Teesside University

About: Teesside University is a education organization based out in Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 2155 authors who have published 5540 publications receiving 118373 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Teesside.

The Construction of British ‘Asian’ Criminality

Abstract: L'A. porte son attention sur la criminalite au sein de la communaute asiatique en Grande-Bretagne et plus particulierement sur les discours concernant ce phenomene. Il envisage et compare les discours publics et le discours des criminologues, dans ce pays, en ce qui concerne le lien unissant race, crime et jeunesse. Il s'efforce de comprendre les ideologies qui elaborent le concept d'asiatique et lient ce dernier aux activites criminelles. Il montre que la jeunesse asiatique ne constitue nullement une categorie homogene. Il affirme que la race ne saurait en aucune maniere etre un facteur permettant de predire les comportements criminels

Effects of rhamnolipids from pseudomonas aeruginosa DS10-129 on luminescent bacteria: Toxicity and modulation of cadmium bioavailability

Abstract: In this study, the mixture of mono- and di-rhamnolipids produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa DS10-129 was characterized for its toxicity and modulatory effects on Cd availability to different bacteria. Gram-negative naturally bioluminescent Vibrio fischeri and recombinant bioluminescent Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis were used as model organisms. Rhamnolipids reduced the bioluminescence of these bacteria in less than a second of exposure even in relatively low concentrations (30-min EC50 45–167 mg l−1). Toxicity of Cd to Gram-negative bacteria (30-min EC50 values 0.16 mg l−1 for E. coli, 0.96 mg l−1 for P. fluorescens, and 4.4 mg l−1 for V. fischeri) was remarkably (up to 10-fold) reduced in the presence of 50 mg l−1 rhamnolipids. Interestingly, the toxicity of Cd to Gram-positive B. subtilis (30-min EC50 value 0.49 mg l−1) was not affected by rhamnolipids. Rhamnolipids had an effect on desorption of Cd from soil: 40 mg l−1 rhamnolipids increased the water-extracted fraction of Cd twice compared with untreated control. However, this additionally desorbed fraction of Cd remained bound with rhamnolipids and was not available to bacteria. Hence, in carefully chosen concentrations (still effectively complexing heavy metals but not yet toxic to soil bacteria), rhamnolipids could be applied in remediation of polluted areas.

Leadership preferences of German and English managers

Abstract: The Ohio State leader behaviour description questionnaire XII (LBDQ XII) was used to assess the leadership preference opinions of business managers in England and Germany. Significant differences were noted between the two national groups. The most dramatic difference was on the factor production emphasis, defined as “measuring to what degree the manager applies pressure for productive output”, with the English sample indicating a preference for a leader to demonstrate a significantly higher level of production emphasis than the German sample. Large, significant differences were also observed for demand reconciliation, persuasiveness, tolerance of uncertainty, initiation of structure, predictive accuracy, and superior orientation. For English leaders, the followers seem to prefer a more interventionist approach. For German leaders, the imposition of Ordnung (order) is critical.