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Rapid, automated detection of stem canker symptoms in woody perennials using artificial neural network analysis (2015)
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Li, B., Hulin, M. T., Brain, P., Mansfield, J. W., Jackson, R. W., & Harrison, R. J. (2015). Rapid, automated detection of stem canker symptoms in woody perennials using artificial neural network analysis. Plant Methods, 11(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-015-0100-8

© 2015 Li et al. Background: Pseudomonas syringae can cause stem necrosis and canker in a wide range of woody species including cherry, plum, peach, horse chestnut and ash. The detection and quantification of lesion progression over time in woody tis... Read More about Rapid, automated detection of stem canker symptoms in woody perennials using artificial neural network analysis.

Flexibility in MOFs: Do scalar and group-theoretical counting rules work? (2015)
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Marmier, A., & Evans, K. E. (2016). Flexibility in MOFs: Do scalar and group-theoretical counting rules work?. Dalton Transactions, 45(10), 4360-4369. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt03586d

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016. We investigate the ability of counting rules drafted from engineering to predict the flexibility or rigidity of bar-and-joint or body-and-joint assemblies representing metal organic frameworks. We show that whil... Read More about Flexibility in MOFs: Do scalar and group-theoretical counting rules work?.

Live-birth rate associated with repeat in vitro fertilization treatment cycles (2015)
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Smith, A. D. A. C., Tilling, K., Nelson, S. M., & Lawlor, D. A. (2015). Live-birth rate associated with repeat in vitro fertilization treatment cycles. Journal of the American Medical Association, 314(24), 2654-2662. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.17296

© 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Importance The likelihood of achieving a live birth with repeat in vitro fertilization (IVF) is unclear, yet treatment is commonly limited to 3 or 4 embryo transfers. Objective To determine th... Read More about Live-birth rate associated with repeat in vitro fertilization treatment cycles.

Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique (2015)
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Saeedifar, M., Fotouhi, M., & Ahmadi Najafabadi, M. (2016). Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique. Journal of Composite Materials, 50(25), 3577-3588. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998315622983

© The Author(s) 2015. Push-out delamination is a serious concern in the drilling of fibre-reinforced composite materials. This damage occurs as the drill reaches the exit side of the material and can reduce the strength and stiffness of the structure... Read More about Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique.

Self sufficient wireless transmitter powered by foot-pumped urine operating wearable MFC (2015)
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Taghavi, M., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Mattoli, V., Beccai, L., Mazzolai, B., …Ieropoulos, I. A. (2016). Self sufficient wireless transmitter powered by foot-pumped urine operating wearable MFC. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 11(1), Article 016001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/11/1/016001

© 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. The first self-sufficient system, powered by a wearable energy generator based on microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology is introduced. MFCs made from compliant material were developed in the frame of a pair of socks, which w... Read More about Self sufficient wireless transmitter powered by foot-pumped urine operating wearable MFC.

Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells for carbon capture (2015)
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Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., Santoro, C., Li, B., Cristiani, P., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells for carbon capture. Water Research, 86, 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.014

© 2015 The Authors. In Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), the recovery of water can be achieved with the help of both active (electro-osmosis), and passive (osmosis) transport pathways of electrolyte through the semi-permeable selective separator. The elec... Read More about Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells for carbon capture.

Direct numerical simulation of supersonic turbulent flows around a tandem expansion-compression corner (2015)
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Zheltovodov, A. A., Fang, J., Yao, Y., Li, Z., & Lu, L. (2015). Direct numerical simulation of supersonic turbulent flows around a tandem expansion-compression corner. Physics of Fluids, 27(12), 125104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936576

© 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. The M = 2.9 supersonic turbulent flows over a tandem expansion-compression corner configuration with a sharp deflection angle of 25° at three Reynolds numbers Reδ = 20 000, 40 000, and 80 000 were studied by using direct nu... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of supersonic turbulent flows around a tandem expansion-compression corner.

Stability and reliability of anodic biofilms under different feedstock conditions: Towards microbial fuel cell sensors (2015)
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Walter, X. A., You, J., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). Stability and reliability of anodic biofilms under different feedstock conditions: Towards microbial fuel cell sensors. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 6, 43-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2015.11.007

© 2015 The Authors. Stability and reliability of microbial fuel cell anodic biofilms, consisting of mixed cultures, were investigated in a continuously fed system. Two groups of anodic biofilm matured with different substrates, acetate and casein for... Read More about Stability and reliability of anodic biofilms under different feedstock conditions: Towards microbial fuel cell sensors.

Kinetic energy extraction of a tidal stream turbine and its sensitivity to structural stiffness attenuation (2015)
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Morris, C. E., O'Doherty, D. M., O'Doherty, T., & Mason-Jones, A. (2016). Kinetic energy extraction of a tidal stream turbine and its sensitivity to structural stiffness attenuation. Renewable Energy, 88, 30-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.10.037

© 2015 The Authors. The hydrodynamic forces imparted on a tidal turbine rotor, whilst causing it to rotate and hence generate power, will also cause the blades to deform. This deformation will affect the turbine's performance if not included in the e... Read More about Kinetic energy extraction of a tidal stream turbine and its sensitivity to structural stiffness attenuation.

High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application (2015)
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Atanassov, P., Schuler, A. J., Artyushkova, K., Babanova, S., Stariha, S., Villarrubia, C. W., …Santoro, C. (2015). High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application. Scientific Reports, 5, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16596

© 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. For the first time, a new generation of innovative non-platinum group metal catalysts based on iron and aminoantipyrine as precursor (Fe-AAPyr) has been utilized in a membraneless single-cham... Read More about High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application.

Organisational culture and its role in developing a sustainable science communication platform (2015)
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France, B., Cridge, B., & Fogg-Rogers, L. (2017). Organisational culture and its role in developing a sustainable science communication platform. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 7(2), 146-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2015.1106025

© 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. There is an ongoing tension for scientists when deciding to engage with the public about their research as many scientists view direct participation as peripheral to their role. Pressure... Read More about Organisational culture and its role in developing a sustainable science communication platform.

Effective emotion regulation strategies improve fMRI and ECG markers of psychopathology in panic disorder: Implications for psychological treatment action (2015)
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Reinecke, A., Filippini, N., Berna, C., Western, D. G., Hanson, B., Cooper, M. J., …Harmer, C. J. (2015). Effective emotion regulation strategies improve fMRI and ECG markers of psychopathology in panic disorder: Implications for psychological treatment action. Translational Psychiatry, 5(e673), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2015.160

© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Impairments in emotion regulation are thought to have a key role in the pathogenesis of anxiety disorders, but the neurobiological underpinnings contributing to vulnerability remain poorly und... Read More about Effective emotion regulation strategies improve fMRI and ECG markers of psychopathology in panic disorder: Implications for psychological treatment action.

Long term individual load forecast under different electrical vehicles uptake scenarios (2015)
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Poghosyan, A., Greetham, D. V., Haben, S., & Lee, T. (2015). Long term individual load forecast under different electrical vehicles uptake scenarios. Applied Energy, 157, 699-709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.069

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. More and more households are purchasing electric vehicles (EVs), and this will continue as we move towards a low carbon future. There are various projections as to the rate of EV uptake, but all predict an increase over the next... Read More about Long term individual load forecast under different electrical vehicles uptake scenarios.

Differentiated anti-predation responses in a superorganism (2015)
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O'Shea-Wheller, T. A., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2015). Differentiated anti-predation responses in a superorganism. PLoS ONE, 10(11), e0141012. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141012

© 2015 O'Shea-Wheller et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source... Read More about Differentiated anti-predation responses in a superorganism.

Complexity reduction in the H.264/AVC using highly adaptive fast mode decision based on macroblock motion activity (2015)
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Amina, S., Mokhtar, N., Abdellah, S., Skoudarli, A., Nibouche, M., & Serir, A. (2015). Complexity reduction in the H.264/AVC using highly adaptive fast mode decision based on macroblock motion activity. Journal of Electronic Imaging, 24(6), 063015. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.24.6.063015

© 2015 SPIE and IS and T. The H.264/AVC video coding standard is used in a wide range of applications from video conferencing to high-definition television according to its high compression efficiency. This efficiency is mainly acquired from the newl... Read More about Complexity reduction in the H.264/AVC using highly adaptive fast mode decision based on macroblock motion activity.

A simple assumed-strain quadrilateral shell element for finite strains and fracture (2015)
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Areias, P., Cesar de Sa, J., & Cardoso, R. P. (2015). A simple assumed-strain quadrilateral shell element for finite strains and fracture. Engineering with Computers, 31(4), 691-709. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-014-0376-8

© 2014, Springer-Verlag London. This work recovers an established technique for improving quadrilateral shell element performance in both out-of-plane and in-plane bending cases using a mixed formulation. A four-field variational principle is establi... Read More about A simple assumed-strain quadrilateral shell element for finite strains and fracture.

Prediction of quasi-static delamination onset and growth in laminated composites by acoustic emission (2015)
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Saeedifar, M., Fotouhi, M., Ahmadi Najafabadi, M., Hosseini Toudeshky, H., & Minak, G. (2016). Prediction of quasi-static delamination onset and growth in laminated composites by acoustic emission. Composites Part B: Engineering, 85, 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.09.037

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The main objective of this study is to determine the crack tip position during propagation of mode I delamination and also to evaluate interlaminar fracture toughness (GIC) in glass/epoxy composite specimens.... Read More about Prediction of quasi-static delamination onset and growth in laminated composites by acoustic emission.

Vision-based real-time position control of a semi-automated system for robot-assisted joint fracture surgery (2015)
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Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016). Vision-based real-time position control of a semi-automated system for robot-assisted joint fracture surgery. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 11(3), 437-455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-015-1296-9

Purpose: Joint fracture surgery quality can be improved by robotic system with high-accuracy and high-repeatability fracture fragment manipulation. A new real-time vision-based system for fragment manipulation during robot-assisted fracture surgery w... Read More about Vision-based real-time position control of a semi-automated system for robot-assisted joint fracture surgery.

Test statistics for comparing two proportions with partially overlapping samples (2015)
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Derrick, B., Dobson-Mckittrick, A., Toher, D., & White, P. (2015). Test statistics for comparing two proportions with partially overlapping samples. Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, 10(3),

Standard tests for comparing two sample proportions of a dichotomous dependent variable where there is a combination of paired and unpaired samples are considered. Four new tests are introduced and compared against standard tests and an alternative p... Read More about Test statistics for comparing two proportions with partially overlapping samples.

A general U-block model-based design procedure for nonlinear polynomial control systems (2015)
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Zhu, Q., Zhao, D. Y., & Zhang, J. (2016). A general U-block model-based design procedure for nonlinear polynomial control systems. International Journal of Systems Science, 47(14), 3465-3475. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207721.2015.1086930

The proposition of U-model concept (in terms of providing concise and applicable solutions for complex problems) and a corresponding basic U-control design algorithm was originated in the first author's PhD thesis. The term of U-model appeared (not r... Read More about A general U-block model-based design procedure for nonlinear polynomial control systems.