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A new framework for cortico-striatal plasticity: behavioural theory meets In vitro data at the reinforcement-action interface (2015)
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Gurney, K. N., Humphries, M. D., & Redgrave, P. (2015). A new framework for cortico-striatal plasticity: behavioural theory meets In vitro data at the reinforcement-action interface. PLoS Biology, 13(1), Article e1002034. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002034

Operant learning requires that reinforcement signals interact with action representations at a suitable neural interface. Much evidence suggests that this occurs when phasic dopamine, acting as a reinforcement prediction error, gates plasticity at co... Read More about A new framework for cortico-striatal plasticity: behavioural theory meets In vitro data at the reinforcement-action interface.

Performance of T-stub to CFT joints using blind bolts with headed anchors (2015)
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Tizani, W., & Pitrakkos, T. (2015). Performance of T-stub to CFT joints using blind bolts with headed anchors. Journal of Structural Engineering, 141(10), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ST.1943-541X.0001169

This paper assesses the performance of a newly developed blind bolt, intended for use in constructing bolted moment-resisting connections to concrete-filled tubular steel profiles. A total of ten connection tests are reported, with each configuration... Read More about Performance of T-stub to CFT joints using blind bolts with headed anchors.

Adrenomedullary progenitor cells: isolation and characterization of a multi-potent progenitor cell population (2015)
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Vukicevic, V., Rubin de Celis, M. F., Pellegata, N. S., Bornstein, S. R., Androutsellis-Theotokis, A., & Ehrhart-Bornstein, M. (2015). Adrenomedullary progenitor cells: isolation and characterization of a multi-potent progenitor cell population. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 408, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2014.12.020

The adrenal is a highly plastic organ with the ability to adjust to physiological needs by adapting hormone production but also by generating and regenerating both adrenocortical and adrenomedullary tissue. It is now apparent that many adult tissues... Read More about Adrenomedullary progenitor cells: isolation and characterization of a multi-potent progenitor cell population.

Rehabilitation of memory following brain injury (ReMemBrIn): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2015)
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das Nair, R., Lincoln, N., Ftizsimmons, D., Brain, N., Montgomery, A., Bradshaw, L., …Pink, A. (2015). Rehabilitation of memory following brain injury (ReMemBrIn): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 16(6), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-16-6

Background Impairments of memory are commonly reported by people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Such deficits are persistent, debilitating, and can severely impact quality of life. Currently, many do not routinely receive follow-up appointment... Read More about Rehabilitation of memory following brain injury (ReMemBrIn): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Photic zone changes in the north-west Pacific Ocean from MIS 4–5e (2015)
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Swann, G., & Snelling, A. M. (2015). Photic zone changes in the north-west Pacific Ocean from MIS 4–5e. Climate of the Past, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-15-2015

In comparison to other sectors of the marine system, the palaeoceanography of the subarctic North Pacific Ocean is poorly constrained. New diatom isotope records of δ13C, δ18O δ30Si (δ13Cdiatom, δ18Odiatom and δ30Sidiatom) are presented alongside exi... Read More about Photic zone changes in the north-west Pacific Ocean from MIS 4–5e.

Investigating common clinical presentations in first opinion small animal consultations using direct observation (2015)
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Robinson, N. J., Dean, R. S., Cobb, M., & Brennan, M. L. (2015). Investigating common clinical presentations in first opinion small animal consultations using direct observation. Veterinary Record, 176(18), 463-463. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.102751

Understanding more about the clinical presentations encountered in veterinary practice is vital in directing research towards areas relevant to practitioners. The aim of this study was to describe all problems discussed during a convenience sample of... Read More about Investigating common clinical presentations in first opinion small animal consultations using direct observation.

Bayesian assessment of an existing bridge - a case study (2015)
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Jacinto, L., Neves, L. C., & Santos, L. O. (in press). Bayesian assessment of an existing bridge - a case study. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2014.995105

This article presents a case study involving the assessment of an existing bridge, starting with simple methods and ending with a probabilistic analysis, the latter emphasising Bayesian methods. When assessing an existing bridge, it is common practic... Read More about Bayesian assessment of an existing bridge - a case study.

Normalisation of brain connectivity through compensatory behaviour, despite congenital hand absence (2015)
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Hahamy, A., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Henderson Slater, D., Malach, R., Johansen-Berg, H., & Makin, T. R. (2015). Normalisation of brain connectivity through compensatory behaviour, despite congenital hand absence. eLife, 4, Article e04605. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.04605.001

Previously we showed, using task-evoked fMRI, that compensatory intact hand usage after amputation facilitates remapping of limb representations in the cortical territory of the missing hand (Makin et al., 2013a). Here we show that compensatory arm u... Read More about Normalisation of brain connectivity through compensatory behaviour, despite congenital hand absence.

Palladium nanoparticles in catalytic carbon nanoreactors: the effect of confinement on Suzuki-Miyaura reactions (2015)
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Cornelio, B., Saunders, A., Solomonsz, W., Laronze-Cochard, M., Fontana, A., Sapi, J., …Rance, G. A. (in press). Palladium nanoparticles in catalytic carbon nanoreactors: the effect of confinement on Suzuki-Miyaura reactions. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 3, https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA06953F

We explore the construction and performance of a range of catalytic nanoreactors based on palladium nanoparticles encapsulated in hollow graphitised nanofibres. The optimum catalytic material, with small palladium nanoparticles located almost exclusi... Read More about Palladium nanoparticles in catalytic carbon nanoreactors: the effect of confinement on Suzuki-Miyaura reactions.

Case management approaches to home support for people with dementia (2015)
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Reilly, S., Miranda-Castillo, C., Malouf, R., Hoe, J., Toot, S., Challis, D., & Orrell, M. (2015). Case management approaches to home support for people with dementia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008345.pub2

© 2015 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background: Over 35 million people are estimated to be living with dementia in the world and the societal costs are very high. Case management is a widely used and strongly pro... Read More about Case management approaches to home support for people with dementia.

Tel1ATM-mediated interference suppresses clustered meiotic double-strand-break formation (2015)
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Garcia, V., Gray, S., Allison, R. M., Cooper, T. J., & Neale, M. J. (2015). Tel1ATM-mediated interference suppresses clustered meiotic double-strand-break formation. Nature, 520(7545), 114-118. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13993

©2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Meiotic recombination is a critical step in gametogenesis for many organisms, enabling the creation of genetically diverse haploid gametes. In each meiotic cell, recombination is initiated by n... Read More about Tel1ATM-mediated interference suppresses clustered meiotic double-strand-break formation.

High-density mapping of the MHC identifies a shared role for HLA-DRB1(star)01:03 in inflammatory bowel diseases and heterozygous advantage in ulcerative colitis (2015)
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Genome-wide association studies of the related chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) known as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis have shown strong evidence of association to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). This region encodes a la... Read More about High-density mapping of the MHC identifies a shared role for HLA-DRB1(star)01:03 in inflammatory bowel diseases and heterozygous advantage in ulcerative colitis.

Harvesting big data to enhance supply chain innovation capabilities: an analytic infrastructure based on deduction graph (2015)
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Tan, K. H., Zhan, Y., Ji, G., Ye, F., & Chang, C. (2015). Harvesting big data to enhance supply chain innovation capabilities: an analytic infrastructure based on deduction graph. International Journal of Production Economics, 165, 223-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.12.034

Today, firms can access to big data (tweets, videos, click streams, and other unstructured sources) to extract new ideas or understanding about their products, customers, and markets. Thus, managers increasingly view data as an important driver of in... Read More about Harvesting big data to enhance supply chain innovation capabilities: an analytic infrastructure based on deduction graph.

Health-related quality of life after colorectal cancer in England: a patient-reported outcomes study of individuals 12 to 36 months after diagnosis (2015)
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Downing, A., Morris, E. J., Richards, M., Corner, J., Wright, P., Sebag-Montefiore, D., …Glaser, A. W. (2015). Health-related quality of life after colorectal cancer in England: a patient-reported outcomes study of individuals 12 to 36 months after diagnosis. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 33(6), https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2014.56.6539

Purpose: This population-level study was conducted to define the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of individuals living with and beyond colorectal cancer (CRC) and to identify factors associated with poor health outcomes. Patients and Methods:... Read More about Health-related quality of life after colorectal cancer in England: a patient-reported outcomes study of individuals 12 to 36 months after diagnosis.

Campylobacter jejuni acquire new host-derived CRISPR spacers when in association with bacteriophages harboring a CRISPR-like Cas4 protein (2015)
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Hooton, S. P., & Connerton, I. F. (2015). Campylobacter jejuni acquire new host-derived CRISPR spacers when in association with bacteriophages harboring a CRISPR-like Cas4 protein. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(744), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00744

Campylobacter jejuni is a worldwide cause of human diarrhoeal disease. Clustered Repetitively Interspaced Palindromic Repeats (CRISPRs) and associated proteins allow Bacteria and Archaea to evade bacteriophage and plasmid infection. Type II CRISPR sy... Read More about Campylobacter jejuni acquire new host-derived CRISPR spacers when in association with bacteriophages harboring a CRISPR-like Cas4 protein.

Permanent magnet machine design trade-offs to achieve sensorless control at high load (2015)
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Caner, M., Gerada, C., & Asher, G. (2015). Permanent magnet machine design trade-offs to achieve sensorless control at high load. COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 34(1), 324-343. https://doi.org/10.1108/compel-02-2014-0039

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new design optimization technique for a surface mounted permanent magnet (SMPM) machine to increase sensorless performance at high loadings by compromising with torque capability. Design/meth... Read More about Permanent magnet machine design trade-offs to achieve sensorless control at high load.

Analog quantum simulation of gravitational waves in a Bose-Einstein condensate (2015)
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Bravo, T., Sabín, C., & Fuentes, I. (2015). Analog quantum simulation of gravitational waves in a Bose-Einstein condensate. EPJ Quantum Technology, 2(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt16

We show how to vary the physical properties of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in order to mimic an effective gravitational-wave spacetime. In particular, we focus in the simulation of the recently discovered creation of particles by a real spacetim... Read More about Analog quantum simulation of gravitational waves in a Bose-Einstein condensate.

Epidrug mediated re-expression of miRNA targeting the HMGA transcripts in pituitary cells (2015)
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Kitchen, M. O., Yacub-Usman, K., Emes, R. D., Richardson, A., Clayton, R. N., & Farrell, W. E. (2015). Epidrug mediated re-expression of miRNA targeting the HMGA transcripts in pituitary cells. Pituitary, 18(5), 674-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-014-0630-5

Transgenic mice overexpressing the high mobility group A (HMGA) genes, Hmga1 or Hmga2 develop pituitary tumours and their overexpression is also a frequent finding in human pituitary adenomas. In some cases, increased expression of HMGA2 but not that... Read More about Epidrug mediated re-expression of miRNA targeting the HMGA transcripts in pituitary cells.