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Structural breaks in mortality models and their consequences (2014)
Conference Proceeding
O'Hare, C., & Li, Y. (2014). Structural breaks in mortality models and their consequences. In M. Beer, S. Au, & J. W. Hall (Eds.), Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk: Quantification, Mitigation, and Management (1190-1204). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413609.120

In recent years, the issue of life expectancy has become of upmost importance to pension providers, insurance companies and the government bodies in the developed world. Significant and consistent improvements in mortality rates and, hence, life expe... Read More about Structural breaks in mortality models and their consequences.

Non-equilibrium chemistry and cooling in the diffuse interstellar medium - II. Shielded gas (2014)
Journal Article
Richings, A. J., Schaye, J., & Oppenheimer, B. D. (2014). Non-equilibrium chemistry and cooling in the diffuse interstellar medium - II. Shielded gas. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(3), 2780-2796. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1046

We extend the non-equilibrium model for the chemical and thermal evolution of diffuse interstellar gas presented in Richings et al. to account for shielding from the UV radiation field. We attenuate the photochemical rates by dust and by gas, includi... Read More about Non-equilibrium chemistry and cooling in the diffuse interstellar medium - II. Shielded gas.

Altered mitochondrial function and energy metabolism is associated with a radioresistant phenotype in oesophageal adenocarcinoma (2014)
Journal Article
Lynam-Lennon, N., Maher, S. G., Maguire, A., Phelan, J., Muldoon, C., Reynolds, J. V., & O'Sullivan, J. (2014). Altered mitochondrial function and energy metabolism is associated with a radioresistant phenotype in oesophageal adenocarcinoma. PLoS ONE, 9(6), e100738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100738

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy (CRT) is increasingly the standard of care for locally advanced oesophageal cancer. A complete pathological response to CRT is associated with a favourable outcome. Radiation therapy is important for local tumour co... Read More about Altered mitochondrial function and energy metabolism is associated with a radioresistant phenotype in oesophageal adenocarcinoma.

Direct evidence of a blocking heavy atom effect on the water-assisted fluorescence enhancement detection of Hg²⁺ based on a ratiometric chemosensor (2014)
Journal Article
Redshaw, C., Ni, X., Wu, Y., & Yamato, T. (2014). Direct evidence of a blocking heavy atom effect on the water-assisted fluorescence enhancement detection of Hg²⁺ based on a ratiometric chemosensor. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 43(33), 12633-12638. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4dt01310g

At the current stage of chemosensor chemistry, the critical question now is whether the heavy atom effect caused by HTM ions can be blocked or avoided. In the present work, we provide unequivocal evidence to confirm that the heavy atom effect of Hg²⁺... Read More about Direct evidence of a blocking heavy atom effect on the water-assisted fluorescence enhancement detection of Hg²⁺ based on a ratiometric chemosensor.

The management of an ageing workforce: organisational policies in Germany and Britain (2014)
Journal Article
Schröder, H., Muller-Camen, M., & Flynn, M. (2014). The management of an ageing workforce: organisational policies in Germany and Britain. Human resource management journal, 24(4), 394-409. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12043

Demographic change as well as pressure from the European Union and national government are forcing organisations to change age‐discriminatory HRM approaches. Based on a qualitative analysis of eight British and German organisations, we found that com... Read More about The management of an ageing workforce: organisational policies in Germany and Britain.

The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: A multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (2014)
Journal Article
Drummond, C., Deluca, P., Coulton, S., Bland, M., Cassidy, P., Crawford, M., …Kaner, E. (2014). The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: A multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE, 9(6), e99463. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099463

Background: Alcohol misuse is common in people attending emergency departments (EDs) and there is some evidence of efficacy of alcohol screening and brief interventions (SBI). This study investigated the effectiveness of SBI approaches of different i... Read More about The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: A multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial.

Disraeli Avenue (2014)
Book
Smailes, C. (2014). Disraeli Avenue. HarperCollins Publishers

From the publisher: A novella from Caroline Smailes featuring characters from her critically acclaimed debut, In Search of Adam. The houses on Disraeli Avenue all looked the same, the same shape, the same size but behind each coloured front door... Read More about Disraeli Avenue.

Amino acids in the uterine luminal fluid reflects the temporal changes in transporter expression in the endometrium and conceptus during early pregnancy in cattle (2014)
Journal Article
Forde, N., Simintiras, C. A., Sturmey, R., Mamo, S., Kelly, A. K., Spencer, T. E., …Lonergan, P. (2014). Amino acids in the uterine luminal fluid reflects the temporal changes in transporter expression in the endometrium and conceptus during early pregnancy in cattle. PLoS ONE, 9(6), e100010. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100010

In cattle, conceptus-maternal interactions are critical for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. A major component of this early interaction involves the transport of nutrients and secretion of key molecules by uterine epithelial cells to... Read More about Amino acids in the uterine luminal fluid reflects the temporal changes in transporter expression in the endometrium and conceptus during early pregnancy in cattle.

Why is eusociality an almost exclusively terrestrial phenomenon? (2014)
Journal Article
Ruxton, G. D., Humphries, S., Morrell, L. J., & Wilkinson, D. M. (2014). Why is eusociality an almost exclusively terrestrial phenomenon?. The journal of animal ecology, 83(6), 1248-1255. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12251

1.Eusociality has evolved multiple times across diverse terrestrial taxa, and eusocial species fundamentally shape many terrestrial ecosystems. However, eusocial species are far less common and have much less ecological impact, in aquatic than terres... Read More about Why is eusociality an almost exclusively terrestrial phenomenon?.

Desktop-based computer-assisted orthopedic training system for spinal surgery (2014)
Journal Article
Rambani, R., Ward, J., & Viant, W. (2014). Desktop-based computer-assisted orthopedic training system for spinal surgery. Journal of Surgical Education, 71(6), 805-809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.04.012

Background Simulation and surgical training has moved on since its inception during the end of the last century. The trainees are getting more exposed to computers and laboratory training in different subspecialties. More needs to be done in orthoped... Read More about Desktop-based computer-assisted orthopedic training system for spinal surgery.

Understanding how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: A realist review protocol (2014)
Journal Article
Brennan, N., Bryce, M., Pearson, M., Wong, G., Cooper, C., & Archer, J. (2014). Understanding how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: A realist review protocol. BMJ open, 4(6), Article e005466. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005466

Introduction: UK doctors are now required to participate in revalidation to maintain their licence to practise. Appraisal is a fundamental component of revalidation. However, objective evidence of appraisal changing doctors' behaviour and directly re... Read More about Understanding how appraisal of doctors produces its effects: A realist review protocol.

Detection of mecC-Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in river water : a potential role for water in the environmental dissemination (2014)
Journal Article
Porrero, M. C., Harrison, E. M., Fernández-Garayzábal, J. F., Paterson, G. K., Díez-Guerrier, A., Holmes, M. A., & Domínguez Rodríguez, L. (2014). Detection of mecC-Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in river water : a potential role for water in the environmental dissemination. Environmental microbiology reports, 6(6), 705-708. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12191

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a public health concern due to limited treatment options. The recent description of a mecA homologue, mecC in human and cattle, led to studies to detect this new variant in human and other animal... Read More about Detection of mecC-Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in river water : a potential role for water in the environmental dissemination.

The rural bite in population pyramids: what are the implications for responsiveness of health systems in middle income countries? (2014)
Journal Article
Jahan, N. K., Allotey, P., Arunachalam, D., Yasin, S., Soyiri, I. N., Davey, T. M., & Reidpath, D. D. (2014). The rural bite in population pyramids: what are the implications for responsiveness of health systems in middle income countries?. BMC public health, 14(Suppl 2), S8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-S2-S8

Background Health services can only be responsive if they are designed to service the needs of the population at hand. In many low and middle income countries, the rate of urbanisation can leave the profile of the rural population quite different fro... Read More about The rural bite in population pyramids: what are the implications for responsiveness of health systems in middle income countries?.

Understanding noise stress-induced cognitive impairment in healthy adults and its implications for schizophrenia (2014)
Journal Article
Wright, B., Peters, E., Ettinger, U., Kuipers, E., & Kumari, V. (2014). Understanding noise stress-induced cognitive impairment in healthy adults and its implications for schizophrenia. Noise & health, 16(70), 166-176. https://doi.org/10.4103/1463-1741.134917

Noise stress (NS) is detrimental to many aspects of human health and behavior. Understanding the effect of noise stressors on human cognitive function is a growing area of research and is crucial to helping clinical populations, such as those with sc... Read More about Understanding noise stress-induced cognitive impairment in healthy adults and its implications for schizophrenia.

The largest subsemilattices of the endomorphism monoid of an independence algebra (2014)
Journal Article
Araújo, J., Bentz, W., & Konieczny, J. (2014). The largest subsemilattices of the endomorphism monoid of an independence algebra. Linear algebra and its applications, 458, 60-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2014.05.041

An algebra A is said to be an independence algebra if it is a matroid algebra and every map α:X→A, defined on a basis X of A, can be extended to an endomorphism of A. These algebras are particularly well-behaved generalizations of vector spaces, and... Read More about The largest subsemilattices of the endomorphism monoid of an independence algebra.

Losing a home : does the current housing possession process provide effective access to justice? (2014)
Journal Article
Whitehouse, L., & Bright, S. (2014). Losing a home : does the current housing possession process provide effective access to justice?. New Law Journal, 164(7611), 16-17

In brief: • There is a lack of joined up thinking within the housing possession process. • The amount of time and resources devoted to these cases fails to recognise the importance that occupiers attach to the prospect of losing a home, as well as th... Read More about Losing a home : does the current housing possession process provide effective access to justice?.

Linking eye design with host symbiont relationships in pontoniine shrimps (crustacea, decapoda, palaemonidae) (2014)
Journal Article
Dobson, N. C., De Grave, S., & Johnson, M. L. (2014). Linking eye design with host symbiont relationships in pontoniine shrimps (crustacea, decapoda, palaemonidae). PLoS ONE, 9(6), e99505. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099505

Symbiosis is prevalent in the marine environment with many studies examining the effects of such interactions between host and symbiont. Pontoniine shrimps are a group whose ecology is characterised by symbiotic interactions. This investigation exami... Read More about Linking eye design with host symbiont relationships in pontoniine shrimps (crustacea, decapoda, palaemonidae).

Supply chain management resources, capabilities and execution (2014)
Journal Article
Kotzab, H., Teller, C., Grant, D. B., & Friis, A. (2015). Supply chain management resources, capabilities and execution. Production planning & control, 26(7), 525-542. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2014.927932

This paper identifies inter- and intra-organisational management resources that determine the level of execution of inter-firm alliance supply chain management (SCM). By drawing on network and resource-based view theories, a con- ceptual model propos... Read More about Supply chain management resources, capabilities and execution.

Hydrodynamics of fossil fishes (2014)
Journal Article
Fletcher, T., Altringham, J., Peakall, J., Wignall, P., & Dorrell, R. (2014). Hydrodynamics of fossil fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1788), 20140703-20140703. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0703

From their earliest origins, fishes have developed a suite of adaptations for locomotion in water, which determine performance and ultimately fitness. Even without data from behaviour, soft tissue and extant relatives, it is possible to infer a wealt... Read More about Hydrodynamics of fossil fishes.

Audio-visual feedback improves the BCI performance in the navigational control of a humanoid robot (2014)
Journal Article
Tidoni, E., Gergondet, P., Kheddar, A., & Aglioti, S. M. (2014). Audio-visual feedback improves the BCI performance in the navigational control of a humanoid robot. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 8(JUN), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2014.00020

Advancement in brain computer interfaces (BCI) technology allows people to actively interact in the world through surrogates. Controlling real humanoid robots using BCI as intuitively as we control our body represents a challenge for current research... Read More about Audio-visual feedback improves the BCI performance in the navigational control of a humanoid robot.