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Sign changes as a universal concept in first-passage-time calculations (2017)
Journal Article
Braun, W., & Thul, R. (2017). Sign changes as a universal concept in first-passage-time calculations. Physical Review E, 95(12114), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.012114

First-passage-time problems are ubiquitous across many fields of study including transport processes in semiconductors and biological synapses, evolutionary game theory and percolation. Despite their prominence, first-passage-time calculations have p... Read More about Sign changes as a universal concept in first-passage-time calculations.

Evolution of cosmic star formation in the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey (2017)
Journal Article
Bourne, N., Dunlop, J., Merlin, E., Parsa, S., Schreiber, C., Castellano, M., Conselice, C. J., Coppin, K., Farrah, D., Fontana, A., Geach, J., Halpern, M., Knudsen, K., Michałowski, M., Mortlock, A., Santini, P., Scott, D., Shu, X., Simpson, C., Simpson, J., …van der Werf, P. (2017). Evolution of cosmic star formation in the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(2), 1360-1385. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx031

We present a new exploration of the cosmic star formation history and dust obscuration in massive galaxies at redshifts 0.5 < z < 6. We utilize the deepest 450- and 850-μm imaging from SCUBA-2 CLS, covering 230 arcmin2 in the AEGIS, COSMOS and UDS fi... Read More about Evolution of cosmic star formation in the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey.

Neuroimaging biomarkers predict brain structural connectivity change in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment (2017)
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Boehm-Sturm, P., Füchtemeier, M., Foddis, M., Mueller, S., Trueman, R. C., Zille, M., Rinnenthal, J. L., Kypraios, T., Shaw, L., Dirnagl, U., & Farr, T. D. (in press). Neuroimaging biomarkers predict brain structural connectivity change in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment. Stroke, 48(1), https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.014394

Background and Purpose�Chronic hypoperfusion in the mouse brain has been suggested to mimic aspects of vascular cognitive impairment, such as white matter damage. Although this model has attracted attention, our group has struggled to generate a re... Read More about Neuroimaging biomarkers predict brain structural connectivity change in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment.

Healthcare benefits linked with Below Poverty Line registration in India: Observations from Maharashtra Anaemia Study (MAS) (2017)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A., Fogarty, A., Tata, L., & Myles, P. R. (2017). Healthcare benefits linked with Below Poverty Line registration in India: Observations from Maharashtra Anaemia Study (MAS). F1000Research, 6(25), https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10556.1

A 2015 Lancet paper by Patel et al. on healthcare access in India comprehensively discussed national health programmes where some benefits are linked with the country’s Below Poverty Line (BPL) registration scheme. BPL registration aims to support po... Read More about Healthcare benefits linked with Below Poverty Line registration in India: Observations from Maharashtra Anaemia Study (MAS).

Supply chain integration strategies in fast evolving industries (2017)
Journal Article
Sabet, E., Yazdani, N., & De Leeuw, S. (2017). Supply chain integration strategies in fast evolving industries. International Journal of Logistics Management, The, 28(1), 29-46. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-01-2015-0013

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define the “fast evolving industry” (FEI) and its supply chain management (SCM) challenges. The authors review and structure the literature regarding integration strategies and implementation methods to devel... Read More about Supply chain integration strategies in fast evolving industries.

Physical and biological characteristics of multi drug resistance (MDR): an integral approach considering pH and drug resistance in cancer (2017)
Journal Article
Omran, Z., Scaife, P., Stewart, S., & Rauch, C. (2017). Physical and biological characteristics of multi drug resistance (MDR): an integral approach considering pH and drug resistance in cancer. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 43, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.01.002

The role of the Warburg effect in cancer remains to be elucidated with a resurgence in research efforts over the past decade. Why a cancer cell would prefer to use energy inefficient glycolysis, leading to an alteration of pH both inside and outside... Read More about Physical and biological characteristics of multi drug resistance (MDR): an integral approach considering pH and drug resistance in cancer.

‘Instead of fetching flowers, the youths brought in flakes of snow’: exploring extreme weather history through English parish registers (2017)
Journal Article
Veale, L., Bowen, J. P., & Endfield, G. H. (2017). ‘Instead of fetching flowers, the youths brought in flakes of snow’: exploring extreme weather history through English parish registers. Archives and Records, https://doi.org/10.1080/23257962.2016.1260531

Parish registers provide organized, dated and located population data and as such, are routinely among the most frequently consulted documents within the holdings of county record offices and archives. Throughout history, extreme weather has had sign... Read More about ‘Instead of fetching flowers, the youths brought in flakes of snow’: exploring extreme weather history through English parish registers.

Image-based 3D canopy reconstruction to determine potential productivity in complex multi-species crop systems (2017)
Journal Article
Burgess, A. J., Retkute, R., Pound, M. P., Mayes, S., & Murchie, E. H. (2017). Image-based 3D canopy reconstruction to determine potential productivity in complex multi-species crop systems. Annals of Botany, 119(4), 517-532. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw242

Background and Aims: Intercropping systems contain two or more species simultaneously in close proximity. Due to contrasting features of the component crops, quantification of the light environment and photosynthetic productivity is extremely difficu... Read More about Image-based 3D canopy reconstruction to determine potential productivity in complex multi-species crop systems.

The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study (2017)
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Stanyon, M., Goldberg, S. E., Astle, A., Griffiths, A., & Gordon, A. L. (2017). The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study. Age and Ageing, 46(4), 582–588. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw244

BACKGROUND: Registered Nurses (RNs) working in UK care homes receive most of their training in acute hospitals. At present the role of care home nursing is underdeveloped and it is seen as a low status career. We describe here research to define cor... Read More about The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study.

Rheumatoid arthritis is getting less frequent—results of a nationwide population-based cohort study (2017)
Journal Article
Abhishek, A., Doherty, M., Kuo, C.-F., Mallen, C. D., Zhang, W., & Grainge, M. J. (2017). Rheumatoid arthritis is getting less frequent—results of a nationwide population-based cohort study. Rheumatology, 56(5), 736-744. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew468

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine changes in incidence and prevalence of RA between 1990 and 2014, and to explore if there is any geographic variation in incidence and prevalence of RA in the UK
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Design Prospective... Read More about Rheumatoid arthritis is getting less frequent—results of a nationwide population-based cohort study.

Rich digital collaborations in a small rural community (2017)
Book Chapter
Dix, A., Malizia, A., Turchi, T., Gill, S., Louden, G., Morris, R., Chamberlain, A., & Belluci, A. (2017). Rich digital collaborations in a small rural community. In C. Anslow, P. Campos, & J. Jorge (Eds.), Collaboration Meets Interactive Spaces (463-483). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45853-3_20

In this chapter we describe experience in the design and installation of a low-cost multi-touch table in a rural island community. We discuss the creation of the table including: pragmatic challenges of installation, and then re-installation as the... Read More about Rich digital collaborations in a small rural community.

(Post)graduate Education Markets and the Formation of Mobile Transnational Economic Elites (2017)
Book Chapter
Hall, S. (2017). (Post)graduate Education Markets and the Formation of Mobile Transnational Economic Elites. In J. Glückler, E. Lazega, & I. Hammer (Eds.), Knowledge and Networks (103-116). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45023-0_6

Undergraduate and postgraduate education has increasingly been framed by policymakers and employers in advanced economies as an important way of improving graduate employability and enhancing economic growth within knowledge-based economies. This is... Read More about (Post)graduate Education Markets and the Formation of Mobile Transnational Economic Elites.

Appearance and disappearance of quantum correlations in measurement-based feedback control of a mechanical oscillator (2017)
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Sudhir, V., Wilson, D. J., Schilling, R., Schütz, H., Fedorov, S. A., Ghadimi, A. H., Nunnenkamp, A., & Kippenberg, T. J. (2017). Appearance and disappearance of quantum correlations in measurement-based feedback control of a mechanical oscillator. Physical Review X, 7(1), Article 011001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.011001

Quantum correlations between imprecision and backaction are a hallmark of continuous linear measurements. Here, we study how measurement-based feedback can be used to improve the visibility of quantum correlations due to the interaction of a laser fi... Read More about Appearance and disappearance of quantum correlations in measurement-based feedback control of a mechanical oscillator.

The Divine Office in Anglo-Saxon England, 597-c.1000. By Jesse D. Billett. Henry Bradshaw Society Subsidia 7. London: Henry Bradshaw Society. 2014. xxii + 463 pp.; 2 b/w plates. £60. ISBN 978 1 90749 728 5. (2017)
Journal Article
Parkes, H. (2017). The Divine Office in Anglo-Saxon England, 597-c.1000. By Jesse D. Billett. Henry Bradshaw Society Subsidia 7. London: Henry Bradshaw Society. 2014. xxii + 463 pp.; 2 b/w plates. £60. ISBN 978 1 90749 728 5. Early Medieval Europe, 25(1), 117-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12191

Synthesis of polymeric microcapsules by interfacial-suspension cationic photopolymerisation of divinyl ether monomer in aqueous suspension (2017)
Journal Article
Benedetti, M., Congdon, T. R., Bassett, S. P., Alauhdin, M., Howdle, S. M., Haddleton, D. M., Pisano, R., Sangermano, M., & Schiller, T. L. (2017). Synthesis of polymeric microcapsules by interfacial-suspension cationic photopolymerisation of divinyl ether monomer in aqueous suspension. Polymer Chemistry, 8(6), 972-975. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6py01782g

© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Polymeric microcapusles have been synthesised with a markedly more hydrophillic monomer than previously reported, triethylene glycol divinyl ether, using cationic photopolymerisation in an aqueous environment. C... Read More about Synthesis of polymeric microcapsules by interfacial-suspension cationic photopolymerisation of divinyl ether monomer in aqueous suspension.

Endogenous lysophosphatidic acid (LPA1) receptor agonists demonstrate ligand bias between calcium and ERK signalling pathways in human lung fibroblasts (2017)
Journal Article
Sattikar, A., Dowling, M. R., & Rosethorne, E. M. (2017). Endogenous lysophosphatidic acid (LPA1) receptor agonists demonstrate ligand bias between calcium and ERK signalling pathways in human lung fibroblasts. British Journal of Pharmacology, 174(3), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.13671

Background and Purpose

Human lung fibroblasts (HLF) express high levels of the LPA1 receptor, a GPCR that responds to the endogenous lipid mediator, lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). Several molecular species or analogues of LPA exist and have been det... Read More about Endogenous lysophosphatidic acid (LPA1) receptor agonists demonstrate ligand bias between calcium and ERK signalling pathways in human lung fibroblasts.

Mean-VaR portfolio optimization: a nonparametric approach (2017)
Journal Article
Lwin, K. T., Qu, R., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2017). Mean-VaR portfolio optimization: a nonparametric approach. European Journal of Operational Research, 260(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.01.005

Portfolio optimization involves the optimal assignment of limited capital to different available financial assets to achieve a reasonable trade-off between profit and risk. We consider an alternative Markowitz's mean-variance model, in which the vari... Read More about Mean-VaR portfolio optimization: a nonparametric approach.

Markov Chain methods for the Bipartite Boolean Quadratic Programming Problem (2017)
Journal Article
Karapetyan, D., Punnen, A., & Parkes, A. J. (2017). Markov Chain methods for the Bipartite Boolean Quadratic Programming Problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 260(2), 494-506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.01.001

We study the Bipartite Boolean Quadratic Programming Problem (BBQP) which is an extension of the well known Boolean Quadratic Programming Problem (BQP). Applications of the BBQP include mining discrete patterns from binary data, approximating matrice... Read More about Markov Chain methods for the Bipartite Boolean Quadratic Programming Problem.