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Flooding in a Vertically Rising Gas–Liquid Foam (2014)
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Wang, X., Evans, G. M., & Stevenson, P. (2014). Flooding in a Vertically Rising Gas–Liquid Foam. Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 53(14), 6150-6156. https://doi.org/10.1021/ie4001844

The maximum liquid fraction that stable pneumatic foam can support is studied in this paper in order to illuminate change of flow regime from turbulent foam flow to the “emulsion regime” in which the distinct interface between the foam layer and the... Read More about Flooding in a Vertically Rising Gas–Liquid Foam.

Theoretical investigation of the thermal performance of a novel solar loop-heat-pipe façade-based heat pump water heating system (2014)
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He, W., Hong, X., Zhao, X., Zhang, X., Shen, J., & Ji, J. (2014). Theoretical investigation of the thermal performance of a novel solar loop-heat-pipe façade-based heat pump water heating system. Energy and Buildings, 77, 180-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.03.053

The aim of the paper was to present a dedicated theoretical investigation into the thermal performance of a novel solar loop-heat-pipe façade based heat pump water heating system. This involved thermo-fluid analyses, computer numerical model developm... Read More about Theoretical investigation of the thermal performance of a novel solar loop-heat-pipe façade-based heat pump water heating system.

Microbubbles enhanced synthetic phorbol ester degradation by ozonolysis (2014)
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Kuvshinov, D., Siswanto, A., & Zimmerman, W. (2014). Microbubbles enhanced synthetic phorbol ester degradation by ozonolysis. International journal of chemical, molecular, nuclear, materials and metallurgical engineering, 8(1), 76-79

A phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (TPA) is a synthetic analogue of phorbol ester (PE), a natural toxic compound of Euphorbiaceae plant. The oil extracted from plants of this family is useful source for primarily biofuel. However this oil might also b... Read More about Microbubbles enhanced synthetic phorbol ester degradation by ozonolysis.

Fear and the musical avant-garde in games: Interviews with Jason Graves, Garry Schyman, Paul Gorman and Michael Kamper (2014)
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Mitchell, H. R. (2014). Fear and the musical avant-garde in games: Interviews with Jason Graves, Garry Schyman, Paul Gorman and Michael Kamper. Horror studies, 5(1), 127-144. https://doi.org/10.1386/host.5.1.127_1

© 2014 Intellect Ltd Article. If you have ever experienced the cold chill of fear when watching a film or playing a video or computer game, it is highly probable that your responses have been manipulated by composers exploiting the musical resources... Read More about Fear and the musical avant-garde in games: Interviews with Jason Graves, Garry Schyman, Paul Gorman and Michael Kamper.

Linking mineralisation process and sedimentary product in terrestrial carbonates using a solution thermodynamic approach (2014)
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Rogerson, M., Pedley, H. M., Kelham, A., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2014). Linking mineralisation process and sedimentary product in terrestrial carbonates using a solution thermodynamic approach. Earth surface dynamics European Geosciences Union, 2(1), 197-216. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2-197-2014

Determining the processes which generate terrestrial carbonate deposits (tufas, travertines and to a lesser extent associated chemical sediments such as calcretes and speleothems) is a long-standing problem. Precipitation of mineral products from sol... Read More about Linking mineralisation process and sedimentary product in terrestrial carbonates using a solution thermodynamic approach.

Murine Creld1 controls cardiac development through activation of calcineurin/NFATc1 signaling (2014)
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Mass, E., Wachten, D., Aschenbrenner, A. C., Voelzmann, A., & Hoch, M. (2014). Murine Creld1 controls cardiac development through activation of calcineurin/NFATc1 signaling. Developmental Cell, 28(6), 711-726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2014.02.012

Calcineurin is a heteromeric Ca<sup>2+</sup>-dependent serine/threonine phosphatase. It dephosphorylates the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated Tcells (NFAT) in the cytoplasm, which subsequently undergoes nuclear translocation. NFAT reg... Read More about Murine Creld1 controls cardiac development through activation of calcineurin/NFATc1 signaling.

Principled simulation of cell proliferation dynamics using the CoSMoS approach (2014)
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Polack, F., & Droop, A. (2014). Principled simulation of cell proliferation dynamics using the CoSMoS approach. Natural Computing, 14(1), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-014-9468-z

A collaboration between cancer biologists and academic software engineers has been exploring the development of an agent-based simulator to inform and support work on the dynamics of cell proliferation in the study of prostate disorders. The research... Read More about Principled simulation of cell proliferation dynamics using the CoSMoS approach.

An improved algorithm for collision avoidance in environments having U and H shaped obstacles (2014)
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Zohaib, M., Pasha, S. M., Javaid, N., Salaam, A., & Iqbal, J. (2014). An improved algorithm for collision avoidance in environments having U and H shaped obstacles. Studies in Informatics and Control, 23(1), 97-106. https://doi.org/10.24846/v23i1y201410

This paper proposes a novel obstacle avoidance algorithm for autonomous mobile robot control. The proposed approach brings a solution to the problem of robot traversal in critical shaped environments and offers several advantages compared to the repo... Read More about An improved algorithm for collision avoidance in environments having U and H shaped obstacles.

Fracture healing following high energy tibial trauma: Ilizarov versus Taylor Spatial Frame (2014)
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Menakaya, C., Rigby, A., Hadland, Y., Barron, E., & Sharma, H. (2014). Fracture healing following high energy tibial trauma: Ilizarov versus Taylor Spatial Frame. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 96(2), 106-110. https://doi.org/10.1308/003588414x13824511650335

Introduction: The optimal treatment of high energy tibial fractures remains controversial and a challenging orthopaedic problem. The role of external fi xators for all these tibial fractures has been shown to be crucial. Methods: A fi ve-year consecu... Read More about Fracture healing following high energy tibial trauma: Ilizarov versus Taylor Spatial Frame.

Press self-regulation in Britain: a critique (2014)
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Cohen-Almagor, R. (2015). Press self-regulation in Britain: a critique. Science and engineering ethics, 21(1), 159-181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-014-9538-8

This article reviews the history of press self-regulation in Britain, from the 1947 Ross Commission to the 2012 Leveson Inquiry Commission. It considers the history of the Press Council and the Press Complaints Commission, analysing the ways they dev... Read More about Press self-regulation in Britain: a critique.

Looming motion primes the visuomotor system (2014)
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Skarratt, P. A., Gellatly, A. R. H., Cole, G. G., Pilling, M., & Hulleman, J. (2014). Looming motion primes the visuomotor system. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40(2), 566-579. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034456

A wealth of evidence now shows that human and animal observers display greater sensitivity to objects that move toward them than to objects that remain static or move away. Increased sensitivity in humans is often evidenced by reaction times that inc... Read More about Looming motion primes the visuomotor system.

Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with antibacterial carboxymethyl starch stabilized ZnO nanoparticles (2014)
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Cheng, F., Betts, J. W., Kelly, S. M., Wareham, D. W., Kornherr, A., Dumestre, F., Schaller, J., & Heinze, T. (2014). Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with antibacterial carboxymethyl starch stabilized ZnO nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2(20), 3057-3064. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tb21734e

Small, carboxymethyl-starch-stabilised zinc oxide nanoparticles with a defined shape, size and morphology were prepared in situ in water at relatively low reaction temperatures using soluble carboxymethyl starch (CMS) as a combined crystallising, sta... Read More about Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with antibacterial carboxymethyl starch stabilized ZnO nanoparticles.

Positioning further education and community colleges: Text, teachers and students as global discourse (2014)
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Dennis, C. A. (2014). Positioning further education and community colleges: Text, teachers and students as global discourse. Studies in the Education of Adults, 46(1), 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/02660830.2014.11661659

This article explores how ideas about quality in further education and community colleges are articulated by two policy texts. Published in 2012, How Colleges Improve examines the factors that have contributed towards sustained high performance or im... Read More about Positioning further education and community colleges: Text, teachers and students as global discourse.

Chromium complex pre-catalysts in ethylene oligomerization/polymerization (2014)
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Katla, V., Du, S., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W.-H. (2014). Chromium complex pre-catalysts in ethylene oligomerization/polymerization. Review of catalysts, 1(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.18488/journal.96.2014.11.1.14

Recent progress of chromium complex pre-catalysts in ethylene oligomerization and polymerization is reviewed herein. As well as the well-established trimerization of ethylene by chromium catalytic systems, such pre-catalysts have more generally been... Read More about Chromium complex pre-catalysts in ethylene oligomerization/polymerization.

The effect of posthypnotic suggestion and task difficulty on adherence to health-related requests (2014)
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Carvalho, C., Mazzoni, G., & Kirsch, I. (2014). The effect of posthypnotic suggestion and task difficulty on adherence to health-related requests. Psychology of consciousness theory, research, and practice, 1(1), 92-102. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000006

The effects of posthypnotic suggestion on health-related behavior, using a behavioral measure of adherence were investigated. Three hundred twenty three students covering the full range of hypnotic suggestibility were prescribed an easy (mood rating)... Read More about The effect of posthypnotic suggestion and task difficulty on adherence to health-related requests.

Selective voluntary forgetting in young and older adults (2014)
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Aguirre, C., Gomez-Ariza, C. J., Bajo, M. T., Andrés, P., & Mazzoni, G. (2014). Selective voluntary forgetting in young and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 29(1), 128-139. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035598

Aging is thought to involve a decline in executive-control capacities, although evidence regarding this claim is not always clear. Thus, although studies exist that suggest impoverished inhibitory memory control in older adults relative to younger ad... Read More about Selective voluntary forgetting in young and older adults.

A multi-robot educational and research framework (2014)
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Ahmad, O., Ullah, I., & Iqbal, J. (2014). A multi-robot educational and research framework. International Journal of Academic Research, 6(2), 217-222. https://doi.org/10.7813/2075-4124.2014/6-2/A.32

Robots have greatly transformed human’s life. Multi-disciplinary research in robotics essentially demands having sophisticated frameworks with diverse range of capabilities ranging from simple tasks like testing of control algorithms to handling comp... Read More about A multi-robot educational and research framework.

When in Rome: How Non-domestic Companies Listed in the UK May Not Comply with Accepted Norms and Principles of Good Corporate Governance. Does Home Market Culture Explain These Corporate Behaviours and Attitudes to Compliance? (2014)
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Rejchrt, P., & Higgs, M. (2015). When in Rome: How Non-domestic Companies Listed in the UK May Not Comply with Accepted Norms and Principles of Good Corporate Governance. Does Home Market Culture Explain These Corporate Behaviours and Attitudes to Compliance?. Journal of Business Ethics, 129(1), 131-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2151-6

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Non-domestic companies are increasingly present on the London Stock Exchange. Such companies have specific governance requirements. They may seek to access capital in a more liquid market and to dive... Read More about When in Rome: How Non-domestic Companies Listed in the UK May Not Comply with Accepted Norms and Principles of Good Corporate Governance. Does Home Market Culture Explain These Corporate Behaviours and Attitudes to Compliance?.