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Experimental realization of a thermal squeezed state of levitated optomechanics (2016)
Journal Article
Rashid, M., Tufarelli, T., Bateman, J., Vovrosh, J., Hempston, D., Kim, M. S., & Ulbricht, H. (in press). Experimental realization of a thermal squeezed state of levitated optomechanics. Physical Review Letters, 117(27), Article 273601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.273601

We experimentally squeeze the thermal motional state of an optically levitated nanosphere by fast switching between two trapping frequencies. The measured phase-space distribution of the center of mass of our particle shows the typical shape of a squ... Read More about Experimental realization of a thermal squeezed state of levitated optomechanics.

Association of liver injury from specific drugs, or groups of drugs, with polymorphisms in HLA and other genes in a genome-wide association study (2016)
Journal Article
Nicoletti, P., Aithal, G. P., Bjornsson, E. S., Andrade, R. J., Sawle, A., Arrese, M., …Daly, A. K. (2017). Association of liver injury from specific drugs, or groups of drugs, with polymorphisms in HLA and other genes in a genome-wide association study. Gastroenterology, 152(5), 1078-1089. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2016.12.016

Background & aims: We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify genetic risk factors for drug-induced liver injury (DILI) from licensed drugs without previously reported genetic risk factors.
Methods: We performed a GWAS of 862 pe... Read More about Association of liver injury from specific drugs, or groups of drugs, with polymorphisms in HLA and other genes in a genome-wide association study.

The ‘Singapore Fever’ in China: policy mobility and mutation (2016)
Journal Article
Lim, K. F., & Horesh, N. (in press). The ‘Singapore Fever’ in China: policy mobility and mutation. China Quarterly, 228, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741016001120

The ‘Singapore Model’ has constituted the only second explicit attempt by the Communist Party of China (CPC) to learn from a foreign country following Mao Zedong’s pledge to contour ‘China’s tomorrow’ on the Soviet Union experience during the early 1... Read More about The ‘Singapore Fever’ in China: policy mobility and mutation.

The Development of Selective Copying: Children's Learning From an Expert Versus Their Mother (2016)
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Lucas, A. J., Burdett, E. R. R., Burgess, V., Wood, L. A., McGuigan, N., Harris, P. L., & Whiten, A. (2017). The Development of Selective Copying: Children's Learning From an Expert Versus Their Mother. Child Development, 88(6), 2026-2042. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12711

© 2016 The Authors. Child Development © 2016 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. This study tested the prediction that, with age, children should rely less on familiarity and more on expertise in their selective social learning. Experimen... Read More about The Development of Selective Copying: Children's Learning From an Expert Versus Their Mother.

‘Good mums don’t, apparently, wear make-up’: negotiating discourses of gendered parenthood in Mumsnet Talk (2016)
Journal Article
Mackenzie, J. (2018). ‘Good mums don’t, apparently, wear make-up’: negotiating discourses of gendered parenthood in Mumsnet Talk. Gender and Language, 12(1), 114-135. https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.31062

This article explores the discourses and related subject positions that are negotiated by contributors to the discussion forum of a popular British parenting website, Mumsnet Talk. Drawing on analysis of a single thread posted to this forum, I explor... Read More about ‘Good mums don’t, apparently, wear make-up’: negotiating discourses of gendered parenthood in Mumsnet Talk.

Cultivation and characterisation of the surface markers and carbohydrate profile of human corneal endothelial cells (2016)
Journal Article

Background
The study aims to characterise human corneal endothelial cell (HCEnC) cultures generated by the peel?and?digest method based on their surface protein/carbohydrate expression pattern.

Methods
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was... Read More about Cultivation and characterisation of the surface markers and carbohydrate profile of human corneal endothelial cells.

Compression moulding of composites with hybrid fibre architectures (2016)
Journal Article
Corbridge, D., Harper, L. T., De Focatiis, D. S., & Warrior, N. (2017). Compression moulding of composites with hybrid fibre architectures. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 95, 87-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.12.018

Advanced Sheet Moulding Compounds (ASMC) and unidirectional (UD) prepregs have been co-compression moulded to form a hybrid composite material. In-mould flow influences the UD fibre architecture in two ways. When UD fibres are aligned transversely to... Read More about Compression moulding of composites with hybrid fibre architectures.

Anti-icing property of bio-inspired micro-structure superhydrophobic surfaces and heat transfer model (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, Y., Li, X., Jin, J., Liu, J., Yan, Y., Han, Z., & Ren, L. (2017). Anti-icing property of bio-inspired micro-structure superhydrophobic surfaces and heat transfer model. Applied Surface Science, 400, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.12.219

Ice accumulation is a thorny problem which may inflict serious damage even disasters in many areas, such as aircraft, power line maintenance, offshore oil platform and locators of ships. Recent researches have shed light on some promising bio-inspire... Read More about Anti-icing property of bio-inspired micro-structure superhydrophobic surfaces and heat transfer model.

Effect of venepuncture process design on efficiency and failure rates: a simulation model study for secondary care (2016)
Journal Article
Reed, S., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Rees, B. (2017). Effect of venepuncture process design on efficiency and failure rates: a simulation model study for secondary care. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 68, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.12.010

Background: Healthcare aims to deliver good patient outcomes. For many clinical procedures there are multiple alternative task sequences that can be performed. These deviations can influence procedure reliability, efficiency of usage of hospital reso... Read More about Effect of venepuncture process design on efficiency and failure rates: a simulation model study for secondary care.

Au-Catalyzed Biaryl Coupling To Generate 5- to 9-Membered Rings: Turnover-Limiting Reductive Elimination versus π-Complexation (2016)
Journal Article
Corrie, T. J., Ball, L. T., Russell, C. A., & Lloyd-Jones, G. C. (2017). Au-Catalyzed Biaryl Coupling To Generate 5- to 9-Membered Rings: Turnover-Limiting Reductive Elimination versus π-Complexation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(1), 245-254. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b10018

The intramolecular gold–catalyzed arylation of arenes by aryltrimethylsilanes has been investigated from both a mechanistic and preparative aspect. The reaction generates five to nine membered rings, and of the 44 examples studied, ten include a hete... Read More about Au-Catalyzed Biaryl Coupling To Generate 5- to 9-Membered Rings: Turnover-Limiting Reductive Elimination versus π-Complexation.

Identification of three phase IPM machine parameters using torque tests (2016)
Journal Article
Odhano, . S. A., Bojoi, . R., Armando, . E., Homrich, G., Filho, A. F. F., Popescu, M., & Dorrell, . D. G. (2016). Identification of three phase IPM machine parameters using torque tests. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53(3), 1883-1891. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2016.2646345

This work presents a simple method for obtaining the main parameters, such as the torque constant and the d- and q-axis inductances Ld and Lq, for a brushless internal permanent magnet motor by measuring the machine torque during testing. These tests... Read More about Identification of three phase IPM machine parameters using torque tests.

Integrated bi-directional SiC MOSFET power switches for efficient, power dense and reliable matrix converter assembly (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lasserre, P., Lambert, D., & Castellazzi, A. (in press). Integrated bi-directional SiC MOSFET power switches for efficient, power dense and reliable matrix converter assembly.

This paper presents an innovative device packaging and system integration approach aimed at optimizing the electro-thermal, electro-magnetic and thermo-mechanical performance of the switches in a power converter. In particular, the focus is on state-... Read More about Integrated bi-directional SiC MOSFET power switches for efficient, power dense and reliable matrix converter assembly.

UIS failure mechanism of SiC power MOSFETs (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fayyaz, A., Castellazzi, A., Romano, G., Riccio, M., Urresti, J., & Wright, N. (2016). UIS failure mechanism of SiC power MOSFETs.

This paper investigates the failure mechanism of SiC power MOSFETs during avalanche breakdown under unclamped inductive switching (UIS) test regime. Switches deployed within motor drive applications could experience undesired avalanche breakdown even... Read More about UIS failure mechanism of SiC power MOSFETs.

Trypanosome outer kinetochore proteins suggest conservation of chromosome segregation machinery across eukaryotes (2016)
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D’Archivio, S., & Wickstead, B. (2017). Trypanosome outer kinetochore proteins suggest conservation of chromosome segregation machinery across eukaryotes. Journal of Cell Biology, 216(2), 379-391. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201608043

Kinetochores are multiprotein complexes that couple eukaryotic chromosomes to the mitotic spindle to ensure proper segregation. The model for kinetochore assembly is conserved between humans and yeast, and homologues of several components are widely... Read More about Trypanosome outer kinetochore proteins suggest conservation of chromosome segregation machinery across eukaryotes.

Detecting rotational superradiance in fluid laboratories (2016)
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Cardoso, V., Coutant, A., Richartz, M., & Weinfurtner, S. (2016). Detecting rotational superradiance in fluid laboratories. Physical Review Letters, 117(27), Article 271101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.271101

Rotational superradiance was predicted theoretically decades ago, and is chiefly responsible for a number of important effects and phenomenology in black-hole physics. However, rotational superradiance has never been observed experimentally. Here, wi... Read More about Detecting rotational superradiance in fluid laboratories.

The nonlinear analysis of an innovative slit reinforced concrete water tower in seismic regions (2016)
Journal Article
Gurkalo, F., Du, Y., Poutos, K., & Jimenez-Bescos, C. (2017). The nonlinear analysis of an innovative slit reinforced concrete water tower in seismic regions. Engineering Structures, 134, 138-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.12.033

Water towers are widely used in our society as one of water distribution facilities within water network systems. In the event of a severe earthquake, however, a single plastic hinge that occurs in a water tower could cause its total collapse before... Read More about The nonlinear analysis of an innovative slit reinforced concrete water tower in seismic regions.

Diagnostic concordance of breast pathologists: lessons from the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme Pathology External Quality Assurance Scheme (2016)
Journal Article
Rakha, E. A., Ahmed, M. A., Aleskandarany, M. A., Hodi, Z., Lee, A. H. S., Pinder, S. E., & Ellis, I. O. (2017). Diagnostic concordance of breast pathologists: lessons from the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme Pathology External Quality Assurance Scheme. Histopathology, 70(4), 632-642. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13117

Molecular classification of breast cancer: what the pathologist needs to know (2016)
Journal Article
Rakha, E. A., & Green, A. R. (2017). Molecular classification of breast cancer: what the pathologist needs to know. Pathology, 49(2), 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2016.10.012

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease featuring distinct histological, molecular and clinical phenotypes. Although traditional classification systems utilising clinicopathological and few molecular markers are well established and validated, they... Read More about Molecular classification of breast cancer: what the pathologist needs to know.