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Not Another Football Hooligan Story"? Learning From Narratives of ‘True Crime’ and Desistance' (2012)
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Poulton, E. (2012). Not Another Football Hooligan Story"? Learning From Narratives of ‘True Crime’ and Desistance'. The Internet journal of criminology, 2012, 1-20

This article discusses the value of using cultural representations of crime and criminal justice to extend mainstream criminological knowledge on desistance from crime. The article uses biographical interviews to explore the ‘true crime’ life-story o... Read More about Not Another Football Hooligan Story"? Learning From Narratives of ‘True Crime’ and Desistance'.

"Prenatal Mouth Movements: Can We Identify Co-Ordinated Fetal Mouth and LIP Actions Necessary for Feeding?" (2012)
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Reissland, N., Mason, C., Schaal, B., & Lincoln, K. (2012). "Prenatal Mouth Movements: Can We Identify Co-Ordinated Fetal Mouth and LIP Actions Necessary for Feeding?". International Journal of Pediatrics, 2012, Article 848596. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/848596

Observations of prenatal movement patterns of mouth and lips essential for feeding could have the potential for an assessment of the readiness to feed after birth. Although there is some research on sucking per se, we know very little about prenatal... Read More about "Prenatal Mouth Movements: Can We Identify Co-Ordinated Fetal Mouth and LIP Actions Necessary for Feeding?".

Magnetic transport apparatus for the production of ultracold atomic gases in the vicinity of a dielectric surface (2012)
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Händel, S., Marchant, A., Wiles, T., Hopkins, S., & Cornish, S. (2012). Magnetic transport apparatus for the production of ultracold atomic gases in the vicinity of a dielectric surface. Review of Scientific Instruments, 83(1), Article 013105. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3676161

We present an apparatus designed for studies of atom-surface interactions using quantum degenerate gases of 85Rb and 87Rb in the vicinity of a room temperature dielectric surface. The surface to be investigated is a super-polished face of a glass Dov... Read More about Magnetic transport apparatus for the production of ultracold atomic gases in the vicinity of a dielectric surface.

UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network's STOP GAP Trial (a multicentre trial of prednisolone versus ciclosporin for pyoderma gangrenosum): protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2012)
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Craig, F., Thomas, K., Mitchell, E., Williams, H., Norrie, J., Mason, J., & Ormerod, A. (2012). UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network's STOP GAP Trial (a multicentre trial of prednisolone versus ciclosporin for pyoderma gangrenosum): protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 13, Article 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-13-51

Background: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare inflammatory skin disorder characterised by painful and rapidly progressing skin ulceration. PG can be extremely difficult to treat and patients often require systemic immunosuppression. Recurrent lesio... Read More about UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network's STOP GAP Trial (a multicentre trial of prednisolone versus ciclosporin for pyoderma gangrenosum): protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Diversity in Unity: An Empirical Analysis of Electricity Deregulation in Indian States (2012)
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Sen, A., & Jamasb, T. (2012). Diversity in Unity: An Empirical Analysis of Electricity Deregulation in Indian States. The Energy Journal, 33(1), 83-130. https://doi.org/10.5547/issn0195-6574-ej-vol33-no1-4

As developing countries seek to improve their economic prospects, electricity reform has been widely viewed as a central part of this effort. While the focus of most research to date has been at economy or utility level, there has been much less rese... Read More about Diversity in Unity: An Empirical Analysis of Electricity Deregulation in Indian States.

Manipulation of exposure dose parameters to improve production of high aspect ratio structures using SU-8 (2012)
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Daunton, R., Gallant, A., & Wood, D. (2012). Manipulation of exposure dose parameters to improve production of high aspect ratio structures using SU-8. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 22(7), Article 075016. https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/22/7/075016

The detailed consideration of the chemistry occurring during the fabrication process is very important for SU-8 compared to other photoresists. In SU-8, the solvent does far more than just act as a carrier for the photoactive compounds: it plays a pr... Read More about Manipulation of exposure dose parameters to improve production of high aspect ratio structures using SU-8.

An accidental tourist? Caracalla's fatal trip to the temple of the Moon at Carrhae/Harran (2012)
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Hekster, O., & Kaizer, T. (2012). An accidental tourist? Caracalla's fatal trip to the temple of the Moon at Carrhae/Harran. Ancient society, 42, 89-107. https://doi.org/10.2143/as.42.0.2172289

The circumstances surrounding Caracalla’s death in AD 217 remain confusing. In particular the presence of the emperor near the famous temple of the Moon at Carrhae-Harran has led to much scholarly speculation. Often a preference for ‘the East’ has be... Read More about An accidental tourist? Caracalla's fatal trip to the temple of the Moon at Carrhae/Harran.

Computing braid groups of graphs with applications to robot motion planning (2012)
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Kurlin, V. (2012). Computing braid groups of graphs with applications to robot motion planning. Homology, Homotopy and Applications, 14(1), 159-180. https://doi.org/10.4310/hha.2012.v14.n1.a8

An algorithm is designed to write down presentations of graph braid groups. Generators are represented in terms of actual motions of robots moving without collisions on a given connected graph. A key ingredient is a new motion planning algorithm whos... Read More about Computing braid groups of graphs with applications to robot motion planning.

Plastic or Fantastic Brits? Identity Politics and English Media Representations of ‘Team GB’ during London 2012 (2012)
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Poulton, E., & Maguire, J. (2012). Plastic or Fantastic Brits? Identity Politics and English Media Representations of ‘Team GB’ during London 2012. JOMEC Journal: Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, 1(2), 1-30

This article focuses on the dynamic relationship between media-sport and national identity in the context of the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Specifically, attention is given to the construction and representation of members of ‘Team GB’ in the... Read More about Plastic or Fantastic Brits? Identity Politics and English Media Representations of ‘Team GB’ during London 2012.

Activated nucleation of vortices in a Dipole-Blockaded Supersolid condensate (2012)
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Mason, P., Josserand, C., & Rica, S. (2012). Activated nucleation of vortices in a Dipole-Blockaded Supersolid condensate. Physical Review Letters, 109(4), Article 045301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.109.045301

We investigate theoretically and numerically a model of a supersolid in a dipole-blockaded Bose-Einstein condensate. The dependence of the superfluid fraction with an imposed thermal bath and a uniform boost velocity on the condensate is considered.... Read More about Activated nucleation of vortices in a Dipole-Blockaded Supersolid condensate.

Polarization spectroscopy of an excited state transition (2012)
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Carr, C., Adams, C., & Weatherill, K. (2012). Polarization spectroscopy of an excited state transition. Optics Letters, 37(1), 118-120. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.37.000118

We demonstrate polarization spectroscopy of an excited state transition in room-temperature cesium vapor. An anisotropy induced by a circularly polarized pump beam on the D2 transition is observed using a weak probe on the 6P3/2→7S1/2 transition. At... Read More about Polarization spectroscopy of an excited state transition.

Anisotropic hp-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for compressible fluid flows (2012)
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Giani, S., & Houston, P. (2012). Anisotropic hp-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for compressible fluid flows. International journal of numerical analysis and modeling, 9(4), 928-949

In this article we consider the construction of general isotropic and anisotropic adaptive mesh refinement strategies, as well as hp–mesh refinement techniques, for the numerical approximation of the compressible Euler and Navier–Stokes equations. To... Read More about Anisotropic hp-adaptive discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for compressible fluid flows.

Guest Editorial: RAI's First Annual Postgraduate Conference, September 20, 2011, Department of Anthropology, Durham University (2012)
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Mughal, M. (2012). Guest Editorial: RAI's First Annual Postgraduate Conference, September 20, 2011, Department of Anthropology, Durham University. Durham anthropology journal, 18(2), 7-11

Durham University hosted the Royal Anthropological Institute’s First Annual Postgraduate Conference, held on September 20, 2011. The conference not only provided an opportunity for the postgraduate students at various universities across the UK to pr... Read More about Guest Editorial: RAI's First Annual Postgraduate Conference, September 20, 2011, Department of Anthropology, Durham University.

Identifying a new intermediate polar using XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL (2012)
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Middleton, M., Cackett, E., Shaw, C., Ramsay, G., Roberts, T., & Wheatley, P. (2012). Identifying a new intermediate polar using XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419(1), 336-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19696.x

The bright X-ray source 2XMMi J180438.7−145647 is fortunate to have long baseline observations in INTEGRAL that complement observations taken by other missions. Optical spectroscopy of this object has suggested a distance of ∼7 kpc and an identificat... Read More about Identifying a new intermediate polar using XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL.

Tamm plasmon polaritons in multilayered cylindrical structures (2012)
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Little, C., Anufriev, R., Iorsh, I., Kaliteevski, M., Abram, R., & Brand, S. (2012). Tamm plasmon polaritons in multilayered cylindrical structures. Physical review B, 86(23), Article 235425. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.86.235425

It is shown that cylindrical Bragg reflector structures with either a metal core, a metal cladding, or both can support Tamm plasmon polaritons (TPPs) that can propagate axially along the interface between the metallic layer and the adjacent dielectr... Read More about Tamm plasmon polaritons in multilayered cylindrical structures.

Hydrolysis studies of phosphodichloridate and thiophosphodichloridate ions (2012)
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Delley, R., O'Donoghue, A., & Hodgson, D. (2012). Hydrolysis studies of phosphodichloridate and thiophosphodichloridate ions. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 77(13), 5829-5831. https://doi.org/10.1021/jo300808m

We report the pH-kobs profiles for the hydrolyses of phosphodichloridate and thiophosphodichloridate ions in aqueous solutions. Both species show broad pH–kobs plateaus that extend to high pHs.

Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre (2012)
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Connelly, D., Copley, J., Murton, B., Stansfield, K., Tyler, P., German, C., …Wilcox, S. (2012). Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre. Nature Communications, 3, Article 620. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1636

The Mid-Cayman spreading centre is an ultraslow-spreading ridge in the Caribbean Sea. Its extreme depth and geographic isolation from other mid-ocean ridges offer insights into the effects of pressure on hydrothermal venting, and the biogeography of... Read More about Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre.

A new water•••Na+ coordination motif in an unexpected diatrizoic acid disodium salt crystal form (2012)
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Fucke, K., Peach, M., Howard, J., & Steed, J. (2012). A new water•••Na+ coordination motif in an unexpected diatrizoic acid disodium salt crystal form. Chemical Communications, 48(79), 9822-9824. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc32766j

The disodium salt of diatrizoic acid crystallises as a tetragonal channel hydrate structure. One of the incorporated water molecules is coordinated to three individual sodium cations in a unique geometry.

Optimized multichannel quantum defect theory for cold molecular collisions (2012)
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Croft, J. F., Hutson, J. M., & Julienne, P. S. (2012). Optimized multichannel quantum defect theory for cold molecular collisions. Physical Review A, 86(2), Article 022711. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.86.022711

Multichannel quantum defect theory (MQDT) can provide an efficient alternative to full coupled-channel calculations for low-energy molecular collisions. However, the efficiency relies on interpolation of the Y matrix that encapsulates the short-range... Read More about Optimized multichannel quantum defect theory for cold molecular collisions.

The involvement of posterior parietal cortex and frontal eye fields in spatially primed visual search (2012)
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Lane, A., Smith, D., Schenk, T., & Ellison, A. (2012). The involvement of posterior parietal cortex and frontal eye fields in spatially primed visual search. Brain Stimulation, 5(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2011.01.005

Background: Right posterior parietal cortex (rPPC) and frontal eye fields (FEF) are known to be involved in processing visuospatial attention. However, the functional involvement of these areas in spatial priming in complex conjunction visual search... Read More about The involvement of posterior parietal cortex and frontal eye fields in spatially primed visual search.