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Eco-urbanism : transcendent eco-cities or urban ecological security? (2010)
Book Chapter
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2010). Eco-urbanism : transcendent eco-cities or urban ecological security?. In M. Mostafavi, & G. Doherty (Eds.), Ecological Urbanism. Cambridge, MA: Lars Muller Publishers

While climate change, sustainable architecture, and green technologies have become increasingly topical, issues surrounding the sustainability of the city are much less developed. The premise of the book is that an ecological approach is urgently nee... Read More about Eco-urbanism : transcendent eco-cities or urban ecological security?.

The future of the university (2010)
Presentation / Conference
May, T. (2010, April). The future of the university. Presented at Professorial College, University of Salford, UK

Panel member and presented in scenario planning for the future of the university.

The effects of prosthetic alignment on gait biomechanics (2010)
Thesis
Malaheem, M. The effects of prosthetic alignment on gait biomechanics. (Dissertation). University of Salford

In clinical settings, trans-tibial prosthetic alignment is a primarily subjective procedure that is based on: the clinical experience and judgment of prosthetists; and amputee feedback regarding comfort, stability and performance, which can be unre... Read More about The effects of prosthetic alignment on gait biomechanics.

Paschen curve analysis to optimise pulsed d.c. sputtering plasmas (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., Pilkington, R., & Cowpe, J. (2010, March). Paschen curve analysis to optimise pulsed d.c. sputtering plasmas. Poster presented at 37th IoP Conference on Plasma Physics, Windermere

The behaviour of the breakdown voltage of a pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering system under various operating conditions has been studied with reference to Paschen’s Law. This can help to understand the conditions necessary for a stable breakdown at lo... Read More about Paschen curve analysis to optimise pulsed d.c. sputtering plasmas.

Providing security for virtual datacentres (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Mihindu, S. (2010, March). Providing security for virtual datacentres. Presented at UKUUG's annual Large Installation Systems Administration (LISA) conference, Manchester, England

This paper provides technique for realising integrity and isolation in virtual systems. This is achieved by supporting a logical cages model, in particular for virtualised datacentres, based on a concept called Trusted Virtual Domains or TVDs. Based... Read More about Providing security for virtual datacentres.

International innovation platforms (2010)
Presentation / Conference
May, T., & Marvin, S. (2010, March). International innovation platforms. Presented at World Urban Forum, Rio de Janeiro

Reception for the Mistra Urban Futures Centre

The need to touch medical virtual environments? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Bello, F., Coles, T., Gould, D., Hughes, C., John, N., Vidal, F., & Watt, S. (2010, March). The need to touch medical virtual environments?. Presented at Workshop of Medical Virtual Environments at IEEE VR 2010, Waltham, MA, USA

Haptics technologies are frequently used in virtual environments to allow participants to touch virtual objects. Medical applications are no exception and a wide variety of commercial and bespoke haptics hardware solutions have been employed to a... Read More about The need to touch medical virtual environments?.

Strong dependence of spin dynamics on the orientation of an external magnetic field for InSb and InAs (2010)
Journal Article
Litvinenko, K., Leontiadou, M., Li, J., Clowes, S., Emeny, M., Ashley, T., …Murdin, B. (2010). Strong dependence of spin dynamics on the orientation of an external magnetic field for InSb and InAs. Applied Physics Letters, 96(11), 111107. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3337111

Electron spin relaxation times have been measured in InSb and InAs epilayers in a moderate (<4 T) external magnetic field. A strong and opposite field dependence of the spin lifetime was observed for longitudinal (Faraday) and transverse (Voigt) c... Read More about Strong dependence of spin dynamics on the orientation of an external magnetic field for InSb and InAs.

p73 and p63 regulate the expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (2010)
Journal Article
Sayan, A., D'Angelo, B., Sayan, B., Tucci, P., Cimini, A., Ceru, M., …Melino, G. (2010). p73 and p63 regulate the expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 394(3), 824-828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.03.084

p53, p63 and p73 make a family of transcription factors that play a vital role in development and cancer. All p53 family members have more than one promoter producing Transactivating (TA) and Dominant Negative (ΔN) isoforms and their mRNAs are subjec... Read More about p73 and p63 regulate the expression of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3.

Isolation of 1,4-Li2-C6H4 and its reaction with [(Ph3P)AuCl] (2010)
Journal Article
Flower, K., Mcgown, A., Miles, P., Pritchard, R., & Warren, J. (2010). Isolation of 1,4-Li2-C6H4 and its reaction with [(Ph3P)AuCl]. Dalton Transactions, 39(14), 3509-3520. https://doi.org/10.1039/b925355f

The difficulty in generating 1,4-Li2-C6H4 utilising the lithium halogen exchange reaction on 1,4-Br2-C6H4, 1,4-I2-C6H4 and 1-Br-4-I-C6H4 is revisited and only on treatment of 1,4-I2-C6H4 with 2 molar equivalents of n-BuLi can 1,4-Li2-C6H4 1 be isolat... Read More about Isolation of 1,4-Li2-C6H4 and its reaction with [(Ph3P)AuCl].

Making biodiversity measures accessible to non-specialists: An innovative method for rapid assessment of urban biodiversity (2010)
Journal Article
Tzoulas, K., & James, P. (2010). Making biodiversity measures accessible to non-specialists: An innovative method for rapid assessment of urban biodiversity. Urban Ecosystems, 13(1), 113-127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-009-0107-x

Urban biodiversity studies provide important inputs to studying the interactions between human societies and ecological systems. However, existing urban biodiversity methods are time intensive and/or too complex for the purposes of rapid biodiversity... Read More about Making biodiversity measures accessible to non-specialists: An innovative method for rapid assessment of urban biodiversity.

Hydrogen in the UK : regional drivers and differences hydrogen in cities and regions : an international review (2010)
Book Chapter
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2010). Hydrogen in the UK : regional drivers and differences hydrogen in cities and regions : an international review. In P. Ekins (Ed.), Hydrogen Energy: Economic and Social Challenges. London: Routledge

Hydrogen could be a significant fuel of the future, with the potential to make a major contribution to the resolution of pressing social and environmental problems such as carbon emissions, energy security and local air pollution. This book, based... Read More about Hydrogen in the UK : regional drivers and differences hydrogen in cities and regions : an international review.

Hydrogen in cities and regions : an international review (2010)
Book Chapter
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2010). Hydrogen in cities and regions : an international review. In P. Elkins (Ed.), Hydrogen Energy: Economic and Social Challenges. London: Routledge

Hydrogen could be a significant fuel of the future, with the potential to make a major contribution to the resolution of pressing social and environmental problems such as carbon emissions, energy security and local air pollution. This book, based o... Read More about Hydrogen in cities and regions : an international review.

Cross-resistance of Cry1Ab-selected Asian corn borer to other Cry toxins (2010)
Journal Article
Xu, L., Wang, Z., Zhang, J., Ferry, N., & Gatehouse, A. (2010). Cross-resistance of Cry1Ab-selected Asian corn borer to other Cry toxins. Journal of Applied Entomology, 134(5), 429-438. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0418.2010.01517.x

The Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Guene´e) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is the most important insect pest of maize in China. Despite the proven track record of biotech Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize to provide an effective means to control l... Read More about Cross-resistance of Cry1Ab-selected Asian corn borer to other Cry toxins.

Phase II trial of imiquimod and HPV therapeutic vaccination in patients with vulval intraepithelial neoplasia. (2010)
Journal Article
Daayana, S., Elkord, E., Winters, U., & Pawlita, M. (2010). Phase II trial of imiquimod and HPV therapeutic vaccination in patients with vulval intraepithelial neoplasia. British Journal of Cancer, 102(7), 1129-1136. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605611

Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a premalignant condition, which is frequently associated with type HPV16 infection, and multifocal disease has high rates of surgical treatment failure. Methods: We report a phase II clinical trial of the to... Read More about Phase II trial of imiquimod and HPV therapeutic vaccination in patients with vulval intraepithelial neoplasia..

Automation for value added prepared vegetables – the Brussels sprout (2010)
Journal Article
Davis, S., Gray, J., & Caldwell, D. (2010). Automation for value added prepared vegetables – the Brussels sprout. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 21(3), 138-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2009.09.001

This paper considers automation in the preparation of Brussels sprouts as a value added food item. Within the processing of Brussels sprouts several tasks already have automated solutions but these require that the sprouts be fed to them in an exact... Read More about Automation for value added prepared vegetables – the Brussels sprout.