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Distribution of the GABAA receptor α1- and γ2-subunit mRNAs in chick brain (1991)
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Glencorse, T. A., Bateson, A. N., Hunt, S. P., & Darlison, M. G. (1991). Distribution of the GABAA receptor α1- and γ2-subunit mRNAs in chick brain. Neuroscience Letters, 133(1), 45-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3940%2891%2990053-v

We have used sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes and in situ hybridisation histochemistry to examine the distributions of the GABAA receptor α1- and γ2-subunit mRNAs in serial sections of 1-day-old chick brain. Both transcripts are present toget... Read More about Distribution of the GABAA receptor α1- and γ2-subunit mRNAs in chick brain.

Permeability of stressed concrete: Steady‐state method of measuring permeability of hardened concrete studies in relation to the change in structure of concrete under various short‐term stress levels (1991)
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Kermani, A. (1991). Permeability of stressed concrete: Steady‐state method of measuring permeability of hardened concrete studies in relation to the change in structure of concrete under various short‐term stress levels. Building research and information : the international journal of research, development and demonstration, 19(6), 360-366. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613219108727156

Abdy Kermani of the Structural Research Group at the Department of Civil Engineering, Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh, found that permeability increases with increase in applied stress level depending on the type of the mix and the magnitude of the a... Read More about Permeability of stressed concrete: Steady‐state method of measuring permeability of hardened concrete studies in relation to the change in structure of concrete under various short‐term stress levels.

Cloning of a cDNA that encodes an invertebrate glutamate receptor subunit (1991)
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Hutton, M. L., Harvey, R. J., Barnard, E. A., & Darlison, M. (1991). Cloning of a cDNA that encodes an invertebrate glutamate receptor subunit. FEBS Letters, 292(1-2), 111-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793%2891%2980846-u

A full‐length cDNA which encodes a putative glutamate receptor polypeptide was isolated from the pond snailLymnaea stagnalis, using a short stretch of exonic sequence and two variants of the polymerase chain reaction. In this first comparison of inve... Read More about Cloning of a cDNA that encodes an invertebrate glutamate receptor subunit.

Life Tables ? A Plea for their Use. (1991)
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Raeside, R., & Windle, D. (1991). Life Tables ? A Plea for their Use. Teaching Statistics, 13(3), 78-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.1991.tb00182.x

This article highlights the important contribution that life tables can make to teaching in the social sciences and in engineering subjects, especially when comparative work is carried out. The article ends by illustrating how to form the life table... Read More about Life Tables ? A Plea for their Use..

Conserved Organization of ?-Aminobutyric AcidAReceptor Genes: Cloning and Analysis of the Chicken ?4-Subunit Gene (1991)
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Lasham, A., Vreugdenhil, E., Bateson, A. N., Barnard, E. A., & Darlison, M. G. (1991). Conserved Organization of ?-Aminobutyric AcidAReceptor Genes: Cloning and Analysis of the Chicken ?4-Subunit Gene. Journal of Neurochemistry, 57(1), 352-355. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb02135.x

Abstract: A series of genomic clones containing DNA that encodes the chicken γ-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptor β4 subunit have been isolated. These have been restriction mapped and partially sequcnced to determine the structural organization and... Read More about Conserved Organization of ?-Aminobutyric AcidAReceptor Genes: Cloning and Analysis of the Chicken ?4-Subunit Gene.

Performance of Nailed Gusset Joints in Ridged Timber Portals (1991)
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Kermani, A., & Lee, B. S. (1991). Performance of Nailed Gusset Joints in Ridged Timber Portals. International Journal of Forest Engineering, 3(1), 13-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/08435243.1991.10702630

Abstract The structural behaviour and performance of nailed plywood gusset knee joints of timber portal frames are investigated. An analytical study has shown, and experimental study has confirmed, that the behaviour of the joints in terms of streng... Read More about Performance of Nailed Gusset Joints in Ridged Timber Portals.

Regional cerebral blood flow and cognitive function in patients with chronic liver disease (1991)
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O'Carroll, R. E., Ebmeier, K. P., Dougall, N., Murray, C., Goodwin, G. M., Hayes, P. C., …Best, J. J. K. (1991). Regional cerebral blood flow and cognitive function in patients with chronic liver disease. Lancet. 337. (8752). 1250-1253. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(91)92920-w. ISSN 0140-6736.

Subtle impairments of cognitive function may be an important cause of occupational and psychosocial morbidity in patients with chronic liver disease. Correlation of structural brain abnormalities with cognitive deficits has yielded inconsistent resul... Read More about Regional cerebral blood flow and cognitive function in patients with chronic liver disease.

Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi (1991)
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Holsten, B., Bräunlich, A., & Huxham, M. (1991). Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi. Scopus, 14(2), (125-128). ISSN 0250-4162

The Rondo Forest Reserve is a semi-deciduous coastal forest situated at 10°10S, 39°15E in southern Tanzania, 77 km by road from the coastal town of Lindi. The forest isheterogeneous, with substantial numbers of large canopy trees, such as Chlorophora... Read More about Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi.

Preliminary assessment of forest birds in Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma coastal forests, Tanzania (1991)
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Burgess, N. D., Huxham, M. R., Mlingwa, C. O. F., Davies, S. G. F., & Cutts, C. J. (1991). Preliminary assessment of forest birds in Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma coastal forests, Tanzania. Scopus, 14(2), ISSN 0250-4162

A preliminary assessment of the forest birds in four Tanzanian coastal forests (Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma) is presented. Up to 51 species of forest bird were recorded from a single forest, with diversity declining in a sequence: Kiono; Kiwen... Read More about Preliminary assessment of forest birds in Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma coastal forests, Tanzania.

y-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptor Heterogeneity Is Increased by Alternative Splicing of a Novel ?-Subunit Gene Transcript (1991)
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Bateson, A. N., Lasham, A., & Darlison, M. G. (1991). y-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptor Heterogeneity Is Increased by Alternative Splicing of a Novel ?-Subunit Gene Transcript. Journal of Neurochemistry, 56(4), 1437-1440. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb11443.x

Abstract: DNA sequences encoding two variants of a novel γ-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptor β subunit were isolated from an embryonic chicken whole-brain cDNA library and a chicken genomic library. The coding regions of these variants only differ... Read More about y-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptor Heterogeneity Is Increased by Alternative Splicing of a Novel ?-Subunit Gene Transcript.

Genetic mapping of the mouse X chromosome in the region homologous to human Xq27–Xq28 (1991)
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Herman, G. E., Faust, C. J., Darlison, M. G., & Barnard, E. A. (1991). Genetic mapping of the mouse X chromosome in the region homologous to human Xq27–Xq28. Genomics, 9(4), 670-677. https://doi.org/10.1016/0888-7543%2891%2990360-q

The four loci Gabra3, DXPas8, CamL1, and Bpa, located near the murine X-linked visual pigment gene (Rsup), have been ordered using 248 backcross progeny from an interspecific mating of (B6CBA-Aw-JA-Bpa) and Mus spretus. One hundred twenty backcross p... Read More about Genetic mapping of the mouse X chromosome in the region homologous to human Xq27–Xq28.

The chicken GABAA receptor α1 subunit: cDNA sequence and localization of the corresponding mRNA (1991)
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Bateson, A. N., Harvey, R. J., Wisden, W., Glencorse, T. A., Hicks, A. A., Hunt, S. P., Barnard, E. A., & Darlison, M. G. (1991). The chicken GABAA receptor α1 subunit: cDNA sequence and localization of the corresponding mRNA. Molecular Brain Research, 9(4), 333-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-328x%2891%2990081-8

We report the sequence of a complementary {DNA} (cDNA) that encodes the chicken {GABAA} receptor α1 subunit, which is extremely homologous to mammalian α1 subunits. The distribution of α1 subunit transcripts is shown to correlate mainly, but not comp... Read More about The chicken GABAA receptor α1 subunit: cDNA sequence and localization of the corresponding mRNA.

Canons and Broadsides. (1990)
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McCleery, A. (1989). Canons and Broadsides. Scottish literary journal. Supplement. . . 51-65. . ISSN 0952-6439.

Prevention of Injury Group Initiative (1990)
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Frost, H., & Mccay, G. (1990). Prevention of Injury Group Initiative. Physiotherapy, 76(12), 796-798. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9406%2810%2963183-5

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders continue to be a problem among hospital workers. This paper describes a group project, carried out at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, which attempts to address the problem and create better systems of w... Read More about Prevention of Injury Group Initiative.