All Outputs (13637)

Viability of plant spore exine capsules for microencapsulation (2010)
Journal Article
Barrier, S., Diego-Taboada, A., Thomasson, M. J., Madden, L., Pointon, J. C., Wadhawan, J. D., …Mackenzie, G. (2011). Viability of plant spore exine capsules for microencapsulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(4), 975-981. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0jm02246b

Sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs) (outer exoskeletal wall of the spores of Lycopodium clavatum) were extracted and examined for their potential use as microcapsules. They were shown, by laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), to be void of their... Read More about Viability of plant spore exine capsules for microencapsulation.

Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: A focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades (2010)
Journal Article
Lunt, D. H., Bik, H. M., Lambshead, P. J. D., & Thomas, W. K. (2010). Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: A focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades. BMC evolutionary biology, 10(1), Article ARTN 353. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-353

Background: The subclass Enoplia (Phylum Nematoda) is purported to be the earliest branching clade amongst all nematode taxa, yet the deep phylogeny of this important lineage remains elusive. Free-living marine species within the order Enoplida play... Read More about Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: A focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades.

Demonstrating full-scale post-combustion CO? capture for coal-fired power plants through dynamic modelling and simulation (2010)
Journal Article
Lawal, A., Wang, M., Stephenson, P., & Obi, O. (2012). Demonstrating full-scale post-combustion CO? capture for coal-fired power plants through dynamic modelling and simulation. Fuel, 101, (115-128). doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2010.10.056. ISSN 0016-2361

This study aims to provide insights into the design and operation of full-scale post-combustion CO? capture for a 500MWe sub-critical power plant through dynamic modelling and simulation. The development and validation of the dynamic models of the po... Read More about Demonstrating full-scale post-combustion CO? capture for coal-fired power plants through dynamic modelling and simulation.

Why fuel poverty? (2010)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2010). Why fuel poverty?. Romanian journal of economic forecasting, 13(3),

The National Health Service (NHS) in UK prescribes 21°C in the living room and 18°C in other rooms for all households but for more than 7.7 percent households cost of heating is above 10 percent of their income and they suffered from coldness related... Read More about Why fuel poverty?.

Artificial neural networks to predict presence of significant pathology in patients presenting to routine colorectal clinics (2010)
Journal Article
Maslekar, S., Gardiner, A. B., Monson, J. R. T., & Duthie, G. S. (2010). Artificial neural networks to predict presence of significant pathology in patients presenting to routine colorectal clinics. Colorectal Disease, 12(12), 1254-1259. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.02005.x

Aim Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are computer programs used to identify complex relations within data. Routine predictions of presence of colorectal pathology based on population statistics have little meaning for individual patient. This result... Read More about Artificial neural networks to predict presence of significant pathology in patients presenting to routine colorectal clinics.

Selective retardation of perfume oil evaporation from oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by either surfactant or nanoparticles (2010)
Journal Article
Binks, B. P., Fletcher, P. D., Holt, B. L., Beaussoubre, P., & Wong, K. (2010). Selective retardation of perfume oil evaporation from oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by either surfactant or nanoparticles. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 26(23), 18024-18030. https://doi.org/10.1021/la103700g

We have used dynamic headspace analysis to investigate the evaporation rates of perfume oils from stirred oil-in-water emulsions into a flowing gas stream. We compare the behavior of an oil of low water solubility (limonene) and one of high water sol... Read More about Selective retardation of perfume oil evaporation from oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by either surfactant or nanoparticles.

Design and synthesis of polymetallic nanoparticles and their catalytic applications (2010)
Journal Article
Ibhadon, A. O., Yue, Y., & Greenway, G. M. (2011). Design and synthesis of polymetallic nanoparticles and their catalytic applications. Materials letters, 65(4), 602-605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2010.11.011

High-temperature hydrogen reduction reactions enable the synthesis and processing of binary metal oxide composite nanoparticles starting from titanium, ruthenium, and silicon, while the use of a surface modifier and an organic surfactant enables the... Read More about Design and synthesis of polymetallic nanoparticles and their catalytic applications.

With or without you: Determinants of postsuppression behavior (2010)
Journal Article
Wyer, N. A., Perfect, T. J., Neilens, H., Mazzoni, G., & Roper, J. (2011). With or without you: Determinants of postsuppression behavior. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2(3), 272-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550610389081

The present research was designed to investigate the consequences of suppressing social stereotypes on behavior in intrapersonal and interpersonal contexts. In two experiments, the authors manipulated the behavioral context in which postsuppression e... Read More about With or without you: Determinants of postsuppression behavior.

Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton by an interaction of IQGAP related protein GAPA with Filamin and Cortexillin I (2010)
Journal Article
Mondal, S., Burgute, B., Rieger, D., Müller, R., Rivero, F., Faix, J., …Noegel, A. A. (2010). Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton by an interaction of IQGAP related protein GAPA with Filamin and Cortexillin I. PLoS ONE, 5(11), Article e15440. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015440

Filamin and Cortexillin are F-actin crosslinking proteins in Dictyostelium discoideum allowing actin filaments to form three-dimensional networks. GAPA, an IQGAP related protein, is required for cytokinesis and localizes to the cleavage furrow during... Read More about Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton by an interaction of IQGAP related protein GAPA with Filamin and Cortexillin I.

Interpreting odours in hermit crabs: A comparative study (2010)
Journal Article
Tricarico, E., Breithaupt, T., & Gherardi, F. (2011). Interpreting odours in hermit crabs: A comparative study. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 91(2), 211-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.039

Odours of different sources can indicate to hermit crabs the availability of empty shells, crucial resources for the life cycle of almost all of them. Here, we compared Clibanarius erythropus and Pagurus bernhardus for the intensity of investigative... Read More about Interpreting odours in hermit crabs: A comparative study.

An empirical examination of the contribution of capabilities to the competitiveness of logistics service providers: A perspective from China (2010)
Journal Article
Liu, X., Grant, D. B., McKinnon, A. C., & Feng, Y. (2010). An empirical examination of the contribution of capabilities to the competitiveness of logistics service providers: A perspective from China. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 40(10), 361-366. https://doi.org/10.1108/09600031011093232

Purpose: This paper aims to report on an investigation of logistics service provider (LSP) capabilities and how these capabilities contribute to LSP competitiveness in the context of China. Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on work from e... Read More about An empirical examination of the contribution of capabilities to the competitiveness of logistics service providers: A perspective from China.

Controlling the micellar morphology of binary PEO-PCL block copolymers in water-THF through controlled blending (2010)
Journal Article
Schuetz, P., Greenall, M. J., Bent, J., Furzeland, S., Atkins, D., Butler, M. F., …Buzza, D. M. A. (2011). Controlling the micellar morphology of binary PEO-PCL block copolymers in water-THF through controlled blending. Soft matter, 7(2), 749-759. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm00938e

We study both experimentally and theoretically the self-assembly of binary polycaprolactone-polyethylene oxide (PCL-PEO) block copolymers in dilute solution, where self-assembly is triggered by changing the solvent from the common good solvent THF to... Read More about Controlling the micellar morphology of binary PEO-PCL block copolymers in water-THF through controlled blending.

Impact of a short-term, moderate intensity, lower volume circuit resistance training programme on metabolic risk factors in overweight/obese type 2 diabetics (2010)
Journal Article
Hazley, L., Ingle, L., Tsakirides, C., Carroll, S., & Nagi, D. (2010). Impact of a short-term, moderate intensity, lower volume circuit resistance training programme on metabolic risk factors in overweight/obese type 2 diabetics. Research in Sports Medicine, 18(4), 251-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2010.510049

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of an 8-week, low frequency, hospital-based resistance training programme on metabolic risk factors in type 2 diabetic patients. Participants were self-selected into either an 8-week resistance tr... Read More about Impact of a short-term, moderate intensity, lower volume circuit resistance training programme on metabolic risk factors in overweight/obese type 2 diabetics.

Open interest, cross listing, and information shocks (2010)
Journal Article
Rhodes, M., Aguenaou, S., & Gwilym, O. A. (2011). Open interest, cross listing, and information shocks. Journal of Futures Markets, 31(8), 755-778. https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.20494

This study examines the characteristics and behavior of the demand for hedging, proxied by open interest, for the cross-listed Euribor futures contract traded at Euronext-LIFFE and Eurex. The study is unique in its investigation of the simultaneous d... Read More about Open interest, cross listing, and information shocks.

Marine renewable energy: The ecological implications of altering the hydrodynamics of the marine environment (2010)
Journal Article
Shields, M. A., Woolf, D. K., Grist, E. P. M., Kerr, S. A., Jackson, A., Harris, R. E., …Side, J. (2011). Marine renewable energy: The ecological implications of altering the hydrodynamics of the marine environment. Ocean and Coastal Management, 54(1), 2--9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.10.036

Many countries now recognise the need for mitigation of climate change induced by human activities and have incorporated renewable energy resources within their energy policy. There are extensive resources of renewable energy within the marine enviro... Read More about Marine renewable energy: The ecological implications of altering the hydrodynamics of the marine environment.

Samuel Daniel's The Complaint of Rosamond and the arrival of Tasso's Armida in England (2010)
Journal Article
Lawrence, J. Samuel Daniel's The Complaint of Rosamond and the arrival of Tasso's Armida in England. Renaissance Studies, 25(5), 648-665. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-4658.2010.00697.x

This essay argues that the earliest English work to offer a sustained poetic engagement with the figure of Armida, the celebrated pagan enchantress from Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata (1581), is Daniel’s The Complaint of Rosamond (1592). Unlike Spenser... Read More about Samuel Daniel's The Complaint of Rosamond and the arrival of Tasso's Armida in England.

Enhancement of H2 uptake via fluorination but not lithiation for Zn4N8 and Zn4N6O type clusters (2010)
Journal Article
Redshaw, C., Jana, S., Shang, C., Elsegood, M. R., Lu, X., & Guo, Z. X. (2010). Enhancement of H2 uptake via fluorination but not lithiation for Zn4N8 and Zn4N6O type clusters. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 46(47), 9055-9057. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0cc03380d

The introduction of fluorinated aryls at zinc in Zn (and to a lesser extent Zn4N8-type4N6O) cages led to enhanced H2 uptake. Lithium alkoxides have been shown to link such cages (non-fluorinated), but showed no substantial improvement in uptake.

Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia (2010)
Journal Article
Convey, P., Key, R. S., Key, R. J. D., Belchier, M., & Waller, C. L. (2011). Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia. Polar Biology, 34(4), 597-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0909-6

The human-assisted establishment of two non-native predatory carabid beetles (Merizodus soledadinus (Guerin-M,n,ville), Trechisibus antarcticus (Dejean)) on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia occurred 30-50 years ago, but the distribution of t... Read More about Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia.

A systematic review of the effectiveness of problem-solving approaches towards symptom management in cancer care (2010)
Journal Article
Lee, Y., Chiou, P., Chang, P., & Hayter, M. (2011). A systematic review of the effectiveness of problem-solving approaches towards symptom management in cancer care. Journal of clinical nursing, 20(1-2), 73-85. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03401.x

Background.  Symptom‐related problems are a common challenge in cancer care. The problem‐solving approach is one strategy of cognitive behavioural therapy used to help patients with cancer self‐manage their symptoms. However, no systematic review has... Read More about A systematic review of the effectiveness of problem-solving approaches towards symptom management in cancer care.

Is green IT an antidote to e-waste problems? (2010)
Journal Article
Nganji, J., & Brayshaw, M. (2010). Is green IT an antidote to e-waste problems?. Innovation in teaching and learning in information and computer sciences, 9(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2010.09020006

Man’s negative impact on the environment due to various activities has raised serious concerns with numerous campaigns rising to protect the environment. Computer waste also contributes to damaging not only the environment, but has serious consequenc... Read More about Is green IT an antidote to e-waste problems?.