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Knowledge-light adaptation approaches in case-based reasoning for radiotherapy treatment planning (2016)
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Petrovic, S., Khussainova, G., & Jagannathan, R. (2016). Knowledge-light adaptation approaches in case-based reasoning for radiotherapy treatment planning. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 68, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2016.01.006

Objective: Radiotherapy treatment planning aims at delivering a sufficient radiation dose to cancerous tumour cells while sparing healthy organs in the tumour-surrounding area. It is a time-consuming trial-and-error process that requires the expertis... Read More about Knowledge-light adaptation approaches in case-based reasoning for radiotherapy treatment planning.

Placental expression of the angiogenic placental growth factor is stimulated by both aldosterone and simulated starvation (2016)
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Eisele, N., Albrecht, C., Mistry, H. D., Dick, B., Baumann, M., Surbeck, D., …Gennari-Moser, C. (2016). Placental expression of the angiogenic placental growth factor is stimulated by both aldosterone and simulated starvation. Placenta, 40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2016.02.004

Aldosterone is an important factor supporting placental growth and fetal development. Recently, expression of placental growth factor (PlGF) has been observed in response to aldosterone exposure in different models of atherosclerosis. Thus, we hypoth... Read More about Placental expression of the angiogenic placental growth factor is stimulated by both aldosterone and simulated starvation.

The impact of leadership on student outcomes: how successful school leaders use transformational and instructional strategies to make a difference (2016)
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Day, C., Gu, Q., & Sammons, P. (2016). The impact of leadership on student outcomes: how successful school leaders use transformational and instructional strategies to make a difference. Educational Administration Quarterly, 52(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161X15616863

Purpose: This article illustrates how successful leaders combine the too often dichotomized practices of transformational and instructional leadership in different ways across different phases of their schools’ development in order to progressively s... Read More about The impact of leadership on student outcomes: how successful school leaders use transformational and instructional strategies to make a difference.

Spin-orbit torque in Pt/CoNiCo/Pt symmetric devices (2016)
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Yang, M., Cai, K., Ju, H., Edmonds, K., Yang, G., Liu, S., …Wang, K. (2016). Spin-orbit torque in Pt/CoNiCo/Pt symmetric devices. Scientific Reports, 6, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20778

Current induced magnetization switching by spin-orbit torques offers an energy-efficient means of writing information in heavy metal/ferromagnet (FM) multilayer systems. The relative contributions of field-like torques and damping-like torques to the... Read More about Spin-orbit torque in Pt/CoNiCo/Pt symmetric devices.

Comparison and optimization of ten phage encoded serine integrases for genome engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2016)
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Xu, Z., & Brown, W. (2016). Comparison and optimization of ten phage encoded serine integrases for genome engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BMC Biotechnology, 16, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12896-016-0241-5

Background: Phage-encoded serine integrases, such as ?C31 integrase, are widely used for genome engineering but have not been optimized for use in Saccharomyces cerevisiae although this organism is a widely used organism in biotechnology. Results:... Read More about Comparison and optimization of ten phage encoded serine integrases for genome engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Tracing amino acid exchange during host-pathogen interaction by combined stable-isotope time-resolved Raman spectral imaging (2016)
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Naemat, A., Elsheikha, H. M., Boiter, R., & Notingher, I. (2016). Tracing amino acid exchange during host-pathogen interaction by combined stable-isotope time-resolved Raman spectral imaging. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 20811. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20811

This study investigates the temporal and spatial interchange of the aromatic amino acid phenylalanine (Phe) between human retinal pigment epithelial cell line (ARPE-19) and tachyzoites of the apicomplexan protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gond... Read More about Tracing amino acid exchange during host-pathogen interaction by combined stable-isotope time-resolved Raman spectral imaging.

Runtime analysis of non-elitist populations: from classical optimisation to partial information (2016)
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Dang, D., & Lehre, P. K. (2016). Runtime analysis of non-elitist populations: from classical optimisation to partial information. Algorithmica, 75(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00453-015-0103-x

Although widely applied in optimisation, relatively little has been proven rigorously about the role and behaviour of populations in randomised search processes. This paper presents a new method to prove upper bounds on the expected optimisation time... Read More about Runtime analysis of non-elitist populations: from classical optimisation to partial information.

Identification of gene modules associated with low temperatures response in Bambara groundnut by network-based analysis (2016)
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Bonthala, V. S., Mayes, S., Moreton, J., Blythe, M. J., Wright, V., May, S., …Twycross, J. (2016). Identification of gene modules associated with low temperatures response in Bambara groundnut by network-based analysis. PLoS ONE, 11(2), Article e0148771. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148771

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) is an African legume and is a promising underutilized crop with good seed nutritional values. Low temperature stress in a number of African countries at night, such as Botswana, can effect the growth... Read More about Identification of gene modules associated with low temperatures response in Bambara groundnut by network-based analysis.

Translating lung function genome-wide association study (GWAS) findings: new insights for lung biology (2016)
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Kheirallah, A. K., Miller, S., Hall, I. P., & Sayers, I. (2016). Translating lung function genome-wide association study (GWAS) findings: new insights for lung biology. Current Advances in Genetics and Molecular Biology, 93, https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.adgen.2015.12.002

Chronic respiratory diseases are a major cause of worldwide mortality and morbidity. Although hereditary severe deficiency of ?1 antitrypsin (A1AD) has been established to cause emphysema, A1AD accounts for only ?1% of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary D... Read More about Translating lung function genome-wide association study (GWAS) findings: new insights for lung biology.

Abnormal salience signaling in schizophrenia: The role of integrative beta oscillations: Salience Signaling in Schizophrenia (2016)
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Liddle, E. B., Price, D., Palaniyappan, L., Brookes, M. J., Robson, S. E., Hall, E. L., …Liddle, P. F. (2016). Abnormal salience signaling in schizophrenia: The role of integrative beta oscillations: Salience Signaling in Schizophrenia. Human Brain Mapping, 37(4), 1361-1374. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.23107

Aberrant salience attribution and cerebral dysconnectivity both have strong evidential support as core dysfunctions in schizophrenia. Aberrant salience arising from an excess of dopamine activity has been implicated in delusions and hallucinations, e... Read More about Abnormal salience signaling in schizophrenia: The role of integrative beta oscillations: Salience Signaling in Schizophrenia.

Individual differences in good manners rather than compassion predict fair allocations of wealth in the dictator game (2016)
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Zhao, K., Ferguson, E., & Smillie, L. D. (in press). Individual differences in good manners rather than compassion predict fair allocations of wealth in the dictator game. Journal of Personality, https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12237

Objective. One of the most common tools for studying prosociality is the dictator game, in which allocations to one’s partner are often described in terms of altruism. However, there is less consensus regarding the motivations driving these allocatio... Read More about Individual differences in good manners rather than compassion predict fair allocations of wealth in the dictator game.

Chemical pavement modifications to reduce ice adhesion (2016)
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Wright, M., Parry, T., & Airey, G. (in press). Chemical pavement modifications to reduce ice adhesion. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, 169(2), https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.14.00053

The formation of ice and snow on road pavement surfaces is a recurring problem, creating hazardous driving conditions, restricting public mobility as well as having adverse economic effects. It would be desirable to develop new and improved ways of m... Read More about Chemical pavement modifications to reduce ice adhesion.

Use of small specimen creep data in component life management: a review (2016)
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Craddock Dyson, C., Sun, W., Hyde, C. J., Brett, S. J., & Hyde, T. H. (2016). Use of small specimen creep data in component life management: a review. Materials Science and Technology, 32(15), 1567-1581. https://doi.org/10.1080/02670836.2015.1132536

Small specimen creep testing techniques are novel mechanical test techniques that have been developed over the past 25 years. They mainly include the sub-size uniaxial test, the small punch creep test, the impression creep test, the small ring creep... Read More about Use of small specimen creep data in component life management: a review.

The challenge of measuring IL-33 in serum using commercial ELISA: lessons from asthma (2016)
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Ketelaar, M. E., Nawijn, M. C., Shaw, D. E., Koppelman, G. H., & Sayers, I. (2016). The challenge of measuring IL-33 in serum using commercial ELISA: lessons from asthma. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 46(6), 884-887. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.12718

Background Interleukin-33 (IL-33) has been subject of extensive study in the context of inflammatory disorders, particularly in asthma. Many human biological samples, including serum, have been used to determine the protein levels of IL-33, aiming t... Read More about The challenge of measuring IL-33 in serum using commercial ELISA: lessons from asthma.

Abstract Swiss cheese space and classicalisation of Swiss cheeses (2016)
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Feinstein, J., Morley, S., & Yang, H. (2016). Abstract Swiss cheese space and classicalisation of Swiss cheeses. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 438(1), 119-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2016.02.004

Swiss cheese sets are compact subsets of the complex plane obtained by deleting a sequence of open disks from a closed disk. Such sets have provided numerous counterexamples in the theory of uniform algebras. In this paper, we introduce a topological... Read More about Abstract Swiss cheese space and classicalisation of Swiss cheeses.

Coiled coil type neoglycoproteins presenting three lactose residues (2016)
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Sweeney, S. M., Bullen, G. A., Gillis, R. B., Adams, G. G., Rowe, A. J., Harding, S. E., …Murphy, P. V. (2016). Coiled coil type neoglycoproteins presenting three lactose residues. Tetrahedron Letters, 57(13), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.02.005

Scaffold design, synthesis and application are relevant for biomedical research. For example, multivalent interactions, such as those between cell surface glycoproteins and lectins can influence the potency and duration of signalling. The spacing bet... Read More about Coiled coil type neoglycoproteins presenting three lactose residues.

Overnight interbank markets and the determination of the interbank rate: a selective survey (2016)
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Green, C. J., Bai, Y., Murinde, V., Ngoka, K., Maana, I., & Tiriongo, S. (2016). Overnight interbank markets and the determination of the interbank rate: a selective survey. International Review of Financial Analysis, 44, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2016.01.014

Overnight interbank markets provide critical facilities for the banking system to manage, pool and redistribute its cash reserves. We provide a selective survey of the literature on overnight interbank markets. We outline the typical structure of ove... Read More about Overnight interbank markets and the determination of the interbank rate: a selective survey.

Wooden breast lesions in broiler chickens in the UK (2016)
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de Brot, S., Perez, S., Shivaprasad, H., Baiker, K., Polledo, L., Clark, M., & Grau-Roma, L. (2016). Wooden breast lesions in broiler chickens in the UK. Veterinary Record, 178(6), 141-141. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103561

A new condition causing significant economic losses due to lesions in the pectoralis major muscle of commercial broiler chickens has been recently reported in Finland. The condition has been named wooden breast and is characterized by its gross and h... Read More about Wooden breast lesions in broiler chickens in the UK.

Modelling the coefficient of thermal expansion in Ni-based superalloys and bond coatings (2016)
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Karunaratne, M., Kyaw, S. T., Jones, A., Morrell, R., & Thomson, R. C. (in press). Modelling the coefficient of thermal expansion in Ni-based superalloys and bond coatings. Journal of Materials Science, 51(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9554-3

The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of nickel-based superalloys and bond coat layers was modelled by considering contributions from their constituent phases. The equilibrium phase composition of the examined materials was determined using ther... Read More about Modelling the coefficient of thermal expansion in Ni-based superalloys and bond coatings.