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Lüke and power residue sequence diffusers (2008)
Journal Article
Dadiotis, K., Angus, J., & Cox, T. (2008). Lüke and power residue sequence diffusers. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 123(4), 2035-2042. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2885761

Conventional Schroeder diffusers have been successfully used for many years. However, their frequency range is limited by the flat plate effect that occurs when all the wells radiate in phase. This occurs at harmonics of p times the design frequency... Read More about Lüke and power residue sequence diffusers.

Pulmonary elimination rate of inhaled 99m Tc-sestamibi radioaerosol is delayed in healthy cigarette smokers (2008)
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Ruparelia, P., Cheow, H., Evans, J., Banney, L., Shankar, S., Szczepura, K., …Peters, A. (2008). Pulmonary elimination rate of inhaled 99m Tc-sestamibi radioaerosol is delayed in healthy cigarette smokers. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 65(4), 611-614. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2125.2008.03099.x

Aim - To explore inhaled technetium-99m-labelled hexakis-methoxy-isobutyl isonitrile (99mTc-sestamibi) for quantifying pulmonary P-glycoprotein(P-gp) expression.
Methods - The elimination rate from the lungs of 99mTc-sestamibi was recorded scintigra... Read More about Pulmonary elimination rate of inhaled 99m Tc-sestamibi radioaerosol is delayed in healthy cigarette smokers.

Introduction: Corruption and democracy in Western Europe (2008)
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Newell, J. (2008). Introduction: Corruption and democracy in Western Europe. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 9(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15705850701825352

Public perceptions and attitudes are central to an understanding of the significance of corruption in Europe and in democracies generally – this for a number of reasons including the meaning of the term ‘corruption’ itself. But the investigation of p... Read More about Introduction: Corruption and democracy in Western Europe.

Ethical conduct and perceptions of public probity in Britain: the story so far (2008)
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Newell, J. (2008). Ethical conduct and perceptions of public probity in Britain: the story so far. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 9(1), 39-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/15705850701825444

This paper takes its point of departure from the importance for stable democracy of citizens' confidence in the probity of public office holders and from the growing public concerns in this area since the early 1990s. Against this background, the pap... Read More about Ethical conduct and perceptions of public probity in Britain: the story so far.

Reflexivity and the social construction of identity in interpreter-mediated asylum interviews (2008)
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Tipton, R. (2008). Reflexivity and the social construction of identity in interpreter-mediated asylum interviews. Translator: Studies in Intercultural Communication, 14(1), 1-19

Drawing on the work of Anthony Giddens (1976, 1984) this paper examines the notion of 'reflexivity' in human conduct and the difficulty in accounting for such conduct in interpreter-mediated encounters. The discussion is framed around narrative perfo... Read More about Reflexivity and the social construction of identity in interpreter-mediated asylum interviews.

p73 and caspase-cleaved p73 fragments localize to mitochondria and augment TRAIL-induced apoptosis (2008)
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Sayan, A., Sayan, B., Gogvadze, V., Dinsdale, G., Nyman, U., Hansen, T., …Melino, G. (2008). p73 and caspase-cleaved p73 fragments localize to mitochondria and augment TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Oncogene, 27, 4363-4372. https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2008.64

The p73 protein, a member of the p53 family, has both developmental and tumorigenic functions. Here we show that p73 is cleaved by caspase-3 and -8 both in vitro and in vivo during apoptosis elicited by DNA-damaging drugs and tumor necrosis factor-re... Read More about p73 and caspase-cleaved p73 fragments localize to mitochondria and augment TRAIL-induced apoptosis.

A combined blind source separation and adaptive noise cancellation scheme with potential application in blind acoustic parameter extraction (2008)
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Zhang, Y., Chambers, J., Kendrick, P., Cox, T., & Li, F. (2008). A combined blind source separation and adaptive noise cancellation scheme with potential application in blind acoustic parameter extraction. Neurocomputing, 71(10-12), 2127-2139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2007.09.019

Room acoustic parameters such as reverberation time (RT) can be extracted from passively received speech signals by certain ‘blind’ methods, thereby mitigating the need for good controlled excitation signals or prior information of the room geometry.... Read More about A combined blind source separation and adaptive noise cancellation scheme with potential application in blind acoustic parameter extraction.

Using Wittgenstein’s family resemblance principle to learn exemplars (2008)
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Vadera, S., Rodriguez, A., Succar, E., & Wu, J. (2008). Using Wittgenstein’s family resemblance principle to learn exemplars. Foundations of Science, 13(1), 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-007-9119-2

The introduction of the notion of family resemblance represented a major shift in Wittgenstein’s thoughts on the meaning of words, moving away from a belief that words
were well defined, to a view that words denoted less well defined categories of... Read More about Using Wittgenstein’s family resemblance principle to learn exemplars.

Patients’ perceived care needs whilst waiting for a heart or lung transplant (2008)
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Yorke, J., & Cameron-Traube, E. (2008). Patients’ perceived care needs whilst waiting for a heart or lung transplant. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(5a), 78-87. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02078.x

Aim. To explore the perceptions of caring and expectations of nursing care in
patients on a heart and/or lung transplant waiting list.
Background. The waiting period for a heart or lung transplant can be very
stressful and demanding for patients a... Read More about Patients’ perceived care needs whilst waiting for a heart or lung transplant.

‘It’s in the game’: sport fans, film and digital gaming (2008)
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Crawford, G. (2008). ‘It’s in the game’: sport fans, film and digital gaming. Sport in Society, 11(2/3), 130-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430430701823380

This essay compares the relative successes of sport-related films and sport-related digital games. Where sport-related films are relatively infrequent and even rarer successful when compared with other genres of film, sport-related games are a massiv... Read More about ‘It’s in the game’: sport fans, film and digital gaming.

Approaches to learning and competitive attitude in students in higher education (2008)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S. (2008). Approaches to learning and competitive attitude in students in higher education. Education Section review - British Psychological Society, 32(1), 18-27

The degree to which individuals are able to nominate or change their approach to learning in order to meet
the needs of the learning situation opens a lengthy and complex debate. Some evidence exists for a shift in
approach depending on the experie... Read More about Approaches to learning and competitive attitude in students in higher education.

A community health needs evaluation : improving uptake of services at a children's centre in a deprived and geographically isolated town (2008)
Journal Article
Long, T., Fallon, D., Devitt, P., Oak, E., Murphy, M., & Dugdill, L. (2008). A community health needs evaluation : improving uptake of services at a children's centre in a deprived and geographically isolated town. Journal of children's and young people's nursing, 2(3), 108-114. https://doi.org/10.12968/jcyn.2008.2.3.28702

The evaluation identified health and social trends for this deprived and geographically isolated area, elicited perceived health needs of under-fives in the local community, and informed development and improvement of services offered by a children’s... Read More about A community health needs evaluation : improving uptake of services at a children's centre in a deprived and geographically isolated town.

Information topics important to chronic kidney disease patients: A systematic review (2008)
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Ormandy, P. (2008). Information topics important to chronic kidney disease patients: A systematic review. Journal of Renal Care, 34(1), 19-27. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-6686.2008.00006.x

It is essential to identify the information topics that are important to chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients to provide ‘appropriate’ information that will improve their knowledge, promote independence and encourage them to self-manage their illnes... Read More about Information topics important to chronic kidney disease patients: A systematic review.

Knowledge/ignorance and the construction of sexuality in social work education (2008)
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Jeyasingham, D. (2008). Knowledge/ignorance and the construction of sexuality in social work education. Social Work Education, 27(2), 138-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615470701709469

This paper explores how systems of knowledge about sexuality in social work operate alongside systems of ignorance—ways of not knowing sexuality or not knowing parts of it—which work to exclude particular ideas, behaviours and groups of people. It us... Read More about Knowledge/ignorance and the construction of sexuality in social work education.

Gender matters in the global sourcing of service work (2008)
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Howcroft, D., & Richardson, H. (2008). Gender matters in the global sourcing of service work. New Technology, Work and Employment, 23(1-2), 44-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2008.00202.x

This paper provides a gendered analysis of the outsourcing of service work to developing economies taking, as illustration, call centres, shared service centres and the general ICT sector. The paper challenges the suggestion that changes in global ca... Read More about Gender matters in the global sourcing of service work.

Individual variation in male mating preferences for female coloration in a polymorphic cichlid fish (2008)
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Pierotti, M. E., Knight, M. E., Immler, S., Barson, N. J., Turner, G. F., & Seehausen, O. (2008). Individual variation in male mating preferences for female coloration in a polymorphic cichlid fish. Behavioral Ecology, 19(3), 483–488. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arm154

Female color polymorphisms are common in the cichlid species radiations of Lake Victoria and Lake Malawi. According to theory, when a population harbors variation in sex-determining factors, polymorphism in female-linked coloration might generate ind... Read More about Individual variation in male mating preferences for female coloration in a polymorphic cichlid fish.

The emotions of integrating breastfeeding knowledge into practice for English midwives: A qualitative study (2008)
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Furber, C. M., & Thomson, A. M. (2008). The emotions of integrating breastfeeding knowledge into practice for English midwives: A qualitative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45(2), 286-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.08.017

Background
Breastfeeding prevalence in the United Kingdom is one of the lowest in Europe. The midwife provides feeding support for new mothers but research suggests that midwives’ knowledge of breastfeeding is limited.

Objective
To discover the... Read More about The emotions of integrating breastfeeding knowledge into practice for English midwives: A qualitative study.

Morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients with prolonged therapy-induced lymphopenia: Twelve-year outcomes (2008)
Journal Article
Lorenze, A. R., Clarke-Cornwell, A. M., Wooldridge, T., Waldmann, H., Hale, G., Symmons, D., …Isaacs, J. D. (2008). Morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients with prolonged therapy-induced lymphopenia: Twelve-year outcomes. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 58(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/art.23122

Objective: To assess immunologically relevant outcomes in a cohort of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with prolonged therapy-induced lymphopenia.

Methods: Morbidity (infection or malignancy) and mortality were assessed in 53 RA patients who wer... Read More about Morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis patients with prolonged therapy-induced lymphopenia: Twelve-year outcomes.