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Coronaviruses: Important Emerging Human Pathogens (2014)
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Coleman, C. M., & Frieman, M. B. (2014). Coronaviruses: Important Emerging Human Pathogens. Journal of Virology, 88(10), 5209-5212. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.03488-13

The identification of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2012 reaffirmed the importance of understanding how coronaviruses emerge, infect, and cause disease. By comparing what is known about severe acute respiratory syndrome c... Read More about Coronaviruses: Important Emerging Human Pathogens.

European undergraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine developed using an international modified Delphi technique (2014)
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Masud, T., Blundell, A., Gordon, A. L., Mulpeter, K., Roller, R., Singler, K., …Stuck, A. (2014). European undergraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine developed using an international modified Delphi technique. Age and Ageing, 43(5), 695-702. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afu019

Introduction: the rise in the number of older, frail adults necessitates that future doctors are adequately trained in the skills of geriatric medicine. Few countries have dedicated curricula in geriatric medicine at the undergraduate level. The aim... Read More about European undergraduate curriculum in geriatric medicine developed using an international modified Delphi technique.

Taking wishes and feelings seriously: the views of people lacking capacity in Court of Protection decision-making (2014)
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Munro, N. (2014). Taking wishes and feelings seriously: the views of people lacking capacity in Court of Protection decision-making. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 36(1), 59-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2014.886878

The Mental Capacity Act requires that where a person (P) lacks capacity to make a decision her wishes and feelings be taken into account when deciding what is in her best interests. This article considers how the Court of Protection evaluates evidenc... Read More about Taking wishes and feelings seriously: the views of people lacking capacity in Court of Protection decision-making.

What is a return to work after stroke?: 12 month work outcomes in a feasibility trial (2014)
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Sinclair, E., Radford, K. A., Grant, M., & Terry, J. (2014). What is a return to work after stroke?: 12 month work outcomes in a feasibility trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), 410-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513506172

Background: Return to work (RTW) is an outcome in determining the effectiveness of rehabilitation post-stroke. However, stroke survivors (SS) may return to different roles with altered work status. Income, hours, responsibilities and job-satisfactio... Read More about What is a return to work after stroke?: 12 month work outcomes in a feasibility trial.

Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis (2014)
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Radford, K. A., Grant, M., Sinclair, E., Terry, J., Sampson, C. J., Edwards, C., …Jenkinson, M. (2014). Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513506172

Background: A quarter of UK strokes occur in working age people. Fewer than half resume work. Rehabilitation frequently fails to address work needs and evidence for post-stroke vocational rehabilitation is lacking. This pilot trial tested the feas... Read More about Can stroke specific vocational rehabilitation (SSVR) be delivered and measured?: feasibility RCT and economic analysis.

Usability and acceptability of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a post-trial interview study (2014)
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Grant, M., Terry, J., Crompton, A. J., & Radford, K. A. (2014). Usability and acceptability of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a post-trial interview study. Clinical Rehabilitation, 28(4), 409-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215513506172

Background: The stroke survivor’s voice has been identified as a key priority when evaluating rehabilitation interventions. Employer involvement in vocational rehabilitation (VR) studies has been largely absent yet their influence considered importa... Read More about Usability and acceptability of stroke-specific vocational rehabilitation: a post-trial interview study.

Combinatorial quorum sensing allows bacteria to resolve their social and physical environment (2014)
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Cornforth, D. M., Popat, R., McNally, L., Gurney, J., Scott-Phillips, T. C., Ivens, A., …Brown, S. P. (2014). Combinatorial quorum sensing allows bacteria to resolve their social and physical environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(11), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319175111

Quorum sensing (QS) is a cell–cell communication system that controls gene expression in many bacterial species, mediated by diffusible signal molecules. Although the intracellular regulatory mechanisms of QS are often well-understood, the functional... Read More about Combinatorial quorum sensing allows bacteria to resolve their social and physical environment.

Accelerating electrostatic pair methods on graphical processing units to study molecules in supercritical carbon dioxide (2014)
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Baker, J., & Hirst, J. (2014). Accelerating electrostatic pair methods on graphical processing units to study molecules in supercritical carbon dioxide. Faraday Discussions, 169, https://doi.org/10.1039/C4FD00012A

Traditionally, electrostatic interactions are modelled using Ewald techniques, which provide a good approximation, but are poorly suited to GPU architectures. We use the GPU versions of the LAMMPS MD package to implement and assess the Wolf summation... Read More about Accelerating electrostatic pair methods on graphical processing units to study molecules in supercritical carbon dioxide.

Low cost vision based personal mobile mapping system (2014)
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Amami, M. M., Smith, M. J., & Kokkas, N. (2014). Low cost vision based personal mobile mapping system. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XL-3/W1, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-3-W1-1-2014

Mobile mapping systems (MMS) can be used for several purposes, such as transportation, highway infrastructure mapping and GIS data collecting. However, the acceptance of these systems is not wide spread and their use is still limited due the high cos... Read More about Low cost vision based personal mobile mapping system.

Evolution of semilocal string networks: large-scale properties (2014)
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Achúcarro, A., Avgoustidis, A., Leite, A., Lopez-Eiguren, A., Martins, C., Nunes, A., & Urrestilla, J. (2014). Evolution of semilocal string networks: large-scale properties. Physical Review D, 89(6), Article 063503. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.063503

We report on a detailed numerical study of the evolution of semilocal string networks, based on the largest and most accurate field theory simulations of these objects to date. We focus on the large-scale network properties, confirming earlier indica... Read More about Evolution of semilocal string networks: large-scale properties.

The effects of obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome on the hydrolytic enzymes of the endocannabinoid system in animal and human adipocytes (2014)
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Cable, J. C., Tan, G. D., Alexander, S. P., & O'Sullivan, S. E. (2014). The effects of obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome on the hydrolytic enzymes of the endocannabinoid system in animal and human adipocytes. Lipids in Health and Disease, 13(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-13-43

Background: Circulating endocannabinoid levels are increased in obesity and diabetes. We have shown that fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH, an endocannabinoid hydrolysing enzyme) in subcutaneous adipose tissue positively correlates with BMI in healthy... Read More about The effects of obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome on the hydrolytic enzymes of the endocannabinoid system in animal and human adipocytes.

Learning, pricing, timing and hedging of the option to invest for perpetual cash flows with idiosyncratic risk (2014)
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Song, D., Wang, H., & Yang, Z. (2014). Learning, pricing, timing and hedging of the option to invest for perpetual cash flows with idiosyncratic risk. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 51(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2014.02.009

The paper considers the option of an investor to invest in a project that generates perpetual cash flows, of which the drift parameter is unobservable. The investor invests in a liquid financial market to partially hedge cash flow risk and estimation... Read More about Learning, pricing, timing and hedging of the option to invest for perpetual cash flows with idiosyncratic risk.

Hydrological droughts in the 21st century, hotspots and uncertainties from a global multimodel ensemble experiment (2014)
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Prudhomme, C., Giuntoli, I., Robinson, E. L., Clark, D. B., Arnell, N. W., Dankers, R., …Wisser, D. (2014). Hydrological droughts in the 21st century, hotspots and uncertainties from a global multimodel ensemble experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(9), 3262-3267. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1222473110

Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are expected to modify the global water cycle with significant consequences for terrestrial hydrology. We assess the impact of climate change on hydrological droughts in a multimodel exp... Read More about Hydrological droughts in the 21st century, hotspots and uncertainties from a global multimodel ensemble experiment.

First look at changes in flood hazard in the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project ensemble (2014)
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Dankers, R., Arnell, N. W., Clark, D. B., Falloon, P. D., Fekete, B. M., Gosling, S. N., …Wisser, D. (2014). First look at changes in flood hazard in the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project ensemble. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(9), 3257-3261. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1302078110

Climate change due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of precipitation events, which is likely to affect the probability of flooding into the future. In this paper we use river flow simulatio... Read More about First look at changes in flood hazard in the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project ensemble.

Smart windows: thermal modelling and evaluation (2014)
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Sabry, M., Eames, P., Singh, H., & Wu, Y. (2014). Smart windows: thermal modelling and evaluation. Solar Energy, 103, 200-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2014.02.016

A numerical investigation of the performance of a multi paned smart window integrated with water-cooled high efficiency third generation GaAsP/InGaAs QWSC (∼32% efficiency) solar cells illuminated by two-axis tracking solar concentrators at 500× in t... Read More about Smart windows: thermal modelling and evaluation.

Innovative ingredients and emerging technologies for controlling ice recrystallisation, texture and structure stability in frozen dairy desserts: a review (2014)
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Soukoulis, C., & Fisk, I. D. (2016). Innovative ingredients and emerging technologies for controlling ice recrystallisation, texture and structure stability in frozen dairy desserts: a review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 56(15), 2543-2559. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2013.876385

Over the past decade, ice cream manufacturers have developed a strong understanding of the functionality of key ingredients and processing, developing effective explanations for the link between structure forming agents, stability mechanisms and perc... Read More about Innovative ingredients and emerging technologies for controlling ice recrystallisation, texture and structure stability in frozen dairy desserts: a review.

Growing old in a transnational social field: belonging, mobility and identity among Italian migrants (2014)
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Zontini, E. (in press). Growing old in a transnational social field: belonging, mobility and identity among Italian migrants. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2014.885543

This article focuses on ageing in transnationalism. Drawing on the experiences of Italians in the UK as a paradigmatic example of settled European migrants, it explores the lived experiences of this group of older migrants. Using Levitt and Glick Sch... Read More about Growing old in a transnational social field: belonging, mobility and identity among Italian migrants.

Self-commissioning of interior permanent- magnet synchronous motor drives with high-frequency current injection (2014)
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Odhano, S., Giangrande, P., Bojoi, R., & Gerada, C. (2014). Self-commissioning of interior permanent- magnet synchronous motor drives with high-frequency current injection. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 50(5), https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2014.2309722

In this paper, a simple and robust method for parameter estimation at rotor standstill is presented for interior permanent magnet (IPM) synchronous machines. The estimated parameters are the stator resistance through dc test, the dq inductances using... Read More about Self-commissioning of interior permanent- magnet synchronous motor drives with high-frequency current injection.

Provision of smoking cessation support for pregnant women in England: results from an online survey of NHS stop smoking services for pregnant women (2014)
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Fahy, S., Cooper, S., Coleman, T., Naughton, F., & Bauld, L. (2014). Provision of smoking cessation support for pregnant women in England: results from an online survey of NHS stop smoking services for pregnant women. BMC Health Services Research, 14(107), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-107

Background Smoking during pregnancy is a major public health concern and an NHS priority. In 2010, 26% of UK women smoked immediately before or during their pregnancy and 12% smoked continuously. Smoking cessation support is provided through free at... Read More about Provision of smoking cessation support for pregnant women in England: results from an online survey of NHS stop smoking services for pregnant women.

‘We no longer love you, but we don’t want to leave you’: the Eurozone crisis and popular Euroscepticism in Greece (2014)
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Clements, B., Nanou, K., & Verney, S. (in press). ‘We no longer love you, but we don’t want to leave you’: the Eurozone crisis and popular Euroscepticism in Greece. Journal of European Integration / Revue d'Intégration Européenne, 36, https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2014.885753

This article analyses whether and how public opinion towards the European Union (EU) in Greece has changed in the context of the current Eurozone crisis. It provides the first detailed treatment of how the crisis has affected citizens’ views in a tra... Read More about ‘We no longer love you, but we don’t want to leave you’: the Eurozone crisis and popular Euroscepticism in Greece.