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DEER sensitivity between iron centers and nitroxides in heme-containing proteins improves dramatically using broadband, high-field EPR
(2016-04) - Journal articleThis work demonstrates the feasibility of making sensitive nanometer distance measurements between Fe(III) heme centers and nitroxide spin labels in proteins using the double electron-electron resonance (DEER) pulsed EPR ... -
A default prior distribution for contingency tables with dependent factor levels
(2014-01) - Journal articleA default prior distribution is proposed for the Bayesian analysis of contingency tables. The prior is specified to allow for dependence between levels of the factors. Different dependence structures are considered, including ... -
Defeating pragmatic encroachment?
(2016-11-15) - Journal articleThis paper examines the prospects of a prima facie attractive response to Fantl and McGrath's argument for pragmatic encroachment. The response concedes that if one knows a proposition to be true then that proposition is ... -
Defective interfering particles of parainfluenza virus subtype 5 and interferon induction
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisThe innate immune response is the first line of defence against virus infection. Cells contain a diverse array of pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs) that are able to recognise multiple pathogen associated molecular ... -
Defects in sodalite-group minerals determined from X-ray-induced luminescence
(2016-07) - Journal articleThe luminescence spectra of a suite of natural sodium framework silicates including four different sodalite variants and tugtupite have been collected during X-ray irradiation as a function of temperature between 20 and ... -
A defence of the Kaplanian theory of sentence truth
(University of St Andrews, 2010-06) - ThesisWhen David Kaplan put forward his theory of sentence truth incorporating demonstratives, initially proposed in ‘Dthat’ (1978) and later developed in ‘Demonstratives’ (1989a) and ‘Afterthoughts’ (1989b), it was, to his ... -
Defending the “Satanic Verses” : constructive engagement: British-Iranian relations and the right to freedom of expression (1989-2004)
(University of St Andrews, 2008) - ThesisThis thesis aims to conceptualize what is often referred to in diplomacy, as a policy of “constructive engagement”, by employing neoliberal-institutionalist theories and conflict resolution approaches. The adopted “model ... -
'Defensive liberal wars' : the global war on terror and the return of illiberalism in American foreign policy
(2015-03) - Journal articleThis paper offers an analysis of the illiberal practices and discourse of the Global War on Terror (GWoT) and demonstrates how the United States of America used the liberal argument as a qualitative metric of its success ... -
Deficiency of G1 regulators P53, P21Cip1 and/or pRb decreases hepatocyte sensitivity to TGFbeta cell cycle arrest
(2007-11-19) - Journal articleTGFbeta is critical to control hepatocyte proliferation by inducing G1-growth arrest through multiple pathways leading to inhibition of E2F transcription activity. The retinoblastoma protein pRb is a key controller of E2F ... -
Deficits in facial, body movement and vocal emotional processing in autism spectrum disorders
(2010-11) - Journal articleBackground. Previous behavioural and neuroimaging studies of emotion processing in autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) have focused on the use of facial stimuli. To date, however, no studies have examined emotion processing ... -
Defining a role for the peduncolopontine tegmental nucleus in striatal outflow
(University of St Andrews, 1996) - ThesisThe pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg) lies within the pontomesencephalon and contains cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurones. It has extensive afferent and efferent connections throughout the brain. Early ... -
Defining and evaluating the impact of cross-disciplinary conservation research
(2010-12) - Journal articleCross-disciplinary research is advocated as a way of improving understanding of the complexity of environmental problems; cross-disciplinary projects, centres and academic institutes have increased. However, there is ... -
Defining art culturally : modern theories of art - a synthesis
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-27) - ThesisNumerous theories have attempted to overcome the anti-essentialist scepticism about the possibility of defining art. While significant advances have been made in this field, it seems that most modern definitions fail to ... -
Defining disease phenotypes in primary care Electronic Health Records by a machine learning approach : a case study in identifying rheumatoid arthritis
(2017-05-02) - Journal articleObjectives : 1) To use data-driven method to examine clinical codes (risk factors) of a medical condition in primary care electronic health records (EHRs) that can accurately predict a diagnosis of the condition in secondary ... -
Defining dormancy in mycobacterial disease
(2016-07) - Journal articleTuberculosis remains a threat to global health and recent attempts to shorten therapy have not succeeded mainly due to cases of clinical relapse. This has focussed attention on the importance of “dormancy” in tuberculosis. ... -
Defining terrorism at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
(Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St Andrews, 2011-11-11) - Journal articleOn 16 February 2011, the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) issued an interlocutory decision regarding the legal definition of terrorism.This decision was in response to a Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) ... -
The definite risks and questionable benefits of liberal pre-hospital spinal immobilisation
(2017-06) - Journal articleIntroduction : The routine practice of pre-hospital spinal immobilisation (phSI) for patients with suspected spinal injury has existed for decades. However, the controversy surrounding it resulted in the 2013 publication ... -
The definitional dilemma of terrorism : seeking clarity in light of terrorism scholarship
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - ThesisThe understanding of terrorism has thus far been determined not by some independent line of inquiry but instead by a strong interplay between conflicting moral positions. Treated sometimes as a method or tactic and at other ... -
Deformation of ordered mesoporous silica structures on exposure to high temperatures
(2014-09-15) - Journal articleOrdered mesoporous silica materials are of interest for a wide range of applications. In many of these, elevated temperatures are used either in the preparation of the material or during its use. Therefore, an understanding ... -
The deglaciation of the northwest sector of the last British-Irish ice sheet : integrating onshore and offshore data relating to chronology and behaviour
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-15) - ThesisIt is now accepted that the last British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) was highly dynamic and drained by numerous fast flowing ice streams. This dynamic nature combined with its maritime location made the BIIS sensitive to the ...