The relationship between anthropometric measurements and measurements of iron status and susceptibility to malaria in Gambian children. by Snow, R, Byass, P, Shenton, F, Greenwood, B

A comparison of traditional protractor versus Oxford Cobbometer radiographic measurement: intraobserver measurement variability for Cobb angles. by Rosenfeldt, M, Harding, I, Hauptfleisch, J, Fairbank, J

The development of an online measure of therapist competence. by Cooper, Z, Doll, H, Bailey-Straebler, S, Kluczniok, D, Murphy, R, O'Connor, M, Fairburn, C

“…This study focuses on the development and testing of an online measure (eMeasure) to assess therapists' applied knowledge of Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT-E), a transdiagnostic evidence-supported treatment for the full range of eating disorders. …”

Network consensus in the Wasserstein metric space of probability measures by Bishop, AN, Doucet, A

“…The common measure reached at each agent is one minimizing a weighted sum of its Wasserstein distance to all initial agent measures. This measure is known as the Wasserstein barycenter. …”

A new experimental setup for making thermal emission measurements in a simulated lunar environment by Thomas, I, Greenhagen, B, Bowles, N, Donaldson Hanna, K, Temple, J, Calcutt, S

“…Results from the two different heating methods are presented, with measurements of a fine-grained quartz sample compared to previous similar measurements, plus measurements of a common lunar highland material, anorthite. …”

A new experimental setup for making thermal emission measurements in a simulated lunar environment. by Thomas, I, Greenhagen, B, Bowles, N, Donaldson Hanna, K, Temple, J, Calcutt, S

“…Results from the two different heating methods are presented, with measurements of a fine-grained quartz sample compared to previous similar measurements, plus measurements of a common lunar highland material, anorthite. …”

Rethinking the clinical interpretation of blood pressure readings taken in pharmacies by Albasri, A

“…A study in the Journal of Hypertension compared community pharmacy blood pressure measurements with measurements taken in GP clinics and other settings in the same patients, to establish a clearer picture of how they might differ.…”

Hadronic mass moments in inclusive semileptonic B meson decays by Cronin-Hennessy, D, Lyon, A, Roberts, S, Thorndike, E, Coan, T, Fadeyev, V, Gao, Y, Maravin, Y, Narsky, I, Stroynowski, R, Ye, J, Wlodek, T, Artuso, M, Benslama, K, Boulahouache, C, Bukin, K, Dambasuren, E, Majumder, G, Mountain, R, Skwarnicki, T, Stone, S, Wang, J, Wolf, A, Kopp, S, Kostin, M

“…The first and second moments of the hadronic mass-squared distribution in the B meson semileptonic decay to charm, B → X c ℓ ν, were measured. The measurement of <m -="" 2="" d="" m̄="" x=""> and the heavy quark effective theory expression for this moment were used, in conjunction with similar information on the first moment of the photon energy spectrum in B → s λ. …”

Assessment of radio-frequency heating of a parallel transmit coil in a phantom using multi-echo proton resonance frequency shift thermometry by Jeong, H, Restivo, MC, Jezzard, P, Hess, AT

“…A multi-echo readout and pre-scan stabilisation protocol were used for increased sensitivity and to correct for measurement-to-measurement instabilities. The electrical properties of the phantom were found to be within 10% of the intended values. …”

Measurement of prompt charm meson production cross sections in p p̄ collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV by Acosta, D, Affolder, T, Ahn, M, Akimoto, T, Albrow, MG, Ambrose, D, Amidei, D, Anastassov, A, Anikeev, K, Annovi, A, Antos, J, Aoki, M, Apollinari, G, Arguin, J, Arisawa, T, Artikov, A, Asakawa, T, Ashmanskas, W, Attal, A, Azfar, F, Azzi-Bacchetta, P, Bacchetta, N, Bachacou, H, Badgett, W, Bailey, S

“…Differential cross sections dσ/dPT for prompt charm meson production in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV were measured. The measured differential cross sections are higher than the theoretical predictions by about 100% at low pT and 50% at high pT. …”

Gold nanoparticle-modified carbon nanotubes-modified electrodes. Using voltanunetry to measure the total length of the nanotubes by Streeter, I, Xiao, L, Wildgoose, G, Compton, R

“…It is shown that the voltammetric measurements can measure the total length of the CNTs present on the surface. © 2008 American Chemical Society.…”

Mechanical properties of long leaves: experiment and theory by Jakubska-Busse, A, Janowicz, MW, Ochnio, L, Jackowska-Zduniak, B, Ashbourn, JMA

“…The response of the leaf structure to the applied force was obtained from preliminary measurements. These measurements allowed the Young’s modulus of the Epipactis leaves to be determined. …”

Magnetic excitations in multiferroic LuMnO3 studied by inelastic neutron scattering by Lewtas, H, Boothroyd, A, Rotter, M, Prabhakaran, D, Mueller, H, Le, MD, Roessli, B, Gavilano, J, Bourges, P

“…We present data on the magnetic and magneto-elastic coupling in the hexagonal multiferroic manganite LuMnO3 from inelastic neutron scattering, magnetization and thermal expansion measurements. We measured the magnon dispersion along the main symmetry directions and used this data to determine the principal exchange parameters from a spin-wave model. …”

Maxwell's daemon: information versus particle statistics by Plesch, M, Dahlsten, O, Goold, J, Vedral, V

“…We give a unifying argument for the optimal work in the different cases: the extractable work is determined solely by the information gain of the initial measurement, as measured by the mutual information, regardless of the number and type of particles which constitute the working substance.…”

Measurement of Born cross section of e + e − → Σ + Σ ¯ − at center-of-mass energies between 3.510 and 4.951 GeV by Ablikim, M, Achasov, MN, Adlarson, P, Afedulidis, O, Ai, XC, Aliberti, R, Amoroso, A, An, Q, Bai, Y, Bakina, O, Balossino, I, Ban, Y, Bao, H, Batozskaya, V, Begzsuren, K, Berger, N, Berlowski, M, Bertani, M, Bettoni, D, Bianchi, F, Bianco, E, Bortone, A, Boyko, I, Briere, RA, Gilman, A, Malde, S, Tat, M, Wilkinson, G

“…Using 24.1 fb−1 of e+e− collision data collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider, the Born cross sections and effective form factors of the e+e−→Σ+Σ¯− reaction are measured. The measurements are performed at center-of-mass energies ranging from 3.510 to 4.951 GeV. …”

Success and Impact in Widening Participation Policy: What Works and How Do We Know? by Harrison, N, Waller, R

“…The paper concludes that the drive to ‘measure the measurable’ may be undermining successful activities, while unhelpful inter-institution competition has replaced the co-operative ethos and wider social justice aims that dominated ten years ago.…”

Bjerknes force and bubble levitation under single-bubble sonoluminescence conditions by Matula, T, Cordry, S, Roy, R, Crum, L

“…The predicted values, as a function of pressure amplitude, are compared with experimental measurements. Our measurements indicate that the equilibrium position of the bubble shifts away from the pressure antinode as the drive pressure increases, in qualitative agreement with calculations, but unexpected when only linear theory is considered [A. …”

Search for s-channel single-top-quark production in events with missing energy plus jets in pp collisions at sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV. by Aaltonen, T, Amerio, S, Amidei, D, Anastassov, A, Annovi, A, Antos, J, Apollinari, G, Appel, J, Arisawa, T, Artikov, A, Asaadi, J, Ashmanskas, W, Auerbach, B, Aurisano, A, Azfar, F, Badgett, W, Bae, T, Barbaro-Galtieri, A, Barnes, V, Barnett, B, Barria, P, Bartos, P, Bauce, M, Bedeschi, F, Behari, S

“…Assuming the electroweak production of top quarks of mass 172.5 GeV/c(2) in the s channel, a cross section of 1.12(-0.57)(+0.61) (stat+syst) pb with a significance of 1.9 standard deviations is measured. This measurement is combined with the result obtained from events with an imbalance in total transverse momentum, b-tagged jets, and exactly one identified lepton, yielding a cross section of 1.36(-0.32)(+0.37) (stat+syst) pb, with a significance of 4.2 standard deviations.…”

Search for s-channel single-top-quark production in events with missing energy plus jets in pp collisions at sqrt[s] = 1.96 TeV. by Aaltonen, T, Amerio, S, Amidei, D, Anastassov, A, Annovi, A, Antos, J, Apollinari, G, Appel, J, Arisawa, T, Artikov, A, Asaadi, J, Ashmanskas, W, Auerbach, B, Aurisano, A, Azfar, F, Badgett, W, Bae, T, Barbaro-Galtieri, A, Barnes, V, Barnett, B, Barria, P, Bartos, P, Bauce, M, Bedeschi, F, Behari, S

“…Assuming the electroweak production of top quarks of mass 172.5 GeV/c(2) in the s channel, a cross section of 1.12(-0.57)(+0.61) (stat+syst) pb with a significance of 1.9 standard deviations is measured. This measurement is combined with the result obtained from events with an imbalance in total transverse momentum, b-tagged jets, and exactly one identified lepton, yielding a cross section of 1.36(-0.32)(+0.37) (stat+syst) pb, with a significance of 4.2 standard deviations.…”

Insect flight dynamics and control by Taylor, G, Bomphrey, R, 'T Hoen, J

“…Using wind tunnel and rotary balance measurements to measure time-invariant stability/control derivatives and their time-periodic equivalents, we formulate linear time-invariant (LTI) and nonlinear time-periodic (NLTP) equations of motion describing the longitudinal flight dynamics of desert locusts. …”