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Attenuated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus following Sublethal Exposure to Triclosan (2012)
Journal Article
Latimer, J., Forbes, S., & McBain, A. (2012). Attenuated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus following Sublethal Exposure to Triclosan. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56(6), 3092-3100. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.05904-11

Subeffective exposure of Staphylococcus aureus to the biocide triclosan can reportedly induce a small-colony variant (SCV) phenotype. S. aureus SCVs are characterized by low growth rates, reduced pigmentation, and lowered antimicrobial susceptibility... Read More about Attenuated Virulence and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus following Sublethal Exposure to Triclosan.

Reframings : art and the moving image in contemporary Northern Ireland (2012)
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Blair, P. (2012). Reframings : art and the moving image in contemporary Northern Ireland. Media education journal, 51, 13-18

The increasing convergences in new media technologies and modes of film-making compromise the usefulness of traditional or canonical ways of thinking about Irish film. Theory of Irish film can benefit from broadening out what we regard as ‘cinematic’... Read More about Reframings : art and the moving image in contemporary Northern Ireland.

Mercaptocarborane-capped gold nanoparticles : electron pools and ion traps with switchable hydrophilicity (2012)
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Cioran, A., Musteti, A., Teixidor, F., Krpetic, Z., Prior, I., He, Q., …Viñas, C. (2012). Mercaptocarborane-capped gold nanoparticles : electron pools and ion traps with switchable hydrophilicity. Abstracts of papers / American Chemical Society, 134(1), 212-221. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja203367h

A simple single-phase method for the preparation of ca. 2 nm gold nanoparticles capped with mercaptocarborane ligands is introduced. The resultant monolayer protected clusters (MPCs) exhibit redox-dependent solubility and readily phase transfer betwe... Read More about Mercaptocarborane-capped gold nanoparticles : electron pools and ion traps with switchable hydrophilicity.

Anatomy of a gamechanger : BBC Radio 4’s Life and Fate (2012)
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McMurtry, L. (2012). Anatomy of a gamechanger : BBC Radio 4’s Life and Fate. Rádio-Leituras, 3(2), 67-95

Before the broadcast of a series of radio plays on BBC’s Radio 4 in September 2011, few people in the UK would have heard of Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate. The ubiquity of the Radio 4 adaptations in 2011 meant that not only did many more people kno... Read More about Anatomy of a gamechanger : BBC Radio 4’s Life and Fate.

Change management : a tool for support workers (2012)
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Stonehouse, D. (2012). Change management : a tool for support workers. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 6(10), 493-495. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.10.493

Within this article, the author will examine a number of the main ideas and theories of change management, together with a change tool, ‘The Model for Improvement,’ which support workers can use to deliver successful change. Change is often a sta... Read More about Change management : a tool for support workers.

Resistance to change : the human dimension (2012)
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Stonehouse, D. (2012). Resistance to change : the human dimension. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 6(9), 456-457. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.9.456

In this article, the author will examine how change can affect individuals, both staff and patients, and how resistance to change can be managed to enable organisations to be successful. Support workers are at the forefront of change. Where there a... Read More about Resistance to change : the human dimension.

The support worker's guide to ethical practice (2012)
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Stonehouse, D. (2012). The support worker's guide to ethical practice. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 6(5), 249-250. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.5.249

Within this article the author will be examining what ethics and ethical practice actually means for the support worker. What an ethical dilemma actually is. The four main ethical principles as identified by Beauchamp and Childress (2009) will be... Read More about The support worker's guide to ethical practice.

The support worker's role in advocacy (2012)
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Stonehouse, D. (2012). The support worker's role in advocacy. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 6(3), 137-139. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.3.137

Within this article, the author will be examining the support worker’s role in advocacy, looking at exactly what advocacy is and what being an advocate means. Who should be an advocate, and when you should not be an advocate? The importance of co... Read More about The support worker's role in advocacy.

Why complaints are a positive for support workers (2012)
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Stonehouse, D. (2012). Why complaints are a positive for support workers. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 6(1), 39-40. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2012.6.1.39

Support workers have a privileged position within the team of professionals looking after clients. They are the one group of staff that spends the most quality time with them. They are the ones delivering the basic fundamental care needs and throu... Read More about Why complaints are a positive for support workers.

Localization of military bases and opposition movements : the case of Vicenza’ (2012)
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Paragano, D., & Fois, F. (2012). Localization of military bases and opposition movements : the case of Vicenza’. Rivista Geografica Italiana (Testo stampato), 119(4), 373-399

Localization of military bases and opposition movements: the case of Vicenza. – What happens if local people oppose an apparently unquestionable military decision? This paper examines the structure and the spatiality of social movements in opposition... Read More about Localization of military bases and opposition movements : the case of Vicenza’.

Oriental philosophy in western every-day life. Buddhist groups in Rome (2012)
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Fois, F., & Sesto, C. (2012). Oriental philosophy in western every-day life. Buddhist groups in Rome

During the last twenty years the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin, coming from Japan, has spread all around Europe, and in particularly in Italy, which has the largest number of members in the continent. The base approach of this eastern philosophy/r... Read More about Oriental philosophy in western every-day life. Buddhist groups in Rome.

An exploratory study on the potential of implementing building information modelling (BIM) in Malaysian construction industry : lesson learnt from Singapore and Hong Kong (2012)
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Zahrizan, Z., Nasly, M., Marshall-Ponting, A., Haron, A., & Zuhairi, A. (2012). An exploratory study on the potential of implementing building information modelling (BIM) in Malaysian construction industry : lesson learnt from Singapore and Hong Kong. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Geo-Environment (Online), 3, 1-6

For a decade, construction industry can be considered as a fragmented industry because of lacking of sharing information through its life cycle and with other parties. Information Technology (IT) can be a tool for integrating and collaborating amon... Read More about An exploratory study on the potential of implementing building information modelling (BIM) in Malaysian construction industry : lesson learnt from Singapore and Hong Kong.

Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester (2012)
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Willmott, H., Miller, I., & Jackson, C. (2012). Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester. Industrial Archaeology Review, 34(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1179/0309072812Z.0000000003

Excavations by Oxford Archaeology North in 2003 revealed extensive structural remains of the former Percival, Vickers and Co. Ltd glass works, one of the principal 19th-century glass manufactories in Manchester. A detailed account of the excavated re... Read More about Glass recipes and the output from a 19th-century glass works: examples from Percival, Vickers & Co. Ltd, Manchester.

Estimation procedure of the descriptor LAeq,T from the stabilization time of the sound pressure level value (2012)
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Torija Martinez, A., Ruiz, D., & Ramos-Ridao, A. (2012). Estimation procedure of the descriptor LAeq,T from the stabilization time of the sound pressure level value. Noise and Vibration Worldwide, 43(1), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1260/0957-4565.43.1.11

Temporal structure of sound pressure level is a key aspect at the time of characterizing urban sound environments. In urban agglomerations, environmental noise levels fluctuate over a large range as a result of the great complexity of these sett... Read More about Estimation procedure of the descriptor LAeq,T from the stabilization time of the sound pressure level value.

Editorial: migration and development: comparing Mexico-US and Turkey-Europe (2012)
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Martin, P., Sirkeci, I., & Stark, E. (2012). Editorial: migration and development: comparing Mexico-US and Turkey-Europe. Migration Letters, 9(1), 1-10

About 12 million people born in Mexico are in the US while about four million Turks are in the European Union. Migration has been part of the strong relationship between these sending and receiving countries. Both Mexico's and Turkey's economies expa... Read More about Editorial: migration and development: comparing Mexico-US and Turkey-Europe.