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Regional convergence in the UK, 1970-1995 (1998)
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Mcguinness, S., & Sheehan, M. (1998). Regional convergence in the UK, 1970-1995. Applied Economics Letters, 5(10), 653-658. https://doi.org/10.1080/135048598354357

This paper tests for the existence of long run inter-regional equilibrium relationships in income per capita within the UK over the period 1971–95. We examine both the cross-sectional and time-series evidence of inter-regional convergence. The time s... Read More about Regional convergence in the UK, 1970-1995.

A short noncoding viral DNA element showing characteristics of a replication origin confers Bacteriophage resistance to Streptococcus thermophiles. (1998)
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Foley, S., Lucchini, S., Zwahlen, M., & Brüssow, H. (1998). A short noncoding viral DNA element showing characteristics of a replication origin confers Bacteriophage resistance to Streptococcus thermophiles. Virology, 250(2), 377-387. https://doi.org/10.1006/viro.1998.9387

A 302-bp noncoding DNA fragment from the DNA replication module of phage φSfi21 was shown to protect theStreptococcus thermophilusstrainSfi1 from infection by 17 of 25 phages. The phage-inhibitory DNA possesses two determinants, each of which individ... Read More about A short noncoding viral DNA element showing characteristics of a replication origin confers Bacteriophage resistance to Streptococcus thermophiles..

Government Policies and Employers' Attitudes Towards Long-term Unemployed People in Northern Ireland (1998)
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Sheehan, M., & Tomlinson, M. (1998). Government Policies and Employers' Attitudes Towards Long-term Unemployed People in Northern Ireland. Journal of Social Policy, 27(4), 447-470. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047279498005364

The article discusses government policies towards unemployed people in the context of the development of ‘fair employment’ policy in Northern Ireland. It presents results from a survey of long-term unemployed people in West Belfast which challenge th... Read More about Government Policies and Employers' Attitudes Towards Long-term Unemployed People in Northern Ireland.

Algebraic properties of multiple-valued modulo systems and their applications to current-mode CMOS circuits. (1998)
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Wang, L. Y., Chen, X., & Almaini, A. E. A. (1998). Algebraic properties of multiple-valued modulo systems and their applications to current-mode CMOS circuits. IEE proceedings. Computers and digital techniques, 145, 364-368. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-cdt%3A19982204

The paper presents the concepts of pseudoprime and modulo correlativity and establishes the relationships among completeness of modulo operations, uniqueness of solution of equations, invertibility of a square matrix, and correlativity of vectors in... Read More about Algebraic properties of multiple-valued modulo systems and their applications to current-mode CMOS circuits..

Expression of the GABAA receptor gamma4-subunit gene: anatomical distribution of the corresponding mRNA in the domestic chick forebrain and the effect of imprinting training (1998)
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Harvey, R. J., McCabe, B. J., Solomonia, R. O., Horn, G., & Darlison, M. G. (1998). Expression of the GABAA receptor gamma4-subunit gene: anatomical distribution of the corresponding mRNA in the domestic chick forebrain and the effect of imprinting training. The European journal of neuroscience, 10(9), 3024-3028. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00354.x

The learning process of imprinting involves morphological, electrophysiological and biochemical changes in a region of the chick (Gallus gallus domesticus) forebrain known as the intermediate and medial part of the hyperstriatum ventrale (IMHV). The... Read More about Expression of the GABAA receptor gamma4-subunit gene: anatomical distribution of the corresponding mRNA in the domestic chick forebrain and the effect of imprinting training.

Experimental approach for measuring resolution of complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging systems (1998)
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Wei, H., Johnston, E., & Binnie, D. (1998). Experimental approach for measuring resolution of complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging systems. Optical Engineering, 37(9), 2565. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601778

This paper demonstrates a convenient experimental technique for measuring the resolution of a digital imaging system. The spatial frequency response of the system is obtained by deriving the modulation transfer function (MTF) from the measured contra... Read More about Experimental approach for measuring resolution of complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging systems.

Oscillations of liquids in single-outlet vessels (1998)
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Kubie, J. (1998). Oscillations of liquids in single-outlet vessels. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 212(8), 759-764. https://doi.org/10.1243/0954406981521493

This paper considers the oscillatory behaviour of liquids in single-outlet vessels, i.e. vessels in which the outflowing liquid is replaced by another fluid which enters the vessel through the same opening. A theoretical model is developed and an equ... Read More about Oscillations of liquids in single-outlet vessels.

Chicken GABAA receptor β4 subunits form robust homomeric GABA-gated channels in Xenopus oocytes (1998)
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Liu, S., Parent, L., Harvey, R. J., Darlison, M. G., & Eugene, J. M. B. (1998). Chicken GABAA receptor β4 subunits form robust homomeric GABA-gated channels in Xenopus oocytes. European Journal of Pharmacology, 354(2-3), 253-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2999%2898%2900453-1

Chicken {GABAA} receptor β4L and β4S subunits were expressed in Xenopus oocytes by cRNA injection. Oocytes expressing either β4 subunit alone or in combination with the chicken α1 subunit were studied using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique.... Read More about Chicken GABAA receptor β4 subunits form robust homomeric GABA-gated channels in Xenopus oocytes.

Rheometrical aspects of the viscoelastic dispersion of shear waves in gel-like mechanical networks (1998)
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Williams, P., & Williams, R. (1998). Rheometrical aspects of the viscoelastic dispersion of shear waves in gel-like mechanical networks. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 78(2-3), 203-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0257%2898%2900066-4

A modified form of the Gross-Marvin ladder model is used to simulate gelation processes in which α, the viscoelastic stress relaxation exponent in the Gel Equation, can be varied in the range O

Design of hypoxia-targeting radiopharmaceuticals: selective uptake of copper-64 complexes in hypoxic cells in vitro (1998)
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Dearling, J. L. J., Lewis, J. S., Mullen, G. E. D., Rae, M. T., Zweit, J., & Blower, P. J. (1998). Design of hypoxia-targeting radiopharmaceuticals: selective uptake of copper-64 complexes in hypoxic cells in vitro. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 25(7), 788-792. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002590050283

The well-known perfusion tracer CuPTSM, labelled with 62Cu or 64Cu, is believed to be trapped in cells non-selectively by a bioreductive mechanism. It is proposed that by modifying the ligand to increase its electron donor strength (for example by ad... Read More about Design of hypoxia-targeting radiopharmaceuticals: selective uptake of copper-64 complexes in hypoxic cells in vitro.

Hospitality retail operations types and styles in the management of human resources (1998)
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Lashley, C., & Taylor, S. (1998). Hospitality retail operations types and styles in the management of human resources. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 5(3), 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-6989%2897%2900024-6

This article explores the relationship between the service operation type adopted by organisations and the style of human resource management (HRM) which best fits with it. The degree of standardisation and the level of tangibility in the service off... Read More about Hospitality retail operations types and styles in the management of human resources.

The development of computer based information systems for local authority property management: the underlying issues. (1998)
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Deakin, M. (1998). The development of computer based information systems for local authority property management: the underlying issues. Property Management, 16(2), 61-82. https://doi.org/10.1108/02637479810214114

The paper examines how a property management division has sought to adopt the recommendations of the Audit Commission and Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy reports on local authority property management, and measures the democrati... Read More about The development of computer based information systems for local authority property management: the underlying issues..

PCB assembly line setup optimization using component commonality matrices (1998)
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Dillon, S., Jones, R., Hinde, C. J., & Hunt, I. (1998). PCB assembly line setup optimization using component commonality matrices. Journal of Electronics Manufacturing, 08(2), 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0960313198000082

The contract electronics manufacturing business has special problems and requirements to improve machine setup optimization. Increased complexity of printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies, components and shorter product obsolescence timescales implie... Read More about PCB assembly line setup optimization using component commonality matrices.

Managing human resources in a post‐command economy: personnel administration or strategic HRM (1998)
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Garavan, T., Morley, M., Heraty, N., Lucewicz, J., & Suchodolski, A. (1998). Managing human resources in a post‐command economy: personnel administration or strategic HRM. Personnel Review, 27(3), 200-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483489810210606

Reviews the changes in personnel/HRM practices within a post‐command economy. Explores personnel/HRM practices within 25 Polish companies and reports on the diversity of personnel/HRM practices in evidence. The data suggest significant under‐develop... Read More about Managing human resources in a post‐command economy: personnel administration or strategic HRM.

Absence of mutations in sites of key functional importance of the RIα and RIIβ regulatory subunits of protein kinase A in human breast cancers (1998)
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Phillips, H., MacCallum, J., Burns, D., Cho-Chung, Y., & Miller, W. (1998). Absence of mutations in sites of key functional importance of the RIα and RIIβ regulatory subunits of protein kinase A in human breast cancers. The Breast, 7(3), 139-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0960-9776%2898%2990024-8

There is evidence that the regulatory subunits (R) of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) are important in the biology of breast cancer and that mutations of both RIα and RIIβ, alter cellular behaviour. Consequently, a PCR-SSCP assay was esta... Read More about Absence of mutations in sites of key functional importance of the RIα and RIIβ regulatory subunits of protein kinase A in human breast cancers.

Specific Non-Genomic, Membrane-Localized Binding Sites for Progesterone in the Bovine Corpus Luteum1 (1998)
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Rae, M. T., Menzies, G. S., McNeilly, A. S., Woad, K., Webb, R., & Bramley, T. A. (1998). Specific Non-Genomic, Membrane-Localized Binding Sites for Progesterone in the Bovine Corpus Luteum1. Biology of Reproduction, 58(6), 1394-1406. https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod58.6.1394

Fractionation of bovine corpus luteum (CL) homogenates on continuous sucrose density gradients with and without preincubation with 3H-progesterone demonstrated high levels of tracer binding and high content of endogenous progesterone associated with... Read More about Specific Non-Genomic, Membrane-Localized Binding Sites for Progesterone in the Bovine Corpus Luteum1.

Genres in support of collaborative information retrieval in the virtual library (1998)
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Procter, R., Goldenberg, A., Davenport, E., & McKinlay, A. (1998). Genres in support of collaborative information retrieval in the virtual library. Interacting with Computers, 10(2), 157-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0953-5438%2897%2900021-0

The advent of the virtual library is usually presented as a positive development for library users. However, much of the research and development work being carried out in this field tends to reinforce the perception of the use of information resourc... Read More about Genres in support of collaborative information retrieval in the virtual library.