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Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy (2011)
Journal Article
Johnson, M., & Smyth, K. (2011). Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy. Campus-wide information systems : CWIS, 28, 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741111162699

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore ways in which value pluralism in institutional learning-technology strategy can be exposed and managed with the use of learning activities involving stakeholder groups across and between educational in... Read More about Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy.

Distributed service integration for disaster monitoring sensor systems (2011)
Journal Article
Liu, L., Antonopoulos, N., Xu, J., Webster, D., & Wu, K. (2011). Distributed service integration for disaster monitoring sensor systems. IET Communications, 5(12), 1777-1784. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-com.2010.0630

Sensor networks have the potential to revolutionise the capture, processing and communication of critical data for use of disaster rescue and relief. In order to provide a dependable rescue capability through dynamically integrating newly developed a... Read More about Distributed service integration for disaster monitoring sensor systems.

Assessment of design tools for knowledge capture and re-use (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vijaykumar, A. G., & Chakrabarti, A. (2010, December). Assessment of design tools for knowledge capture and re-use. Presented at 1st International Conference on Modelling and Management of Engineering Processes

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Virtual reference in UK academic libraries: The virtual enquiry project 2008‐2009 (2010)
Journal Article
Barry, E., Bedoya, J. K., Groom, C., & Patterson, L. (2010). Virtual reference in UK academic libraries: The virtual enquiry project 2008‐2009. Library Review, 59(1), 40-55. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242531011014673

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a snapshot of virtual reference services (the use of instant messaging or chat for enquiries) in UK academic libraries, and provide information about software for libraries considering providing a vir... Read More about Virtual reference in UK academic libraries: The virtual enquiry project 2008‐2009.

P088 Involvement of NMDAR in chondrocyte cell death and matrix degeneration (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramage, L., Hardingham, G., & Salter, D. (2009, June). P088 Involvement of NMDAR in chondrocyte cell death and matrix degeneration. Paper presented at 2nd Joint meeting of the Bone Research Society and the British Society for Matrix Biology

NMDA receptors (NMDAR) are expressed by chondrocytes in articular cartilage although their function is yet to be fully understood. NMDAR are ionotropic glutamate receptors which when excessively stimulated in neurones induce cell death and neuron... Read More about P088 Involvement of NMDAR in chondrocyte cell death and matrix degeneration.

Signalling cascades in mechanotransduction: cell-matrix interactions and mechanical loading (2009)
Journal Article
Ramage, L., Nuki, G., & Salter, D. M. (2009). Signalling cascades in mechanotransduction: cell-matrix interactions and mechanical loading. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 19(4), 457-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00912.x

Mechanical loading of articular cartilage stimulates the metabolism of resident chondrocytes and induces the synthesis of molecules to maintain the integrity of the cartilage. Mechanical signals modulate biochemical activity and changes in cell behav... Read More about Signalling cascades in mechanotransduction: cell-matrix interactions and mechanical loading.

Application of genetic algorithm to design of sequentially rotated circularly polarised dual-feed microstrip patch antenna array. (2008)
Journal Article
Aljibouri, B., Sambell, A., & Sharif, B. S. (2008). Application of genetic algorithm to design of sequentially rotated circularly polarised dual-feed microstrip patch antenna array. Electronics Letters, 44, 708. https://doi.org/10.1049/el%3A20080947

A design procedure for a circularly polarised 2 times 2 patch antenna array is presented. The structure involves 22 design parameters with associated constraints, and a multi-objective genetic algorithm is developed to determine the parameter values.... Read More about Application of genetic algorithm to design of sequentially rotated circularly polarised dual-feed microstrip patch antenna array..

Application of segmentation analysis to a matched U-slot patch antenna (2008)
Journal Article
Lee, S. K., Ooi, S. . F., Sambell, A., Korolkiewicz, E., & Scott, S. (2008). Application of segmentation analysis to a matched U-slot patch antenna. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 50, 2608-2611. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.23743

A wide impedance matching bandwidth or multi-band response can be obtained using a single layer U-slot rectangular antenna with a probe feed. However, the determination of the input impedance of this antenna has not been reported. In this letter usin... Read More about Application of segmentation analysis to a matched U-slot patch antenna.

NMDA receptor function in osteoarthritic chondrocytes is dependent on β1 integrins (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramage, L., Hardingham, G., & Salter, D. (2008, September). NMDA receptor function in osteoarthritic chondrocytes is dependent on β1 integrins. Presented at 2008 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Rome, Italy

Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with abnormal loading of articular joints. In normal joints physiological loading maintains structure and function of cartilage and chondrocytes within. This is mediated by a process known as mechanotransduc... Read More about NMDA receptor function in osteoarthritic chondrocytes is dependent on β1 integrins.

NMDA receptor expression and activity in osteoarthritic human articular chondrocytes (2008)
Journal Article
Ramage, L., Martel, M., Hardingham, G. E., & Salter, D. M. (2008). NMDA receptor expression and activity in osteoarthritic human articular chondrocytes. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 16(12), 1576-1584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2008.04.023

Objective: Classical neuronal signalling molecules such as substance P and glutamate have been identified in cartilage and have roles in regulation of chondrocyte function. This study looks at expression and activity of the ionotropic glutamate NMDA... Read More about NMDA receptor expression and activity in osteoarthritic human articular chondrocytes.

Efficient resource discovery in self-organized unstructured peer-to-peer networks (2008)
Journal Article
Liu, L., Antonopoulos, N., Mackin, S., Xu, J., & Russell, D. (2009). Efficient resource discovery in self-organized unstructured peer-to-peer networks. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 21(2), 159-183. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.1329

In unstructured peer‐to‐peer (P2P) networks, two autonomous peer nodes can be connected if users in those nodes are interested in each other's data. Owing to the similarity between P2P networks and social networks, where peer nodes can be regarded as... Read More about Efficient resource discovery in self-organized unstructured peer-to-peer networks.

P214 NMDA receptor signalling in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramage, L., Hardingham, G., & Salter, D. (2007, September). P214 NMDA receptor signalling in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes. Presented at ICRS 2007, Warsaw, Poland

Purpose: Human OA chondrocytes are known to express several subunits of the NMDA receptor (NMDAR), a neuronal signalling molecule. This study analyses downstream activation events and interactions of NMDAR with molecules known to be involved in chond... Read More about P214 NMDA receptor signalling in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes..

Taxonomy for Understanding Knowledge Captured in Documents By Designers (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vijaykumar, G. A., & Chakrabarti, A. (2007). Taxonomy for Understanding Knowledge Captured in Documents By Designers. In DS 42: Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design

In this competitive scenario of product development, product success is substantially influenced by satisfaction of the knowledge needs of designers. In literature many tools and methods are proposed to support satisfaction of these needs. But, adopt... Read More about Taxonomy for Understanding Knowledge Captured in Documents By Designers.

Managing peer-to-peer networks with human tactics in social interactions (2007)
Journal Article
Liu, L., Antonopoulos, N., & Mackin, S. (2008). Managing peer-to-peer networks with human tactics in social interactions. Journal of Supercomputing, 44(3), 217-236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-007-0156-y

Small-world phenomena have been observed in existing peer-to-peer (P2P) networks which has proved useful in the design of P2P file-sharing systems. Most studies of constructing small world behaviours on P2P are based on the concept of clustering peer... Read More about Managing peer-to-peer networks with human tactics in social interactions.

Fault-tolerant peer-to-peer search on small-world networks (2007)
Journal Article
Liu, L., Antonopoulos, N., & Mackin, S. (2007). Fault-tolerant peer-to-peer search on small-world networks. Future Generation Computer Systems, 23(8), 921-931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2007.03.002

This paper presents a small world architecture for P2P networks (SWAN) for content discovery in multi-group P2P systems. A semi-structured P2P algorithm of SWAN is utilized to create and find long-range shortcuts toward remote peer groups. In SWAN, n... Read More about Fault-tolerant peer-to-peer search on small-world networks.

P186 Expression of functional NMDA receptors in human OA chondrocytes (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramage, L., Martel, M.-A., Hardingham, G., & Salter, D. (2006, December). P186 Expression of functional NMDA receptors in human OA chondrocytes. Presented at 2006 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Prague, Czechia

Purpose: Classical neuronal signalling molecules such as substance P and glutamate have been identified in cartilage and are being shown to have roles in regulation of chondrocyte function. This study looks at the expression and function of the metab... Read More about P186 Expression of functional NMDA receptors in human OA chondrocytes.

Work-life balancing strategies used by women managers in British ‘modern’ universities. (2007)
Journal Article
Woodward, D. (2007). Work-life balancing strategies used by women managers in British ‘modern’ universities. Equal Opportunities International, 26, 6-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150710726507

The “work-life balance” literature is mainly concerned with the provision and up-take of flexible employment patterns. The purpose of this qualitative study of women managers' coping strategies for reconciling work with their other roles and responsi... Read More about Work-life balancing strategies used by women managers in British ‘modern’ universities..