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Universities: space, governance and transformation (2006)
Journal Article
May, T. (2006). Universities: space, governance and transformation. Social Epistemology, 20(3/4), 333-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691720600847340

This paper takes up the themes in the articles and examines not only the environmental changes that are taking place in relation to universities, but also the dynamics of their organizational implications. It argues that there are parallels between m... Read More about Universities: space, governance and transformation.

Scottish place-names as a lexicographical resource (2006)
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Scott, M. (2006). Scottish place-names as a lexicographical resource. Onoma, 41, 295-309. https://doi.org/10.2143/ONO.41.0.2119620

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the value of Scottish place-name evidence as a tool for the historical lexicographer of the Scots and English languages, and to identify some of the areas of lexical research where this tool could be applied... Read More about Scottish place-names as a lexicographical resource.

Global knowledge capitalism, self-woven safety nets, and the crisis of employability (2006)
Journal Article
Moore, P. (2006). Global knowledge capitalism, self-woven safety nets, and the crisis of employability. Global Society, 20(4), 453-473. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600820600929812

In the global economy, workers are increasingly expected to cultivate an unprecedented repertoire of abilities in an immaterial world of work. This signifies a limited shift in capitalist expansion in the post-Fordist world in relation to workers' em... Read More about Global knowledge capitalism, self-woven safety nets, and the crisis of employability.

An evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents : issues in the assessment of practice (2006)
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Hale, C., Long, T., Sanderson, L., Tomlinson, P., & Carr, K. (2006). An evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents : issues in the assessment of practice. Nurse Education Today, 26(7), 528-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2006.01.007

This paper reports on findings from an externally funded research study designed to map and analyse the educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents. The courses reviewed in the whole study, were the Eng... Read More about An evaluation of educational preparation for cancer and palliative care nursing for children and adolescents : issues in the assessment of practice.

Comparing the impact of conventional pesticide and use of a transgenic pest-resistant crop on the beneficial carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius (2006)
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Mulligan, E., Ferry, N., Jouanin, L., Walters, K., Port, G., & Gatehouse, A. (2006). Comparing the impact of conventional pesticide and use of a transgenic pest-resistant crop on the beneficial carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius. Pest Management Science, 62(10), 999-1012. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.1276

The potential impact of a chemical pesticide control method has been compared with that of transgenic plants expressing a protease inhibitor conferring insect resistance by utilising a tritrophic system comprising the crop plant Brassica napus (L.) (... Read More about Comparing the impact of conventional pesticide and use of a transgenic pest-resistant crop on the beneficial carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius.

Direct effects of snowdrop lectin (GNA) on larvae of three aphid predators and fate of GNA after ingestion (2006)
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Hogervorst, P., Ferry, N., Gatehouse, A., Wäckers, F., & Romeis, J. (2006). Direct effects of snowdrop lectin (GNA) on larvae of three aphid predators and fate of GNA after ingestion. Journal of Insect Physiology, 52(6), 614-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.02.011

Plants genetically modified to express Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA) have been found to confer partial resistance to homopteran pests. Laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate direct effects of GNA on larvae of three species of aphid... Read More about Direct effects of snowdrop lectin (GNA) on larvae of three aphid predators and fate of GNA after ingestion.

Alkylpurine-DNA-N-glycosylase excision of 7-(hydroxymethyl)-1,N6-ethenoadenine, a glycidaldehyde-derived DNA adduct (2006)
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Wang, P., Guliaev, A., Elder, R., & Hang, B. (2006). Alkylpurine-DNA-N-glycosylase excision of 7-(hydroxymethyl)-1,N6-ethenoadenine, a glycidaldehyde-derived DNA adduct. DNA Repair, 5(1), 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2005.07.013

Glycidaldehyde (GDA) is a bifunctional alkylating agent that has been shown to be mutagenic in vitro and carcinogenic in rodents. However, the molecular mechanism by which it exerts these effects is not established. GDA is capable of forming exocycli... Read More about Alkylpurine-DNA-N-glycosylase excision of 7-(hydroxymethyl)-1,N6-ethenoadenine, a glycidaldehyde-derived DNA adduct.

Developing and evaluating an interactive information skills tutorial (2006)
Journal Article
Grant, M., & Brettle, A. (2006). Developing and evaluating an interactive information skills tutorial. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 23, 79-86. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2006.00655.x

Objective:  To develop and evaluate a web-based interactive information skills tutorial integrated into the curriculum. To determine whether the tutorial was acceptable to students and explore the use of a skills assessment tool in identifying whethe... Read More about Developing and evaluating an interactive information skills tutorial.

Role of regulatory T cells in allergy: implications for therapeutic strategy (2006)
Journal Article
Elkord, E. (2006). Role of regulatory T cells in allergy: implications for therapeutic strategy. Inflammation and Allergy - Drug Targets, 5(4), 211-217. https://doi.org/10.2174/187152806779010945

The interest in regulatory T cells (Tregs) has been revived following the discovery of developing multiorgan autoimmune diseases as a result of depleting CD4+CD25+ T cells from mice. The importance of Tregs is being recognized in various clinical fie... Read More about Role of regulatory T cells in allergy: implications for therapeutic strategy.