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Genome sequence of vB_AbaS_TRS1, a viable prophage isolated from Acinetobacter baumannii strain A118 (2016)
Journal Article
Turner, D., Wand, M. E., Sutton, J. M., Centron, D., Kropinski, A. M., & Reynolds, D. M. (2016). Genome sequence of vB_AbaS_TRS1, a viable prophage isolated from Acinetobacter baumannii strain A118. Genome Announcements, 4(5), e01051-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01051-16

© 2016 Turner et al. A novel temperate phage, vB_AbaS_TRS1, was isolated from cultures of Acinetobacter baumannii strain A118 that had been exposed to mitomycin C. Phage TRS1 belongs to the Siphoviridae family of bacteriophages and encapsulates a 40,... Read More about Genome sequence of vB_AbaS_TRS1, a viable prophage isolated from Acinetobacter baumannii strain A118.

Mass surveillance in cyberspace and the lost art of keeping a secret: Policy lessons for government after the snowden leaks (2016)
Journal Article
Tryfonas, T., Carter, M., Crick, T., & Andriotis, P. (2016). Mass surveillance in cyberspace and the lost art of keeping a secret: Policy lessons for government after the snowden leaks. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9750, 174-185. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39381-0_16

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. Global security concerns, acts of terrorism and organised crime activity have motivated nation states to delve into implementing measures of mass surveillance in cyberspace, the breadth of which w... Read More about Mass surveillance in cyberspace and the lost art of keeping a secret: Policy lessons for government after the snowden leaks.

Advancing nursing informatics in the next decade: Recommendations from an international survey (2016)
Journal Article
Tayaben, J. L., Badger, M. K., Ronquillo, C., Topaz, M., Ronquillo, C. E., Peltonen, L. M., …Alhuwail, D. (2016). Advancing nursing informatics in the next decade: Recommendations from an international survey. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 225, 123-127. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-123

© 2016 IMIA and IOS Press. In the summer of 2015, the International Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group (IMIA NISIG) Student Working Group developed and distributed an international survey of current and future... Read More about Advancing nursing informatics in the next decade: Recommendations from an international survey.

DNA Repair and its influence on points of departure for alkylating agent genotoxicity (2016)
Book Chapter
Thomas, A. D., & Johnson, G. (2016). DNA Repair and its influence on points of departure for alkylating agent genotoxicity. In S. Fukushima, & T. Nohmi (Eds.), Thresholds of Genotoxic Carcinogens From Mechanisms to Regulation (67-82). London: Academic Press

Answering the question of whether low doses of DNA-reactive genotoxicants are of negligible concern has become a global effort due to its central importance in human health risk assessments. As a result, a huge amount of data exists suggesting that l... Read More about DNA Repair and its influence on points of departure for alkylating agent genotoxicity.

Slime Mould Controller for Microbial Fuel Cells (2016)
Journal Article
Taylor, B., Adamatzky, A., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2016). Slime Mould Controller for Microbial Fuel Cells. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26662-6_14

Microbial fuels cells (MFCs) are bio-electrochemical transducers that generate energy from the metabolism of electro-active microorganisms. The organism Physarum polycephalum is a species of slime mould, which has demonstrated many novel and interest... Read More about Slime Mould Controller for Microbial Fuel Cells.

Lifeworld, civilisation, system: Patočka and Habermas on Europe and its crisis (2016)
Journal Article
Tava, F. (2016). Lifeworld, civilisation, system: Patočka and Habermas on Europe and its crisis. Horizon: Fenomenologičeskie Issledovaniâ, 5(1), 70-89. https://doi.org/10.18199/2226-5260-2016-5-1-70-89

© FRANCESCO TAVA, 2016. The aim of this article is to show how both Jan Patočka and Jürgen Habermas, starting from a reinterpretation of the idea of «lifeworld», engaged a critique of modern civilisation, aiming (with different outcomes) at a redefin... Read More about Lifeworld, civilisation, system: Patočka and Habermas on Europe and its crisis.

Appearance, happiness and success: ‘what is beautiful is good’ (2016)
Journal Article
Stock, N. M. (2016). Appearance, happiness and success: ‘what is beautiful is good’. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 5(1), 27-29. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2016.5.1.27

In our beauty-obsessed world, where incessant dissatisfaction with appearance is considered to be ‘normal’, it can seem as though those with ‘good looks’ are the ones who have it all. But is it the case that being beautiful can get you further in lif... Read More about Appearance, happiness and success: ‘what is beautiful is good’.

Star Trek: First Contact and time travel (2016)
Other
Stengler, E. (2016). Star Trek: First Contact and time travel. Bristol, UK

Contribution to the podcast "The Cosmic Shed", commenting on time travel and how it is depicted in the film.

15th annual STS Conference Graz 2016 (2016)
Journal Article
Stengler, E. (2016). 15th annual STS Conference Graz 2016. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication,

Celebrating 15 years of success and growth, the STS Conference Graz on May 9 and 10, 2016, gathered nearly 200 delegates from all over the world who had the opportunity to discuss and share research and experiences on 6 main themes: Policy and Techno... Read More about 15th annual STS Conference Graz 2016.

Potential environmental impacts of ‘fracking’ in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., Hayes, E. T., & Brown, J. (2016). Potential environmental impacts of ‘fracking’ in the UK. Geography, 101(2), 60-69

Hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’, involves the extraction of natural gas from shale formations deep underground using vertical and horizontal drilling technologies and vast quantities of chemically treated water injected into the wells under high... Read More about Potential environmental impacts of ‘fracking’ in the UK.

Storytelling in organisations: supporting or subverting corporate strategy? (2016)
Journal Article
Spear, S., & Roper, S. (2016). Storytelling in organisations: supporting or subverting corporate strategy?. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 21(4), 516-532. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-02-2016-0020

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: Storytelling is claimed to be an effective way of communicating corporate strategy within organisations. However, previous studies have tended to focus holistically on storytelling in organisations... Read More about Storytelling in organisations: supporting or subverting corporate strategy?.

Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (2016)
Journal Article
Spagnul, C., Greenman, J., Wainwright, M., Kamil, Z., & Boyle, R. W. (2016). Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4(8), 1499-1509. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tb02569a

© 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2013, the World Health Organization reported that 884 million people lack access to clean potable water. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a very promising alternative to conventional antibiot... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of a new photoactive hydrogel against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Language and resistance: Memories of transatlantic slavery, and its continuing afterlives in the use of Rastafari language and terminology (2016)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S. (2016). Language and resistance: Memories of transatlantic slavery, and its continuing afterlives in the use of Rastafari language and terminology. In J. Gill, & J. O'Connell Davidson (Eds.), Slavery: Memory and Afterlives (60-63). Open Democracy

This article discusses how language within the Rastafari culture, known as Iyaric, or Word Sound, has been formed in resistance to the effects of white supremacist domination in the forms of slavery and colonialization. It explores how Rastafari ter... Read More about Language and resistance: Memories of transatlantic slavery, and its continuing afterlives in the use of Rastafari language and terminology.

National benchmark for green infrastructure: A feasibility study (2016)
Report
Smith, N., Calvert, T., Sinnett, D., Burgess, S., & King, L. (2016). National benchmark for green infrastructure: A feasibility study

This research examines whether a market exists for a national benchmark for green infrastructure (GI) in England. It is funded through a Natural Environment Research Council Innovation Fund (Grant Reference: NE/N016971/1). This builds on a Knowledge... Read More about National benchmark for green infrastructure: A feasibility study.

Green infrastructure: Research into practice (2016)
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Sinnett, D., Calvert, T., Martyn, N., Williams, K., Burgess, S., Smith, N., & King, L. (2016). Green infrastructure: Research into practice

The Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments at the University of the West of England, Bristol have been commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to conduct a review of how the evidence base for Green Infrastructure (GI... Read More about Green infrastructure: Research into practice.

Methods for conducting systematic reviews of risk factors in low- and middle-income countries (2016)
Journal Article
Shenderovich, Y., Eisner, M., Mikton, C., Gardner, F., Liu, J., & Murray, J. (2016). Methods for conducting systematic reviews of risk factors in low- and middle-income countries. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-016-0134-2

© 2016 Shenderovich et al. Background: Rates of youth violence are disproportionately high in many low- and middle-income countries [LMICs] but existing reviews of risk factors focus almost exclusively on high-income countries. Different search strat... Read More about Methods for conducting systematic reviews of risk factors in low- and middle-income countries.

Applying forgotten lessons in field reliability data analysis to performance-based support contracts (2016)
Journal Article
Settanni, E., Newnes, L. B., Thenent, N. E., Parry, G. C., Bumblauskas, D., Sandborn, P., & Goh, Y. M. (2016). Applying forgotten lessons in field reliability data analysis to performance-based support contracts. Engineering Management Journal, 28(1), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10429247.2015.1130508

Assumptions used in field reliability data analysis may be seldom made explicit or questioned in practice, yet these assumptions affect how engineering managers develop metrics for use in long-term support contracts. To address this issue, this artic... Read More about Applying forgotten lessons in field reliability data analysis to performance-based support contracts.