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A universal mechanism for long-range cross-correlations (2014)
Journal Article
Diakonos, F. K., Karlis, A. K., & Schmelcher, P. (2014). A universal mechanism for long-range cross-correlations. EPL, 105(2), 26004. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/105/26004

Cross-correlations are thought to emerge through interaction between particles. Here we present a universal dynamical mechanism capable of generating power-law cross-correlations between non-interacting particles exposed to an external potential. Thi... Read More about A universal mechanism for long-range cross-correlations.

QoS-Aware scheduling of services-oriented internet of things (2014)
Journal Article
Li, L., Li, S., & Zhao, S. (2014). QoS-Aware scheduling of services-oriented internet of things. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 10(2), 1497-1507. https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2014.2306782

The Internet of Things (IoT) contains a large number of different devices and heterogeneous networks, which make it difficult to satisfy different quality of service (QoS) requirements and achieve rapid services composition and deployment. In additio... Read More about QoS-Aware scheduling of services-oriented internet of things.

Decentralized traceable attribute-based signatures (2014)
Journal Article
El Kaafarani, A., Ghadafi, E., & Khader, D. (2014). Decentralized traceable attribute-based signatures. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8366 LNCS, 327-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04852-9_17

We provide a formal security model for traceable attribute-based signatures. Our focus is on the more practical case where attribute management is distributed among different authorities rather than relying on a single central authority. By specializ... Read More about Decentralized traceable attribute-based signatures.

A review of the volatiles from the healthy human body (2014)
Journal Article
Ratcliffe, N. M., Al-Kateb, H., De Lacy Costello, B., de Lacy Costello, B., Amann, A., Al-Kateb, H., …Ratcliffe, N. M. (2014). A review of the volatiles from the healthy human body. Journal of Breath Research, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1752-7155/8/1/014001

A compendium of all the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emanating from the human body (the volatolome) is for the first time reported. 1840 VOCs have been assigned from breath (872), saliva (359), blood (154), milk (256), skin secretions (532) urin... Read More about A review of the volatiles from the healthy human body.

Attracting convention and exhibition attendance to complex MICE venues: Emerging data from Macao (2014)
Journal Article
Zhang, L., Whitfield, J., Dioko, L. D. A., Webber, D., & Zhang, L. (2014). Attracting convention and exhibition attendance to complex MICE venues: Emerging data from Macao. International Journal of Tourism Research, 16(2), 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.1911

This study presents an importance-performance analysis of multi-level attributes (event, facility and destination) evaluated by delegates attending an exhibition event in a 'complex meetings, incentive, convention or exhibition (MICE) venue' in great... Read More about Attracting convention and exhibition attendance to complex MICE venues: Emerging data from Macao.

The anterior temporal lobes support residual comprehension in Wernicke's aphasia (2014)
Journal Article
Robson, H., Zahn, R., Keidel, J. L., Binney, R. J., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. (2014). The anterior temporal lobes support residual comprehension in Wernicke's aphasia. Brain, 137(3), 931-943. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awt373

Wernicke's aphasia occurs after a stroke to classical language comprehension regions in the left temporoparietal cortex. Consequently, auditory-verbal comprehension is significantly impaired in Wernicke's aphasia but the capacity to comprehend visual... Read More about The anterior temporal lobes support residual comprehension in Wernicke's aphasia.

Do long leg supine CT scanograms correlate with weight-bearing full-length radiographs to measure lower limb coronal alignment? (2014)
Journal Article
Porteous, A. J., White, P., Gbejuade, H. O., White, P., Hassaballa, M., Porteous, A. .. .., …Murray, J. R. (2014). Do long leg supine CT scanograms correlate with weight-bearing full-length radiographs to measure lower limb coronal alignment?. Knee, 21(2), 549-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2013.05.009

Introduction: The gold standard for measuring knee alignment is the lower limb mechanical axis (MA) using weight-bearing lower limb full-length x-ray (FLX). However, CT scanograms (CTS) are becoming increasingly popular in view of lower radiation exp... Read More about Do long leg supine CT scanograms correlate with weight-bearing full-length radiographs to measure lower limb coronal alignment?.

The role of oral language skills in reading and listening comprehension of text: A comparison of monolingual (L1) and bilingual (L2) speakers of English language (2014)
Journal Article
Babayiǧit, S. (2014). The role of oral language skills in reading and listening comprehension of text: A comparison of monolingual (L1) and bilingual (L2) speakers of English language. Journal of Research in Reading, 37(SUPPL1), S22-S47. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9817.2012.01538.x

The study examined the role of oral language skills in reading comprehension and listening comprehension levels of 125 monolingual (L1) and bilingual (L2) English-speaking learners (M = 121.5 months, SD = 4.65) in England. All testing was conducted i... Read More about The role of oral language skills in reading and listening comprehension of text: A comparison of monolingual (L1) and bilingual (L2) speakers of English language.

A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Van Den Heuvel, H., Caleb-Solly, P., Dogramadzi, S., Ellender, D., & Fear, T. (2014). A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment. In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction - HRI '14 (374-381). https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559681

Discovering older adults' perceptions and expectations of domestic care service robots are vital in informing the design and development of new technologies to ensure acceptability and usability. This paper identifies issues that were elicited from o... Read More about A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment.

Artificial vibrissae DEA-based module (2014)
Journal Article
Assaf, T., Conn, A., Rossiter, J., Walters, P., & Pearson, M. (2014). Artificial vibrissae DEA-based module. Proceedings of SPIE, 9056, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2044763

The article presents a working whisker structure based on dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs). This preliminary work aims to exploit the features of the dielectric elastomer technology for use in an effective and reliable robotic application whilst... Read More about Artificial vibrissae DEA-based module.

A Contact-Based Intervention for People Recently Discharged from Inpatient Psychiatric Care: A Pilot Study (2014)
Journal Article
Bennewith, O., Evans, J., Donovan, J., Paramasivan, S., Owen-Smith, A., Hollingworth, W., …Gunnell, D. (2014). A Contact-Based Intervention for People Recently Discharged from Inpatient Psychiatric Care: A Pilot Study. Archives of Suicide Research, 18(2), 131-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2013.838196

People recently discharged from inpatient psychiatric care are at high risk of suicide and self-harm, with 6% of all suicides in England occurring in the 3 months after discharge. There is some evidence from a randomized trial carried out in the Unit... Read More about A Contact-Based Intervention for People Recently Discharged from Inpatient Psychiatric Care: A Pilot Study.

Elastic properties of thermo-hydro-mechanically modified bamboo (Guadua angustifolia Kunth) measured in tension. (2014)
Journal Article
Walker, P., Archila, H., & Ansell, M. P. (2014). Elastic properties of thermo-hydro-mechanically modified bamboo (Guadua angustifolia Kunth) measured in tension. Key Engineering Materials, 600, 111-120. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.600.111

Guadua angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) was subjected to thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) treatments that modified its microstructure and mechanical properties. THM treatment was applied to Guadua with the aim of tackling the difficulties in the fabrication... Read More about Elastic properties of thermo-hydro-mechanically modified bamboo (Guadua angustifolia Kunth) measured in tension..

Shape memory polymer hexachiral auxetic structures with tunable stiffness (2014)
Journal Article
Rossiter, J., Takashima, K., Scarpa, F., Walters, P., & Mukai, T. (2014). Shape memory polymer hexachiral auxetic structures with tunable stiffness. Smart Materials and Structures, 23(4), https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/23/4/045007

Planar auxetic structures have the potential to impact on a wide range of applications from deployable and morphing structures to space-filling composite and medical treatments. The ability to fabricate auxetics from smart materials greatly enhances... Read More about Shape memory polymer hexachiral auxetic structures with tunable stiffness.

The 3Mg trial: A randomised controlled trial of intravenous or nebulised magnesium sulphate versus placebo in adults with acute severe asthma (2014)
Journal Article
Goodacre, S., Cohen, J., Bradburn, M., Stevens, J., Gray, A., Benger, J., & Coats, T. (2014). The 3Mg trial: A randomised controlled trial of intravenous or nebulised magnesium sulphate versus placebo in adults with acute severe asthma. Health Technology Assessment, 18(22), 1-167. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18220

Background: Magnesium sulphate, administered by the intravenous (i.v.) or inhaled (nebulised) route, has been proposed as a treatment for adults with acute severe asthma. Existing trials show mixed results and uncertain evidence of benefit. Objective... Read More about The 3Mg trial: A randomised controlled trial of intravenous or nebulised magnesium sulphate versus placebo in adults with acute severe asthma.

The benefits of fringing mangrove systems to Mumbai (2014)
Journal Article
Jha, R. R., Everard, M., & Russell, S. (2014). The benefits of fringing mangrove systems to Mumbai. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 24(2), 256-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2433

Mumbai's mangroves have been significantly depleted through historical city development and continuing encroachment. These mangroves are important for production of a range of ecosystem services. Recent conservation-oriented orders in India's courts... Read More about The benefits of fringing mangrove systems to Mumbai.

Integrating Integrated Water Management (2014)
Journal Article
Everard, M. (2014). Integrating Integrated Water Management. Proceedings of the ICE - Water Management, 167(9), 512-522. https://doi.org/10.1680/wama.12.00125

© 2014, Thomas Telford Services Ltd. All rights reserved. The water cycle is a contiguous system interconnected with human activities. Management has tended to be fragmented across anthropocentrically defined disciplines, potentially generating unint... Read More about Integrating Integrated Water Management.

Establishing a core domain set to measure rheumatoid arthritis flares: Report of the OMERACT 11 RA flare workshop (2014)
Journal Article
Orbai, A. M., Bykerk, V. P., Lie, E., Bartlett, S. J., Alten, R., Boonen, A., …Choy, E. H. (2014). Establishing a core domain set to measure rheumatoid arthritis flares: Report of the OMERACT 11 RA flare workshop. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(4), 799-809. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131252

Objective. The OMERACT Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Flare Group (FG) is developing a data-driven, patient-inclusive, consensus-based RA flare definition for use in clinical trials, longterm observational studies, and clinical practice. At OMERACT 11, we... Read More about Establishing a core domain set to measure rheumatoid arthritis flares: Report of the OMERACT 11 RA flare workshop.

The secular pilgrim: Are we flogging a dead metaphor? (2014)
Journal Article
Knox, D., & Hannam, K. (2014). The secular pilgrim: Are we flogging a dead metaphor?. Tourism Recreation Research, 39(2), 236-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2014.11081769

The metaphor of the tourist as pilgrim and tourism as a pilgrimage has been an important idea in tourism studies, reproduced in both academic and popular accounts with varying degrees of criticality. This research probe considers a number of differen... Read More about The secular pilgrim: Are we flogging a dead metaphor?.

Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity (2014)
Journal Article
Taylor, S., Allan, K., McWilliam, H., Manara, A., Brown, J., Toher, D., & Rayner, W. (2014). Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity. British Journal of Nursing, 23(7), 352-358. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2014.23.7.352

Recent evidence suggests official statistics greatly underestimate the occurrence of complications from misplaced nasogastric (NG) tubes, even when detected. Current methods of confirming tube position do not provide adequate protection from misplace... Read More about Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity.

A temporal description logic for resource-bounded rule-based context-aware agents (2014)
Journal Article
Rakib, A., Haque, H. M. U., & Faruqui, R. U. (2014). A temporal description logic for resource-bounded rule-based context-aware agents. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 128, 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05939-6_1

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014. We propose a logical framework for modelling and verifying context-aware multi-agent systems. We extend CTL* with belief and communication modalities, and the resulting logic LOCRS allows us to de... Read More about A temporal description logic for resource-bounded rule-based context-aware agents.