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Ethanol via biomass-generated syngas (2008)
Journal Article
Lewis, R., Frankman, A., Tanner, R., Ahmed, A., & Huhnke, R. (2008). Ethanol via biomass-generated syngas. International Sugar Journal, 110(1311), 150-152, 154-155 ref. 22

Developing low-cost sustainable fuels, such as ethanol, is receiving much attention due to rising energy costs, national security, and environmental issues. Renewable biomass, such as switchgrass, can be utilized to produce fuel-grade ethanol via a g... Read More about Ethanol via biomass-generated syngas.

The Protection of Age and Disability Rights in the Regulation of Digital Television in the European Union (2008)
Journal Article
Varney, E. (2008). The Protection of Age and Disability Rights in the Regulation of Digital Television in the European Union. Utilities Law Review, 17(1), 6-16

This article questions the extent to which the regulatory framework for electronic communications in the European Union safeguards the rights of elderly people and disabled people in the digital television (DTV) sector and seeks to determine whether... Read More about The Protection of Age and Disability Rights in the Regulation of Digital Television in the European Union.

Disability Rights in the Communications Sector: An Examination of Digital Television Regulation in the United Kingdom (2008)
Journal Article
Varney, E. (2008). Disability Rights in the Communications Sector: An Examination of Digital Television Regulation in the United Kingdom. Communications Law Journal : Journal of Computer, Media and Telecommunications Law, 13(6), 187-196

Effective access to information is crucial in facilitating the participation of citizens in civic society. While digital technology has brought significant benefits (e.g. an increased number of channels, superior quality of image and sound), techno... Read More about Disability Rights in the Communications Sector: An Examination of Digital Television Regulation in the United Kingdom.

Richard II and the Fiction of Majority Rule (2008)
Book Chapter
Dodd, G. (2008). Richard II and the Fiction of Majority Rule. In C. Beem (Ed.), The Royal Minorities of Medieval and Early Modern England, 103-159. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230616189_4

For Thomas Walsingham, one of the first occasions when Richard II revealed the true nature of his rule came in the Summer of 1383 when, accompanied by his new queen, he went on a “shrine-crawl” of the eastern counties, imposing himself and his househ... Read More about Richard II and the Fiction of Majority Rule.

Using technology in health promotion interventions (2008)
Book Chapter
Blake, H. (2008). Using technology in health promotion interventions. In Life style and health research, 17-76. Nova Science Publishers

Improving health in the general population is key to government policy and essential to address the increasing prevalence of non-communicable disease in our society. Whether aiming to improve health at the individual, community, regional or national... Read More about Using technology in health promotion interventions.

Multiple-Scale Hierarchical Connectivity of Cortical Networks Limits the Spread of Activity (2008)
Book Chapter
Kaiser, M. (2008). Multiple-Scale Hierarchical Connectivity of Cortical Networks Limits the Spread of Activity. In Computational Neuroscience in Epilepsy (132-140). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373649-9.50012-0

The anatomy of the brain that cortical architecture and connections are organized in a hierarchical and modular way, from cellular microcircuits in cortical columns at the lowest level, via cortical areas at the intermediate level, to clusters of hig... Read More about Multiple-Scale Hierarchical Connectivity of Cortical Networks Limits the Spread of Activity.

A component based heuristic search method with evolutionary eliminations for hospital personnel scheduling (2008)
Journal Article
Li, J., Aickelin, U., & Burke, E. (in press). A component based heuristic search method with evolutionary eliminations for hospital personnel scheduling. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 21(3), https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.1080.0298

Nurse rostering is a complex scheduling problem that affects hospital personnel on a daily basis all over the world. This paper presents a new component-based approach with evolutionary eliminations for a nurse scheduling problem arising at a major U... Read More about A component based heuristic search method with evolutionary eliminations for hospital personnel scheduling.

Protease responsive nanoprobes with tethered fluorogenic peptidyl 3-arylcoumarin substrates (2008)
Journal Article
Welser, K., Grilj, J., Vauthey, E., Aylott, J. W., & Chan, W. C. (2009). Protease responsive nanoprobes with tethered fluorogenic peptidyl 3-arylcoumarin substrates. Chemical Communications, 671-673. https://doi.org/10.1039/b816637d

Protease responsive nanosensors were obtained by the attachment of unique green fluorescent bifunctional 3-arylcoumarin-derived fluorogenic substrates to poly(acrylamide-co-N-(3-aminopropyl)methacrylamide) nanoparticles, in which proteolysis results... Read More about Protease responsive nanoprobes with tethered fluorogenic peptidyl 3-arylcoumarin substrates.

The evolution of conifolds (2008)
Journal Article
Butcher, N. A., & Saffin, P. M. (2008). The evolution of conifolds. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008(12), https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/012

We simulate the gravitational dynamics of the conifold geometries (resolved and deformed) involved in the description of certain compact spacetimes. As the cycles of the conifold collapse towards a singular geometry we find that a horizon develops, s... Read More about The evolution of conifolds.

Functional Characterization of AasP, a Maturation Protease Autotransporter Protein of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (2008)
Journal Article
Ali, T., Oldfield, N. J., Wooldridge, K. G., Turner, D. P., & Ala'Aldeen, D. A. A. (2008). Functional Characterization of AasP, a Maturation Protease Autotransporter Protein of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Infection and Immunity, 76(12), 5608-5614. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00085-08

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the etiological agent of porcine pleuropneumonia, a highly contagious respiratory infection in pigs. AasP, a putative subtilisin-like serine protease autotransporter, has recently been identified in A. pleuropneumon... Read More about Functional Characterization of AasP, a Maturation Protease Autotransporter Protein of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Youth Court Research Project: a scoping study adopting a ‘whole-systems’ approach to the processing of cases in the Youth Courts (2008)
Book
Kemp, V. (2008). Youth Court Research Project: a scoping study adopting a ‘whole-systems’ approach to the processing of cases in the Youth Courts. Legal Services Research Centre

This study examined the processing of youth court cases prior to changes brought about by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The study adopted a ‘whole-systems’ review of the operation and efficiency of youth court cases in one county area. The key fin... Read More about Youth Court Research Project: a scoping study adopting a ‘whole-systems’ approach to the processing of cases in the Youth Courts.

Datatype-generic termination proofs (2008)
Journal Article
Backhouse, R., & Doornbos, H. (2008). Datatype-generic termination proofs. Theory of Computing Systems, 43(3-4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00224-007-9056-z

Datatype-generic programs are programs that are parameterised by a datatype. We review the allegorical foundations of a methodology of designing datatype-generic programs. The notion of F-reductivity, where F parametrises a datatype, is reviewed and... Read More about Datatype-generic termination proofs.

Mobile phone technology in chronic disease management (2008)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2008). Mobile phone technology in chronic disease management. Nursing Standard, 23(12), https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2008.11.23.12.43.c6728

Mobile phones are being used to improve nurse-patient communication and monitor health outcomes in chronic disease. Innovative applications of mobile technology are expected to increase over time in community management of cancer, heart disease, asth... Read More about Mobile phone technology in chronic disease management.

Genetic diversity analysis and single-nucleotide polymorphism marker development in cultivated bulb onion based on expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat markers (2008)
Journal Article
McCallum, J., Thomson, S., Pither-Joyce, M., Kenel, F., Clarke, A., & Havey, M. J. (2008). Genetic diversity analysis and single-nucleotide polymorphism marker development in cultivated bulb onion based on expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat markers. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 133(6), 810-818. https://doi.org/10.21273/jashs.133.6.810

Bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) is a globally significant crop, but the structure of genetic variation within and among populations is poorly understood. We broadly surveyed genetic variation in a cultivated onion germplasm using simple sequence repeat (... Read More about Genetic diversity analysis and single-nucleotide polymorphism marker development in cultivated bulb onion based on expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat markers.

Do humans prefer altruistic mates? Testing a link between sexual selection and altruism towards non-relatives (2008)
Journal Article
Phillips, T., Barnard, C., Ferguson, E., & Reader, T. (2008). Do humans prefer altruistic mates? Testing a link between sexual selection and altruism towards non-relatives. British Journal of Psychology, 99(4), 555-572. https://doi.org/10.1348/000712608X298467

Humans are often seen as unusual in displaying altruistic behaviour towards nonrelatives. Here we outline and test a hypothesis that human altruistic traits evolved as a result of sexual selection. We develop a psychometric scale to measure mate pref... Read More about Do humans prefer altruistic mates? Testing a link between sexual selection and altruism towards non-relatives.

The 2.6 angstrom crystal structure of a human A2A adenosine receptor bound to an antagonist (2008)
Journal Article
Jaakola, V., Griffith, M. T., Hanson, M. A., Cherezov, V., Chien, E. Y. T., Lane, J. R., …Stevens, R. C. (2008). The 2.6 angstrom crystal structure of a human A2A adenosine receptor bound to an antagonist. Science, 322(5905), 1211-1217. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1164772

The adenosine class of heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediates the important role of extracellular adenosine in many physiological processes and is antagonized by caffeine. We have determined t... Read More about The 2.6 angstrom crystal structure of a human A2A adenosine receptor bound to an antagonist.

Identifying need in care homes for people with dementia: The relationship between two standard assessment tools (2008)
Journal Article
Worden, A., Challis, D., Hancock, G., Woods, R., & Orrell, M. (2008). Identifying need in care homes for people with dementia: The relationship between two standard assessment tools. Aging and Mental Health, 12(6), 719-728. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607860802154382

Considerable effort has been invested in improving assessment processes for older people, some of the most vulnerable of whom live in care homes. The paper compares two well-known assessment tools used in care homes, the CANE and the Minimum Data Set... Read More about Identifying need in care homes for people with dementia: The relationship between two standard assessment tools.