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Pleural irrigation trial (PIT): A randomised controlled trial of pleural irrigation with normal saline versus standard care in patients with pleural infection (2015)
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Maskell, N. A., Zahan-Evans, N., Harvey, J. E., Medford, A. R., Clive, A. O., Edey, A. J., …Maskell, N. A. (2015). Pleural irrigation trial (PIT): A randomised controlled trial of pleural irrigation with normal saline versus standard care in patients with pleural infection. European Respiratory Journal, 46(2), 456-463. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00147214

© ERS 2015. Pleural infection is increasing in incidence. Despite optimal medical management, up to 30% of patients will die or require surgery. Case reports suggest that irrigation of the pleural space with saline may be beneficial. A randomised con... Read More about Pleural irrigation trial (PIT): A randomised controlled trial of pleural irrigation with normal saline versus standard care in patients with pleural infection.

Relaxed observance of traditional marriage rules allows social connectivity without loss of genetic diversity (2015)
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Hazelton, M. L., Guillot, E. G., Karafet, T. M., Stephen Lansing, J., Sudoyo, H., & Cox, M. P. (2015). Relaxed observance of traditional marriage rules allows social connectivity without loss of genetic diversity. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(9), 2254-2262. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv102

© 2015 The Author. Marriage rules, the community prescriptions that dictate who an individual can or cannot marry, are extremely diverse and universally present in traditional societies. A major focus of research in the early decades of modern anthro... Read More about Relaxed observance of traditional marriage rules allows social connectivity without loss of genetic diversity.

Hydrolytic effects of acid and enzymatic pre-treatment on the anaerobic biodegradability of Ascophyllum nodosum and Laminaria digitata species of brown seaweed (2015)
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Obata, O., Akunna, J. C., & Walker, G. (2015). Hydrolytic effects of acid and enzymatic pre-treatment on the anaerobic biodegradability of Ascophyllum nodosum and Laminaria digitata species of brown seaweed. Biomass and Bioenergy, 80, 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.05.001

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Abundant marine biomass in coastal regions has continued to attract increasing attention in recent times as a possible source of renewable energy. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of hydrolytic pre-treatment for the purpo... Read More about Hydrolytic effects of acid and enzymatic pre-treatment on the anaerobic biodegradability of Ascophyllum nodosum and Laminaria digitata species of brown seaweed.

Comparison of ATP simulation and micro‐processor based fault location using DFT (2015)
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Nouri, H., Jalili, F., & Boxshall, T. (2015). Comparison of ATP simulation and micro‐processor based fault location using DFT. https://doi.org/10.14355/eer.2015.03.001

This paper evaluates the results of a microprocessor based fault locator employed on a laboratory power system model with those obtained within EMTP/ATP simulations. The Discrete Fourier Transform concept is used to extract the fundamental frequency... Read More about Comparison of ATP simulation and micro‐processor based fault location using DFT.

Biomimicry of crowd evacuation with a slime mould cellular automaton model (2015)
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Adamatzky, A. I., Sirakoulis, G. C., Georgilas, I. P., Papadopoulos, D. P., Kalogeiton, V. S., Kalogeiton, V., …Adamatzky, A. (2015). Biomimicry of crowd evacuation with a slime mould cellular automaton model. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 600, 123-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16844-9_7

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. Evacuation is an imminent movement of people away from sources of danger. Evacuation in highly structured environments, e.g. building, requires advance planning and large-scale control. Finding a... Read More about Biomimicry of crowd evacuation with a slime mould cellular automaton model.

Design of a discrete tracking controller for a magnetic levitation system: A nonlinear rational model approach (2015)
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Gómez-Salas, F., Wang, Y., & Zhu, Q. (2015). Design of a discrete tracking controller for a magnetic levitation system: A nonlinear rational model approach. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2015, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/360783

© 2015 Fernando Gómez-Salas et al. This work proposes a discrete-time nonlinear rational approximate model for the unstable magnetic levitation system. Based on this model and as an application of the input-output linearization technique, a discrete-... Read More about Design of a discrete tracking controller for a magnetic levitation system: A nonlinear rational model approach.

Universality in ant behaviour (2015)
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Christensen, K., Papavassiliou, D., De Figueiredo, A., Franks, N. R., & Sendova-Franks, A. B. (2015). Universality in ant behaviour. Interface, 12(102), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0985

© 2014 The Authors. Prediction for social systems is a major challenge. Universality at the social level has inspired a unified theory for urban living but individual variation makes predicting relationships within societies difficult. Here, we show... Read More about Universality in ant behaviour.

A novel small scale Microbial Fuel Cell design for increased electricity generation and waste water treatment (2015)
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Papaharalabos, G., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). A novel small scale Microbial Fuel Cell design for increased electricity generation and waste water treatment. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40(11), 4263-4268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.01.117

© 2015 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are a sustainable energy technology with minimal carbon footprint, which is promising for wastewater remediation and generation of u... Read More about A novel small scale Microbial Fuel Cell design for increased electricity generation and waste water treatment.

Measurement bias in activation-recovery intervals from unipolar electrograms (2015)
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Western, D., Hanson, B., & Taggart, P. (2015). Measurement bias in activation-recovery intervals from unipolar electrograms. AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 308(4), H331-H338. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00478.2014

© the American Physiological Society. The activation-recovery interval (ARI) calculated from unipolar electrograms is regularly used as a convenient surrogate measure of local cardiac action potential durations (APD). This method enables important re... Read More about Measurement bias in activation-recovery intervals from unipolar electrograms.

Enzymatic Oxygen Microsensor Based on Bilirubin Oxidase Applied to Microbial Fuel Cells Analysis (2015)
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Atanassov, P., Bestetti, M., Cristiani, P., Trasatti, S. P., Guerrini, E., Babanova, S., …Santoro, C. (2015). Enzymatic Oxygen Microsensor Based on Bilirubin Oxidase Applied to Microbial Fuel Cells Analysis. Electroanalysis, 27(2), 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400543

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. A selective oxygen biosensor based on bilirubin oxidase (BOx) was developed. The sensor was used for determining oxygen profiles in a membraneless, single-chamber microbial fuel cell (SCMFC), fed w... Read More about Enzymatic Oxygen Microsensor Based on Bilirubin Oxidase Applied to Microbial Fuel Cells Analysis.

EGFR and EGFRvIII analysis in glioblastoma as therapeutic biomarkers (2015)
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Kurian, K. M., DeSouza, R. M., Haynes, H. R., Faulkner, C., Palmer, A., Williams, H., …Kurian, K. M. (2015). EGFR and EGFRvIII analysis in glioblastoma as therapeutic biomarkers. British Journal of Neurosurgery, 29(1), 23-29. https://doi.org/10.3109/02688697.2014.950631

Copyright © 2014 The Neurosurgical Foundation. Introduction. EGFR and EGFRvIII analysis is of current interest because of new EGFRvIII vaccine trials opened in the UK. EGFR activation promotes cellular proliferation via activation of MAPK and PI3K-Ak... Read More about EGFR and EGFRvIII analysis in glioblastoma as therapeutic biomarkers.

Predictive value of abnormally raised serum bilirubin in acute appendicitis: A cohort study (2015)
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White, P., Chambers, A. C., Bismohun, S. L., Davies, H., White, P., & Patil, A. V. (2015). Predictive value of abnormally raised serum bilirubin in acute appendicitis: A cohort study. International Journal of Surgery, 13, 207-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.11.041

© 2014 Surgical Associates Ltd. Appendicitis is a common clinical diagnosis aided by biochemical, haematological and radiological investigations. The role of some investigations, such as bilirubin, is controversial but could indicate complicated appe... Read More about Predictive value of abnormally raised serum bilirubin in acute appendicitis: A cohort study.