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Untangling galaxy components: full spectral bulge–disc decomposition (2016)
Journal Article
Tabor, M., Merrifield, M., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Cappellari, M., Bamford, S. P., & Johnston, E. (2017). Untangling galaxy components: full spectral bulge–disc decomposition. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(2), 2024-2033. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3183

To ascertain whether photometric decompositions of galaxies into bulges and discs are astrophysically meaningful, we have developed a new technique to decompose spectral data cubes into separate bulge and disc components, subject only to the constrai... Read More about Untangling galaxy components: full spectral bulge–disc decomposition.

An efficient synthesis of substituted chrysenes (2016)
Journal Article
Eccleshare, L., Selzer, S., & Woodward, S. (2017). An efficient synthesis of substituted chrysenes. Tetrahedron, 58(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.12.004

Substituted chrysenes have been swiftly synthesised by the 6-endo-dig cyclisation of ethynylnaphthalenes using platinum(II) chloride. Cyclisation precursors were directly prepared from commercially available 2-bromoaldehydes in a telescoped synthetic... Read More about An efficient synthesis of substituted chrysenes.

On the antecedents of an electrophysiological signature of retrieval mode (2016)
Journal Article
Williams, A. N., Evans, L. H., Herron, J. E., & Wilding, E. L. (2016). On the antecedents of an electrophysiological signature of retrieval mode. PLoS ONE, 11(12), Article e0167574. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167574

It has been proposed that people employ a common set of sustained operations (retrieval mode) when preparing to remember different kinds of episodic information. In two experiments, however, there was no evidence for the pattern of brain activity com... Read More about On the antecedents of an electrophysiological signature of retrieval mode.

The deterministic Kermack‒McKendrick model bounds the general stochastic epidemic (2016)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, R. R., Ball, F. G., & Sharkey, K. J. (2016). The deterministic Kermack‒McKendrick model bounds the general stochastic epidemic. Journal of Applied Probability, 53(4), 1031-1040. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpr.2016.62

We prove that, for Poisson transmission and recovery processes, the classic Susceptible $\to$ Infected $\to$ Recovered (SIR) epidemic model of Kermack and McKendrick provides, for any given time $t>0$, a strict lower bound on the expected number of s... Read More about The deterministic Kermack‒McKendrick model bounds the general stochastic epidemic.

Communicating risk under high uncertainty: developing cross-disciplinary knowledge (2016)
Journal Article
Wardman, J., & Mythen, G. (in press). Communicating risk under high uncertainty: developing cross-disciplinary knowledge. Journal of Risk Research, 19(10), https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1261996

The primary purpose of this Special Issue is to coalesce different perspectives on the theme of ‘Communicating Risk Under High Uncertainty’ from across a range of subject areas. These areas include environmental studies, international relations, engi... Read More about Communicating risk under high uncertainty: developing cross-disciplinary knowledge.

Risk communication: against the gods or against all odds?: problems and prospects of accounting for black swans (2016)
Journal Article
Wardman, J., & Mythen, G. (in press). Risk communication: against the gods or against all odds?: problems and prospects of accounting for black swans. Journal of Risk Research, 19(10), https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1262002

Recent academic and policy preoccupations with ‘Black Swans’ underscore the predicament of capturing and communicating risk events when information is absent, partial, incomplete or contingent. In this article we wish to articulate some key thematic... Read More about Risk communication: against the gods or against all odds?: problems and prospects of accounting for black swans.

Multiple-stage ambiguity in motion perception reveals global computation of local motion directions (2016)
Journal Article
Rider, A. T., Nishida, S., & Johnston, A. (2016). Multiple-stage ambiguity in motion perception reveals global computation of local motion directions. Journal of Vision, 16(15), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1167/16.15.7

The motion of a 1D image feature, such as a line, seen through a small aperture, or the small receptive field of a neural motion sensor, is underconstrained, and it is not possible to derive the true motion direction from a single local measurement.... Read More about Multiple-stage ambiguity in motion perception reveals global computation of local motion directions.

A dynamic truck dispatching problem in marine container terminal (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, J., Bai, R., Dong, H., Qu, R., & Kendall, G. (2016). A dynamic truck dispatching problem in marine container terminal.

In this paper, a dynamic truck dispatching problem of a marine container terminal is described and discussed. In this problem, a few containers, encoded as work instructions, need to be transferred between yard blocks and vessels by a fleet of trucks... Read More about A dynamic truck dispatching problem in marine container terminal.

Validating an image-based fNIRS approach with fMRI and a working memory task (2016)
Journal Article
Wijeakumar, S., Huppert, T. J., Magnotta, V. A., Buss, A. T., & Spencer, J. P. (2017). Validating an image-based fNIRS approach with fMRI and a working memory task. NeuroImage, 147, 204-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.12.007

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. In the current study, we extend a previous methodological pipeline by adding a novel image reconstruction approach to move functional near-infrared (fNIRS) signals from channel-space on the surface of the head to voxel-space with... Read More about Validating an image-based fNIRS approach with fMRI and a working memory task.

Getting what we want: experience and impact in research with survivors of slavery (2016)
Book Chapter
Bales, K. (2016). Getting what we want: experience and impact in research with survivors of slavery. In D. Siegel, & R. D. Wildt (Eds.), Ethical concerns in research on human trafficking (173-190). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21521-1_11

This chapter examines the ethical and moral dilemmas present in conducting research within vulnerable populations. In particular, we explore the process of conducting interviews with trafficking victims that identify as transient minor sex workers. I... Read More about Getting what we want: experience and impact in research with survivors of slavery.

A candidate regulatory variant at the TREM gene cluster associates with decreased Alzheimer's disease risk and increased TREML1 and TREM2 brain gene expression (2016)
Journal Article
Carrasquillo, M., Allen, M., Burgess, J. D., Medway, C., & Morgan, K. (2017). A candidate regulatory variant at the TREM gene cluster associates with decreased Alzheimer's disease risk and increased TREML1 and TREM2 brain gene expression. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 13(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2016.10.005

Introduction: We hypothesized that common Alzheimer's disease (AD)-associated variants within the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid (TREM) gene cluster influence disease through gene expression.

Methods: Expression microarrays on temporal c... Read More about A candidate regulatory variant at the TREM gene cluster associates with decreased Alzheimer's disease risk and increased TREML1 and TREM2 brain gene expression.

Compensated convexity methods for approximations and interpolations of sampled functions in Euclidean spaces: theoretical foundations (2016)
Journal Article
Zhang, K., Crooks, E., & Orlando, A. (in press). Compensated convexity methods for approximations and interpolations of sampled functions in Euclidean spaces: theoretical foundations. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 48(6), https://doi.org/10.1137/15M1045673

We introduce Lipschitz continuous and C¹,¹ geometric approximation and interpolation methods for sampled bounded uniformly continuous functions over compact sets and over complements of bounded open sets in Rn by using compensated convex transforms.... Read More about Compensated convexity methods for approximations and interpolations of sampled functions in Euclidean spaces: theoretical foundations.

Investigation on the plasticity accumulation of Ti-6Al-4V fretting wear by decoupling the effects of wear and surface profile in finite element modelling (2016)
Journal Article
Tobi, A. M., Sun, W., & Shipway, P. (in press). Investigation on the plasticity accumulation of Ti-6Al-4V fretting wear by decoupling the effects of wear and surface profile in finite element modelling. Tribology International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2016.12.009

A finite-element-based wear modelling methodology and a computational device for decoupling wear effects is presented in this study. The decoupling of wear effects facilitates the capture of plasticity accumulation on a particular wear-scarring profi... Read More about Investigation on the plasticity accumulation of Ti-6Al-4V fretting wear by decoupling the effects of wear and surface profile in finite element modelling.

Studying innovation ecosystems using ecology theory (2016)
Journal Article
Shaw, D. R., & Allen, T. (in press). Studying innovation ecosystems using ecology theory. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.11.030

This paper proposes a set of perspectives for studying innovation ecosystems that are based on ecological research. Our perspectives are based on fundamental similarities between natural and business systems. We suggest that innovation ecosystems can... Read More about Studying innovation ecosystems using ecology theory.

Kundalini yoga as mutual recovery: a feasibility study including children in care and their carers (2016)
Journal Article
Perez, E., Ball, M., Brown, P., Crepaz-Keay, D., Haslam-Jones, E., & Crawford, P. (2016). Kundalini yoga as mutual recovery: a feasibility study including children in care and their carers. Journal of Children's Services, 11(4), 261-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCS-11-2015-0034

This is a mixed-methods feasibility study to test whether incorporating a 20-week Kundalini yoga program into a children’s home community improves wellbeing outcomes. Feasibility was assessed through recruitment and retention rates as well as partici... Read More about Kundalini yoga as mutual recovery: a feasibility study including children in care and their carers.

Intercultural capability: exploring first year HE students' reflections on and experiences of their higher education experience (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mullen, E., Eccles, S., Dippold, D., & Bridges, S. (2016). Intercultural capability: exploring first year HE students' reflections on and experiences of their higher education experience.

This round table discussion presents the initial stages of a cross-institution project exploring the reflections and expectations of first year international and home students. This study aims to capture students' early experiences in higher educatio... Read More about Intercultural capability: exploring first year HE students' reflections on and experiences of their higher education experience.

The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum (2016)
Book Chapter
McLean, M., & Ashwin, P. (2016). The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum. In P. Scott, J. Gallacher, & G. Parry (Eds.), New languages and landscapes of higher education. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198787082.003.0004

This Chapter addresses three questions: What is good quality university teaching? How can it be achieved? How can it be assessed? To address these questions we start by making a case for a multi-dimensional, rich conceptualisation of teaching, drawi... Read More about The quality of learning, teaching and the curriculum.

A study of the validity and the reliability of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in screening for anxiety after stroke in older inpatients (2016)
Journal Article
Kneebone, I. I., Fife-Schaw, C., Lincoln, N., & Harder, H. (2016). A study of the validity and the reliability of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in screening for anxiety after stroke in older inpatients. Clinical Rehabilitation, 30(12), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215515619661

Objectives: To investigate the validity and reliability of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in screening for anxiety in older inpatients post-stroke.

Design: Longitudinal.

Subjects: A total of 81 inpatients with stroke aged 65 years or older we... Read More about A study of the validity and the reliability of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in screening for anxiety after stroke in older inpatients.

Development of a critical appraisal tool to assess the quality of cross-sectional studies (AXIS) (2016)
Journal Article
Downes, M. J., Brennan, M. L., Williams, H. C., & Dean, R. S. (2016). Development of a critical appraisal tool to assess the quality of cross-sectional studies (AXIS). BMJ Open, 6(12), Article e011458. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011458

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop a critical appraisal (CA) tool that addressed study design and reporting quality as well as the risk of bias in cross-sectional studies (CSSs). In addition, the aim was to produce a help document to gu... Read More about Development of a critical appraisal tool to assess the quality of cross-sectional studies (AXIS).