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Intranets in large construction organisations : exploring advancements, capabilities and barriers (2007)
Journal Article
Ingirige, B., & Sexton, M. (2007). Intranets in large construction organisations : exploring advancements, capabilities and barriers

The role of Intranets has changed significantly from a passive role of providing company information to its employees to a more dynamic role to share and capture knowledge. A review of the literature on Intranets reveals that some companies leverage... Read More about Intranets in large construction organisations : exploring advancements, capabilities and barriers.

The 24-hour city : residents' sensorial experiences (2007)
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Adams, M., Moore, G., Cox, T., Croxford, B., Refaee, M., & Sharples, S. (2007). The 24-hour city : residents' sensorial experiences. https://doi.org/10.2752/174589307X203092

The concept of the 24-hour city evokes vibrancy and a dynamic that suggests the harmonious coexistence of mixed land uses which might otherwise be considered improbable neighbors. In reality we see a 24-hour city full of diverse uses, needs and requi... Read More about The 24-hour city : residents' sensorial experiences.

Progress through partnership: how do industry and UK higher education built environment courses work collaboratively? (2007)
Journal Article
Williams, A. (2007). Progress through partnership: how do industry and UK higher education built environment courses work collaboratively?. International journal of engineering education, 23(4), 780-784

The paper presents the initial findings of the UK-based Accelerating Change for Built Environment Education (ACBEE) initiative. An empirical investigation of first phase ACBEE case studies of excellence has been carried out to unpack the type and lev... Read More about Progress through partnership: how do industry and UK higher education built environment courses work collaboratively?.

Conservation values, climate change and modern architecture: the case of the CIS tower (2007)
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Hudson, J. (2007). Conservation values, climate change and modern architecture: the case of the CIS tower. Journal of Architectural Conservation, 13(2), 47-68

The Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) Tower in Manchester is part of an office and conference facility of 1959–62 considered by Pevsner to be the best commercial office building in Manchester. In 1995 it was listed at Grade II. It has recently see... Read More about Conservation values, climate change and modern architecture: the case of the CIS tower.

Freedom of entry, market size and competitive outcome : evidence from English soccer (2007)
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Buraimo, B., Forrest, D., & Simmons, R. (2007). Freedom of entry, market size and competitive outcome : evidence from English soccer. Southern Economic Journal, 74(1), 204-213

The paper tests, in the context of an open sports league, whether greater success is achieved by clubs in markets with larger populations. The relationship is strong but, to a limited extent, mitigated by more clubs establishing in large markets.

The mysterious case of the missing paradigm: a review of critical information systems research 1991–2001 (2007)
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Richardson, H., & Robinson, B. (2007). The mysterious case of the missing paradigm: a review of critical information systems research 1991–2001. Information Systems Journal, 17(3), 251-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2007.00230.x

In this journal, Chen and Hirschheim have provided a historical analysis of positivist and interpretivist research paradigms and methodologies in the 10 years following the much cited work of Orlikowski and Baroudi. In this paper, we investigate the... Read More about The mysterious case of the missing paradigm: a review of critical information systems research 1991–2001.

Ethical issues in the involvement of young service users in research (2007)
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young service users in research. Ethics and Social Welfare, 1(2), 176-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496530701450364

This paper focuses attention on the ethical issues concerning the involvement of young service users as co-researchers. In particular the article offers an
examination of the limitations of the term ‘service user’, comments on degrees of participati... Read More about Ethical issues in the involvement of young service users in research.

Comparison of vertical-flow constructed wetlands for treatment of wastewater containing lead and copper (2007)
Journal Article
Scholz, M., & Xu, J. (2007). Comparison of vertical-flow constructed wetlands for treatment of wastewater containing lead and copper. Water and Environment Journal, 15(4), 287-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2001.tb00356.x

This paper describes an investigation into the treatment efficiency and capital cost of vertical-flow constructed-wetland filters containing different plant communities and granular media with different adsorption capacities. The media included grave... Read More about Comparison of vertical-flow constructed wetlands for treatment of wastewater containing lead and copper.

IS success and failure: the problem of scale (2007)
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Kreps, D., & Richardson, H. (2007). IS success and failure: the problem of scale. Political Quarterly, 78(3), 439-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2007.00871.x

In this article we consider Information Systems (IS) failure, and how social and technical factors combine and contribute to project setbacks. This is a timely re¯ection,
given the turbulence and confusion facing what has been described as the large... Read More about IS success and failure: the problem of scale.

An early response to environmental stress involves regulation of OmpX and OmpF, two enterobacterial outer membrane pore-forming proteins (2007)
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Dupont, M., James, C., Chevalier, J., & Pages, J. (2007). An early response to environmental stress involves regulation of OmpX and OmpF, two enterobacterial outer membrane pore-forming proteins. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 51(9), 3190-3198. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01481-06

Bacterial adaptation to external stresses and toxic compounds is a key step in the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains that are a serious threat to human health. Although some of the proteins and regulators involved in antibiotic resistance mech... Read More about An early response to environmental stress involves regulation of OmpX and OmpF, two enterobacterial outer membrane pore-forming proteins.

Creep and the in vivo assessment of human patellar tendon mechanical properties (2007)
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Pearson, S., Burgess, K., & Onambele, G. (2007). Creep and the in vivo assessment of human patellar tendon mechanical properties. Clinical Biomechanics, 22(6), 712-717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.02.006

Background: Owing to the viscoelastic nature of tendons it may be that the total excursion and hence strain experienced by the tendon under load may be affected by the duration of contraction. Here we examine the effect of contraction duration on the... Read More about Creep and the in vivo assessment of human patellar tendon mechanical properties.

A note on the use of GPS collars to monitor wild maned wolves< i> Chrysocyon brachyurus</i>(Illiger 1815)(Mammalia, Canidae) (2007)
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Coelho, C., de Melo, L., Sabato, M., Rizel, D., & Young, R. (2007). A note on the use of GPS collars to monitor wild maned wolves< i> Chrysocyon brachyurus(Illiger 1815)(Mammalia, Canidae). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 105(1-3), 259-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2006.04.024

Increasingly, problems of animal conservation are being solved with the aid of technology. One recent advance in monitoring the spatial location of wild animals is the GPS collar. In this study we evaluate the use of such technology with three wild m... Read More about A note on the use of GPS collars to monitor wild maned wolves< i> Chrysocyon brachyurus</i>(Illiger 1815)(Mammalia, Canidae).

Nursing intervention for day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2007)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2007). Nursing intervention for day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Nursing Standard, 22(6), 35-41

A considerable amount of elective surgery can now be undertaken on a day-case, 23 hour or 72 hour stay basis. Such changes to modern surgery are transforming surgical nursing as the copious level of physical care once required by elective surgical pa... Read More about Nursing intervention for day case laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Cleavage of the transactivation-inhibitory domain of p63 by caspases enhances apoptosis (2007)
Journal Article
Sayan, B., Sayan, A., Ying, A., Aqeilan, R., Candi, E., Cohen, G., …Melino, G. (2007). Cleavage of the transactivation-inhibitory domain of p63 by caspases enhances apoptosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(26), 10871-10876. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0700761104

p63 is a p53-related transcription factor. Utilization of two different promoters and alternative splicing at the C terminus lead to generation of six isoforms. The α isoforms of TAp63 and ΔNp63 contain a transactivation-inhibitory (TI) domain at the... Read More about Cleavage of the transactivation-inhibitory domain of p63 by caspases enhances apoptosis.

Promoting academic writing/referencing skills: outcome of an undergraduate e-learning pilot project (2007)
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Brown, C., Dickson, R., Humpheys, A., McQuillan, V., & Smears, E. (2007). Promoting academic writing/referencing skills: outcome of an undergraduate e-learning pilot project. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00735.x

Future health care professionals will require self-directed learning skills. e-Learning is a tool to assist in this process and therefore there is a need to develop the capacity and readiness to utilise e-learning within educational programmes. The a... Read More about Promoting academic writing/referencing skills: outcome of an undergraduate e-learning pilot project.

Multi-functional self-cleaning thermochromic films by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (2007)
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Evans, P., Pemble, M., Sheel, D., & Yates, H. (2007). Multi-functional self-cleaning thermochromic films by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 189(2-3), 387-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2007.02.031

Thin films of titanium dioxide and vanadium dioxide were deposited onto glass using atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (APCVD). The films were investigated as individual layers and as part of multilayer systems to assess their potential... Read More about Multi-functional self-cleaning thermochromic films by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition.

Gold nanoparticles capped by peptides (2007)
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Porta, F., Speranza, G., Krpetic, Z., Dal Santo, V., Francescato, P., & Scarì, G. (2007). Gold nanoparticles capped by peptides. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 140(3), 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2007.03.019

Two dipeptides (GK and GC) and two 15-aminoacid peptides (GK15 and GC15) were used as capping agents in the preparation of monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles (MPCs). They were characterized by TEM microscopy, UV–vis, NMR and IR spectroscopy.

Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis (2007)
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Craig, P., McManus, D., Lightowlers, M., Chabolgoity, J., Garcia, H., Gavidia, C., …Schantz, P. (2007). Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099%2807%2970134-2

Human cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease) continues to be a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. Elimination is difficult to obtain and it is estimated that, using current control options, achieving such a goal... Read More about Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis.

What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground? A study in healthy young women. (2007)
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Thies, S., Ashton-Miller, J., & Richardson, J. (2007). What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground? A study in healthy young women. Gait & Posture, 26(1), 156-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.08.011

We hypothesized that, during gait, the perturbation caused by stepping on a 1.2-cm high protuberance with the medial forefoot would not only alter stance foot kinematics and kinetics, but also alter subsequent step location and timing, even to the po... Read More about What causes a crossover step when walking on uneven ground? A study in healthy young women..