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Biodiversity characterisation and hydrodynamic consequences of marine fouling communities on submerged marine structures in the Orkney Islands Archipelago, Scotland, UK. (2017)
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Want, A., Crawford, R., Kakkonen, {. E., Kiddie, G., Miller, S., Harris, {. E., & Porter, J. (2017). Biodiversity characterisation and hydrodynamic consequences of marine fouling communities on submerged marine structures in the Orkney Islands Archipelago, Scotland, UK. Biofouling, 33(7), 567--579. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2017.1336229

As part of ongoing commitments to produce electricity from renewable energy sources in Scotland, Orkney waters have been targeted for potential large-scale deployment of wave and tidal energy converting devices. Orkney has a well-developed infrastruc... Read More about Biodiversity characterisation and hydrodynamic consequences of marine fouling communities on submerged marine structures in the Orkney Islands Archipelago, Scotland, UK..

Feminist documentary cinema as a diffraction apparatus for the visualisation of care labour: the Spanish collective film Cuidado, resbala (2013) (2017)
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Calderón, O. (2017). Feminist documentary cinema as a diffraction apparatus for the visualisation of care labour: the Spanish collective film Cuidado, resbala (2013). Feminist Media Studies, 17(2), 308-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2017.1283750

This essay analyses the Spanish documentary film Cuidado, resbala (María Camacho Gómez, Montserrat Clos Fabuel, Mercedes Cordero Suárez, Vanessa Gómez Martínez, Carolina Suarez Rasmussen and Leonor Jiménez Moreno, 2013) as a diffraction apparatus tha... Read More about Feminist documentary cinema as a diffraction apparatus for the visualisation of care labour: the Spanish collective film Cuidado, resbala (2013).

An investigation to identify potential risk factors associated with common chronic diseases among the older population in India (2017)
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Ahankari, A., Adaji, E., Myles, P., Adaji, E., Ahankari, A., & Myles, P. (2017). An investigation to identify potential risk factors associated with common chronic diseases among the older population in India. Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine, 42(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.199802

© 2017 Indian Journal of Community Medicine. Background: In India, chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and their prevalence has constantly increased over the last decade. Objective: This study aimed to identify risk factors associated wit... Read More about An investigation to identify potential risk factors associated with common chronic diseases among the older population in India.

Computational biomechanics changes our view on insect head evolution (2017)
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Blanke, A., Watson, P. J., Holbrey, R., & Fagan, M. J. (2017). Computational biomechanics changes our view on insect head evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1848), Article 20162412. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2412

© 2017 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. Despite large-scale molecular attempts, the relationships of the basal winged insect lineages dragonflies, mayflies and neopterans, are still unresolved. Other data sources, su... Read More about Computational biomechanics changes our view on insect head evolution.

Investigating the influence of music training on verbal memory (2017)
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Taylor, A. C., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2017). Investigating the influence of music training on verbal memory. Psychology of music, 45(6), 814-820. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735617690246

Previous research has shown that musical training is associated with enhanced verbal memory. The current study investigated the generality of this association by presenting undergraduates who had received musical training (n = 20) and undergraduates... Read More about Investigating the influence of music training on verbal memory.

Tussive challenge with ATP and AMP: does it reveal cough hypersensitivity? (2017)
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Fowles, H. E., Rowland, T., Wright, C., & Morice, A. (2017). Tussive challenge with ATP and AMP: does it reveal cough hypersensitivity?. European respiratory journal, 49(2), Article ARTN 1601452. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01452-2016

Recent studies have demonstrated that blockade of P2X3 adenosine triphosphate (ATP) receptors may profoundly inhibit chronic cough. We have considered whether inhaled ATP produces a tussive response and whether chronic cough patients are hypersensiti... Read More about Tussive challenge with ATP and AMP: does it reveal cough hypersensitivity?.

Counter-intuitive moral judgement following traumatic brain injury (2017)
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Rowley, D. A., Rogish, M., Alexander, T., & Riggs, K. J. (2018). Counter-intuitive moral judgement following traumatic brain injury. Journal of neuropsychology, 12(2), 200-215. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12117

Several neurological patient populations, including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), appear to produce an abnormally ‘utilitarian’ pattern of judgements to moral dilemmas; they tend to make judgements that maximise the welfare of the majority, rather th... Read More about Counter-intuitive moral judgement following traumatic brain injury.

Synthesis and bactericidal properties of porphyrins immobilized in a polyacrylamide support: influence of metal complexation on photoactivity (2017)
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Spagnul, C., Turner, L. C., Giuntini, F., Greenman, J., & Boyle, R. W. (2017). Synthesis and bactericidal properties of porphyrins immobilized in a polyacrylamide support: influence of metal complexation on photoactivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5(9), 1834-1845. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tb03198f

Spectroscopic and photodynamic properties of three novel polymeric hydrogels bearing porphyrins have been studied in vitro on the recombinant bioluminescent Gram-negative Escherichia coli DH5α to assess their ability to inactivate bacterial strains i... Read More about Synthesis and bactericidal properties of porphyrins immobilized in a polyacrylamide support: influence of metal complexation on photoactivity.

Particles adsorbed at various non-aqueous liquid-liquid interfaces (2017)
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Fernandez-Rodriguez, M. A., Binks, B. P., Rodriguez-Valverde, M. A., Cabrerizo-Vilchez, M. A., & Hidalgo-Álvarez, R. (2017). Particles adsorbed at various non-aqueous liquid-liquid interfaces. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 247, 208-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2017.02.001

Particles adsorbed at liquid interfaces are commonly used to stabilise water-oil Pickering emulsions and water-air foams. The fundamental understanding of the physics of particles adsorbed at water-air and water-oil interfaces is improving significan... Read More about Particles adsorbed at various non-aqueous liquid-liquid interfaces.

Assessment of micro-scale anaerobic digestion for management of urban organic waste: A case study in London, UK (2017)
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Walker, M., Theaker, H., Yaman, R., Poggio, D., Nimmo, W., Bywater, A., …Pourkashanian, M. (2017). Assessment of micro-scale anaerobic digestion for management of urban organic waste: A case study in London, UK. Waste Management, 61, 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2017.01.036

This paper describes the analysis of an AD plant that is novel in that it is located in an urban environment, built on a micro-scale, fed on food and catering waste, and operates as a purposeful system. The plant was built in 2013 and continues to op... Read More about Assessment of micro-scale anaerobic digestion for management of urban organic waste: A case study in London, UK.

Genome-wide association analysis implicates dysregulation of immunity genes in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (2017)
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Law, P. J., Berndt, S. I., Speedy, H. E., Camp, N. J., Sava, G. P., Skibola, C. F., …Slager, S. (2017). Genome-wide association analysis implicates dysregulation of immunity genes in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Nature communications, 8, 14175. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14175

Several chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) susceptibility loci have been reported; however, much of the heritable risk remains unidentified. Here we perform a meta-analysis of six genome-wide association studies, imputed using a merged reference pan... Read More about Genome-wide association analysis implicates dysregulation of immunity genes in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

Coalescence of electrically charged liquid marbles (2017)
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Binks, B. P., Fu, X., Liu, Z., & Shum, H. C. (2017). Coalescence of electrically charged liquid marbles. Soft matter, 13(1), 119-124. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6sm00883f

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. In this work, we investigated the coalescence of liquid water marbles driven by a DC electric field. We have found that two contacting liquid marbles can be forced to coalesce when they are charged by a sufficiently... Read More about Coalescence of electrically charged liquid marbles.

The differential effects of systemic vasoconstrictors on human pulmonary artery tension (2017)
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Hussain, A., Bennett, R., Haqzad, Y., Qadri, S., Chaudhry, M., Cowen, M., …Morice, A. (2017). The differential effects of systemic vasoconstrictors on human pulmonary artery tension. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 51(5), 880-886. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezw410

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Objectives: Acute pulmonary hypertension following cardiac surgery can have a significant effect on postoperative morbidity and mortality. However, limited data are availab... Read More about The differential effects of systemic vasoconstrictors on human pulmonary artery tension.

An overview of fault tree analysis and its application in model based dependability analysis (2017)
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Kabir, S. (2017). An overview of fault tree analysis and its application in model based dependability analysis. Expert Systems with Applications, 77, 114-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.01.058

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a well-established and well-understood technique, widely used for dependability evaluation of a wide range of systems. Although many extensions of fault trees have been proposed, they suffer from a variety of shortcomings... Read More about An overview of fault tree analysis and its application in model based dependability analysis.

Snap-through behaviour of a bistable structure based on viscoelastically generated prestress (2017)
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Wang, B., Ge, C., & Fancey, K. S. (2017). Snap-through behaviour of a bistable structure based on viscoelastically generated prestress. Composites. Part B, Engineering, 114, 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.01.069

A novel form of shape-changing bistable structure has been successfully developed through the use of viscoelastically generated prestress. Bistability is achieved through pairs of deflecting viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composite (VP... Read More about Snap-through behaviour of a bistable structure based on viscoelastically generated prestress.

Survival processing versus self-reference : a memory advantage following descriptive self-referential encoding (2017)
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Dewhurst, S. A., Anderson, R. J., Grace, L., & Boland, J. (2017). Survival processing versus self-reference : a memory advantage following descriptive self-referential encoding. Journal of Memory and Language, 94, 291-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2017.01.003

Previous research has shown that rating words for their relevance to a survival scenario leads to better retention of the words than rating them for self-reference. Past studies have, however, relied exclusively on an autobiographical self-reference... Read More about Survival processing versus self-reference : a memory advantage following descriptive self-referential encoding.

Funding models in palliative care: lessons from international experience (2017)
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Groeneveld, E. I., Cassel, J. B., Murtagh, F. E., Merino, T. G. B., Murtagh, F. E., Csikos, A., …Murtagh, F. E. M. (2017). Funding models in palliative care: lessons from international experience. Palliative medicine, 31(4), 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216316689015

Background: Funding models influence provision and development of palliative care services. As palliative care integrates into mainstream health care provision, opportunities to develop funding mechanisms arise. However, little has been reported on w... Read More about Funding models in palliative care: lessons from international experience.

Stellar (n,γ) cross sections of ²³Na (2017)
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Uberseder, E., Heil, M., Käppeler, F., Lederer, C., Mengoni, A., Bisterzo, S., …Wiescher, M. (2017). Stellar (n,γ) cross sections of ²³Na. Physical Review C, 95(2), 025803. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.025803

The cross section of the ²³Na(n,γ)²⁴Na reaction has been measured via the activation method at the Karlsruhe 3.7 MV Van de Graaff accelerator. NaCl samples were exposed to quasistellar neutron spectra at kT = 5.1 and 25 keV produced via the ¹⁸O(p,n)¹... Read More about Stellar (n,γ) cross sections of ²³Na.

NanoSOSG : a nanostructured fluorescent probe for detection of intracellular singlet oxygen (2017)
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Ruiz-González, R., Gulías, Ò., Ruiz-González, R., Bresolí-Obach, R., Gulías, Ò., Agut, M., …Giuntini, F. (2017). NanoSOSG : a nanostructured fluorescent probe for detection of intracellular singlet oxygen. Angewandte Chemie, 56(11), 2885-2888. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201609050

A biocompatible fluorescent nanoprobe for singlet oxygen (¹O₂) detection in biological systems was designed, synthesized, and characterized, that circumvents many of the limitations of the molecular probe Singlet Oxygen Sensor Green® (SOSG). This wid... Read More about NanoSOSG : a nanostructured fluorescent probe for detection of intracellular singlet oxygen.

Warfighting for cyber deterrence: a strategic and moral imperative (2017)
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Lonsdale, D. J. (2018). Warfighting for cyber deterrence: a strategic and moral imperative. Philosophy && Technology, 31(3), 409-429. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-017-0252-8

Theories of cyber deterrence are developing rapidly. However, the literature is missing an important ingredient—warfighting for deterrence. This controversial idea, most commonly associated with nuclear strategy during the later stages of the Cold Wa... Read More about Warfighting for cyber deterrence: a strategic and moral imperative.