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Impact of the operating conditions and position of exhaust gas recirculation on the performance of a micro gas turbine (2015)
Book Chapter
Ali, U., Palma, C. F., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D. B., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2015). Impact of the operating conditions and position of exhaust gas recirculation on the performance of a micro gas turbine. In K. V. Gernaey, J. K. Huusom, & R. Gani (Eds.), 12th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and 25th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (2417-2422). Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63576-1.50097-2

Gas turbines are a viable and secure option both economically and environmentally for power and heat generation. The process simulation of the micro gas turbine with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and its impact on performance is evaluated. This stu... Read More about Impact of the operating conditions and position of exhaust gas recirculation on the performance of a micro gas turbine.

Ideal negative measurements in quantum walks disprove theories based on classical trajectories (2015)
Journal Article
Robens, C., Alt, W., Meschede, D., Emary, C., & Alberti, A. (2015). Ideal negative measurements in quantum walks disprove theories based on classical trajectories. Physical Review X, 5(1), Article 011003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.5.011003

We report on a stringent test of the nonclassicality of the motion of a massive quantum particle, which propagates on a discrete lattice. Measuring temporal correlations of the position of single atoms performing a quantum walk, we observe a 6σ viola... Read More about Ideal negative measurements in quantum walks disprove theories based on classical trajectories.

On the Gaussian behavior of marginals and the mean width of random polytopes (2015)
Journal Article
Alonso-Gutiérrez, D., & Prochno, J. (2015). On the Gaussian behavior of marginals and the mean width of random polytopes. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 143(2), 821-832. https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-2014-12401-4

© 2014 American Mathematical Society. We show that the expected value of the mean width of a random polytope generated by N random vectors (n ≤ N ≤ e√n) uniformly distributed in an isotropic convex body in ℝnis of the order√logNLK. This completes a r... Read More about On the Gaussian behavior of marginals and the mean width of random polytopes.

Uniform estimates for averages of order statistics of matrices (2015)
Journal Article
Lechner, R., Passenbrunner, M., & Prochno, J. (2015). Uniform estimates for averages of order statistics of matrices. Electronic Communications in Probability, 20, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1214/ECP.v20-3992

We prove uniform estimates for the expected value of averages of order statistics of matrices interms of their largest entries. As an application, we obtain similar probabilistic estimates for ℓp norms via real interpolation.

Screening out the East: the playing out of inter-German relations at the Cannes film festival (2015)
Journal Article
Ward, E. M. (2015). Screening out the East: the playing out of inter-German relations at the Cannes film festival. German life and letters, 68(1), 37-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/glal.12067

This article examines the previously unexplored role of the Cannes Film Festival as an alternative arena for Cold War politics and the playing out of the West German Hallstein Doctrine in 1957 and 1959. The Hallstein Doctrine was an important strateg... Read More about Screening out the East: the playing out of inter-German relations at the Cannes film festival.

Simplifying co-located collaboration in screen-based virtual environments (2015)
Thesis
García Estrada, J. F. (2015). Simplifying co-located collaboration in screen-based virtual environments. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217338

Co-located virtual environments (VEs) are shared physical spaces where several participants collaborate in a virtual world as they would do in a real-world group meeting using a shared display and visualization. However, implementation of co-located... Read More about Simplifying co-located collaboration in screen-based virtual environments.

The Conservative-Liberal Coalition: Examining the Cameron-Clegg Government (2015)
Book
Beech, M., & Lee, S. (2015). M. Beech, & S. Lee (Eds.). The Conservative-Liberal Coalition: Examining the Cameron-Clegg Government. Bassingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137461377

This book offers a unique full term analysis of the Cameron-Clegg Government. From austerity to gay marriage, the Scottish referendum to combating IS, it brings together expert academic voices to provide rigorous yet readable insights on the key area... Read More about The Conservative-Liberal Coalition: Examining the Cameron-Clegg Government.

Older people, the natural environment and common mental disorders: Cross-sectional results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (2015)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Prina, A. M., Jones, A., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2015). Older people, the natural environment and common mental disorders: Cross-sectional results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. BMJ open, 5(9), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007936

Objectives: To explore the hypothesis that higher exposure to natural environments in local areas is associated with a lower odds of depression and anxiety in later life. Design: A cross-sectional study based on the year-10 interview of the Medical R... Read More about Older people, the natural environment and common mental disorders: Cross-sectional results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study.

Motion tracking tMRI datasets to quantify abnormal left ventricle motion using finite element modelling (2015)
Thesis
Ipe, S. (2015). Motion tracking tMRI datasets to quantify abnormal left ventricle motion using finite element modelling. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4219738

According to 'The Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke' [MMMG04] published by the World Health Organization, heart disease accounts for nearly half the deaths in both the developed and developing countries and is the world's single biggest killer. Howev... Read More about Motion tracking tMRI datasets to quantify abnormal left ventricle motion using finite element modelling.

A safety analysis approach to clinical workflows : application and evaluation (2014)
Journal Article
Gordon, N., Kabir, S., Sharvia, S., Walker, M., & Al-Qora’n, L. (in press). A safety analysis approach to clinical workflows : application and evaluation. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 4(3), 82-91. https://doi.org/10.14569/SpecialIssue.2014.040310

Clinical workflows are safety critical workflows as they have the potential to cause harm or death to patients. Their safety needs to be considered as early as possible in the development process. Effective safety analysis methods are required to ens... Read More about A safety analysis approach to clinical workflows : application and evaluation.

White lies and black consequences: Margaret Jones and the complex dynamics of the publishing industry (2014)
Book Chapter
Metcalf, J. (2014). White lies and black consequences: Margaret Jones and the complex dynamics of the publishing industry. In C. O. Garcia, V. Ashanti Young, & C. Pimentel (Eds.), From Uncle Tom's Cabin to The help : critical perspectives on white-authored narratives of black life (143-157). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137446268_11

Numerous autobiographies have been released over the past two decades documenting contemporary African American and Mexican American urban life, including themes of violent gangbanging, drug hustling, and the inner-city search for economic stability... Read More about White lies and black consequences: Margaret Jones and the complex dynamics of the publishing industry.

Reliability analysis of dynamic systems by translating temporal fault trees into Bayesian networks (2014)
Book Chapter
Kabir, S., Walker, M., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2014). Reliability analysis of dynamic systems by translating temporal fault trees into Bayesian networks. In Model-Based Safety and Assessment; Lecture Notes in Computer Science (96-109). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12214-4_8

Classical combinatorial fault trees can be used to assess combinations of failures but are unable to capture sequences of faults, which are important in complex dynamic systems. A number of proposed techniques extend fault tree analysis for dynamic s... Read More about Reliability analysis of dynamic systems by translating temporal fault trees into Bayesian networks.

The complexities, contradictions and consequences of being 'anti-social' in Northern Ireland (2014)
Book Chapter
Gormally, S. (2014). The complexities, contradictions and consequences of being 'anti-social' in Northern Ireland. In Anti-social Behaviour in Britain, 179-191. doi:10.1057/9781137399311_15

Anti-social behaviour as a concept has numerous complexities. The definitional slippages and lack of clarity often lead to a range of contextually specific consequences. Although Northern Ireland is in the process of working through and moving away f... Read More about The complexities, contradictions and consequences of being 'anti-social' in Northern Ireland.

Individualization and the aporias of modernity (2014)
Journal Article
Argyrou, V. (2014). Individualization and the aporias of modernity. International Political Anthropology, 7(2), 3-18

Ulrich Beck’s musings on individualization have been described as a theory that provides a convincing explanation of what is happening in society, but has it seemed convincing because of its superior explanatory power or because it says what those wh... Read More about Individualization and the aporias of modernity.

Digital Technologies for School Collaboration (2014)
Book
Gouseti, A. (2014). Digital Technologies for School Collaboration. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137372857

Web-based school collaboration has attracted the sustained attention of educators, policy-makers, and governmental bodies around the world during the past decade. This book sheds new light on this topical but ever so complex issue. Drawing on a wealt... Read More about Digital Technologies for School Collaboration.

A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856 (2014)
Book Chapter
Starkey, D. J., & McCarthy, M. (2014). A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856. In S. Eklöf Amirell, & L. Müller (Eds.), Persistent Piracy (131-151). London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137352866_7

The British Atlantic world was ‘created by kaleidoscopic movements of people, goods and ideas’ that spiralled out of England, Scotland and Ireland (hereafter, Britain) from the sixteenth century onwards.1 A desire to gain at the expense of foreigners... Read More about A persistent phenomenon: private prize-taking in the British Atlantic world, c.1540-1856.

'By the sweet power of musicke'. Effect in Shakespeare's musical imagery (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, C. (2014). 'By the sweet power of musicke'. Effect in Shakespeare's musical imagery. Comparatio, 6(2), 241-262

Der vorliegende Beitrag unternimmt es, die vielfältigen Dimensionen von Shakespeares musikalischer Bildlichkeit zu erschließen: Er bietet einen Überblick über die verschiedenartigen Formen musikalischer Komponenten und ihre teilweise sehr subtile Ver... Read More about 'By the sweet power of musicke'. Effect in Shakespeare's musical imagery.