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Intestinal lipid alterations occur prior to antibody-induced prostaglandin E2 production in a mouse model of ischemia/reperfusion
(2010)
Ischemia/reperfusion (IR) induced injury results in significant tissue damage in wild-type, but not antibody-deficient, Rag-1−/− mice. However, Rag-1−/− mice sustain intestinal damage after administration of wild-type ...
Irony, relevance and pragmatic interpretation in Spanish
(2010)
This article examines the interpretation of irony in Spanish. It first looks at traditional approaches such as the Gricean model, which classify irony together with other tropes like metaphor, hyperbole, or understatement. ...
A theory of the firm's demand for HRM practices
(2010)
Empirical data are presented that reveal a large variation in the pattern of HRM practice adoption across firms. The paper then develops an economics-based theory that explains this pattern. The model broadens the HRM ...
Pharmaceutical foams : are they the answer to the dilemma of topical nanoparticles?
(2010)
Nanoparticulate systems have the potential to improve topical drug delivery because of their capacity to enhance drug loading and dissolution, protect chemically unstable therapeutic agents, and improve product aesthetics. ...
Modelling human memory in robotic companions for personalisation and long-term adaptation in HRI
(IOS Press, 2010)
This paper investigates issues of robot's personalization and long-term adaptation in human-robot interaction (HRI). It demonstrates the design and first technical implementation of a HRI showcase in the Robot House at ...
The retained stent : forgotten but not gone
(2010)
In 1990, a 23-year-old male patient with cystic fibrosis underwent a successful heart/lung transplantation. His maintenance immunosuppressive regimen included cyclosporine, which led to progressive renal dysfunction secondary ...
2-Hexadecynoic acid inhibits plasmodial FAS-II enzymes and arrests erythrocytic and liver stage Plasmodium infections
(2010)
Acetylenic fatty acids are known to display several biological activities, but their antimalarial activity has remained unexplored. In this study, we synthesized the 2-, 5-, 6-, and 9-hexadecynoic acids (HDAs) and evaluated ...
Sex worker collective organisation : Between advocacy group and labour union?
(2010)
The purpose of this paper is to examine contemporary sex worker labour unionism in a number of major western economies because it now faces an acute historical dilemma of being forced into acting as the antithesis of what ...
Dash 17+. Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting 17+. Manual
(Pearson Education, 2010)
Processing English compounds in the first and second language : the influence of the middle morpheme
(2010)
Native English speakers tend to exclude regular plural inflection when producing English noun-noun compounds (e.g., rat-eater not rats-eater) while allowing irregular plural inflection within compounds (e.g., mice-eater) ...