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Postmortem ICD interrogation in mode of death classification (2018)
Journal Article
Nikolaidou, T., Johnson, M. J., Ghosh, J. M., Marincowitz, C., Shah, S., Lammiman, M. J., …Clark, A. L. (2018). Postmortem ICD interrogation in mode of death classification. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 29(4), 573-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.13414

© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Background: The definition of sudden death due to arrhythmia relies on the time interval between onset of symptoms and death. However, not all sudden deaths are due to arrhythmia. In patients with an implantable cardiov... Read More about Postmortem ICD interrogation in mode of death classification.

Masculinity in transition or patriarchy reasserted? A study of construction workers in Sylhet, Bangladesh (2018)
Journal Article
Choudhury, T., & Clisby, S. (2018). Masculinity in transition or patriarchy reasserted? A study of construction workers in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Studies on Home and Community Science, 11(2), 125-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/09737189.2017.1420406

Globally, understandings and experiences of masculinity have drawn significant attention and critique, generating lively academic debate and scholarship over the past several decades. However to date there has been relatively little such debate perta... Read More about Masculinity in transition or patriarchy reasserted? A study of construction workers in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Gender games: practical tools for gender analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Clisby, S. (2018). Gender games: practical tools for gender analysis. Studies on Home and Community Science, 11(2), 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/09737189.2017.1420382

In this practical methodological piece I provide an illustration of what form gender analysis training might take. This is an example of training that I have devised and employed in various ways and formats in my work with a range of NGOs and non-sta... Read More about Gender games: practical tools for gender analysis.

Analytical investigation of the heat-transfer limits of a novel solar loop-heat pipe employing a mini-channel evaporator (2018)
Journal Article
Diallo, T. M., Yu, M., Zhou, J., Zhao, X., Ji, J., & Hardy, D. (2018). Analytical investigation of the heat-transfer limits of a novel solar loop-heat pipe employing a mini-channel evaporator. Energies, 11(1), Article 148. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11010148

© 2018 by the authors. This paper presents an analytical investigation of heat-transfer limits of a novel solar loop-heat pipe developed for space heating and domestic hot water use. In the loop-heat pipe, the condensate liquid returns to the evapora... Read More about Analytical investigation of the heat-transfer limits of a novel solar loop-heat pipe employing a mini-channel evaporator.

The furan microsolvation blind challenge for quantum chemical methods: First steps (2018)
Journal Article
Gottschalk, H. C., Poblotzki, A., Suhm, M. A., Al-Mogren, M. M., Antony, J., Auer, A. A., Baptista, L., Benoit, D. M., Bistoni, G., Bohle, F., Dahmani, R., Firaha, D., Grimme, S., Hansen, A., Harding, M. E., Hochlaf, M., Holzer, C., Jansen, G., Klopper, W., Kopp, W. A., …Mata, R. A. (2018). The furan microsolvation blind challenge for quantum chemical methods: First steps. The Journal of chemical physics, 148(1), Article 014301. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5009011

© 2018 Author(s). Herein we present the results of a blind challenge to quantum chemical methods in the calculation of dimerization preferences in the low temperature gas phase. The target of study was the first step of the microsolvation of furan, 2... Read More about The furan microsolvation blind challenge for quantum chemical methods: First steps.

Financial stress relationships among Euro area countries: an R-vine copula approach (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, D., Yan, M., & Tsopanakis, A. (2018). Financial stress relationships among Euro area countries: an R-vine copula approach. The European journal of finance, 24(17), 1587-1608. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2017.1419273

One of the biggest challenges of keeping Euro area financial stability is the negative co-movement between the vulnerability of public finance, the financial sector, security markets stresses as well as economic growth, especially in peripheral econo... Read More about Financial stress relationships among Euro area countries: an R-vine copula approach.

Pyrene-based color-tunable dipolar molecules: Synthesis, characterization and optical properties (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, C. Z., Feng, X., Kowser, Z., Wu, C., Akther, T., Elsegood, M. R. J., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2018). Pyrene-based color-tunable dipolar molecules: Synthesis, characterization and optical properties. Dyes and pigments : an international journal, 153, 125-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.01.003

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd A controllable regioselective approach to achieve dipolar functionalization at the active sites (1,3-positions) and K-region (5,9-positions) of pyrene is demonstrated. Following this strategy, a set of dipolar 1,3-diphenyl-5,9-di(... Read More about Pyrene-based color-tunable dipolar molecules: Synthesis, characterization and optical properties.

Is the Milky Way still breathing? RAVE–Gaia streaming motions (2018)
Journal Article
Carrillo, I., Minchev, I., Kordopatis, G., Steinmetz, M., Binney, J., Anders, F., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Famaey, B., Freeman, K. C., Gilmore, G., Gibson, B. K., Grebel, E. K., Helmi, A., Just, A., Kunder, A., McMillan, P., Monari, G., Munari, U., Navarro, J., …Zwitter, T. (2018). Is the Milky Way still breathing? RAVE–Gaia streaming motions. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475(2), 2679-2696. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3342

We use data from the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) and the Tycho-Gaia astrometric solution (TGAS) catalogue to compute the velocity fields yielded by the radial (VR), azimuthal (Vϕ),and vertical (Vz) components of associated Galactocentric veloci... Read More about Is the Milky Way still breathing? RAVE–Gaia streaming motions.

Translocator protein as an imaging marker of macrophage and stromal activation in rheumatoid arthritis pannus (2018)
Journal Article
Narayan, N., Owen, D. R., Mandhair, H., Smyth, E., Carlucci, F., Saleem, A., …Taylor, P. C. (2018). Translocator protein as an imaging marker of macrophage and stromal activation in rheumatoid arthritis pannus. Journal of nuclear medicine, 59(7), 1125-1132. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.117.202200

PET radioligands targeted to translocator protein (TSPO) offer a highly sensitive and specific means of imaging joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Through high expression of TSPO on activated macrophages, TSPO PET has been widely report... Read More about Translocator protein as an imaging marker of macrophage and stromal activation in rheumatoid arthritis pannus.

Sediment Transport of Fine Sand to Fine Gravel on Transverse Bed Slopes in Rotating Annular Flume Experiments (2018)
Journal Article
Baar, A. W., de Smit, J., Uijttewaal, W. S. J., & Kleinhans, M. G. (2018). Sediment Transport of Fine Sand to Fine Gravel on Transverse Bed Slopes in Rotating Annular Flume Experiments. Water Resources Research, 54(1), 19-45. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR020604

Large‐scale morphology, in particular meander bend depth, bar dimensions, and bifurcation dynamics, are greatly affected by the deflection of sediment transport on transverse bed slopes due to gravity and by secondary flows. Overestimating the transv... Read More about Sediment Transport of Fine Sand to Fine Gravel on Transverse Bed Slopes in Rotating Annular Flume Experiments.

Risk adjusted momentum strategies: A comparison between constant and dynamic volatility scaling approaches (2018)
Journal Article
Fan, M., Li, Y., & Liu, J. (2018). Risk adjusted momentum strategies: A comparison between constant and dynamic volatility scaling approaches. Research in international business and finance, 46, 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2017.12.004

We compare the performance of two volatility scaling methods in momentum strategies: (i) the constant volatility scaling approach of Barroso and Santa-Clara (2015), and (ii) the dynamic volatility scaling method of Daniel and Moskowitz (2016). We per... Read More about Risk adjusted momentum strategies: A comparison between constant and dynamic volatility scaling approaches.

Prognostic value of psychosocial factors for first and recurrent hospitalizations and mortality in heart failure patients: insights from the OPERA-HF study (2018)
Journal Article
Sokoreli, I., Pauws, S. C., Steyerberg, E. W., de Vries, G., Riistama, J. M., Tesanovic, A., …Clark, A. L. (2018). Prognostic value of psychosocial factors for first and recurrent hospitalizations and mortality in heart failure patients: insights from the OPERA-HF study. European journal of heart failure, 20(4), 689-696. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1112

Aims: Psychosocial factors are rarely collected in studies investigating the prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF), and only time to first-event is commonly reported. We investigated the prognostic value of psychosocial factors for predicting... Read More about Prognostic value of psychosocial factors for first and recurrent hospitalizations and mortality in heart failure patients: insights from the OPERA-HF study.

The impact of therapeutic opioid agonists on driving-related psychomotor skills assessed by a driving simulator or an on-road driving task: A systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Ferreira, D. H., Boland, J. W., Phillips, J. L., Lam, L., & Currow, D. C. (2018). The impact of therapeutic opioid agonists on driving-related psychomotor skills assessed by a driving simulator or an on-road driving task: A systematic review. Palliative medicine, 32(4), 786-803. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216317746583

Background: Driving cessation is associated with poor health-related outcomes. People with chronic diseases are often prescribed long-term opioid agonists that have the potential to impair driving. Studies evaluating the impact of opioids on driving-... Read More about The impact of therapeutic opioid agonists on driving-related psychomotor skills assessed by a driving simulator or an on-road driving task: A systematic review.

3D characterisation of the Fe-rich intermetallic phases in recycled Al alloys by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and skeletonisation (2018)
Journal Article
Schlepütz, C. M., Zhao, Y., Du, W., Koe, B., Connolley, T., Irvine, S., Allan, P. K., Schlepütz, C. M., Zhang, W., Wang, F., Eskin, D. G., & Mi, J. (2018). 3D characterisation of the Fe-rich intermetallic phases in recycled Al alloys by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and skeletonisation. Scripta materialia, 146, 321-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.12.010

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Synchrotron X-ray microtomography and skeletonisation method were used to study the true 3D network structures and morphologies of the Fe-rich intermetallic phases in recycled Al-5.0%Cu-0.6%Mn alloys with 0.5% and 1.0% Fe. It was... Read More about 3D characterisation of the Fe-rich intermetallic phases in recycled Al alloys by synchrotron X-ray microtomography and skeletonisation.

Lost in delegation? (Dis)organizing for sustainability (2018)
Journal Article
Allen, S., Brigham, M., & Marshall, J. (2018). Lost in delegation? (Dis)organizing for sustainability. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 34(1), 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2017.11.002

Using actor-networks as our conceptual lens for appreciating complex sociomaterial interdependencies, we explore how a vision to “do things differently” for sustainability becomes enacted and significantly diluted at a major brownfield development pr... Read More about Lost in delegation? (Dis)organizing for sustainability.

Euthanasia and palliative sedation in Belgium (2018)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Ely, E. W. (2018). Euthanasia and palliative sedation in Belgium. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 8(3), 307-313. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001398

The aim of this article is to use data from Belgium to analyse distinctions between palliative sedation and euthanasia. There is a need to reduce confusion and improve communication related to patient management at the end of life specifically regard... Read More about Euthanasia and palliative sedation in Belgium.

Optimal and Robust Control of Multi DOF Robotic Manipulator: Design and Hardware Realization (2018)
Journal Article
Ajwad, S. A., Iqbal, J., Islam, R. U., Alsheikhy, A., Almeshal, A., & Mehmood, A. (2018). Optimal and Robust Control of Multi DOF Robotic Manipulator: Design and Hardware Realization. Cybernetics and Systems, 49(1), 77-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/01969722.2017.1412905

Robots have become an integral part of industrial automation. Their ultimate role and contribution in this sector is essentially a function of the associated control strategy to ensure precision, repeatability, and reliability, particularly in an env... Read More about Optimal and Robust Control of Multi DOF Robotic Manipulator: Design and Hardware Realization.

Atomic "bomb testing": The Elitzur-Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett-Garg inequality (2018)
Book Chapter
Robens, C., Alt, W., Emary, C., Meschede, D., & Alberti, A. (2018). Atomic "bomb testing": The Elitzur-Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett-Garg inequality. In Exploring the World with the Laser: Dedicated to Theodor Hänsch on his 75th Birthday (141-157). Exploring the World with the Laser: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64346-5_10

Elitzur and Vaidman have proposed a measurement scheme that, based on the quantum superposition principle, allows one to detect the presence of an object—in a dramatic scenario, a bomb—without interacting with it. It was pointed out by Ghirardi that... Read More about Atomic "bomb testing": The Elitzur-Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett-Garg inequality.