School of Science, Engineering & Environment

Spectral broadening in femtosecond laser written waveguides in chalcogenide glass (2009)
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Hughes, M., Yang, W., & Hewak, D. (2009). Spectral broadening in femtosecond laser written waveguides in chalcogenide glass. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 26(7), 1370-1378. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.001370

Nonlinear spectral broadening to 200 nm, from an initial width of 50 nm, has been demonstrated in gallium lanthanum sulphide glass waveguides from 1540 nm, 200 fs pulses at 30 nJ/pulse. A formation mechanism is presented for these femtosecond laser... Read More about Spectral broadening in femtosecond laser written waveguides in chalcogenide glass.

Resilience of naturally ventilated buildings to climate change: advanced natural ventilation and hospital wards (2009)
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Lomas, K., & Ji, Y. (2009). Resilience of naturally ventilated buildings to climate change: advanced natural ventilation and hospital wards. Energy and Buildings, 41(6), 629-653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.01.001

Naturally ventilated buildings have a key role to play mitigating climate change. The predicted indoor temperatures in spaces with simple single-sided natural ventilation (SNV) are compared with those in spaces conditioned using a form of edge in,... Read More about Resilience of naturally ventilated buildings to climate change: advanced natural ventilation and hospital wards.

Structure-activity studies of the binding of the flavonoid scaffold to DNA (2009)
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Ragazzon, P., Iley, J., & Missailidis, S. (2009). Structure-activity studies of the binding of the flavonoid scaffold to DNA. Anticancer Research, 29(6), 2285-2293

BACKGROUND: Flavonoids have been shown to have a wide variety of biological activities and proven to be good scaffolds for the design of DNA-binding agents as anticancer therapeutics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In structure-activity relationship s... Read More about Structure-activity studies of the binding of the flavonoid scaffold to DNA.

Native Sn–Pb droplets in a zeolitic amygdale (Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides) (2009)
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Dekov, V., Hålenius, U., Billström, K., Kamenov, G., Munnik, F., Eriksson, L., …Botz, R. (2009). Native Sn–Pb droplets in a zeolitic amygdale (Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73(10), 2907-2919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2009.02.017

Despite the particular scientific interest in the elements with high affinity to S and O2, but found in zero-valence state in nature, the origin of these native minerals has been little explored and remains obscure. Here we describe unique Sn–Pb drop... Read More about Native Sn–Pb droplets in a zeolitic amygdale (Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides).

How beta-lactam antibiotics enter bacteria: a dialogue with the porins (2009)
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James, C., Mahendran, K., Molitor, A., Bolla, J., Bessonov, A., Winterhalter, M., & Pages, J. (2009). How beta-lactam antibiotics enter bacteria: a dialogue with the porins. PLoS ONE, 4(5), e5453. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005453

BACKGROUND:Multi-drug resistant (MDR) infections have become a major concern in hospitals worldwide. This study investigates membrane translocation, which is the first step required for drug action on internal bacterial targets. beta-lactams, a major... Read More about How beta-lactam antibiotics enter bacteria: a dialogue with the porins.

Gold nanoparticles prepared using cape aloe active components (2009)
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Krpetic, Z., Scarì, G., Caneva, E., Speranza, G., & Porta, F. (2009). Gold nanoparticles prepared using cape aloe active components. Langmuir, 25(13), 7217-7221. https://doi.org/10.1021/la9009674

A novel use of two components of Cape aloe, aloin A and aloesin, acting as stabilizers in the preparation of gold and silver nanoparticles, is reported. Stable water-soluble particles of different size and shape are prepared by varying the reaction c... Read More about Gold nanoparticles prepared using cape aloe active components.

Critical success factors for e-tendering implementation in construction collaborative environments : people and process issues (2009)
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Lou, E., & Alshawi, M. (2009). Critical success factors for e-tendering implementation in construction collaborative environments : people and process issues. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 14, 98-109

The construction industry is increasingly engulfed by globalisation where clients, business partners and customers are found in virtually every corner of the world. Communicating, reaching and supporting them are no longer optional but are imperative... Read More about Critical success factors for e-tendering implementation in construction collaborative environments : people and process issues.

Automating progress measurement of construction projects (2009)
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Zhang, X., Bakis, N., Lukins, T., Ibrahim, Y., Wu, S., Kagioglou, M., …Trucco, E. (2009). Automating progress measurement of construction projects. Automation in Construction, 18(3), 294-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2008.09.004

The accurate and up to date measurement of work in progress on construction sites is vital for project management functions like schedule and cost control. Currently, it takes place using traditional building surveying techniques and visual inspectio... Read More about Automating progress measurement of construction projects.

Arsenic burden from cooked rice in the populations of arsenic affected and nonaffected areas and Kolkata city in west-Bengal, India (2009)
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Pal, A., Chowdhury, U., Mondal, D., Das, B., Nayak, B., & Chakraborti, D. (2009). Arsenic burden from cooked rice in the populations of arsenic affected and nonaffected areas and Kolkata city in west-Bengal, India. https://doi.org/10.1021/es803414j

Arsenic contamination of rice irrigated with contaminated groundwater contributes to the additional arsenic burden of the population where rice is the staple food. In an arsenic contaminated area, an experimental field-based study done on nine fields... Read More about Arsenic burden from cooked rice in the populations of arsenic affected and nonaffected areas and Kolkata city in west-Bengal, India.

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