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Thick-Film ceramic strain sensors for structural health monitoring (2011)
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Jabir, S. A. A., & Gupta, N. K. (2011). Thick-Film ceramic strain sensors for structural health monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 60, 3669-3676. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2011.2138310

Structural Health Monitoring represents one of the primary field applications for new sensor technologies. Different kinds of sensors to monitor stability anomalies of civil structures are deployed on different kinds of building materials. Observatio... Read More about Thick-Film ceramic strain sensors for structural health monitoring.

What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study (2011)
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Igboanugo, G. M., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2011). What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study. African journal of reproductive health, 15, 63-77

At present there is under utilization of maternity service provision in Nigeria, with only a third of childbearing women electing to deliver in healthcare facilities. This is relevant since Nigeria's maternal mortality rate is second highest in the w... Read More about What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study.

Professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing in Scotland (2011)
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Hogg, R., Gray Brunton, C., & Kennedy, C. (2011). Professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing in Scotland. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67, 1695-1704. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05601.x

Aim.  The present study explored how community nurses and managers constituted changes towards generalist working. Background.  Following international trends moving from acute care towards community care, changes within community nursing in the U... Read More about Professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing in Scotland.

ICH Scotland: a digital heritage project (2011)
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Hill, D., Gunn, L., McCleery, A., & McCleery, A. (2011). ICH Scotland: a digital heritage project. Levend Erfgoed: Vakblad voor public folklore & public history, 8, 14-21

This pervasive day: creative Interactive methods for encouraging public engagement with FET research (2011)
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Helgason, I., Bradley, J., Egan, C., Paechter, B., & Hart, E. (2011). This pervasive day: creative Interactive methods for encouraging public engagement with FET research. Procedia Computer Science, 7, 207-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2011.09.028

This paper describes a case study of a programme of interactive public engagement activities presented by the PerAda Co-ordination Action project (FET Proactive Initiative on Pervasive Adaptation) [1] in 2011. The intention behind these events was to... Read More about This pervasive day: creative Interactive methods for encouraging public engagement with FET research.

Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis (2011)
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Harper, M., O'Connor, R., Dickson, A., & O'Carroll, R. E. (2011). Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 16, 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2010.532558

The main objective of this study was to identify how bereaved mothers describe their coping strategies in their own words. The literature on parental bereavement is sparse, and the present study aims to add to existing knowledge by eliciting the moth... Read More about Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Relationship and role transformations in social media environments. (2011)
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Hall, H. (2011). Relationship and role transformations in social media environments. Electronic Library, 29(4), 421-428

Based on a keynote paper presented at Internet Librarian International 2010 this article argues that the way in which librarians conceive a number of relationships – between themselves, social media tools, and end-users – determines the boundaries of... Read More about Relationship and role transformations in social media environments..

Project output versus influence in practice: impact as a dimension of research quality (2011)
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Hall, H. (2011). Project output versus influence in practice: impact as a dimension of research quality. Evidence based library and information practice, 6(4),

In an environment where resources are few, research funders are expected to focus on projects that demonstrate value for money. Thus, in the context of service provision, proposed research projects should actively contribute to the building of an evi... Read More about Project output versus influence in practice: impact as a dimension of research quality.

An analysis of the development of home exchange organisations (2011)
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Grit, A., & Lynch, P. (2011). An analysis of the development of home exchange organisations. Research in Hospitality Management, 1, 19-24. https://doi.org/10.2989/RHM.2011.1.1.5.1095

This paper contributes to a better understanding of the home exchange phenomenon by considering the historical development of the home exchange intermediation processes, membership profiles and the role of the media. The Internet has enabled a more... Read More about An analysis of the development of home exchange organisations.

Visualising errors in animal pedigree genotype data (2011)
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Graham, M., Kennedy, J., Paterson, T., & Law, A. (2011). Visualising errors in animal pedigree genotype data. Computer Graphics Forum, 30, 1011-1020. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2011.01950.x

Genetic analysis of a breeding animal population involves determining the inheritance pattern of genotypes for multiple genetic markers across the individuals in the population pedigree structure. However, experimental pedigree genotype data invariab... Read More about Visualising errors in animal pedigree genotype data.

Role of reflective group discussions in the development of nursing skills (2011)
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Gould, B. H. (2011). Role of reflective group discussions in the development of nursing skills. Mental Health Practice, 14, 32-33. doi:10.7748/mhp2011.05.14.8.32.c8476

The importance of values-based practice has become established in UK mental health care and education. Well-organised groups of students and practitioners can help each other examine the attitudes and values that underpin their personal lives and pro... Read More about Role of reflective group discussions in the development of nursing skills.

Thermal model for performance prediction of integrated collector storage systems (2011)
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Garnier, C., Muneer, T., & Currie, J. (2011). Thermal model for performance prediction of integrated collector storage systems. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 3, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3549148

The result of many years of global research on solar water heating systems has outlined the promising approach of integrated collector storage solar water heaters (ICS-SWHs) in cold climates. This research paper aims to model the field performance of... Read More about Thermal model for performance prediction of integrated collector storage systems.

Inter-relationship between mean-daily irradiation and temperature, and decomposition models for hourly irradiation and temperature (2011)
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Gago, E. J., Etxebarria, S., Tham, Y. W., Aldali, Y., & Muneer, T. (2011). Inter-relationship between mean-daily irradiation and temperature, and decomposition models for hourly irradiation and temperature. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 6, 22-37. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctq039

Terrestrial temperature records have existed for centuries. These records are available for very many locations. Temperature is indeed the most widely measured meteorological parameter. In contrast, solar radiation being a parameter of secondary impo... Read More about Inter-relationship between mean-daily irradiation and temperature, and decomposition models for hourly irradiation and temperature.

Familiarity effects in the construction of facial composite images using modern software systems. (2011)
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Frowd, C. D., Skelton, F. C., Butt, N., Hassan, A., Fields, S., & Hancock, P. J. B. (2011). Familiarity effects in the construction of facial composite images using modern software systems. Ergonomics, 54, 1147-1158. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2011.623328

We investigate the effect of target familiarity on the construction of facial composites, as used by law-enforcement to locate criminal suspects. Two popular software construction methods were investigated. Participants were shown a target face tha... Read More about Familiarity effects in the construction of facial composite images using modern software systems..

Catching more offenders with EvoFIT facial composites: Lab research and Police field trials. (2011)
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Frowd, C. D., Hancock, P. J. B., Bruce, V., Skelton, F. C., Atherton, C., Nelson, L., …Sendrea, G. (2011). Catching more offenders with EvoFIT facial composites: Lab research and Police field trials. Global Journal of Human Social Science, 11(3), 34-46

Often, the only evidence of an offender’s identity comes from the memory of an eyewitness. For over 12 years, we have been developing software called EvoFIT to help eyewitnesses recover their memories of offenders’ faces, to assist police investigati... Read More about Catching more offenders with EvoFIT facial composites: Lab research and Police field trials..

Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education) (2011)
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Foster, M. (2011). Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education). Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education,

In the current educational landscape, with increasingly diverse student groups on programmes, traditional induction many not always be best suited to the needs of the students and programmes of study. Research shows that an extended induction which a... Read More about Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education).

Detection of DNA base variation and cytosine methylation at a single nucleotide site using a highly sensitive fluorescent probe (2011)
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Duprey, J. H. A., Zhao, Z., Bassani, D. M., Manchester, J., Vyle, J. S., & Tucker, J. H. R. (2011). Detection of DNA base variation and cytosine methylation at a single nucleotide site using a highly sensitive fluorescent probe. Chemical Communications, 47, 6629. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc11205h

A fluorescent DNA probe containing an anthracene group attached via an anucleosidic linker can identify all four DNA bases at a single site as well as the epigenetic modification C/5-MeCvia a hybridisation sensing assay.

Co-induction of cyclooxyenase-2 and early growth response gene (Egr-1) in spinal cord in a clinical model of persistent inflammation and hyperalgesia (2011)
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Dolan, S., Hastie, P. G. R., Crossan, C., & Nolan, A. M. (2011). Co-induction of cyclooxyenase-2 and early growth response gene (Egr-1) in spinal cord in a clinical model of persistent inflammation and hyperalgesia. Molecular Pain, 7, 91. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8069-7-91

Background This study characterised the effects of persistent peripheral inflammation of the foot on pain and spinal cord expression of cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 (COX-1 and COX-2) and early growth response gene 1 (Egr-1), known markers of neuronal p... Read More about Co-induction of cyclooxyenase-2 and early growth response gene (Egr-1) in spinal cord in a clinical model of persistent inflammation and hyperalgesia.

Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 in spinal cord inhibits pain and hyperalgesia in a novel formalin model in sheep (2011)
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Dolan, S., Gunn, M. D., Crossan, C., & Nolan, A. M. (2011). Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 in spinal cord inhibits pain and hyperalgesia in a novel formalin model in sheep. Behavioural Pharmacology, 22, 582-588. https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0b013e3283478802

This study set out to characterize the contribution of group III metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 activation to nociceptive behaviour and mechanical hypersensitivity in a novel formalin test in sheep. The mGlu receptor 7 allosteric agonist, N,N′-dib... Read More about Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 in spinal cord inhibits pain and hyperalgesia in a novel formalin model in sheep.