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A self optimizing synthetic organic reactor system using real-time in-line NMR spectroscopy (2014)
Journal Article

A configurable platform for synthetic chemistry incorporating an in-line benchtop NMR that is capable of monitoring and controlling organic reactions in real-time is presented. The platform is controlled via a modular LabView software control system... Read More about A self optimizing synthetic organic reactor system using real-time in-line NMR spectroscopy.

Water music: scoring the silent world (2014)
Book Chapter
Cooke, M. (2014). Water music: scoring the silent world. In H. Rogers (Ed.), Music and Sound in Documentary Film. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Critical assessment of the evidence for striped nanoparticles (2014)
Journal Article
Shankar, S. S., Stirling, J., Lekkas, I., Sweetman, A., Djuranovic, P., Guo, Q., …Moriarty, P. (2014). Critical assessment of the evidence for striped nanoparticles. PLoS ONE, 9(11), Article e108482. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108482

There is now a significant body of literature which reports that stripes form in the ligand shell of suitably functionalised Au nanoparticles. This stripe morphology has been proposed to strongly affect the physicochemical and biochemical properties... Read More about Critical assessment of the evidence for striped nanoparticles.

Predictors of children's secondhand smoke exposure at home: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the evidence (2014)
Journal Article
Orton, S., Jones, L. L., Cooper, S., Lewis, S., & Coleman, T. (2014). Predictors of children's secondhand smoke exposure at home: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the evidence. PLoS ONE, 9(11), Article e112690. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112690

BACKGROUND: Children's exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) has been causally linked to a number of childhood morbidities and mortalities. Over 50% of UK children whose parents are smokers are regularly exposed to SHS at home. No previous review has id... Read More about Predictors of children's secondhand smoke exposure at home: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the evidence.

Use of radiography in small animal practice in the UK and Ireland (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morley, S., Booth, N., & Ewers, R. (2014). Use of radiography in small animal practice in the UK and Ireland.

Electrolyte jet machining for surface texturing of Inconel 718 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mitchell-Smith, J., Murray, J., Kunieda, M., & Clare, A. (2014). Electrolyte jet machining for surface texturing of Inconel 718.

Electrolyte jet machining is an emerging non-conventional machining process which is capable of selectively applying multi-scale surface textures. Surfaces processed in this way do not suffer from thermal damage and hence this technique is highly sui... Read More about Electrolyte jet machining for surface texturing of Inconel 718.

TAp73 promotes anabolism (2014)
Journal Article
Amelio, I., Antonov, A. A., Catani, M. V., Massoud, R., Bernassola, F., Knight, R. A., …Rufini, A. (2014). TAp73 promotes anabolism. Oncotarget, 5(24), 12820-12834. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.2667

Metabolic adaptation has emerged as a hallmark of cancer and a promising therapeutic target, as rapidly proliferating cancer cells adapt their metabolism increasing nutrient uptake and reorganizing metabolic fluxes to support biosynthesis. The transc... Read More about TAp73 promotes anabolism.

Clinical diagnostic decision-making in real life contexts: A trans-theoretical approach for teaching: AMEE Guide No. 95 (2014)
Journal Article
Patel, R., Sandars, J., & Carr, S. (2015). Clinical diagnostic decision-making in real life contexts: A trans-theoretical approach for teaching: AMEE Guide No. 95. Medical Teacher, 37(3), 211-227. https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159x.2014.975195

Making an accurate clinical diagnosis is an essential skill for all medical students and doctors, with important implications for patient safety. Current approaches for teaching how to make a clinical diagnosis tend to lack the complexity that faces... Read More about Clinical diagnostic decision-making in real life contexts: A trans-theoretical approach for teaching: AMEE Guide No. 95.

Methods to Assess Subcellular Compartments of Muscle in C. elegans (2014)
Journal Article
Gaffney, C. J., Bass, J. J., Barratt, T. F., & Szewczyk, N. J. (in press). Methods to Assess Subcellular Compartments of Muscle in C. elegans. Journal of Visualized Experiments, Article e52043. https://doi.org/10.3791/52043

Skeletal muscle is essential for locomotion and is the bodies’ main protein store. Muscle health measurements within C. elegans are described. Prospective changes to muscle structure and function are assessed using localized GFP and cationic dyes.

Short communication: Chemical composition, fatty acid composition, and sensory characteristics of Chanco cheese from dairy cows supplemented with soybean and hydrogenated vegetable oils (2014)
Journal Article
Vargas-Bello-Pérez, E., Fehrmann-Cartes, K., Íñiguez-González, G., Toro-Mujica, P., & Garnsworthy, P. (2015). Short communication: Chemical composition, fatty acid composition, and sensory characteristics of Chanco cheese from dairy cows supplemented with soybean and hydrogenated vegetable oils. Journal of Dairy Science, 98(1), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8831

Hyperoxic gassing with Tiron enhances bradykinin-induced endothelium-dependent and EDH-type relaxation through generation of hydrogen peroxide (2014)
Journal Article
Wong, P. S., Roberts, R. E., & Randall, M. D. (2015). Hyperoxic gassing with Tiron enhances bradykinin-induced endothelium-dependent and EDH-type relaxation through generation of hydrogen peroxide. Pharmacological Research, 91, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2014.11.001

Oxygenation with 95%O2is routinely used in organ bath studies. However, hyperoxia may affect tissueresponses, particularly in studies which involve reactive oxygen species (ROS). Here, the effects of theantioxidant, Tiron, were investigated under dif... Read More about Hyperoxic gassing with Tiron enhances bradykinin-induced endothelium-dependent and EDH-type relaxation through generation of hydrogen peroxide.

Porous poly-ether ether ketone (PEEK) manufactured by a novel powder route using near-spherical salt bead porogens: characterisation and mechanical properties (2014)
Journal Article
Siddiq, A. R., & Kennedy, A. R. (2015). Porous poly-ether ether ketone (PEEK) manufactured by a novel powder route using near-spherical salt bead porogens: characterisation and mechanical properties. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 47, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2014.11.044

Porous PEEK structures with approximately 85% open porosity have been made using PEEK-OPTIMA® powder and a particulate leaching technique using porous, near-spherical, sodium chloride beads. A novel manufacturing approach is presented and compared wi... Read More about Porous poly-ether ether ketone (PEEK) manufactured by a novel powder route using near-spherical salt bead porogens: characterisation and mechanical properties.

An associative analysis of object memory (2014)
Journal Article
Robinson, J., & Bonardi, C. (in press). An associative analysis of object memory. Behavioural Brain Research, 285, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.10.046

Different aspects of recognition memory in rodents are commonly assessed using variants of the spontaneous object recognition procedure in which animals explore objects that differ in terms of their novelty, recency, or where they have previously bee... Read More about An associative analysis of object memory.

Search with evolutionary ruin and stochastic rebuild: a theoretic framework and a case study on exam timetabling (2014)
Journal Article
Li, J., Bai, R., Shen, Y., & Qu, R. (in press). Search with evolutionary ruin and stochastic rebuild: a theoretic framework and a case study on exam timetabling. European Journal of Operational Research, 242(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.11.002

This paper presents a state transition based formal framework for a new search method, called Evolutionary Ruin and Stochastic Recreate, which tries to learn and adapt to the changing environments during the search process. It improves the performanc... Read More about Search with evolutionary ruin and stochastic rebuild: a theoretic framework and a case study on exam timetabling.

Fuel cell technology for domestic built environment applications: state of-the-art review (2014)
Journal Article
Elmer, T., Worall, M., Wu, S., & Riffat, S. (2015). Fuel cell technology for domestic built environment applications: state of-the-art review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 42, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.10.080

Fuel cells produce heat when generating electricity, thus they are of particular interest for combined heat and power (CHP) and combined cooling heat and power (CCHP) applications, also known as tri-generation systems. CHP and tri-generation systems... Read More about Fuel cell technology for domestic built environment applications: state of-the-art review.

Exposure to traumatic perinatal experiences and posttraumatic stress symptoms in midwives: prevalence and association with burnout (2014)
Journal Article
Sheen, K., Spiby, H., & Slade, P. (2015). Exposure to traumatic perinatal experiences and posttraumatic stress symptoms in midwives: prevalence and association with burnout. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.11.006

Background: Midwives provide care in a context where life threatening or stressful events can occur. Little is known about their experiences of traumatic events or the implications for psychological health of this workforce.
Objectives: To investiga... Read More about Exposure to traumatic perinatal experiences and posttraumatic stress symptoms in midwives: prevalence and association with burnout.

SABRE: a multicentre randomised control trial of nebulised hypertonic saline in infants hospitalised with acute bronchiolitis (2014)
Journal Article

Aim: Acute bronchiolitis is the commonest cause for hospitalisation in infancy. Supportive care remains the cornerstone of current management and no other therapy has been shown to influence the course of the disease. It has been suggested that addin... Read More about SABRE: a multicentre randomised control trial of nebulised hypertonic saline in infants hospitalised with acute bronchiolitis.

Prevalence of traumatic events and PTSD symptoms among secondary school students in Baghdad (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Hadethe, A., Hunt, N., Thomas, S., & Al-Qaysi, A. (2014). Prevalence of traumatic events and PTSD symptoms among secondary school students in Baghdad. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 5(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v5.23928

Background
People in Iraq have been more or less continually exposed to war for more than three decades. Studies with Iraqi participants report high prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related problems.

Methods
The aim o... Read More about Prevalence of traumatic events and PTSD symptoms among secondary school students in Baghdad.

The impacts of climate change across the globe: a multi-sectoral assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Arnell, N. W., Brown, S., Gosling, S. N., Gottschalk, P., Hinkel, J., Huntingford, C., …Zelazowski, P. (2016). The impacts of climate change across the globe: a multi-sectoral assessment. Climatic Change, 134(3), 457-474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1281-2

© 2014, The Author(s). The overall global-scale consequences of climate change are dependent on the distribution of impacts across regions, and there are multiple dimensions to these impacts. This paper presents a global assessment of the potential i... Read More about The impacts of climate change across the globe: a multi-sectoral assessment.

Tracking the hydro-climatic signal from lake to sediment: a field study from central Turkey (2014)
Journal Article
Dean, J. R., Eastwood, W. J., Roberts, N., Jones, M. D., Yiğitbaşıoğlu, H., Allcock, S. L., …Leng, M. J. (2015). Tracking the hydro-climatic signal from lake to sediment: a field study from central Turkey. Journal of Hydrology, 529(2), 608-621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.004

Palaeo-hydrological interpretations of lake sediment proxies can benefit from a robust understanding of the modern lake environment. In this study, we use Nar Gölü, a non-outlet, monomictic maar lake in central Turkey, as a field site for a natural e... Read More about Tracking the hydro-climatic signal from lake to sediment: a field study from central Turkey.