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The pictor technique: A method for exploring the experience of collaborative working (2013)
Journal Article
King, N., Bravington, A., Brooks, J., Hardy, B., Melvin, J., & Wilde, D. (2013). The pictor technique: A method for exploring the experience of collaborative working. Qualitative Health Research, 23(8), 1138-1152. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732313495326

Collaborative working is a crucial part of contemporary health and social care. Researching the experiences of those involved - as professionals, patients, or carers - is challenging, given the complexity of many cases and the taken-for-granted natur... Read More about The pictor technique: A method for exploring the experience of collaborative working.

An attenuating role of a WASP-related protein, WASP-B, in the regulation of F-actin polymerization and pseudopod formation via the regulation of RacC during Dictyostelium chemotaxis (2013)
Journal Article
Chung, C. Y., Feoktistov, A., Hollingsworth, R. J., Rivero, F., & Mandel, N. S. (2013). An attenuating role of a WASP-related protein, WASP-B, in the regulation of F-actin polymerization and pseudopod formation via the regulation of RacC during Dictyostelium chemotaxis. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 436(4), 719-724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.06.022

The WASP family of proteins has emerged as important regulators that connect multiple signaling pathways to regulate the actin cytoskeleton. Dictyostelium cells express WASP, as well as a WASP related protein, WASP-B, endoded by wasB gene. WASP-B con... Read More about An attenuating role of a WASP-related protein, WASP-B, in the regulation of F-actin polymerization and pseudopod formation via the regulation of RacC during Dictyostelium chemotaxis.

Translational research principles applied to education: the mapping educational specialist knowhow (MESH) initiative (2013)
Journal Article
Burden, K., Younie, S., & Leask, M. (2013). Translational research principles applied to education: the mapping educational specialist knowhow (MESH) initiative. Journal of education for teaching : JET, 39(4), 459-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2013.801216

MESH is a part of a research project applying knowledge management principles which are well known in other sectors, public and private, to the education sector (Leask, 2011, 2012; Leask and Younie 2013, Leask and Preston 2012). The goal is to develo... Read More about Translational research principles applied to education: the mapping educational specialist knowhow (MESH) initiative.

Vibrations of a columnar vortex in a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate (2013)
Journal Article
Koens, L., Simula, T. P., & Martin, A. M. (2013). Vibrations of a columnar vortex in a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical review. A, 87(6), Article 063614. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.063614

We derive a governing equation for a Kelvin wave supported on a vortex line in a Bose-Einstein condensate, in a rotating cylindrically symmetric parabolic trap, where it is assumed that the shape of the vortex line is dominated by the properties of t... Read More about Vibrations of a columnar vortex in a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate.

Determinism in the diversification of hispaniolan trunk-ground anoles (anolis cybotes species complex) (2013)
Journal Article
Wollenberg, K. C., Wang, I. J., Glor, R. E., & Losos, J. B. (2013). Determinism in the diversification of hispaniolan trunk-ground anoles (anolis cybotes species complex). Evolution, 67(11), 3175-3190. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12184

The evolutionary processes that produce adaptive radiations are enigmatic. They can only be studied after the fact, once a radiation has occurred and been recognized, rather than while the processes are ongoing. One way to connect pattern to process... Read More about Determinism in the diversification of hispaniolan trunk-ground anoles (anolis cybotes species complex).

Silicon carbide grains of type C provide evidence for the production of the unstable isotope ³²Si in supernovae (2013)
Journal Article
Pignatari, M., Zinner, E., G. Bertolli, M., Trappitsch, R., Hoppe, P., Rauscher, T., Fryer, C., Herwig, F., Hirschi, R., Timmes, F., & Thielemann, F.-K. (2013). Silicon carbide grains of type C provide evidence for the production of the unstable isotope ³²Si in supernovae. Astrophysical journal. Letters, 771(1), Article L7. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/771/1/L7

Carbon-rich grains are observed to condense in the ejecta of recent core-collapse supernovae (SNe) within a year after the explosion. Silicon carbide grains of type X are C-rich grains with isotopic signatures of explosive SN nucleosynthesis have bee... Read More about Silicon carbide grains of type C provide evidence for the production of the unstable isotope ³²Si in supernovae.

Characteristics of atrial fibrillation cycle length predict restoration of sinus rhythm by catheter ablation (2013)
Journal Article
Di Marco, L. Y., Raine, D., Bourke, J. P., & Langley, P. (2013). Characteristics of atrial fibrillation cycle length predict restoration of sinus rhythm by catheter ablation. Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, 10(9), 1303-1310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.06.007

Background Successful termination of atrial fibrillation (AF) during catheter ablation (CA) is associated with arrhythmia-free follow-up. Preablation factors such as mean atrial fibrillation cycle length (AFCL) predict the likelihood of AF terminatio... Read More about Characteristics of atrial fibrillation cycle length predict restoration of sinus rhythm by catheter ablation.

Computer vision inspired real-time autonomous moving target detection, tracking and locking (2013)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Pasha, S. M., Baizid, K., Khan, A. A., & Iqbal, J. (2013). Computer vision inspired real-time autonomous moving target detection, tracking and locking. Life science journal, 10(4), 3338-3345

Moving object analysis is one of the most important and challenging research subjects in computer vision, video processing and robotics. This analysis is three folds: object detection followed by its tracking and locking. Today's applications demand... Read More about Computer vision inspired real-time autonomous moving target detection, tracking and locking.

Formal verification and validation of embedded systems: the UML-based MADES approach (2013)
Journal Article
Baresi, L., Blohm, G., Kolovos, D. S., Matragkas, N., Motta, A., Paige, R. F., Radjenovic, A., & Rossi, M. (2015). Formal verification and validation of embedded systems: the UML-based MADES approach. Software and systems modeling, 14(1), 343-363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-013-0330-z

© 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Formal verification and validation activities from the early development phases can foster system consistency, correctness, and integrity, but they are often hard to carry out as most designers do not have t... Read More about Formal verification and validation of embedded systems: the UML-based MADES approach.

Prevalence Studies of Dementia in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Lee, H. Y., Norton, S., Chen, C., Chen, H., He, C., …Brayne, C. (2013). Prevalence Studies of Dementia in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE, 8(6), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066252

Background:Many studies have considered the prevalence of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. However, area level estimates have not been produced. This study examines area differences across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan adjusti... Read More about Prevalence Studies of Dementia in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Mono-disperse triphenylene discotic liquid crystal oligomers synthesized by click chemistry (2013)
Journal Article
Bai, Y. F., Zhao, K. Q., Hu, P., Wang, B. Q., & Redshaw, C. (2013). Mono-disperse triphenylene discotic liquid crystal oligomers synthesized by click chemistry. Current Organic Chemistry, 17(8), 871-885. https://doi.org/10.2174/1385272811317080012

Discotic liquid crystals, as new organic semiconductors, possess not only the ability to self-organize to a highly ordered columnar mesophase, but also possess high charged carrier mobility and solution processed characteristic. The progress of synth... Read More about Mono-disperse triphenylene discotic liquid crystal oligomers synthesized by click chemistry.

Can we detect local helioseismic parameter shifts in coronal holes? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Howe, R., Haber, D. A., Bogart, R. S., Zharkov, S., Baker, D., Harra, L., & Driel-Gesztelyi, L. V. Can we detect local helioseismic parameter shifts in coronal holes?

Changes in helioseismic mode parameters in active regions and across the solar disk are well documented, but local magnetic activity and geometric effects may not account for all of the scatter seen in the results. We use results from theHelioseismic... Read More about Can we detect local helioseismic parameter shifts in coronal holes?.

The phosphoarginine energy-buffering system of Trypanosoma brucei is essential and involves multiple arginine kinase isoforms with different subcellular locations. (2013)
Journal Article
Voncken, F., Gao, F., Wadforth, C., Harley, M., & Colasante, C. (2013). The phosphoarginine energy-buffering system of Trypanosoma brucei is essential and involves multiple arginine kinase isoforms with different subcellular locations. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e65908. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065908

Phosphagen energy-buffering systems play an essential role in regulating the cellular energy homeostasis in periods of high-energy demand or energy supply fluctuations. Here we describe the phosphoarginine/arginine kinase system of the kinetoplastid... Read More about The phosphoarginine energy-buffering system of Trypanosoma brucei is essential and involves multiple arginine kinase isoforms with different subcellular locations..

Thermal modelling of the cathode in air-breathing PEM fuel cells (2013)
Journal Article
Ismail, M. S., Ingham, D. B., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2013). Thermal modelling of the cathode in air-breathing PEM fuel cells. Applied energy, 111, 529-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.05.007

A thermal two-dimensional model has been built for an air-breathing proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell that has been reported in the literature. The objective of the study is to investigate the thermal situation over the cathode surface of the... Read More about Thermal modelling of the cathode in air-breathing PEM fuel cells.

Convergence of inflationary shocks: Evidence from the Caribbean (2013)
Journal Article
Cuestas, J. C., & Ramlogan-Dobson, C. (2013). Convergence of inflationary shocks: Evidence from the Caribbean. The World economy, 36(9), 1229-1243. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12082

In this paper, we aim to shed some light on the inflation dynamics in the Caribbean. We analyse the inflation rates for twelve countries using various time series methods. The results show that the inflation rates are mean reverting processes and tha... Read More about Convergence of inflationary shocks: Evidence from the Caribbean.

Politics of digital development: Informatization and governance in China (2013)
Book Chapter
Dai, X. (2013). Politics of digital development: Informatization and governance in China. In G. Youngs (Ed.), Digital world: connectivity, creativity and rights (34-51). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203767061

The much-debated rise of the post-war Japanese economy, described as a ‘miracle’, followed by the emergence of other Asian tigers such as South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong in the 1980s and onward, served as empirical evidence supporting th... Read More about Politics of digital development: Informatization and governance in China.

Extension MRI is clinically useful in cervical myelopathy (2013)
Journal Article
Bartlett, R. J. V., Rigby, A. S., Joseph, J., Raman, A., Kunnacherry, A., & Hill, C. A. R. (2013). Extension MRI is clinically useful in cervical myelopathy. Neuroradiology, 55(9), 1081-1088. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-013-1208-z

Introduction: Cervical spine MRI with the neck in extension has been well described over the last 10 years, but its clinical value remains unknown. Methods: We performed extension imaging in 60 patients in whom the initial neutral study showed border... Read More about Extension MRI is clinically useful in cervical myelopathy.

The influence of the nematic phase on the phase separation of blended organic semiconductors for photovoltaics (2013)
Journal Article
Myers, S. A., Al Kalifah, M. S., Lei, C., O'Neill, M., Kitney, S. P., & Kelly, S. M. (2013). The influence of the nematic phase on the phase separation of blended organic semiconductors for photovoltaics. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 116, 262-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2013.05.006

Differential scanning calorimetry in combination with atomic force microscopy is used to examine the phase separation of a blended nematic liquid crystalline electron-donor and crystalline perylene electron-acceptor mixture. Separate domains of donor... Read More about The influence of the nematic phase on the phase separation of blended organic semiconductors for photovoltaics.

Diagnostic vertigo: the journey to diagnosis in systemic lupus erythematosus (2013)
Journal Article
Price, E., & Walker, E. (2014). Diagnostic vertigo: the journey to diagnosis in systemic lupus erythematosus. Health, 18(3), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459313488008

Systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) is a complex condition characterised by wide ranging symptoms that are sometimes transient in nature. This makes recognising and diagnosing lupus particularly challenging for both patients and practitioners. The d... Read More about Diagnostic vertigo: the journey to diagnosis in systemic lupus erythematosus.

Working within hyphen-spaces in ethnographic research : implications for research identities and practice (2013)
Journal Article
Karunanayake, G., & Cunliffe, A. (2013). Working within hyphen-spaces in ethnographic research : implications for research identities and practice. Organizational Research Methods, 16(3), 364-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428113489353

Ethnographers often find themselves wrestling with choices about their relationship with respondents: choices experienced by researchers engaged in many other methodologies. This article examines the agentic and political nature of those relationship... Read More about Working within hyphen-spaces in ethnographic research : implications for research identities and practice.