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A randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral and topical antibiotics for children with clinically infected eczema in the community: The ChildRen with eczema, antibiotic management (CREAM) study (2016)
Journal Article
Francis, N. A., Ridd, M. J., Thomas-Jones, E., Shepherd, V., Butler, C. C., Hood, K., Huang, C., Addison, K., Longo, M., Marwick, C., Wootton, M., Howe, R., Roberts, A., Haq, M. I.-U., Madhok, V., Sullivan, F., & on behalf of the CREAM team. (2016). A randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral and topical antibiotics for children with clinically infected eczema in the community: The ChildRen with eczema, antibiotic management (CREAM) study. Health Technology Assessment, 20(19), 1-84. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20190

Background
Secondary skin infection is common during eczema exacerbations and many children are treated with antibiotics when this is suspected, although there is little high-quality evidence to justify this practice.

Objective
To determine the... Read More about A randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral and topical antibiotics for children with clinically infected eczema in the community: The ChildRen with eczema, antibiotic management (CREAM) study.

Towards a fundamental astrometric reference system behind the Malleganic clouds : spectroscopic confirmation of new quasar candidates selected in the near-infrared (2016)
Journal Article
Ivanov, V. D., Cioni, M.-R. L., Bekki, K., De Grijs, R., Emerson, J., Gibson, B. K., Kamath, D., Van Loon, J. T., Piatti, A., & For, B.-Q. (2016). Towards a fundamental astrometric reference system behind the Malleganic clouds : spectroscopic confirmation of new quasar candidates selected in the near-infrared. The Messenger, 32-34

Quasi-stellar objects (quasars) located behind nearby galaxies provide an excellent absolute reference system for astrometric studies, but they are difficult to identify because of fore- and background contamination. We have embarked on a programme t... Read More about Towards a fundamental astrometric reference system behind the Malleganic clouds : spectroscopic confirmation of new quasar candidates selected in the near-infrared.

Molecular catalysis for precise olefin polymerization and ROP 2015 (2016)
Journal Article
Redshaw, C. (2016). Molecular catalysis for precise olefin polymerization and ROP 2015. Catalysts, 6(4), 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal6040053

The growth of emerging markets, particularly in the Far East, has fuelled the demand for new plastic materials. This in turn has stimulated both academic and industrial interest in the design of catalyst systems for which new Intellectual Property (I... Read More about Molecular catalysis for precise olefin polymerization and ROP 2015.

Conformational photoswitching of a synthetic peptide foldamer bound within a phospholipid bilayer (2016)
Journal Article
De Poli, M., Zawodny, W., Quinonero, O., Lorch, M., Webb, S. J., & Clayden, J. (2016). Conformational photoswitching of a synthetic peptide foldamer bound within a phospholipid bilayer. Science, 352(6285), 575-580. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad8352

The dynamic properties of foldamers, synthetic molecules that mimic folded biomolecules, have mainly been explored in free solution.We report on the design, synthesis, and conformational behavior of photoresponsive foldamers bound in a phospholipid b... Read More about Conformational photoswitching of a synthetic peptide foldamer bound within a phospholipid bilayer.

Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE): a comprehensive record-linked database study in Wales (2016)
Journal Article
Fone, D., Morgan, J., Fry, R., Rodgers, S., Orford, S., Farewell, D., Dunstan, F., White, J., Sivarajasingam, V., Trefan, L., Brennan, I., Lee, S., Shiode, N., Weightman, A., Webster, C., & Lyons, R. (2016). Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE): a comprehensive record-linked database study in Wales. Public Health Research, 4(3), 1-184. https://doi.org/10.3310/phr04030

Background Excess alcohol consumption has serious adverse effects on health and results in violence-related harm. Objective This study investigated the impact of change in community alcohol availability on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm... Read More about Change in alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related harm to population health (CHALICE): a comprehensive record-linked database study in Wales.

Energy efficient scheme based on simultaneous transmission of the local decisions in cooperative spectrum sensing (2016)
Journal Article
Aquino, G. P., Guimarães, D. A., & Cattaneo, M. E. (2016). Energy efficient scheme based on simultaneous transmission of the local decisions in cooperative spectrum sensing. KSII transactions on internet and information systems, 10(3), 996-1015. https://doi.org/10.3837/tiis.2016.03.003

A common concern regarding cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS) schemes is the occupied bandwidth and the energy consumption during the transmissions of sensing information to the fusion center over the reporting control channels. This concern is inten... Read More about Energy efficient scheme based on simultaneous transmission of the local decisions in cooperative spectrum sensing.

Duramycin-induced calcium release in cancer cells (2016)
Journal Article
Broughton, L. J., Crow, C., Madden, L. A., & Maraveyas, A. (2016). Duramycin-induced calcium release in cancer cells. Anti-cancer drugs, 27(3), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1097/cad.0000000000000313

Introduction: Duramycin through binding with phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) has shown potential to be an effective anti-tumour agent. However its mode of action in relation to tumour cells is not fully understood. Methods: PE expression on the surface... Read More about Duramycin-induced calcium release in cancer cells.

Pretreatment prognostic value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging vascular, texture, shape, and size parameters compared with traditional survival indicators obtained from locally advanced breast cancer patients (2016)
Journal Article
Pickles, M. D., Lowry, M., & Gibbs, P. (2016). Pretreatment prognostic value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging vascular, texture, shape, and size parameters compared with traditional survival indicators obtained from locally advanced breast cancer patients. Investigative radiology, 51(3), 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000000222

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine if associations exist between pretreatment dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based metrics (vascular kinetics, texture, shape, size) and survival intervals. Furthermore... Read More about Pretreatment prognostic value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging vascular, texture, shape, and size parameters compared with traditional survival indicators obtained from locally advanced breast cancer patients.

Evaluating hyperheuristics and local search operators for periodic routing problems (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, Y., Mourdjis, P., Polack, F., Cowling, P., & Remde, S. (2016). Evaluating hyperheuristics and local search operators for periodic routing problems. Lecture notes in computer science, 9595, 104-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30698-8_8

Meta-heuristics and hybrid heuristic approaches have been successfully applied to Periodic Vehicle Routing Problems (PVRPs). However, to be competitive, these methods require careful design of specific search strategies for each problem. By contrast,... Read More about Evaluating hyperheuristics and local search operators for periodic routing problems.

Human platelet activation by Escherichia coli: roles for FcγRIIA and integrin αIIbβ3 (2016)
Journal Article
Watson, C. N., Cox, D., Watson, S. P., Arman, M., Henderson, I. R., & Kerrigan, S. W. (2016). Human platelet activation by Escherichia coli: roles for FcγRIIA and integrin αIIbβ3. Platelets, 27(6), 535-540. https://doi.org/10.3109/09537104.2016.1148129

Gram-negative Escherichia coli cause diseases such as sepsis and hemolytic uremic syndrome in which thrombotic disorders can be found. Direct platelet–bacterium interactions might contribute to some of these conditions; however, mechanisms of human p... Read More about Human platelet activation by Escherichia coli: roles for FcγRIIA and integrin αIIbβ3.

Are mortgage lenders guilty of the housing bubble? A UK perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Xiao, Q., & Devaney, S. (2016). Are mortgage lenders guilty of the housing bubble? A UK perspective. Applied economics, 48(45), 4271-4290. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2016.1156231

Existing theoretical models of house prices and credit rely on continuous rationality of consumers, an assumption that has been frequently questioned in recent years. Meanwhile, empirical investigations of the relationship between prices and credit a... Read More about Are mortgage lenders guilty of the housing bubble? A UK perspective.

‘“The community spirit was a wonderful thing.” On nostalgia and the politics of belonging’ (2016)
Journal Article
Ramsden, S. (2016). ‘“The community spirit was a wonderful thing.” On nostalgia and the politics of belonging’. Oral history, 44(1), 89-97

In this article I draw on oral history interviews about social life in a small town to explore the personal and social implications of nostalgia. Whereas some recent scholarship interprets narratives of lost community in the context of conflicting mo... Read More about ‘“The community spirit was a wonderful thing.” On nostalgia and the politics of belonging’.

Expert testimony, law and epistemic authority (2016)
Journal Article
Ward, T. (2017). Expert testimony, law and epistemic authority. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 34(2), 263-277. https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12213

© Society for Applied Philosophy, 2016 This article discusses the concept of epistemic authority in the context of English law relating to expert testimony. It distinguishes between two conceptions of epistemic authority (and epistemic deference), on... Read More about Expert testimony, law and epistemic authority.

Perceptions of coach-athlete relationship are more important to coaches than athletes in predicting dyadic coping and stress appraisals: An actor-partner independence mediation model (2016)
Journal Article
Nicholls, A. R., & Perry, J. L. (2016). Perceptions of coach-athlete relationship are more important to coaches than athletes in predicting dyadic coping and stress appraisals: An actor-partner independence mediation model. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(MAR), Article 447. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00447

Most attempts to manage stress involve at least one other person, yet coping studies in sport tend to report an athlete’s individual coping strategies. There is a limited understanding of coping involving other people, particularly within sport, desp... Read More about Perceptions of coach-athlete relationship are more important to coaches than athletes in predicting dyadic coping and stress appraisals: An actor-partner independence mediation model.

Autonomous crowds tracking with box particle filtering and convolution particle filtering (2016)
Journal Article
De Freitas, A., Mihaylova, L., Gning, A., Angelova, D., & Kadirkamanathan, V. (2016). Autonomous crowds tracking with box particle filtering and convolution particle filtering. Automatica : the journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control, 69, 380-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2016.03.009

Autonomous systems such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) need to be able to recognise and track crowds of people, e.g. for rescuing and surveillance purposes. Large groups generate multiple measurements with uncertain origin. Additionally, often th... Read More about Autonomous crowds tracking with box particle filtering and convolution particle filtering.

Opposing patterns of seasonal change in functional and phylogenetic diversity of tadpole assemblages (2016)
Journal Article
Strauß, A., Guilhaumon, F., Randrianiaina, R. D., Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Vences, M., & Glos, J. (2016). Opposing patterns of seasonal change in functional and phylogenetic diversity of tadpole assemblages. PLoS ONE, 11(3), Article e0151744. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151744

Assemblages that are exposed to recurring temporal environmental changes can show changes in their ecological properties. These can be expressed by differences in diversity and assembly rules. Both can be identified using two measures of diversity: f... Read More about Opposing patterns of seasonal change in functional and phylogenetic diversity of tadpole assemblages.

Application of the D3H2 methodology for the cost-effective design of dependable systems (2016)
Journal Article
Aizpurua, J. I., Muxika, E., Papadopoulos, Y., Chiacchio, F., & Manno, G. (2016). Application of the D3H2 methodology for the cost-effective design of dependable systems. Safety, 2(2), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety2020009

The use of dedicated components as a means of achieving desirable levels of fault tolerance in a system may result in high costs. A cost effective way of restoring failed functions is to use heterogeneous redundancies: components that, besides perfor... Read More about Application of the D3H2 methodology for the cost-effective design of dependable systems.

Supplicants & Guardians: the petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660 (2016)
Journal Article
Worthen, H. (2017). Supplicants & Guardians: the petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660. Women's History Review, 26(4), 528-540. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2016.1148503

During the Civil Wars and Interregnum Parliament sought to fund their war effort by confiscating Royalist estates. The widows of Royalist landowners were left without a husband and without the prospect of any means of support unless they could regain... Read More about Supplicants & Guardians: the petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660.

Effects of environmental noise on cognitive (dys)functions in schizophrenia: A pilot within-subjects experimental study (2016)
Journal Article
Wright, B., Peters, E., Ettinger, U., Kuipers, E., & Kumari, V. (2016). Effects of environmental noise on cognitive (dys)functions in schizophrenia: A pilot within-subjects experimental study. Schizophrenia research, 173(1-2), 101-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2016.03.017

Cognitive impairment, particularly in attention, memory and executive function domains, is commonly present and associated with poor functional outcomes in schizophrenia. In healthy adults, environmental noise adversely affects many cognitive domains... Read More about Effects of environmental noise on cognitive (dys)functions in schizophrenia: A pilot within-subjects experimental study.