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Modeling of permeability and compaction characteristics of soils using evolutionary polynomial regression (2011)
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Ahangar-Asr, A., Faramarzi, A., Mottaghifard, N., & Javadi, A. (2011). Modeling of permeability and compaction characteristics of soils using evolutionary polynomial regression. Computers and Geosciences, 37(11), 1860-1869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2011.04.015

This paper presents a new approach, based on evolutionary polynomial regression (EPR), for prediction of permeability (K), maximum dry density (MDD), and optimum moisture content (OMC) as functions of some physical properties of soil. EPR is a data-d... Read More about Modeling of permeability and compaction characteristics of soils using evolutionary polynomial regression.

Designing laboratory marmoset housing: What can we learn from urban marmosets? (2011)
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Duarte, M., Goulart, V., & Young, R. (2012). Designing laboratory marmoset housing: What can we learn from urban marmosets?. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 137(3-4), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2011.11.013

How to house animals in captivity, so as to maximise their level of well-being, is one of the greatest practical challenges facing animal welfare scientists. Laboratory animal housing can, necessarily, be very restrictive in terms of the facilities b... Read More about Designing laboratory marmoset housing: What can we learn from urban marmosets?.

Construction industry offsite production : a virtual reality interactive training environment prototype (2011)
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Goulding, J., Nadim, W., Petridis, P., & Alshawi, M. (2012). Construction industry offsite production : a virtual reality interactive training environment prototype. Advanced engineering informatics, 26(1), 103-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2011.09.004

The ‘traditional’ construction industry has constantly been challenged to improve its inherent problematic practices. Offsite production (OSP), under the umbrella of modern methods of construction (MMC), has been acknowledged as a means to help impro... Read More about Construction industry offsite production : a virtual reality interactive training environment prototype.

Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters (2011)
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Kerry, G., Waddington, D., & Lomax1, C. (2013). Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 34(2), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624411427376

Specific remedial works designed to improve sound installation and reduce the noise level produced by helicopters inside dwellings are described. The theoretical problems and practical solutions to installing high performance acoustic insulation to a... Read More about Living with helicopter noise : evaluating sound insulation techniques for domestic dwellings using real helicopters.

Deep tissue bio-imaging using two-photon excited CdTe fluorescent quantum dots working within the biological window (2011)
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Martinez Maestro, L., Ramirez-Hernandez, J., Bodgan, N., Capobianco, J., Vetrone, F., Garcia Sole, J., & Jaque, D. (2012). Deep tissue bio-imaging using two-photon excited CdTe fluorescent quantum dots working within the biological window. Nanoscale, 4(1), 298-302. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1nr11285f

A new approach to deep tissue imaging is presented based on 8 nm CdTe semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The characteristic 800 nm emission was found to be efficiently excited via two-photon absorption of 900 nm photons. The fact that both excitation... Read More about Deep tissue bio-imaging using two-photon excited CdTe fluorescent quantum dots working within the biological window.

Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in China. (2011)
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XJ, G., ZJ, Z., ZH, H., T, W., TB, Y., XG, C., …ZR, L. (2012). Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in China. Parasitology, 139(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182011001880

Toxoplasmosis, caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is one of the most common parasitic infections in humans. Primary infection in pregnant women can be transmitted to the fetus leading to miscarriage or congenital toxoplasmosis. Caref... Read More about Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women in China..

Acoustical properties of double porosity granular materials (2011)
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Venegas, R., & Umnova, O. (2011). Acoustical properties of double porosity granular materials. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 130(5), 2765-2776. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3644915

Granular materials have been conventionally used for acoustic treatment due to their sound absorptive and sound insulating properties. An emerging field is the study of the acoustical properties of multiscale porous materials. An example of these i... Read More about Acoustical properties of double porosity granular materials.

Out of the dark : diurnal activity in the bat Hipposideros ruber on São Tomé island (West Africa) (2011)
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Russo, D., Maglio, G., Rainho, A., Meyer, C. F., & Palmeirim, J. (2011). Out of the dark : diurnal activity in the bat Hipposideros ruber on São Tomé island (West Africa). Mammalian Biology, 76(6), 701-708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2010.11.007

Geographical areas historically characterized by a lower risk of diurnal avian predation should in theory allow bats to be active in daytime too, especially to forage. Oceanic islands are ideal for studying temporal niche shifts in bats since they... Read More about Out of the dark : diurnal activity in the bat Hipposideros ruber on São Tomé island (West Africa).

Vesicular calcium channels as regulators of the exocytotic post-fusion phase (2011)
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Miklavc, P., & Frick, M. (2011). Vesicular calcium channels as regulators of the exocytotic post-fusion phase. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 4(6), 796-798. https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.17935

Regulated secretion is a fundamental cellular process in many different types of eukaryotic cells with Ca2+-triggered exocytosis taking centre stage. Elevations of the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]c) regulate multiple steps from vesicle fusi... Read More about Vesicular calcium channels as regulators of the exocytotic post-fusion phase.