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A reconfigurable real-time compressive-sampling camera for biological applications (2011)
Journal Article
Fu, B., Pitter, M. C., & Russell, N. A. (2011). A reconfigurable real-time compressive-sampling camera for biological applications. PLoS ONE, 6(10), Article e26306. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026306

Many applications in biology, such as long-term functional imaging of neural and cardiac systems, require continuous high-speed imaging. This is typically not possible, however, using commercially available systems. The frame rate and the recording t... Read More about A reconfigurable real-time compressive-sampling camera for biological applications.

A local sensitivity analysis method for developing biological models with identifiable parameters: Application to cardiac ionic channel modelling (2011)
Journal Article
Sher, A. A., Wang, K., Wathen, A., Maybank, P. J., Mirams, G. R., Abramson, D., …Gavaghan, D. J. (2013). A local sensitivity analysis method for developing biological models with identifiable parameters: Application to cardiac ionic channel modelling. Future Generation Computer Systems, 29(2), 591-598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2011.09.006

Computational cardiac models provide important insights into the underlying mechanisms of heart function. Parameter estimation in these models is an ongoing challenge with many existing models being overparameterised. Sensitivity analysis presents a... Read More about A local sensitivity analysis method for developing biological models with identifiable parameters: Application to cardiac ionic channel modelling.

Adaptivity and a Posteriori Error Control for Bifurcation Problems III: Incompressible Fluid Flow in Open Systems with O(2) Symmetry (2011)
Journal Article
Cliffe, A., Hall, E., Houston, P., Phipps, E., & Salinger, A. (2012). Adaptivity and a Posteriori Error Control for Bifurcation Problems III: Incompressible Fluid Flow in Open Systems with O(2) Symmetry. Journal of Scientific Computing, 52(1), 153-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-011-9545-8

In this article we consider the a posteriori error estimation and adaptive mesh refinement of discontinuous Galerkin finite element approximations of the bifurcation problem associated with the steady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Particula... Read More about Adaptivity and a Posteriori Error Control for Bifurcation Problems III: Incompressible Fluid Flow in Open Systems with O(2) Symmetry.

Traditional hydropower plant revamping based on a variable-speed surface permanent-magnet high-torque-density generator (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tessarolo, A., Luise, F., Raffin, P., & Degano, M. (2011). Traditional hydropower plant revamping based on a variable-speed surface permanent-magnet high-torque-density generator. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCEP.2011.6036335

In today's energy-saving and optimization programs, hydroelectric power plays a key role as it is based on a clean renewable energy source and capable of fulfilling a significant portion of the overall power demand. However, many hydropower plants ha... Read More about Traditional hydropower plant revamping based on a variable-speed surface permanent-magnet high-torque-density generator.

Split or steal? Cooperative behavior when the stakes are large (2011)
Journal Article
van den Assem, M. J., van Dolder, D., & Thaler, R. H. (2011). Split or steal? Cooperative behavior when the stakes are large. Management Science, 58(1), https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1110.1413

We examine cooperative behavior when large sums of money are at stake, using data from the TV game show “Golden Balls”. At the end of each episode, contestants play a variant on the classic Prisoner’s Dilemma for large and widely ranging stakes avera... Read More about Split or steal? Cooperative behavior when the stakes are large.

The identification and detection of dementia and its correlates in a social services setting: Impact of a national policy in England (2011)
Journal Article
Clarkson, P., Abendstern, M., Sutcliffe, C., Hughes, J., & Challis, D. (2012). The identification and detection of dementia and its correlates in a social services setting: Impact of a national policy in England. Dementia, 11(5), 617-632. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301211421089

Dementia continues to be under-recognized, an important issue in many countries. Policy addressing this has focused on the role of general practice-based staff, but dementia represents an area in which closer collaboration between community health an... Read More about The identification and detection of dementia and its correlates in a social services setting: Impact of a national policy in England.

Dimerization of ABCG2 analysed by bimolecular fluorescence complementation (2011)
Journal Article
Haider, A. J., Briggs, D., Self, T. J., Chilvers, H. L., Holliday, N. D., & Kerr, I. D. (2011). Dimerization of ABCG2 analysed by bimolecular fluorescence complementation. PLoS ONE, 6(10), Article e25818. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025818

ABCG2 is one of three human ATP binding cassette transporters that are functionally capable of exporting a diverse range of substrates from cells. The physiological consequence of ABCG2 multidrug transport activity in leukaemia, and some solid tumour... Read More about Dimerization of ABCG2 analysed by bimolecular fluorescence complementation.

Minimum Information about a Cardiac Electrophysiology Experiment (MICEE): Standardised reporting for model reproducibility, interoperability, and data sharing (2011)
Journal Article
Quinn, T. A., Granite, S., Allessie, M. A., Antzelevitch, C., Bollensdorff, C., Bub, G., …Kohl, P. (2011). Minimum Information about a Cardiac Electrophysiology Experiment (MICEE): Standardised reporting for model reproducibility, interoperability, and data sharing. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 107(1), 4-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.07.001

Cardiac experimental electrophysiology is in need of a well-defined Minimum Information Standard for recording, annotating, and reporting experimental data. As a step towards establishing this, we present a draft standard, called Minimum Information... Read More about Minimum Information about a Cardiac Electrophysiology Experiment (MICEE): Standardised reporting for model reproducibility, interoperability, and data sharing.

High-throughput functional curation of cellular electrophysiology models (2011)
Journal Article
Cooper, J., Mirams, G. R., & Niederer, S. A. (2011). High-throughput functional curation of cellular electrophysiology models. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 107(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.06.003

Effective reuse of a quantitative mathematical model requires not just access to curated versions of the model equations, but also an understanding of the functional capabilities of the model, and the advisable scope of its application. To enable thi... Read More about High-throughput functional curation of cellular electrophysiology models.

Multimodel estimate of the global terrestrial water balance: Setup and first results (2011)
Journal Article
Haddeland, I., Clark, D. B., Franssen, W., Ludwig, F., Voß, F., Arnell, N. W., …Yeh, P. (2011). Multimodel estimate of the global terrestrial water balance: Setup and first results. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12(5), 869-884. https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JHM1324.1

Six land surface models and five global hydrological models participate in a model intercomparison project [WaterModel Intercomparison Project (WaterMIP)], which for the first time compares simulation results of these different classes of models in a... Read More about Multimodel estimate of the global terrestrial water balance: Setup and first results.

A comparison of lurkers and posters within infertility online support groups (2011)
Journal Article
Malik, S. H., & Coulson, N. S. (2011). A comparison of lurkers and posters within infertility online support groups. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 29(10), 564-573. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCN.0b013e318224b31d

Current research shows that online support groups can offer people affected by infertility a unique and valuable source of social support. However, to date most research has focused on the experiences of people who post messages to online infertility... Read More about A comparison of lurkers and posters within infertility online support groups.

Healthy hydration in the workplace (2011)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2011). Healthy hydration in the workplace. Health Psychology Update, 20(2),

Adequate hydration is critical for the maintenance of good health and has many long-term benefits which make it an essential part of any healthy lifestyle. Dehydration is often associated with negative health outcomes. Workers often report dehydratio... Read More about Healthy hydration in the workplace.

‘Latin American Modernity, and yet...’ (2011)
Journal Article
Sharman, A. (2011). ‘Latin American Modernity, and yet...’. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 30(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-9856.2011.00528.x

The article examines two ‘postmodern’ critiques of modernity: a general history which argues that it was never solely Western, and a work of Latin American cultural criticism which wishes to leave a modernity seen as eurocentric. It argues that to u... Read More about ‘Latin American Modernity, and yet...’.

From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts (2011)
Journal Article
Nieduszynski, C. A., & Liti, G. (2011). From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1810(10), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.02.004

Background
Natural variation offers a powerful approach for assigning function to DNA sequence—a pressing challenge in the age of high throughput sequencing technologies.

Scope of Review
Here we review comparative genomic approaches that are bri... Read More about From sequence to function: insights from natural variation in budding yeasts.

Alcohol imagery and branding, and age classification of films popular in the UK (2011)
Journal Article
Lyons, A., McNeill, A., Gilmore, I., & Britton, J. (2011). Alcohol imagery and branding, and age classification of films popular in the UK. International Journal of Epidemiology, 40(5), https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyr126

Background: Exposure to alcohol products in feature films is a risk factor for use of alcohol by young people. This study was designed to document the extent to which alcohol imagery and brand appearances occur in popular UK films, and in relation to... Read More about Alcohol imagery and branding, and age classification of films popular in the UK.

Roots of Ehrhart polynomials of smooth Fano polytopes (2011)
Journal Article
Hegedüs, G., & Kasprzyk, A. M. (2011). Roots of Ehrhart polynomials of smooth Fano polytopes. Discrete and Computational Geometry, 46(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-010-9275-y

V. Golyshev conjectured that for any smooth polytope P of dimension at most five, the roots $z\in\C$ of the Ehrhart polynomial for P have real part equal to -1/2. An elementary proof is given, and in each dimension the roots are described explicitly.... Read More about Roots of Ehrhart polynomials of smooth Fano polytopes.