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T regulatory cells in cancer: recent advances and therapeutic potential (2010)
Journal Article
Elkord, E., Alcantar-Orozco, E., Dovedi, S., & Tran, D. (2010). T regulatory cells in cancer: recent advances and therapeutic potential. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 10(11), 1573-1586. https://doi.org/10.1517/14712598.2010.529126

IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD: The active suppression of immune responses against tumor is a major barrier to the likely success of cancer immunotherapy. There is now compelling evidence implicating T regulatory cells (Tregs) as being key players driving i... Read More about T regulatory cells in cancer: recent advances and therapeutic potential.

Redefining healthcare infrastructure : moving toward integrated solutions (2010)
Journal Article
Tillmann, P., Tzortzopoulos, P., & Formoso, C. (2010). Redefining healthcare infrastructure : moving toward integrated solutions. Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 3(2), 84-96

Currently in the United Kingdom there is a trend to broaden the scope of service provision in the healthcare sector. Not only are new healthcare-related services being provided to the community, but also there is increasing concern for providing serv... Read More about Redefining healthcare infrastructure : moving toward integrated solutions.

Internet review (2010)
Journal Article
Todd, S. (2010). Internet review. Structural survey, 28(2 & 3), 236-246

Noise (2010)
Book Chapter
Moorhouse, A. (2010). Noise. In J. Ayres, R. Harrison, G. Nichols, & R. Maynard (Eds.), Environmental Medicine. Hodder Arnold

The potential of positive places: senses, brain and spaces (2010)
Journal Article
Barrett, P., & Barrett, L. (2010). The potential of positive places: senses, brain and spaces. Intelligent Buildings International, 2(3), 218-228

There is an enormous amount of intricate research available on specific aspects of building performance in relation to users. However, there is currently no framework for designers to bring together these diverse findings. As a result, a significant... Read More about The potential of positive places: senses, brain and spaces.

Control of tin oxide film morphology by addition of hydrocarbons to the chemical vapour deposition process (2010)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Evans, P., Sheel, D., Remes, Z., & Vanecek, M. (2010). Control of tin oxide film morphology by addition of hydrocarbons to the chemical vapour deposition process. Thin Solid Films, 519, 1334-1340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.09.037

In this paper we have shown that it is possible to modify and control the surface morphology of doped SnO2 transparent conducting oxide thin films deposited by atmospheric pressure Chemical Vapour Deposition by use of additives during the deposition... Read More about Control of tin oxide film morphology by addition of hydrocarbons to the chemical vapour deposition process.

Optical absorption losses in electrical contacts used in thin film solar cells (2010)
Journal Article
Holovsky, J., Purkrt, A., Izak, T., Poruba, A., Vanecek, M., Dagkaldiran, U., …Sheel, D. (2010). Optical absorption losses in electrical contacts used in thin film solar cells. Physica status solidi. A, Applied research, 207(9), 2170-2173. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200925432

The standardized techniques to characterize the optical properties of thin films are of high importance for development, optimiza-tion and reliable production of thin film solar cells. We apply op-tical transmittance & reflectance spectroscopy, photo... Read More about Optical absorption losses in electrical contacts used in thin film solar cells.

Privacy-preserving data mining in peer to peer networks (2010)
Book Chapter
Hussain, I., Irakleous, M., Siddiqi, M., & Saraee, M. (2010). Privacy-preserving data mining in peer to peer networks. In proceedings from the Annual International Conference on Data Analysis, Data Quality and Metadata Management. GSTF

In recent years, privacy-preserving data mining has been studied extensively, due to the wide increase of sensitive information on the internet. A number of algorithms and procedures have been designed, some of which are yet to be implemented, but a... Read More about Privacy-preserving data mining in peer to peer networks.

Defect physics of CuGaS 2 (2010)
Journal Article
Bailey, C., Liborio, L., Mallia, G., Tomic, S., & Harrison, N. (2010). Defect physics of CuGaS 2. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 81(20), 205214. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205214

Hybrid density-functional theory has been used to study phase stability and defect formation in the CuGaS2 chalcopyrite. The equilibrium population of intrinsic defects is predicted and it is shown that the material is intrinsically p-type doped. E... Read More about Defect physics of CuGaS 2.

Geometric structure of TiO 2(110)(1×1): Confirming experimental conclusions (2010)
Journal Article
Busayaporn, W., Torrelles, X., Wander, A., Tomic, S., Ernst, A., Montanari, B., …Lindsay, R. (2010). Geometric structure of TiO 2(110)(1×1): Confirming experimental conclusions. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 81(15), 153404. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.153404

Low-energy electron-diffraction and surface x-ray diffraction data acquired from TiO2(110)(1×1) are reanalyzed to confirm the integrity of the previously reported optimized geometries. This work is performed in response to ab initio density-functiona... Read More about Geometric structure of TiO 2(110)(1×1): Confirming experimental conclusions.

Species interactions in a parasite community drive infection risk in a wildlife population (2010)
Journal Article
Telfer, S., Lambin, X., Birtles, R., Beldomenico, P., Burthe, S., Paterson, S., & Begon, M. (2010). Species interactions in a parasite community drive infection risk in a wildlife population. Science, 330(6001), 243-246. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1190333

Most hosts, including humans, are simultaneously or sequentially infected with several parasites. A key question is whether patterns of coinfection arise because infection by one parasite species affects susceptibility to others or because of inher... Read More about Species interactions in a parasite community drive infection risk in a wildlife population.

Real-time modeling of wheel-rail contact laws with system-on-chip (2010)
Journal Article
Zhou, Y., Mei, T., & Freear, S. (2010). Real-time modeling of wheel-rail contact laws with system-on-chip. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 21(5), 672-684. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPDS.2009.107

This paper presents the development and implementation of a multiprocessor system-on-chip solution for fast and real-time simulations of complex and nonlinear wheel-rail contact mechanics. There are two main significances in this paper. First, the w... Read More about Real-time modeling of wheel-rail contact laws with system-on-chip.

Mapping hydraulic biotopes using terrestrial laser scan data of water surface properties (2010)
Journal Article
Milan, D., Heritage, G., Large, A., & Entwistle, N. (2010). Mapping hydraulic biotopes using terrestrial laser scan data of water surface properties. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 35(8), 918-931. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.1948

For more than a decade, habitat mapping using biotopes (in-channel hydraulically-defi ned habitats) has underpinned aquatic conservation in the UK through (a) providing baseline information on system complexity and (b) allowing environmental and ec... Read More about Mapping hydraulic biotopes using terrestrial laser scan data of water surface properties.

The myth behind integration in the UK construction industry (2010)
Journal Article
Oyegoke, A., McDermott, P., & Dickinson, M. (2010). The myth behind integration in the UK construction industry. International Journal of Procurement Management, 3(3), 247 -264. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPM.2010.033444

The overall aim of this study is to ascertain the structure of the UK construction industry, especially the level and form of integration in the UK construction industry. This study utilises theoretical analysis of the concepts and measures of fragme... Read More about The myth behind integration in the UK construction industry.

Assessment of pre-digested piggery wastewater treatment operations with surface flow integrated constructed wetland systems (2010)
Journal Article
Harrington, C., & Scholz, M. (2010). Assessment of pre-digested piggery wastewater treatment operations with surface flow integrated constructed wetland systems. Bioresource Technology, 101(20), 7713-7723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.147

Non-point source pollution such as land-spreading of nitrogen-rich piggery wastewater poses a significant threat to surface waters. The aim was to examine the treatment of anaerobically digested piggery wastewater using four different meso-scale in... Read More about Assessment of pre-digested piggery wastewater treatment operations with surface flow integrated constructed wetland systems.