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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., Bertrand, N., Best, M., Folwell, S., Gerten, D., Gomes, S., Gosling, S. N., Hagemann, S., Hanasaki, N., Harding, R., Heinke, J., Kabat, P., Koirala, S., Oki, T., Polcher, J., …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.

Betaherpesvirus sequences in eastern spiny mice and Wagner's dipodils (2011)
Journal Article
Tarlinton, R. E., Tate, H. F., Mohallal, E. M., Daly, J. M., & Behnke, J. M. (2011). Betaherpesvirus sequences in eastern spiny mice and Wagner's dipodils. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 47(4), 958-962. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-47.4.958

Eastern spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus; also known as Sinai spiny mice) have been extensively studied in terms of the influence of parasite load on population size and reproductive fitness. The physical isolation of these rodent populations makes them... Read More about Betaherpesvirus sequences in eastern spiny mice and Wagner's dipodils.

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.

Nature of real-world multi-objective vehicle routing with evolutionary algorithms (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Castro-Gutierrez, J., Landa-Silva, D., & Moreno Perez, J. Nature of real-world multi-objective vehicle routing with evolutionary algorithms. Presented at Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 2011)

The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows VRPTW) is an important logistics problem which in the realworld appears to be multi-objective. Most research in this area has been carried out using classic datasets designed for the single-objective case... Read More about Nature of real-world multi-objective vehicle routing with evolutionary algorithms.

Victorian travellers, Apennine landscapes and the development of cultural heritage in eastern Liguria, c. 1875-1914 (2011)
Journal Article
Balzaretti, R. (2011). Victorian travellers, Apennine landscapes and the development of cultural heritage in eastern Liguria, c. 1875-1914. History, 96(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-229X.2011.00528.x

This article, which focuses on Italian Apennine landscapes in the northern region of Liguria, investigates late nineteenth-century travel from the perspective of historical ecology. It argues that travellers' observations and reflections can be rich... Read More about Victorian travellers, Apennine landscapes and the development of cultural heritage in eastern Liguria, c. 1875-1914.

Rasch analysis of the Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale (2011)
Journal Article
das Nair, R., Moreton, B., & Lincoln, N. (2011). Rasch analysis of the Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 43(10), https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0858

Background and purpose: The Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living (EADL) Scale is frequently used in clinical practice and research in rehabilitation to assess patients’ independence in activities of daily living. Summative scores are used f... Read More about Rasch analysis of the Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale.

Variable sampling frequency in iterative learning current control for shunt active filter in aircraft power systems (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zanchetta, P., Degano, M., Liu, J., & Mattavelli, P. (2011, September). Variable sampling frequency in iterative learning current control for shunt active filter in aircraft power systems. Presented at 2011 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, USA

This paper investigates the feasibility of an Iterative Leaning current Control (ILC) with variable sampling frequency to realize a 3-phase Shunt Active Filter (SAF) used for harmonic compensation in new generation aircrafts, where a Variable Speed V... Read More about Variable sampling frequency in iterative learning current control for shunt active filter in aircraft power systems.

Punishing Childhoods: Contradictions in Children's Rights and Global Governance (2011)
Journal Article
Pupavac, V. (2011). Punishing Childhoods: Contradictions in Children's Rights and Global Governance. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 5(3), 285-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2011.566486

The article considers efforts to eradicate corporal punishment as an aspect of the global governance of childhood and raises problems relevant to global governance more broadly. The article analyses contradictions in children’s rights advocacy betwee... Read More about Punishing Childhoods: Contradictions in Children's Rights and Global Governance.

Industrial deepening in Malaysia: policy lessons for developing countries (2011)
Journal Article
Tham, S.-Y., & Loke, W. H. (2011). Industrial deepening in Malaysia: policy lessons for developing countries. Asian Development Review, 28(2), https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2001141

The Malaysian economy has undergone substantial industrial transformation, shifting from primary commodity production to manufacturing in slightly more than 5 decades since achieving independence. However, efforts to deepen manufacturing development... Read More about Industrial deepening in Malaysia: policy lessons for developing countries.

Thermophysical optimization of specialized concrete pavement materials for collection of surface heat energy and applications for shallow heat storage (2011)
Journal Article
Dehdezi, P. K., Hall, M. R., & Dawson, A. (2011). Thermophysical optimization of specialized concrete pavement materials for collection of surface heat energy and applications for shallow heat storage. Transportation Research Record, 2240, https://doi.org/10.3141/2240-13

There is great potential to use pavement structures to collect and/or store solar energy for the heating and cooling of adjacent buildings, e.g. airport terminals, shopping malls, etc. Therefore, pavement materials comprising both conventional and un... Read More about Thermophysical optimization of specialized concrete pavement materials for collection of surface heat energy and applications for shallow heat storage.

Colliding branes and big crunches (2011)
Journal Article
Omotani, J., Saffin, P. M., & Louko, J. (2011). Colliding branes and big crunches. Physical Review D, 84(6), Article 063526. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.063526

We examine the global structure of colliding domain walls in AdS spacetime and come to the conclusion that singularities forming from such collisions are of the big-crunch type rather than that of a black brane.