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Integrating multiple analytical platforms and chemometrics for comprehensive metabolic profiling: application to meat spoilage detection (2013)
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Xu, Y., Correa, E., & Goodacre, R. (2013). Integrating multiple analytical platforms and chemometrics for comprehensive metabolic profiling: application to meat spoilage detection. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 405(15), 5063-5074. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-013-6884-3

Untargeted metabolic profiling has become a common approach to attempt to understand biological systems. However, due to the large chemical diversity in the metabolites it is generally necessary to employ multiple analytical platforms so as to encomp... Read More about Integrating multiple analytical platforms and chemometrics for comprehensive metabolic profiling: application to meat spoilage detection.

Fluorescent nanothermometers provide controlled plasmonic-mediated intracellular hyperthermia (2013)
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Martinez Maestro, L., Haro-Gonzalez, H., Iglesias-de la Cruz, M. C., Sanz-Rodriguez, F., Garcia Sole, J., & Jaque, D. (2013). Fluorescent nanothermometers provide controlled plasmonic-mediated intracellular hyperthermia. Nanomedicine, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm.12.122

This article demonstrates how controlled hyperthermia at the cellular level can be achieved.The method is based on the simultaneous intracellular incorporation of fluorescence nanothermometers (CdSe quantum dots) and metallic nanoheaters (gold nanoro... Read More about Fluorescent nanothermometers provide controlled plasmonic-mediated intracellular hyperthermia.

Sexual size dimorphism in anurans fails to obey Rensch’s rule (2013)
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Rensch’s rule. Frontiers in Zoology, 10(10), https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-10

Background: Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is related to ecology, behaviour and life history of organisms. Rensch’s rule states that SSD increases with overall body size in species where males are the larger sex, while decreasing with body size when... Read More about Sexual size dimorphism in anurans fails to obey Rensch’s rule.

Can virtual workspaces enhance team communication and collaboration in design review meetings? (2013)
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Bassanino, M., Fernando, T., & Wu, K. (2014). Can virtual workspaces enhance team communication and collaboration in design review meetings?. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 10(3-4), 200-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2013.775102

The development of software to facilitate collaborative working among project teams has been an active research area for the last two decades. However, the recent impetus in deploying BIM in construction has brought teamwork to the forefront and, the... Read More about Can virtual workspaces enhance team communication and collaboration in design review meetings?.

Embedding technology in the structures thread of a civil engineering degree (2013)
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Currie, N., Haynes, B., Leach, P., Wang, J., & Weekes, L. (2013). Embedding technology in the structures thread of a civil engineering degree

This paper describes an ongoing journey, which began in the autumn semester of 2005 and continues to the present day, with the aims of promoting good teaching at the University of Salford, UK. It discusses the challenges faced during the redesig... Read More about Embedding technology in the structures thread of a civil engineering degree.

Impact of water quality parameters on the clogging of vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating urban wastewater (2013)
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wastewater. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 224, 1488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1488-2

In theory, biological and physical clogging, induced as a result of potentially excessive formation of biomass from degradation of pollutants and retention of inert suspended fine particles, respectively, should result in a decrease of treatment... Read More about Impact of water quality parameters on the clogging of vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating urban wastewater.

Beam geometry calibration of SODARs without use of a mast (2013)
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Bradley, S., & von Hünerbein, S. (2013). Beam geometry calibration of SODARs without use of a mast. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(9), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00112.1

A new method for calibration of SODAR wind speed measurements is described. The method makes no assumptions whatsoever about the SODAR operation and its hardware and software, other than the assumption that only one beam is transmitted at a time. Reg... Read More about Beam geometry calibration of SODARs without use of a mast.

Pharmacoproteomic study of the natural product Ebenfuran III in DU-145 prostate cancer cells: The quantitative and temporal interrogation of chemically induced cell death at the protein level (2013)
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Roumeltios, T., Halabalaki, M., Alexi, X., Ankrett, D., Giannopoulou, E., Sayan, B., & Skaltsounis, A. (2013). Pharmacoproteomic study of the natural product Ebenfuran III in DU-145 prostate cancer cells: The quantitative and temporal interrogation of chemically induced cell death at the protein level. Journal of Proteome Research, 12(4), 1591-1603. https://doi.org/10.1021/pr300968q

A naturally occurring benzofuran derivative, Ebenfuran III (Eb III), was investigated for its antiproliferative effects using the DU-145 prostate cell line. Eb III was isolated from Onobrychis ebenoides of the Leguminosae family, a plant endemic in C... Read More about Pharmacoproteomic study of the natural product Ebenfuran III in DU-145 prostate cancer cells: The quantitative and temporal interrogation of chemically induced cell death at the protein level.

Quantum dot-based thermal spectroscopy and imaging of optically trapped microspheres and single cells (2013)
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Martinez Maestro, L., Haro Gonzalez, P., Ramsay, W., del Rosal, B., Santacruz-Gomez, K., Iglesias de la Cruz, M., …Paterson, L. (2013). Quantum dot-based thermal spectroscopy and imaging of optically trapped microspheres and single cells. Small, 9(12), 2162-2170. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201201740

Laser‐induced thermal effects in optically trapped microspheres and single cells are investigated by quantum dot luminescence thermometry. Thermal spectroscopy has revealed a non‐localized temperature distribution around the trap that extends over te... Read More about Quantum dot-based thermal spectroscopy and imaging of optically trapped microspheres and single cells.

Fe3O4–graphene hybrids: nanoscale characterization and their enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption in gigahertz range (2013)
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Li, X., Yi, H., Zhang, J., Feng, J., Li, F., Xue, D., …Mellors, N. (2013). Fe3O4–graphene hybrids: nanoscale characterization and their enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption in gigahertz range. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-013-1472-1

Fe3O4–graphene hybrid materials have been fabricated by a simple polyol method, and their morphology, chemistry and crystal structure have been characterized at the nanoscale. It is found that each Fe3O4 nanoparticles decorated on the graphene has a... Read More about Fe3O4–graphene hybrids: nanoscale characterization and their enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption in gigahertz range.

Comparison of environmental and acoustic factors in occupied school classrooms for 11e16 year old students (2013)
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Mydlarz, C., Conetta, R., Connolly, D., Cox, T., Dockrell, D., & Shield, B. (2013). Comparison of environmental and acoustic factors in occupied school classrooms for 11e16 year old students. Building and Environment, 60, 265-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.10.020

This paper analyses and compares environmental and acoustic measurements taken from 12 contrasting schools in England. The 203 classrooms measured ranged in age, style (open plan, semi-open plan and cellular) and external noise levels. The occupied... Read More about Comparison of environmental and acoustic factors in occupied school classrooms for 11e16 year old students.

A survey of cost-sensitive decision tree induction algorithms (2013)
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Lomax, S., & Vadera, S. (2013). A survey of cost-sensitive decision tree induction algorithms. ACM computing surveys, 45(2), 16:1-16:35. https://doi.org/10.1145/2431211.2431215

The past decade has seen a significant interest on the problem of inducing decision trees that take account of costs of misclassification and costs of acquiring the features used for decision making. This survey identifies over 50 algorithms includi... Read More about A survey of cost-sensitive decision tree induction algorithms.

Analytical approximations for low frequency band gaps in periodic arrays of elastic shells (2013)
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in periodic arrays of elastic shells. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 133(2), https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4773257

This paper presents and compares three analytical methods for calculating low frequency band gap boundaries in doubly periodic arrays of resonating thin elastic shells. It is shown that both Foldy-type equations (derived with lattice sum expansions... Read More about Analytical approximations for low frequency band gaps in periodic arrays of elastic shells.

Mobile IPv4 based procedure for loose coupling architecture to optimize performance in heterogeneous wireless networks (2013)
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Khattab, O., & Alani, O. (2013). Mobile IPv4 based procedure for loose coupling architecture to optimize performance in heterogeneous wireless networks. International journal of computer networks and wireless communications (Online), 3(1), 56-61

One challenge of wireless networks integration is the ubiquitous wireless access abilities which provide the seamless handover for any moving communication device between the different types of technologies (3GPP and non-3GPP), such as GSM (Global Sy... Read More about Mobile IPv4 based procedure for loose coupling architecture to optimize performance in heterogeneous wireless networks.

An approach to context representation discovery and sharing in mobile ad-hoc networks (2013)
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Liu, Q., Linge, N., & Hope, M. (2013). An approach to context representation discovery and sharing in mobile ad-hoc networks. Information (Online), 16(2B), 1447-1456

The representation, discovery and exchange of context information in a mobile ad-hoc environment is challenging due to the dynamic nature of node movement and interaction. In this paper we present a new approach to context exchange that organizes the... Read More about An approach to context representation discovery and sharing in mobile ad-hoc networks.

Reversible recruitment and emission of DO3A-derived lanthanide complexes at ligating molecular films on gold (2013)
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Lehr, J., Bennett, J., Tropiano, M., Sørensen, T., Faulkner, S., Beer, P., & Davis, J. (2013). Reversible recruitment and emission of DO3A-derived lanthanide complexes at ligating molecular films on gold. Langmuir, 29(5), 1475-1482. https://doi.org/10.1021/la3046725

The recruitment of DO3A-derived lanthanide complexes by ligation to isophthalic acid and catechol-modified gold surfaces, and their resulting sensitization, is reported herein. Predictably pH-dependent surface recruitment is associated with the expec... Read More about Reversible recruitment and emission of DO3A-derived lanthanide complexes at ligating molecular films on gold.

Subtissue thermal sensing based on neodymium-doped LaF₃ nanoparticles (2013)
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Martinez Maestro, L., Rocha, U., Jacinto, C., Ferreira Silva, W., Guedes, I., Benayas, A., …Jaque, D. (2013). Subtissue thermal sensing based on neodymium-doped LaF₃ nanoparticles. ACS nano, 7(2), 1188-1199. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn304373q

In this work, we report the multifunctional character of neodymium-doped LaF3 core/shell nanoparticles. Because of the spectral overlap of the neodymium emission bands with the transparency windows of human tissues, these nanoparticles emerge as rele... Read More about Subtissue thermal sensing based on neodymium-doped LaF₃ nanoparticles.

Small businesses and flood impacts: The case of the 2009 flood event in Cockermouth (2013)
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Wedawatta, H., Ingirige, B., & Proverbs, D. (2014). Small businesses and flood impacts: The case of the 2009 flood event in Cockermouth. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 7(1), 42-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12031

Flooding can have a devastating impact on businesses, especially on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who may be unprepared and vulnerable to the range of both direct and indirect impacts. SMEs may tend to focus on the direct tangible impact... Read More about Small businesses and flood impacts: The case of the 2009 flood event in Cockermouth.

Diastolic spontaneous calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases beat-to-beat variability of repolarization in canine ventricular myocytes after β-adrenergic stimulation (2013)
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Johnson, D., Heijman, J., Bode, E., Greensmith, D., van der Linde, H., Abi-Gerges, N., …Volders, P. (2013). Diastolic spontaneous calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases beat-to-beat variability of repolarization in canine ventricular myocytes after β-adrenergic stimulation. Circulation Research, 112(2), 246-56. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.112.275735

RATIONALE Spontaneous Ca(2+) release (SCR) from the sarcoplasmic reticulum can cause delayed afterdepolarizations and triggered activity, contributing to arrhythmogenesis during β-adrenergic stimulation. Excessive beat-to-beat variability of repol... Read More about Diastolic spontaneous calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases beat-to-beat variability of repolarization in canine ventricular myocytes after β-adrenergic stimulation.

High-throughput phenotyping of uropathogenic E. coli isolates with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (2013)
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AlRabiah, H., Correa, E., Upton, M., & Goodacre, R. (2013). High-throughput phenotyping of uropathogenic E. coli isolates with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Analyst, 138(5), 1363. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3an36517d

Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is an established rapid whole-organism fingerprinting method that generates metabolic fingerprints from bacteria that reflect the phenotype of the microorganism under investigation. However, whilst FT-I... Read More about High-throughput phenotyping of uropathogenic E. coli isolates with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.