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Quantification of temporal fault trees based on fuzzy set theory (2014)
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Kabir, S., Edifor, E., Walker, M., & Gordon, N. (2014). Quantification of temporal fault trees based on fuzzy set theory. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 286, 255-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07013-1_24

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014. Fault tree analysis (FTA) has been modified in different ways to make it capable of performing quantitative and qualitative safety analysis with temporal gates, thereby overcoming its limitation i... Read More about Quantification of temporal fault trees based on fuzzy set theory.

Cloud angular momentum and effective viscosity in global SPH simulations with feedback (2014)
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Williamson, D. J., Thacker, R. J., Wurster, J., & Gibson, B. K. (2014). Cloud angular momentum and effective viscosity in global SPH simulations with feedback. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442(4), 3674-3685. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1121

We examine simulations of isolated galaxies to analyse the effects of localized feedback on the formation and evolution of molecular clouds. Feedback contributes to turbulence and the destruction of clouds, leading to a population of clouds that is y... Read More about Cloud angular momentum and effective viscosity in global SPH simulations with feedback.

Thrips domiciles protect larvae from desiccation in an arid environment (2014)
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Gilbert, J. D. (2014). Thrips domiciles protect larvae from desiccation in an arid environment. Behavioral ecology, 25(6), 1338-1346. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru128

Desiccation is a particular risk for small animals in arid environments. In response, many organisms “construct niches,” favorable microenvironments where they spend part or all of their life cycle. Some maintain such environments for their offspring... Read More about Thrips domiciles protect larvae from desiccation in an arid environment.

Long-term flood controls on semi-arid river form: Evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers, eastern South Africa (2014)
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Heritage, G., Tooth, S., Entwistle, N., & Milan, D. (2014). Long-term flood controls on semi-arid river form: Evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers, eastern South Africa. Iahs Publication, 367, 141-146. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-367-141-2015

Rivers in the Kruger National Park, eastern South Africa, are characterised by bedrock-influenced ‘macrochannels’ containing variable alluvial thicknesses and riparian vegetation assemblages. Evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers suggests that... Read More about Long-term flood controls on semi-arid river form: Evidence from the Sabie and Olifants rivers, eastern South Africa.

Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa (2014)
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Entwistle, N., Heritage, G., Tooth, S., & Milan, D. (2014). Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa. Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 367, 215-219. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-367-215-2015

Rivers in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, have variable degrees of bedrock and alluvial influence. Pre-2000 aerial imagery for the Sabie River (catchment area 6320 km2) reveals downstream alternations from alluvial single thread or braided, t... Read More about Anastomosing reach control on hydraulics and sediment distribution on the Sabie River, South Africa.

Priests and politicians: Archbishop Michael Gonzi, Dom Mintoff, and the end of empire in Malta (2014)
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Smith, S. C. (2014). Priests and politicians: Archbishop Michael Gonzi, Dom Mintoff, and the end of empire in Malta. Journal of Mediterranean studies, 23(1), 113-124

The political contest in Malta at the end of empire involved not merely the British colonial authorities and emerging nationalists, but also the powerful Catholic Church. Under Archbishop Gonzi’s leadership, the Church took an overtly political stanc... Read More about Priests and politicians: Archbishop Michael Gonzi, Dom Mintoff, and the end of empire in Malta.

Design and comparison of two control strategies for multi-DOF articulated robotic arm manipulator (2014)
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ul Islam, R., Iqbal, J., & Khan, Q. (2014). Design and comparison of two control strategies for multi-DOF articulated robotic arm manipulator. Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, 16(2), 28-39

This paper is aimed at mathematical modeling and design of a robust control strategy for a multi Degree Of Freedom (DOF) manipulator. A novel AUTonomous Articulated Robotic Educational Platform (AUTAREP), centered on a 6 DOF arm, is introduced in the... Read More about Design and comparison of two control strategies for multi-DOF articulated robotic arm manipulator.

Potential for primary prevention of Alzheimer's disease: An analysis of population-based data (2014)
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Norton, S., Matthews, F. E., Barnes, D. E., Yaffe, K., & Brayne, C. (2014). Potential for primary prevention of Alzheimer's disease: An analysis of population-based data. Lancet Neurology, 13(8), 788-794. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422%2814%2970136-X

Background: Recent estimates suggesting that over half of Alzheimer's disease burden worldwide might be attributed to potentially modifiable risk factors do not take into account risk-factor non-independence. We aimed to provide specific estimates of... Read More about Potential for primary prevention of Alzheimer's disease: An analysis of population-based data.

A unified SLAM solution using partial 3D structure (2014)
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Riaz Un Nabi Jafri, S., Iqbal, J., Khan, H., & Chellali, R. (2014). A unified SLAM solution using partial 3D structure. Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, 20(9), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eee.20.9.8707

Good quality of environment mapping demands modelling the associated environment nearly to its 3D originality. This paper presents a unified Simultaneous Localisation And Mapping (SLAM) solution based on partial 3D structure. As compared to existing... Read More about A unified SLAM solution using partial 3D structure.

Dementia: Time trends and policy responses (2014)
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Wu, Y. T., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2014). Dementia: Time trends and policy responses. Maturitas, 79(2), 191-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.06.020

In recent years, dementia has been considered a public health priority and become a topic of major political interest. Recent reviews and studies have reported with varying degrees of alarm an impending and existing "dementia epidemic" with increasin... Read More about Dementia: Time trends and policy responses.

The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study protocol: A cross-sectional, lifespan, multidisciplinary examination of healthy cognitive ageing (2014)
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Shafto, M. A., Tyler, L. K., Dixon, M., Taylor, J. R., Rowe, J. B., Cusack, R., …Matthews, F. E. (2014). The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study protocol: A cross-sectional, lifespan, multidisciplinary examination of healthy cognitive ageing. BMC Neurology, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-014-0204-1

Background: As greater numbers of us are living longer, it is increasingly important to understand how we can age healthily. Although old age is often stereotyped as a time of declining mental abilities and inflexibility, cognitive neuroscience revea... Read More about The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study protocol: A cross-sectional, lifespan, multidisciplinary examination of healthy cognitive ageing.

Assessing environmental features related to mental health: A reliability study of visual streetscape images (2014)
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Wu, Y. T., Nash, P., Barnes, L. E., Minett, T., Matthews, F. E., Jones, A., & Brayne, C. (2014). Assessing environmental features related to mental health: A reliability study of visual streetscape images. BMC public health, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1094

Background: An association between depressive symptoms and features of built environment has been reported in the literature. A remaining research challenge is the development of methods to efficiently capture pertinent environmental features in rele... Read More about Assessing environmental features related to mental health: A reliability study of visual streetscape images.

TDP-43 pathology in the population: Prevalence and associations with dementia and age (2014)
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Keage, H. A., Hunter, S., Matthews, F. E., Ince, P. G., Hodges, J., Hokkanen, S. R., …Brayne, C. (2014). TDP-43 pathology in the population: Prevalence and associations with dementia and age. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 42(2), 641-650. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-132351

Objective: We aimed to determine the prevalence of transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDA (TDP-43) neuronal inclusions in a population-based sample, and associations with age group at death (≤90 and >90 years) and clinical dementia status... Read More about TDP-43 pathology in the population: Prevalence and associations with dementia and age.

The Mandarin Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): Sex differences (2014)
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Sun, X., Allison, C., Auyeung, B., Matthews, F. E., Sharp, S. J., Baron-Cohen, S., & Brayne, C. (2014). The Mandarin Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): Sex differences. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(9), 2137-2146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2088-8

Sex differences in social and communication behaviours related to autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have been investigated mainly in Western populations. Little research has been done in Chinese populations. This study explored sex differences related... Read More about The Mandarin Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): Sex differences.

Impact of the uncertainty in α-captures on 22Ne on the weak s-process in massive stars (2014)
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Nishimura, N., Hirschi, R., Pignatari, M., Herwig, F., Beard, M., Imbriani, G., …Wiescher, M. (2014). Impact of the uncertainty in α-captures on 22Ne on the weak s-process in massive stars. AIP conference proceedings, 1594(1), 146-151. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4874059

Massive stars at solar metallicity contribute to the production of heavy elements with atomic masses between A = 60 and A = 90 via the so-called weak s-process (which takes place during core He and shell C burning phases). Furthermore, recent studies... Read More about Impact of the uncertainty in α-captures on 22Ne on the weak s-process in massive stars.

Brain haemosiderin in older people: Pathological evidence for an ischaemic origin of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) microbleeds (2014)
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Janaway, B. M., Simpson, J. E., Hoggard, N., Highley, J. R., Forster, G., Drew, D., …Ince, P. G. (2014). Brain haemosiderin in older people: Pathological evidence for an ischaemic origin of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) microbleeds. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 40(3), 258-269. https://doi.org/10.1111/nan.12062

Introduction: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cerebral microbleeds (CMB) arise from ferromagnetic haemosiderin iron assumed to derive from extravasation of erythrocytes. Light microscopy of ageing brain frequently reveals foci of haemosiderin from s... Read More about Brain haemosiderin in older people: Pathological evidence for an ischaemic origin of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) microbleeds.

Development and validation of a new bariatric-specific health-related quality of life instrument ′′bariatric and obesity-specific survey (BOSS)′′ (2014)
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Tayyem, R., Atkinson, J., & Martin, C. (2014). Development and validation of a new bariatric-specific health-related quality of life instrument ′′bariatric and obesity-specific survey (BOSS)′′. Journal of postgraduate medicine, 60(4), 357-361. https://doi.org/10.4103/0022-3859.143952

Background: There is a lack of a psychometrically robust bariatric-specific health-related quality of life (HRQOL) tool. Aim: A single centre, prospective study to develop and validate a new bariatric-specific 81-item self-report HRQOL instrument cal... Read More about Development and validation of a new bariatric-specific health-related quality of life instrument ′′bariatric and obesity-specific survey (BOSS)′′.

Maxitive Integral of Real-Valued Functions (2014)
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Cattaneo, M. E. G. V. (2014). Maxitive Integral of Real-Valued Functions. Communications in computer and information science, 442 CCIS(PART 1), 226-235. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08795-5_24

The paper pursues the definition of a maxitive integral on all real-valued functions (i.e., the integral of the pointwise maximum of two functions must be the maximum of their integrals). This definition is not determined by maxitivity alone: additio... Read More about Maxitive Integral of Real-Valued Functions.