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Langmuir blodgett films (1987)
Patent
Smith, G., Daniel, M., Barton, J., & Ratcliffe, N. M. (1987). Langmuir blodgett films. WO/1987/000347

Novel Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of ABAB structure in which the compounds A and B are different and contain complementary groups which result in non-centrosymmetry of the layer plane. Three types of structure are described (i) in which A and B have... Read More about Langmuir blodgett films.

High technology industry, regional development and defence manufacturing: a case study in the UK Sunbelt. (1987)
Book Chapter
Boddy, M. (1987). High technology industry, regional development and defence manufacturing: a case study in the UK Sunbelt. In B. Robson (Ed.), Managing the City The Aims and Impacts of Urban Policy, (60-83). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315178264

Looks at the supposed success story of Bristol, which is popularly seen as having made a successful accommodation the social and economic changes of the past decade, and of the M4 Corridor of which Bristol is the W extreme. Public investment has play... Read More about High technology industry, regional development and defence manufacturing: a case study in the UK Sunbelt..

Teaching computing to historians at Durham (1987)
Book Chapter
Wardley, P. (1987). Teaching computing to historians at Durham. In P. Denley, & D. Hopkins (Eds.), History and Computing (321-332). Manchester University Press

Problems influencing craftsmen's productivity in Nigeria (1987)
Journal Article
Price, A. D., Wahab, K. A., Olomolaiye, P. O., & Olomolaiye, P. (1987). Problems influencing craftsmen's productivity in Nigeria. Building and Environment, 22(4), 317-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-1323%2887%2990024-2

The activity sampling technique was used on seven construction sites in Nigeria to determine how the working day was being utilised by craftsmen in bricklaying, joinery and steel fixing trades. Actual working time was observed to be 51% of the workin... Read More about Problems influencing craftsmen's productivity in Nigeria.

Vitamin C biosynthesis in prosimians: Evidence for the anthropoid affinity of Tarsius (1987)
Journal Article
Pollock, J. I., Mullin, R. J., & Pollock, J. (1987). Vitamin C biosynthesis in prosimians: Evidence for the anthropoid affinity of Tarsius. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 73(1), 65-70. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330730106

This report examines the taxonomic distribution of the in vitro biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in the Prosimii (Order: Primates). Liver and kidney samples of 15 prosimian taxa, including Tarsius bancanus, were quantitatively tested for the enzyme L‐gu... Read More about Vitamin C biosynthesis in prosimians: Evidence for the anthropoid affinity of Tarsius.

Public policy and older people: Where are we going? (1987)
Journal Article
Means, R. (1987). Public policy and older people: Where are we going?. Journal of Social Policy, 16(4), 543-550. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279400016160

During much of the 1960s and 1970s, housing and welfare provision for older people were part of the cinderella services (Means and Smith, 1985) that the majority of both practitioners and social scientists were happy to leave to the remit of a relati... Read More about Public policy and older people: Where are we going?.

The use of long-term rainfall records for augmenting historic flood series: A case study on the upper Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (1987)
Journal Article
McEwen, L. J. (1987). The use of long-term rainfall records for augmenting historic flood series: A case study on the upper Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Transactions- Royal Society of Edinburgh, 78(04), 275-285. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263593300011214

Establishing the magnitude and frequency of floods within upland catchments on the basis of short-term gauged runoff records is crucially dependent upon the extent to which the record is truly representative. In the case of the River Dee, upstream of... Read More about The use of long-term rainfall records for augmenting historic flood series: A case study on the upper Dee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Sources for establishing a Historic Flood Chronology (Pre-1940) within Scottish River Catchments (1987)
Journal Article
McEwen, L. J. (1987). Sources for establishing a Historic Flood Chronology (Pre-1940) within Scottish River Catchments. Scottish geographical magazine, 103(3), 132-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369228718736710

Gauged river runoff records extend only over limited timespans, mostly commencing post-1940. Historical sources can provide additional material to assist in extending the hydrological record into the nineteenth century and earlier. Such sources vary,... Read More about Sources for establishing a Historic Flood Chronology (Pre-1940) within Scottish River Catchments.

Living with asthma (1987)
Journal Article
Hek, G. (1987). Living with asthma. Journal of Professional Nursing, 2(6), 168-169