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The role of African Union law in integrating Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Olivier, M. E., & Olivier, M. (2015). The role of African Union law in integrating Africa. The South African journal of international affairs, 22(4), 513-533. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2015.1119718

This article traces how the development of regional law is linked to the state of regional integration in Africa. Given the prominent role European Union law plays in the functioning of the European Union, the question is posed whether there is simil... Read More about The role of African Union law in integrating Africa.

The z < 1.2 optical luminosity function from a sample of ∼410,000 galaxies in Boötes (2015)
Journal Article
Beare, R., Brown, M. J. I., Pimbblet, K., Bian, F., & Lin, Y. (2015). The z < 1.2 optical luminosity function from a sample of ∼410,000 galaxies in Boötes. The Astrophysical journal, 815(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/815/2/94

Using a sample of ~410,000 galaxies to a depth of IAB=24 over 8.26 deg2 in the Boötes field (~10 times larger than the z~1 luminosity function (LF) studies in the prior literature), we have accurately measured the evolving B-band LF of red galaxies a... Read More about The z < 1.2 optical luminosity function from a sample of ∼410,000 galaxies in Boötes.

Solubility behaviour, crystallisation kinetics and pour point : a comparison of linear alkane and triacyl glyceride solute/solvent mixtures (2015)
Journal Article
Fletcher, P. D. I., Roberts, N., & Urquhart, C. (2016). Solubility behaviour, crystallisation kinetics and pour point : a comparison of linear alkane and triacyl glyceride solute/solvent mixtures. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 34(February), 382-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2015.12.012

Mixtures of either a hydrocarbon wax in a hydrocarbon solvent or a long chain triacyl glyceride (TAG) in a TAG solvent show complex solubility boundary temperature hysteresis and precipitated crystal network formation leading to gelation. For these i... Read More about Solubility behaviour, crystallisation kinetics and pour point : a comparison of linear alkane and triacyl glyceride solute/solvent mixtures.

Photoluminescent materials based on PMMA and a highly-emissive octahedral molybdenum metal cluster complex (2015)
Journal Article
Vejsadova, L., Efremova, O. A., Brylev, K. A., Chimonides, G. F., Kim, S., Kitamura, N., …Vorotnikov, Y. A. (2016). Photoluminescent materials based on PMMA and a highly-emissive octahedral molybdenum metal cluster complex. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4(3), 497-503. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5tc03204k

Materials that combine photoluminescence, optical transparency and facile processability are of high importance in many applications. This article reports on the development of photoluminescent poly(methyl methacrylate) materials based on novel highl... Read More about Photoluminescent materials based on PMMA and a highly-emissive octahedral molybdenum metal cluster complex.

Hollywood and Europe; remaking The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2015)
Book Chapter
Mazdon, L. (2015). Hollywood and Europe; remaking The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In M. Harrod, M. Liz, & A. Timoshkina (Eds.), The Europeanness of European Cinema: Identitity, Meaning, Globalization (199-212). London: Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755694822.ch-013

Tolerance (2015)
Book Chapter
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2015). Tolerance. . Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers

Article examining the origins of the concept of tolerance.

First do no harm: euthanasia of patients with dementia in Belgium (2015)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2016). First do no harm: euthanasia of patients with dementia in Belgium. The Journal of medicine and philosophy, 41(1), 74-89. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmp/jhv031

Euthanasia in Belgium is not limited to terminally ill patients. It may be applied to patients with chronic degenerative diseases. Currently, people in Belgium wish to make it possible to euthanize incompetent patients who suffer from dementia. This... Read More about First do no harm: euthanasia of patients with dementia in Belgium.

Iron- and Cobalt-Catalyzed Synthesis of Carbene Phosphinidenes (2015)
Journal Article
Pal, K., Hemming, O. B., Day, B. M., Pugh, T., Evans, D. J., & Layfield, R. A. (2016). Iron- and Cobalt-Catalyzed Synthesis of Carbene Phosphinidenes. Angewandte Chemie, 55(5), 1690-1693. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201508303

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. In the presence of stoichiometric or catalytic amounts of [M{N(SiMe 3 ) 2 } 2 ] (M=Fe, Co), N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) react with primary phosphines to give a series of carbene phosphinidenes o... Read More about Iron- and Cobalt-Catalyzed Synthesis of Carbene Phosphinidenes.

Britain’s decision to withdraw from the Persian Gulf: a pattern not a puzzle (2015)
Journal Article
Smith, S. C. (2016). Britain’s decision to withdraw from the Persian Gulf: a pattern not a puzzle. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 44(2), 328-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2015.1123541

The reasons for the British decision to withdraw from the Gulf are highly contentious. While some scholars have focused on short-term considerations, especially the devaluation of sterling towards the end of 1967, in the British determination to quit... Read More about Britain’s decision to withdraw from the Persian Gulf: a pattern not a puzzle.

Coastal systems under change: Tuning assessment and management tools (2015)
Journal Article
Cabral, H., Marques, J. C., Guilhermino, L., de Jonge, V., & Elliott, M. (2015). Coastal systems under change: Tuning assessment and management tools. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 167, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2015.11.022

Investigating mechanisms underpinning the detrimental impact of a high-fat diet in the developing and adult hypermuscular myostatin null mouse (2015)
Journal Article
Matsakas, A., Prosdocimo, D. A., Mitchell, R., Collins-Hooper, H., Giallourou, N., Swann, J. R., …Patel, K. (2015). Investigating mechanisms underpinning the detrimental impact of a high-fat diet in the developing and adult hypermuscular myostatin null mouse. Skeletal muscle, 5(1), Article 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13395-015-0063-5

© 2015 Matsakas et al. Background: Obese adults are prone to develop metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Furthermore, over-weight expectant mothers give birth to large babies who also have increased likelihood of developing metabolic and cardiovas... Read More about Investigating mechanisms underpinning the detrimental impact of a high-fat diet in the developing and adult hypermuscular myostatin null mouse.

Adult lifespan cognitive variability in the cross-sectional cam-CAN cohort (2015)
Journal Article
Green, E., Shafto, M. A., Matthews, F. E., Cam-Can, & White, S. R. (2015). Adult lifespan cognitive variability in the cross-sectional cam-CAN cohort. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(12), 15516-15530. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121215003

This study examines variability across the age span in cognitive performance in a cross-sectional, population-based, adult lifespan cohort from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study (n = 2680). A key question we highlight i... Read More about Adult lifespan cognitive variability in the cross-sectional cam-CAN cohort.

Per uno stato che non tortura. Diritto, saperi e pratiche contro la violenza istituzionale (2015)
Book
Santorso, S., & Peroni, C. (2015). Per uno stato che non tortura. Diritto, saperi e pratiche contro la violenza istituzionale

Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2015)
Journal Article
Newton, J. N., Briggs, A. D., Murray, C. J., Dicker, D., Foreman, K. J., Wang, H., …Davis, A. C. (2015). Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet, 386(10010), 2257-2274. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2815%2900195-6

Background In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013), knowledge about health and its determinants has been integrated into a comparable framework to inform health policy. Outputs of this analysis are relevant to current policy questions i... Read More about Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Effect of ultrasonic melt treatment on the refinement of primary Al3Ti intermetallic in an Al–0.4Ti alloy (2015)
Journal Article
Mi, J., Connolley, T., Eskin, D., & Wang, F. (2016). Effect of ultrasonic melt treatment on the refinement of primary Al3Ti intermetallic in an Al–0.4Ti alloy. Journal of Crystal Growth, 435, 24-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.11.034

High intensity ultrasonic melt treatment was applied to an Al–0.4 wt% Ti alloy over three selected temperature ranges: 810 to 770 °C (above liquidus), 770 to 730 °C (across liquidus), and 730 to 690 °C (below liquidus). The size and morphology of the... Read More about Effect of ultrasonic melt treatment on the refinement of primary Al3Ti intermetallic in an Al–0.4Ti alloy.

Modern yields per stellar generation: the effect of the IMF (2015)
Journal Article
Vincenzo, F., Matteucci, F., Belfiore, F., & Maiolino, R. (2016). Modern yields per stellar generation: the effect of the IMF. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(4), 4183–4190. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2598

Gaseous and stellar metallicities in galaxies are nowadays routinely used to constrain the evolutionary processes in galaxies. This requires the knowledge of the average yield per stellar generation, $y_{\text{Z}}$, i.e. the quantity of metals that a... Read More about Modern yields per stellar generation: the effect of the IMF.

H ingestion into He-burning convection zones in super-AGB stellar models as a potential site for intermediate neutron-density nucleosynthesis (2015)
Journal Article
Jones, S., Ritter, C., Herwig, F., Fryer, C., Pignatari, M., Bertolli, M. G., & Paxton, B. (2016). H ingestion into He-burning convection zones in super-AGB stellar models as a potential site for intermediate neutron-density nucleosynthesis. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(4), 3848-3863. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2488

We investigate the evolution of super-AGB (SAGB) thermal pulse (TP) stars for a range of metallicities (Z) and explore the effect of convective boundary mixing (CBM). With decreasing metallicity and evolution along the TP phase, the He-shell flash an... Read More about H ingestion into He-burning convection zones in super-AGB stellar models as a potential site for intermediate neutron-density nucleosynthesis.

Preliminary findings on carbohydrate metabolism of intact equine cumulus-oocyte complexes during in vitro maturation (2015)
Journal Article
Sturmey, R., Brison, D., Grove-White, D., Hinrichs, K., Lewis, N., McGregor-Argo, C., & Schnauffer, K. (2016). Preliminary findings on carbohydrate metabolism of intact equine cumulus-oocyte complexes during in vitro maturation. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 28(2), 223. https://doi.org/10.1071/rdv28n2ab184

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Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic data release (far-UV-far-IR) and the low-z energy budget (2015)
Journal Article
Driver, S. P., Wright, A. H., Andrews, S. K., Davies, L. J., Kafle, P. R., Lange, R., …Williams, R. (2016). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic data release (far-UV-far-IR) and the low-z energy budget. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(4), 3911-3942. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2505

We present the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) Panchromatic Data Release (PDR) constituting over 230 deg2 of imaging with photometry in 21 bands extending from the far-UV to the far-IR. These data complement our spectroscopic campaign of over 300k ga... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Panchromatic data release (far-UV-far-IR) and the low-z energy budget.

A single chemosensor for multiple analytes: fluorogenic and ratiometric absorbance detection of Zn²⁺, Mg²⁺ and F⁻, and its cell imaging (2015)
Journal Article
Li, L., Yun, S., Yuan-Hui, Z., Lan, M., Xi, Z., Redshaw, C., & Gang, W. (2016). A single chemosensor for multiple analytes: fluorogenic and ratiometric absorbance detection of Zn²⁺, Mg²⁺ and F⁻, and its cell imaging. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 226, 279-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.11.126

A simple coumarin based sensor 1 has been synthesized from the condensation reaction of 7-hydroxycoumarin and ethylenediamine via the intermediate 7-hydroxy-8-aldehyde-coumarin. As a multiple analysis sensor, 1 can monitor Zn²⁺ with the fluorescence... Read More about A single chemosensor for multiple analytes: fluorogenic and ratiometric absorbance detection of Zn²⁺, Mg²⁺ and F⁻, and its cell imaging.