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NuGrid stellar data set. 1. Stellar yields from H to Bi for stars with metallicities Z=0.02 and Z=0.01 (2016)
Journal Article
Pignatari, M., Herwig, F., Hirschi, R., Bennett, M., Rockefeller, G., Fryer, C., X. Timmes, F., Ritter, C., Heger, A., Jones, S., Battino, U., Dotter, A., Trappitsch, R., Diehl, S., Frischknecht, U., Hungerford, A., Magkotsios, G., Travaglio, C., & Young, P. (2016). NuGrid stellar data set. 1. Stellar yields from H to Bi for stars with metallicities Z=0.02 and Z=0.01. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 225(2), Article ARTN 24. https://doi.org/10.3847/0067-0049/225/2/24

We provide a set of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis calculations that applies established physics assumptions simultaneously to low- and intermediate-mass and massive star models. Our goal is to provide an internally consistent and comprehensiv... Read More about NuGrid stellar data set. 1. Stellar yields from H to Bi for stars with metallicities Z=0.02 and Z=0.01.

Functional diversity of cytomegalovirus-specific T cells is maintained in older people and significantly associated with protein specificity and response size (2016)
Journal Article
Bajwa, M., Vita, S., Vescovini, R., Larsen, M., Sansoni, P., Terrazzini, N., Caserta, S., Thomas, D., Davies, K. A., Smith, H., & Kern, F. (2016). Functional diversity of cytomegalovirus-specific T cells is maintained in older people and significantly associated with protein specificity and response size. The journal of infectious diseases : official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 214(9), 1430-1437. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw371

© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. Background. Parallel upregulation of several T-cell effector functions (ie, polyfunctionality) is believed to be critical for... Read More about Functional diversity of cytomegalovirus-specific T cells is maintained in older people and significantly associated with protein specificity and response size.

The relationship between endogenous thymidine concentrations and [18F]FLT uptake in a range of preclinical tumour models (2016)
Journal Article
Heinzmann, K., Honess, D. J., Lewis, D. Y., Smith, D.-M., Cawthorne, C., Keen, H., Heskamp, S., Schelhaas, S., Witney, T. H., Soloviev, D., Williams, K. J., Jacobs, A. H., Aboagye, E. O., Griffiths, J. R., & Brindle, K. M. (2016). The relationship between endogenous thymidine concentrations and [18F]FLT uptake in a range of preclinical tumour models. EJNMMI Research, 6(1), Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-016-0218-3

Background
Recent studies have shown that 3′-deoxy-3′-[18F] fluorothymidine ([18F]FLT)) uptake depends on endogenous tumour thymidine concentration. The purpose of this study was to investigate tumour thymidine concentrations and whether they correla... Read More about The relationship between endogenous thymidine concentrations and [18F]FLT uptake in a range of preclinical tumour models.

Public procurement and state aid (2016)
Book Chapter
Bovis, C. (2016). Public procurement and state aid. In H. Hofmann, & C. Micheau (Eds.), State Aid Law of the European Union. Oxford University Press

Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling (2016)
Journal Article
Lan, J., & Patton, R. J. (2017). Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 25(5), 1141-1154. https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2016.2598849

This paper proposes an integrated design of faulttolerant control (FTC) for nonlinear systems using Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy models in the presence of modelling uncertainty along with actuator/sensor faults and external disturbance. An augmented sta... Read More about Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling.

The contingent role of distributed leadership in the relationship between HR practices and organizational ambidexterity in the cross-border M&As of emerging market multinationals (2016)
Journal Article
Rao-Nicholson, R., Khan, Z., Akhtar, P., & Tarba, S. Y. (2016). The contingent role of distributed leadership in the relationship between HR practices and organizational ambidexterity in the cross-border M&As of emerging market multinationals. The international journal of human resource management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1216882

This paper investigates the effect of human resource practices on organizational ambidexterity in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Previous research suggests that human resource practices play an important role in improving organizational perfo... Read More about The contingent role of distributed leadership in the relationship between HR practices and organizational ambidexterity in the cross-border M&As of emerging market multinationals.

Comparison of the NBM 200 non-invasive haemoglobin sensor with Sahli's haemometer among adolescent girls in rural India (2016)
Journal Article
Ahankari, A. S., Dixit, J. V., Fogarty, A. W., Tata, L. J., & Myles, P. R. (2016). Comparison of the NBM 200 non-invasive haemoglobin sensor with Sahli's haemometer among adolescent girls in rural India. BMJ Innovations, 2(4), 144-148. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjinnov-2016-000139

© 2016, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objective The study objective was to compare haemoglobin (Hb) measurements between the NBM 200 (non-invasive Hb sensor) and Sahli’s haemometer in adolescent girls in a rural Indian setting. Methods P... Read More about Comparison of the NBM 200 non-invasive haemoglobin sensor with Sahli's haemometer among adolescent girls in rural India.

Hard Wired (2016)
Book
McKay, K. (2016). Hard Wired. Moth publishing

September 1996. Newcastle United have just bought Alan Shearer for a record-breaking £15 million from Blackburn Rovers and across the city regeneration and investment are reshaping the landscape. Charlie works in the local bail hostel where, exhauste... Read More about Hard Wired.

Displaying the ‘professional self’: the impact of social workers' performance and practice on kinship carers' own children (2016)
Journal Article
Cooper, K. (2017). Displaying the ‘professional self’: the impact of social workers' performance and practice on kinship carers' own children. Child & family social work, 22(2), 914-922. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12311

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Limited research has been conducted in relation to social work and the impact upon kinship carers' own children in a UK context. This paper argues that pressure from government policy imperatives and organizational prio... Read More about Displaying the ‘professional self’: the impact of social workers' performance and practice on kinship carers' own children.

Supramolecular assemblies constructed from inverted cucurbit[7]uril and lanthanide cations: synthesis, structure and sorption properties (2016)
Journal Article
Li, Q., Qiu, S.-C., Zhang, Y.-Q., Xue, S.-F., Tao, Z., Prior, T. J., Redshaw, C., Zhu, Q.-J., & Xiao, X. (in press). Supramolecular assemblies constructed from inverted cucurbit[7]uril and lanthanide cations: synthesis, structure and sorption properties. RSC advances, 6(81), 77805-77810. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra15559f

The interaction of a series of lanthanide cations (Ln³⁺) with inverted cucurbit[7]uril (iQ[7]) in the presence of [ZnCl₄]²⁻ anions as a structure-directing agent have been investigated. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis has revealed that the... Read More about Supramolecular assemblies constructed from inverted cucurbit[7]uril and lanthanide cations: synthesis, structure and sorption properties.

Tau and spectraplakins promote synapse formation and maintenance through Jun kinase and neuronal trafficking (2016)
Journal Article
Voelzmann, A., Okenve-Ramos, P., Qu, Y., Chojnowska-Monga, M., del Caño-Espinel, M., Prokop, A., & Sanchez-Soriano, N. (2016). Tau and spectraplakins promote synapse formation and maintenance through Jun kinase and neuronal trafficking. eLife, 5, Article e14694. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.14694

The mechanisms regulating synapse numbers during development and ageing are essential for normal brain function and closely linked to brain disorders including dementias. Using Drosophila, we demonstrate roles of the microtubule-associated protein Ta... Read More about Tau and spectraplakins promote synapse formation and maintenance through Jun kinase and neuronal trafficking.

Enhanced exercise and regenerative capacity in a mouse model that violates size constraints of oxidative muscle fibres (2016)
Journal Article
Omairi, S., Matsakas, A., Degens, H., Kretz, O., Hansson, K. A., Solbrå, A. V., Bruusgaard, J. C., Joch, B., Sartori, R., Giallourou, N., Mitchell, R., Collins-Hooper, H., Foster, K., Pasternack, A., Ritvos, O., Sandri, M., Narkar, V., Swann, J. R., Huber, T. B., & Patel, K. (2016). Enhanced exercise and regenerative capacity in a mouse model that violates size constraints of oxidative muscle fibres. eLife, 5(AUGUST), Article 16940. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.16940

A central tenet of skeletal muscle biology is the existence of an inverse relationship between the oxidative fibre capacity and its size. However, robustness of this relationship is unknown. We show that superimposition of Estrogen-related receptor g... Read More about Enhanced exercise and regenerative capacity in a mouse model that violates size constraints of oxidative muscle fibres.

Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform (2016)
Journal Article
McPolin, C. P., Bouillard, J.-S., Vilain, S., Krasavin, A. V., Dickson, W., O'Connor, D., Wurtz, G. A., Justice, J., Corbett, B., & Zayats, A. V. (2016). Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform. Nature communications, 7, 12409. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12409

Integrated plasmonic sources and detectors are imperative in the practical development of plasmonic circuitry for bio- and chemical sensing, nanoscale optical information processing, as well as transducers for high-density optical data storage. Here... Read More about Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform.

Stabilisation of metastable polymorphs: the case of paracetamol form III (2016)
Journal Article
Telford, R., Seaton, C. C., Clout, A., Buanz, A., Gaisford, S., Williams, G. R., Prior, T. J., Okoye, C. H., Munshi, T., & Scowen, I. J. (2016). Stabilisation of metastable polymorphs: the case of paracetamol form III. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 52(81), 12028-12031. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc05006a

The design of a melt synthesis of the first air-stable formulation of the metastable form III of paracetamol is derived from thermospectroscopic and thermo-diffraction experiments. Melt crystallisation in the presence of b-1,4-saccharides produces fo... Read More about Stabilisation of metastable polymorphs: the case of paracetamol form III.

Angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of two-color XUV-NIR ionization with polarization control (2016)
Journal Article
Düsterer, S., Hartmann, G., Babies, F., Beckmann, A., Brenner, G., Buck, J., Costello, J., Dammann, L., Fanis, A. D., Geßler, P., Glaser, L., Ilchen, M., Johnsson, P., Kazansky, A. K., Kelly, T. J., Mazza, T., Meyer, M., Nosik, V. L., Sazhina, I. P., Scholz, F., …Kabachnik, N. M. (2016). Angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of two-color XUV-NIR ionization with polarization control. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 49(16), 165003. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/49/16/165003

Electron emission caused by extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation in the presence of a strong near infrared (NIR) field leads to multiphoton interactions that depend on several parameters. Here, a comprehensive study of the influence of the angle betwe... Read More about Angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of two-color XUV-NIR ionization with polarization control.

Harriet Martineau and the birth of disciplines: Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse (2016)
Book
Sanders, V. (2016). V. Sanders, & G. Weiner (Eds.), Harriet Martineau and the birth of disciplines: Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse. Routledge

One of the foremost writers of her time, Harriet Martineau established her reputation by writing a hugely successful series of fictional tales on political economy whose wide readership included the young Queen Victoria. She went on to write fiction... Read More about Harriet Martineau and the birth of disciplines: Nineteenth-Century intellectual powerhouse.

Quantifying salinity-induced changes on estuarine benthic fauna: The potential implications of climate change (2016)
Journal Article
Little, S., Wood, P. J., & Elliott, M. (2017). Quantifying salinity-induced changes on estuarine benthic fauna: The potential implications of climate change. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 198(part B), 610-625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.07.020

© 2016 Coastal and estuarine systems worldwide are under threat from global climate change, with potential consequences including an increase in salinities and incursion of saltwater into areas currently subject to tidal and non-tidal freshwater regi... Read More about Quantifying salinity-induced changes on estuarine benthic fauna: The potential implications of climate change.

Re-evaluation of the ¹⁶O(n, γ)¹⁷O cross section at astrophysical energies and its role as a neutron poison in the s-process (2016)
Journal Article
Mohr, P., Heinz, C., Pignatari, M., Dillmann, I., Mengoni, A., & Käppeler, F. (2016). Re-evaluation of the ¹⁶O(n, γ)¹⁷O cross section at astrophysical energies and its role as a neutron poison in the s-process. The Astrophysical journal, 827(1), Article ARTN 29. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/827/1/29

The doubly magic nucleus ¹⁶O has a small neutron-capture cross section of just a few tens of microbarns in the astrophysical energy region. Despite this, ¹⁶O plays an important role as a neutron poison in the astrophysical slow neutron capture (s) pr... Read More about Re-evaluation of the ¹⁶O(n, γ)¹⁷O cross section at astrophysical energies and its role as a neutron poison in the s-process.

Hadley circulation and precipitation changes controling black shale deposition in the Late Jurassic Boreal Seaway (2016)
Journal Article
Armstrong, H. A., Wagner, T., Herringshaw, L. G., Farnsworth, A. J., Lunt, D. J., Harland, M., Imber, J., Loptson, C., & Atar, E. F. (2016). Hadley circulation and precipitation changes controling black shale deposition in the Late Jurassic Boreal Seaway. Paleoceanography, 31(8), 1041-1053. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015pa002911

New climate simulations using the HadCM3L model with a paleogeography of the Late Jurassic (155.5 Ma) and proxy-data corroborate that warm and wet tropical-like conditions reached as far north as the UK sector of the Jurassic Boreal Seaway (~35°N). T... Read More about Hadley circulation and precipitation changes controling black shale deposition in the Late Jurassic Boreal Seaway.