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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..

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.

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.

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.

Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation. (2007)
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(2007). Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 240 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-240

BACKGROUND: A major cornerstone of evolutionary biology theory is the explanation of the emergence of cooperation in communities of selfish individuals. There is an unexplained tendency in the plant and animal world - with examples from alpine plants... Read More about Environmental adversity and uncertainty favour cooperation..

Realism and Anti-Realism about Mental Illness (2007)
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Wrigley, A. (2007). Realism and Anti-Realism about Mental Illness. Philosophical Papers, 36(3), 371-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2007.11733499

In this paper I provide an account of the metaphysical foundations of mental illness in terms of a realism debate. I motivate the importance of such metaphysical analysis as a means of avoiding some intractable problems that beset discussion of the c... Read More about Realism and Anti-Realism about Mental Illness.

Mass loss and very low-metallicity stars (2007)
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Hirschi, R., Chiappini, C., Meynet, G., Ekstrom, S., & Maeder, A. (2007). Mass loss and very low-metallicity stars. AIP conference proceedings, 948, 397–404. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2818999

Mass loss plays a dominant role in the evolution of massive stars at solar metallicity. After discussing different mass loss mechanisms and their metallicity dependence, we present the possibility of strong mass loss at very low metallicity. Our mode... Read More about Mass loss and very low-metallicity stars.

A flexible friend: action learning in the context of a multi-agency organisation development programme (2007)
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(2007). A flexible friend: action learning in the context of a multi-agency organisation development programme. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767330701592920

This article describes an example of ‘business-driven’ action learning in a multiagency organisation development intervention, and identifies learning from the experience.

Migratory programme of juvenile pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca, from Siberia implies a detour around Central Asia (2007)
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Chernetsov, N., Kishkinev, D., Gashkov, S., Kosarev, V., & Bolshakov, C. V. (2008). Migratory programme of juvenile pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca, from Siberia implies a detour around Central Asia. Animal Behaviour, 75(2), 539-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.05.019

Field studies suggest that in autumn, passerine Siberian-African migrants make a detour around Central Asia. We tested whether it results from an innate spatiotemporal programme. We hand-raised juvenile pied flycatchers from Europe and western Siberi... Read More about Migratory programme of juvenile pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca, from Siberia implies a detour around Central Asia.

Personal Identity, Autonomy and Advance Statements (2007)
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WRIGLEY, A. (2007). Personal Identity, Autonomy and Advance Statements. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 24(4), 381-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5930.2007.00367.x

abstract  Recent legal rulings concerning the status of advance statements have raised interest in the topic but failed to provide any definitive general guidelines for their enforcement. I examine arguments used to justify the moral authority of suc... Read More about Personal Identity, Autonomy and Advance Statements.

Environmental direct action in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales: a protest event analysis (2007)
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Doherty. (2007). Environmental direct action in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales: a protest event analysis. Environmental Politics, 805 -825. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010701634182

Direct action campaigns against new roads in the UK received much attention, but campaign groups were locally organised and little is known about how they worked. Protests by three local environmental direct action groups in the years 1992-2001 are e... Read More about Environmental direct action in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales: a protest event analysis.

Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England (2007)
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(2007). Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England. BMC Public Health, 286 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-286

UK Government expenditure on combatting drug abuse is based on estimates of illicit drug users, yet the validity of these estimates is unknown. This study aims to assess the face validity of problematic drug use (PDU) and injecting drug use (IDU) est... Read More about Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England.

Cation site occupancy of biogenic magnetite compared to polygenic ferrite spinels determined by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (2007)
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Coker, V. S., Pearce, C. I., Lang, C., van der Laan, G., Pattrick, R. A., Telling, N. D., …Lloyd, J. R. (2007). Cation site occupancy of biogenic magnetite compared to polygenic ferrite spinels determined by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism. European Journal of Mineralogy, 19(5), 707-716. https://doi.org/10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1758

Ferrite spinels, especially magnetite (Fe3O4), can be formed either by geological, biological or chemical processes leading to chemically similar phases that show different physical characteristics. We compare, for the first time, magnetite produced... Read More about Cation site occupancy of biogenic magnetite compared to polygenic ferrite spinels determined by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism.

A note on perturbation formulae for the surface-wave speed due to perturbations in material properties (2007)
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(2007). A note on perturbation formulae for the surface-wave speed due to perturbations in material properties. Journal of Elasticity, 187 - 192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-007-9130-4

In a recent paper by Tanuma and Man, a two-term asymptotic formula was derived for the speed of surface waves propagating in an anisotropic elastic half-space whose elastic moduli differ only slightly from those for a (base) isotropic elastic materia... Read More about A note on perturbation formulae for the surface-wave speed due to perturbations in material properties.

Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy (2007)
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Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Leach, R., & Money, A. (2007). Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 8(3), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019

This paper provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late-life identity. It is suggested that policy towards an ageing population has shifted... Read More about Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy.

Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial. (2007)
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(2007). Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 436 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39280.509803.BE

Objective To investigate the benefit of adding acupuncture to a course of advice and exercise delivered by physiotherapists for pain reduction in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Design Multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Setti... Read More about Acupuncture as an adjunct to exercise based physiotherapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial..

The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population (2007)
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Myers, H., Nicholls, E., Handy, J., Peat, G., Thomas, E., Duncan, R., …Dziedzic, K. (2007). The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 8, Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-85

Pain in the hand affects an estimated 12-21% of the population, and at older ages the hand is one of the most common sites of pain and osteoarthritis. The association between symptomatic hand osteoarthritis and disability in everyday life has not bee... Read More about The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population.