UH Research Archive: Recent submissions
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On the psychology of oppression : blame me on history!
(2009)The history I present here is a story of suppression of the existence of a people of which I am part; their memory and history. These are my personal recollections about the Ndebele people in post-colonial Zimbabwe, from ... -
Barley elicits a similar early basal defence response during host and non-host interactions with Polymyxa root parasites
(2009-01)Plant viruses transmitted by the obligate root-infecting plasmodiophorid parasites Polymyxa graminis and Polymyxa betae cause devastating yield losses to cereal and sugar beet crops worldwide. Barley is a non-host for P. ... -
Characterization of the sporulation initiation pathway of Clostridium difficile and its role in toxin production
(2009)Clostridium difficile is responsible for significant mortality and morbidity in the hospitalized elderly. C. difficile spores are infectious and are a major factor contributing to nosocomial transmission. The Spo0A response ... -
Developing a 'fit' attitude in Primary School Children : How do children regard Physical Education in the primary school and how might affect policy, practice and research?
(2009-07-01)Much has changed in the last twenty years in the UK with regard to attitudes towards children’s health and fitness. We now have a government which is referring ‘child obesity’ using the medical terminology ‘epidemic'. The ... -
The effect of phenyl substituents on C NMR shifts and metal ions binding to 4-Phenyl-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid derivatives
(2009-12-01)Butanoic moiety of 4-aryl-2,4-dioxobutanoic acids is involved in interactions with metal ions within HIV-1 integrase active site. Sixteen congeneric 4-phenyl-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid derivatives with different substitution ... -
The epidemiological importance of asymptomatic infection of winter barley by Rhynchosporium secalis and its consequences for crop protection and breeding
(2010)Summary: Leaf scald (caused by Rhynchosporium secalis) is one of the most economically important diseases of barley. Data were collected from three seasons of trials using two susceptible winter barley cultivars (Sumo and ... -
The Role of Knowledge Integration Capability and Collaboration Quality in Multi-Partner Projects
(2010)In many project-based industries there has recently been an increased tendency for collaboration and co-creation of value with the customers. However, many existing studies report inherent challenges and complexities related ... -
Purification, characterisation and identification of acidocin LCHV, an antimicrobial peptide produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus n.v. Er 317/402 strain Narine
(2010)In the last two decades, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been gaining attention as antimicrobial alternatives to chemical food preservatives and commonly used antibiotics. Lactobacillus acidophilus n.v. Er 317/402 strain ... -
An approach to exploring the effect of weather variations on chronic disease incidence rate and potential changes in future health systems
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010)The ecology and the environment of the world are changing due to the changing patterns of the meteorological factors. Scientific recognition confirms that such variation have already started affecting health and disease ... -
An analysis of the 'legal high' mephedrone
(2010)'Legal highs' are compounds, plant or fungal material which can be readily bought from the internet without legal restriction and the single chemicals may be structurally related to illegal drugs of abuse such as the ... -
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 ... -
Sustainability’s relationship with Product Design Education : Presented at Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation ERSCP-EMSU conference, Delft, The Netherlands.
(2010-10)This paper shares the experiences of delivering dedicated curriculum in sustainable design (BA & MA Programmes at the University for the Creative Arts) and integrating sustainability into already congested Product Design ... -
Opportunities in china’s nuclear energy programme
(The Energy Industries Council (EIC), 2010-08)Despite a slow start, China has ambitious hopes for its nuclear energy programme with plans to accelerate its installed nuclear power capacity to 80GWe by 2020, up nearly tenfold on current levels. As the industry evolves ... -
Continuous rotigotine administration reduces dyskinesia resulting from pulsatile treatment with rotigotine or L-DOPA in MPTP-treated common marmosets
(2010-01)We previously showed that continuous infusion of rotigotine resulted in less dyskinesia than repeated pulsatile rotigotine administration or repeated oral administration Of L-DOPA in MPTP-treated marmosets. Now we investigate ...