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Galaxy Zoo 1 : Data Release of Morphological Classifications for nearly 900,000 galaxies (2010)
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Lintott, C., Schawinski, K., Bamford, S., Slosar, A., Land, K., Thomas, D., Edmondson, E., Masters, K., Nichol, R., Raddick, J., Szalay, A., Andreescu, D., Murray, P., & Vandenberg, J. (2011). Galaxy Zoo 1 : Data Release of Morphological Classifications for nearly 900,000 galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410(1), 166–178. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17432.x

Morphology is a powerful indicator of a galaxy's dynamical and merger history. It is strongly correlated with many physical parameters, including mass, star formation history and the distribution of mass. The Galaxy Zoo project collected simple morph... Read More about Galaxy Zoo 1 : Data Release of Morphological Classifications for nearly 900,000 galaxies.

Security interests over intellectual property (2010)
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Tosato, A. (2011). Security interests over intellectual property. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 6(2), 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpq168

The development of new technologies and the viral spread of communication networks have both rendered possible the rise of businesses that own very few tangible assets and owe their success almost exclusively to their intellectual property. Within th... Read More about Security interests over intellectual property.

Extending pathways and processes using molecular interaction networks to analyse cancer genome data (2010)
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Glaab, E., Baudot, A., Krasnogor, N., & Valencia, A. (2010). Extending pathways and processes using molecular interaction networks to analyse cancer genome data. BMC Bioinformatics, 11(597),

BACKGROUND: Cellular processes and pathways, whose deregulation may contribute to the development of cancers, are often represented as cascades of proteins transmitting a signal from the cell surface to the nucleus. However, recent functional genomic... Read More about Extending pathways and processes using molecular interaction networks to analyse cancer genome data.

Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks (2010)
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Hall, S. (2011). Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks. Global Networks, 11(1), 118-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00310.x

Research on elite, transnational networks has identified social and cultural capital associated with particular academic credentials as being an important element in network formation. How and why such networks are reproduced after graduation, howeve... Read More about Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks.

Centre for Research Communications and the SHERPA services (2010)
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Smith, J. H. (2010). Centre for Research Communications and the SHERPA services

Describes the work of the SHERPA (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access) services in relation to open access and institutional repositories.

A personal route prediction system based on trajectory data mining (2010)
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Chen, L., Lv, M., Ye, Q., Chen, G., & Woodward, J. (2011). A personal route prediction system based on trajectory data mining. Information Sciences, 181(7), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2010.11.035

This paper presents a system where the personal route of a user is predicted using a probabilistic model built from the historical trajectory data. Route patterns are extracted from personal trajectory data using a novel mining algorithm, Continuous... Read More about A personal route prediction system based on trajectory data mining.

Lameness in UK dairy cows: a review of the current status (2010)
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Archer, S. C., Bell, N., & Huxley, J. (2010). Lameness in UK dairy cows: a review of the current status. In Practice, 32(10), https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.c6672

Lameness in dairy cattle has been reported as a concern for welfare and economic reasons for over 20 years. This concern has been expressed from across the industry and has prompted the launch of a number of initiatives to address the problem. This a... Read More about Lameness in UK dairy cows: a review of the current status.

Bi-galileon theory I: motivation and formulation (2010)
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Padilla, A., Saffin, P. M., & Zhou, S.-Y. (2010). Bi-galileon theory I: motivation and formulation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010(12), https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12%282010%29031

We introduce bi-galileon theory, the generalisation of the single galileon model introduced by Nicolis et al. The theory contains two coupled scalar fields and is described by a Lagrangian that is invariant under Galilean shifts in those fields. This... Read More about Bi-galileon theory I: motivation and formulation.

Protein flexibility directs DNA recognition by the papillomavirus E2 proteins (2010)
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Brown, C. A., Campos-León, K., Strickland, M., Williams, C., Fairweather, V., Brady, R. L., Crump, M. P., & Gaston, K. (2011). Protein flexibility directs DNA recognition by the papillomavirus E2 proteins. Nucleic Acids Research, 39(7), 2969--2980. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkq1217

Although DNA flexibility is known to play an important role in DNA–protein interactions, the importance of protein flexibility is less well understood. Here, we show that protein dynamics are important in DNA recognition using the well-characterized... Read More about Protein flexibility directs DNA recognition by the papillomavirus E2 proteins.

A new graphical password scheme resistant to shoulder-surfing (2010)
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Haichang, G., Zhongjie, R., Xiuling, C., Xiyang, L., & Aickelin, U. A new graphical password scheme resistant to shoulder-surfing. https://doi.org/10.1109/CW.2010.34

Shoulder-surfing is a known risk where an attacker can capture a password by direct observation or by recording the authentication session. Due to the visual interface, this problem has become exacerbated in graphical passwords. There have been some... Read More about A new graphical password scheme resistant to shoulder-surfing.

Determinants of abandoning innovative activities: Evidence from Spanish firms (2010)
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Garcia-Vega, M., & Lopez, A. (2010). Determinants of abandoning innovative activities: Evidence from Spanish firms. Cuadernos de Economía y Dirección de la Empresa, 13(45), 69-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1138-5758%2810%2970024-4

We empirically analyse the effect of firms’ barriers to innovation on the probability of abandoning innovation projects. Specifically, we study factors related to the availability of finance, knowledge and market conditions. We use a sample of more t... Read More about Determinants of abandoning innovative activities: Evidence from Spanish firms.

High performance iterative learning control for active filters in aircraft power networks (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, J., Zanchetta, P., Degano, M., & Zhang, H. (2010, November). High performance iterative learning control for active filters in aircraft power networks. Presented at IECON 2010 - 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

This paper presents design and implementation of a Shunt Active Filters (SAF) for aircrafts power networks using an accurate wide-band current control method based on Iterative Learning Control (ILC). The SAF control system is designed to compensate... Read More about High performance iterative learning control for active filters in aircraft power networks.

Towards an integrated workforce management system (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Landa-Silva, D., Castillo, A., Bowie, L., & Johnston, H. (2010, August). Towards an integrated workforce management system. Presented at PATAT 2010 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling

We describe progress towards a workforce management system in which personnel scheduling is integrated with other important processes such as payroll processing, attendance and absence recording, staffing forecast and planning, etc. Our focus is on c... Read More about Towards an integrated workforce management system.

An elitist GRASP metaheuristic for the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, H., & Landa-Silva, D. (2009, March). An elitist GRASP metaheuristic for the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem. Presented at EMO: International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization, Nantes, France

We propose an elitist Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP) metaheuristic algorithm, called mGRASP/MH, for approximating the Pareto-optimal front in the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem (mQAP). The proposed algorithm is char... Read More about An elitist GRASP metaheuristic for the multi-objective quadratic assignment problem.

Neural fields with sigmoidal firing rates: Approximate solutions (2010)
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Coombes, S., & Schmidt, H. (2010). Neural fields with sigmoidal firing rates: Approximate solutions. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A, 28(4), 1369-1379. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcds.2010.28.1369

Many tissue level models of neural networks are written in the language of nonlinear integro-differential equations. Analytical solutions have only been obtained for the special case that the nonlinearity is a Heaviside function. Thus the pursuit of... Read More about Neural fields with sigmoidal firing rates: Approximate solutions.

Tonic modulation of spinal hyperexcitability by the endocannabinoid receptor system in a rat model of osteoarthritis pain (2010)
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Sagar, D. R., Staniaszek, L. E., Okine, B. N., Woodhams, S., Norris, L. M., Pearson, R. G., Garle, M. J., Alexander, S. P., Bennett, A. J., Barrett, D. A., Kendall, D. A., Scammell, B. E., & Chapman, V. (2010). Tonic modulation of spinal hyperexcitability by the endocannabinoid receptor system in a rat model of osteoarthritis pain. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 62(12), https://doi.org/10.1002/art.27698

Objective. To investigate the impact of an experimental
model of osteoarthritis (OA) on spinal nociceptive
processing and the role of the inhibitory endocannabinoid
system in regulating sensory processing at the
spinal level.
Methods. Experiment... Read More about Tonic modulation of spinal hyperexcitability by the endocannabinoid receptor system in a rat model of osteoarthritis pain.

Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (2010)
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Pecchia, L., Bath, P. A., Pendleton, N., & Bracale, M. (2010). Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. https://doi.org/10.13033/ijahp.v2i2.61

Falls occur frequently among older people and represent the most common cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality in later life. Preventing falls is an important way to reduce injuries, hospitalizations, and injury-related morbidity and mortali... Read More about Web-based system for assessing risk factors for falls in community-dwelling elderly people using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.

Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place (2010)
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Nelson, A. J., Thur, K. E., Marsden, C. A., & Cassaday, H. J. (2010). Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place. Behavioral Neuroscience, 124(6), https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021114

There is increasing focus on the role of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in learning and memory, but there is little consensus as to how the core and medial shell subregions of the NAc contribute to these processes. In the current experiments, we used sp... Read More about Dissociable roles of dopamine within the core and medial shell of the nucleus accumbens in memory for objects and place.

Work-related stress case definitions and prevalence rates in national surveys (2010)
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Houdmont, J., Cox, T., & Griffiths, A. (2010). Work-related stress case definitions and prevalence rates in national surveys. Occupational Medicine, 60(8), https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqq138

Background: There is concern about lack of consistency in the design of case definitions used to measure work-related stress in national workforce surveys and the implications of this for the reliability and validity of prevalence estimates as well a... Read More about Work-related stress case definitions and prevalence rates in national surveys.