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Investigating the nature of the active species in bis(imino)pyridine cobalt ethylene polymerization catalysts (2009)
Journal Article
Soshnikov, I. E., Semikolenova, N. V., Bushmelev, A. N., Bryliakov, K. P., Lyakin, O. Y., Redshaw, C., Zakharov, V. A., & Talsi, E. P. (2009). Investigating the nature of the active species in bis(imino)pyridine cobalt ethylene polymerization catalysts. Organometallics, 28(20), 6003-6013. https://doi.org/10.1021/om900490b

The activation of bis(imino)pyridine cobalt-based catalysts of ethylene polymerization with methylalumoxane (MAO), AlMe3, and AlMe 3/[CPh3][B(C6F5)4] has been studied by 1H, 2H, and 19F NMR and EPR spectroscopy. The nature of the active sites of poly... Read More about Investigating the nature of the active species in bis(imino)pyridine cobalt ethylene polymerization catalysts.

The rule of law in Pakistan (2009)
Journal Article
Shah, N. A. (2009). The rule of law in Pakistan. Public administration, 20(3), 187-193

Application of geophysical monitoring techniques as aids to probabilistic risk-based management of landfill sites (2009)
Journal Article
Ferrier, G., Frostick, L. E., & Splajt, T. (2009). Application of geophysical monitoring techniques as aids to probabilistic risk-based management of landfill sites. The Geographical journal, 175(4), 304-314. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2009.00340.x

Increasingly stringent regulatory regimes, in conjunction with landfill development in environmentally sensitive locations and the large number of abandoned landfill sites, are significantly increasing the responsibilities of local authorities and en... Read More about Application of geophysical monitoring techniques as aids to probabilistic risk-based management of landfill sites.

Influence of acetylene-containing peripheral chains on the mesomorphic properties of triphenylene-based liquid crystals (2009)
Journal Article
Stackhouse, P. J., & Hird, M. (2009). Influence of acetylene-containing peripheral chains on the mesomorphic properties of triphenylene-based liquid crystals. Liquid crystals, 36(9), 953-965. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290903165490

Three series of novel acetylene-containing triphenylene-based liquid crystals have been prepared. One class of material is symmetrical with the acetylenic unit located at the terminus of a peripheral alkynyloxy chain in a peripheral position at the t... Read More about Influence of acetylene-containing peripheral chains on the mesomorphic properties of triphenylene-based liquid crystals.

A quantitative analysis of the impact of a computerised information system on nurses' clinical practice using a realistic evaluation framework (2009)
Journal Article
Oroviogoicoechea, C., & Watson, R. (2009). A quantitative analysis of the impact of a computerised information system on nurses' clinical practice using a realistic evaluation framework. International journal of medical informatics, 78(12), 839-849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.08.008

Objective: To explore nurses' perceptions of the impact on clinical practice of the use of a computerised hospital information system. Design: A realistic evaluation design based on Pawson and Tilley's work has been used across all the phases of the... Read More about A quantitative analysis of the impact of a computerised information system on nurses' clinical practice using a realistic evaluation framework.

The fracture toughness of cancellous bone (2009)
Journal Article
Cook, R. B., & Zioupos, P. (2009). The fracture toughness of cancellous bone. Journal of biomechanics, 42(13), 2054-2060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.06.001

The mechanical capacity and integrity of cancellous bone is crucial in osteoporosis, a condition which is set to become more prevalent with increasing lifespan and population sizes. The fracture toughness (FT) of cancellous bone has never been examin... Read More about The fracture toughness of cancellous bone.

E-consumer behaviour (2009)
Journal Article
Dennis, C., Merrilees, B., Jayawardhena, C., & Tiu Wright, L. (2009). E-consumer behaviour. European Journal of Marketing, 43(9/10), 1121-1139. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560910976393

Purpose - The primary purpose of this paper is to bring together apparently disparate and yet interconnected strands of research and present an integrated model of e-consumer behaviour. It has a secondary objective of stimulating more research in are... Read More about E-consumer behaviour.

An empirical investigation into e‐shopping excitement: antecedents and effects (2009)
Journal Article
Jayawardhena, C., & Tiu Wright, L. (2009). An empirical investigation into e‐shopping excitement: antecedents and effects. European Journal of Marketing, 43(9/10), 1171-1187. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560910976429

Purpose - This paper seeks to examine the antecedents of online shopper excitement, its consequences for behavioural intentions as expressed by intent to return, and positive word-of-mouth communication. Design/methodology/approach - A conceptual mod... Read More about An empirical investigation into e‐shopping excitement: antecedents and effects.

Contracts and contract law: Challenging the distinction between the 'real' and 'paper' deal (2009)
Journal Article
Mitchell, C. (2009). Contracts and contract law: Challenging the distinction between the 'real' and 'paper' deal. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 29(4), 675-704. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqp023

This article examines the claim that there are two different and often incompatible ‘worlds' within which contractual relationships can be placed-a real world created by the parties and an artificial world created by contract law and formal contract... Read More about Contracts and contract law: Challenging the distinction between the 'real' and 'paper' deal.

Early outcomes from a randomized, controlled trial of supervised exercise, angioplasty, and combined therapy in intermittent claudication (2009)
Journal Article
Mazari, F., Gulati, S., Rahman, M., Lee, H., Mehta, T., McCollum, P., & Chetter, I. (2010). Early outcomes from a randomized, controlled trial of supervised exercise, angioplasty, and combined therapy in intermittent claudication. Annals of vascular surgery, 24(1), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2009.07.005

Background
To compare angioplasty (PTA), supervised exercise (SEP) and PTA + SEP in the treatment of intermittent claudication (IC) due to femoropopliteal disease

Methods
Over a 6-year period, 178 patients (108 men; median age, 70 years) with fe... Read More about Early outcomes from a randomized, controlled trial of supervised exercise, angioplasty, and combined therapy in intermittent claudication.

Preschool Transition in Mexico: The Design of Effective Interventions (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urbina Garcia, A. (2009, September). Preschool Transition in Mexico: The Design of Effective Interventions. Presented at Annual Conference of the National Council for Teaching and Research in Psychology (CNEIP), Cuernavaca, Mexico

Characterization of a sex pheromone in a simultaneous hermaphroditic shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni (2009)
Journal Article
Zhang, D., Lin, J., Harley, M., & Hardege, J. D. (2010). Characterization of a sex pheromone in a simultaneous hermaphroditic shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni. Marine Biology, 157(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1290-2

Olfactory chemical cues have been described to play important roles in the control of mate recognition in many decapod crustaceans. However, we still know very little about the chemical characteristics of the cues that coordinate pre-copulative behav... Read More about Characterization of a sex pheromone in a simultaneous hermaphroditic shrimp, Lysmata wurdemanni.

Using program data-state scarcity to guide automatic test data generation (2009)
Journal Article
Alshraideh, M., Bottaci, L., & Mahafzah, B. A. (2010). Using program data-state scarcity to guide automatic test data generation. Software quality journal, 18(1), 109-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-009-9083-x

Finding test data to cover structural test coverage criteria such as branch coverage is largely a manual and hence expensive activity. A potential low cost alternative is to generate the required test data automatically. Search-based test data genera... Read More about Using program data-state scarcity to guide automatic test data generation.

An ellipsometry study of silica nanoparticle layers at the water surface (2009)
Journal Article
Zang, D., Stocco, A., Langevin, D., Wei, B., & Binks, B. P. (2009). An ellipsometry study of silica nanoparticle layers at the water surface. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 11(41), 9522-9529. https://doi.org/10.1039/b907903c

We have studied silica nanoparticle layers spread at the air/water interface. The surface pressure of the layers has been determined in a Langmuir trough via two orthogonal Wilhelmy plates. We observed significant differences in surface pressure acco... Read More about An ellipsometry study of silica nanoparticle layers at the water surface.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Parasite and Bram Stoker’s The Watter’s Mou' (2009)
Book
Wynne, C. (2009). Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Parasite and Bram Stoker’s The Watter’s Mou'. Valancourt

In 1894, the publishing house of Archibald Constable & Co. launched a series of novels by well-known authors called The Acme Library. The two tales paired in this volume were the first two entries in the set. Unlike Constable's publication of Dracula... Read More about Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Parasite and Bram Stoker’s The Watter’s Mou'.

Bioenergy production for CO2-mitigation and rural development via valorisation of low value crop residues and their upgrade into energy carriers: A challenge for sunflower and soya residues (2009)
Journal Article
Zabaniotou, A., Kantarelis, E., Skoulou, V., & Chatziavgoustis, T. (2010). Bioenergy production for CO2-mitigation and rural development via valorisation of low value crop residues and their upgrade into energy carriers: A challenge for sunflower and soya residues. Bioresource technology : biomass, bioenergy, biowastes, conversion technologies, biotransformations, production technologies, 101(2), 619-623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.08.004

The present study concerns the energetic valorization of sunflower and soya residues by air fixed-bed gasification. The main process parameters that have been investigated were the temperature and air equivalence ratio. Experimental results indicated... Read More about Bioenergy production for CO2-mitigation and rural development via valorisation of low value crop residues and their upgrade into energy carriers: A challenge for sunflower and soya residues.

Antecedents to permission based mobile marketing: An initial examination (2009)
Journal Article
Jayawardhena, C., Kuckertz, A., Karjaluoto, H., & Kautonen, T. (2009). Antecedents to permission based mobile marketing: An initial examination. European Journal of Marketing, 43(3-4), 473-499. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560910935541

Purpose: This paper's aim is to develop a conceptual model to examine the influence of four antecedent factors (personal trust, insti tutional trust, perceived control and experience) on consumers' willingness to participate in permission-based mobil... Read More about Antecedents to permission based mobile marketing: An initial examination.

Women, enclosure and estate improvement in eighteenth-century Northamptonshire (2009)
Journal Article
McDonagh, B. A. (2009). Women, enclosure and estate improvement in eighteenth-century Northamptonshire. Rural History, 20(2), 143-162. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956793309990021

This paper examines the role of elite women in estate management, enclosure and landscape improvement in eighteenth-century England, a topic which has to date received little in the way of sustained academic consideration. The paper focuses on four w... Read More about Women, enclosure and estate improvement in eighteenth-century Northamptonshire.

Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status - Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers? (2009)
Journal Article
Frankenstein, L., Goode, K., Ingle, L., Remppis, A., Schellberg, D., Nelles, M., Katus, H. A., Clark, A. L., Cleland, J. G. F., & Zugck, C. (2011). Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status - Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers?. International journal of cardiology, 147(1), 74-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.08.005

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether risk prediction strategies in chronic heart failure (CHF) need to be specific for sex or beta-blockers. We examined this problem and developed and validated the consequent risk models based on 6-minute-walk-test and N... Read More about Derivation and validation of a simple clinical risk-model in heart failure based on 6 minute walk test performance and NT-proBNP status - Do we need specificity for sex and beta-blockers?.