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Direct three-dimensional printing of polymeric scaffolds with nanofibrous topography (2017)
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Yang, J., Shakesheff, K. M., & Prasopthum, A. (2018). Direct three-dimensional printing of polymeric scaffolds with nanofibrous topography. Biofabrication, 10(2), Article 025002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/aaa15b

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a powerful manufacturing tool for making 3D structures with well-defined architectures for a wide range of applications. The field of tissue engineering has also adopted this technology to fabricate scaffolds for ti... Read More about Direct three-dimensional printing of polymeric scaffolds with nanofibrous topography.

American scientists and their fictions: professional authorship and intellectual identity, 1870-1900 (2017)
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Vandome, R. (2017). American scientists and their fictions: professional authorship and intellectual identity, 1870-1900. Journal of American Studies, 53(2), 478-506. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875817001852

Copyright © Cambridge University Press and British Association for American Studies 2017 Writers and critics in the Gilded Age United States frequently debated the relations between literature and science. A common contemporary interpretation of this... Read More about American scientists and their fictions: professional authorship and intellectual identity, 1870-1900.

Magnetic anisotropy in antiferromagnetic hexagonal MnTe (2017)
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Kriegner, D., Reichlova, H., Grenzer, J., Schmidt, W., Ressouche, E., Godinho, J., …Výborný, K. (2017). Magnetic anisotropy in antiferromagnetic hexagonal MnTe. Physical Review B, 96(21), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.214418

Antiferromagnetic hexagonal MnTe is a promising material for spintronic devices relying on the control of antiferromagnetic domain orientations. Here we report on neutron diffraction, magnetotransport, and magnetometry experiments on semiconducting e... Read More about Magnetic anisotropy in antiferromagnetic hexagonal MnTe.

SDSS-IV MaNGA: probing the kinematic morphology–density relation of early-type galaxies with MaNGA (2017)
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Greene, J., Leauthaud, A., Emsellem, E., Goddard, D., Ge, J., Andrews, B., …Drory, N. (2017). SDSS-IV MaNGA: probing the kinematic morphology–density relation of early-type galaxies with MaNGA. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 851(2), Article L33. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa8ace

The “kinematic” morphology–density relation for early-type galaxies posits that those galaxies with low angular momentum are preferentially found in the highest-density regions of the universe. We use a large sample of galaxy groups with halo masses... Read More about SDSS-IV MaNGA: probing the kinematic morphology–density relation of early-type galaxies with MaNGA.

Quantum chaos for nonstandard symmetry classes in the Feingold-Peres model of coupled tops (2017)
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Fan, Y., Gnutzmann, S., & Liang, Y. (in press). Quantum chaos for nonstandard symmetry classes in the Feingold-Peres model of coupled tops. Physical Review E, 96(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.96.062207

We consider two coupled quantum tops with angular momentum vectors L and M. The coupling Hamiltonian defines the Feingold-Peres model, which is a known paradigm of quantum chaos. We show that this model has a nonstandard symmetry with respect to the... Read More about Quantum chaos for nonstandard symmetry classes in the Feingold-Peres model of coupled tops.

4th symposium on primary breast cancer in older women. Theme: putting personalized care into practice (held: 3 March 2017) (2017)
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Cheung, K., Morgan, D., Brain, E., Poortmans, P., Parks, R., Korc-Grodzicki, B., …Wijayatunga, R. (in press). 4th symposium on primary breast cancer in older women. Theme: putting personalized care into practice (held: 3 March 2017). Breast Cancer Management, https://doi.org/10.2217/bmt-2017-0016

Following the inception in 2010, the University of Nottingham hosted the 4th Symposium on Primary Breast Cancer in Older Women, under the auspices of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology, in March 2017, at East Midlands Conference Centre.... Read More about 4th symposium on primary breast cancer in older women. Theme: putting personalized care into practice (held: 3 March 2017).

‘I’ve no fear of dying alone’: exploring perspectives on living and dying alone (2017)
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Caswell, G., & O'Connor, M. (2019). ‘I’ve no fear of dying alone’: exploring perspectives on living and dying alone. Mortality, 24(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2017.1413542

Dying alone is portrayed as undesirable in terms of policy, health and social care provision, the wishes of family and friends, and in popular culture. Despite this, people do often die alone, both in institutional and domestic settings. This paper r... Read More about ‘I’ve no fear of dying alone’: exploring perspectives on living and dying alone.

Imagine arts: how the arts can transform care homes (2017)
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Broome, E., Schneider, J. M., & Dening, T. (in press). Imagine arts: how the arts can transform care homes. Journal of Dementia Care,

There is a growing body of evidence that demonstrates that the arts have an important role in the care of people with dementia. The Baring Foundation, a UK based organisation which aims to improve the quality of life of those who may be disadvantaged... Read More about Imagine arts: how the arts can transform care homes.

Impression creep test of a P91 steel: a round robin programme (2017)
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Brett, S., Dyson, C. N., Purdy, D., Shingledecker, J., Rantala, J., Eaton-Mckay, J., & Sun, W. (2018). Impression creep test of a P91 steel: a round robin programme. Materials at High Temperatures, 35(6), 529-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603409.2017.1410330

The process of standardisation of small specimen creep testing techniques, specifically the impression creep test requires the repeatability of the test method. In this study it is accomplished through a round robin programme involving four different... Read More about Impression creep test of a P91 steel: a round robin programme.

A non-imaging high throughput approach to chemical library screening at the unmodified adenosine-A3 receptor in living cells (2017)
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Arruda, M. A., Stoddart, L. A., Gherbi, K., Briddon, S. J., Kellam, B., & Hill, S. J. (in press). A non-imaging high throughput approach to chemical library screening at the unmodified adenosine-A3 receptor in living cells. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8(908), https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2017.00908

Recent advances in fluorescent ligand technology have enabled the study of G protein-coupled receptors in their native environment without the need for genetic modification such as addition of N-terminal fluorescent or bioluminescent tags. Here, we h... Read More about A non-imaging high throughput approach to chemical library screening at the unmodified adenosine-A3 receptor in living cells.

Magnetic monopole mass bounds from heavy ion collisions and neutron stars (2017)
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Gould, O., & Rajantie, A. (2017). Magnetic monopole mass bounds from heavy ion collisions and neutron stars. Physical Review Letters, 119(24), Article 241601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.241601

Magnetic monopoles, if they exist, would be produced amply in strong magnetic fields and high temperatures via the thermal Schwinger process. Such circumstances arise in heavy-ion collisions and in neutron stars, both of which imply lower bounds on t... Read More about Magnetic monopole mass bounds from heavy ion collisions and neutron stars.

Macroeconomic and financial stability in a monetary union: the case of Lithuania (2017)
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Rubio, M., & Comunale, M. (2018). Macroeconomic and financial stability in a monetary union: the case of Lithuania. Economic Systems, 42(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2017.04.002

In this paper, we study the implications for macroeconomic and financial stability of macroprudential policies in a monetary union. With this purpose, we develop a two-country monetary union new Keynesian general equilibrium model with housing and co... Read More about Macroeconomic and financial stability in a monetary union: the case of Lithuania.

Efficient bio-production of citramalate using an engineered Escherichia coli strain (2017)
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Webb, J. P., Arnold, S. A., Baxter, S., Hall, S. J., Eastham, G., & Stephens, G. (2018). Efficient bio-production of citramalate using an engineered Escherichia coli strain. Microbiology, 164(2), 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000581

Citramalic acid is a central intermediate in a combined biocatalytic and chemocatalytic route to produce bio-based methylmethacrylate, the monomer used to manufacture Perspex and other high performance materials. We developed an engineered E. coli st... Read More about Efficient bio-production of citramalate using an engineered Escherichia coli strain.

Lattice-Matched Epitaxial Graphene Grown on Boron Nitride (2017)
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Davies, A., Albar, J., Summerfield, A., Thomas, J. C., Cheng, T. S., Korolkov, V. V., …Beton, P. H. (2018). Lattice-Matched Epitaxial Graphene Grown on Boron Nitride. Nano Letters, 18(1), 498-504. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04453

Lattice-matched graphene on hexagonal boron nitride is expected to lead to the formation of a band-gap but requires the formation of highly strained material and has not hitherto been realised. We demonstrate that aligned, lattice-matched graphene ca... Read More about Lattice-Matched Epitaxial Graphene Grown on Boron Nitride.

Co-research with adults with Intellectual Disability: a systematic review (2017)
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Di Lorito, C., Bosco, A., Birt, L., & Hassiotis, A. (2018). Co-research with adults with Intellectual Disability: a systematic review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(5), 669-686. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12435

Background. Co-research with people with intellectual disability (ID) is a distinct form of patient and public involvement (PPI). This systematic review summarises published studies and protocols to report on the process of co-research in social and... Read More about Co-research with adults with Intellectual Disability: a systematic review.

Drug-Loaded Supramolecular Gels Prepared in a Microfluidic Platform: Distinctive Rheology and Delivery through Controlled Far-from-Equilibrium Mixing (2017)
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Sathyanarayanan, G., Rodrigues, M., Limón, D., Rodriguez-Trujillo, R., Puigmartí-Luis, J., Pérez-García, L., & Amabilino, D. B. (2017). Drug-Loaded Supramolecular Gels Prepared in a Microfluidic Platform: Distinctive Rheology and Delivery through Controlled Far-from-Equilibrium Mixing. ACS Omega, 2(12), 8849-8858. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.7b01800

It is shown here that controlled mixing of a gelator, drug, solvent, and antisolvent in a microfluidic channel leads to faster setting gels and more robust materials with longer release profiles than the physical gels of the same composition obtained... Read More about Drug-Loaded Supramolecular Gels Prepared in a Microfluidic Platform: Distinctive Rheology and Delivery through Controlled Far-from-Equilibrium Mixing.

Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology (2017)
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Lei, C., Wang, K., Clerx, M., Johnstone, R. H., Hortigon-Vinagre, M. P., Zamora, V., …Polonchuk, L. (2017). Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology. Frontiers in Physiology, 8, Article 986. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00986

Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) have applications in disease modeling, cell therapy, drug screening and personalized medicine. Computational models can be used to interpret experimental findings in iPSC-CMs, prov... Read More about Tailoring mathematical models to stem-cell derived cardiomyocyte lines can improve predictions of drug-induced changes to their electrophysiology.

Geometric integrator for Langevin systems with quaternion-based rotational degrees of freedom and hydrodynamic interactions (2017)
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Davidchack, R., Ouldridge, T., & Tretyakov, M. (in press). Geometric integrator for Langevin systems with quaternion-based rotational degrees of freedom and hydrodynamic interactions. Journal of Chemical Physics, 147(22), Article 224103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4999771

We introduce new Langevin-type equations describing the rotational and translational motion of rigid bodies interacting through conservative and non-conservative forces, and hydrodynamic coupling. In the absence of non-conservative forces the Langevi... Read More about Geometric integrator for Langevin systems with quaternion-based rotational degrees of freedom and hydrodynamic interactions.

Theca cell INSL3 and steroids together orchestrate the growing bovine antral follicle (2017)
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Dai, Y., Ivell, R., & Anand-Ivell, R. (2017). Theca cell INSL3 and steroids together orchestrate the growing bovine antral follicle. Frontiers in Physiology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.01033

Insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) and its specific receptor RXFP2 are both expressed by theca interna cells of the growing antral follicle where they form an essential regulatory element in the production of the steroid precursor androstenedione. Using... Read More about Theca cell INSL3 and steroids together orchestrate the growing bovine antral follicle.

Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues (2017)
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Blackie, L. E., Hitchcott, N., & Joseph, S. (2017). Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues. https://doi.org/10.21039/jpr.v1i1.39

The theory of post-traumatic growth claims that, in the struggle to overcome difficult experiences, individuals may identify positive ways in which the experience has changed them. There is extensive evidence of survivors of extreme adversities repor... Read More about Looking for post-traumatic growth in perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: a discussion of theoretical and ethical issues.