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Protein contact map prediction using committee machine approach (2013)
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Habibi, N., Saraee, M., & Korbekandi, H. (2013). Protein contact map prediction using committee machine approach. International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics, 7(4), 397-415. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJDMB.2013.054226

A protein contact map is a simplified representation of the protein's spatial structure. In recent years, contact map prediction has received a great deal of attention in Bioinformatics. Committee Machine is a machine learning method which shares t... Read More about Protein contact map prediction using committee machine approach.

Integrating research-informed teaching within an undergraduate level 4 (year 1) diagnostic radiography curriculum: a pilot study (2013)
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Higgins, R., Hogg, P., & Robinson, L. (2013). Integrating research-informed teaching within an undergraduate level 4 (year 1) diagnostic radiography curriculum: a pilot study. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 65(3), 351-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2013.819562

This article discusses the piloting and evaluation of the Research-informed Teaching experience (RiTe) project. The aim of RiTe was to link teaching and learning with research within an undergraduate diagnostic radiography curriculum. A preliminary p... Read More about Integrating research-informed teaching within an undergraduate level 4 (year 1) diagnostic radiography curriculum: a pilot study.

Conversation analysis as a method for investigating interaction in care home environments (2013)
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Chatwin, J. (2014). Conversation analysis as a method for investigating interaction in care home environments. Dementia, 13(6), 737-746. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301213485231

This article gives an outline of how the socio-linguistic approach of conversation analysis can be applied to the analysis of carer-patient interaction in care homes. A single case study from a routine encounter in a residential care home is presente... Read More about Conversation analysis as a method for investigating interaction in care home environments.

‘We’ll go grafting, yeah?’ crime as a response to urban neglect (2013)
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Patel, T. (2014). ‘We’ll go grafting, yeah?’ crime as a response to urban neglect. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 14(2), 179-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895813483761

Urban redevelopment attempts to rebrand spaces. The intention is to make them appear attractive for inward financial investment; to make improvements for residents; and, to reduce crime. It is considered by some to be a problematic process that does... Read More about ‘We’ll go grafting, yeah?’ crime as a response to urban neglect.

A molecular and ecological analysis of the trematode plagiorchis elegans in the wood mouse apodemus sylvaticus from a periaquatic ecosystem in the UK (2013)
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Boyce, K., Hide, G., Craig, P., Reynolds, C., Hussain, M., Bodell, A., …Rogan, M. (2013). A molecular and ecological analysis of the trematode plagiorchis elegans in the wood mouse apodemus sylvaticus from a periaquatic ecosystem in the UK. Journal of Helminthology, 88(03), 310-320. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X13000199

The prevalence of the digenean Plagiorchis sp. was investigated in a natural wood mouse population (Apodemus sylvaticus) in a periaquatic environment. Classical identification was complemented with the use of molecular differentiation to determine... Read More about A molecular and ecological analysis of the trematode plagiorchis elegans in the wood mouse apodemus sylvaticus from a periaquatic ecosystem in the UK.

Application of the team objective structured clinical encounter (TOSCE) for continuing professional development amongst postgraduate health professionals (2013)
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Morris, G., Uppal, E., Holt, K., Lythgoe, J., Mitchell, A., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2013). Application of the team objective structured clinical encounter (TOSCE) for continuing professional development amongst postgraduate health professionals. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 27(2), 191-193. https://doi.org/10.3109/13561820.2012.725232

Educators in healthcare face significant challenges trying to improve interprofessional teamworking skills, with a lack of clarity on how to teach and evaluate such skills. Previously, the team objective structured clinical encounter (TOSCE) has been... Read More about Application of the team objective structured clinical encounter (TOSCE) for continuing professional development amongst postgraduate health professionals.

Action research in radiography : what it is and how it can be conducted (2013)
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Munn, Z., Pearson, A., Jordan, Z., Murphy, F., & Pilkington, D. (2013). Action research in radiography : what it is and how it can be conducted. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 60(2), 47-52. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.8

Action research is a form of research that investigates and describes a social or work situation with the aim of achieving a change which results in improvement. This article emphasizes the potential for action research to be a useful research method... Read More about Action research in radiography : what it is and how it can be conducted.

Construction as a career choice for young disabled people : dispelling the myths (2013)
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Ormerod, M., & Newton, R. (2013). Construction as a career choice for young disabled people : dispelling the myths. Construction Management and Economics, 31(8), 928-938. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2013.777465

Disabled people want to have the same opportunities and experiences as everyone else, yet owing to a number of barriers they are often excluded from meaningful employment. There are few statistics available in the UK to provide an accurate understand... Read More about Construction as a career choice for young disabled people : dispelling the myths.

The Fischer controversy, the war origins debate and France: a non-history (2013)
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Keiger, J. (2013). The Fischer controversy, the war origins debate and France: a non-history. Journal of Contemporary History, 48(2), 363-375. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022009412472715

The controversy that followed publication in 1961 of Fritz Fischer’s Griff nach der Weltmacht was not restricted to West Germany. Even if the Fischer debate abroad did not acquire the vehemence it took on domestically, intellectually the effect was... Read More about The Fischer controversy, the war origins debate and France: a non-history.

State surveillance and the communist lives: Rose Cohen and the early British communist milieu (2013)
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Callaghan, J., & Phythian, M. (2013). State surveillance and the communist lives: Rose Cohen and the early British communist milieu. Journal of Intelligence History, 2013(1),

Rose Cohen was a prominent member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in the 1920s. She relocated to Moscow with her husband Max Petrovsky, the Comintern’s UK representative, in 1927. Both were arrested and shot in 1937 during the Stali... Read More about State surveillance and the communist lives: Rose Cohen and the early British communist milieu.

Estimating the gaze of a virtuality human (2013)
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Roberts, D., Rae, J., Duckworth, T., & Moore, C. (2013). Estimating the gaze of a virtuality human. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 19(4), 681-690. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2013.30

The aim of our experiment is to determine if eye-gaze can be estimated from a virtuality human: to within the accuracies that underpin social interaction; and reliably across gaze poses and camera arrangements likely in every day settings. The scene... Read More about Estimating the gaze of a virtuality human.

'The trumpet of the night': Interwar communists on BBC radio (2013)
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Harker, B. (2013). 'The trumpet of the night': Interwar communists on BBC radio. History Workshop Journal, 75, 81-101. https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbs035

This article revisits the relationship between the Communist Party and the BBC in the interwar period, arguing that Communism was a spectre that haunted the early BBC, inhabiting the vision that shaped its formation. More particularly, it argues tha... Read More about 'The trumpet of the night': Interwar communists on BBC radio.

Review of ecological engineering solutions for rural non-point source water pollution control in Hubei province, China (2013)
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Wu, M., Tang, X., Li, Q., Yang, W., Jin, F., Tang, M., & Scholz, M. (2013). Review of ecological engineering solutions for rural non-point source water pollution control in Hubei province, China. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 224(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1561-x

Rural non-point source (RNPS) water pollution control is problematic in Hubei Province, which is a typical agricultural region with abundant rainfall and a developed natural surface water network. The concept of best management practices (BMP) origin... Read More about Review of ecological engineering solutions for rural non-point source water pollution control in Hubei province, China.

Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles (2013)
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Baldissin, G., Boag, N., Tang, C., & Bull, D. (2013). Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1993-1996. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201201535

Deprotonation of ammonia with n-butyllithium offers a facile synthetic route to produce pure lithium amide exhibiting fine granularity, which facilitates the complete thermal decomposition to lithium imide at a relatively low temperature of 600 K. Sy... Read More about Synthesis of pure lithium amide nanoparticles.

n-Diamond : Dynamical stability of proposed structures (2013)
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Baldissin, G., & Bull, D. (2013). n-Diamond : Dynamical stability of proposed structures. Diamond and Related Materials, 34, 60-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2013.01.010

A number of experimental works, mainly under extreme conditions, report a carbon phase with the same reflections as diamond but showing additional reflections that are forbidden for diamond. The crystal structure of this phase, called n-diamond by Hi... Read More about n-Diamond : Dynamical stability of proposed structures.

A survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection (2013)
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Damshenas, M., Dehghantanha, A., & Mahmod, R. (2013). A survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection. International Journal of Computer Applications, 67(16), https://doi.org/10.5120/11480-7108

Over the last decades, there were lots of studies made on malware and their countermeasures. The most recent reports emphasize that the invention of malicious software is rapidly increasing. Moreover, the intensive use of networks and Interne... Read More about A survey on malware propagation, analysis, and detection.

Dressing the part? The significance of dress in social work (2013)
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Scholar, H. (2013). Dressing the part? The significance of dress in social work. Social Work Education, 32(3), 365-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2012.667798

This paper explores practice educators’ views about the significance of dress for social work in the context of UK social work education. The findings, drawn from three focus group discussions, suggest that practice educators regard dress as an impor... Read More about Dressing the part? The significance of dress in social work.

The use of normalized cross-correlation analysis for automatic tendon excursion measurement in dynamic ultrasound imaging (2013)
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Pearson, S., Ritchings, R., & Mohamed, A. (2013). The use of normalized cross-correlation analysis for automatic tendon excursion measurement in dynamic ultrasound imaging. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 29(2), 165-173

The work describes an automated method of tracking dynamic ultrasound images using a normalized cross-correlation algorithm, applied to the patellar and gastrocnemius tendon. Displacement was examined during active and passive tendon excursions using... Read More about The use of normalized cross-correlation analysis for automatic tendon excursion measurement in dynamic ultrasound imaging.

Can rainwater induce Fenton-driven degradation of herbicides in natural waters? (2013)
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Qin, J., Li, H., Lin, C., & Chen, G. (2013). Can rainwater induce Fenton-driven degradation of herbicides in natural waters?. Chemosphere, 1048-1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.03.003

Microcosm experiments were conducted to examine Fenton reaction-driven degradation of three common herbicides exposed to a variety of Fe2+–H2O2 combinations that are likely to be encountered in natural water environments. The results show that thes... Read More about Can rainwater induce Fenton-driven degradation of herbicides in natural waters?.