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Political economy, poverty, and polycentrism in the global environment facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) for climate change adaptation (2017)
Journal Article
Sovacool, B. K., Tan-Mullins, M., Ockwell, D., & Newell, P. (2017). Political economy, poverty, and polycentrism in the global environment facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) for climate change adaptation. Third World Quarterly, 38(6), 1249-1271. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1282816

Climate change adaptation refers to altering infrastructure, institutions or ecosystems to respond to the impacts of climate change. Least developed countries often lack the requisite capacity to implement adaptation projects. The Global Environment... Read More about Political economy, poverty, and polycentrism in the global environment facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) for climate change adaptation.

Medulloblastoma and ependymoma cells display levels of 5-carboxylcytosine and elevated TET1 expression (2017)
Journal Article
Ramsawhook, A., Lewis, L., Coyle, B., & Ruzov, A. (2017). Medulloblastoma and ependymoma cells display levels of 5-carboxylcytosine and elevated TET1 expression. Clinical Epigenetics, 9(18), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-016-0306-2

Background Alteration of DNA methylation (5-methylcytosine, 5mC) patterns represents one of the causes of tumorigenesis and cancer progression. Tet proteins can oxidize 5mC to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine (... Read More about Medulloblastoma and ependymoma cells display levels of 5-carboxylcytosine and elevated TET1 expression.

Examples of user algorithms implementing ARAIM techniques for integrity performance prediction, procedures development and pre-flight operations (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Paternostro, S., Moore, T., Hill, C., Atkin, J., De Maere, G., & Morvan, H. (2017). Examples of user algorithms implementing ARAIM techniques for integrity performance prediction, procedures development and pre-flight operations. In 2016 8th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation Technologies and European Workshop on GNSS Signals and Signal Processing (NAVITEC) (1-15). https://doi.org/10.1109/NAVITEC.2016.7849330

Advanced Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (ARAIM) is a new Aircraft Based Augmentation System (ABAS) technique, firstly presented in the two reports of the GNSS Evolutionary Architecture Study (GEAS). The ARAIM technique offers the opportunit... Read More about Examples of user algorithms implementing ARAIM techniques for integrity performance prediction, procedures development and pre-flight operations.

1H CSA parameters by ultrafast MAS NMR: measurement and applications to structure refinement (2017)
Journal Article
Miah, H. K., Cresswell, R., Iuga, D., & Titman, J. J. (2017). 1H CSA parameters by ultrafast MAS NMR: measurement and applications to structure refinement. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 87, 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2017.02.002

A 1H anisotropic-isotropic chemical shift correlation experiment which employs symmetry-based recoupling sequences to reintroduce the chemical shift anisotropy in ?1 and ultrafast MAS to resolve 1H sites in ?2 is described. This experiment is used to... Read More about 1H CSA parameters by ultrafast MAS NMR: measurement and applications to structure refinement.

Three-dimensional multiphase flow computational fluid dynamics models for proton exchange membrane fuel cell: a theoretical development (2017)
Journal Article
Kone, J., Zhang, X., Yan, Y., Hu, G., & Ahmadi, G. (in press). Three-dimensional multiphase flow computational fluid dynamics models for proton exchange membrane fuel cell: a theoretical development. Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1757482X17692341

A review of published three-dimensional, computational fluid dynamics models for proton exchange membrane fuel cells that accounts for multiphase flow is presented. The models can be categorized as models for transport phenomena, geometry or operatin... Read More about Three-dimensional multiphase flow computational fluid dynamics models for proton exchange membrane fuel cell: a theoretical development.

Low-cost and sustainable organic thermoelectrics based on low-dimensional molecular metals (2017)
Journal Article
Huewe, F., Steeger, A., Kostova, K., Burroughs, L., Bauer, I., Strohriegl, P., …Pflaum, J. (2017). Low-cost and sustainable organic thermoelectrics based on low-dimensional molecular metals. Advanced Materials, 29(13), 1605682. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201605682

More than 70 % of the primary energy consumed world-wide is wasted, mostly as heat below 100 °C[1]. Thermoelectric generators may convert a substantial amount of this energy into electrical power but high production costs and scarcity of efficient th... Read More about Low-cost and sustainable organic thermoelectrics based on low-dimensional molecular metals.

ID4 levels dictate the stem cell state in mouse spermatogonia (2017)
Journal Article
Helsel, A. R., Yang, Q., Oatley, M., Lord, T., Sablitzky, F., & Oatley, J. M. (in press). ID4 levels dictate the stem cell state in mouse spermatogonia. Development, 144, https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.146928

Spermatogenesis is a classic model of cycling cell lineages that depend on a balance between stem cell self-renewal for continuity and the formation of progenitors as the initial step in the production of differentiated cells. The mechanisms that gui... Read More about ID4 levels dictate the stem cell state in mouse spermatogonia.

Wavefront sets and polarizations on supermanifolds (2017)
Journal Article
Dappiaggi, C., Gimperlein, H., Murro, S., & Schenkel, A. (2017). Wavefront sets and polarizations on supermanifolds. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 58(2), Article 23504. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4975213

In this paper we develop the foundations for microlocal analysis on supermanifolds. Making use of pseudodifferential operators on supermanifolds as introduced by Rempel and Schmitt, we define a suitable notion of super wavefront set for superdistribu... Read More about Wavefront sets and polarizations on supermanifolds.

Stop-frame filming and discovery of reactions at the single-molecule level by transmission electron microscopy (2017)
Journal Article
Chamberlain, T. W., Biskupek, J., Skowron, S. T., Markevich, A. V., Kurasch, S., Reimer, O., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2017). Stop-frame filming and discovery of reactions at the single-molecule level by transmission electron microscopy. ACS Nano, 11(3), 2509-2520. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b08228

We report an approach – named chemTEM – to follow chemical transformations at the single-molecule level with the electron beam of a transmission electron microscope (TEM) applied as both a tuneable source of energy and a sub-Angstrom imaging probe. D... Read More about Stop-frame filming and discovery of reactions at the single-molecule level by transmission electron microscopy.

Impact of outpatient neuraminidase inhibitor treatment in patients infected with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 at high risk of hospitalization: an Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Venkatesan, S., Myles, P. R., Leonardi-Bee, J., Muthuri, S. G., Al Masri, M., Andrews, N., …Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. S. (2017). Impact of outpatient neuraminidase inhibitor treatment in patients infected with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 at high risk of hospitalization: an Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(10), 1328-1334. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix127

Background: While evidence exists to support the effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) in reducing mortality when given to hospitalized patients with A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infection, the impact of outpatient treatment on hospitalization has n... Read More about Impact of outpatient neuraminidase inhibitor treatment in patients infected with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 at high risk of hospitalization: an Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis.

Fractal scan strategies for selective laser melting of ‘unweldable’ nickel superalloys (2017)
Journal Article
Catchpole-Smith, S., Aboulkhair, N., Parry, L., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., & Clare, A. (in press). Fractal scan strategies for selective laser melting of ‘unweldable’ nickel superalloys. Additive Manufacturing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2017.02.002

The high thermal gradients experienced during manufacture via selective laser melting commonly result in cracking of high γ/γ′ Nickel based superalloys. Such defects cannot be tolerated in applications where component integrity is of paramount import... Read More about Fractal scan strategies for selective laser melting of ‘unweldable’ nickel superalloys.

Parametric design and daylighting: a literature review (2017)
Journal Article
Eltaweel, A., & Su, Y. (2017). Parametric design and daylighting: a literature review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.02.011

In the history, architecture was exploited to the human being to protect him from unsteady environmental conditions. In the past centuries, architecture was pioneer art which has special features such as; simplicity, organization, clear style, accura... Read More about Parametric design and daylighting: a literature review.

Metal-based combinations that target protein synthesis by fungi (2017)
Journal Article
Vallières, C., & Avery, S. V. (2017). Metal-based combinations that target protein synthesis by fungi. Advances in Microbial Physiology, 70, 105-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.01.001

A wide range of fungicides (or antifungals) are used in agriculture and medicine, with activities against a spectrum of fungal pathogens. Unfortunately, the evolution of fungicide resistance has become a major issue. Therefore, there is an urgent nee... Read More about Metal-based combinations that target protein synthesis by fungi.

Cellular acidification as a new approach to cancer treatment and to the understanding and therapeutics of neurodegenerative diseases (2017)
Journal Article
Harguindey, S., Stanciu, D., Devesa, J., Alfarouk, K., Cardone, R. A., Polo Orozco, J. D., …Reshkin, S. J. (2017). Cellular acidification as a new approach to cancer treatment and to the understanding and therapeutics of neurodegenerative diseases. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 43, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcancer.2017.02.003

During the last few years, the understanding of the dysregulated hydrogen ion dynamics and reversed proton gradient of cancer cells has resulted in a new and integral pH-centric paradigm in oncology, a translational model embracing from cancer etiopa... Read More about Cellular acidification as a new approach to cancer treatment and to the understanding and therapeutics of neurodegenerative diseases.

Numerical modelling of the rise of Taylor bubbles through a change in pipe diameter (2017)
Journal Article
Ambrose, S., Lowndes, I. S., Hargreaves, D., & Azzopardi, B. (2017). Numerical modelling of the rise of Taylor bubbles through a change in pipe diameter. Computers and Fluids, 148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.01.023

The rise of Taylor bubbles through expansions in vertical pipes is modelled using Computational Fluid Dynamics. The predictions from the models are compared against existing experimental work and show good agreement, both quantitatively and qualitati... Read More about Numerical modelling of the rise of Taylor bubbles through a change in pipe diameter.

Mothers-in-law and son preference in India (2017)
Journal Article
Robitaille, M., & Chatterjee, I. (2017). Mothers-in-law and son preference in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 52(6),

In India, the mothers-in-law are often portrayed as the most powerful entity in the household in Indian popular culture and media. Similarly, in the literature, the influence of the Indian mothers-in-law is often taken for granted. However, most of t... Read More about Mothers-in-law and son preference in India.

Real-time measurement of nanotube resonator fluctuations in an electron microscope (2017)
Journal Article
Tsioutsios, I., Tavernarakis, A., Osmond, J., Verlot, P., & Bachtold, A. (2017). Real-time measurement of nanotube resonator fluctuations in an electron microscope. Nano Letters, 17(3), 1748-1755. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05065

Mechanical resonators based on low-dimensional materials provide a unique platform for exploring a broad range of physical phenomena. The mechanical vibrational states are indeed extremely sensitive to charges, spins, photons, and adsorbed masses. Ho... Read More about Real-time measurement of nanotube resonator fluctuations in an electron microscope.

Work-life balance, time and money: identifying the work-life balance priorities of working class workers (2017)
Journal Article
Warren, T. (in press). Work-life balance, time and money: identifying the work-life balance priorities of working class workers. Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations -Deventer then the Hague-,

This chapter provides an overview of the relative roles played by time and money in debates around work-life balance. It shows how time trumps money in dominant understandings of what ‘work-life’ means and in what parts of our lives are presumed to b... Read More about Work-life balance, time and money: identifying the work-life balance priorities of working class workers.

Domestic patenting systems and foreign licensing choices (2017)
Journal Article
Tsai, Y., & Mukherjee, A. (in press). Domestic patenting systems and foreign licensing choices. Journal of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-017-0523-y

This paper examines a foreign technology holder’s licensing choices between royalty and fixed-fee scheme. We emphasize that foreign licensor chooses the quality of licensed technology when the licensee country does not implement perfect intellectual... Read More about Domestic patenting systems and foreign licensing choices.