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Understanding the influence of slope on the threshold of coarse grain motion: Revisiting critical stream power (2011)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the slope-dependent variation in critical mean bed shear stress for coarse grain motion, and evaluates stream power per unit bed area as an alternative threshold parameter. Explanations for observed slope dependency and existi... Read More about Understanding the influence of slope on the threshold of coarse grain motion: Revisiting critical stream power.

The role of the Aedes aegypti Epsilon glutathione transferases in conferring resistance to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides (2011)
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The Epsilon glutathione transferase (GST) class in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti consists of eight sequentially arranged genes spanning 53,645 bp on super contig 1.291, which maps to chromosome 2. One Epsilon GST, GSTE2, has previously been implica... Read More about The role of the Aedes aegypti Epsilon glutathione transferases in conferring resistance to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides.

Evaluation of inflammatory effects of airborne endotoxin emitted from composting sources (2011)
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Because of the lack of effective methodology, the biological effects of environmental endotoxin have not been assessed. Here we have collected and measured airborne endotoxin at different locations around composting sites. Increased endotoxin concent... Read More about Evaluation of inflammatory effects of airborne endotoxin emitted from composting sources.

The role of oscillatory brain activity in object processing and figure-ground segmentation in human vision (2011)
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The perception of an object as a single entity within a visual scene requires that its features are bound together and segregated from the background and/or other objects. Here, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to assess the hypothesis that coher... Read More about The role of oscillatory brain activity in object processing and figure-ground segmentation in human vision.

Gait kinematics and passive knee joint range of motion in children with hypermobility syndrome (2011)
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Hypermobility syndrome (HMS) is characterised by generalised joint laxity and musculoskeletal complaints. Gait abnormalities have been reported in children with HMS but have not been empirically investigated. The extent of passive knee joint range of... Read More about Gait kinematics and passive knee joint range of motion in children with hypermobility syndrome.

Lean and mean in the civil service: The case of processing in HMRC (2011)
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The public sector has been importing private sector methods and practices aimed at generating efficiencies and cost savings. However, the consequences of these changes on the working lives of civil servants are under-researched. This article uses det... Read More about Lean and mean in the civil service: The case of processing in HMRC.

Double-diffusive penetrative convection simulated via internal heating in an anisotropic porous layer with throughflow (2011)
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A model for double-diffusive convection in an anisotropic porous layer with a constant throughflow is explored, with penetrative convection being simulated via an internal heat source. Both linear instability and nonlinear stability analyses are perf... Read More about Double-diffusive penetrative convection simulated via internal heating in an anisotropic porous layer with throughflow.

Anticipating ubiquitous computing: Logics to forecast technological futures (2011)
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Visions of the future predict spaces apparently teaming with ever more novel and pervasive technologies. Significant amongst such forecasts is the notion of 'ubiquitous computing' (ubicomp), understood as an affordance or capacity tied (in)to people,... Read More about Anticipating ubiquitous computing: Logics to forecast technological futures.

Using art installations as action research to engage children and communities in evaluating and redesigning city centre spaces (2011)
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This paper discusses learning from a project that set out to explore how the general public perceived the value of public art in the context of urban regeneration of a city centre space. Whilst not set up explicitly as an action research project, the... Read More about Using art installations as action research to engage children and communities in evaluating and redesigning city centre spaces.

Do employability skills really matter in the UK graduate labour market? the case of business and management graduates (2011)
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Two dominant rationales are offered by UK policymakers for the continued expansion of higher education: to service the high-skill labour requirements of a knowledge economy, and to increase educational and employment opportunities for under-represent... Read More about Do employability skills really matter in the UK graduate labour market? the case of business and management graduates.

Place narratives and heritage management: The modernist legacy in Manchester (2011)
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The built heritage of most cities is heterogeneous, hybrid and multiple. However, certain heritage objects and meanings are invariably privileged over others in place-making strategies. In this paper we are interested in the production of local herit... Read More about Place narratives and heritage management: The modernist legacy in Manchester.

Training in hospitals: What do GP specialist trainees think of workplace-based assessments? (2011)
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Background
Workplace-based assessment (WBPA) was introduced in 2007 as a new approach to monitoring competence of GP Specialist Trainees (GP STs). It includes a raft of assessments carried out in the workplace to assess what a trainee actually does... Read More about Training in hospitals: What do GP specialist trainees think of workplace-based assessments?.

Assessment of cosmesis after breast reconstruction surgery: A systematic review (2011)
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Background. Breast reconstruction (BR) is undertaken to improve cosmetic outcomes, but how this is optimally assessed is uncertain. This review summarises current methods for assessing cosmesis after reconstructive surgery and makes recommendations f... Read More about Assessment of cosmesis after breast reconstruction surgery: A systematic review.

The difficulties of supplying new technologies into highly regulated markets: The case of tissue engineering (2011)
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This study provides an insight into the difficulties companies encounter in transposing basic science into commercially viable healthcare technologies, focusing on the issue of establishing a dominant supply model within a highly regulated market. Th... Read More about The difficulties of supplying new technologies into highly regulated markets: The case of tissue engineering.

Review of ‘Timmermans, H. (2009) Pedestrian Behaviour: Models, data collection and applications. Emerald Group publishing: Bingley. ISBN 9781848557505’ (2011)
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Care pathway records with ontologies: Potential uses in medical research and health care (2011)
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This is one of a series of papers arising in part out of the SHARE (Supporting and structuring Healthgrid Activities and Research in Europe) project; in previous work, we have examined the use of integrated care pathways (ICPs), a fine-grained form o... Read More about Care pathway records with ontologies: Potential uses in medical research and health care.

Trafficking Internet brides (2011)
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This article critically examines the world of international marriage agencies who operate on the Internet, selling women for profit to men to buy from one end of the world to the other. It examines the relationship between capitalism and choice with... Read More about Trafficking Internet brides.

Portable treatment technologies for urgent care (2011)
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Background: In recent years UK government policy has increased the provision of urgent care in the community. As part of this initiative the emergency ambulance service is gradually changing from an organisation designed to convey patients to hospita... Read More about Portable treatment technologies for urgent care.

Scholarship that matters: Academic-practitioner engagement in business and management (2011)
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Our research explores academic-practitioner engagement by undertaking interviews with academics, practitioners, and other experts with relevant engagement experience. The findings highlight the problem of thinking narrowly about the different ways in... Read More about Scholarship that matters: Academic-practitioner engagement in business and management.

Coordinating Everyday Life In The Netherlands: A Holistic Quantitative Approach To The Analysis Of Ict-Related And Other Work-Life Balance Strategies (2011)
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Due to women's increased participation in the labour force, more and more family-households are now juggling paid labour and care-giving in space and time and do so in many different ways. Much research and policy about how households try to establis... Read More about Coordinating Everyday Life In The Netherlands: A Holistic Quantitative Approach To The Analysis Of Ict-Related And Other Work-Life Balance Strategies.