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The deep OB star population in Carina from the VST Photometric H alpha Survey (VPHAS plus ) (2016)
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Wright. (2016). The deep OB star population in Carina from the VST Photometric H alpha Survey (VPHAS plus ). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1807 - 1830. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2751

Massive OB stars are critical to the ecology of galaxies and yet our knowledge of OB stars in the Milky Way, fainter than V ~ 12, remains patchy. Data from the VST Photometric Ha Survey (VPHAS+) permit the construction of the first deep catalogues of... Read More about The deep OB star population in Carina from the VST Photometric H alpha Survey (VPHAS plus ).

Fast evolving pair-instability supernova models: evolution, explosion, light curves (2016)
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Kozyreva, A., Gilmer, M., Hirschi, R., Fröhlich, C., Blinnikov, S., Wollaeger, R. T., …Sorokina, E. (2017). Fast evolving pair-instability supernova models: evolution, explosion, light curves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(3), 2854-2865. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2562

With an increasing number of superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) discovered, the question of their origin remains open and causes heated debates in the supernova community. Currently, there are three proposed mechanisms for SLSNe: (1) pair-instability s... Read More about Fast evolving pair-instability supernova models: evolution, explosion, light curves.

Geophysical and botanical monitoring of simulated graves in a tropical rainforest, Colombia, South America (2016)
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Martin Molina, C., Pringle, J. K., Saumett, M., & Evans, G. T. (2016). Geophysical and botanical monitoring of simulated graves in a tropical rainforest, Colombia, South America. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 232-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2016.10.002

In most Latin American countries there are significant numbers of missing people and forced disappearances, currently ~74,000 only in Colombia. Successful detection of shallow buried human remains by forensic search teams is currently difficult in va... Read More about Geophysical and botanical monitoring of simulated graves in a tropical rainforest, Colombia, South America.

Cuticular hydrocarbons in queens, workers and drones of the Indian honeybee Apis cerana indica (Fab.) (2016)
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Rahman, S., Hajong, S. R., Shemilt, S., & Drijfhout, F. (2016). Cuticular hydrocarbons in queens, workers and drones of the Indian honeybee Apis cerana indica (Fab.). Entomologia Generalis, 36(2), 117 - 126. https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2016/0320

Abstract Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) have evolved as a communication cues and they play a significant role in the life of social insect. Although the primary function is to prevent desiccation, CHCs are also used in recognition of individuals and i... Read More about Cuticular hydrocarbons in queens, workers and drones of the Indian honeybee Apis cerana indica (Fab.).

Looking for imprints of the first stellar generations in metal-poor bulge field stars (2016)
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Hirschi. (2016). Looking for imprints of the first stellar generations in metal-poor bulge field stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628104

Context. Efforts to look for signatures of the first stars have concentrated on metal-poor halo objects. However, the low end of the bulge metallicity distribution has been shown to host some of the oldest objects in the Milky Way and hence this Gala... Read More about Looking for imprints of the first stellar generations in metal-poor bulge field stars.

Porous Polyrotaxane Coordination Networks Containing Two Distinct Conformers of a Discontinuously Flexible Ligand (2016)
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Hawes, C. S., Knowles, G. P., Chaffee, A. L., White, K. F., Abrahams, B. F., Batten, S. R., & Turner, D. R. (2016). Porous Polyrotaxane Coordination Networks Containing Two Distinct Conformers of a Discontinuously Flexible Ligand. Inorganic Chemistry, 10467 -10474. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01713

A new divergent homopiperazine-derived ligand N,N'-bis(4-carboxyphenyl)-1,4-diazacycloheptane H2L has been prepared, containing a semirigid saturated heterocyclic core which is capable of providing multiple distinct bridging geometries. Reaction of H... Read More about Porous Polyrotaxane Coordination Networks Containing Two Distinct Conformers of a Discontinuously Flexible Ligand.

K-band integral field spectroscopy and optical spectroscopy of massive young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2016)
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Ward, J., Oliveira, J., Van Loon, J. T., & Sewiło, M. (2017). K-band integral field spectroscopy and optical spectroscopy of massive young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(2), 1512 -1552. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2386

We present K-band integral field spectroscopic observations towards 17 massive young stellar objects (YSOs) in the low-metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and two YSO candidates in the compact H?II regions N81 and N88 A (also in the SMC). These... Read More about K-band integral field spectroscopy and optical spectroscopy of massive young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Towards new material biomarkers for fracture risk (2016)
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Greenwood, C., Clement, J., Dicken, A., Evans, J., Lyburn, I., Martin, R., …Zioupos, P. (2016). Towards new material biomarkers for fracture risk. BONE, 93, 55-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2016.09.006

Osteoporosis is a prevalent bone condition, characterised by low bone mass and increased fracture risk. Currently, the gold standard for identifying osteoporosis and increased fracture risk is through quantification of bone mineral density (BMD) usin... Read More about Towards new material biomarkers for fracture risk.

Uncertainties in the production of p nuclei in massive stars obtained from Monte Carlo variations (2016)
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Rauscher, T., Nishimura, N., Hirschi, R., Cescutti, G., Murphy, A., & Heger, A. (2016). Uncertainties in the production of p nuclei in massive stars obtained from Monte Carlo variations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(4), 4153 - 4166. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2266

Nuclear data uncertainties in the production of p nuclei in massive stars have been quantified in a Monte Carlo procedure. Bespoke temperature-dependent uncertainties were assigned to different types of reactions involving nuclei from Fe to Bi. Their... Read More about Uncertainties in the production of p nuclei in massive stars obtained from Monte Carlo variations.

OGLE-2015-BLG-0479LA,B: Binary Gravitational Microlens Characterized By Simultaneous Ground-based And Space-based Observations (2016)
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Han, C., Udalski, A., Gould, A., Zhu, W., Street, R., Yee, J., …DePoy, D. (2016). OGLE-2015-BLG-0479LA,B: Binary Gravitational Microlens Characterized By Simultaneous Ground-based And Space-based Observations. Astrophysical Journal, 828(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/828/1/53

We present a combined analysis of the observations of the gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2015-BLG-0479 taken both from the ground and by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The light curves seen from the ground and from space exhibit a time offset of... Read More about OGLE-2015-BLG-0479LA,B: Binary Gravitational Microlens Characterized By Simultaneous Ground-based And Space-based Observations.

Image detection of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensors (LAPS) (2016)
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Watkinson. (2016). Image detection of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensors (LAPS). Electrochemistry Communications, 41 - 45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2016.08.017

A light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) was developed for the image detection of multilayer yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. By modifying silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) with a monolayer of 1,8-nonadiyne, an inert LAPS substrate, insensitive to pH... Read More about Image detection of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensors (LAPS).

WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets (2016)
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Hay, K., Collier-Cameron, A., Doyle, A., Hébrard, G., Skillen, I., Anderson, D., …Wilson, P. (2016). WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(3), 3276 - 3289. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2090

We present the discovery of three new transiting giant planets, first detected with the WASP telescopes, and establish their planetary nature with follow up spectroscopy and ground-based photometric light curves. WASP-92 is an F7 star, with a moderat... Read More about WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets.

WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets (2016)
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Smalley, Hellier, & Maxted. (2016). WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets. arXiv,

We report the discovery of two transiting planetary systems: a super dense, sub-Jupiter mass planet WASP-86b (Mpl = 0.82 ± 0.06 MJ; Rpl = 0.63 ± 0.01 RJ), and a bloated, Saturn-like planet WASP-102b (Mpl = 0.62 ± 0.04 MJ; Rpl = 1.27 ± 0.03 RJ). They... Read More about WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets.

Nugrid stellar data set. I. Stellar yields from H to BI for stars with metallicities z=0.02 and z=0.01 (2016)
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Hirschi. (2016). Nugrid stellar data set. I. Stellar yields from H to BI for stars with metallicities z=0.02 and z=0.01. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, https://doi.org/10.3847/0067-0049/225/2/24

We provide a set of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis calculations that applies established physics assumptions simultaneously to low- and intermediate-mass and massive star models. Our goal is to provide an internally consistent and comprehensiv... Read More about Nugrid stellar data set. I. Stellar yields from H to BI for stars with metallicities z=0.02 and z=0.01.

Many new variable stars discovered in the core of the globular cluster NGC 6715 (M54) with EMCCD observations (2016)
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Figuera Jaimes, R., Bramich, D., Kains, N., Skottfelt, J., Jørgensen, U., Horne, K., …MiNDSTEp Consortium, T. (2016). Many new variable stars discovered in the core of the globular cluster NGC 6715 (M54) with EMCCD observations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 592, Article A120. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628864

Context. We show the benefits of using electron-multiplying CCDs and the shift-and-add technique as a tool to minimise the effects of atmospheric turbulence, such as blending between stars in crowded fields, and to avoid saturated stars in the fields... Read More about Many new variable stars discovered in the core of the globular cluster NGC 6715 (M54) with EMCCD observations.

Erratum: Physical properties, star-spot activity, orbital obliquity and transmission spectrum of the Qatar-2 planetary system from multicolour photometry (2016)
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Mancini, L., Southworth, J., Ciceri, S., Tregloan-Reed, J., Crossfield, I., Nikolov, N., …Henning, T. (2016). Erratum: Physical properties, star-spot activity, orbital obliquity and transmission spectrum of the Qatar-2 planetary system from multicolour photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462(4), 4266 - 4266. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1991

Application of a theory and simulation-based convective boundary mixing model for AGB star evolution and nucleosynthesis (2016)
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Battino, U., Pignatari, M., Ritter, C., Herwig, F., Denisenkov, P., Den Hartogh, J., …Paxton, B. (2016). Application of a theory and simulation-based convective boundary mixing model for AGB star evolution and nucleosynthesis. Astrophysical Journal, 827(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/827/1/30

The s-process nucleosynthesis in Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars depends on the modeling of convective boundaries. We present models and s-process simulations that adopt a treatment of convective boundaries based on the results of hydrodynamic si... Read More about Application of a theory and simulation-based convective boundary mixing model for AGB star evolution and nucleosynthesis.

Contamination from a nearby star cannot explain the anomalous transmission spectrum of the ultra-short period giant planet WASP-103b (2016)
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Southworth, J., & Evans, D. F. (2016). Contamination from a nearby star cannot explain the anomalous transmission spectrum of the ultra-short period giant planet WASP-103b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(1), 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1943

The planet in the WASP-103 system is an excellent candidate for transmission spectroscopy because of its large radius and high temperature. Application of this technique found a variation of radius with wavelength which was far too strong to be expla... Read More about Contamination from a nearby star cannot explain the anomalous transmission spectrum of the ultra-short period giant planet WASP-103b.

Synthetic Site-Selectively Mono-6-O-Sulfated Heparan Sulfate Dodecasaccharide Shows Anti-Angiogenic Properties In Vitro and Sensitizes Tumors to Cisplatin In Vivo (2016)
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Miller. (2016). Synthetic Site-Selectively Mono-6-O-Sulfated Heparan Sulfate Dodecasaccharide Shows Anti-Angiogenic Properties In Vitro and Sensitizes Tumors to Cisplatin In Vivo. PloS one, e0159739 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.+pone.0159739

Heparan sulphate (HS), a ubiquitously expressed glycosaminoglycan (GAG), regulates multiple cellular functions by mediating interactions between numerous growth factors and their cell surface cognate receptors. However, the structural specificity of... Read More about Synthetic Site-Selectively Mono-6-O-Sulfated Heparan Sulfate Dodecasaccharide Shows Anti-Angiogenic Properties In Vitro and Sensitizes Tumors to Cisplatin In Vivo.

Synthetic Site-Selectively Mono-6-<i>O</i>-Sulfated Heparan Sulfate Dodecasaccharide Shows Anti-Angiogenic Properties <i>In Vitro</i> and Sensitizes Tumors to Cisplatin <i>In Vivo</i> (2016)
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Avizienyte, E., Cole, C. L., Rushton, G., Miller, G. J., Bugatti, A., Presta, M., …Jayson, G. C. (2016). Synthetic Site-Selectively Mono-6-O-Sulfated Heparan Sulfate Dodecasaccharide Shows Anti-Angiogenic Properties In Vitro and Sensitizes Tumors to Cisplatin In Vivo. PloS one, 11(8), Article ARTN e0159739. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159739

Heparan sulphate (HS), a ubiquitously expressed glycosaminoglycan (GAG), regulates multiple cellular functions by mediating interactions between numerous growth factors and their cell surface cognate receptors. However, the structural specificity of... Read More about Synthetic Site-Selectively Mono-6-<i>O</i>-Sulfated Heparan Sulfate Dodecasaccharide Shows Anti-Angiogenic Properties <i>In Vitro</i> and Sensitizes Tumors to Cisplatin <i>In Vivo</i>.