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Pushing the envelope: advances in molecular techniques for the detection of novel viruses (2011)
Journal Article

Application of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) for assessing biogenic silica sample purity in geochemical analyses and palaeoenvironmental research (2011)
Journal Article

The development of a rapid and non-destructive method to assess purity levels in samples of biogenic silica prior to geochemical/isotope analysis remains a key objective in improving both the quality and use of such data in environmental and palaeocl... Read More about Application of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) for assessing biogenic silica sample purity in geochemical analyses and palaeoenvironmental research.

Perceptions of climate change and willingness to save energy related to flood experience (2011)
Journal Article

One of the reasons that people may not take action to mitigate climate change is that they lack first-hand experience of its potential consequences. From this perspective, individuals who have direct experience of phenomena that may be linked to clim... Read More about Perceptions of climate change and willingness to save energy related to flood experience.

Prediction of collision events: an EEG coherence analysis (2011)
Journal Article

Objective: A common daily-life task is the interaction with moving objects for which prediction of collision events is required. To evaluate the sources of information used in this process, this EEG study required participants to judge whether two mo... Read More about Prediction of collision events: an EEG coherence analysis.

A spoonful of sugar: the application of glycopolymers in therapeutics (2011)
Journal Article

Glycopolymers, synthetic polymers displaying carbohydrate moieties, have been linked to many potential applications at the biology–chemistry interface. One area that holds particular promise is the employment of glycopolymers as vehicles for therapeu... Read More about A spoonful of sugar: the application of glycopolymers in therapeutics.

Lessons for the law of armed conflict from commitments of armed groups: identification of legitimate targets and prisoners of war (2011)
Journal Article

The explanationist argument for moral realism (2011)
Journal Article

In this paper I argue that the explanationist argument in favour of moral realism fails. According to this argument, the ability of putative moral properties to feature in good explanations provides strong evidence for, or entails, the metaphysical c... Read More about The explanationist argument for moral realism.

A first approach on modelling staff proactiveness in retail simulation models (2011)
Journal Article

There has been a noticeable shift in the relative composition of the industry in the developed countries in recent years; manufacturing is decreasing while the service sector is becoming more important. However, currently most simulation models for... Read More about A first approach on modelling staff proactiveness in retail simulation models.

Motor awareness and dissociable levels of action representation (2011)
Journal Article

The present study evaluated the performance of a tracking task during which no, a small (subliminal: 20°) or a large (conscious: 60°) rotational perturbation was implemented. The instantaneous as well as carry-over effects of the perturbations were a... Read More about Motor awareness and dissociable levels of action representation.

Mechanical properties and microstructure of VPS and HVOF CoNiCrAlY coatings (2011)
Journal Article

HVOF and VPS coatings were sprayed using a Praxair (CO-210-24) CoNiCrAlY powder. Free standing coatings underwent vacuum annealing at different temperatures for times of up to 840h. Feedstock powder, as-sprayed and annealed coatings were characterise... Read More about Mechanical properties and microstructure of VPS and HVOF CoNiCrAlY coatings.

Thermal-mechanical fatigue simulation of a P91 steel in a temperature range of 400–600°C (2011)
Journal Article

This paper deals with the identification of material constants to simulate the effect of cyclic mechanical loading and temperatures. A Chaboche viscoplasticity model was used in this study to model the thermal-mechanical behaviour of a P91 martensiti... Read More about Thermal-mechanical fatigue simulation of a P91 steel in a temperature range of 400–600°C.

Analysing the playground: sensitizing concepts to inform systems that promote playful interaction (2011)
Book Chapter

Playful interaction in an important topic in HCI research, and there is an ongoing debate about the fundamental principles that underpin playful systems. This paper makes a contribution to this debate by outlining a set of sensitizing concepts which... Read More about Analysing the playground: sensitizing concepts to inform systems that promote playful interaction.

Non-identity, sufficiency and exploitation (2011)
Journal Article

In this article I advance a solution to the non-identity problem based on distributive justice. Drawing on a seminal article by Gregory Kavka, I argue that in our everyday decisions about creating people, we widely recognize three principles. First,... Read More about Non-identity, sufficiency and exploitation.

Climate change and the threat of disaster: the moral case for taking out insurance at our grandchildren's expense (2011)
Journal Article

Is drastic action against global warming essential to avoid impoverishing our descendants? Or does it mean robbing the poor to give to the rich? Alas, we don’t yet know. Yet most of us can agree on the importance of minimizing expected deprivation. B... Read More about Climate change and the threat of disaster: the moral case for taking out insurance at our grandchildren's expense.

Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring (2011)
Journal Article

Fault diagnostics systems are incorporated to determine the health of the system they monitor. There are however times when the diagnostics system reports faults which do not exist. This situation commonly arises at system start-up when high vibrat... Read More about Fault propagation modelling for fluid system health monitoring.

Fibre laser cutting of thin section mild steel: an explanation of the 'striation free' effect (2011)
Journal Article

This paper presents the results of an experimental and theoretical investigation into the phenomenon of 'striation free cutting', which is a feature of fibre laser/oxygen cutting of thin section mild steel. The paper concludes that the creation of ve... Read More about Fibre laser cutting of thin section mild steel: an explanation of the 'striation free' effect.

Remote Health Monitoring of heart failure with data mining via CART method on HRV features (2011)
Journal Article

Disease Management Programs (DMPs), which use no advanced ICT, are as effective as telemedicine but more efficient because less costly. We proposed a platform to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of home monitoring using data mining for early dete... Read More about Remote Health Monitoring of heart failure with data mining via CART method on HRV features.

Use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for examining healthcare professionals’ assessments of the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people (2011)
Journal Article

Background: a gap exists between evidence-based medicine and clinical-practice. Every day, healthcare professionals (HCPs) combine empirical evidence and subjective experience in order to maximise the effectiveness of interventions. Consequently, it... Read More about Use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for examining healthcare professionals’ assessments of the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people.

Active ignoring in early visual cortex (2011)
Journal Article

Selective attention is critical for controlling the input to mental processes. Attentional mechanisms act not only to select relevant stimuli but also to exclude irrelevant stimuli. There is evidence that we can actively ignore irrelevant information... Read More about Active ignoring in early visual cortex.

The Roman centuriated landscape: conception, genesis and development as inferred from the Ager Tarraconensis case (2011)
Journal Article

Although centuriation was only one system of Roman land division, its impact on the landscape and its visibility in modern field arrangements make it the most commonly recognized expression of Roman landscapes. Centuriated grid systems are usually an... Read More about The Roman centuriated landscape: conception, genesis and development as inferred from the Ager Tarraconensis case.