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Lengthening the moment arm of the patella confers enhanced extensor mechanism power following total knee arthroplasty (2013)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F., Simpson, A. H. R., Burnett, R., Patton, J. T., Moran, M., Clement, N. D., Howie, C. R., & Gaston, P. (2013). Lengthening the moment arm of the patella confers enhanced extensor mechanism power following total knee arthroplasty. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 31(8), 1201-1207. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.22344

We investigated whether a postulated biomechanical advantage conferred to the extensor mechanism by a change in knee implant design was detectable in patients by direct physical testing. 212 TKA patients were enrolled in a double blind randomized con... Read More about Lengthening the moment arm of the patella confers enhanced extensor mechanism power following total knee arthroplasty.

Timber grading seminar for sawmillers. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2013, March). Timber grading seminar for sawmillers

This grading seminar will give you a crash course in timber grading, what it is, how it is done and how it is likely to change in future. It aims to demystify timber grading, tackle some widely held misconceptions, and tell you the things sawmillers... Read More about Timber grading seminar for sawmillers..

The well-being outcomes of career guidance (2013)
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2013). The well-being outcomes of career guidance. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 41(3), 254-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2013.773959

The potential for career guidance to impact on well-being has received insufficient attention in the UK. There are both conceptual and empirical reasons to expect that the impacts may be positive, but a lack of evidence directly testing this proposit... Read More about The well-being outcomes of career guidance.

The Managed Academic? An Examination of the Academic Labour Process (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellis, V., & de Turberville, S. (2013, March). The Managed Academic? An Examination of the Academic Labour Process. Paper presented at 31st International Labour Process Conference, Rutgers University

No abstract available.

Sustainability best practice in PPP: case study of a hospital project in the UK. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, L., & Smith, A. (2013, March). Sustainability best practice in PPP: case study of a hospital project in the UK. Paper presented at PPP Body of Knowledge International Conference

Globally, sustainable development has been given high priority for the Government agenda in order to achieve a balance of social, economic and environmental factors. The UK government realise the importance and criticality of sustainable development... Read More about Sustainability best practice in PPP: case study of a hospital project in the UK..

Application of multi-dimensional scaling and artificial neural networks for biologically inspired opinion mining (2013)
Journal Article
Cambria, E., Mazzocco, T., & Hussain, A. (2013). Application of multi-dimensional scaling and artificial neural networks for biologically inspired opinion mining. Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, 4, 41-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bica.2013.02.003

The way people express their opinions has radically changed in the past few years thanks to the advent of online collaborative media. The distillation of knowledge from this huge amount of unstructured information can be a key factor for marketers wh... Read More about Application of multi-dimensional scaling and artificial neural networks for biologically inspired opinion mining.

Isolation and characterization of soilborne virulent bacteriophages infecting the pathogen Rhodococcus equi (2013)
Journal Article
Salifu, S., Casey, S. C., & Foley, S. (2013). Isolation and characterization of soilborne virulent bacteriophages infecting the pathogen Rhodococcus equi. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 114(6), 1625-1633. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.12194

Aims
To isolate and characterize a diversity of bacteriophages (phages) that infect the soilborne pathogen Rhodococcus equi.
Methods and Results
Twenty-seven phages were isolated from soil samples from geographically distinct locations using a ran... Read More about Isolation and characterization of soilborne virulent bacteriophages infecting the pathogen Rhodococcus equi.

Issues in caregiving for older people with intellectual disabilities and their ageing family carers: a review and commentary (2013)
Journal Article
Ryan, A., Taggart, L., Truesdale-Kennedy, M., & Slevin, E. (2014). Issues in caregiving for older people with intellectual disabilities and their ageing family carers: a review and commentary. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 9(3), 217-226. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12021

Background
In keeping with worldwide demographic changes and an ageing population, people with intellectual disabilities are living longer and all the evidence suggest that this trend will continue. This ‘new’ population of older people and their ca... Read More about Issues in caregiving for older people with intellectual disabilities and their ageing family carers: a review and commentary.

Enchantment and Disenchantment in Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2013, March). Enchantment and Disenchantment in Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands. Paper presented at Approaching War: Europe, Newcastle University

Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands (1903) negotiates early twentieth century fears of war in fiction. The danger derives from the potential to traverse and shift national boundaries, particularly by naval warfare. The novel was written as a... Read More about Enchantment and Disenchantment in Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands.

Electromagnetic modeling of ellipsoidal nanoparticles for sensing applications (2013)
Journal Article
Spada, L. L., Iovine, R., & Vegni, L. (2013). Electromagnetic modeling of ellipsoidal nanoparticles for sensing applications. Optical Engineering, 52(5), 051205. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.oe.52.5.051205

We present a new analytical study of metallic nanoparticles, working in the infrared and visible frequency range. The structure consists of triaxial ellipsoidal resonating inclusions embedded in a dielectric environment. Our aim is to develop a new a... Read More about Electromagnetic modeling of ellipsoidal nanoparticles for sensing applications.

House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Inquiry: Bridging the valley of death: improving the commercialisation of research (2013)
Report
Society for Applied Microbiology, . (2013). House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Inquiry: Bridging the valley of death: improving the commercialisation of research. London: House of Commons Science and Technology Committee

Contributor to written evidence, as a co-author of the evidence submitted by Society for Applied Microbiology (Ev w63-w68).

Complexity and specificity of experimentally-induced expectations in motion perception (2013)
Journal Article
Gekas, N., Chalk, M., Seitz, A., & Series, P. (2013). Complexity and specificity of experimentally-induced expectations in motion perception. Journal of Vision, 13(4), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1167/13.4.8

Abstract Our perceptions are fundamentally altered by our expectations, i.e., priors about the world. In previous statistical learning experiments (Chalk, Seitz, & Seriès, 2010), we investigated how such priors are formed by presenting subjects with... Read More about Complexity and specificity of experimentally-induced expectations in motion perception.

The application of soft computing methods for MPPT of PV system: A technological and status review (2013)
Journal Article
Salam, Z., Ahmed, J., & Merugu, B. S. (2013). The application of soft computing methods for MPPT of PV system: A technological and status review. Applied Energy, 107, 135-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.02.008

With the availability of powerful and low cost computing power, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) that utilizes soft computing (SC) techniques are attracting substantial interests from the PV communities. Due to their flexibility and ability to han... Read More about The application of soft computing methods for MPPT of PV system: A technological and status review.

iPhone ECG application for community screening to detect silent atrial fibrillation: a novel technology to prevent stroke. (2013)
Journal Article
Lau, J. K., Lowres, N., Neubeck, L., Brieger, D. B., Sy, R. W., Galloway, C. D., …Freedman, S. B. (2013). iPhone ECG application for community screening to detect silent atrial fibrillation: a novel technology to prevent stroke. International Journal of Cardiology, 165(1), 193-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.220

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, and its prevalence increases with age. In those aged 65 or older, screening studies reveal the prevalence (in AF at time of screening) to be 4.4%, with 1.4% of those having previously... Read More about iPhone ECG application for community screening to detect silent atrial fibrillation: a novel technology to prevent stroke..

The X-Factor: An evaluation of common methods used to analyse major inter-segment kinematics during the golf swing (2013)
Journal Article
Brown, S. J., Selbie, W. S., & Wallace, E. S. (2013). The X-Factor: An evaluation of common methods used to analyse major inter-segment kinematics during the golf swing. Journal of Sports Sciences, 31(11), 1156-1163. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2013.775474

A common biomechanical feature of a golf swing, described in various ways in the literature, is the interaction between the thorax and pelvis, often termed the X-Factor. There is no consistent method used within golf biomechanics literature however t... Read More about The X-Factor: An evaluation of common methods used to analyse major inter-segment kinematics during the golf swing.

The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games - an analysis of usage of the Olympic Village ‘Polyclinic’ by competing athletes (2013)
Journal Article
Vanhegan, I. S., Palmer-Green, D., Soligard, T., Steffen, K., O'Connor, P., Bethapudi, S., …Engebretsen, L. (2013). The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games - an analysis of usage of the Olympic Village ‘Polyclinic’ by competing athletes. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 47(7), 415-419. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092325

Abstract
Background The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games involved 10 568 elite athletes representing 204 competing nations. To manage the varied healthcare needs of this diverse population, a Polyclinic was constructed in the athletes’ village.

A... Read More about The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games - an analysis of usage of the Olympic Village ‘Polyclinic’ by competing athletes.

Biomonitoring study of an estuarine coastal ecosystem, the Sacca di Goro lagoon, using Ruditapes philippinarum (Mollusca: Bivalvia) (2013)
Journal Article
Sacchi, A., Mouneyrac, C., Bolognesi, C., Sciutto, A., Roggieri, P., Fusi, M., Beone, G. M., & Capri, E. (2013). Biomonitoring study of an estuarine coastal ecosystem, the Sacca di Goro lagoon, using Ruditapes philippinarum (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Environmental Pollution, 177, 82-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.01.042

Coastal lagoons are constantly subjected to releases of chemical pollutants, and so organisms may be exposed to such toxicants. This study investigated through a multivariate approach the physiological status of bivalve Ruditapes philippinarum, farme... Read More about Biomonitoring study of an estuarine coastal ecosystem, the Sacca di Goro lagoon, using Ruditapes philippinarum (Mollusca: Bivalvia).

The consequences of polyandry for population viability, extinction risk and conservation (2013)
Journal Article
Holman, L., & Kokko, H. (2013). The consequences of polyandry for population viability, extinction risk and conservation. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 368(1613), https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0053

Polyandry, by elevating sexual conflict and selecting for reduced male care relative to monandry, may exacerbate the cost of sex and thereby seriously impact population fitness. On the other hand, polyandry has a number of possible population-level b... Read More about The consequences of polyandry for population viability, extinction risk and conservation.