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Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of urban particulate matter in mammalian cells (2015)
Journal Article
Dumax-Vorzet, A., Tate, M., Walmsley, R., Elder, R., & Povey, A. (2015). Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of urban particulate matter in mammalian cells. Mutagenesis, 30(5), 621-633. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/gev025

Ambient air particulate matter (PM)-associated reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been linked to a variety of altered cellular outcomes. In this study, three different PM samples from diesel exhaust particles (DEPs), urban dust standard reference mat... Read More about Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of urban particulate matter in mammalian cells.

Scheduled bus services in protected areas (2015)
Book Chapter
Guiver, J., Davies, N., & Weston, R. (2015). Scheduled bus services in protected areas. In F. Orsi (Ed.), Sustainable Transportation in Natural and Protected Areas. Routledge

Ultrafast charge dynamics in trap-free and surface-trapping colloidal quantum dots (2015)
Journal Article
Smith, C., Leontiadou, M., Page, R., O'Brien, P., & Binks, D. (2015). Ultrafast charge dynamics in trap-free and surface-trapping colloidal quantum dots. Advanced Science, 2(10), 1500088. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201600165

Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy is used to study subnanosecond charge dynamics in CdTe colloidal quantum dots. After treatment with chloride ions, these can become free of surface traps that produce nonradiative recombination. A compariso... Read More about Ultrafast charge dynamics in trap-free and surface-trapping colloidal quantum dots.

Urban ecosystems : Challenges for applied urban modelling (2015)
Presentation / Conference
James, P. (2015, June). Urban ecosystems : Challenges for applied urban modelling. Presented at The 5th Symposium on Applied Urban Modelling (AUM) 2015, University of Cambridge

The concept of an ecosystem can be understood as the sum of the biotic and abiotic elements in an area of study, or as the patterns and processes that operate within that area of study as a result of the interaction between the biotic and abiotic com... Read More about Urban ecosystems : Challenges for applied urban modelling.

Convergence with the Arts (2015)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2015). Convergence with the Arts. In Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence (1-10). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04033-2_33-1

This chapter examines convergence in science and arts by considering two complementary trajectories over the last 25 years. First, it examines the institutional drivers behind convergence, from the perspective of governance and public value within sc... Read More about Convergence with the Arts.

Human enhancement in sports (2015)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2015). Human enhancement in sports. In W. Bainbridge, & M. Roco (Eds.), Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence (1-13). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04033-2_85-1

This chapter examines the range of sciences and technologies that converge around sports and the implications of this for issues of fairness and ethics. First, it outlines some of the recent scientific developments that speak to the convergence of di... Read More about Human enhancement in sports.

PTU-093 Metabolomic profiling in inflammatory bowel disease (2015)
Journal Article
Hildebrand, D., Trivedi, D., Xu, Y., Rattray, N., Ross, N., Correa, E., …Watson, A. (2015). PTU-093 Metabolomic profiling in inflammatory bowel disease. Gut, 64(Suppl), A102.1-A102. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309861.208

Introduction Inflammatory bowel disease is classified into 2 main types; Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Differentiation can prove clinically challenging. Metabolomic profiling is an emerging science that is utilised for biomarker d... Read More about PTU-093 Metabolomic profiling in inflammatory bowel disease.

PWE-200 Metabolomic profiling in pancreatic cancer; in search of new biomarkers (2015)
Journal Article
Ross, N., Correa, E., Rattray, N., Hildebrand, D., Xu, Y., Trivedi, D., …Watson, A. (2015). PWE-200 Metabolomic profiling in pancreatic cancer; in search of new biomarkers. Gut, 64(Suppl), A300.1-A300. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309861.647

Introduction Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease with a poor outcome. Current biomarkers fall short in accessibility, sensitivity, specificity and their ability to distinguish malignant from benign conditions. Metabolomics aims to decipher mol... Read More about PWE-200 Metabolomic profiling in pancreatic cancer; in search of new biomarkers.

PWE-199 Metabolomic profiling in acute pancreatitis; in search of new biomarkers (2015)
Journal Article
Ross, N., Correa, E., Rattray, N., Hildebrand, D., Trivedi, D., Goodacre, R., & Watson, A. (2015). PWE-199 Metabolomic profiling in acute pancreatitis; in search of new biomarkers. Gut, 64(Suppl), A299.2-A300. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309861.646

Introduction Severe acute pancreatitis (AP) carries a 30–50% mortality.1Current scoring systems fall short in predictive accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and availability.2Metabolomics aims to decipher molecular signatures that will distinguish dis... Read More about PWE-199 Metabolomic profiling in acute pancreatitis; in search of new biomarkers.

Phenotypic Characterisation of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Exposed to X-Radiation (2015)
Journal Article
Senko, J., Brown, A., Correa, E., Xu, Y., AlMasoud, N., Pimblott, S., …Lloyd, J. (2015). Phenotypic Characterisation of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Exposed to X-Radiation. PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0131249. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131249

Biogeochemical processes mediated by Fe(III)-reducing bacteria such as Shewanella oneidensis have the potential to influence the post-closure evolution of a geological disposal facility for radioactive wastes and to affect the solubility of some radi... Read More about Phenotypic Characterisation of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Exposed to X-Radiation.

Novel therapies for cancer treatment : designing high affinity and selectivity ligands against SIRT1 (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Sudani, B., Krstic- Demonacos, M., & Ragazzon, P. (2015, June). Novel therapies for cancer treatment : designing high affinity and selectivity ligands against SIRT1. Poster presented at EuroMedLab Paris 2015, Paris, France

The word ‘sirtuin’ (SIR) stands for Silent Information Regulator. SIRT1 is the most studied mammalian sirtuin and predominantly localises to the nucleus. Many sirtuins targets are involved in cancer and in many types of cancers, SIRT1 is found to be... Read More about Novel therapies for cancer treatment : designing high affinity and selectivity ligands against SIRT1.

Multi-Turing instabilities & spontaneous patterns in discrete nonlinear systems : simplicity and complexity, cavities and counterpropagation (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Bostock, C., Christian, J., Leite, A., McDonald, G., & Huang, J. (2015, June). Multi-Turing instabilities & spontaneous patterns in discrete nonlinear systems : simplicity and complexity, cavities and counterpropagation. Presented at 12th International Conference on the Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation, Karlsruhe, Germany

Alan Turing's profound insight into morphogenesis, published in 1952, has provided the cornerstone for understanding the origin of pattern and form in Nature. When the uniform states of a nonlinear reaction-diffusion system are sufficiently stressed,... Read More about Multi-Turing instabilities & spontaneous patterns in discrete nonlinear systems : simplicity and complexity, cavities and counterpropagation.

ABCG2 is a potential marker of tumor-initiating cells in breast cancer (2015)
Journal Article
Sicchieri, R. D., da Silveira, W. A., Mandarano, L. R. M., Gonçalves de Oliveira, T. M., Carrara, H. H. A., Muglia, V. F., …Tiezzi, D. G. (2015). ABCG2 is a potential marker of tumor-initiating cells in breast cancer. Tumor Biology, 36, 9233-9243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13277-015-3647-0

The existence of tumor-initiating cells (TICs) within solid tumors has been hypothesized to explain tumor heterogeneity and resistance to cancer therapy. In breast cancer, the expression of CD44 and CD24 and the activity of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (... Read More about ABCG2 is a potential marker of tumor-initiating cells in breast cancer.

Evaluating the predictions of objective intelligibility metrics for modified and synthetic speech (2015)
Journal Article
Tang, Y., Cooke, M., & Valentini-Botinhao, C. (2015). Evaluating the predictions of objective intelligibility metrics for modified and synthetic speech. Computer Speech and Language, 35, 73-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csl.2015.06.002

Several modification algorithms that alter natural or synthetic speech with the goal of improving intelligibility in noise have been proposed recently. A key requirement of many modification techniques is the ability to predict intelligibility, both... Read More about Evaluating the predictions of objective intelligibility metrics for modified and synthetic speech.

An adaptable and personalised e-learning system based on free web resources (2015)
Book Chapter
Aeiad, E., & Meziane, F. (2015). An adaptable and personalised e-learning system based on free web resources. In C. Biemann, S. Handschuh, A. Freitas, F. Meziane, & E. Métais (Eds.), Natural Language Processing and Information Systems : 20th International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems, NLDB 2015, Passau, Germany, June 17-19, 2015, Proceedings (293-299). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19581-0_26

A personalised and adaptive E-Learning system architecture
is developed to provide a comprehensive learning environment for learners who cannot follow a conventional programme of study. The system extracts information from freely available resources... Read More about An adaptable and personalised e-learning system based on free web resources.

Fiber guiding at the Dirac frequency beyond photonic bandgaps (2015)
Journal Article
Xie, K., Zhang, W., Boardman, A., Jiang, H., Hu, Z., Xie, Y., …Wang, E. (2015). Fiber guiding at the Dirac frequency beyond photonic bandgaps. Light: Science & Applications (Print), 4(6), https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2015.77

Light trapping within waveguides is a key practice of modern optics, both scientifically and technologically. Photonic crystal fibers traditionally rely on total internal reflection (index-guiding fibers) or a photonic bandgap (photonic-bandgap fiber... Read More about Fiber guiding at the Dirac frequency beyond photonic bandgaps.

Spherical trigonometry-based kinematics for controlling a dexterous robotic hand with an articulated palm (2015)
Journal Article
Emmanouil, E., Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2015). Spherical trigonometry-based kinematics for controlling a dexterous robotic hand with an articulated palm. Robotica, 34(12), 2788-2805. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574715000399

This work presents a method based on spherical trigonometry for computing all joint angles of the spherical metamorphic palm. The spherical palm is segmented into spherical triangles which are then solved and combined to fully solve the palm configur... Read More about Spherical trigonometry-based kinematics for controlling a dexterous robotic hand with an articulated palm.

Book review : Parasitism. The diversity and ecology of animal parasites, 2nd edn. By Timothy M. Goater,Cameron P. Goater and Gerald W. Esch,editors, p. 497. Cambridge University Press, UK, 2014. (2015)
Journal Article
Hide, G. (2015). Book review : Parasitism. The diversity and ecology of animal parasites, 2nd edn. By Timothy M. Goater,Cameron P. Goater and Gerald W. Esch,editors, p. 497. Cambridge University Press, UK, 2014. Parasitology, 142(10), 1348-1349. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182015000645