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Helmholtz-Manakov solitons (2006)
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Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2006). Helmholtz-Manakov solitons. Physical Review E, 74(6), 066612. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.066612

A novel spatial soliton-bearing wave equation is introduced, the Helmholtz-Manakov (H-M) equation, for describing the evolution of broad multi-component self-trapped beams in Kerr-type media. By omitting the slowly-varying envelope approximation, the... Read More about Helmholtz-Manakov solitons.

Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids (2006)
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Pierotti, M. E., & Seehausen, O. (2007). Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(1), 240-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01206.x

Disruptive sexual selection on colour patterns has been suggested as a major cause of diversification in the cichlid species flock of Lake Victoria. In Neochromis omnicaeruleus, a colour and sex determination polymorphism is associated with a polymor... Read More about Male mating preferences pre-date the origin of a female trait polymorphism in an incipient species complex of Lake Victoria cichlids.

Korteweg-de Vries description of Helmholtz-Kerr dark solitons (2006)
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Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. (2006). Korteweg-de Vries description of Helmholtz-Kerr dark solitons. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/39/50/004

A wide variety of different physical systems can be described by a relatively small set of universal equations. For example, small-amplitude nonlinear Schrödinger dark solitons can be described by a Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. Reductive perturb... Read More about Korteweg-de Vries description of Helmholtz-Kerr dark solitons.

One step process for chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide thin films incorporating controlled structure nanoparticles (2006)
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Nolan, M., Pemble, M., Sheel, D., & Yates, H. (2006). One step process for chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide thin films incorporating controlled structure nanoparticles. Thin Solid Films, 515(4), 1956-1962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2006.07.182

In this work we describe a two stage chemical-vapour-deposition based route to growing nanoparticle containing thin films. As a model we describe titanium dioxide film formation on glass substrates. The process involves using a gas-to-particle conver... Read More about One step process for chemical vapour deposition of titanium dioxide thin films incorporating controlled structure nanoparticles.

Synchrotron x-ray measurement and finite element analysis of residual strain in TIG welded aluminium alloy 2024 (2006)
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Preston, R., Shercliff, H., Withers, P., Hughes, D., Smith, S., & Webster, P. (2006). Synchrotron x-ray measurement and finite element analysis of residual strain in TIG welded aluminium alloy 2024

Residual strains have been measured in a tungsten inert gas (TIG) butt-welded 2024 aluminum alloy plate using synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Novel two-dimensional strain maps spanning the entire plate reveal steep gradients in residual stress and pro... Read More about Synchrotron x-ray measurement and finite element analysis of residual strain in TIG welded aluminium alloy 2024.

Sustainable soundscapes : noise policy and the urban experience (2006)
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Adams, M., Cox, T., Moore, G., Croxford, B., & Refaee, M. (2006). Sustainable soundscapes : noise policy and the urban experience. Urban Studies, 43(13), 2385-2398. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980600972504

This paper introduces regulatory components influencing city soundscapes in Europe and the UK, illustrating the abatement approach taken within noise policy, demonstrating the importance of individual experience in assessing the soundscapes of urban... Read More about Sustainable soundscapes : noise policy and the urban experience.

Modelling 3D scanned data to visualise and analyse the Built Environment for regeneration (2006)
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Arayici, Y., Hamilton, A., & Gamito, P. (2006). Modelling 3D scanned data to visualise and analyse the Built Environment for regeneration. Surveying and built environment, 17(2), 7-28

The renovation and refurbishment market is rapidly expanding in the construction industry. The regeneration and transformation of cities from the industrial age (unsustainable) to the knowledge age (sustainable) is essentially a "whole life cycle" pr... Read More about Modelling 3D scanned data to visualise and analyse the Built Environment for regeneration.

Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice (2006)
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Lu, S., & Sexton, M. (2006). Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice. Construction Management and Economics, 24(12), 1269-1282. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190600879109

Small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms (SCKIPSFs) are becoming increasingly important agents of innovation within the construction industry. The nature and process of innovation in SCKIPSFs, however, is generally considered... Read More about Innovation in small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms: a case study of an architectural practice.

Causation in personal injury: legal or epidemiological common sense? (2006)
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Miller, C. (2006). Causation in personal injury: legal or epidemiological common sense?. Legal Studies, 26(4), 544-569. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121X.2006.00029.x

The approach adopted by epidemiologists when attributing a causal mechanism to an observed statistical association is contrasted with the common law of causation in personal injury cases. By recognising the need to distinguish between probabilistic m... Read More about Causation in personal injury: legal or epidemiological common sense?.

Sentence similarity based on semantic nets and corpus statistics (2006)
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Li, Y., McLean, D., Bandar, Z., O'Shea, J., & Crockett, K. (2006). Sentence similarity based on semantic nets and corpus statistics. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 18(8), 1138-1150. https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2006.130

Sentence similarity measures play an increasingly important role in text-related research and applications in areas such as text mining, Web page retrieval, and dialogue systems. Existing methods for computing sentence similarity have been adopted fr... Read More about Sentence similarity based on semantic nets and corpus statistics.

p63 is upstream of IKKα in epidermal development (2006)
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Candi, E., Terrinoni, A., Rufini, A., Chikh, A., Lena, A., Suzuki, Y., …Melino, G. (2006). p63 is upstream of IKKα in epidermal development. Journal of Cell Science, 119(22), 4617-4622. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.03265

The epidermis, the outer layer of the skin composed of keratinocytes, develops following the action of the transcription factor p63. The mouse Trp63 gene contains two promoters, driving the production of distinct proteins, one with an N-terminal tran... Read More about p63 is upstream of IKKα in epidermal development.

Male-male competition and speciation: Aggression bias towards differently coloured rivals varies between stages of speciation in a Lake Victoria cichlid species complex (2006)
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Dijkstra, P. D., Seehausen, O., Pierotti, M. E., & Groothuis, T. G. (2007). Male-male competition and speciation: Aggression bias towards differently coloured rivals varies between stages of speciation in a Lake Victoria cichlid species complex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(2), 496-502. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01266.x

Sympatric speciation driven by sexual selection by female mate choice on a male trait is a much debated topic. The process is problematic because of the lack of negative frequency-dependent selection that can facilitate the invasion of a novel colour... Read More about Male-male competition and speciation: Aggression bias towards differently coloured rivals varies between stages of speciation in a Lake Victoria cichlid species complex.

Fresnel diffraction and fractal patterns from polygonal apertures (2006)
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Huang, J., Christian, J., & McDonald, G. (2006). Fresnel diffraction and fractal patterns from polygonal apertures. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.23.002768

Two compact analytical descriptions of Fresnel diffraction patterns from polygonal apertures under uniform illumination are detailed. In particular, a simple expression for the diffracted field from constituent edges is derived. These results have fu... Read More about Fresnel diffraction and fractal patterns from polygonal apertures.

The rotational and translational dynamics of molecular hydrogen physiosorbed in activated carbon: A direct probe of microporosity and hydrogen storage performance (2006)
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Georgiev, P., Ross, D., Albers, P., & Ramirez-Cuesta, A. (2006). The rotational and translational dynamics of molecular hydrogen physiosorbed in activated carbon: A direct probe of microporosity and hydrogen storage performance. Carbon, 44(13), 2724-2738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2006.04.023

We have measured Incoherent Inelastic Neutron Scattering (IINS) spectra of H2 physisorbed in high purity chemically activated carbon (AC) at different surface coverage and at temperatures near the triple point of bulk hydrogen. Our experimental resul... Read More about The rotational and translational dynamics of molecular hydrogen physiosorbed in activated carbon: A direct probe of microporosity and hydrogen storage performance.

Interventions to manage trust in construction projects (2006)
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Swan, W., Khalfan, M., McDermott, P., & Kyng, E. (2006). Interventions to manage trust in construction projects

Trust is described as an elusive concept, difficult to describe, understand, and therefore manage. The Trust in Construction project undertook five exploratory case studies in order to understand how trust is formed and the impact this has on project... Read More about Interventions to manage trust in construction projects.

Reconnecting the technology characterisation of the hydrogen economy to contexts of consumption. (2006)
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Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2006). Reconnecting the technology characterisation of the hydrogen economy to contexts of consumption. Energy Policy, 34(17), 3006-3016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2005.05.004

This paper addresses a partial but powerful view of the hydrogen economy known as 'technology characterisation' (TC). TC offers particular representations of the supply of hydrogen technologies through 'measuring' the 'state of the art'. This view is... Read More about Reconnecting the technology characterisation of the hydrogen economy to contexts of consumption..

Transport shaping space: the differential collapse of time/space (2006)
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Knowles, R. (2006). Transport shaping space: the differential collapse of time/space. Journal of Transport Geography, 14(6), 407-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2006.07.001

Although the tyranny of distance has been reduced by cheaper and faster transport, important geographical differences remain. Transport provision varies enormously. Globalization is uneven. Location remains all-important as time/space relationships c... Read More about Transport shaping space: the differential collapse of time/space.

Clients’ activities at the design front-end (2006)
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Tzortzopoulos, P., Cooper, R., Chan, P., & Kagioglou, M. (2006). Clients’ activities at the design front-end. Design Studies, 27(6), 657-683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2006.04.002

This paper describes a study analysing the front-end of the design process for primary healthcare facilities in the UK. A case study approach was used to gain a detailed understanding of the clients' activities at the front-end of the design process.... Read More about Clients’ activities at the design front-end.

Revisiting translocation and reintroduction programmes: the importance of considering stress (2006)
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Teixeira, C., de Azevedo, C., Mendl, M., Cipreste, C., & Young, R. (2007). Revisiting translocation and reintroduction programmes: the importance of considering stress. Animal Behaviour, 73(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.06.002

It is widely known that the adverse effects of stress must be considered in animal conservation programmes. However, a full consideration of how and where stress occurs in animal conservation programmes has not been undertaken, especially in transloc... Read More about Revisiting translocation and reintroduction programmes: the importance of considering stress.