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Prevalence of toxin producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric burns unit (2007)
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Khojasteh, V., Edwards-Jones, V., Childs, C., & Foster, H. (2007). Prevalence of toxin producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric burns unit. Burns, 33(3), 334-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2006.07.009

The aims of the study were to determine the sites in a pediatric burns unit that were contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus. Samples from the environment in bedrooms and the common room were taken monthly for 6 months using blood agar for total cou... Read More about Prevalence of toxin producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric burns unit.

Usefulness of VRML building models in a direction finding context (2007)
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Murano, P., & Mackey, D. (2007). Usefulness of VRML building models in a direction finding context. Interacting with Computers, 19(3), 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2007.01.005

This paper describes an experiment which aims to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of a Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML) building model compared with equivalent architectural plans, for direction finding purposes. The effectiveness an... Read More about Usefulness of VRML building models in a direction finding context.

Magnetic approach to normalizing heavy metal concentrations for particle size effects in intertidal sediments in the Yangtze Estuary, China (2007)
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Zhang, W., Yu, L., Lu, M., Hutchinson, S., & Feng, H. (2007). Magnetic approach to normalizing heavy metal concentrations for particle size effects in intertidal sediments in the Yangtze Estuary, China. Environmental Pollution, 147(1), 238-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2006.08.003

In this study, mineral magnetic, particle size and geochemical analyses were conducted on intertidal sediments from the Yangtze Estuary to examine the feasibility of heavy metal concentrations normalization using magnetic techniques. Susceptibility o... Read More about Magnetic approach to normalizing heavy metal concentrations for particle size effects in intertidal sediments in the Yangtze Estuary, China.

Helmholtz solitons at nonlinear interfaces (2007)
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McDonald, G., Chamorro-Posada, P., & Sanchez-Curto, J. (2007). Helmholtz solitons at nonlinear interfaces. Optics Letters, 32(9), 1126-1128. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.001126

The evolution of Helmholtz solitons at the interface separating two Kerr-type media is described by means of a generalized nonlinear Helmholtz equation. The bright soliton solution for this equation and arbitrary media properties are presented. Numer... Read More about Helmholtz solitons at nonlinear interfaces.

Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd : the archaeology of a 19th-Century Manchester flint glass works (2007)
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Miller, I. (2007). Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd : the archaeology of a 19th-Century Manchester flint glass works. Industrial Archaeology Review, 29(1), 13-29. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581907X179966

The Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd glass works was amongst the largest glass manufactories in Manchester, and formed one of a regionally significant group of 19th-century glass works in the Ancoats district of the city. All of these works have since bee... Read More about Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd : the archaeology of a 19th-Century Manchester flint glass works.

The effect of visual stimuli on the horribleness of awful sounds. (2007)
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Cox, T. (2007). The effect of visual stimuli on the horribleness of awful sounds. Applied Acoustics, 69(8), 691-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2007.02.010

A mass web-based experiment has been carried out to explore people’s perception of horrible sounds. The advantage of a web-based methodology is that it enables hundreds of thousands of judgements to be obtained over a diverse population. As part of t... Read More about The effect of visual stimuli on the horribleness of awful sounds..

Antibody responses in human cystic hydatid disease to the laminated layer of echinococcus granulosus (2007)
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to the laminated layer of echinococcus granulosus. Parasitology Research, 101(3), 647-652. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-007-0534-7

The laminated layer of hydatid cysts of Echinococcus granulosus represents a considerable amount of parasite material. Its antigenic role, however, is unclear. Extracts of laminated layer taken from sheep cysts were analysed in sodium dodecyl sulfate... Read More about Antibody responses in human cystic hydatid disease to the laminated layer of echinococcus granulosus.

On localised vibrations in incompressible pre-stressed transversely isotropic elastic solids (2007)
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Prikazchikov, D., Rogerson, G., & Sandiford, K. (2007). On localised vibrations in incompressible pre-stressed transversely isotropic elastic solids. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 301(3-5), 701-717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2006.10.027

This paper is concerned with 2D localised vibration in incompressible pre-stressed fibre-reinforced elastic solids and the closely related problem of surface wave propagation in such materials. An appropriate constitutive model is derived and its sta... Read More about On localised vibrations in incompressible pre-stressed transversely isotropic elastic solids.

Screening for Echinococcus granulosus in dogs: comparison between arecoline purgation, coproELISA and coproPCR with necropsy in pre-patent infection (2007)
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Lahmar, S., Lahmar, S., Boufana, B., Bradshaw, H., & Craig, P. (2007). Screening for Echinococcus granulosus in dogs: comparison between arecoline purgation, coproELISA and coproPCR with necropsy in pre-patent infection. Veterinary Parasitology, 144(3-4), 287-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.10.016

Echinococcus granulosus is an important zoonotic infection of dogs. The purpose of the present study assessed the performance of two laboratory diagnostic methods with arecoline purgation and necropsy in infected dogs. In total 65 dogs were successfu... Read More about Screening for Echinococcus granulosus in dogs: comparison between arecoline purgation, coproELISA and coproPCR with necropsy in pre-patent infection.

The occurrence of the trematode Plagiorchis muris in the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus in North Yorkshire, UK. (2007)
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MT, R., PS, C., G, H., S, H., A, P., & DM, S. (2007). The occurrence of the trematode Plagiorchis muris in the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus in North Yorkshire, UK. Journal of Helminthology, 81(1), 57 - 62. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X07214105

Wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus were trapped each September over a 13-year period, from 1993 to 2005, in a wooded area adjacent to Malham Tarn, Yorkshire, UK. Plagiorchis muris was found to be the dominant intestinal trematode and occurred in every yea... Read More about The occurrence of the trematode Plagiorchis muris in the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus in North Yorkshire, UK..

Generation of ΔTAp73 proteins by translation from a putative internal ribosome entry site (2007)
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Sayan, A., Roperch, J., Sayan, B., Rossi, M., Pinkoski, M., Knight, R., …Melino, G. (2007). Generation of ΔTAp73 proteins by translation from a putative internal ribosome entry site. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1095(1), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1397.035

p73 belongs to a family of transcription factors, including p53 and p63, that mediate response to DNA damage and cellular stress by inducing DNA repair, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. TP73 gene contains two promotors and several splice variants re... Read More about Generation of ΔTAp73 proteins by translation from a putative internal ribosome entry site.

Prospects for applications of lanthanide-based upconverting surfaces to bioassay and detection (2007)
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Morgan, C., & Mitchell, A. (2007). Prospects for applications of lanthanide-based upconverting surfaces to bioassay and detection. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 22(8), 1769-1775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2006.08.024

Biological assays to detect binding interactions are often conducted using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) but this has several disadvantages that markedly reduce the dynamic range of measurements. The very short range of FRET interacti... Read More about Prospects for applications of lanthanide-based upconverting surfaces to bioassay and detection.

Highly bioactive silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition (2007)
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Brook, L., Evans, P., Foster, H., Pemble, M., Steele, A., Sheel, D., & Yates, H. (2007). Highly bioactive silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 187(1), 53-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2006.09.014

This paper describes how photocatalytically active films of TiO2, grown by thermal CVD, may be functionally and structurally modified by deposition of nano-structured silver via a novel flame assisted CVD process. The resulting composite films are sh... Read More about Highly bioactive silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition.

CFD modelling of natural displacement ventilation in an enclosure connected to an atrium (2007)
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Ji, Y., Cook, M., & Hanby, V. (2007). CFD modelling of natural displacement ventilation in an enclosure connected to an atrium. Building and Environment, 42(3), 1158-1172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.11.002

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used to investigate buoyancy-driven natural ventilation flows in a single-storey space connected to an atrium. The atrium is taller than the ventilated space and is warmed by heat gains inside the single-storey s... Read More about CFD modelling of natural displacement ventilation in an enclosure connected to an atrium.

Intra- and interorganizational knowledge services to promote informed sustainability practices (2007)
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Wetherill, M., Rezgui, Y., Boddy, S., & Cooper, G. (2007). Intra- and interorganizational knowledge services to promote informed sustainability practices. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 21(2), 78-89. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290887-3801%282007%2921%3A2%2878%29

To promote sustainable construction, the construction industry needs to intensify its efforts to move to a knowledge intensive mode. Sustainability goals can only be achieved if new resources of knowledge and expertise inform construction activities.... Read More about Intra- and interorganizational knowledge services to promote informed sustainability practices.