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‘… the defence of the realm and nothing else’ : Sir Findlater Stewart, Labour Ministers and the Security Service (2014)
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Lomas, D. (2015). ‘… the defence of the realm and nothing else’ : Sir Findlater Stewart, Labour Ministers and the Security Service. Intelligence and National Security, 30(6), 793-816. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2014.900268

In May 2013, a report on the British Security Service (MI5) by Sir Samuel Findlater Stewart was released by the Cabinet Office. Dated November 1945, the report on the future organization and activities of MI5 was significant in that it defined the Se... Read More about ‘… the defence of the realm and nothing else’ : Sir Findlater Stewart, Labour Ministers and the Security Service.

Deterministic evolution of strength in multiple comparisons models : Who is the greatest golfer? (2014)
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Baker, R., & McHale, I. (2015). Deterministic evolution of strength in multiple comparisons models : Who is the greatest golfer?. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 42(1), 180-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjos.12101

We present a statistical methodology for fitting time varying rankings, by estimating the strength parameters of the Plackett–Luce multiple comparisons model at regularly spaced times for each ranked item. We use the little-known method of barycentr... Read More about Deterministic evolution of strength in multiple comparisons models : Who is the greatest golfer?.

Long-term effects of stock transfers : synergistic introgression of allochthonous genomes in salmonids (2014)
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Horreo, J., Machado-Schiaffino, G., Griffiths, A., Bright, D., Stevens, J., & Garcia-Vazquez, E. (2014). Long-term effects of stock transfers : synergistic introgression of allochthonous genomes in salmonids. Journal of Fish Biology, 85(2), 292-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12424

The genus Salmo was employed as a model to study introgression of genes between species due to secondary contacts. Seven microsatellite loci, the LDH-C1* locus and the 5S ribosomal DNA were studied. Results showed the mutually enhanced introgression... Read More about Long-term effects of stock transfers : synergistic introgression of allochthonous genomes in salmonids.

Knowledge intensive regeneration versus sustainable communities (2014)
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Arayici, Y., & ozturk, Z. (2014). Knowledge intensive regeneration versus sustainable communities. International journal of 3-D information modeling (Online), 3(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.4018/ij3dim.2014010101

Regeneration is deemed as the enabler for societies and nations to transform them from industrial age to knowledge. In this regard, knowledge intensive regeneration is one of the latest models, called as New Century Cities (NCC) to make progress and... Read More about Knowledge intensive regeneration versus sustainable communities.

Breast tissue bulge and lesion visibility during stereotactic biopsy – a phantom study (2014)
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Williams, S., Hackney, L., Hogg, P., & Szczepura, K. (2014). Breast tissue bulge and lesion visibility during stereotactic biopsy – a phantom study. Radiography, 20(3), 271-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.04.006

Background During mammography guided stereotactic breast biopsy a bulge of tissue can form in the paddle needle biopsy aperture. This bulge has been estimated to have a height of up to 30% of the breast itself. During clinical biopsy we have noti... Read More about Breast tissue bulge and lesion visibility during stereotactic biopsy – a phantom study.

A workflow for bacterial metabolic fingerprinting and lipid profiling: application to Ciprofloxacin challenged Escherichia coli (2014)
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Allwood, J., AlRabiah, H., Correa, E., Vaughan, A., Xu, Y., Upton, M., & Goodacre, R. (2015). A workflow for bacterial metabolic fingerprinting and lipid profiling: application to Ciprofloxacin challenged Escherichia coli. Metabolomics, 11(2), 438-453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-014-0674-6

The field of lipidomics focuses upon the non-targeted analysis of lipid composition, the process of which follows similar routines to those applied in conventional metabolic profiling, however lipidomics differs with respect to the sample preparation... Read More about A workflow for bacterial metabolic fingerprinting and lipid profiling: application to Ciprofloxacin challenged Escherichia coli.

Omnidirectional acoustic absorber with a porous core and a metamaterial matching layer (2014)
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layer. Journal of Applied Physics, 115(20), 204902. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4876119

An omnidirectional sound absorber based on the acoustic analogy of the electromagnetic metamaterial “black hole” has been developed and tested. The resulting structure is composed of a hollow cylindrical porous absorbing core and a graded index mat... Read More about Omnidirectional acoustic absorber with a porous core and a metamaterial matching layer.

Mechanisms of adiponectin-associated perivascular function in vascular disease (2014)
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Withers, S., Bussey, C., Saxton, S., Melrose, H., Watkins, A., & Heagerty, A. (2014). Mechanisms of adiponectin-associated perivascular function in vascular disease. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 34(8), 1637-42. https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.303031

The concept that fat cells could influence the circulation and indeed cardiac function has been in existence for ≥20 years and has gained a wide interest and no less excitement as evidence has accrued to suggest that such effects may be profound enou... Read More about Mechanisms of adiponectin-associated perivascular function in vascular disease.

Effects of spatial pattern of greenspace on urban cooling in a large metropolitan area of eastern China (2014)
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Kong, F., Yin, H., James, P., Hutyra, L., & He, H. (2014). Effects of spatial pattern of greenspace on urban cooling in a large metropolitan area of eastern China. Landscape and Urban Planning, 128, 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.04.018

Urban areas will experience the greatest increases in temperature resulting from climate change due to the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Urban greenspace mitigates the UHI and provides cooler microclimates. Field research has established that tempe... Read More about Effects of spatial pattern of greenspace on urban cooling in a large metropolitan area of eastern China.

A methodology for classification by priority for action: Selecting road stretches for network noise action plans (2014)
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Ruiz-Padillo, A., Torija Martinez, A., Ramos-Ridao, A., & Ruiz, D. (2014). A methodology for classification by priority for action: Selecting road stretches for network noise action plans. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 29, 66-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2014.04.002

Road traffic noise is an element of outstanding importance within the overall context of environmental impact. This problem must be technically addressed from an efficient viewpoint, and solutions or alternatives should be considered by means of ap... Read More about A methodology for classification by priority for action: Selecting road stretches for network noise action plans.

Differential inflammatory responses of bovine foot skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes to digital dermatitis treponemes (2014)
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Evans, N., Brown, J., Scholey, R., Murray, R., Birtles, R., Hart, C., & Carter, S. (2014). Differential inflammatory responses of bovine foot skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes to digital dermatitis treponemes. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 161(1-2), 12-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.05.005

Bovine digital dermatitis (BDD) is a serious infectious inflammatory lameness causing pain and suffering to many cattle worldwide and which has severe economic implications. This study set out to investigate relationships between the treponemes consi... Read More about Differential inflammatory responses of bovine foot skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes to digital dermatitis treponemes.

First report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microtiin rodents in Finland (2014)
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Kallio, E., Begon, M., Birtles, R., Bown, K., Koskela, E., Mappes, T., & Watts, P. (2014). First report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microtiin rodents in Finland. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 14(6), 389-393. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2013.1383

Tick-borne diseases pose an increasingly important public health problem in Europe. Rodents are the reservoir host for many tick-transmitted pathogens, including Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti, which can cause human granulocytic anapla... Read More about First report of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microtiin rodents in Finland.

10 kVp rule - an anthropomorphic pelvis phantom imaging study using a CR system : impact on image quality and effective dose using AEC and manual mode (2014)
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Lanca, L., Franco, L., Ahmed, A., & Hogg, P. (2014). 10 kVp rule - an anthropomorphic pelvis phantom imaging study using a CR system : impact on image quality and effective dose using AEC and manual mode. Radiography, 20(4), 333-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.04.007

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the influence of tube potential (kVp) variation in relation to perceptual image quality and effective dose for pelvis using automatic exposure control (AEC) and non-AEC in a Computed Radiography (CR) system. M... Read More about 10 kVp rule - an anthropomorphic pelvis phantom imaging study using a CR system : impact on image quality and effective dose using AEC and manual mode.

Assessment of temporal hydrologic anomalies coupled with drought impact for a transboundary river flow regime : the Diyala watershed case study (2014)
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Al-Faraj, F., & Scholz, M. (2014). Assessment of temporal hydrologic anomalies coupled with drought impact for a transboundary river flow regime : the Diyala watershed case study. Journal of Hydrology, 517, 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.021

Recent increases in human activities in shared river basins have unquestionably raised concerns about potential hydrological impacts, especially impacts of dams and large-scale water withdrawal schemes in the highlands. Anthropogenic pressures twinne... Read More about Assessment of temporal hydrologic anomalies coupled with drought impact for a transboundary river flow regime : the Diyala watershed case study.

Photocurrent from a carbon nanotube diode with splitgate and asymmetric contact geometry (2014)
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and asymmetric contact geometry. Materials Research Express, 1(2), 026304. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/1/2/026304

We fabricated a Ti/Pd asymmetrically contacted single carbon nanotube (CNT) field-effect transistor (FET) with split-gates. Transfer characteristics can be explained if the Schottky barrier for electrons is lower at the Pd contact than it is at th... Read More about Photocurrent from a carbon nanotube diode with splitgate and asymmetric contact geometry.

An analytical model for a dodecahedron loudspeaker applied to the design of omni-directional loudspeaker arrays (2014)
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Quested, C., Moorhouse, A., Piper, B., & Hu, B. (2014). An analytical model for a dodecahedron loudspeaker applied to the design of omni-directional loudspeaker arrays. Applied Acoustics, 85, 161-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.03.023

The dodecahedron (12 sided) loudspeaker is used extensively for acoustic measurements as an approximation to an omni-directional sound source, for example in building acoustics and automotive applications. In many instances its use is favoured above... Read More about An analytical model for a dodecahedron loudspeaker applied to the design of omni-directional loudspeaker arrays.

The assessment and management of diabetes related lower limb problems in India - an action research approach to integrating best practice (2014)
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Harrison-Blount, M., Cullen, M., Nester, C., & Williams, A. (2014). The assessment and management of diabetes related lower limb problems in India - an action research approach to integrating best practice. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 7(30), https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-7-30

Background: In this article the authors explore the current issues and barriers related to achieving successful outcomes to diabetic foot complications in India. This was achieved by engaging clinicians in taking ownership of the problems and fac... Read More about The assessment and management of diabetes related lower limb problems in India - an action research approach to integrating best practice.

Feasibility study of a take-home array-based functional electrical stimulation system with automated setup for current functional electrical stimulation users with foot-drop (2014)
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Prenton, S., Kenney, L., Stapleton, C., Cooper, G., Reeves, M., Heller, B., …Williamson, T. (2014). Feasibility study of a take-home array-based functional electrical stimulation system with automated setup for current functional electrical stimulation users with foot-drop. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 95(10), 1870-1877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2014.04.027

Objective To investigate the feasibility of unsupervised community use of an array-based automated setup functional electrical stimulator for current foot-drop functional electrical stimulation (FES) users. Design Feasibility study. S... Read More about Feasibility study of a take-home array-based functional electrical stimulation system with automated setup for current functional electrical stimulation users with foot-drop.

Novelty detection using level set methods (2014)
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Ding, X., Li, Y., Belatreche, A., & Maguire, L. (2015). Novelty detection using level set methods. IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 26(3), 576-588. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2014.2320293

This paper presents a level set boundary description (LSBD) approach for novelty detection that treats the nonlinear boundary directly in the input space. The proposed approach consists of level set function (LSF) construction, boundary evolution, an... Read More about Novelty detection using level set methods.

Evolution of sperm morphology in anurans : Insights into the roles of mating system and spawning location (2014)
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roles of mating system and spawning location. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14(104), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-104

Background: The degree of postcopulatory sexual selection, comprising variable degrees of sperm competition and cryptic female choice, is an important evolutionary force to influence sperm form and function. Here we investigated the effects of mati... Read More about Evolution of sperm morphology in anurans : Insights into the roles of mating system and spawning location.