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Quantum spin chain dissipative mean-field dynamics (2018)
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Benatti, F., Carollo, F., Floreanini, R., & Narnhofer, H. (2018). Quantum spin chain dissipative mean-field dynamics. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 51(32), https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/aacbdb

We study the emergent dynamics resulting from the infinite volume limit of the mean-field dissipative dynamics of quantum spin chains with clustering, but not time-invariant states. We focus upon three algebras of spin operators: the commutative alge... Read More about Quantum spin chain dissipative mean-field dynamics.

Evaluation of 2D Imaging Schemes for Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling of the Human Kidney Cortex (2018)
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Buchanan, C. E., Cox, E. F., & Francis, S. T. (2018). Evaluation of 2D Imaging Schemes for Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling of the Human Kidney Cortex. Diagnostics, 8(3), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics8030043

Purpose A number of imaging readout schemes have been proposed for renal arterial spin labelling (ASL) to quantify kidney cortex perfusion, including gradient echo based methods of balanced fast field echo (bFFE) and gradient-echo echo-planar imagi... Read More about Evaluation of 2D Imaging Schemes for Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling of the Human Kidney Cortex.

Adjustable Current-Induced Magnetization Switching Utilizing Interlayer Exchange Coupling (2018)
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Sheng, Y., Edmonds, K., Ma, X., Zheng, H., & Wang, K. (2018). Adjustable Current-Induced Magnetization Switching Utilizing Interlayer Exchange Coupling. Advanced Electronic Materials, 4(9), Article 1800224. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201800224

© 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Electrical current–induced deterministic magnetization switching in a magnetic multilayer structure without any external magnetic field is realized by utilizing interlayer exchange coupling. Two fer... Read More about Adjustable Current-Induced Magnetization Switching Utilizing Interlayer Exchange Coupling.

Mapping the topological organisation of beta oscillations in motor cortex using MEG (2018)
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Barratt, E., Francis, S. T., Morris, P. G., & Brookes, M. J. (2018). Mapping the topological organisation of beta oscillations in motor cortex using MEG. NeuroImage, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.06.041

The spatial topology of the human motor cortex has been well studied, particularly using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) which allows spatial separation of haemodynamic responses arising from stimulation of different body parts, individu... Read More about Mapping the topological organisation of beta oscillations in motor cortex using MEG.

Vainshtein in the UV and a Wilsonian analysis of derivatively coupled scalars (2018)
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Padilla Antonio, A., & Saltas, I. (2018). Vainshtein in the UV and a Wilsonian analysis of derivatively coupled scalars. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018(6), https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2018/06/039

In the first part of this paper we critically examine the ultra-violet implications of theories that exhibit Vainshtein screening, taking into account both the standard Wilsonian perspective as well as more exotic possibilities. Aspects of this discu... Read More about Vainshtein in the UV and a Wilsonian analysis of derivatively coupled scalars.

An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: number counts of submillimeter galaxies (2018)
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Stach, S. M., Smail, I., Swinbank, A., Simpson, J., Geach, J., An, F. X., …Werf, P. V. D. (2018). An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: number counts of submillimeter galaxies. Astrophysical Journal, 860(2), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aac5e5

We report the first results of AS2UDS, an 870 μm continuum survey with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) of a total area of ~50 arcmin2 comprising a complete sample of 716 submillimeter sources drawn from the SCUBA-2 Cosmology L... Read More about An ALMA survey of the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey UKIDSS/UDS field: number counts of submillimeter galaxies.

Van der Waals epitaxy of two-dimensional single-layer h-BN on graphite by molecular beam epitaxy: electronic properties and band structure (2018)
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Pierucci, D., Zribi, J., Henck, H., Chaste, J., Silly, M. G., Bertran, F., …Ouerghi, A. (2018). Van der Waals epitaxy of two-dimensional single-layer h-BN on graphite by molecular beam epitaxy: electronic properties and band structure. Applied Physics Letters, 112(25), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5029220

We report on the controlled growth of h-BN/graphite by means of molecular beam epitaxy. X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy suggests the presence of an interface without any reaction or intermixing, while the angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (A... Read More about Van der Waals epitaxy of two-dimensional single-layer h-BN on graphite by molecular beam epitaxy: electronic properties and band structure.

Moiré-modulated conductance of hexagonal boron nitride tunnel barriers (2018)
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Summerfield, A., Kozikov, A., Cheng, T. S., Davies, A., Cho, Y., Khlobystov, A. N., …Beton, P. H. (in press). Moiré-modulated conductance of hexagonal boron nitride tunnel barriers. Nano Letters, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01223

Monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) tunnel barriers investigated using conductive atomic force microscopy reveal moiré patterns in the spatial maps of their tunnel conductance consistent with the formation of a moiré superlattice between the hB... Read More about Moiré-modulated conductance of hexagonal boron nitride tunnel barriers.

Integrating slacks-based measure of efficiency and super-efficiency in data envelopment analysis (2018)
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Tran, T. H., Mao, Y., Nathanail, P., Siebers, P., & Robinson, D. (2019). Integrating slacks-based measure of efficiency and super-efficiency in data envelopment analysis. Omega, 85, 156-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2018.06.008

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd In this paper, we develop an integrated model for slacks-based measure (SBM) simultaneously of both the efficiency and the super-efficiency for decision-making units (DMUs) in data envelopment analysis (DEA). Unlike the traditiona... Read More about Integrating slacks-based measure of efficiency and super-efficiency in data envelopment analysis.

Dissipative many-body physics of cold Rydberg atoms (2018)
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Morsch, O., & Lesanovsky, I. (2018). Dissipative many-body physics of cold Rydberg atoms. Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 41(7), 383-414. https://doi.org/10.1393/ncr/i2018-10149-7

In the last twenty years, Rydberg atoms have become a versatile and much studied system for implementing quantum many-body systems in the framework of quantum computation and quantum simulation. However, even in the absence of coherent evolution Ryd... Read More about Dissipative many-body physics of cold Rydberg atoms.

Magnon-assisted tunnelling in van der Waals heterostructures based on CrBr3 (2018)
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Ghazaryan, D., Greenaway, M., Wang, Z., Guarochico-Moreira, V., Vera-Marun, I., Yin, J., …Misra, A. (2018). Magnon-assisted tunnelling in van der Waals heterostructures based on CrBr3. Nature Electronics, 1(6), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-018-0087-z

Van der Waals heterostructures, which are composed of layered two-dimensional materials, offer a platform to investigate a diverse range of physical phenomena and could be of use in a variety of applications. Heterostructures containing two-dimension... Read More about Magnon-assisted tunnelling in van der Waals heterostructures based on CrBr3.

A direct calibration of thtae IRX–β relation in Lyman-break galaxies at z=3–5 (2018)
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Koprowski, M., Coppin, K., Geach, J., McLure, R., Almaini, O., Blain, A., …van der Werf, P. (2018). A direct calibration of thtae IRX–β relation in Lyman-break galaxies at z=3–5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1527

We use a sample of 4209 Lyman-break galaxies (LBGs) at z~ -3, 4, and 5 in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey Ultra Deep Survey field to investigate the relationship between the observed slope of the stellar continuum emission in the ultraviolet, β ,... Read More about A direct calibration of thtae IRX–β relation in Lyman-break galaxies at z=3–5.

Somatotopy in the human somatosensory system (2018)
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Sanchez Panchuelo, R., Besle, J., Schluppeck, D., Humberstone, M., & Francis, S. (2018). Somatotopy in the human somatosensory system. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 12, Article 235. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00235

Previous functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have demonstrated digit somatotopy in primary somatosensory cortex (SI), and even shown that at high spatial resolution it is possible to resolve within-digit somatotopy. However, fMRI stu... Read More about Somatotopy in the human somatosensory system.

Magnetotransport and lateral confinement in an InSe van der Waals heterostructure (2018)
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Lee, Y., Pisoni, R., Overweg, H., Eich, M., Rickhaus, P., Patane, A., …Ensslin, K. (2018). Magnetotransport and lateral confinement in an InSe van der Waals heterostructure. 2D Materials, 5(3), Article 035040. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aacb49

In the last six years, Indium selenide (InSe) has appeared as a new van der Waals heterostructure platform which has been extensively studied due to its unique electronic and optical properties. Such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), the c... Read More about Magnetotransport and lateral confinement in an InSe van der Waals heterostructure.

Multi-organ assessment of compensated cirrhosis patients using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (2018)
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Bradley, C. R., Cox, E. F., Scott, R. A., James, M. W., Kaye, P., Aithal, G. P., …Guha, I. N. (2018). Multi-organ assessment of compensated cirrhosis patients using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Hepatology, 69(5), 1015-1024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.05.037

© 2018 European Association for the Study of the Liver Background & Aims: Advancing liver disease results in deleterious changes in a number of critical organs. The ability to measure structure, blood flow and tissue perfusion within multiple organs... Read More about Multi-organ assessment of compensated cirrhosis patients using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging.

Characterisation of redox states of metal-organic frameworks by growth on modified thin-film electrodes (2018)
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Mitra, T., Moreau, F., Nevin, A., Perotto, C. U., Summerfield, A., Davies, E. S., …Easun, T. L. (in press). Characterisation of redox states of metal-organic frameworks by growth on modified thin-film electrodes. Chemical Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC00803E

The application of metal-organic framework (MOF) materials in electrochemical and electrochromic devices remain rare. One of the main reasons for this is the inability to readily access their detailed electrochemistry. The inherent insolubility of th... Read More about Characterisation of redox states of metal-organic frameworks by growth on modified thin-film electrodes.

Relationships Between Neuronal Oscillatory Amplitude and Dynamic Functional Connectivity (2018)
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Tewarie, P., Hunt, B. A. E., O'Neill, G. C., Byrne, A., Aquino, K., Bauer, M., …Brookes, M. J. (2018). Relationships Between Neuronal Oscillatory Amplitude and Dynamic Functional Connectivity. Cerebral Cortex, 29(6), 2668-2681. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhy136

Event related fluctuations of neural oscillatory amplitude are reported widely in the context of cognitive processing and are typically interpreted as a marker of brain ‘activity’. However, the precise nature of these effects remains unclear; in part... Read More about Relationships Between Neuronal Oscillatory Amplitude and Dynamic Functional Connectivity.

Simulations of cold electroweak baryogenesis: dependence on the source of CP-violation (2018)
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Mou, Z., Saffin, P. M., & Tranberg, A. (2018). Simulations of cold electroweak baryogenesis: dependence on the source of CP-violation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(5), Article 197. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05%282018%29197

We compute the baryon asymmetry created in a tachyonic electroweak symmetry breaking transition, focusing on the dependence on the source of effective CP-violation. Earlier simulations of Cold Electroweak Baryogenesis have almost exclusively consider... Read More about Simulations of cold electroweak baryogenesis: dependence on the source of CP-violation.

3D-printed components for quantum devices (2018)
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Saint, R., Evans, W., Zhou, Y., Barrett, T. J., Fromhold, T., Saleh, E., …Krüger, P. (2018). 3D-printed components for quantum devices. Scientific Reports, 8, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26455-9

Recent advances in the preparation, control and measurement of atomic gases have led to new insights into the quantum world and unprecedented metrological sensitivities, e.g. in measuring gravitational forces and magnetic fields. The full potential o... Read More about 3D-printed components for quantum devices.

Risk profiles for heavy drinking in adolescence: differential effects of gender (2018)
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Seo, S., Beck, A., Matthis, C., Genauck, A., Banaschewski, T., Bokde, A. L., …Obermayer, K. (in press). Risk profiles for heavy drinking in adolescence: differential effects of gender. Addiction Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12636

Abnormalities across different domains of neuropsychological functioning may constitute a risk factor for heavy drinking during adolescence and for developing alcohol use disorders later in life. However, the exact nature of such multi‐domain risk pr... Read More about Risk profiles for heavy drinking in adolescence: differential effects of gender.