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Pictures at the ATM: Exploring the usability of multiple graphical passwords. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moncur, W., & LePlâtre, G. (2007). Pictures at the ATM: Exploring the usability of multiple graphical passwords. . https://doi.org/10.1145/1240624.1240758

Users gain access to cash, confidential information and services at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) via an authentication process involving a Personal Identification Number (PIN). These users frequently have many different PINs, and fail to remember... Read More about Pictures at the ATM: Exploring the usability of multiple graphical passwords..

Wrecks of Scapa (2007)
Newspaper / Magazine
McMurdo, W., & Bell, V. (2007). Wrecks of Scapa

Wrecks of Scapa is a unique visual arts project, which has built upon collaborative links between the life sciences of marine biology, archaeology and photographic/digital imaging. Through the utilization of scientific information-gathering techniq... Read More about Wrecks of Scapa.

Metaheuristics for university course timetabling. (2007)
Book Chapter
Lewis, R. M. R., Paechter, B., & Rossi-Doria, O. (2007). Metaheuristics for university course timetabling. In K. Dahal, K. Chen Tan, & P. Cowling (Eds.), Evolutionary Scheduling (237-272). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48584-1_9

In this chapter we consider the NP-complete problem of university course timetabling. We note that it is often difficult to gain a deep understanding of these sorts of problems due to the fact that so many different types of constraints can ultima... Read More about Metaheuristics for university course timetabling..

Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine faces (2007)
Journal Article
Welling, L., Jones, B., DeBruine, L., Conway, C., Law Smith, M., Little, A., Feinberg, D., Sharp, M., & Al-Dujaili, E. (2007). Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine faces. Hormones and Behavior, 52(2), 156-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.01.010

Women's preferences for masculinity in men's faces, voices and behavioral displays change during the menstrual cycle and are strongest around ovulation. While previous findings suggest that change in progesterone level is an important hormonal mechan... Read More about Raised salivary testosterone in women is associated with increased attraction to masculine faces.

Telephone consultations in secondary care (2007)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. J., & Partridge, M. R. (2007). Telephone consultations in secondary care. Respiratory Medicine, 101(8), 1665-1669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2007.03.003

Objective To determine the role of telephone consultations in respiratory medicine. Design An observational study. Setting Respiratory outpatients department in an inner London teaching hospital. Participants Five-hundred sequential patients a... Read More about Telephone consultations in secondary care.

Rheometrical detection of incipient blood clot formation by Fourier transform mechanical spectroscopy (2007)
Journal Article
Evans, P. A., Hawkins, K., Williams, P. R., & Williams, R. L. (2008). Rheometrical detection of incipient blood clot formation by Fourier transform mechanical spectroscopy. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 148(1-3), 122-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2007.04.020

We report a study of the coagulation of whole blood by oscillatory shear Fourier transform mechanical spectroscopy. The results include the first identification of the Gel Point of coagulating blood in terms of the Chambon–Winter Gel Point criterion... Read More about Rheometrical detection of incipient blood clot formation by Fourier transform mechanical spectroscopy.

Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology. (2007)
Journal Article
Wishart, J. G., Cebula, K. R., Willis, D., & Pitcairn, T. K. (2007). Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 51, 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00947.x

Background Interpreting emotional expressions is a socio-cognitive skill central to interpersonal interaction. Poor emotion recognition has been reported in autism but is less well understood in other kinds of intellectual disabilities (ID), with pr... Read More about Understanding of facial expressions of emotion by children with intellectual disabilities of differing aetiology..

Channel flow and trichloroethylene treatment in a partly iron-filled fracture: Experimental and model results (2007)
Journal Article
Cai, Z., Merly, C., Thomson, N. R., Wilson, R. D., & Lerner, D. N. (2007). Channel flow and trichloroethylene treatment in a partly iron-filled fracture: Experimental and model results. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 93(1-4), 284-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.04.001

Technical developments have now made it possible to emplace granular zero-valent iron (Fe0) in fractured media to create a Fe0 fracture reactive barrier (Fe0 FRB) for the treatment of contaminated groundwater. To evaluate this concept, we conducted a... Read More about Channel flow and trichloroethylene treatment in a partly iron-filled fracture: Experimental and model results.

Passenger perceptions and the ideal urban bus journey experience (2007)
Journal Article
Stradling, S., Carreno, M., Rye, T., & Noble, A. (2007). Passenger perceptions and the ideal urban bus journey experience. Transport Policy, 14(4), 283-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.02.003

Respondents living close to a Quality Bus Corridor indicated which of 68 items were ‘Things I dislike or things that discourage me from using the bus in Edinburgh’. Eight underlying factors are reported: feeling unsafe (e.g., ‘Drunk people put me of... Read More about Passenger perceptions and the ideal urban bus journey experience.

Surfactant-assisted room-temperature synthesis of CdSe nanoclusters (2007)
Journal Article
Sathyamoorthy, R., Manjuladevi, V., Sudhagar, P., Senthilarasu, S., & Pal, U. (2007). Surfactant-assisted room-temperature synthesis of CdSe nanoclusters. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 105(1), 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2007.04.008

CdSe nanoclusters of about 22 nm average size have been synthesized by a surfactant-assisted chemical method at room temperature. The as-grown nanoclusters were near stoichiometric and 70% of them were of hexagonal wurtzite crystalline phase. With un... Read More about Surfactant-assisted room-temperature synthesis of CdSe nanoclusters.

Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Communities: The Role of Networks, Innovation, and Creativity in Building Successful Partnerships (2007)
Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Allwinkle, S. (2007). Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Communities: The Role of Networks, Innovation, and Creativity in Building Successful Partnerships. Journal of Urban Technology, 14(1), 77-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630730701260118

The following examination goes against the current trend in policy on urban regeneration partnerships by relaxing the assumption that they represent virtuous circles of mutually reinforcing actions that are good in their own right. It does this by... Read More about Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Communities: The Role of Networks, Innovation, and Creativity in Building Successful Partnerships.

Photoconduction and transport mechanisms in polycrystalline zincphthalocyanine thin films (2007)
Journal Article
Senthilarasu, S., & Lee, S. (2007). Photoconduction and transport mechanisms in polycrystalline zincphthalocyanine thin films. Crystal Research and Technology, 42(5), 504-510. https://doi.org/10.1002/crat.200610856

Zincphthalocyanine (ZnPc) thin films were prepared by the vacuum evaporation method under a pressure of 10-6 mbar. The X-ray diffraction analysis of vacuum evaporated ZnPc films reveals that the structure of the films is polycrystalline in nature. Th... Read More about Photoconduction and transport mechanisms in polycrystalline zincphthalocyanine thin films.

The effect of telephone reminders on attendance in respiratory outpatient clinics (2007)
Journal Article
Roberts, N., Meade, K., & Partridge, M. (2007). The effect of telephone reminders on attendance in respiratory outpatient clinics. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 12(2), 69-72. https://doi.org/10.1258/135581907780279567

Introduction: Patient non-attendance is an area of concern for all health care providers. A randomized controlled trial was undertaken to investigate whether reminder telephone calls improved attendance at respiratory outpatient clinics in the Englis... Read More about The effect of telephone reminders on attendance in respiratory outpatient clinics.

Private schools and political conflict in Nepal. (2007)
Book Chapter
Caddell, M. (2007). Private schools and political conflict in Nepal. In P. Srivastava, & G. Walford (Eds.), Private Schooling in Less Economically Developed Countries: Asian and African Perspectives

KM culture and compromise - interventions to promote knowledge sharing supported by technology in corporate environments. (2007)
Journal Article
Hall, H., & Goody, M. (2007). KM culture and compromise - interventions to promote knowledge sharing supported by technology in corporate environments. Journal of Information Science, 33(2), 181-188. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551506070708

The theme of knowledge sharing is discussed extensively in the knowledge management literature. Such work tends to focus on the barriers that impede knowledge sharing activity. Of these “culture” is commonly cited as a major obstacle. This article ex... Read More about KM culture and compromise - interventions to promote knowledge sharing supported by technology in corporate environments..

Deformation and fracture behaviour of flax fibre reinforced thermosetting polymer matrix composites. (2007)
Journal Article
Hughes, M., Carpenter, J., & Hill, C. A. S. (2007). Deformation and fracture behaviour of flax fibre reinforced thermosetting polymer matrix composites. Journal of Materials Science, 42, 2499-2511. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-1027-2

The mechanical properties of unidirectional flax fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester resin composites were studied with particular emphasis on their tensile deformation behaviour. These materials displayed characteristic non-linear behaviour when... Read More about Deformation and fracture behaviour of flax fibre reinforced thermosetting polymer matrix composites..