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Alting barriers: synchronisation with choice in Java using JCSP (2010)
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Welch, P., Brown, N., Moores, J., Chalmers, K., & Sputh, B. (2010). Alting barriers: synchronisation with choice in Java using JCSP. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 22(8), 1049-1062. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.1471

Communicating Sequential Processes for Java (JCSP) is a mature library that implements CSP-derived concurrency primitives in Java. A JCSP system is a hierarchical network of autonomous processes communicating over synchronous (optionally buffered) ch... Read More about Alting barriers: synchronisation with choice in Java using JCSP.

MRI suites and residual design risk from static magnetic field (2010)
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Price, T., Wamuziri, S., & Gupta, N. (2010). MRI suites and residual design risk from static magnetic field. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 163(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1680/mpal.2010.163.1.7

Since the inception of the UK Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 through to the 2007 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations a duty has been imposed upon the client of premises where a notifiable project has been carried... Read More about MRI suites and residual design risk from static magnetic field.

Estimation of hourly averaged solar irradiation: evaluation of models. (2010)
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Tham, Y. W., Muneer, T., & Davison, B. (2010). Estimation of hourly averaged solar irradiation: evaluation of models. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 31, 9-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624409350547

Hourly solar radiation data are required in many building services applications. These are also reported in the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers Guides A & J. Data from 16 locations in the UK were used to evaluate the so called Li... Read More about Estimation of hourly averaged solar irradiation: evaluation of models..

Edinburgh's Engineering Experience. (2010)
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Taylor, M. D. (2010). Edinburgh's Engineering Experience. Civil Scotland, 13,

Article published in Civils Scotland (Institution of Civil Engineers publication) concerning school outreach activity to encourage young people to consider studying civil engineering and becoming a professional civil engineer.

Three-dimensional analysis of intracycle velocity fluctuations in frontcrawl swimming. (2010)
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Psycharakis, S., Naemi, R., Connaboy, C., McCabe, C., & Sanders, R. (2010). Three-dimensional analysis of intracycle velocity fluctuations in frontcrawl swimming. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 20, 128-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00891.x

The purpose of this study was to determine accurately the magnitude and changes of intra-cycle velocity fluctuation (Vfluc), maximum (Vmax) and minimum velocity (Vmin) of the center of mass during a maximum 200m frontcrawl swim, and to examine wh... Read More about Three-dimensional analysis of intracycle velocity fluctuations in frontcrawl swimming..

Tradeoffs between latency, complexity and load balancing with multicast algorithms (2010)
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Al-Dubai, A., Ould-Khaoua, M., & Mackenzie, L. (2010). Tradeoffs between latency, complexity and load balancing with multicast algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Computers, 59, 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1109/TC.2009.104

The increasing number of collective communication-based services with a mass interest and the parallel increasing demand for service quality are paving the way toward end-to-end QoS guarantees. Although many multicast algorithms in interconnection ne... Read More about Tradeoffs between latency, complexity and load balancing with multicast algorithms.

Clinical judgement in violence risk assessment (2010)
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Murray, J., & Thomson, M. E. (2010). Clinical judgement in violence risk assessment. Europe's journal of psychology, 6(1), 128-149. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v6i1.175

The present article discusses the three main approaches to violence risk assessment, clinical judgement, actuarial assessment, and structured clinical judgement, informing the reader of the comparative benefits and short-comings of these methods of v... Read More about Clinical judgement in violence risk assessment.

Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations (2010)
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Holman, L., Dreier, S., & d'Ettorre, P. (2010). Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277(1690), 2007-2015. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.23

Social insects offer unique opportunities to test predictions regarding the evolution of cooperation, life histories and communication. Colony founding by groups of unrelated queens, some of which are later killed, may select for selfish reproductive... Read More about Selfish strategies and honest signalling: reproductive conflicts in ant queen associations.

Effect of laminate configuration and feed rate on cutting performance when drilling holes in carbon fibre reinforced plastic composites (2010)
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Shyha, I., Soo, S. L., Aspinwall, D., & Bradley, S. (2010). Effect of laminate configuration and feed rate on cutting performance when drilling holes in carbon fibre reinforced plastic composites. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 210(8), 1023-1

Composites use in the aerospace industry is expanding, in particular carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) for structural components. Machinability can however be problematic especially when drilling, due to CFRP's inherent anisotropy/in-homogeneit... Read More about Effect of laminate configuration and feed rate on cutting performance when drilling holes in carbon fibre reinforced plastic composites.

Editorial: Advances in complex control systems theory and applications (2010)
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Hussain, A., Wang, H., & Nobakhti, A. (2010). Editorial: Advances in complex control systems theory and applications. IET Control Theory and Applications, 4(2), 173-175. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cta.2010.9006

Complex and large scale systems and networks have evolved in many fields: from communication data networks, banking, financial systems, bio-engineering and robotics to, amongst others, industrial control systems. In control engineering, the main driv... Read More about Editorial: Advances in complex control systems theory and applications.

Valid Facial Cues to Cooperation and Trust: Male Facial Width and Trustworthiness (2010)
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Stirrat, M., & Perrett, D. (2010). Valid Facial Cues to Cooperation and Trust: Male Facial Width and Trustworthiness. Psychological Science, 21(3), 349-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610362647

Decisions about whom to trust are biased by stable facial traits such as attractiveness, similarity to kin, and perceived trustworthiness. Research addressing the validity of facial trustworthiness or its basis in facial features is scarce, and the r... Read More about Valid Facial Cues to Cooperation and Trust: Male Facial Width and Trustworthiness.

The water vapour sorption properties of Sitka spruce determined using a dynamic vapour sorption apparatus (2010)
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Hill, C. A. S., Norton, A. J., & Newman, G. (2010). The water vapour sorption properties of Sitka spruce determined using a dynamic vapour sorption apparatus. Wood science and technology, 44(3), 497-514. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-010-0305-y

The water vapour sorption properties of Sitka spruce (Picea abies) have been investigated over a range of temperatures (14.2–43.8C) using a dynamic vapour sorption apparatus. The sorption kinetics behaviour was evaluated using the parallel expone... Read More about The water vapour sorption properties of Sitka spruce determined using a dynamic vapour sorption apparatus.

The best of the best from IAME 2009 (2010)
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Strandenes, S. P., Cullinane, K., Strandenes, S., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2010). The best of the best from IAME 2009. Maritime Economics and Logistics, 12(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1057/mel.2009.16

Item is guest editorial. Special issue of Maritime Economics & Logistics with papers selected from the 2009 Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), Copenhagen June 2009

Virtual reference in UK academic libraries: The virtual enquiry project 2008‐2009 (2010)
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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.

Inflammatory cytokine responses in a pregnant mouse model of Chlamydophila abortus infection (2010)
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Kerr, K., Wheelhouse, N., Livingstone, M., Anderson, I. E., Entrican, G., McKeever, D., & Longbottom, D. (2010). Inflammatory cytokine responses in a pregnant mouse model of Chlamydophila abortus infection. Veterinary Microbiology, 144(3-4), 392-398. http

Chlamydophila abortus (C. abortus) is the aetiological agent of ovine enzootic abortion (OEA). The highly elevated expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) and low-level expression of interferon-gamma (IFNγ) tha... Read More about Inflammatory cytokine responses in a pregnant mouse model of Chlamydophila abortus infection.

A critical review of the biological mechanisms underlying the in vivo and in vitro toxicity of carbon nanotubes: The contribution of physico-chemical characteristics (2010)
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Johnston, H. J., Hutchison, G. R., Christensen, F. M., Peters, S., Hankin, S., Aschberger, K., & Stone, V. (2010). A critical review of the biological mechanisms underlying the in vivo and in vitro toxicity of carbon nanotubes: The contribution of physic

This critical review of the available human health safety data, relating to carbon nanotubes (CNTs), was conducted in order to assess the risks associated with CNT exposure. Determining the toxicity related to CNT exploitation is of great relevance a... Read More about A critical review of the biological mechanisms underlying the in vivo and in vitro toxicity of carbon nanotubes: The contribution of physico-chemical characteristics.

A review of the in vivo and in vitro toxicity of silver and gold particulates: Particle attributes and biological mechanisms responsible for the observed toxicity (2010)
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Johnston, H. J., Hutchison, G., Christensen, F. M., Peters, S., Hankin, S., & Stone, V. (2010). A review of the in vivo and in vitro toxicity of silver and gold particulates: Particle attributes and biological mechanisms responsible for the observed toxic

This review is concerned with evaluating the toxicity associated with human exposure to silver and gold nanoparticles (NPs), due to the relative abundance of toxicity data available for these particles, when compared to other metal particulates. This... Read More about A review of the in vivo and in vitro toxicity of silver and gold particulates: Particle attributes and biological mechanisms responsible for the observed toxicity.

The effect of loading on the equine spine - a preliminary study (2010)
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Valentin, S., Davis, R., Wilson, A., & Pfau, T. (2010). The effect of loading on the equine spine - a preliminary study. Wiener Tierärztliche Monatsschrift, 97, 74-80

Although equine spinal motion has been analysed in vivo and in vitro, spinal pathophysiology and the mechanisms of injury are not well understood. Most horses are exercised mounted, yet the effect of a load on the spine is still unclear. The purpose... Read More about The effect of loading on the equine spine - a preliminary study.

The psychology of face construction: Giving evolution a helping hand (2010)
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Frowd, C. D., Pitchford, M., Bruce, V., Jackson, S., Hepton, G., Greenall, M., …Hancock, P. J. B. (2011). The psychology of face construction: Giving evolution a helping hand. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25(2), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.166

Face construction by selecting individual facial features rarely produces recognisable images. We have been developing a system called EvoFIT that works by the repeated selection and breeding of complete faces. Here, we explored two techniques. The f... Read More about The psychology of face construction: Giving evolution a helping hand.