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Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD (2010)
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Foster, H., Sheel, D., Sheel, P., Evans, P., Varghese, S., Rutschke, N., & Yates, H. (2010). Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 216(2-3), 283-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.09.017

We have previously reported the production of photocatalytically active films of TiO2/Ag and TiO2/CuO grown by atmospheric pressure thermal CVD that had high antimicrobial activity. The present study compares the activity of dual layers and co-deposi... Read More about Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD.

Impact of culture towards disaster risk reduction (2010)
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Kulatunga, U. (2010). Impact of culture towards disaster risk reduction. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), 304-313. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.23

Number of natural disasters has risen sharply worldwide making the risk of disasters a global concern. These disasters have created significant losses and damages to humans, economy and society. Despite the losses and damages created by disasters, so... Read More about Impact of culture towards disaster risk reduction.

Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events (2010)
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Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, R. (2010). Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), 362-375. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.27

Wider scientific community now accept that the threat of climate change as real and thus acknowledge the importance of implementing adaptation measures in a global context. In the UK, the physical effects of climate change are likely to be directly f... Read More about Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events.

Disaster knowledge factors in managing disasters successfully (2010)
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Seneviratne, K., Baldry, D., & Pathirage, C. (2010). Disaster knowledge factors in managing disasters successfully. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), 376-390. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.28

The number of reported natural disasters has increased steadily over the past century and risen very sharply during the past decade. These bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environme... Read More about Disaster knowledge factors in managing disasters successfully.

Comparison of drinking water, raw rice and cooking of rice as arsenic exposure routes in three contrasting areas of west Bengal, India (2010)
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Mondal, D., Banerjee, M., Giri, A., & Polya, D. (2010). Comparison of drinking water, raw rice and cooking of rice as arsenic exposure routes in three contrasting areas of west Bengal, India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 32(6), 463 -477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-010-9319-5

Remediation aimed at reducing human exposure to groundwater arsenic in West Bengal, one of the regions most impacted by this environmental hazard, are currently largely focussed on reducing arsenic in drinking water. Rice and cooking of rice, however... Read More about Comparison of drinking water, raw rice and cooking of rice as arsenic exposure routes in three contrasting areas of west Bengal, India.

The effects of hydrogen peroxide on intracellular calcium handling and contractility in the rat ventricular myocyte (2010)
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Greensmith, D., Eisner, D., & Nirmalan, M. (2010). The effects of hydrogen peroxide on intracellular calcium handling and contractility in the rat ventricular myocyte. Cell Calcium, 48(6), 341-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceca.2010.10.007

Elevations in reactive oxygen species are implicated in many disease states and cause systolic and diastolic myocardial dysfunction. To understand the underlying cellular dysfunction, we characterised the effects of H₂O₂ on [Ca(2+)](i) handling and c... Read More about The effects of hydrogen peroxide on intracellular calcium handling and contractility in the rat ventricular myocyte.

Sleeping site selection by urban marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) under conditions of exceptionally high predator density (2010)
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Duarte, M., & Young, R. (2011). Sleeping site selection by urban marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) under conditions of exceptionally high predator density. International Journal of Primatology, 32, 329-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9468-5

Domestic cats are known to kill small mammals and birds, and represent a predatory threat to all small wildlife. We investigated whether a high cat density affects the choice of sleeping sites of urban marmosets (Callithrix penicillata). One group of... Read More about Sleeping site selection by urban marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) under conditions of exceptionally high predator density.

Tubulin-binding Dibenz[c,e]oxepines as Colchinol analogues for targeting tumour vasculature (2010)
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targeting tumour vasculature. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9(1), 219-231. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0ob00500b

Various methoxy- and hydroxy-substituted dibenz[c,e]oxepines were prepared via the copper(I)-induced coupling of ether-tethered arylstannanes or the dehydrative cyclisation of 1,1'- biphenyl-2,2'-dimethanols, assembled using the Ullmann cross-coupl... Read More about Tubulin-binding Dibenz[c,e]oxepines as Colchinol analogues for targeting tumour vasculature.

ARO : a new model free optimization algorithm for real time applications inspired by the asexual reproduction (2010)
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Mansouri, T., Farasat, A., Menhaj, M., & Moghadam, M. (2011). ARO : a new model free optimization algorithm for real time applications inspired by the asexual reproduction. Expert systems with applications, 38(5), 4866-4874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2010.09.084

This paper presents a new individual based optimization algorithm, which is inspired from asexual reproduction known as a remarkable biological phenomenon, called as asexual reproduction optimization (ARO). ARO can be essentially considered as an evo... Read More about ARO : a new model free optimization algorithm for real time applications inspired by the asexual reproduction.

The influence of operating parameters on pulsed D.C. magnetron sputtering plasma (2010)
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Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., Cowpe, J., & Pilkington, R. (2010). The influence of operating parameters on pulsed D.C. magnetron sputtering plasma. Vacuum, 85(5), 634-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2010.09.007

This paper describes the breakdown voltage characteristics in a pulsed D.C. magnetron sputtering system under varying conditions of frequency, current and pulse-off time. The behaviour of the breakdown voltage with pulsing frequency at different pres... Read More about The influence of operating parameters on pulsed D.C. magnetron sputtering plasma.

A comprehensive genetic analysis of candidate genes regulating response to Trypanosoma congolense infection in mice (2010)
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Goodhead, I., Archibald, A., Amwayi, P., Brass, A., Gibson, J., Hall, N., …Kemp, S. (2010). A comprehensive genetic analysis of candidate genes regulating response to Trypanosoma congolense infection in mice. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4(11), e880-e880. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000880

African trypanosomes are protozoan parasites that cause “sleeping sickness” in humans and a similar disease in livestock. Trypanosomes also infect laboratory mice and three major quantitative trait loci (QTL) that regulate survival time after infecti... Read More about A comprehensive genetic analysis of candidate genes regulating response to Trypanosoma congolense infection in mice.

CdSe quantum dots for two-photon fluorescence thermal imaging. (2010)
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Martinez Maestro, L., Martin Rodriguez, E., Sanz Rodriguez, F., Iglesias-de la Cruz, M., Juarranz, A., Naccache, R., …Sole, J. (2010). CdSe quantum dots for two-photon fluorescence thermal imaging. Nano Letters, 10(12), 5109-5115. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl1036098

The technological development of quantum dots has ushered in a new era in fluorescence bioimaging, which was propelled with the advent of novel multiphoton fluorescence microscopes. Here, the potential use of CdSe quantum dots has been evaluated as f... Read More about CdSe quantum dots for two-photon fluorescence thermal imaging..

Role of Brazilian zoos in ex situ bird conservation: from 1981 to 2005 (2010)
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Azevedo, C., Young, R., & Rodrigues, M. (2011). Role of Brazilian zoos in ex situ bird conservation: from 1981 to 2005. Zoo Biology, 30(6), 655-671. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20361

Zoos may play an important role in conservation when they maintain and breed large numbers of animals that are threatened with extinction. Bird conservation is in a privileged situation owing to the extensive biological information available about th... Read More about Role of Brazilian zoos in ex situ bird conservation: from 1981 to 2005.

The archaeology of the rural railway warehouse in north-west England (2010)
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Nevell, M. (2010). The archaeology of the rural railway warehouse in north-west England. Industrial Archaeology Review, 32(2), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581910X12817815916609

This article studies in detail two rural railway warehouses of the mid-19th century from North-West England. Structures such as these were an integral part of the branch lines and secondary lines that developed across the network during the mid- to l... Read More about The archaeology of the rural railway warehouse in north-west England.

Volumetric diffusers : pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice (2010)
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Hughes, R., Angus, J., Cox, T., Umnova, O., Gehring, G., Pogson, M., & Whittaker, D. (2010). Volumetric diffusers : pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 128(5), 2847-2856. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3493455

Most conventional diffusers take the form of a surface based treatment, and as a result can only operate in hemispherical space. Placing a diffuser in the volume of a room might provide greater efficiency by allowing scattering into the whole space.... Read More about Volumetric diffusers : pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice.

Estimating the propagule size of a cryptogenic crested newt population (2010)
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population. Animal Conservation, 13(S1), 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00331.x

Encountering cryptogenic populations that are either native or introduced is a common but underreported phenomenon in field biology. Such local species’ occurrences of unknown origin hamper our understanding of species’ natural distribution ranges,... Read More about Estimating the propagule size of a cryptogenic crested newt population.

Study on the visual performance of a vernacular dwelling in Egypt (2010)
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Almaiyah, S., Elkadi, H., & Cook, M. (2010). Study on the visual performance of a vernacular dwelling in Egypt. ˜The œNorthumbria built and virtual environment working paper series, 4(1), 127

Vernacular dwelling buildings located in hot arid regions are well known for their sensitive architecture response to the region’s climatic conditions and the sociocultural norms. The architectural value of these buildings is not only limited to th... Read More about Study on the visual performance of a vernacular dwelling in Egypt.

Nanoparticles for highly efficient multiphoton fluorescence bioimaging (2010)
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Martinez Maestro, L., Martin Rodriguez, E., Vetrone, F., Naccache, R., Loro Ramirez, H., Jaque, D., …Jaque Garcia, J. (2010). Nanoparticles for highly efficient multiphoton fluorescence bioimaging. Optics express, 18(23), 23544-23553. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.023544

In this paper, we demonstrate for the first time that the new class of fluoride-based inorganic upconverting nanoparticles, NaYF4:Er3+, Yb3+, are the most efficient multiphoton excited fluorescent nanoparticles developed to date. The near-infrared-to... Read More about Nanoparticles for highly efficient multiphoton fluorescence bioimaging.

Required stabilization time, short-term variability and impulsiveness of the sound pressure level to characterize the temporal composition of urban soundscapes (2010)
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Torija Martinez, A., Ruiz, D., & Ramos-Ridao, A. (2011). Required stabilization time, short-term variability and impulsiveness of the sound pressure level to characterize the temporal composition of urban soundscapes. Applied Acoustics, 72(2-3), 89-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2010.09.011

Temporal composition of urban soundscapes is a very important aspect at the time of studying their description and perception. In urban agglomerations, environmental noise levels can vary over a wide range as a result of the great complexity of the... Read More about Required stabilization time, short-term variability and impulsiveness of the sound pressure level to characterize the temporal composition of urban soundscapes.