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Multi-Objective genetic algorithms for the design of pipe networks. (2004)
Journal Article
Tumula, P., & Park, N. (2004). Multi-Objective genetic algorithms for the design of pipe networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 130(1), 73-82. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290733-9496%282004%29130%3A1%2873%29

This paper presents a multiobjective genetic algorithm approach to the design of a water distribution network. The objectives considered are minimization of the network cost and maximization of a reliability measure. In this study, a new reliability... Read More about Multi-Objective genetic algorithms for the design of pipe networks..

Extended phase relations and load effects in MSW (2004)
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McDougall, J., Pyrah, I., & Yuen, S. T. S. (2004). Extended phase relations and load effects in MSW. Waste Management, 24(3), 251-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2003.10.009

The moisture retention and compression characteristics of municipal solid waste under self-weight are likened to those of an unsaturated soil. By assuming that the solid organic fraction in waste retains a relatively immobile micropore moisture and t... Read More about Extended phase relations and load effects in MSW.

The effectiveness of public health nursing: the problems and solutions in carrying out a review of systematic reviews (2004)
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Elliott, L., Crombie, I. K., Irvine, L., Cantrell, J., & Taylor, J. (2004). The effectiveness of public health nursing: the problems and solutions in carrying out a review of systematic reviews. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 45(2), 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02873.x

Background. In 1999 the Scottish Office, United Kingdom, intimated that the Chief Nursing Officer would undertake a policy review of nurses’ contribution to improving the public's health. The importance of reviewing the scientific literature on the e... Read More about The effectiveness of public health nursing: the problems and solutions in carrying out a review of systematic reviews.

The Past, Present, and Future of Information Policy: Towards a normative theory of the information society (2004)
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Duff, A. S. (2004). The Past, Present, and Future of Information Policy: Towards a normative theory of the information society. Information, Communication and Society, 7(1), 69-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118042000208906

The profile of information policy in academic and policy-making circles has been rising in recent decades, a function, presumably, of the expansion of an 'information society'. Nevertheless, there is widespread confusion over its meaning and purpose.... Read More about The Past, Present, and Future of Information Policy: Towards a normative theory of the information society.

Expression of C-Reactive Protein and Heat-Shock Protein-70 in the Lung Epithelial Cell Line A549, in Response to PM10 Exposure (2004)
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Ramage, L., & Guy, K. (2004). Expression of C-Reactive Protein and Heat-Shock Protein-70 in the Lung Epithelial Cell Line A549, in Response to PM10 Exposure. Inhalation Toxicology, 16(6-7), 447-452. https://doi.org/10.1080/08958370490439614

Increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and heat-shock protein-70 (Hsp70) in plasma are known to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. In this study we have investigated the effects of environmental air pollution partic... Read More about Expression of C-Reactive Protein and Heat-Shock Protein-70 in the Lung Epithelial Cell Line A549, in Response to PM10 Exposure.

So many Glasgows: From ‘personality of place’ to ‘positionality in space and time’ (2004)
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McCleery, A. (2004). So many Glasgows: From ‘personality of place’ to ‘positionality in space and time’. Scottish Geographical Journal, 120(1-2), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369220418737189

This paper investigates place and positionality in the regional novel against a background of evolving trends in geographical scholarship of place and placelessness. In re-examining the representation of Glasgow in the urban regional novel, it propos... Read More about So many Glasgows: From ‘personality of place’ to ‘positionality in space and time’.

Expression of C-Reactive Protein in Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Upregulation by Cytokines and Carbon Particles (2004)
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Ramage, L., Proudfoot, L., & Guy, K. (2004). Expression of C-Reactive Protein in Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Upregulation by Cytokines and Carbon Particles. Inhalation Toxicology, 16(9), 607-613. https://doi.org/10.1080/08958370490464599

C-reactive protein (CRP) is the prototypic human acute-phase protein and is found at increased levels in the blood during episodes of inflammation. CRP was generally thought to be produced only by hepatocytes; however, several studies have shown extr... Read More about Expression of C-Reactive Protein in Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Upregulation by Cytokines and Carbon Particles.

The sickness of an information society: R.H.Tawney and the post-industrial condition. (2004)
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Duff, A. (2004). The sickness of an information society: R.H.Tawney and the post-industrial condition. Information, Communication and Society, 7(3), 403-422. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118042000284632

R. H. Tawney is frequently cited as one of the most distinguished social theorists of the twentieth century, and his position in the British school of ethical, democratic socialism is assured. This paper revisits that contribution for the so-called p... Read More about The sickness of an information society: R.H.Tawney and the post-industrial condition..

The influence of changes in nitrogen: silicon ratios on diatom growth dynamics (2004)
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Gilpin, L., Davidson, K., & Roberts, E. (2004). The influence of changes in nitrogen: silicon ratios on diatom growth dynamics. Journal of Sea Research, 51(1), 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2003.05.005

Nitrate loading to coastal waters has increased over recent decades while silicon loading has remained relatively constant or decreased. As the N:Si ratio in coastal waters shifts due to these anthropogenic influences, silicate limitation of diatom b... Read More about The influence of changes in nitrogen: silicon ratios on diatom growth dynamics.

Exploratory study on classification and individualisation of earprints (2004)
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Meijerman, L., Sholl, S., De Conti, F., Giacon, M., van der Lugt, C., Drusini, A., …Maat, G. (2004). Exploratory study on classification and individualisation of earprints. Forensic Science International. 140. (1). 91-99. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.10.024. ISSN 0379-0738.

The FearID research project is aimed at the individualisation of earprints for the purpose of forensic research. The study presented here was carried out within the framework of this project. It intends to combine a review of what is known from liter... Read More about Exploratory study on classification and individualisation of earprints.

The use of organo alkoxysilane coupling agents for wood preservation (2004)
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Hill, C. A. S., Farahani, M. R. M., & Hale, M. D. C. (2004). The use of organo alkoxysilane coupling agents for wood preservation. Holzforschung, 58(3), 316-325. https://doi.org/10.1515/HF.2004.049

Corsican pine (Pinus nigra) sapwood was treated with methanolic solutions of two organo alkoxysilanes ([γ-(methacryloxy)propylx] trimethoxy silane (TMPS), or vinyl trimethoxy silane (VTMS)). Various treatment parameters were studied in order to deter... Read More about The use of organo alkoxysilane coupling agents for wood preservation.

Riparian forestry management and adult stream insects (2004)
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Briers, R. A., & Gee, J. H. R. (2004). Riparian forestry management and adult stream insects. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 8(3), 545-549. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-8-545-2004

The impacts of coniferous plantation forestry on the biology of upland streams in the UK are firmly established. Whilst benthic communities have been well studied, very little research has considered the impacts of riparian forestry management on adu... Read More about Riparian forestry management and adult stream insects.

Modelling lexical databases with formal concept analysis. (2004)
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Priss, U., & Old, L. J. (2004). Modelling lexical databases with formal concept analysis. Journal of universal computer science J. UCS, 10, 967-984. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-010-08-0967

This paper provides guidelines and examples for visualising lexical relations using Formal Concept Analysis. Relations in lexical databases often form trees, imperfect trees or poly-hierarchies which can be embedded into concept lattices. Many-to-man... Read More about Modelling lexical databases with formal concept analysis..

Russian entrepreneurship: A question of ambiguity or certainty, risk taking or risk averse. (2004)
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Gallagher, J. (2004). Russian entrepreneurship: A question of ambiguity or certainty, risk taking or risk averse. International Business and Economics Research Journal, 3, 31-38

This article stems from a case study based on a series of in-depth interviews carried out on the All Russia Association of the Blind (VOS). It traces how two of the most successful VOS enterprises, Enterprise 13 in Moscow and Revda in the Urals, res... Read More about Russian entrepreneurship: A question of ambiguity or certainty, risk taking or risk averse..

Heritage and the nation: an exploration of a discursive relationship. (2004)
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Chambers, D. (2004). Heritage and the nation: an exploration of a discursive relationship. Tourism Analysis, 9(4), 241-254. https://doi.org/10.3727/108354205789807256

This conceptual article seeks to interrogate the relationship between heritage and the nation by utilizing some of the logics of a Foucauldian concept of discourse and that was subsequently developed by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. The article... Read More about Heritage and the nation: an exploration of a discursive relationship..