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Pseudodynamic tests on a full-scale 3-storey precast concrete building: global response (2013)
Journal Article
Negro, P., Bournas, D. A., & Molina, F. J. (2013). Pseudodynamic tests on a full-scale 3-storey precast concrete building: global response. Engineering Structures, 57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.05.047

In the framework of the SAFECAST Project, a full-scale three-storey precast building was subjected to a series of pseudodynamic (PsD) tests in the European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA). The mock-up was constructed in such a way that fo... Read More about Pseudodynamic tests on a full-scale 3-storey precast concrete building: global response.

The role of enterprise principles in shaping management duties at times of crisis (2013)
Journal Article
Mevorach, I. (2013). The role of enterprise principles in shaping management duties at times of crisis. European Business Organization Law Review, 14(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/s1566752912001279

The enterprise group form presents special risks of mismanagement when entities in the group are in financial trouble. At the same time, pursing a group interest might assist in resolving the financial difficulties. In any event, delineating rules fo... Read More about The role of enterprise principles in shaping management duties at times of crisis.

Forum shopping in times of crisis: a directors' duties perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Mevorach, I. (2013). Forum shopping in times of crisis: a directors' duties perspective. European Company and Financial Law Review, 10(4), https://doi.org/10.1515/ecfr-2013-0523

Some systems have more efficient legal frameworks for insolvency than other regimes, thus directors of troubled companies may seek opportunities abroad. Yet, the legitimacy of forum shopping in close proximity to insolvency is debatable in the contex... Read More about Forum shopping in times of crisis: a directors' duties perspective.

Inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of pneumonia in people with asthma (2013)
Journal Article
McKeever, T. M., Harrison, T. W., Hubbard, R., & Shaw, D. E. (2013). Inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of pneumonia in people with asthma. Chest, 144(6), https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.13-0871

Background

In clinical trials, the use of inhaled corticosteroids is associated with an increased risk of pneumonia in people with COPD, but whether the same is true for people with asthma is not known.
Methods

With the use of primary care dat... Read More about Inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of pneumonia in people with asthma.

Bacteria clustering by polymers induces the expression of quorum sense controlled phenotypes (2013)
Journal Article
Lui, L. T., Xue, X., Sui, C., Brown, A., Pritchard, D. I., Halliday, N., …Alexander, C. (2013). Bacteria clustering by polymers induces the expression of quorum sense controlled phenotypes. Nature Chemistry, 5(12), https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1793

Bacteria deploy a range of chemistries to regulate their behaviour and respond to their environment. Quorum sensing is one mean by which bacteria use chemical reactions to modulate pre-infection behaviour such as surface attachment. Polymers that can... Read More about Bacteria clustering by polymers induces the expression of quorum sense controlled phenotypes.

Recycled Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: A literature review (2013)
Journal Article
Lo Presti, D. (2013). Recycled Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: A literature review. Construction and Building Materials, 49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.09.007

Nowadays, only a small percentage of waste tyres are being land-filled. The Recycled Tyre Rubber is being used in new tyres, in tyre-derived fuel, in civil engineering applications and products, in moulded rubber products, in agricultural uses, recre... Read More about Recycled Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: A literature review.

From being privileged to being localized?: Taiwanese businessmen in China (2013)
Book Chapter
Lee, C. (2013). From being privileged to being localized?: Taiwanese businessmen in China. In K. Chiu, D. Fell, & P. Lin (Eds.), Migration to and from Taiwan Strait. Routledge

Taiwanese businesses have invested in China for almost three decades. Political questions have always been the most sensitive issue for Taiwanese businesspeople (Taishang) in China. The most popular saying among them is, ‘Businesspeople only talk abo... Read More about From being privileged to being localized?: Taiwanese businessmen in China.

Cryogenics free production of hyperpolarized 129Xe and 83Kr for biomedical MRI applications (2013)
Journal Article
Hughes-Riley, T., Six, J. S., Lilburn, D., Stupic, K. F., Dorkes, A. C., Shaw, D. E., …Meersmann, T. (2013). Cryogenics free production of hyperpolarized 129Xe and 83Kr for biomedical MRI applications. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 237, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2013.09.008

As an alternative to cryogenic gas handling, hyperpolarized (hp) gas mixtures were extracted directly from the spin exchange optical pumping (SEOP) process through expansion followed by compression to ambient pressure for biomedical MRI applications.... Read More about Cryogenics free production of hyperpolarized 129Xe and 83Kr for biomedical MRI applications.

Development of a porous poly(DL-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)-based scaffold for mastoid air-cell regeneration (2013)
Journal Article
Gould, T. W., Birchall, J. P., Mallick, A. S., Alliston, T., Lustig, L. R., Shakesheff, K. M., & Rahman, C. V. (2013). Development of a porous poly(DL-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)-based scaffold for mastoid air-cell regeneration. Laryngoscope, 123(12), https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.24173

Objectives/Hypothesis: To develop a porous, biodegradable scaffold for mastoid air-cell regeneration.
Study Design: In vitro development of a temperature-sensitive poly(DL-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) (PLGA/PEG) scaffold tailo... Read More about Development of a porous poly(DL-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)-based scaffold for mastoid air-cell regeneration.

A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level (2013)
Journal Article
Fray, M. J., Macdonald, S. J., Baldwin, I. R., Barton, N., Brown, J., Campbell, I. B., …Wellaway, N. (2013). A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level. Drug Discovery Today, 18(23-24), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2013.09.004

A practical drug discovery project for third-year undergraduates is described. No previous knowledge of medicinal chemistry is assumed. Initial lecture-workshops cover the basic principles; then students are asked to improve the profile of a weakly... Read More about A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level.

Experiences of family carers of older people with mental health problems in the acute general hospital: a qualitative study (2013)
Journal Article
Clissett, P., Porock, D., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2013). Experiences of family carers of older people with mental health problems in the acute general hospital: a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(12), https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12159

Aims
To explore the experiences of family carers of people with cognitive impairment during admission to hospital.

Background
Providing appropriate care in acute hospitals for people with co-morbid cognitive impairment, especially dementia or de... Read More about Experiences of family carers of older people with mental health problems in the acute general hospital: a qualitative study.

Translating Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) scores into clinical practice by suggesting severity strata derived using anchor-based methods (2013)
Journal Article
Charman, C., Venn, A., Ravenscroft, J., & Williams, H. (2013). Translating Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) scores into clinical practice by suggesting severity strata derived using anchor-based methods. British Journal of Dermatology, 169(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.12590

Background: The Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) is a validated, patient-derived assessment measure for monitoring atopic eczema severity, although further information on how different POEM scores translate into disease severity categories is n... Read More about Translating Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) scores into clinical practice by suggesting severity strata derived using anchor-based methods.

Hyper-heuristics: a survey of the state of the art (2013)
Journal Article
Burke, E., Gendreau, M., Hyde, M., Kendall, G., Ocha, G., Özcan, E., & Qu, R. (2013). Hyper-heuristics: a survey of the state of the art. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 64, https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2013.71

Hyper-heuristics comprise a set of approaches that are motivated (at least in part) by the goal of automating the design of heuristic methods to solve hard computational search problems. An underlying strategic research challenge is to develop more g... Read More about Hyper-heuristics: a survey of the state of the art.

Pseudodynamic tests on a full-scale 3-storey precast concrete building: behavior of the mechanical connections and floor diaphragms (2013)
Journal Article
Bournas, D. A., Negro, P., & Molina, F. J. (2013). Pseudodynamic tests on a full-scale 3-storey precast concrete building: behavior of the mechanical connections and floor diaphragms. Engineering Structures, 57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.05.046

A full-scale three-storey precast building was tested under seismic conditions at the European Laboratory for Structural Assessment in the framework of the SAFECAST project. The unique research opportunity of testing a complete structural system was... Read More about Pseudodynamic tests on a full-scale 3-storey precast concrete building: behavior of the mechanical connections and floor diaphragms.

Rationalizing the value premium in emerging markets (2013)
Journal Article
Ebrahim, M. S., Girma, S., Shah, M. E., & Williams, J. (2014). Rationalizing the value premium in emerging markets. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2013.11.005

We reconfirm the presence of value premium in emerging markets. Using the Brazil–Turkey–India–China (BTIC) grouping during a period of substantial economic growth and stock market development, we attribute the premium to the investment patterns of gl... Read More about Rationalizing the value premium in emerging markets.

Indoors and outdoors: designing mobile experiences for Cité de l’espace (2013)
Book Chapter
Rennick-Egglestone, S., Roussou, M., Brundell, P., Chaffardon, C., Kourtis, V., Koleva, B., & Benford, S. (2013). Indoors and outdoors: designing mobile experiences for Cité de l’espace. In Proceedings of NODEM 2013. NODEM

The CHESS project has been working with Cité de l’espace, a space technology centre, to explore the use of tablets and mobile phones to deliver visitor experiences that integrate across multiple experiences. In this paper, we articulate three key cha... Read More about Indoors and outdoors: designing mobile experiences for Cité de l’espace.

Prioritization of combinatorial test cases by incremental interaction coverage (2013)
Journal Article
Huang, R., Xie, X., Towey, D., Chen, T. Y., Lu, Y., & Chen, J. (2013). Prioritization of combinatorial test cases by incremental interaction coverage. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 23(10), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218194013500459

Combinatorial testing is a well-recognized testing method, and has been widely applied in practice. To facilitate analysis, a common approach is to assume that all test cases in a combinatorial test suite have the same fault detection capability. How... Read More about Prioritization of combinatorial test cases by incremental interaction coverage.