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New AMD3100 derivatives for CXCR4 chemokine receptor targeted molecular imaging studies: synthesis, anti-HIV-1 evaluation and binding affinities (2015)
Journal Article
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

Action against host states of terrorist groups (2015)
Book Chapter
Moir, L. (2015). Action against host states of terrorist groups. In M. Weller (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of the use of force in international law (720-736). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780199673049.003.0033

This chapter examines the problems that could arise when a state invokes self-defence to justify action against terrorist groups in another state. It first considers indirect armed attack against armed groups and the controversy surrounding the use o... Read More about Action against host states of terrorist groups.

Testing of a market fraction model and power-law behaviour in the DAX 30 (2015)
Journal Article
He, X. Z., & Li, Y. (2015). Testing of a market fraction model and power-law behaviour in the DAX 30. Journal of Empirical Finance, 31, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2015.01.001

This paper tests a simple market fraction asset pricing model with heterogeneous agents. By selecting a set of structural parameters of the model through a systematic procedure, we show that the autocorrelations (of returns, absolute returns and squa... Read More about Testing of a market fraction model and power-law behaviour in the DAX 30.

Code dependencies of pre-supernova evolution and nucleosynthesis in massive stars: Evolution to the end of core helium burning (2015)
Journal Article
Jones, S., Hirschi, R., Pignatari, M., Heger, A., Georgy, C., Nishimura, N., Fryer, C., & Herwig, F. (2015). Code dependencies of pre-supernova evolution and nucleosynthesis in massive stars: Evolution to the end of core helium burning. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(4), 3115-3129. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2657

Massive stars are key sources of radiative, kinetic and chemical feedback in the Universe. Grids of massive star models computed by different groups each using their own codes, input physics choices and numerical approximations, however, lead to inco... Read More about Code dependencies of pre-supernova evolution and nucleosynthesis in massive stars: Evolution to the end of core helium burning.

Towards understanding the clinical significance of QT peak prolongation: a novel marker of myocardial ischemia independently demonstrated in two prospective studies (2015)
Journal Article
Wong, K. Y., Velavan, P., Wong, S. Y. S., McSwiggan, S. J., Ogston, S. A., Steeples, D., …Struthers, A. D. (2015). Towards understanding the clinical significance of QT peak prolongation: a novel marker of myocardial ischemia independently demonstrated in two prospective studies. Journal of cardiology and current research, 2(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.15406/jccr.2015.02.00046

Background: QT peak prolongation identified patients at risk of death or non-fatal MI. We tested the hypothesis that QT peak prolongation might be associated with significant myocardial ischaemia in two separate cohorts to see how widely applicable t... Read More about Towards understanding the clinical significance of QT peak prolongation: a novel marker of myocardial ischemia independently demonstrated in two prospective studies.

'It takes me half a bottle of whisky to get through one of your assignments': Exploring one teacher Educator's personal experiences of dyslexia (2015)
Journal Article
Glazzard, J., & Dale, K. (2015). 'It takes me half a bottle of whisky to get through one of your assignments': Exploring one teacher Educator's personal experiences of dyslexia. Dyslexia, 21(2), 177-192. https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1493

This article uses a life history approach to explore personal experiences of dyslexia of one higher-education lecturer and its impact on her professional identity. The informant is currently employed as a lecturer of initial teacher training in a UK... Read More about 'It takes me half a bottle of whisky to get through one of your assignments': Exploring one teacher Educator's personal experiences of dyslexia.

Characterization of the residual stresses in spray-formed steels using neutron diffraction (2015)
Journal Article
Lee, T. L., Mi, J., Zhao, S. L., Fan, J. F., Zhang, S. Y., Kabra, S., & Grant, P. S. (2015). Characterization of the residual stresses in spray-formed steels using neutron diffraction. Scripta materialia, 100, 82-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.12.019

Neutron diffraction was used to characterize the residual stresses in an as-sprayed tube-shaped steel preform. The measured residual stress distributions were compared with those simulated using finite element method by taking into account the effect... Read More about Characterization of the residual stresses in spray-formed steels using neutron diffraction.

Compression regimes after endovenous ablation for superficial venous insufficiency – A survey of members of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (2015)
Journal Article
El-Sheikha, J., Nandhra, S., Carradice, D., Acey, C., Smith, G., Campbell, B., & Chetter, I. (2016). Compression regimes after endovenous ablation for superficial venous insufficiency – A survey of members of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Phlebology, 31(1), 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/0268355514567732

Introduction: The optimal compression regime following ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS), radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) for varicose veins is not known. The aim of this study was to document current prac... Read More about Compression regimes after endovenous ablation for superficial venous insufficiency – A survey of members of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

'Ancient Volscian border dispute flares': representations of militarism, masculinity and the Balkans in Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus (2015)
Journal Article
Baker, C. (2016). 'Ancient Volscian border dispute flares': representations of militarism, masculinity and the Balkans in Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 18(3), 429-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2014.984486

Reception of the 2012 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, dealt with two particular themes: the homoerotic relationship between Fiennes' Coriolanus and the rebel leader Aufidius whose forces he eventua... Read More about 'Ancient Volscian border dispute flares': representations of militarism, masculinity and the Balkans in Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus.

The implementation of supply chain management theory in practice: An empirical investigation (2015)
Journal Article
Sweeney, E., Grant, D. B., & Mangan, D. J. (2015). The implementation of supply chain management theory in practice: An empirical investigation. Supply chain management, 20(1), 56-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-07-2014-0249

Purpose – The purpose of the research described in this paper is to disentangle the rhetoric from the reality in relation to supply chain management (SCM) adoption in practice. There is significant evidence of a divergence between theory and practice... Read More about The implementation of supply chain management theory in practice: An empirical investigation.

Building a green economy? Sustainability transitions in the UK building sector (2015)
Journal Article
Gibbs, D., & O'Neill, K. (2015). Building a green economy? Sustainability transitions in the UK building sector. Geoforum, 59(February), 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.12.004

This paper explores the interest by policy makers to encourage and develop a green economy, with a particular focus on UK government attempts to engender a shift in the mainstream building and construction sector towards adopting green building metho... Read More about Building a green economy? Sustainability transitions in the UK building sector.

Inconsistent use of gesture space during abstract pointing impairs language comprehension (2015)
Journal Article
Gunter, T. C., Weinbrenner, J. E. D., & Holle, H. (2015). Inconsistent use of gesture space during abstract pointing impairs language comprehension. Frontiers in psychology Frontiers Research Foundation, 6(FEB), Article ARTN 80. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00080

Pointing toward concrete objects is a well-known and efficient communicative strategy. Much less is known about the communicative effectiveness of abstract pointing where the pointing gestures are directed to “empty space.” McNeill's (2003) observati... Read More about Inconsistent use of gesture space during abstract pointing impairs language comprehension.