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Transcriptional and epigenetic control of cell fate decisions in early embryos (2017)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Designing NSM FRP systems in concrete using partial safety factors (2017)
Journal Article
Coelho, M., Neves, L. C., & Sena-Cruz, J. (2018). Designing NSM FRP systems in concrete using partial safety factors. Composites Part B: Engineering, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.11.031

This paper presents design procedures for fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) systems inserted in the cover of concrete elements according to the near-surface mounted (NSM) technique. Such strengthening system depends greatly on their bond strength. Two e... Read More about Designing NSM FRP systems in concrete using partial safety factors.

Applying asymptotic methods to synthetic biology: modelling the reaction kinetics of the mevalonate pathway (2017)
Journal Article
Dalwadi, M. P., Garavaglia, M., Webb, J. P., King, J. R., & Minton, N. P. (2018). Applying asymptotic methods to synthetic biology: modelling the reaction kinetics of the mevalonate pathway. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 439, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.11.022

The mevalonate pathway is normally found in eukaryotes, and allows for the production of isoprenoids, a useful class of organic compounds. This pathway has been successfully introduced to Escherichia coli, enabling a biosynthetic production route for... Read More about Applying asymptotic methods to synthetic biology: modelling the reaction kinetics of the mevalonate pathway.

Invasion in breast lesions: the role of the epithelial-stroma barrier (2017)
Journal Article
Rakha, E. A., Miligy, I., Gorringe, K. L., Toss, M. S., Green, A. R., Fox, S. B., …Ellis, I. O. (2018). Invasion in breast lesions: the role of the epithelial-stroma barrier. Histopathology, 72(7), 1075-1083. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13446

Despite the significant biological, behavioural and management differences between ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive carcinoma of the breast, they share many morphological and molecular similarities. Differentiation of these two different... Read More about Invasion in breast lesions: the role of the epithelial-stroma barrier.

Cancer chemotherapy in early life significantly alters the maturation of pain processing (2017)
Journal Article
Hathway, G. J., Murphy, E., Lloyd, J., Greenspon, C. M., & Hulse, R. P. (2017). Cancer chemotherapy in early life significantly alters the maturation of pain processing. Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.11.032

Advances in paediatric cancer treatment have led to a ten year survival rate greater than 75%. Platinum-based chemotherapies (e.g.cisplatin) induce peripheral sensory neuropathy in adult and paedriatric cancer patients. The period from birth through... Read More about Cancer chemotherapy in early life significantly alters the maturation of pain processing.

Glycaemic, gastrointestinal and appetite responses to breakfast porridges from ancient cereal grains: a MRI pilot study in healthy humans (2017)
Journal Article
Alyami, J., Ladd, N., Pritchard, S. E., Hoad, C. L., Abdul Sultan, A., Spiller, R. C., Gowland, P. A., MacDonald, I. A., Aithal, G. P., Marciani, L., & Taylor, M. A. (2017). Glycaemic, gastrointestinal and appetite responses to breakfast porridges from ancient cereal grains: a MRI pilot study in healthy humans. Food Research International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2017.11.071

Cereal grain based porridges are commonly consumed throughout the world. Whilst some data are available for varieties that are popular in the Western world such as oats and rye, other ‘ancient’ grains used in the East and in Africa such as millets ar... Read More about Glycaemic, gastrointestinal and appetite responses to breakfast porridges from ancient cereal grains: a MRI pilot study in healthy humans.

Gesture, Signing and Tracking (2017)
Book Chapter
Craven, M. P. (2017). Gesture, Signing and Tracking. In Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351228411

There is a wide and growing range of physical input devices for (or integrated into) PCs, mobile phones, games consoles, or other devices that depend on tracking bodily gestures, which promise to make computing, environmental control, and mobility mo... Read More about Gesture, Signing and Tracking.

What if the Duke of Newcastle had died in 1817? (2017)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. (2017). What if the Duke of Newcastle had died in 1817?. Nottinghamshire Historian,

Pilgrimage and travel writing in early sixteenth-century England: the pilgrimage accounts of Thomas Larke and Robert Langton (2017)
Journal Article

By 1500 more than 500 written accounts of the Jerusalem pilgrimage alone had been produced in the West, and yet such works continued to be written and, increasingly, printed. How did these works retain their popularity, who was writing them and why?... Read More about Pilgrimage and travel writing in early sixteenth-century England: the pilgrimage accounts of Thomas Larke and Robert Langton.

Adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham 1948-76 (2017)
Thesis
Clancy, S. L. Adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham 1948-76. (Thesis). University of Nottingham. Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1037847

This thesis presents an interdisciplinary study of post-Second World War short-term residential adult education, through an investigation of the Shropshire Adult Education College (SAEC), 1948-1976. This was located at Attingham Park, Atcham, Shropsh... Read More about Adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham 1948-76.

Transitory electrochemical masking for precision jet processing techniques (2017)
Journal Article
Mitchell-Smith, J., Speidel, A., & Clare, A. (2018). Transitory electrochemical masking for precision jet processing techniques. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 31, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2017.11.028

Electrochemical jet processing techniques provide an efficient method for large area surface structuring and micro-milling, where the metallurgy of the near-surface is assured and not adversely affected by thermal loading. Here, doped electrolytes ar... Read More about Transitory electrochemical masking for precision jet processing techniques.

Leveraging of dynamic export capabilities for competitive advantage and performance consequences: evidence from China (2017)
Journal Article
Efrat, K., Hughes, P., Nemkova, E., Souchon, A. L., & Sy-Changco, J. (2018). Leveraging of dynamic export capabilities for competitive advantage and performance consequences: evidence from China. Journal of Business Research, 84, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.11.018

As the business arena becomes more global and therefore dynamic, organizations must balance their capabilities with the demands and the conditions of the international marketplace. This leads firms to trade off the development of more capabilities wi... Read More about Leveraging of dynamic export capabilities for competitive advantage and performance consequences: evidence from China.

Innovations and technological comebacks (2017)
Journal Article
Foucart, R., Wan, C., & Wang, S. (2018). Innovations and technological comebacks. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 35(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijresmar.2017.11.002

Motivated by the comeback of the vinyl, we explore the idea that the success of a third-generation technology (digital music) can have adverse effects on the second generation (CD) but positive effects on the first one (vinyl). This phenomenon arises... Read More about Innovations and technological comebacks.

Development of the Fray-Farthing-Chen Cambridge Process: towards the sustainable production of titanium and its alloys (2017)
Journal Article
Hu, D., Dolganov, A., Ma, M., Bhattacharya, B., Bishop, M. T., & Chen, G. Z. (2018). Development of the Fray-Farthing-Chen Cambridge Process: towards the sustainable production of titanium and its alloys. JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 70(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-017-2664-4

The Kroll process has been employed for titanium extraction since the 1950s. It is a labour and energy intensive multi-step semi-batch process. The post-extraction processes for making the raw titanium into alloys and products are also excessive, inc... Read More about Development of the Fray-Farthing-Chen Cambridge Process: towards the sustainable production of titanium and its alloys.

Numerical and experimental analysis of a novel heat pump driven sorption storage heater (2017)
Journal Article
Aydin, D., Casey, S. P., Chen, X., & Riffat, S. (2018). Numerical and experimental analysis of a novel heat pump driven sorption storage heater. Applied Energy, 211, 954-974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.11.102

This study investigates a hybrid “solid sorption heat storage/air sourced heat pump” system for energy efficient heating of buildings. The proposed system could convert excess energy generated using photovoltaic panels/off-peak electricity to heat an... Read More about Numerical and experimental analysis of a novel heat pump driven sorption storage heater.

Equine meniscal degeneration is associated with medial femorotibial osteoarthritis (2017)
Journal Article
Dubuc, J., Girard, C., Richard, H., De Lasalle, J., & Laverty, S. (2018). Equine meniscal degeneration is associated with medial femorotibial osteoarthritis. Equine Veterinary Journal, 50(1), 133-140. https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.12716

Background: There is limited information available concerning normal equine meniscal morphology, its degeneration and role in osteoarthritis (OA).
Objectives: To characterise normal equine meniscal morphology and lesions and to explore the relation... Read More about Equine meniscal degeneration is associated with medial femorotibial osteoarthritis.