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Influence of substituent position on thermal properties, photoluminescence and morphology of pyrene-fluorene derivatives (2015)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Hu, J.-Y., Wei, X.-F., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2015). Influence of substituent position on thermal properties, photoluminescence and morphology of pyrene-fluorene derivatives. Journal of molecular structure, 1086(April), 216-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.01.018

New position-dependent conjugated hydrocarbon dyes containing a pyrene core and multi-fluorene moieties 3 have been synthesized and characterized by ¹H/¹³C NMR spectroscopy, as well as by optical and theoretical studies. The solubility of mono-, bis-... Read More about Influence of substituent position on thermal properties, photoluminescence and morphology of pyrene-fluorene derivatives.

ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method (2015)
Journal Article
Ghasdian, N., Buzza, D. M. A., Fletcher, P. D. I., & Georgiou, T. K. (2015). ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method. Macromolecular rapid communications, 36(6), 528-532. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201400621

Well-defined ABC triblock copolymers based on two hydrophilic blocks, A and C, and a hydrophobic block B are synthesized and their self-assembly behaviour is investigated. Interestingly, at the same solvent concentration, pH, and temperature, differe... Read More about ABC triblock copolymer micelles: Spherical versus worm-like micelles depending on the preparation method.

Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms (2015)
Journal Article
Baizid, K., Yousnadj, A., Meddahi, A., Chellali, R., & Iqbal, J. (2015). Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 34, 140-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2014.12.003

Today's industrial manipulators are more and more demanding in terms of productivity. This goal could be achieved by increasing speed of the robot manipulator and/or by optimizing the trajectories followed by manipulators while performing manufacturi... Read More about Time scheduling and optimization of industrial robotized tasks based on genetic algorithms.

Using the relational event model (REM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of animal social networks (2015)
Journal Article
Tranmer, M., Marcum, C. S., Morton, F. B., Croft, D. P., & de Kort, S. R. (2015). Using the relational event model (REM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of animal social networks. Animal behaviour, 101, 99-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.005

Social dynamics are of fundamental importance in animal societies. Studies on nonhuman animal social systems often aggregate social interaction event data into a single network within a particular time frame. Analysis of the resulting network can pro... Read More about Using the relational event model (REM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of animal social networks.

A new algorithm to diagnose atrial ectopic origin from multi lead ECG systems - insights from 3D virtual human atria and torso (2015)
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Alday, E. A. P., Colman, M. A., Langley, P., Butters, T. D., Higham, J., Workman, A. J., Hancox, J. C., & Zhang, H. (2015). A new algorithm to diagnose atrial ectopic origin from multi lead ECG systems - insights from 3D virtual human atria and torso. PLoS Computational Biology, 11(1), Article e1004026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004026

Rapid atrial arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation (AF) predispose to ventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death and stroke. Identifying the origin of atrial ectopic activity from the electrocardiogram (ECG) can help to diagnose the early onset... Read More about A new algorithm to diagnose atrial ectopic origin from multi lead ECG systems - insights from 3D virtual human atria and torso.

Simulating tidal and storm surge hydraulics with a simple 2D inertia based model, in the Humber Estuary, U.K (2015)
Journal Article
Skinner, C. J., Coulthard, T. J., Parsons, D. R., Ramirez, J. A., Mullen, L., & Manson, S. (2015). Simulating tidal and storm surge hydraulics with a simple 2D inertia based model, in the Humber Estuary, U.K. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 155(March), 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.01.019

The hydraulic modelling of tidal estuarine environments has been largely limited to complex 3D models that are computationally expensive. This makes them unsuitable for applications which make use of live data to make real/near time forecasts, such a... Read More about Simulating tidal and storm surge hydraulics with a simple 2D inertia based model, in the Humber Estuary, U.K.

1000 Norms Project: Protocol of a cross-sectional study cataloging human variation (2015)
Journal Article
McKay, M. J., Baldwin, J. N., Ferreira, P., Simic, M., Vanicek, N., Hiller, C. E., Nightingale, E. J., Moloney, N. A., Quinlan, K. G., Pourkazemi, F., Sman, A. D., Nicholson, L. L., Mousavi, S. J., Rose, K., Raymond, J., Mackey, M. G., Chard, A., Hübscher, M., Wegener, C., Fong Yan, A., …on behalf of the 1000 Norms Project Consortium. (2016). 1000 Norms Project: Protocol of a cross-sectional study cataloging human variation. Physiotherapy, 102(1), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2014.12.002

Background Clinical decision-making regarding diagnosis and management largely depends on comparison with healthy or ‘normal’ values. Physiotherapists and researchers therefore need access to robust patient-centred outcome measures and appropriate re... Read More about 1000 Norms Project: Protocol of a cross-sectional study cataloging human variation.

Parallel experimental study of a novel super-thin thermal absorber based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system against conventional photovoltaic (PV) system (2015)
Journal Article
Xu, P., Zhang, X., Shen, J., Zhao, X., He, W., & Li, D. (2015). Parallel experimental study of a novel super-thin thermal absorber based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system against conventional photovoltaic (PV) system. Energy Reports, 1, 30-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2014.11.002

Photovoltaic (PV) semiconductor degrades in performance due to temperature rise. A super thin-conductive thermal absorber is therefore developed to regulate the PV working temperature by retrofitting the existing PV panel into the photovoltaic/therma... Read More about Parallel experimental study of a novel super-thin thermal absorber based photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system against conventional photovoltaic (PV) system.

The first study about the relationship between the extractability of thiacalix[4]arene derivatives and the position of the coordination binding sites (2015)
Journal Article
Zhao, J.-L., Tomiyasu, H., Ni, X.-L., Zeng, X., Elsegood, M. R. J., Redshaw, C., Rahman, S., Georghiou, P. E., Teat, S. J., & Yamato, T. (2015). The first study about the relationship between the extractability of thiacalix[4]arene derivatives and the position of the coordination binding sites. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 13(11), 3476-3483. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ob02393e

Three organic ionophores (2–4) based on the p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arene backbone, blocked in the 1,3-alternate conformation, bearing two pyridyl coordinating moieties (ortho for 2, meta for 3 and para for 4), have been synthesized and characterized... Read More about The first study about the relationship between the extractability of thiacalix[4]arene derivatives and the position of the coordination binding sites.

The design of Nineteenth-Century Wesleyan space: Re-reading F.J. Jobson's Chapel and School Architecture (2015)
Journal Article
Mason, R. (2015). The design of Nineteenth-Century Wesleyan space: Re-reading F.J. Jobson's Chapel and School Architecture. Wesley and Methodist Studies, 7(1), 78-99. https://doi.org/10.5325/weslmethstud.7.1.0078

F. J. Jobson's Chapel and School Architecture as Appropriate to the Buildings of Nonconformists (1850) has conventionally been used to demonstrate the architectural patterns of nineteenth-century Wesleyan chapels. However, this emphasis has overlooke... Read More about The design of Nineteenth-Century Wesleyan space: Re-reading F.J. Jobson's Chapel and School Architecture.

Time-delayed feedback control of the Dicke-Hepp-Lieb superradiant quantum phase transition (2015)
Journal Article
Kopylov, W., Emary, C., Schöll, E., & Brandes, T. (2015). Time-delayed feedback control of the Dicke-Hepp-Lieb superradiant quantum phase transition. New Journal of Physics, 17(1), 013040. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/1/013040

We apply the time-delayed Pyragas control scheme to the dissipative Dicke model via a modulation of the atom-field-coupling. The feedback creates an infinite sequence of non-equilibrium phases with fixed points and limit cycles in the primary superra... Read More about Time-delayed feedback control of the Dicke-Hepp-Lieb superradiant quantum phase transition.

New AMD3100 derivatives for CXCR4 chemokine receptor targeted molecular imaging studies: synthesis, anti-HIV-1 evaluation and binding affinities (2015)
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Poty, S., Désogère, P., Goze, C., Boschetti, F., D‘huys, T., Schols, D., Cawthorne, C., Archibald, S. J., Maëcke, H. R., & Denat, F. (2015). New AMD3100 derivatives for CXCR4 chemokine receptor targeted molecular imaging studies: synthesis, anti-HIV-1 evaluation and binding affinities. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 44(11), 5004-5016. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4dt02972k

CXCR4 is a target of growing interest for the development of new therapeutic drugs and imaging agents as its role in multiple disease states has been demonstrated. AMD3100, a CXCR4 chemokine receptor antagonist that is in current clinical use as a ha... Read More about New AMD3100 derivatives for CXCR4 chemokine receptor targeted molecular imaging studies: synthesis, anti-HIV-1 evaluation and binding affinities.

Can masticatory electromyography be normalised to submaximal bite force? (2015)
Journal Article
Crawford, S. R., Burden, A. M., Yates, J. M., Zioupos, P., & Winwood, K. (2015). Can masticatory electromyography be normalised to submaximal bite force?. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 42(5), 323-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/joor.12268

The combination of bite force and jaw muscle electromyography (EMG) provides an insight into the performance of the stomatognathic system, especially in relation to dynamic movement tasks. Literature has extensively investigated possible methods for... Read More about Can masticatory electromyography be normalised to submaximal bite force?.

Market failure, government inefficiency, and optimal R&D policy (2015)
Journal Article
Perez-Sebastian, F. (2015). Market failure, government inefficiency, and optimal R&D policy. Economics letters, 128, 43-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.012

This paper presents a growth model that can explain the coexistence of intellectual property rights and R&D subsidies as a response to the presence of both market and government failures. The framework can also generate the observed positive correlat... Read More about Market failure, government inefficiency, and optimal R&D policy.

Foam pads properties and their effects on posturography in participants of different weight (2015)
Journal Article
Fagan, M., & Gosselin, G. (2015). Foam pads properties and their effects on posturography in participants of different weight. Chiropractic & manual therapies, 23(2), Article ARTN 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-014-0045-4

Background: Foam pads are increasingly used on force platforms during balance assessments in order to produce increased instability thereby permitting the measurement of enhanced posturographic parameters. A variety of foam pads providing different m... Read More about Foam pads properties and their effects on posturography in participants of different weight.

Ethics in palliative care research (2015)
Book Chapter
Koffman, J., Stone, K., & Murtagh, F. E. (2015). Ethics in palliative care research. In E. Bruera, I. Higginson, C. F. von Gunten, & T. Morita (Eds.), Textbook of palliative medicine (211-220). (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press