The financing decisions of innovative firms (2008)
Casson, P.D., Martin, R., Nisar, T.M.
The paper examines the relation between forms of financing and the level of expenditure on research and development (R&D). The paper shows that the probability of issuing new equity rises...
Neoclassical tearing physics in the spherical tokamak MAST (2008)
Buttery, R. J., Sauter, O., Akers, R., Gryaznevich, M., Martin, R., Warrick, C. D., ...
Results from MAST provide a first test of neoclassical tearing mode physics in the spherical tokamak (ST). The mode accounts for the main performance limit in conventional tokamaks. Its behavior in...
Overview of recent experimental results on MAST (2008)
Lloyd, B., Ahn, J. W., Akers, R. J., Appel, L. C., Arends, E. R., Axon, K. B., ...
The low aspect ratio of the mega amp spherical tokamak (MAST) allows differentiation between different forms of the H-mode threshold scaling. With optimized fuelling using inboard puffing, and a...
Stability at high performance in the MAST spherical tokamak (2008)
Buttery, R. J., Akers, R., Arends, E., Conway, N. J., Counsell, G. F., Cunningham, G., ...
The development of reliable H-modes on MAST, together with advances in heating power and a range of high spatial resolution diagnostics, has provided a platform to enable MAST to address some of the...
Experimental studies of instabilities and confinement of energetic particles on JET and MAST (2008)
Sharapov, S. E., Alper, B., Andersson, F., Baranov, Y. F., Berk, H. L., Bertalot, L., ...
In preparation for next step burning plasma devices such as ITER, experimental studies of instabilities and confinement of energetic ions were performed on Joint European Torus (JET) and on...
OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the Most Massive M-Dwarf Planetary Companion? (2008)
Dong, Subo, Gould, Andrew, Udalski, Andrzej, Anderson, Jay, Christie, G. W., Gaudi, B. S., ...
We combine all available information to constrain the nature of OGLE-2005-BLG-071Lb, the second planet discovered by microlensing and the first in a high-magnification event. These include...
Online education and training: well-founded pedagogy or state-corporate interests? (2008)
There is much enthusiasm for the use of new information and communications technologies (ICT) and online education and training (OET) in particular, in higher education. ICT is presented as a panacea...
On the stability of dynamic diffusion load balancing. (2008)
Berenbrink, P., Friedetzky, T., Martin, R.
We consider the problem of dynamic load balancing in arbitrary (connected) networks on n nodes. Our load generation model is such that during each round, n tasks are generated on arbitrary nodes, and...
Modularer Modellierungsansatz für die thermische Untersuchung von 3D-Strukturen (2008)
Martin, R., Reitz, S., Schneider, P.
Funktionelle Aspekte sowie der Einfluss der Integrationstechnologie auf das Systemverhalten müssen beim Entwurfsprozess von 3D-integrierten Mikrosystemen berücksichtigt werden. Dazu sind den...
Martin, R., Harvey, N.C., Crozier, S.R., Poole, J.R., Javaid, M.K., Dennison, E.M., ...
Evidence is accruing that environmental exposures during critical periods of early development induce persisting changes in skeletal growth, and alter fracture risk in later life. We have previously...
Aharmim, B., Ahmad, Q.R., Ahmed, S.N., Allen, R.C., Andersen, T.C., Anglin, J.D., ...
This article provides the complete description of results from the Phase I data set of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). The Phase I data set is based on a 0.65 kt-year exposure of heavy water...
Interpolation of head-related transfer functions (2007)
Using current techniques it is usually impractical to measure head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) at a spatial resolution that does not exceed the minimum audible angle, i.e. 1-2° for a source...
Martin, R., Heilig, G.H.J., Zoetendal, E.G., Jimenez, E., Fernandez, L., Smidt, H., ...
Breast milk has been shown to be an excellent and continuous source of commensal and potentially probiotic bacteria to the infant gut. Our aim was to evaluate the dominant bacteria existing in breast...
Martin, R., Heilig, G.H.J., Zoetendal, E.G., Smidt, H., Rodriguez, J.M.
Aims: To evaluate the diversity of the Lactobacillus group in breast milk and the vagina of healthy women and understand their potential role in the infant gut colonization using the 16S rRNA gene...
Lara-Villoslada, F., Sierra, S., Martin, R., Delgado, S., Rodriguez, J.M., Olivares, M., ...
Aims: The object of the present study was to evaluate the oral toxicity of the recently isolated probiotic bacteria Lactobacillus coryniformis CECT5711 and Lactobacillus gasseri CECT5714. Methods and...
Diaz-Ropero, M.P., Martin, R., Sierra, S., Lara-Villoslada, F., Rodriguez, J.M., Xaus, J., ...
Aims: The ability of two different Lactobacillus strains (Lactobacillus salivarius CECT5713 and Lactobacillus fermentum CECT5716), isolated from human breast milk, to modulate the immune response was...
Martin, PY, Hamilton, VE, McKimmie, BM, Terry, DJ, Martin, R
Two experiments are reported that examine the effects of caffeine consumption on attitude change by using different secondary tasks to manipulate message processing. The first experiment employed an...
Martin, R, Hewstone, M, Martin, PY
Two experiments investigated the conditions under which majority and minority sources instigate systematic processing of their messages. Both experiments crossed source status (majority vs. minority)...
Majority versus minority influence and prediction of behavioral intentions and behavior (2007)
Martin, R, Martin, PY, Smith, JR, Hewstone, M
Two experiments examined the effects of majority and minority influence on attitude-consistent behavioral intentions. In the first experiment, when attitudes were changed via minority influence there...
Martin, R., Harvey, N.C., Crozier, S.R., Poole, J.R., Javaid, M.K., Dennison, E.M., ...
Evidence is accruing that environmental exposures during critical periods of early development induce persisting changes in skeletal growth, and alter fracture risk in later life. We have previously...
Aharmim, B., Ahmed, S.N., Anthony, A.E., Beier, E.W., Bellerive, A., Bergevin, M., ...
A search has been made for neutrinos from the hep reaction in the Sun and from the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB) using data collected during the first operational phase of the Sudbury...
Path dependence and regional economic evolution (2006)
In recent years, economic geographers have seized on the concepts of `path dependence' and `lock-in' as key ingredients in constructing an evolutionary approach to their subject. However, they have...
Path dependence and regional economic evolution (2006)
In recent years, economic geographers have seized on the concepts of `path dependence' and `lock-in' as key ingredients in constructing an evolutionary approach to their subject. However, they have...
A measurement and QCD analysis of the proton structure function F$_{2}$(x,Q$^{2}$) at HERA (2006)
Aid, S., Andreev, V., Andrieu, B., Appuhn, R.D., Arpagaus, M., Babaev, A., ...
A new measurement of the proton structure function F_2(x,Q^2) is reported for momentum transfers squared Q^2 between 1.5~GeV^2 and 5000~GeV^2 and for Bjorken x between 3\cdot 10^{-5} and 0.32 using...
A measurement and QCD analysis of the proton structure function F$_{2}$(x,Q$^{2}$) at HERA (2006)
Aid, S., Andreev, V., Andrieu, B., Appuhn, R.D., Arpagaus, M., Babaev, A., ...
A new measurement of the proton structure function F_2(x,Q^2) is reported for momentum transfers squared Q^2 between 1.5~GeV^2 and 5000~GeV^2 and for Bjorken x between 3\cdot 10^{-5} and 0.32 using...
A measurement and QCD analysis of the proton structure function F$_{2}$(x,Q$^{2}$) at HERA (2006)
Aid, S., Andreev, V., Andrieu, B., Appuhn, R.D., Arpagaus, M., Babaev, A., ...
A new measurement of the proton structure function F_2(x,Q^2) is reported for momentum transfers squared Q^2 between 1.5~GeV^2 and 5000~GeV^2 and for Bjorken x between 3\cdot 10^{-5} and 0.32 using...
Distributed selfish load balancing. (2006)
Berenbrink, P., Friedetzky, T., Goldberg, L. A., Goldberg, P., Hu, Z., Martin, R.
Suppose that a set of m tasks are to be shared as equally as possible amongst a set of n resources. A game-theoretic mechanism to find a suitable allocation is to associate each task with a "selfish...
Distributed selfish load balancing. (2006)
Berenbrink, P., Friedetzky, T., Goldberg, L. A., Goldberg, P., Hu, Z., Martin, R.
Suppose that a set of m tasks are to be shared as equally as possible amongst a set of n resources. A game-theoretic mechanism to find a suitable allocation is to associate each task with a "selfish...
Automated symbolic model reduction for mechatronical systems (2006)
Broz, J., Clauß, C., Halfmann, T., Lang, P., Martin, R., Schwarz, P.
A new modelling approach for mechatronical systems using symbolic methods based on the EDA tool Analog Insydes is presented. The netlist-based modelling language has been extended for the handling of...
Axial-flux permanent-magnet air-cored generator for small-scale windturbines. (2005)
The design and development of an axial-flux permanent-magnet air-cored generator for use as a direct drive generator with small-scale wind and water turbines is described. The generator is designed...
Dynamic diffusion load balancing. (2005)
Berenbrink, P., Friedetzky, T., Martin, R.
We consider the problem of dynamic load balancing in arbitrary (connected) networks on n nodes. Our load generation model is such that during each round, n tasks are generated on arbitrary nodes, and...
Fabrication of the prototype 201.25 mhz cavity for a muon ionization cooling experiment (2005)
Rimmer, R.A., Manning, S., Manus, R., Phillips, L., Stirbet, M., Worland, K., ...
We describe the fabrication and assembly of the first prototype 201. 25 MHz copper cavity for the muon ionization cooling experiment (MICE). This cavity was developed by the US MUCOOL collaboration...
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
The B0 and B+ meson lifetimes have been measured in e+e- annihilation data collected in 1999 and 2000 with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. Events are...
Measurement of the decays $B\to\phi K$ and $B\to\phi K*$ (2005)
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
We have observed the decays B-->phi K and phi K^* in a sample of over 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. The measured branching fractions are BF(B^+ --> phi...
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
The production of $J/\psi$ mesons in continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations has been studied with the BABAR detector at energies near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, approximately 10.6 GeV. The mesons are...
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
The B0 and B+ meson lifetimes have been measured in e+e- annihilation data collected in 1999 and 2000 with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. Events are...
Measurement of the decays $B\to\phi K$ and $B\to\phi K*$ (2005)
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
We have observed the decays B-->phi K and phi K^* in a sample of over 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. The measured branching fractions are BF(B^+ --> phi...
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
The production of $J/\psi$ mesons in continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations has been studied with the BABAR detector at energies near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, approximately 10.6 GeV. The mesons are...
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
The B0 and B+ meson lifetimes have been measured in e+e- annihilation data collected in 1999 and 2000 with the BABAR detector at center-of-mass energies near the Upsilon(4S) resonance. Events are...
Measurement of the decays $B\to\phi K$ and $B\to\phi K*$ (2005)
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
We have observed the decays B-->phi K and phi K^* in a sample of over 45 million B mesons collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. The measured branching fractions are BF(B^+ --> phi...
Aubert, B., Boutigny, D., Gaillard, J.M., Hicheur, A., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J.P., ...
The production of $J/\psi$ mesons in continuum $e^+e^-$ annihilations has been studied with the BABAR detector at energies near the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance, approximately 10.6 GeV. The mesons are...
Simulatorkopplung mit FEMLAB (2005)
Clauß, C., Martin, R., Nordwig, A., Nytsch-Geusen, C., Schneider, A., Schwarz, P.
Der Entwurf technischer Systeme erfordert oft das Zusammenwirken verschiedener physikalischer Domänen (Mechanik, Fluidik, Elektronik, ...) sowie die gemeinsame Betrachtung verschiedener Komponenten...
Automatische Modellgenerierung für Anwendungen aus Mikrosystemtechnik und Mikroelektronik (2005)
Martin, R., Reitz, S., Bastian, J.
Bei der Entwicklung von Systemen werden oft Finite-Elemente-Simulatoren für die genaue Berechnung des Verhaltens einzelner Komponenten eingesetzt. Dies ist in der Regel mit längeren Rechenzeiten...
Full characterization of binary-lens event OGLE-2002-BLG-069 from PLANET observations (2005)
Kubas, D., Cassan, A., Beaulieu, J. P., Coutures, C., Dominik, M., Albrow, M. D., ...
We analyze the photometric data obtained by PLANET and OGLE on the caustic- crossing binary-lens microlensing event OGLE-2002-BLG-069. Thanks to the excellent photometric and spectroscopic coverage...
R. Martin, C. Ortiz-Alemán, A. Rodríguez-Castellanos
A highly optimized simulated annealing (SA) algorithm is applied to reconstruct permittivity images of real two-phase gas-oil flows through a cylindrical vessel using electrical capacitance...
Hogg, MA, Martin, R, Epitropaki, O, Mankad, A, Svensson, A, Weeden, K
Two studies compared leader-member exchange (LMX) theory and the social identity theory of leadership. Study 1 surveyed 439 employees of organizations in Wales, measuring Work group salience,...
Martin, PY, Laing, J, Martin, R, Mitchell, M
Caffeine is known to increase arousal, attention, and information processing-all factors implicated in facilitating persuasion. In a standard attitude-change paradigm, participants consumed an...
Gardikiotis, A, Martin, R, Hewstone, M
Three experiments investigated the effect of consensus information on majority and minority influence. Experiment 1 examined the effect of consensus expressed by descriptive adjectives (large vs....
In this study, we examined the relationship between transformational/transactional leadership perceptions and organizational identification and further explored the moderating role of individual...
The results of the present longitudinal study demonstrate the importance of implicit leadership theories (ILTs) for the quality of leader-member exchanges (LMX) and employees' organizational...
Martin, R., Thomas, G., Charles, K., Epitropaki, O., McNamara, R.
The relationship between locus of control, the quality of exchanges between subordinates and leaders (LMX), and a variety of work-related reactions (intrinsic/extrinsic job satisfaction, work-related...
NMR in rotating magnetic fields: Magic angle field spinning (2004)
Sakellariou, D., Meriles, C., Martin, R., Pines, A.
Magic angle sample spinning has been one of the cornerstones in high-resolution solid state NMR. Spinning frequencies nowadays have increased by at least one order of magnitude over the ones used in...
Consolidating segmentation: employment relations in Central and Eastern Europe (2004)
Martin, R., Cristescu-Martin, A.M.
Of the four major potential mechanisms for integration—the state, tripartite social partnerships, employer and employee organisations and shared values—in Central and Eastern Europe only the...
Electromagnetic design of axial-flux permanent magnet machines. (2004)
Bumby, J. R., Martin, R., Mueller, M. A., Spooner, E., Brown, N. L., Chalmers, B. J.
A general, analytic approach to the calculation of magnet fields in a slottless, axial-flux, permanent magnet generator is presented. The basic 'building block' is the vector potential produced by a...