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A clinical trial of specialist footwear for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (2007)
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Williams, A., Rome, K., & Nester, C. (2007). A clinical trial of specialist footwear for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 46, 302--307. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kel234

OBJECTIVES: The structural and functional changes in the RA foot often affect the patient's gait and mobility, impacting on the patient's quality of life. Successful management of these foot pathologies and resultant problems can involve the provisio... Read More about A clinical trial of specialist footwear for patients with rheumatoid arthritis..

Foot kinematics during walking measured using bone and surface mounted markers. (2007)
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Nester, C., Jones, R., Liu, A., Howard, D., Lundberg, A., Arndt, A., …Wolf, P. (2007). Foot kinematics during walking measured using bone and surface mounted markers. Journal of Biomechanics, 40, 3412--3423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.05.019

The aim was to compare kinematic data from an experimental foot model comprising four segments ((i) heel, (ii) navicular/cuboid (iii) medial forefoot, (iv) lateral forefoot), to the kinematics of the individual bones comprising each segment. The foot... Read More about Foot kinematics during walking measured using bone and surface mounted markers..

In vitro study of foot kinematics using a dynamic walking cadaver model. (2007)
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Nester, C., Liu, A., Ward, E., Howard, D., Cocheba, J., Derrick, T., & Patterson, P. (2007). In vitro study of foot kinematics using a dynamic walking cadaver model. Journal of Biomechanics, 40, 1927--1937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.09.008

There is a dearth of information on navicular, cuboid, cuneiform and metatarsal kinematics during walking and our objective was to study the kinematic contributions these bones might make to foot function. A dynamic cadaver model of walking was used... Read More about In vitro study of foot kinematics using a dynamic walking cadaver model..

Intrinsic foot kinematics measured in vivo during the stance phase of slow running. (2007)
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Arndt, A., Wolf, P., Liu, A., Nester, C., Stacoff, A., Jones, R., …Lundberg, A. (2007). Intrinsic foot kinematics measured in vivo during the stance phase of slow running. Journal of Biomechanics, 40, 2672--2678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.12.009

An accurate kinematic description of the intrinsic articulations of the foot during running has not previously been presented, primarily due to methodological limitations. An invasive method based upon reflective marker arrays mounted on intracortica... Read More about Intrinsic foot kinematics measured in vivo during the stance phase of slow running..

Cluster analysis for the extraction of sagittal gait patterns in children with cerebral palsy. (2007)
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Toro, B., Nester, C., & Farren, P. (2007). Cluster analysis for the extraction of sagittal gait patterns in children with cerebral palsy. Gait and Posture, 25, 157--165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.02.004

Classification of gait disorders would facilitate standardisation of gait management and communication across professional boundaries. In the past, such classification was undertaken using a variety of approaches with often unclear methodology and va... Read More about Cluster analysis for the extraction of sagittal gait patterns in children with cerebral palsy..

Inter- and intraobserver repeatability of the Salford Gait Tool: an observation-based clinical gait assessment tool. (2007)
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Toro, B., Nester, C., & Farren, P. (2007). Inter- and intraobserver repeatability of the Salford Gait Tool: an observation-based clinical gait assessment tool. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 328--332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.030

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the inter- and intraobserver repeatability of the Salford Gait Tool (SF-GT), a new observation-based gait assessment tool for evaluating sagittal plane cerebral palsy (CP) gait. DESIGN: Masked comparative evaluation. SETTING: U... Read More about Inter- and intraobserver repeatability of the Salford Gait Tool: an observation-based clinical gait assessment tool..

The development and validity of the Salford Gait Tool: an observation-based clinical gait assessment tool. (2007)
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Toro, B., Nester, C., & Farren, P. (2007). The development and validity of the Salford Gait Tool: an observation-based clinical gait assessment tool. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 321--327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.028

OBJECTIVES: To develop the construct, content, and criterion validity of the Salford Gait Tool (SF-GT) and to evaluate agreement between gait observations using the SF-GT and kinematic gait data. DESIGN: Tool development and comparative evaluation. S... Read More about The development and validity of the Salford Gait Tool: an observation-based clinical gait assessment tool..

Does a specific MR imaging protocol with a supine-lying subject replicate tarsal kinematics seen during upright standing? (2007)
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Wolf, P., Stacoff, A., Liu, A., Arndt, A., Nester, C., Lundberg, A., & Stuessi, E. (2007). Does a specific MR imaging protocol with a supine-lying subject replicate tarsal kinematics seen during upright standing?. Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik, 52, 290--294. https://doi.org/10.1515/BMT.2007.049

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is becoming increasingly important in the study of foot biomechanics. Specific devices have been constructed to load and position the foot while the subject is lying supine in the scanner. The present study examines th... Read More about Does a specific MR imaging protocol with a supine-lying subject replicate tarsal kinematics seen during upright standing?.

Multidisciplinary investigations at Stalag Luft III Allied prisoner-of-war camp: The site of the 1944 "Great Escape," Zagan, Western Poland (2007)
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Pringle. (2007). Multidisciplinary investigations at Stalag Luft III Allied prisoner-of-war camp: The site of the 1944 "Great Escape," Zagan, Western Poland. Geoarchaeology, 729 - 746. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20184

Stalag Luft III, situated in Zagan, Poland (formerly eastern Germany), was the site of a World War II Allied aviator prisoner of war (POW) camp famous for repeat escape attempts—notably the mass escape of 76 POWs in March 1944, shown in the 1963 film... Read More about Multidisciplinary investigations at Stalag Luft III Allied prisoner-of-war camp: The site of the 1944 "Great Escape," Zagan, Western Poland.

Phorbol Ester-induced Shedding of the Prostate Cancer Marker Transmembrane Protein with Epidermal Growth Factor and Two Follistatin Motifs 2 Is Mediated by the Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase-17 (2007)
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Ali. (2007). Phorbol Ester-induced Shedding of the Prostate Cancer Marker Transmembrane Protein with Epidermal Growth Factor and Two Follistatin Motifs 2 Is Mediated by the Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase-17. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 37378 - 37388. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M702170200

The transmembrane protein with epidermal growth factor and two follistatin motifs 2 (TMEFF2) is expressed in prostate and brain and shed from the cell surface in a metalloproteinase-dependent fashion. Neither the sheddase(s) responsible for TMEFF2 sh... Read More about Phorbol Ester-induced Shedding of the Prostate Cancer Marker Transmembrane Protein with Epidermal Growth Factor and Two Follistatin Motifs 2 Is Mediated by the Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase-17.

Disc-Magnetosphere interactions in Cataclysmic Variable Stars (2007)
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(2007). Disc-Magnetosphere interactions in Cataclysmic Variable Stars. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921307009684

I review, from an observational perspective, the interactions of accretion discs with magnetic fields in cataclysmic variable stars. I start with systems where the accretion flows via a stream, and discuss the circumstances in which the stream forms... Read More about Disc-Magnetosphere interactions in Cataclysmic Variable Stars.

Rapid magnetosome formation shown by real-time x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (2007)
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Staniland, S., Ward, B., Harrison, A., van der Laan, G., & Telling, N. (2007). Rapid magnetosome formation shown by real-time x-ray magnetic circular dichroism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(49), 19524-19528. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0704879104

Magnetosomes are magnetite nanoparticles formed by biomineralization within magnetotactic bacteria. Although there have been numerous genetic and proteomic studies of the magnetosome-formation process, there have been only limited and inconclusive st... Read More about Rapid magnetosome formation shown by real-time x-ray magnetic circular dichroism.

Stellar Evolution at Low Metallicity (2007)
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Hirschi, R., Chiappini, C., Meynet, G., Maeder, A., & Ekstrom, S. (2007). Stellar Evolution at Low Metallicity. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3(S250), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921308020528

Massive stars played a key role in the early evolution of the Universe. They formed with the first halos and started the re-ionisation. It is therefore very important to understand their evolution. In this review, we first recall the effect of metall... Read More about Stellar Evolution at Low Metallicity.

Forensic geology: getting geological principals and practices into the classroom (2007)
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Pringle. (2007). Forensic geology: getting geological principals and practices into the classroom

Forensic science features in a number of popular television series. This has led to a widespread interest in the application of scientific principles and practice to the world of crime detection and has resulted in a tremendous increase in forensic s... Read More about Forensic geology: getting geological principals and practices into the classroom.