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Social ranking effects on tooth-brushing behaviour (2015)
Journal Article
Maltby, J., Paterson, K., Day, L., Jones, C., Kinnear, H., & Buchanan, H. (2016). Social ranking effects on tooth-brushing behaviour. British Journal of Health Psychology, 21(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12173

Objective: A tooth-brushing social rank hypothesis is tested suggesting tooth-brushing duration is influenced when individuals position their behaviour in a rank when comparing their behaviour with other individuals. Design: Study 1 used a correlati... Read More about Social ranking effects on tooth-brushing behaviour.

Study of intragastric structuring ability of sodium alginate based o/w emulsions under in vitro physiological pre-absorptive digestion conditions (2015)
Journal Article
Soukoulis, C., Fisk, I. D., Bohn, T., & Hoffmann, L. (2016). Study of intragastric structuring ability of sodium alginate based o/w emulsions under in vitro physiological pre-absorptive digestion conditions. Carbohydrate Polymers, 140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.12.021

In the present work, the intragastric structuring ability of o/w emulsions either stabilised (1–4%, w/w of sodium alginate (SA)) or structured with sheared ionic gel (1–3%, w/w of SA crosslinked with Ca2+) in the absence (saliva and gastric phases co... Read More about Study of intragastric structuring ability of sodium alginate based o/w emulsions under in vitro physiological pre-absorptive digestion conditions.

Leaf segmentation in plant phenotyping: a collation study (2015)
Journal Article
Scharr, H., Minervini, M., French, A. P., Klukas, C., Kramer, D. M., Liu, X., …Tsaftaris, S. A. (2016). Leaf segmentation in plant phenotyping: a collation study. Machine Vision and Applications, 27(4), 585-606. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00138-015-0737-3

Image-based plant phenotyping is a growing application area of computer vision in agriculture. A key task is the segmentation of all individual leaves in images. Here we focus on the most common rosette model plants, Arabidopsis and young tobacco. Al... Read More about Leaf segmentation in plant phenotyping: a collation study.

Global and local hydrodynamics of bubble columns – Effect of gas distributor (2015)
Journal Article
Sharaf, S., Zednikova, M., Ruzicka, M. C., & Azzopardi, B. J. (2016). Global and local hydrodynamics of bubble columns – Effect of gas distributor. Chemical Engineering Journal, 288, 489-504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2015.11.106

Global (level swell) and local (WMS – Wire Mesh Sensor) measurements were made on waters of different purities and air, in a cylindrical laboratory bubble column (2 m tall, 0.127 m dia) using two different gas distributors: a perforated plate (to pro... Read More about Global and local hydrodynamics of bubble columns – Effect of gas distributor.

Visual tracking for the recovery of multiple interacting plant root systems from X-ray ?CT images (2015)
Journal Article
Mairhofer, S., Johnson, J., Sturrock, C., Bennett, M. J., Mooney, S. J., & Pridmore, T. P. (2016). Visual tracking for the recovery of multiple interacting plant root systems from X-ray ?CT images. Machine Vision and Applications, 27(5), 721-734. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00138-015-0733-7

We propose a visual object tracking framework for the extraction of multiple interacting plant root systems from three-dimensional X-ray micro computed tomography images of plants grown in soil. Our method is based on a level set framework guided by... Read More about Visual tracking for the recovery of multiple interacting plant root systems from X-ray ?CT images.

Modular integration of a matrix converter (2015)
Journal Article
Solomon, A. K., Skuriat, R., Castellazzi, A., & Wheeler, P. (2016). Modular integration of a matrix converter. IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/tee.22194

The future development of high-performance power electronics will rely increasingly on system-level integration, where semiconductor devices are co-packaged with other active and passive components (e.g., gate drivers, filter capacitors, and inductor... Read More about Modular integration of a matrix converter.

Cell imaging using sub-optical wavelength ultrasonics (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Clark, M., Marques, L., Moradi, E., Perez-Cota, F., Smith, R. J., & Webb, K. F. (2015). Cell imaging using sub-optical wavelength ultrasonics. In Proceedings Asia Communications and Photonics Conference 2015. https://doi.org/10.1364/acpc.2015.asu5h.1

At GHz frequencies the wavelength of ultrasound becomes comparable or smaller than the wavelength of light and so offers an intriguing way to image at the small scale. In this paper we report on new developments in pico-second laser ultrasonics that... Read More about Cell imaging using sub-optical wavelength ultrasonics.

Depressive symptomatology and associated factors in dementia in Europe: home care versus long-term care (2015)
Journal Article
Giebel, C., Sutcliffe, C., Verbeek, H., Zabalegui, A., Soto, M., Hallberg, I. R., …Challis, D. (2016). Depressive symptomatology and associated factors in dementia in Europe: home care versus long-term care. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(4), 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1041610215002100

© 2015 International Psychogeriatric Association. This study forms part of a larger European programme investigating the transition from home care to long-term care (LTC) facility in people with dementia (PwD) at the margins of LTC. The aim of this s... Read More about Depressive symptomatology and associated factors in dementia in Europe: home care versus long-term care.

An Economic Analysis of Attendance Demand for One Day International Cricket (2015)
Journal Article
Sacheti, A., Paton, D., & Gregory-Smith, I. (2016). An Economic Analysis of Attendance Demand for One Day International Cricket. Economic Record, 92(296), 121-136. doi:10.1111/1475-4932.12239

Background to the European seismic design provisions for retrofitting RC elements using FRP materials (2015)
Journal Article
Pantazopoulou, S. J., Tastani, S. P., Thermou, G. E., Triantafillou, T., Monti, G., Bournas, D., & Guadagnini, M. (2016). Background to the European seismic design provisions for retrofitting RC elements using FRP materials. Structural Concrete, 17(2), 194-219. doi:10.1002/suco.201500102

This paper is a comprehensive background document on the state of the art in European seismic design provisions which was assembled by fib committee 5.1 to support the development of design guidelines regarding the use of externally applied fibre rei... Read More about Background to the European seismic design provisions for retrofitting RC elements using FRP materials.

Anastrozole versus tamoxifen for the prevention of locoregional and contralateral breast cancer in postmenopausal women with locally excised ductal carcinoma in situ (IBIS-II DCIS): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Forbes, J. F., Sestak, I., Howell, A., Bonanni, B., Bundred, N., Levy, C., …Cuzick, J. (2015). Anastrozole versus tamoxifen for the prevention of locoregional and contralateral breast cancer in postmenopausal women with locally excised ductal carcinoma in situ (IBIS-II DCIS): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 387(10021), 866-873. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2815%2901129-0

Charge transport control via polymer polymorph modulation in ternary organic photovoltaic composites (2015)
Journal Article
Kan, Z., Colella, L., Canesi, E. V., Vorobiev, A., Skrypnychuk, V., Terraneo, G., …Keivanidis, P. E. (2016). Charge transport control via polymer polymorph modulation in ternary organic photovoltaic composites. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1195-1201. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta08120c

The control on the charge transport properties of ternary organic photovoltaic P3HT?:?PCBM?:?QBT devices is enabled by modulating the distribution of P3HT polymorphs in the device photoactive layers. Negligible amounts of QBT induce striking modifica... Read More about Charge transport control via polymer polymorph modulation in ternary organic photovoltaic composites.

Molecular Design of Squalene/Squalane Countertypes via the Controlled Oligomerization of Isoprene and Evaluation of Vaccine Adjuvant Applications (2015)
Journal Article
Adlington, K., El harfi, J., Li, J., Carmichael, K., Guderian, J. A., Fox, C. B., & Irvine, D. (2015). Molecular Design of Squalene/Squalane Countertypes via the Controlled Oligomerization of Isoprene and Evaluation of Vaccine Adjuvant Applications. Biomacromolecules, 17(1), 165-172. doi:10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01285

The potential to replace shark-derived squalene in vaccine adjuvant applications with synthetic squalene/poly(isoprene) oligomers, synthesized by the controlled oligomerization of isoprene is demonstrated. Following on from our previous work regardin... Read More about Molecular Design of Squalene/Squalane Countertypes via the Controlled Oligomerization of Isoprene and Evaluation of Vaccine Adjuvant Applications.

The dopamine D3-preferring D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonist, cariprazine, reverses behavioral changes in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia (2015)
Journal Article
Watson, D. J., King, M. V., Gyertyán, I., Kiss, B., Adham, N., & Fone, K. C. (2016). The dopamine D3-preferring D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonist, cariprazine, reverses behavioral changes in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.12.020

Current antipsychotic medication is largely ineffective against the negative and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia. One promising therapeutic development is to design new molecules that balance actions on dopamine D2 and D3 receptors to maximise be... Read More about The dopamine D3-preferring D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonist, cariprazine, reverses behavioral changes in a rat neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia.

How do we cultivate in England? Tillage practices in crop production systems (2015)
Journal Article
Townsend, T. J., Ramsden, S. J., & Wilson, P. (2016). How do we cultivate in England? Tillage practices in crop production systems. Soil Use and Management, 32(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12241

Reducing tillage intensity offers the possibility of moving towards sustainable intensification objectives. Reduced tillage (RT) practices, where the plough is not used, can provide a number of environmental and financial benefits, particularly for s... Read More about How do we cultivate in England? Tillage practices in crop production systems.

Tetrathiotetracene thin film morphology and electrical properties (2015)
Journal Article
Pudzs, K., Vembris, A., Busenbergs, J., Rutkis, M., & Woodward, S. (in press). Tetrathiotetracene thin film morphology and electrical properties. Thin Solid Films, 598, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2015.11.087

The electrical properties of organic thin films are determined by their chemical constituents and the morphology of the films deposited. In this paper the morphology of vacuum sublimed (7?10-6 mbar) tetrathiotetracene (TTT) thin films is shown to be... Read More about Tetrathiotetracene thin film morphology and electrical properties.

Windborne debris in the urban environment (2015)
Journal Article
Owen, J. S. Windborne debris in the urban environment. https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.15.130.4167

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the research into using Windborne debris. It Introduces the components of the typical debris risk model - wind field model, debris generation model, debris trajectory model and debris impact model - and r... Read More about Windborne debris in the urban environment.

Symmetry-breaking in the H2@C60 endofullerene revealed by inelastic neutron scattering at low temperature (2015)
Journal Article
Mamone, S., Johnson, M. R., Ollivier, J., Rols, S., Levitt, M. H., & Horsewill, A. J. (in press). Symmetry-breaking in the H2@C60 endofullerene revealed by inelastic neutron scattering at low temperature. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(3), 1998-2005. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cp07146a

The fine structure of the rotational ground state of molecular ortho-hydrogen confined inside the fullerene cage C60 is investigated by inelastic neutron scattering (INS). The INS line corresponding to transitions between the three sub-levels compris... Read More about Symmetry-breaking in the H2@C60 endofullerene revealed by inelastic neutron scattering at low temperature.

Sarcasm and emoticons: comprehension and emotional impact (2015)
Journal Article
Filik, R., Turcan, A., Thompson, D., Harvey, N., Davies, H., & Turner, A. (2015). Sarcasm and emoticons: comprehension and emotional impact. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69(11), https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1106566

Most theorists agree that sarcasm serves some communicative function that would not be achieved by speaking directly, such as eliciting a particular emotional response in the recipient. One debate concerns whether this kind of language serves to enha... Read More about Sarcasm and emoticons: comprehension and emotional impact.

Comparison of the Structure and Activity of Glycosylated and Aglycosylated Human Carboxylesterase 1 (2015)
Journal Article
Arena de Souza, V., Scott, D. J., Nettleship, J. E., Rahman, N., Charlton, M. H., Walsh, M. A., & Owens, R. J. (2015). Comparison of the Structure and Activity of Glycosylated and Aglycosylated Human Carboxylesterase 1. PLoS ONE, 10(12), e0143919. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143919

Human Carboxylesterase 1 (hCES1) is the key liver microsomal enzyme responsible for detoxification and metabolism of a variety of clinical drugs. To analyse the role of the single N-linked glycan on the structure and activity of the enzyme, authentic... Read More about Comparison of the Structure and Activity of Glycosylated and Aglycosylated Human Carboxylesterase 1.