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Implementation of a Modelica library for simulation of electromechanical actuators for aircraft and helicopters (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Linden, F. V. D., Schlegel, C., Christmann, M., Regula, G., Hill, C. I., Giangrande, P., …Egaña, I. (2014). Implementation of a Modelica library for simulation of electromechanical actuators for aircraft and helicopters. In Proceedings of the 10th International Modelica Conference, March 10-12, 2014, Lund, Sweden. https://doi.org/10.3384/ECP14096757

The goal of the A2015 library presented in this paper is to develop a Modelica based, tool-independent standard for electromechanical actuators (EMA). This will contribute to the establishment of a “common language” throughout the development of EMAs... Read More about Implementation of a Modelica library for simulation of electromechanical actuators for aircraft and helicopters.

Implementation of a multi-level Power Electronic Inverter library in Modelica (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Hill, C., Giangrande, P., Gerada, C., & Bozhko, S. (in press). Implementation of a multi-level Power Electronic Inverter library in Modelica.

This paper presents a newly developed Power Electronic Inverter library in Modelica. The library utilises a multi-level approach with increasing model complexity at progressively higher levels. All levels are fully interchangeable so as to provide a... Read More about Implementation of a multi-level Power Electronic Inverter library in Modelica.

Natural and disease-specific autoantibodies in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2014)
Journal Article
Daffa, N., Tighe, P. J., Corne, J., Fairclough, L. C., & Todd, I. (2014). Natural and disease-specific autoantibodies in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 180(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.12565

Autoimmunity may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Studies have identified disease-specific autoantibodies (DSAAbs) in COPD patients, but natural autoantibodies (NAAbs) may also play a role. Previous stud... Read More about Natural and disease-specific autoantibodies in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

A development and integration framework for optimisation-based enterprise solutions (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Pinheiro, R. L., & Landa-Silva, D. (2014). A development and integration framework for optimisation-based enterprise solutions.

The operations research literature includes some papers describing collaborative work between researchers and industry. However, not much literature exists that outlines methodologies to guide the development of a decision support module and its inte... Read More about A development and integration framework for optimisation-based enterprise solutions.

III-V semiconductor waveguides for photonic functionality at 780 nm (2014)
Journal Article
Maclean, J. O., Greenaway, M. T., Campion, R. P., Pyragius, T., Fromhold, T. M., Kent, A. J., & Mellor, C. J. (2014). III-V semiconductor waveguides for photonic functionality at 780 nm. Proceedings of SPIE, 8988, Article 898805. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039898

Photonic integrated circuits based on III-V semiconductor polarization-maintaining waveguides were designed and fabricated for the first time for application in a compact cold-atom gravimeter1,2 at an operational wavelength of 780 nm. Compared with o... Read More about III-V semiconductor waveguides for photonic functionality at 780 nm.

What proportion of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the New Medicine Service? (2014)
Journal Article
Wells, K. M., Boyd, M. J., Thornley, T., & Boardman, H. F. (in press). What proportion of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the New Medicine Service?. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-115

Background: The payment structure for the New Medicine Service (NMS) in England is based on the assumption that 0.5% of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the service. This assumption is based on a theoretical calcu... Read More about What proportion of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the New Medicine Service?.

Evolutionary stasis and lability in thermal physiology in a group of tropical lizards (2014)
Journal Article
Muñoz, M. M., Stimola, M. A., Algar, A. C., Cosover, A., Rodriguez, A. J., Landestoy, M. A., …Losos, J. B. (2014). Evolutionary stasis and lability in thermal physiology in a group of tropical lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1778), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2433

Understanding how quickly physiological traits evolve is a topic of great interest, particularly in the context of how organisms can adapt in response to climate warming. Adjustment to novel thermal habitats may occur either through behavioural adjus... Read More about Evolutionary stasis and lability in thermal physiology in a group of tropical lizards.

Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Lafortuna, C. L., Caon, M., Tabozzi, S. A., Carrino, S., Coulson, N. S., Serrano, J. C., …Mugellini, E. (2014). Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics: SUPERHEAL, (BIOSTEC 2014) (591-598). https://doi.org/10.5220/0004938805910598

Obesity is a major clinical problem for individuals and health care systems worldwide, alarmingly fuelled by body mass excess in the juvenile age. In spite of its multi-factorial origin, unhealthy lifestyles relative to alimentary behaviours and phys... Read More about Towards individualised persuasive technology for obesity prevention in teenagers.

Quantum synchronization of a driven self-sustained oscillator (2014)
Journal Article
Walter, S., Nunnenkamp, A., & Bruder, C. (2014). Quantum synchronization of a driven self-sustained oscillator. Physical Review Letters, 112, Article 094102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.094102

Synchronization is a universal phenomenon that is important both in fundamental studies and in technical applications. Here we investigate synchronization in the simplest quantum-mechanical scenario possible, i.e., a quantum-mechanical self-sustained... Read More about Quantum synchronization of a driven self-sustained oscillator.

A method for measuring the intelligibility of uninterrupted, continuous speech (2014)
Journal Article
MacPherson, A., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2014). A method for measuring the intelligibility of uninterrupted, continuous speech. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 135(3), 1027-1030. doi:10.1121/1.4863657

Speech-in-noise tests commonly use short, discrete sentences as representative samples of everyday speech. These tests cannot, however, fully represent the added demands of understanding ongoing, linguistically complex speech. Using a new monitoring... Read More about A method for measuring the intelligibility of uninterrupted, continuous speech.

Mapping long-term temporal change in imperviousness using topographic maps (2014)
Journal Article
Grebby, S. (2014). Mapping long-term temporal change in imperviousness using topographic maps. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 30, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2014.01.002

Change in urban land use and impervious surface cover are valuable sources of information for determining the environmental impacts of urban development. However, our understanding of these impacts is limited due to the general lack of historical dat... Read More about Mapping long-term temporal change in imperviousness using topographic maps.

Macroprudential and monetary policies: implications for financial stability and welfare (2014)
Journal Article
Rubio, M., & Carrasco-Gallego, J. A. (2014). Macroprudential and monetary policies: implications for financial stability and welfare. Journal of Banking and Finance, 49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2014.02.012

In this paper, we analyze the implications of macroprudential and monetary policies for business cycles, welfare, and financial stability. We consider a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model with housing and collateral constraints. A ma... Read More about Macroprudential and monetary policies: implications for financial stability and welfare.

Travelling waves in models of neural tissue: from localised structures to periodic waves (2014)
Journal Article
Meijer, H., & Coombes, S. (2014). Travelling waves in models of neural tissue: from localised structures to periodic waves. EPJ Nonlinear Biomedical Physics, 2(3), https://doi.org/10.1140/epjnbp16

We consider travelling waves (fronts, pulses and periodics) in spatially extended one dimensional neural field models. We demonstrate for an excitatory field with linear adaptation that, in addition to an expected stable pulse solution, a stable anti... Read More about Travelling waves in models of neural tissue: from localised structures to periodic waves.

Pigs naturally exposed to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) generate antibody responses capable to neutralise PCV2 isolates of different genotypes and geographic origins (2014)
Journal Article
Kurtz, S., Grau-Roma, L., Cortey, M., Fort, M., Rodríguez, F., Sibila, M., & Segalés, J. (2014). Pigs naturally exposed to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) generate antibody responses capable to neutralise PCV2 isolates of different genotypes and geographic origins. Veterinary Research, 45, Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/1297-9716-45-29

Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is the essential infectious agent for PCV2-systemic disease (PCV2-SD, formerly known as postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome) and other pathological conditions. Recent studies indicated antigenic variability am... Read More about Pigs naturally exposed to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) generate antibody responses capable to neutralise PCV2 isolates of different genotypes and geographic origins.

High-content screening identifies small molecules that remove nuclear foci, affect MBNL distribution and CELF1 protein levels via a PKC-independent pathway in myotonic dystrophy cell lines (2014)
Journal Article
Ketley, A., Chen, C. Z., Li, X., Arya, S., Robinson, T. E., Granados-Riveron, J. T., …Brook, J. D. (2014). High-content screening identifies small molecules that remove nuclear foci, affect MBNL distribution and CELF1 protein levels via a PKC-independent pathway in myotonic dystrophy cell lines. Human Molecular Genetics, 23(6), https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddt542

Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a multi-system neuromuscular disorder for which there is no treatment. We have developed a medium throughput phenotypic assay, based on the identification of nuclear foci in DM patient cell lines using in situ hybridization... Read More about High-content screening identifies small molecules that remove nuclear foci, affect MBNL distribution and CELF1 protein levels via a PKC-independent pathway in myotonic dystrophy cell lines.

Sequestering the standard model vacuum energy (2014)
Journal Article
Kaloper, N., & Padilla, A. (2014). Sequestering the standard model vacuum energy. Physical Review Letters, 112(9), Article 091304. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.091304

We propose a very simple reformulation of general relativity, which completely sequesters from gravity all of the vacuum energy from a matter sector, including all loop corrections and renders all contributions from phase transitions automatically sm... Read More about Sequestering the standard model vacuum energy.

Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009 (2014)
Journal Article
Forrester-Paton, C., Forrester-Paton, J., Gordon, A. L., Mitchell, H. K., Bracewell, N., Mjojo, J., …Blundell, A. (2014). Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009. Age and Ageing, 43(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu024

Introduction: in 2008, the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) developed the Recommended Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine. This was subsequently mapped to the second edition of Tomorrows' Doctors (TD2, 2003). Following the publication of t... Read More about Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine: mapping the British Geriatrics Society undergraduate curriculum to Tomorrow's Doctors 2009.

The impacts of climate change on river flood risk at the global scale (2014)
Journal Article
Arnell, N., & Gosling, S. N. (2016). The impacts of climate change on river flood risk at the global scale. Climatic Change, 134(3), 387-401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1084-5

This paper presents an assessment of the implications of climate change for global river flood risk. It is based on the estimation of flood frequency relationships at a grid resolution of 0.5×0.5°, using a global hydrological model with climate scena... Read More about The impacts of climate change on river flood risk at the global scale.