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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.

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.

Preface (2013)
Journal Article

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?.

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.

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.

Developing a Sustainable Flood Risk Appraisal (SFRA) Framework for the Pearl River Delta (2013)
Journal Article

Intensive storms enhanced flooding is fast emerging as one of the biggest threats to urbanization in Asia. The need to manage this risk is critical for achieving a sustainable growth pattern. The authors study the Pearl River Delta (PRD) and propose... Read More about Developing a Sustainable Flood Risk Appraisal (SFRA) Framework for the Pearl River Delta.

Readiness for practice: social work students' perspectives in England, Italy, and Sweden (2013)
Journal Article

The aim of this article is to present the views of social work students from three different welfare regimes-Italy, Sweden, and England-and to analyze in what way at the end of their training they feel ready to practice. Primarily, it considers the f... Read More about Readiness for practice: social work students' perspectives in England, Italy, and Sweden.

Comparing and presenting city-level transportation CO2 emissions using GIS (2013)
Journal Article

In 2011, the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) inventory of diffuse emissions became available, providing data on a range of atmospheric emissions at a 5km resolution across Europe. The data are produced from spatially disaggr... Read More about Comparing and presenting city-level transportation CO2 emissions using GIS.

Comparing the short and long term stability of biodegradable, ceramic and cation exchange membranes in microbial fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article

The long and short-term stability of two porous dependent ion exchange materials; starch-based compostable bags (BioBag) and ceramic, were compared to commercially available cation exchange membrane (CEM) in microbial fuel cells. Using bi-directional... Read More about Comparing the short and long term stability of biodegradable, ceramic and cation exchange membranes in microbial fuel cells.

On the estimation of temporal mileage rates (2013)
Journal Article

Mathematical and computational techniques are developed for the analysis of annual roadworthiness (MOT) test data that the UK Department for Transport has placed in the public domain. This paper develops a new theory to estimate fine-scale temporal (... Read More about On the estimation of temporal mileage rates.

Mitigating the Effect of Development on Bats in England with Derogation Licensing (2013)
Journal Article

The Convention on Biological Diversity has catalyzed worldwide awareness of threats to biological diversity and stimulated global conservation strategies. These have led to national and international legislation and have generated debate about the mo... Read More about Mitigating the Effect of Development on Bats in England with Derogation Licensing.

Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling (2013)
Journal Article

There is an opportunity for real-estate services sector to deliver more accurate, faster and quality building surveys and information models. This paper reports on a study, designed to establish automated procedures for the development of a digital m... Read More about Providing real-estate services through the integration of 3D laser scanning and building information modelling.

Multiuser scheduling on the LTE downlink with meta-heuristic approaches (2013)
Journal Article

In this paper, the issue of multi-user radio resource scheduling on the downlink of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular communication system is addressed. An optimization model has been proposed earlier, where radio resources for multiple users are... Read More about Multiuser scheduling on the LTE downlink with meta-heuristic approaches.