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Transaminases for chiral amine synthesis (2018)
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Gomm, A., & O'Reilly, E. (2018). Transaminases for chiral amine synthesis. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 43, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.12.007

Amine transaminases are important biocatalysts for the synthesis of chiral primary amines. Unlike many enzymes that have been employed for the synthesis of optically active amines, amine transaminases are capable of asymmetric synthesis and do not re... Read More about Transaminases for chiral amine synthesis.

Chromium speciation in foodstuffs: a review (2018)
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Hamilton, E. M., Young, S. D., Bailey, E. H., & Watts, M. J. (2018). Chromium speciation in foodstuffs: a review. Food Chemistry, 250, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.01.016

Numerous critical reviews have evaluated exposure to toxic and carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from a number of pathways; including workplace air, cement and packaging materials. The contribution of foodstuffs to dietary Cr(VI) has been inc... Read More about Chromium speciation in foodstuffs: a review.

Influence of fibres on rheological properties and toughness of bituminous binder (2018)
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Mohammed, M., Parry, T., & Grenfell, J. R. (2018). Influence of fibres on rheological properties and toughness of bituminous binder. Construction and Building Materials, 163, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.146

Many studies have been made to examine different ways to modify bitumen and asphalt mixtures in response to increasing performance requirements. One of these is the use of additive materials and in this study, the potential of cellulose and glass fib... Read More about Influence of fibres on rheological properties and toughness of bituminous binder.

Dehydrogenation of dimethylamine-borane mediated by Group 1 pincer complexes (2018)
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Nolla-Saltiel, R., Geer, A. M., Lewis, W., Blake, A. J., & Kays, D. L. (2018). Dehydrogenation of dimethylamine-borane mediated by Group 1 pincer complexes. Chemical Communications, 54(15), https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc08385h

Group 1 salts containing carbazolido NNN pincer ligands are precatalysts for the dehydrogenation of Me2NH·BH3. NMR monitoring and DOSY studies show a heavy dependence on the metal and solvent, allowing in some cases selective formation of dehydrogena... Read More about Dehydrogenation of dimethylamine-borane mediated by Group 1 pincer complexes.

Synthesis and properties of open fullerenes encapsulating ammonia and methane (2018)
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Bloodworth, S., Gräsvik, J., Alom, S., Kouril,, K., Elliott, S. J., Wells, N. J., …Whitby, R. J. (2018). Synthesis and properties of open fullerenes encapsulating ammonia and methane. ChemPhysChem, 19(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201701212

We describe the synthesis and characterisation of open fullerene (1) and its reduced form (2) in which CH₄ and NH₃ are encapsulated, respectively. The ¹H NMR resonance of endohedral NH₃ is broadened by scalar coupling to the quadrupolar ¹⁴N nucleus,... Read More about Synthesis and properties of open fullerenes encapsulating ammonia and methane.

How to do health services research in stroke: a focus on performance measurement and quality improvement (2018)
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Cadilhac, D. A., Fisher, R. J., & Bernhardt, J. (2018). How to do health services research in stroke: a focus on performance measurement and quality improvement. International Journal of Stroke, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493017750924

The objective of this ‘How to’ research series article is to provide guidance on getting started in Health Services Research. The purpose of health services research is to contribute knowledge that can be used to help improve health systems and clini... Read More about How to do health services research in stroke: a focus on performance measurement and quality improvement.

Serum metabolic profiling of oocyst-induced Toxoplasma gondii acute and chronic infections in mice using mass-spectrometry (2018)
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Zhou, C.-X., Cong, W., Chen, X.-Q., He, S.-Y., Elsheikha, H. M., & Zhu, X.-Q. (2018). Serum metabolic profiling of oocyst-induced Toxoplasma gondii acute and chronic infections in mice using mass-spectrometry. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02612

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite causing severe diseases in immunocompromised individuals and congenitally infected neonates, such as toxoplasmosis encephalitis and toxoplasmic chorioretinitis. This study aimed to determine whe... Read More about Serum metabolic profiling of oocyst-induced Toxoplasma gondii acute and chronic infections in mice using mass-spectrometry.

Friedlander-Keller ray expansions and scalar wave reflection at canonically-perturbed boundaries (2018)
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Tew, R. (2019). Friedlander-Keller ray expansions and scalar wave reflection at canonically-perturbed boundaries. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 30(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956792517000353

This paper concerns the reflection of high-frequency, monochromatic linear waves of wavenumber k (>>1) from smooth boundaries which are O (k-1/2) perturbations away from either a specified near-planar boundary or else from a given smooth, two-dimensi... Read More about Friedlander-Keller ray expansions and scalar wave reflection at canonically-perturbed boundaries.

Pure-connection gravity and anisotropic singularities (2018)
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Krasnov, K., & Shtanov, Y. (2018). Pure-connection gravity and anisotropic singularities. Physics of the Dark Universe, 4(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe4010012

In four space-time dimensions, there exists a special infinite-parameter family of chiral modified gravity theories. They are most properly described by a connection field, with space-time metric being a secondary and derived concept. All these theor... Read More about Pure-connection gravity and anisotropic singularities.

Politicising the study of sustainable living practices (2018)
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Knott, J. D., Nixon, E., & Abraham, K. (2018). Politicising the study of sustainable living practices. Consumption, Markets and Culture, 21(6), 554-573. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253866.2017.1414048

In studies of consumption, social theories of practice foreground the purchasing and use of resources not for intrinsic pleasure but rather in the routine accomplishment of ‘normal’ ways of living. In this paper we argue that a key strength of theori... Read More about Politicising the study of sustainable living practices.

A randomised pragmatic trial of corticosteroid optimization in severe asthma using a composite biomarker algorithm to adjust corticosteroid dose versus standard care: study protocol for a randomised trial (2018)
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Hanratty, C. E., Matthews, J. G., Arron, J. R., Choy, D. F., Pavord, I. D., Bradding, P., …Heaney, L. G. (2018). A randomised pragmatic trial of corticosteroid optimization in severe asthma using a composite biomarker algorithm to adjust corticosteroid dose versus standard care: study protocol for a randomised trial. Trials, 19, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2384-7

Background: Patients with difficult-to-control asthma consume 50–60% of healthcare costs attributed to asthma and cost approximately five-times more than patients with mild stable disease. Recent evidence demonstrates that not all patients with asthm... Read More about A randomised pragmatic trial of corticosteroid optimization in severe asthma using a composite biomarker algorithm to adjust corticosteroid dose versus standard care: study protocol for a randomised trial.

Influence of the micro-structure on saturated transverse flow in fibre arrays (2018)
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Gommer, F., Endruweit, A., & Long, A. C. (2018). Influence of the micro-structure on saturated transverse flow in fibre arrays. Journal of Composite Materials, 52(18), 2463-2475. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998317747954

This study analyses the influence of the random filament arrangement in fibre bundles on the resin flow behaviour. Transverse steady-state resin flow which occurs behind a liquid resin flow front was simulated numerically through statistically equiva... Read More about Influence of the micro-structure on saturated transverse flow in fibre arrays.

Drought and disaster in a revolutionary age: colonial Antigua during the American Independence War (2018)
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Berland, A. J., & Endfield, G. H. (2018). Drought and disaster in a revolutionary age: colonial Antigua during the American Independence War. Environment and History, 24(2), 209-235. https://doi.org/10.3197/096734018X15137949591918

The American War of Independence (1775-1783) spelled crisis for the British West Indies. Trade embargos between rebelling and loyal territories, losses to American pirates and hostilities with other European states left the Crown’s tropical Atlantic... Read More about Drought and disaster in a revolutionary age: colonial Antigua during the American Independence War.

Light-Induced Sonogashira C–C Coupling under Mild Conditions Using Supported Palladium Nanoparticles (2018)
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Elhage, A., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2018). Light-Induced Sonogashira C–C Coupling under Mild Conditions Using Supported Palladium Nanoparticles. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6(2), 1717-1722. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02992

The Sonogashira reaction can easily be photocatalyzed by supported palladium nanoparticles. Herein, we demonstrate that the direct excitation of PdNPs can catalyze the C–C coupling between different aryl iodides and acetylenes under very mild conditi... Read More about Light-Induced Sonogashira C–C Coupling under Mild Conditions Using Supported Palladium Nanoparticles.

A novel evaporative cooling system with a polymer hollow fibre spindle (2018)
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Chen, X., Su, Y., Aydin, D., Ding, Y., Zhang, S., Reay, D., & Riffat, S. (2018). A novel evaporative cooling system with a polymer hollow fibre spindle. Applied Thermal Engineering, 132, 665-675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.01.005

A polymer hollow fibre evaporative cooling system with a novel configuration of fibre bundle is proposed. With the aim to avoid the flow channelling or shielding of adjacent fibres the fibres inside each bundle were made into a spindle shape to maxim... Read More about A novel evaporative cooling system with a polymer hollow fibre spindle.

An evolutionary strategy with machine learning for learning to rank in information retrieval (2018)
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Ibrahim, O. A. S., & Landa-Silva, D. (2018). An evolutionary strategy with machine learning for learning to rank in information retrieval. Soft Computing, 22(10), 3171-3185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-017-2988-6

© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Learning to rank (LTR) is one of the problems attracting researchers in information retrieval (IR). The LTR problem refers to ranking the retrieved documents for users in search engines,... Read More about An evolutionary strategy with machine learning for learning to rank in information retrieval.

Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8 (2018)
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Hromadka, J., Tokay, B., Correia, R., Morgan, S. P., & Korposh, S. (2018). Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 260, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.01.015

An optical fibre long period grating (LPG) based volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor coated with ZIF-8, a material from the zeolite imidazolate framework (ZIF) family, functional coating is presented. ZIF-8 film was deposited onto the surface of t... Read More about Highly sensitive volatile organic compounds vapour measurements using a long period grating optical fibre sensor coated with metal organic framework ZIF-8.

Analysis of noise in differential and ratiometric biosensing systems (2018)
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Abayzeed, S., Smith, R. J., See, C. W., & Somekh, M. G. (2018). Analysis of noise in differential and ratiometric biosensing systems. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 260, 1059-1067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.01.004

This paper presents formulations to evaluate noise in differential and ratiometric measurements that are often performed in biosensing. These measurements are performed to improve signal to noise ratio of the sensing systems for sensitive detection o... Read More about Analysis of noise in differential and ratiometric biosensing systems.

An observational feasibility study of a new anaesthesia drug storage tray (2018)
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Almghairbi, D. S., Sharp, L., Griffiths, R., Evley, R., Gupta, S., & Moppett, I. K. (2018). An observational feasibility study of a new anaesthesia drug storage tray. Anaesthesia, 73(3), 356-364. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14187

Drug errors in the anaesthetic domain remains a serious cause of iatrogenic harm. To help reduce this issue, we aimed to explore the potential impact of a simple colour-coded tray to drug preparation and storage on safe drug administration during ana... Read More about An observational feasibility study of a new anaesthesia drug storage tray.

Spomenik: resurrecting voices in the woods (2018)
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Kirk, D. S., Durrant, A. C., Kosem, J., & Reeves, S. (2018). Spomenik: resurrecting voices in the woods. Design Issues, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00477

Spomenik (‘monument) is a digital memorial architecture that transposes in time otherwise hidden cultural memories of atrocity. Spomenik was designed as a simple digital audio guide, embedded in a remote rural location (Kočevski Rog, Slovenia), and... Read More about Spomenik: resurrecting voices in the woods.