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The role of input flood and input enhancement in EFL learners’ acquisition of collocations (2014)
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Szudarski, P., & Carter, R. (2016). The role of input flood and input enhancement in EFL learners’ acquisition of collocations. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 26(2), 245-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12092

The study investigated L2 learners’ acquisition of verb-noun and adjective-noun collocations following two kinds of instruction: input flood only and input flood plus input enhancement (in the form of underlining). L1 Polish learners of English as a... Read More about The role of input flood and input enhancement in EFL learners’ acquisition of collocations.

Detection of high-speed railway subsidence and geometry irregularity using terrestrial laser scanning (2014)
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Liu, C., Li, N., Wu, H., & Meng, X. (2014). Detection of high-speed railway subsidence and geometry irregularity using terrestrial laser scanning. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 140(3), Article 04014009. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29SU.1943-5428.0000131

Subsidence and geometry deformation monitoring are essential for safe transportation on a high-speed railway. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is able to collect dense three-dimensional point data from the survey scene and achieve highly accurate mea... Read More about Detection of high-speed railway subsidence and geometry irregularity using terrestrial laser scanning.

Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete (2014)
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Hilal, A. A., Thom, N., & Dawson, A. (2014). Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 12(12), https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.12.535

A study has been undertaken to investigate the pore structure characteristics, porosity and critical pore diameter of preformed foamed concrete with a density between 1300 and 1900 kg/m3, and its effect on the permeation characteristics, water absorp... Read More about Pore structure and permeation characteristics of foamed concrete.

Convergence analysis and tuning of a sliding-mode ripple-correlation MPPT (2014)
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Costabeber, A., Carraro, M., & Zigliotto, M. (2014). Convergence analysis and tuning of a sliding-mode ripple-correlation MPPT. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 30(2), https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2014.2371873

The development of fast Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithms for photovoltaic (PV) systems with high bandwidth and predictable response to irradiation transients is attractive for mobile applications and installations under fast changing we... Read More about Convergence analysis and tuning of a sliding-mode ripple-correlation MPPT.

Exploiting the kinetic interplay between GPIb -VWF binding interfaces to regulate hemostasis and thrombosis (2014)
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Chen, J., Zhou, H., Diacovo, A., Zheng, X. L., Emsley, J., & Diacovo, T. G. (2014). Exploiting the kinetic interplay between GPIb -VWF binding interfaces to regulate hemostasis and thrombosis. Blood, 124(25), https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2014-04-569392

Platelet–von Willebrand factor (VWF) interactions must be tightly regulated in order to promote effective hemostasis and prevent occlusive thrombus formation. However, it is unclear what role the inherent properties of the bond formed between the pla... Read More about Exploiting the kinetic interplay between GPIb -VWF binding interfaces to regulate hemostasis and thrombosis.

Depressive symptomatology in severe dementia in a European sample: prevalence, associated factors and prescription rate of antidepressants (2014)
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Giebel, C. M., Sutcliffe, C., Renom-Guiteras, A., Arve, S., Hallberg, I. R., Soto, M., …Challis, D. (2015). Depressive symptomatology in severe dementia in a European sample: prevalence, associated factors and prescription rate of antidepressants. International Psychogeriatrics, 27(4), 657-667. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1041610214002610

Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2014. Background: Depression is a common comorbid disorder of dementia. This study explores the prevalence of and factors associated with depressive symptomatology, and antidepressant prescription... Read More about Depressive symptomatology in severe dementia in a European sample: prevalence, associated factors and prescription rate of antidepressants.

Coking and deactivation of a mesoporous Ni-CaO-ZrO2 catalyst in dry reforming of methane: a study under different feeding compositions (2014)
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Wang, C., Sun, N., Zhao, N., Wei, W., Sun, Y., Sun, C., …Snape, C. (2015). Coking and deactivation of a mesoporous Ni-CaO-ZrO2 catalyst in dry reforming of methane: a study under different feeding compositions. Fuel, 143, 527-535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.11.097

A previously developed mesoporous Ni–CaO–ZrO2 catalyst (NCZ) was submitted to dry reforming of methane (DRM), and the influence of feeding compositions on the properties of accumulated carbon was comprehensively studied. To this end, the used catalys... Read More about Coking and deactivation of a mesoporous Ni-CaO-ZrO2 catalyst in dry reforming of methane: a study under different feeding compositions.

Preoperative carbohydrate supplementation attenuates post-surgery insulin resistance via reduced inflammatory inhibition of the insulin-mediated restraint on muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 expression (2014)
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Fosse Gjessing, P., Constantin-Teodosiu, D., Hagve, M., Lobo, D. N., Revhaug, A., & Irtun, Ø. (2015). Preoperative carbohydrate supplementation attenuates post-surgery insulin resistance via reduced inflammatory inhibition of the insulin-mediated restraint on muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 expression. Clinical Nutrition, 34(6), 1177-1183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2014.12.004

LiDCO-based fluid management in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery under spinal anaesthesia: a randomized trial and systematic review (2014)
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Moppett, I., Rowlands, M., Mannings, A., Moran, C., Wiles, M., & The NOTTS Investigators, . (2015). LiDCO-based fluid management in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery under spinal anaesthesia: a randomized trial and systematic review. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 114(3), 444-459. doi:10.1093/bja/aeu386

Background: Hip fracture is a condition with high mortality and morbidity in elderly frail patients. Intraoperative fluid optimization may be associated with benefit in this population. We investigated whether intraoperative fluid management using pu... Read More about LiDCO-based fluid management in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery under spinal anaesthesia: a randomized trial and systematic review.

Titanium based cranial reconstruction using incremental sheet forming (2014)
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Lu, B., Ou, H., Shi, S., Long, H., & Chen, J. (2016). Titanium based cranial reconstruction using incremental sheet forming. International Journal of Material Forming, 9(3), 361-370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-014-1205-8

In this paper, we report recent work in cranial plate manufacturing using incremental sheet forming (ISF) process. With a typical cranial shape, the ISF process was used to manufacture the titanium cranial shape by using different ISF tooling solutio... Read More about Titanium based cranial reconstruction using incremental sheet forming.

Thymine functionalised porphyrins, synthesis and heteromolecular surface-based self-assembly (2014)
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Slater, A. G., Hu, Y., Yang, L., Argent, S. P., Lewis, W., Blunt, M. O., & Champness, N. R. (in press). Thymine functionalised porphyrins, synthesis and heteromolecular surface-based self-assembly. RSC Advances, 6, https://doi.org/10.1039/C4SC03531C

The synthesis and surface-based self-assembly of thymine-functionalised porphyrins is described. Reaction of 1-formylphenyl-3-benzoyl-thymine with suitable pyrollic species leads to the formation of tetra-(phenylthymine)porphyrin (tetra-TP) or mono-t... Read More about Thymine functionalised porphyrins, synthesis and heteromolecular surface-based self-assembly.

Theoretical evaluation of wall teichoic acids in the cavitation-mediated pores formation in Gram-positive bacteria subjected to an electric field (2014)
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Rauch, C., & Leigh, J. A. (in press). Theoretical evaluation of wall teichoic acids in the cavitation-mediated pores formation in Gram-positive bacteria subjected to an electric field. BBA - General Subjects, 1850(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.12.004

Background: Electroporation is a method of choice to transform living cells. The ability of electroporation to transfer small or large chemicals across the lipid bilayer membrane of eukaryotic cells or Gram-negative bacteria relies on the formation o... Read More about Theoretical evaluation of wall teichoic acids in the cavitation-mediated pores formation in Gram-positive bacteria subjected to an electric field.

MicroRNA in prostate cancer: functional importance and potential as circulating biomarkers (2014)
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Jackson, B. L., Grabowska, A., & Ratan, H. L. (2014). MicroRNA in prostate cancer: functional importance and potential as circulating biomarkers. BMC Cancer, 14(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-930

Background This non-systematic review article aims to summarise the progress made in understanding the functional consequences of microRNA (miRNA) dysregulation in prostate cancer development, and the identification of potential miRNA targets as ser... Read More about MicroRNA in prostate cancer: functional importance and potential as circulating biomarkers.

Human leukocyte antigen genetic risk factors of drug-induced liver toxicology (2014)
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Grove, J., & Aithal, G. (2014). Human leukocyte antigen genetic risk factors of drug-induced liver toxicology. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, 11(3), 395-409. doi:10.1517/17425255.2015.992414

Introduction: Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a rare adverse drug reaction, which impacts significantly on patients. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) risk alleles have been found to be associated with DILI supporting an immunological basis to DILI p... Read More about Human leukocyte antigen genetic risk factors of drug-induced liver toxicology.

Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: a review (2014)
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Hossain, K. M. Z., Patel, U., & Ahmed, I. (2015). Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: a review. Progress in Biomaterials, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40204-014-0033-8

An overview of microspheres manufactured for use in biomedical applications based on recent literature is presented in this review. Different types of glasses (i.e. silicate, borate, and phosphates), ceramics and polymer-based microspheres (both natu... Read More about Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: a review.

Vascular change and opposing effects of the angiotensin type 2 receptor in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment (2014)
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Füchtemeier, M., Brinckmann, M. P., Foddis, M., Kunz, A., Po, C., Curato, C., …Farr, T. D. (2015). Vascular change and opposing effects of the angiotensin type 2 receptor in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 35(3), https://doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.2014.221

Our aims were to assess the spatiotemporal development of brain pathology in a mouse model of chronic hypoperfusion using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to test whether the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) can offer therapeutic benefit. For the... Read More about Vascular change and opposing effects of the angiotensin type 2 receptor in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment.

Cannabinoids in experimental stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2014)
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England, T. J., Hind, W. H., Rasid, N. A., & O'Sullivan, S. (2015). Cannabinoids in experimental stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 35(3), https://doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.2014.218

Cannabinoids (CBs) show promise as neuroprotectants with some agents already licensed in humans for other conditions. We systematically reviewed CBs in preclinical stroke to guide further experimental protocols. We selected controlled studies assessi... Read More about Cannabinoids in experimental stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.