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CdSe quantum dots for two-photon fluorescence thermal imaging. (2010)
Journal Article
Martinez Maestro, L., Martin Rodriguez, E., Sanz Rodriguez, F., Iglesias-de la Cruz, M., Juarranz, A., Naccache, R., …Sole, J. (2010). CdSe quantum dots for two-photon fluorescence thermal imaging. Nano Letters, 10(12), 5109-5115. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl1036098

The technological development of quantum dots has ushered in a new era in fluorescence bioimaging, which was propelled with the advent of novel multiphoton fluorescence microscopes. Here, the potential use of CdSe quantum dots has been evaluated as f... Read More about CdSe quantum dots for two-photon fluorescence thermal imaging..

Role of Brazilian zoos in ex situ bird conservation: from 1981 to 2005 (2010)
Journal Article
Azevedo, C., Young, R., & Rodrigues, M. (2011). Role of Brazilian zoos in ex situ bird conservation: from 1981 to 2005. Zoo Biology, 30(6), 655-671. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20361

Zoos may play an important role in conservation when they maintain and breed large numbers of animals that are threatened with extinction. Bird conservation is in a privileged situation owing to the extensive biological information available about th... Read More about Role of Brazilian zoos in ex situ bird conservation: from 1981 to 2005.

A fuzzy recommender system for dynamic prediction of user's behavior (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Nadi, S., Saraee, M., & Davarpanah Jazi, M. (2010, November). A fuzzy recommender system for dynamic prediction of user's behavior. Presented at 2010 International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST), Issue Date: 8-11 Nov. 2010, London

Analyzing and predicting navigational behavior of Web users can lead to more user friendly and efficient websites which is an important issue in Electronic Commerce. Web personalization is a common way for adapting the content of a website to the nee... Read More about A fuzzy recommender system for dynamic prediction of user's behavior.

Human biomechanics and gait analysis (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, A., Jones, R., & Nester, C. (2010, November). Human biomechanics and gait analysis. Presented at Talk at School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

The application of biomechanics in orthopaedics (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, A., Jones, R., & Nester, C. (2010, November). The application of biomechanics in orthopaedics. Presented at Talk at the Department of Orthopaedics, The First People's Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Challenging the traditional culture vulture: Experiential marketing in the cultural tourism sector (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Leighton, D. (2010, November). Challenging the traditional culture vulture: Experiential marketing in the cultural tourism sector. Presented at ATLAS Annual Conference: Mass tourism vs Niche tourism, Limassol, Cyprus

This paper investigates experiential marketing as a means of promoting cultural heritage within a highly competitive leisure and tourism marketplace. It explores the role and significance of heritage tourism and the emergence of cultural heritage tou... Read More about Challenging the traditional culture vulture: Experiential marketing in the cultural tourism sector.

The archaeology of the rural railway warehouse in north-west England (2010)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2010). The archaeology of the rural railway warehouse in north-west England. Industrial Archaeology Review, 32(2), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581910X12817815916609

This article studies in detail two rural railway warehouses of the mid-19th century from North-West England. Structures such as these were an integral part of the branch lines and secondary lines that developed across the network during the mid- to l... Read More about The archaeology of the rural railway warehouse in north-west England.

Between-session reliability of the star excursion balance test (2010)
Journal Article
Munro, A., & Herrington, L. (2010). Between-session reliability of the star excursion balance test. Physical Therapy in Sport, 11(4), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2010.07.002

Objective: To assess the learning effect, testeretest reliability and measurement error associated with the SEBT. Design: Repeated-measures study. Setting: Controlled university laboratory environment. Participants: Twenty-two healthy recreationa... Read More about Between-session reliability of the star excursion balance test.

Building information modelling (BIM) for construction lifecycle management (2010)
Book Chapter
Arayici, Y., & Aouad, G. (2010). Building information modelling (BIM) for construction lifecycle management. In S. G. Doyle (Ed.), Construction and Building: Design, Materials, and Techniques (99-118). NY, USA: Nova Science Publishers

The construction industry has been facing a paradigm shift to (i) increase; productivity, efficiency, infrastructure value, quality and sustainability, (ii) reduce; lifecycle costs, lead times and duplications, via effective collaboration and communi... Read More about Building information modelling (BIM) for construction lifecycle management.

Volumetric diffusers : pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice (2010)
Journal Article
Hughes, R., Angus, J., Cox, T., Umnova, O., Gehring, G., Pogson, M., & Whittaker, D. (2010). Volumetric diffusers : pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 128(5), 2847-2856. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3493455

Most conventional diffusers take the form of a surface based treatment, and as a result can only operate in hemispherical space. Placing a diffuser in the volume of a room might provide greater efficiency by allowing scattering into the whole space.... Read More about Volumetric diffusers : pseudorandom cylinder arrays on a periodic lattice.

Deinstitutionalisation; mental health services in the age of neo-liberalism (2010)
Journal Article
Cummins, I. (2010). Deinstitutionalisation; mental health services in the age of neo-liberalism. Journal of Social Policy and Social Work in Transition, 1(2), 55-74

The policy of deinstitutionalisation i.e. the closure of large psychiatric hospitals and a move towards community-based mental health services has been a feature of services developments in liberal democracies. This policy was the result of a series... Read More about Deinstitutionalisation; mental health services in the age of neo-liberalism.

Complex training in ice hockey: the effects of a heavy resisted sprint on subsequent ice-hockey sprint performance (2010)
Journal Article
Matthews, M., Comfort, P., & Crebin, R. (2010). Complex training in ice hockey: the effects of a heavy resisted sprint on subsequent ice-hockey sprint performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 24(11), 2883-2887. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181e7253c

The aim of the study was to investigate the acute effect of a heavy resisted sprint when used as a preload exercise to enhance subsequent 25-m on-ice sprint performance. Eleven competitive ice-hockey players (mean 6 SD: Age = 22.09 6 3.05 years; Bo... Read More about Complex training in ice hockey: the effects of a heavy resisted sprint on subsequent ice-hockey sprint performance.

A systematic review of common physiotherapy interventions in school-aged children with cerebral palsy (2010)
Journal Article
Martin, L., Baker, R., & Harvey, A. (2010). A systematic review of common physiotherapy interventions in school-aged children with cerebral palsy. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 30(4), 294-312. https://doi.org/10.3109/01942638.2010.500581

This systematic review focused on the common conventional physiotherapy interventions used with children with cerebral palsy (CP), aged 4 to 18 years, and critically appraised the recent evidence of each of these interventions using the Oxford Centre... Read More about A systematic review of common physiotherapy interventions in school-aged children with cerebral palsy.

Same time, across time: simultaneity clauses from late modern to present-day english (2010)
Journal Article
Broccias, C., & Smith, N. (2010). Same time, across time: simultaneity clauses from late modern to present-day english. English Language and Linguistics, 14(3), 347-371. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674310000110

In this paper we offer a diachronic analysis of simultaneity subordinator as against the background of simultaneity subordinators while, whilst, when from 1650 to the end of the 20th century. The present survey makes use of data extracted from the Br... Read More about Same time, across time: simultaneity clauses from late modern to present-day english.

Governing the reconfiguration of energy in Greater London : practical public engagement as “delivery" (2010)
Book Chapter
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2010). Governing the reconfiguration of energy in Greater London : practical public engagement as “delivery". In P. Devine-Wright (Ed.), Renewable Energy and the Public : From NIMBY to Participation. London: Routledge

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat. But this is frequently leading to controversy, as energy and planning policies are rev... Read More about Governing the reconfiguration of energy in Greater London : practical public engagement as “delivery".

Estimating the propagule size of a cryptogenic crested newt population (2010)
Journal Article
population. Animal Conservation, 13(S1), 74-83. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00331.x

Encountering cryptogenic populations that are either native or introduced is a common but underreported phenomenon in field biology. Such local species’ occurrences of unknown origin hamper our understanding of species’ natural distribution ranges,... Read More about Estimating the propagule size of a cryptogenic crested newt population.

Forty years of European political science (2010)
Journal Article
Briggs, J., De Sousa, L., Moses, J., & Bull, M. (2010). Forty years of European political science. European Political Science, 9(Supp 1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2010.46

The evolution and development of political science in Europe can best be seen through three dimensions: first , the way in which the subject area has been defined; second, how it has been institutionalized; and third, the way its professional communi... Read More about Forty years of European political science.