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Fundamentals of probability and statistical evidence in criminal proceedings: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses (2010)
Book
Aitken, C., Roberts, P., & Jackson, G. (2010). Fundamentals of probability and statistical evidence in criminal proceedings: guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses. RSS

An accessible introduction to the fundamentals of statistical evidence and probabilistic reasoning in criminal proceedings, providing guidance for judges, lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses.

Early modernization theory?: the Eisenhower administration and the foreign policy of development in Brazil (2010)
Journal Article
Sewell, B. (2010). Early modernization theory?: the Eisenhower administration and the foreign policy of development in Brazil. English Historical Review, CXXV(517), https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceq345

Existing views of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration’s policies in Latin America have tended to portray its approach as being either fixated upon waging the Cold War, or overly concerned with quelling outbreaks of Latin American economic nationa... Read More about Early modernization theory?: the Eisenhower administration and the foreign policy of development in Brazil.

Recommending rides: psychometric profiling in the theme park (2010)
Journal Article
Rennick-Egglestone, S., Whitbrook, A., Greensmith, J., Walker, B., Benford, S., Marshall, J., …Rowland, D. (2010). Recommending rides: psychometric profiling in the theme park. https://doi.org/10.1145/1902593.1902600

This paper presents a study intended to inform the design of a recommender system for theme park rides. It examines the efficacy of psychometric testing for profiling theme park visitors, with the aim of establishing a set of measures to be included... Read More about Recommending rides: psychometric profiling in the theme park.

Composition of semi-volatile organic compounds in the urban atmosphere of Singapore: influence of biomass burning (2010)
Journal Article
He, J., Zielinska, B., & Balasubramanian, R. (2010). Composition of semi-volatile organic compounds in the urban atmosphere of Singapore: influence of biomass burning. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10(23), https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-11401-2010

An intensive field study was conducted in the urban atmosphere of Singapore to investigate the composition of organic compounds in both gaseous and particulate phases during the period of August to early November 2006. 17 atmospheric samples were col... Read More about Composition of semi-volatile organic compounds in the urban atmosphere of Singapore: influence of biomass burning.

Influences on women's entrepreneurship in Ireland and the Czech Republic (2010)
Book Chapter
Treanor, L., & Henry, C. (2010). Influences on women's entrepreneurship in Ireland and the Czech Republic. In C. G. Brush, A. de Bruin, E. J. Gatewood, & C. Henry (Eds.), Women Entrepreneurs and the Global Environment for Growth: A Research Perspective. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849806633.00010

Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe (2010)
Journal Article
Beaverstock, J. V., Faulconbridge, J. R., & Hall, S. J. (2010). Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe. Journal of Economic Geography, 10(6), 825-843. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbp058

There is a longstanding interest in the 'production of markets' and the various political-and cultural-economic strategies associated with demand-creation. This article shows how the professions, because of their central role in contemporary economy,... Read More about Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe.

Structure-activity relationships of trans-substituted-propenoic acid derivatives on the nicotinic acid receptor HCA2 (GPR109A) (2010)
Journal Article
van Veldhoven, J. P. D., Blad, C. C., Artsen, C. M., Klopman, C., Wolfram, D. R., Abdelkadir, M. J., Lane, J. R., Brussee, J., & IJzerman, A. P. (2011). Structure-activity relationships of trans-substituted-propenoic acid derivatives on the nicotinic acid receptor HCA2 (GPR109A). Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 21(9), 2736-2739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.11.091

Nicotinic acid (niacin) has been used for decades as an antidyslipidemic drug in man. Its main target is the hydroxy-carboxylic acid receptor HCA2 (GPR109A), a G protein-coupled receptor. Other acids and esters such as methyl fumarate also interact w... Read More about Structure-activity relationships of trans-substituted-propenoic acid derivatives on the nicotinic acid receptor HCA2 (GPR109A).

Spatial frequency discrimination learning in normal and developmentally impaired human vision (2010)
Journal Article
Astle, A. T., Webb, B. S., & McGraw, P. V. (2010). Spatial frequency discrimination learning in normal and developmentally impaired human vision. Vision Research, 50(23), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.004

Perceptual learning effects demonstrate that the adult visual system retains neural plasticity. If perceptual learning holds any value as a treatment tool for amblyopia, trained improvements in performance must generalise. Here we investigate whether... Read More about Spatial frequency discrimination learning in normal and developmentally impaired human vision.

Knockdown of microRNA-21 Inhibits Proliferation and Increases Cell Death by Targeting Programmed Cell Death 4 (PDCD4) in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (2010)
Journal Article
Bhatti, I., Lee, A., James, V., Hall, R. I., Lund, J. N., Tufarelli, C., …Larvin, M. (2011). Knockdown of microRNA-21 Inhibits Proliferation and Increases Cell Death by Targeting Programmed Cell Death 4 (PDCD4) in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 15(1), 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-010-1381-x

Management of tinnitus in English NHS audiology departments: an evaluation of current practice (2010)
Journal Article
Hoare, D. J., Gander, P. E., Collins, L. C., Smith, S., & Hall, D. A. (2010). Management of tinnitus in English NHS audiology departments: an evaluation of current practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01566.x

Rationale, aim and objective: In 2009, the UK Department of Health formalized recommended National Health Service practices for the management of tinnitus from primary care onwards. It is timely therefore to evaluate the perceived practicality, utili... Read More about Management of tinnitus in English NHS audiology departments: an evaluation of current practice.

Parents' beliefs about appropriate infant size, growth and feeding behaviour: implications for the prevention of childhood obesity (2010)
Journal Article
Redsell, S. A., Atkinson, P., Nathan, D., Siriwardena, A. N., Swift, J. A., & Glazebrook, C. (2010). Parents' beliefs about appropriate infant size, growth and feeding behaviour: implications for the prevention of childhood obesity. BMC Public Health, 10(1), Article 711. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-711

Coding of Reward Risk by Orbitofrontal Neurons Is Mostly Distinct from Coding of Reward Value (2010)
Journal Article
O'Neill, M., & Schultz, W. (2010). Coding of Reward Risk by Orbitofrontal Neurons Is Mostly Distinct from Coding of Reward Value. Neuron, 68(4), 789-800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2010.09.031

Risky decision-making is altered in humans and animals with damage to the orbitofrontal cortex. However, the cellular function of the intact orbitofrontal cortex in processing information relevant for risky decisions is unknown. We recorded responses... Read More about Coding of Reward Risk by Orbitofrontal Neurons Is Mostly Distinct from Coding of Reward Value.

Improved dead beat control of a shunt active filter for aircraft power systems (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Biagini, V., Odavic, M., Zanchetta, P., Degano, M., & Bolognesi, P. (2010, July). Improved dead beat control of a shunt active filter for aircraft power systems. Presented at IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Bari, Italy

This paper investigates the application of an improved dead beat digital control strategy to a 3-phase shunt active filter used for compensation of load harmonics in aircraft power systems. Due to the high rated frequency (400 Hz) such applications r... Read More about Improved dead beat control of a shunt active filter for aircraft power systems.

HF induction motor modeling using Genetic Algorithms and experimental impedance measurement (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Degano, M., Zanchetta, P., Clare, J., & Empringham, L. (2010). HF induction motor modeling using Genetic Algorithms and experimental impedance measurement. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2010.5637052

High frequency (HF) models of electrical motors and converters are of basic importance for Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) characterization of electrical drives and for EMI filters design. In this paper a method for characterizing and tuning HF... Read More about HF induction motor modeling using Genetic Algorithms and experimental impedance measurement.

A hybrid approach to multi-scale modelling of cancer (2010)
Journal Article
Osborne, J. M., Walter, A., Kershaw, S. K., Mirams, G. R., Fletcher, A. G., Pathmanathan, P., …Byrne, H. M. (2010). A hybrid approach to multi-scale modelling of cancer. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 368(1930), 5013-5028. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2010.0173

In this paper, we review multi-scale models of solid tumour growth and discuss a middleout framework that tracks individual cells. By focusing on the cellular dynamics of a healthy colorectal crypt and its invasion by mutant, cancerous cells, we comp... Read More about A hybrid approach to multi-scale modelling of cancer.

Encouraging women's entrepreneurship in the sciences: Women in veterinary medicine (2010)
Book Chapter
Henry, C., Baillie, S., & Treanor, L. (2010). Encouraging women's entrepreneurship in the sciences: Women in veterinary medicine. In P. Wynarczyk, & S. Marlow (Eds.), Innovating Women: Contributions to Technological Advancement: Volume 1 (15-33). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s2040-7246%282010%290000001007

Purpose – The chapter aims to explore women's entrepreneurship in the sciences, specifically, veterinary medicine, and to highlight future potential.

Methodology/approach – Following a review of the extant literature, the chapter employs a single... Read More about Encouraging women's entrepreneurship in the sciences: Women in veterinary medicine.

Conditional Cooperation and Costly Monitoring Explain Success in Forest Commons Management (2010)
Journal Article
Rustagi, D., & Engel, S. (2010). Conditional Cooperation and Costly Monitoring Explain Success in Forest Commons Management. Science, 330(6006), 961-965. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1193649

Recent evidence suggests that prosocial behaviors like conditional cooperation and costly norm enforcement can stabilize large-scale cooperation for commons management. However, field evidence on the extent to which variation in these behaviors among... Read More about Conditional Cooperation and Costly Monitoring Explain Success in Forest Commons Management.

Phenomenological modeling of cell-to-cell and beat-to-beat variability in isolated guinea pig ventricular myocytes (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walmsley, J., Mirams, G., Bahoshy, M., Bollensdorff, C., Rodriguez, B., & Burrage, K. (2010). Phenomenological modeling of cell-to-cell and beat-to-beat variability in isolated guinea pig ventricular myocytes. In 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (1457-1460). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626858

Experimental action potential (AP) recordings in isolated ventricular myoctes display significant temporal beatto- beat variability in morphology and duration. Furthermore, significant cell-to-cell differences in AP also exist even for isolated cells... Read More about Phenomenological modeling of cell-to-cell and beat-to-beat variability in isolated guinea pig ventricular myocytes.

Systematic review of levodopa dose equivalency reporting in Parkinson's disease: Systematic Review of LED Reporting in PD (2010)
Journal Article
Tomlinson, C. L., Stowe, R., Patel, S., Rick, C., Gray, R., & Clarke, C. E. (2010). Systematic review of levodopa dose equivalency reporting in Parkinson's disease: Systematic Review of LED Reporting in PD. Movement Disorders, 25(15), 2649-2653. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.23429

Interpretation of clinical trials comparing different drug regimens for Parkinson's disease (PD) is complicated by the different dose intensities used: higher doses of levodopa and, possibly, other drugs produce better symptomatic control but more la... Read More about Systematic review of levodopa dose equivalency reporting in Parkinson's disease: Systematic Review of LED Reporting in PD.

High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., & Asher, G. (2010). High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. In IECON 2010 - 36th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2010.5675400

This paper proposes a high performance hybrid cascaded H-Bridge (HB) Multilevel Converter (MLC) with integrated Series Active Power Filter SAPF for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids. Isolated DC sources comprised of modular... Read More about High performance multilevel converter topology for interfacing energy storage systems with medium voltage grids.