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Triphenylene discotic liquid crystal trimers synthesized by Co 2(CO)8-catalyzed terminal alkyne [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition (2013)
Journal Article
Han, B., Hu, P., Wang, B. Q., Redshaw, C., & Zhao, K. Q. (2013). Triphenylene discotic liquid crystal trimers synthesized by Co 2(CO)8-catalyzed terminal alkyne [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 9, 2852-2861. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.9.321

The synthesis of star-shaped discotic liquid crystal trimers using Co 2(CO)8-catalyzed terminal alkyne [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction is reported. The trimers consist of three triphenylene discotic units linked to a central 1,2,4-trisubstituted b... Read More about Triphenylene discotic liquid crystal trimers synthesized by Co 2(CO)8-catalyzed terminal alkyne [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition.

Balancing individual and organizational goals in global talent management: A mutual-benefits perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Farndale, E., Pai, A., Sparrow, P., & Scullion, H. (2014). Balancing individual and organizational goals in global talent management: A mutual-benefits perspective. Journal of world business : JWB, 49(2), 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2013.11.004

Drawing from the talent management and global mobility literatures, there is simultaneous pressure to address both organizational goals to place talent internationally, and individual goals of self-initiated expatriation. This raises important questi... Read More about Balancing individual and organizational goals in global talent management: A mutual-benefits perspective.

Computerized dynamic posturography for postural control assessment in patients with intermittent claudication. (2013)
Journal Article
Vanicek, N., King, S. A., Gohil, R., Chetter, I. C., & Coughlin, P. A. (2013). Computerized dynamic posturography for postural control assessment in patients with intermittent claudication. Journal of Visualized Experiments, Article e51077. https://doi.org/10.3791/51077

Computerized dynamic posturography with the EquiTest is an objective technique for measuring postural strategies under challenging static and dynamic conditions. As part of a diagnostic assessment, the early detection of postural deficits is importan... Read More about Computerized dynamic posturography for postural control assessment in patients with intermittent claudication..

Supervised exercise program improves aerobic fitness in patients awaiting abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (2013)
Journal Article
Barakat, H. M., Shahin, Y., Barnes, R., Gohil, R., Souroullas, P., Khan, J., McCollum, P. T., & Chetter, I. C. (2014). Supervised exercise program improves aerobic fitness in patients awaiting abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Annals of vascular surgery, 28(1), 74-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2013.09.001

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Aerobic fitness is an important predictor of postoperative outcome in major surgery. In this study, we assess the effects of a period of preoperative exercise on aerobic fitness as measured by cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in pa... Read More about Supervised exercise program improves aerobic fitness in patients awaiting abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Geometrical and mechanical properties of four species of northern European brown macroalgae (2013)
Journal Article
Paul, M., Henry, P. Y. T., & Thomas, R. E. (2014). Geometrical and mechanical properties of four species of northern European brown macroalgae. Coastal Engineering, 84, 73-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.11.007

Aquatic vegetation interacts with the flow by posing an obstruction and in return experiences drag and is reconfigured by acting forces. It is suggested that plant buoyancy and stiffness affect these bio-physical interactions and hence should be cons... Read More about Geometrical and mechanical properties of four species of northern European brown macroalgae.

Dry oil powders and oil foams stabilised by fluorinated clay platelet particles (2013)
Journal Article
Binks, B. P., Sekine, T., & Tyowua, A. T. (2014). Dry oil powders and oil foams stabilised by fluorinated clay platelet particles. Soft matter, 10(4), 578-589. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm52748d

A series of platelet sericite particles coated to different extents with a fluorinating agent has been characterised and their behaviour in mixtures with air and oil studied. The material which forms by vigorous shaking depends on both the surface te... Read More about Dry oil powders and oil foams stabilised by fluorinated clay platelet particles.

The emergence of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (2013)
Journal Article
Paterson, G. K., Harrison, E. M., & Holmes, M. A. (2014). The emergence of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Trends in microbiology, 22(1), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2013.11.003

The report of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) encoding a divergent mecA gene in 2011 was highly significant. This homologue, designated mecC, poses diagnostic problems with the potential to be misdiagnosed as methicillin-sensitive... Read More about The emergence of mecC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Phase mixing due to the Galactic potential: steps in the position and velocity distributions of popped star clusters (2013)
Journal Article
Candlish, G. N., Smith, R., Fellhauer, M., Gibson, B. K., Kroupa, P., & Assmann, P. (2014). Phase mixing due to the Galactic potential: steps in the position and velocity distributions of popped star clusters. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(4), 3702-3717. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2166

As star clusters are expected to form with low star formation efficiencies, the gas in the cluster is expelled quickly and early in their development: the star cluster ‘pops’. This leads to an unbound stellar system, evolving in the Galactic potentia... Read More about Phase mixing due to the Galactic potential: steps in the position and velocity distributions of popped star clusters.

Theatre, performance and technology: the development and transformation of scenography (2013)
Book
Baugh, C. (2013). Theatre, performance and technology: the development and transformation of scenography. Palgrave Macmillan

Chris Baugh explores how developments and changes in technology have been reflected in scenography throughout history. Taking into account the latest research, his new edition examines moving light technologies, the internet as a platform of performa... Read More about Theatre, performance and technology: the development and transformation of scenography.

Development of a strain rate dependent material model of human cortical bone for computer-aided reconstruction of injury mechanisms (2013)
Journal Article
Asgharpour, Z., Zioupos, P., Graw, M., & Peldschus, S. (2014). Development of a strain rate dependent material model of human cortical bone for computer-aided reconstruction of injury mechanisms. Forensic Science International, 236, 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.11.010

Computer-aided methods such as finite-element simulation offer a great potential in the forensic reconstruction of injury mechanisms. Numerous studies have been performed on understanding and analysing the mechanical properties of bone and the mechan... Read More about Development of a strain rate dependent material model of human cortical bone for computer-aided reconstruction of injury mechanisms.

The costs of giving up: Action versus inaction asymmetries in regret (2013)
Journal Article
Nicolle, A., & Riggs, K. (2013). The costs of giving up: Action versus inaction asymmetries in regret. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(6), 702. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X13001143

Kurzban et al.'s opportunity cost model of mental effort relies heavily on counterfactual thinking. We suggest that a closer inspection of the role of counterfactual emotions, and particularly of action/inaction asymmetries in anticipated regret, may... Read More about The costs of giving up: Action versus inaction asymmetries in regret.

Overview of Bayesian sequential Monte Carlo methods for group and extended object tracking (2013)
Journal Article
Mihaylova, L., Carmi, A. Y., Septier, F., Gning, A., Pang, S. K., & Godsill, S. (2014). Overview of Bayesian sequential Monte Carlo methods for group and extended object tracking. Digital Signal Processing, 25, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsp.2013.11.006

This work presents the current state-of-the-art in techniques for tracking a number of objects moving in a coordinated and interacting fashion. Groups are structured objects characterized with particular motion patterns. The group can be comprised of... Read More about Overview of Bayesian sequential Monte Carlo methods for group and extended object tracking.

Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health (2013)
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Tett, P., Gowen, R. J., Painting, S. J., Elliott, M., Forster, R., Mills, D. K., Bresnan, E., Capuzzo, E., Fernandes, T. F., Foden, J., Geider, R. J., Gilpin, L. C., Huxham, M., McQuatters-Gollop, A. L., Malcolm, S. J., Saux-Picart, S., Platt, T., Racault, M. F., Sathyendranath, S., Van Der Molen, J., & Wilkinson, M. (2013). Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health. Marine ecology progress series, 494, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10539

ABSTRACT: Although the terms 'health' and 'healthy' are often applied to marine ecosystems and communicate information about holistic condition (e.g. as required by the Ecosystem Approach), their meaning is unclear. Ecosystems have been understood in... Read More about Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health.

A fragment method for systematic improvement of anharmonic adsorbate vibrational frequencies: Acetylene on Cu(001) (2013)
Journal Article
Chulkov, S. K., & Benoit, D. M. (2013). A fragment method for systematic improvement of anharmonic adsorbate vibrational frequencies: Acetylene on Cu(001). The Journal of chemical physics, 139(21), Article 214704. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829461

We suggest a novel method for systematic improvement of anharmonic adsorbate frequencies based on a fragment approach. The calculations are carried out by considering the adsorbed molecule separately and computing an energy correction using high-leve... Read More about A fragment method for systematic improvement of anharmonic adsorbate vibrational frequencies: Acetylene on Cu(001).

Lanthanide(III) complexes of rhodamine-DO3A conjugates as agents for dual-modal imaging (2013)
Journal Article
Rivas, C., Stasiuk, G. J., Gallo, J., Minuzzi, F., Rutter, G. A., & Long, N. J. (2013). Lanthanide(III) complexes of rhodamine-DO3A conjugates as agents for dual-modal imaging. Inorganic chemistry, 52(24), 14284-14293. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic402233g

Two novel dual-modal MRI/optical probes based on a rhodamine-DO3A conjugate have been prepared. The bis aqua-Gd(III) complex Gd.L1 and mono aqua-Gd(III) complex Gd.L2 behave as dual-modal imaging probes (r1 = 8.5 and 3.8 mM-1s-1 for Gd.L1 and Gd.L2 r... Read More about Lanthanide(III) complexes of rhodamine-DO3A conjugates as agents for dual-modal imaging.

Adsorption of shape-anisotropic and porous particles at the air–water and the decane–water interface studied by the gel trapping technique (2013)
Journal Article
Sharp, E. L., Al-Shehri, H., Horozov, T., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (2014). Adsorption of shape-anisotropic and porous particles at the air–water and the decane–water interface studied by the gel trapping technique. RSC advances, 4(5), 2205-2213. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra44563a

We have studied the attachment and orientation of anisotropic and porous microparticles at liquid surfaces by using the gel trapping technique (GTT). This technique involves spreading of the microparticles of interest at the liquid interface, subsequ... Read More about Adsorption of shape-anisotropic and porous particles at the air–water and the decane–water interface studied by the gel trapping technique.

Synthesis and characterization of 2-(2-benzhydrylnaphthyliminomethyl)pyridylnickel halides: formation of branched polyethylene (2013)
Journal Article
Yue, E., Xing, Q., Zhang, L., Shi, Q., Cao, X.-P., Wang, L., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W.-H. (2014). Synthesis and characterization of 2-(2-benzhydrylnaphthyliminomethyl)pyridylnickel halides: formation of branched polyethylene. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 43(8), 3339-3346. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3dt53205d

A series of 2-(2-benzhydrylnaphthyliminomethyl)pyridine derivatives (L1–L3) was prepared and used to synthesize the corresponding bis-ligated nickel(II) halide complexes (Ni1–Ni6) in good yield. The molecular structures of representative complexes, n... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of 2-(2-benzhydrylnaphthyliminomethyl)pyridylnickel halides: formation of branched polyethylene.

The effect of cosmic magnetic fields on the metagalactic ionization background inferred from the Lyman α forest (2013)
Journal Article
Chongchitnan, S., & Meiksin, A. (2014). The effect of cosmic magnetic fields on the metagalactic ionization background inferred from the Lyman α forest. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(4), 3639-3646. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2169

The sources which reionized the intergalactic medium by redshift ̃6 are still unknown. A severe constraint on the ionization process is the low emissivity required to maintain the ionization in the Lya forest. Simulation-calibrated observations sugge... Read More about The effect of cosmic magnetic fields on the metagalactic ionization background inferred from the Lyman α forest.

Red Hashar: Louis Lozowick’s Representations of the Sovietization of Central Asia (2013)
Book Chapter
Haran, B. (2013). Red Hashar: Louis Lozowick’s Representations of the Sovietization of Central Asia. In W. Carter, B. Haran, & F. J. Schwartz (Eds.), Re-New Marxist Art History (260-282). Art/Books Publishing

In 1931 the Russian-American artist Louis Lozowick travelled with members of the International Union of Revolutionary Writers to Tajikistan, one of the new Central Asian republics of the USSR. In Tajikistan, Lozowick chronicled the ‘sovietization’ of... Read More about Red Hashar: Louis Lozowick’s Representations of the Sovietization of Central Asia.