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System dependability modelling and analysis using AADL and HiP-HOPS (2012)
Journal Article
Mian, Z., Bottaci, L., Papadopoulos, Y., & Biehl, M. (2012). System dependability modelling and analysis using AADL and HiP-HOPS. IFAC Proceedings Volumes/ International Federation of Automatic Control, 45(6), 1647-1652. https://doi.org/10.3182/20120523-3-RO-2023.00334

The Architecture Analysis and Design Language (AADL) is gaining widespread acceptance in aerospace, automobile and avionics industries for designing dependability-critical systems. The design process of dependable systems must address both cost and d... Read More about System dependability modelling and analysis using AADL and HiP-HOPS.

Contemplations on sport, complexity, ages of being and practice (2012)
Journal Article
Gilbourne, D. (2012). Contemplations on sport, complexity, ages of being and practice. Sports Coaching Review, 1(1), 4-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2012.689491

From my experience of working alongside coaches, I would say that they are complexpeople. The people they coach are complex too. In the present paper, I considercomplexity as an underlying dynamic to (coaching) practice, something that might beunders... Read More about Contemplations on sport, complexity, ages of being and practice.

Prospects for deepening Mercosur integration: Economic asymmetry and institutional deficits (2012)
Journal Article
Doctor, M. (2013). Prospects for deepening Mercosur integration: Economic asymmetry and institutional deficits. Review of International Political Economy, 20(3), 515-540. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2012.671763

Mercosur faces a number of challenges in furthering its regional integration. This article considers whether theories developed for European regionalism, such as neo-functionalism and liberal inter-governmentalism, provide a suitable framework for an... Read More about Prospects for deepening Mercosur integration: Economic asymmetry and institutional deficits.

A comparative study of missing value imputation with multiclass classification for clinical heart failure data (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, Y., Kambhampati, C., Davis, D. N., Goode, K., & Cleland, J. G. F. (2012). A comparative study of missing value imputation with multiclass classification for clinical heart failure data. In Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD), 2012 9th International Conference on (2840-2844). https://doi.org/10.1109/fskd.2012.6233805

Clinical data often contains missing values. Imputation is one of the best known schemes to overcome the drawbacks associated with missing values in data mining tasks. In this work, we compared several imputation methods and analyzed their performanc... Read More about A comparative study of missing value imputation with multiclass classification for clinical heart failure data.

Tissue inducible Lifeact expression allows visualization of actin dynamics in vivo and ex vivo (2012)
Journal Article
Schachtner, H., Li, A., Stevenson, D., Calaminus, S. D., Thomas, S. G., Watson, S. P., …Machesky, L. M. (2012). Tissue inducible Lifeact expression allows visualization of actin dynamics in vivo and ex vivo. European journal of cell biology, 91(11-12), 923-929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcb.2012.04.002

We describe here the development and characterization of a conditionally inducible mouse model expressing Lifeact-GFP, a peptide that reports the dynamics of filamentous actin. We have used this model to study platelets, megakaryocytes and melanoblas... Read More about Tissue inducible Lifeact expression allows visualization of actin dynamics in vivo and ex vivo.

The good, the bad, and the hands-on: constructs of public participation, anglers, and lay management of water environments (2012)
Journal Article
Eden, S., & Bear, C. (2012). The good, the bad, and the hands-on: constructs of public participation, anglers, and lay management of water environments. Environment & planning. A, 44(5), 1200-1218 . https://doi.org/10.1068/a4495

We use a qualitative study of recreational anglers in northern England to explore constructions of ‘the public' in environmental management. We examine good and bad constructs of ‘the public' and show how they emphasise knowledge over practice. We ar... Read More about The good, the bad, and the hands-on: constructs of public participation, anglers, and lay management of water environments.

Pharmacological comparison of novel synthetic fenamate analogues with econazole and 2-APB on the inhibition of TRPM2 channels (2012)
Journal Article
Chen, G., Zeng, B., Eastmond, S., Elsenussi, S. E., Boa, A. N., & Xu, S. (2012). Pharmacological comparison of novel synthetic fenamate analogues with econazole and 2-APB on the inhibition of TRPM2 channels. British Journal of Pharmacology, 167(6), 1232-1243. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02058.x

BACKGROUND: Fenamate analogues, econazole and 2-APB are inhibitors of TRPM2 channels, which have been used as research tools. However, these compounds have different chemical structures and therapeutic applications. Here we aimed to investigate the p... Read More about Pharmacological comparison of novel synthetic fenamate analogues with econazole and 2-APB on the inhibition of TRPM2 channels.

Shearing Mechanics and the Influence of a Flexible Symphysis During Oral Food Processing in Sphenodon (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) (2012)
Journal Article
Jones, M. E. H., Evans, S. E., Curtis, N., O'Higgins, P., & Fagan, M. J. (2012). Shearing Mechanics and the Influence of a Flexible Symphysis During Oral Food Processing in Sphenodon (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia). Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 295(7), 1075-1091. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.22487

Response of face-selective brain regions to trustworthiness and gender of faces (2012)
Journal Article
Mattavelli, G., Andrews, T. J., Asghar, A. U., Towler, J. R., & Young, A. W. (2012). Response of face-selective brain regions to trustworthiness and gender of faces. Neuropsychologia, 50(9), 2205-2211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.05.024

Neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies have demonstrated a role for the amygdala in processing the perceived trustworthiness of faces, but it remains uncertain whether its responses are linear (with the greatest response to the least trustworthy... Read More about Response of face-selective brain regions to trustworthiness and gender of faces.

Indices, multispecies and synthesis descriptors in benthic assessments: Intertidal organic enrichment from oyster farming (2012)
Journal Article
Quintino, V., Azevedo, A., Magalhães, L., Sampaio, L., Freitas, R., Rodrigues, A. M., & Elliott, M. (2012). Indices, multispecies and synthesis descriptors in benthic assessments: Intertidal organic enrichment from oyster farming. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 110, 190-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.028

Intertidal off-bottom oyster culture is shown to cause organic enrichment of the shore and although there are two stressors of interest (the presence of a structure, the trestles, and also the sediment and organic waste from the oysters), these can b... Read More about Indices, multispecies and synthesis descriptors in benthic assessments: Intertidal organic enrichment from oyster farming.

Imagining novel futures: The roles of event plausibility and familiarity (2012)
Journal Article
Anderson, R. J. (2012). Imagining novel futures: The roles of event plausibility and familiarity. Memory, 20(5), 443-451. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2012.677450

The constructive episodic simulation hypothesis suggests that episodic memory supports the simulation of future events through extraction and recombination of stored information. The current study explicitly investigated the use of past episodic thou... Read More about Imagining novel futures: The roles of event plausibility and familiarity.

Investigation into the suitability of capillary tubes for microcrystalline testing: Capillary tubes for microcrystalline tests (2012)
Journal Article
Elie, L. E., Baron, M. G., Croxton, R. S., & Elie, M. P. (2013). Investigation into the suitability of capillary tubes for microcrystalline testing: Capillary tubes for microcrystalline tests. Drug Testing and Analysis, 5(7), 573-580. https://doi.org/10.1002/dta.1372

A comparison between microcrystalline tests performed on microscope slides and flat capillary tubes with inner diameters ranging from 0.1 to 0.7 mm was carried out to explore the appropriateness of tubes for rapid testing of suspected drugs of abuse... Read More about Investigation into the suitability of capillary tubes for microcrystalline testing: Capillary tubes for microcrystalline tests.

2-[1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-aryliminoethyl] pyridyl cobalt dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior (2012)
Journal Article
He, F., Zhao, W., Cao, X. P., Liang, T., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). 2-[1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-aryliminoethyl] pyridyl cobalt dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 713, 209-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.05.020

A series of 2-[1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1- aryliminoethyl]pyridyl cobalt(II) dichloride complexes (Co1-Co5) were prepared and characterized by elemental and spectroscopic analysis. The molecular structures of the representati... Read More about 2-[1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-aryliminoethyl] pyridyl cobalt dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior.

H2 enriched fuels from co-pyrolysis of crude glycerol with biomass (2012)
Journal Article
Skoulou, V., Manara, P., & Zabaniotou, A. (2012). H2 enriched fuels from co-pyrolysis of crude glycerol with biomass. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 97, 198-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2012.05.011

Pyrolysis of glycerol has been identified as a possible route for producing high added value fuels like renewable hydrogen (H 2 ). Crude glycerol (CG) is the main byproduct of biodiesel industry and without purification it is a low added value materi... Read More about H2 enriched fuels from co-pyrolysis of crude glycerol with biomass.

When less is more: Evidence for a facilitative cathodal tDCS effect in attentional abilities (2012)
Journal Article
Lavidor, M., & Weiss, M. (2012). When less is more: Evidence for a facilitative cathodal tDCS effect in attentional abilities. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 24(9), 1826-1833. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00248

Many previous studies reported that the hyperpolarization of cortical neurons following cathodal stimulation (in transcranial direct current stimulation) has resulted in cognitive performance degradation. Here, we challenge this assumption by showing... Read More about When less is more: Evidence for a facilitative cathodal tDCS effect in attentional abilities.

The public image of the contemporary Russian police : impact of personal experiences of policing, wider social implications and the potential for change (2012)
Journal Article
Zernova, M. (2012). The public image of the contemporary Russian police : impact of personal experiences of policing, wider social implications and the potential for change. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 35(2), 216-230. https://doi.org/10.1108/13639511211229969

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss the perception of the police by members of the public in post‐Soviet Russia following their personal experiences of policing, identify broader social implications of the contemporary public image of the Russian po... Read More about The public image of the contemporary Russian police : impact of personal experiences of policing, wider social implications and the potential for change.

Olfactory cue use by three-spined sticklebacks foraging in turbid water: prey detection or prey location? (2012)
Journal Article
Johannesen, A., Dunn, A. M., & Morrell, L. J. (2012). Olfactory cue use by three-spined sticklebacks foraging in turbid water: prey detection or prey location?. Animal behaviour, 84(1), 151-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.024

Foraging, when senses are limited to olfaction, is composed of two distinct stages: the detection of prey and the location of prey. While specialist olfactory foragers are able to locate prey using olfactory cues alone, this may not be the case for f... Read More about Olfactory cue use by three-spined sticklebacks foraging in turbid water: prey detection or prey location?.