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Provenance of the upper Miocene–Pliocene Red Clay deposits of the Chinese loess plateau (2014)
Journal Article
Nie, J., Peng, W., Möller, A., Song, Y., Stockli, D. F., Stevens, T., Horton, B. K., Liu, S., Bird, A., Oalmann, J., Gong, H., & Fang, X. (2014). Provenance of the upper Miocene–Pliocene Red Clay deposits of the Chinese loess plateau. Earth and planetary science letters, 407, 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.026

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. A clear understanding of the provenance of late Cenozoic Chinese loess and the underlying Red Clay deposits will shed light on the history and mechanisms of Asian aridification. Although much progress has been made in understandi... Read More about Provenance of the upper Miocene–Pliocene Red Clay deposits of the Chinese loess plateau.

The amidine based colorimetric sensor for Fe³⁺, Fe²⁺, and Cu²⁺ in aqueous medium (2014)
Journal Article
Nandre, J., Patil, S., Patil, P., Sahoo, S., Redshaw, C., Mahulikar, P., & Patil, U. (2014). The amidine based colorimetric sensor for Fe³⁺, Fe²⁺, and Cu²⁺ in aqueous medium. Journal of fluorescence, 24(6), 1563-1570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-014-1438-4

An amidine based chemosensor AM-1 was synthesized and characterized by various spectroscopic (FT-IR, 1H-NMR and mass) data and elemental analyses. Sensor AM-1 exhibited high selectivity and sensitivity towards Fe³⁺, Fe²⁺ and Cu²⁺ in the presence of o... Read More about The amidine based colorimetric sensor for Fe³⁺, Fe²⁺, and Cu²⁺ in aqueous medium.

Directive emission of red conjugated polymer embedded within zero index metamaterials (2014)
Journal Article
Cao, T., Zou, Y., Adawi, A., & Cryan, M. J. (2014). Directive emission of red conjugated polymer embedded within zero index metamaterials. Optics express, 22(19), 22699-22706. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.022699

Abstract: We numerically demonstrate an impedance-matched multilayer stacked fishnet metamaterial that has zero index with flat high transmittance from 600nm to 620nm. The effective refractive index(𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓) is calculated to be −0.045 + 0.466i and the n... Read More about Directive emission of red conjugated polymer embedded within zero index metamaterials.

Modelling an off-grid integrated renewable energy system for rural electrification in India using photovoltaics and anaerobic digestion (2014)
Journal Article
Castellanos, J., Walker, M., Poggio, D., Pourkashanian, M., & Nimmo, W. (2015). Modelling an off-grid integrated renewable energy system for rural electrification in India using photovoltaics and anaerobic digestion. Renewable energy, 74, 390-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.08.055

This work describes the design optimisation and techno-economic analysis of an off-grid Integrated Renewable Energy System (IRES) designed to meet the electrical demand of a rural village location in West Bengal – India with an overall electrical req... Read More about Modelling an off-grid integrated renewable energy system for rural electrification in India using photovoltaics and anaerobic digestion.

Positive allosteric binding behavior of pyrene-appended triazole-modified thiacalix[4]arene-based fluorescent receptors (2014)
Journal Article
Tomiyasu, H., Shigyo, N., Ni, X.-L., Zeng, X., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2014). Positive allosteric binding behavior of pyrene-appended triazole-modified thiacalix[4]arene-based fluorescent receptors. Tetrahedron, 70(43), 7893-7899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2014.08.068

The novel heteroditopic receptors 5a∼c have been synthesized, which bear a thiacalix[4]arene in the 1,3-alternate conformation. Two urea moieties possessing various aryl groups with either electron-donating or -withdrawing groups at their p-positions... Read More about Positive allosteric binding behavior of pyrene-appended triazole-modified thiacalix[4]arene-based fluorescent receptors.

Lattice gerbe theory (2014)
Journal Article
Lipstein, A. E., & Reid-Edwards, R. A. (2014). Lattice gerbe theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(9), Article ARTN 034. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09%282014%29034

We formulate the theory of a 2-form gauge field on a Euclidean spacetime lattice. In this approach, the fundamental degrees of freedom live on the faces of the lattice, and the action can be constructed from the sum over Wilson surfaces associated wi... Read More about Lattice gerbe theory.

Kinematic modeling of the milky way using the rave and GCS stellar surveys (2014)
Journal Article
Sharma, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Binney, J., Freeman, K. C., Steinmetz, M., Boeche, C., Bienaymé, O., Gibson, B. K., Gilmore, G. F., Grebel, E. K., Helmi, A., Kordopatis, G., Munari, U., Navarro, J. F., Parker, Q. A., Reid, W. A., Seabroke, G. M., Siebert, A., Watson, F., Williams, M. E. K., …Zwitter, T. (2014). Kinematic modeling of the milky way using the rave and GCS stellar surveys. The Astrophysical journal, 793(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/793/1/51

© 2014. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.. We investigate the kinematic parameters of the Milky Way disk using the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) and Geneva-Copenhagen Survey (GCS) stellar surveys. We do this by fitting a kin... Read More about Kinematic modeling of the milky way using the rave and GCS stellar surveys.

Safety analysis of clinical workflows: The case of the workflow within a radiology department (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gordon, N., Sharvia, S., Walker, M., & Al-Qora'n, L. Safety analysis of clinical workflows: The case of the workflow within a radiology department. Presented at 2014 Science and Information Conference

This paper was originally presented at the Science and Information Conference, 2014, 27-29 August, London. Abstract: Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication systems (PACS) are used widely to help in the workflow ma... Read More about Safety analysis of clinical workflows: The case of the workflow within a radiology department.

An approach to safety analysis of clinical workflows (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Qora'n, L., Gordon, N., Sharvia, S., Walker, M., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2014). An approach to safety analysis of clinical workflows. Athens Journal of Health, 1(3), 201-216. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajh.1-3-4

A clinical workflow considers the information and processes that are involved in providing a clinical service. They are safety critical since even minor faults have the potential to propagate and consequently cause harm to a patient, or even for a pa... Read More about An approach to safety analysis of clinical workflows.

Carbon Nanotubes: Next-Generation Nanomaterials for Clean Water Technologies (2014)
Book Chapter
Ong, Y. T., Yee, K. F., Yeang, Q. W., Zein, S. H. S., & Tan, S. H. (2014). Carbon Nanotubes: Next-Generation Nanomaterials for Clean Water Technologies. In B. I. Kharisov, O. V. Kharissova, & H. R. Dias (Eds.), Nanomaterials for Environmental Protection (125-142). John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118845530.ch8

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Substantial progress and breakthroughs have been achieved for nanomaterials because of their nanometer size. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a type of nanomaterial, have received considerable interest worldwide because of th... Read More about Carbon Nanotubes: Next-Generation Nanomaterials for Clean Water Technologies.

Influence of localized surface plasmons on Pauli blocking and optical limiting in graphene under femtosecond pumping (2014)
Journal Article
Bongu, S. R., Bisht, P. B., Namboodiri, R. C. K., Nayak, P., Ramaprabhu, S., Kelly, T. J., Fallon, C., & Costello, J. T. (2014). Influence of localized surface plasmons on Pauli blocking and optical limiting in graphene under femtosecond pumping. Journal of applied physics, 116(7), 073101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893547

The Pauli blocking limit and optical limiting threshold have been found to be modified following silver-nanoparticle decoration of functionalized hydrogen induced exfoliated graphene. Femtosecond Z-scan experiments have been used to measure the Pauli... Read More about Influence of localized surface plasmons on Pauli blocking and optical limiting in graphene under femtosecond pumping.

Experimental study, dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of hydrogen production from biomass pyrolysis/gasification of biomass in a two-stage fixed bed reaction system (2014)
Journal Article
Olaleye, A. K., Adedayo, K. J., Wu, C., Nahil, M. A., Wang, M., & Williams, P. T. (2014). Experimental study, dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of hydrogen production from biomass pyrolysis/gasification of biomass in a two-stage fixed bed reaction system. Fuel, 137, 364-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.07.076

There is great interest in producing hydrogen from renewable sources such as biomass rather than from fossil fuels. This paper presents new experimental results at different pyrolysis temperature and development of a dynamic model for a biomass pyrol... Read More about Experimental study, dynamic modelling, validation and analysis of hydrogen production from biomass pyrolysis/gasification of biomass in a two-stage fixed bed reaction system.

Chemical gradients in the Milky Way from the RAVE data: II. Giant stars (2014)
Journal Article
Boeche, C., Siebert, A., Piffl, T., Just, A., Steinmetz, M., Grebel, E. K., Sharma, S., Kordopatis, G., Gilmore, G., Chiappini, C., Freeman, K., Gibson, B. K., Munari, U., Siviero, A., Bienaymé, O., Navarro, J. F., Parker, Q. A., Reid, W., Seabroke, G. M., Watson, F. G., …Zwitter, T. (2014). Chemical gradients in the Milky Way from the RAVE data: II. Giant stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 568, Article A71. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423974

Aims. We provide new constraints on the chemo-dynamical models of the Milky Way by measuring the radial and vertical chemical gradients for the elements Mg, Al, Si, Ti, and Fe in the Galactic disc and the gradient variations as a function of the dist... Read More about Chemical gradients in the Milky Way from the RAVE data: II. Giant stars.

Potential of cycloaddition reactions to generate cytotoxic metal drugs in vitro (2014)
Journal Article
Murray, B. S., Crot, S., Siankevich, S., & Dyson, P. J. (2014). Potential of cycloaddition reactions to generate cytotoxic metal drugs in vitro. Inorganic chemistry, 53(17), 9315-9321. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic501438k

Severe general toxicity issues blight many chemotherapeutics utilized in the treatment of cancers, resulting in the need for more selective drugs able to exert their biological activity at only the required location(s). Toward this aim, we report the... Read More about Potential of cycloaddition reactions to generate cytotoxic metal drugs in vitro.

Experimental study of dense pyroclastic density currents using sustained, gas-fluidized granular flows (2014)
Journal Article
Rowley, P. J., Roche, O., Druitt, T. H., & Cas, R. (2014). Experimental study of dense pyroclastic density currents using sustained, gas-fluidized granular flows. Bulletin of volcanology, 76(9), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-014-0855-1

We present the results of laboratory experiments on the behaviour of sustained, dense granular flows in a horizontal flume, in which high-gas pore pressure was maintained throughout the flow duration by continuous injection of gas through the flume b... Read More about Experimental study of dense pyroclastic density currents using sustained, gas-fluidized granular flows.

The excessive complexity of national marine governance systems - Has this decreased in England since the introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009? (2014)
Journal Article
Boyes, S. J., & Elliott, M. (2015). The excessive complexity of national marine governance systems - Has this decreased in England since the introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009?. Marine Policy, 51(January), 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.07.019

With successive Government restructuring and the introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act in 2009, this paper revisits a previous set of organograms created in 2006 indicating the government departments with responsibilities relating to the... Read More about The excessive complexity of national marine governance systems - Has this decreased in England since the introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009?.

Pseudo-three-dimensional maps of the diffuse interstellar band at 862 nm (2014)
Journal Article
Kos, J., Zwitter, T., Wyse, R., Bienayme, O., Binney, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Freeman, K., Gibson, B. K., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E. K., Helmi, A., Kordopatis, G., Munari, U., Navarro, J., Parker, Q., Reid, W. A., Seabroke, G., Sharma, S., Siebert, A., Siviero, A., …Zwitter, T. (2014). Pseudo-three-dimensional maps of the diffuse interstellar band at 862 nm. Science, 345(6198), 791-795. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1253171

The diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are absorption lines observed in visual and near-infrared spectra of stars. Understanding their origin in the interstellar medium is one of the oldest problems in astronomical spectroscopy, as DIBs have been know... Read More about Pseudo-three-dimensional maps of the diffuse interstellar band at 862 nm.

Masticatory biomechanics in the rabbit: a multi-body dynamics analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Watson, P. J., Gröning, F., Curtis, N., Fitton, L. C., Herrel, A., McCormack, S. W., & Fagan, M. J. (2014). Masticatory biomechanics in the rabbit: a multi-body dynamics analysis. Journal of the Royal Society interface / the Royal Society, 11(99), Article 20140564. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0564

Multi-body dynamics is a powerful engineering tool which is becoming increasingly popular for the simulation and analysis of skull biomechanics. This paper presents the first application of multi-body dynamics to analyse the biomechanics of the rabbi... Read More about Masticatory biomechanics in the rabbit: a multi-body dynamics analysis.

UV-stable paper coated with APTES-modified P25 TiO₂ nanoparticles (2014)
Journal Article
Cheng, F., Sajedin, S. M., Kelly, S. M., Lee, A. F., & Kornherr, A. (2014). UV-stable paper coated with APTES-modified P25 TiO₂ nanoparticles. Carbohydrate Polymers, 114, 246-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.07.076

In order to inhibit the photocatalytic degradation of organic material supports induced by small titania (TiO₂) nanoparticles, highly photocatalytically active, commercially available P25-TiO₂ nanoparticles were first modified with a thin layer of (3... Read More about UV-stable paper coated with APTES-modified P25 TiO₂ nanoparticles.