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Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna

Ripple WJ, Chapron G, Lopez-Bao JV, Durant SM, Macdonald DW, Lindsey PA, Bennett EL, Beschta RL, Bruskotter JT, Campos-Arceiz A, Corlett RT, Darimont CT, Dickman AJ, Dirzo R, Dublin HT, Estes JA, Everatt KT, Galetti M, Goswami VR, Hayward MW, Hedges S, Hoffmann M, Hunter LTB, Kerley GI, Letnic M, Levi T, Maisels F, Morrison JC, Nelson MP, Newsome TM, Painter L, Pringle RM, Sandom CJ, Terborgh J, Treves A, Van Valkenburgh B, Vucetich JA, Wirsing AJ, Wallach AD, Wolf C, Woodroffe R, Young H & Zhang L (2016) Saving the World's Terrestrial Megafauna. BioScience, 66 (10), pp. 807-812. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw092

Authored Book

The Dialogical Mind: Common Sense and Ethics

Markova I (2016) The Dialogical Mind: Common Sense and Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/psychology/social-psychology/dialogical-mind-common-sense-and-ethics?format=HB

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A pilot randomized controlled trial of telephone intervention to increase Breast Cancer Screening uptake in socially deprived areas in Scotland (TELBRECS)

Chambers J, Gracie K, Millar R, Cavanagh J, Archibald D, Cook A & O'Carroll R (2016) A pilot randomized controlled trial of telephone intervention to increase Breast Cancer Screening uptake in socially deprived areas in Scotland (TELBRECS). Journal of Medical Screening, 23 (3), pp. 141-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141315608212

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Between the Vinča and Linearbandkeramik worlds: the diversity of practices and identities in the 54th–53rd centuries cal BC in south-west Hungary and beyond

Jakucs J, Bánffy E, Oross K, Voicsek V, Bronk Ramsey C, Dunbar E, Kromer B, Bayliss A, Hoffmann D, Marshall P & Whittle A (2016) Between the Vinča and Linearbandkeramik worlds: the diversity of practices and identities in the 54th–53rd centuries cal BC in south-west Hungary and beyond. Journal of World Prehistory, 29 (3), pp. 267-336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-016-9096-x

Conference Paper (published)

Capturing social cues with imaging glasses

Murray L, Hands P, Goutcher R & Ye J (2016) Capturing social cues with imaging glasses. In: UbiComp 2016 Adjunct - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. UbiComp2016: 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Heidelberg, Germany, 12.09.2016-16.09.2016. New York: ACM, pp. 968-972. https://doi.org/10.1145/2968219.2968260

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Retos y oportunidades en el uso de Inventarios Forestales Nacionales para el estudio de la relación entre la diversidad y el aprovisionamiento de servicios ecosistémicos en bosques

Ratcliffe S, Ruiz-Benito P, Kändler G & Zavala MA (2016) Retos y oportunidades en el uso de Inventarios Forestales Nacionales para el estudio de la relación entre la diversidad y el aprovisionamiento de servicios ecosistémicos en bosques [Challenges and opportunities in the use of National Forest Inventories for the study of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services supply in forests]. Ecosistemas, 25 (3), pp. 60-69. https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.2016.25-3.07

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Biotic interactions mediate patterns of herbivore diversity in the Arctic

Barrio IC, Bueno CG, Gartzia M, Soininen EM, Christie KS, Speed JDM, Ravolainen VT, Forbes BC, Gauthier G, Horstkotte T, Hoset KS, Hoye TT, Jonsdottir IS, Levesque E, Morsdorf MA, Olofsson J, Wookey P & Hik DS (2016) Biotic interactions mediate patterns of herbivore diversity in the Arctic. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25 (9), pp. 1108-1118. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12470

Conference Paper (published)

Process Algebra with Layers: A Language for Multi-scale Integration Modelling, Illustrated by a Cell Cycle and DNA Damage Case Study

Scott E, Hoyle A & Shankland C (2016) Process Algebra with Layers: A Language for Multi-scale Integration Modelling, Illustrated by a Cell Cycle and DNA Damage Case Study. In: Bracciali A & Caravagna G (eds.) Proceedings of Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics. 13th International Conference on Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Stirling, 01.09.2016-03.09.2016. Stirling: University of Stirling, pp. 240-246. http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/events/cibb2016/index.html

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An evaluation of fish health-management practices and occupational health hazards associated with Pangasius catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) aquaculture in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Phu TM, Phuong NT, Dung TT, Dao HM, Son VN, Rico A, Clausen JH, Madsen H, Murray F & Dalsgaard A (2016) An evaluation of fish health-management practices and occupational health hazards associated with Pangasius catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) aquaculture in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Aquaculture Research, 47 (9), pp. 2778-2794. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.12728

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Combining transcranial ultrasound with intelligent communication methods to enhance the remote assessment and management of stroke patients: Framework for a technology demonstrator

Mort A, Eadie L, Regan L, Macaden A, Heaney D, Bouamrane M, Rushworth G & Wilson P (2016) Combining transcranial ultrasound with intelligent communication methods to enhance the remote assessment and management of stroke patients: Framework for a technology demonstrator. Health Informatics Journal, 22 (3), pp. 691-701. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458215580353

Conference Paper (published)

Learning latent features with infinite non-negative binary matrix tri-factorization

Yang X, Huang K, Zhang R & Hussain A (2016) Learning latent features with infinite non-negative binary matrix tri-factorization. In: Hirose A, Ozawa S, Doya K, Ikeda K, Lee M & Liu D (eds.) Neural Information Processing: 23rd International Conference, ICONIP 2016, Kyoto, Japan, October 16–21, 2016, Proceedings, Part I. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9947. ICONIP 2016: 23rd International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Kyoto, Japan, 16.10.2016-21.10.2016. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 587-596. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46687-3_65

Article

A field-deployable reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of the Chikungunya virus

Patel P, El Wahed AA, Faye O, Pruger P, Kaiser M, Thaloengsok S, Ubol S, Sakuntabhai A, Leparc-Goffart I, Hufert FT, Sall AA, Weidmann M & Niedrig M (2016) A field-deployable reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of the Chikungunya virus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10 (9), Art. No.: e0004953. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004953

Conference Paper (published)

PWHATSHAP: efficient haplotyping for future generation sequencing

Bracciali A, Aldinucci M, Patterson M, Marschall T, Pisanti N, Merelli I & Torquati M (2016) PWHATSHAP: efficient haplotyping for future generation sequencing. In: Nonis A, Di Serio C, Lio' P, Tagliaferri R & Rizzo R (eds.) volume 17. 11th International Meeting on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CIBB 2014), Cambridge, UK, 26.06.2014-28.06.2014. BioMed Central. http://www.cussb.unisr.it/cibb2014/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-016-1170-y

Conference Paper (unpublished)

Who’s Talking About Smoking Cessation? Cancer, Health Literacy And Communication

Harris F, Aitchison P, Bauld L, Culbard B, Entwistle V, Haw S, Munro A, Ozakinci G, Radley A, Williams B & Wells M (2016) Who’s Talking About Smoking Cessation? Cancer, Health Literacy And Communication. 14th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Heidelberg, 07.09.2016-10.09.2016.

Conference Paper (published)

Evolutionary Algorithms with Linkage Information for Feature Selection in Brain Computer Interfaces

Adair J, Brownlee A & Ochoa G (2016) Evolutionary Algorithms with Linkage Information for Feature Selection in Brain Computer Interfaces. In: Angelov P, Gegov A, Jayne C & Shen Q (eds.) Advances in Computational Intelligence Systems: Contributions Presented at the 16th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, September 7–9, 2016, Lancaster, UK. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 513. UKCI 2016 - 16th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, Lancaster, 07.09.2016-09.09.2016. London: Springer, pp. 287-307. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46562-3_19

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Quantitative PCR Profiling of Escherichia coli in Livestock Feces Reveals Increased Population Resilience Relative to Culturable Counts under Temperature Extremes

Oliver D, Bird C, Burd E & Wyman M (2016) Quantitative PCR Profiling of Escherichia coli in Livestock Feces Reveals Increased Population Resilience Relative to Culturable Counts under Temperature Extremes. Environmental Science and Technology, 50 (17), pp. 9497-9505. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b02657

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Biosynthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in the African catfish Clarias gariepinus: Molecular cloning and functional characterisation of fatty acyl desaturase (fads2) and elongase (elovl2) cDNAs7

Oboh A, Betancor MB, Tocher DR & Monroig O (2016) Biosynthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in the African catfish Clarias gariepinus: Molecular cloning and functional characterisation of fatty acyl desaturase (fads2) and elongase (elovl2) cDNAs7. Aquaculture, 462, pp. 70-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.05.018

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Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in the euryhaline herbivorous teleost Scatophagus argus: Functional characterization, tissue expression and nutritional regulation of two fatty acyl elongases

Xie D, Chen F, Lin S, You C, Wang S, Zhang Q, Monroig O, Tocher DR & Li Y (2016) Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in the euryhaline herbivorous teleost Scatophagus argus: Functional characterization, tissue expression and nutritional regulation of two fatty acyl elongases. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 198, pp. 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2016.03.009

Conference Paper (published)

Tunnelling Crossover Networks for the Asymmetric TSP

Veerapen N, Ochoa G, Tinós R & Whitley D (2016) Tunnelling Crossover Networks for the Asymmetric TSP. In: Handl J, Hart E, Lewis P, Lopez-Ibanez M, Ochoa G & Paechter B (eds.) Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XIV: 14th International Conference, Edinburgh, UK, September 17-21, 2016, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 9921. PPSN2016 - 14th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Edinburgh, 17.09.2016-21.09.2016. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 994-1003. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45823-6_93

Conference Paper (published)

Aquaculture: a rapidly growing and significant source of sustainable food? Status, transitions and potential

Little DC, Newton R & Beveridge MCM (2016) Aquaculture: a rapidly growing and significant source of sustainable food? Status, transitions and potential. In: volume 75. Conference on ‘The future of animal products in the human diet: health and environmental concerns’, Symposium 3: Alternatives to meat, Nottingham, 06.07.2015-09.07.2015. Cambridge University Press, pp. 274-286. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665116000665

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An assessment of the potential for zoonotic parasitic nematode infections arising from the consumption of maricultured Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (L.), and rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), in Scotland

Brooker A, Wootten R, Shinn A & Bron J (2016) An assessment of the potential for zoonotic parasitic nematode infections arising from the consumption of maricultured Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (L.), and rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), in Scotland. Food Control, 66, pp. 198-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.02.011