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Biology and computing (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Gale, E. (2011, November). Biology and computing. Presented at Faculty Research Colloquium, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Memristors, the recently discovered 4th fundamental circuit element, have been used as models for biological components, such as neurons. It may be that neurons are memristors, rather than just conveniently modeled by them. This presentation covers r... Read More about Biology and computing.

How to lose weight bias fast! Evaluating a brief anti-weight bias intervention (2011)
Journal Article
Diedrichs, P. C., & Barlow, F. K. (2011). How to lose weight bias fast! Evaluating a brief anti-weight bias intervention. British Journal of Health Psychology, 16(4), 846-861. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8287.2011.02022.x

Objectives. Although experiencing weight bias is associated with poor physical and psychological health, health professionals often stigmatize overweight and obese clients. The objective of this study was to evaluate a brief educational intervention... Read More about How to lose weight bias fast! Evaluating a brief anti-weight bias intervention.

Increasing support for breastfeeding: What can Children's Centres do? (2011)
Journal Article
Condon, L., & Ingram, J. (2011). Increasing support for breastfeeding: What can Children's Centres do?. Health and Social Care in the Community, 19(6), 617-625. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01003.x

Britain has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in Europe, with particularly low rates among White British families living in disadvantaged communities. As breastfeeding has important long-term health benefits for babies and their mothers, this rep... Read More about Increasing support for breastfeeding: What can Children's Centres do?.

The Vickers report (2011)
Journal Article
Chambers-Jones, C. (2011). The Vickers report. Journal of Business Law, 32(11), 280-292

The banking crisis (2007-8) in the UK has led to plethora of banking regulations and reforms. For example we have had the Run on the Rock report into Northern Rock, the Banking Act 2008, then Banking Act 2009. Following on from these legislative refo... Read More about The Vickers report.

Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals (2011)
Journal Article
Burgoyne, C., Clarke, V., & Burns, M. (2011). Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals. Sociological Review, 59(4), 685-706. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2011.02032.x

Recent legislation in the UK has extended many of the legal and financial rights and responsibilities of heterosexual marriage to same-sex couples who register their partnerships. Prior to the Civil Partnership Act (2004) however, little was known ab... Read More about Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals.

The significance of shore height in intertidal macrobenthic seagrass ecology and conservation (2011)
Journal Article
Barnes, R. S., & Ellwood, M. D. F. (2011). The significance of shore height in intertidal macrobenthic seagrass ecology and conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 21(7), 614-624. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.1234

Benthic faunal assemblages of an intertidal seagrass bed were sampled at three shore heights (LWN, MLW, LWS) at the mouth, mid-point and head of the Steenbok Channel in South Africa's premier seagrass site, the warm-temperate Knysna estuarine bay, Ga... Read More about The significance of shore height in intertidal macrobenthic seagrass ecology and conservation.

Finance, inflation and employment: A post-Keynesian/Kaleckian analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Argitis, G., & Dafermos, Y. (2011). Finance, inflation and employment: A post-Keynesian/Kaleckian analysis. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(6), 1015-1033. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/ber002

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the post-Keynesian/Kaleckian macroeconomic literature. We develop a macroeconomic model that explicitly integrates the role of borrowing and cash payment commitments on outstanding debt (interest plus pri... Read More about Finance, inflation and employment: A post-Keynesian/Kaleckian analysis.

The sociology of education (2011)
Book Chapter
Waller, R. (2011). The sociology of education. In B. Dufour, & W. Curtis (Eds.), Studying Education: An Introduction to the Key Disciplines in Education Studies. Maidenhead: Open University Press

Digital Journalism (2011)
Book
Salter, L., & Jones, J. (2011). Digital Journalism. London: Sage

Review "The most comprehensive book I've read on the issues facing online journalism in the UK. Digital Journalism manages to combine an understanding of technological and cultural developments with a commercial and political awareness that prevents... Read More about Digital Journalism.

Colon tumour cells increase PGE 2 by regulating COX-2 and 15-PGDH to promote survival during the microenvironmental stress of glucose deprivation (2011)
Journal Article
Williams, A. C., Moore, A. E., Smartt, H. J., Roberts, H. R., Greenhough, A., & Paraskeva, C. (2011). Colon tumour cells increase PGE 2 by regulating COX-2 and 15-PGDH to promote survival during the microenvironmental stress of glucose deprivation. Carcinogenesis, 32(11), 1741-1747. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgr210

Due to poor tumour-associated vasculature, tumour cells are subjected to a fluctuating microenvironment with periods of limited oxygen and glucose availability. Adaptive mechanisms to adverse microenvironments are important for tumour cell survival.... Read More about Colon tumour cells increase PGE 2 by regulating COX-2 and 15-PGDH to promote survival during the microenvironmental stress of glucose deprivation.

Aminotransferases (2011)
Book Chapter
Conway, M. E. (2011). Aminotransferases. In J. D'Mello (Ed.), Amino Acids in Human Nutrition and Health (24-41). CABI

The aminotransferases are PLP dependent proteins which catalyze the transfer of an amino group from the donor amino acid to α-ketoglutarate, forming glutamate and the respective keto acids. Several key aminotransferase proteins have been identified a... Read More about Aminotransferases.

Expertise in radiological screening and satisfaction of search (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Clark, K., Samei, E., Baker, J., & Mitroff, S. R. (2011, November). Expertise in radiological screening and satisfaction of search. Poster presented at Object Perception, Attention, and Memory, Seattle, Washington, United States

Cognitive psychology studies of visual search typically use novice searchers (often undergraduate students). Such studies have provided valuable insight into visual search performance, but how might expert searchers differ in their performance? Radi... Read More about Expertise in radiological screening and satisfaction of search.

Measuring the outcomes for continence management technologies (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Jutai, J., Southall, K., van den Heuvel, E., Cotterill, N., & Long, A. (2011, November). Measuring the outcomes for continence management technologies. Presented at Gerontological Society of America Annual meeting 2011, Boston, USA

Patient reported outcomes for the evaluation of continence management technologies.

Extending the use of Spanish Computer-assisted Anomia Rehabilitation Program (CARP-2) in people with aphasia (2011)
Journal Article
Adrián, J. A., González, M., Buiza, J. J., & Sage, K. (2011). Extending the use of Spanish Computer-assisted Anomia Rehabilitation Program (CARP-2) in people with aphasia. Journal of Communication Disorders, 44(6), 666-677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2011.06.002

Purpose: To extend the use of the Spanish Computer-assisted Anomia Rehabilitation Program (CARP-2) for anomia from a single case to a group of 15 people with aphasia. To evaluate whether the treatment is active (Phase 1) for this group (Robey & Schul... Read More about Extending the use of Spanish Computer-assisted Anomia Rehabilitation Program (CARP-2) in people with aphasia.

Measures of fatigue: Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Multi-Dimensional Questionnaire (BRAF MDQ), Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Numerical Rating Scales (BRAF NRS) for Severity, Effect, and Coping, Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (CFQ), Checklist Individual Strength (CIS20R and CIS8R), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy (Fatigue) (FACIT-F), Multi- (2011)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S., Dures, E., & Almeida, C. (2011). Measures of fatigue: Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Multi-Dimensional Questionnaire (BRAF MDQ), Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Numerical Rating Scales (BRAF NRS) for Severity, Effect, and Coping, Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (CFQ), Checklist Individual Strength (CIS20R and CIS8R), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy (Fatigue) (FACIT-F), Multi-. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 63(SUPPL. 11), S263-S286. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.20579

Implementation: The quality quandary (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Benger, J. (2011, November). Implementation: The quality quandary. Presented at International Conference on Quality and Safety in Emergency Medicine, British Museum, London