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Prevalence of toxin producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric burns unit (2007)
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Khojasteh, V., Edwards-Jones, V., Childs, C., & Foster, H. (2007). Prevalence of toxin producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric burns unit. Burns, 33(3), 334-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2006.07.009

The aims of the study were to determine the sites in a pediatric burns unit that were contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus. Samples from the environment in bedrooms and the common room were taken monthly for 6 months using blood agar for total cou... Read More about Prevalence of toxin producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric burns unit.

Tetraplex DNA specific ligands based on the fluorenone-carboxamide scaffold (2007)
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Alcaro, S., Artese, A., Iley, J., Maccari, R., Missailidis, S., Ortuso, F., …Vigorita, M. (2007). Tetraplex DNA specific ligands based on the fluorenone-carboxamide scaffold. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1(17), 2509-2514

A series of fluorenone-carboxamide compounds was analyzed with regard to DNA binding properties by UV spectroscopy and competition dialysis methods. The morpholino derivative 10 provided interesting results in terms of affinity and specificity toward... Read More about Tetraplex DNA specific ligands based on the fluorenone-carboxamide scaffold.

Being a real nurse – concepts of caring and culture in the clinical areas (2007)
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Ousey, K., & Johnson, M. (2007). Being a real nurse – concepts of caring and culture in the clinical areas. Nurse Education in Practice, 7(3), 150-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2006.06.001

In this paper we discuss the issues of caring and culture in practice settings and how they affect student nurses in their endeavours to learn how to be a ‘real nurse’. Drawing upon differing conceptions of ‘caring’ we discuss the notion as a pivotal... Read More about Being a real nurse – concepts of caring and culture in the clinical areas.

Illness perceptions, coping and outcomes in fibromyalgia (2007)
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Hammond, A. (2007). Illness perceptions, coping and outcomes in fibromyalgia. Rheumatology, 46,

Background: The self-regulatory model proposes cognitive representations of illness influence illness coping strategies and, in turn illness outcomes [1,2]. There is evidence illness representations affect outcomes in RA [3] but not for the mediating... Read More about Illness perceptions, coping and outcomes in fibromyalgia.

The effect of visual stimuli on the horribleness of awful sounds. (2007)
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Cox, T. (2007). The effect of visual stimuli on the horribleness of awful sounds. Applied Acoustics, 69(8), 691-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2007.02.010

A mass web-based experiment has been carried out to explore people’s perception of horrible sounds. The advantage of a web-based methodology is that it enables hundreds of thousands of judgements to be obtained over a diverse population. As part of t... Read More about The effect of visual stimuli on the horribleness of awful sounds..

Antibody responses in human cystic hydatid disease to the laminated layer of echinococcus granulosus (2007)
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to the laminated layer of echinococcus granulosus. Parasitology Research, 101(3), 647-652. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-007-0534-7

The laminated layer of hydatid cysts of Echinococcus granulosus represents a considerable amount of parasite material. Its antigenic role, however, is unclear. Extracts of laminated layer taken from sheep cysts were analysed in sodium dodecyl sulfate... Read More about Antibody responses in human cystic hydatid disease to the laminated layer of echinococcus granulosus.

On localised vibrations in incompressible pre-stressed transversely isotropic elastic solids (2007)
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Prikazchikov, D., Rogerson, G., & Sandiford, K. (2007). On localised vibrations in incompressible pre-stressed transversely isotropic elastic solids. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 301(3-5), 701-717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2006.10.027

This paper is concerned with 2D localised vibration in incompressible pre-stressed fibre-reinforced elastic solids and the closely related problem of surface wave propagation in such materials. An appropriate constitutive model is derived and its sta... Read More about On localised vibrations in incompressible pre-stressed transversely isotropic elastic solids.

Composing a database of minority enterprises in Scotland: a discussion based on the concept of mixed embeddedness. (2007)
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Dassler, T., Seaman, C., Bent, R., Lamb, L., & Mateer, N. (2007). Composing a database of minority enterprises in Scotland: a discussion based on the concept of mixed embeddedness. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 13(2), 107-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552550710736938

Purpose – To address the issue of the low take-up of available ethnic business support the article proposes the composition of a database for Scotland, thereby providing baseline data on minority businesses and hence providing a sampling frame for fu... Read More about Composing a database of minority enterprises in Scotland: a discussion based on the concept of mixed embeddedness..

The rise of the phoenix : methodological innovation as a discourse of renewal (2007)
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McMaster, T., Wastell, D., & Kawalek, P. (2007). The rise of the phoenix : methodological innovation as a discourse of renewal. Journal of Information Technology, 22(1), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000086

The imperatives on contemporary organizations to adapt to an increasingly uncertain and turbulent environment are intense. The pace of change is at least as great in the public as the private sector, with technology being integral to the UK governmen... Read More about The rise of the phoenix : methodological innovation as a discourse of renewal.

Critical and curious learning: new science, neoclassicism, and new criticism in the Long Restoration (2007)
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Bergstrom, C. (2007). Critical and curious learning: new science, neoclassicism, and new criticism in the Long Restoration. Prose Studies, 29(1), 86-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/01440350701201464

During the Long Restoration a new type of literary criticism emerged out of an intellectual milieu in which both neoclassicism and the new science were becoming dominant discourses. Both were profoundly influential in this development because of thei... Read More about Critical and curious learning: new science, neoclassicism, and new criticism in the Long Restoration.

Excellence: a new keyword for education? (2007)
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Allan, K. (2007). Excellence: a new keyword for education?. Critical Quarterly, 49(1), 54-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8705.2007.00749.x

Excellence is a term that stands out in modern educational discourse, and one that has attracted ridicule from some education commentators. In his critical commentary on how the notion of a university has changed, Bill Readings claims that excellence... Read More about Excellence: a new keyword for education?.

The occurrence of the trematode Plagiorchis muris in the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus in North Yorkshire, UK. (2007)
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MT, R., PS, C., G, H., S, H., A, P., & DM, S. (2007). The occurrence of the trematode Plagiorchis muris in the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus in North Yorkshire, UK. Journal of Helminthology, 81(1), 57 - 62. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X07214105

Wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus were trapped each September over a 13-year period, from 1993 to 2005, in a wooded area adjacent to Malham Tarn, Yorkshire, UK. Plagiorchis muris was found to be the dominant intestinal trematode and occurred in every yea... Read More about The occurrence of the trematode Plagiorchis muris in the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus in North Yorkshire, UK..

Screening for Echinococcus granulosus in dogs: comparison between arecoline purgation, coproELISA and coproPCR with necropsy in pre-patent infection (2007)
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Lahmar, S., Lahmar, S., Boufana, B., Bradshaw, H., & Craig, P. (2007). Screening for Echinococcus granulosus in dogs: comparison between arecoline purgation, coproELISA and coproPCR with necropsy in pre-patent infection. Veterinary Parasitology, 144(3-4), 287-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.10.016

Echinococcus granulosus is an important zoonotic infection of dogs. The purpose of the present study assessed the performance of two laboratory diagnostic methods with arecoline purgation and necropsy in infected dogs. In total 65 dogs were successfu... Read More about Screening for Echinococcus granulosus in dogs: comparison between arecoline purgation, coproELISA and coproPCR with necropsy in pre-patent infection.

Peeling back the layers of learning : a classroom model for problem-based learning (2007)
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McLoughlin, M., & Darvill, A. (2007). Peeling back the layers of learning : a classroom model for problem-based learning. Nurse Education Today, 27(4), 271-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2006.04.010

This paper aims to provide an informative discussion with underpinning rationales about the use of a problem-based learning (PBL) classroom model, supported by a structured process for undertaking PBL. PBL was implemented as a main teaching and learn... Read More about Peeling back the layers of learning : a classroom model for problem-based learning.

Intrinsic foot kinematics measured in vivo during the stance phase of slow running (2007)
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Arndt, A., Stacoff, A., Wolf, P., Nester, C., Liu, A., Jones, R., …Lundberg, A. (2007). Intrinsic foot kinematics measured in vivo during the stance phase of slow running. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(12), 2672-2678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.12.009

An accurate kinematic description of the intrinsic articulations of the foot during running has not previously been presented, primarily due to methodological limitations. An invasive method based upon reflective marker arrays mounted on intracortica... Read More about Intrinsic foot kinematics measured in vivo during the stance phase of slow running.

The effect of viewing graspable objects and actions in Parkinson's Disease (2007)
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Poliakoff, E., Galpin, A., Dick, J., Moore, P., & Tipper, S. (2007). The effect of viewing graspable objects and actions in Parkinson's Disease. NeuroReport, 18(5), 483-487. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e32805867a1

Viewing action-relevant stimuli such as a graspable object or another person moving can affect the observer's own motor system. Evidence exists that external stimuli may facilitate or hinder movement in Parkinson's disease, so we investigated whether... Read More about The effect of viewing graspable objects and actions in Parkinson's Disease.

Generation of ΔTAp73 proteins by translation from a putative internal ribosome entry site (2007)
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Sayan, A., Roperch, J., Sayan, B., Rossi, M., Pinkoski, M., Knight, R., …Melino, G. (2007). Generation of ΔTAp73 proteins by translation from a putative internal ribosome entry site. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1095(1), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1397.035

p73 belongs to a family of transcription factors, including p53 and p63, that mediate response to DNA damage and cellular stress by inducing DNA repair, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. TP73 gene contains two promotors and several splice variants re... Read More about Generation of ΔTAp73 proteins by translation from a putative internal ribosome entry site.