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Oroya fever and verruga peruana: Bartonelloses unique to South America (2014)
Journal Article
Vinetz, J., Minnick, M., Anderson, B., Lima, A., Battisti, J., Lawyer, P., & Birtles, R. (2014). Oroya fever and verruga peruana: Bartonelloses unique to South America. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(7), e2919. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002919

Bartonella bacilliformis is the bacterial agent of Carrión's disease and is presumed to be transmitted between humans by phlebotomine sand flies. Carrión's disease is endemic to high-altitude valleys of the South American Andes, and the first reporte... Read More about Oroya fever and verruga peruana: Bartonelloses unique to South America.

Ontology enhancing process for a situated and curiosity-driven robot (2014)
Journal Article
Rea, F., Nefti-Meziani, S., Manzoor, U., & Davis, S. (2014). Ontology enhancing process for a situated and curiosity-driven robot. Robotics and autonomous systems, 62(12), 1837-1847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.06.005

Nowadays, robots need to be able to interact with humans and objects in a flexible way and should be able to share the same knowledge (physical and social) of the human counterpart. Therefore, there is a need for a framework for expressing and sharin... Read More about Ontology enhancing process for a situated and curiosity-driven robot.

Axl tyrosine kinase protects against tubulo-interstitial apoptosis and progression of renal failure in a murine model of chronic kidney disease and hyperphosphataemia (2014)
Journal Article
Hyde, G. D., Taylor, R. F., Ashton, N., Borland, S. J., Sing Geoffrey Wu, H., Gilmore, A. P., & Canfield, A. E. (2014). Axl tyrosine kinase protects against tubulo-interstitial apoptosis and progression of renal failure in a murine model of chronic kidney disease and hyperphosphataemia. PloS one, 9(7), Article e102096. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102096

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as the progressive loss of renal function often involving glomerular, tubulo- interstitial and vascular pathology. CKD is associated with vascular calcification; the extent of which predicts morbidity and morta... Read More about Axl tyrosine kinase protects against tubulo-interstitial apoptosis and progression of renal failure in a murine model of chronic kidney disease and hyperphosphataemia.

Online fault detection for Networks-on-Chip interconnect (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, J., Harkin, J., Li, Y., & Maguire, L. (2014, July). Online fault detection for Networks-on-Chip interconnect. Presented at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/ European Space Agency (ESA) Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS-2014), Leicester, UK

A key requirement for modern Networks-on-Chip (NoC) is the ability to detect and diagnose faults and failures. A novel approach is proposed which addresses the challenge of fault detection using an online mechanism. The approach minimises online intr... Read More about Online fault detection for Networks-on-Chip interconnect.

Metabolic asymmetry in cancer : a “balancing act” that promotes tumor growth (2014)
Journal Article
Martinez-Outschoorn, U., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2014). Metabolic asymmetry in cancer : a “balancing act” that promotes tumor growth. Cancer Cell, 26(1), 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2014.06.021

Profound metabolic differences between cancer cells and fibroblasts promote tumorigenesis. A study by Valencia and colleagues in this issue of Cancer Cell supports this assertion. They observed that metabolic asymmetry in prostate tumors drives aggre... Read More about Metabolic asymmetry in cancer : a “balancing act” that promotes tumor growth.

Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance (2014)
Journal Article

This paper outlines good practice guidelines for developing a social survey to investigate public annoyance in relation to environmental vibration. Drawing on the development of international good practice guidelines and research into noise and vibra... Read More about Development of a social survey for the study of vibration annoyance in residential environments : good practice guidance.

Listening laboratory study of low height roadside noise barrier performance compared against in-situ field data (2014)
Journal Article
Torija Martinez, A., & Flindell, I. (2014). Listening laboratory study of low height roadside noise barrier performance compared against in-situ field data. Building and Environment, 81, 216-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.07.006

A listening laboratory study conducted using simulated soundfields with and without a low (1 m) height
roadside noise barrier suggested that small but significant improvements in the perceived or subjective
soundscape could be achieved. The laborat... Read More about Listening laboratory study of low height roadside noise barrier performance compared against in-situ field data.

Detection and isolation for actuator failure for actively controlled railway wheelsets (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Mirzapour, M., & Mei, T. (2014, July). Detection and isolation for actuator failure for actively controlled railway wheelsets. Presented at UKACC International Control Conference 2014, Loughborough

This paper studies a model-based approach for the condition monitoring of an actively controlled railway system, with a focus on actuator failures to detect and isolate failure modes in such a system. It seeks to establish the necessary basis for fau... Read More about Detection and isolation for actuator failure for actively controlled railway wheelsets.

Towards self-powered lateral active suspension for railway vehicles (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, P., Mei, T., & Zhang, J. (2014, July). Towards self-powered lateral active suspension for railway vehicles. Presented at UKACC International Control Conference 2014, Loughborough

This paper investigates the energy consumption of the lateral secondary active suspension for railway vehicles and studies the conditions for self-powered active suspension control. The influence of the performance index weighting factors to both the... Read More about Towards self-powered lateral active suspension for railway vehicles.