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Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles (2013)
Journal Article
Baldissin, G., Boag, N., Tang, C., & Bull, D. (2013). Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1993-1996. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201201535

Deprotonation of ammonia with n-butyllithium offers a facile synthetic route to produce pure lithium amide exhibiting fine granularity, which facilitates the complete thermal decomposition to lithium imide at a relatively low temperature of 600 K. Sy... Read More about Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles.

n-Diamond : Dynamical stability of proposed structures (2013)
Journal Article
Baldissin, G., & Bull, D. (2013). n-Diamond : Dynamical stability of proposed structures. Diamond and Related Materials, 34, 60-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2013.01.010

A number of experimental works, mainly under extreme conditions, report a carbon phase with the same reflections as diamond but showing additional reflections that are forbidden for diamond. The crystal structure of this phase, called n-diamond by Hi... Read More about n-Diamond : Dynamical stability of proposed structures.

A survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection (2013)
Journal Article
Damshenas, M., Dehghantanha, A., & Mahmod, R. (2013). A survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection. International Journal of Computer Applications, 67(16), https://doi.org/10.5120/11480-7108

Over the last decades, there were lots of studies made on malware and their countermeasures. The most recent reports emphasize that the invention of malicious software is rapidly increasing. Moreover, the intensive use of networks and Interne... Read More about A survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection.

Can rainwater induce Fenton-driven degradation of herbicides in natural waters? (2013)
Journal Article
Qin, J., Li, H., Lin, C., & Chen, G. (2013). Can rainwater induce Fenton-driven degradation of herbicides in natural waters?. Chemosphere, 1048-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.003

Microcosm experiments were conducted to examine Fenton reaction-driven degradation of three common herbicides exposed to a variety of Fe2+–H2O2 combinations that are likely to be encountered in natural water environments. The results show that thes... Read More about Can rainwater induce Fenton-driven degradation of herbicides in natural waters?.

Physiological, biochemical and growth responses of Italian ryegrass to butachlor exposure (2013)
Journal Article
Wang, S., Li, H., & Lin, C. (2013). Physiological, biochemical and growth responses of Italian ryegrass to butachlor exposure. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 106(1-2), 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2013.03.007

A dose–response experiment was conducted to examine the effects of butachlor on the growth, physiology and biochemistry of Italian ryegrass. The plant suffered a >50% reduction in fresh biomass when exposed to a butachlor dose of 5 mg L�1. However,... Read More about Physiological, biochemical and growth responses of Italian ryegrass to butachlor exposure.

Integrating multiple analytical platforms and chemometrics for comprehensive metabolic profiling: application to meat spoilage detection (2013)
Journal Article
Xu, Y., Correa, E., & Goodacre, R. (2013). Integrating multiple analytical platforms and chemometrics for comprehensive metabolic profiling: application to meat spoilage detection. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 405(15), 5063-5074. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-013-6884-3

Untargeted metabolic profiling has become a common approach to attempt to understand biological systems. However, due to the large chemical diversity in the metabolites it is generally necessary to employ multiple analytical platforms so as to encomp... Read More about Integrating multiple analytical platforms and chemometrics for comprehensive metabolic profiling: application to meat spoilage detection.

Fluorescent nanothermometers provide controlled plasmonic-mediated intracellular hyperthermia (2013)
Journal Article
Martinez Maestro, L., Haro-Gonzalez, H., Iglesias-de la Cruz, M. C., Sanz-Rodriguez, F., Garcia Sole, J., & Jaque, D. (2013). Fluorescent nanothermometers provide controlled plasmonic-mediated intracellular hyperthermia. Nanomedicine, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm.12.122

This article demonstrates how controlled hyperthermia at the cellular level can be achieved.The method is based on the simultaneous intracellular incorporation of fluorescence nanothermometers (CdSe quantum dots) and metallic nanoheaters (gold nanoro... Read More about Fluorescent nanothermometers provide controlled plasmonic-mediated intracellular hyperthermia.

Sexual size dimorphism in anurans fails to obey Rensch’s rule (2013)
Journal Article
Rensch’s rule. Frontiers in Zoology, 10(10), https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-10

Background: Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is related to ecology, behaviour and life history of organisms. Rensch’s rule states that SSD increases with overall body size in species where males are the larger sex, while decreasing with body size when... Read More about Sexual size dimorphism in anurans fails to obey Rensch’s rule.

Can virtual workspaces enhance team communication and collaboration in design review meetings? (2013)
Journal Article
Bassanino, M., Fernando, T., & Wu, K. (2014). Can virtual workspaces enhance team communication and collaboration in design review meetings?. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 10(3-4), 200-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2013.775102

The development of software to facilitate collaborative working among project teams has been an active research area for the last two decades. However, the recent impetus in deploying BIM in construction has brought teamwork to the forefront and, the... Read More about Can virtual workspaces enhance team communication and collaboration in design review meetings?.

Face-lift: Social computing in higher education (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hussein, K., Arayici, Y., & Yusof, S. (2013, March). Face-lift: Social computing in higher education. Presented at Exploring ICT in Education Conference 2013, Doha, Qatar

There is no doubt that the world of elearning is growing everyday and the stakeholders of Higher education are looking to empower education with technology. Social Computing represents one of these tools that can help those stakeholders to attain the... Read More about Face-lift: Social computing in higher education.

Implementing lean in construction: Lean construction and BIM (2013)
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Dave, B., Koskela, L., Kiviniemi, A., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Owen, R. (2013). Implementing lean in construction: Lean construction and BIM. London

Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean construction have existed as two different initiatives to improve construction, with distinct communities and interests. In the last 10 years or so, both have started to diffuse into advanced practice, wi... Read More about Implementing lean in construction: Lean construction and BIM.

Embedding technology in the structures thread of a civil engineering degree (2013)
Journal Article
Currie, N., Haynes, B., Leach, P., Wang, J., & Weekes, L. (2013). Embedding technology in the structures thread of a civil engineering degree

This paper describes an ongoing journey, which began in the autumn semester of 2005 and continues to the present day, with the aims of promoting good teaching at the University of Salford, UK. It discusses the challenges faced during the redesig... Read More about Embedding technology in the structures thread of a civil engineering degree.

Impact of water quality parameters on the clogging of vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating urban wastewater (2013)
Journal Article
wastewater. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 224, 1488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1488-2

In theory, biological and physical clogging, induced as a result of potentially excessive formation of biomass from degradation of pollutants and retention of inert suspended fine particles, respectively, should result in a decrease of treatment... Read More about Impact of water quality parameters on the clogging of vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating urban wastewater.

Beam geometry calibration of SODARs without use of a mast (2013)
Journal Article
Bradley, S., & von Hünerbein, S. (2013). Beam geometry calibration of SODARs without use of a mast. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(9), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00112.1

A new method for calibration of SODAR wind speed measurements is described. The method makes no assumptions whatsoever about the SODAR operation and its hardware and software, other than the assumption that only one beam is transmitted at a time. Reg... Read More about Beam geometry calibration of SODARs without use of a mast.

Pharmacoproteomic study of the natural product Ebenfuran III in DU-145 prostate cancer cells: The quantitative and temporal interrogation of chemically induced cell death at the protein level (2013)
Journal Article
Roumeltios, T., Halabalaki, M., Alexi, X., Ankrett, D., Giannopoulou, E., Sayan, B., & Skaltsounis, A. (2013). Pharmacoproteomic study of the natural product Ebenfuran III in DU-145 prostate cancer cells: The quantitative and temporal interrogation of chemically induced cell death at the protein level. Journal of Proteome Research, 12(4), 1591-1603. https://doi.org/10.1021/pr300968q

A naturally occurring benzofuran derivative, Ebenfuran III (Eb III), was investigated for its antiproliferative effects using the DU-145 prostate cell line. Eb III was isolated from Onobrychis ebenoides of the Leguminosae family, a plant endemic in C... Read More about Pharmacoproteomic study of the natural product Ebenfuran III in DU-145 prostate cancer cells: The quantitative and temporal interrogation of chemically induced cell death at the protein level.

Quantum dot-based thermal spectroscopy and imaging of optically trapped microspheres and single cells (2013)
Journal Article
Martinez Maestro, L., Haro Gonzalez, P., Ramsay, W., del Rosal, B., Santacruz-Gomez, K., Iglesias de la Cruz, M., …Paterson, L. (2013). Quantum dot-based thermal spectroscopy and imaging of optically trapped microspheres and single cells. Small, 9(12), 2162-2170. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201201740

Laser‐induced thermal effects in optically trapped microspheres and single cells are investigated by quantum dot luminescence thermometry. Thermal spectroscopy has revealed a non‐localized temperature distribution around the trap that extends over te... Read More about Quantum dot-based thermal spectroscopy and imaging of optically trapped microspheres and single cells.