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Participatory modelling for stakeholder involvement in the development of flood risk management intervention options (2016)
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Maskrey, S. A., Mount, N. J., Thorne, C. R., & Dryden, I. L. (2016). Participatory modelling for stakeholder involvement in the development of flood risk management intervention options. Environmental Modelling and Software, 82, 275-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.04.027

Advancing stakeholder participation beyond consultation offers a range of benefits for local flood risk management, particularly as responsibilities are increasingly devolved to local levels. This paper details the design and implementation of a par... Read More about Participatory modelling for stakeholder involvement in the development of flood risk management intervention options.

Static and dynamic stress heterogeneity in a multiscale model of the asthmatic airway wall (2016)
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Hiorns, J. E., Jensen, O. E., & Brook, B. S. (2016). Static and dynamic stress heterogeneity in a multiscale model of the asthmatic airway wall. Journal of Applied Physiology, 121(1), 233-247. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00715.2015

Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is a key characteristic of asthma that remains poorly understood. Tidal breathing and deep inspiration ordinarily cause rapid relaxation of airway smooth muscle (ASM) (as demonstrated via application of length fluctua... Read More about Static and dynamic stress heterogeneity in a multiscale model of the asthmatic airway wall.

Asphericity of a length four relative presentation (2016)
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Bin Ahmad, A. G., Al-Mulla, M. A., & Edjvet, M. (2016). Asphericity of a length four relative presentation. Journal of Algebra and Its Applications, 16(4), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219498817500761

We consider the relative group presentation P = < G, X | R > where X = { x \} and R = { xg_1 xg_2 xg_3 x^{-1} g_4 }. We show modulo a small number of exceptional cases exactly when P is aspherical. If the subgroup H of G is given by H = < g_1^{-1}... Read More about Asphericity of a length four relative presentation.

An abstract analysis of optimal goal-oriented adaptivity (2016)
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Feischl, M., Praetorius, D., & van der Zee, K. G. (in press). An abstract analysis of optimal goal-oriented adaptivity. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 54(3), https://doi.org/10.1137/15M1021982

We provide an abstract framework for optimal goal-oriented adaptivity for finite element methods and boundary element methods in the spirit of (Carstensen, Feischl, Page, and Praetorius, Axioms of adaptivity, Comput. Math. Appl., 67 (2014), pp. 1195–... Read More about An abstract analysis of optimal goal-oriented adaptivity.

Monte Carlo simulations of random non-commutative geometries (2016)
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Barrett, J. W., & Glaser, L. (2016). Monte Carlo simulations of random non-commutative geometries. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 49(24), Article 245001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/49/24/245001

© 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. Random non-commutative geometries are introduced by integrating over the space of Dirac operators that form a spectral triple with a fixed algebra and Hilbert space. The cases with the simplest types of Clifford algebra are... Read More about Monte Carlo simulations of random non-commutative geometries.

Slow escaping points of quasiregular mappings (2016)
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Nicks, D. A. (in press). Slow escaping points of quasiregular mappings. Mathematische Zeitschrift, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-016-1687-9

This article concerns the iteration of quasiregular mappings on Rd and entire functions on C. It is shown that there are always points at which the iterates of a quasiregular map tend to infinity at a controlled rate. Moreover, an asymptotic rate of... Read More about Slow escaping points of quasiregular mappings.

A multi-scale model of the interplay between cell signalling and hormone transport in specifying the root meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana (2016)
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Muraro, D., Larrieu, A., Lucas, M., Chopard, J., Byrne, H. M., Godin, C., & King, J. R. (in press). A multi-scale model of the interplay between cell signalling and hormone transport in specifying the root meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 404, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.04.036

The growth of the root of Arabidopsis thaliana is sustained by the meristem, a region of cell proliferation and differentiation which is located in the root apex and generates cells which move shootwards, expanding rapidly to cause root growth. The b... Read More about A multi-scale model of the interplay between cell signalling and hormone transport in specifying the root meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Continuous trench, pulsed laser ablation for micro-machining applications (2016)
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Cadot, G., Axinte, D. A., & Billingham, J. (2016). Continuous trench, pulsed laser ablation for micro-machining applications. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 107, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2016.04.011

The generation of controlled 3D micro-features by pulsed laser ablation in various materials requires an understanding of the material's temporal and energetic response to the laser beam. The key enabler of pulsed laser ablation for micro-machining i... Read More about Continuous trench, pulsed laser ablation for micro-machining applications.

The generalized Mukai conjecture for symmetric varieties (2016)
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Gagliardi, G., & Hofscheier, J. (2017). The generalized Mukai conjecture for symmetric varieties. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 369(4), 2615-2649. https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/6738

©2016 American Mathematical Society. We associate to any complete spherical variety X a certain nonnegative rational number ℘(X), which we conjecture to satisfy the inequality ℘(X) ≤ dimX − rankX with equality holding if and only if X is isomorphic t... Read More about The generalized Mukai conjecture for symmetric varieties.

A Bayesian level set method for geometric inverse problems (2016)
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Iglesias, M., Lu, Y., & Stuart, A. (2016). A Bayesian level set method for geometric inverse problems. Interfaces and Free Boundaries, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.4171/IFB/362

We introduce a level set based approach to Bayesian geometric inverse problems. In these problems the interface between different domains is the key unknown, and is realized as the level set of a function. This function itself becomes the object of t... Read More about A Bayesian level set method for geometric inverse problems.

Compensated convex transforms and geometric singularity extraction from semiconvex functions (2016)
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Zhang, K., Crooks, E., & Orlando, A. (in press). Compensated convex transforms and geometric singularity extraction from semiconvex functions. https://doi.org/10.1360/N012015-00339

The upper and lower compensated convex transforms are `tight' one-sided approximations for a given function. We apply these transforms to the extraction of fine geometric singularities from general semiconvex/semiconcave functions and DC-functions in... Read More about Compensated convex transforms and geometric singularity extraction from semiconvex functions.

Nonassociative geometry in quasi-Hopf representation categories II: Connections and curvature (2016)
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Barnes, G. E., Schenkel, A., & Szabo, R. J. (2016). Nonassociative geometry in quasi-Hopf representation categories II: Connections and curvature. Journal of Geometry and Physics, 106, 234-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomphys.2016.04.005

We continue our systematic development of noncommutative and nonassociative differential geometry internal to the representation category of a quasitriangular quasi-Hopf algebra. We describe derivations, differential operators, differential calculi a... Read More about Nonassociative geometry in quasi-Hopf representation categories II: Connections and curvature.

FDCCS16 molecular simulation of the thermophysical properties and phase behaviour of impure CO2 relevant to CCS (2016)
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Cresswell, A. J., Wheatley, R. J., Wilkinson, R. D., & Graham, R. S. (in press). FDCCS16 molecular simulation of the thermophysical properties and phase behaviour of impure CO2 relevant to CCS. Faraday Discussions, 192, https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD00026F

Impurities from the CCS chain can greatly influence the physical properties of CO2. This has important design, safety and cost implications for the compression, transport and storage of CO2. There is an urgent need to understand and predict the prope... Read More about FDCCS16 molecular simulation of the thermophysical properties and phase behaviour of impure CO2 relevant to CCS.

Fourier coefficients of Eisenstein series formed with modular symbols and their spectral decomposition (2016)
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Bruggeman, R., & Diamantis, N. (2016). Fourier coefficients of Eisenstein series formed with modular symbols and their spectral decomposition. Journal of Number Theory, 167, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2016.03.009

The Fourier coefficient of a second order Eisenstein series is described as a shifted convolution sum. This description is used to obtain the spectral decomposition of and estimates for the shifted convolution sum.

Testing a quantum heat pump with a two-level spin (2016)
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Correa, L. A., & Mehboudi, M. (2016). Testing a quantum heat pump with a two-level spin. Entropy, 18(4), 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/e18040141

Once in its non-equilibrium steady state, a nanoscale system coupled to several heat baths may be thought of as a “quantum heat pump”. Depending on the direction of its stationary heat flows, it may function as, e.g., a refrigerator or a heat transfo... Read More about Testing a quantum heat pump with a two-level spin.

Statistically efficient tomography of low rank states with incomplete measurements (2016)
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Acharya, A., Kypraios, T., & Gut?a?, M. (2016). Statistically efficient tomography of low rank states with incomplete measurements. New Journal of Physics, 18(4), https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/4/043018

The construction of physically relevant low dimensional state models, and the design of appropriate measurements are key issues in tackling quantum state tomography for large dimensional systems. We consider the statistical problem of estimating low... Read More about Statistically efficient tomography of low rank states with incomplete measurements.

Robustness of Coherence: An Operational and Observable Measure of Quantum Coherence (2016)
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Napoli, C., Bromley, T. R., Cianciaruso, M., Piani, M., Johnston, N., & Adesso, G. (2016). Robustness of Coherence: An Operational and Observable Measure of Quantum Coherence. Physical Review Letters, 116(15), Article 150502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.150502

Quantifying coherence is an essential endeavour for both quantum foundations and quantum technologies. Here the robustness of coherence is defined and proven a full monotone in the context of the recently introduced resource theories of quantum coher... Read More about Robustness of Coherence: An Operational and Observable Measure of Quantum Coherence.

Robustness of asymmetry and coherence of quantum states (2016)
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Piani, M., Cianciaruso, M., Bromley, T. R., Napoli, C., Johnston, N., & Adesso, G. (2016). Robustness of asymmetry and coherence of quantum states. Physical Review A, 93(4), Article 042107. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.042107

Quantum states may exhibit asymmetry with respect to the action of a given group. Such an asymmetry of states can be considered as a resource in applications such as quantum metrology, and it is a concept that encompasses quantum coherence as a speci... Read More about Robustness of asymmetry and coherence of quantum states.

Synchrony in networks of coupled nonsmooth dynamical systems: extending the master stability function (2016)
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Coombes, S., & Thul, R. (2016). Synchrony in networks of coupled nonsmooth dynamical systems: extending the master stability function. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 27(6), 904-922. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956792516000115

The master stability function is a powerful tool for determining synchrony in high-dimensional networks of coupled limit cycle oscillators. In part, this approach relies on the analysis of a low-dimensional variational equation around a periodic orbi... Read More about Synchrony in networks of coupled nonsmooth dynamical systems: extending the master stability function.

Reconstructing transmission trees for communicable diseases using densely sampled genetic data (2016)
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Worby, C. J., O'Neill, P. D., Kypraios, T., Robotham, J. V., De Angelis, D., Cartwright, E. J., …Cooper, B. S. (2016). Reconstructing transmission trees for communicable diseases using densely sampled genetic data. Annals of Applied Statistics, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1214/15-AOAS898

Whole genome sequencing of pathogens from multiple hosts in an epidemic offers the potential to investigate who infected whom with unparalleled resolution, potentially yielding important insights into disease dynamics and the impact of control measur... Read More about Reconstructing transmission trees for communicable diseases using densely sampled genetic data.