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Designing for difference: lessons from a cross-disciplinary implementation of Universal Design for Learning

Brown, James Benedict ; Hall, Richard ; Lishman, Ros ; Rushworth, Jo ; Snape, J. Richard (Conference)

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a pedagogical framework that seeks to provide students with flexible ways of learning, flexiblestudyresources,andflexiblewaysoftestinglearning. Just as Universal Design (UD) provides ...

Designing Mobile Applications for Children

Heikkinen, T. ; Kallonen, P. ; Paananen, J. ; Porras, R. ; Purves, Ross ; Read, J. C. ; Rinta, T. ; Welch, G. (Book chapter)

As children become primary users of technologies, there is a need to identify good practice in designing for them. Previously, before interactive technology was so mainstream, most applications for children were educational ...

Designing training for teaching environmental toxicology to specialized pharmacists.

Pena-Fernandez, A. ; Gonzalez-Munoz, M. J. ; Pena, M. A. (Article)

Introduction The Toxicology Unit at the University of Alcalá (Spain) started to provide a novel short-term training course in environmental toxicology for pharmacists enrolled in the postgraduate specialty “Specialist ...

Detection and Determination of Methanol and Further Potential Toxins in Human Saliva Collected from Cigarette Smokers: A 1H NMR Investigation

Percival, B. ; Wann, A. ; Masania, J. ; Sinclair, J. ; Sullo, N. ; Grootveld, M. (Article)

Introduction/Objectives: The deleterious health effects of tobacco smoking are now widely recognized and documented. High-resolution 1 H NMR analysis of human saliva provides a high level of valuable molecular information ...

Detection and discrimination of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria by MALDI-TOF-MS

Edwards, I. ; Chiriseri, E. ; Ioannou, M. ; Furmonaviciene, R. ; Geary, C. ; Jenkins, R. O. (Conference)

Detection of [Ca²+]i Changes in Sub-Plasma Membrane Microdomains in a Single Living Cell by an Optical Fiber-based Nanobiosensor.

Wanga, Shenqi ; Ye, Feng ; Lang, Xiaoling ; Fei, Dan ; Ge, Yi ; Turner, Anthony P F (Working Paper)

Detection of antimony methylation by environmental micro-organisms using ET-AAS

Stoop, L. C. A. M. ; Miller, D. P. ; Jenkins, R. O. ; Craig, P. J. (Conference)

Detection of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases E. coli in Animal Faeces Collected in Urban Parks in Leicester, UK

Adeyemi, J. ; Reid, R. ; Baho, S. ; Hoosen, H. ; del Aguila, C. ; Fenoy, S. ; Pena, M. A. ; Izquierdo, F. ; Magnet, A. ; Sgamma, Tiziana ; Ollero, M. D. ; Hurtado, C. ; Pena-Fernandez, A. (Conference)

Background: The presence and distribution of antibiotic resistance bacteria in the environment could constitute an emerging public health concern. Different studies have described these bacteria in a range of animals and ...

Detection of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in topsoils and faecal samples from urban parks in Leicester, UK.

Khan, B. ; Gould, F. ; Izquierdo, F. ; del Aguila, C. ; Fenoy, S. ; Magnet, A. ; Hoosen, H. ; Pena-Fernandez, A. (Conference)

Aims The main aim of this study was to detect the occurrence of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in soils and faecal samples in Leicester, UK, as a preliminary study in this area to assess possible impacts on ...

Detection of new emerging pathogens microsporidia in recreational areas in Leicester, UK: potential risks for human health.

Pena-Fernandez, A. ; del Aguila, C. ; Fenoy, S. ; Magnet, A. ; Khan, B. ; Gould, F. ; Lobo-Bedmar, M. C. ; Izquierdo, F. (Conference)

Humans are increasingly being exposed to a different range of biological hazards in the urban media. The identification of these hazards and the implementation of intervention mechanisms to protect the public health are ...

Detection of Opportunistic Parasites in Public Parks in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain).

Martinez-Fernandez, C. ; Magnet, A. ; Izquierdo, F. ; Gomes, T.S. ; Vaccaro, L. ; Ollero, D. ; Pena-Fernandez, A. ; Fenoy, S. ; del Aguila, C. (Conference)

Opportunistic parasites such as free living Amoebae (FLA) and microsporidia can cause serious diseases in cases of immunosuppression or a weak immune system, for example in infants and the elderly. FLA can infect the central ...

Detection of toxigenic bacteria in polyurethane foam from cot mattresses by polymerase chain reaction

Sherburn, R. E. ; Webb, T. E. ; Jenkins, R. O. (Article)

Detection, monitoring and deleterious health effects of lipid oxidation products generated in culinary oils during thermal stressing episodes

Grootveld, M. ; Ruiz-Rodado, V. ; Silwood, C. (Article)

Determination of Dacarbazine Φ‐Order Photokinetics, Quantum Yields, and Potential for Actinometry.

Maafi, Mounir ; Lee, Lok Yan (Article)

The characterization of drugs’ Photodegradation kinetics is more accurately achieved by means of the recently developed –order kinetics than by the 0th–, 1st– and/or 2nd–order classical treatments. The photodegradation ...

Determination of fluoroacetic acid in water and biological samples by GC-FID and GC-MS in combination with solid-phase microextraction.

Jenkins, R. O. ; Khlebnikova, N. S. ; Koryagina, N. L. ; Savelieva, E. I. ; Goncharov, Nikolay V. ; Radilov, Andrey S. (Article)

Determination of Heavy Metals Present in the Hypoglycemic Karela Powder: An Analytical Assay

Ruparelia, K. C. ; Wilson, Philippe B. ; Sousa, M. C. ; Juma, Nazmin ; Desai, Unmesh ; Grootveld, M. ; Arroo, R. R. J. ; Zeka, K. (Article)

Diabetes is a common health condition associated with heightened glucose content in the blood due to impaired insulin production/function. Considering current societal trends, the number of patients with this condition is ...

Determination of inorganic Sb(V) and methylantimony species by HPLC with hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometric detection

Craig, P. J. ; Sergeeva, T. ; Jenkins, R. O. (Article)

Determination of metallothionein bound zinc from pacific giant clam kidney using conventional and isotope dilution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.