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In silico evidence for the utility of parsimonious root phenotypes for improved vegetative growth and carbon sequestration under drought (2022)
Journal Article
Schäfer, E. D., Ajmera, I., Farcot, E., Owen, M. R., Band, L. R., & Lynch, J. P. (2022). In silico evidence for the utility of parsimonious root phenotypes for improved vegetative growth and carbon sequestration under drought. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, Article 1010165. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.1010165

Drought is a primary constraint to crop yields and climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of drought stress in the future. It has been hypothesized that crops can be made more resistant to drought and better able to sequest... Read More about In silico evidence for the utility of parsimonious root phenotypes for improved vegetative growth and carbon sequestration under drought.

L-Series of Harmonic Maass Forms and a Summation Formula for Harmonic Lifts (2022)
Journal Article
Diamantis, N., Lee, M., Raji, W., & Rolen, L. (2023). L-Series of Harmonic Maass Forms and a Summation Formula for Harmonic Lifts. International Mathematics Research Notices, 2023(18), 15729-15765. https://doi.org/10.1093/imrn/rnac310

We introduce an L-series associated with harmonic Maass forms and prove their functional equations. We establish converse theorems for these L-series and, as an application, we formulate and prove a summation formula for the holomorphic part of a har... Read More about L-Series of Harmonic Maass Forms and a Summation Formula for Harmonic Lifts.

On isotropic and numerical equivalence of cycles (2022)
Journal Article
Vishik, A. (2022). On isotropic and numerical equivalence of cycles. Selecta Mathematica (New Series), 29(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00029-022-00812-z

We study the conjecture claiming that, over a flexible field, isotropic Chow groups coincide with numerical Chow groups (with Fp-coefficients). This conjecture is essential for understanding the structure of the isotropic motivic category and that of... Read More about On isotropic and numerical equivalence of cycles.

Hypergraphon mean field games (2022)
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Cui, K., KhudaBukhsh, W. R., & Koeppl, H. (2022). Hypergraphon mean field games. Chaos, 32(11), Article 113129. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0093758

We propose an approach to modeling large-scale multi-agent dynamical systems allowing interactions among more than just pairs of agents using the theory of mean field games and the notion of hypergraphons, which are obtained as limits of large hyperg... Read More about Hypergraphon mean field games.

The Leydig cell biomarker INSL3 as a predictor of age-related morbidity: Findings from the EMAS cohort (2022)
Journal Article
Ivell, R., Heng, K., Severn, K., Antonio, L., Bartfai, G., Casanueva, F. F., …Anand-Ivell, R. (2022). The Leydig cell biomarker INSL3 as a predictor of age-related morbidity: Findings from the EMAS cohort. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, Article 1016107. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.1016107

Background: Insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) is a constitutive hormone secreted in men by the mature Leydig cells of the testes. It is an accurate biomarker for Leydig cell functional capacity, reflecting their total cell number and differentiation sta... Read More about The Leydig cell biomarker INSL3 as a predictor of age-related morbidity: Findings from the EMAS cohort.

Uncertainty and error in SARS-CoV-2 epidemiological parameters inferred from population-level epidemic models (2022)
Journal Article
Whittaker, D. G., Herrera-Reyes, A. D., Hendrix, M., Owen, M. R., Band, L. R., Mirams, G. R., …Preston, S. P. (2023). Uncertainty and error in SARS-CoV-2 epidemiological parameters inferred from population-level epidemic models. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 558, Article 111337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111337

During the SARS-CoV2 pandemic, epidemic models have been central to policy-making. Public health responses have been shaped by model-based projections and inferences, especially related to the impact of various non-pharmaceutical interventions. Accom... Read More about Uncertainty and error in SARS-CoV-2 epidemiological parameters inferred from population-level epidemic models.

Ensemble Kalman inversion for magnetic resonance elastography. (2022)
Journal Article
Iglesias, M., McGrath, D. M., Tretyakov, M. V., & Francis, S. T. (2022). Ensemble Kalman inversion for magnetic resonance elastography. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 67(23), Article 235003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac9fa1

Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) is an MRI-based diagnostic method for measuring mechanical properties of biological tissues. MRE measurements are processed by an inversion algorithm to produce a map of the biomechanical properties. In this pape... Read More about Ensemble Kalman inversion for magnetic resonance elastography..

Nuanced Interactions between AKAP79 and STIM1 with Orai1 Ca 2+ Channels at Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Junctions Sustain NFAT Activation (2022)
Journal Article
Lin, Y., Scappini, E., Landaverde, C., Parekh-Glitsch, F., Tucker, C. J., Mirams, G. R., & Parekh, A. B. (2022). Nuanced Interactions between AKAP79 and STIM1 with Orai1 Ca 2+ Channels at Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Junctions Sustain NFAT Activation. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 42(11), Article e00175-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.00175-22

A-kinase anchoring protein 79 (AKAP79) is a human scaffolding protein that organizes Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin, calmodulin, cAMP-dependent protein kinase, protein kinase C, and the transcription factor nuclear factor o... Read More about Nuanced Interactions between AKAP79 and STIM1 with Orai1 Ca 2+ Channels at Endoplasmic Reticulum-Plasma Membrane Junctions Sustain NFAT Activation.

An epidemic model with short-lived mixing groups (2022)
Journal Article
Ball, F., & Neal, P. (2022). An epidemic model with short-lived mixing groups. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 85(6-7), Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-022-01822-3

Almost all epidemic models make the assumption that infection is driven by the interaction between pairs of individuals, one of whom is infectious and the other of whom is susceptible. However, in society individuals mix in groups of varying sizes, a... Read More about An epidemic model with short-lived mixing groups.

Derivatives of L-series of weakly holomorphic cusp forms (2022)
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Diamantis, N., & Stromberg, F. (2022). Derivatives of L-series of weakly holomorphic cusp forms. Research in the Mathematical Sciences, 9(4), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40687-022-00363-x

Based on the theory of L-series associated with weakly holomorphic modular forms in Diamantis et al. (L-series of harmonic Maass forms and a summation formula for harmonic lifts. arXiv:2107.12366), we derive explicit formulas for central values of de... Read More about Derivatives of L-series of weakly holomorphic cusp forms.

A quantum graph approach to metamaterial design (2022)
Journal Article
Lawrie, T., Tanner, G., & Chronopoulos, D. (2022). A quantum graph approach to metamaterial design. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 18006. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22265-2

Since the turn of the century, metamaterials have gained a large amount of attention due to their potential for possessing highly nontrivial and exotic properties—such as cloaking or perfect lensing. There has been a great push to create reliable mat... Read More about A quantum graph approach to metamaterial design.

Travelling wave solutions of the cubic nonlocal Fisher-KPP equation: I. General theory and the near local limit (2022)
Journal Article
Billingham, J., & Needham, D. J. (2022). Travelling wave solutions of the cubic nonlocal Fisher-KPP equation: I. General theory and the near local limit. Nonlinearity, 35(12), 6098-6123. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6544/ac98ea

We study non-negative travelling wave solutions, u ≡ U (x − ct) with constant wavespeed c > 0, of the cubic nonlocal Fisher-KPP equation in one spatial dimension, namely, ∂u ∂t = ∂ 2 u ∂x 2 + u 2 1 − 1 λ ∞ −∞ ϕ y − x λ u (y, t) dy , for (x, t) ∈ R ×... Read More about Travelling wave solutions of the cubic nonlocal Fisher-KPP equation: I. General theory and the near local limit.

Word and Multiword Processing (2022)
Book Chapter
Conklin, K., & Thul, R. (2022). Word and Multiword Processing. In A. Godfroid, & H. Hopp (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics (203-215). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003018872-20

When we encounter linguistic input, both spoken and written, we need to identify words and multiword sequences (e.g., “spill the beans” meaning “to reveal a secret”), ascertain their meaning, and integrate them into our unfolding understanding of a s... Read More about Word and Multiword Processing.

Fishery improvement projects: A voluntary, corporate “tool” not fit for the purpose of mitigating labour abuses and guaranteeing labour rights for workers (2022)
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Williams, C., & Decker Sparks, J. L. (2023). Fishery improvement projects: A voluntary, corporate “tool” not fit for the purpose of mitigating labour abuses and guaranteeing labour rights for workers. Marine Policy, 147, Article 105340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105340

The recent development of a Human Rights and Social Responsibility Policy for fishery improvement projects (FIPs) has accelerated industry and NGO-led initiatives to address human and labour rights violations in seafood supply chains through FIPs. Ho... Read More about Fishery improvement projects: A voluntary, corporate “tool” not fit for the purpose of mitigating labour abuses and guaranteeing labour rights for workers.

Projected Least-Squares Quantum Process Tomography (2022)
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Surawy-Stepney, T., Kahn, J., Kueng, R., & Guta, M. (in press). Projected Least-Squares Quantum Process Tomography. Quantum, 6, 844. https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-10-20-844

We propose and investigate a new method of quantum process tomography (QPT) which we call projected least squares (PLS). In short, PLS consists of first computing the least-squares estimator of the Choi matrix of an unknown channel, and subsequently... Read More about Projected Least-Squares Quantum Process Tomography.

Slugging in horizontal channel flow (2022)
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Giddings, J. A., Billingham, J., & Cox, S. M. (2022). Slugging in horizontal channel flow. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 87(5), 906-933. https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxac024

The stratified flow of gas-liquid mixtures is important in many industries, in particular oil and gas, where the formation of liquid slugs is usually undesirable. In this paper, we analyse the hydraulic model for turbulent, two-layer, gas-liquid flow... Read More about Slugging in horizontal channel flow.

GIFT: New method for the genetic analysis of small gene effects involving small sample sizes (2022)
Journal Article
Rauch, C., Kyratzi, P., Blott, S., Bray, S., & Wattis, J. A. D. (2023). GIFT: New method for the genetic analysis of small gene effects involving small sample sizes. Physical Biology, 20(1), Article 016001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/ac99b3

Small gene effects involved in complex/omnigenic traits remain costly to analyse using current genome-wide association methods (GWAS) because of the number of individuals required to return meaningful association(s), a.k.a. study power. Inspired by f... Read More about GIFT: New method for the genetic analysis of small gene effects involving small sample sizes.

Friedlander-Keller ray expansions in electromagnetism: Monochromatic radiation from arbitrary surfaces in three dimensions (2022)
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Radjen, A. M. R., Tew, R. H., & Gradoni, G. (2023). Friedlander-Keller ray expansions in electromagnetism: Monochromatic radiation from arbitrary surfaces in three dimensions. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 34(6), 1187-1208. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956792522000249

The standard approach to applying ray theory to solving Maxwell’s equations in the large wave-number limit involves seeking solutions that have (i) an oscillatory exponential with a phase term that is linear in the wave-number and (ii) has an amplitu... Read More about Friedlander-Keller ray expansions in electromagnetism: Monochromatic radiation from arbitrary surfaces in three dimensions.

Structure-function clustering in weighted brain networks (2022)
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Crofts, J. J., Forrester, M., Coombes, S., & O’Dea, R. D. (2022). Structure-function clustering in weighted brain networks. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 16793. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19994-9

Functional networks, which typically describe patterns of activity taking place across the cerebral cortex, are widely studied in neuroscience. The dynamical features of these networks, and in particular their deviation from the relatively static str... Read More about Structure-function clustering in weighted brain networks.