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A 15-step model for writing a research proposal (2010)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., & Fleming, V. (2010). A 15-step model for writing a research proposal. British Journal of Midwifery, 18(12), 791-798

On occasion midwives may be required to construct a research proposal. In the current climate of evidence-based practice. Such activity is considered an elemental skill for career progression in both education and service. Examples of where writing a... Read More about A 15-step model for writing a research proposal.

Disaster knowledge factors in managing disasters successfully (2010)
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Seneviratne, K., Baldry, D., & Pathirage, C. (2010). Disaster knowledge factors in managing disasters successfully. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), 376-390. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.28

The number of reported natural disasters has increased steadily over the past century and risen very sharply during the past decade. These bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environme... Read More about Disaster knowledge factors in managing disasters successfully.

Comparison of drinking water, raw rice and cooking of rice as arsenic exposure routes in three contrasting areas of west Bengal, India (2010)
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Mondal, D., Banerjee, M., Giri, A., & Polya, D. (2010). Comparison of drinking water, raw rice and cooking of rice as arsenic exposure routes in three contrasting areas of west Bengal, India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 32(6), 463 -477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-010-9319-5

Remediation aimed at reducing human exposure to groundwater arsenic in West Bengal, one of the regions most impacted by this environmental hazard, are currently largely focussed on reducing arsenic in drinking water. Rice and cooking of rice, however... Read More about Comparison of drinking water, raw rice and cooking of rice as arsenic exposure routes in three contrasting areas of west Bengal, India.

The effects of hydrogen peroxide on intracellular calcium handling and contractility in the rat ventricular myocyte (2010)
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Greensmith, D., Eisner, D., & Nirmalan, M. (2010). The effects of hydrogen peroxide on intracellular calcium handling and contractility in the rat ventricular myocyte. Cell Calcium, 48(6), 341-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceca.2010.10.007

Elevations in reactive oxygen species are implicated in many disease states and cause systolic and diastolic myocardial dysfunction. To understand the underlying cellular dysfunction, we characterised the effects of H₂O₂ on [Ca(2+)](i) handling and c... Read More about The effects of hydrogen peroxide on intracellular calcium handling and contractility in the rat ventricular myocyte.

Sleeping site selection by urban marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) under conditions of exceptionally high predator density (2010)
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Duarte, M., & Young, R. (2011). Sleeping site selection by urban marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) under conditions of exceptionally high predator density. International Journal of Primatology, 32, 329-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9468-5

Domestic cats are known to kill small mammals and birds, and represent a predatory threat to all small wildlife. We investigated whether a high cat density affects the choice of sleeping sites of urban marmosets (Callithrix penicillata). One group of... Read More about Sleeping site selection by urban marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) under conditions of exceptionally high predator density.

Design industries and policies in the UK and China : a comparison (2010)
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Sun, Q. (2010). Design industries and policies in the UK and China : a comparison. Design Management Review, 21(4), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7169.2010.00097.x

Design policy has been an area of heated debate in recent literature. It’s clear that it is highly relevant to national industries. For example, the Korean government’s manifesto in 1988, which put design at the center of the national strategy, has b... Read More about Design industries and policies in the UK and China : a comparison.

Cinema of poverty: Independence and simplicity in an age of abundance and complexity (2010)
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Over the past 25 years of writing, producing and directing, my aspirations as a creative artist in film have shifted from a paradigm in which the scale and scope of financial and human resources shaped not only the creative intentions of a project, b... Read More about Cinema of poverty: Independence and simplicity in an age of abundance and complexity.

Tubulin-binding Dibenz[c,e]oxepines as Colchinol analogues for targeting tumour vasculature (2010)
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targeting tumour vasculature. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9(1), 219-231. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0ob00500b

Various methoxy- and hydroxy-substituted dibenz[c,e]oxepines were prepared via the
copper(I)-induced coupling of ether-tethered arylstannanes or the dehydrative cyclisation of 1,1'-
biphenyl-2,2'-dimethanols, assembled using the Ullmann cross-coupl... Read More about Tubulin-binding Dibenz[c,e]oxepines as Colchinol analogues for targeting tumour vasculature.

Obesity interventions for people with a learning disability (2010)
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Jinks, A., Cotton, A., & Rylance, R. (2011). Obesity interventions for people with a learning disability. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 3(67), 460-471. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05508.x

Aim.  This paper is a review of the effectiveness of non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical interventions designed to promote weight loss in people with a learning disability and how qualitative evidence on people’s experiences and motivations can help und... Read More about Obesity interventions for people with a learning disability.

Molecules of hope (2010)
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James, G. (2010). Molecules of hope. Writing in education, 68-71

(Based on a presentation at the 2010 Great Writing Conference)
Molecules of Hope:
Year 10 students from local comprehensive schools came together on the Aimhigher Programme at the Salford University. Students built a book in two days. They began... Read More about Molecules of hope.

ARO : a new model free optimization algorithm for real time applications inspired by the asexual reproduction (2010)
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Mansouri, T., Farasat, A., Menhaj, M., & Moghadam, M. (2011). ARO : a new model free optimization algorithm for real time applications inspired by the asexual reproduction. Expert systems with applications, 38(5), 4866-4874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2010.09.084

This paper presents a new individual based optimization algorithm, which is inspired from asexual reproduction known as a remarkable biological phenomenon, called as asexual reproduction optimization (ARO). ARO can be essentially considered as an evo... Read More about ARO : a new model free optimization algorithm for real time applications inspired by the asexual reproduction.

The influence of operating parameters on pulsed D.C. magnetron sputtering plasma (2010)
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Karthikeyan, S., Hill, A., Cowpe, J., & Pilkington, R. (2010). The influence of operating parameters on pulsed D.C. magnetron sputtering plasma. Vacuum, 85(5), 634-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2010.09.007

This paper describes the breakdown voltage characteristics in a pulsed D.C. magnetron sputtering system under varying conditions of frequency, current and pulse-off time. The behaviour of the breakdown voltage with pulsing frequency at different pres... Read More about The influence of operating parameters on pulsed D.C. magnetron sputtering plasma.

A comprehensive genetic analysis of candidate genes regulating response to Trypanosoma congolense infection in mice (2010)
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African trypanosomes are protozoan parasites that cause “sleeping sickness” in humans and a similar disease in livestock. Trypanosomes also infect laboratory mice and three major quantitative trait loci (QTL) that regulate survival time after infecti... Read More about A comprehensive genetic analysis of candidate genes regulating response to Trypanosoma congolense infection in mice.

CdSe quantum dots for two-photon fluorescence thermal imaging. (2010)
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The technological development of quantum dots has ushered in a new era in fluorescence bioimaging, which was propelled with the advent of novel multiphoton fluorescence microscopes. Here, the potential use of CdSe quantum dots has been evaluated as f... Read More about CdSe quantum dots for two-photon fluorescence thermal imaging..

Role of Brazilian zoos in ex situ bird conservation: from 1981 to 2005 (2010)
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Azevedo, C., Young, R., & Rodrigues, M. (2011). Role of Brazilian zoos in ex situ bird conservation: from 1981 to 2005. Zoo Biology, 30(6), 655-671. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20361

Zoos may play an important role in conservation when they maintain and breed large numbers of animals that are threatened with extinction. Bird conservation is in a privileged situation owing to the extensive biological information available about th... Read More about Role of Brazilian zoos in ex situ bird conservation: from 1981 to 2005.

The archaeology of the rural railway warehouse in north-west England (2010)
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Nevell, M. (2010). The archaeology of the rural railway warehouse in north-west England. Industrial Archaeology Review, 32(2), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581910X12817815916609

This article studies in detail two rural railway warehouses of the mid-19th century from North-West England. Structures such as these were an integral part of the branch lines and secondary lines that developed across the network during the mid- to l... Read More about The archaeology of the rural railway warehouse in north-west England.

Between-session reliability of the star excursion balance test (2010)
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Munro, A., & Herrington, L. (2010). Between-session reliability of the star excursion balance test. Physical Therapy in Sport, 11(4), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2010.07.002

Objective: To assess the learning effect, testeretest reliability and measurement error associated with the
SEBT.
Design: Repeated-measures study.
Setting: Controlled university laboratory environment.
Participants: Twenty-two healthy recreationa... Read More about Between-session reliability of the star excursion balance test.

Volumetric diffusers : pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice (2010)
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Hughes, R., Angus, J., Cox, T., Umnova, O., Gehring, G., Pogson, M., & Whittaker, D. (2010). Volumetric diffusers : pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 128(5), 2847-2856. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3493455

Most conventional diffusers take the form of a surface based treatment, and as a result can only operate in hemispherical space. Placing a diffuser in the volume of a room might provide greater efficiency by allowing scattering into the whole space.... Read More about Volumetric diffusers : pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice.

Deinstitutionalisation; mental health services in the age of neo-liberalism (2010)
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The policy of deinstitutionalisation i.e. the closure of large psychiatric hospitals and a move towards community-based mental health services has been a feature of services developments in liberal democracies. This policy was the result of a series... Read More about Deinstitutionalisation; mental health services in the age of neo-liberalism.

Complex training in ice hockey: the effects of a heavy resisted sprint on subsequent ice-hockey sprint performance (2010)
Journal Article
Matthews, M., Comfort, P., & Crebin, R. (2010). Complex training in ice hockey: the effects of a heavy resisted sprint on subsequent ice-hockey sprint performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 24(11), 2883-2887. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181e7253c

The aim of the study was to investigate the acute effect of a heavy resisted sprint when used as a preload exercise to enhance subsequent 25-m on-ice sprint performance.
Eleven competitive ice-hockey players (mean 6 SD:
Age = 22.09 6 3.05 years; Bo... Read More about Complex training in ice hockey: the effects of a heavy resisted sprint on subsequent ice-hockey sprint performance.