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Introgression of Aegilops speltoides segements in Triticum aestivum and the effect of the gametocidal genes (2017)
Journal Article
King, J., Grewal, S., Yang, C., Hubbart Edwards, S., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., …King, I. P. (2018). Introgression of Aegilops speltoides segements in Triticum aestivum and the effect of the gametocidal genes. Annals of Botany, 121(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx149

• Background and Aims Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has been through a severe genetic bottleneck as a result of its evolution and domestication. It is therefore essential that new sources of genetic variation are generated and utilized. This study... Read More about Introgression of Aegilops speltoides segements in Triticum aestivum and the effect of the gametocidal genes.

Analysing the opinions of UK veterinarians on practice-based research using corpus linguistic and mathematical methods (2017)
Journal Article
Huntley, S. J., Mahlberg, M., Wiegand, V., van Gennip, Y., Yang, H., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). Analysing the opinions of UK veterinarians on practice-based research using corpus linguistic and mathematical methods. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 150, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.11.020

The use of corpus linguistic techniques and other related mathematical analyses have rarely, if ever, been applied to qualitative data collected from the veterinary field. The aim of this study was to explore the use of a combination of corpus lingui... Read More about Analysing the opinions of UK veterinarians on practice-based research using corpus linguistic and mathematical methods.

Teaching by example and induced beliefs in a model of cultural transmission (2017)
Journal Article
Adriani, F., Matheson, J. A., & Sonderegger, S. (2018). Teaching by example and induced beliefs in a model of cultural transmission. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 145, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.11.031

We augment standard models of cultural transmission with an explicit account of social learning, grounded in the information transmission literature. Youngsters observe the behavioral trait of a role model and form beliefs about the desirability of t... Read More about Teaching by example and induced beliefs in a model of cultural transmission.

Feed thickener for infants up to six months of age with gastro-oesophageal reflux (Review) (2017)
Journal Article
Kwok, T. C., Ojha, S., & Dorling, J. (in press). Feed thickener for infants up to six months of age with gastro-oesophageal reflux (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Article CD003211. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003211.pub2

Background Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) is common in infants, and feed thickeners are often used to manage it in infants as they are simple to use and perceived to be harmless. However, conflicting evidence exists to support the use of feed thick... Read More about Feed thickener for infants up to six months of age with gastro-oesophageal reflux (Review).

13C-assisted metabolic flux analysis to investigate heterotrophic and mixotrophic metabolism in Cupriavidus necator H16 (2017)
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Alagesan, S., Minton, N. P., & Malys, N. (2018). 13C-assisted metabolic flux analysis to investigate heterotrophic and mixotrophic metabolism in Cupriavidus necator H16. Metabolomics, 14(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-017-1302-z

Introduction. Cupriavidus necator H16 is a gram-negative bacterium, capable of lithoautotrophic growth by utilizing hydrogen as an energy source and fixing carbon dioxide (CO2) through Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle. The potential to utilize synth... Read More about 13C-assisted metabolic flux analysis to investigate heterotrophic and mixotrophic metabolism in Cupriavidus necator H16.

Radial force control of multi-sector permanent magnet machines for vibration suppression (2017)
Journal Article
Valente, G., Papini, L., Formentini, A., Gerada, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). Radial force control of multi-sector permanent magnet machines for vibration suppression. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 65(7), 5395-5405. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2780039

Radial force control in electrical machines has been widely investigated for a variety of bearingless machines, as well as for the conventional structures featuring mechanical bearings. This paper takes advantage of the spatial distribution of the wi... Read More about Radial force control of multi-sector permanent magnet machines for vibration suppression.

Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children (2017)
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Zontini, E., & Reynolds, T. (2018). Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children. Global Networks, 18(3), 418-436. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12185

© 2017 Global Networks Partnership & John Wiley & Sons Ltd In this article, we develop the concept of ‘transnational family habitus’ as a theoretical tool for making sense of the ways in which children and young people from a migrant background a... Read More about Mapping the role of ‘transnational family habitus’ in the lives of young people and children.

Quality of questionnaires for the assessment of otitis media with effusion in children (2017)
Journal Article
Wei Chern Gan, R., Daniel, M., Ridley, M., & Barry, J. G. (in press). Quality of questionnaires for the assessment of otitis media with effusion in children. Clinical Otolaryngology, 43(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.13026

Objectives Audiometric tests provide information about hearing in otitis media with effusion (OME). Questionnaires can supplement this information by supporting clinical history‐taking as well as potentially providing a standardized and comprehensiv... Read More about Quality of questionnaires for the assessment of otitis media with effusion in children.

A new AC/AC power converter (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nasir, U., Costabeber, A., Wheeler, P., & Rivera, M. (2017). A new AC/AC power converter.

The Future Electrical Network will be based on the integration of different renewable energy sources. In this regard, modular bidirectional power converter architectures will get special attention. Galvanic isolation in such power converter architect... Read More about A new AC/AC power converter.

Ralph J. Perk, the “New ethnicity”, and the making of urban ethnic republicans (2017)
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Merton, J. (2019). Ralph J. Perk, the “New ethnicity”, and the making of urban ethnic republicans. Journal of American Studies, 53(2), 449-477. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875817001803

Historians seeking to explain the late twentieth century rightward shift of urban ethnic whites have tended to ignore the shifting meaning and content of white ethnic identity in this transition, and the utility of these changes to conservative polit... Read More about Ralph J. Perk, the “New ethnicity”, and the making of urban ethnic republicans.

Effective parallelisation for machine learning (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kamp, M., Boley, M., Missura, O., & Gärtner, T. (2017). Effective parallelisation for machine learning.

We present a novel parallelisation scheme that simplifies the adaptation of learning algorithms to growing amounts of data as well as growing needs for accurate and confident predictions in critical applications. In contrast to other parallelisation... Read More about Effective parallelisation for machine learning.

Enhancement of low-temperature thermometry by strong coupling (2017)
Journal Article
Correa, L. A., Perarnau-Llobet, M., Hovhannisyan, K. V., Mehboudi, M., Hernández-Santana, S., & Sanpera, A. (2017). Enhancement of low-temperature thermometry by strong coupling. Physical Review A, 96(6), Article 062103. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.062103

We consider the problem of estimating the temperature T of a very cold equilibrium sample. The temperature estimates are drawn from measurements performed on a quantum Brownian probe strongly coupled to it. We model this scenario by resorting to the... Read More about Enhancement of low-temperature thermometry by strong coupling.

Adaptive Stabilization of Uncontrolled Rectifier Based AC–DC Power Systems Feeding Constant Power Loads (2017)
Journal Article
Areerak, K., Sopapirm, T., Bozhko, S., Hill, C. I., Suyapan, A., & Areerak, K. (2018). Adaptive Stabilization of Uncontrolled Rectifier Based AC–DC Power Systems Feeding Constant Power Loads. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 33(10), 8927-8935. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2017.2779541

© 2017 IEEE. It is known that, when tightly regulated, actively controlled power converters behave as constant power loads (CPLs). These loads can significantly degrade the stability of their feeder system. The loop-cancelation technique has been est... Read More about Adaptive Stabilization of Uncontrolled Rectifier Based AC–DC Power Systems Feeding Constant Power Loads.

Transcriptional and epigenetic control of cell fate decisions in early embryos (2017)
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Alberio, R. (2017). Transcriptional and epigenetic control of cell fate decisions in early embryos. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 30(1), https://doi.org/10.1071/RD17403

Mammalian embryo development is characterized by regulative mechanisms of lineage segregation and cell specification. A combination of carefully orchestrated gene expression networks, signalling pathways and epigenetic marks define specific developme... Read More about Transcriptional and epigenetic control of cell fate decisions in early embryos.

Sensitive detection of voltage transients using differential intensity surface plasmon resonance system (2017)
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Abayzeed, S. A., Smith, R. J., Webb, K. F., Somekh, M. G., & See, C. W. (2017). Sensitive detection of voltage transients using differential intensity surface plasmon resonance system. Optics Express, 25(25), 31552-31567. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.031552

This paper describes theoretical and experimental study of the fundamentals of using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) for label-free detection of voltage. Plasmonic voltage sensing relies on the capacitive properties of metal-electrolyte interface tha... Read More about Sensitive detection of voltage transients using differential intensity surface plasmon resonance system.

Validation of an updated Associative Transcriptomics platform for the polyploid crop species Brassica napus by dissection of the genetic architecture of erucic acid and tocopherol isoform variation in seeds (2017)
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Havlickova, L., He, Z., Wang, L., Langer, S., Harper, A. L., Kaur, H., …Bancroft, I. (2018). Validation of an updated Associative Transcriptomics platform for the polyploid crop species Brassica napus by dissection of the genetic architecture of erucic acid and tocopherol isoform variation in seeds. Plant Journal, 93(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13767

An updated platform was developed to underpin association genetics studies in the polyploid crop species Brassica napus (oilseed rape). Based on 1.92 × 1012 bases of leaf mRNAseq data, functional genotypes, comprising 355 536 single-nucleotide polymo... Read More about Validation of an updated Associative Transcriptomics platform for the polyploid crop species Brassica napus by dissection of the genetic architecture of erucic acid and tocopherol isoform variation in seeds.

Churn flow in high viscosity oils and large diameter columns (2017)
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Mohammed, S. K., Hasan, A., Dimitrakis, G., & Azzopardi, B. J. (2018). Churn flow in high viscosity oils and large diameter columns. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2017.11.018

Churn flow is an important intermediate flow regimoccurring in between slug and annular flow patterns in two-phase flow, with profound implications in chemical and petroleum industry. The majority of studies to date in churn flow has been carried out... Read More about Churn flow in high viscosity oils and large diameter columns.

On the preservation of fibre direction during axisymmetric hyperelastic mass-growth of a finite fibre-reinforced tube (2017)
Journal Article
Soldatos, K. (2018). On the preservation of fibre direction during axisymmetric hyperelastic mass-growth of a finite fibre-reinforced tube. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 109(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-017-9942-6

Several types of tube-like fibre-reinforced tissue, including arteries and veins, different kinds of muscle, biological tubes as well as plants and trees, grow in an axially symmetric manner that preserves their own shape as well as the direction and... Read More about On the preservation of fibre direction during axisymmetric hyperelastic mass-growth of a finite fibre-reinforced tube.