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Acrylate-facilitated cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles (2011)
Journal Article
Krpetic, Z., Nativo, P., Prior, I., & Brust, M. (2011). Acrylate-facilitated cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles. Small, 7(14), 1982-1986. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201100462

Uptake of PEGylated gold nanoparticles by HeLa cells in the presence of acrylate is described. Nanoparticles that are usually not taken up readily cross the plasma membrane into the cytosol in the presence of acrylate. In addition, a method is descri... Read More about Acrylate-facilitated cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles.

The rise in legal highs : prevalence and patterns in the use of illegal drugs and first- and second-generation “legal highs” in South London gay dance clubs (2011)
Journal Article
Measham, F., Wood, D., Dargan, P., & Moore, K. (2011). The rise in legal highs : prevalence and patterns in the use of illegal drugs and first- and second-generation “legal highs” in South London gay dance clubs. Journal of Substance Use, 16(4), 263-272. https://doi.org/10.3109/14659891.2011.594704

Aim: To assess the prevalence of use of established illegal psychoactive drugs and emergent psychoactive drugs, the so-called “legal highs”, amongst gay club-goers who are considered to be “early adopters” of drug trends. Design: Three in situ s... Read More about The rise in legal highs : prevalence and patterns in the use of illegal drugs and first- and second-generation “legal highs” in South London gay dance clubs.

Changes in the values of ecosystem services along a rural-urban gradient (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Radford, K., & James, P. (2011, July). Changes in the values of ecosystem services along a rural-urban gradient. Presented at Synthesizing different perspectives on the value of urban ecosystem services, Lodz, Poland

The degradation and loss of vital ecosystem functions and services have been an uncontested result of urbanisation. An understanding of how ecosystem services are provided along rural-urban gradients is crucial in the task of conserving and enhancing... Read More about Changes in the values of ecosystem services along a rural-urban gradient.

On the demand distributions of spare parts (2011)
Journal Article
Syntetos, A., Babai, M., & Altay, N. (2011). On the demand distributions of spare parts. International Journal of Production Research, 50(8), 2101-2117. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2011.562561

Spare parts have become ubiquitous in modern societies, and managing their requirements is an important and challenging task with tremendous cost implications for the organisations that are holding relevant inventories. Demand for spare parts arises... Read More about On the demand distributions of spare parts.

Seafood mislabelling : comparisons of two western European case studies assist in defining influencing factors, mechanisms and motives (2011)
Journal Article
Miller, D., Jessel, A., & Mariani, S. (2011). Seafood mislabelling : comparisons of two western European case studies assist in defining influencing factors, mechanisms and motives. Fish and Fisheries, 13(3), 345-358. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00426.x

The global seafood industry, influenced by consumer demand, is closely linked to the global fishing industry, which determines the variety of fish available for consumption. The recently revealed issue of seafood mislabelling threatens to weaken this... Read More about Seafood mislabelling : comparisons of two western European case studies assist in defining influencing factors, mechanisms and motives.

Fifty years of irrelevance: the wild goose chase of management science (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L. (2011, July). Fifty years of irrelevance: the wild goose chase of management science. Presented at 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Lima, Peru

Modern management science has existed since 1959 when two reports (by Pierson and Gordon & Howell) on the future of business education were published in the US. At least since 1980, there has been a practically continuous, but somewhat fragmented dis... Read More about Fifty years of irrelevance: the wild goose chase of management science.

An examination of visual management on Finnish construction sites (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Tezel, B., Koskela, L., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., Koskenvesa, A., & Sahlstedt, S. (2011, July). An examination of visual management on Finnish construction sites. Presented at 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Lima, Peru

Visual Management (VM), which is one of the founding blocks of the Toyota Production System, is the managerial strategy of integrating information and sensory aids into work settings for increased self-management. This paper presents the preliminary... Read More about An examination of visual management on Finnish construction sites.

An adult education : learning and understanding what young service users and carers really, really want in terms of their mental well being (2011)
Journal Article
Fallon, D., Warne, T., Mcandrew, S., & McLaughlin, H. (2011). An adult education : learning and understanding what young service users and carers really, really want in terms of their mental well being. Nurse Education Today, 32(2), 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2011.06.002

For the past decade nurse education has incorporated service user and carer perspectives into their programme and research agendas. Moving from rhetoric to the reality of embedding adult service user and carer knowledge into nurse education this pape... Read More about An adult education : learning and understanding what young service users and carers really, really want in terms of their mental well being.

Emerging technologies for BIM 2.0 (2011)
Journal Article
Underwood, J., & Isikdag, U. (2011). Emerging technologies for BIM 2.0. Construction innovation (London. Online), 11(3), 252-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171111148990

This paper aims to present a new perspective regarding how newly emerging ICT may have an impact on Building Information Modelling and Management (BIM-M); specifically, towards enabling the next generation of (full state) BIMs.

Defining a new measure for synchronization of multi-channel epileptic depth-EEG signals based on identification of parameters of a computational model (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Shayegh, F., Amirfattahi, R., Sadri, S., Ansari-Asl, K., & Saraee, M. (2011, July). Defining a new measure for synchronization of multi-channel epileptic depth-EEG signals based on identification of parameters of a computational model. Presented at Intelligent Systems and Control / 742 : Computational Bioscience (ISC 2011), Cambridge, UK

There are various methods to measure the value of synchronization of signals. These methods usually do not consider the sources of the signals. Therefore, these methods usually underestimate the coupling phenomena of the sources of the system that ge... Read More about Defining a new measure for synchronization of multi-channel epileptic depth-EEG signals based on identification of parameters of a computational model.

Acoustic based condition monitoring of turbine blades (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Fazenda, B. (2011, July). Acoustic based condition monitoring of turbine blades. Presented at 18th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

An initial investigation into the performance of acoustic condition monitoring in the detection of structural faults in turbine blades has been carried out. The focus is to design a non-contact condition monitoring method which might allow the detect... Read More about Acoustic based condition monitoring of turbine blades.

Barrie Cox : the place-names of Leicestershire (2011)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2011). Barrie Cox : the place-names of Leicestershire. Notes and Queries, 58(3), 438-439. https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjr077

Part four of The Place-Names of Leicestershire documents the history of the place-names in the fifty-four parishes of Gartree Hundred in the south-east of the county. Study of the toponymic record of this part of Leicestershire is facilitated by thre... Read More about Barrie Cox : the place-names of Leicestershire.

Financing road projects by private finance initiative : current practice in the UK with a case study (2011)
Journal Article
Akbiyikli, R., Dikmen, S., & Eaton, D. (2011). Financing road projects by private finance initiative : current practice in the UK with a case study. Transport, 26(2), 208-215. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2011.589426

The long term sustainable provision of new and high quality maintained road stock is vitally important, especially in times of economic constraint such as Europe is currently experiencing. The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is one method of financi... Read More about Financing road projects by private finance initiative : current practice in the UK with a case study.

Can we make higher education relevant to the needs of the search & social media marketing industry? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Heinze, A., & Fletcher, G. (2011, July). Can we make higher education relevant to the needs of the search & social media marketing industry?. Presented at 6th Education in a Changing Environment Conference, Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, Salford, Greater Manchester

Higher education institutions are often criticised for their lack of relevant educational courses that will equip students with the skills to meet specific industry needs. The issue of relevant education has been of particular significance to highly... Read More about Can we make higher education relevant to the needs of the search & social media marketing industry?.

Site visit assistance through augmented reality (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Molyneaux, T., Brumley, J., Piotto, P., & Molyneaux, A. (2011, July). Site visit assistance through augmented reality. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment (ECE) 6th International Conference : Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK