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Tuning a Kalman filter carrier tracking algorithm in the presence of ionospheric scintillation (2017)
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Susi, M., Andreotti, M., Aquino, M., & Dodson, A. (2017). Tuning a Kalman filter carrier tracking algorithm in the presence of ionospheric scintillation. GPS Solutions, 21(3), 1149-1160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-016-0597-y

© 2017, The Author(s). Strong ionospheric electron content gradients may lead to fast and unpredictable fluctuations in the phase and amplitude of the signals from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). This phenomenon, known as ionospheric scin... Read More about Tuning a Kalman filter carrier tracking algorithm in the presence of ionospheric scintillation.

Hierarchical Decline of the Initiative and Performance of Complex Activities of Daily Living in Dementia (2017)
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Giebel, C. M., Sutcliffe, C., & Challis, D. (2017). Hierarchical Decline of the Initiative and Performance of Complex Activities of Daily Living in Dementia. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 30(2), 96-103. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891988716686835

© The Author(s) 2017. Objectives: While basic activities of daily living hierarchically decline in dementia, little is known about the decline of individual instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The objective of this study was to assess in... Read More about Hierarchical Decline of the Initiative and Performance of Complex Activities of Daily Living in Dementia.

User-Centered Design of Serious Games for Older Adults Following 3 Years of Experience With Exergames for Seniors: A Study Design (2017)
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Brox, E., KONSTANTINIDIS, S., & Evertsen, G. (2017). User-Centered Design of Serious Games for Older Adults Following 3 Years of Experience With Exergames for Seniors: A Study Design. JMIR Serious Games, 5(1), Article e2. https://doi.org/10.2196/games.6254

Background: Seniors need sufficient balance and strength to manage in daily life, and sufficient physical activity is required to achieve and maintain these abilities. This can be a challenge, but fun and motivational exergames can be of help. Howeve... Read More about User-Centered Design of Serious Games for Older Adults Following 3 Years of Experience With Exergames for Seniors: A Study Design.

Socioeconomic deprivation and the outcome of pulmonary rehabilitation in England and Wales (2017)
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Steiner, M. C., Lowe, D., Beckford, K., Blakey, J., Bolton, C. E., Elkin, S., Man, W. D. .-C., Roberts, C. M., Sewell, L., Walker, P., & Singh, S. J. (2017). Socioeconomic deprivation and the outcome of pulmonary rehabilitation in England and Wales. Thorax, 72(6), 530-537. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209376

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves exercise capacity and health status in patients with COPD, but many patients assessed for PR do not complete therapy. It is unknown whether socioeconomic deprivation associates with rates of completi... Read More about Socioeconomic deprivation and the outcome of pulmonary rehabilitation in England and Wales.

On a stochastically grain-discretised model for 2D/3D temperature mapping prediction in grinding (2017)
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Li, H. N., & Axinte, D. A. (2017). On a stochastically grain-discretised model for 2D/3D temperature mapping prediction in grinding. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 116, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2017.01.004

Excessive grinding heat might probably lead to unwanted heat damages of workpiece materials, most previous studies on grinding heat/temperature, however, assumed the wheel-workpiece contact zone as a moving band heat source, which might be not approp... Read More about On a stochastically grain-discretised model for 2D/3D temperature mapping prediction in grinding.

Increased homocysteine levels impair reference memory and reducecortical levels of acetylcholine in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment (2017)
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Dam, K., Füchtemeier, M., Farr, T. D., Boehm-Sturm, P., Foddis, M., Dirnagl, U., …Jadavji, N. M. (2017). Increased homocysteine levels impair reference memory and reducecortical levels of acetylcholine in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment. Behavioural Brain Research, 321, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2016.12.041

Folates are B-vitamins that are vital for normal brain function. Deficiencies in folates either genetic(methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, MTHFR) or dietary intake of folic acid result in elevated levelsof homocysteine. Clinical studies have shown... Read More about Increased homocysteine levels impair reference memory and reducecortical levels of acetylcholine in a mouse model of vascular cognitive impairment.

Diagnosing galactic feedback with line broadening in the low redshift Lyα forest (2017)
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Viel, M., Haehnelt, M. G., Bolton, J. S., Kim, T., Puchwein, E., Nasir, F., & Wakker, B. P. (2017). Diagnosing galactic feedback with line broadening in the low redshift Lyα forest. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 467(1), L86-L90. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slx004

We compare the low-redshift (z 0.1) Lyα forest from hydrodynamical simulations with data from the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. We find the tension between the observed number of lines with b-parameters in the range of 25–45 km s−1 and the prediction... Read More about Diagnosing galactic feedback with line broadening in the low redshift Lyα forest.

Exploring expert opinion on the practicality and effectiveness of biosecurity measures on dairy farms in the United Kingdom using choice modeling (2017)
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Shortall, O., Green, M., Brennan, M. L., Wapenaar, W., & Kaler, J. (in press). Exploring expert opinion on the practicality and effectiveness of biosecurity measures on dairy farms in the United Kingdom using choice modeling. Journal of Dairy Science, 100(3), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11435

Biosecurity, defined as a series of measures aiming to stop disease-causing agents entering or leaving an area where farm animals are present, is very important for the continuing economic viability of the United Kingdom dairy sector, and for animal... Read More about Exploring expert opinion on the practicality and effectiveness of biosecurity measures on dairy farms in the United Kingdom using choice modeling.

Automated extraction of single H atoms with STM: tip state dependency (2017)
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Møller, M., Jarvis, S. P., Guérinet, L., Sharp, P., Woolley, R., Rahe, P., & Moriarty, P. (in press). Automated extraction of single H atoms with STM: tip state dependency. Nanotechnology, 28(7), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/28/7/075302

The atomistic structure of the tip apex plays a crucial role in performing reliable atomic-scale surface and adsorbate manipulation using scanning probe techniques. We have developed an automated extraction routine for controlled removal of single hy... Read More about Automated extraction of single H atoms with STM: tip state dependency.

Evolution of plasticity-based wear damage in gross sliding fretting of a Ti-6Al-4V non-conforming contact (2017)
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Mohd Tobi, A., Sun, W., & Shipway, P. (in press). Evolution of plasticity-based wear damage in gross sliding fretting of a Ti-6Al-4V non-conforming contact. Tribology International, 113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2017.01.010

This paper examines the evidence for a plasticity based wear mechanism in the fretting wear of Ti-6Al-4V. Driven by near-surface plastic strain accumulation, the generation of wear debris evolves from coarse metallic debris towards loose fine oxide d... Read More about Evolution of plasticity-based wear damage in gross sliding fretting of a Ti-6Al-4V non-conforming contact.

Trajectories escaping to infinity in finite time (2017)
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Langley, J. (2017). Trajectories escaping to infinity in finite time. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 145(5), 2107-2117. https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/13377

Given a function which is transcendental and meromorphic in the plane, such that either the function has finitely many poles or its inverse function has a logarithmic singularity over infinity, the corresponding meromorphic flow has infinitely many... Read More about Trajectories escaping to infinity in finite time.

Rapid acting fentanyl formulations in breakthrough pain in cancer: drug selection by means of the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis (2017)
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Janknegt, R., van den Beuken, M., Schiere, S., Überall, M., Knaggs, R., Hanley, J., & Thronaes, M. (in press). Rapid acting fentanyl formulations in breakthrough pain in cancer: drug selection by means of the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 25(3), https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-001127

Drug selection of rapid acting fentanyl formulations in the treatment of breakthrough pain in patients with cancer is performed by the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis method. All seven available formulations were included in the analysis. Th... Read More about Rapid acting fentanyl formulations in breakthrough pain in cancer: drug selection by means of the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis.

Picosecond acoustics in single quantum wells of cubic GaN/(Al,Ga)N (2017)
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Czerniuk, T., Ehrlich, T., Wecker, T., As, D., Yakovlev, D., Akimov, A., & Bayer, M. (2017). Picosecond acoustics in single quantum wells of cubic GaN/(Al,Ga)N. Physical Review Applied, 7(1), Article 014006. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.014006

A picosecond acoustic pulse is used to study the photoelastic interaction in single zinc-blende GaN/AlxGa1−xN quantum wells. We use an optical time-resolved pump-probe setup and demonstrate that tuning the photon energy to the quantum well’s lowest e... Read More about Picosecond acoustics in single quantum wells of cubic GaN/(Al,Ga)N.

Editorial [to] Themed issue on sustainability in energy and buildings, part 1 (2017)
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Calautit, J. K. (2017). Editorial [to] Themed issue on sustainability in energy and buildings, part 1. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 170(1), https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.2017.170.1.1

This themed issue includes the selected papers from the proceedings of the seventh International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2015 (SEB15), which was successfully held in the vibrant city of Lisbon, Portugal and was organised... Read More about Editorial [to] Themed issue on sustainability in energy and buildings, part 1.

Executive function during teacher preparation (2017)
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Corcoran, R. P., & O'Flaherty, J. (2017). Executive function during teacher preparation. Teaching and Teacher Education, 63, 168-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.12.023

This three-year study examined executive function development during teacher preparation. The sample consisted of 231 students in spring at Time 1, 36 students at Time 2, and 109 students at Time 3. Results indicate a non-significant decrease in the... Read More about Executive function during teacher preparation.

Utilization of dielectric properties assessment to evaluate the catalytic activity and rate of deactivation of heterogeneous catalysts (2017)
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Sibianu, T. I., Dimitrakis, G., Katrib, J., Matei, C., Berger, D., Dodds, C., Surdu, A. V., Calinescu, I., & Irvine, . D. J. (2017). Utilization of dielectric properties assessment to evaluate the catalytic activity and rate of deactivation of heterogeneous catalysts. 00 Journal not listed, 56(8), 1940–1947. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.6b04341

Spontaneous extrusion of gallstones after percutaneous drainage (2017)
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Hariharan, D., & Lobo, D. N. (2017). Spontaneous extrusion of gallstones after percutaneous drainage. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 99(3), Article e1-e2. https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2017.0015

There have been reports of late discharge of gallstones through operative wounds after spillage into the peritoneal cavity during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and after the development of spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistulae. However, spontaneous... Read More about Spontaneous extrusion of gallstones after percutaneous drainage.

Investor reaction to IFRS for financial instruments in Europe: the role of firm-specific factors (2017)
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Onali, E., Ginesti, G., & Ballestra, L. V. (2017). Investor reaction to IFRS for financial instruments in Europe: the role of firm-specific factors. Finance Research Letters, 21, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2017.01.002

We examine the market reaction to events related to the standard-setting process of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 for over 3,000 European firms that have adopted IFRS. We find that the market reaction to IFRS 9 is largely affect... Read More about Investor reaction to IFRS for financial instruments in Europe: the role of firm-specific factors.

Pain prediction by serum biomarkers of bone turnover in people with knee osteoarthritis: an observational study of TRAcP5b and cathepsin K in OA (2017)
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Nwosu, L. N., Allen, M., Wyatt, L., Huebner, J., Chapman, V., Walsh, D. A., & Kraus, V. (2017). Pain prediction by serum biomarkers of bone turnover in people with knee osteoarthritis: an observational study of TRAcP5b and cathepsin K in OA. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 25(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.01.002

Objectives: To investigate serum biomarkers, tartrate resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRAcP5b) and cathepsin K, indicative of osteoclastic bone resorption, and their relationship to pain and pain change in knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Methods: Sera and... Read More about Pain prediction by serum biomarkers of bone turnover in people with knee osteoarthritis: an observational study of TRAcP5b and cathepsin K in OA.

The scales of general well-being (SGWB) (2017)
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Longo, Y., Coyne, I., & Joseph, S. (2017). The scales of general well-being (SGWB). Personality and Individual Differences, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.005

This paper presents the development and validation of a new well-being questionnaire: the Scales of General Well-Being (SGWB). A review of current measures identified fourteen common constructs as lower-order indicators of well-being: happiness, vita... Read More about The scales of general well-being (SGWB).