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Chlamydia trachomatis infection increases fallopian tube PROKR2 via TLR2 and NFκB activation resulting in a microenvironment predisposed to ectopic pregnancy (2010)
Journal Article
Shaw, J. L. V., Wills, G. S., Lee, K.-F., Horner, P. J., McClure, M. O., Abrahams, V. M., Wheelhouse, N., Jabbour, H. N., Critchley, H. O. D., Entrican, G., & Horne, A. W. (2011). Chlamydia trachomatis infection increases fallopian tube PROKR2 via TLR2 and NFκB activation resulting in a microenvironment predisposed to ectopic pregnancy. American Journal of Pathology, 178(1), 253-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.11.019

Chlamydia trachomatis and smoking are major risk factors for tubal ectopic pregnancy (EP), but the underlying mechanisms of these associations are not completely understood. Fallopian tube (FT) from women with EP exhibit altered expression of prokine... Read More about Chlamydia trachomatis infection increases fallopian tube PROKR2 via TLR2 and NFκB activation resulting in a microenvironment predisposed to ectopic pregnancy.

On artificial immune systems and swarm intelligence (2010)
Journal Article
Timmis, J., Andrews, P., & Hart, E. (2010). On artificial immune systems and swarm intelligence. Swarm Intelligence, 4(4), 247-273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11721-010-0045-5

This position paper explores the nature and role of two bio-inspired paradigms, namely Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) and Swarm Intelligence (SI). We argue that there are many aspects of AIS that have direct parallels with SI and examine the role of... Read More about On artificial immune systems and swarm intelligence.

A century of research on property cycles – a review of research on major and auxiliary business cycles. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jadevicius, A., Sloan, B., & Brown, A. (2010, September). A century of research on property cycles – a review of research on major and auxiliary business cycles. Paper presented at XI BSV International Conference on Valuation and Investment,

The existence of cycles within economy and its sub-sectors has been studied for a number of years. The importance of cycles has grown to have significant importance in the major capitalistic countries, seeing cycles as having a negative impact on the... Read More about A century of research on property cycles – a review of research on major and auxiliary business cycles..

A century of research on property cycles – a literature review and annotated bibliography. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jadevicius, A., Sloan, B., & Brown, A. (2010, September). A century of research on property cycles – a literature review and annotated bibliography. Presented at XI BSV International Conference on Valuation and Investment

The existence of cycles in the general business sector, as well as in building and property has grown to have significant importance in the UK, whereas the UK property market has been characterised by boom and bust cycles with a negative impact on th... Read More about A century of research on property cycles – a literature review and annotated bibliography..

Estimating metabolic heat loss in birds and mammals by combining infrared thermography with biophysical modelling (2010)
Journal Article
McCafferty, D., Gilbert, C., Paterson, W., Pomeroy, P., Thompson, D., Currie, J., & Ancel, A. (2011). Estimating metabolic heat loss in birds and mammals by combining infrared thermography with biophysical modelling. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 158(3), 337-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.09.012

Infrared thermography (IRT) is a technique that determines surface temperature based on physical laws of
radiative transfer. Thermal imaging cameras have been used since the 1960s to determine the surface
temperature patterns of a wide range of bir... Read More about Estimating metabolic heat loss in birds and mammals by combining infrared thermography with biophysical modelling.

Novel Wideband Harmonic Suppression Antenna Designed using Adaptive meshing and Genetic Algorithms (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., & Excell, P. (2010, September). Novel Wideband Harmonic Suppression Antenna Designed using Adaptive meshing and Genetic Algorithms. Presented at 2010 Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC'10), Toyama, Japan

Microstrip patch antennas with harmonic suppression are designed and optimised, using a genetic algorithm and applying a novel adaptive meshing program to generate a wire-grid simulation. A coaxially-fed air-dielectric patch antenna design with a fol... Read More about Novel Wideband Harmonic Suppression Antenna Designed using Adaptive meshing and Genetic Algorithms.

Design of Planar Double Inverted-F Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., & Excell, P. (2010, September). Design of Planar Double Inverted-F Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications. Presented at 2010 Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC'10), Toyama, Japan

A novel miniaturized planar double inverted-F antenna is presented. The antenna design is based on the electromagnetic coupling of two air dielectric PIFA antennas, combined with a broadband rectangular plate feed structure to achieve ultra-wideband... Read More about Design of Planar Double Inverted-F Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications.

Studying early childhood: Part 1 - becoming an active learner (2010)
Journal Article
Sambell, K. (2010). Studying early childhood: Part 1 - becoming an active learner. Nursery World, 23,

When making the transition to studying at degree level, students will be challenged to think in new and unaccustomed ways, with different study practices than they have used before. Embarking on any degree involves a step-change in a student's approa... Read More about Studying early childhood: Part 1 - becoming an active learner.

A Candidate H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Elicits Protective Immunity in Mice (2010)
Journal Article
Steitz, J., Barlow, P. G., Hossain, J., Kim, E., Okada, K., Kenniston, T., Rea, S., Donis, R. O., & Gambotto, A. (2010). A Candidate H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Elicits Protective Immunity in Mice. PLOS ONE, 5(5), Article e10492. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010492

Background
In 2009 a new pandemic disease appeared and spread globally. The recent emergence of the pandemic influenza virus H1N1 first isolated in Mexico and USA raised concerns about vaccine availability. We here report our development of an adeno... Read More about A Candidate H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Elicits Protective Immunity in Mice.

Improved protection against avian influenza H5N1 virus by a single vaccination with virus-like particles in skin using microneedles (2010)
Journal Article
Song, J.-M., Kim, Y.-C., Barlow, P. G., Hossain, M. J., Park, K.-M., Donis, R. O., Prausnitz, M. R., Compans, R. W., & Kang, S.-M. (2010). Improved protection against avian influenza H5N1 virus by a single vaccination with virus-like particles in skin using microneedles. Antiviral Research, 88(2), 244-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2010.09.001

To develop a more effective vaccination method against H5N1 virus, we investigated the immunogenicity and protective efficacy after skin vaccination using microneedles coated with influenza virus-like particles containing hemagglutinin derived from A... Read More about Improved protection against avian influenza H5N1 virus by a single vaccination with virus-like particles in skin using microneedles.

A new semantic-supported and agent-based decentralized algorithm for resource discovery in economic grid (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rahimzadeh, P., Barati, M., & Alizadeh, R. (2010, August). A new semantic-supported and agent-based decentralized algorithm for resource discovery in economic grid. Presented at 2010 3rd International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering (ICACTE 2010), Chengdu, China

Grid computing offers geographically dispatched heterogeneous resources in order to perform complex computations. Besides, issues such as sharing, allocation and integration of resources as well as resource discovery are of high importance in grid co... Read More about A new semantic-supported and agent-based decentralized algorithm for resource discovery in economic grid.

Deacon (World Premier) (2010)
Exhibition / Performance
Moir, Z. Deacon (World Premier). Performed at Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, UK. 19 September 2010

(The premier performance of an original 'musical' commissioned by MED-EL UK for the rehabilitation of Cochlear Implant Users)

Are evaluated respiratory service developments implemented into clinical practice? (2010)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. J., Glasser, M., & Partridge, M. R. (2010). Are evaluated respiratory service developments implemented into clinical practice?. BMJ Quality & Safety, 19(5), 383-386. https://doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2008.028969

Introduction: Evaluation of the way in which respiratory care is delivered is increasingly recognised to be an important area for research. When service developments are reported, it is not always clear whether they are subsequently implemented withi... Read More about Are evaluated respiratory service developments implemented into clinical practice?.

A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: I. PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269IN VIVO IS LINKED TO INACTIVATION OF p53 FUNCTION (2010)
Journal Article
Fraser, J. A., Vojtesek, B., & Hupp, T. R. (2010). A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: I. PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269IN VIVO IS LINKED TO INACTIVATION OF p53 FUNCTION. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(48), 37762-37772. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m110.143099

p53 is a thermodynamically unstable protein containing a conformationally flexible multiprotein docking site within the DNA-binding domain. A combinatorial peptide chip used to identify the novel kinase consensus site RXSΦ(K/D) led to the discovery o... Read More about A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: I. PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269IN VIVO IS LINKED TO INACTIVATION OF p53 FUNCTION.

Infant feeding in the neonatal unit: Infant feeding in the neonatal unit (2010)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. J., Shepherd, A. J., Cheyne, H., & Niven, C. (2010). Infant feeding in the neonatal unit: Infant feeding in the neonatal unit. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 6(4), 306-317. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00210.x

Infants admitted to a neonatal unit (NNU) are frequently unable to feed by breast or bottle because of ill health or prematurity. These infants require nutritional support until they can start oral feeding. Breastfeeding is advocated for these infant... Read More about Infant feeding in the neonatal unit: Infant feeding in the neonatal unit.

Novel QoS-Aware Gateway Centralized Multi-hop Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhao, L., Al-Dubai, A. Y., & Romdhani, I. (2010, June). Novel QoS-Aware Gateway Centralized Multi-hop Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks. Presented at 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology

Wireless Mesh Networking (WMN) emerges as a new technology to reshape the broadband industry towards a more efficient and cost effective connectivity. The WMN has been the ideal technology for the next generation wireless community networks that offe... Read More about Novel QoS-Aware Gateway Centralized Multi-hop Routing for Wireless Mesh Networks.

A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: II. A MODEL IN WHICH PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269INDUCES A MUTANT CONFORMATION TO p53 (2010)
Journal Article
Fraser, J. A., Madhumalar, A., Blackburn, E., Bramham, J., Walkinshaw, M. D., Verma, C., & Hupp, T. R. (2010). A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: II. A MODEL IN WHICH PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269INDUCES A MUTANT CONFORMATION TO p53. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(48), 37773-37786. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m110.143107

The p53 DNA-binding domain harbors a conformationally flexible multiprotein binding site that regulates p53 ubiquitination. A novel phosphorylation site exists within this region at Ser269, whose phosphomimetic mutation inactivates p53. The phosphomi... Read More about A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: II. A MODEL IN WHICH PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269INDUCES A MUTANT CONFORMATION TO p53.

Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in human male faces (2010)
Journal Article
Moore, F. R., Cornwell, R. E., Law Smith, M. J., Al Dujaili, E. A. S., Sharp, M., & Perrett, D. I. (2011). Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in human male faces. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1706), 774-780. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1678

The stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (SL-ICHH) of sexual selection incorporates a role of the stress hormone corticosterone (C; cortisol in humans) in relationships between testosterone (T), immunity and secondary sexual trait expre... Read More about Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in human male faces.

What to Expect After the Honeymoon: Testing a Lifecycle Theory of Franchise Relationships (2010)
Journal Article
Blut, M., Backhaus, C., Heussler, T., Woisetschläger, D. M., Evanschitzky, H., & Ahlert, D. (2020). What to Expect After the Honeymoon: Testing a Lifecycle Theory of Franchise Relationships. Journal of Retailing, 87(3), 306-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretai.2010.06.003

This research examines the evolution of interorganizational relationships in a franchising context. Using U-curve theory, we develop three hypotheses and contrast them with traditional lifecycle theory. Three groups of constructs are affected by life... Read More about What to Expect After the Honeymoon: Testing a Lifecycle Theory of Franchise Relationships.

Effect of aspirin and NSAIDs on risk and survival from colorectal cancer (2010)
Journal Article
Din, F. V. N., Theodoratou, E., Farrington, S. M., Tenesa, A., Barnetson, R. A., Cetnarskyj, R., Stark, L., Porteous, M. E., Campbell, H., & Dunlop, M. G. (2010). Effect of aspirin and NSAIDs on risk and survival from colorectal cancer. Gut, 59(12), 1670-1679. https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2009.203000

Background Previous studies have shown that aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) lower colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. However, the lowest effective NSAID dose, treatment duration, and effects on survival are not defined. In... Read More about Effect of aspirin and NSAIDs on risk and survival from colorectal cancer.