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The Johnson administration and the recruitment of allies in Vietnam, 1964-68 (2009)
Journal Article
Colman, J., & Widen, J. (2009). The Johnson administration and the recruitment of allies in Vietnam, 1964-68. History, 94(4), 483-504

The Vietnam War has generated a vast literature but one which has often forgotten that the United States fought in Vietnam as part of a coalition. This article examines Washington’s efforts under President Lyndon B. Johnson to recruit third country c... Read More about The Johnson administration and the recruitment of allies in Vietnam, 1964-68.

The US Embassy and British film policy, 1947-48: A 'lesser but highly explosive question’ (2009)
Journal Article
Colman, J. (2009). The US Embassy and British film policy, 1947-48: A 'lesser but highly explosive question’. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 7(4), 413-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794010903286268

In August 1947 the British Treasury imposed a substantial tax on film imports, to conserve dollars for the purchase of essential goods from abroad. In response, the American film industry stopped exporting its product to Britain, and the US Embassy b... Read More about The US Embassy and British film policy, 1947-48: A 'lesser but highly explosive question’.

Inertial sensor-based knee flexion/extension angle estimation (2009)
Journal Article
Cooper, G., Sheret, I., McMillian, L., Siliverdis, K., Sha, N., Hodgins, D., …Howard, D. (2009). Inertial sensor-based knee flexion/extension angle estimation. Journal of Biomechanics, 42(16), 2678-2685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.08.004

A new method for estimating knee joint flexion/extension angles from segment acceleration and angular velocity data is described. The approach uses a combination of Kalman filters and biomechanical constraints based on anatomical knowledge. In contra... Read More about Inertial sensor-based knee flexion/extension angle estimation.

The SURF-ARUP framework for urban infrastructural development. No:2 (2009)
Other
May, T., Marvin, S., Hodson, M., & Perry, B. (2009). The SURF-ARUP framework for urban infrastructural development. No:2. Manchester, UK

2010 heralds the 10th Anniversary of the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures at the University of Salford. To mark this occasion and our continued commitment to knowledge exchange, we are producing a series of pamphlets around knowledge... Read More about The SURF-ARUP framework for urban infrastructural development. No:2.

Calls, colours, shape, and genes: a multi-trait approach to the study of geographic variation in the Amazonian frog allobates femoralis (2009)
Journal Article
frog allobates femoralis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98(4), 826-838. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01324.x

Evolutionary divergence in behavioural traits related to mating may represent the initial stage of speciation. Direct selective forces are usually invoked to explain divergence in mate-recognition traits, often neglecting a role for neutral process... Read More about Calls, colours, shape, and genes: a multi-trait approach to the study of geographic variation in the Amazonian frog allobates femoralis.

Cells deficient in PARP-1 show an accelerated accumulation of DNA single strand breaks, but not AP sites, over the PARP-1-proficient cells exposed to MMS. (2009)
Journal Article
Pachkowski, B., Tano, K., Afonin, V., Elder, R., Takeda, S., Watanabe, M., …Nakamura, J. (2009). Cells deficient in PARP-1 show an accelerated accumulation of DNA single strand breaks, but not AP sites, over the PARP-1-proficient cells exposed to MMS. Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 671(1-2), 93-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.09.006

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is a base excision repair (BER) protein that binds to DNA single strand breaks (SSBs) and subsequently synthesizes and transfers poly(ADP-ribose) polymers to various nuclear proteins. Numerous biochemical studie... Read More about Cells deficient in PARP-1 show an accelerated accumulation of DNA single strand breaks, but not AP sites, over the PARP-1-proficient cells exposed to MMS..

Protecting the perineum: Have we been duped by HOOP? (2009)
Journal Article
Mccarthy, R. (2009). Protecting the perineum: Have we been duped by HOOP?. British Journal of Midwifery, 13(12), 779-781

The maintenance of an intact perineum following vaginal birth is a fundamental objective of the midwife. Traditional techniques adopted to protect the perineum were evaluated by McCandlish et al’s (1998) pivotal ‘HOOP’ study some ten years ago. The f... Read More about Protecting the perineum: Have we been duped by HOOP?.

Small enterprise systems based on document methodology (2009)
Journal Article
Kulonda, D., & Arif, M. (2009). Small enterprise systems based on document methodology. Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications, 71(12), e651-e656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.na.2008.11.088

Enterprise system vendors have attempted to enlarge their market by offering pre-engineered solutions for small companies, thereby avoiding the massive implementation difficulties usually associated with an enterprise system such as SAP. One unfortun... Read More about Small enterprise systems based on document methodology.

An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity (2009)
Journal Article
Maccarrone-Eaglen, A. (2009). An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity. Tourism, Culture and Communication, 9(3), 151-163. https://doi.org/10.3727/109830409X12596186103879

The notion of culture has been the object of multidisciplinary studies attempting, with difficulty, to define this polyhedral social concept expressed in symbolic representations. Culture has a significant role in tourism functioning as an internat... Read More about An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity.

Diversity management in practice : A cross-cultural & multi-disciplinary annotated bibliography addressing policy and well-being (2009)
Book
Elkadi, H. (2009). S. Küchler, & S. Wallman (Eds.), Diversity management in practice : A cross-cultural & multi-disciplinary annotated bibliography addressing policy and well-being. Eastbourne: Sussex Academic Press

This volume has emerged out of a collaborative Network of Excellence (NoE) research project funded by the European Commission. The NoE is designed to strengthen excellence on ‘Sustainable Development in a Diverse World’ by integrating European resear... Read More about Diversity management in practice : A cross-cultural & multi-disciplinary annotated bibliography addressing policy and well-being.

Diversity in architecture : Glossary of sustainability (2009)
Book Chapter
Elkadi, H. (2009). Diversity in architecture : Glossary of sustainability. In S. Küchler, & S. Wallman (Eds.), Diversity management in practice : A cross-cultural & multi-disciplinary annotated bibliography addressing policy and well-being. Eastbourne: Sussex Academic Press

Book review : Nancy Frey & Douglas Fisher (eds.) (2008). Teaching visual literacy: Using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills.Thousand Oaks, California Corwin Press. 195 pages. ISBN 978-1-4129-5311-5, 978-1-4129-5312-2 (2009)
Journal Article
Rodriguez, J., & Hernandez Perez, M. (2009). Book review : Nancy Frey & Douglas Fisher (eds.) (2008). Teaching visual literacy: Using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills.Thousand Oaks, California Corwin Press. 195 pages. ISBN 978-1-4129-5311-5, 978-1-4129-5312-2. International Journal of English Studies, 9(2), 171-174

A conceptual diagnostic learning styles questionnaire framework (2009)
Thesis
Khuzzan, S. A conceptual diagnostic learning styles questionnaire framework. (Thesis). University of Salford

Education and training is widely acknowledged to be one of the key factors for leveraging organisational success. In the specific context of education and training perse, 'traditional' education and training delivery approaches are now going throu... Read More about A conceptual diagnostic learning styles questionnaire framework.

The scum bag (2009)
Book
James, G. (2009). G. James (Ed.), The scum bag. Cambridge: Butterfly

Novel for 14+ Self-conscious, studious Julia is bowled over by the arrival of Peter Groves, the Greek God, known to all his friends as Ami. He’s a real catch and Julia seems to be the one reeling him in. With a little bit of help from her scatty,... Read More about The scum bag.

Modeling environmental noise using artificial neural networks (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Genaro, N., Torija Martinez, A., Ramos, A., Requena, I., Ruiz, D., & Zamorano, M. (2009, November). Modeling environmental noise using artificial neural networks. Presented at 2009 Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, Pisa, Italy

Since 1972, when the World Health Organization (WHO) classified noise as a pollutant, most industrialized countries have enacted laws or local regulations that regulate noise levels. Many scientists have tried to model urban noise, but the result... Read More about Modeling environmental noise using artificial neural networks.