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Therapeutic strategies for spinal muscular atrophy: SMN and beyond. (2017)
Journal Article
Ning, K., Wood, M., Bowerman, M., Becker, C., Yáñez-Muñoz, R., Gillingwater, T., …SMA Research Consortium, U. (2017). Therapeutic strategies for spinal muscular atrophy: SMN and beyond. Disease Models and Mechanisms, 943 - 954. https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.030148

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular disorder characterized by loss of motor neurons and muscle atrophy, generally presenting in childhood. SMA is caused by low levels of the survival motor neuron protein (SMN) due to inactiva... Read More about Therapeutic strategies for spinal muscular atrophy: SMN and beyond..

Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 1896 -1911. https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280215592269

Hierarchical models such as the bivariate and hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic (HSROC) models are recommended for meta-analysis of test accuracy studies. These models are challenging to fit when there are few studies and/or spar... Read More about Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data.

Males and females of Juniperus communis L. and Taxus baccata L. show different seasonal patterns of nitrogen and carbon content in needles (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Males and females of Juniperus communis L. and Taxus baccata L. show different seasonal patterns of nitrogen and carbon content in needles. Acta physiologiae plantarum / Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Plant Physiology Genetics and Breeding, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-017-2489-3

Genders of dioecious species often show secondary sexual dimorphisms (not directly related to the sex organs), which may be related to reproductive demand for resources during the year. Our working hypothesis stated that phenology influences yearly s... Read More about Males and females of Juniperus communis L. and Taxus baccata L. show different seasonal patterns of nitrogen and carbon content in needles.

The EBLM project - III. A Saturn-size low-mass star at the hydrogen-burning limit (2017)
Journal Article
Hellier, Smalley, & Maxted. (2017). The EBLM project - III. A Saturn-size low-mass star at the hydrogen-burning limit. Astronomy & Astrophysics, L6 -L6. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731107

We report the discovery of an eclipsing binary system with mass-ratio q ~ 0.07. After identifying a periodic photometric signal received by WASP, we obtained CORALIE spectroscopic radial velocities and follow-up light curves with the Euler and TRAPPI... Read More about The EBLM project - III. A Saturn-size low-mass star at the hydrogen-burning limit.

The JCMT Plane Survey: first complete data release - emission maps and compact source catalogue (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). The JCMT Plane Survey: first complete data release - emission maps and compact source catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2163 -2183. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx874

We present the first data release of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Plane Survey (JPS), the JPS Public Release 1. JPS is an 850-µm continuum survey of six fields in the northern inner Galactic plane in a longitude range of l = 7°–63°, made with th... Read More about The JCMT Plane Survey: first complete data release - emission maps and compact source catalogue.

Effects of antenatal diet and physical activity on maternal and fetal outcomes: individual patient data meta-analysis and health economic evaluation. (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Effects of antenatal diet and physical activity on maternal and fetal outcomes: individual patient data meta-analysis and health economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 1 -158. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta21410

BACKGROUND: Diet- and physical activity-based interventions in pregnancy have the potential to alter maternal and child outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether or not the effects of diet and lifestyle interventions vary in subgroups of women, based o... Read More about Effects of antenatal diet and physical activity on maternal and fetal outcomes: individual patient data meta-analysis and health economic evaluation..

A systematic analysis of random forest based social media spam classification (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). A systematic analysis of random forest based social media spam classification. In Network and System Security. NSS 2017 (427-438)

Recently random forest classification became a popular choice machine learning applications aimed to detect spam content in online social networks. In this paper, we report a systematic analysis of random forest classification for this purpose. We as... Read More about A systematic analysis of random forest based social media spam classification.

Uncanny objects and the fear of the familiar: Hiding from Akan witches in New York City (2017)
Journal Article
Parish, J. (2017). Uncanny objects and the fear of the familiar: Hiding from Akan witches in New York City. Journal of Material Culture, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183517725100

This article examines the cosmology and secret practices of West African traditional priests in New York City in preventing the spread of witchcraft, an evil invisible spirit transmitted between female members of the Akan matrilineage. Explored is an... Read More about Uncanny objects and the fear of the familiar: Hiding from Akan witches in New York City.

Asymptotic analysis of heat transfer in composite materials with nonlinear thermal properties (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Asymptotic analysis of heat transfer in composite materials with nonlinear thermal properties. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 736 - 754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.03.124

Abstract We study heat transfer through a composite with periodic microstructure. The thermal conductivity of the constituents is assumed to be temperature-dependent, and it is modeled as a polynomial in terms of the temperature. The thermal resistan... Read More about Asymptotic analysis of heat transfer in composite materials with nonlinear thermal properties.

The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches (2017)
Journal Article
Ruffell, A., Pringle, J., Cassella, J., Morgan, R., Ferguson, M., Heaton, V., …McKinley, J. (2017). The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches. Earth-Science Reviews, 171, 323-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.04.012

There have been few publications on the forensic search of water and fewer still on the use of geoforensic techniques when exploring aqueous environments. Here we consider what the nature of the aqueous environment is, what the forensic target(s) may... Read More about The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches.

The relation between anorexic symptoms in women and their reports of trustworthiness in interactions with close persons (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). The relation between anorexic symptoms in women and their reports of trustworthiness in interactions with close persons. Eating Behaviors, 171-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2017.03.007

The study examined the relation between women's anorexic symptoms and their reports of trustworthiness in interactions with close persons. Ninety-eight females (mean age = 24 years-10 months) completed the anorexic symptom subscale of the SEDS and re... Read More about The relation between anorexic symptoms in women and their reports of trustworthiness in interactions with close persons.

Uncanny Objects and the Fear of the Familiar:Hiding from Akan Witches in New York City (2017)
Journal Article
Parish. (2017). Uncanny Objects and the Fear of the Familiar:Hiding from Akan Witches in New York City. Journal of Material Culture, 100-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183517725100

This article examines the cosmology and secret practices of West African traditional priests in New York City in preventing the spread of witchcraft, an evil invisible spirit transmitted between female members of the Akan matrilineage. Explored is an... Read More about Uncanny Objects and the Fear of the Familiar:Hiding from Akan Witches in New York City.

Does Emotional Arousal Influence Swearing Fluency? (2017)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., & Zile, A. (2017). Does Emotional Arousal Influence Swearing Fluency?. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 983-995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-016-9473-8

This study assessed the effect of experimentally manipulated emotional arousal on swearing fluency. We hypothesised that swear word generation would be increased with raised emotional arousal. The emotional arousal of 60 participants was manipulated... Read More about Does Emotional Arousal Influence Swearing Fluency?.

Length of Time on Peritoneal Dialysis and Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis — Position Paper for ISPD: 2017 Update (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, E. A., Bargman, J., van Biesen, W., Chang, M., Finkelstein, F. O., Hurst, H., …Woodrow, G. (2017). Length of Time on Peritoneal Dialysis and Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis — Position Paper for ISPD: 2017 Update. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 37(4), 362-374. https://doi.org/10.3747/pdi.2017.00018