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Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms (2014)
Journal Article
Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2014). Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms. Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(5), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4025821

This paper presents two integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms that are inspired and evolved from origami cartons with a crash-lock base. Investigating the crash-lock base of the origami cartons, the first overconstrained mechanism is... Read More about Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms.

Allometric growth patterns in hatchery-reared larvae of the catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri (Pisces: Pseudopimelodidae) (2014)
Journal Article
Guimarães-Cruz, R., Veloso-Júnior, V., Guimaraes Sales, N., Oliveira, D., & Santos, J. (2014). Allometric growth patterns in hatchery-reared larvae of the catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri (Pisces: Pseudopimelodidae). https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-09352014000100038

The aim of the present study was to characterize the relationships that occur between morphometric variables of larvae of Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876 through their allometric growth analysis. Total length, head length and body height w... Read More about Allometric growth patterns in hatchery-reared larvae of the catfish Lophiosilurus alexandri (Pisces: Pseudopimelodidae).

Female preference for male color is necessary and sufficient for assortative mating in 2 cichlid sister species (2014)
Journal Article
Selz, O. M., Pierotti, M. E., Maan, M. E., Schmid, C., & Seehausen, O. (2014). Female preference for male color is necessary and sufficient for assortative mating in 2 cichlid sister species. Behavioral Ecology, 25(3), 612–626. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru024

A critical step for speciation in the face of gene flow is the origination of reproductive isolation. The evolution of assortative mating greatly facilitates this process. Assortative mating can be mediated by one or multiple cues across an array of... Read More about Female preference for male color is necessary and sufficient for assortative mating in 2 cichlid sister species.

Exploiting lanthanide luminescence in supramolecular assemblies (2014)
Journal Article
Lehr, J., Beer, P., Faulkner, S., & Davis, J. (2014). Exploiting lanthanide luminescence in supramolecular assemblies. Chemical Communications, 50(43), 5678-5687. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc01138d

Lanthanide ions, due to their unique photo-physical characteristics, have attracted considerable attention in recent years. Their long lifetimes, sharp, well-defined emission bands, and designable environmental sensitivity make them ideal for integra... Read More about Exploiting lanthanide luminescence in supramolecular assemblies.

Method of coating and etching (2014)
Patent

A method of chemical vapour deposition of a material on a substrate or etch of material from a substrate comprises using a short pulsed power signal to form a short pulsed plasma for enhancing the deposition or etch. The power signal is preferably a... Read More about Method of coating and etching.

A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms (2014)
Journal Article
Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2014). A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 6(2), 021010. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4025472

This paper presents for the first time a novel two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) single-looped dual-plane-symmetric spatial eight-bar linkage with exact straight-line motion. Geometry and kinematics of the eight-bar linkage are investigated and closed-f... Read More about A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms.

New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda (2014)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., Pour Rahimian, F., Arif, M., & Sharp, M. (2015). New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 11(3), 163-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2014.891501

Despite the benefits offered by offsite construction, as a percentage, the offsite market is still relatively small. This phenomena is complex; but for brevity, includes a myriad of factors, not least: lack of awareness; supply chain challenges (capa... Read More about New offsite production and business models in construction : priorities for the future research agenda.

Multi-casting in mountainous regions of developing countries: Analysis through ICT, institutions, and capabilities perspectives (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Overcoming shortages of teachers or teachers with required skills and experience is a major challenge in rural schools in the global south. We investigate a classroom video conference multi-casting project under development by the Nepal Wireless Netw... Read More about Multi-casting in mountainous regions of developing countries: Analysis through ICT, institutions, and capabilities perspectives.

Nanomaterials : impact on cells and cell organelles (2014)
Book Chapter
Krpetic, Z., Anguissola, S., Garry, D., Kelly, P., & Dawson, K. (2014). Nanomaterials : impact on cells and cell organelles. In Nanomaterial : impacts on cell biology and medicine (135-156). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8739-0_8

Colloidal nanoparticles designed for the interactions with cells are very small, nanoscale objects usually consisting of inorganic cores and organic shells that are dispersed in a buffer or biological medium. By tuning the material properties of the... Read More about Nanomaterials : impact on cells and cell organelles.

Host-parasite biology in the real world : the field voles of Kielder (2014)
Journal Article
Turner, A., Beldomenico, P., Bown, K., Burthe, S., Jackson, J., Lambin, X., & Begon, M. (2014). Host-parasite biology in the real world : the field voles of Kielder. Parasitology, 141(8), 997-1017. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182014000171

Research on the interactions between the field voles (Microtus agrestis) of Kielder Forest and their natural parasites dates back to the 1930s. These early studies were primarily concerned with understanding how parasites shape the characteristic cyc... Read More about Host-parasite biology in the real world : the field voles of Kielder.