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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.

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.

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.

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.

An Evaluation of the Potential Offered by a Relevance Vector Classifier in Fault Diagnosis (2006)
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Zhang, K., Li, Y., Fan, Y., & Ball, A. (2006). An Evaluation of the Potential Offered by a Relevance Vector Classifier in Fault Diagnosis

The increasing complexity of modern machinery systems demands an effective fault diagnosis strategy with low cost, high efficiency and reliability. This paper reports work which attempts to explore the potential offered by a Relevance Vector Machine... Read More about An Evaluation of the Potential Offered by a Relevance Vector Classifier in Fault Diagnosis.

Application of the self-organizing map (SOM) to assess the heavy metal removal performance in experimental constructed wetlands (2006)
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Lee, B., & Scholz, M. (2006). Application of the self-organizing map (SOM) to assess the heavy metal removal performance in experimental constructed wetlands. Water Research, 40(18), 3367-3374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2006.07.027

The self-organizing map (SOM) model was applied to elucidate heavy metal removal mechanisms and to predict heavy metal concentrations in experimental constructed wetlands treating urban runoff. A newly developed SOM map showed that nickel in construc... Read More about Application of the self-organizing map (SOM) to assess the heavy metal removal performance in experimental constructed wetlands.

The application of usability concepts in the built environment. (2006)
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Alexander, K. (2006). The application of usability concepts in the built environment. Journal of Facilities Management, 4(4), 262-270. https://doi.org/10.1108/14725960610702947

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is report to on the exploratory research into the application of usability concepts to the built environment conducted by a task group of the International Council for Building Research and Documentation (CIB TG51)... Read More about The application of usability concepts in the built environment..

Dopaquinone redox exchange with dihydroxyindole and dihydroxyindole carboxylic acid (2006)
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Edge, R., d'Ischia, M., Land, E., Navaratnam, S., Panzella, L., Pezzella, A., …Riley, P. (2006). Dopaquinone redox exchange with dihydroxyindole and dihydroxyindole carboxylic acid. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00327.x

A pulse radiolytic investigation has been conducted to establish whether a redox reaction takes place between dopaquinone and 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI) and its 2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) and to measure the rate constants of the interactions. To obviat... Read More about Dopaquinone redox exchange with dihydroxyindole and dihydroxyindole carboxylic acid.

Transmission photoacoustic spectroscopy of flash-evaporated CuIn0.75Ga0.25Se2 thin films (2006)
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Ahmed, E., Pilkington, R., Hill, A., Ali, C., Ahmed, W., & Hassan, I. (2006). Transmission photoacoustic spectroscopy of flash-evaporated CuIn0.75Ga0.25Se2 thin films. Thin Solid Films, 515(1), 239-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.12.076

Photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) has proved to be an effective technique for the evaluation of inherent defect population in a wide range of materials for various applications. This paper demonstrates the use of this technique in transmission mode an... Read More about Transmission photoacoustic spectroscopy of flash-evaporated CuIn0.75Ga0.25Se2 thin films.

Generalized theory and application of Stokes parameter measurements made with a single photoelastic modulator (2006)
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Liu, Y., Jones, G., Peng, Y., & Shen, T. (2006). Generalized theory and application of Stokes parameter measurements made with a single photoelastic modulator. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(6), 063537. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2353894

We report in this paper a generalized theory that describes the interaction between a monochromatic light beam and an optical system that includes one photoelastic modulator, one analyzer, and one photodetector. Based on the theory, a detailed four-s... Read More about Generalized theory and application of Stokes parameter measurements made with a single photoelastic modulator.

Carotenoid radical anions and their protonated derivatives (2006)
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El-Agamey, A., Edge, R., Navaratnam, S., Land, E., & Truscott, T. (2006). Carotenoid radical anions and their protonated derivatives. Organic Letters, 8(19), 4255-4258. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol061484s

In this study, we report the protonation reactions for astaxanthin and canthaxanthin radical anions in methanol, alkaline methanol, and aqueous 2% Triton X-100 at different pH values. The pKa values for the corresponding alpha-hydroxy radical derivat... Read More about Carotenoid radical anions and their protonated derivatives.

Spatial Kerr soliton collisions at arbitrary angles (2006)
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Chamorro-Posada, P., & McDonald, G. (2006). Spatial Kerr soliton collisions at arbitrary angles. Physical Review E, 74(3), 036609. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.036609

The theory of spatial Kerr solitons is extended to colliding beams that are neither almost-exactly copropagating nor almost-exactly counterpropagating. Our new Helmholtz formalism yields results that are consistent with the inherent symmetry of the c... Read More about Spatial Kerr soliton collisions at arbitrary angles.

p63 and p73, members of the p53 gene family, transactivate PKCδ (2006)
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Ponassi, R., Terrinoni, A., Chikh, A., Rufini, A., Lena, A., Sayan, B., …Candi, E. (2006). p63 and p73, members of the p53 gene family, transactivate PKCδ. Biochemical Pharmacology, 72(11), 1417-1422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2006.07.031

The p53 family comprises three genes that encode for p53, p63 and p73. These genes have a significant degree of sequence homology, especially in the central sequence-specific DNA-binding domain. The high homology among the three DNA-binding domains i... Read More about p63 and p73, members of the p53 gene family, transactivate PKCδ.

Photonic crystal thin films of GaAs prepared by atomic layer deposition (2006)
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Povey, I., Whitehead, D., Thomas, K., Pemble, M., Bardosova, M., & Renard, J. (2006). Photonic crystal thin films of GaAs prepared by atomic layer deposition. Applied Physics Letters, 89(10), 104103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2345359

Photonic crystal thin films were fabricated via the self-assembly of a lattice of silica spheres on silicon (100) substrates. Progressive infilling of the air spaces within the structure with GaAs was achieved using trimethylgallium and arsine under... Read More about Photonic crystal thin films of GaAs prepared by atomic layer deposition.

The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies (2006)
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Abbott, C., Jeong, K., & Allen, S. (2006). The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies. Construction innovation (London. Online), 6(3), 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714170610710686

There is an increasing emphasis on the importance of innovation for the longterm economic success of businesses. At the same time the construction industry is characterized as being a poor innovator in comparison to other industries. If the universit... Read More about The economic motivation for innovation in small construction companies.

Decision-support tools for sustainable drainage (2006)
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Scholz, M. (2006). Decision-support tools for sustainable drainage. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 159(3), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2006.159.3.117

The contribution of sustainable drainage systems (Suds) to the overall catchment dynamics of Glasgow and Edinburgh was studied. Seventy-nine sites in Glasgow and 103 sites in Edinburgh were identified for initial investigation, including a site feasi... Read More about Decision-support tools for sustainable drainage.

Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China (2006)
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Yang, Y., Sun, T., Li, Z., Zhang, J., Teng, J., Liu, X., …McManus, D. (2006). Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84(9), 714-721. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.05.025718

OBJECTIVE: To determine the true community prevalence of human cystic (CE) and alveolar (AE) echinococcosis (hydatid disease) in a highly endemic region in Ningxia Hui, China, by detecting asymptomatic cases. METHODS: Using hospital records and “AE-r... Read More about Community surveys and risk factor analysis of human alveolar and cystic echinococcosis in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

Factors influencing flow of object focussed collaboration in collaborative virtual environments (2006)
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Otto, O., Heldal, I., Wolff, R., & Roberts, D. (2006). Factors influencing flow of object focussed collaboration in collaborative virtual environments. Virtual Reality, 10(2), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-006-0050-6

Creativity is believed to be helped by an uncluttered state of mind known as flow and as the trend grows towards less immersive displays to produce an uncluttered workplace, we ask the question “Does immersion matter to the flow of distributed group... Read More about Factors influencing flow of object focussed collaboration in collaborative virtual environments.