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Human Dignity in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Interpretation Before the European Court of Justice (2012)
Journal Article
Jones, J. (2012). Human Dignity in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Interpretation Before the European Court of Justice. Liverpool Law Review, 33(3), 281-300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-012-9121-9

This article argues that the EU Charter's dignity provisions must be given a specific, expansive European meaning that underpins the importance the EU places on fundamental rights protection as a principle EU value. To this end, the article examines... Read More about Human Dignity in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Interpretation Before the European Court of Justice.

Towards a Platform-Independent Cooperative Human Robot Interaction System: III. An Architecture for Learning and Executing Actions and Shared Plans (2012)
Journal Article
Lallée, S., Lallee, S., Pattacini, U., Lemaignan, S., Lenz, A., Melhuish, C., …Dominey, P. F. (2012). Towards a Platform-Independent Cooperative Human Robot Interaction System: III. An Architecture for Learning and Executing Actions and Shared Plans. IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, 4(3), 239-253. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAMD.2012.2199754

Robots should be capable of interacting in a cooperative and adaptive manner with their human counterparts in open-ended tasks that can change in real-time. An important aspect of the robot behavior will be the ability to acquire new knowledge of the... Read More about Towards a Platform-Independent Cooperative Human Robot Interaction System: III. An Architecture for Learning and Executing Actions and Shared Plans.

Emerging markets (2012)
Book Chapter
Ruziev, K. (2012). Emerging markets. In J. Michell, & J. Toporowski (Eds.), The Handbook of Critical Issues in Finance, 77-84. Edward Elgar

Investigation of Testosterone, Androstenone, and Estradiol Metabolism in HepG2 Cells and Primary Culture Pig Hepatocytes and Their Effects on 17βHSD7 Gene Expression (2012)
Journal Article
Chen, G., Li, S., Dong, X., Bai, Y., Chen, A., Yang, S., …Doran, O. (2012). Investigation of Testosterone, Androstenone, and Estradiol Metabolism in HepG2 Cells and Primary Culture Pig Hepatocytes and Their Effects on 17βHSD7 Gene Expression. PLoS ONE, 7(12), e52255. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052255

Steroid metabolism is important in various species. The accumulation of androgen metabolite, androstenone, in pig adipose tissue is negatively associated with pork flavor, odour and makes the meat unfit for human consumption. The 17β-hydroxysteroid d... Read More about Investigation of Testosterone, Androstenone, and Estradiol Metabolism in HepG2 Cells and Primary Culture Pig Hepatocytes and Their Effects on 17βHSD7 Gene Expression.

The effect of pressure and mobile phase velocity on the retention properties of small analytes and large biomolecules in ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography (2012)
Journal Article
Fekete, S., Veuthey, J. L., McCalley, D. V., & Guillarme, D. (2012). The effect of pressure and mobile phase velocity on the retention properties of small analytes and large biomolecules in ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 1270, 127-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2012.10.056

A possible complication of ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) is related to the effect of pressure and mobile phase velocity on the retention properties of the analytes. In the present work, numerous model compounds have been selected... Read More about The effect of pressure and mobile phase velocity on the retention properties of small analytes and large biomolecules in ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography.

Development and qualitative evaluation of a self-management workshop for testicular cancer survivor-initiated follow-up (2012)
Journal Article
Martin, F., Turner, A., Bourne, C., & Batehup, L. (2013). Development and qualitative evaluation of a self-management workshop for testicular cancer survivor-initiated follow-up. Oncology Nursing Forum, 40(1), E14-E23. https://doi.org/10.1188/13.ONF.E14-E23

Purpose/Objectives: To describe the needs of testicular cancer survivors, develop a nurse-led workshop, and explore the experience of participation. Research Approach: A systematic intervention development process was used to design a self-management... Read More about Development and qualitative evaluation of a self-management workshop for testicular cancer survivor-initiated follow-up.

Investigation of testosterone, androstenone, and estradiol metabolism in HepG2 cells and primary culture pig hepatocytes and their effects on 17βHSD7 gene expression (2012)
Journal Article
Chen, G., Li, S., Dong, X., Bai, Y., Chen, A., Yang, S., …Doran, O. (2012). Investigation of testosterone, androstenone, and estradiol metabolism in HepG2 cells and primary culture pig hepatocytes and their effects on 17βHSD7 gene expression. PLoS ONE, 7, e52255. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052255

The mismeasure of participation: how choosing the ‘wrong’ statistic helped seal the fate of Aimhigher (2012)
Journal Article
Harrison, N. (2012). The mismeasure of participation: how choosing the ‘wrong’ statistic helped seal the fate of Aimhigher. Higher Education Review -London-, 45(1), 30-61

Extant between 2004 and 2011, Aimhigher was the UK government’s flagship national initiative for widening participation to higher education for young people from disadvantaged social groups, with costs approaching £1 billion. Its demise was predicate... Read More about The mismeasure of participation: how choosing the ‘wrong’ statistic helped seal the fate of Aimhigher.

The Ashgate research companion to contemporary religion and sexuality (2012)
Book
Hunt, S. (2012). S. Hunt, & A. Yip (Eds.), The Ashgate research companion to contemporary religion and sexuality. Ashgate

The Ashgate Research Companion to Contemporary Religion and Sexuality provides academics and students with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of current research in the area of sexuality and religion, broadly defined. This coll... Read More about The Ashgate research companion to contemporary religion and sexuality.

Well-founded social fictions: A defence of the concepts of institutional and familial habitus (2012)
Journal Article
Burke, C. T., Emmerich, N., & Ingram, N. (2013). Well-founded social fictions: A defence of the concepts of institutional and familial habitus. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34(2), 165-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2012.746263

This article engages with Atkinson’s recent criticisms of concepts of collective habitus, such as ‘institutional’ and ‘familial’ habitus, in order to defend their conceptual utility and theoretical coherence. In so doing we promote a flexible underst... Read More about Well-founded social fictions: A defence of the concepts of institutional and familial habitus.

A randomised trial comparing the clinical effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management (2012)
Journal Article
Benger, J. R., Cramp, F., McClellan, C. M., McClellan, C., Cramp, F. (., Powell, J., & Benger, J. (2012). A randomised trial comparing the clinical effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management. BMJ Open, 2(6), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001092

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of soft tissue injury management by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) and extended scope physiotherapists (ESPs) compared to the routine care provided by doctors in a UK emergency department (ED).... Read More about A randomised trial comparing the clinical effectiveness of different emergency department healthcare professionals in soft tissue injury management.

To observe or not to observe: Complementary pluralism in physics and economics (2012)
Journal Article
Fullbrook, E. (2012). To observe or not to observe: Complementary pluralism in physics and economics

This quotation from Einstein expresses the essence of what this paper hopes to say. "Whether you can observe a thing or not depends on the theory which you use. It is theory which decides what can be observed." There exists in economics a malaise... Read More about To observe or not to observe: Complementary pluralism in physics and economics.

A British empire of their own? Jewish entrepreneurs in the British film industry (2012)
Journal Article
Spicer, A. H. (2012). A British empire of their own? Jewish entrepreneurs in the British film industry. Journal of European Popular Culture, 3(2), 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1386/jepc.3.2.117_1

The article provides an overview of the contribution of Jewish entrrpreneurs to the British film industry from the beginnings through to the present. It argues that film was an open and rapidly expanding industry that offered exciting opportunities i... Read More about A British empire of their own? Jewish entrepreneurs in the British film industry.

Building local/lay flood knowledges into community flood resilience planning after the July 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK (2012)
Journal Article
McEwen, L., & Jones, O. (2012). Building local/lay flood knowledges into community flood resilience planning after the July 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK. Hydrology Research, 43(5), 675-688. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2012.022

A UK Cabinet Office review after the 2007 floods highlighted different types of knowledge needed for effective flood risk management, along with knowledge gaps. This paper explores key, emerging aspects of this expanded knowledge base, namely relatio... Read More about Building local/lay flood knowledges into community flood resilience planning after the July 2007 floods, Gloucestershire, UK.

Distributed autonomous morphogenesis in a self-assembling robotic system (2012)
Book Chapter
Liu, W., & Winfield, A. F. (2012). Distributed autonomous morphogenesis in a self-assembling robotic system. In R. Doursat, H. Sayama, & O. Michel (Eds.), Morphogenetic Engineering: Understanding Complex Systems, (89-113). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33902-8_4

We present distributed morphogenesis control strategies in a swarm of robots able to autonomously assemble into 3D symbiotic organisms to perform specific tasks. Each robot in such a system can work autonomously, while teams of robots can self-assemb... Read More about Distributed autonomous morphogenesis in a self-assembling robotic system.