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Nematode Aminopeptidases (2004)
Book Chapter
Brooks, D., & Isaac, R. (2004). Nematode Aminopeptidases. In N. Hooper, & U. Lendeckel (Eds.), Aminopeptidases in Biology and Disease (309-329). New York: Springer

The free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has proven to be an excellent model organism for studying animal development and neurobiology. Analysis of the fully sequenced genome of C. elegans predicts that there are ~19,000 genes, of which ~ 2% a... Read More about Nematode Aminopeptidases.

Stability problems associated with an abandoned ironstone mine. (2004)
Journal Article
Swift, G., & Reddish, D. (2004). Stability problems associated with an abandoned ironstone mine. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 61(3), 227-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-001-0147-9

The stability problems associated with a shallow, room and pillar ironstone mine have been analysed in detail using established, empirical approaches. Initial analysis centred on elastic beam theory and pillar strength formulae to establish the facto... Read More about Stability problems associated with an abandoned ironstone mine..

Divercity: A case study in systems improvement through testing (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Arayici, Y., & Sarshar, M. (2004, February). Divercity: A case study in systems improvement through testing. Presented at International Conference on Construction Information Technology (INCITE 2004): World IT for Design & Construction, Langkawi, Malaysia

This paper describes the case study of a system testing for DIVERCITY. DIVERCITY was an EU funded project undertaken by a European consortium of researchers and practitioners from the construction industry. They were working together in an attempt to... Read More about Divercity: A case study in systems improvement through testing.

Plant-insect interactions: Molecular approaches to insect resistance (2004)
Journal Article
Ferry, N., Edwards, M. G., Gatehouse, J. A., & MR Gatehouse, A. (2004). Plant-insect interactions: Molecular approaches to insect resistance. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 15(2), 155-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2004.01.008

Recent advances in our understanding of induced responses in plants and their regulation, brought about by a revolution in molecular biology, have re-focused attention on the potential exploitation of endogenous resistance mechanisms for crop protect... Read More about Plant-insect interactions: Molecular approaches to insect resistance.

Trends in the captive breeding of threatened and endangered birds in British zoos, 1988--1997 (2004)
Journal Article
Whitfort, H., & Young, R. (2004). Trends in the captive breeding of threatened and endangered birds in British zoos, 1988--1997. Zoo Biology, 23(1), 85-89. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.10122

The aim of this study was to assess trends in captive breeding of threatened and endangered bird species in British zoos. The measures we recorded were: 1) the total number of species held, 2) the percentage of species held that are listed in the IUC... Read More about Trends in the captive breeding of threatened and endangered birds in British zoos, 1988--1997.

An investigation of the tipping term as a prognostic tool in short-range thunderstorm forecasting. (2004)
Journal Article
Sleigh, M., & Collier, C. (2004). An investigation of the tipping term as a prognostic tool in short-range thunderstorm forecasting. Atmospheric Research, 69(3-4), 185-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2003.09.003

A UK Met Office nowcasting system – GANDOLF – was operated by the Met Office and the University of Salford during the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project. The purpose of this project was to test and evaluate the current state-of-the-art in now... Read More about An investigation of the tipping term as a prognostic tool in short-range thunderstorm forecasting..

A boundary element method for the calculation of noise barrier insertion loss in the presence of atmospheric turbulence (2004)
Journal Article
Lam, Y. (2004). A boundary element method for the calculation of noise barrier insertion loss in the presence of atmospheric turbulence. Applied Acoustics, 65(6), 583-603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2003.10.009

Atmospheric turbulence is an important factor that limits the amount of attenuation a barrier can provide in the outdoor environment. It is therefore important to develop a reliable method to predict its effect on barrier performance. The boundary el... Read More about A boundary element method for the calculation of noise barrier insertion loss in the presence of atmospheric turbulence.

Asymmetric alkylation of diphenylmethane derivatives using (-)-sparteine (2004)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, J., Rossington, S., Leonard, J., & Hussain, N. (2004). Asymmetric alkylation of diphenylmethane derivatives using (-)-sparteine. Tetrahedron Letters, 45(6), 1191-1193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.11.138

Alkylation of 2-oxygenated diphenylmethane derivatives using sec-butyllithium and (−)-sparteine gave enantiomeric excesses of up to 60% with allyl bromide but alkylations with methyl electrophiles were poorly selective. When compounds with a free hyd... Read More about Asymmetric alkylation of diphenylmethane derivatives using (-)-sparteine.

Damage accumulation and dopant migration during shallow As and Sb implantation into Si (2004)
Journal Article
Werner, M., van den Berg, J., Armour, D., Vandervorst, W., Collart, E., Goldberg, R., …Noakes, T. (2004). Damage accumulation and dopant migration during shallow As and Sb implantation into Si. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 216, 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2003.11.022

The damage evolution and concomitant dopant redistribution as a function of ion fluence during ultra shallow, heavy ion implants into Si have been investigated using medium energy ion scattering (MEIS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Thes... Read More about Damage accumulation and dopant migration during shallow As and Sb implantation into Si.

Acoustic oscillations in solar and stellar flaring loops (2004)
Journal Article
Nakariakov, V., Tsiklauri, D., Kelly, A., Arber, T., & Aschwanden, M. (2004). Acoustic oscillations in solar and stellar flaring loops. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 414(2), L25-L28. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%3A20031738

Evolution of a coronal loop in response to an impulsive energy release is numerically modelled. It is shown that the loop density evolution curves exhibit quasi-periodic perturbations with the periods given approximately by the ratio of the loop leng... Read More about Acoustic oscillations in solar and stellar flaring loops.

Black and minority ethnic contractors and consultants and UK housing associations' contracting power (2004)
Journal Article
Steele, A., & Sodhi, D. (2004). Black and minority ethnic contractors and consultants and UK housing associations' contracting power. Construction Management and Economics, 22(2), 151-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619042000201358

Housing associations are the main providers of social housing within the UK and a major force in area regeneration initiatives. They also have a pivotal role to play in promoting equality of opportunity since a large proportion of their clients are f... Read More about Black and minority ethnic contractors and consultants and UK housing associations' contracting power.

The learning of CAD for construction: technical abilities or visual? (2004)
Journal Article
Ahmed, V., Mahdjoubi, L., Feng, X., & Leach, M. (2004). The learning of CAD for construction: technical abilities or visual?. International journal of IT in architecture, engineering and construction (Print), 2(1), 7-18

The increasing demands of the construction industry for individuals with good IT skills add continuous pressures on higher education to improve their methods of teaching. CAD training, as an important part of IT training for construction students, is... Read More about The learning of CAD for construction: technical abilities or visual?.

Treatment of gully pot effluent containing nickel and copper with constructed wetlands in a cold climate (2004)
Journal Article
Scholz, M. (2004). Treatment of gully pot effluent containing nickel and copper with constructed wetlands in a cold climate. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 79(2), 153-162. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.955

The aim of this study was to assess the treatment efficiencies for gully pot effluent of experimental vertical-flow constructed wetland filters containing macrophytes and granular media of different adsorption capacities in a cold climate. For approx... Read More about Treatment of gully pot effluent containing nickel and copper with constructed wetlands in a cold climate.

North west regional science policy (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Perry, B. (2004, February). North west regional science policy. Presented at Presentation of findings to North West Science Council, Warrington

Functional genomic hypothesis generation and experimentation by a robot scientist (2004)
Journal Article
King, R., Whelan, K., Jones, F., Reiser, P., Bryant, C., Muggleton, S., …Oliver, S. (2004). Functional genomic hypothesis generation and experimentation by a robot scientist. Nature, 427(6971), 247-252. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02236

The question of whether it is possible to automate the scientific process is of both great theoretical interest and increasing practical importance because, in many scientific areas, data are being generated much faster than they can be effectively a... Read More about Functional genomic hypothesis generation and experimentation by a robot scientist.

Conformational analysis with both experimental and computational data for both gaseous and crystalline phases: unexpected interactions in N-methyldichloroacetamide (2004)
Journal Article
Hinchley, S., Robertson, H., McLachlan, L., Morrison, C., Rankin, D., Simpson, S., & Thomas, E. (2004). Conformational analysis with both experimental and computational data for both gaseous and crystalline phases: unexpected interactions in N-methyldichloroacetamide. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp036478h

The structure of N-methyldichloroacetamide (MeNHCOCHCl2) has been elucidated in the gaseous and solid states experimentally by gas electron diffraction and X-ray crystallography, and computationally with ab initio and plane-wave DFT methods. Although... Read More about Conformational analysis with both experimental and computational data for both gaseous and crystalline phases: unexpected interactions in N-methyldichloroacetamide.

Multiple error filtering in cyclic systems (2004)
Journal Article
Latif-Shabgahi, G., Bass, J., & Bennett, S. (2004). Multiple error filtering in cyclic systems. Computer Journal, 47(3), 299-308. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/47.3.299

Voting algorithms are used to arbitrate between the variant results in fault-tolerant systems. Traditional voters produce incorrect outputs in multiple error conditions. This paper introduces a class of voters, called predictor voters, which can reso... Read More about Multiple error filtering in cyclic systems.

Growth of thin films of molybdenum and tungsten oxides by combustion CVD using aqueous precursor solutions (2004)
Journal Article
Davis, M., Benito, G., Sheel, D., & Pemble, M. (2004). Growth of thin films of molybdenum and tungsten oxides by combustion CVD using aqueous precursor solutions. Chemical Vapor Deposition, 10(1), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.1002/cvde.200306260

Using combustion chemical vapour deposition, layers of molybdenum and tungsten oxides have been deposited on glass and silicon at low temperatures. Inexpensive ammonium salts of molybdate and metatungstate ions were used as precursors and were delive... Read More about Growth of thin films of molybdenum and tungsten oxides by combustion CVD using aqueous precursor solutions.

Room sizing and optimization at low frequencies (2004)
Journal Article
Cox, T., D'Antonio, P., & Avis, M. (2004). Room sizing and optimization at low frequencies. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 52(6), 640-651

Modes in small rooms may lead to uneven frequency responses and extended sound decays at low frequencies. In critical listening environments, this often causes unwanted coloration effects, which can be detrimental to the sound quality. Choosing an ap... Read More about Room sizing and optimization at low frequencies.