Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 837
Funding and Finance
(Routledge, 2007-12-27)
Overview of funding and financing an alternative media project in the UK and Europe
Sustainable Tourism : Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences
(Routledge, 2007-12-24)
Ant semiochemicals limit apterous aphid dispersal
(2007-12-22)
Some organisms can manipulate the nervous systems of others or alter their physiology in order to obtain benefit. Ants are known to limit alate aphid dispersal by physically removing wings and also through chemical ...
Testing for homogeneity of gametic disequilibrium across strata
(2007-12-20)
Background: Assessing the non-random associations of alleles at different loci, or gametic disequilibrium, can provide clues about aspects of population histories and mating behavior and can be useful in locating disease ...
Inhibition of cellular proliferation by the genistein metabolite 5,7,3',4'-tetrahydroxyisoflavone is mediated by DNA damage and activation of the ATR signalling pathway
(2007-12-15)
The cellular actions of genistein, and its in vivo metabolites, are believed to mediate the decreased risk of breast cancer associated with high soy consumption. The genistein metabolite, 5,7,3',4'-tetrahydroxyisoflavone ...
Pharmacological Analysis of Cannabinoid Receptor Activity in Isolated Nerve-Smooth Muscle and Epithelial Preparations
(2007-12-14)
This study was directed at characterising the cannabinoid receptor activity modulating the electrical field stimulation (EFS) evoked contractions of the rat isolated ileum myenteric plexus longitudinal muscle (MPLM) ...
The Development and Application of Computer-Adaptive Testing in a Higher Education Environment
(2007-12-07)
The research reported in this thesis investigated issues relating to the use of computer-assisted assessment in Higher Education through the design, implementation and evaluation of a computer-adaptive test (CAT) for the ...
Bloggers Beware!
(2007-12-07)
A consideration of the implications in the case of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club v Neil Hargreaves.
Motivating developer performance to improve project outcomes in a high maturity organization
(2007-12)
In this paper we discuss the impact software developer performance has on project outcomes. Project performance remains unreliable in the software industry with many compromised software systems reported in the press. We ...
Decoding the spectra of SDSS early-type galaxies : New indicators of age and recent star formation
(2007-12-01)
We apply principal component analysis (PCA) to a sample of early-type galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) in order to infer differences in their star formation histories from their unresolved stellar populations. ...