Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (6212)

Controlled nanostructured silver coated surfaces by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (2008)
Journal Article
by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition. Chemical Vapor Deposition, 14(1-2), 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/cvde.200706654

Thin film silver has been widely reported for its interesting properties. In this paper we describe a route to produce controlled nanostructured silver layers. A combination of Flame Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition at atmospheric pressure, with... Read More about Controlled nanostructured silver coated surfaces by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition.

Biocidal silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition (2008)
Journal Article
chemical vapour deposition. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2008(168185), https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/168185

This paper describes the growth and testing of highly active biocidal films based on photocatalytically active films of TiO2, grownby thermal CVD, functionally and structurallymodified by deposition of nanostructured silver via a novel flame assiste... Read More about Biocidal silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition.

Photoactive thin silver films by atmospheric pressure CVD (2008)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Brook, L., & Sheel, D. (2008). Photoactive thin silver films by atmospheric pressure CVD. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2008(870392), https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/870392

We report the visible and UV activity of thin silver films. The films are grown using a CVD process employing aqueous-based silver precursors, flame-assisted chemical vapour deposition. This approach overcomes many of the previously encountered limit... Read More about Photoactive thin silver films by atmospheric pressure CVD.

The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition (2008)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Brook, L., Sheel, D., Ditta, I., Steele, A., & Foster, H. (2008). The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition. Thin Solid Films, 517(2), 517-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2008.06.071

Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition is a low cost, relatively simple atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique that is compatible with both small volume, batch, and high volume continuous coating processes. Use of this m... Read More about The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition.

Genome-wide efficient attribute selection for purely epistatic models via Shannon entropy (2008)
Journal Article
Manzourolajdad, A., Saraee, M., Mirlohi, A., & Javan, A. (2008). Genome-wide efficient attribute selection for purely epistatic models via Shannon entropy. International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining, 3(4), 390. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIDM.2008.022736

Epistasis plays an important role in the genetic architecture of common human diseases. Most complex diseases are believed to have multiple contributing loci that often have subtle patterns which make them fairly difficult to find in large data sets.... Read More about Genome-wide efficient attribute selection for purely epistatic models via Shannon entropy.

Adoptive transfer of T(reg) depleted autologous T cells in advanced renal cell carcinoma (2008)
Journal Article
Thistlethwaite, F., Elkord, E., Griffiths, R., Burt, D., Shablak, A., Campbell, J., …Hawkins, R. (2008). Adoptive transfer of T(reg) depleted autologous T cells in advanced renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 57(5), 623-634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-007-0400-6

PURPOSE: CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T (T(reg)) cells are present in increased numbers in patients with advanced cancer and CD25(+) T cell depletion potentiates tumour immunity in animal models. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and sa... Read More about Adoptive transfer of T(reg) depleted autologous T cells in advanced renal cell carcinoma.

CD4+ T-cell recognition of human 5T4 oncofoetal antigen: implications for initial depletion of CD25+ T cells (2008)
Journal Article
Elkord, E., Burt, D., Drijfhout, J., Hawkins, R., & Stern, P. (2008). CD4+ T-cell recognition of human 5T4 oncofoetal antigen: implications for initial depletion of CD25+ T cells. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 57(6), 833-847. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-007-0419-8

BACKGROUND: The human 5T4 (h5T4) oncofoetal antigen is expressed by a wide variety of human carcinomas including colorectal, ovarian, gastric and renal, but rarely on normal tissues. Its restricted expression on tumour tissues as well as its associat... Read More about CD4+ T-cell recognition of human 5T4 oncofoetal antigen: implications for initial depletion of CD25+ T cells.

Immunotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer: current status and strategies for improving efficacy (2008)
Journal Article
Elkord, E., Hawkins, R., & Stern, P. (2008). Immunotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer: current status and strategies for improving efficacy. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 8(4), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.1517/14712598.8.4.385

BACKGROUND: Despite improvement in conventional strategies for treating gastrointestinal (GI) carcinoma, large numbers of patients still suffer from incurable or progressive disease. OBJECTIVE: Here we consider the prospects for circumventing limi... Read More about Immunotherapy for gastrointestinal cancer: current status and strategies for improving efficacy.

Clinical and immunologic results of a phase II trial of sequential imiquimod and photodynamic therapy for vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (2008)
Journal Article
Winters, U., Daayana, S., Lear, J., Tomlinson, A., Elkord, E., Stern, P., & Kitchener, H. (2008). Clinical and immunologic results of a phase II trial of sequential imiquimod and photodynamic therapy for vulval intraepithelial neoplasia. Clinical Cancer Research, 14(16), 5292-5299. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-4760

PURPOSE: High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is difficult to treat by excision or ablation because of high recurrence rates. Small studies of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and imiquimod treatments have... Read More about Clinical and immunologic results of a phase II trial of sequential imiquimod and photodynamic therapy for vulval intraepithelial neoplasia.

Customer orientation in e-government project management: A case study (2008)
Journal Article
Arif, M. (2008). Customer orientation in e-government project management: A case study. Electronic Journal of e-Government, 6(1), 1-10

Customer orientation is vital for success in today’s competitive environment. Jaworski and Kohli (1993) proposed a model to measure customer orientation comprising three components: 1) intelligence generation; 2) intelligence dissemination; and 3)... Read More about Customer orientation in e-government project management: A case study.

Are textbook references to Darwin close to extinction? (2008)
Journal Article
Rees, P. (2008). Are textbook references to Darwin close to extinction?. School science review, 331, 43-48

The textbooks used to teach GCE A-level biology 30 years ago tended to concentrate on traditional zoology and botany, with just a passing reference to evolution. As biology established itself as a new discipline, books (and syllabuses) began to tak... Read More about Are textbook references to Darwin close to extinction?.

An investigation into the applicability of building information models in geospatial environment in support of site selection and fire response management processes (2008)
Journal Article
Isikdag, U., Underwood, J., & Aouad, G. (2008). An investigation into the applicability of building information models in geospatial environment in support of site selection and fire response management processes. Advanced engineering informatics, 22(4), 504-519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2008.06.001

Some tasks in the construction industry and urban management field such as site selection and fire response management are usually managed by using a Geographical Information System (GIS), as the tasks in these processes require a high level and amou... Read More about An investigation into the applicability of building information models in geospatial environment in support of site selection and fire response management processes.

Climatic warming, glacier recession and runoff from Alpine basins after the little ice age maximum (2008)
Journal Article
Collins, D. (2008). Climatic warming, glacier recession and runoff from Alpine basins after the little ice age maximum. Annals of Glaciology, 48(1), 119-124. https://doi.org/10.3189/172756408784700761

Records of discharge of rivers draining Alpine basins with between 0 and ∼70% ice cover, in the upper Aare and Rhône catchments, Switzerland, for the period 1894-2006 have been examined together with climatic data for 1866-2006, with a view to assess... Read More about Climatic warming, glacier recession and runoff from Alpine basins after the little ice age maximum.

Effect of antioxidant potential in the oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC) assay (2008)
Journal Article
Bisby, R., Brooke, R., & Navaratnam, S. (2008). Effect of antioxidant potential in the oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC) assay. Food Chemistry, 108(3), 1002-1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.12.012

The "Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity” (ORAC) assay (Ou, B., Hampsch-Woodill, M., Prior, R.L. (2001). Development and validation of an improved oxygen radical absorbance capacity assay using fluorescein as the fluorescent probe. Journal of Agricultur... Read More about Effect of antioxidant potential in the oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC) assay.