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Generalized Dicke nonequilibrium dynamics in trapped ions (2014)
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Genway, S., Li, W., Ates, C., Lanyon, B. P., & Lesanovsky, I. (2014). Generalized Dicke nonequilibrium dynamics in trapped ions. Physical Review Letters, 112(2), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.023603

We explore trapped ions as a setting to investigate nonequilibrium phases in a generalized Dicke model of dissipative spins coupled to phonon modes. We find a rich dynamical phase diagram including superradiantlike regimes, dynamical phase coexistenc... Read More about Generalized Dicke nonequilibrium dynamics in trapped ions.

Investigation into the mechanisms by which microwave heating enhances separation of water-in-oil emulsions (2014)
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Binner, E., Robinson, J. P., Silvester, S., Kingman, S., & Lester, E. (2014). Investigation into the mechanisms by which microwave heating enhances separation of water-in-oil emulsions. Fuel, 116, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2013.08.042

The separation of water-in-oil emulsions made with Azeri crude was investigated using natural gravity settling and microwave heating techniques. Separation times could be reduced by an order of magnitude compared with untreated emulsions. Increasing... Read More about Investigation into the mechanisms by which microwave heating enhances separation of water-in-oil emulsions.

RHPS4 G-quadruplex ligand induces anti-proliferative effects in brain tumor cells (2014)
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Lagah, S., Tan, I.-L., Radhakrishnan, P., Hirst, R. A., Ward, J. H., O'Callaghan, C., Smith, S. J., Stevens, M. F., Grundy, R. G., & Rahman, R. (2014). RHPS4 G-quadruplex ligand induces anti-proliferative effects in brain tumor cells. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e86187. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086187

Background
Telomeric 3’ overhangs can fold into a four-stranded DNA structure termed G-quadruplex (G4), a formation which inhibits telomerase. As telomerase activation is crucial for telomere maintenance in most cancer cells, several classes of G4... Read More about RHPS4 G-quadruplex ligand induces anti-proliferative effects in brain tumor cells.

Protocol for a longitudinal qualitative study: survivors of childhood critical illness exploring long-term psychosocial well-being and needs—The SCETCH Project (2014)
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Manning, J., Hemingway, P., & Redsell, S. A. (2014). Protocol for a longitudinal qualitative study: survivors of childhood critical illness exploring long-term psychosocial well-being and needs—The SCETCH Project. BMJ Open, 4, Article e004230. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004230

Introduction Life-threatening critical illness affects over a quarter of a million children and adolescents (0–18 years old) annually in the USA and the UK. Death from critical illness is rare; however, survivors and their families can be exposed to... Read More about Protocol for a longitudinal qualitative study: survivors of childhood critical illness exploring long-term psychosocial well-being and needs—The SCETCH Project.

Non-perturbative calculation of molecular magnetic properties within current-density functional theory (2014)
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Tellgren, E. I., Teale, A. M., Furness, J. W., Lange, K., Ekström, U., & Helgaker, T. (2014). Non-perturbative calculation of molecular magnetic properties within current-density functional theory. Journal of Chemical Physics, 140(3), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861427

We present a novel implementation of Kohn-Sham density-functional theory utilizing London atomic orbitals as basis functions. External magnetic elds are treated non-perturbatively, which enables the study of both magnetic response properties and the... Read More about Non-perturbative calculation of molecular magnetic properties within current-density functional theory.

Inelastic neutron scattering study of binding of para-hydrogen in an ultra-microporous metal-organic framework (2014)
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Yang, S., Ramirez - Cuesta, A. J., & Schröder, M. (2014). Inelastic neutron scattering study of binding of para-hydrogen in an ultra-microporous metal-organic framework. Chemical Physics, 428, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2013.11.004

Metal-organic framework (MOF) materials show promise for H2 storage and it is widely predicted by computational modelling that MOFs incorporating ultra-micropores are optimal for H2 binding due to enhanced overlapping potentials. We report the invest... Read More about Inelastic neutron scattering study of binding of para-hydrogen in an ultra-microporous metal-organic framework.

Proper Application of Antibodies for Immunohistochemical Detection: Antibody Crimes and How to Prevent Them (2014)
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Ivell, R., Teerds, K., & Hoffman, G. E. (2014). Proper Application of Antibodies for Immunohistochemical Detection: Antibody Crimes and How to Prevent Them. Endocrinology, 155(3), 676-687. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2013-1971

For several decades antibodies raised against specific proteins, peptides, or peptide epitopes have proven to be versatile and very powerful tools to demonstrate molecular identity in cells and tissues. New techniques of immunohistochemistry and immu... Read More about Proper Application of Antibodies for Immunohistochemical Detection: Antibody Crimes and How to Prevent Them.

Rising burden of gout in the UK but continuing suboptimal management: A nationwide population study (2014)
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Kuo, C. F., Grainge, M. J., Mallen, C., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (2015). Rising burden of gout in the UK but continuing suboptimal management: A nationwide population study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74(4), 661-667. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204463

Objectives: To describe trends in the epidemiology of gout and patterns of urate-lowering treatment (ULT) in the UK general population from 1997 to 2012. Methods: We used the Clinical Practice Research Datalink to estimate the prevalence and incidenc... Read More about Rising burden of gout in the UK but continuing suboptimal management: A nationwide population study.

Laboratory mix design of asphalt mixture containing reclaimed material (2014)
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Collop, A., Abdul Hassan, N., Khan, R., Lo Presti, D., Khan, R., Hassan, N. A., Airey, G., & Collop, A. (2014). Laboratory mix design of asphalt mixture containing reclaimed material. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2014(507082), https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/507082

This paper presents a study on the production of asphalt test specimens in the laboratory containing reclaimed asphalt. The mixtures considered were stone mastic asphalt concrete mixtures containing up to 30% of reclaimed asphalt. Specimens were comp... Read More about Laboratory mix design of asphalt mixture containing reclaimed material.

Investigation of epimer formation in amide coupling reactions: an experiment for advanced undergraduate students (2014)
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Fray, M. J. (2014). Investigation of epimer formation in amide coupling reactions: an experiment for advanced undergraduate students. Journal of Chemical Education, 91(1), https://doi.org/10.1021/ed400255q

An experiment is described to investigate how the choice of coupling agent and reaction conditions affects the ratio of epimers formed in the sensitive amide-coupling reaction between N-Boc or N-benzoyl (R)-phenylglycine and (S)-valine methyl ester.... Read More about Investigation of epimer formation in amide coupling reactions: an experiment for advanced undergraduate students.

Modulated model predictive control for a 7-level cascaded h-bridge back-to-back converter (2014)
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Tarisciotti, L., Zanchetta, P., Watson, A. J., Bifaretti, S., & Clare, J. C. (2014). Modulated model predictive control for a 7-level cascaded h-bridge back-to-back converter. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 61(10), https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2014.2300056

Multilevel Converters are known to have many advantages for electricity network applications. In particular Cascaded H-Bridge Converters are attractive because of their inherent modularity and scalability. Predictive control for power converters is a... Read More about Modulated model predictive control for a 7-level cascaded h-bridge back-to-back converter.

SUBTLEX-UK: a new and improved word frequency database for British English (2014)
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van Heuven, W. J., Mandera, P., Keuleers, E., & Brysbaert, M. (2014). SUBTLEX-UK: a new and improved word frequency database for British English. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2013.850521

We present word frequencies based on subtitles of British television programmes. We show that the
SUBTLEX-UK word frequencies explain more of the variance in the lexical decision times of
the British Lexicon Project than the word frequencies based... Read More about SUBTLEX-UK: a new and improved word frequency database for British English.

Novel vasocontractile role of the P2Y14receptor: characterization of its signalling in porcine isolated pancreatic arteries (2014)
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Alsaqati, M., Latif, M., Chan, S., & Ralevic, V. (2014). Novel vasocontractile role of the P2Y14receptor: characterization of its signalling in porcine isolated pancreatic arteries. British Journal of Pharmacology, 171(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.12473

Background and Purpose: The P2Y14 receptor is the newest member of the P2Y receptor family; it is Gi/o protein-coupled and is activated by UDP and selectively by UDP-glucose and MRS2690 (2-thiouridine-5′-diphosphoglucose) (7–10-fold more potent than... Read More about Novel vasocontractile role of the P2Y14receptor: characterization of its signalling in porcine isolated pancreatic arteries.

Energy Saving in Feed Drive Systems Using Sliding-Mode-Based Contouring Control With a Nonlinear Sliding Surface (2014)
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Mohammad, A., Uchiyama, N., & Sano, S. (2015). Energy Saving in Feed Drive Systems Using Sliding-Mode-Based Contouring Control With a Nonlinear Sliding Surface. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 20(2), 572-579. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmech.2013.2296698

Reduction of contour error, which is defined as the shortest distance between the actual position of the cutting tool and the reference trajectory, is an essential requirement in machining by multiaxis feed drive systems. In addition, because these m... Read More about Energy Saving in Feed Drive Systems Using Sliding-Mode-Based Contouring Control With a Nonlinear Sliding Surface.

Role of H2O2 in the fluctuating patterns of COD (chemical oxygen demand) during the treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) using pilot scale triple frequency ultrasound cavitation reactor (2014)
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Manickam, S., binti Zainal Abidin, N., Parthasarathy, S., Alzorqi, I., Huay Ng, E., Joyce Tiong, T., Gomes, R. L., & Ali, A. (2014). Role of H2O2 in the fluctuating patterns of COD (chemical oxygen demand) during the treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) using pilot scale triple frequency ultrasound cavitation reactor. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 21(4), 1519-1526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2014.01.002

Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is a highly contaminating wastewater due to its high chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). Conventional treatment methods require longer residence time (10–15 days) and higher operating cost.... Read More about Role of H2O2 in the fluctuating patterns of COD (chemical oxygen demand) during the treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) using pilot scale triple frequency ultrasound cavitation reactor.

Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier Protein SUMO Enables Plants to Control Growth Independently of the Phytohormone Gibberellin (2014)
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Conti, L., Nelis, S., Zhang, C., Woodcock, A., Swarup, R., Galbiati, M., Tonelli, C., Napier, R., Hedden, P., Bennett, M., & Sadanandom, A. (2014). Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier Protein SUMO Enables Plants to Control Growth Independently of the Phytohormone Gibberellin. Developmental Cell, 28(1), 102-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2013.12.004

Plants survive adverse conditions by modulating their growth in response to a changing environment. Gibberellins (GAs) play a key role in these adaptive responses by stimulating the degradation of growth-repressing DELLA proteins. GA binding to its r... Read More about Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier Protein SUMO Enables Plants to Control Growth Independently of the Phytohormone Gibberellin.