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Reducing car-use for leisure : can organised walking groups switch from car travel to bus and train walks? (2015)
Journal Article
Davies, N., & Weston, R. (2015). Reducing car-use for leisure : can organised walking groups switch from car travel to bus and train walks?. Journal of Transport Geography, 48, 23-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.08.009

This paper deals with the significant leisure travel sector, focusing on the attitudes of organised walking groups towards public transport use. A series of interviews with walking group leaders explored the design of organised walks, and factors af... Read More about Reducing car-use for leisure : can organised walking groups switch from car travel to bus and train walks?.

A simple procedure for directly obtaining haplotype sequences of diploid genomes (2015)
Journal Article
Noyes, H., Daly, D., Goodhead, I., Kay, S., Kemp, S., Kenny, J., …Hall, N. (2015). A simple procedure for directly obtaining haplotype sequences of diploid genomes. BMC Genomics, 16(1), 642. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1818-4

Background

Almost all genome sequencing projects neglect the fact that diploid organisms contain two genome copies and consequently what is published is a composite of the two. This means that the relationship between alternate alleles at two or... Read More about A simple procedure for directly obtaining haplotype sequences of diploid genomes.

An analytical design approach for self-powered active lateral secondary suspensions for railway vehicles (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, P., Li, H., Zhang, J., & Mei, T. (2015). An analytical design approach for self-powered active lateral secondary suspensions for railway vehicles. Vehicle System Dynamics, 53(10), 1439-1454. https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2015.1050964

In this paper, an analytical design approach for the development of self-powered active suspensions is investigated and is applied to optimise the control system design for an active lateral secondary suspension for railway vehicles. The conditions f... Read More about An analytical design approach for self-powered active lateral secondary suspensions for railway vehicles.

A technique to enable the tracking of people for domestic energy monitoring applications (2015)
Thesis
Hughes, T. (in press). A technique to enable the tracking of people for domestic energy monitoring applications. (Thesis). University of Salford

Domestic energy consumption has increasingly become a cause for concern for governments, energy suppliers, and individual householders. Issues surrounding gas and electricity used in the home relate to the increasing cost of fuel, the rise in the in... Read More about A technique to enable the tracking of people for domestic energy monitoring applications.

Impact of flood disaster in Malaysia : a case study on public hospitals (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Noralfishah, S., Thayaparan, M., Haidaliza, M., & Kulatunga, U. (2015, August). Impact of flood disaster in Malaysia : a case study on public hospitals. Presented at The 11th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction (I3R2): Complex Disasters and Disaster Risk Management, University of Seoul, Korea

This paper aims to study and explore post disaster flood event at a public hospital in Malaysia. A literature review and content analysis on newspaper articles were conducted to evaluate post disaster flood impacts at public hospitals in Malaysia. In... Read More about Impact of flood disaster in Malaysia : a case study on public hospitals.

Dissecting tumor metabolic heterogeneity : Telomerase and large cell size metabolically define a sub-population of stem-like, mitochondrial-rich, cancer cells (2015)
Journal Article
Lamb, R., Ozsvari, B., Bonuccelli, G., Smith, D., Pestell, R., Martinez-Outschoorn, U., …Lisanti, M. (2015). Dissecting tumor metabolic heterogeneity : Telomerase and large cell size metabolically define a sub-population of stem-like, mitochondrial-rich, cancer cells. Oncotarget, 6(26), 21892-21905. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.5260

Tumor cell metabolic heterogeneity is thought to contribute to tumor recurrence, distant metastasis and chemo-resistance in cancer patients, driving poor clinical outcome. To better understand tumor metabolic heterogeneity, here we used the MCF7 brea... Read More about Dissecting tumor metabolic heterogeneity : Telomerase and large cell size metabolically define a sub-population of stem-like, mitochondrial-rich, cancer cells.

The impact of noise from open-cast mining on Atlantic forest biophony (2015)
Journal Article
Duarte, M., Sousa-Lima, R., Young, R., Farina, A., Vasconcelos, M., Rodrigues, M., & Pieretti, N. (2015). The impact of noise from open-cast mining on Atlantic forest biophony. Biological Conservation, 191, 623-631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.08.006

The sound produced by human-made machinery (technophony) is known to exert negative effects on animal
communication and well-being. Mining is an important economic activity in Brazil, which is often conducted
close to forested areas and produces a... Read More about The impact of noise from open-cast mining on Atlantic forest biophony.

Doxycycline and therapeutic targeting of the DNA damage response in cancer cells : old drug, new purpose (2015)
Journal Article
Peiris-Pagès, M., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2015). Doxycycline and therapeutic targeting of the DNA damage response in cancer cells : old drug, new purpose. Oncoscience, 2(8), 696-699. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncoscience.215

There is a small proportion of cells within a tumour with self-renewing properties, which is resistant to conventional therapy, and is responsible for tumour initiation, maintenance and metastasis. These cells are known as cancer stem cells (CSCs) or... Read More about Doxycycline and therapeutic targeting of the DNA damage response in cancer cells : old drug, new purpose.

Impact pressure distribution in flat fan nozzles for descaling oil wells (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Abbas, A., Nasr, G., Nourian, A., & Enyi, G. (2015, August). Impact pressure distribution in flat fan nozzles for descaling oil wells. Presented at 13th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Tainan, Taiwan

The suitability of High pressure nozzles in terms of impact upon targeted surfaces has indicated its effectiveness for the cleaning of oil production tubing scale, which has recently attract wider industrial applications considering its efficiency,... Read More about Impact pressure distribution in flat fan nozzles for descaling oil wells.

Antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of mouthrinses containing cetylpyridinium chloride and sodium fluoride (2015)
Journal Article
Latimer, J., Munday, J., Buzza, K., Forbes, S., Sreenivasan, P., & McBain, A. (2015). Antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of mouthrinses containing cetylpyridinium chloride and sodium fluoride. BMC Microbiology, 15(169), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-015-0501-x

Background

Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and sodium fluoride augment oral hygiene by inactivating bacteria and inhibiting enamel demineralisation, respectively. However, there are few reports in the literature documenting the antibacterial effic... Read More about Antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity of mouthrinses containing cetylpyridinium chloride and sodium fluoride.

Rodentolepis straminea in an urban population of Apodemus sylvaticus in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Apodemus sylvaticus in the UK. Journal of Helminthology, 90(4), 476-482. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X15000632

The presence of the cyclophyllidean cestode Rodentolepis straminea (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae), was confirmed by molecular DNA analysis from a wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) population inhabiting urban woodland in Salford, Greater Manchester (UK)... Read More about Rodentolepis straminea in an urban population of Apodemus sylvaticus in the UK.

Biomimetic approach for the creation of a deployable structure based on the blooming of the Morning Glory flower (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Fenci, G., Currie, N., & Weekes, L. (2015, August). Biomimetic approach for the creation of a deployable structure based on the blooming of the Morning Glory flower. Presented at International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2015 : Future Visions, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This research project proposes the design of a freestanding, biomimetically inspired, deployable canopy. Nature inspires the structure in terms of mechanism and shape, allowing for the creation of a lightweight, multifunctional, and efficient deploya... Read More about Biomimetic approach for the creation of a deployable structure based on the blooming of the Morning Glory flower.

Transmission of Echinococcus species in pastoral communities in southern Kyrgyzstan (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rogan, M., van Kesteren, F., Mastin, A., Craig, P., Torgerson, P., Mytova, B., …Raoul, F. (2015, August). Transmission of Echinococcus species in pastoral communities in southern Kyrgyzstan. Presented at 80. 25th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP), Liverpool, UK

Echinococcus granulosus and human cystic echinococcosis (CE) are highly endemic in Central Asia and western China. Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an emergent public health problem in Kyrgyzstan and in the Region. Community, veterinary and ecol... Read More about Transmission of Echinococcus species in pastoral communities in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Assessing growth scenarios for their landscape ecological security impact, using the SLEUTH urban growth model (2015)
Journal Article
Yin, H., Kong, F., Hu, Y., James, P., Xu, F., & Yu, L. (2016). Assessing growth scenarios for their landscape ecological security impact, using the SLEUTH urban growth model. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 142(2), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29UP.1943-5444.0000297

Rapid urban population growth and the associated expansion of urban areas in China (as elsewhere) present significant environmental challenges, and threaten urban and regional ecological security. Modeling land use changes is one way to aid the manag... Read More about Assessing growth scenarios for their landscape ecological security impact, using the SLEUTH urban growth model.

ApiAP2 factors as candidate regulators of stochastic commitment to merozoite production in Theileria annulata (2015)
Journal Article
Pieszko, M., Weir, W., Goodhead, I., Kinnaird, J., & Shiels, B. (2015). ApiAP2 factors as candidate regulators of stochastic commitment to merozoite production in Theileria annulata. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(8), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003933

The ability of vector-borne Apicomplexan parasites (Babesia, Plasmodium and Theileria) to change from one life-cycle stage to the next is critical for establishment of infection and transmission to new hosts. Stage differentiation steps of both Plasm... Read More about ApiAP2 factors as candidate regulators of stochastic commitment to merozoite production in Theileria annulata.

APCVD of dual layer transparent conductive oxides for photovoltaic applications (2015)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Gaskell, J., Thomson, M., Sheel, D., Delaup, B., & Morales-Masis, M. (2015). APCVD of dual layer transparent conductive oxides for photovoltaic applications. Thin Solid Films, 590, 260-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2015.08.014

We report the atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (APCVD) of a dual layer transparent conductive oxide (TCO). This combines a fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) base layer with a fluorine doped zinc oxide (FZO) top layer, where we seek to uti... Read More about APCVD of dual layer transparent conductive oxides for photovoltaic applications.

Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites from coal fly ash (2015)
Journal Article
Kotova, O., Shabalin, I. L., Shushkov, D., & Kocheva, L. (2016). Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites from coal fly ash. Advances in applied ceramics, 115(3), 152-157. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743676115Y.0000000063

The fly ash, from the combustion of coal to produce energy and heat, is an industrial waste, in which large accumulations represent a serious environmental threat. To reduce the environmental burden and improve the economic benefits of energy product... Read More about Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites from coal fly ash.

SS-31 attenuates TNF-α induced cytokine release from C2C12 myotubes (2015)
Journal Article
Lightfoot, A. P., Sakellariou, G. K., Nye, G. A., McArdle, F., Jackson, M. J., Griffiths, R. D., & McArdle, A. (2015). SS-31 attenuates TNF-α induced cytokine release from C2C12 myotubes. Redox Biology, 6, 253-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2015.08.007

TNF-α is a key inflammatory mediator and is proposed to induce transcriptional responses via the mitochondrial generation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS). The aim of this study was to determine the effect of TNF-α on the production of myokines by sk... Read More about SS-31 attenuates TNF-α induced cytokine release from C2C12 myotubes.

Greenhouse affect : the relationship between the sustainable design of schools and children’s environmental attitudes (2015)
Journal Article
Izadpanahi, P., Elkadi, H., & Tucker, R. (2017). Greenhouse affect : the relationship between the sustainable design of schools and children’s environmental attitudes. Environmental Education Research, 23(7), 901-918. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1072137

This study aims to determine if primary school children’s environmental attitudes can be predicted by whether their school had been designed or adapted for sustainability. A New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale for children was adopted to measure atti... Read More about Greenhouse affect : the relationship between the sustainable design of schools and children’s environmental attitudes.

Audio content analysis in the presence of overlapped classes : a non-exclusive segmentation approach to mitigate information losses (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Mohammed, D., Duncan, P., & Li, F. (2015, August). Audio content analysis in the presence of overlapped classes : a non-exclusive segmentation approach to mitigate information losses. Presented at Global Summit and Expo on Multimedia & Applications, Birmingham, UK

Soundtracks of multimedia files are information rich, from which much content-related metadata can be extracted. There is a pressing demand for automated classification, identification and information mining of audio content. A segment of the audio s... Read More about Audio content analysis in the presence of overlapped classes : a non-exclusive segmentation approach to mitigate information losses.