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Clinical assessment of gastric emptying and sensory function utilizing gamma scintigraphy: Establishment of reference intervals for the liquid and solid components of the Nottingham test meal in healthy subjects (2017)
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Parker, H. L., Tucker, E., Blackshaw, E., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., Perkins, A., …Fox, M. (2017). Clinical assessment of gastric emptying and sensory function utilizing gamma scintigraphy: Establishment of reference intervals for the liquid and solid components of the Nottingham test meal in healthy subjects. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 29(11), e13122. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13122

Background: Current investigations of stomach function are based on small test meals that do not reliably induce symptoms and analysis techniques that rarely detect clinically relevant dysfunction. This study presents the reference intervals of the m... Read More about Clinical assessment of gastric emptying and sensory function utilizing gamma scintigraphy: Establishment of reference intervals for the liquid and solid components of the Nottingham test meal in healthy subjects.

VALES I: the molecular gas content in star-forming dusty H-ATLAS galaxies up to z = 0.35 (2017)
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Villanueva, V., Ibar, E., Hughes, T., Lara-Lopez, M., Dunne, L., Eales, S., …van der Werf, P. (2017). VALES I: the molecular gas content in star-forming dusty H-ATLAS galaxies up to z = 0.35. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(4), 3775-3805. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1338

We present an extragalactic survey using observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to characterize galaxy populations up to z = 0.35: the Valpara´ıso ALMA Line Emission Survey (VALES). We use ALMA Band-3 CO(1–0) observ... Read More about VALES I: the molecular gas content in star-forming dusty H-ATLAS galaxies up to z = 0.35.

Acousto-optical nanoscopy of buried photonic nanostructures (2017)
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Czerniuk, T., Schneider, C., Kamp, M., Höfling, S., Glavin, B., Yakovlev, D., …Bayer, M. (2017). Acousto-optical nanoscopy of buried photonic nanostructures. Optica, 4(6), https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.4.000588

We develop a nanoscopy method with in-depth resolution for layered photonic devices. Photonics often requires tailored light field distributions for the optical modes used, and an exact knowledge of the geometry of a device is crucial to assess its p... Read More about Acousto-optical nanoscopy of buried photonic nanostructures.

On the suitability of high vacuum electrospray deposition for the fabrication of molecular electronic devices (2017)
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Temperton, R. H., O'Shea, J. N., & Scurr, D. J. (2017). On the suitability of high vacuum electrospray deposition for the fabrication of molecular electronic devices. Chemical Physics Letters, 682, 15-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.05.068

© 2017 We present a series of three studies investigating the potential application of high vacuum electrospray deposition to construct molecular electronic devices. Through the use of time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry we explore the use... Read More about On the suitability of high vacuum electrospray deposition for the fabrication of molecular electronic devices.

Enhancement of AGN in a protocluster at z=1.6 (2017)
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Krishnan, C., Hatch, N. A., Almaini, O., Kocevski, D., Cooke, E. A., Hartley, W. G., …Simpson, C. (2017). Enhancement of AGN in a protocluster at z=1.6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(2), 2170-2178. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1315

We investigate the prevalence of AGN in the high-redshift protocluster Cl 0218.3–0510 at z = 1.62. Using imaging from the Chandra X-ray Telescope, we find a large overdensity of AGN in the protocluster; a factor of 23±9 times the field density of AGN... Read More about Enhancement of AGN in a protocluster at z=1.6.

Dissecting halo components in IFU data (2017)
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Merrifield, M., Johnston, E., & Aragón-Salamanca, A. (2017). Dissecting halo components in IFU data. Galaxies, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies5020024

While most astronomers are now familiar with tools to decompose images into multiple components such as disks, bulges, and halos, the equivalent techniques for spectral data cubes are still in their infancy. This is unfortunate, as integral field uni... Read More about Dissecting halo components in IFU data.

A consistent measure of the merger histories of massive galaxies using close-pair statistics I: Major mergers at z < 3:5 (2017)
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Mundy, C. J., Conselice, C. J., Duncan, K. J., Almaini, O., Häußler, B., & Hartley, W. G. (2017). A consistent measure of the merger histories of massive galaxies using close-pair statistics I: Major mergers at z < 3:5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(3), 3507–3531. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1238

We use a large sample of ?350,000 galaxies constructed by combining the UKIDSS UDS, VIDEO/CFHT-LS, UltraVISTA/COSMOS and GAMA survey regions to probe the major merging histories of massive galaxies (>1010 M?) at 0.00510?4 Mpc?3, and find rates a fact... Read More about A consistent measure of the merger histories of massive galaxies using close-pair statistics I: Major mergers at z < 3:5.

A population of faint low surface brightness galaxies in the Perseus cluster core (2017)
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Wittmann, C., Lisker, T., Ambachew Tilahun, L., Grebel, E. K., Conselice, C. J., Penny, S., …McCormac, J. (2017). A population of faint low surface brightness galaxies in the Perseus cluster core. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(2), 1512-1525. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1229

We present the detection of 89 low surface brightness (LSB), and thus low stellar density galaxy candidates in the Perseus cluster core, of the kind named ‘ultra-diffuse galaxies’, with mean effective V-band surface brightnesses 24.8-27.1 mag arcsec−... Read More about A population of faint low surface brightness galaxies in the Perseus cluster core.

Antiferromagnetic CuMnAs multi-level memory cell with microelectronic compatibility (2017)
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Olejnik, K., Schuler, V., Marti, X., Novák, V., Kaspar, Z., Wadley, P., …Jungwirth, T. (2017). Antiferromagnetic CuMnAs multi-level memory cell with microelectronic compatibility. Nature Communications, 8, Article 15434. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15434

Antiferromagnets offer a unique combination of properties including the radiation and magnetic field hardness, the absence of stray magnetic fields, and the spin-dynamics frequency scale in terahertz. Recent experiments have demonstrated that relativ... Read More about Antiferromagnetic CuMnAs multi-level memory cell with microelectronic compatibility.

Inertial displacement of a domain wall excited byultra-short circularly polarized laser pulses (2017)
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Janda, T., Roy, P., Otxoa, R., Soban, Z., Ramsay, A., Irvine, A., …Wunderlich, J. (2017). Inertial displacement of a domain wall excited byultra-short circularly polarized laser pulses. Nature Communications, 8, Article 15226. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15226

Domain wall motion driven by ultra-short laser pulses is a prerequisite for envisaged low-power spintronics combining storage of information in magnetoelectronic devices with high speed and long distance transmission of information encoded in circula... Read More about Inertial displacement of a domain wall excited byultra-short circularly polarized laser pulses.

Enhanced magnetic properties of polymer-magnetic nanostructures synthesized by ultrasonication (2017)
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Thanigai Arul, K., Manikandan, E., Marmu, P., Kennedy, J., & Henini, M. (in press). Enhanced magnetic properties of polymer-magnetic nanostructures synthesized by ultrasonication. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 720, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.05.146

Polymer based nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co) co-doped ferrites were prepared by adept ultrasonication route. Different concentrations of polymer [polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)] (0.2 g and 0.5 g) was added as a surfactant to the magnetic particles. The phase p... Read More about Enhanced magnetic properties of polymer-magnetic nanostructures synthesized by ultrasonication.

A dissipative quantum reservoir for microwave light using a mechanical oscillator (2017)
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Toth, L. D., Bernier, N. R., Nunnenkamp, A., Feofanov, A., & Kippenberg, T. (2017). A dissipative quantum reservoir for microwave light using a mechanical oscillator. Nature Physics, 13(8), 787-793. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4121

Engineered dissipation can be used for quantum state preparation. This is achieved with a suitably engineered coupling to a dissipative cold reservoir usually formed by an electromagnetic mode. In the field of cavity electro- and optomechanics, the e... Read More about A dissipative quantum reservoir for microwave light using a mechanical oscillator.

The effect of the environment on the structure, morphology and star-formation history of intermediate-redshift galaxies (2017)
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Kelkar, K., Gray, M. E., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Rudnick, G., Milvang-Jensen, B., Jablonka, P., & Schrabback, T. (2017). The effect of the environment on the structure, morphology and star-formation history of intermediate-redshift galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(4), 4551-4564. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1155

With the aim of understanding the effect of the environment on the star formation history and morphological transformation of galaxies, we present a detailed analysis of the colour, morphology and internal structure of cluster and field galaxies at 0... Read More about The effect of the environment on the structure, morphology and star-formation history of intermediate-redshift galaxies.

Experimental Determination of Dynamical Lee-Yang Zeros (2017)
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Brandner, K., Maisi, V. F., Pekola, J. P., Garrahan, J. P., & Flindt, C. (2017). Experimental Determination of Dynamical Lee-Yang Zeros. Physical Review Letters, 118(18), Article 180601. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.118.180601

Statistical physics provides the concepts and methods to explain the phase behavior of interacting many-body systems. Investigations of Lee-Yang zeros - complex singularities of the free energy in systems of finite size - have led to a unified unders... Read More about Experimental Determination of Dynamical Lee-Yang Zeros.

Current and future magnetic resonance technologies for assessing liver disease in clinical and experimental medicine (2017)
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Bawden, S., Scott, R., & Authal, G. (in press). Current and future magnetic resonance technologies for assessing liver disease in clinical and experimental medicine. Digestive Diseases, 35(4), https://doi.org/10.1159/000456582

Background: In the past decades, a number of non-invasive methods have emerged for detecting and estimating liver fibrosis; these include both serum-based panels and imaging-based technology. Some of these methods are now being incorporated in clinic... Read More about Current and future magnetic resonance technologies for assessing liver disease in clinical and experimental medicine.

The LOFAR window on star-forming galaxies and AGNs – curved radio SEDs and IR–radio correlation at 0 (2017)
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Calistro Rivera, G., Williams, W. L., Hardcastle, M. J., Duncan, K., Rottgering, H., Best, P. N., …White, G. J. (2017). The LOFAR window on star-forming galaxies and AGNs – curved radio SEDs and IR–radio correlation at 0. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(3), 3468-3488. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1040

We present a study of the low-frequency radio properties of star-forming (SF) galaxies and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) up to redshift z = 2.5. The new spectral window probed by the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) allows us to reconstruct the radio cont... Read More about The LOFAR window on star-forming galaxies and AGNs – curved radio SEDs and IR–radio correlation at 0.

Galaxy Zoo: finding offset discs and bars in SDSS galaxies (2017)
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Kruk, S. J., Lintott, C. J., Simmons, B. D., Bamford, S. P., Cardamone, C. N., Fortson, L., …Smethurst, R. J. (2017). Galaxy Zoo: finding offset discs and bars in SDSS galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(3), 3363-3373. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1026

We use multiwavelength Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images and Galaxy Zoo morphologies to identify a sample of ∼270 late-type galaxies with an off-centre bar. We measure offsets in the range 0.2–2.5 kpc between the photometric centres of the stell... Read More about Galaxy Zoo: finding offset discs and bars in SDSS galaxies.

Microwave Generation in Synchronized Semiconductor Superlattices (2017)
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Gaifullin, M., Alexeeva, N., Hramov, A., Makarov, V., Maksimenko, V., Koronovskii, A., …Balanov, A. (2017). Microwave Generation in Synchronized Semiconductor Superlattices. Physical Review Applied, 7(4), Article 044024. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.044024

We study high-frequency generation in a system of electromagnetically coupled semiconductor superlattices fabricated on the same doped substrate. Applying a bias voltage to a single superlattice generates high-frequency current oscillations. We demon... Read More about Microwave Generation in Synchronized Semiconductor Superlattices.

Molecular beam epitaxy as a growth technique for achieving free-standing zinc-blende GaN and wurtzite AlxGa1-xN (2017)
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Novikov, S. V., Kent, A., & Foxon, C. (2017). Molecular beam epitaxy as a growth technique for achieving free-standing zinc-blende GaN and wurtzite AlxGa1-xN. Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials, 63(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcrysgrow.2017.04.001

Currently there is a high level of interest in the development of ultraviolet (UV) light sources for solid state lighting, optical sensors, surface decontamination and water purification. III-V semiconductor UV LEDs are now successfully manufactured... Read More about Molecular beam epitaxy as a growth technique for achieving free-standing zinc-blende GaN and wurtzite AlxGa1-xN.

The effect of dynamical compressive and shear strain on magnetic anisotropy in a low symmetry ferromagnetic film (2017)
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Linnik, T., Kats, V., Jäger, J., Salasyuk, A., Yakovlev, D., Rushforth, A., …Scherbakov, A. (2017). The effect of dynamical compressive and shear strain on magnetic anisotropy in a low symmetry ferromagnetic film. Physica Scripta, 92(5), Article 054006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/aa6943

Dynamical strain generated upon excitation of a metallic film by a femtosecond laser pulse may become a versatile tool enabling control of magnetic state of thin _lms and nanostructures via inverse magnetostriction on a picosecond time scale. Here we... Read More about The effect of dynamical compressive and shear strain on magnetic anisotropy in a low symmetry ferromagnetic film.