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Effect of pig breed and dietary protein level on selected fatty acids and stearoylcoenzyme A desaturase protein expression in longissimus muscle and subcutaneous fat (2013)
Journal Article

The aims of the study were 1) to investigate effects of a low protein diet on fatty acids content and composition of the LM and subcutaneous adipose tissue in 3 genetically diverse breeds, Large White × Landrace, Alentejano, and Bizaro, and 2) to det... Read More about Effect of pig breed and dietary protein level on selected fatty acids and stearoylcoenzyme A desaturase protein expression in longissimus muscle and subcutaneous fat.

Development of conceptual framework for understanding vulnerability of commercial property values towards flooding (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of the research is to develop a conceptual framework to anticipate the vulnerability of value of commercial properties towards changing risk of flooding. The existing patterns, themes, and issues associated with property value an... Read More about Development of conceptual framework for understanding vulnerability of commercial property values towards flooding.

Hydrogen sulfide: Environmental factor or signalling molecule? (2013)
Journal Article

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has traditionally been thought of as a phytotoxin, having deleterious effects on the plant growth and survival. It is now recognized that plants have enzymes which generate H2S, cysteine desulfhydrase, and remove it, O-acetylse... Read More about Hydrogen sulfide: Environmental factor or signalling molecule?.

Rationality, religion and refusal of treatment in an ambulance revisited (2013)
Journal Article

In their recent article, Erbay et al considered whether a seriously injured patient should be able to refuse treatment if the refusal was based on a (mis) interpretation of religious doctrine. They argued that in such a case 'what is important...is w... Read More about Rationality, religion and refusal of treatment in an ambulance revisited.

Development of maternity dashboards across a UK health region; Current practice, continuing problems (2013)
Journal Article

Objective To assess the development of local clinical dashboards in line with UK national guidance and to identify ongoing issues being faced by maternity units, across an entire health region, in developing quality assurance systems. Study design A... Read More about Development of maternity dashboards across a UK health region; Current practice, continuing problems.

Wheels, skills and thrills: A social marketing trial to reduce aggressive driving from young men in deprived areas (2013)
Journal Article

Young men from poorer backgrounds are associated with high road traffic collision levels. However, solving this problem has proven very difficult. Hence this paper summarises the findings of a UK government funded two-year trial of a cross-discipline... Read More about Wheels, skills and thrills: A social marketing trial to reduce aggressive driving from young men in deprived areas.

Fundamental deficits of auditory perception in wernicke's aphasia (2013)
Journal Article

Objective: This work investigates the nature of the comprehension impairment in Wernicke's aphasia (WA), by examining the relationship between deficits in auditory processing of fundamental, non-verbal acoustic stimuli and auditory comprehension. WA,... Read More about Fundamental deficits of auditory perception in wernicke's aphasia.

A clean bill of health? The efficacy of an NHS commissioned outsourced police custody healthcare service (2013)
Journal Article

Police custody healthcare services for detainees in the UK are most commonly outsourced to independent healthcare providers who employ custody nurses and forensic physicians to deliver forensic healthcare services. A pilot was introduced in 2008 by t... Read More about A clean bill of health? The efficacy of an NHS commissioned outsourced police custody healthcare service.

Lean six sigma supply chain case study: Aircraft shipment improvement in a pharmaceutical company (2013)
Book Chapter

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013. Distribution is an important activity in the integrated supply-chain management for pharmaceutical products, especially when these goods have to travel long distances from manufacturing facilities... Read More about Lean six sigma supply chain case study: Aircraft shipment improvement in a pharmaceutical company.

Preface (2013)
Journal Article

Behaviour of water in jet fuel - A literature review (2013)
Journal Article

This review gives a detailed account of the different types of water contaminated fuel and the conditions that bring about each form of contamination. It also considers studies that have been done to date that investigate the physics behind the behav... Read More about Behaviour of water in jet fuel - A literature review.

Subspace analysis to alleviate the volumetric locking in the 3D solid-shell EFG method (2013)
Journal Article

© 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. The main objective of this work is to reduce the volumetric locking pathology at the Element Free Galerkin (EFG) 3D solid-shell meshless method. For this purpose, a subspace analysis is performed in order to... Read More about Subspace analysis to alleviate the volumetric locking in the 3D solid-shell EFG method.

Real-time x-ray fluoroscopy-based catheter detection and tracking for cardiac electrophysiology interventions (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: X-ray fluoroscopically guided cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedures are commonly carried out to treat patients with arrhythmias. X-ray images have poor soft tissue contrast and, for this reason, overlay of a three-dimensional (3D) roadma... Read More about Real-time x-ray fluoroscopy-based catheter detection and tracking for cardiac electrophysiology interventions.

Fecal microbiome and volatile organic compound metabolome in obese humans with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (2013)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The histopathology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is similar to that of alcoholic liver disease. Colonic bacteria are a source of many metabolic products, including ethanol and other volatile organic compounds (VOC) th... Read More about Fecal microbiome and volatile organic compound metabolome in obese humans with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Multidimensional imaging for skin tissue surface characterization (2013)
Journal Article

Human skin, the outer and largest organ covering our body, can be described in terms of both its 3D spatial topography and its 2D spectral reflectance. Such a characterization normally requires the application of separate procedures using different k... Read More about Multidimensional imaging for skin tissue surface characterization.

A particle swarm optimisation algorithm with interactive swarms for tracking multiple targets (2013)
Journal Article

We propose a novel particle swarm optimisation algorithm that uses a set of interactive swarms to track multiple pedestrians in a crowd. The proposed method improves the standard particle swarm optimisation algorithm with a dynamic social interaction... Read More about A particle swarm optimisation algorithm with interactive swarms for tracking multiple targets.

An improved 3D imaging system for dimensional quality inspection of rolled products in the metal industry (2013)
Journal Article

Measurement, inspection and quality control in industry have benefited from 3D techniques for imaging and visualization in recent years. The development of machine vision devices at decreased costs, as well as their miniaturization and integration in... Read More about An improved 3D imaging system for dimensional quality inspection of rolled products in the metal industry.

Upper bounds for the bondage number of graphs on topological surfaces (2013)
Journal Article

The bondage number b(G) of a graph G is the smallest number of edges of G whose removal results in a graph having the domination number larger than that of G. We show that, for a graph G having the maximum vertex degree Δ(G) and embeddable on an orie... Read More about Upper bounds for the bondage number of graphs on topological surfaces.

Why do people live apart together? (2013)
Journal Article

© The authors 2013. Interpretations of living apart together (LAT) have typically counter-posed 'new family form' versus 'continuist' perspectives. Recent surveys, however, construct LAT as a heterogeneous category that supports a 'qualified continui... Read More about Why do people live apart together?.

Robust 3D face capture using example-based photometric stereo (2013)
Journal Article

We show that using example-based photometric stereo, it is possible to achieve realistic reconstructions of the human face. The method can handle non-Lambertian reflectance and attached shadows after a simple calibration step. We use spherical harmon... Read More about Robust 3D face capture using example-based photometric stereo.