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Blending moving least squares techniques with NURBS basis functions for nonlinear isogeometric analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Cardoso, R. P., & Cesar De Sa, J. M. (2014). Blending moving least squares techniques with NURBS basis functions for nonlinear isogeometric analysis. Computational Mechanics, 53(6), 1327-1340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-014-0977-5

IsoGeometric Analysis (IGA) is increasing its popularity as a new numerical tool for the analysis of structures. IGA provides: (i) the possibility of using higher order polynomials for the basis functions; (ii) the smoothness for contact analysis; (i... Read More about Blending moving least squares techniques with NURBS basis functions for nonlinear isogeometric analysis.

Effect of mental challenge induced by movie clips on action potential duration in normal human subjects independent of heart rate (2014)
Journal Article
Child, N., Hanson, B., Bishop, M., Rinaldi, C. A., Bostock, J., Western, D., …Taggart, P. (2014). Effect of mental challenge induced by movie clips on action potential duration in normal human subjects independent of heart rate. Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 7(3), 518-523. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000909

Background-Mental stress and emotion have long been associated with ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death in animal models and humans. The effect of mental challenge on ventricular action potential duration (APD) in conscious healthy humans has no... Read More about Effect of mental challenge induced by movie clips on action potential duration in normal human subjects independent of heart rate.

Practices and perceptions of living apart together (2014)
Journal Article
Duncan, S., Phillips, M., Carter, J., Roseneil, S., & Stoilova, M. (2014). Practices and perceptions of living apart together. Family Science, 5(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/19424620.2014.927382

© 2014, © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Routledge. This paper examines how people living apart together (LATs) maintain their relationships, and describes how they view this living arrangement. It draws on a 2011 survey on LAT in Britain, suppleme... Read More about Practices and perceptions of living apart together.

Experimental investigation into the performance of shallow aeroengine off-takes (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Simmons, K., & Chandra, B. (2014). Experimental investigation into the performance of shallow aeroengine off-takes. In Volume 5C: Heat Transfer. , (V05CT16A022). https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2014-26132

Copyright © 2014 by Rolls-Royce plc. Oil removal (scavenge) from aeroengine bearing chambers is an ongoing challenge for aeroengine designers. Effective scavenging of oil is necessary to avoid excessive heat generation, degradation of oil properties... Read More about Experimental investigation into the performance of shallow aeroengine off-takes.

A preliminary sustainability assessment of innovative rainwater harvesting for residential properties in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Melville-Shreeve, P., Ward, S., & Butler, D. (2014). A preliminary sustainability assessment of innovative rainwater harvesting for residential properties in the UK. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2014.02.001

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) has yet to see significant uptake in UK households, primarily due to a lack of innovation in residential RWH system types. This paper presents the results of preliminary investigations into a range of traditional and innova... Read More about A preliminary sustainability assessment of innovative rainwater harvesting for residential properties in the UK.

Observer design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Sayyaddelshad, S., S. Delshad, I., & Gustafsson, T. (2014). Observer design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECC.2014.6862555

© 2014 EUCA. We consider a novel method to design an observer for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems with unknown inputs. Based on Lyapunov functional, we derive a sufficient condition for existence of the designed observer which requires sol... Read More about Observer design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs.

Soil to plant transfer of radionuclides: Predicting the fate of multiple radioisotopes in plants (2014)
Journal Article
Willey, N. (2014). Soil to plant transfer of radionuclides: Predicting the fate of multiple radioisotopes in plants. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 133, 31-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.07.023

Predicting soil-to-plant transfer of radionuclides is restricted by the range of species for which concentration ratios (CRs) have been measured. Here the radioecological utility of meta-analyses of phylogenetic effects on alkali earth metals will be... Read More about Soil to plant transfer of radionuclides: Predicting the fate of multiple radioisotopes in plants.

Research report appraisal: How much understanding is enough? (2014)
Journal Article
Lipscomb, M. (2014). Research report appraisal: How much understanding is enough?. Nursing Philosophy, 15(3), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12054

When appraising research papers, how much understanding is enough? More specifically, in deciding whether research results can inform practice, do appraisers need to substantively understand how findings are derived or is it sufficient simply to gras... Read More about Research report appraisal: How much understanding is enough?.

Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Horikiri, K., Yao, Y., & Yao, J. (2014). Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment. Building and Environment, 77, 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.027

Conjugate natural and forced convection heat transfers in a domestic model room of finite-thickness walls and a heat source have been numerically studied. A 2-D non-ventilated square model room with a heat source is investigated at first for conditio... Read More about Modelling conjugate flow and heat transfer in a ventilated room for indoor thermal comfort assessment.

The effect of a bilingual learning mode on the establishment of lexical semantic representations in the L2 (2014)
Journal Article
Elgort, I., & Piasecki, A. E. (2014). The effect of a bilingual learning mode on the establishment of lexical semantic representations in the L2. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 17(3), 572-588. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728913000588

Deliberate vocabulary learning is common in the L2, however, questions remain about most efficient and effective forms of this learning approach. Bilingual models of L2 word learning and processing can be used to make predictions about outcomes of le... Read More about The effect of a bilingual learning mode on the establishment of lexical semantic representations in the L2.

Female part-time managers: Careers, mentors and role models (2014)
Journal Article
Durbin, S., & Tomlinson, J. (2014). Female part-time managers: Careers, mentors and role models. Gender, Work and Organization, 21(4), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12038

This paper explores the careers of 27 women employed as part-time managers in a range of UK public, private and not-for-profit sector organizations. Drawing upon semi-structured interviews, the article briefly summarizes the career trajectories of th... Read More about Female part-time managers: Careers, mentors and role models.

Elite social capital and the regional economy (2014)
Journal Article
Christopoulos, D. (2014). Elite social capital and the regional economy. European Urban and Regional Studies, 21(3), 272-285. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776412445720

© The Author(s) 2012. This article examines elite interaction and its potential to affect local development. A theoretical discussion sets the stage for a systematic exploration of the social capital of regional elites in a comparative study of 12 Eu... Read More about Elite social capital and the regional economy.

Trail laying during tandem-running recruitment in the ant Temnothorax albipennis (2014)
Journal Article
Basari, N., Laird-Hopkins, B. C., Sendova-Franks, A. B., & Franks, N. R. (2014). Trail laying during tandem-running recruitment in the ant Temnothorax albipennis. Naturwissenschaften, 101(7), 549-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-014-1191-1

Tandem running is a recruitment strategy whereby one ant leads a single naïve nest mate to a resource. While tandem running progresses towards the goal, the leader ant and the follower ant maintain contact mainly by tactile signals. In this paper, we... Read More about Trail laying during tandem-running recruitment in the ant Temnothorax albipennis.

'It's like a bag of pick and mix - you don't know what you are going to get': Young people's experience of neurofibromatosis Type 1 (2014)
Journal Article
Barke, J., Harcourt, D., & Coad, J. (2014). 'It's like a bag of pick and mix - you don't know what you are going to get': Young people's experience of neurofibromatosis Type 1. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(7), 1594-1603. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12319

Aims: To explore the day-to-day experience of young people living with neurofibromatosis type 1 in the UK, focusing on the role that appearance plays in this experience. Background: neurofibromatosis type 1 is a genetic condition, which is highly var... Read More about 'It's like a bag of pick and mix - you don't know what you are going to get': Young people's experience of neurofibromatosis Type 1.

A statistical method for retrospective cardiac and respiratory motion gating of interventional cardiac x-ray images (2014)
Journal Article
Rhode, K. S., Rinaldi, C. A., O'Neill, M., Housden, R. J., King, A. P., Panayiotou, M., …Gill, J. (2014). A statistical method for retrospective cardiac and respiratory motion gating of interventional cardiac x-ray images. Medical Physics, 41(7), 071901. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4881140

Purpose: Image-guided cardiac interventions involve the use of fluoroscopic images to guide the insertion and movement of interventional devices. Cardiorespiratory gating can be useful for 3D reconstruction from multiple x-ray views and for reducing... Read More about A statistical method for retrospective cardiac and respiratory motion gating of interventional cardiac x-ray images.

A critical analysis of workforce development research use in the transformation of children’s services (2014)
Journal Article
Curran, T., Oliver, B., & Benjamin, C. (2014). A critical analysis of workforce development research use in the transformation of children’s services. Journal of Social Work, 14(4), 360-379. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017313477977

Summary: This article is based on a study commissioned to find out how agencies providing children’s services in England used workforce development research in the transformation of children’s services. Workforce development research is primarily abo... Read More about A critical analysis of workforce development research use in the transformation of children’s services.

An inexpensive, fast and sensitive quantitative lateral flow magneto-immunoassay for total prostate specific antigen (2014)
Journal Article
Barnett, J., Wraith, P., Kiely, J., Persad, R., Hurley, K., Hawkins, P., & Luxton, R. W. (2014). An inexpensive, fast and sensitive quantitative lateral flow magneto-immunoassay for total prostate specific antigen. Biosensors, 4(3), 204-220. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios4030204

We describe the detection characteristics of a device the Resonant Coil Magnetometer (RCM) to quantify paramagnetic particles (PMPs) in immunochromatographic (lateral flow) assays. Lateral flow assays were developed using PMPs for the measurement of... Read More about An inexpensive, fast and sensitive quantitative lateral flow magneto-immunoassay for total prostate specific antigen.

Guyana, its Foreign Policy, and the Path to Development (2014)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2014). Guyana, its Foreign Policy, and the Path to Development. Round Table, 103(4), 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2014.941193

© 2014, The Round Table Ltd. Guyana is potentially on the threshold of great change. The growing importance of gold-mining and logging, and the rising hope that sizeable quantities of oil will soon be found should act as a catalyst for a dramatic imp... Read More about Guyana, its Foreign Policy, and the Path to Development.