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WASP-121 b: a hot Jupiter close to tidal disruption transiting an active F star (2016)
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Hellier, Smalley, & Maxted. (2016). WASP-121 b: a hot Jupiter close to tidal disruption transiting an active F star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 4025 - 4043. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw522

We present the discovery by the WASP-South survey of WASP-121 b, a new remarkable short-period transiting hot Jupiter. The planet has a mass of 1.183+0.064-0.062MJup, a radius of 1.865 ± 0.044 RJup, and transits every 1.2749255+0.0000020-0.0000025 da... Read More about WASP-121 b: a hot Jupiter close to tidal disruption transiting an active F star.

Strategies and tactics for local market making in the Temporary Staffing Industry (2016)
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Pemberton, S., & Enright, B. (2016). Strategies and tactics for local market making in the Temporary Staffing Industry. Geoforum, 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.05.005

This paper examines the increasing complexity of interactions between temporary staffing agencies and their client firms within the local labour market of Birmingham, UK. Temporary Staffing Agencies have been identified as active and influential agen... Read More about Strategies and tactics for local market making in the Temporary Staffing Industry.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Pre-Main Sequence Stars in the Young Open Cluster NGC 3293 (2016)
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Delgado, A., Sampedro, L., Alfaro, E., Costado, M., Yun, J., Frasca, A., …Magrini, L. (2016). The Gaia-ESO Survey: Pre-Main Sequence Stars in the Young Open Cluster NGC 3293. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(3), 3305-3315. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1217

The young open cluster NGC3293 is included in the observing program of the Gaia-ESO survey (GES). The radial velocity values provided have been used to assign cluster membership probabilities by means of a single-variable parametric analysis. These m... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: Pre-Main Sequence Stars in the Young Open Cluster NGC 3293.

Internal U, Th and Rb concentrations of alkali-feldspar grains: Implications for luminescence dating (2016)
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(2016). Internal U, Th and Rb concentrations of alkali-feldspar grains: Implications for luminescence dating. Quaternary Science Reviews, 16 -25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2016.05.002

This study assesses whether internal U, Th and Rb concentrations of single grains of alkali-feldspar can impact upon luminescence dating. Internal alpha dose-rates determined for two sedimentary samples calculated from mean U and Th concentrations ac... Read More about Internal U, Th and Rb concentrations of alkali-feldspar grains: Implications for luminescence dating.

Continuous Flow Liquid-Liquid Separation Using a Computer-Vision Control System: The Bromination of Enaminones with N-Bromosuccinimide (2016)
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Cooper, D., & O'Brien, M. (2016). Continuous Flow Liquid-Liquid Separation Using a Computer-Vision Control System: The Bromination of Enaminones with N-Bromosuccinimide. SYNLETT, 164 - 168. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1560975

Incorporating open-source software components (Python, OpenCV), a computer-vision system was used to control the interface level in a gravity-based inline liquid–liquid separation device. This was used in the continuous flow bromination of a series o... Read More about Continuous Flow Liquid-Liquid Separation Using a Computer-Vision Control System: The Bromination of Enaminones with N-Bromosuccinimide.

Surface water – groundwater connectivity implications on nitrate cycling assessed by means of hydrogeologic and isotopic techniques in the Alento river basin (Salerno, Italy): preliminary data (2016)
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(2016). Surface water – groundwater connectivity implications on nitrate cycling assessed by means of hydrogeologic and isotopic techniques in the Alento river basin (Salerno, Italy): preliminary data. https://doi.org/10.3301/ROL.2016.98

The knowledge of the mechanisms regulating the concentration of nutrients in rivers is of fundamental importance in maintaining the ecological functioning of streams. In particular, in the riverbed sediments, where the biogeochemical activity is enha... Read More about Surface water – groundwater connectivity implications on nitrate cycling assessed by means of hydrogeologic and isotopic techniques in the Alento river basin (Salerno, Italy): preliminary data.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: A lithium-rotation connection at 5 Myr? (2016)
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Bouvier, J., Lanzafame, A., Venuti, L., Klutsch, A., Jeffries, R., Frasca, A., …Zwitter, T. (2016). The Gaia-ESO Survey: A lithium-rotation connection at 5 Myr?. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 590, Article A78. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628336

Context The evolution of lithium abundance in cool dwarfs provides a unique probe of nonstandard processes in stellar evolution. Aims We investigate the lithium content of young low-mass stars in the 5 Myr old, star forming region NGC 2264 and i... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: A lithium-rotation connection at 5 Myr?.

Flourescent liquid pyrene derivative-in-water mircoemulsions (2016)
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Hollamby, M., Danks, A., Schnepp, Z., Rogers, S., Hart, S., & Nakanishi, T. (2016). Flourescent liquid pyrene derivative-in-water mircoemulsions. Chemical Communications, 52(46), 7344-7347. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC01517D

A fluorescent liquid pyrene derivative with a high fluorescence quantum yield (65%) in the bulk state is reported. With this as the sole oil phase, stable luminescent oil-in-water microemulsions have been prepared. Increasing the loading of liquid py... Read More about Flourescent liquid pyrene derivative-in-water mircoemulsions.

On the enhancing effect of Ce in Pd-MOR catalysts for NOx CH4-SCR: a structure-reactivity study (2016)
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Mendes, A., Zholobenko, V., Thibault-Starzyk, F., Da Costa, P., & Henriques, C. (2016). On the enhancing effect of Ce in Pd-MOR catalysts for NOx CH4-SCR: a structure-reactivity study. Journal of Catalysis, 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.05.004

The effect of palladium and cerium species on the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx using methane as reductant (NOx CH4-SCR) has been investigated using Pd-HMOR and PdCe-HMOR system. The catalysts have been characterised by H2-TPR, DRS UV–Vi... Read More about On the enhancing effect of Ce in Pd-MOR catalysts for NOx CH4-SCR: a structure-reactivity study.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: membership and initial mass function of the. Velorum cluster (2016)
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Jeffries. (2016). The Gaia-ESO Survey: membership and initial mass function of the. Velorum cluster. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527875

Context. Understanding the properties of young open clusters, such as the initial mass function (IMF), star formation history, and dynamic evolution, is crucial for obtaining reliable theoretical predictions of the mechanisms involved in the star for... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: membership and initial mass function of the. Velorum cluster.

Heavy minerals and garnet geochemistry of stream sediments and bedrocks from the Almklovdalen area, Western Gneiss Region, SW Norway: Implications for provenance analysis (2016)
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(2016). Heavy minerals and garnet geochemistry of stream sediments and bedrocks from the Almklovdalen area, Western Gneiss Region, SW Norway: Implications for provenance analysis. Sedimentary Geology, 96 -105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.09.009

Detrital heavy minerals commonly document the geological setting in the source area, hence they are widely used in sedimentary provenance analysis. In heavy mineral studies, the 63–125 and 63–250 µm grain size fractions are most commonly used. Heavy... Read More about Heavy minerals and garnet geochemistry of stream sediments and bedrocks from the Almklovdalen area, Western Gneiss Region, SW Norway: Implications for provenance analysis.

Petrography and geochemistry of Palaeozoic quartz-rich sandstones from Saudi Arabia: implications for provenance and chemostratigraphy (2016)
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(2016). Petrography and geochemistry of Palaeozoic quartz-rich sandstones from Saudi Arabia: implications for provenance and chemostratigraphy. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-016-2412-z

The Arabian Peninsula hosts a thick Palaeozoic succession, ranging from the Cambrian through the Permian. It not only contains deposits of the two major Palaeozoic glaciations but also holds both the major Palaeozoic hydrocarbon source and reservoir... Read More about Petrography and geochemistry of Palaeozoic quartz-rich sandstones from Saudi Arabia: implications for provenance and chemostratigraphy.

Broadband short term variability of the quasar PDS 456 (2016)
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(2016). Broadband short term variability of the quasar PDS 456. Astronomische Nachrichten, 495-499. https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.201612336

We present a detailed analysis of a recent $500$ ks net exposure \textit{Suzaku} observation, carried out in 2013, of the nearby ($z=0.184$) luminous (L$_{\rm bol}\sim10^{47}$ erg s$^{-1}$) quasar PDS 456 in which the X-ray flux was unusually low. Th... Read More about Broadband short term variability of the quasar PDS 456.

Imprints of a high-velocity wind on the soft X-ray spectrum of PG1211+143 (2016)
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(2016). Imprints of a high-velocity wind on the soft X-ray spectrum of PG1211+143. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 4389 - 4396. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw933

An extended XMM–Newton observation of the luminous narrow-line Seyfert galaxy PG1211+143 in 2014 has revealed a more complex high-velocity wind, with components distinguished in velocity, ionization level, and column density. Here we report soft X-ra... Read More about Imprints of a high-velocity wind on the soft X-ray spectrum of PG1211+143.

Temporal evolution of a post-caldera, mildly peralkaline magmatic system: Furnas volcano, São Miguel, Azores (2016)
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Gertisser. (2016). Temporal evolution of a post-caldera, mildly peralkaline magmatic system: Furnas volcano, São Miguel, Azores. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-016-1235-y

Furnas is one of three active central volcanoes on São Miguel Island, Azores, and is considered to be one of the most hazardous in the archipelago. In this study, the pre-eruptive magma plumbing system of the 10 young (

A closed conformation of the Caenorhabditis elegans separase-securin complex (2016)
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Winter, A. (2016). A closed conformation of the Caenorhabditis elegans separase-securin complex. Open Biology, 160032 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.160032

The protease separase plays a key role in sister chromatid disjunction and centriole disengagement. To maintain genomic stability, separase activity is strictly regulated by binding of an inhibitory protein, securin. Despite its central role in cell... Read More about A closed conformation of the Caenorhabditis elegans separase-securin complex.

CK Vul: a smorgasbord of hydrocarbons rules out a 1670 nova (and much else besides) (2016)
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Van Loon. (2016). CK Vul: a smorgasbord of hydrocarbons rules out a 1670 nova (and much else besides). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2871 - 2876. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw352

We present observations of CK Vul obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The infrared spectrum reveals a warm dust continuum with nebular, molecular hydrogen and HCN lines superimposed, together with the ‘Unidentified Infrared’ features. The nebu... Read More about CK Vul: a smorgasbord of hydrocarbons rules out a 1670 nova (and much else besides).

Detection of a second high-velocity component in the highly ionized wind from PG 1211+143 (2016)
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(2016). Detection of a second high-velocity component in the highly ionized wind from PG 1211+143. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2951 -2957. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw165

An extended XMM–Newton observation of the luminous narrow line Seyfert galaxy PG1211+143 in 2014 has revealed a more complex highly ionized, high-velocity outflow. The detection of previously unresolved spectral structure in Fe K absorption finds a... Read More about Detection of a second high-velocity component in the highly ionized wind from PG 1211+143.