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Critical perspectives on making science public
Book
B. Gibbs, E. Hadley Kershaw, B. Nerlich, W. Pearce, H. Selvadurai, A. Spencer, & J. Tsouvalis (Eds.), Critical perspectives on making science public. Nottingham, UK: University of Nottingham

Selected papers given at the Science in Public conference, July 22-23 2013 at the University of Nottingham

Re-anchorage of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete beams: model validation
Journal Article
Abdelatif, A. O., Owen, J. S., & Hussein, M. F. Re-anchorage of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete beams: model validation. Key Engineering Materials, 569, https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.569-570.302

Many post-tensioned concrete bridges have been reported to have ruptured tendons due to corrosion [1] and the assessment of their residual structural capacity has to account for the possibility of re-anchorage of failed tendons. This paper presents a... Read More about Re-anchorage of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete beams: model validation.

Use of transgenic GFP reporter strains of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to investigate the patterns of stress responses induced by pesticides and by organic extracts from agricultural soils
Journal Article
Anbalagan, C., Lafayette, I., Antoniou-Kourounioti, M., Gutierrez, C., Rodriguez Martin, J., Chowdhuri, D. K., & de Pomerai, D. I. Use of transgenic GFP reporter strains of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to investigate the patterns of stress responses induced by pesticides and by organic extracts from agricultural soils. Ecotoxicology, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-012-1004-2

As a free-living nematode, C. elegans is exposed to various pesticides used in agriculture, as well as to persistent organic residues which may contaminate the soil for long periods. Following on from our previous study of metal effects on 24 GFP-re... Read More about Use of transgenic GFP reporter strains of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to investigate the patterns of stress responses induced by pesticides and by organic extracts from agricultural soils.

Performance measurement under increasing environmental uncertainty in the context of interval type-2 fuzzy logic based robotic sailing
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Benatar, N., Aickelin, U., & Garibaldi, J. M. Performance measurement under increasing environmental uncertainty in the context of interval type-2 fuzzy logic based robotic sailing.

Performance measurement of robotic controllers based on fuzzy logic, operating under uncertainty, is a subject area which has been somewhat ignored in the current literature. In this paper standard measures such as RMSE are shown to be inappropriate... Read More about Performance measurement under increasing environmental uncertainty in the context of interval type-2 fuzzy logic based robotic sailing.

James Buchanan and the secession crisis
Book Chapter
Ashworth, J. James Buchanan and the secession crisis. In J. H. Silbey (Ed.), A companion to the Antebellum Presidents, 1837-1861. Wiley-Blackwell

An account of the actions, motives, successes and failure of President James Buchanan as he confronted the collapse of the American nation in 1860-1861

Towns conquer: a gamified application to collect geographical names (vernacular names/toponyms)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Castellote, J., Huerta, J., Pescador, J., & Brown, M. (2013). Towns conquer: a gamified application to collect geographical names (vernacular names/toponyms).

The traditional model for geospatial crowd sourcing asks the public to use their free time collecting geospatial data for no obvious reward. This model has shown to work very well on projects such as Open Street Map, but comes with some clear disadva... Read More about Towns conquer: a gamified application to collect geographical names (vernacular names/toponyms).

Kernels for products of L-functions
Journal Article
Diamantis, N., & O'Sullivan, C. Kernels for products of L-functions. Algebra and Number Theory, 7(8), https://doi.org/10.2140/ant.2013.7.1883

The Rankin-Cohen bracket of two Eisenstein series provides a kernel yielding products of the periods of Hecke eigenforms at critical values. Extending this idea leads to a new type of Eisenstein series built with a double sum. We develop the properti... Read More about Kernels for products of L-functions.

On the role of the AIS practitioner
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., Read, M., McEwan, C., Aickelin, U., & Greensmith, J. On the role of the AIS practitioner.

Cognisant of the gulf between engineers and immunologists that currenty hinders a truly inter-disciplinary approach to the field of Artificial Immune Systems (AIS), we propose a redefinition of the term AIS practitioner, as an individual who ident... Read More about On the role of the AIS practitioner.

Russian anti-literature
Book
Hellebust, R. (2013). Russian anti-literature. University of Nottingham

To support the myth of Russian literature’s unique social mission, its critics, historians, and creators since the time of Pushkin have used various strategies to present it as inherently nomoclastic – as somehow standing apart from established Europ... Read More about Russian anti-literature.

Safe drinking water for expanding cities
Book Chapter
Jinmin, W. (2013). Safe drinking water for expanding cities. In Successful examples of scientific practices in urban sustainable development. UNDP

The rapid urbanization and industrialization since 1978 have posed some serious environmental challenges for sustainable development in China, with pollution and water shortages ranking among the most pressing issues. Although China is rich in water... Read More about Safe drinking water for expanding cities.

Analysis of the Sam50 translocase of excavate organisms supports evolution of divergent organelles from a common endosymbiotic event
Journal Article
Kay, C. J., Lawler, K., & Kerr, I. D. Analysis of the Sam50 translocase of excavate organisms supports evolution of divergent organelles from a common endosymbiotic event. Bioscience Reports, 33(6), Article e00084. https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20130049

As free-living organisms the ancestors of mitochondria and plastids encoded complete genomes, proteomes and metabolomes. As these symbionts became organelles all these aspects were reduced – genomes have degenerated with the host nucleus now encoding... Read More about Analysis of the Sam50 translocase of excavate organisms supports evolution of divergent organelles from a common endosymbiotic event.

Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop
Journal Article
Lam, C., Tan, M., Cox, S. M., & Yeo, K. Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 28(8), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2012.2230027

This paper presents a Second-Order Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) feedback loop to improve Power Supply Rejection (PSR) of any open-loop PWM Class-D amplifiers (CDAs). PSR of the audio amplifier has always been a key parameter in mobile phone applicat... Read More about Class D amplifier power stage with PWM feedback loop.

Sortal concepts and modality
Book
Mackie, P. Sortal concepts and modality. University of Nottingham

What is the modal significance of sortal concepts? It is generally accepted that sortal concepts provide persistence conditions with modal implications that are de re, and not merely de dicto. I do not think that this important assumption has receive... Read More about Sortal concepts and modality.

Extending similarity measures of interval type-2 fuzzy sets to general type-2 fuzzy sets
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCulloch, J., Wagner, C., & Aickelin, U. Extending similarity measures of interval type-2 fuzzy sets to general type-2 fuzzy sets.

Similarity measures provide one of the core tools that enable reasoning about fuzzy sets. While many types of similarity measures exist for type-1 and interval type-2 fuzzy sets, there are very few similarity measures that enable the comparison of... Read More about Extending similarity measures of interval type-2 fuzzy sets to general type-2 fuzzy sets.