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Skeletal muscle contractile properties and proinflammatory cytokine gene expression in human endotoxaemia (2010)
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McNicol, F., Hoyland, J., Cooper, R., & Carlson, G. (2010). Skeletal muscle contractile properties and proinflammatory cytokine gene expression in human endotoxaemia. British Journal of Surgery, 97(3), 434-442. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.6868

Background: Muscle dysfunction associated with sepsis contributes to morbidity and mortality but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. This study examined whether muscle weakness relates to an intrinsic defect in contraction, or to central mechani... Read More about Skeletal muscle contractile properties and proinflammatory cytokine gene expression in human endotoxaemia.

Widespread co-endemicity of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, northwest Sichuan/southeast Qinghai, China (2010)
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Li, T., Chen, X., Zhen, R., Qiu, J., Qiu, D., Xiao, N., …Craig, P. S. (2010). Widespread co-endemicity of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, northwest Sichuan/southeast Qinghai, China. Acta tropica, 113(3), 248-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.11.006

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatid disease is known to be cosmopolitan in its global distribution, while alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a much rarer though more pathogenic hepatic parasitic disease restricted to the northern hemisphere. Both form... Read More about Widespread co-endemicity of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, northwest Sichuan/southeast Qinghai, China.

Dot immunogold filtration assay (DIGFA) with multiple native antigens for rapid serodiagnosis of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis (2010)
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Feng, X., Wen, H., Zhang, Z., Chen, X., Ma, X., Zhang, J., …Craig, P. (2010). Dot immunogold filtration assay (DIGFA) with multiple native antigens for rapid serodiagnosis of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis. Acta tropica, 113(2), 114-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.10.003

A new 3-min rapid dot immunogold filtration assay (DIGFA) for serodiagnosis of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis was developed using four native antigen preparations: crude and partially purified hydatid cyst fluid extracts from Echinococcus g... Read More about Dot immunogold filtration assay (DIGFA) with multiple native antigens for rapid serodiagnosis of human cystic and alveolar echinococcosis.

Informing an urban design process by way of a practical example (2010)
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Boyko, C., Wootton, A., Cooper, R., & Davey, C. L. (2010). Informing an urban design process by way of a practical example. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 163(1), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.2010.163.1.17

Urban design and sustainability are critical issues in creating better urban environments. The UK government is endorsing sustainability through its sustainable communities agenda and is urging the public, private and third sectors to emphasise hi... Read More about Informing an urban design process by way of a practical example.

Technology to toilets (2010)
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Dayson, K., & Sim, J. (2010). Technology to toilets. Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 8(3), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.4018/jeco.2010070105

Approximately 2.5 billion people do not have access to a toilet; instead, they have no choice but to practice open defecation, having a potentially detrimental effect on their health. This paper asks whether microfinance and IT can play a role in... Read More about Technology to toilets.

Forecasting national team medal totals at the summer olympic games (2010)
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Forrest, D., Sanz, I., & Tena, J. (2010). Forecasting national team medal totals at the summer olympic games. International Journal of Forecasting, 26(3), 576-588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2009.12.007

The paper reports the results of an exercise to forecast national team medal totals at the Beijing Olympic Games, 2008. Forecasts were released to the media before the competitions commenced. The starting point was an established statistical model... Read More about Forecasting national team medal totals at the summer olympic games.

Economic benefits of contemporary earth construction in low-cost urban housing – State-of-the-art review (2010)
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Zami, M., & Lee, A. (2010). Economic benefits of contemporary earth construction in low-cost urban housing – State-of-the-art review. Journal of Building Appraisal, 5(3), 259-271. https://doi.org/10.1057/jba.2009.32

T Most cities and towns in developing countries are experiencing a massive infl ux of population from rural areas. The majority of the rural population migrates to urban areas hoping to fi nd a job and a higher income for their survival. This lar... Read More about Economic benefits of contemporary earth construction in low-cost urban housing – State-of-the-art review.

The effect of Msh2 knockdown on methylating agent induced toxicity in DNA glycosylase deficient cells (2010)
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Cooley, N., Elder, R., & Povey, A. (2010). The effect of Msh2 knockdown on methylating agent induced toxicity in DNA glycosylase deficient cells. Toxicology, 268(1-2), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2009.12.008

The DNA structure recognition protein MSH2 is an important protein in DNA mismatch repair due to its role in initiating the repair process. To examine the potential interactions between mismatch repair and base excision repair (BER) we have examined... Read More about The effect of Msh2 knockdown on methylating agent induced toxicity in DNA glycosylase deficient cells.

Business-level strategy and performance : The moderating effects of environment and structure (2010)
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Nandakumar, M., Ghobadian, A., & O'Regan, N. (2010). Business-level strategy and performance : The moderating effects of environment and structure. Management Decision, 48(6), 907-939. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251741011053460

Purpose: This study aims to examine the moderating effects of external environment and organisational structure in the relationship between business‐level strategy and organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach: The focus of the study... Read More about Business-level strategy and performance : The moderating effects of environment and structure.

Daylight for sustainable built heritage sites (2010)
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Elkadi, H., & Al-Maiyah, S. (2010). Daylight for sustainable built heritage sites. Built environment journal, 7(1), 13-22

Daylight is an essential contextual ingredient of place making. Research in daylighting has recently received major attention for its valuable contribution to the sustainability of the built environment. Previous research has investigated the role of... Read More about Daylight for sustainable built heritage sites.

Building information modelling : The UK legal context (2010)
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McAdam, B. (2010). Building information modelling : The UK legal context. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 2(3), 246-259. https://doi.org/10.1108/17561451011087337

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the legal problems posed by full adoption of building information modelling (BIM) for construction design, and to propose a potential procurement solution for implementation in the UK. Desi... Read More about Building information modelling : The UK legal context.

Collaboration initiative on green construction and sustainability through industrialized buildings systems (IBS) in the Malaysian construction industry (2010)
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Kamarul, A., Zuhairi, A., Ghani, M., Egbu, C., & Arif, M. (2010). Collaboration initiative on green construction and sustainability through industrialized buildings systems (IBS) in the Malaysian construction industry. International journal of sustainable construction engineering & technology, 1(1), 1-9

Malaysian Construction Industry has been urged to use innovative construction technique and to shift from traditional practice of brick and mortar to Industrialized Building System (IBS) construction. IBS is defined as a construction technique in... Read More about Collaboration initiative on green construction and sustainability through industrialized buildings systems (IBS) in the Malaysian construction industry.

Suggestion systems: A usability-based evaluation methodology (2010)
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Arif, M., Aburas, H., Al-Kuwaiti, A., & Kulonda, D. (2010). Suggestion systems: A usability-based evaluation methodology. Maǧalaẗ ǧameʼaẗ al-malīk Abdul Aziz. Al-uʼlum al-handasiaẗ, 21(2), 61-79. https://doi.org/10.4197/Eng.21-2.4

Usability has been used to design and assess products and websites. This paper takes the concept of usability one step further and proposes a framework to assess suggestion systems. Thus taking the concept of usability one step further and appl... Read More about Suggestion systems: A usability-based evaluation methodology.

Optical properties of Ni-doped MgGa2O4 single crystals grown by floating zone method (2010)
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Suzuki, T., Hughes, M., & Ohishi, Y. (2010). Optical properties of Ni-doped MgGa2O4 single crystals grown by floating zone method. Journal of Luminescence, 130, 121-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2009.07.029

The single crystal growth conditions and spectroscopic characterization of Ni-doped MgGa2O4MgGa2O4 with inverse-spinel structure crystal family are described. Single crystals of this material have been grown by floating zone method. Ni-doped MgGa2O4M... Read More about Optical properties of Ni-doped MgGa2O4 single crystals grown by floating zone method.

Investigating homeowners' interest in property‐level flood protection (2010)
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Kazmierczak, A., & Bichard, E. (2010). Investigating homeowners' interest in property‐level flood protection. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 1(2), 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1108/17595901011056622

Purpose – The inevitability of climate change and its consequences brings on the need to find new ways of adapting to extreme events, such as floods. One immediate measure would be to make physical improvements to houses to either prevent their inund... Read More about Investigating homeowners' interest in property‐level flood protection.

Is e-learning replacing the traditional Lecture? (2010)
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Owens, J. D., & Price, L. (2010). Is e-learning replacing the traditional Lecture?. Education and Training, 52(2), 128-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911011027725

The purpose of this paper is to review some of the learning technologies associated with teaching and learning in Higher Education (HE). It looks at E-learning and Information Technology (IT) as tools for replacing the traditional learning experienc... Read More about Is e-learning replacing the traditional Lecture?.

Phase phenomena in supported lipid films under varying electric potential (2010)
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Brukhno, A., Akinshina, A., Coldrick, Z., Nelson, A., & Auer, S. (2011). Phase phenomena in supported lipid films under varying electric potential. Soft Matter, 7(3), 1006-1017. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SM00724B

We model cyclic voltammetry experiments on supported lipid films where a non-trivial dependence of the capacitance on the applied voltage is observed. Previously, based on a mean-field treatment of the Flory–Huggins type, under the assumption of stro... Read More about Phase phenomena in supported lipid films under varying electric potential.