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Them and Us: An indoor pervasive gaming experience (2012)
Journal Article
Chamberlain, A., Martínez-Reyes, F., Jacobs, R., Watkins, M., & Shackford, R. (2013). Them and Us: An indoor pervasive gaming experience. Entertainment Computing, 4(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2012.09.005

The emergence of pervasive technologies has led to an increased interest in both the design and the development of pervasive games. This paper presents “Them and Us”, an indoor pervasive game which uses theatrical processes to encourage social intera... Read More about Them and Us: An indoor pervasive gaming experience.

miR-24 triggers epidermal differentiation by controlling actin adhesion and cell migration (2012)
Journal Article
Amelio, I., Lena, A. M., Viticchiè, G., Shalom-Feuerstein, R., Terrinoni, A., Dinsdale, D., …Melino, G. (2012). miR-24 triggers epidermal differentiation by controlling actin adhesion and cell migration. Journal of Cell Biology, 199(2), 347-363. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201203134

During keratinocyte differentiation and stratification, cells undergo extensive remodeling of their actin cytoskeleton, which is important to control cell mobility and to coordinate and stabilize adhesive structures necessary for functional epithelia... Read More about miR-24 triggers epidermal differentiation by controlling actin adhesion and cell migration.

Fusarium langsethiae - a HT-2 and T-2 Toxins Producer that Needs More Attention (2012)
Journal Article
Imathiu, S. M., Edwards, S. G., Ray, R. V., & Back, M. A. (2013). Fusarium langsethiae - a HT-2 and T-2 Toxins Producer that Needs More Attention. Journal of Phytopathology, 161(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/jph.12036

Fusarium langsethiae is a toxigenic fungus that was formally described as a new species in 2004. This fungus was first detailed in the 1990s but was initially referred to as 'powdery Fusarium poae' having a spore morphology similar to F. poae but a m... Read More about Fusarium langsethiae - a HT-2 and T-2 Toxins Producer that Needs More Attention.

Hepatitis B and C infection in haemodialysis patients in Libya: prevalence, incidence and risk factors (2012)
Journal Article
Alashek, W. A., McIntyre, C. W., & Taal, M. W. (2012). Hepatitis B and C infection in haemodialysis patients in Libya: prevalence, incidence and risk factors. BMC Infectious Diseases, 12(235), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-265

Background: Patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis (HD) are at higher risk for acquiring Hepatitis B Virus
(HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infections than the general population. Strict infection control measures are
essential to prevent no... Read More about Hepatitis B and C infection in haemodialysis patients in Libya: prevalence, incidence and risk factors.

Ethnicity in relation to incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer in England (2012)
Journal Article
Coupland, V. H., Lagergren, J., Konfortion, J., Allum, W., Mendall, M. A., Hardwick, R. H., …Jack, R. H. (2012). Ethnicity in relation to incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer in England. British Journal of Cancer, 107(11), 1908-1914. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.465

Background:This study investigated the variation in incidence of all, and six subgroups of, oesophageal and gastric cancer between ethnic groups.Methods:Data on all oesophageal and gastric cancer patients diagnosed between 2001 and 2007 in England we... Read More about Ethnicity in relation to incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer in England.

Macroscopic and microscopic study of 1-Ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate-water mixtures (2012)
Journal Article
Hall, C. A., Le, K. A., Rudaz, C., Radhi, A., Lovell, C. S., Damion, R. A., …Ries, M. E. (2012). Macroscopic and microscopic study of 1-Ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate-water mixtures. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116(42), 12810-12818. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp306829c

Mixtures of 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate ([C2mim][OAc]) and water across the entire composition range, from pure [C2mim][OAc] to pure water, have been investigated using density, viscosity, and NMR spectroscopy, relaxometry, and diffusion mea... Read More about Macroscopic and microscopic study of 1-Ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium acetate-water mixtures.

Families affected by childhood cancer: An analysis of the provision of social support within online support groups (2012)
Journal Article
Coulson, N. S., & Greenwood, N. (2012). Families affected by childhood cancer: An analysis of the provision of social support within online support groups. Child: Care, Health and Development, 38(6), 870-877. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01316.x

Background With increasing access to the Internet, there are new opportunities available to families to seek information, advice and support about childhood cancer online. Methods A total of 487 messages were retrieved from three childhood cancer onl... Read More about Families affected by childhood cancer: An analysis of the provision of social support within online support groups.

Band-gap profiling by laser writing of hydrogen-containing III-N-Vs (2012)
Journal Article
Balakrishnan, N., Pettinari, G., Makarovsky, O., Turyanska, L., Fay, M. W., De Luca, M., …Patanè, A. (2012). Band-gap profiling by laser writing of hydrogen-containing III-N-Vs. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 86(15), Article 155307. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155307

We show that the dissociation of the N-H complex in hydrogenated III-N-Vs can be laser activated at temperatures that are significantly smaller than those (>200°C) required for thermal dissociation due to a resonant photon absorption by the N-H compl... Read More about Band-gap profiling by laser writing of hydrogen-containing III-N-Vs.

Seeing Obama, Projecting Kennedy: The Presence of JFK in Images of Barack Obama (2012)
Journal Article
Frame, G. (2012). Seeing Obama, Projecting Kennedy: The Presence of JFK in Images of Barack Obama. Comparative American Studies, 10(2-3), 163-176. https://doi.org/10.1179/1477570012Z.00000000012

During the 2008 election campaign Obama's youth, his glamorous wife, young children, and liberal politics resuscitated the memory of Kennedy, who remains the benchmark of the presidential image. This article explores how Obama shapes himself in Kenne... Read More about Seeing Obama, Projecting Kennedy: The Presence of JFK in Images of Barack Obama.

Differences in breast cancer hormone receptor status in ethnic groups: A London population (2012)
Journal Article
Jack, R. H., Davies, E. A., Renshaw, C., Tutt, A., Grocock, M. J., Coupland, V. H., & Møller, H. (2013). Differences in breast cancer hormone receptor status in ethnic groups: A London population. European Journal of Cancer, 49(3), 696-702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2012.09.012

Background: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is associated with different ethnic groups in the United States (US), however this has not previously been examined in a population-based study within the United Kingdom (UK). Methods: Electronic patho... Read More about Differences in breast cancer hormone receptor status in ethnic groups: A London population.

Protocol-directed insulin infusion sliding scales improve perioperative hyperglycaemia in critical care (2012)
Journal Article
Hui, M. L., Kumar, A., & Adama, G. G. (2012). Protocol-directed insulin infusion sliding scales improve perioperative hyperglycaemia in critical care. Perioperative Medicine, 1(7), https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-0525-1-7

Perioperative hyperglycaemia is associated with poor outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Frequent postoperative hyperglycaemia in cardiac surgery patients has led to the initiation of an insulin infusion sliding scale for quality improve... Read More about Protocol-directed insulin infusion sliding scales improve perioperative hyperglycaemia in critical care.

Exploring the Contribution of Self-Assessment to Preventative Services in Social Care (2012)
Journal Article
Abendstern, M., Hughes, J., Clarkson, P., Tucker, S., & Challis, D. (2014). Exploring the Contribution of Self-Assessment to Preventative Services in Social Care. British Journal of Social Work, 44(3), 729-746. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcs144

Prevention, comprising services that seek to delay deterioration of existing conditions and circumstances or prevent their occurrence by early access to support, is recognised as having an important role in adult social care. The gateway to social ca... Read More about Exploring the Contribution of Self-Assessment to Preventative Services in Social Care.

Multiproxy evidence for abrupt climate change impacts on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the Ol'khon region of Lake Baikal, central Asia (2012)
Journal Article
Mackay, A. W., Bezrukova, E. V., Boyle, J. F., Holmes, J. A., Panizzo, V. N., Piotrowska, N., …White, D. (2013). Multiproxy evidence for abrupt climate change impacts on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the Ol'khon region of Lake Baikal, central Asia. Quaternary International, 290-291, 46-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.09.031

A palaeolimnological study of Lake Khall was undertaken to reconstruct impacts from five thousand years of climate change and human activity in the Ol'khon region of Lake Baikal. Taiga biome dominated regional landscapes, although significant composi... Read More about Multiproxy evidence for abrupt climate change impacts on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the Ol'khon region of Lake Baikal, central Asia.

What determines patient preferences for treating low risk basal cell carcinoma when comparing surgery vs imiquimod?: a discrete choice experiment survey from the SINS trial (2012)
Journal Article
Tinelli, M., Ozolins, M., Bath-Hextall, F., & Williams, H. C. (2012). What determines patient preferences for treating low risk basal cell carcinoma when comparing surgery vs imiquimod?: a discrete choice experiment survey from the SINS trial. BMC Dermatology, 12(Octobe), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-5945-12-19

Background: The SINS trial (Controlled Clinical Trials ISRCTN48755084; Eudract No. 2004-004506-24) is a randomised
controlled trial evaluating long term success of excisional surgery vs. imiquimod 5% cream for low risk nodular and
superficial basal... Read More about What determines patient preferences for treating low risk basal cell carcinoma when comparing surgery vs imiquimod?: a discrete choice experiment survey from the SINS trial.

Further results on common zeros of the solutions of two differential equations (2012)
Journal Article
Asiri, A. (2012). Further results on common zeros of the solutions of two differential equations. Journal of Inequalities and Applications, 2012(222), https://doi.org/10.1186/1029-242X-2012-222

Purpose: Two problems are discussed in this paper. In the first problem, we consider one homogeneous and one non-homogeneous differential equations and study when the solutions of these differential equations can have (nearly) the same zeros. In the... Read More about Further results on common zeros of the solutions of two differential equations.

Chondrocalcinosis is common in the absence of knee involvement (2012)
Journal Article
Abhishek, A., Doherty, S., Maciewicz, R., Muir, K., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (2012). Chondrocalcinosis is common in the absence of knee involvement. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 14(5), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/ar4043

Introduction: We aimed to describe the distribution of radiographic chondrocalcinosis (CC) and to examine
whether metacarpophalangeal joint (MCPJ) calcification and CC at other joints occurs in the absence of knee
involvement.

Methods: This was... Read More about Chondrocalcinosis is common in the absence of knee involvement.

Investigating the feasibility of using asphalt pavements as a source of heating (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dehdezi, P. K., Dawson, A. R., Hall, M. R., Casey, S., & Miao, F. (2012). Investigating the feasibility of using asphalt pavements as a source of heating.

This paper evaluates the feasibility of using asphalt pavements as solar energy collectors with copper pipes embedded below the surfaces. Quartzite was investigated as a replacement for limestone aggregate in asphalt for thermal enhancement. Samples... Read More about Investigating the feasibility of using asphalt pavements as a source of heating.

Dynamics of atom–atom correlations in the Fermi problem (2012)
Journal Article
Borrelli, M., Sabí­n, C., Adesso, G., Plastina, F., & Maniscalco, S. (2012). Dynamics of atom–atom correlations in the Fermi problem. New Journal of Physics, 14, Article 103010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/10/103010

We present a detailed perturbative study of the dynamics of several types of atom–atom correlations in the famous Fermi problem. This is an archetypal model to study micro-causality in the quantum domain, where two atoms, one initially excited and th... Read More about Dynamics of atom–atom correlations in the Fermi problem.