All Outputs (1074)

Governing serious offenders : recent developments in legislation in England and Wales (2014)
Journal Article
Harrison, K. (2014). Governing serious offenders : recent developments in legislation in England and Wales. Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 97(1), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1515/mks-2014-970104

The study and management of those offenders classified as dangerous has been at the forefront of political concern for many years. In search for the >>perfect<< publication solution many countries around the globe have tried a variety of risk managem...

Temporal and spatial evolution of a waxing then waning catastrophic density current revealed by chemical mapping (2014)
Journal Article
Williams, R., Branney, M. J., & Barry, T. L. (2014). Temporal and spatial evolution of a waxing then waning catastrophic density current revealed by chemical mapping. Geology, 42(2), 107-110. https://doi.org/10.1130/G34830.1

We reconstruct the behavior of a catastrophic sustained radial pyroclastic density current as it waxed then waned during its brief lifespan. By subdividing the deposit into 8 time slices using a chemical tracer, we show that the sustained current ini... Read More about Temporal and spatial evolution of a waxing then waning catastrophic density current revealed by chemical mapping.

How does iron interact with sporopollenin exine capsules? An X-ray absorption study including microfocus XANES and XRF imaging (2014)
Journal Article
Archibald, S. J., Atkin, S. L., Bras, W., Diego-Taboada, A., Mackenzie, G., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Nikitenko, S., Quinn, P. D., Thomas, M. F., & Young, N. A. (2014). How does iron interact with sporopollenin exine capsules? An X-ray absorption study including microfocus XANES and XRF imaging. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2(8), 945-959. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tb21523g

Sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs) derived from plant spores and pollen grains have been proposed as adsorption, remediation and drug delivery agents. Despite many studies there is scant structural data available. This X-ray absorption investigation... Read More about How does iron interact with sporopollenin exine capsules? An X-ray absorption study including microfocus XANES and XRF imaging.

Regioselective and stoichiometrically controlled conjugation of photodynamic sensitizers to a HER2 targeting antibody fragment (2014)
Journal Article
Bryden, F., Maruani, A., Savoie, H., Chudasama, V., Smith, M. E. B., Caddick, S., & Boyle, R. W. (2014). Regioselective and stoichiometrically controlled conjugation of photodynamic sensitizers to a HER2 targeting antibody fragment. Bioconjugate chemistry, 25(3), 611-617. https://doi.org/10.1021/bc5000324

The rapidly increasing interest in the synthesis of antibody–drug conjugates as powerful targeted anticancer agents demonstrates the growing appreciation of the power of antibodies and antibody fragments as highly selective targeting moieties. This t... Read More about Regioselective and stoichiometrically controlled conjugation of photodynamic sensitizers to a HER2 targeting antibody fragment.

Plants, hydraulics and sediment dynamics (2014)
Book Chapter
Paul, M., Thomas, R. E., Dijkstra, J. T., Penning, W. E., & Vousdoukas, M. I. (2014). Plants, hydraulics and sediment dynamics. In L. Frostick, R. Thomas, M. Johnson, S. Rice, & S. McLelland (Eds.), Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation: Experience of the Ecohydraulic Research Team (PISCES) of the HYDRALAB Network (91-116). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b16630-14

Most studies on coastal and fluvial hydro-and morpho-dynamics have focused on flow properties and their interactions with sediments. However, it has long been accepted that vegetation is also an important factor that can affect the flow in, and the m... Read More about Plants, hydraulics and sediment dynamics.

Using surrogates, including scaling issues, in laboratory flumes and basins (2014)
Book Chapter
Johnson, M. F., Thomas, R. E., Dijkstra, J. T., Paul, M., Penning, W. E., & Rice, S. P. (2014). Using surrogates, including scaling issues, in laboratory flumes and basins. In L. Frostick, R. Thomas, M. Johnson, S. Rice, & S. McLelland (Eds.), Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation: Experience of the Ecohydraulic Research Team (PISCES) of the HYDRALAB Network (23-41). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b16630-10

The previous chapter outlined the challenges of looking after plants and animals hydraulic experiments. These challenges can be circumvented if inanimate surrogates can be substituted for the prototype organisms without detriment to the relevance of... Read More about Using surrogates, including scaling issues, in laboratory flumes and basins.

Flow measurement around organisms and surrogates (2014)
Book Chapter
Thomas, R. E., McLelland, S. J., Eiff, O., & Parsons, D. R. (2014). Flow measurement around organisms and surrogates. In L. Frostick, R. Thomas, M. Johnson, S. Rice, & S. McLelland (Eds.), Users Guide to Ecohydraulic Modelling and Experimentation: Experience of the Ecohydraulic Research Team (PISCES) of the HYDRALAB Network (43-74). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b16630-11

This chapter reviews methods of measuring turbulent fluid flowing through and around flora and fauna. It begins with a discussion of the relevant aspects of the nature of turbulent flows and highlights difficulties associated with their measurement.... Read More about Flow measurement around organisms and surrogates.

Is the speed of post-acquisition integration manageable? Case study: post-acquisition integration of HSBC with the Mercantile Bank, 1959–84 (2014)
Journal Article
Lu, Q. (2014). Is the speed of post-acquisition integration manageable? Case study: post-acquisition integration of HSBC with the Mercantile Bank, 1959–84. Business history, 56(8), 1262-1280. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2013.876533

This study aims to fill in the gaps in existing business history research regarding post-acquisition integration by adopting a case study of the post-acquisition integration process between HSBC and Mercantile Bank (MB) 1959–84. It explores the impac... Read More about Is the speed of post-acquisition integration manageable? Case study: post-acquisition integration of HSBC with the Mercantile Bank, 1959–84.

The ryanodine receptor agonist 4-chloro-3-ethylphenol blocks ORAI store-operated channels: 4-Chloro-3-ethylphenol inhibits ORAI channels (2014)
Journal Article
Zeng, B., Chen, G.-L., Daskoulidou, N., & Xu, S.-Z. (2014). The ryanodine receptor agonist 4-chloro-3-ethylphenol blocks ORAI store-operated channels: 4-Chloro-3-ethylphenol inhibits ORAI channels. British Journal of Pharmacology, 171(5), 1250-1259. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.12528

Background
Depletion of the Ca2+ store by ryanodine receptor (RyR) agonists induces store‐operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). 4‐Chloro‐3‐ethylphenol (4‐CEP) and 4‐chloro‐m‐cresol (4‐CmC) are RyR agonists commonly used as research tools and diagnostic reagen... Read More about The ryanodine receptor agonist 4-chloro-3-ethylphenol blocks ORAI store-operated channels: 4-Chloro-3-ethylphenol inhibits ORAI channels.

Gene duplication in an African cichlid adaptive radiation (2014)
Journal Article
Machado, H. E., Jui, G., Joyce, D. A., Reilly, C. R. L., Lunt, D. H., & Renn, S. C. (2014). Gene duplication in an African cichlid adaptive radiation. BMC Genomics, 15(1), 161. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-161

Background Gene duplication is a source of evolutionary innovation and can contribute to the divergence of lineages; however, the relative importance of this process remains to be determined. The explosive divergence of the African cichlid adaptive r... Read More about Gene duplication in an African cichlid adaptive radiation.

Photometric studies of Abell 1664: the subtle effect a minor merger has on cluster galaxies (2014)
Journal Article
Kleiner, D., Pimbblet, K. A., Owers, M. S., Jones, D. H., & Stephenson, A. P. (2014). Photometric studies of Abell 1664: the subtle effect a minor merger has on cluster galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(3), 2755-2764. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu131

A combination of BRI photometry and archival Chandra X-ray data have been used to analyse the effects a minor merger has on the galaxy population of A1664. We utilize adaptive smoothing techniques in the 2D spatial distribution of cluster galaxies to... Read More about Photometric studies of Abell 1664: the subtle effect a minor merger has on cluster galaxies.

Design and optimisation of a footfall energy harvesting system (2014)
Journal Article
Gilbert, J. M., & Balouchi, F. (2014). Design and optimisation of a footfall energy harvesting system. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 25(14), 1746-1756. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389X14523853

The scavenging of electrical energy from normal human activity has a number of attractions, and footfall energy is seen as one of the most attractive sources. However, footfall motion is characterised by relatively large forces and low velocities, an... Read More about Design and optimisation of a footfall energy harvesting system.

Exploring the impact of cultural values on project performance: The effects of cultural values, age and gender on the perceived importance of project success/failure factors (2014)
Journal Article
Chipulu, M., Ojiako, U., Gardiner, P., Williams, T., Mota, C., Maguire, S., Shou, Y., Stamati, T., & Marshall, A. (2014). Exploring the impact of cultural values on project performance: The effects of cultural values, age and gender on the perceived importance of project success/failure factors. International journal of operations & production management, 34(3), 364-389. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-04-2012-0156

Purpose: This study aims to explore the impact of cultural values on the importance individuals assign to project success/failure factors (PSFFs). Design/methodology/approach: Themes emerging from 40 interviews of project practitioners based in Brazi... Read More about Exploring the impact of cultural values on project performance: The effects of cultural values, age and gender on the perceived importance of project success/failure factors.

Ultrafast thermally induced magnetic switching in synthetic ferrimagnets (2014)
Journal Article
Evans, R. F., Ostler, T. A., Chantrell, R. W., Radu, I., & Rasing, T. (2014). Ultrafast thermally induced magnetic switching in synthetic ferrimagnets. Applied physics letters, 104(8), Article 082410. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4867015

Synthetic ferrimagnets are composite magnetic structures formed from two or more anti-ferromagnetically coupled magnetic sublattices with different magnetic moments. Here, we report on atomistic spin simulations of the laser-induced magnetization dyn... Read More about Ultrafast thermally induced magnetic switching in synthetic ferrimagnets.

Scales and causes of heterogeneity in bars in a large multi-channel river: Río Paraná, Argentina (2014)
Journal Article
Reesink, A. J. H., Ashworth, P. J., Sambrook Smith, G. H., Best, J. L., Parsons, D. R., Amsler, M. L., Hardy, R. J., Lane, S. N., Nicholas, A. P., Orfeo, O., Sandbach, S. D., Simpson, C. J., & Szupiany, R. N. (2014). Scales and causes of heterogeneity in bars in a large multi-channel river: Río Paraná, Argentina. Sedimentology, 61(4), 1055-1085. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12092

To date, published studies of alluvial bar architecture in large rivers have been restricted mostly to case studies of individual bars and single locations. Relatively little is known about how the depositional processes and sedimentary architecture... Read More about Scales and causes of heterogeneity in bars in a large multi-channel river: Río Paraná, Argentina.

A two-year stretch: the functions of an identity workspace in mid-career identity work by management academics (2014)
Journal Article
Haynes, K., Grugulis, I., Spring, M., Blackmon, K., Battisti, G., & Ng, I. (2014). A two-year stretch: the functions of an identity workspace in mid-career identity work by management academics. Journal of Management Inquiry, 23(4), 379-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492614521692

This paper examines the way in which identity workspaces function to facilitate and stimulate transitions at mid-career. We explore our collective experience as a cohort of a mid-career management academics participating in a two-year fellowship prog... Read More about A two-year stretch: the functions of an identity workspace in mid-career identity work by management academics.

Development of a composite model derived from cardiopulmonary exercise tests to predict mortality risk in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure (2014)
Journal Article
Ingle, L., Rigby, A. S., Sloan, R., Carroll, S., Goode, K. M., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2014). Development of a composite model derived from cardiopulmonary exercise tests to predict mortality risk in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure. Heart, 100(10), 781-786. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304614

Objective: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is used to predict outcome in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure (HF). Single CPET-derived variables are often used, but we wanted to see if a composite score achieved better predictive pow... Read More about Development of a composite model derived from cardiopulmonary exercise tests to predict mortality risk in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure.

Near-bed and surface flow division patterns in experimental river bifurcations (2014)
Journal Article
Marra, W. A., Parsons, D. R., Kleinhans, M. G., Keevil, G. M., & Thomas, R. E. (2014). Near-bed and surface flow division patterns in experimental river bifurcations. Water Resources Research, 50(2), 1506-1530. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014215

Understanding channel bifurcation mechanics is of great importance for predicting and managing multichannel river processes and avulsion in distributary river deltas. To date, research on river channel bifurcations has focused on factors determining... Read More about Near-bed and surface flow division patterns in experimental river bifurcations.

Project management learning: key dimensions and saliency from student experiences (2014)
Journal Article
Ojiako, U., Chipulu, M., Ashleigh, M., & Williams, T. (2014). Project management learning: key dimensions and saliency from student experiences. International journal of project management, 32(8), 1445-1458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.02.002

Drawing upon literature, this study seeks to understand what the key dimensions of student experiences of project management learning are and what saliences students attach to such dimensions. Data is obtained from a sample of management and engineer... Read More about Project management learning: key dimensions and saliency from student experiences.

Capillary and viscous perturbations to Helmholtz flows (2014)
Journal Article
Moore, M., Ockendon, H., Ockendon, J., & Oliver, J. (2014). Capillary and viscous perturbations to Helmholtz flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 742, Article R1. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.39

Inspired by recent calculations by Thoraval et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 108, 2012, p. 264506) relating to droplet impact, this paper presents an analysis of the perturbations to the free surface caused by small surface tension and viscosity in ste... Read More about Capillary and viscous perturbations to Helmholtz flows.