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Facilitating innovation: the role of the centre for construction innovation (2005)
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Abbott, C., & Allen, S. (2005). Facilitating innovation: the role of the centre for construction innovation. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 9(2), 79-89

This case-study outlines the activities of the Centre for Construction Innovation highlighting critical success factors associated with collaborative centres and innovation brokers in transferring knowledge between Universities and Industry. The case... Read More about Facilitating innovation: the role of the centre for construction innovation.

Value Management practices of leading UK cost consultants (2005)
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Ellis, R., Wood, G., & Keel, D. (2005). Value Management practices of leading UK cost consultants. Construction Management and Economics, 23(5), 483-493. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500040711

Value management (VM) is widely accepted as an important tool in the management of projects. Through a series of semi-structured interviews, this paper attempts to add to the qualitative exploration of VM, by investigating the attitudes and experienc... Read More about Value Management practices of leading UK cost consultants.

Deduction of tortuosity and porosity from acoustic reflection and transmission measurements on thick samples of rigid-porous materials (2005)
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Umnova, O., Attenborough, K., Shin, H., & Cummings, A. (2005). Deduction of tortuosity and porosity from acoustic reflection and transmission measurements on thick samples of rigid-porous materials. Applied Acoustics, 66(6), 607-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2004.02.005

An acoustic method for obtaining the tortuosity, and porosity of thick samples of rigid porous materials consisting of large (>1 mm) grains or fibres is proposed. The method uses pulses with central frequencies close to 12 kHz and an approximate... Read More about Deduction of tortuosity and porosity from acoustic reflection and transmission measurements on thick samples of rigid-porous materials.

The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle (2005)
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Miller, I., & McPhillips, S. (2005). The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, 5, 25-30

A recent opportunity to examine part of the Roman settlement associated with the fort at Old Carlisle, Cumbria, was provided by clearance work at Old Carlisle Farm (NY 2614 4614). In order to construct a level yard to the west of the farm, an area me... Read More about The Roman settlement at Old Carlisle.

Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey (2005)
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Miller, I. (2005). Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Transactions, 5, 173-198. https://doi.org/10.5284/1064547

The author presents documentary and archaeological evidence for the location and period of use of Cunsey Forge, a bloomery forge located on land adjacent to Cunsey Beck, on the west bank of Windermere, from 1618 to the mid-eighteenth century. The aut... Read More about Iron-working at Cunsey Forge: the archaeological and documentary evidence from an initial survey.

Formation and reactivity of free radicals in 5-hydroxymethyl-2- furaldehyde – the effect on isoprenaline photostability (2005)
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Brustugun, J., Tønnesen, H., Edge, R., & Navaratnam, S. (2005). Formation and reactivity of free radicals in 5-hydroxymethyl-2- furaldehyde – the effect on isoprenaline photostability. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 79(2), 109-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2004.12.005

Solutions of glucose are used as diluents for drugs in various drug infusions. When sterilized by heat small amounts of the substance 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde (5-HMF) is produced from glucose. At a hospital ward such infusions may be exposed to... Read More about Formation and reactivity of free radicals in 5-hydroxymethyl-2- furaldehyde – the effect on isoprenaline photostability.

Errors associated with dual-Doppler-lidar turbulence measurements (2005)
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Davies, F., Collier, C., & Bozier, K. (2005). Errors associated with dual-Doppler-lidar turbulence measurements. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 7(6), S280-S289. https://doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/7/6/005

In July 2004 a field trial was undertaken to simultaneously deploy two similar Doppler lidar systems with the aim of measuring the turbulence characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer over an urban area. This paper outlines the characteristic... Read More about Errors associated with dual-Doppler-lidar turbulence measurements.

Spontaneous optical fractal pattern formation (2005)
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Huang, J., & McDonald, G. (2005). Spontaneous optical fractal pattern formation. Physical review letters, 94(17), 174101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.174101

We report, for the first time, spontaneous nonlinear optical spatial fractals. The proposed generic mechanism employs intrinsic nonlinear dynamics both to generate an initial pattern seed and to fill out structure across decades of spatial scale. W... Read More about Spontaneous optical fractal pattern formation.

Industrialisation, ownership, and the Manchester methodology: The role of the contemporary social structure during industrialisation, 1600-1900 (2005)
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Nevell, M. (2005). Industrialisation, ownership, and the Manchester methodology: The role of the contemporary social structure during industrialisation, 1600-1900. Industrial Archaeology Review, XXVII(1), 87-96. https://doi.org/10.1179/030907205X44475

This paper summarises some of the results of a continuing long-term landscape study into the history and archaeology of modern Tameside as a response to a widespread call for archaeology to make a distinctive theoretical contribution to the study of... Read More about Industrialisation, ownership, and the Manchester methodology: The role of the contemporary social structure during industrialisation, 1600-1900.

Discussion of “Improving labor flow reliability for better productivity as lean construction principle” by H. Randolph Thomas, Michael J. Horman, R. Edward Minchin Jr., and Dong Chen (2005)
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Ballard, G., Koskela, L., Howell, G., & Tommelein, I. (2005). Discussion of “Improving labor flow reliability for better productivity as lean construction principle” by H. Randolph Thomas, Michael J. Horman, R. Edward Minchin Jr., and Dong Chen. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(5), 615-616. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290733-9364%282005%29131%3A5%28615%29

Thomas et al.’s paper has the stated objective, “…to test whether improving flow reliability improves construction productivity.” They understand flow in terms of both the flow of work, that on which resources are to be expended, and of labor. Improv... Read More about Discussion of “Improving labor flow reliability for better productivity as lean construction principle” by H. Randolph Thomas, Michael J. Horman, R. Edward Minchin Jr., and Dong Chen.

The interpretation of fen carr pollen diagrams: The representation of the dry land vegetation. (2005)
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Binney, H., Waller, M., Bunting, M., & Armitage, R. (2005). The interpretation of fen carr pollen diagrams: The representation of the dry land vegetation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 134(3-4), 197-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.12.006

Deposits of fen carr origin are frequently used in pollen-based studies, including those where the primary objective is reconstructing the Holocene history of dry land vegetation. However, there have been few studies of modern pollen–vegetation relat... Read More about The interpretation of fen carr pollen diagrams: The representation of the dry land vegetation..

A framework for strategic decision-making based on a hybrid decision support tools (2005)
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Khosrowshahi, F., & Howes, R. (2005). A framework for strategic decision-making based on a hybrid decision support tools

The performance of a contracting company is closely linked with the quality of the decisions at the strategic level. However, the increasing complexity of organizations’ internal and external environments and the unstructured nature of decisions at t... Read More about A framework for strategic decision-making based on a hybrid decision support tools.

The development of trust inventory (2005)
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Swan, W., McDermott, P., Khalfan, M., Cooper, R., Rees, C., & Wood, G. (2005). The development of trust inventory. Journal of construction procurement, 11(1), 40-54

The Trust in Construction project was a two-year EPSRC funded research into the impact of trust on construction project performance. Here we outline the development of the measurement tool used for assessing the level of trust in project team relatio... Read More about The development of trust inventory.

Initialisation of volume fraction in fluid/structure interaction problem (2005)
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Aquelet, N., Seddon, C., Souli, M., & Moatamedi, M. (2005). Initialisation of volume fraction in fluid/structure interaction problem. International Journal of Crashworthiness, 10(3), 237-247. https://doi.org/10.1533/ijcr.2005.0341

In this paper, an algorithm that generates volume fraction initialisation for fluid-structure interaction problems is presented and implemented in an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) code. This algorithm improves the flexibility and efficiency of... Read More about Initialisation of volume fraction in fluid/structure interaction problem.

Interferon-gamma induces translocation of commensal E. Coli across gut epithelial cells via a lipid raft-mediated process (2005)
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Clark, E., Haore, C., Tanianis-Hughes, J., Carlson, G., & Warhurst, G. (2005). Interferon-gamma induces translocation of commensal E. Coli across gut epithelial cells via a lipid raft-mediated process. Gastroenterology, 128(5), 1258-1267. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2005.01.046

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The "leaky gut" hypothesis proposes that leakage of enteric bacteria into the body resulting from disruption of the epithelial barrier is a critical step in the pathophysiology of various disorders such as inflammatory bowel diseas... Read More about Interferon-gamma induces translocation of commensal E. Coli across gut epithelial cells via a lipid raft-mediated process.

A PCR based assay for detection and differentiation of African trypanosome species in blood. (2005)
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A, C., A, T., F, M., J, F., M, E., G, H., & S, W. (2005). A PCR based assay for detection and differentiation of African trypanosome species in blood. Experimental Parasitology, 111(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2005.03.014

Direct PCR analysis of trypanosome infected blood samples in the quantities required for large scale epidemiological study has always been problematic. Current methods for identifying and differentiating trypanosomes typically require several species... Read More about A PCR based assay for detection and differentiation of African trypanosome species in blood..

The use of time-resolved fluorescence imaging in the study of protein kinase C localisation in cells (2005)
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Stubbs, C., Botchway, S., Slater, S., & Parker, A. (2005). The use of time-resolved fluorescence imaging in the study of protein kinase C localisation in cells. BMC Cell Biology, 6(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2121-6-22

Background: Two-photon-excitation fluorescence lifetime imaging (2P-FLIM) was used to investigate the association of protein kinase C alpha (PKCα) with caveolin in CHO cells. PKCα is found widely in the cytoplasm and nucleus in most cells. Upon activ... Read More about The use of time-resolved fluorescence imaging in the study of protein kinase C localisation in cells.

Evidence for multiple polytypes of semiconducting boron carbide (C2B10) from electronic structure (2005)
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Lunca-Popa, P., Brand, J., Balaz, S., Rosa, L., Boag, N., Bai, M., …Dowben, P. (2005). Evidence for multiple polytypes of semiconducting boron carbide (C2B10) from electronic structure. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 38(8), 1248-1252. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/38/8/023

Boron carbides fabricated via plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition from different isomeric source compounds with the same C2B10H12 closo-icosahedral structure result in materials with very different direct (optical) band gaps. This provides com... Read More about Evidence for multiple polytypes of semiconducting boron carbide (C2B10) from electronic structure.

Spectroscopic properties and reactivity of free radical forms of A2E (2005)
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Broniec, A., Pawlak, A., Sarna, T., Wielgus, A., Roberts, J., Land, E., …Navaratnam, S. (2005). Spectroscopic properties and reactivity of free radical forms of A2E. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 38(8), 1037-1046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.12.023

A pyridinium bisretinoid (A2E) is the only identified blue-absorbing chromophore of retinal lipofuscin that has been linked to its aerobic photoreactivity and phototoxicity. Pulse radiolysis has been used to study both the one-electron oxidation and... Read More about Spectroscopic properties and reactivity of free radical forms of A2E.

Shallow BF2 implants in Xe-bombardment-preamorphized Si: the interaction between Xe and F (2005)
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Werner, M., van den Berg, J., Armour, D., Carter, G., Feudel, T., Herden, M., …Noakes, T. (2005). Shallow BF2 implants in Xe-bombardment-preamorphized Si: the interaction between Xe and F. Applied Physics Letters, 86(15), 151904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1900305

Si(100) samples, preamorphized to a depth of ~30 nm using 20 keV Xe ions to a nominal fluence of 2×1014 cm-2 were implanted with 1 and 3 keV BF2 ions to fluences of 7×1014 cm-2. Following annealing over a range of temperatures (from 600 to 1130 °C) a... Read More about Shallow BF2 implants in Xe-bombardment-preamorphized Si: the interaction between Xe and F.