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Novel approach to characterising individuals with low back-related leg pain: cluster identification with latent class analysis and 12-month follow-up (2018)
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Stynes, S., Konstantinou, K., Ogollah, R. O., Hay, E. M. H., & Dunn, K. M. (2018). Novel approach to characterising individuals with low back-related leg pain: cluster identification with latent class analysis and 12-month follow-up. PAIN, 159(4), https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001147

Traditionally, low back-related leg pain (LBLP) is diagnosed clinically as referred leg pain or sciatica (nerve root involvement). However, within the spectrum of LBLP, we hypothesised that there may be other unrecognised patient subgroups. This stud... Read More about Novel approach to characterising individuals with low back-related leg pain: cluster identification with latent class analysis and 12-month follow-up.

Withdrawal of antihypertensive therapy in people with dementia: feasibility study (2018)
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van der Wardt, V., Burton, J. K., Conroy, S., Welsh, T., Logan, P., Taggar, J., …Gladman, J. (2018). Withdrawal of antihypertensive therapy in people with dementia: feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0221-0

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: This study explored the feasibility of a randomised controlled withdrawal trial of antihypertensive medication in normotensive people with dementia. Feasibility aspects included response, recruitment, exclusion and d... Read More about Withdrawal of antihypertensive therapy in people with dementia: feasibility study.

Fabrication of highly hydrophobic two-component thermosetting polyurethane surfaces with silica nanoparticles (2018)
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Yang, G., Song, J., & Hou, X. (2018). Fabrication of highly hydrophobic two-component thermosetting polyurethane surfaces with silica nanoparticles. Applied Surface Science, 439, 772-779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.01.017

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Highly hydrophobic thermosetting polyurethane (TSU) surfaces with micro-nano hierarchical structures were developed by a simple process combined with sandpaper templates and nano-silica embellishment. Sandpapers with grit sizes... Read More about Fabrication of highly hydrophobic two-component thermosetting polyurethane surfaces with silica nanoparticles.

Post-modified polypeptides with UCST-type behavior for control of cell attachment in physiological conditions (2018)
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Xue, X., Thiagarajan, L., Dixon, J. E., Saunders, B. R., Shakesheff, K. M., & Alexander, C. (2018). Post-modified polypeptides with UCST-type behavior for control of cell attachment in physiological conditions. Materials, 11(1), Article 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11010095

Upper Critical Solution Temperature (UCST)-type thermally responsive polypeptides (TRPs) with phase transition temperatures around 37 ?C in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) buffer (pH 7.4, 100 mM) were prepared from poly(L-ornithine) hydrobromide and... Read More about Post-modified polypeptides with UCST-type behavior for control of cell attachment in physiological conditions.

Bayesian integration of flux tower data into a process-based simulator for quantifying uncertainty in simulated output (2018)
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Raj, R., Tol, C. V. D., Hamm, N. A., & Stein, A. (2018). Bayesian integration of flux tower data into a process-based simulator for quantifying uncertainty in simulated output. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-83-2018

Parameters of a process-based forest growth simulator are difficult or impossible to obtain from field observations. Reliable estimates can be obtained using calibration against observations of output and state variables. In this study, we present a... Read More about Bayesian integration of flux tower data into a process-based simulator for quantifying uncertainty in simulated output.

Quantum-limited directional amplifiers with optomechanics (2018)
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Malz, D., Tόth, L. D., Bernier, N. R., Feofanov, A. K., Kippenberg, T. J., & Nunnenkamp, A. (2018). Quantum-limited directional amplifiers with optomechanics. Physical Review Letters, 120(2), Article 023601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.023601

Directional amplifiers are an important resource in quantum-information processing, as they protect sensitive quantum systems from excess noise. Here, we propose an implementation of phase-preserving and phase-sensitive directional amplifiers for mic... Read More about Quantum-limited directional amplifiers with optomechanics.

Continuity of care is an important and distinct aspect of childbirth experience: findings of a survey evaluating experienced continuity of care, experienced quality of care and women’s perception of labor (2018)
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Perdok, H., Verhoeven, C. J., van Dillen, J., Schuitmaker, T. J., Hoogendoorn, K., Colli, J., …de Jonge, A. (2018). Continuity of care is an important and distinct aspect of childbirth experience: findings of a survey evaluating experienced continuity of care, experienced quality of care and women’s perception of labor. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1615-y

Background: To compare experienced continuity of care among women who received midwife-led versus obstetrician-led care. Secondly, to compare experienced continuity of care with a. experienced quality of care during labor and b. perception of labor.... Read More about Continuity of care is an important and distinct aspect of childbirth experience: findings of a survey evaluating experienced continuity of care, experienced quality of care and women’s perception of labor.

Exploring the spatialities of technological and user re-scripting: the case of decision support tools in UK agriculture (2018)
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Rose, D. C., Morris, C., Lobley, M., Winter, M., Sutherland, W. J., & Dicks, L. V. (2018). Exploring the spatialities of technological and user re-scripting: the case of decision support tools in UK agriculture. Geoforum, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.12.006

The use of decision support tools on-farm may help to deliver evidence-based guidance to farmers, helping to improve productivity and prevent environmental degradation. While much research has sought to increase the uptake of decision support tools i... Read More about Exploring the spatialities of technological and user re-scripting: the case of decision support tools in UK agriculture.

'The map that would save Europe': Clive Morrison-Bell, the Tariff Walls Map, and the politics of cartographic display (2018)
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Heffernan, M., & Thorpe, B. J. (2018). 'The map that would save Europe': Clive Morrison-Bell, the Tariff Walls Map, and the politics of cartographic display. Journal of Historical Geography, 60, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2017.11.010

This essay uses the personal archives of Clive Morrison-Bell (1871-1956), a campaigning Conservative politician who made extensive use of maps and cartographic models, to consider the entangled histories of cartography, economics and geopolitics in e... Read More about 'The map that would save Europe': Clive Morrison-Bell, the Tariff Walls Map, and the politics of cartographic display.

Self-help cognitive behaviour therapy for working women with problematic hot flushes and night sweats (MENOS@Work): a multicentre randomised controlled trial (2018)
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Hardy, C., Griffiths, A., Norton, S., & Hunter, M. S. (2018). Self-help cognitive behaviour therapy for working women with problematic hot flushes and night sweats (MENOS@Work): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Menopause, 25(5), https://doi.org/10.1097/GME.0000000000001048

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the efficacy of an unguided, self-help cognitive behavior therapy (SH-CBT) booklet on hot flush and night sweat (HFNS) problem rating, delivered in a work setting. Methods: Women aged 45 to 60 years... Read More about Self-help cognitive behaviour therapy for working women with problematic hot flushes and night sweats (MENOS@Work): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Perylene diimide triple helix formation in the solid-state (2018)
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Haddow, S. L., Ring, D. J., Bagha, H., Pearce, N., Nowell, H., Blake, A. J., …Champness, N. R. (2018). Perylene diimide triple helix formation in the solid-state. Crystal Growth and Design, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01268

The structural characterisation of single crystals of di-4-pyridyl-substituted 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide reveals a surprising triple helical arrangement. The intermolecular interactions that lead to such an arrangement are investigated... Read More about Perylene diimide triple helix formation in the solid-state.

Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK) (2018)
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Xu, W., Ruhl, M., Jenkyns, H. C., Leng, M. J., Huggett, J. M., Minisini, D., …Hesselbo, S. P. (2018). Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 484, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.12.037

The late Early Jurassic Toarcian Stage represents the warmest interval of the Jurassic Period, with an abrupt rise in global temperatures of up to ∼7 °C in mid-latitudes at the onset of the early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE; ∼183 Ma). The T-... Read More about Evolution of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) carbon-cycle and global climatic controls on local sedimentary processes (Cardigan Bay Basin, UK).

Low-frequency analogue Hawking radiation: the Korteweg–de Vries model (2018)
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Coutant, A., & Weinfurtner, S. (2018). Low-frequency analogue Hawking radiation: the Korteweg–de Vries model. Physical Review D, 97(2), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.025005

We derive analytic expressions for the low-frequency properties of the analogue Hawking radiation in a general weak-dispersive medium. A thermal low-frequency part of the spectrum is expected even when dispersive effects become significant. We consid... Read More about Low-frequency analogue Hawking radiation: the Korteweg–de Vries model.

Low-frequency analogue Hawking radiation: The Bogoliubov-de Gennes model (2018)
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Coutant, A., & Weinfurtner, S. (2018). Low-frequency analogue Hawking radiation: The Bogoliubov-de Gennes model. Physical Review D, 97(2), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.025006

We analytically study the low-frequency properties of the analogue Hawking effect in Bose-Einstein condensates. We show that in one-dimensional flows displaying an analogue horizon, the Hawking effect is dominant in the low-frequency regime. This hap... Read More about Low-frequency analogue Hawking radiation: The Bogoliubov-de Gennes model.

Uniform magnetic fields in density-functional theory (2018)
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Tellgren, E. I., Laestadius, A., Helgaker, T., Kvaal, S., & Teale, A. M. (2018). Uniform magnetic fields in density-functional theory. Journal of Chemical Physics, 148, Article 024101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007300

We construct a density-functional formalism adapted to uniform external magnetic fields that is intermediate between conventional Density Functional Theory and Current-Density Functional Theory (CDFT). In the intermediate theory, which we term LDFT,... Read More about Uniform magnetic fields in density-functional theory.

HumanMethylation450K array–identified biomarkers predict tumour recurrence/progression at initial diagnosis of high-risk non-muscle Invasive bladder cancer (2018)
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Kitchen, M. O., Bryan, R. T., Emes, R. D., Luscombe, C. J., Cheng, K., Zeegers, M. P., …Fryer, A. A. (in press). HumanMethylation450K array–identified biomarkers predict tumour recurrence/progression at initial diagnosis of high-risk non-muscle Invasive bladder cancer. Biomarkers in Cancer,

Background: High-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (HR-NMIBC) is a clinically unpredictable disease. Despite clinical risk estimation tools, many patients are undertreated with intra-vesical therapies alone, whereas others may be over-treated w... Read More about HumanMethylation450K array–identified biomarkers predict tumour recurrence/progression at initial diagnosis of high-risk non-muscle Invasive bladder cancer.

Mechanism of intersubunit ketosynthase–dehydratase interaction in polyketide synthases (2018)
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Jenner, M., Kosol, S., Griffiths, D., Prasongpholchai, P., Manzi, L., Barrow, A. S., …Challis, G. (2018). Mechanism of intersubunit ketosynthase–dehydratase interaction in polyketide synthases. Nature Chemical Biology, 14, 270-275. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.2549

Modular polyketide synthases (PKSs) produce numerous structurally complex natural products with diverse applications in medicine and agriculture. They typically consist of several multienzyme subunits that utilize structurally-defined docking domains... Read More about Mechanism of intersubunit ketosynthase–dehydratase interaction in polyketide synthases.

Regulatory feedback response mechanisms to phosphate starvation in rice (2018)
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Ajmera, I., Shi, J., Giri, J., Wu, P., Stekel, D. J., Lu, C., & Hodgman, C. (in press). Regulatory feedback response mechanisms to phosphate starvation in rice. npj Systems Biology and Applications, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-017-0041-0

Phosphorus is a growth-limiting nutrient for plants. The growing scarcity of phosphate stocks threatens global food security. Phosphate-uptake regulation is so complex and incompletely known that attempts to improve phosphorus use efficiency have had... Read More about Regulatory feedback response mechanisms to phosphate starvation in rice.