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Cliff top habitats provide important alternative feeding resources for wading birds of conservation importance wintering on non-estuarine coasts (2014)
Journal Article
Furnell, J., & Hull, S. L. (2014). Cliff top habitats provide important alternative feeding resources for wading birds of conservation importance wintering on non-estuarine coasts. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 139, 119-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.029

Rocky shores and beaches are important over-wintering areas for non-estuarine waders but have rarely been studied. We examined cliff top habitat use by 6 species of wader over 75 km of coast to assess their potential value as alternative feeding site... Read More about Cliff top habitats provide important alternative feeding resources for wading birds of conservation importance wintering on non-estuarine coasts.

A highly emissive inorganic hexamolybdenum cluster complex as a handy precursor for the preparation of new luminescent materials (2014)
Journal Article
Efremova, O. A., Shestopalov, M. A., Chirtsova, N. A., Smolentsev, A. I., Mironov, Y. V., Kitamura, N., Brylev, K. A., & Sutherland, A. J. (2014). A highly emissive inorganic hexamolybdenum cluster complex as a handy precursor for the preparation of new luminescent materials. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 43(16), 6021-6025. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3dt53126k

The synthesis and characterisation of a new, highly luminescent inorganic cluster complex, (Bu₄N)₂[Mo₆I₈(NO₃)₆], are described. The complex possesses labile nitrato ligands and is therefore a useful precursor for the design of new luminescent materia... Read More about A highly emissive inorganic hexamolybdenum cluster complex as a handy precursor for the preparation of new luminescent materials.

Driven around the bend: spatial evolution and controls on the orientation of helical bend flow in a natural submarine gravity current (2014)
Journal Article
Sumner, E. J., Peakall, J., Dorrell, R. M., Parsons, D. R., Darby, S. E., Wynn, R. B., McPhail, S. D., Perrett, J., Webb, A., & White, D. (2014). Driven around the bend: spatial evolution and controls on the orientation of helical bend flow in a natural submarine gravity current. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(2), 898-913. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013jc009008

Submarine channel systems transport vast amounts of terrestrial sediment into the deep sea. Understanding the dynamics of the gravity currents that create these systems, and in particular, how these flows interact with and form bends, is fundamental... Read More about Driven around the bend: spatial evolution and controls on the orientation of helical bend flow in a natural submarine gravity current.

Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fanan, A., Riley, N., Mehdawi, M., Ammar, M., & Zolfaghari, M. (2014, January). Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio. Presented at International Conference Image Processing, Computers and Industrial Engineering

In the present day Cognitive Radio has become a realistic option for solution of the spectrum scarcity problem in wireless communication. One of the most challenging issues in cognitive radio systems is spectrum sensing concepts, which is considered... Read More about Survey: A comparison of spectrum sensing techniques in cognitive radio.

After Leveson: Recommendations for Instituting the Public and Press Council (2014)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2014). After Leveson: Recommendations for Instituting the Public and Press Council. The international journal of press/politics, 19(2), 202-225. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161213516680

The aim of this article is to review the work of the official inquiry committee headed by Lord Justice Brian Leveson in Britain. It is argued that the existing situation in Britain is far from satisfactory, and that the press should advance more elab... Read More about After Leveson: Recommendations for Instituting the Public and Press Council.

Challenging conceptions of 'Western' higher education and promoting graduates as global citizens (2014)
Journal Article
Clifford, V., & Montgomery, C. (2014). Challenging conceptions of 'Western' higher education and promoting graduates as global citizens. Higher Education Quarterly, 68(1), 28-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12029

Recently there has been a shift in the discourses of university policy from internationalisation towards the contested concept of global citizenship. This paper explores ways of challenging the current interpretation of international education policy... Read More about Challenging conceptions of 'Western' higher education and promoting graduates as global citizens.

The effect of deep hypothermia on the human pulmonary circulation (2014)
Journal Article
Ariyaratnam, P., Loubani, M., Cale, A. R., Chaudhry, M., Cowen, M. E., Jarvis, M. A., Griffin, S., & Morice, A. H. (2014). The effect of deep hypothermia on the human pulmonary circulation. Journal of Thermal Biology, 40(1), 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.01.001

Objective: Acute rises in pulmonary artery pressures following complex cardiac surgery are associated with high morbidity and mortality. We hypothesised that periods of deep hypothermia predispose to elevated pulmonary pressures upon rewarming. We in... Read More about The effect of deep hypothermia on the human pulmonary circulation.

Propeptide-mediated inhibition of myostatin increases muscle mass through inhibiting proteolytic pathways in aged mice (2014)
Journal Article
Collins-Hooper, H., Sartori, R., Macharia, R., Visanuvimol, K., Foster, K., Matsakas, A., Flasskamp, H., Ray, S., Dash, P. R., Sandri, M., & Patel, K. (2014). Propeptide-mediated inhibition of myostatin increases muscle mass through inhibiting proteolytic pathways in aged mice. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 69(9), 1049-1059. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glt170

Mammalian aging is accompanied by a progressive loss of skeletal muscle, a process called sarcopenia. Myostatin, a secreted member of the transforming growth factor-β family of signaling molecules, has been shown to be a potent inhibitor of muscle gr... Read More about Propeptide-mediated inhibition of myostatin increases muscle mass through inhibiting proteolytic pathways in aged mice.

Fabrication of a novel triphasic and bioactive ceramic and evaluation of its in vitro and in vivo cytocompatibility and osteogenesis (2014)
Journal Article
Roohani-Esfahani, S. I., Wong, K. Y., Lu, Z., Juan Chen, Y., Li, J. J., Gronthos, S., …Zreiqat, H. (2014). Fabrication of a novel triphasic and bioactive ceramic and evaluation of its in vitro and in vivo cytocompatibility and osteogenesis. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2(13), 1866-1878. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tb21504k

We report, for the first time, the synthesis of a novel triphasic and crystalline bioactive ceramic (MSM-10) with the ability to simultaneously release three types of bioactive ions (strontium (Sr), silicon (Si) and magnesium (Mg)) to the surrounding... Read More about Fabrication of a novel triphasic and bioactive ceramic and evaluation of its in vitro and in vivo cytocompatibility and osteogenesis.

Mapping the British archipelago in the Renaissance (2014)
Book Chapter
Mottram, S. (2014). Mapping the British archipelago in the Renaissance. In R. DeMaria Jr., H. Chang, & S. Zacher (Eds.), A Companion to British Literature, vol.2 (54-69). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118827338.ch31

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This chapter explores the “cartographic revolution” of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, a period that combined advances in surveying techniques and print technology to produce increasingly accurate, scal... Read More about Mapping the British archipelago in the Renaissance.

All-Wales licensed premises intervention (AWLPI): A randomised controlled trial to reduce alcohol-related violence (2014)
Journal Article
Moore, S. C., O'Brien, C., Alam, M. F., Cohen, D., Hood, K., Huang, C., Moore, L., Murphy, S., Playle, R., Sivarajasingam, V., Spasic, I., Williams, A., & Shepherd, J. (2014). All-Wales licensed premises intervention (AWLPI): A randomised controlled trial to reduce alcohol-related violence. BMC public health, 14(1), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-21

Background: Alcohol-related violence in and in the vicinity of licensed premises continues to place a considerable burden on the United Kingdom's (UK) health services. Robust interventions targeted at licensed premises are therefore required to reduc... Read More about All-Wales licensed premises intervention (AWLPI): A randomised controlled trial to reduce alcohol-related violence.

Hierarchical reinforcement learning for situated natural language generation (2014)
Journal Article
Dethlefs, N., & Cuayáhuitl, H. (2015). Hierarchical reinforcement learning for situated natural language generation. Natural language engineering, 21(3), 391-435. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1351324913000375

Natural Language Generation systems in interactive settings often face a multitude of choices, given that the communicative effect of each utterance they generate depends crucially on the interplay between its physical circumstances, addressee and in... Read More about Hierarchical reinforcement learning for situated natural language generation.

Valley formation by groundwater seepage, pressurized groundwater outbursts and crater-lake overflow in flume experiments with implications for Mars (2014)
Journal Article
Marra, W. A., Braat, L., Baar, A. W., & Kleinhans, M. G. (2014). Valley formation by groundwater seepage, pressurized groundwater outbursts and crater-lake overflow in flume experiments with implications for Mars. Icarus, 232, 97-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2013.12.026

Remains of fluvial valleys on Mars reveal the former presence of water on the surface. However, the source of water and the hydrological setting is not always clear, especially in types of valleys that are rare on Earth and where we have limited know... Read More about Valley formation by groundwater seepage, pressurized groundwater outbursts and crater-lake overflow in flume experiments with implications for Mars.

Experimental neutron capture data of 58 Ni from the CERN n-TOF facility (2014)
Journal Article
Žugec, P., Barbagallo, M., Colonna, N., Bosnar, D., Altstadt, S., Andrzejewski, J., Audouin, L., Bécares, V., Bečvář, F., Belloni, F., Berthoumieux, E., Billowes, J., Boccone, V., Brugger, M., Calviani, M., Calvino, F., Cano-Ott, D., Carrapiço, C., Cerutti, F., Chiaveri, E., …Wright, T. J. (2014). Experimental neutron capture data of 58 Ni from the CERN n-TOF facility. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 89(1), 014605-1-014605-9. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.89.014605

The ⁵⁸Ni(n,γ) cross section has been measured at the neutron time of flight facility n_TOF at CERN, in the energy range from 27 meV up to 400 keV. In total, 51 resonances have been analyzed up to 122 keV. Maxwellian averaged cross sections (MACS) hav... Read More about Experimental neutron capture data of 58 Ni from the CERN n-TOF facility.

The environmental dependence of neutral hydrogen in the GIMIC simulations (2014)
Journal Article
Cunnama, D., Andrianomena, S., Cress, C. M., Faltenbacher, A., Gibson, B. K., & Theuns, T. (2014). The environmental dependence of neutral hydrogen in the GIMIC simulations. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(3), 2530-2537. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2380

We use the Galaxies-Intergalactic Medium Interaction Calculation (GIMIC) cosmological hydrodynamic simulation at z = 0 to study the distribution and environmental dependence of neutral hydrogen (H I) gas in the outskirts of simulated galaxies. This g... Read More about The environmental dependence of neutral hydrogen in the GIMIC simulations.

How typical is the Coma cluster? (2014)
Journal Article
Pimbblet, K. A., Penny, S. J., & Davies, R. L. (2014). How typical is the Coma cluster?. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(4), 3049-3057. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2411

Coma is frequently used as the archetype z ∼ 0 galaxy cluster to compare higher redshift work against. It is not clear, however, how representative the Coma cluster is for galaxy clusters of its mass or X-ray luminosity, and significantly, recent wor... Read More about How typical is the Coma cluster?.

A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ammar, M., Mehdawi, M., Riley, N., Fanan, A., Paulson, K., & Zolfaghari, M. (2014, January). A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2. Presented at International Conference on Machine Learning, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

— The spectrum monitoring has gained new aspects with development of the software defined radio SDR as its very important issue in the spectrum management area. In this paper a spectrum monitoring technique with SDR is proposed, the setup of the prot... Read More about A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2.

Bubbles, shocks and elementary technical trading strategies (2014)
Journal Article
Fry, J. (2014). Bubbles, shocks and elementary technical trading strategies. European Physical Journal B : Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 87, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2013-40587-y

In this paper we provide a unifying framework for a set of seemingly disparate models for bubbles, shocks and elementary technical trading strategies in financial markets. Markets operate by balancing intrinsic levels of risk and return. This seeming... Read More about Bubbles, shocks and elementary technical trading strategies.

Increased platelet binding to circulating monocytes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. (2014)
Journal Article
Fahim, A., Crooks, M. G., Morice, A. H., & Hart, S. P. (2014). Increased platelet binding to circulating monocytes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Lung, 192(2), 277-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-013-9546-5

Purpose Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and its prognosis is poor. Epidemiological evidence suggests an association of IPF with vascular disease and thrombotic tendency, which may be related to... Read More about Increased platelet binding to circulating monocytes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis..

Psychological and educational interventions for atopic eczema in children (2014)
Journal Article
Flohr, C., Thompson, A. R., Drury, A., Cowdell, F., Ware, F., Farasat, H., Jackson, K., Thomas, P., Ersser, S. J., Latter, S., & Gardiner, E. (2014). Psychological and educational interventions for atopic eczema in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(5), 0 - 0. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004054.pub3

© 2017 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background: Psychological and educational interventions have been used as an adjunct to conventional therapy for children with atopic eczema to enhance the effectiveness of top... Read More about Psychological and educational interventions for atopic eczema in children.