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The lithium depletion boundary in NGC 2547 as a test of pre-main-sequence evolutionary models (2005)
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Jeffries, R. D., & Oliveira, J. M. (2005). The lithium depletion boundary in NGC 2547 as a test of pre-main-sequence evolutionary models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 358(1), 13 -29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08820.x

Intermediate resolution spectroscopy from the ESO Very Large Telescope is analysed for 63 photometrically selected low-mass (0.08-0.30 Msun) candidates of the open cluster NGC 2547. We have confirmed membership for most of these stars using radial ve... Read More about The lithium depletion boundary in NGC 2547 as a test of pre-main-sequence evolutionary models.

Circumstellar discs around solar-mass stars in NGC 6611 (2005)
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Oliveira, J., Jeffries, R., Th. van Loon, J., Littlefair, S., & Naylor, T. (2005). Circumstellar discs around solar-mass stars in NGC 6611. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 358(1), L21-L24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2005.00020.x

We have performed IZJHKL' observations in NGC 6611, the young cluster that ionises the Eagle Nebula. We have discovered a rich pre-main sequence concentrated around the O-stars in the cluster. As measured by their L'-band excesses, at least 58% +/- 5... Read More about Circumstellar discs around solar-mass stars in NGC 6611.

Discussing randomised clinical trials of cancer therapy: evaluation of a Cancer Research UK training programme (2005)
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Jenkins, V., Fallowfield, L., Solis-Trapala, I., Langridge, C., & Farewell, V. (2005). Discussing randomised clinical trials of cancer therapy: evaluation of a Cancer Research UK training programme. BMJ, 330:400. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38366.562685.8f

Objective To evaluate a training intervention aimed at improving healthcare professionals' communication with cancer patients about randomised clinical trials. Design Before and after evaluation of training programme. Setting Members of the Nat... Read More about Discussing randomised clinical trials of cancer therapy: evaluation of a Cancer Research UK training programme.

Herpesvirus pan encodes a functional homologue of BHRF1, the Epstein-Barr virus v-Bcl-2 (2005)
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(2005). Herpesvirus pan encodes a functional homologue of BHRF1, the Epstein-Barr virus v-Bcl-2. BMC microbiology, 6 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-5-6

BACKGROUND: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latently infects about 90% of the human population and is associated with benign and malignant diseases of lymphoid and epithelial origin. BHRF1, an early lytic cycle antigen, is an apoptosis suppressing member of... Read More about Herpesvirus pan encodes a functional homologue of BHRF1, the Epstein-Barr virus v-Bcl-2.

Maternal glutathione S-transferase GSTP1 genotype is a specific predictor of phenotype in children with asthma. (2005)
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Carroll, W., Lenney, W., Child, F., Strange, R., Jones, P., & Fryer, A. (2005). Maternal glutathione S-transferase GSTP1 genotype is a specific predictor of phenotype in children with asthma. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 16(1), 32 - 39. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00249.x

Maternal factors are known to influence the heritability and expression of asthma and atopy. We report the association of maternal, paternal and proband GSTP1 genotype with lung function in 145 Caucasian children with asthma. GSTP1 Val105/Val105 and... Read More about Maternal glutathione S-transferase GSTP1 genotype is a specific predictor of phenotype in children with asthma..

An investigation of software engineering curricula (2005)
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(2005). An investigation of software engineering curricula. Journal of Systems and Software, 325 - 335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2004.03.016

We adapted a survey instrument developed by Timothy Lethbridge to assess the extent to which the education delivered by four UK universities matches the requirements of the software industry. We propose a survey methodology that we believe addresses... Read More about An investigation of software engineering curricula.

Membership, binarity and accretion among very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs of the s Orionis cluster (2005)
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Kenyon, M., Jeffries, R., Naylor, T., Oliveira, J., & Maxted, P. (2005). Membership, binarity and accretion among very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs of the s Orionis cluster. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 356(1), 89 -106. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08455.x

Intermediate resolution (R=7000) spectroscopy is presented for 76 photometrically selected very low mass (0.04

Reading remittance landscapes: Female migration and agricultural transition in the Philippines (2005)
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McKay. (2005). Reading remittance landscapes: Female migration and agricultural transition in the Philippines. Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography, 89 - 99. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167223.2005.10649529

In the Philippines, female migration for overseas contract work is transforming local agricultural landscapes. Yet the changes in land, labour, crops and cropping patterns that are occurring may not reflect local ecology or economic opportunity as mu... Read More about Reading remittance landscapes: Female migration and agricultural transition in the Philippines.

Rethinking Locality in Ifugao: Tribes, Domains and Colonial Histories (2005)
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McKay. (2005). Rethinking Locality in Ifugao: Tribes, Domains and Colonial Histories

In the context of lfugao municipalities applying for ancestral domain, a review of the oral histories collected within a community of precolonial "migrants" allows this article to locate an indigenous group on quite a different terrain, one with no c... Read More about Rethinking Locality in Ifugao: Tribes, Domains and Colonial Histories.

Reconstruction of past CO2 concentration at a natural CO2 vent site using radiocarbon dating of tree rings (2005)
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(2005). Reconstruction of past CO2 concentration at a natural CO2 vent site using radiocarbon dating of tree rings. Radiocarbon, 257 - 263. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200019767

Total CO2 exposure levels in a naturally enriched site (Lajatico, Italy) were reconstructed using radiocarbon analysis by accelerator mass spectrometry combined with dendrochronological analysis on wood cores extracted from trees grown in the fossil... Read More about Reconstruction of past CO2 concentration at a natural CO2 vent site using radiocarbon dating of tree rings.

Q-angle undervalued? The relationship between Q-angle and medio-lateral position of the patella. (2004)
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Herrington, L., & Nester, C. (2004). Q-angle undervalued? The relationship between Q-angle and medio-lateral position of the patella. Clinical Biomechanics, 19, 1070--1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.07.010

BACKGROUND: For an accurate quadriceps angle measurement, the patella must be centralised in the femoral trochlear groove, numerous authors have described lateral displacement of the patella in patellofemoral pain patients, this leads to the intrigui... Read More about Q-angle undervalued? The relationship between Q-angle and medio-lateral position of the patella..

Sagittal plane compensations for artificially induced limitation of the first metatarsophalangeal joint: a preliminary study. (2004)
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Hall, C., & Nester, C. (2004). Sagittal plane compensations for artificially induced limitation of the first metatarsophalangeal joint: a preliminary study. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 94, 269--274. https://doi.org/10.7547/0940269

This study was undertaken to establish whether reduced dorsiflexion at the first metatarsophalangeal joint affects sagittal plane kinematics at the ankle, knee, and hip. Twenty individuals with symptom-free metatarsophalangeal joints were studied as... Read More about Sagittal plane compensations for artificially induced limitation of the first metatarsophalangeal joint: a preliminary study..

Model atmosphere analyses of post-common envelope stars (2004)
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T. Rushton, M., Smalley, B., N. Ogley, R., H. Wood, J., H. Hauschildt, P., & N. Bleach, J. (2004). Model atmosphere analyses of post-common envelope stars. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union,

Understanding post-common-envelope evolution is important in the studies of close-binary systems. The majority of all interacting binaries with a compact object in their system (e.g. cataclysmic variables, X-ray binaries) are thought to have passed t... Read More about Model atmosphere analyses of post-common envelope stars.

Using Balmer line profiles to investigate convection in A and F stars (2004)
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Smalley, B., & Kupka, F. (2004). Using Balmer line profiles to investigate convection in A and F stars. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union,

Balmer lines are an important diagnostic of stellar atmospheric structure, since they are formed at a wide range of depths within the atmosphere. The different Balmer lines are formed at slightly different depths making them useful atmospheric diagno... Read More about Using Balmer line profiles to investigate convection in A and F stars.

Dynamical shear instability (2004)
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Hirschi, R., Maeder, A., & Meynet, G. (2004). Dynamical shear instability. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 215, 510 - 511

The dynamical shear instability is an important mixing process in the advanced stages of the evolution of massive stars. We calculated different models of 15 Mo with an initial rotational velocity, v(rot,ini)= 300 km/s to investigate its efficiency.... Read More about Dynamical shear instability.

Time series analysis of homoclinic nonlinear systems using a wavelet transform method (2004)
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Austin, J. C., & Healey, J. J. (2004). Time series analysis of homoclinic nonlinear systems using a wavelet transform method. Fluid Dynamics Research, 34(6), Article 401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluiddyn.2004.03.002

Homoclinic (and heteroclinic) trajectories are closed paths in phase space that connect one or more saddle points. They play an important role in the study of dynamical systems and are associated with the creation/destruction of limit cycles as a par... Read More about Time series analysis of homoclinic nonlinear systems using a wavelet transform method.