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An exploration of solutions for improving access to affordable fresh food with disadvantaged Welsh communities (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Touboulic, A., & O'Neill, M. (2018). An exploration of solutions for improving access to affordable fresh food with disadvantaged Welsh communities. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.065

Our research is rooted in community operational research (community OR) and adopts a qualitative problem structuring approach to exploring potential solutions for addressing inequality in access to affordable healthy food in disadvantaged communities... Read More about An exploration of solutions for improving access to affordable fresh food with disadvantaged Welsh communities.

Generalised path-following for well-behaved nonlinear structures (2017)
Journal Article
Groh, R., Avitabile, D., & Pirrera, A. (2018). Generalised path-following for well-behaved nonlinear structures. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 331, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2017.12.001

Recent years have seen a research revival in structural stability analysis. This renewed interest stems from a paradigm shift regarding the role of buckling instabilities in engineering design—from detrimental sources of catastrophic failure to novel... Read More about Generalised path-following for well-behaved nonlinear structures.

Physical and rheological characterization of carbonated bitumen for paving applications (2017)
Journal Article
Apeagyei, A. K., & Airey, G. (2018). Physical and rheological characterization of carbonated bitumen for paving applications. Materials and Design, 140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.11.069

In the paving industry, current attempts aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions have focused on the development of technologies that decrease bitumen viscosity so that asphalt mixtures can be produced at temperatures that are lower than conventio... Read More about Physical and rheological characterization of carbonated bitumen for paving applications.

An automated method to detect and quantify fungiform papillae in the human tongue: Validation and relationship to phenotypical differences in taste perception (2017)
Journal Article
Eldeghaidy, S., Thomas, D., Skinner, M., Ford, R., Giesbrecht, T., Thomas, A., …Francis, S. (2018). An automated method to detect and quantify fungiform papillae in the human tongue: Validation and relationship to phenotypical differences in taste perception. Physiology and Behavior, 184, 226-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.12.003

Determination of the number of fungiform papillae (FP) on the human tongue is an important measure that has frequently been associated with individual differences in oral perception, including taste sensitivity. At present, there is no standardised m... Read More about An automated method to detect and quantify fungiform papillae in the human tongue: Validation and relationship to phenotypical differences in taste perception.

The scope and limits of accounting and judicial courts intervention in inefficient public procurement (2017)
Journal Article
Estache, A., & Foucart, R. (2018). The scope and limits of accounting and judicial courts intervention in inefficient public procurement. Journal of Public Economics, 157, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.11.008

Cost inefficiencies in public procurement tend to come from two sources: corruption (moral hazard) and incompetence (adverse selection). In most countries, audit authorities are responsible for monitoring costs but do not distinguish both sources of... Read More about The scope and limits of accounting and judicial courts intervention in inefficient public procurement.

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are important risk factors underlying previously undiagnosed cirrhosis in general practice: a cross-sectional study using Transient Elastography (2017)
Journal Article
Harman, D. J., Ryder, S. D., James, M. W., Wilkes, E. A., Card, T. R., Aithal, G. P., & Guha, I. N. (2018). Obesity and type 2 diabetes are important risk factors underlying previously undiagnosed cirrhosis in general practice: a cross-sectional study using Transient Elastography. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 47(4), 504-515. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.14463

Background: Rising cirrhosis incidence and mortality in the United Kingdom has been attributed predominantly to excess alcohol consumption. However, metabolic risk factors such as type 2 diabetes and obesity may also be important. Aim: To screen at-... Read More about Obesity and type 2 diabetes are important risk factors underlying previously undiagnosed cirrhosis in general practice: a cross-sectional study using Transient Elastography.

SDSS-IV MaNGA-resolved star formation and molecular gas properties of green valley galaxies: a first look with ALMA and MaNGA (2017)
Journal Article
Lin, L., Belfiore, F., Pan, H., Bothwell, M. S., Hsieh, P., Huang, S., …Thomas, D. (2017). SDSS-IV MaNGA-resolved star formation and molecular gas properties of green valley galaxies: a first look with ALMA and MaNGA. Astrophysical Journal, 851(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa96ae

We study the role of cold gas in quenching star formation in the green valley by analyzing ALMA 12CO (1–0) observations of three galaxies with resolved optical spectroscopy from the MaNGA survey. We present resolution-matched maps of the star formati... Read More about SDSS-IV MaNGA-resolved star formation and molecular gas properties of green valley galaxies: a first look with ALMA and MaNGA.

Non-adiabatic quantum state preparation and quantum state transport in chains of Rydberg atoms (2017)
Journal Article
Ostmann, M., Minář, J., Marcuzzi, M., Levi, E., & Lesanovsky, I. (2017). Non-adiabatic quantum state preparation and quantum state transport in chains of Rydberg atoms. New Journal of Physics, 19(12), https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa983e

Motivated by recent progress in the experimental manipulation of cold atoms in optical lattices, we study three different protocols for non-adiabatic quantum state preparation and state transport in chains of Rydberg atoms. The protocols we discuss a... Read More about Non-adiabatic quantum state preparation and quantum state transport in chains of Rydberg atoms.

High density SNP and DArT-based genetic linkage maps of two closely related oil palm populations (2017)
Journal Article
Gan, S. T., Wong, W. C., Wong, C. K., Soh, A. C., Kilian, A., Low, E. L., …Mayes, S. (in press). High density SNP and DArT-based genetic linkage maps of two closely related oil palm populations. Journal of Applied Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13353-017-0420-7

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is an outbreeding perennial tree crop with long breeding cycles, typically 12 years. Molecular marker technologies can greatly improve the breeding efficiency of oil palm. This study reports the first use of the DAr... Read More about High density SNP and DArT-based genetic linkage maps of two closely related oil palm populations.

Model-based image analysis of a tethered Brownian fibre for shear stress sensing (2017)
Journal Article
Gallagher, M. T., Neal, C. V., Arkill, K. P., & Smith, D. J. (2017). Model-based image analysis of a tethered Brownian fibre for shear stress sensing. Interface, 14(137), Article 20170564. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0564

The measurement of fluid dynamic shear stress acting on a biologically relevant surface is a challenging problem, particularly in the complex environment of, for example, the vasculature. While an experimental method for the direct detection of wall... Read More about Model-based image analysis of a tethered Brownian fibre for shear stress sensing.

The implications of the surprising existence of a large, massive CO disk in a distant protocluster (2017)
Journal Article
Dannerbauer, H., Lehnert, M., Emonts, B., Ziegler, B., Altieri, B., De Breuck, C., …Wylezalek, D. (in press). The implications of the surprising existence of a large, massive CO disk in a distant protocluster. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 608, Article A48. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730449

It is not yet known if the properties of molecular gas in distant protocluster galaxies are significantly affected by their environment as galaxies are in local clusters. Through a deep, 64 h of effective on-source integration with the Australian Tel... Read More about The implications of the surprising existence of a large, massive CO disk in a distant protocluster.

The physicochemical fingerprint of Necator americanus (2017)
Journal Article
Chauhan, V. M., Scurr, D. J., Christie, T., Telford, G., Aylott, J. W., & Pritchard, D. (in press). The physicochemical fingerprint of Necator americanus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(12), Article e0005971. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005971

Necator americanus, a haematophagous hookworm parasite, infects ~10% of the world’s population and is considered to be a significant public health risk. Its lifecycle has distinct stages, permitting its successful transit from the skin via the lungs... Read More about The physicochemical fingerprint of Necator americanus.

A Cdk1 phosphomimic mutant of MCAK impairs microtubule end recognition (2017)
Journal Article
Belsham, H. R., & Friel, C. T. (2017). A Cdk1 phosphomimic mutant of MCAK impairs microtubule end recognition. PeerJ, 5, Article e4034. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4034

The microtubule depolymerising kinesin-13, MCAK, is phosphorylated at residue T537 by Cdk1. This is the only known phosphorylation site within MCAK’s motor domain. To understand the impact of phosphorylation by Cdk1 on microtubule depolymerisation ac... Read More about A Cdk1 phosphomimic mutant of MCAK impairs microtubule end recognition.

Determination of pore network accessibility in hierarchical porous solids (2017)
Journal Article
Rigby, S. P., Hasan, M., Stevens, L., Williams, H. E., & Fletcher, R. S. (2017). Determination of pore network accessibility in hierarchical porous solids. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56(50), 14822-14831. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b04659

This paper validates the hypothesis that the supposedly non-specific adsorbates nitrogen and argon wet heavy metals differently, and shows how this unexpected effect can be actively utilised to deliver information on pore inter-connectivity. To explo... Read More about Determination of pore network accessibility in hierarchical porous solids.

The effect of public support on senior manager attitudes to innovation (2017)
Journal Article
Chapman, G., & Hewitt-Dundas, N. (2018). The effect of public support on senior manager attitudes to innovation. Technovation, 69, 28-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2017.10.004

Senior manager innovation-orientated attitudes are key drivers of innovation within micro and smaller firms. Despite this, little guidance exists on the initiatives organisations can utilise to induce and strengthen such desirable attitudes. In this... Read More about The effect of public support on senior manager attitudes to innovation.

Age, memory loss and perceptions of dementia in South Asian ethnic minorities (2017)
Journal Article
Giebel, C. M., Worden, A., Challis, D., Jolley, D., Bhui, K. S., Lambat, A., …Purandare, N. (2019). Age, memory loss and perceptions of dementia in South Asian ethnic minorities. Aging and Mental Health, 23(2), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1408772

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Background: South Asian older adults are represented less frequently in mainstream mental health services or those for people with dementia. This study aimed to explore in detail the per... Read More about Age, memory loss and perceptions of dementia in South Asian ethnic minorities.

Correction: Effects of insulin like growth factors on early embryonic chick limb myogenesis (2017)
Journal Article
Mohammed, R. H., Anderton, H., Brameld, J. M., & Sweetman, D. (2017). Correction: Effects of insulin like growth factors on early embryonic chick limb myogenesis. PLoS ONE, 12(12), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189395

© 2017 Mohammed et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are c... Read More about Correction: Effects of insulin like growth factors on early embryonic chick limb myogenesis.

China's "Great Migration": the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty (2017)
Working Paper
Facchini, G., Liu, M. Y., Mayda, A. M., & Zhou, M. China's "Great Migration": the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty

We analyze the effect of China's integration into the world economy on workers in the country and show that one important channel of impact has been internal migration. Specifically, we study the changes in internal migration rates triggered by the r... Read More about China's "Great Migration": the impact of the reduction in trade policy uncertainty.

Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course (2017)
Journal Article
Walton, E. (2018). Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 22(8), 856-869. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2017.1412512

Many universities offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses in inclusive education. There has been much research into the impact of these courses, but little is written about their design. This article focuses on a master’s course in inclusive edu... Read More about Inclusive education in the academy: pedagogical and political imperatives in a master’s course.

Introgression of Aegilops speltoides segements in Triticum aestivum and the effect of the gametocidal genes (2017)
Journal Article
King, J., Grewal, S., Yang, C., Hubbart Edwards, S., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., …King, I. P. (2018). Introgression of Aegilops speltoides segements in Triticum aestivum and the effect of the gametocidal genes. Annals of Botany, 121(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcx149

• Background and Aims Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has been through a severe genetic bottleneck as a result of its evolution and domestication. It is therefore essential that new sources of genetic variation are generated and utilized. This study... Read More about Introgression of Aegilops speltoides segements in Triticum aestivum and the effect of the gametocidal genes.