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Regulation of neurotoxin production and sporulation by a putative agrBD signaling system in proteolytic Clostridium botulinum (2010)
Journal Article
Cooksley, C. M., Davis, I. J., Winzer, K., Chan, W. C., Peck, M. W., & Minton, N. P. (2010). Regulation of neurotoxin production and sporulation by a putative agrBD signaling system in proteolytic Clostridium botulinum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(13), 4448-4460. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03038-09

A significant number of genome sequences of Clostridium botulinum and related species have now been determined. In silico analysis of these data revealed the presence of two distinct agr loci (agr-1 and agr-2) in all group I strains, each encoding pu... Read More about Regulation of neurotoxin production and sporulation by a putative agrBD signaling system in proteolytic Clostridium botulinum.

A genetic programming hyper-heuristic approach for evolving 2-D strip packing heuristics (2010)
Journal Article
Burke, E. K., Hyde, M., Kendall, G., & Woodward, J. (2010). A genetic programming hyper-heuristic approach for evolving 2-D strip packing heuristics. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 14(6), https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2010.2041061

We present a genetic programming (GP) system to evolve reusable heuristics for the 2-D strip packing problem. The evolved heuristics are constructive, and decide both which piece to pack next and where to place that piece, given the current partial s... Read More about A genetic programming hyper-heuristic approach for evolving 2-D strip packing heuristics.

Hybrid cascaded multilevel converter with integrated series Active Power Filter for interfacing energy storage system to medium voltage grid (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Asher, G. (2010). Hybrid cascaded multilevel converter with integrated series Active Power Filter for interfacing energy storage system to medium voltage grid. In The 2010 International Power Electronics Conference - ECCE ASIA -. https://doi.org/10.1109/IPEC.2010.5543461

This paper presents a new control strategy for a high performance hybrid cascaded H-Bridge HB multilevel converter with integrated series Active Power Filter Stage APFS. Unequal DC voltage sources are used to energise the converter's HBs. This offers... Read More about Hybrid cascaded multilevel converter with integrated series Active Power Filter for interfacing energy storage system to medium voltage grid.

The fate of steroid estrogens: Partitioning during wastewater treatment and onto river sediments (2010)
Journal Article
Gomes, R. L., Scrimshaw, M. D., Cartmell, E., & Lester, J. N. (2010). The fate of steroid estrogens: Partitioning during wastewater treatment and onto river sediments. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 175, 431–441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-010-1541-1

The partitioning of steroid estrogens in wastewater treatment and receiving waters is likely to influence their discharge to, and persistence in, the environment. This study investigated the partitioning behaviour of steroid estrogens in both laborat... Read More about The fate of steroid estrogens: Partitioning during wastewater treatment and onto river sediments.

Damage mechanics based predictions of creep crack growth in 316 stainless steel (2010)
Journal Article
Hyde, C. J., Hyde, T., Sun, W., & Becker, A. (2010). Damage mechanics based predictions of creep crack growth in 316 stainless steel. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 77(12), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.06.011

This paper describes a novel modelling process for creep crack growth prediction of a 316 stainless steel using continuum damage mechanics, in conjunction with finite element (FE) analysis. A damage material behaviour model, proposed by Liu and Murak... Read More about Damage mechanics based predictions of creep crack growth in 316 stainless steel.

The gravitational dynamics of warped throats (2010)
Journal Article
Butcher, N. A., & Saffin, P. M. (in press). The gravitational dynamics of warped throats. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06%282010%29044

We investigate the time evolution due to gravitational dynamics of a particular spacetime commonly used in brane-cosmology and string compactifications, namely the Klebanov-Strassler geometry, which is achieved by adding a perturbation to the momentu... Read More about The gravitational dynamics of warped throats.

Palaeoclimate chronology and aridization tendencies in the Transbaikalia for the last 1900 years (2010)
Journal Article
Ptitsyn, A., Reshetova, S., Babich, V., Daryin, A., Kalugin, I., Ovchinnikov, D., …Myglan, V. (2010). Palaeoclimate chronology and aridization tendencies in the Transbaikalia for the last 1900 years. Geografiya i Prirodnye Resursy / Geography and Natural Resources, 31(2), 144-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gnr.2010.06.009

Within the long-term research program on reconstruction of palaeoclimatic characteristics of Central Asia, we carried out a palaeoreconstructions of climate aridity/humidity in the Transbaikalia, based on investigating layered palynological spectra a... Read More about Palaeoclimate chronology and aridization tendencies in the Transbaikalia for the last 1900 years.

Deep brain stimulation plus best medical therapy versus best medical therapy alone for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD SURG trial): a randomised, open-label trial (2010)
Journal Article
Williams, A., Gill, S., Varma, T., Jenkinson, C., Quinn, N., Mitchell, R., …Wheatley, K. (2010). Deep brain stimulation plus best medical therapy versus best medical therapy alone for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD SURG trial): a randomised, open-label trial. Lancet Neurology, 9(6), 581-591. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422%2810%2970093-4

Reusable learning objects in healthcare education (2010)
Book Chapter
Windle, R., & Wharrad, H. (2010). Reusable learning objects in healthcare education. In A. Bromage, L. Clouder, J. Thistlethwaite, & F. Gordon (Eds.), Interprofessional e-learning and collaborative work: practices and technologies. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-889-0.ch020

This chapter will review the definition, development and characteristics of reusable learning objects (RLOs) and outline examples of how these resources are meeting the challenges of interprofessional learning. It will discuss the ways in which pedag... Read More about Reusable learning objects in healthcare education.

Case studies of creating reusable inter professional e-learning objects (2010)
Book Chapter
Wharrad, H., & Windle, R. (2010). Case studies of creating reusable inter professional e-learning objects. In A. Bromage, L. Clouder, J. Thistlethwaite, & F. Gordon (Eds.), Interprofessional e-learning and collaborative work: practices and technologies. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-889-0.ch021

Reusable learning objects can play an important part in enhancing interprofessional learning. They provide flexible support to students of health care and provide an opportunity during the creation process, for interprofessional educators to share kn... Read More about Case studies of creating reusable inter professional e-learning objects.

Building and sustaining collaboration in cross sector e-learning development (2010)
Book Chapter
Timmons, S., Wharrad, H., Vezyridis, P., Randle, J., Lymn, J., & Bath-Hextall, F. (2010). Building and sustaining collaboration in cross sector e-learning development. In A. Bromage, L. Clouder, J. Thistlethwaite, & F. Gordon (Eds.), Interprofessional e-learning and collaborative work: practices and technologies. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-889-0.ch014

This chapter will focus on the process of building and sustaining collaborative reusable e-learning object development across three educational sectors, Higher Education (HE), the UK National Health Service (NHS) and Further Education (FE) Colleges,... Read More about Building and sustaining collaboration in cross sector e-learning development.

Reflections on water: architectural manifestations in the historic and cultural quarter along Lake Pichola in Udaipur (2010)
Journal Article
Samant, S. (2010). Reflections on water: architectural manifestations in the historic and cultural quarter along Lake Pichola in Udaipur. Journal of Sustainable Development, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v3n2P27

The aim of this paper is to undertake a critical appreciation of the historic cultural quarter along the eastern edge of Lake Pichola in Udaipur, which is a result of its unique context with the objective of understanding the forces that underpin thi... Read More about Reflections on water: architectural manifestations in the historic and cultural quarter along Lake Pichola in Udaipur.

A pictorial visualization of normal mode vibrations of the fullerene C_60 molecule in terms of vibrations of a hollow sphere (2010)
Journal Article
Dunn, J. L. (2010). A pictorial visualization of normal mode vibrations of the fullerene C_60 molecule in terms of vibrations of a hollow sphere. Journal of Chemical Education, https://doi.org/10.1021/ed100263f

Understanding the normal mode vibrations of a molecule is important in the analysis of vibrational spectra. However, the complicated 3D motion of large molecules can be difficult to interpret. We show how images of normal modes of the fullerene molec... Read More about A pictorial visualization of normal mode vibrations of the fullerene C_60 molecule in terms of vibrations of a hollow sphere.

Algebraic approach to quantum field theory on a class of noncommutative curved spacetimes (2010)
Journal Article
Ohl, T., & Schenkel, A. (2010). Algebraic approach to quantum field theory on a class of noncommutative curved spacetimes. General Relativity and Gravitation, 42(12), 2785–2798. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-010-1016-2

In this article we study the quantization of a free real scalar field on a class of noncommutative manifolds, obtained via formal deformation quantization using triangular Drinfel'd twists. We construct deformed quadratic action functionals and compu... Read More about Algebraic approach to quantum field theory on a class of noncommutative curved spacetimes.

Instabilities in the spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid (2010)
Journal Article
Munro, R. J., Foster, M. R., & Davies, P. A. (in press). Instabilities in the spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid. Physics of Fluids, 22(5), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3422554

Theoretical analyses and laboratory experiments have been performed on the stability of a flow generated by the differential cyclonic corotation of a flat, rigid disk in a uniformly rotating, linearly stratified fluid contained within a cylindrical t... Read More about Instabilities in the spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid.

Direct visualization of the small hydrophobic protein of human respiratory syncytial virus reveals the structural basis for membrane permeability (2010)
Journal Article
Carter, S. D., Dent, K. C., Atkins, E., Foster, T. L., Verow, M., Gorny, P., …Barr, J. N. (2010). Direct visualization of the small hydrophobic protein of human respiratory syncytial virus reveals the structural basis for membrane permeability. FEBS Letters, 584(13), 2786-2790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2010.05.006

Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants. The HRSV small hydrophobic (SH) protein plays an important role in HRSV pathogenesis, although its mode of action is unclear. Analysis of the... Read More about Direct visualization of the small hydrophobic protein of human respiratory syncytial virus reveals the structural basis for membrane permeability.

Computer-based learning objects in healthcare: the student experience (2010)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (in press). Computer-based learning objects in healthcare: the student experience. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.2202/1548-923X.1939

Web-based computer learning objects, such as Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs), are becoming more commonplace in nursing and medical education. However, evaluation of RLOs specifically has been limited. The aim of the study was to determine how RLOs i... Read More about Computer-based learning objects in healthcare: the student experience.

Preferred foliation effects in Quantum General Relativity (2010)
Journal Article
Koslowski, T., & Schenkel, A. (2010). Preferred foliation effects in Quantum General Relativity. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27(13), Article 135014. https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/13/135014

We investigate the infrared (IR) effects of Lorentz violating terms in the gravitational sector using functional renormalization group methods similar to Reuter and collaborators. The model we consider consists of pure quantum gravity coupled to a pr... Read More about Preferred foliation effects in Quantum General Relativity.