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Aberrant Wnt signalling and cellular over-proliferation in a novel mouse model of Meckel-Gruber syndrome (2013)
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Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS) is an embryonic lethal ciliopathy resulting from mutations in genes encoding proteins localising to the primary cilium. Mutations in the basal body protein MKS1 account for 7% of cases of MKS. The condition affects the de... Read More about Aberrant Wnt signalling and cellular over-proliferation in a novel mouse model of Meckel-Gruber syndrome.

Narratives of transition from social to enterprise: You can't get there from here! (2013)
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Purpose: In response to calls to critically analyse and conceptually advance social enterprise, the purpose of this paper is to examine narratives and models representing a spectrum of social enterprise from the "social" to the "economic". The paper... Read More about Narratives of transition from social to enterprise: You can't get there from here!.

Adherence therapy following an acute episode of schizophrenia: A multi-centre randomised controlled trial (2013)
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Background: Non-adherence with antipsychotic medication is common in patients with schizophrenia. Aims: To establish the efficacy of adherence therapy (AT) compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in improving medication compliance in patients following... Read More about Adherence therapy following an acute episode of schizophrenia: A multi-centre randomised controlled trial.

Motivations for energy efficiency refurbishment in owner-occupied housing (2013)
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Purpose: The existing housing stock needs substantial adaptation to meet national and international carbon reduction targets. The largest proportion of housing is owner-occupied, and will require improvement works which go beyond those measures provi... Read More about Motivations for energy efficiency refurbishment in owner-occupied housing.

Whole school food programmes and the kitchen environment (2013)
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the impact of the Food For Life Partnership (FFLP) whole school food programme on kitchen staff employment and professional development. Design/methodology/approach: This exploratory research involved... Read More about Whole school food programmes and the kitchen environment.

Co-production and self-service: The application of Service-Dominant Logic (2013)
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Service-Dominant Logic (S-D logic) theory and related literature is reviewed to demonstrate S-D logic's potential to provide new insights for understanding an important contemporary issue in service delivery: the application of self-service technolog... Read More about Co-production and self-service: The application of Service-Dominant Logic.

LGR5 promotes survival in human colorectal adenoma cells and is upregulated by PGE2: Implications for targeting adenoma stem cells with nsaids (2013)
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Cyclooxygenase-2 is overexpressed in the majority of colorectal tumours leading to elevated levels of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), promoting many hallmarks of cancer. Importantly, PGE2 is reported to enhance Wnt/β-catenin signalling in colorectal carcino... Read More about LGR5 promotes survival in human colorectal adenoma cells and is upregulated by PGE2: Implications for targeting adenoma stem cells with nsaids.

Comparative antimicrobial activities of aerosolized sodium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, and electrochemically activated solutions evaluated using a novel standardized assay (2013)
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The main aim of this study was to develop a standardized experimental assay to enable differential antimicrobial comparisons of test biocidal aerosols. This study represents the first chlorine-matched comparative assessment of the antimicrobial activ... Read More about Comparative antimicrobial activities of aerosolized sodium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, and electrochemically activated solutions evaluated using a novel standardized assay.

Emotions and learning: In praise of a forum (2013)
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21 staff and students from across the university participated in an invited forum organised under the UWE Student Experience Programme. The subject of ‘Emotions, Learning and Student Development’ was explored through stimulus presentations, str... Read More about Emotions and learning: In praise of a forum.

The dual role of paramagnetic particles for integrated lysis and measurement in a rapid immunoassay for intracellular proteins (2013)
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A novel, integrated lysis and immunoassay methodology and system for intracellular protein measurement are described. The method uses paramagnetic particles both as a lysis agent and assay label resulting in a rapid test requiring minimal operator in... Read More about The dual role of paramagnetic particles for integrated lysis and measurement in a rapid immunoassay for intracellular proteins.

Engaging a wider public health workforce for the future: A public health practitioner in residence approach (2013)
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This paper outlines and assesses a project that sought to use a studio residency (a public health practitioner in residence) as a vehicle to introduce public health issues and concepts into the curricula of a studio cohort of fifth and sixth year arc... Read More about Engaging a wider public health workforce for the future: A public health practitioner in residence approach.

Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange (2013)
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Across the United Kingdom and other Western nations, complementary health care has become big business, with pressure to commercialise and technologise its goods and services. Economic liberalisation and the democratisation of health care have encour... Read More about Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange.

The long and winding road to achieving professional registration for sonographers (2013)
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The rapid growth in the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic imaging technology over the past forty years, has led to a demand for a workforce with the appropriate skills to perform and interpret the scans. In the UK, ultrasound investigations now compr... Read More about The long and winding road to achieving professional registration for sonographers.

Audit of advanced airway management in UK Emergency Departments following the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Difficult Airway Society (2013)
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Rewards can be used effectively with repeated exposure to increase liking of vegetables in 4-6-year-old children (2013)
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Abstract Objective To examine whether parents offering a sticker reward to their child to taste a vegetable the child does not currently consume is associated with improvements in children's liking and consumption of the vegetable. Design A randomize... Read More about Rewards can be used effectively with repeated exposure to increase liking of vegetables in 4-6-year-old children.

The counter-terrorism provisions of the protection of freedoms Act 2012: Preventing misuse or a case of smoke and mirrors? (2013)
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The article examines the provisions of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 dealing with the maximum length of detention without trial in terrorism cases, and stop and search under the Terrorism Act 2000. It considers whether the government's objectiv... Read More about The counter-terrorism provisions of the protection of freedoms Act 2012: Preventing misuse or a case of smoke and mirrors?.

Temperature response of denitrification rate and greenhouse gas production in agricultural river marginal wetland soils (2013)
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Soils are predicted to exhibit significant feedback to global warming via the temperature response of greenhouse gas (GHG) production. However, the temperature response of hydromorphic wetland soils is complicated by confounding factors such as oxyge... Read More about Temperature response of denitrification rate and greenhouse gas production in agricultural river marginal wetland soils.

Servitization - Complex engineering service availability: Is a paradigm shift in the business model and service enterprise required? (2013)
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Servitization is the move by firms to gain value from service associated with their products, which requires a strategic rather than incremental change in the provider firm.

Development of a printed HDL-cholesterol biosensor based on a novel electrocatalyst for hydrogen peroxide reduction (2013)
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Rescued from oblivion: Michael Klinger, Jewish Independent Producer (2013)
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This article gives a four-page overview of the career and significance of the British Jewish producer Michael Klinger. It argues for his importance and the varied and sometimes challenging nature of the films he produced, why his career took the shap... Read More about Rescued from oblivion: Michael Klinger, Jewish Independent Producer.