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Determinantal generalizations of instrumental variables (2017)
Journal Article
Weihs, L., Robinson, B., Dufresne, E., Kenkel, J., Kubjas, K., McGee, R. L. I., …Drton, M. (2018). Determinantal generalizations of instrumental variables. Journal of Causal Inference, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2017-0009

Linear structural equation models relate the components of a random vector using linear interdependencies and Gaussian noise. Each such model can be naturally associated with a mixed graph whose vertices correspond to the components of the random vec... Read More about Determinantal generalizations of instrumental variables.

Wheat lines exhibiting variation in tolerance of Septoria tritici blotch differentiated by grain source limitation (2017)
Journal Article
Collin, F., Bancal, P., Spink, J., Kock Appelgren, P., Smith, J., Paveley, N., …Foulkes, M. (2018). Wheat lines exhibiting variation in tolerance of Septoria tritici blotch differentiated by grain source limitation. Field Crops Research, 217, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2017.11.022

Septoria tritici blotch (STB) is the most damaging disease of wheat crops in Europe. Because of the partial nature of genotypic resistance or the increasing resistance against fungicides, the tolerance, i.e. maintaining yield in the presence of expre... Read More about Wheat lines exhibiting variation in tolerance of Septoria tritici blotch differentiated by grain source limitation.

Dynamic expression of cytokine and transcription factor genes during experimental Fasciola gigantica infection in buffaloes (2017)
Journal Article
Shi, W., Wei, Z.-Y., Elsheikha, H. M., Zhang, F.-K., Sheng, Z.-A., Lu, K.-J., …Zhu, X.-Q. (2017). Dynamic expression of cytokine and transcription factor genes during experimental Fasciola gigantica infection in buffaloes. Parasites and Vectors, 10(1), Article 602. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2538-1

Background Determining the mechanisms involved in the immune-pathogenesis of the tropical liver fluke, Fasciola gigantica, is crucial to the development of any effective therapeutic intervention. Here, we examined the differential gene expression... Read More about Dynamic expression of cytokine and transcription factor genes during experimental Fasciola gigantica infection in buffaloes.

Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: a qualitative case study (2017)
Journal Article
Mwalabu, G., Evans, C., & Redsell, S. (2017). Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: a qualitative case study. BMC Women's Health, 17(1), Article 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0485-9

Background Young people living with perinatally-acquired HIV require age-appropriate support regarding sex and relationships as they progress towards adulthood. HIV affects both genders but evidence suggests that young women are particularly vulne... Read More about Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: a qualitative case study.

A minimally invasive optical trapping system to understand cellular interactions at onset of an immune response (2017)
Journal Article
Glass, D. G., McAlinden, N., Millington, O. R., & Wright, A. J. (2017). A minimally invasive optical trapping system to understand cellular interactions at onset of an immune response. PLoS ONE, 12(12), Article e0188581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188581

T-cells and antigen presenting cells are an essential part of the adaptive immune response system and how they interact is crucial in how the body effectively fights infection or responds to vaccines. Much of the experimental work studying interactio... Read More about A minimally invasive optical trapping system to understand cellular interactions at onset of an immune response.

Densely functionalised spirocyclic oxetane-piperidine scaffolds for drug discovery (2017)
Journal Article
Geary, G. C., Nortcliffe, A., Pearce, C. A., Hamza, D., Jones, G., & Moody, C. J. (in press). Densely functionalised spirocyclic oxetane-piperidine scaffolds for drug discovery. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2017.12.012

A spirocyclic, sp3-atom rich oxetane-containing scaffold was synthesised in just two steps via a gold catalysed propargylic alcohol rearrangement. The key gold cyclisation can be undertaken on a 40 g scale allowing the preparation of 419 lead-like co... Read More about Densely functionalised spirocyclic oxetane-piperidine scaffolds for drug discovery.

The 13th data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-IV survey mapping nearby galaxies at Apache Point Observatory (2017)
Journal Article
Albareti, F. D., Prieto, C. A., Almeida, A., Anders, F., Anderson, S., Andrews, B. H., …and 125 authors. (2017). The 13th data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-IV survey mapping nearby galaxies at Apache Point Observatory. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 233(2), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aa8992

The fourth generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV) began observations in 2014 July. It pursues three core programs: the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment 2 (APOGEE-2), Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO (MaNGA), and the... Read More about The 13th data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: first spectroscopic data from the SDSS-IV survey mapping nearby galaxies at Apache Point Observatory.

Controllable synthesis of (NH4)Fe2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O using two-step route: Ultrasonic-intensified impinging stream pre-treatment followed by hydrothermal treatment (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. (NH4)Fe2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O samples with different morphology are successfully synthesized via two-step synthesis route – ultrasonic-intensified impinging stream pre-treatment followed by hydrothermal treatment (UIHT) method. The eff... Read More about Controllable synthesis of (NH4)Fe2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O using two-step route: Ultrasonic-intensified impinging stream pre-treatment followed by hydrothermal treatment.

Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor (2017)
Journal Article
Benaarbia, A., Rae, Y., & Sun, W. (2018). Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2017.12.008

This paper presents an elasto-visco-plastic finite element modelling framework including the associated UMAT codes to investigate the high temperature behaviour of gas turbine rotor steels. The model used in the FE study is an improved and unified mu... Read More about Unified viscoplasticity modelling and its application to fatigue-creep behaviour of gas turbine rotor.

Patient characteristics and outcome measurement in a low secure forensic hospital (2017)
Journal Article
Longdon, L., Edworthy, R., Resnick, J., Byrne, A., Clarke, M., Cheung, N., & Khalifa, N. (2018). Patient characteristics and outcome measurement in a low secure forensic hospital. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 28(3), 255-269. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2062

Background: Health services are increasingly required to measure outcomes after treatment, which can be reported to the funding body and may be scrutinised by the public. Extensive high quality measurements are time consuming. Routinely collected cli... Read More about Patient characteristics and outcome measurement in a low secure forensic hospital.

Chinese refugee children and empires: the politics of international adoptions in cold war Hong Kong (2017)
Journal Article
Franco, R. (2018). Chinese refugee children and empires: the politics of international adoptions in cold war Hong Kong. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 46(3), 579-601. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2017.1408227

With the support of new sources from British and Hong Kong archives, this study casts new light on the post-war international adoptions of Chinese refugee children in the British colony of Hong Kong. It argues that while children were ‘saved’ and fou... Read More about Chinese refugee children and empires: the politics of international adoptions in cold war Hong Kong.

Synthetic light-curable polymeric materials provide a supportive niche for dental pulp stem cells (2017)
Journal Article
Vining, K. H., Scherba, J. C., Bever, A., Alexander, M. R., Celiz, A. D., & Mooney, D. J. (2018). Synthetic light-curable polymeric materials provide a supportive niche for dental pulp stem cells. Advanced Materials, 30(4), Article 1704486. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201704486

Dental disease annually affects billions of patients, and while regenerative dentistry aims to heal dental tissue after injury, existing polymeric restorative materials, or fillings, do not directly participate in the healing process in a bioinstruct... Read More about Synthetic light-curable polymeric materials provide a supportive niche for dental pulp stem cells.

Fluorinated electrolytes for li-ion batteries: the lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate additive for stabilizing the solid electrolyte interphase (2017)
Journal Article
Xia, L., Lee, S., Jiang, Y., Xia, Y., Chen, G. Z., & Liu, Z. (in press). Fluorinated electrolytes for li-ion batteries: the lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate additive for stabilizing the solid electrolyte interphase. ACS Omega, 2(12), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.7b01196

Fluorinated electrolytes based on fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) have been considered as promising alternative electrolytes for high-voltage and high-energy capacity lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, the compatibility of the fluorinated electrol... Read More about Fluorinated electrolytes for li-ion batteries: the lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate additive for stabilizing the solid electrolyte interphase.

Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid (2017)
Journal Article
Rhodes, J., Nichol, R. C., Aubourg, É., Bean, R., Boutigny, D., Bremer, M. N., …Linden, A. V. D. (2017). Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 233(2), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aa96b0

Euclid and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) are poised to dramatically change the astronomy landscape early in the next decade. The combination of high-cadence, deep, wide-field optical photometry from LSST with high-resolution, wide-field... Read More about Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid.

Investigation using whole genome sequencing of a prolonged restaurant outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to the building drainage system, England, February 2015 to March 2016 (2017)
Journal Article
Mair-Jenkins, J., Borges-Stewart, R., Harbour, C., Cox-Rogers, J., Dallman, T., Ashton, P., …Puleston, R. (2017). Investigation using whole genome sequencing of a prolonged restaurant outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to the building drainage system, England, February 2015 to March 2016. Eurosurveillance, 22(49), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2017.22.49.17-00037

Following notification of a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium gastroenteritis outbreak, we identified 82 cases linked to a restaurant with symptom onset from 12 February 2015 to 8 March 2016. Seventy-two cases had an isolate matching the nation... Read More about Investigation using whole genome sequencing of a prolonged restaurant outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to the building drainage system, England, February 2015 to March 2016.

The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry (2017)
Book Chapter
Lovatt, H. (2017). The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry. In F. Bessone, & M. Fucecchi (Eds.), The literary genres in the Flavian Age: canons, transformations, reception. De Gruyter

At Statius Thebaid 8.342-427 the second day of fighting begins, after Amphiaraus is swallowed up by the earth. Although this is far from being the beginning of the poem, not even the beginning of the fighting, Statius in this passage creates an image... Read More about The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry.

Mineral analysis of complete dog and cat foods in the UK and compliance with European guidelines (2017)
Journal Article
Davies, M., Alborough, R., Jones, L., Davis, C., Williams, C., & Gardner, D. S. (2017). Mineral analysis of complete dog and cat foods in the UK and compliance with European guidelines. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17159-7

© 2017 The Author(s). Mineral content of complete pet food is regulated to ensure health of the companion animal population. Analysis of adherence to these regulatory guidelines has not been conducted. Here, mineral composition of complete wet (n = 9... Read More about Mineral analysis of complete dog and cat foods in the UK and compliance with European guidelines.