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Towards a balanced view of pike in Ireland: a reply to Ensing [Letter] (2015)
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Pedreschi, D., Mariani, S., & Hawkins, B. (2015). Towards a balanced view of pike in Ireland: a reply to Ensing [Letter]. Journal of Biogeography, 42(3), 607-609. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12472

n our recent study of the population genetics of pike (Esox lucius) in Ireland (Pedreschi et al., Journal of Biogeography, 41, 548-560), we reported the existence of two main demographic units and showed that these may correspond to two independent a... Read More about Towards a balanced view of pike in Ireland: a reply to Ensing [Letter].

Antimicrobial peptide FF/CAP18 induces apoptotic cell death in HCT116 colon cancer cells via changes in the metabolic profile (2015)
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Kuroda, K., Fukuda, T., Isogai, H., Okumura K, K., Krstic-Demonacos, M., & Isogai, E. (2015). Antimicrobial peptide FF/CAP18 induces apoptotic cell death in HCT116 colon cancer cells via changes in the metabolic profile. International Journal of Oncology, 46(4), 1516-1526. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2015.2887

Metabolic reprogramming is one of the hallmarks of cancer and can be targeted by therapeutic agents. We previously reported that cathelicidin-related or modified antimicrobial peptides, such as FF/CAP18, have antiproliferative effects on the squamous... Read More about Antimicrobial peptide FF/CAP18 induces apoptotic cell death in HCT116 colon cancer cells via changes in the metabolic profile.

A tutorial review: Metabolomics and partial least squares-discriminant analysis – a marriage of convenience or a shotgun wedding (2015)
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Gromski, P., Muhamadali, H., Ellis, D., Xu, Y., Correa, E., Turner, M., & Goodacre, R. (2015). A tutorial review: Metabolomics and partial least squares-discriminant analysis – a marriage of convenience or a shotgun wedding. Analytica Chimica Acta, 879, 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2015.02.012

The predominance of partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) used to analyze metabolomics datasets (indeed, it is the most well-known tool to perform classification and regression in metabolomics), can be said to have led to the point tha... Read More about A tutorial review: Metabolomics and partial least squares-discriminant analysis – a marriage of convenience or a shotgun wedding.

Profiling of spatial metabolite distributions in wheat leaves under normal and nitrate limiting conditions (2015)
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Allwood, J., Chandra, S., Xu, Y., Dunn, W., Correa, E., Hopkins, L., …Bowsher, C. (2015). Profiling of spatial metabolite distributions in wheat leaves under normal and nitrate limiting conditions. Phytochemistry, 115, 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.01.007

The control and interaction between nitrogen and carbon assimilatory pathways is essential in both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic tissue in order to support metabolic processes without compromising growth. Physiological differences between the... Read More about Profiling of spatial metabolite distributions in wheat leaves under normal and nitrate limiting conditions.

Phosphorus retention and mass balance in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater (2015)
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Dzakpasu, M., Scholz, M., McCarthy, V., & Jordan, S. (2015). Phosphorus retention and mass balance in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater. Water and Environment Journal, 29(2), 298-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12107

This study quantified the contributions of different P removal pathways in an integrated constructed wetland (ICW) treating domestic wastewater. Findings over the study period (February 2008 to March 2012) showed average P retention rates of 31 ± 2 m... Read More about Phosphorus retention and mass balance in an integrated constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater.

A series of flexible design adaptations to the Nikon E-C1 and E-C2 confocal microscope systems for UV, multiphoton and FLIM imaging (2015)
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Botchway, S., Scherer, K., Hook, S., Stubbs, C., Weston, E., Bisby, R., & Parker, A. (2015). A series of flexible design adaptations to the Nikon E-C1 and E-C2 confocal microscope systems for UV, multiphoton and FLIM imaging. Journal of Microscopy, 258(1), 68-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12218

Multiphoton microscopy in combination with Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) is now a key technique in biomedical and life-science research for live cell and whole animal imaging providing several advantages over the one photon confocal... Read More about A series of flexible design adaptations to the Nikon E-C1 and E-C2 confocal microscope systems for UV, multiphoton and FLIM imaging.

Independent evaluation of a canine Echinococcosis control programme in Hobukesar County, Xinjiang, China (2015)
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van Kesteren, F., Qi, X., Tao, J., Feng, X., Mastin, A., Craig, P., …Wen, H. (2015). Independent evaluation of a canine Echinococcosis control programme in Hobukesar County, Xinjiang, China. Acta tropica, 145, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.01.009

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China is one of the world's most important foci for cystic echinococcosis. Domestic dogs are the main source for human infection, and previous studies in Xinjiang have found a canine Echinococcus spp... Read More about Independent evaluation of a canine Echinococcosis control programme in Hobukesar County, Xinjiang, China.

Quantifying the domestic building fabric 'performance gap' (2015)
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Johnston, D., Miles-Shenton, D., & Farmer, D. (2015). Quantifying the domestic building fabric 'performance gap'. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 36(5), 614-627. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624415570344

In the UK, there is mounting evidence that the measured in situ performance of the building fabric in new build dwellings can be greater than that predicted, resulting in a significant building fabric ‘performance gap’. This paper presents the coheat... Read More about Quantifying the domestic building fabric 'performance gap'.

Vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons (2015)
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Al-Isawi, R., Sani, A., Almuktar, S., & Scholz, M. (2015). Vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons. Water Science and Technology, 71(6), 938-946. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2015.054

The aim was to compare the impact of different design (aggregate size) and operational (contact time, empty time and chemical oxygen demand (COD) loading) variables on the long-term and seasonal performance of vertical-flow constructed wetland filter... Read More about Vertical-flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons.

Leadership and sustainability in the built environment (2015)
Book
(2015). A. Opoku, & V. Ahmed (Eds.), Leadership and sustainability in the built environment. Abingdon: Routledge

Leadership and sustainability have separately been the subject of numerous studies in a built environment context over the years, but they have yet to be addressed together. The real impact of legislation and guidelines designed to promote sustainabi... Read More about Leadership and sustainability in the built environment.

Dielectric anomalous response of water at 60 °C (2015)
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Martinez Maestro, L., del Valle, J., Camarillo, E., Gonzalo, J., Aragó, C., Marqués, M., …Jaque, F. (2015). Dielectric anomalous response of water at 60 °C. Philosophical Magazine, 95(7), 683-690. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2014.1000419

Recently, the paraelectric response of water was investigated in the range 0–100 °C. It showed an almost perfect Curie–Weiss behaviour up to 60 °C, but a slight change in slope of 1/εd versus T at 60 °C was overlooked. In this work, we report optical... Read More about Dielectric anomalous response of water at 60 °C.

Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe) (2015)
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Feurdean, A., Marinova, E., Nielsen, A., Liakka, J., Veres, D., Hutchinson, S., …Hickler, T. (2015). Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe). Journal of Biogeography, 42(5), 951-963. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12468

Aim The forest steppe of the Transylvanian Plain is a landscape of exceptionally diverse steppe-like and semi-natural grasslands. Is this vegetation a remnant of a
once continuous temperate forest extensively cleared by humans, or has the area, sin... Read More about Origin of the forest steppe and exceptional grassland diversity in Transylvania (central-eastern Europe).

Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event (2015)
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Symons, J. (2015). Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event. Ethnos, 81(4), 697-711. https://doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2014.989877

The Manchester parade is a celebration of ‘all things Manchester’. Explicit attempts to nurture and encourage a creative outpouring from community groups are made by event organisers and artists. I found that the parade took its shape from different... Read More about Shaping the flow : ethnographic analysis of a Manchester parade event.

3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO (2015)
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humanoid robot NAO. Robotics and autonomous systems, 68, 129-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.12.016

Depth estimation is a classical problem in computer vision and after decades of research many methods have been developed for 3D perception like magnetic tracking, mechanical tracking, acoustic tracking, in-
ertial tracking, optical tracking using m... Read More about 3D perception from binocular vision for a low cost humanoid robot NAO.

Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection (2015)
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Cao, Y., Li, Y., Coleman, S., Belatreche, A., & McGinnity, T. (2015). Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection. IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 26(2), 318-330. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2014.2315042

Price manipulation refers to the activities of those traders who use carefully designed trading behaviors to manually push up or down the underlying equity prices for making profits. With increasing volumes and frequency of trading, price manipulatio... Read More about Adaptive hidden Markov model with anomaly states for price manipulation detection.

GECAF: a framework for developing context-aware pervasive systems (2015)
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Al-Yasiri, A. (2015). GECAF: a framework for developing context-aware pervasive systems. Computer Science - Research and Development, 30(1), 87-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00450-013-0248-2

Context-aware systems differ in the way they interact with users, the way they interpret the context of their entities and the actions they take. Each system (or system type) is developed in its own way with no common architecture currently available... Read More about GECAF: a framework for developing context-aware pervasive systems.

Evidence for passive chemical camouflage in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor (2015)
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Kather, R., Drijfhout, F., Shemilt, S., & Martin, S. (2015). Evidence for passive chemical camouflage in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41(2), 178-186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0548-z

Social insect colonies provide a stable and safe environment for their members. Despite colonies been heavily guarded, parasites have evolved numerous strategies to invade and inhabit these hostile places. Two common strategies are chemical mimicry v... Read More about Evidence for passive chemical camouflage in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor.

The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful? (2015)
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20 years on : Has it been successful?. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal and Valuation, 3(4), 352-359

It is 20 years since legislation to make access to goods and services equal to both able bodied and disabled people became fully enabled. This paper seeks to establish if the last 20 years have seen significant improvement in access, and whether the... Read More about The Disability Discrimination Act (Section 3) 20 years on : Has it been successful?.

Clever classrooms : Summary report of the HEAD project (2015)
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Barrett, P., Zhang, Y., Davies, F., & Barrett, L. (2015). Clever classrooms : Summary report of the HEAD project

Based on the results of the HEAD Project (Holistic Evidence and Design), funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, clear evidence has been found that well-designed primary schools boost children’s academic performance in readi... Read More about Clever classrooms : Summary report of the HEAD project.