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Quality control of a medicinal larval (Lucilia sericata) debridement device based on released gelatinase activity (2017)
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Pickles, S., & Pritchard, D. I. (2017). Quality control of a medicinal larval (Lucilia sericata) debridement device based on released gelatinase activity. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 31(2), 200-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12220

Lucilia sericata Meigen (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae are manufactured worldwide for the treatment of chronic wounds. Published research has confirmed that the primary clinical effect of the product, debridement (the degradation of non-viable wound... Read More about Quality control of a medicinal larval (Lucilia sericata) debridement device based on released gelatinase activity.

A study on decision-making of food supply chain based on big data (2017)
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Ji, G., Hu, L., & Tan, K. H. (2017). A study on decision-making of food supply chain based on big data. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 26(2), 183-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11518-016-5320-6

As more and more companies have captured and analyzed huge volumes of data to improve the performance of supply chain, this paper develops a big data harvest model that uses big data as inputs to make more informed production decisions in the food su... Read More about A study on decision-making of food supply chain based on big data.

When fair is not equal: compassion and politeness predict allocations of wealth under different norms of equity and need (2017)
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Zhao, K., Ferguson, E., & Smillie, L. D. (in press). When fair is not equal: compassion and politeness predict allocations of wealth under different norms of equity and need. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616683018

Growing evidence has highlighted the importance of social norms in promoting prosocial behaviors in economic games. Specifically, individual differences in norm adherence—captured by the politeness aspect of Big Five agreeableness—has been found to p... Read More about When fair is not equal: compassion and politeness predict allocations of wealth under different norms of equity and need.

Functional characterization of rhoptry kinome in the virulent toxoplasma gondii RH strain (2017)
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Wang, J.-L., Li, T.-T., Elsheikha, H. M., Chen, K., Zhu, W.-N., Yue, D.-M., …Huang, S.-Y. (in press). Functional characterization of rhoptry kinome in the virulent toxoplasma gondii RH strain. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, Article 84. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00084

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular apicomplexan protozoan which can infect any warm-blooded animal and causes severe diseases in immunocompromised individuals or infants infected in utero. The survival and success of this parasite requi... Read More about Functional characterization of rhoptry kinome in the virulent toxoplasma gondii RH strain.

Radiation trapping in a dense cold Rydberg gas (2017)
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Sadler, D., Bridge, E., Boddy, D., Bounds, A., Keegan, N., Lochead, G., …Olmos, B. (2017). Radiation trapping in a dense cold Rydberg gas. Physical Review A, 95(1), Article 013839. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.013839

Cold atomic gases resonantly excited to Rydberg states can exhibit strong optical nonlinearity at the single photon level. We observe that in such samples radiation trapping leads to an additional mechanism for Rydberg excitation. Conversely we demon... Read More about Radiation trapping in a dense cold Rydberg gas.

Fairness in examination timetabling: student preferences and extended formulations (2017)
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Muklason, A., Parkes, A. J., Özcan, E., McCollum, B., & McMullan, P. (2017). Fairness in examination timetabling: student preferences and extended formulations. Applied Soft Computing, 55, 302-318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2017.01.026

Variations of the examination timetabling problem have been investigated by the research community for more than two decades. The common characteristic between all problems is the fact that the definitions and data sets used all originate from actual... Read More about Fairness in examination timetabling: student preferences and extended formulations.

Surface-selective direct 17O DNP NMR of CeO2 nanoparticles (2017)
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Hope, M. A., Halat, D. M., Magusin, P. C., Paul, S., Peng, L., & Grey, C. P. (2017). Surface-selective direct 17O DNP NMR of CeO2 nanoparticles. Chemical Communications, 53(13), https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc10145c

Surface-selective direct 17O DNP has been demonstrated for the first time on CeO2 nanoparticles, for which the first three layers can be distinguished with high selectivity. Polarisation build-up curves show that the polarisation of the (sub-)surface... Read More about Surface-selective direct 17O DNP NMR of CeO2 nanoparticles.

An automated software system to promote anticoagulation and reduce stroke risk: cluster-randomized controlled trial (2017)
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Holt, T. A., Dalton, A., Marshall, T., Fay, M., Qureshi, N., Kirkpatrick, S., Hislop, J., Lasserson, D., Kearley, K., Mollison, J., Yu, L.-M., Hobbs, F. R., & Fitzmaurice, D. (2017). An automated software system to promote anticoagulation and reduce stroke risk: cluster-randomized controlled trial. Stroke, 48(3), 787-790. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.116.015468

Background and Purpose:
Oral anticoagulants (OAC) substantially reduce risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation, but uptake is suboptimal. Electronic health records enable automated identification of people at risk but not receiving treatment. We inve... Read More about An automated software system to promote anticoagulation and reduce stroke risk: cluster-randomized controlled trial.

6D interpretation of 3D gravity (2017)
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Herfray, Y., Krasnov, K., & Scarinci, C. (2017). 6D interpretation of 3D gravity. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(4), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aa5727

We show that 3D gravity, in its pure connection formulation, admits a natural 6D interpretation. The 3D field equations for the connection are equivalent to 6D Hitchin equations for the Chern–Simons 3-form in the total space of the principal bundle o... Read More about 6D interpretation of 3D gravity.

Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India (2017)
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Ahankari, A., Bapat, S., Myles, P., Fogarty, A., & Tata, L. (in press). Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India. F1000Research, 6(72), https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10659.1

Background: Although preterm delivery and low birth weight (LBW) have been studied in India, findings may not be generalisable to rural areas such as the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state. There is limited information available on maternal and c... Read More about Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India.

The Trypanosome Exocyst: A Conserved Structure Revealing a New Role in Endocytosis (2017)
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Boehm, C. M., Obado, S., Gadelha, C., Kaupisch, A., Manna, P. T., Gould, G. W., …Field, M. C. (2017). The Trypanosome Exocyst: A Conserved Structure Revealing a New Role in Endocytosis. PLoS Pathogens, 13(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006063

© 2017 Boehm et al. Membrane transport is an essential component of pathogenesis for most infectious organisms. In African trypanosomes, transport to and from the plasma membrane is closely coupled to immune evasion and antigenic variation. In mammal... Read More about The Trypanosome Exocyst: A Conserved Structure Revealing a New Role in Endocytosis.

Effect of high temperatures on sandstone: a computed tomography scan study (2017)
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Lintao, Y., Marshall, A. M., Wanatowski, D., Stace, R., & Ekneligoda, T. (2017). Effect of high temperatures on sandstone: a computed tomography scan study. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 17(2), 75-90. https://doi.org/10.1680/jphmg.15.00031

The impact of high temperatures on rocks is a topic of growing importance in geotechnical engineering due to its relevance to applications such as underground nuclear fuel storage, geothermal energy resource exploration and underground coal gasificat... Read More about Effect of high temperatures on sandstone: a computed tomography scan study.

Closing the gap: efficacy of a tablet intervention to support the development of early mathematical skills in UK primary school children (2017)
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Outhwaite, L. A., Gulliford, A., & Pitchford, N. J. (2017). Closing the gap: efficacy of a tablet intervention to support the development of early mathematical skills in UK primary school children. Computers and Education, 108, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2017.01.011

The efficacy of a hand-held tablet technology intervention with learner-centred interactive software aimed at supporting the development of early maths skills was evaluated in four studies conducted in three UK primary schools. Immediate and sustaine... Read More about Closing the gap: efficacy of a tablet intervention to support the development of early mathematical skills in UK primary school children.

Fair game: exploring the dynamics, perception and environmental impact of ‘surplus’ wild foods in England 10kya-present (2017)
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Sykes, N. (in press). Fair game: exploring the dynamics, perception and environmental impact of ‘surplus’ wild foods in England 10kya-present. World Archaeology, 49(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2016.1269666

This paper brings together zooarchaeological data from Neolithic to Post-medieval sites in England to explore the plasticity of cultural attitudes to the consumption of wild animals. It shows how, through time, game has been considered variously as ‘... Read More about Fair game: exploring the dynamics, perception and environmental impact of ‘surplus’ wild foods in England 10kya-present.

Cell death mechanisms in tumoral and non-tumoral human cell lines triggered by photodynamic treatments: apoptosis, necrosis and parthanatos (2017)
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Soriano, J., Mora-Espí, I., Alea-Reyes, M. E., Pérez-García, L., Barrios, L., Ibáñez, E., & Nogués, C. (2017). Cell death mechanisms in tumoral and non-tumoral human cell lines triggered by photodynamic treatments: apoptosis, necrosis and parthanatos. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 41340. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep41340

Cell death triggered by photodynamic therapy can occur through different mechanisms: apoptosis, necrosis or autophagy. However, recent studies have demonstrated the existence of other mechanisms with characteristics of both necrosis and apoptosis. Th... Read More about Cell death mechanisms in tumoral and non-tumoral human cell lines triggered by photodynamic treatments: apoptosis, necrosis and parthanatos.

Gas around galaxy haloes - III: hydrogen absorption signatures around galaxies and QSOs in the Sherwood simulation suite (2017)
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Meiksin, A., Bolton, J. S., & Puchwein, E. (2017). Gas around galaxy haloes - III: hydrogen absorption signatures around galaxies and QSOs in the Sherwood simulation suite. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468(2), 1893-1901. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx191

Modern theories of galaxy formation predict that galaxies impact on their gaseous surroundings, playing the fundamental role of regulating the amount of gas converted into stars. While star-forming galaxies are believed to provide feedback through ga... Read More about Gas around galaxy haloes - III: hydrogen absorption signatures around galaxies and QSOs in the Sherwood simulation suite.