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Effects of candesartan, an angiotensin II receptor type I blocker, on atrial remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats (2015)
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Choisy, S. C., Kim, S., Hancox, J. C., Jones, S. A., & James, A. F. (2015). Effects of candesartan, an angiotensin II receptor type I blocker, on atrial remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Physiological Reports, 3(1), e12274. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12274

Hypertension-induced structural remodeling of the left atrium (LA) has been suggested to involve the renin–angiotensin system. This study investigated whether treatment with an angiotensin receptor blocker, candesartan, regresses atrial remodeling in... Read More about Effects of candesartan, an angiotensin II receptor type I blocker, on atrial remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Financial deepening and economic growth in advanced and emerging economies (2015)
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Bhattarai, K. (2015). Financial deepening and economic growth in advanced and emerging economies. Review of development economics, 19(1), 178-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12133

While over-…financing caused crises and slow growth in advanced economies including Germany, France and the UK after 2008, more prudent …financial deepening sustained higher economic growth in China and India - two major emerging economies in the wor... Read More about Financial deepening and economic growth in advanced and emerging economies.

Help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms: A qualitative interview study of primary care patients in the UK (2015)
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Whitaker, K. L., Macleod, U., Winstanley, K., Scott, S. E., & Wardle, J. (2015). Help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms: A qualitative interview study of primary care patients in the UK. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 65(631), e96-e105. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp15X683533

©British Journal of General Practice Background: Delay in help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms has been identified as a contributor to delayed diagnosis. Aim: To understand people's help-seeking decision making for cancer alarm symptoms, without... Read More about Help seeking for cancer 'alarm' symptoms: A qualitative interview study of primary care patients in the UK.

Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students (2015)
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Foxcroft, D. R., Moreira, M. T., Almeida Santimano, N. M., & Smith, L. A. (2015). Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2015(12), Article CD006748. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006748.pub4

Background: Drinking is influenced by youth perceptions of how their peers drink. These perceptions are often incorrect, overestimating peer drinking norms. If inaccurate perceptions can be corrected, young people may drink less. Objectives: To deter... Read More about Social norms information for alcohol misuse in university and college students.

Sporopollenin as an efficient green support for covalent immobilization of a lipase (2015)
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de Souza, S. P., Bassut, J., Marquez, H. V., Junior, I. I., Miranda, L. S. M., Huang, Y., …de Souza, R. O. M. A. (2015). Sporopollenin as an efficient green support for covalent immobilization of a lipase. Catalysis science & technology, 5(6), 3130-3136. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cy01682c

Sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs), derived from the spores of Lycopodium clavatum, have been functionalised with 1,n-diamines and the resulting aminoalkyl microcapsules used to immobilize Candida antarctica lipase B (Cal B) via a glutaradehyde-base... Read More about Sporopollenin as an efficient green support for covalent immobilization of a lipase.

Mere observation of body discontinuity affects perceived ownership and vicarious agency over a virtual hand (2015)
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Tieri, G., Tidoni, E., Pavone, E. F., & Aglioti, S. M. (2015). Mere observation of body discontinuity affects perceived ownership and vicarious agency over a virtual hand. Experimental Brain Research, 233(4), 1247-1259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-015-4202-3

The mental representation of one’s body typically implies the continuity of its parts. Here, we used immersive virtual reality to explore whether mere observation of visual discontinuity between the hand and limb of an avatar could influence a person... Read More about Mere observation of body discontinuity affects perceived ownership and vicarious agency over a virtual hand.

Application of palaeoecology for peatland conservation at Mossdale Moor, UK (2015)
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McCarroll, J., Chambers, F., Webb, J., & Thom, T. (2017). Application of palaeoecology for peatland conservation at Mossdale Moor, UK. Quaternary International, 432, 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.068

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA In a recent discussion of research priorities for palaeoecology, it was suggested that palaeoecological data can be applied and used to inform nature conservation practice. The present study exemplifies this approach and... Read More about Application of palaeoecology for peatland conservation at Mossdale Moor, UK.

The rich are different: evidence from the RAVE survey for stellar radial migration (2015)
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Kordopatis, G., Binney, J., Gilmore, G., Wyse, R. F. G., Belokurov, V., McMillan, P. J., …Zwitter, T. (2015). The rich are different: evidence from the RAVE survey for stellar radial migration. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(4), 3526-3535. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2726

Using the RAdial Velocity Experiment fourth data release (RAVE DR4), and a new metallicity calibration that will be also taken into account in the future RAVE DR5, we investigate the existence and the properties of super-solar metallicity stars ([M/H... Read More about The rich are different: evidence from the RAVE survey for stellar radial migration.

Influence of substituent position on thermal properties, photoluminescence and morphology of pyrene-fluorene derivatives (2015)
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Feng, X., Hu, J., Wei, X., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2015). Influence of substituent position on thermal properties, photoluminescence and morphology of pyrene-fluorene derivatives. Journal of molecular structure, 1086(April), 216-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.01.018

New position-dependent conjugated hydrocarbon dyes containing a pyrene core and multi-fluorene moieties 3 have been synthesized and characterized by ¹H/¹³C NMR spectroscopy, as well as by optical and theoretical studies. The solubility of mono-, bis-... Read More about Influence of substituent position on thermal properties, photoluminescence and morphology of pyrene-fluorene derivatives.

ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method (2015)
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Ghasdian, N., Buzza, D. M. A., Fletcher, P. D. I., & Georgiou, T. K. (2015). ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method. Macromolecular rapid communications, 36(6), 528-532. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201400621

Well-defined ABC triblock copolymers based on two hydrophilic blocks, A and C, and a hydrophobic block B are synthesized and their self-assembly behaviour is investigated. Interestingly, at the same solvent concentration, pH, and temperature, differe... Read More about ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method.

Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms (2015)
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Baizid, K., Yousnadj, A., Meddahi, A., Chellali, R., & Iqbal, J. (2015). Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 34, 140-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2014.12.003

Today's industrial manipulators are more and more demanding in terms of productivity. This goal could be achieved by increasing speed of the robot manipulator and/or by optimizing the trajectories followed by manipulators while performing manufacturi... Read More about Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms.

Using the relational event model (REM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of animal social networks (2015)
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Tranmer, M., Marcum, C. S., Morton, F. B., Croft, D. P., & de Kort, S. R. (2015). Using the relational event model (REM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of animal social networks. Animal behaviour, 101, 99-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.005

Social dynamics are of fundamental importance in animal societies. Studies on nonhuman animal social systems often aggregate social interaction event data into a single network within a particular time frame. Analysis of the resulting network can pro... Read More about Using the relational event model (REM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of animal social networks.

A new algorithm to diagnose atrial ectopic origin from multi lead ECG systems - insights from 3D virtual human atria and torso (2015)
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Alday, E. A. P., Colman, M. A., Langley, P., Butters, T. D., Higham, J., Workman, A. J., …Zhang, H. (2015). A new algorithm to diagnose atrial ectopic origin from multi lead ECG systems - insights from 3D virtual human atria and torso. PLoS Computational Biology, 11(1), Article e1004026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004026

Rapid atrial arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation (AF) predispose to ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death and stroke. Identifying the origin of atrial ectopic activity from the electrocardiogram (ECG) can help to diagnose the early onset... Read More about A new algorithm to diagnose atrial ectopic origin from multi lead ECG systems - insights from 3D virtual human atria and torso.

Simulating tidal and storm surge hydraulics with a simple 2D inertia based model, in the Humber Estuary, U.K (2015)
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Skinner, C. J., Coulthard, T. J., Parsons, D. R., Ramirez, J. A., Mullen, L., & Manson, S. (2015). Simulating tidal and storm surge hydraulics with a simple 2D inertia based model, in the Humber Estuary, U.K. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 155(March), 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.01.019

The hydraulic modelling of tidal estuarine environments has been largely limited to complex 3D models that are computationally expensive. This makes them unsuitable for applications which make use of live data to make real/near time forecasts, such a... Read More about Simulating tidal and storm surge hydraulics with a simple 2D inertia based model, in the Humber Estuary, U.K.

1000 Norms Project: Protocol of a cross-sectional study cataloging human variation (2015)
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McKay, M. J., Baldwin, J. N., Ferreira, P., Simic, M., Vanicek, N., Hiller, C. E., …on behalf of the 1000 Norms Project Consortium. (2016). 1000 Norms Project: Protocol of a cross-sectional study cataloging human variation. Physiotherapy, 102(1), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2014.12.002

Background Clinical decision-making regarding diagnosis and management largely depends on comparison with healthy or ‘normal’ values. Physiotherapists and researchers therefore need access to robust patient-centred outcome measures and appropriate re... Read More about 1000 Norms Project: Protocol of a cross-sectional study cataloging human variation.

Parallel experimental study of a novel super-thin thermal absorber based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system against conventional photovoltaic (PV) system (2015)
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Xu, P., Zhang, X., Shen, J., Zhao, X., He, W., & Li, D. (2015). Parallel experimental study of a novel super-thin thermal absorber based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system against conventional photovoltaic (PV) system. Energy Reports, 1, 30-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2014.11.002

Photovoltaic (PV) semiconductor degrades in performance due to temperature rise. A super thin-conductive thermal absorber is therefore developed to regulate the PV working temperature by retrofitting the existing PV panel into the photovoltaic/therma... Read More about Parallel experimental study of a novel super-thin thermal absorber based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system against conventional photovoltaic (PV) system.

The first study about the relationship between the extractability of thiacalix[4]arene derivatives and the position of the coordination binding sites (2015)
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Zhao, J., Tomiyasu, H., Ni, X., Zeng, X., Elsegood, M. R. J., Redshaw, C., …Yamato, T. (2015). The first study about the relationship between the extractability of thiacalix[4]arene derivatives and the position of the coordination binding sites. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 13(11), 3476-3483. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ob02393e

Three organic ionophores (2–4) based on the p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arene backbone, blocked in the 1,3-alternate conformation, bearing two pyridyl coordinating moieties (ortho for 2, meta for 3 and para for 4), have been synthesized and characterized... Read More about The first study about the relationship between the extractability of thiacalix[4]arene derivatives and the position of the coordination binding sites.

The design of Nineteenth-Century Wesleyan space: Re-reading F.J. Jobson's Chapel and School Architecture (2015)
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Mason, R. (2015). The design of Nineteenth-Century Wesleyan space: Re-reading F.J. Jobson's Chapel and School Architecture. Wesley and Methodist Studies, 7(1), 78-99. https://doi.org/10.5325/weslmethstud.7.1.0078

F. J. Jobson's Chapel and School Architecture as Appropriate to the Buildings of Nonconformists (1850) has conventionally been used to demonstrate the architectural patterns of nineteenth-century Wesleyan chapels. However, this emphasis has overlooke... Read More about The design of Nineteenth-Century Wesleyan space: Re-reading F.J. Jobson's Chapel and School Architecture.

Time-delayed feedback control of the Dicke-Hepp-Lieb superradiant quantum phase transition (2015)
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Kopylov, W., Emary, C., Schöll, E., & Brandes, T. (2015). Time-delayed feedback control of the Dicke-Hepp-Lieb superradiant quantum phase transition. New Journal of Physics, 17(1), 013040. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/1/013040

We apply the time-delayed Pyragas control scheme to the dissipative Dicke model via a modulation of the atom-field-coupling. The feedback creates an infinite sequence of non-equilibrium phases with fixed points and limit cycles in the primary superra... Read More about Time-delayed feedback control of the Dicke-Hepp-Lieb superradiant quantum phase transition.