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An investigation of cell wall micropore blocking as a possible mechanism for the decay resistance of anhydride modified wood (2005)
Journal Article
Hill, C. A. S., Forster, S. C., Farahani, M. R. M., Hale, M. D. C., Ormondroyd, G. A., & Williams, G. R. (2005). An investigation of cell wall micropore blocking as a possible mechanism for the decay resistance of anhydride modified wood. International biodeterioration & biodegradation, 55(1), 69-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2004.07.003

Corsican pine (Pinus nigra) sapwood was chemically modified with acetic, or hexanoic anhydride to a variety of weight percentage gains. The cell wall microporosity of the wood before and after chemical modification was determined using the technique... Read More about An investigation of cell wall micropore blocking as a possible mechanism for the decay resistance of anhydride modified wood.

Sensational Interests, Mating Effort, and Personality: Evidence for Cross-Cultural Validity (2005)
Journal Article
Egan, V., Figueredo, A. J., Wolf, P., McBride, K., Sefcek, J., Vasquez, G., & Charles, K. (2005). Sensational Interests, Mating Effort, and Personality: Evidence for Cross-Cultural Validity. Journal of Individual Differences, 26(1), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001.26.1.11

We assessed whether violent or macabre interests ("sensational interests") were related to mating effort and a higher-order personality construct reflecting the combined features of higher Extraversion, lower Psychoticism, and lower Neuroticism in 1,... Read More about Sensational Interests, Mating Effort, and Personality: Evidence for Cross-Cultural Validity.

Managing social capital as knowledge management – some specification and representation issues. (2005)
Journal Article
Davenport, E., Graham, M., Kennedy, J., & Taylor, K. (2005). Managing social capital as knowledge management – some specification and representation issues. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 40, 101-108. https://doi.org/10.1002/meet.1450400113

‘Classic’ accounts of social capital have emerged
in accounts of stable networks or institutional
environments. These conditions do not apply in
the case of many firms – a case in point being
small firm networks that rely on rapid turnover of
pr... Read More about Managing social capital as knowledge management – some specification and representation issues..

Network node, a communication network and a method of operation therefor (2005)
Patent
Lach, H., & Romdhani, I. (2005). Network node, a communication network and a method of operation therefor. US20050720871 20051209

A communication network (100) comprises a roaming network node (109) which may move within the network. The network node (109) comprises a network interface (201) for receiving data from a first node (107) of the network (100). The received data may... Read More about Network node, a communication network and a method of operation therefor.

Quality of life in care: The resident's perspective (2005)
Journal Article
Kydd, A. (2005). Quality of life in care: The resident's perspective. Nursing & residential care : the monthly journal for care assistants, nurses and managers working in health and social care, 7(1), 20-23. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2005.7.1.17380

Angela Kydd reports on a study that asked older people about their lives. Of those surveyed, 13 were in hospital waiting to be moved to a care home and eight were in settled care home environments.

Using the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland Best Practice Statements to educate and enable staff to deliver evidence based care. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
King, L., Thomson, A., & Gardiner, S. (2005, January). Using the NHS Quality Improvement Scotland Best Practice Statements to educate and enable staff to deliver evidence based care. Poster presented at National conference: Quality Improvement , Best Practice Launch

Introduction - Dickens and Sex (2005)
Journal Article
Furneaux, H., & Schwan, A. (2005). Introduction - Dickens and Sex. Critical Survey, 17(2), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.3167/001115705781004523

This collection explores the still underrepresented topics of sex, erotics and desire in the work of Charles Dickens. Contributors draw upon and suggest new points of convergence between a wide range of theoretical perspectives including cultural phe... Read More about Introduction - Dickens and Sex.

Listening to the voices: using student journals to inform the curriculum. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Foster, M. (2005, January). Listening to the voices: using student journals to inform the curriculum. Paper presented at Napier University Satff Conference, Edinburgh

Computerization movements as a frame for E-Government studies. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2005, January). Computerization movements as a frame for E-Government studies. Paper presented at Social Informatics Workshop: Extending the Contributions of Professor Rob Kling to the Analysis of Computerization Movements

An audit of the efficacy of intra-operative cell salvage in paediatric and adolescent surgery. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishai, A., Harkness, M., & Rose, M. (2005, January). An audit of the efficacy of intra-operative cell salvage in paediatric and adolescent surgery. Poster presented at Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists Annual Meeting

An audit of the efficacy of intra-operative cell salvage in paediatric and adolescent scoliosis surgery. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishai, A., Harkness, M., & Rose, M. (2005, January). An audit of the efficacy of intra-operative cell salvage in paediatric and adolescent scoliosis surgery. Poster presented at Scotblood Annual Meeting

An audit of intra-operative cell salvage during paediatric spinal surgery. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bishai, A., Harkness, M., & Rose, M. (2005, January). An audit of intra-operative cell salvage during paediatric spinal surgery. Poster presented at NHS Research Day

Research into the acoustic transmission of open and closed windows. (2005)
Report
Waters-Fuller, T., & Lurcock, D. (2005). Research into the acoustic transmission of open and closed windows

This report presents the findings from a set of laboratory measurements undertaken
as part of a contract let by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to
investigate the performance of residential windows in their open and closed
c... Read More about Research into the acoustic transmission of open and closed windows..

Timber resource management (Forest IQ Pulping). (2005)
Patent
Turner, P., & Price, C. S. (2005). Timber resource management (Forest IQ Pulping)

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Selected Indicative Claims:
1. A system for managing a timber resource comprising a number of forests each having a plurality of compartments, a transport infrastructure and a plurality of mills, which system includes: a management da... Read More about Timber resource management (Forest IQ Pulping)..

The molecular pharmacology and cell biology of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors. (2005)
Journal Article
Palmer, C., Cotton, L., & Henley, J. M. (2005). The molecular pharmacology and cell biology of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors. Pharmacological Reviews, 57, 253-277. https://doi.org/10.1124/pr.57.2.7

-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate receptors (AMPARs) are of fundamental importance in the brain. They are responsible for the majority of fast excitatory synaptic transmission, and their overactivation is potently excitotoxic. Recent fi... Read More about The molecular pharmacology and cell biology of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors..

Photosynthetic responses to Cu2+ exposure are independent of light acclimation and uncoupled from growth inhibition in Fucus serratus (Phaeophyceae). (2005)
Journal Article
Nielsen, H. D., & Nielsen, S. L. (2005). Photosynthetic responses to Cu2+ exposure are independent of light acclimation and uncoupled from growth inhibition in Fucus serratus (Phaeophyceae). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 51(8-12), 715-721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.02.016

We have studied the effect of light acclimation on photosynthetic responses and growth during Cu2+ exposure (0–0.84 μM) in the brown seaweed Fucus serratus. Measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters showed that Cu2+ exposure amplified ETR,... Read More about Photosynthetic responses to Cu2+ exposure are independent of light acclimation and uncoupled from growth inhibition in Fucus serratus (Phaeophyceae)..

An idiotic act: on the non-example Of Antigone. (2005)
Journal Article
Neill, C. (2005). An idiotic act: on the non-example Of Antigone. Janus head, 34, 1-28

Responsive environments, place and presence. (2005)
Journal Article
McCall, R., O'Neill, S., Carroll, F., Benyon, D., & Smyth, M. (2005). Responsive environments, place and presence. PsychNology journal, 3, 34-74

This paper examines the effect that changing arena (i.e. an immersive CAVE or head mounted display) and adding an augmented barrier has on the sense of place and presence
in two photo-realistic virtual environments. Twenty eight subjects (17 male, 1... Read More about Responsive environments, place and presence..

Disabilities and Poverty. (2005)
Report
MacPherson, S. (2005). Disabilities and Poverty

Many of us will remember, albeit with varying degrees of clarity and happiness, those
days at school when we received the yearly ‘report card’ to take home for inspection.
While the format of these varied between schools and different areas of the... Read More about Disabilities and Poverty..

The impact of the shape of antibody recognition regions on the emergence of idiotypic networks. (2005)
Journal Article
Hart, E., & Ross, P. (2005). The impact of the shape of antibody recognition regions on the emergence of idiotypic networks. International Journal of Unconventional Computing, 1, 281-313

One of the components of an AIS algorithm that most distinguishes it from other paradigms is the use of an affinity funciton. However, for the most part, the implications of choosing a suitable matching rule and the likely effects on the algorithm fr... Read More about The impact of the shape of antibody recognition regions on the emergence of idiotypic networks..