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The effect of carbon nanotubes on chiral chemical reactions (2012)
Journal Article
A. Rance, G., A. Miners, S., W. Chamberlain, T., & N. Khlobystov, A. (2013). The effect of carbon nanotubes on chiral chemical reactions. Chemical Physics Letters, 557, 10-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2012.12.037

The intrinsic helicity of carbon nanotubes influences the formation of chiral molecules in chemical reactions. A racemic mixture of P and M enantiomers of nanotubes affects the enantiomeric excess of the products of the autocatalytic Soai reaction pr... Read More about The effect of carbon nanotubes on chiral chemical reactions.

Automated Fast Extraction of Compact Thermal Models for Power Electronic Modules (2012)
Journal Article
Evans, P. L., Castellazzi, A., & Johnson, C. M. (2013). Automated Fast Extraction of Compact Thermal Models for Power Electronic Modules. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 28(10), 4791-4802. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2012.2236687

Virtual prototyping of power electronic modules aims to allow rapid evaluation of potential designs without the need to resort to building and testing physical prototypes. A key requirement for this process is the ability to quickly generate small, c... Read More about Automated Fast Extraction of Compact Thermal Models for Power Electronic Modules.

Hepatic sarcoidosis complicating treatment-naive viral hepatitis. (2012)
Journal Article
Aravinthan, A., Gelson, W., Limbu, A., Brais, R., & Richardson, P. (2012). Hepatic sarcoidosis complicating treatment-naive viral hepatitis. World Journal of Hepatology, 4(12), 402-405. https://doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v4.i12.402

Hepatic sarcoidosis is usually asymptomatic but rarely leads to adverse liver-related outcome. Co-existence of viral hepatitis and hepatic sarcoidosis is a rare, but recognised phenomenon. Obtaining a balance between immune suppression and anti-viral... Read More about Hepatic sarcoidosis complicating treatment-naive viral hepatitis..

Fano polytopes (2012)
Book Chapter
Kasprzyk, A. M., & Nill, B. (2012). Fano polytopes. In A. Rebhan, L. Katzarkov, J. Knapp, R. Rashkov, & E. Scheidegger (Eds.), Strings, gauge fields, and the geometry behind: the legacy of Maximilian Kreuzer (349-364). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814412551_0017

Fano polytopes are the convex-geometric objects corresponding to toric Fano varieties. We give a brief survey of classification results for different classes of Fano polytopes.

Social care in older people's services-facilitating the flexible use of resources (2012)
Journal Article
Sutcliffe, C., Hughes, J., Xie, C., Chester, H., & Challis, D. (2012). Social care in older people's services-facilitating the flexible use of resources. Care Management Journals, 13(3), 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1891/1521-0987.13.3.100

Personal budgets in social care are a mechanism for the allocation of resources for care that permits users' greater choice and flexibility. This study was designed to explore developments in care coordination arrangements by examining the flexible u... Read More about Social care in older people's services-facilitating the flexible use of resources.

Optimization of switching losses and capacitor voltage ripple using model predictive control of a cascaded H-bridge multi-level StatCom (2012)
Journal Article
Townsend, C. D., Summers, T. J., Vodden, J. A., Watson, A. J., Betz, R. E., & Clare, J. C. (2013). Optimization of switching losses and capacitor voltage ripple using model predictive control of a cascaded H-bridge multi-level StatCom. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 28(7), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2012.2219593

This paper further develops a Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme which is able to exploit the large number of redundant switching states available in a multi-level H-bridge StatCom (H-StatCom). The new sections of the scheme provide optimised meth... Read More about Optimization of switching losses and capacitor voltage ripple using model predictive control of a cascaded H-bridge multi-level StatCom.

A comparison of the content of memory rehabilitation groups for patients with neurological disabilities (2012)
Journal Article
O'Brien, M. C., das Nair, R., & Lincoln, N. (2012). A comparison of the content of memory rehabilitation groups for patients with neurological disabilities. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 23(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2012.753920

The aim of the study was to compare the fidelity of manualised group memory rehabilitation programmes for participants with neurological disabilities. A sample of 11 neurological patients with memory problems, enrolled in a ran¬domised controlled tri... Read More about A comparison of the content of memory rehabilitation groups for patients with neurological disabilities.

A systematic review on the effectiveness of sex offender risk assessment tools in predicting sexual recidivism of adult male sex offenders (2012)
Journal Article
Tully, R. J., Chou, S., & Browne, K. D. (2013). A systematic review on the effectiveness of sex offender risk assessment tools in predicting sexual recidivism of adult male sex offenders. Clinical Psychology Review, 33(12), 287-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2012.12.002

Purpose
This study aimed to systematically review the effectiveness of risk assessment tools in predicting sexual recidivism of adult male offenders.
Background
Sex offender risk assessment aids risk management within the criminal justice system.... Read More about A systematic review on the effectiveness of sex offender risk assessment tools in predicting sexual recidivism of adult male sex offenders.

Risk and the imagined future: Young adults negotiating religious and sexual identities (2012)
Book Chapter
Page, S.-J., Yip, A., & Keenan, M. (2012). Risk and the imagined future: Young adults negotiating religious and sexual identities. In The Ashgate Research Companion to Contemporary Religion and Sexuality. Ashgate

This chapter focuses on how young adults, between the ages of 18 and 25 and living in the UK, negotiate the risks embedded in the lived present in order to construct an imagined future in relation to religion, sexuality and intimate relationships. Sp... Read More about Risk and the imagined future: Young adults negotiating religious and sexual identities.

Experimental measurement and theoretical assessment of fast lanthanide electronic relaxation in solution with four series of isostructural complexes (2012)
Journal Article
Funk, A. M., Fries, P. H., Harvey, P., Kenwright, A. M., & Parker, D. (2012). Experimental measurement and theoretical assessment of fast lanthanide electronic relaxation in solution with four series of isostructural complexes. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117(5), 905-917. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp311273x

The rates of longitudinal relaxation for ligand nuclei in four isostructural series of lanthanide(III) complexes have been measured by solution state NMR at 295 K at five magnetic fields in the range 4.7-16.5 T. The electronic relaxation time Tle is... Read More about Experimental measurement and theoretical assessment of fast lanthanide electronic relaxation in solution with four series of isostructural complexes.

Development of a poststroke checklist to standardize follow-up care for stroke survivors (2012)
Journal Article
Philp, I., Brainin, M., Walker, M. F., Ward, A. B., Gillard, P., Shields, A. L., & Norrving, B. (2013). Development of a poststroke checklist to standardize follow-up care for stroke survivors. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 22(7), Article e173-e180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.10.016

Background: Long-termcare for stroke survivors is fragmented and lacks an evidence-based, easy-to-use tool to identify persistent long-term problems among stroke survivors and streamline referral for treatment. We sought to develop a poststroke check... Read More about Development of a poststroke checklist to standardize follow-up care for stroke survivors.

Analysis of ripening-related gene expression in papaya using an Arabidopsis-based microarray (2012)
Journal Article
Fabi, J. P., Seymour, G. B., Graham, N. S., Broadley, M. R., May, S., Lajolo, F. M., Cordenunsi, B. R., & Oliveira do Nascimento, J. R. (in press). Analysis of ripening-related gene expression in papaya using an Arabidopsis-based microarray. BMC Plant Biology, 12, Article 242. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-12-242

Background

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a commercially important crop that produces climacteric fruits with a soft and sweet pulp that contain a wide range of health promoting phytochemicals. Despite its importance, little is known about transcrip... Read More about Analysis of ripening-related gene expression in papaya using an Arabidopsis-based microarray.

Peripheral administration of prokineticin 2 potently reduces food intake and body weight in mice via the brainstem (2012)
Journal Article
Beale, K., Gardiner, J., Bewick, G., Hostomska, K., Patel, N., Hussain, S., Jayasena, C., Ebling, F., Jethwa, P., Prosser, H., Lattanzi, R., Negri, L., Ghatei, M., Bloom, S., & Dhillo, W. (2013). Peripheral administration of prokineticin 2 potently reduces food intake and body weight in mice via the brainstem. British Journal of Pharmacology, 168(2), 403-410. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02191.x

Background and Purpose Prokineticin 2 (PK2) has recently been shown to acutely reduce food intake in rodents. We aimed to determine the CNS sites and receptors that mediate the anorectic effects of peripherally administered PK2 and its chronic effect... Read More about Peripheral administration of prokineticin 2 potently reduces food intake and body weight in mice via the brainstem.

Use of metered-dose inhaler electronic monitoring in a real-world asthma randomized controlled trial (2012)
Journal Article
Patel, M., Pilcher, J., Travers, J., Perrin, K., Shaw, D., Black, P., Weatherall, M., & Beasley, R. (2013). Use of metered-dose inhaler electronic monitoring in a real-world asthma randomized controlled trial. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2012.08.004

Background

Electronic monitoring of inhaled asthma medications is one method to measure medication adherence and patterns of use. Information on the performance of monitors in a randomized controlled trial allows researchers and clinicians to unde... Read More about Use of metered-dose inhaler electronic monitoring in a real-world asthma randomized controlled trial.

A neural network approach to predicting price negotiation outcomes in business-to-business contexts (2012)
Journal Article
Moosmayer, D. C., Chong, A. Y. L., Liu, M. J., & Schuppar, B. (2013). A neural network approach to predicting price negotiation outcomes in business-to-business contexts. Expert Systems with Applications, 40(8), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2012.12.018

Price premiums are a key profit driver for long-term business relationships. For sellers in business-to-business (B2B) relationships, it is important to have appropriate strategies to negotiate price increases without trading off the relationships wi... Read More about A neural network approach to predicting price negotiation outcomes in business-to-business contexts.

Soft-bound synaptic plasticity increases storage capacity (2012)
Journal Article
van Rossum, M. C., Shippi, M., & Barrett, A. B. (2012). Soft-bound synaptic plasticity increases storage capacity. PLoS Computational Biology, 8(12), Article e1002836. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002836

Accurate models of synaptic plasticity are essential to understand the adaptive properties of the nervous system and for realistic models of learning and memory. Experiments have shown that synaptic plasticity depends not only on pre- and post-synapt... Read More about Soft-bound synaptic plasticity increases storage capacity.

What do we mean by wet? Geoarchaeology and the reconstruction of water availability (2012)
Journal Article
Jones, M. D. (2013). What do we mean by wet? Geoarchaeology and the reconstruction of water availability. Quaternary International, 308-309, 76-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.015

Geoarchaeology has a key role to play in the human-climate-environment debate, including research into the controls and variability of water availability. However its interdisciplinarity can cause complications as well as advantages and leads to conf... Read More about What do we mean by wet? Geoarchaeology and the reconstruction of water availability.

Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals? (2012)
Journal Article
Coomber, J., Charlton, R., Thistlethwaite, J. E., & England, L. (2012). Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals?. BMC Family Practice, 13(123), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-123

Background
Revalidation for UK doctors is expected to be introduced from late 2012. For general practitioners (GPs), this entails collecting supporting information to be submitted and assessed in a revalidation portfolio every five years. The aim of... Read More about Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals?.