All Outputs (331)

Profiling of spatial metabolite distributions in wheat leaves under normal and nitrate limiting conditions (2015)
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Allwood, J., Chandra, S., Xu, Y., Dunn, W., Correa, E., Hopkins, L., …Bowsher, C. (2015). Profiling of spatial metabolite distributions in wheat leaves under normal and nitrate limiting conditions. Phytochemistry, 115, 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.01.007

The control and interaction between nitrogen and carbon assimilatory pathways is essential in both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic tissue in order to support metabolic processes without compromising growth. Physiological differences between the... Read More about Profiling of spatial metabolite distributions in wheat leaves under normal and nitrate limiting conditions.

Phosphorus retention and mass balance in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater (2015)
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Dzakpasu, M., Scholz, M., McCarthy, V., & Jordan, S. (2015). Phosphorus retention and mass balance in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater. Water and Environment Journal, 29(2), 298-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12107

This study quantified the contributions of different P removal pathways in an integrated constructed wetland (ICW) treating domestic wastewater. Findings over the study period (February 2008 to March 2012) showed average P retention rates of 31 ± 2 m... Read More about Phosphorus retention and mass balance in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater.

A series of flexible design adaptations to the Nikon E-C1 and E-C2 confocal microscope systems for UV, multiphoton and FLIM imaging (2015)
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Botchway, S., Scherer, K., Hook, S., Stubbs, C., Weston, E., Bisby, R., & Parker, A. (2015). A series of flexible design adaptations to the Nikon E-C1 and E-C2 confocal microscope systems for UV, multiphoton and FLIM imaging. Journal of Microscopy, 258(1), 68-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12218

Multiphoton microscopy in combination with Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) is now a key technique in biomedical and life-science research for live cell and whole animal imaging providing several advantages over the one photon confocal... Read More about A series of flexible design adaptations to the Nikon E-C1 and E-C2 confocal microscope systems for UV, multiphoton and FLIM imaging.

Independent evaluation of a canine Echinococcosis control programme in Hobukesar County, Xinjiang, China (2015)
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van Kesteren, F., Qi, X., Tao, J., Feng, X., Mastin, A., Craig, P., …Wen, H. (2015). Independent evaluation of a canine Echinococcosis control programme in Hobukesar County, Xinjiang, China. Acta tropica, 145, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.01.009

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China is one of the world's most important foci for cystic echinococcosis. Domestic dogs are the main source for human infection, and previous studies in Xinjiang have found a canine Echinococcus spp... Read More about Independent evaluation of a canine Echinococcosis control programme in Hobukesar County, Xinjiang, China.

Quantifying the domestic building fabric 'performance gap' (2015)
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Johnston, D., Miles-Shenton, D., & Farmer, D. (2015). Quantifying the domestic building fabric 'performance gap'. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 36(5), 614-627. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624415570344

In the UK, there is mounting evidence that the measured in situ performance of the building fabric in new build dwellings can be greater than that predicted, resulting in a significant building fabric ‘performance gap’. This paper presents the coheat... Read More about Quantifying the domestic building fabric 'performance gap'.

Vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons (2015)
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Al-Isawi, R., Sani, A., Almuktar, S., & Scholz, M. (2015). Vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons. Water Science and Technology, 71(6), 938-946. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2015.054

The aim was to compare the impact of different design (aggregate size) and operational (contact time, empty time and chemical oxygen demand (COD) loading) variables on the long-term and seasonal performance of vertical-flow constructed wetland filter... Read More about Vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons.

Dielectric anomalous response of water at 60 °C (2015)
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Martinez Maestro, L., del Valle, J., Camarillo, E., Gonzalo, J., Aragó, C., Marqués, M., …Jaque, F. (2015). Dielectric anomalous response of water at 60 °C. Philosophical Magazine, 95(7), 683-690. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2014.1000419

Recently, the paraelectric response of water was investigated in the range 0–100 °C. It showed an almost perfect Curie–Weiss behaviour up to 60 °C, but a slight change in slope of 1/εd versus T at 60 °C was overlooked. In this work, we report optical... Read More about Dielectric anomalous response of water at 60 °C.

Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe) (2015)
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Feurdean, A., Marinova, E., Nielsen, A., Liakka, J., Veres, D., Hutchinson, S., …Hickler, T. (2015). Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe). Journal of Biogeography, 42(5), 951-963. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12468

Aim The forest steppe of the Transylvanian Plain is a landscape of exceptionally diverse steppe-like and semi-natural grasslands. Is this vegetation a remnant of a once continuous temperate forest extensively cleared by humans, or has the area, sin... Read More about Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe).

Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event (2015)
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Symons, J. (2015). Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event. Ethnos, 81(4), 697-711. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2014.989877

The Manchester parade is a celebration of ‘all things Manchester’. Explicit attempts to nurture and encourage a creative outpouring from community groups are made by event organisers and artists. I found that the parade took its shape from different... Read More about Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event.

3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO (2015)
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humanoid robot NAO. Robotics and autonomous systems, 68, 129-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.12.016

Depth estimation is a classical problem in computer vision and after decades of research many methods have been developed for 3D perception like magnetic tracking, mechanical tracking, acoustic tracking, in- ertial tracking, optical tracking using m... Read More about 3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO.

Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection (2015)
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Cao, Y., Li, Y., Coleman, S., Belatreche, A., & McGinnity, T. (2015). Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection. IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 26(2), 318-330. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2014.2315042

Price manipulation refers to the activities of those traders who use carefully designed trading behaviors to manually push up or down the underlying equity prices for making profits. With increasing volumes and frequency of trading, price manipulatio... Read More about Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection.

GECAF: a framework for developing context-aware pervasive systems (2015)
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Al-Yasiri, A. (2015). GECAF: a framework for developing context-aware pervasive systems. Computer Science - Research and Development, 30(1), 87-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00450-013-0248-2

Context-aware systems differ in the way they interact with users, the way they interpret the context of their entities and the actions they take. Each system (or system type) is developed in its own way with no common architecture currently available... Read More about GECAF: a framework for developing context-aware pervasive systems.

Evidence for passive chemical camouflage in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor (2015)
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Kather, R., Drijfhout, F., Shemilt, S., & Martin, S. (2015). Evidence for passive chemical camouflage in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41(2), 178-186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0548-z

Social insect colonies provide a stable and safe environment for their members. Despite colonies been heavily guarded, parasites have evolved numerous strategies to invade and inhabit these hostile places. Two common strategies are chemical mimicry v... Read More about Evidence for passive chemical camouflage in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor.

The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful? (2015)
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20 years on : Has it been successful?. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 3(4), 352-359

It is 20 years since legislation to make access to goods and services equal to both able bodied and disabled people became fully enabled. This paper seeks to establish if the last 20 years have seen significant improvement in access, and whether the... Read More about The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful?.

Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens (2015)
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Woodhams, D., Alford, R., Antwis, R., Archer, H., Becker, M., Belden, L., …et al. (2015). Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens. Ecology, 96(2), 595. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1837.1

Microbial symbionts of vertebrate skin have an important function in defense of the host against pathogens. In particular, the emerging chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, causes widespread disease in amphibians but can be inhibited via s... Read More about Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens.

Traditional versus technological based surveillance on construction site : a review (2015)
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Harun, A., Bichard, E., & Nawi, M. (2015). Traditional versus technological based surveillance on construction site : a review. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 735, 247-252. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.735.247

The negative impacts of construction activities can be controlled and reduced through identification of environmental aspects and impacts of construction activities, implementation of the mitigation measures and site monitoring on a regular basis e.g... Read More about Traditional versus technological based surveillance on construction site : a review.

Visual management in Brazilian construction companies : taxonomy and guidelines for implementation (2015)
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Tezel, B., Koskela, L., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., Formoso, C., & Alves, T. (2015). Visual management in Brazilian construction companies : taxonomy and guidelines for implementation. Journal of Management in Engineering, 31(6), 05015001. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ME.1943-5479.0000354

Visual management (VM) is the managerial strategy of consciously integrating visual tools in workspaces with the aim of increasing transparency on construction sites. Several VM tools and approaches that had been originally developed in the manufactu... Read More about Visual management in Brazilian construction companies : taxonomy and guidelines for implementation.

Proteomic analysis shows that stress response proteins are significantly up-regulated in resistant diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum) in response to attack by the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae) (2015)
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Guan, W., Ferry, N., Edwards, M., Bell, H., Othman, H., Gatehouse, J., & Gatehouse, A. (2015). Proteomic analysis shows that stress response proteins are significantly up-regulated in resistant diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum) in response to attack by the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae). Molecular Breeding, 35(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-015-0220-x

The grain aphid Sitobion avenae (F.) is a major pest of wheat, acting as a virus vector as well as causing direct plant damage. Commonly grown wheat varieties in the UK have only limited resistance to this pest. The present study was carried out to i... Read More about Proteomic analysis shows that stress response proteins are significantly up-regulated in resistant diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum) in response to attack by the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae).

A survey of acoustic conditions and noise levels in secondary school classrooms in England (2015)
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Shield, B., Conetta, R., Dockrell, J., Connolly, D., Cox, T., & Mydlarz, C. (2015). A survey of acoustic conditions and noise levels in secondary school classrooms in England. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 137(1), 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4904528

An acoustic survey of secondary schools in England has been undertaken. Room acoustic parameters and background noise levels were measured in 185 unoccupied spaces in 13 schools to provide information on the typical acoustic environment of secondary... Read More about A survey of acoustic conditions and noise levels in secondary school classrooms in England.

The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise (2015)
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Torija Martinez, A., & Flindell, I. (2015). The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 137(1), 189-198. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4904542

Based on subjective listening trials, Torija and Flindell [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135, 1–4 (2014)] observed that low frequency content in typical urban main road traffic noise appeared to make a smaller contribution to reported annoyance than might be... Read More about The subjective effect of low frequency content in road traffic noise.