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Signal Transduction Mechanisms for Lysophosphatidic Acid Mediated Cardiac Differentiation of P19 Stem Cells
(2018-12-07)
The role of endogenous molecules in facilitating stem cell differentiation into cardiomyocytes is yet to be fully understood. SPC and S1P, common biolipids, promote cardiac differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and ...
A journey through narrative inquiry to autoethnography
(Routledge, 2018-12-07)
This article describes my journey of analysing my doctoral data narratively. It starts with the use of narrative inquiry, a research methodology which studies experience as story, and moves to autoethnography, an ...
Probabilistic galactic dynamics I - the Sun and GJ 710 with Monte Carlo, linearised and unscented treatments
(2018-12-07)
Deterministic galactic dynamics is impossible due to the space-time randomness caused by gravitational waves. Instead of treating stellar orbits deterministically, we integrate not only the mean but also the covariance of ...
Improving living and dying for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: a realist review of Namaste Care and other multisensory interventions
(2018-12-06)
Background: Seventy percent of people with advanced dementia live and die in care homes. Multisensory approaches, such as Namaste Care, have been developed to improve the quality of life and dying for people with advanced ...
Regional Working in the East of England: Using the UK National Standards for Public Involvement
(2018-12-06)
Plain English summary: Involving patients and members of the public to help shape and carry out research is recommended in health research in the United Kingdom (UK). There are a number of regional networks of Patient and ...
Achieving the impossible : A review of magic-based interventions and their effects on wellbeing
(2018-12-06)
Research has demonstrated that involvement with mainstream performing arts, such as music and dance, can boost wellbeing. This article extends this work by reviewing little-known research on whether learning magic tricks ...
Merging with the Metals: An analysis of the role micro-political relationships played in the merger of the Australian Printing and Kindred Industries Union with the Australian Metalworkers Workers Union
(2018-12-05)
In the spring of 1987 the Printing and Kindred Industries Union (PKIU), Federal Executive Committee, reluctantly concluded that membership decline and the resultant fall in income meant that the union needed to find an ...
Getting to know Pepper : Effects of people’s awareness of a robot’s capabilities on their trust in the robot
(ACM Press, 2018-12-04)
This work investigates how human awareness about a social robot’s capabilities is related to trusting this robot to handle different tasks. We present a user study that relates knowledge on different quality levels to ...
A Discrete Event Simulation model to evaluate the treatment pathways of patients with Cataract in the United Kingdom
(2018-12-04)
Background The number of people affected by cataract in the United Kingdom (UK) is growing rapidly due to ageing population. As the only way to treat cataract is through surgery, there is a high demand for this type of ...
De novo assembly of the Pasteuria penetrans genome reveals high plasticity, host dependency, and BclA-like collagens
(University of Hertfordshire, 2018-12-04)
Pasteuria penetrans is a gram-positive endospore forming bacterial parasite of Meloidogyne spp. the most economically damaging genus of plant parasitic nematodes globally. The obligate antagonistic nature of P. penetrans ...