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Teaching practice in safety education: qualitative evidence. (2006)
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Shearn, P. (2006). Teaching practice in safety education: qualitative evidence. Research Papers in Education, 21(3), 335-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671520600793799

Although health, safety and risk education for school pupils has received growing attention in recent years, for the most part related education programmes and research aimed at assessing those programmes have focused on health education, with relati... Read More about Teaching practice in safety education: qualitative evidence..

Excellence, relevance and the university; the missing middle in universities’ socio-economic engagement (2006)
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Perry, B., & May, T. (2006). Excellence, relevance and the university; the missing middle in universities’ socio-economic engagement. Revue de l'Enseignement Supérieur en Afrique, 4(3), 69-9

The international political economy for higher education is marked by an increasing globalisation and regionalisation of activities. In this context an emphasis on the roles of universities as engines of economic growth and sub-national economic and... Read More about Excellence, relevance and the university; the missing middle in universities’ socio-economic engagement.

Alliances in Construction: Investigating Initiatives and Barriers for Long-term Collaboration , Engineering (2006)
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Ingirige, B., & Sexton, M. (2006). Alliances in Construction: Investigating Initiatives and Barriers for Long-term Collaboration , Engineering. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 13(5), 521 - 535. https://doi.org/10.1108/09699980610690774

Purpose ? This paper aims to prove that alliances in the construction industry can be used as vehicles to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach ? The paper first sets out a theoretical proposition through a literature... Read More about Alliances in Construction: Investigating Initiatives and Barriers for Long-term Collaboration , Engineering.

Hydatid cysts: does every picture tell a story? (2006)
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Rogan, M., Hai, W., Richardson, R., Zeyhle, E., & Craig, P. (2006). Hydatid cysts: does every picture tell a story?. Trends in Parasitology, 22(9), 431-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2006.07.003

Ultrasound imaging is an effective aid to the detection of abdominal cystic echinococcosis. Recently, the images produced have provided more information than just a diagnosis. Different cyst morphologies have been classified into types, and such clas... Read More about Hydatid cysts: does every picture tell a story?.

Enhanced Bragg reflections from size-matched heterostructure photonic crystal thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method (2006)
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Bardosova, M., Pemble, M., Povey, I., Tredgold, R., & Whitehead, D. (2006). Enhanced Bragg reflections from size-matched heterostructure photonic crystal thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method. Applied Physics Letters, 89(9), 093116. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2339031

The Langmuir-Blodgett method was used to engineer photonic crystal thin films of an AB architecture. Structures were studied by transmittance and reflectance spectroscopies. For an AB structure in which the silica particle diameter B is twice that of... Read More about Enhanced Bragg reflections from size-matched heterostructure photonic crystal thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method.

Species sensitivity of zeolite minerals for uptake of mercury solutes (2006)
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Campbell, L., Chimedtsogzol, A., & Dyer, A. (2006). Species sensitivity of zeolite minerals for uptake of mercury solutes. Mineralogical Magazine, 70(4), 385-395. https://doi.org/10.1180/0026461067040341

The uptake of inorganic Hg2+ and organometallic CH3Hg+ from aqueous solutions by 11 different natural zeolites has been investigated using a batch distribution coefficient (Kd) method and supported by a preliminary voltammetric study. The effect of m... Read More about Species sensitivity of zeolite minerals for uptake of mercury solutes.

On the modeling of sound propagation over multi-impedance discontinuities using a semiempirical diffraction formulation (2006)
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Lam, Y., & Monazzam, M. (2006). On the modeling of sound propagation over multi-impedance discontinuities using a semiempirical diffraction formulation. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 120(2), 686-698. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2216905

Several approximate extensions of the semi-empirical De Jong model [ De Jong et al., J. Sound and Vib. 86, 23–46 (1983) ] are considered for the prediction of sound propagation over multiple impedance discontinuities. A limitation in the original for... Read More about On the modeling of sound propagation over multi-impedance discontinuities using a semiempirical diffraction formulation.

Prey-mediated effects of transgenic canola on a beneficial, non-target, carabid beetle. (2006)
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Ferry, N., Mulligan, E., Stewart, C., Tabashnik, B., Port, G., & Gatehouse, A. (2006). Prey-mediated effects of transgenic canola on a beneficial, non-target, carabid beetle. Transgenic Research, 15(4), 501-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-006-0021-4

Transgenic plants producing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) can control some major insect pests and reduce reliance on sprayed insecticides. However, large scale adoption of this technology has raised concerns about potential n... Read More about Prey-mediated effects of transgenic canola on a beneficial, non-target, carabid beetle..

Structure and properties of iron borophosphate glasses (2006)
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Bingham, P., Hand, R., Forder, S., Lavaysierre, A., Deloffre, F., Kilcoyne, S., & Yasin, I. (2006). Structure and properties of iron borophosphate glasses. Physics and chemistry of glasses, 47(4), 313-317

Thermal stability, structure and aqueous chemical durability of glasses of nominal composition 60P2O5–40Fe2O3 (mol%) doped with up to 20% B2O3 have been investigated. B2O3 was substituted for either P2O5 or Fe2O3, or was added on a pro rata basis.... Read More about Structure and properties of iron borophosphate glasses.

Comments on "Dynamics of water in a molecular sieve by quasielectric neutron scattering" J.Swenson, J.Hanson, W.S.Howells, S.Longville J.Chem.Phys.,122,084505(2005) (2006)
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Dyer, A. (2006). Comments on "Dynamics of water in a molecular sieve by quasielectric neutron scattering" J.Swenson, J.Hanson, W.S.Howells, S.Longville J.Chem.Phys.,122,084505(2005). Journal of Chemical Physics, 125(077101), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2271989

The molecular sieve zeolite studied in this publication has been incorrectly identified. This means that parts of the discussions and conclusions are open to question. The authors have assumed that the molecular structure of the zeolite is composed o... Read More about Comments on "Dynamics of water in a molecular sieve by quasielectric neutron scattering" J.Swenson, J.Hanson, W.S.Howells, S.Longville J.Chem.Phys.,122,084505(2005).

A first step towards learning which uORFs regulate gene expression (2006)
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Bryant, C., Kemp, G., & Cvijovic, M. (2006). A first step towards learning which uORFs regulate gene expression. Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics, 3(2), 31. https://doi.org/10.2390/biecoll-jib-2006-31

We have taken a first step towards learning which upstream Open Reading Frames (uORFs) regulate gene expression (i.e., which uORFs are functional) in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We do this by integrating data from several resources and combin... Read More about A first step towards learning which uORFs regulate gene expression.

Modelling a culturally sensitive approach to fuel poverty (2006)
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Todd, S., & Steele, A. (2006). Modelling a culturally sensitive approach to fuel poverty. Structural survey, 24(4), 300-310. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800610704436

Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the need for the development of a more flexible measure of energy efficiency based on an ever increasing multi-cultural society. Design/methodology/approach – Outlines the reasons for the prevalence of fuel pov... Read More about Modelling a culturally sensitive approach to fuel poverty.

Application of acoustic emission for masonry arch bridges (2006)
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Melbourne, C., & Tomor, A. (2006). Application of acoustic emission for masonry arch bridges. Strain, 42(3), 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-1305.2006.00274.x

There are over 40 000 masonry arch bridges in the UK, 60% of which are over 100 years old. The ever increasing levels of loading and volumes of traffic make it imperative that the condition, life expectancy and load capacity of such bridges are accur... Read More about Application of acoustic emission for masonry arch bridges.

High pressure spray cooling of a moving surface (2006)
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Nasr, G., Sharief, R., & Yule, A. (2006). High pressure spray cooling of a moving surface. Journal of Heat Transfer, 128(8), 752-760. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2217747

A novel technique is described for investigating spray cooling of moving hot surfaces. An experimental investigation is described for vertically downwards water sprays impinging on a horizontal steel annulus of 250 mm diameter with a surface tempera... Read More about High pressure spray cooling of a moving surface.

Hydrogen storage: the major technological barrier to the development of hydrogen fuel cell cars (2006)
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Ross, D. (2006). Hydrogen storage: the major technological barrier to the development of hydrogen fuel cell cars. Vacuum, 80(10), 1084-1089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2006.03.030

In this paper, we review the current technology for the storage of hydrogen on board a fuel cell-propelled vehicle. Having outlined the technical specifications necessary to match the performance of hydrocarbon. fue1, we first outline the inherent d... Read More about Hydrogen storage: the major technological barrier to the development of hydrogen fuel cell cars.

Secret lives of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus Illiger 1815): as revealed by GPS tracking collars (2006)
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de Melo, L., Sabato, M., Magni, E., Young, R., & Coelho, M. (2007). Secret lives of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus Illiger 1815): as revealed by GPS tracking collars. Journal of Zoology, 271(1), 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00176.x

The maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus is a nocturnal and shy species, which has proven difficult to study in the field; consequently, data about its behavioural biology are almost absent from the scientific literature. However, recent advances in glob... Read More about Secret lives of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus Illiger 1815): as revealed by GPS tracking collars.

Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04) (2006)
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Meziane, F., & Métais, E. (2006). Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04). Data and Knowledge Engineering, 58(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2005.05.005

The International Conference on Application of Natural Language to Information Systems is nearing its 10th birthday and has gained in maturity and in the quality of the papers submitted. In the early years, the conference was mainly concerned with th... Read More about Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04).

A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty (2006)
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Tsagarakis, N., Gray, J., Caldwell, D., Zannoni, C., Petrone, M., Testi, D., & Viceconti, M. (2006). A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty. IEEE MultiMedia, 13(3), 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1109/MMUL.2006.55

Multimodal environments help fuse a diverse range of sensory modalities, which is particularly important when integrating the complex data involved in surgical preoperative planning. The authors apply a multimodal interface for preoperative planning... Read More about A haptic-enabled multimodal interface for the planning of hip arthroplasty.

Paving the way to the vision of digital construction: a strategic roadmap (2006)
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Rezgui, Y., & Zarli, A. (2006). Paving the way to the vision of digital construction: a strategic roadmap. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 132(7), 767-776. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290733-9364%282006%29132%3A7%28767%29

The paper provides a synthesis of the construction industry needs and requirements in relation to the adoption and use of information and communication technologies ICT. This is based, on the one hand, on existing research and technology development... Read More about Paving the way to the vision of digital construction: a strategic roadmap.