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Genetic drift, not life history or RNAi, determine long term evolution of transposable elements (2016)
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Szitenberg, A., Cha, S., Opperman, C. H., Bird, D. M., Blaxter, M. L., & Lunt, D. H. (2016). Genetic drift, not life history or RNAi, determine long term evolution of transposable elements. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8(9), 2964-2978. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw208

Transposable elements (TEs) are a major source of genome variation across the branches of life. Although TEs may play an adaptive role in their host’s genome, they are more often deleterious, and purifying selection is an important factor controlling... Read More about Genetic drift, not life history or RNAi, determine long term evolution of transposable elements.

Inflation model building with an accurate measure of e-folding (2016)
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Chongchitnan, S. (2016). Inflation model building with an accurate measure of e-folding. Physical Review D, 94(4), Article 043526. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.043526

It has become standard practice to take the logarithmic growth of the scale factor as a measure of the amount of inflation, despite the well-known fact that this is only an approximation for the true amount of inflation required to solve the horizon... Read More about Inflation model building with an accurate measure of e-folding.

Interactive knowledge generation in urban green building transitions (2016)
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Preller, B., Affolderbach, J., Schulz, C., Fastenrath, S., & Braun, B. (2017). Interactive knowledge generation in urban green building transitions. Professional Geographer, 69(2), 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2016.1208104

Knowledge coproduction between practitioners and scientists offers promising opportunities for the emerging research field of the geography of sustainability transitions. Drawing on experiences from an international research project on urban green bu... Read More about Interactive knowledge generation in urban green building transitions.

The effects of cognitive biases and imperfectness in long-term robot-human interactions: Case studies using five cognitive biases on three robots (2016)
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Biswas, M., & Murray, J. (2017). The effects of cognitive biases and imperfectness in long-term robot-human interactions: Case studies using five cognitive biases on three robots. Cognitive systems research, 43, 266-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2016.07.007

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. The research presented in this paper demonstrates a model for aiding human-robot companionship based on the principle of ‘human’ cognitive biases applied to a robot. The aim of this work was to study how cognitive biases can affe... Read More about The effects of cognitive biases and imperfectness in long-term robot-human interactions: Case studies using five cognitive biases on three robots.

Application of model-based LPV actuator fault estimation for an industrial benchmark (2016)
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Chen, L., Patton, R., & Goupil, P. (2016). Application of model-based LPV actuator fault estimation for an industrial benchmark. Control engineering practice, 56, 60-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2016.08.003

To bridge the gap between model-based fault diagnosis theory and the industry practice, a linear parameter varying H_/H∞ fault estimation approach is applied to a high fidelity nonlinear aircraft benchmark, to deal with the various actuator fault det... Read More about Application of model-based LPV actuator fault estimation for an industrial benchmark.

A search for an optical counterpart to the gravitational-wave event GW151226 (2016)
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Smartt, S. J., Chambers, K. C., Smith, K. W., Huber, M. E., Young, D. R., Chen, T.-W., Inserra, C., Wright, D. E., Coughlin, M., Denneau, L., Flewelling, H., Heinze, A., Jerkstrand, A., Magnier, E. A., Maguire, K., Mueller, B., Rest, A., Sherstyuk, A., Stalder, B., Schultz, A. S. B., …Willman, M. (2016). A search for an optical counterpart to the gravitational-wave event GW151226. Astrophysical journal. Letters, 827(2), L40. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/827/2/l40

� 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.. We present a search for an electromagnetic counterpart of the gravitational-wave source GW151226. Using the Pan-STARRS1 telescope we mapped out 290 square degrees in the optical iP1fi... Read More about A search for an optical counterpart to the gravitational-wave event GW151226.

A novel fluorescence “on–off–on” chemosensor for Hg²⁺ via a water-assistant blocking heavy atom effect (2016)
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Wu, C., Zhao, J.-L., Jiang, X.-K., Wang, C.-Z., Ni, X.-L., Zeng, X., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2016). A novel fluorescence “on–off–on” chemosensor for Hg²⁺ via a water-assistant blocking heavy atom effect. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 45(38), 14948-14953. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt02274j

Upper rim pyrene-functionalized hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene L was synthesized via Click chemistry, and its fluorescence behaviors toward several common metal cations were investigated. L exhibited a significant fluorescence quenching response to Hg²⁺... Read More about A novel fluorescence “on–off–on” chemosensor for Hg²⁺ via a water-assistant blocking heavy atom effect.

Synthesis, structures and conformational studies of 1,2-dimethyl[2.10]metacyclophane-1-enes (2016)
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Akther, T., Islam, M. M., Rahman, S., Georghiou, P. E., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, J., Thuéry, P., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2016). Synthesis, structures and conformational studies of 1,2-dimethyl[2.10]metacyclophane-1-enes. ChemistrySelect, 1(13), 3594-3600. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201600670

A series of 1,2-dimethyl[2.10]metacyclophan-1-enes (MCP-1-enes) containing different substituent groups has been synthesized to illustrate their conformational behavior. 4,22-dimethoxy-1,2-dimethyl[2.10]MCP-1-ene 3 was synthesized by a Grignard coupl... Read More about Synthesis, structures and conformational studies of 1,2-dimethyl[2.10]metacyclophane-1-enes.

Deuteron and proton NMR study of D₂, p-dichlorobenzene and 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene in bimesogenic liquid crystals with two nematic phases (2016)
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Burnell, E. E., Ahmed, Z., Welch, C., Mehl, G. H., & Dong, R. Y. (2016). Deuteron and proton NMR study of D₂, p-dichlorobenzene and 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene in bimesogenic liquid crystals with two nematic phases. Chemical Physics Letters, 659, 48-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2016.07.005

The solutes dideuterium, 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene and p-dichlorobenzene (pdcb) are co-dissolved in a 61/39 wt% mixture of CBC9CB/5CB, a bimesogenic liquid crystal with two nematic phases. NMR spectra are collected for each solute. The local electric fi... Read More about Deuteron and proton NMR study of D₂, p-dichlorobenzene and 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene in bimesogenic liquid crystals with two nematic phases.

Brexit: The marine governance horrendogram just got more horrendous! (2016)
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Boyes, S. J., & Elliott, M. (2016). Brexit: The marine governance horrendogram just got more horrendous!. Marine pollution bulletin, 111(1-2), 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.08.020

On Thursday 23rd June 2016, the British people voted in a referendum on the following question: ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?’ Of the 33,551,983 who voted, 51.9% (17,410,742) voted to le... Read More about Brexit: The marine governance horrendogram just got more horrendous!.

Do fish go with the flow? The effects of periodic and episodic flow pulses on 0+ fish biomass in a constrained lowland river (2016)
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Walton, S. E., Nunn, A. D., Probst, W. N., Bolland, J. D., Acreman, M. C., & Cowx, I. G. (2017). Do fish go with the flow? The effects of periodic and episodic flow pulses on 0+ fish biomass in a constrained lowland river. Ecohydrology, 10(1), Article e1777. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1777

The hydrological regime is a significant driver of fish population dynamics in rivers, but there is a dearth of information regarding the mechanisms behind its effects on temperate species, especially non-salmonids. This study investigated the effect... Read More about Do fish go with the flow? The effects of periodic and episodic flow pulses on 0+ fish biomass in a constrained lowland river.

NuGrid stellar data set. 1. Stellar yields from H to Bi for stars with metallicities Z=0.02 and Z=0.01 (2016)
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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.

Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling (2016)
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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.

Supramolecular assemblies constructed from inverted cucurbit[7]uril and lanthanide cations: synthesis, structure and sorption properties (2016)
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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.

Stabilisation of metastable polymorphs: the case of paracetamol form III (2016)
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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.

Integrated plasmonic circuitry on a vertical-cavity surface-emitting semiconductor laser platform (2016)
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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.

Angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of two-color XUV-NIR ionization with polarization control (2016)
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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.

Hadley circulation and precipitation changes controling black shale deposition in the Late Jurassic Boreal Seaway (2016)
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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.

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)
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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.

Evaporation of particle-stabilised emulsion sunscreen films (2016)
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Binks, B. P., Fletcher, P. D., Johnson, A. J., Marinopoulos, I., Crowther, J. M., & Thompson, M. A. (2016). Evaporation of particle-stabilised emulsion sunscreen films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8(33), 21201-21213. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b06310

We recently showed (Binks et al., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02696) how evaporation of sunscreen films consisting of solutions of molecular UV filters leads to loss of UV light absorption and derived sun protection facto... Read More about Evaporation of particle-stabilised emulsion sunscreen films.