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Variation in pelvic morphology may prevent the identification of anterior pelvic tilt. (2008)
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Preece, S., Willan, P., Nester, C., Graham-Smith, P., Herrington, L., & Bowker, P. (2008). Variation in pelvic morphology may prevent the identification of anterior pelvic tilt. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy, 16, 113--117. https://doi.org/10.1179/106698108790818459

Pelvic tilt is often quantified using the angle between the horizontal and a line connecting the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) and the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS). Although this angle is determined by the balance of muscular and liga... Read More about Variation in pelvic morphology may prevent the identification of anterior pelvic tilt..

Functional units of the human foot. (2008)
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Wolf, P., Stacoff, A., Liu, A., Nester, C., Arndt, A., Lundberg, A., & Stuessi, E. (2008). Functional units of the human foot. Gait and Posture, 28, 434--441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.02.004

Functional units in the human foot provide a meaningful basis for subdivisions of the entire foot during gait analysis as well as justified simplifications of foot models. The present study aimed to identify such functional units during walking and s... Read More about Functional units of the human foot..

An instance-based algorithm with auxiliary similarity information for the estimation of gait kinematics from wearable sensors. (2008)
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Goulermas, J., Findlow, A., Nester, C., Liatsis, P., Zeng, X., Kenney, L., …Howard, D. (2008). An instance-based algorithm with auxiliary similarity information for the estimation of gait kinematics from wearable sensors. IEEE transactions on neural networks / a publication of the IEEE Neural Networks Council, 19, 1574--1582. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNN.2008.2000808

Wearable human movement measurement systems are increasingly popular as a means of capturing human movement data in real-world situations. Previous work has attempted to estimate segment kinematics during walking from foot acceleration and angular ve... Read More about An instance-based algorithm with auxiliary similarity information for the estimation of gait kinematics from wearable sensors..

Predicting lower limb joint kinematics using wearable motion sensors. (2008)
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Findlow, A., Goulermas, J., Nester, C., Howard, D., & Kenney, L. (2008). Predicting lower limb joint kinematics using wearable motion sensors. Gait and Posture, 28, 120--126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.11.001

The aim of this study was to estimate sagittal plane ankle, knee and hip gait kinematics using 3D angular velocity and linear acceleration data from motion sensors on the foot and shank. We explored the accuracy of intra-subject predictions (i.e., wh... Read More about Predicting lower limb joint kinematics using wearable motion sensors..

Invasive in vivo measurement of rear-, mid- and forefoot motion during walking. (2008)
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Lundgren, P., Nester, C., Liu, A., Arndt, A., Jones, R., Stacoff, A., …Lundberg, A. (2008). Invasive in vivo measurement of rear-, mid- and forefoot motion during walking. Gait and Posture, 28, 93--100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.10.009

The aim of this work was to use bone anchored external markers to describe the kinematics of the tibia, fibula, talus, calcaneus, navicular, cuboid, medial cuneiform, first and fifth metatarsals during gait. Data were collected from six subjects. The... Read More about Invasive in vivo measurement of rear-, mid- and forefoot motion during walking..

The influence of gluteus maximus on transverse plane tibial rotation. (2008)
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Preece, S., Graham-Smith, P., Nester, C., Howard, D., Hermens, H., Herrington, L., & Bowker, P. (2008). The influence of gluteus maximus on transverse plane tibial rotation. Gait and Posture, 27, 616--621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.08.007

There is a common clinical belief that transverse plane tibial rotation is controlled by the rearfoot. Although distal structures may influence the motion of the tibia, transverse plane tibial rotation could be determined by the proximal hip musculat... Read More about The influence of gluteus maximus on transverse plane tibial rotation..

Copyright notice (2008)
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Gadsdon, M., Hooper, I., Sambles, J., Jewell, S., Hendry, E., Kostylev, M., …Mescheryakov, V. (2008). Copyright notice. Optics express, 16(10), 22003-22028

Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines through the Ages (2008)
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Hirschi, R. (2008). Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines through the Ages. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921308020292

Some useful developments in the model physics are briefly presented, followed by model results on chemical enrichments and WR stars. We discuss the expected rotation velocities of WR stars. We emphasize that the (C+O)/He ratio is a better chemical in... Read More about Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines through the Ages.

X-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism characterization of a novel ferromagnetic MnNx phase in Mn/Si3N4 multilayers (2008)
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Céspedes, E., Huttel, Y., Martínez, L., de Andrés, A., Chaboy, J., Vila, M., …Prieto, C. (2008). X-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism characterization of a novel ferromagnetic MnNx phase in Mn/Si3N4 multilayers. Applied Physics Letters, 93(25), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3050534

Ferromagnetism above room temperature has been observed in multilayered films for the first time. Characterization of the structural and electronic properties was performed to study the ferromagnetic behavior of this system. X-ray absorption spect... Read More about X-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism characterization of a novel ferromagnetic MnNx phase in Mn/Si3N4 multilayers.

Cytoplasmic CUG RNA foci are insufficient to elicit key DM1 features (2008)
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(2008). Cytoplasmic CUG RNA foci are insufficient to elicit key DM1 features. PloS one, e3968 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003968

The genetic basis of myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) is the expansion of a CTG tract located in the 3' untranslated region of DMPK. Expression of mutant RNAs encoding expanded CUG repeats plays a central role in the development of cardiac disease in... Read More about Cytoplasmic CUG RNA foci are insufficient to elicit key DM1 features.

Co-production and Sure Start Children's Centres: Reflecting upon Users', Perspectives and Implications for Service Delivery, Planning and Evaluation (2008)
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Pemberton, S., & Mason, J. (2008). Co-production and Sure Start Children's Centres: Reflecting upon Users', Perspectives and Implications for Service Delivery, Planning and Evaluation. Social Policy and Society, 13 - 24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746408004545

In the UK, there has been a re-awakening of interest in the ‘co-production’ approach to involve service users in modernised public services. Within this context, Sure Start Children's Centres are being created to address child poverty and social excl... Read More about Co-production and Sure Start Children's Centres: Reflecting upon Users', Perspectives and Implications for Service Delivery, Planning and Evaluation.

The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants (2008)
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Drijfhout. (2008). The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants. PloS one, e3838 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003838

It is unclear why some species become successful invaders whilst others fail, and whether invasive success depends on pre-adaptations already present in the native range or on characters evolving de-novo after introduction. Ants are among the worst i... Read More about The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants.

Uptake of systemically administered magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) in areas of experimental spinal cord injury (SCI) (2008)
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Jeffery, N. D., McBain, S. C., Dobson, J., & Chari, D. M. (2009). Uptake of systemically administered magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) in areas of experimental spinal cord injury (SCI). Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 3(2), 153-157. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.139

The regenerative potential of the adult central nervous system (CNS) is limited, contributing to poor recovery from neurological insult. Many genes have been identified that promote neural regeneration, but the current viral methods used to mediate n... Read More about Uptake of systemically administered magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) in areas of experimental spinal cord injury (SCI).

The Ontological Backlash: why did mainstream analytic philosophy lose interest in the philosophy of history? (2008)
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D'Oro. (2008). The Ontological Backlash: why did mainstream analytic philosophy lose interest in the philosophy of history?. Philosophia, 403 -415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-008-9135-7

This paper seeks to explain why mainstream analytic philosophy lost interest in the philosophy of history. It suggests that the reasons why the philosophy of history no longer commands the attention of mainstream analytical philosophy may be explaine... Read More about The Ontological Backlash: why did mainstream analytic philosophy lose interest in the philosophy of history?.

Sociological Perspectives on the Baby Boomers (2008)
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(2008). Sociological Perspectives on the Baby Boomers. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200800024

The ‘baby-boom’ generation has emerged as a significant group in debates focusing on population change. The demographic context concerns the increase in the birth rate across industrialised countries from the mid-1940s through to the mid-1960s. From... Read More about Sociological Perspectives on the Baby Boomers.

Variational bayesian generative topographic mapping (2008)
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(2008). Variational bayesian generative topographic mapping. Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms, 371 -387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10852-008-9088-7

General finite mixture models are powerful tools for the density-based grouping of multivariate i.i.d. data, but they lack data visualization capabilities, which reduces their practical applicability to real-world problems. Generative topographic map... Read More about Variational bayesian generative topographic mapping.

Edge-Region Grouping in Figure-Ground Organization and Depth Perception (2008)
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(2008). Edge-Region Grouping in Figure-Ground Organization and Depth Perception. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1353 -1371. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0012729

Edge-region grouping (ERG) is proposed as a unifying and previously unrecognized class of relational information that influences figure-ground organization and perceived depth across an edge. ERG occurs when the edge between two regions is differenti... Read More about Edge-Region Grouping in Figure-Ground Organization and Depth Perception.

TAUTINES VALSTYBES DISKURSO PARAŠTES: DIASPOROS PATIRTYS (2008)
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(2008). TAUTINES VALSTYBES DISKURSO PARAŠTES: DIASPOROS PATIRTYS. Politologija, 33 - 61. https://doi.org/10.15388/polit.2008.52.8435

Straipsnyje pateikiamas diasporos diskursas kaip alternatyva linijiniam, pažangiam, teritoriniam tautines valstybes diskursui. Straipsnio pagrindas – kokybinis Lietuvos armenu bendruomenes tyrimas. Nagrinejamo atvejo diasporinis diskursas atskleidžia... Read More about TAUTINES VALSTYBES DISKURSO PARAŠTES: DIASPOROS PATIRTYS.

NuGrid: s process in massive stars (2008)
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Frischknecht, U., Thielemann, F., -K. Thielemann, F., Pignatari, M., Bennett, M., Diehl, S., …Hirschi, R. NuGrid: s process in massive stars. Manuscript submitted for publication

The s-process production in massive stars at very low metallicities is expected to be negligible due to the low abundance of the neutron source 22Ne, to primary neutron poisons and decreasing iron seed abundances. However, recent models of massive st... Read More about NuGrid: s process in massive stars.