This paper represents a starting point in an information literacy research project by academic librarians in a UK university. The research project explores ways of enabling and encouraging quality student reading through the development of a University Reading Strategy, a…

A range of 2-substituted perhydrofuro[2,3-b]furans have been synthesized in a stereoselective manner through a sequence involving the Lewis-acid catalyzed carbonyl-ene reaction of a protected isopentenyl alcohol with a variety of enophiles, deprotection of the corresponding monoprotected diols, and palladium-catalyzed intramolecular…

Introduction: The increased number of articles published in nutrition is a reflection of the relevance to scientific community. The characteristics and quality of nutritional studies determine whether readers can obtain valid conclusions from them, as well as their usefulness for…

Based on the practical experiences of the authors through their work on a LEONARDO project, this paper focuses on the internationalisation process within small and medium sized enterprises and in particular, the key role of the attitudes and behaviour of…

In the last decade competitions proved to be a very efficient way of encouraging researchers to advance the state of the art in different research fields in artificial intelligence. In this paper we focus on the optional task of the…

The Department of Transport and Local Regions has issued guidelines encouraging public sector organisations to lead local communities by introducing travel plans to tackle traffic congestion. This paper aims to analyse the alternatives for Cambridgeshire County Council by means of…

The advent of performance metrics over the past two decades has heralded a cultural shift in
the way public service bodies and institutions have been managed. As a result, all public
service provision is now subjected to government led performance…

The supervision of postgraduate Master's Degree dissertations has attracted little attention in the
academic literature and is an under researched area of supervisory activity. This research was a
response to generate new knowledge concerning the praxis of supervisors who supervise…

This essay was presented at the Animation Deviation Conference at the University of the West of England in July 2010. The essay is a reflection on two films from my own practice, Tidal and Candle. Both films explore the paradoxical…

There is compelling evidence of a relationship between poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and tumorigenesis; however, much less is known about the role of specific targets of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in tumor development. Two forms of the multifunctional transcription factor, CTCF, were previously identified: a 130-kDa…