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Development of a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for the detection of Amasya cherry disease
(2007-12)
A reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) procedure was developed to detect Amasya cherry disease (ACD) in naturally infected sweet cherry (Prunus avium) leaves sampled from Turkey. The procedure was based ...
A modified procedure for isolating double-stranded RNA: Application to diagnosis of Amasya cherry disease
(2007-12)
A novel method of isolating double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) from cherry leaves affected with Amasya cherry disease (ACD) using silica capture in combination with non-ionic cellulose was developed. Unfractionated RNAs prepared ...
The relationship between television advertising, children's viewing and their requests to Father Christmas
(2007-12)
Objective: Children's letters to Father Christmas provide an opportunity to use naturalistic methods to investigate the influence of television advertising. Methods: This study investigates the number of toy requests in ...
Involving consumers successfully in NHS research : A national survey
(2007-12-01)
Objectives: To investigate how far and in what way consumers are involved in NHS research. Background: There is guidance from the UK Department of Health on involving consumers in research, but it is not known how these ...
Cyberspace : Who’s (Should Be) the King of the Castle?
(2007-12)
A consideration of who should be responsible for managing cyberspace.
Nail swelling as a pre-formulation screen for the selection and optimisation of ungual penetration enhancers
(2007-12)
Introduction. Targeting drug treatment to fungal infections that reside within or below the nail plate is problematic due to the highly restrictive barrier of the human nail. To optimise topical formulations for ungual ...
Poor social comparison and the tendency to submissive behavior in anorexia nervosa
(2007-12)
Objective: The aim of this study was to confirm an association between low social rank (SR) and anorexia nervosa (AN), and to test the hypotheses that low SR is (a) present after recovery from the illness, (b) mediates an ...
The effects of stress on body weight : Biological and psychological predictors of change in BMI
(2007-12)
Objective: To investigate individual differences in the effects of stress on BMI. Research Methods and Procedures: Participants were 71 healthy women volunteers enrolled in a university-based nurse practitioner program. ...
The Fraud Act 2006 : The E-crime Prosecutor’s Champion or the Creator of a New Inchoate Offence?
(2007-12)
An analysis of whether the Fraud Act 2006 is sufficently rebust to be able to tackle the challenges of e-crime
Fat Cities and Food Deserts: : Exploring a socio-spatial continuum
(2007-11-30)
Abstract: Just as in Australian cities, European urban areas are suffering an increasing spatial, social, economic and political divide between the food enabled and those whose health is suffering from poor food choices. ...