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Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales (2013)
Journal Article
Johansen, M., Child, D., Davis, E., Doering, C., Harrison, J., Hotchkis, M., …Wood, M. (2014). Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 131, 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.10.014

The mobility of plutonium (Pu) in soils, and its uptake into a range of wildlife, were examined using recent and ~25 year old data from the Taranaki area of the former Maralinga weapons test site, Australia. Since its initial deposition in the early... Read More about Plutonium in wildlife and soils at the Maralinga legacy site : Persistence over decadal time scales.

Tools for fashioning voices : an interview with Trevor Wishart (2013)
Journal Article
Garrard, C., & Williams, D. (2013). Tools for fashioning voices : an interview with Trevor Wishart. Contemporary Music Review, 32(5), 511-525. https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2013.849878

Trevor Wishart, York-based electroacoustic composer and sonic artist, discusses his most recent piece, Encounters in the Republic of Heaven, a piece in four acts created from manipulated recordings of the spoken word, after his keynote speech to th... Read More about Tools for fashioning voices : an interview with Trevor Wishart.

Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on spatial audio quality (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Power, P., Davies, W., Hirst, J., & Dunn, C. (2013, November). Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on spatial audio quality. Presented at Reproduced Sound, Manchester

Current 2D surround systems have benefitted from years of research which has helped identify attributes related to listener preference. Now with high definition visuals, 3D cinema, there is a need to further develop spatial audio systems. One method... Read More about Investigation into the impact of 3D surround systems on spatial audio quality.

Theoretical analysis of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots in quantum wire array for intermediate band solar cell (2013)
Journal Article
Sogabe, T., Kaizu, T., Okada, Y., & Tomic, S. (2014). Theoretical analysis of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots in quantum wire array for intermediate band solar cell. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 6(1), 011206. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4828359

A GaAs quantum dot (QD) array embedded in a AlGaAs host material was fabricated using a strain-free approach, through combination of neutral beam etching and atomic hydrogen-assisted molecular beam epitaxy regrowth. In this work, we performed theo... Read More about Theoretical analysis of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots in quantum wire array for intermediate band solar cell.

Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in all 17 blocks of Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report (2013)
Journal Article
district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report. Journal of Hydrology, 518(Part C), 363-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.10.037

A comprehensive study was conducted in Nadia, one of the nine arsenic (As) affected districts in West Bengal, India to determine the extent and severity of groundwater As contamination and its health effects in particular, dermatological effects an... Read More about Status of groundwater arsenic contamination in all 17 blocks of Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India : a 23-year study report.

p73 regulates serine biosynthesis in cancer (2013)
Journal Article
Amelio, I., Markert, E., Rufini, A., Antonov, A., Sayan, B., Tucci, P., …Melino, G. (2013). p73 regulates serine biosynthesis in cancer. Oncogene, 33, https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2013.456

Activation of serine biosynthesis supports growth and proliferation of cancer cells. Human cancers often exhibit overexpression of phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), the metabolic enzyme that catalyses the reaction that diverts serine biosynthes... Read More about p73 regulates serine biosynthesis in cancer.

Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life (2013)
Book Chapter
May, T., & Perry, B. (2013). Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life. In P. Benneworth (Ed.), Universities Engagement with Socially Excluded Communities (199-222). Dordrecht: Springer

This volume provides insightful analysis of the way higher education engages with socially excluded communities. Leading researchers and commentators examine the validity of the claim that universities can be active facilitators of social mobility, o... Read More about Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life.

A study of the porosity of nuclear graphite using small-angle neutron scattering (2013)
Journal Article
Mileeva, Z., Ross, D., & King, S. (2013). A study of the porosity of nuclear graphite using small-angle neutron scattering. Carbon, 64, 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.06.030

Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) measures porosity in nuclear graphites, including both open pores, caused by escaping decomposition gases, and internal cracks (in coke particles) generated by anisotropic thermal contraction along the c-directio... Read More about A study of the porosity of nuclear graphite using small-angle neutron scattering.

Care more about customers: Unsupervised domain-independent aspect detection for sentiment analysis of customer reviews (2013)
Journal Article
Bagheri, A., Saraee, M., & de Jong, F. (2013). Care more about customers: Unsupervised domain-independent aspect detection for sentiment analysis of customer reviews. Knowledge-Based Systems, 52(2013), 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2013.08.011

With the rapid growth of user-generated content on the internet, automatic sentiment analysis of online customer reviews has become a hot research topic recently, but due to variety and wide range of products and services being reviewed on the intern... Read More about Care more about customers: Unsupervised domain-independent aspect detection for sentiment analysis of customer reviews.

Sources of variation in cuticular hydrocarbons in the ant formica exsecta (2013)
Journal Article
Martin, S., Vitikainen, E., Shemilt, S., Drijfhout, F., & Sundström, L. (2013). Sources of variation in cuticular hydrocarbons in the ant formica exsecta. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 39(11-12), 1415-1423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-013-0366-0

Phenotypic variation arises from interactions between genotype and environment, although how variation is produced and then maintained remains unclear. The discovery of the nest-mate recognition system in Formica exsecta ants has allowed phenotypic v... Read More about Sources of variation in cuticular hydrocarbons in the ant formica exsecta.

Designing a novel virtual collaborative environment to support collaboration in design review meetings (2013)
Journal Article
Fernando, T., Wu, K., & Bassanino, M. (2013). Designing a novel virtual collaborative environment to support collaboration in design review meetings. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 18, 372-396

Project review meetings are part of the project management process and are organised to assess progress and resolve any design conflicts to avoid delays in construction. One of the key challenges during a project review meeting is to bring the stakeh... Read More about Designing a novel virtual collaborative environment to support collaboration in design review meetings.

Tweeting the Olympic Games (2013)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2013). Tweeting the Olympic Games. In V. Girginov (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games (96-109). Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203126486.ch7

From the introduction of television at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games to its transformation into 3D broadcasting at London 2012, media innovation has always surrounded the Olympics (Miah & Garcia 2012). As such, the broader context of a debate about L... Read More about Tweeting the Olympic Games.

Comparisons of two effective medium approaches for predicting sound scattering by periodic arrays of elastic shells (2013)
Journal Article
sound scattering by periodic arrays of elastic shells. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 134(5), 3619-3630. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4824340

Two effective medium models are presented and used to predict complex reflection and transmission coefficients of finite periodic arrays of resonant elastic shells as well as their effective density and bulk modulus at low frequencies. Comparisons... Read More about Comparisons of two effective medium approaches for predicting sound scattering by periodic arrays of elastic shells.

Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan (2013)
Journal Article
van Kesteren, F., Mastin, A., Mytynova, B., Ziadinov, I., Boufana, B., Torgerson, P., …Craig, P. (2013). Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan. Parasitology, 140(13), 1674-1684. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182013001182

Echinococcosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease in Kyrgyzstan, and the incidence of human infection has increased substantially since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Domestic dogs are hosts of Echinococcus spp. and play an important role i... Read More about Dog ownership, dog behaviour and transmission of Echinococcus spp. in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan.

Facilities management : The dynamics of excellence (third edition) (2013)
Book
Barrett, P., & Finch, E. (2013). Facilities management : The dynamics of excellence (third edition). Wiley-Blackwell

Facilities management continues to expand and develop in terms of the volume and diversity of commercial activity, with a significant influence upon organisational success and goal achievement. The two previous editions of Facilities Management ha... Read More about Facilities management : The dynamics of excellence (third edition).

Prognosis of land title formalization in urban Ghana : the myth and reality of awareness and relevance (2013)
Journal Article
Gyau, K., & Hammond, F. (2013). Prognosis of land title formalization in urban Ghana : the myth and reality of awareness and relevance. African studies quarterly, 14(1 & 2), 55-75

While land title formalization is still useful in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana like many other countries in the sub-region, continues to experience low rate of compliance with the legal title formalization requirement. This is in spite of over a century... Read More about Prognosis of land title formalization in urban Ghana : the myth and reality of awareness and relevance.

Causality-based cost-effective action mining (2013)
Journal Article
Shamsinejadbabki, P., Saraee, M., & Blockeel, H. (2013). Causality-based cost-effective action mining. Intelligent Data Analysis, 17(6), 1075-1091. https://doi.org/10.3233/IDA-130621

In many business contexts, the ultimate goal of knowledge discovery is not the knowledge itself, but putting it to use. Models or patterns found by data mining methods often require further post-processing to bring this about. For instance, in churn... Read More about Causality-based cost-effective action mining.

The deposition of low temperature sputtered In2O3 films using pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering from a powder target (2013)
Journal Article
Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., & Pilkington, R. (2014). The deposition of low temperature sputtered In2O3 films using pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering from a powder target. Thin Solid Films, 550, 140-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2013.10.141

Transparent conductive oxide layers are widely used in various applications such as solar cells, touch screen displays, heatable glasses, etc. This present work describes the deposition of transparent and conducting In2O3 films from In2O3 powdered ta... Read More about The deposition of low temperature sputtered In2O3 films using pulsed d.c. magnetron sputtering from a powder target.

Energy performance and thermal comfort of courtyard/atrium dwellings in the Netherlands in the light of climate change (2013)
Journal Article
Taleghani, M., Tenpierik, M., & van den Dobbelsteen, A. (2014). Energy performance and thermal comfort of courtyard/atrium dwellings in the Netherlands in the light of climate change. Renewable Energy, 63(Mar 14), 486-497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2013.09.028

With increased global concerns on climate change, the need for innovative spaces which can provide thermal comfort and energy efficiency is also increasing. This paper analyses the effects of transitional spaces on energy performance and indoor therm... Read More about Energy performance and thermal comfort of courtyard/atrium dwellings in the Netherlands in the light of climate change.

Conjugation of PEG and gold nanoparticles to increase the accessibility and valency of tethered RNA splicing enhancers (2013)
Journal Article
Perrett, A., Dickinson, R., Krpetic, Z., Brust, M., Lewis, H., Eperon, I., & Burley, G. (2013). Conjugation of PEG and gold nanoparticles to increase the accessibility and valency of tethered RNA splicing enhancers. Chemical Science, 4(1), 257-265. https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SC20937C

Since alternative splicing patterns are exhibited by most mammalian genes, the functional properties of a gene may be changed for therapeutic purposes by nudging splicing from one pattern to another. Splicing to a refractory exon can be enhanced usin... Read More about Conjugation of PEG and gold nanoparticles to increase the accessibility and valency of tethered RNA splicing enhancers.