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Anionic surfactant ionic liquids with 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium cations: characterization and application (2012)
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(2012). Anionic surfactant ionic liquids with 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium cations: characterization and application. Langmuir, 2502 -2509. https://doi.org/10.1021/la204557t

For the first time a series of anionic surfactant ionic liquids (SAILs) has been synthesized based on organic surfactant anions and 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium cations. These compounds are more environmentally friendly and chemically tunable as comp... Read More about Anionic surfactant ionic liquids with 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium cations: characterization and application.

Limitations of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in diabetes screening (2012)
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WF Hanna, F., Geen, J., Issa, B. G., Tahrani, A. A., & Fryer, A. A. (2012). Limitations of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in diabetes screening. Practical Diabetes, 29(1), 29-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/pdi.1653

Recently, glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) has been recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the World Health Organisation and subsequently by many other professional bodies as a diagnostic tool for diabetes mellitus. However, the cut-... Read More about Limitations of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in diabetes screening.

Glycosaminoglycan backbone is not required for the modulation of hemostasis: Effect of different heparin derivatives and non-glycosaminoglycan analogs (2012)
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Bouças, R., Jarrouge-Bouças, T., Lima, M., Trindade, E., Moraes, F., Cavalheiro, R., …Nader, H. (2012). Glycosaminoglycan backbone is not required for the modulation of hemostasis: Effect of different heparin derivatives and non-glycosaminoglycan analogs. Matrix Biology, 31, 308--316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2012.03.001

Factors Associated with the Severity and Progression of Self-Reported Hand Pain and Functional Difficulty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review: Factors Associated with Hand Pain and Function (2012)
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Nicholls, E. E., Windt, D. A. W. M., Jordan, J. L., Dziedzic, K. S., & Thomas, E. (2012). Factors Associated with the Severity and Progression of Self-Reported Hand Pain and Functional Difficulty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review: Factors Associated with Hand Pain and Function. Musculoskeletal Care, 10(1), 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1007

Background Hand problems are common in older adults and cause significant pain and disruption to everyday living. The aim of this systematic review was to summarize evidence on the factors associated with the severity and progression of self-reporte... Read More about Factors Associated with the Severity and Progression of Self-Reported Hand Pain and Functional Difficulty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review: Factors Associated with Hand Pain and Function.

Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments (2012)
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Pringle, J. K., Holland, C., Szkornik, K., & Harrison, M. (2012). Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments. Forensic Science International, 219(1-3), e29 - e36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.01.010

A 2010 UK police search for a clandestine burial highlighted the need for more information and quantitative data to aid coastal beach searches. This study aimed to address this by establishing relevant forensic search methodologies to aid the search... Read More about Establishing forensic search methodologies and geophysical surveying for the detection of clandestine graves in coastal beach environments.

Geothermal reservoir characterization: a thermofacies concept (2012)
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(2012). Geothermal reservoir characterization: a thermofacies concept. Terra Nova, 142 -147. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01048.x

The thermofacies concept is based on new measurements of about 11 000 plug samples drilled from sedimentary rocks and investigated at TU Darmstadt from 2007 to 2011. Some hundred representative thin sections were analysed for facies interpretation. T... Read More about Geothermal reservoir characterization: a thermofacies concept.

A cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a 'whole systems' model of self-management support for the management of long- term conditions in primary care: trial protocol (2012)
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(2012). A cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a 'whole systems' model of self-management support for the management of long- term conditions in primary care: trial protocol. Implementation Science, 7 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-7-7

BACKGROUND: Patients with long-term conditions are increasingly the focus of quality improvement activities in health services to reduce the impact of these conditions on quality of life and to reduce the burden on care utilisation. There is signific... Read More about A cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a 'whole systems' model of self-management support for the management of long- term conditions in primary care: trial protocol.

Grids of stellar models with rotation - I. Models from 0.8 to 120 Msun at solar metallicity (Z = 0.014) (2012)
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(2012). Grids of stellar models with rotation - I. Models from 0.8 to 120 Msun at solar metallicity (Z = 0.014). Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117751

[abridged] Many topical astrophysical research areas, such as the properties of planet host stars, the nature of the progenitors of different types of supernovae and gamma ray bursts, and the evolution of galaxies, require complete and homogeneous se... Read More about Grids of stellar models with rotation - I. Models from 0.8 to 120 Msun at solar metallicity (Z = 0.014).

Clinical course, characteristics and prognostic indicators in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care. The ATLAS study protocol. (2012)
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(2012). Clinical course, characteristics and prognostic indicators in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care. The ATLAS study protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 4 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-4

BACKGROUND Low-back related leg pain with or without nerve root involvement is associated with a poor prognosis compared to low back pain (LBP) alone. Compared to the literature investigating prognostic indicators of outcome for LBP, there is limite... Read More about Clinical course, characteristics and prognostic indicators in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care. The ATLAS study protocol..

Electrocatalytic Properties of Strained Pd Nanoshells at Au Nanostructures: CO and HCOOH Oxidation (2012)
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(2012). Electrocatalytic Properties of Strained Pd Nanoshells at Au Nanostructures: CO and HCOOH Oxidation. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 692 -699. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp208998j

The oxidations of carbon monoxide and formic acid at ultrathin Pd layers grown on Au nanoparticles were studied as a function of Pd thickness. Pd shells with thickness between 1 and 10 nm were grown on 19 nm Au nanoparticles by chemical reduction of... Read More about Electrocatalytic Properties of Strained Pd Nanoshells at Au Nanostructures: CO and HCOOH Oxidation.

The helium abundance in the ejecta of U Scorpii (2012)
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(2012). The helium abundance in the ejecta of U Scorpii. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3414 -3415. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19803.x

U Scorpii (U Sco) is a recurrent nova which has been observed in outburst on 10 occasions, most recently in 2010. We present near-infrared (near-IR) and optical spectroscopy of the 2010 outburst of U Sco. The reddening of U Sco is found to be E(B - V... Read More about The helium abundance in the ejecta of U Scorpii.

‘I May Be Older, But I Ain’t No ‘Elder’: A Critique of ‘Elder Law’ (2012)
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(2012). ‘I May Be Older, But I Ain’t No ‘Elder’: A Critique of ‘Elder Law’

The provision of legal services for people in later life is an emerging area of legal specialism in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, "Elder Law" legal practice is a "growth industry," with an increasing number... Read More about ‘I May Be Older, But I Ain’t No ‘Elder’: A Critique of ‘Elder Law’.

Porous 'Ouzo-effect' silica-ceria composite colloids and their application to aluminium corrosion protection. (2012)
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(2012). Porous 'Ouzo-effect' silica-ceria composite colloids and their application to aluminium corrosion protection. Chemical Communications, 115 - 117. https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC15992E

By exploiting spontaneous emulsification to prepare porous SiO(2) particles, we report the formation of porous CeO(2)@SiO(2) hybrid colloids and their incorporation into a silica-zirconia coating to improve the corrosion protection of aluminium.

Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy (2012)
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D'Oro. (2012). Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy. Ratio, 34 -50. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2011.00514.x

Collingwood has failed to make a significant impact in the history of twentieth century philosophy either because he has been dismissed as a dusty old idealist committed to the very metaphysics the analytical school was trying to leave behind, or bec... Read More about Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy.

Initiation of aneurysms as a mechanical bifurcation phenomenon (2012)
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(2012). Initiation of aneurysms as a mechanical bifurcation phenomenon. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 179 - 184 (6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2011.05.001

Recent studies on localized bulging in inflated membrane tubes have shown that the initiation pressure for the onset of localization is determined through a bifurcation condition. This kind of localization has also been shown to be much more sensitiv... Read More about Initiation of aneurysms as a mechanical bifurcation phenomenon.

Association of cytokine and matrix metalloproteinase profiles with disease activity and function in ankylosing spondylitis (2012)
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(2012). Association of cytokine and matrix metalloproteinase profiles with disease activity and function in ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis Research and Therapy, R127 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/ar3857

The pathology of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) suggests that certain cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) might provide useful markers of disease activity. Serum levels of some cytokines and MMPs have been found to be elevated in active disea... Read More about Association of cytokine and matrix metalloproteinase profiles with disease activity and function in ankylosing spondylitis.

‘Ethnicity’ in the International Law of Minority Protection: The Post-Cold War Context in Perspective (2012)
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(2012). ‘Ethnicity’ in the International Law of Minority Protection: The Post-Cold War Context in Perspective. Leiden Journal of International Law, 885 - 907. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0922156512000490

As a concept, ‘ethnicity’ has been informing the notions of the ‘self’ as well as the ‘other’ since antiquity. While in ancient Greek it referred to the ‘other’ in a derogatory sense, in the Romantic literature of the nineteenth century, ethnicity ca... Read More about ‘Ethnicity’ in the International Law of Minority Protection: The Post-Cold War Context in Perspective.

Tactics, traditions and opportunities: British and French crop-trashing actions in comparative perspective (2012)
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(2012). Tactics, traditions and opportunities: British and French crop-trashing actions in comparative perspective. European Journal of Political Research, 540 -562. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.2011.02048.x

This article compares the tactic of trashing genetically modified crops in activist campaigns in Britain and France. In Britain, most crop trashing was carried out covertly, while in France most activists undertook open, public actions. In seeking an... Read More about Tactics, traditions and opportunities: British and French crop-trashing actions in comparative perspective.