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Limitations of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in diabetes screening (2012)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Geothermal reservoir characterization: a thermofacies concept (2012)
Journal Article
(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.

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.

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)
Journal Article
(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)
Journal Article
(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’.

Eclipsing Binary Stars: the Royal Road to Stellar Astrophysics (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Taylor. (2012). Eclipsing Binary Stars: the Royal Road to Stellar Astrophysics. In Proceedings of the workshop "Orbital Couples: Pas de Deux in the Solar System and the Milky Way" (51-58)

Russell (1948) famously described eclipses as the "royal road" to stellar astrophysics. From photometric and spectroscopic observations it is possible to measure the masses and radii (to 1% or better!), and thus surface gravities and mean densities,... Read More about Eclipsing Binary Stars: the Royal Road to Stellar Astrophysics.

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.

Granting Conscientious Exemptions: The Need to Take Sides (2012)
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Nehushtan, Y. (2012). Granting Conscientious Exemptions: The Need to Take Sides. Religion and Human Rights, 7(1), 31-58

There are several possible views of the proper way in which the state should respond to claims to be granted conscientious exemptions. This article discusses, and ultimately rejects, two main approaches to the issue of granting conscientious exemptio... Read More about Granting Conscientious Exemptions: The Need to Take Sides.

Face: Fractal Analysis in Cell Engineering (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Lam, K. P., Collins, D. J., & Richardson, J. B. (2013). Face: Fractal Analysis in Cell Engineering. In Innovations and Advances in Computer, Information, Systems Sciences, and Engineering (1151-1164). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3535-8_95

Most fractal compression schemes encode an image as a collection of transforms that analyse image detail at every scale, typically allowing a receiver to regenerate or synthesize the output using “instructions” from the transmitter. Conceived in the... Read More about Face: Fractal Analysis in Cell Engineering.

'"We're a Very Normal Family": Representing the Mundane in Channel 4's The Family' (2012)
Journal Article
Holohan. (2012). '"We're a Very Normal Family": Representing the Mundane in Channel 4's The Family'. Media, Culture and Society, 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443711427197

In 1974 Paul Watson’s The Family pioneered the ‘fly-on-the-wall’ technique to build a picture of family life that also exposed inequalities contained in British society. Today, film-maker Jonathan Smith, has updated this format using technologies usu... Read More about '"We're a Very Normal Family": Representing the Mundane in Channel 4's The Family'.

Parent misperception of control in childhood/adolescent asthma: the Room to Breathe survey (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). Parent misperception of control in childhood/adolescent asthma: the Room to Breathe survey. European Respiratory Journal, 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00048911

The aim of our study was to determine how often asthma control is achieved in children and adolescents, and how asthma affects parents' and children's daily lives. Interviews, including the childhood asthma control test (C-ACT), were conducted wit... Read More about Parent misperception of control in childhood/adolescent asthma: the Room to Breathe survey.