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Echinococcosis in Tibetan populations, Western Sichuan Province, China (2005)
Journal Article
Tiaoying, L., Jiamin, Q., Wen, Y., Craig, P., Xingwang, C., Ning, X., …Schantz, P. (2005). Echinococcosis in Tibetan populations, Western Sichuan Province, China. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11(12), 1866-1873

We screened 3,199 people from Shiqu County, Sichuan Province, China, for abdominal echinococcosis (hydatid disease) by portable ultrasound combined with specific serodiagnostic tests. Both cystic echinococcosis (CE) (Echinococcus granulosus infection... Read More about Echinococcosis in Tibetan populations, Western Sichuan Province, China.

The future of the black and minority ethnic (BME) construction sector in England (2005)
Journal Article
Steele, A., & Todd, S. (2005). The future of the black and minority ethnic (BME) construction sector in England. Construction Management and Economics, 23(10), 1017-1023. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500372429

It is generally recognized that there is a lack of equality of opportunity for minority-led contractors and consultants (i.e. where at least 50 per cent of the workforce or ownership is from a minority group, such as women, disabled people or a black... Read More about The future of the black and minority ethnic (BME) construction sector in England.

Domestic violence, homelessness and housing (2005)
Journal Article
Davis, C. (2005). Domestic violence, homelessness and housing

Regional research into housing-related support for women who have left violent partners.

Planning for ecology: A Greater Manchester case study (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Kazmierczak, A., & James, P. (2005, September). Planning for ecology: A Greater Manchester case study. Presented at Thirteenth Annual IALE(UK) Conference: Planning, People and Practice. The landscape ecology of sustainable landscapes, The University of Northampton

Patient-centred improvements in healthcare built environments: perspectives and design indicators. (2005)
Journal Article
Douglas, C., & Douglas, M. (2005). Patient-centred improvements in healthcare built environments: perspectives and design indicators. Health Expectations, 8(3), 264-276. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2005.00336.x

Objective To explore patients’ perceptions of health-care built environments, to assess how they perceived health-care built facilities and designs. To develop a set of patient-centred indicators by which to appraise future health-care designs. De... Read More about Patient-centred improvements in healthcare built environments: perspectives and design indicators..

Mellor: Living on the edge. a regional study of an iron age and Romano-British upland settlement (2005)
Book
(2005). M. Nevell, & N. Redhead (Eds.), Mellor: Living on the edge. a regional study of an iron age and Romano-British upland settlement. Manchester, UK: University of Manchester Archaeological Unit

Mellor is an exceptional archaeological site. An Iron Age hillfort on the fringes of the Pennines in Stockport it was only discovered in 1995. Its investigation has been the result of a partnership between the Mellor Archaeological Trust and the Univ... Read More about Mellor: Living on the edge. a regional study of an iron age and Romano-British upland settlement.

TGF-beta 1 induces human alveolar epithelial to mesenchymal cell transition (EMT) (2005)
Journal Article
Kasai, H., Allen, J., Mason, R., Kamimura, T., & Zhang, Z. (2005). TGF-beta 1 induces human alveolar epithelial to mesenchymal cell transition (EMT). Respiratory Research, 6(56), https://doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-56

Background: Fibroblastic foci are characteristic features in lung parenchyma of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). They comprise aggregates of mesenchymal cells which underlie sites of unresolved epithelial injury and are associated w... Read More about TGF-beta 1 induces human alveolar epithelial to mesenchymal cell transition (EMT).

Interferon-gamma induces translocation of commensal E. Coli across gut epithelial cells via a lipid raft-mediated process (2005)
Journal Article
Clark, E., Haore, C., Tanianis-Hughes, J., Carlson, G., & Warhurst, G. (2005). Interferon-gamma induces translocation of commensal E. Coli across gut epithelial cells via a lipid raft-mediated process. Gastroenterology, 128(5), 1258-1267. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2005.01.046

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The "leaky gut" hypothesis proposes that leakage of enteric bacteria into the body resulting from disruption of the epithelial barrier is a critical step in the pathophysiology of various disorders such as inflammatory bowel diseas... Read More about Interferon-gamma induces translocation of commensal E. Coli across gut epithelial cells via a lipid raft-mediated process.

The interpretation of fen carr pollen diagrams: The representation of the dry land vegetation. (2005)
Journal Article
Binney, H., Waller, M., Bunting, M., & Armitage, R. (2005). The interpretation of fen carr pollen diagrams: The representation of the dry land vegetation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 134(3-4), 197-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.12.006

Deposits of fen carr origin are frequently used in pollen-based studies, including those where the primary objective is reconstructing the Holocene history of dry land vegetation. However, there have been few studies of modern pollen–vegetation relat... Read More about The interpretation of fen carr pollen diagrams: The representation of the dry land vegetation..

Industrialisation, ownership, and the Manchester methodology: The role of the contemporary social structure during industrialisation, 1600-1900 (2005)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2005). Industrialisation, ownership, and the Manchester methodology: The role of the contemporary social structure during industrialisation, 1600-1900. Industrial Archaeology Review, XXVII(1), 87-96. https://doi.org/10.1179/030907205X44475

This paper summarises some of the results of a continuing long-term landscape study into the history and archaeology of modern Tameside as a response to a widespread call for archaeology to make a distinctive theoretical contribution to the study of... Read More about Industrialisation, ownership, and the Manchester methodology: The role of the contemporary social structure during industrialisation, 1600-1900.

Reemergence of canine echinococcus granulosus infection, Wales (2005)
Journal Article
Buishi, I., Walters, T., Guildea, Z., Craig, P., & Palmer, S. (2005). Reemergence of canine echinococcus granulosus infection, Wales. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11(4), 568-571

As a consequence of large-scale outdoor slaughter of sheep during the 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the United Kingdom and the possibility of increased risk for transmission of Echinococcus granulosus between sheep and dogs, a large s... Read More about Reemergence of canine echinococcus granulosus infection, Wales.

High levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on sheep farms provides evidence of vertical transmission in ovine hosts (2005)
Journal Article
Williams, R., Morley, E., Hughes, J., Duncanson, P., Terry, R., Smith, J., & Hide, G. (2005). High levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on sheep farms provides evidence of vertical transmission in ovine hosts. Parasitology, 130(3), 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182004006614

Recent research suggests that vertical transmission may play an important role in sustaining Toxoplasma gondii infection in some species. We report here that congenital transmission occurs at consistently high levels in pedigree Charollais and outbre... Read More about High levels of congenital transmission of toxoplasma gondii in longitudinal and cross-sectional studies on sheep farms provides evidence of vertical transmission in ovine hosts.

Estimates of 'relative pollen productivity' and 'relevant source area of pollen' for major tree taxa in two Norfolk (UK) woodlands. (2005)
Journal Article
Bunting, M., Armitage, R., Binney, H., & Waller, M. (2005). Estimates of 'relative pollen productivity' and 'relevant source area of pollen' for major tree taxa in two Norfolk (UK) woodlands. Holocene, 15(3), 459-465. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683605hl821rr

Surface sample pollen assemblages and vegetation data collected from two East Anglian fen carr sites with adjacent dry woodland belts are analysed to estimate the relevant source area of pollen (RSAP) and the relative pollen productivity (RPP) valu... Read More about Estimates of 'relative pollen productivity' and 'relevant source area of pollen' for major tree taxa in two Norfolk (UK) woodlands..

The interpretation of fen carr pollen diagrams: pollen-vegetation relationships within fen carr. (2005)
Journal Article
Waller, M., Binney, H., Bunting, M., & Armitage, R. (2005). The interpretation of fen carr pollen diagrams: pollen-vegetation relationships within fen carr. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 133(3-4), 179-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.10.001

Sediments deposited in fen carr environments are frequently used in pollen-based reconstructions of vegetation history, although few studies of modern pollen–vegetation relationships in fen carr have been undertaken to aid the interpretation of fossi... Read More about The interpretation of fen carr pollen diagrams: pollen-vegetation relationships within fen carr..

The recent sedimentation history of Aqualate Mere (Central England): assessing the potential for lake restoration. (2005)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, S. (2005). The recent sedimentation history of Aqualate Mere (Central England): assessing the potential for lake restoration. Journal of Paleolimnology, 33(2), 205-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-004-3991-3

As part of English Nature's Lakes Flagship Project to address adverse environmental impacts on selected, important lakes, a proposal has been made to dredge Aqualate Mere. The site has experienced rapid, 'recent' sedimentation thought to be derived f... Read More about The recent sedimentation history of Aqualate Mere (Central England): assessing the potential for lake restoration..

The EC Zoos Directive: A lost opportunity to implement the convention on biological diversity. (2005)
Journal Article
Rees, P. (2005). The EC Zoos Directive: A lost opportunity to implement the convention on biological diversity. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 8(1), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/13880290590913723

The Convention on Biological Diversity 1992 requires contracting parties to take ex-situ conservation measures to protect biodiversity. This paper considers the effectiveness of the Zoos Directive in implementing this obligation within the European U... Read More about The EC Zoos Directive: A lost opportunity to implement the convention on biological diversity..

Evaluation of the HELA training coordination portal’s ability to support communication and knowledge sharing between local authorities (LA) and health and safety executive (HSE) safety enforcement teams (2005)
Report
Ford, N., Brown, J., & Williams, H. (2005). Evaluation of the HELA training coordination portal’s ability to support communication and knowledge sharing between local authorities (LA) and health and safety executive (HSE) safety enforcement teams

The HELA Training Coordination portal was launched in October 2001. Initially it was developed as a means to facilitate the national coordination of training for Local Authority (LA) based health and safety enforcement officers. Subsequently a second... Read More about Evaluation of the HELA training coordination portal’s ability to support communication and knowledge sharing between local authorities (LA) and health and safety executive (HSE) safety enforcement teams.