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(UN)conditional consensus emergence under perturbed and decentralized feedback controls (2015)
Journal Article
Bongini, M., Fornasier, M., & Kalise, D. (2015). (UN)conditional consensus emergence under perturbed and decentralized feedback controls. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A, 35(9), 4071-4094. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcds.2015.35.4071

We study the problem of consensus emergence in multi-agent systems via external feedback controllers. We consider a set of agents interacting with dynamics given by a Cucker-Smale type of model, and study its consensus stabilization by means of centr... Read More about (UN)conditional consensus emergence under perturbed and decentralized feedback controls.

Confocal Scan Laser Ophthalmoscope for Diagnosing Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Yaghoubi, M., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Mokhtari-Payam, M., Fakhraie, G., & Shokraneh, F. (2015). Confocal Scan Laser Ophthalmoscope for Diagnosing Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 4(1), 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1097/apo.0000000000000085

© 2015 by Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. This systematic review was performed to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of the confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in diagnosing glaucoma. We did a sensitive electronic search to find relevant stud... Read More about Confocal Scan Laser Ophthalmoscope for Diagnosing Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Staff views on wellbeing for themselves and for service users (2015)
Journal Article
Schrank, B., Brownell, T., Riches, S., Chevalier, A., Jakaite, Z., Larkin, C., …Slade, M. (2015). Staff views on wellbeing for themselves and for service users. Journal of Mental Health, 24(1), 48-53. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2014.998804

© 2015 Shadowfax Publishing and Informa UK Limited. Background: Wellbeing is an important outcome in the context of recovery from mental illness. The views of mental health professionals on wellbeing may influence their approach to supporting recover... Read More about Staff views on wellbeing for themselves and for service users.

Covariance weighted procrustes analysis (2015)
Book Chapter
Brignell, C. J., Dryden, I. L., & Browne, W. J. (2015). Covariance weighted procrustes analysis. In P. K. Turaga, & A. Srivastava (Eds.), Riemannian Computing in Computer Vision (189-209). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22957-7_9

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. We revisit the popular Procrustes matching procedure of landmark shape analysis and consider the situation where the landmark coordinates have a completely general covariance matrix, extending pre... Read More about Covariance weighted procrustes analysis.

Laparoscopic ovarian drilling (2015)
Book Chapter
Amer, S. A. K. (2015). Laparoscopic ovarian drilling. In M. Metwally, & T.-C. Li (Eds.), Reproductive Surgery in Assisted Conception (61-71). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4953-8_6

Laparoscopic ovarian drilling has been widely accepted as the second line of choice for induction of ovulation in CC-resistant PCOS women in preference to gonadotrophin therapy. In addition to its proven efficacy, LOD offers several advantages over g... Read More about Laparoscopic ovarian drilling.

The impact of endometrioma and its surgical treatment on ovarian reserve and reproductive performance (2015)
Book Chapter
Amer, S. A. K. (2015). The impact of endometrioma and its surgical treatment on ovarian reserve and reproductive performance. In M. Metwally, & T.-C. Li (Eds.), Reproductive Surgery in Assisted Conception (43-57). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4953-8_5

Endometriomas, which are commonly encountered in women presenting with subfertility, usually represent a dilemma to the Reproductive Specialist. Surgery remains the only effective treatment for endometriomas larger than three cm in diameter. National... Read More about The impact of endometrioma and its surgical treatment on ovarian reserve and reproductive performance.

Macrocyclic imidazolium-based amphiphiles for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles and delivery of anionic drugs (2015)
Journal Article
Amirthalingam, E., Rodrigues, M., Casal-Dujat, L., Calpena, A. C., Amabilino, D. B., Ramos-López, D., & Pérez-García, L. (2015). Macrocyclic imidazolium-based amphiphiles for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles and delivery of anionic drugs. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 437, 132-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2014.09.026

In the present work, we have explored the use of amphiphilic bis-imidazolium based macrocycles and an open chain analog for the successful synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The macrocyclic ligands incorporate hydrophobic chains of different le... Read More about Macrocyclic imidazolium-based amphiphiles for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles and delivery of anionic drugs.

Detection and quantifi cation of intracellular signaling using fret-based biosensors and high content imaging (2015)
Book Chapter
Halls, M. L., Poole, D. P., Ellisdon, A. M., Nowell, C. J., & Canals, M. (2015). Detection and quantifi cation of intracellular signaling using fret-based biosensors and high content imaging. In G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Drug Discovery (131-161). (2nd). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2914-6_10

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) biosensors represent invaluable tools to detect the spatiotemporal context of second messenger production and intracellular signaling that cannot be attained us... Read More about Detection and quantifi cation of intracellular signaling using fret-based biosensors and high content imaging.

Hyperpolarization methods for MRS (2015)
Journal Article
Goodson, B. M., Whiting, N., Coffey, A. M., Nikolaou, P., Shi, F., Gust, B. M., …Chekmenev, E. Y. (2015). Hyperpolarization methods for MRS. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1457

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This article covers the fundamental principles and practice of NMR hyperpolarization techniques, which are proving useful for in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies of metabolism in animal models, and c... Read More about Hyperpolarization methods for MRS.

Placebos for knee osteoarthritis: Reaffirmation of "Needle is better than pill" (2015)
Journal Article
Zou, K., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (2015). Placebos for knee osteoarthritis: Reaffirmation of "Needle is better than pill". Annals of Internal Medicine, 163(5), 392-393. https://doi.org/10.7326/M15-1580

Modern slavery research: the UK picture (2015)
Report
Bales, K., Hedwards, B., Silverman, B., Costaguta, L., Trodd, Z., & Wright, N. (2015). Modern slavery research: the UK picture. Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner's Office

COMET Südafrika (2015)
Book Chapter
Hauschildt, U., Wedekind, V., Brown, H., & Heinnemann, L. (2015). COMET Südafrika. In M. Fischer, F. Rauner, & Z. Zao (Eds.), Kompetenzdiagnostik in der beruflichen Bildung: Methoden zum Erfassen und Entwickeln beruflicher KompetenzLIT Verlag

Uniform asymptotic properties of a nonparametric regression estimator of conditional tails (2015)
Journal Article

We consider a nonparametric regression estimator of conditional tails introduced by Goegebeur, Y., Guillou, A., Schorgen, G. (2013). Nonparametric regression estimation of conditional tails – the random covariate case. It is shown that this estimator... Read More about Uniform asymptotic properties of a nonparametric regression estimator of conditional tails.

The interrogation of Sándor Radó: geography, communism and espionage between World War Two and the Cold War (2015)
Journal Article

This essay uses recently released intelligence files to consider a pivotal episode in the long and eventful career of Alexander (Sándor) Radó (1899–1981), geographer, journalist and Soviet intelligence agent who lived and worked in various European c... Read More about The interrogation of Sándor Radó: geography, communism and espionage between World War Two and the Cold War.

Auxin influx importers modulate serration along the leaf margin (2015)
Journal Article
Kasprzewska, A., Swarup, R., Carter, R., Bennett, M., Monk, N., Hobbs, J. K., & Fleming, A. (2015). Auxin influx importers modulate serration along the leaf margin. Plant Journal, 83(4), 705-718. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.12921

Leaf shape in Arabidopsis is modulated by patterning events in the margin that utilize a PIN‐based auxin exporter/CUC2 transcription factor system to define regions of promotion and retardation of growth, leading to morphogenesis. In addition to auxi... Read More about Auxin influx importers modulate serration along the leaf margin.

Political upheaval in Egypt: Disavowing troubling states of mind (2015)
Journal Article

The hope and optimism following the 2011 revolution that took place in Egypt have been replaced with anger, despair and disappointment. The majority of the Egyptian population is struggling due to dire material conditions that are causing immense suf... Read More about Political upheaval in Egypt: Disavowing troubling states of mind.

What is a pragmatic clinical trial? (2015)
Journal Article

The Transformation and Decline of the British Empire (2015)
Book
Mawby, S. (2015). The Transformation and Decline of the British Empire. Palgrave

Öffentlichkeit, Adressendebatten und die Anfänge des Parlamentarismus in der Habsburgermonarchie 1861-1867 (2015)
Book Chapter
Kwan, J. (2015). Öffentlichkeit, Adressendebatten und die Anfänge des Parlamentarismus in der Habsburgermonarchie 1861-1867. In L. Velek, F. Adlgasser, J. Malínská, & H. Rumpler (Eds.), Hohes Haus! 150 Jahre moderner Parlamentarismus in Österreich, Böhmen, der Tschechoslowakei und der Republik Tschechien im mitteleuropäischen Kontext, 135-144. Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Skeletal muscle hypertrophy adaptations predominate in the early stages of resistance exercise training, matching deuterium oxide-derived measures of muscle protein synthesis and mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 signaling (2015)
Journal Article