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Dissociations in the effect of delay on object recognition: evidence for an associative model of recognition memory (2014)
Journal Article
Tam, S. K., Robinson, J., Jennings, D. J., & Bonardi, C. (2014). Dissociations in the effect of delay on object recognition: evidence for an associative model of recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 40(1), https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000003

Rats were administered 3 versions of an object recognition task: In the spontaneous object recognition task (SOR) animals discriminated between a familiar object and a novel object; in the temporal order task they discriminated between 2 familiar obj... Read More about Dissociations in the effect of delay on object recognition: evidence for an associative model of recognition memory.

Short- and long-term effects of rote rehearsal on ESL learners’ processing of L2 collocations (2014)
Journal Article
Szudarski, P., & Conklin, K. (2014). Short- and long-term effects of rote rehearsal on ESL learners’ processing of L2 collocations. TESOL Quarterly, 48(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.201

Worldwide there is thought to be around 750 million people who speak English as a foreign language (Crystal, 2003, p. 69). For these speakers the difference between make a picture and take a picture may seem arbitrary. However, use of the former is l... Read More about Short- and long-term effects of rote rehearsal on ESL learners’ processing of L2 collocations.

Diktat einmal anders: die Dictogloss-Methode als Form des Kollaborativen Dialogs (2014)
Journal Article
Stollhans, S. (2014). Diktat einmal anders: die Dictogloss-Methode als Form des Kollaborativen Dialogs

Dictogloss-Aktivitäten sind Formen des sogenannten Kollaborativen Dialogs, folgen also der Idee, dass Lernende gemeinsam und problemlösungsorientiert über sprachlichen Output sprechen und reflektieren. Bei der Dictogloss-Methode rekonstruieren Lernen... Read More about Diktat einmal anders: die Dictogloss-Methode als Form des Kollaborativen Dialogs.

Control theory for scanning probe microscopy revisited (2014)
Journal Article
Stirling, J. (2014). Control theory for scanning probe microscopy revisited. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 5, https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.38

We derive a theoretical model for studying SPM feedback in the context of control theory. Previous models presented in the literature that apply standard models for proportional-integral-derivative controllers predict a highly unstable feedback envir... Read More about Control theory for scanning probe microscopy revisited.

Pliocene diatom and sponge spicule oxygen isotope ratios from the Bering Sea: isotopic offsets and future directions (2014)
Journal Article
Snelling, A. M., Swann, G., Pike, J., & Leng, M. J. (2014). Pliocene diatom and sponge spicule oxygen isotope ratios from the Bering Sea: isotopic offsets and future directions. Climate of the Past, 10, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-1837-2014

Oxygen isotope analyses of different size fractions of Pliocene diatoms (δ18Odiatom) from the Bering Sea show no evidence of an isotope offset and support the use of bulk diatom species samples for palaeoceanographic reconstructions. Additional sampl... Read More about Pliocene diatom and sponge spicule oxygen isotope ratios from the Bering Sea: isotopic offsets and future directions.

Co-localised Raman and force spectroscopy reveal the roles of hydrogen bonds and π-π interactions in defining the mechanical properties of diphenylalanine nano- and micro-tubes (2014)
Journal Article
Sinjab, F., Bondakov, G., & Notingher, I. (2014). Co-localised Raman and force spectroscopy reveal the roles of hydrogen bonds and π-π interactions in defining the mechanical properties of diphenylalanine nano- and micro-tubes. Applied Physics Letters, 104(25), Article 251905. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4885090

An integrated atomic force and polarized Raman microscope were used to measure the elastic properties of individual diphenylalanine (FF) nano- and micro-tubes and to obtain quantitative information regarding the inter-molecular interactions that defi... Read More about Co-localised Raman and force spectroscopy reveal the roles of hydrogen bonds and π-π interactions in defining the mechanical properties of diphenylalanine nano- and micro-tubes.

High pressure studies of palladium and platinum thioether macrocyclic dihalide complexes (2014)
Journal Article
Schröder, M. (2014). High pressure studies of palladium and platinum thioether macrocyclic dihalide complexes. Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, B70, https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520614008786

The mononuclear macrocyclic Pd(II) complex cis-[PdCl2([9 aneS3)] ([9]aneS3 = 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane) converts at 44 kbar into an intensely coloured chain polymer exhibiting distorted octahedral co-ordination at the metal centre and an unprecedented... Read More about High pressure studies of palladium and platinum thioether macrocyclic dihalide complexes.

Using mixed methods to investigate school improvement and the role of leadership: an example of a longitudinal study in England (2014)
Journal Article
Sammons, P., Davis, S., Day, C., & Gu, Q. (2014). Using mixed methods to investigate school improvement and the role of leadership: an example of a longitudinal study in England. Journal of Educational Administration, 52(5), https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-10-2013-0121

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of mixed methods research in a major three year project and focuses on the contribution of quantitative and qualitative approaches to study school improvement. It discusses the procedures and mu... Read More about Using mixed methods to investigate school improvement and the role of leadership: an example of a longitudinal study in England.

Practical detection of a definitive biomarker panel for Alzheimer's disease: comparisons between matched plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (2014)
Journal Article
Richens, J. L., Vere, K., Light, R. A., Soria, D., Garibaldi, J., Smith, A. D., …O’Shea, P. (2014). Practical detection of a definitive biomarker panel for Alzheimer's disease: comparisons between matched plasma and cerebrospinal fluid. International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics, IJMEG, 5(2),

Previous mass spectrometry analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has allowed the identification of a panel of molecular markers that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The panel comprises Amyloid beta, Apolipoprotein E, Fibrinogen alpha ch... Read More about Practical detection of a definitive biomarker panel for Alzheimer's disease: comparisons between matched plasma and cerebrospinal fluid.

Refining adverse drug reactions using association rule mining for electronic healthcare data (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reps, J. M., Aickelin, U., Ma, J., & Zhang, Y. (2014). Refining adverse drug reactions using association rule mining for electronic healthcare data.

Side effects of prescribed medications are a common occurrence. Electronic healthcare databases present the opportunity to identify new side effects efficiently but currently the methods are limited due to confounding (i.e. when an association betwee... Read More about Refining adverse drug reactions using association rule mining for electronic healthcare data.

Incorporating spontaneous reporting system data to aid causal inference in longitudinal healthcare data (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reps, J. M., & Aickelin, U. (2014). Incorporating spontaneous reporting system data to aid causal inference in longitudinal healthcare data.

Inferring causality using longitudinal observational databases is challenging due to the passive way the data are collected. The majority of associations found within longitudinal observational data are often non-causal and occur due to confounding.... Read More about Incorporating spontaneous reporting system data to aid causal inference in longitudinal healthcare data.

Personalising mobile advertising based on users’ installed apps (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reps, J., Aickelin, U., Garibaldi, J. M., & Damski, C. (2014). Personalising mobile advertising based on users’ installed apps.

Mobile advertising is a billion pound industry that is rapidly expanding. The success of an advert is measured based on how users interact with it. In this paper we investigate whether the application of unsupervised learning and association rule min... Read More about Personalising mobile advertising based on users’ installed apps.

Continuation of localised coherent structures in nonlocal neural field equations (2014)
Journal Article
Rankin, J., Avitabile, D., Baladron, J., Faye, G., & Lloyd, D. J. (2014). Continuation of localised coherent structures in nonlocal neural field equations. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 36(1), Article B70-B93. https://doi.org/10.1137/130918721

We study localised activity patterns in neural field equations posed on the Euclidean plane; such models are commonly used to describe the coarse-grained activity of large ensembles of cortical neurons in a spatially continuous way. We employ matrix-... Read More about Continuation of localised coherent structures in nonlocal neural field equations.

Exploring the value of the capability approach for vocational education and training evaluation: reflections from South Africa (2014)
Journal Article
Powell, L., & McGrath, S. (2014). Exploring the value of the capability approach for vocational education and training evaluation: reflections from South Africa. International Development Policy / Revue internationale de politique de développement, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.4000/poldev.1784

In the late 1990s, South Africa was faced with the triple challenge of reforming the Apartheid divided institutional landscape of vocational education and training (VET) institutions; addressing equitable access to skills; and reorienting its skills... Read More about Exploring the value of the capability approach for vocational education and training evaluation: reflections from South Africa.

Advancing life projects: South African students explain why they come to FET colleges (2014)
Journal Article
Powell, L., & McGrath, S. (2014). Advancing life projects: South African students explain why they come to FET colleges. Journal of International and Comparative Education, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.14425/00.73.63

VET policy in South Africa is based on a set of assumptions regarding the identity of learners and why learners are in public further education and training (FET) colleges. These assumptions reflect an international orthodoxy about the centrality of... Read More about Advancing life projects: South African students explain why they come to FET colleges.

Cooperation, quorum sensing, and evolution of virulence in Staphylococcus aureus (2014)
Journal Article
Pollitt, E. J., West, S. A., Crusz, S. A., Burton-Chellew, M. N., & Diggle, S. P. (2014). Cooperation, quorum sensing, and evolution of virulence in Staphylococcus aureus. Infection and Immunity, 82(3), https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.01216-13

The virulence and fitness in vivo of the major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus are associated with a cell-to-cell signaling mechanism known as quorum sensing (QS). QS coordinates the production of virulence factors via the production and sensing... Read More about Cooperation, quorum sensing, and evolution of virulence in Staphylococcus aureus.

The inclusion of students with dyslexia in higher education: a systematic review using narrative synthesis (2014)
Journal Article
Pino, M., & Mortari, L. (2014). The inclusion of students with dyslexia in higher education: a systematic review using narrative synthesis. Dyslexia, 20(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1484

This article reports on a study focusing on the inclusion of students with dyslexia in higher education (HE). A systematic review was carried out to retrieve, critically appraise and synthesize the available evidence on how the inclusion of students... Read More about The inclusion of students with dyslexia in higher education: a systematic review using narrative synthesis.

Epistemic struggles in addiction therapeutic community meetings (2014)
Book Chapter
Pino, M. (2014). Epistemic struggles in addiction therapeutic community meetings. In A. Zuczkowski, R. Bongelli, I. Riccioni, & C. Canestrari (Eds.), Communicating certainty and uncertainty in medical, supportive and scientific contexts. John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/ds.25.10pin

In this study I analyse Therapeutic Community (TC) group meetings for persons with drug addiction problems. Using the method of Conversation Analysis, I specifically focus on practices of knowledge management and sharing between the educators and cli... Read More about Epistemic struggles in addiction therapeutic community meetings.