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Optical properties of SnO2:F films deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD (2009)
Journal Article
Remes, Z., Vanecek, M., Yates, H., Evans, P., & Sheel, D. (2009). Optical properties of SnO2:F films deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD. Thin Solid Films, 517(23), 6287-6289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2009.02.109

SnO2 thin films, is compatible with industrial requirements such as high process speed, scaling to wide substrate widths and low costs. Precise method for measuring the optical absorptance in the spectral range 300–1700 nm combines transmittance, r... Read More about Optical properties of SnO2:F films deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD.

Atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of F doped SnO2 for optimum performance solar cells (2009)
Journal Article
Sheel, D., Yates, H., Evans, P., Dagkaldiran, U., Gordijn, A., Finger, F., …Vanecek, M. (2009). Atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of F doped SnO2 for optimum performance solar cells. Thin Solid Films, 517(10), 3061-3065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2008.11.121

The potential of thin film photovoltaic technologies in supporting sustainable energy policies has led to increasing interest in high performance transparent conducting oxides (TCOs), and in particular doped SnO2, as electrical contacts for solar c... Read More about Atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of F doped SnO2 for optimum performance solar cells.

A new and improved skin detection method using mixed color space (2009)
Book Chapter
Aznaveh, M., Mirzaei, H., Roshan, E., & Saraee, M. (2009). A new and improved skin detection method using mixed color space. In Human-Computer Systems Interaction (471-480). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03202-8_37

In this paper a new and robust approach of skin detection is proposed. In the previous proposed system, we introduced a method for skin detection based on RGB vector space. An extended and modified approach based on a mixed color space is presented.... Read More about A new and improved skin detection method using mixed color space.

The impacts of the built environment on health outcomes (2009)
Journal Article
Codinhoto, R., Tzortzopoulos, P., Kagioglou, M., & Aouad, G. (2009). The impacts of the built environment on health outcomes. Facilities, 27(3/4), 138-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770910933152

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework that categorises the features and characteristics of the built environment that impact on health outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive literature review was carrie... Read More about The impacts of the built environment on health outcomes.

The functional and social reality of discourse variants in a northern English dialect: I DON'T KNOW and I DON'T THINK compared (2009)
Journal Article
Pichler, H. (2009). The functional and social reality of discourse variants in a northern English dialect: I DON'T KNOW and I DON'T THINK compared. Intercultural Pragmatics, 6(4), 561-596. https://doi.org/10.1515/IPRG.2009.028

This paper explores the functional and social meanings of the formal variants of the expressions I DON‟T KNOW and I DON‟T THINK. The qualitative analysis of the data shows that I DON‟T KNOW and I DON‟T THINK are highly routinized discourse formulae t... Read More about The functional and social reality of discourse variants in a northern English dialect: I DON'T KNOW and I DON'T THINK compared.

Exploring MA students' attitudes to translation theory and practice : an action-research approach (2009)
Journal Article
Hanna, S. (2009). Exploring MA students' attitudes to translation theory and practice : an action-research approach. Sign Language Translator and Interpreter, 3(2), 141-155

Most translation and interpreting programmes in the UK involve two main aspects: one is theoretical, meant to familiarize students with the history of translation and the most recent theoretical developments in the field, and the second focusses on p... Read More about Exploring MA students' attitudes to translation theory and practice : an action-research approach.

Othello in the Egyptian vernacular : negotiating the 'doxic' in drama translation and identity formation (2009)
Journal Article
Hanna, S. (2009). Othello in the Egyptian vernacular : negotiating the 'doxic' in drama translation and identity formation. Translator: Studies in Intercultural Communication, 15(1), 157-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/13556509.2009.10799275

Throughout the cultural history of modern Egypt, language has been a site for constructing and contesting different versions of national identity. While Classical Arabic (fusha) has been widely recognized by many as the legitimate expression of an... Read More about Othello in the Egyptian vernacular : negotiating the 'doxic' in drama translation and identity formation.

Retention of the passive verb in a Bedouin dialect of northern Oman (2009)
Journal Article
Eades, D. (2009). Retention of the passive verb in a Bedouin dialect of northern Oman

This article examines the form and function of the apophonic (“internal”) passive (AP) in an Arabic dialect of northern Oman. The AP is one of several features common to all the dialects of Oman, having been retained in dialects of both the “Bedouin”... Read More about Retention of the passive verb in a Bedouin dialect of northern Oman.

Financial factors and company investment decisions in transitional China (2009)
Journal Article
Liu, J., & Pang, D. (2009). Financial factors and company investment decisions in transitional China. Managerial and Decision Economics, 30(2), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.1440

We investigate the propensity of Chinese publicly listed firms to invest in response to financial factors, according to the a priori degree of a firm’s information problems: industry sector, ownership structure and firm size. The firms in primary a... Read More about Financial factors and company investment decisions in transitional China.

Business failures and macroeconomic factors in the UK (2009)
Journal Article
Liu, J. (2009). Business failures and macroeconomic factors in the UK. Bulletin of Economic Research, 61(1), 47-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2008.00294.x

We examine the interactions between business failures and macroeconomic aggregates, and specifically the accounts of policy-induced changes in the macroeconomy for the observed fluctuations of UK business failures in the period 1966–2003 using the... Read More about Business failures and macroeconomic factors in the UK.

Polaroid, aperture, and Ansel Adams: rethinking the industry-aesthetic divide (2009)
Journal Article
Buse, P. (2009). Polaroid, aperture, and Ansel Adams: rethinking the industry-aesthetic divide. History of Photography, 33(4), 357-373. https://doi.org/10.1080/03087290903283593

This article takes the history of Polaroid photography as an opportunity to question a presupposition that underpins much thinking on photography: the split between industrial (ie useful) applications of photography and its fine art (ie aesthetic) ma... Read More about Polaroid, aperture, and Ansel Adams: rethinking the industry-aesthetic divide.

The European Union simulation : from problem-based learning (PBL) to student interest (2009)
Journal Article
Kaunert, C. (2009). The European Union simulation : from problem-based learning (PBL) to student interest. European Political Science, 8(2), 254-265. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2009.8

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that, contrary to a commonly held view, it is possible to teach the European Union (EU) in a way that makes students enthusiastic about the subject. The paper is informed by my experience of leading a EU simula... Read More about The European Union simulation : from problem-based learning (PBL) to student interest.

Liberty versus security? EU asylum policy and the European Commission (2009)
Journal Article
Kaunert, C. (2009). Liberty versus security? EU asylum policy and the European Commission. Journal of Contemporary European Research, 5(2), 148-170

The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) experienced significant developments during the Tampere programme (1999 – 2004). This article analyses how security is constituted or viewed by the European Union in the area of asylum policy; more importantly... Read More about Liberty versus security? EU asylum policy and the European Commission.

Excitonic and biexcitonic properties of single GaN quantum dots modeled by 8-band k⋅p theory and configuration-interaction method (2009)
Journal Article
Tomic, S., & Vukmirović, N. (2009). Excitonic and biexcitonic properties of single GaN quantum dots modeled by 8-band k⋅p theory and configuration-interaction method. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 79(24), 245330. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.245330

Received 2 March 2009; published 26 June 2009 Excitons and biexcitons in GaN/AlN quantum dots (QD) were investigated with special emphasis on the use of these QDs for single-photon source applications. The theoretical methodology for the calculati... Read More about Excitonic and biexcitonic properties of single GaN quantum dots modeled by 8-band k⋅p theory and configuration-interaction method.

Flying High? Culture, criticism, theory since 1990 (2009)
Book Chapter
Brewster, W. (2009). Flying High? Culture, criticism, theory since 1990. In W. Brewster, & M. Parker (Eds.), Irish Literature since 1990: Diverse Voices (16-39). Manchester: Manchester University Press

Disability and discourses of web accessibility (2009)
Journal Article
Adam, A., & Kreps, D. (2009). Disability and discourses of web accessibility. Information, Communication and Society, 12(7), 1041-1058. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180802552940

Much of the World Wide Web remains inaccessible or difficult to access by people across a spectrum of disabilities and this may have serious implications for the potential use of the web for increasing social inclusion. We argue that the complexities... Read More about Disability and discourses of web accessibility.

WALS in the university classroom (2009)
Journal Article
Hildebrandt, K., & Bond, O. (2009). WALS in the university classroom. Linguistic Typology, 13(1), 183-193. https://doi.org/10.1515/LITY.2009.010

The world atlas of language structures (WALS) originally appealed to the linguistics community as a resource for research. However, the relevance of the feature chapters to teaching environments and the user-friendly nature of the Interactive Referen... Read More about WALS in the university classroom.