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A study on stability analysis of atrial repolarization variability using ARX model in sinus rhythm and atrial tachycardia ECGs (2016)
Journal Article
Sivaraman, J., Uma, G., Langley, P., Umapathy, M., Venkatesan, S., & Palanikumar, G. (2016). A study on stability analysis of atrial repolarization variability using ARX model in sinus rhythm and atrial tachycardia ECGs. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 137, 341-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.10.005

© 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Background The interaction between the PTa and PP interval dynamics from the surface ECG is seldom explained. Mathematical modeling of these intervals is of interest in finding the relationship between the heart rate and r... Read More about A study on stability analysis of atrial repolarization variability using ARX model in sinus rhythm and atrial tachycardia ECGs.

The Value of Circle Time as an Intervention Strategy (2016)
Journal Article
Glazzard, J. (in press). The Value of Circle Time as an Intervention Strategy. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 6(2), 207-215. https://doi.org/10.5539/jedp.v6n2p207

Literature on circle time emphasises benefits such as improved self-esteem, improvements in speaking and listening skills and social skills. However, evidence-based research is more limited and much of the available research is anecdotal. Whilst this... Read More about The Value of Circle Time as an Intervention Strategy.

Macroecology of parental care in arthropods: higher mortality risk leads to higher benefits of offspring protection in tropical climates (2016)
Journal Article
Santos, E. S., Bueno, P. P., Gilbert, J. D. J., & Machado, G. (2017). Macroecology of parental care in arthropods: higher mortality risk leads to higher benefits of offspring protection in tropical climates. Biological Reviews, 92(3), 1688-1701. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12303

The intensity of biotic interactions varies around the world, in such a way that mortality risk imposed by natural enemies is usually higher in the tropics. A major role of offspring attendance is protection against natural enemies, so the benefits o... Read More about Macroecology of parental care in arthropods: higher mortality risk leads to higher benefits of offspring protection in tropical climates.

Participation, recognition and political space (2016)
Book Chapter
Conroy, C. (2016). Participation, recognition and political space. In A. Harpin, & H. Nicholson (Eds.), Performance and Participation: Practices, Audiences, Politics (82-102). Palgrave Macmillan

Proceedings of the inaugural International Summit for Medical Nutrition Education and Research (2016)
Journal Article
Laur, C., Ball, L., Ahankari, A., Avdagovska, M., Crowley, J., Deen, D., Douglas, P., Hark, L., Kohlmeier, M., Luzi, L., McCotter, L., Martyn, K., Nowson, C., Wall, C., & Ray, S. (2016). Proceedings of the inaugural International Summit for Medical Nutrition Education and Research. Public health, 140, 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2016.08.023

© 2016 The Royal Society for Public Health Medical Nutrition Education (MNE) has been identified as an area with potential public health impact. Despite countries having distinctive education systems, barriers and facilitators to effective MNE are co... Read More about Proceedings of the inaugural International Summit for Medical Nutrition Education and Research.

Assessing costs and benefits of measures to achieve good environmental status in European regional seas: challenges, opportunities, and lessons learnt (2016)
Journal Article
Börger, T., Broszeit, S., Ahtiainen, H., Atkins, J. P., Burdon, D., Luisetti, T., Murillas, A., Oinonen, S., Paltriguera, L., Roberts, L., Uyarra, M. C., & Austen, M. C. (2016). Assessing costs and benefits of measures to achieve good environmental status in European regional seas: challenges, opportunities, and lessons learnt. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3(OCT), Article 192. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00192

The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires Member States to assess the costs and benefits of Programmes of Measures (PoMs) put in place to ensure that European marine waters achieve Good Environmental Status by 2020. An interdisciplin... Read More about Assessing costs and benefits of measures to achieve good environmental status in European regional seas: challenges, opportunities, and lessons learnt.

Endocannabinoid receptor blockade increases vascular endothelial growth factor and inflammatory markers in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2016)
Journal Article
Javed, Z., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., Coady, A.-M., & Kilpatrick, E. S. (2017). Endocannabinoid receptor blockade increases vascular endothelial growth factor and inflammatory markers in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Clinical Endocrinology, 86(3), 384-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.13239

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Context: Animal studies suggest that cannabinoid receptor-1 (CB-1) blockade reduces inflammation and neovascularization by decreasing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels associated with a reduction in infla... Read More about Endocannabinoid receptor blockade increases vascular endothelial growth factor and inflammatory markers in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Combinatorial microfluidic droplet engineering for biomimetic material synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
Bawazer, L. A., McNally, C. S., Empson, C. J., Marchant, W. J., Comyn, T. P., Niu, X., Cho, S., Mcpherson, M. J., Binks, B. P., deMello, A., & Meldrum, F. C. (2016). Combinatorial microfluidic droplet engineering for biomimetic material synthesis. Science Advances, 2(10), e1600567-e1600567. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600567

Although droplet-based systems are used in a wide range of technologies, opportunities for systematically customizing their interface chemistries remain relatively unexplored. This article describes a new microfluidic strategy for rapidly tailoring e... Read More about Combinatorial microfluidic droplet engineering for biomimetic material synthesis.

Slavery and student debt (2016)
Other
Spicksley, J. (2016). Slavery and student debt. York

TRPA1 mediates aromatase inhibitor-evoked pain by the aromatase substrate androstenedione (2016)
Journal Article
Morice, A. H., Sadofsky, L. R., Benemei, S., Coppi, E., De Logu, F., Di Tommaso, M., Fusi, C., Geppetti, P., Li Puma, S., Marone, I. M., Materazzi, S., Moneti, G., Nassini, R., Susini, T., Terreni, A., & Tonello, R. (2016). TRPA1 mediates aromatase inhibitor-evoked pain by the aromatase substrate androstenedione. Cancer Research, 76(23), 7024-7035. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1492

Aromatase inhibitors (AI) induce painful musculoskeletal symptoms (AIMSS), which are dependent upon the pain transducing receptor TRPA1. However, as the AI concentrations required to engage TRPA1 in mice are higher than those found in the plasma of p... Read More about TRPA1 mediates aromatase inhibitor-evoked pain by the aromatase substrate androstenedione.

Nuclear power and coastal birds: Predicting the ecological consequences of warm-water outflows (2016)
Journal Article
Forster, R. M., Bremner, J., Garcia, C., Silva, T., & Stillman, R. A. (2016). Nuclear power and coastal birds: Predicting the ecological consequences of warm-water outflows. Ecological Modelling, 342, 60-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.09.017

Local alteration of species abundance in natural communities due to anthropogenic impacts may have secondary, cascading effects on species at higher trophic levels. Such effects are typically hard to single out due to their ubiquitous nature and, the... Read More about Nuclear power and coastal birds: Predicting the ecological consequences of warm-water outflows.

(De)constructing difference: a qualitative review of the ‘othering’ of UK Muslim communities, extremism, soft harms, and Twitter analytics (2016)
Journal Article
Carter, D. M. (2017). (De)constructing difference: a qualitative review of the ‘othering’ of UK Muslim communities, extremism, soft harms, and Twitter analytics. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression, 9(1), 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2016.1236142

There is some evidence that, in the UK, current counter terrorism initiatives reproduce and amplify both real and imagined differences between Muslim and anti-Muslim groups, leading in turn to social and community polarisation and isolation. It is fa... Read More about (De)constructing difference: a qualitative review of the ‘othering’ of UK Muslim communities, extremism, soft harms, and Twitter analytics.

A simple, low cost interferometric autocorrelator with no moving parts (2016)
Journal Article
Kelly, T. J., Davitt, S. J., & Costello, J. T. (2016). A simple, low cost interferometric autocorrelator with no moving parts. Measurement Science and Technology, 27(11), 117003. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/27/11/117003

The design and implementation of a low cost interferometric autocorrelator with no moving parts is discussed. It is found that the device is optically simple, uses low cost components and self aligns. The device is used to measure the interferometric... Read More about A simple, low cost interferometric autocorrelator with no moving parts.

Comparative analysis of anisotropic material properties of uniaxial nematics formed by flexible dimers and rod-like monomers (2016)
Journal Article
Cukrov, G., Mosaddeghian Golestani, Y., Xiang, J., Nastishin, Y. A., Ahmed, Z., Welch, C., Mehl, G. H., & Lavrentovich, O. D. (2017). Comparative analysis of anisotropic material properties of uniaxial nematics formed by flexible dimers and rod-like monomers. Liquid crystals, 44(1), 219-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2016.1240248

We report temperature dependencies of material properties such as dielectric anisotropy, birefringence, splay (K₁₁), twist (K₂₂), and bend (K₃₃) elastic constants of the uniaxial nematic (N) phase formed by flexible dimers of DTC5C9 and compare their... Read More about Comparative analysis of anisotropic material properties of uniaxial nematics formed by flexible dimers and rod-like monomers.

ABC triblock copolymer worms : synthesis, characterization and evaluation as Pickering emulsifiers for millimeter-sized droplets (2016)
Journal Article
Mable, C. J., Thompson, K. L., Derry, M. J., Mykhaylyk, O. O., Binks, B. P., & Armes, S. P. (2016). ABC triblock copolymer worms : synthesis, characterization and evaluation as Pickering emulsifiers for millimeter-sized droplets. Macromolecules, 49(20), 7897-7907. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01729

Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is used to prepare linear poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)-poly(2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate)-poly(benzyl methacrylate) [PGMA-PHPMA-PBzMA] triblock copolymer worms or spheres in the form of a concentrated aq... Read More about ABC triblock copolymer worms : synthesis, characterization and evaluation as Pickering emulsifiers for millimeter-sized droplets.

Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Katusiime, B., Corlett, S., Reeve, J., & Krska, J. (2016). Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review. Patient Related Outcome Measures, 2016(7), 157-171. https://doi.org/10.2147/prom.s102198

Background: There is an increasing drive to measure and so improve patients’ experiences and outcomes of health care. This also applies to medicines, given their ubiquity as health care interventions. Patients’ experiences of using medicines vary, an... Read More about Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review.

The effect of oil price changes on the price of Russian and Chinese oil shares (2016)
Journal Article
Kenjegaliev, A., & Hall, S. G. (2017). The effect of oil price changes on the price of Russian and Chinese oil shares. Empirical economics, 53(4), 1639-1656. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-016-1176-3

© 2016, The Author(s). Do changes in oil prices have an effect on stocks of oil companies in emerging markets? Do the shares of oil companies in emerging markets react to the price news in a similar way as those of the Western companies? This paper a... Read More about The effect of oil price changes on the price of Russian and Chinese oil shares.

Health and well-being implications surrounding the use of wearable GPS devices in professional rugby league: A Foucauldian disciplinary analysis of the normalised use of a common surveillance aid (2016)
Journal Article
Jones, L., Marshall, P., & Denison, J. (2016). Health and well-being implications surrounding the use of wearable GPS devices in professional rugby league: A Foucauldian disciplinary analysis of the normalised use of a common surveillance aid. Performance enhancement & health, 5(2), 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2016.09.001

Wearable GPS tracking devices have become commonplace coaching aids across professional field sports to enhance sports performances and reduce injury rates, despite the implications of the technology being poorly understood. This study looked at how... Read More about Health and well-being implications surrounding the use of wearable GPS devices in professional rugby league: A Foucauldian disciplinary analysis of the normalised use of a common surveillance aid.

Ageing increases reliance on sensorimotor prediction through structural and functional differences in frontostriatal circuits (2016)
Journal Article
Wolpe, N., Ingram, J. N., Tsvetanov, K. A., Geerligs, L., Kievit, R. A., Henson, R. N., …Villis, L. (2016). Ageing increases reliance on sensorimotor prediction through structural and functional differences in frontostriatal circuits. Nature communications, 7, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13034

The control of voluntary movement changes markedly with age. A critical component of motor control is the integration of sensory information with predictions of the consequences of action, arising from internal models of movement. This leads to senso... Read More about Ageing increases reliance on sensorimotor prediction through structural and functional differences in frontostriatal circuits.

A preliminary spatial analysis of diagnosed stroke disease in Osun state, Nigeria (2016)
Journal Article
Adzandeh, A. E., Awope, J., & Oviasu, O. I. (2016). A preliminary spatial analysis of diagnosed stroke disease in Osun state, Nigeria. The Pan African medical journal, 25, Article 63. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.25.63.5931

Introduction: There have been a number of clinical studies on diagnosed Stroke disease. However, there have been few studies on the geographical disparities for stroke. This study investigates the spatial pattern of stroke disease reflecting socio-de... Read More about A preliminary spatial analysis of diagnosed stroke disease in Osun state, Nigeria.