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T cell-based immunotherapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: modest success and future perspective. (2009)
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Shablak, A., Hawkins, R., Rothwell, D., & Elkord, E. (2009). T cell-based immunotherapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: modest success and future perspective. Clinical Cancer Research, 15(21), 6503-6510. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-1605

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC) remains a challenging malignancy to treat. Cancer immunotherapies have been extensively explored in melanoma and RCC as they poorly respond to conventional cytotoxic agents but show responses to a variety of imm... Read More about T cell-based immunotherapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: modest success and future perspective..

Immune evasion mechanisms in colorectal cancer liver metastasis patients vaccinated with TroVax (MVA-5T4) (2009)
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Elkord, E., Dangoor, A., Burt, D., & Southgate, T. (2009). Immune evasion mechanisms in colorectal cancer liver metastasis patients vaccinated with TroVax (MVA-5T4). Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 58(10), 1657-1667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-009-0674-y

We have recently reported the results of a phase II trial in which two TroVax [modified vaccinia ankara (MVA) encoding the tumour antigen 5T4] vaccinations were given to patients both pre- and post-surgical resection of liver metastases secondary to... Read More about Immune evasion mechanisms in colorectal cancer liver metastasis patients vaccinated with TroVax (MVA-5T4).

Effect of boundary slip on the acoustical properties of microfibrous materials (2009)
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Umnova, O., Tsiklauri, D., & Venegas Castillo, R. (2009). Effect of boundary slip on the acoustical properties of microfibrous materials. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 126(4), 1850-1861. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3204087

A variety of new porous materials with unusually small pores have been manufactured in the past decades. To predict their acoustical properties, the conventional models need to be modified. When pore size becomes comparable to the molecular mean free... Read More about Effect of boundary slip on the acoustical properties of microfibrous materials.

Drosophila male sex peptide inhibits siesta sleep and promotes locomotor activity in the post-mated female (2009)
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Isaac, R., Li, C., Leedale, A., & Shirras, A. (2009). Drosophila male sex peptide inhibits siesta sleep and promotes locomotor activity in the post-mated female. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277(1678), 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1236

Quiescence, or a sleep-like state, is a common and important feature of the daily lives of animals from both invertebrate and vertebrate taxa, suggesting that sleep appeared early in animal evolution. Recently, Drosophila melanogaster has been shown... Read More about Drosophila male sex peptide inhibits siesta sleep and promotes locomotor activity in the post-mated female.

Mapping individual variation in male mating preference space: Multiple choice in a color polymorphic cichlid fish (2009)
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Pierotti, M. E., Martín-Fernández, J. A., & Seehausen, O. (2009). Mapping individual variation in male mating preference space: Multiple choice in a color polymorphic cichlid fish. Evolution, 63(9), 2372–2388. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00716.x

Sexual selection theory largely rests on the assumption that populations contain individual variation in mating preferences and that individuals are consistent in their preferences. However, there are few empirical studies of within-population variat... Read More about Mapping individual variation in male mating preference space: Multiple choice in a color polymorphic cichlid fish.

Critical success factors of construction research and development (2009)
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Kulatunga, U., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2009). Critical success factors of construction research and development. Construction Management and Economics, 27(9), 891-900. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190903186152

Research and development (R&D) activities are important to the construction industry to successfully address the challenges placed upon it and to be competitive. Identifying the factors that influence the success of construction R&D activities is imp... Read More about Critical success factors of construction research and development.

A procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise complaints (2009)
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Moorhouse, A., Waddington, D., & Adams, M. (2009). A procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise complaints. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 126(3), 1131-1141. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3180695

The development and application of a procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise (LFN) complaints are described. The development of the assessment method included laboratory tests addressing low frequency hearing threshold and the effect on a... Read More about A procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise complaints.

Genetic composition, population structure and phylogeography of the loggerhead sea turtle: colonization hypothesis for the Brazilian rookeries (2009)
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Reis, E., Soares, L., Vargas, S., Santos, F., Young, R., Bjorndal, K., …Lobo-Hajdu, G. (2010). Genetic composition, population structure and phylogeography of the loggerhead sea turtle: colonization hypothesis for the Brazilian rookeries. Conservation Genetics, 11, 1467-1477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-009-9975-0

The loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, is the most common species of sea turtle nesting in Brazil and is listed as endangered by the IUCN. Our study characterizes the genetic structure of loggerheads in Brazil based on mitochondrial DNA control... Read More about Genetic composition, population structure and phylogeography of the loggerhead sea turtle: colonization hypothesis for the Brazilian rookeries.

A riot of rhythms : neuronal and glial circadian oscillators in the mediobasal hypothalamus (2009)
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Guilding, C., Hughes, A., Brown, T., Namvar, S., & Piggins, H. (2009). A riot of rhythms : neuronal and glial circadian oscillators in the mediobasal hypothalamus. Molecular Brain, 2(28), https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-6606-2-28

Background: In mammals, the synchronized activity of cell autonomous clocks in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) enables this structure to function as the master circadian clock, coordinating daily rhythms in physiology and behavior. However, the domi... Read More about A riot of rhythms : neuronal and glial circadian oscillators in the mediobasal hypothalamus.

Reaction of gold substrates with diazonium salts in acidic solution at open-circuit potential (2009)
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Lehr, J., Williamson, B., Flavel, B., & Downard, A. (2009). Reaction of gold substrates with diazonium salts in acidic solution at open-circuit potential. Langmuir, 25(23), 13503-13509. https://doi.org/10.1021/la902002n

The reaction of gold substrates with p-nitrobenzene diazonium tetrafluoroborate (NBD) in 0.1 M H2SO4 at open-circuit potential (OCP) is demonstrated to proceed by electron transfer from gold to the NBD cation. Electrochemical, atomic force microscopy... Read More about Reaction of gold substrates with diazonium salts in acidic solution at open-circuit potential.

Eye gaze in virtual environments: evaluating the need and initial work on implementation (2009)
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Murray, N., Roberts, D., Steed, A., Sharkey, P., Dickerson, P., Rae, J., & Wolff, R. (2009). Eye gaze in virtual environments: evaluating the need and initial work on implementation. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 21(11), 1437-1449. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.1396

For efficient collaboration between participants, eye gaze is seen as being critical for interaction. Video conferencing either does not attempt to support eye gaze (e.g. AcessGrid) or only approximates it in round table conditions (e.g. life size... Read More about Eye gaze in virtual environments: evaluating the need and initial work on implementation.

A road-map to personalized context-aware services delivery in construction (2009)
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Aziz, Z., Anumba, C., & Peña-mora, F. (2009). A road-map to personalized context-aware services delivery in construction. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 14, 461-472

Existing mobile IT applications in the construction industry are constrained by their reliance on static methods of information delivery, which are often not appropriate to meet changing work demand resulting from dynamic project conditions. This pap... Read More about A road-map to personalized context-aware services delivery in construction.

Frequency of human T regulatory cells in peripheral blood is significantly reduced by cryopreservation (2009)
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Elkord, E. (2009). Frequency of human T regulatory cells in peripheral blood is significantly reduced by cryopreservation. Journal of Immunological Methods, 347(1-2), 87-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2009.06.001

Cryopreservation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) is essential for many clinical and research assays. Some studies reported consistent changes in PBMC phenotype following cryopreservation. We hypothesized that PBMC freezing may have a neg... Read More about Frequency of human T regulatory cells in peripheral blood is significantly reduced by cryopreservation.

Skill competency development strategies by a contractor (2009)
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Oyegoke, A., McDermott, P., Aouad, G., & Cleary, M. (2009). Skill competency development strategies by a contractor. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 162(3), 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1680/mpal.2009.162.3.121

Construction skills are one of the vital aspects of construction work which is growing in importance due to skill gaps and skill shortages during different economic cycles. The aim of this study was to investigate competence development strategies by... Read More about Skill competency development strategies by a contractor.

The effect of ambient pressure on laser-induced silicon plasma temperature, density and morphology (2009)
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silicon plasma temperature, density and morphology. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 42, https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/42/16/165202

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of silicon was performed using a nanosecond pulsed frequency doubled Nd :YAG (532 nm) laser. The temporal evolution of the laser ablation plumes was characterized under a range of low pressures. Electron densiti... Read More about The effect of ambient pressure on laser-induced silicon plasma temperature, density and morphology.

Anisotropic lattice changes in femtosecond laser inscribed Nd3+:MgO:LiNbO3 optical waveguides (2009)
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Nd3+:MgO:LiNbO3 optical waveguides. Journal of Applied Physics, 106(1), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3168432

We report on the fabrication and microspectroscopy imaging of femtosecond laser written double-filament based Nd3+ :MgO:LiNbO3 optical waveguides. The waveguiding high refractive-index regions are identified by blueshifts of the Nd3+ ion fluorescen... Read More about Anisotropic lattice changes in femtosecond laser inscribed Nd3+:MgO:LiNbO3 optical waveguides.

Maximising social interactions and effectiveness within distance learning courses : cases from construction (2009)
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Ingirige, B., & Goulding, J. (2009). Maximising social interactions and effectiveness within distance learning courses : cases from construction. Journal for Education in the Built Environment, 4(1), 75-99

Advanced Internet technologies have revolutionised the delivery of distance learning education. As a result, the physical proximity between learners and the learning providers has become less important. However, whilst the pervasiveness of these tech... Read More about Maximising social interactions and effectiveness within distance learning courses : cases from construction.

A transient boundary element method for acoustic scattering from mixed regular and thin rigid bodies (2009)
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Hargreaves, J., & Cox, T. (2009). A transient boundary element method for acoustic scattering from mixed regular and thin rigid bodies. Acta acustica united with Acustica, 95(4), 678-689. https://doi.org/10.3813/AAA.918196

Boundary Element Methods (BEMs) may be used to predict the scattering of sound by obstacles, which has accelerated the prototyping of new room acoustic treatments such as diffusers. Unlike the more popular frequency domain method, the time domain BE... Read More about A transient boundary element method for acoustic scattering from mixed regular and thin rigid bodies.