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Doers of the word: an enquiry into the nature of action in action learning (2007)
Journal Article
Rooke, J., Altounyan, C., Young, A., & Young, S. (2007). Doers of the word: an enquiry into the nature of action in action learning. Action learning, 4(2), 119-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767330701592698

A recent trend in public policy in many countries is the requirement for 'joined up thinking' and 'joined up working', including partnership within and between agencies, and between agencies and their publics. This in turn has led to a growth of inte... Read More about Doers of the word: an enquiry into the nature of action in action learning.

Criteria for evaluating research: the unique adequacy requirement of methods (2007)
Journal Article
Rooke, J., & Kagioglou, M. (2007). Criteria for evaluating research: the unique adequacy requirement of methods. Construction Management and Economics, 25(9), 979-987. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190701268855

The Unique Adequacy requirement of methods (UA) is proposed as a means of evaluating research in construction management. UA addresses the problems stemming from the significance of conscious action in constituting human organisation. These may be su... Read More about Criteria for evaluating research: the unique adequacy requirement of methods.

Study on women leadership in construction organisations (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Thurairajah, N., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. (2007, September). Study on women leadership in construction organisations. Presented at 23rd Annual ARCOM (Association of Researchers in Construction Management ) conference, Belfast

An approach for real world data modelling with the 3D terrestrial laser scanner for built environment (2007)
Journal Article
Arayici, Y. (2007). An approach for real world data modelling with the 3D terrestrial laser scanner for built environment. Automation in Construction, 16(6), 816-829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2007.02.008

Capturing and modelling 3D information of the built environment is a big challenge. A number of techniques and technologies are now in use. These include EDM, GPS, and photogrammetric application, remote sensing and traditional building surveying app... Read More about An approach for real world data modelling with the 3D terrestrial laser scanner for built environment.

The plagiarism panic and the partial academic (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Procter, C. (2007, September). The plagiarism panic and the partial academic. Presented at ECE conference 2007, University of Salford

This paper is concerned with exploring the causes of plagiarism. The author presented his own experience in the investigation of plagiarism over a four year period.

This experience suggests that plagiarism can be the result of poor academic prac... Read More about The plagiarism panic and the partial academic.

A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy (2007)
Journal Article
Bull, M., & Pasquino, G. (2007). A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy. West European Politics, 30(4), 670-691. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402380701500223

Of all the issues that have been regarded as necessary to stabilising Italian politics following the dramatic upheaval of the 1990s, none has been more important than constitutional and institutional reforms. Yet, there has been an unqualified failur... Read More about A long quest in vain : institutional reforms in Italy.

The role of daylight in preserving identities in heritage context (2007)
Journal Article
Al-Maiyah, S., & Elkadi, H. (2007). The role of daylight in preserving identities in heritage context. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 11(7), 1544-1557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2005.11.004

The narrow alleys and the small neighbourhood squares are the most recognisable urban configuration forms that highlight the fabrics of Old Cairo. Parts of Old Cairo are currently going through major conservation projects. The extent of the success o... Read More about The role of daylight in preserving identities in heritage context.

A hybrid finite element / finite difference time domain technique for modelling the acoustics of surfaces within a medium (2007)
Journal Article
of surfaces within a medium. Acta acustica united with Acustica, 93(5), 804-809

The paper will explore the interaction of vibrating structures with an acoustic medium such as air by the hy- bridisation of a time integrated sparse node finite element based technique with the finite difference time domain method. In this paper the... Read More about A hybrid finite element / finite difference time domain technique for modelling the acoustics of surfaces within a medium.

E-learning and professional development – never too old to learn (2007)
Journal Article
Gill, A. (2007). E-learning and professional development – never too old to learn. British Journal of Nursing, 16(17), 1084-1088. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2007.16.17.27255

A growing concern among healthcare professionals is the need to continually update knowledge and skills in order to enhance clinical practice. It is recognized that there are major concerns about recruitment and retention of staff within health care,... Read More about E-learning and professional development – never too old to learn.

Assessment of knee extensor mechanism function and the manipulation of that function (2007)
Thesis
Herrington, L. Assessment of knee extensor mechanism function and the manipulation of that function. (Thesis). University of Salford

Dysfunction of the knee extensor mechanism resulting in patellofemoral pain (PFP)
presents a significant challenge to those clinicians working in musculoskeletal
medicine. The presence of the condition is believed to be related to changes in
inter... Read More about Assessment of knee extensor mechanism function and the manipulation of that function.

Mechanistic studies on aziridinylbenzoquinones and CCNU [l-(2-chloroethyl)- 3-cyclohexyl-l-nitrosourea] in cultured tumour cells (2007)
Thesis
Ben Raba, F. Mechanistic studies on aziridinylbenzoquinones and CCNU [l-(2-chloroethyl)- 3-cyclohexyl-l-nitrosourea] in cultured tumour cells. (Thesis). University of Salford

This work is concerned with the action of two different anticancer drugs which can
alkylate DNA in tumour cells.
The first alkylating agent studied was CCNU [(l-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-lnitrosourea,
Lomustine]. This is a well established clin... Read More about Mechanistic studies on aziridinylbenzoquinones and CCNU [l-(2-chloroethyl)- 3-cyclohexyl-l-nitrosourea] in cultured tumour cells.

The behavioural responses of Nile tilapia (< i> Oreochromis niloticus</i>) to anti-predator training (2007)
Journal Article
Mesquita, F., & Young, R. (2007). The behavioural responses of Nile tilapia (< i> Oreochromis niloticus) to anti-predator training. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 106(1-3), 144-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2006.06.013

Globally millions of fishes are released, each year, into the wild to supplement diminishing populations. However, research indicates that less than 5% of these individuals survive, and that one of the major causes of mortality is predation. The obje... Read More about The behavioural responses of Nile tilapia (< i> Oreochromis niloticus</i>) to anti-predator training.

A new and robust apple evaluation method using image processing (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Mirzaei, H., & Saraee, M. (2007, August). A new and robust apple evaluation method using image processing. Presented at First Joint Congress on Fuzzy and Intelligent Systems, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Fruit evaluation is a necessary component of vegetable and fruit sorting system. Recently, machine vision applications for sorting and inspecting some fruit vegetables have been studied by many scientists. In this paper a new and robust computer visi... Read More about A new and robust apple evaluation method using image processing.

Entropy-based epistasy search in SNP case-control studies (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Manzour, A., & Saraee, M. (2007, August). Entropy-based epistasy search in SNP case-control studies. Presented at Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, 2007. FSKD 2007., Haikou, China

The purpose of gene mapping is to identify the causal genetic regions of a specific phenotype mainly a complex disease. Most complex diseases are believed to have multiple contributing loci often having subtle patterns which make them fairly difficul... Read More about Entropy-based epistasy search in SNP case-control studies.

A first step towards learning which uORFs regulate gene expression (2007)
Book Chapter
Selp, S., Bryant, C., Kemp, G., & Cvijovic, M. (2007). A first step towards learning which uORFs regulate gene expression. In R. Hofestadt, & T. Topel (Eds.), Annual collection of articles of the Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics(JIB) (137-150). Aachen, Germany: Shaker Verlag

A preliminary study into the effectiveness of stroboscopic light as an aversive stimulus for fish (2007)
Journal Article
Mesquita, F., Godinho, H., de Azevedo, P., & Young, R. (2008). A preliminary study into the effectiveness of stroboscopic light as an aversive stimulus for fish. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 111(3-4), 402-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.014

To reduce fish mortality in nature it is often necessary to expel individuals from areas modified by humans (e.g., dams) where they could be injured or killed. We tested the effectiveness of stroboscopic light as an aversive stimulus for zebrafish (D... Read More about A preliminary study into the effectiveness of stroboscopic light as an aversive stimulus for fish.

A note on corporate taxation, limited liability, and asymmetric information (2007)
Journal Article
Miglo, A. (2007). A note on corporate taxation, limited liability, and asymmetric information. Journal of Economics, 92(1), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-007-0281-3

Becker and Fuest (this issue, p. 1–10) provides a new explanation for the link between limited liability and corporate taxation. The authors argue that a corporate tax on all entrepreneurs with limited liability is optimal when entrepreneurs can offs... Read More about A note on corporate taxation, limited liability, and asymmetric information.