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Intersubband gain without global inversion through dilute nitride band engineering (2011)
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Pereira, M., & Tomic, S. (2011). Intersubband gain without global inversion through dilute nitride band engineering. Applied Physics Letters, 98(6), 061101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3552204

We investigate the possibility of interconduction band gain without global inversion by engineering the conduction band effective masses so that the upper lasing subband has an effective mass considerably smaller than the lower lasing subband that co... Read More about Intersubband gain without global inversion through dilute nitride band engineering.

FARS: Fuzzy Ant based Recommender System for Web Users (2011)
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Nadi, S., Saraee, M., Bagheri, A., & Davarpanh Jazi, M. (2011). FARS: Fuzzy Ant based Recommender System for Web Users. International Journal of Computer Science Issues, 8(1), 203-209

Recommender systems are useful tools which provide an adaptive web environment for web users. Nowadays, having a user friendly website is a big challenge in e-commerce technology. In this paper, applying the benefits of both collaborative and... Read More about FARS: Fuzzy Ant based Recommender System for Web Users.

Accessing emergency rest centres in the UK - lesson learnt (2011)
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Kipling, J., Ormerod, M., & Newton, R. (2011). Accessing emergency rest centres in the UK - lesson learnt. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 2(1), 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1108/17595901111108362

Emergency rest centres (ERC) are premises that are used for the temporary accommodation of evacuees during an emergency situation. They form an important part of emergency response, by providing a focal point for receiving people and providing food,... Read More about Accessing emergency rest centres in the UK - lesson learnt.

Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management (2011)
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Chen, H., Wood, M., Linstead, C., & Maltby, E. (2011). Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management. Environmental Modelling and Software, 26(4), 395-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.09.005

The importance of uncertainty analysis has been increasingly recognised, due to the influence of uncertainties in data, models and expert judgements. However, the successful integration of uncertainty analysis into multi-criteria analysis (MCA) has r... Read More about Uncertainty analysis in a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis tool for river catchment management.

A Bayesian network approach for causal action rule mining (2011)
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Shamsinejad, P., & Saraee, M. (2011). A Bayesian network approach for causal action rule mining. International journal of machine learning and computing (Online), 1(5), 528-533

Actionable Knowledge Discovery has attracted much interest lately. It is almost a new paradigm shift toward mining more usable and more applicable knowledge in each specific domain. Action Rule is a new tool in this research area that suggests some a... Read More about A Bayesian network approach for causal action rule mining.

Multilocus sequence typing of Bartonella henselae in the United Kingdom indicates that only a few, uncommon sequence types are associated with zoonotic disease (2011)
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Chaloner, G., Harrison, T., Coyne, K., Aanensen, D., & Birtles, R. (2011). Multilocus sequence typing of Bartonella henselae in the United Kingdom indicates that only a few, uncommon sequence types are associated with zoonotic disease. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49(6), 2132-2137. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00275-11

Bartonella henselae is one of the most common zoonotic agents acquired from companion animals (cats) in industrialized countries. Nonetheless, although the prevalence of infections in cats is high, the number of human cases reported is relatively l... Read More about Multilocus sequence typing of Bartonella henselae in the United Kingdom indicates that only a few, uncommon sequence types are associated with zoonotic disease.

Post-treatment follow-up study of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province, China (2011)
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Li, T., Ito, A., Pengcuo, R., Sako, Y., Chen, X., Qiu, D., …Craig, P. (2011). Post-treatment follow-up study of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province, China. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(10), e1364. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001364

Background: Human cystic echinococcosis (CE), caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, with the liver as the most frequently affected organ, is known to be highly endemic in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province. Antiparas... Read More about Post-treatment follow-up study of abdominal cystic echinococcosis in Tibetan communities of northwest Sichuan Province, China.

Spatial and temporal investigation of Echinococcus granulosus coproantigen prevalence in farm dogs in South Powys, Wales (2011)
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Mastin, A., Brouwer, A., Fox, M., Craig, P., Guitián, J., Li, W., & Stevens, K. (2011). Spatial and temporal investigation of Echinococcus granulosus coproantigen prevalence in farm dogs in South Powys, Wales. Veterinary Parasitology, 178(1-2), 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.049

The prevalence of canine echinococcosis appears to have been increasing in mid/south Wales in recent years – raising the concern of a potential resurgence in transmission to humans. A campaign was therefore conducted in 2008 in order to provide dogs... Read More about Spatial and temporal investigation of Echinococcus granulosus coproantigen prevalence in farm dogs in South Powys, Wales.

Prevalence and co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Apodemus sylvaticus in an area relatively free of cats (2011)
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Thomasson, D., Wright, E., Hughes, J., Dodd, N., Cox, A., Boyce, K., …Hide, G. (2011). Prevalence and co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Apodemus sylvaticus in an area relatively free of cats. Parasitology, 138(09), 1117-1123. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182011000904

The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is prevalent worldwide and can infect a remarkably wide range of hosts despite felids being the only definitive host. As cats play a major role in transmission to secondary mammalian hosts, the interaction b... Read More about Prevalence and co-infection of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Apodemus sylvaticus in an area relatively free of cats.

Initial development and validation of a novel extraction method for quantitative mining of the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue proteome for biomarker investigations (2011)
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Nirmalan, N., Hughes, C., Peng, J., McKenna, T., Langridge, J., Cairns, D., …Banks, R. (2011). Initial development and validation of a novel extraction method for quantitative mining of the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue proteome for biomarker investigations. Journal of Proteome Research, 10(2), 896-906. https://doi.org/10.1021/pr100812d

Annotated formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue archives constitute a valuable resource for retrospective biomarker discovery. However, proteomic exploration of archival tissue is impeded by extensive formalin-induced covalent cross-lin... Read More about Initial development and validation of a novel extraction method for quantitative mining of the formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue proteome for biomarker investigations.

Feature selection methods for characterizing and classifying adaptive sustainable flood retention basins (2011)
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Yang, Q., Shao, J., Scholz, M., & Plant, C. (2011). Feature selection methods for characterizing and classifying adaptive sustainable flood retention basins. Water Research, 45(3), 993-1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.006

The European Union’s Flood Directive 2007/60/EC requires member states to produce flood risk maps for all river basins and coastal areas at risk of flooding by 2013. As a result, flood risk assessments have become an urgent challenge requiring a ra... Read More about Feature selection methods for characterizing and classifying adaptive sustainable flood retention basins.

The Common Shrew (Sorex araneus): A neglected host of tick-borne infections? (2011)
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Bown, K., Lambin, X., Telford, G., Heyder-Bruckner, D., Ogden, N., & Birtles, R. (2011). The Common Shrew (Sorex araneus): A neglected host of tick-borne infections?. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11(7), 947-953. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2010.0185

Although the importance of rodents as reservoirs for a number of tick-borne infections is well established, comparatively little is known about the potential role of shrews, despite them occupying similar habitats. To address this, blood and tick s... Read More about The Common Shrew (Sorex araneus): A neglected host of tick-borne infections?.

Characterization of microbial communities transforming and removing nitrogen in wetlands (2011)
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Mustafa, A., & Scholz, M. (2011). Characterization of microbial communities transforming and removing nitrogen in wetlands. Wetlands, 31(3), 583-592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-011-0175-6

The community structure of bacteria responsible for transformation and removal of nitrogen species from farmyard runoff within two different full-scale integrated constructed wetland (ICW) systems was studied. Microbial communities in litter and... Read More about Characterization of microbial communities transforming and removing nitrogen in wetlands.

Nutrient accumulation in Typha latifolia L. and sediment of a representative integrated constructed wetland (2011)
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Mustafa, A., & Scholz, M. (2011). Nutrient accumulation in Typha latifolia L. and sediment of a representative integrated constructed wetland. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 219(1-4), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-010-0710-8

This paper investigates the role of plants and sediment in removing nutrients from wastewater being treated in a representative integrated constructed wetland (ICW). It discusses the role of plants and sediment in removing nutrients from an ICW... Read More about Nutrient accumulation in Typha latifolia L. and sediment of a representative integrated constructed wetland.

A child's eye view of primary school built environments (2011)
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Barrett, P., Zhang, Y., & Barrett, L. (2011). A child's eye view of primary school built environments. Intelligent Buildings International, 3(2), 107-123

This article endeavours to make explicit the perspective of primary school pupils' on their likes, dislikes and wishes in relation to the built school environments they experience. Relevant findings in the literature are reviewed and the main themes... Read More about A child's eye view of primary school built environments.

Women and academic workloads: career slow lane or Cul-de-Sac? (2011)
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Barrett, L., & Barrett, P. (2011). Women and academic workloads: career slow lane or Cul-de-Sac?. Higher Education, 61(2), 141-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-010-9329-3

Career progression for women academics to higher levels is not in proportion to their representation within the profession. This paper looks at theories about this and relates them to current practices within universities for allocating work. The m... Read More about Women and academic workloads: career slow lane or Cul-de-Sac?.

Impact of hydraulic loading rate and season on water contaminant reductions within integrated constructed wetlands (2011)
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Dong, Y., Wiliński, P., Dzakpasu, M., & Scholz, M. (2011). Impact of hydraulic loading rate and season on water contaminant reductions within integrated constructed wetlands. Wetlands, 31(3), 499-509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-011-0176-5

The impact of hydraulic loading rate (HLR) and seasonal temperature on contaminant removal efficiencies within an integrated constructed wetland (ICW) system of 3.25 ha was assessed. The ICW system was designed to treat domestic wastewater from G... Read More about Impact of hydraulic loading rate and season on water contaminant reductions within integrated constructed wetlands.