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A pulse radiolysis study of free radicals formed by one electron oxidation of the antimalarial drug pyronaridine (2009)
Journal Article
Ismail, F., Drew, M., Navaratnam, S., & Bisby, R. (2009). A pulse radiolysis study of free radicals formed by one electron oxidation of the antimalarial drug pyronaridine. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 35(4), 363-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-009-0051-7

Free radicals from one-electron oxidation of the antimalarial drug pyronaridine have been studied by pulse radiolysis. The results show that pyronaridine is readily oxidised to an intermediate semiiminoquine radical by inorganic and organic free radi... Read More about A pulse radiolysis study of free radicals formed by one electron oxidation of the antimalarial drug pyronaridine.

Optimisation of system dynamics models (2009)
Book Chapter
Dangerfield, B. (2009). Optimisation of system dynamics models. In R. Meyers (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Complexity and Systems Science. New York: Springer

1. Definition of the Subject and Its Importance 2. Optimisation as calibration 3. Optimisation of performance (policy optimisation) 4. Examples of SD optimisation reported in the literature 5. Future directions in SD optimisation 6. References

Executive development Assuaging uncertainties through joining a leadership academy (2009)
Journal Article
leadership academy. Personnel Review, 38(3), 286-306. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483480910943340

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review some uncertainties experienced by a group of CEs, and how they are assuaged through their participation in an executive development (ED) programme. These uncertainties relate both to their involvemen... Read More about Executive development Assuaging uncertainties through joining a leadership academy.

The interaction between non-governmental organisations and marginalized communities to build self-sustaining capacity to transfer, absorb and use building technologies in indigenous housing (2009)
Journal Article
Madubuko, L., Ingirige, B., & Sexton, M. (2009). The interaction between non-governmental organisations and marginalized communities to build self-sustaining capacity to transfer, absorb and use building technologies in indigenous housing. ˜The œbuilt & human environment review, 2(1), 64-101

Different organisations outside the public and private sectors, such as non governmental organisations (NGOs), are involved in generating, introducing, and promoting capacity building and technology, particularly in marginal areas of less developed c... Read More about The interaction between non-governmental organisations and marginalized communities to build self-sustaining capacity to transfer, absorb and use building technologies in indigenous housing.

Garden paths and blind spots (2009)
Journal Article
Armitt, L. (2009). Garden paths and blind spots

A critical review of Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger: ‘she is a commensurate storyteller whose...novels are akin to a gorgeous meal’.

John to John: The Manuale Sacerdotis and the daily life of a parish priest (2009)
Book Chapter
Powell, S. (2009). John to John: The Manuale Sacerdotis and the daily life of a parish priest. In Recording Medieval Lives (112-129). Donington: Shaun Tyas

Manuale Sacerdotis, the priest’s handbook, is a five-part Latin text of between twelve and twenty chapters in each part, written probably at the end of the fourteenth or beginning of the fifteenth century by John Mirk, who was by then prior of the ho... Read More about John to John: The Manuale Sacerdotis and the daily life of a parish priest.

John Mirk's Festial, edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A.II. Volume 1. (2009)
Book
Powell, S. (2009). John Mirk's Festial, edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A.II. Volume 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press

The Festial, as the most frequently circulated orthodox English sermon collection of the Middle Ages, presents a particularly difficult task for the editor. There are two recensions, and there is also a comprehensive revision and expansion in four e... Read More about John Mirk's Festial, edited from British Library MS Cotton Claudius A.II. Volume 1..

The analysis and utilization of cycling training data (2009)
Journal Article
Jobson, S., Passfield, L., Atkinson, G., Barton, G., & Scarf, P. (2009). The analysis and utilization of cycling training data. Sports Medicine, 39(10), 833-844. https://doi.org/10.2165/11317840-000000000-00000

Most mathematical models of athletic training require the quantification of training intensity and quantity or ‘dose’. We aim to summarize both the methods available for such quantification, particularly in relation to cycle sport, and the mathematic... Read More about The analysis and utilization of cycling training data.

A numerical study of designs for sporting contests (2009)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., Yusof, M., & Bilbao, M. (2009). A numerical study of designs for sporting contests. European Journal of Operational Research, 198(1), 190-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2008.07.029

Operational Research may be used to compare different designs for a sporting contest or tournament. This paper considers a methodology for this purpose. We propose a number of tournament metrics that can be used to measure the success of a sporting c... Read More about A numerical study of designs for sporting contests.

Taking a feminist approach to information systems research and using the thinking tools provided by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (2009)
Journal Article
Richardson, H. (2009). Taking a feminist approach to information systems research and using the thinking tools provided by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Information Technology and People, 22(1), 26-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840910937472

Purpose: This paper aims to contribute a personal account of doing critical research that uses the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu and also that takes a feminist approach to research. It aims to reflect on what this might mean in order to understand... Read More about Taking a feminist approach to information systems research and using the thinking tools provided by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu.

Appropriate analytical methods are necessary to assess nontarget effects of insecticidal proteins in GM crops through meta-analysis (response to Andow et al. 2009) (2009)
Journal Article
Shelton, A., Naranjo, S., Romeis, J., Hellmich, R., Wolt, J., Federici, B., …Bell, H. (2009). Appropriate analytical methods are necessary to assess nontarget effects of insecticidal proteins in GM crops through meta-analysis (response to Andow et al. 2009). Environmental Entomology, 38(6), 1533-1536

As we described in our rebuttal in Transgenic Research (Shelton et al. 2009), we think that the meta-analysis approach used by Lo¨ vei et al. (2009) suffers from important methodological limitations relative to risk assessment that led them to re... Read More about Appropriate analytical methods are necessary to assess nontarget effects of insecticidal proteins in GM crops through meta-analysis (response to Andow et al. 2009).

Agriculture, innovation and environment (2009)
Book Chapter
Ferry, N., & Gatehouse, A. (2009). Agriculture, innovation and environment. In N. Ferry, & A. Gatehouse (Eds.), Environmental Impact of Genetically Modified Crops. CABI

Approximately 10.3 million farmers in 22 countries grew biotech (genetically modified) crops in 2006. Yet this technology remains one of the most controversial agricultural issues of current times. Many consumer and environmental lobby groups believe... Read More about Agriculture, innovation and environment.

Improving performance through HEI–industry engagements in the built environment (2009)
Journal Article
Underwood, J., Williams, A., & Thurairajah, N. (2009). Improving performance through HEI–industry engagements in the built environment. Industry and Higher Education, 23(1), 39-49. https://doi.org/10.5367/000000009787641314

The poor performance and inefficiencies of the construction industry are well recognized and documented. Through a variety of combined industry and government initiatives there has been a continual expression in the UK over the last decade of the urg... Read More about Improving performance through HEI–industry engagements in the built environment.

Safeguarding trafficked children (2009)
Book Chapter
Kelly, C. (2009). Safeguarding trafficked children. In L. Hughes, & H. Owen (Eds.), Good Practice in Safeguarding Children (181-198). London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers