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Student perceptions of the progress test in two settings and the implications for test deployment (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). Student perceptions of the progress test in two settings and the implications for test deployment. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 573-583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-011-9334-z

Background The Progress Test (PT) was developed to assess student learning within integrated curricula. Whilst it is effective in promoting and rewarding deep approaches to learning in some settings, we hypothesised that implementation of the curricu... Read More about Student perceptions of the progress test in two settings and the implications for test deployment.

Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. (2012)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., Styles, P., Howell, C. P., Branston, M. W., Furner, R., & Toon, S. M. (2012). Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK. Geophysics, 77(6), B287 - B294 (8). https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2011-0491.1

The area around the town of Northwich in Cheshire, U. K., has a long history of catastrophic ground subsidence caused by a combination of natural dissolution and collapsing abandoned mine workings within the underlying Triassic halite bedrock geology... Read More about Long term time-lapse microgravity and geotechnical monitoring of relict salt-mines, Marston, Cheshire, UK..

Microbial Reduction of Arsenic-Doped Schwertmannite by Geobacter sulfurreducens (2012)
Journal Article
Cutting, R. S., Coker, V. S., Telling, N. D., Kimber, R. L., van der Laan, G., Pattrick, R. A. D., …Lloyd, J. R. (2012). Microbial Reduction of Arsenic-Doped Schwertmannite by Geobacter sulfurreducens. Environmental Science and Technology, 46(22), 12591-12599. https://doi.org/10.1021/es204596z

The fate of As(V) during microbial reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens of Fe(III) in synthetic arsenic-bearing schwertmannites has been investigated. During incubation at pH7, the rate of biological Fe(III) reduction increased with increasing initi... Read More about Microbial Reduction of Arsenic-Doped Schwertmannite by Geobacter sulfurreducens.

Religion in the British Media Today (2012)
Book Chapter
Taira, T., Poole, E., & Knott, K. (2012). Religion in the British Media Today. In Religion and the News. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315604855-4

How is religion represented in British media today? In this chapter, Taira, Poole and Knott provide a detailed answer, based on their research into television and newspaper reporting of religion in 2008–10. As well as surveying references to conventi... Read More about Religion in the British Media Today.

WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus (2012)
Journal Article
Smalley, B., R. Anderson, D., Collier-Cameron, A., P. Doyle, A., Fumel, A., Gillon, M., …G. West, R. (2012). WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 547, Article A61. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219731

We report the discovery of WASP-78b and WASP-79b, two highly-bloated Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type host stars. WASP-78b orbits its V=12.0 host star (TYC 5889-271-1) every 2.175 days and WASP-79b orbits its V=10.1 host star (CD-30 1812) ever... Read More about WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus.

Quantification by SIFT-MS of acetaldehyde released by lung cells in a 3D model (2012)
Journal Article
Rutter, A. V., Chippendale, T. W. E., Yang, Y., Španěl, P., Smith, D., & Sulé-Suso, J. (in press). Quantification by SIFT-MS of acetaldehyde released by lung cells in a 3D model. Analyst, 138(1), 91-95. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2an36185j

Our previous studies have shown that both lung cancer cells and non-malignant lung cells release acetaldehyde in vitro. However, data from other laboratories have produced conflicting results. Furthermore, all these studies have been carried out in 2... Read More about Quantification by SIFT-MS of acetaldehyde released by lung cells in a 3D model.

Textural characterization, major and volatile element quantification and Ar–Ar systematics of spherulites in the Rocche Rosse obsidian flow, Lipari, Aeolian Islands: a temperature continuum growth model (2012)
Journal Article
Clay, P. L., O’Driscoll, B., Gertisser, R., Busemann, H., Sherlock, S. C., & Kelley, S. P. (2013). Textural characterization, major and volatile element quantification and Ar–Ar systematics of spherulites in the Rocche Rosse obsidian flow, Lipari, Aeolian Islands: a temperature continuum growth model. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 165(2), 373-395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-012-0813-x

Spherulitic textures in the Rocche Rosse obsidian flow (Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Italy) have been characterized through petrographic, crystal size distribution (CSD) and in situ major and volatile elemental analyses to assess the mode, temperature an... Read More about Textural characterization, major and volatile element quantification and Ar–Ar systematics of spherulites in the Rocche Rosse obsidian flow, Lipari, Aeolian Islands: a temperature continuum growth model.

Participation in mass gatherings can benefit well-being: Longitudinal and control data from a North Indian Hindu pilgrimage event (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). Participation in mass gatherings can benefit well-being: Longitudinal and control data from a North Indian Hindu pilgrimage event. PloS one, e47291 -e47291. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047291

How does participation in a long-duration mass gathering (such as a pilgrimage event) impact well-being? There are good reasons to believe such collective events pose risks to health. There are risks associated with communicable diseases. Moreover, t... Read More about Participation in mass gatherings can benefit well-being: Longitudinal and control data from a North Indian Hindu pilgrimage event.

The Educational Needs of Nurses and Allied Healthcare Professionals Caring for People with Arthritis: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey: Educational Needs of Nurses and AHPs (2012)
Journal Article
Lillie, K., Ryan, S., & Adams, J. (2013). The Educational Needs of Nurses and Allied Healthcare Professionals Caring for People with Arthritis: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey: Educational Needs of Nurses and AHPs. Musculoskeletal Care, 11(2), 93-98. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1035

The purpose of the present study was to identify the educational needs of rheumatology nurses and allied healthcare professionals (AHPs) working with people with osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Band-gap profiling by laser writing of hydrogen-containing III-N-Vs (2012)
Journal Article
Martelli, F., Patanè, A., Rubini, S., Balakrishnan, N., Pettinari, G., Makarovsky, O., …Capizzi, M. (2012). Band-gap profiling by laser writing of hydrogen-containing III-N-Vs. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155307

We show that the dissociation of the N-H complex in hydrogenated III-N-Vs can be laser activated at temperatures that are significantly smaller than those (>200?°C) required for thermal dissociation due to a resonant photon absorption by the N-H comp... Read More about Band-gap profiling by laser writing of hydrogen-containing III-N-Vs.

Transplanting intact donor tissue enhances dopamine cell survival and the predictability of motor improvements in a rat model of Parkinson's disease (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). Transplanting intact donor tissue enhances dopamine cell survival and the predictability of motor improvements in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. PloS one, e47169 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047169

Primary cell transplantation is currently the gold standard for cell replacement in Parkinson's disease. However, the number of donors needed to treat a single patient is high, and the functional outcome is sometimes variable. The present work explor... Read More about Transplanting intact donor tissue enhances dopamine cell survival and the predictability of motor improvements in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

Damage to the dorsomedial thalamic nucleus, central lateral intralaminar thalamic nucleus, and midline thalamic nuclei on the right-side impair executive function and attention under conditions of high demand but not low demand (2012)
Journal Article
Edelstyn, N. M. J., Mayes, A. R., & Ellis, S. J. (2014). Damage to the dorsomedial thalamic nucleus, central lateral intralaminar thalamic nucleus, and midline thalamic nuclei on the right-side impair executive function and attention under conditions of high demand but not low demand. Neurocase, 20(2), 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2012.713497

Neuronal Toll-like receptor 4 signaling induces brain endothelial activation and neutrophil transmigration in vitro. (2012)
Journal Article
Maysami, S., Bowie, A., Denes, A., Nilsson, O., Leow-Dyke, S., Allen, C., …Pinteaux, E. (2012). Neuronal Toll-like receptor 4 signaling induces brain endothelial activation and neutrophil transmigration in vitro. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 230 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-9-230

BACKGROUND: The innate immune response in the brain is initiated by pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPS) or danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPS) produced in response to central nervous system (CNS) infection or injury. These molecul... Read More about Neuronal Toll-like receptor 4 signaling induces brain endothelial activation and neutrophil transmigration in vitro..

Association of circulating levels of MMP-8 with mortality from respiratory disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). Association of circulating levels of MMP-8 with mortality from respiratory disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Research and Therapy, R204 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/ar4042

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are implicated in the destruction of the joint and have been shown to be strongly associated with inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Circulating MMPs have also been associated with cardiovascular disease in th... Read More about Association of circulating levels of MMP-8 with mortality from respiratory disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis..

International differences in sport medicine access and clinical management (2012)
Journal Article
Heron, N., & Malliaropoulos, N. G. (2012). International differences in sport medicine access and clinical management. M.L.T.J. Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal, 2(4), 248-52

I undertook the 2012 ECOSEP travelling fellowship, sponsored by Bauerfeind, between May and August 2012, which involved visiting 5 European sport medicine centres and spending approximately one week in each centre. The 5 centres included: National Tr... Read More about International differences in sport medicine access and clinical management.

Concentration–Response Function for Ozone and Daily Mortality: Results from Five Urban and Five Rural U.K. Populations (2012)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R. W., Yu, D., Armstrong, B. G., Pattenden, S., Wilkinson, P., Doherty, R. M., …Anderson, H. R. (2012). Concentration–Response Function for Ozone and Daily Mortality: Results from Five Urban and Five Rural U.K. Populations. Environmental Health Perspectives, 120(10),

Background: Short-term exposure to ozone has been associated with increased daily mortality. The shape of the concentration–response relationship—and, in particular, if there is a threshold—is critical for estimating public health impacts. Objecti... Read More about Concentration–Response Function for Ozone and Daily Mortality: Results from Five Urban and Five Rural U.K. Populations.

The science of enhanced student engagement and employability: introducing the psychology stream of the HEA STEM conference (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). The science of enhanced student engagement and employability: introducing the psychology stream of the HEA STEM conference. Psychology Teaching Review, 3 -8

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is committed to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching for all university students in the UK, and the inaugural conference for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects, held in Ap... Read More about The science of enhanced student engagement and employability: introducing the psychology stream of the HEA STEM conference.