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Unsupervised tracking, roughness and quantitative indices (2013)
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Pal, S. K., & Chakraborty, D. (2013). Unsupervised tracking, roughness and quantitative indices. Fundamenta Informaticae, 124(1-2), 63-90. https://doi.org/10.3233/FI-2012-825

This paper presents a novel methodology for tracking a single moving object in a video sequence applying the concept of rough set theory. The novelty of this technique is that it does not consider any prior information about the video sequence unlike... Read More about Unsupervised tracking, roughness and quantitative indices.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Linking star formation histories and stellar mass growth (2013)
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Bauer, A. E., Hopkins, A. M., Gunawardhana, M., Taylor, E. N., Baldry, I., Bamford, S. P., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brough, S., Brown, M. J. I., Cluver, M. E., Colless, M., Conselice, C. J., Croom, S., Driver, S., Foster, C., Jones, D. H., Lara-Lopez, M. A., Liske, J., López-Sánchez, Á. R., Loveday, J., …Sharp, R. (2013). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Linking star formation histories and stellar mass growth. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434(1), 209-221. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1011

WWe present evidence for stochastic star formation histories in low-mass (M * < 10 10 M ⊙ ) galaxies from observations within the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. For ̃73 000 galaxies between 0.05 < z < 0.32, we calculate star formation ra... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Linking star formation histories and stellar mass growth.

The DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin restores β-cell function and survival in human isolated islets through GLP-1 stabilization (2013)
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Shah, P., Ardestani, A., Dharmadhikari, G., Laue, S., Schumann, D. M., Kerr-Conte, J., …Maedler, K. (2013). The DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin restores β-cell function and survival in human isolated islets through GLP-1 stabilization. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 98(7), E1163–E1172. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2013-1029

Context: Inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) is a potent strategy to increase glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1) induced insulin secretion in diabetes. It is important to know whether new drugs a... Read More about The DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin restores β-cell function and survival in human isolated islets through GLP-1 stabilization.

The presence of behavioural and psychological symptoms and progression to dementia in the cognitively impaired older population (2013)
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Van Der Linde, R. M., Stephan, B. C., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., & Savva, G. M. (2013). The presence of behavioural and psychological symptoms and progression to dementia in the cognitively impaired older population. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 28(7), 700-709. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.3873

Objective Behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS) are common in the older population and may be an indication of early dementia. We explored the predictive effect of the presence of BPS on the 2-year progression to dementia in a cognitively impa... Read More about The presence of behavioural and psychological symptoms and progression to dementia in the cognitively impaired older population.

A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems (2013)
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Iqbal, J., Riaz un Nabi, S., Attayyab Khan, A., & Khan, H. (2013). A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems. Life science journal, 10(3), 130-137

This paper presents a novel robotic framework to help students to practically grasp the concepts of Robotics and Control Systems in a laboratory environment. The framework is centered on a robotic rover having two tank-like tracks which permit locomo... Read More about A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems.

Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder (2013)
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O'Neill, F. G., Simmons, S. M., Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L., Copland, P. J., Armstrong, F., Breen, M., & Summerbell, K. (2013). Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder. ICES journal of marine science : journal du conseil, 70(4), 892-903. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fst051

O'Neill, F. G., Simmons, S. M., Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L., Copland, P. J., Armstrong, F., Breen, M., and Summerbell, K. 2013. Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder. -... Read More about Monitoring the generation and evolution of the sediment plume behind towed fishing gears using a multibeam echosounder.

Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning? (2013)
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Christie, N., Smyth, K., Barnes, R., & Elliott, M. (2014). Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning?. Marine Policy, 43, 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.06.002

Worldwide demand for energy is growing and predicted to increase by up to three times by 2050. Renewable energy will play a vital role in meeting this demand whilst maintaining global climate change targets. Around the British Isles, development of w... Read More about Co-location of activities and designations: A means of solving or creating problems in marine spatial planning?.

Steps to a sustainable public health surveillance enterprise (2013)
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Mirza, N., Reynolds, T. L., Coletta, M., Suda, K., Soyiri, I., Markle, A., Leopold, H., Lenert, L., Samoff, E., Siniscalchi, A., & Streichert, L. (2013). Steps to a sustainable public health surveillance enterprise. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i2.4703

More than a decade into the 21st century, the ability to effectively monitor community health status, as well as forecast, detect, and respond to disease outbreaks and other events of public health significance, remains a major challenge. As an issue... Read More about Steps to a sustainable public health surveillance enterprise.

From 'peace by dictation' to international organisation: great power responsibility and the creation of the United Nations (2013)
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Morris, J. (2013). From 'peace by dictation' to international organisation: great power responsibility and the creation of the United Nations. International History Review, 35(3), 511-533. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2013.795497

This article examines the attitudes of US, British, and Soviet policy-makers as they planned for the forthcoming peace during the Second World War. It charts how they moved from planning a ‘peace by dictation' of the great powers, to planning one whi... Read More about From 'peace by dictation' to international organisation: great power responsibility and the creation of the United Nations.

Revisiting the humanisation of international law : limits and potential : obligations erga omnes, hierarchy of rules and the principle of due diligence as the basis for further humanisation (2013)
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Tzevelekos, V. P. (2013). Revisiting the humanisation of international law : limits and potential : obligations erga omnes, hierarchy of rules and the principle of due diligence as the basis for further humanisation. Erasmus Law Review, 6(1), 62-76

The article critically evaluates the theory of the humanisation of international law. First, it argues that despite human rights having impact on (other areas of) international law, this trend has in the past been somewhat inflated. A number of examp... Read More about Revisiting the humanisation of international law : limits and potential : obligations erga omnes, hierarchy of rules and the principle of due diligence as the basis for further humanisation.

Dispositional coping, coping effectiveness, and cognitive social maturity among adolescent athletes (2013)
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Nicholls, A. R., Perry, J. L., Jones, L., Morley, D., & Carson, F. (2013). Dispositional coping, coping effectiveness, and cognitive social maturity among adolescent athletes. Journal of sport & exercise psychology, 35(3), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.35.3.229

It is accepted among scholars that coping changes as people mature during adolescence, but little is known about the relationship between maturity and coping. The purpose of this paper was to assess a model, which included dispositional coping, copin... Read More about Dispositional coping, coping effectiveness, and cognitive social maturity among adolescent athletes.

Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence (2013)
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Bedard, R., Lukaschuk, S., & Nazarenko, S. (2013). Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence. JETP Letters, 97(8), 459-465. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364013080055

We present experimental results about rising and decaying gravity wave turbulence in a large laboratory flume. We consider the time evolution of the wave energy spectral components in ω- and k-domains and demonstrate that emerging wave turbulence can... Read More about Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence.

Involvement of TRPC Channels in Lung Cancer Cell Differentiation and the Correlation Analysis in Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (2013)
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Jiang, H. N., Zeng, B., Zhang, Y., Daskoulidou, N., Fan, H., Qu, J. M., & Xu, S. Z. (2013). Involvement of TRPC Channels in Lung Cancer Cell Differentiation and the Correlation Analysis in Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. PLoS ONE, 8(6), Article e67637. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067637

The canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) channels are Ca2+-permeable cationic channels controlling the Ca2+ influx evoked by G protein-coupled receptor activation and/or by Ca2+ store depletion. Here we investigate the involvement of TRPCs i... Read More about Involvement of TRPC Channels in Lung Cancer Cell Differentiation and the Correlation Analysis in Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

An exploratory study of a research culture development by administrators, lecturers and clinical specialists in nursing (2013)
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Loke, J. C. F., Noor, A. M., Mohd Noor, A., Lee, K. W., Laurenson, M., & Loke, J. (2013). An exploratory study of a research culture development by administrators, lecturers and clinical specialists in nursing. Open journal of social science research, 1(3), 68. https://doi.org/10.12966/ojssr.06.02.2013

Context: Escalating healthcare demands combined with diminishing resources underline the importance of ensuring nurses in leading roles, having the capacity to conduct evidence-based research to inform practice. Aims: This study explored the percepti... Read More about An exploratory study of a research culture development by administrators, lecturers and clinical specialists in nursing.

DynaLearn - An intelligent learning environment for learning conceptual knowledge (2013)
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Bredeweg, B., Liem, J., Beek, W., Linnebank, F., Gracia, J., Lozano, E., Wißner, M., Bühling, R., Salles, P., Noble, R., Zitek, A., Borisova, P., & Mioduser, D. (2013). DynaLearn - An intelligent learning environment for learning conceptual knowledge. AI Magazine, 34(4), 46-65. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v34i4.2489

Articulating thought in computerbased media is a powerful means for humans to develop their understanding of phenomena. We have created DynaLearn, an intelligent learning environment that allows learners to acquire conceptual knowledge by constructin... Read More about DynaLearn - An intelligent learning environment for learning conceptual knowledge.

Evaluating medico-legal decisional competency criteria (2013)
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Whiting, D. (2015). Evaluating medico-legal decisional competency criteria. Health care analysis, 23(2), 181-196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-013-0258-z

In this paper I get clearer on the considerations that ought to inform the evaluation and development of medico-legal competency criteria-where this is taken to be a question regarding the abilities that ought to be needed for a patient to be found c... Read More about Evaluating medico-legal decisional competency criteria.

The riddle of the sands: How population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality (2013)
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Callaway, R., Burdon, D., Deasey, A., Mazik, K., & Elliott, M. (2013). The riddle of the sands: How population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality. The journal of applied ecology, 50(4), 1050-1059. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12114

Large-scale bivalve mortalities in estuarine and coastal habitats are a major environmental and economic concern. They may have obvious causes such as extremely cold winter temperatures, but in the absence of an apparent chain of cause and effect, a... Read More about The riddle of the sands: How population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality.

Tri-substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives bearing imidazole units: Synthesis and extraction properties for cations and chromate anions (2013)
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Ni, X. L., Jin, C. C., Jiang, X. K., Takimoto, M., Rahman, S., Zeng, X., Hughes, D. L., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2013). Tri-substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives bearing imidazole units: Synthesis and extraction properties for cations and chromate anions. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 11(33), 5435-5442. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ob40601f

The article describes the synthesis and extraction properties of the new hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene-based derivatives cone- and partial-cone-2 bearing 1-methyl-1H-imidazole moieties at the lower rim. It has been demonstrated that O-alkylation of the... Read More about Tri-substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives bearing imidazole units: Synthesis and extraction properties for cations and chromate anions.