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On the lifetime of wireless sensor networks (2009)
Journal Article
Dietrich, I., & Dressler, F. (2009). On the lifetime of wireless sensor networks. ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks, 5(1), Article ARTN 5. https://doi.org/10.1145/1464420.1464425

Network lifetime has become the key characteristic for evaluating sensor networks in an application-specific way. Especially the availability of nodes, the sensor coverage, and the connectivity have been included in discussions on network lifetime. E... Read More about On the lifetime of wireless sensor networks.

Feedforward, -backward and neutral transparency measures for British English (2009)
Journal Article
Spencer, K. A. (2009). Feedforward, -backward and neutral transparency measures for British English. Behavior research methods, 41(1), 220-227. https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.41.1.220

Orthographic transparency metrics for opaque or deep languages such as French and English have tended to focus on feedforward and/or feedback directions, with claims made for the influence of both on reading. In the present study, data for five trans... Read More about Feedforward, -backward and neutral transparency measures for British English.

Painting the Pope: An analysis of Francis Bacon's study after Velázquez's Portrait of Innocent X (2009)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2009). Painting the Pope: An analysis of Francis Bacon's study after Velázquez's Portrait of Innocent X. Literature and Theology, 23, 33--50. https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/frn039

In many discussions of his work Bacon is disparaging about religion, and more specifically, Christianity. And yet, in spite of his unequivocal stance, throughout his oeuvre he was relentlessly drawn towards the symbols of the Christian tradition, esp... Read More about Painting the Pope: An analysis of Francis Bacon's study after Velázquez's Portrait of Innocent X.

Remaking the body: The cultural dimensions of Francis Bacon (2009)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2009). Remaking the body: The cultural dimensions of Francis Bacon. Journal for Cultural Research, 13, 143--158. https://doi.org/10.1080/14797580902829752

In 2008 the Tate Gallery hosted a retrospective of Francis Bacon to commemorate his centenary. This occasion was one of the motivations for presenting this reflection on Bacon and his legacy 16 years after his death. The exhibition demonstrated Bacon... Read More about Remaking the body: The cultural dimensions of Francis Bacon.

Contextualizing rationality: Mature student carers and higher education in England (2009)
Journal Article
Gonzalez-Arnal, S., & Kilkey, M. (2009). Contextualizing rationality: Mature student carers and higher education in England. Feminist economics, 15(1), 85-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545700802528323

In England, the Government has implemented policies to increase and diversify participation in higher education (HE). Changes in funding arrangements that shift the burden of paying for education from the state to individuals have also been introduce... Read More about Contextualizing rationality: Mature student carers and higher education in England.

Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: Case examples from the England - Wales border region (2009)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Ilbery, B. (2009). Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: Case examples from the England - Wales border region. Environment & planning. A, 41(9), 2248-2266. https://doi.org/10.1068/a41294

In this paper we explore and evaluate the concept of integrated rural tourism (IRT) by drawing upon a networks approach and the notion of best practice. By integrating the two an attempt is made to understand the processes that generate the sharing,... Read More about Evaluating 'best practice' in integrated rural tourism: Case examples from the England - Wales border region.

Word recognition processes modulate the naso-temporal asymmetry of the human visual field (2009)
Journal Article
Lavidor, M., Alexander, T., & McGraw, P. V. (2009). Word recognition processes modulate the naso-temporal asymmetry of the human visual field. Perception, 38(10), 1536-1541. https://doi.org/10.1068/p6078

Many visual tasks display a well-documented naso-temporal asymmetry (NTA), where sensitivity is greater to stimuli presented in the temporal hemifield. Four-letter strings were presented at various eccentricities under monocular vision conditions, an... Read More about Word recognition processes modulate the naso-temporal asymmetry of the human visual field.

Kinematic gait adaptations in unilateral transtibial amputees during rehabilitation (2009)
Journal Article
Barnett, C., Vanicek, N., Polman, R., Hancock, A., Brown, B., Smith, L., & Chetter, I. (2009). Kinematic gait adaptations in unilateral transtibial amputees during rehabilitation. Prosthetics and orthotics international, 33(2), 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/03093640902751762

Introduction: Physiotherapists routinely prescribe the use of two different early walking aids (EWAs) to individuals who have recently undergone unilateral transtibial amputation. No research to date has investigated the kinematic gait patterns of tr... Read More about Kinematic gait adaptations in unilateral transtibial amputees during rehabilitation.

Interference effects in 157 nm laser ablated cones in polycarbonate and application to spatial coherence measurement (2009)
Journal Article
Dyer, P. E., Walton, C. D., & Zakaria, R. (2009). Interference effects in 157 nm laser ablated cones in polycarbonate and application to spatial coherence measurement. Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing, 95(2), 319-323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-009-5102-9

Conical structures formed in 157 nm laser-ablated polycarbonate exhibit a well-defined fringe structure with a period of a few 100 nm surrounding the cone base. Experiments and modelling studies of the interference produced by these micro-conical mir... Read More about Interference effects in 157 nm laser ablated cones in polycarbonate and application to spatial coherence measurement.

Prolonged Electrical Muscle Stimulation Exercise Improves Strength, Peak VO2, and Exercise Capacity in Patients With Stable Chronic Heart Failure (2009)
Journal Article
Banerjee, P., Caulfield, B., Crowe, L., & Clark, A. L. (2009). Prolonged Electrical Muscle Stimulation Exercise Improves Strength, Peak VO2, and Exercise Capacity in Patients With Stable Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of cardiac failure, 15(4), 319-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.11.005

Background: Exercise training can help patients with chronic heart failure but may be limited in its applicability due to age and other comorbidities. This investigation evaluated training responses to prolonged electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) in... Read More about Prolonged Electrical Muscle Stimulation Exercise Improves Strength, Peak VO2, and Exercise Capacity in Patients With Stable Chronic Heart Failure.

Towards supported decision-making in biomedical research with cognitively vulnerable adults (2009)
Book Chapter
Bielby, P. (2009). Towards supported decision-making in biomedical research with cognitively vulnerable adults. In O. Corrigan, J. McMillan, K. Liddell, M. Richards, & C. Weijer (Eds.), The limits of consent: A socio-ethical approach to human subject research in medicine (151-170). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199231461.003.0009

This chapter has two connected aims. First, I argue that we can best understand the scope and limits of consent as a ‘procedural’ principle of empowerment. I ground this argument in a rationalist moral theory of human (or agency) rights devised by Al... Read More about Towards supported decision-making in biomedical research with cognitively vulnerable adults.

Expatriation outside the boundaries of the multinational corporation: a study with expatriate nurses in Saudi Arabia (2009)
Journal Article
Bozionelos, N. (2009). Expatriation outside the boundaries of the multinational corporation: a study with expatriate nurses in Saudi Arabia. Human Resource Management, 48(1), 111-134. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.20269

To date, research has largely neglected individuals who become expatriates on their own initiative and outside the boundaries of multinational corporations. This study, which focused on 206 non-Saudi expatriate nurses employed in a Saudi Arabian hosp... Read More about Expatriation outside the boundaries of the multinational corporation: a study with expatriate nurses in Saudi Arabia.

Economic integration and the choice of commodity tax base with endogenous market structures (2009)
Journal Article
McCracken, S., & Stähler, F. (2010). Economic integration and the choice of commodity tax base with endogenous market structures. International tax and public finance, 17(2), 91-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-008-9099-3

This paper analyzes the choice of commodity tax base when countries set their taxes noncooperatively in a two-country symmetric reciprocal dumping model of intraindustry trade with free entry and trade costs. We show that the consumption base (destin... Read More about Economic integration and the choice of commodity tax base with endogenous market structures.

Combination of sitaxentan and tadalafil for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension following relapse on bosentan (2009)
Journal Article
Faruqi, S., Fathi, H., & Morice, A. H. (2010). Combination of sitaxentan and tadalafil for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension following relapse on bosentan. International journal of cardiology, 144(3), e43-e45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.065

Sitaxentan, a highly-selective endothelin receptor antagonist (ETRA) and bosentan a non-selective ETRA are both approved for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH). Sildenafil is a phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitor use... Read More about Combination of sitaxentan and tadalafil for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension following relapse on bosentan.

Reductive Amination-A convenient method for generating diverse, mono-functionalised 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl porphyrins (2009)
Journal Article
Welch, C., Archibald, S. J., & Boyle, R. (2009). Reductive Amination-A convenient method for generating diverse, mono-functionalised 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl porphyrins. SYNTHESIS, 2009(4), 551-556. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1083335

Formylation followed by reductive amination of 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl porphyrin (TPP) is shown to be a versatile synthetic procedure for monosubstitution of the porphyrin core re-giospecifically at one β-position. A diverse range of substituents can... Read More about Reductive Amination-A convenient method for generating diverse, mono-functionalised 5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl porphyrins.

Single molecule spectroscopy of red- and green-emitting fluorene-based copolymers (2009)
Journal Article
Khalil, G. E., Adawi, A. M., Fox, A. M., Iraqi, A., & Lidzey, D. G. (2009). Single molecule spectroscopy of red- and green-emitting fluorene-based copolymers. The Journal of chemical physics, 130(4), 044903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3054142

Single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy is used to study the optical properties of two polymers: a fluorene-based statistical copolymer that contains a low fraction (10%) of a red-emitting thiophene group, and the green-emitting polymer poly(9,9-di... Read More about Single molecule spectroscopy of red- and green-emitting fluorene-based copolymers.

Managerial ownership and performance (2009)
Journal Article
Florackis, C., Kostakis, A., & Ozkan, A. (2009). Managerial ownership and performance. Journal of business research, 62(12), 1350-1357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.12.001

This study revisits the classical debate about the nature of the relationship between managerial ownership and corporate performance by using a semi-parametric estimation approach. The semi-parametric approach helps sidestep concerns associated with... Read More about Managerial ownership and performance.