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Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product (2014)
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Nourian, A., Nasr, G., Pillai, D., & Waters, M. (2014). Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product. International Journal of Multiphysics, 8(4), 437-460. https://doi.org/10.1260/1750-9548.8.4.437

Most of the current universal consumer aerosol products using high viscous product such as cooking oil, antiperspirants, hair removal cream are primarily used LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) propellant which is unfriendly environmental. The advantag... Read More about Compressed gas domestic aerosol valve design using high viscous product.

ANDROID : an inter-disciplinary academic network that promotes co-operation and innovation among European higher education to increase society's resilience to disasters (2014)
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Haigh, R., Amaratunga, R., & Thayaparan, M. (2014). ANDROID : an inter-disciplinary academic network that promotes co-operation and innovation among European higher education to increase society's resilience to disasters. Procedia Economics and Finance, 18, 857-864. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671%2814%2901011-9

Using knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels is one of five priorities for action (PFA) that were identified in the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). The responsibility for such capacity building... Read More about ANDROID : an inter-disciplinary academic network that promotes co-operation and innovation among European higher education to increase society's resilience to disasters.

Disaster management education through Higher Education – industry collaboration in the built environment (2014)
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Thayaparan, M., Malalgoda, C., Keraminiyage, K., & Amaratunga, R. (2014). Disaster management education through Higher Education – industry collaboration in the built environment. Procedia Economics and Finance, 18, 651-658. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671%2814%2900987-3

Effectively responding to the current and dynamic construction labour market requirements is a major responsibility of higher education institutions (HEIs). HEIs aim to reduce the mismatch between what they deliver and what is required by the industr... Read More about Disaster management education through Higher Education – industry collaboration in the built environment.

Transportation evacuation strategies based on VANET disaster management system (2014)
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Alazawi, Z., Alani, O., Abdljabar, M., & Mehmood, R. (2014). Transportation evacuation strategies based on VANET disaster management system. Procedia Economics and Finance, 18, 352-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671%2814%2900950-2

The September 2001 attacks and the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster are examples of manmade and natural disasters which have revealed the importance of having a disaster management system in place. A great deal of advisory and policy docume... Read More about Transportation evacuation strategies based on VANET disaster management system.

Polylysogeny magnifies competitiveness of a bacterial pathogen in vivo (2014)
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Burns, N., James, C., & Harrison, E. (2015). Polylysogeny magnifies competitiveness of a bacterial pathogen in vivo. Evolutionary Applications, 8(4), 346-351. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12243

The rise of next generation sequencing is revealing a hidden diversity of temperate phages within the microbial community. While a handful of these phages have been well characterized, for the vast majority, the role of phage carriage, and especially... Read More about Polylysogeny magnifies competitiveness of a bacterial pathogen in vivo.

Drought indices supporting drought management in transboundary watersheds subject to climate alterations (2014)
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Al-Faraj, F., Scholz, M., Tigkas, D., & Boni, M. (2015). Drought indices supporting drought management in transboundary watersheds subject to climate alterations. Water Policy, 17(5), 865-886. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2014.237

There is growing concern in Iraq about the inefficiency of reactive drought management practices. Corresponding actions are largely characterized as emergency-based responses that treat the symptoms of drought rather than consider the vulnerability c... Read More about Drought indices supporting drought management in transboundary watersheds subject to climate alterations.

Automated identification of neural correlates of continuous variables (2014)
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Daly, I., Hwang, F., Kirke, A., Malik, A., Weaver, J., Williams, D., …Nasuto, S. (2015). Automated identification of neural correlates of continuous variables. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 242, 65-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.12.012

Background The electroencephalogram (EEG) may be described by a large number of different feature types and automated feature selection methods are needed in order to reliably identify features which correlate with continuous independent variables.... Read More about Automated identification of neural correlates of continuous variables.

Investigation of infectivity of neonates and adults from different rat strains to toxoplasma gondii prugniaud shows both variation which correlates with iNOS and Arginase-1 activity and increased susceptibility of neonates to infection (2014)
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Gao, J., Yi, S., Wu, M., Geng, G., Shen, J., Lu, F., …Lun, Z. (2015). Investigation of infectivity of neonates and adults from different rat strains to toxoplasma gondii prugniaud shows both variation which correlates with iNOS and Arginase-1 activity and increased susceptibility of neonates to infection. Experimental Parasitology, 149, 47-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2014.12.008

Mouse models differ considerably fromhumans with regard to clinical symptoms of toxoplasmosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii and, by comparison, the rat model is more representative of this disease in humans. In the present study, we found that differ... Read More about Investigation of infectivity of neonates and adults from different rat strains to toxoplasma gondii prugniaud shows both variation which correlates with iNOS and Arginase-1 activity and increased susceptibility of neonates to infection.

Urocortin - from Parkinson's disease to the skeleton (2014)
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Lawrence, K., Jackson, T., Jamieson, D., Stevens, A., Owens, G., Sayan, B., …Townsend, P. (2014). Urocortin - from Parkinson's disease to the skeleton. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 60, 130-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2014.12.005

Urocortin (Ucn 1), a 40 amino acid long peptide related to corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) was discovered 19 years ago, based on its sequence homology to the parent molecule. Its existence was inferred in the CNS because of anatomical and pharma... Read More about Urocortin - from Parkinson's disease to the skeleton.

Graphene oxide interfaces in serum based autoantibody quantification (2014)
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Xu, Q., Cheng, H., Lehr, J., Patil, A., & Davis, J. (2015). Graphene oxide interfaces in serum based autoantibody quantification. Analytical Chemistry, 87(1), 346-350. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac503890e

A reliable quantification of protein markers will undoubtedly underpin profound developments in disease surveillance, diagnostics, and improved therapy. Although there potentially exist numerous means of achieving this, electrochemical impedimetric t... Read More about Graphene oxide interfaces in serum based autoantibody quantification.

Sputtering yields exceeding 1000 by 80keV Xe irradiation of Au nanorods (2014)
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Ilinov, A., Kuronen, A., Nordlund, K., Greaves, G., Hinks, J., Busby, P., …Donnelly, S. (2014). Sputtering yields exceeding 1000 by 80keV Xe irradiation of Au nanorods. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 341, 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2014.03.025

Using experiments and computer simulations, we find that 80 keV Xe ion irradiation of Au nanorods can produce sputtering yields exceeding 1000, which to our knowledge are the highest yields reported for sputtering by single ions in the nuclear collis... Read More about Sputtering yields exceeding 1000 by 80keV Xe irradiation of Au nanorods.

Revealing DNA interactions with exogenous agents by surface-enhanced raman scattering (2014)
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Masetti, M., Xie, H., Krpetic, Z., Recanatini, M., Alvarez-Puebla, R., & Guerrini, L. (2015). Revealing DNA interactions with exogenous agents by surface-enhanced raman scattering. Abstracts of papers / American Chemical Society, 137(1), 469-476. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja511398w

The standard protocols for DNA analysis largely involve polymerase chain reaction (PCR). However, DNA structures bound to chemical agents cannot be PCR-amplified, and therefore any sequence changes induced by external agents may be neglected. Thus, t... Read More about Revealing DNA interactions with exogenous agents by surface-enhanced raman scattering.

The concept and realization of nanostructure fabrication using free-standing metallic wires with rapid thermal annealing (2014)
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Cui, A., Hao, T., Li, W., Shen, T., Liu, Z., Jiang, Q., & Gu, C. (2015). The concept and realization of nanostructure fabrication using free-standing metallic wires with rapid thermal annealing. SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, 58(4), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-014-5623-x

Free-standing metallic nanostructures are considered to be highly relevant to many branches of science and technology with applications of three dimensional metallic nanostructures ranging from optical reflectors, actuators, and antenna, to free-stan... Read More about The concept and realization of nanostructure fabrication using free-standing metallic wires with rapid thermal annealing.

Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa (2014)
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Entwistle, N., Heritage, G., Tooth, S., & Milan, D. (2015). Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa. Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 367, 215-219. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-367-215-2015

Many of the large rivers in southern Africa exhibit a strong bedrock influence, being characterised by a channel incised 10–20 m into ancient planation surfaces. Under alluviated conditions, these channels display downstream sequences of channel type... Read More about Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa.

Mobilization of heavy metals from urban contaminated soils under water inundation conditions (2014)
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Mukwaturi, M., & Lin, C. (2015). Mobilization of heavy metals from urban contaminated soils under water inundation conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 285, 445-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.10.020

A microcosm experiment was conducted to investigate heavy metal release from the urban soils heavily contaminated by past industrial activities. The aim was to assess the mobility of various heavy metals under inundation with water. The results sho... Read More about Mobilization of heavy metals from urban contaminated soils under water inundation conditions.

Host size constrains growth patterns in both female and male Ceratothoa italica, a mouth-dwelling isopod (2014)
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Pawluk, R., Ciampoli, M., & Mariani, S. (2014). Host size constrains growth patterns in both female and male Ceratothoa italica, a mouth-dwelling isopod. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66(4), 381. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF14125

Host–parasite associations are among the primary drivers of evolutionary diversification, and hold considerable importance for understanding ecological equilibria. In particular, crustacean ectoparasites are typically associated with many fish famili... Read More about Host size constrains growth patterns in both female and male Ceratothoa italica, a mouth-dwelling isopod.

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from healthcare and community facilities in Libya show a high level of resistance to fusidic acid (2014)
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Warag, S., Foster, H., & Daw, M. (2014). Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from healthcare and community facilities in Libya show a high level of resistance to fusidic acid. Journal of infectious disease and therapy, 2(189), https://doi.org/10.4172/2332-0877.1000189

Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen and is implicated in a wide variety of infections in the healthcare and community settings. The organism is often subcategorized as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) or health care-associated MRS... Read More about Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from healthcare and community facilities in Libya show a high level of resistance to fusidic acid.

Bridging the domestic building fabric performance gap (2014)
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Johnston, D., Farmer, D., Brooke-Peat, M., & Miles-Shenton, D. (2016). Bridging the domestic building fabric performance gap. Building Research and Information, 44(2), 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2014.979093

In the UK, it is recognised that there is often a discrepancy between the measured fabric thermal performance of dwellings as-built and the predicted performance of the same dwellings and that the magnitude of this difference in performance can be... Read More about Bridging the domestic building fabric performance gap.

Lytic activity by temperate phages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in long-term cystic fibrosis chronic lung infections (2014)
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James, C. E., Davies, E. V., Fothergill, J. L., Walshaw, M. J., Beale, C. M., Brockhurst, M. A., & Winstanley, C. (2015). Lytic activity by temperate phages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in long-term cystic fibrosis chronic lung infections. ISME Journal, 9(6), 1391-1398. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.223

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common bacterial pathogen infecting the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The transmissible Liverpool epidemic strain (LES) harbours multiple inducible prophages (LESϕ2; LESϕ3; LESϕ4; LESϕ5; and LESϕ6), some o... Read More about Lytic activity by temperate phages of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in long-term cystic fibrosis chronic lung infections.