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What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground? A study in healthy young women. (2007)
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Thies, S., Ashton-Miller, J., & Richardson, J. (2007). What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground? A study in healthy young women. Gait & Posture, 26(1), 156-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.08.011

We hypothesized that, during gait, the perturbation caused by stepping on a 1.2-cm high protuberance with the medial forefoot would not only alter stance foot kinematics and kinetics, but also alter subsequent step location and timing, even to the po... Read More about What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground? A study in healthy young women..

Generation of superoxide and singlet oxygen from α-tocopherolquinone and analogues. (2007)
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Crisostomo, A., Moreno, R., Navaratnam, S., Wilkinson, J., & Bisby, R. (2007). Generation of superoxide and singlet oxygen from α-tocopherolquinone and analogues. Free Radical Research, 41(6), 730-737. https://doi.org/10.1080/10715760701324075

Three potential routes to generation of reactive oxygen species from a tocopherolquinone have been identified. The quinone of the water-soluble vitamin E analogue Trolox C (Trol-Q) is reduced by hydrated electron and isopropanol a hydroxyalkyl radica... Read More about Generation of superoxide and singlet oxygen from α-tocopherolquinone and analogues..

Urban air pollution modelling and measurements of boundary layer height (2007)
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Davies, F., Middleton, D., & Bozier, K. (2007). Urban air pollution modelling and measurements of boundary layer height. Atmospheric Environment, 41(19), 4040-4049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.01.015

An urban field trial has been undertaken with the aim of assessing the performance of the boundary layer height (BLH) determination of two models: the Met Office Unified Model (UM) and a Gaussian-type plume model, ADMS. Pulsed Doppler lidar data were... Read More about Urban air pollution modelling and measurements of boundary layer height.

Assessing 'inexperienced' students' ability to self-assess : exploring links with learning style and academic personal control (2007)
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Cassidy, S. (2007). Assessing 'inexperienced' students' ability to self-assess : exploring links with learning style and academic personal control. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 32(3), 313-330. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602930600896704

The study sought to establish the level of students' self-assessment skill—particularly inexperienced students—and to examine the relationship between self-assessment skill and learning style, student perceptions of academic locus of control and acad... Read More about Assessing 'inexperienced' students' ability to self-assess : exploring links with learning style and academic personal control.

Negotiating conflict: Rif'a Rfi' al-TahTwī and the translation of the 'other' in nineteenth-century Egypt (2007)
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Salama-Carr, M. (2007). Negotiating conflict: Rif'a Rfi' al-TahTwī and the translation of the 'other' in nineteenth-century Egypt. Social Semiotics, 17(2), 213-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330701311496

This paper analyses the role of the translator in the representation of alterity and the construction of national identity, with reference to the work of a nineteenth-century Egyptian translator, essayist and educationalist, Rif'a Rfi' al-TahTwī (180... Read More about Negotiating conflict: Rif'a Rfi' al-TahTwī and the translation of the 'other' in nineteenth-century Egypt.

Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review (2007)
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Tzoulas, K., Korpela, K., Venn, S., Yli-Pelkonen, V., Kazmierczak, A., Niemela, J., & James, P. (2007). Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review. Landscape and Urban Planning, 81(3), 167-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.02.001

Europe is a highly urbanised continent. The consequent loss and degradation of urban and peri-urban green space could adversely affect ecosystems as well as human health and well-being. The aim of this paper is to formulate a conceptual framework of... Read More about Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review.

Unravelling the moulting degradome: new opportunities for chemotherapy? (2007)
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Craig, H., Isaac, R., & Brooks, D. (2007). Unravelling the moulting degradome: new opportunities for chemotherapy?. Trends in Parasitology, 23(6), 248-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2007.04.003

Replacement of the nematode cuticle with a newly synthesized cuticle (a process known as moulting) occurs four times during larval development. Therefore, the key components of this essential developmental process represent attractive targets for new... Read More about Unravelling the moulting degradome: new opportunities for chemotherapy?.

Competition dialysis: a method for the study of structural selective nucleic acid binding (2007)
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Ragazzon, P., Garbett, N., & Chaires, J. (2007). Competition dialysis: a method for the study of structural selective nucleic acid binding. Methods, 42(2), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2006.09.010

Competition dialysis is a powerful new tool for the discovery of ligands that bind to nucleic acids with structural- or sequence-selectivity. The method is based on firm thermodynamic principles and is simple to implement. In the competition dialysis... Read More about Competition dialysis: a method for the study of structural selective nucleic acid binding.

E-Learning as a tool for knowledge transfer through traditional and independent study at two UK Higher Educational Institutes : a case study (2007)
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Owens, J. D., & Floyd, D. (2007). E-Learning as a tool for knowledge transfer through traditional and independent study at two UK Higher Educational Institutes : a case study. E-Learning and Digital Media, Vol. 4(2), 172-180. https://doi.org/10.2304/elea.2007.4.2.172

Much has been made of the advances in computer aided learning activities. Websites, virtual campus, the increased use of Web CT and chat rooms and further advances in the use of WebCT are becoming more commonplace in UK universities. This paper looks... Read More about E-Learning as a tool for knowledge transfer through traditional and independent study at two UK Higher Educational Institutes : a case study.

Predicting stock returns and assessing prediction performance (2007)
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Baker, R., & Belgorodski, A. (2007). Predicting stock returns and assessing prediction performance. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 18(4), 413-433. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpm023

We use regression methods to predict the expected monthly return on stocks and the covariance matrix of returns, the predictor variables being a company's ‘fundamentals’, such as dividend yield and the history of previous returns. Predictions are eva... Read More about Predicting stock returns and assessing prediction performance.

Assessing the performance of Libyan supervising engineers (2007)
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Krima, N., Wood, G., Aouad, G., & Hatush, Z. (2007). Assessing the performance of Libyan supervising engineers. Construction Management and Economics, 25(5), 509-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190701247883

In the Libyan construction industry, the supervising engineer plays an important role in checking time schedules and protecting the client from delays and associated claims but there is no existing means of determining their proficiency in performing... Read More about Assessing the performance of Libyan supervising engineers.

Magnetomechanical performance of directionally solidified Fe-Ga alloys (2007)
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Zhao, X., Mellors, N., & Lord, D. (2007). Magnetomechanical performance of directionally solidified Fe-Ga alloys. Journal of Applied Physics, 101(9), 09C513. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2711701

Iron-gallium alloys can produce magnetostrictions of ~400 ppm and might serve as mechanically robust actuator/sensing materials. However, for polycrystalline Fe-Ga alloys, the magnetostrictive performance decreases with the increasing deviations from... Read More about Magnetomechanical performance of directionally solidified Fe-Ga alloys.

Predictive modelling of human walking over a complete gait cycle (2007)
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Ren, L., Jones, R., & Howard, D. (2007). Predictive modelling of human walking over a complete gait cycle. Journal of Biomechanics, 40(7), 1567-1574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.07.017

An inverse dynamics multi-segment model of the body was combined with optimisation techniques to simulate normal walking in the sagittal plane on level ground. Walking is formulated as an optimal motor task subject to multiple constraints with minimi... Read More about Predictive modelling of human walking over a complete gait cycle.

Helmholtz solitons at nonlinear interfaces (2007)
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McDonald, G., Chamorro-Posada, P., & Sanchez-Curto, J. (2007). Helmholtz solitons at nonlinear interfaces. Optics Letters, 32(9), 1126-1128. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.001126

The evolution of Helmholtz solitons at the interface separating two Kerr-type media is described by means of a generalized nonlinear Helmholtz equation. The bright soliton solution for this equation and arbitrary media properties are presented. Numer... Read More about Helmholtz solitons at nonlinear interfaces.

Magnetic approach to normalizing heavy metal concentrations for particle size effects in intertidal sediments in the Yangtze Estuary, China (2007)
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Zhang, W., Yu, L., Lu, M., Hutchinson, S., & Feng, H. (2007). Magnetic approach to normalizing heavy metal concentrations for particle size effects in intertidal sediments in the Yangtze Estuary, China. Environmental Pollution, 147(1), 238-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2006.08.003

In this study, mineral magnetic, particle size and geochemical analyses were conducted on intertidal sediments from the Yangtze Estuary to examine the feasibility of heavy metal concentrations normalization using magnetic techniques. Susceptibility o... Read More about Magnetic approach to normalizing heavy metal concentrations for particle size effects in intertidal sediments in the Yangtze Estuary, China.

Usefulness of VRML building models in a direction finding context (2007)
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Murano, P., & Mackey, D. (2007). Usefulness of VRML building models in a direction finding context. Interacting with Computers, 19(3), 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2007.01.005

This paper describes an experiment which aims to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of a Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML) building model compared with equivalent architectural plans, for direction finding purposes. The effectiveness an... Read More about Usefulness of VRML building models in a direction finding context.

Heart of gold: Fact and mysticism in documentary form (2007)
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Knudsen, E. (2007). Heart of gold: Fact and mysticism in documentary form. Journal of Media Practice, 8(1), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.8.1.49_1

This report seeks to summarise the process and outcomes of a practice based research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and undertaken during the academic year 2005/2006. The primary outcome of the project is the film Heart of... Read More about Heart of gold: Fact and mysticism in documentary form.