibility communications (2012)
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Adelopo, I., Cea Moure, R., Vargas Preciado, L., & Obalola, M. (2012). Determinants of web‐accessibility of corporate social responsibility communications. Journal of Global Responsibility, 3(2), 235-247. https://doi.org/10.1108/20412561211260539

Purpose: The corporate social responsibility (CSR) debate has developed tremendously over decades. However, while CSR communication has developed significantly, web‐accessibility of CSR communications is under researched. The purpose of this paper is... Read More about Determinants of web‐accessibility of corporate social responsibility communications.

Public service restructuring in the UK: The case of the English National Health Service (2012)
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Tailby, S. (2012). Public service restructuring in the UK: The case of the English National Health Service. Industrial Relations Journal, 43(5), 448-464. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2012.00695.x

This article overviews welfare state retrenchment in the UK under the Conservative-led coalition government that formed in May 2010 and has centred its response to economic crisis on rapid public deficit reduction through public expenditure austerity... Read More about Public service restructuring in the UK: The case of the English National Health Service.

Shifting models of equality? Union equality reps in the public services (2012)
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Moore, S., & Wright, T. (2012). Shifting models of equality? Union equality reps in the public services. Industrial Relations Journal, 43(5), 433-447. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2012.00674.x

This article explores how far the emergence of public sector Equality Representatives represents a departure from a distinct radical model of union self-organisation generated by the collective mobilisation of politically conscious identities, toward... Read More about Shifting models of equality? Union equality reps in the public services.

MyRIP interaction with MyoVa on secretory granules is controlled by the cAMP-PKA pathway (2012)
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Brozzi, F., Lajus, S., Diraison, F., Rajatileka, S., Hayward, K., Regazzi, R., …Varadi, A. (2012). MyRIP interaction with MyoVa on secretory granules is controlled by the cAMP-PKA pathway. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 23(22), 4444-4455. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E12-05-0369

Myosin- and Rab-interacting protein (MyRIP), which belongs to the protein kinase A (PKA)–anchoring family, is implicated in hormone secretion. However, its mechanism of action is not fully elucidated. Here we investigate the role of MyRIP in myosin V... Read More about MyRIP interaction with MyoVa on secretory granules is controlled by the cAMP-PKA pathway.

Marital stability and quality in families created by assisted reproduction techniques: A follow-up study (2012)
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Blake, L., Casey, P., Jadva, V., & Golombok, S. (2012). Marital stability and quality in families created by assisted reproduction techniques: A follow-up study. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 25(7), 678-683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.09.006

An increasing number of children are being born with the use of assisted reproduction techniques such as donor insemination, egg donation and surrogacy. There have been concerns that the use of these third-party reproduction techniques may have a neg... Read More about Marital stability and quality in families created by assisted reproduction techniques: A follow-up study.

Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC (2012)
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Adler, V., Wickens, J., Wang, J., Vanlaer, P., Vander Velde, C., Thomas, L., …McClatchey, R. (2012). Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC. Physics Letters B, 716(1), 30-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.021

Results are presented from searches for the standard model Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions at s=7 and 8 TeV in the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the LHC, using data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of up to 5.1 fb-1 at 7... Read More about Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC.

Development of a novel, physiologically relevant cytotoxicity model: Application to the study of chemotherapeutic damage to mesenchymal stromal cells (2012)
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May, J. E., Morse, H. R., Xu, J., & Donaldson, C. (2012). Development of a novel, physiologically relevant cytotoxicity model: Application to the study of chemotherapeutic damage to mesenchymal stromal cells. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 263(3), 374-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2012.07.013

There is an increasing need for development of physiologically relevant in-vitro models for testing toxicity, however determining toxic effects of agents which undergo extensive hepatic metabolism can be particularly challenging. If a source of such... Read More about Development of a novel, physiologically relevant cytotoxicity model: Application to the study of chemotherapeutic damage to mesenchymal stromal cells.