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Functional rare males in diploid parthenogenetic Artemia (2013)
Journal Article
Maccari, M., Gómez, A., Hontoria, F., & Amat, F. (2013). Functional rare males in diploid parthenogenetic Artemia. Journal of evolutionary biology, 26(9), 1934-1948. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12191

Functional males that are produced occasionally in some asexual taxa - called 'rare males' - raise considerable evolutionary interest, as they might be involved in the origin of new parthenogenetic lineages. Diploid parthenogenetic Artemia produce ra... Read More about Functional rare males in diploid parthenogenetic Artemia.

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: star formation in UV-luminous galaxies from their luminosity functions (2013)
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Jurek, R. J., Drinkwater, M. J., Pimbblet, K., Glazebrook, K., Blake, C., Brough, S., Colless, M., Contreras, C., Couch, W., Croom, S., Croton, D., Davis, T. M., Forster, K., Gilbank, D., Gladders, M., Jelliffe, B., Li, I.-H., Madore, B., Martin, D. C., Poole, G. B., …Yee, H. K. C. (2013). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: star formation in UV-luminous galaxies from their luminosity functions. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434(1), 257-281. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1015

We present the ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function of galaxies from the GALEX Medium Imaging Survey with measured spectroscopic redshifts from the first data release of the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey. Our sample consists of 39 996 NUV < 22.8 emiss... Read More about The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: star formation in UV-luminous galaxies from their luminosity functions.

Palliative care for people with non-malignant lung disease: summary of current evidence and future direction (2013)
Journal Article
Boland, J., Martin, J., & Wells, A. U. (2013). Palliative care for people with non-malignant lung disease: summary of current evidence and future direction. Palliative medicine, 27(9), 811-816. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216313493467

Background: The physical and psychosocial needs of patients with chronic non-malignant lung disease are comparable to those with lung cancer. This article will focus on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease and cystic fibro... Read More about Palliative care for people with non-malignant lung disease: summary of current evidence and future direction.

Nickel(II) complexes bearing 4,5-bis(arylimino)pyrenylidenes: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene polymerization behaviour (2013)
Journal Article
Song, K., Yang, W., Li, B., Liu, Q., Redshaw, C., Li, Y., & Sun, W. H. (2013). Nickel(II) complexes bearing 4,5-bis(arylimino)pyrenylidenes: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene polymerization behaviour. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 42(25), 9166-9175. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2dt32343e

A series of nickel(II) dihalides complexes bearing 4,5-bis(arylimino) pyrenylidenes, NiX2(2,6-R1-4-R2C 6H2N)2C16H8, was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and single crystal X-ray diffraction for the organic comp... Read More about Nickel(II) complexes bearing 4,5-bis(arylimino)pyrenylidenes: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene polymerization behaviour.

The importance of accurate muscle modelling for biomechanical analyses: A case study with a lizard skull (2013)
Journal Article
Gröning, F., Jones, M. E., Curtis, N., Herrel, A., O'Higgins, P., Evans, S. E., & Fagan, M. J. (2013). The importance of accurate muscle modelling for biomechanical analyses: A case study with a lizard skull. Journal of the Royal Society interface / the Royal Society, 10(84), Article 20130216. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0216

Computer-based simulation techniques such as multi-body dynamics analysis are becoming increasingly popular in the field of skull mechanics. Multi-body models can be used for studying the relationships between skull architecture, muscle morphology an... Read More about The importance of accurate muscle modelling for biomechanical analyses: A case study with a lizard skull.

Reproducing the observed abundances in RCB and HdC stars with post-double-degenerate merger models - Constraints on merger and post-merger simulations and physics processes (2013)
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Menon, A., Herwig, F., Denissenkov, P. A., Clayton, G. C., Staff, J., Pignatari, M., & Paxton, B. (2013). Reproducing the observed abundances in RCB and HdC stars with post-double-degenerate merger models - Constraints on merger and post-merger simulations and physics processes. The Astrophysical journal, 772(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/772/1/59

The R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars are hydrogen-deficient, variable stars that are most likely the result of He-CO WD mergers. They display extremely low oxygen isotopic ratios, 16 O/ 18 O ≃ 1-10, 12 C/ 13 C ≥ 100, and enhancements up to 2.6 dex in... Read More about Reproducing the observed abundances in RCB and HdC stars with post-double-degenerate merger models - Constraints on merger and post-merger simulations and physics processes.

Increased frequency and suppressive activity of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are associated with advanced stage and nodal involvement (2013)
Journal Article
Drennan, S., Stafford, N. D., Greenman, J., & Green, V. (2013). Increased frequency and suppressive activity of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are associated with advanced stage and nodal involvement. Immunology, 140(3), 335-343. https://doi.org/10.1111/imm.12144

The presence of regulatory T (Treg) cells is thought to be an important mechanism by which head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) successfully evades the immune system. Using multicolour flow cytometry, the frequency and functional capacity of... Read More about Increased frequency and suppressive activity of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are associated with advanced stage and nodal involvement.

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.

An efficient approach to the synthesis of novel pyrene-fused azaacenes (2013)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Iwanaga, F., Hu, J. Y., Tomiyasu, H., Nakano, M., Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R., & Yamato, T. (2013). An efficient approach to the synthesis of novel pyrene-fused azaacenes. Organic Letters, 15(14), 3594-3597. https://doi.org/10.1021/ol401438a

An efficient synthetic approach for functionalization of both the active sites (1,3-) and the K-region (4,5,9,10-) of pyrene was accomplished by bromination and oxidation with considerable yield. These novel pyrene-fused azaacenes were thoroughly inv... Read More about An efficient approach to the synthesis of novel pyrene-fused azaacenes.

Is the relationship between prices and exchange rates homogeneous? (2013)
Journal Article
Hall, S. G., Hondroyiannis, G., Kenjegaliev, A., Swamy, P. A. V. B., & Tavlas, G. S. (2013). Is the relationship between prices and exchange rates homogeneous?. Journal of International Money and Finance, 37, 411-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2013.06.014

Empirical tests of purchasing power parity (PPP) are implicitly based on the conditions of symmetry and proportionality of the price coefficients. We investigate a separate condition, which we term homogeneity. Specifically, while there may be factor... Read More about Is the relationship between prices and exchange rates homogeneous?.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Linking star formation histories and stellar mass growth (2013)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Levinas : subjectivity, affectivity and desire (2013)
Thesis
Wilde, A. E. (2013). Levinas : subjectivity, affectivity and desire. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215830

The thesis argues that Emmanuel Levinas’s later concept of ethical subjectivity, explicated in his late work Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence, can really only be understood by taking into account the very early work On Escape. The thesis argues... Read More about Levinas : subjectivity, affectivity and desire.

Repairing the legacies of transatlantic slavery (2013)
Thesis
Wilkins, D. J. (2013). Repairing the legacies of transatlantic slavery. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215184

Recent decades have seen the emergence of calls for financial reparations to African Americans, Caribbean nations and Africa. These claims have sought to utilise legal principles of torts and unjust enrichment to create a causal chain between the his... Read More about Repairing the legacies of transatlantic slavery.

Cranial form evolution and functional adaptations to diet among papionins : a comparative study combining quantitative genetics, geometric morphometrics, and finite element analysis (2013)
Thesis
Prôa, A. M. G. P. R. (2013). Cranial form evolution and functional adaptations to diet among papionins : a comparative study combining quantitative genetics, geometric morphometrics, and finite element analysis. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215158

This thesis aims to study the evolution of cranial form and its biomechanical adaptation to the function of feeding in papionins, a group of primates with well-established phylogeny, large variations in cranial form, and well known ecologies and diet... Read More about Cranial form evolution and functional adaptations to diet among papionins : a comparative study combining quantitative genetics, geometric morphometrics, and finite element analysis.

Unknown input observer approaches to robust fault diagnosis (2013)
Thesis
Sun, X. (2013). Unknown input observer approaches to robust fault diagnosis. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214961

This thesis focuses on the development of the model-based fault detection and isolation /fault detection and diagnosis (FDI/FDD) techniques using the unknown input observer (UIO) methodology. Using the UI de-coupling philosophy to tackle the robustne... Read More about Unknown input observer approaches to robust fault diagnosis.

Fault tolerant control for nonlinear aircraft based on feedback linearization (2013)
Thesis
Tang, Y. (2013). Fault tolerant control for nonlinear aircraft based on feedback linearization. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214935

The thesis concerns the fault tolerant flight control (FTFC) problem for nonlinear aircraft by making use of analytical redundancy. Considering initially fault-free flight, the feedback linearization theory plays an important role to provide a baseli... Read More about Fault tolerant control for nonlinear aircraft based on feedback linearization.