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Sporopollenin, the least known yet toughest natural biopolymer (2015)
Journal Article
Mackenzie, G., Boa, A. N., Diego-Taboada, A., Atkin, S. L., & Sathyapalan, T. (2015). Sporopollenin, the least known yet toughest natural biopolymer. Frontiers in Materials, 2, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2015.00066

© 2015 Mackenzie, Boa, Diego-Taboada, Atkin and Sathyapalan. Sporopollenin is highly cross-linked polymer composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that is extraordinarily stable and has been found chemically intact in sedimentary rocks some 500 milli... Read More about Sporopollenin, the least known yet toughest natural biopolymer.

Nature and Enforceability of WTO-plus SPS and TBT Provisions in Canada's PTAs: From NAFTA to CETA (2015)
Journal Article
Villalta Puig, G., & Dalke, E. D. (2016). Nature and Enforceability of WTO-plus SPS and TBT Provisions in Canada's PTAs: From NAFTA to CETA. World Trade Review, 15(1), 51-83. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745615000464

Safety standards can function as non-tariff barriers to trade. Canada is a large exporter of goods and so it has an interest in the regulation of safety standards, both at the multilateral level through its membership of the World Trade Organization... Read More about Nature and Enforceability of WTO-plus SPS and TBT Provisions in Canada's PTAs: From NAFTA to CETA.

Impaired glucose tolerance or newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus diagnosed during admission adversely affects prognosis after myocardial infarction: An observational study (2015)
Journal Article
George, A., Bhatia, R. T., Buchanan, G. L., Whiteside, A., Moisey, R. S., Beer, S. F., Chattopadhyay, S., Sathyapalan, T., & John, J. (2015). Impaired glucose tolerance or newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus diagnosed during admission adversely affects prognosis after myocardial infarction: An observational study. PLoS ONE, 10(11), e0142045. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142045

Objective To investigate the prognostic effect of newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus (NDM) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) post myocardial infarction (MI). Research Design and Methods Retrospective cohort study of 768 patients without preexisting... Read More about Impaired glucose tolerance or newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus diagnosed during admission adversely affects prognosis after myocardial infarction: An observational study.

Gold nanoparticles assembled with dithiocarbamate-anchored molecular wires (2015)
Journal Article
Reeler, N. E., Lerstrup, K. A., Somerville, W., Speder, J., Petersen, S. V., Laursen, B. W., Arenz, M., Qiu, X., Vosch, T., & Nørgaard, K. (2015). Gold nanoparticles assembled with dithiocarbamate-anchored molecular wires. Scientific reports, 5(1), Article 15273. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15273

A protocol for the bottom-up self-assembly of nanogaps is developed through molecular linking of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Two €-conjugated oligo(phenylene ethynylene) molecules (OPE) with dithiocarbamate anchoring groups are used as ligands for th... Read More about Gold nanoparticles assembled with dithiocarbamate-anchored molecular wires.

Common cancer-associated imbalances in the DNA damage response confer sensitivity to single agent ATR inhibition (2015)
Journal Article
Middleton, F. K., Patterson, M. J., Elstob, C. J., Fordham, S., Herriott, A., Wade, M. A., McCormick, A., Edmondson, R., May, F. E., Allan, J. M., Pollard, J. R., & Curtin, N. J. (2015). Common cancer-associated imbalances in the DNA damage response confer sensitivity to single agent ATR inhibition. Oncotarget, 6(32), 32396-32409. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.6136

ATR is an attractive target in cancer therapy because it signals replication stress and DNA lesions for repair and to S/G2 checkpoints. Cancer-specific defects in the DNA damage response (DDR) may render cancer cells vulnerable to ATR inhibition alon... Read More about Common cancer-associated imbalances in the DNA damage response confer sensitivity to single agent ATR inhibition.

Boundary effects in finite size plasmonic crystals: Focusing and routing of plasmonic beams for optical communications (2015)
Journal Article
Benetou, M. I., Bouillard, J.-S., Segovia, P., Dickson, W., Thomsen, B. C., Bayvel, P., & Zayats, A. V. (2015). Boundary effects in finite size plasmonic crystals: Focusing and routing of plasmonic beams for optical communications. Nanotechnology, 26(44), Article ARTN 444001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/26/44/444001

Plasmonic crystals, which consist of periodic arrangements of surface features at a metal-dielectric interface, allow the manipulation of optical information in the form of surface plasmon polaritons. Here we investigate the excitation and propagatio... Read More about Boundary effects in finite size plasmonic crystals: Focusing and routing of plasmonic beams for optical communications.

Diet as a mechanism of coexistence between intertidal fish species of the U.K. (2015)
Journal Article
Barrett, C. J., Johnson, M. L., & Hull, S. L. (2016). Diet as a mechanism of coexistence between intertidal fish species of the U.K. Hydrobiologia, 768(1), 125-135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2537-1

While the syntopic nature of many intertidal fish communities suggest that resources such as food are shared, little has been done to assess the importance of diet on the coexistence of intertidal fish of the U.K. In this study, six intertidal fish s... Read More about Diet as a mechanism of coexistence between intertidal fish species of the U.K..

Tuning the relaxation rates of dual-mode T₁/T₂ nanoparticle contrast agents: a study into the ideal system (2015)
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Keasberry, N. A., Bañobre-López, M., Wood, C., Stasiuk, G. J., Gallo, J., & Long, N. J. (2015). Tuning the relaxation rates of dual-mode T₁/T₂ nanoparticle contrast agents: a study into the ideal system. Nanoscale, 7(38), 16119-16128. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr04400f

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an excellent imaging modality. However the low sensitivity of the technique poses a challenge to achieving an accurate image of function at the molecular level. To overcome this, contrast agents are used; typically... Read More about Tuning the relaxation rates of dual-mode T₁/T₂ nanoparticle contrast agents: a study into the ideal system.

Regio-selective substitution at the 1,3- and 6,8-positions of pyrene for the construction of small dipolar molecules (2015)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Tomiyasu, H., Hu, J.-Y., Wei, X., Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R. J., Horsburgh, L., Teat, S. J., & Yamato, T. (2015). Regio-selective substitution at the 1,3- and 6,8-positions of pyrene for the construction of small dipolar molecules. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 80(21), 10973-10978. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5b02128

© 2015 American Chemical Society. This article presents a novel asymmetrical functionalization strategy for the construction of dipolar molecules via efficient regioselective functionalization along the Z-axis of pyrene at both the 1,3- and 6,8-posit... Read More about Regio-selective substitution at the 1,3- and 6,8-positions of pyrene for the construction of small dipolar molecules.

State and trait components of functional connectivity: Individual differences vary with mental state (2015)
Journal Article
Geerligs, L., Rubinov, M., Tyler, L. K., Brayne, C., Bullmore, E. T., Calder, A. C., …Henson, R. N. (2015). State and trait components of functional connectivity: Individual differences vary with mental state. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(41), 13949-13961. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1324-15.2015

Resting-state functional connectivity, as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is often treated as a trait, used, for example, to draw inferences about individual differences in cognitive function, or differences between healthy... Read More about State and trait components of functional connectivity: Individual differences vary with mental state.

Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice: Re-imagining ways of working with young people (2015)
Book
Cooper, C., Gormally, S., & Hughes, G. (Eds.). (2015). Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice: Re-imagining ways of working with young people. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593

Challenging dominant discourses in neoliberal marketized societies about working with disconnected young people, this book argues that alternative, radical approaches to formal and informal education are necessary to challenge repressive practices, a... Read More about Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice: Re-imagining ways of working with young people.

The sensitivity of harassment to orbit: Mass loss from early-type dwarfs in galaxy clusters (2015)
Journal Article
Smith, R., Sánchez-Janssen, R., Beasley, M. A., Candlish, G. N., Gibson, B. K., Puzia, T. H., Janz, J., Knebe, A., Aguerri, J. A., Lisker, T., Hensler, G., Fellhauer, M., Ferrarese, L., & Yi, S. K. (2015). The sensitivity of harassment to orbit: Mass loss from early-type dwarfs in galaxy clusters. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(3), 2502-2516. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2082

We conduct a comprehensive numerical study of the orbital dependence of harassment on early-type dwarfs consisting of 168 different orbits within a realistic, Virgo-like cluster, varying in eccentricity and pericentre distance. We find harassment is... Read More about The sensitivity of harassment to orbit: Mass loss from early-type dwarfs in galaxy clusters.

Thermographic laser Doppler velocimetry (2015)
Journal Article
Ojo, A. O., Fond, B., Van Wachem, B. G. M., Heyes, A. L., & Beyrau, F. (2015). Thermographic laser Doppler velocimetry. Optics letters, 40(20), 4759-4762. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.40.004759

We propose a point measurement technique for simultaneous gas temperature and velocity measurement based on thermographic phosphor particles dispersed in the fluid. The flow velocity is determined from the frequency of light scattered by BaMgAl10O17:... Read More about Thermographic laser Doppler velocimetry.

Validation experiments on finite element models of an ostrich (Struthio camelus) cranium (2015)
Journal Article
Cuff, A. R., Bright, J. A., & Rayfield, E. J. (2015). Validation experiments on finite element models of an ostrich (Struthio camelus) cranium. PeerJ, 3(10), Article 1294. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1294

The first finite element (FE) validation of a complete avian cranium was performed on an extant palaeognath, the ostrich (Struthio camelus). Ex-vivo strains were collected from the cranial bone and rhamphotheca. These experimental strains were then c... Read More about Validation experiments on finite element models of an ostrich (Struthio camelus) cranium.

Responsive versus scheduled feeding for preterm infants (2015)
Journal Article
Watson, J., & McGuire, W. (2015). Responsive versus scheduled feeding for preterm infants. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2015(10), Article CD005255. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005255.pub4

Background
Feeding preterm infants in response to their hunger and satiation cues (responsive, cue-based, or infant-led feeding) rather than at scheduled intervals might enhance infants' and parents' experience and satisfaction, help in the establish... Read More about Responsive versus scheduled feeding for preterm infants.

In pursuit of a common values base for working with young people in formal, informal and social learning (2015)
Book Chapter
Rippingale, J. (2015). In pursuit of a common values base for working with young people in formal, informal and social learning. In C. Cooper, S. Gormally, & G. Hughes (Eds.), Socially-just radical alternatives for education and youth work practice : re-imagining ways of working with young people (127-144). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_7

Abstract: This chapter advocates a common values base and framework for working with young people in formal, informal and social learning. These three learning spheres will be defined in the context of young people’s lives, with the premise that youn... Read More about In pursuit of a common values base for working with young people in formal, informal and social learning.

‘Imagining otherwise’ or tinkering with the system? (2015)
Book Chapter
Hughes, G. (2015). ‘Imagining otherwise’ or tinkering with the system?. In C. Cooper, S. Gormally, & G. Hughes (Eds.), Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice: Re-imagining ways of working with young people (220-244). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_11

Reay’s point is extremely poignant: she is calling for culture change and, short of a revolution in education, this is surely a must for both young people and staff. Cooper (2012) similarly calls for a radical shift in youth work to counter the curre... Read More about ‘Imagining otherwise’ or tinkering with the system?.

Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people? (2015)
Book Chapter
Hope, M. A. (2015). Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people?. In C. Cooper, S. Gormally, & G. Hughes (Eds.), Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice (107-126). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137393593_6

For those of us who have spent our professional lives working alongside children and young people who are disaffected with education, re-imagining education — or more specifically, re-imagining schools — is crucial. Could it be possible for the state... Read More about Alternative provision free schools: Educational fireworks or sparks of optimism for excluded young people?.