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    • Fine particulate air pollution (pm2.5) and the risk of acute ischemic stroke 

      OʼDonnell, Martin J.; Fang, Jiming; Mittleman, Murray A.; Kapral, Moira K.; Wellenius, Gregory A. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2011-05-01)
      Background: Short-term changes in levels of fine ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) may increase the risk of acute ischemic stroke; however, results from prior studies have been inconsistent. We examined this hypothesis ...
    • Fine tuning the electro-mechanical response of dielectric elastomers 

      Zurlo, Giuseppe; Destrade, Michel; Lu, Tongqing (AIP Publishing, 2018-10-16)
      We propose a protocol to model accurately the electromechanical behavior of dielectric elastomer membranes using experimental data of stress-stretch and voltage-stretch tests. We show how the relationship between electric ...
    • Fine-mapping identifies two additional breast cancer susceptibility loci at 9q31.2 

      Orr, N.; Dudbridge, F.; Dryden, N.; Maguire, S.; Novo, D.; Perrakis, E.; Johnson, N.; Ghoussaini, M.; Hopper, J. L.; Southey, M. C.; Apicella, C.; Stone, J.; Schmidt, M. K.; Broeks, A.; Van't Veer, L. J.; Hogervorst, F. B.; Fasching, P. A.; Haeberle, L.; Ekici, A. B.; Beckmann, M. W.; Gibson, L.; Aitken, Z.; Warren, H.; Sawyer, E.; Tomlinson, I.; Kerin, M. J.; Miller, N.; Burwinkel, B.; Marme, F.; Schneeweiss, A.; Sohn, C.; Guenel, P.; Truong, T.; Cordina-Duverger, E.; Sanchez, M.; Bojesen, S. E.; Nordestgaard, B. G.; Nielsen, S. F.; Flyger, H.; Benitez, J.; Zamora, M. P.; Arias Perez, J. I.; Menendez, P.; Anton-Culver, H.; Neuhausen, S. L.; Brenner, H.; Dieffenbach, A. K.; Arndt, V.; Stegmaier, C.; Hamann, U.; Brauch, H.; Justenhoven, C.; Bruning, T.; Ko, Y.-D.; Nevanlinna, H.; Aittomaki, K.; Blomqvist, C.; Khan, S.; Bogdanova, N.; Dork, T.; Lindblom, A.; Margolin, S.; Mannermaa, A.; Kataja, V.; Kosma, V.-M.; Hartikainen, J. M.; Chenevix-Trench, G.; Beesley, J.; Lambrechts, D.; Moisse, M.; Floris, G.; Beuselinck, B.; Chang-Claude, J.; Rudolph, A.; Seibold, P.; Flesch-Janys, D.; Radice, P.; Peterlongo, P.; Peissel, B.; Pensotti, V.; Couch, F. J.; Olson, J. E.; Slettedahl, S.; Vachon, C.; Giles, G. G.; Milne, R. L.; McLean, C.; Haiman, C. A.; Henderson, B. E.; Schumacher, F.; Le Marchand, L.; Simard, J.; Goldberg, M. S.; Labreche, F.; Dumont, M.; Kristensen, V.; Alnaes, G. G.; Nord, S.; Borresen-Dale, A.-L.; Zheng, W.; Deming-Halverson, S.; Shrubsole, M.; Long, J.; Winqvist, R.; Pylkas, K.; Jukkola-Vuorinen, A.; Grip, M.; Andrulis, I. L.; Knight, J. A.; Glendon, G.; Tchatchou, S.; Devilee, P.; Tollenaar, R. A. E. M.; Seynaeve, C. M.; Van Asperen, C. J.; Garcia-Closas, M.; Figueroa, J.; Chanock, S. J.; Lissowska, J.; Czene, K.; Darabi, H.; Eriksson, M.; Klevebring, D.; Hooning, M. J.; Hollestelle, A.; van Deurzen, C. H. M.; Kriege, M.; Hall, P.; Li, J.; Liu, J.; Humphreys, K.; Cox, A.; Cross, S. S.; Reed, M. W. R.; Pharoah, P. D. P.; Dunning, A. M.; Shah, M.; Perkins, B. J.; Jakubowska, A.; Lubinski, J.; Jaworska-Bieniek, K.; Durda, K.; Ashworth, A.; Swerdlow, A.; Jones, M.; Schoemaker, M. J.; Meindl, A.; Schmutzler, R. K.; Olswold, C.; Slager, S.; Toland, A. E.; Yannoukakos, D.; Muir, K.; Lophatananon, A.; Stewart-Brown, S.; Siriwanarangsan, P.; Matsuo, K.; Ito, H.; Iwata, H.; Ishiguro, J.; Wu, A. H.; Tseng, C.-c.; Van Den Berg, D.; Stram, D. O.; Teo, S. H.; Yip, C. H.; Kang, P.; Ikram, M. K.; Shu, X.-O.; Lu, W.; Gao, Y.-T.; Cai, H.; Kang, D.; Choi, J.-Y.; Park, S. K.; Noh, D.-Y.; Hartman, M.; Miao, H.; Lim, W. Y.; Lee, S. C.; Sangrajrang, S.; Gaborieau, V.; Brennan, P.; Mckay, J.; Wu, P.-E.; Hou, M.-F.; Yu, J.-C.; Shen, C.-Y.; Blot, W.; Cai, Q.; Signorello, L. B.; Luccarini, C.; Bayes, C.; Ahmed, S.; Maranian, M.; Healey, C. S.; Gonzalez-Neira, A.; Pita, G.; Alonso, M. R.; Alvarez, N.; Herrero, D.; Tessier, D. C.; Vincent, D.; Bacot, F.; Hunter, D. J.; Lindstrom, S.; Dennis, J.; Michailidou, K.; Bolla, M. K.; Easton, D. F.; dos Santos Silva, I.; Fletcher, O.; Peto, J.; ,; ,; , (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015-02-04)
      We recently identified a novel susceptibility variant, rs865686, for estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer at 9q31.2. Here, we report a fine-mapping analysis of the 9q31.2 susceptibility locus using 43 160 cases and 42 ...
    • Fine-scale mapping of the 5q11.2 breast cancer locus reveals at least three independent risk variants regulating map3k1 

      Glubb, Dylan M.; Maranian, Mel J.; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Pooley, Karen A.; Meyer, Kerstin B.; Kar, Siddhartha; Carlebur, Saskia; O’Reilly, Martin; Betts, Joshua A.; Hillman, Kristine M.; Kaufmann, Susanne; Beesley, Jonathan; Canisius, Sander; Hopper, John L.; Southey, Melissa C.; Tsimiklis, Helen; Apicella, Carmel; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Broeks, Annegien; Hogervorst, Frans B.; van der Schoot, C. Ellen; Muir, Kenneth; Lophatananon, Artitaya; Stewart-Brown, Sarah; Siriwanarangsan, Pornthep; Fasching, Peter A.; Ruebner, Matthias; Ekici, Arif B.; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Peto, Julian; dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel; Fletcher, Olivia; Johnson, Nichola; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Wang, Qin; Dennis, Joe; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Tomlinson, Ian; Kerin, Michael J.; Miller, Nicola; Burwinkel, Barbara; Marme, Frederik; Yang, Rongxi; Surowy, Harald; Guénel, Pascal; Truong, Thérèse; Menegaux, Florence; Sanchez, Marie; Bojesen, Stig E.; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Nielsen, Sune F.; Flyger, Henrik; González-Neira, Anna; Benitez, Javier; Zamora, M. Pilar; Arias Perez, Jose Ignacio; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Brenner, Hermann; Dieffenbach, Aida Karina; Arndt, Volker; Stegmaier, Christa; Meindl, Alfons; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Brauch, Hiltrud; Ko, Yon-Dschun; Brüning, Thomas; Nevanlinna, Heli; Muranen, Taru A.; Aittomäki, Kristiina; Blomqvist, Carl; Matsuo, Keitaro; Ito, Hidemi; Iwata, Hiroji; Tanaka, Hideo; Dörk, Thilo; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Helbig, Sonja; Lindblom, Annika; Margolin, Sara; Mannermaa, Arto; Kataja, Vesa; Kosma, Veli-Matti; Hartikainen, Jaana M.; Wu, Anna H.; Tseng, Chiu-chen; Van Den Berg, David; Stram, Daniel O.; Lambrechts, Diether; Zhao, Hui; Weltens, Caroline; van Limbergen, Erik; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Flesch-Janys, Dieter; Rudolph, Anja; Seibold, Petra; Radice, Paolo; Peterlongo, Paolo; Barile, Monica; Capra, Fabio; Couch, Fergus J.; Olson, Janet E.; Hallberg, Emily; Vachon, Celine; Giles, Graham G.; Milne, Roger L.; McLean, Catriona; Haiman, Christopher A.; Henderson, Brian E.; Schumacher, Fredrick; Le Marchand, Loic; Simard, Jacques; Goldberg, Mark S.; Labrèche, France; Dumont, Martine; Teo, Soo Hwang; Yip, Cheng Har; See, Mee-Hoong; Cornes, Belinda; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Ikram, M. Kamran; Kristensen, Vessela; Zheng, Wei; Halverson, Sandra L.; Shrubsole, Martha; Long, Jirong; Winqvist, Robert; Pylkäs, Katri; Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja; Kauppila, Saila; Andrulis, Irene L.; Knight, Julia A.; Glendon, Gord; Tchatchou, Sandrine; Devilee, Peter; Tollenaar, Robert A.E.M.; Seynaeve, Caroline; Van Asperen, Christi J.; García-Closas, Montserrat; Figueroa, Jonine; Chanock, Stephen J.; Lissowska, Jolanta; Czene, Kamila; Klevebring, Daniel; Darabi, Hatef; Eriksson, Mikael; Hooning, Maartje J.; Hollestelle, Antoinette; Martens, John W.M.; Collée, J. Margriet; Hall, Per; Li, Jingmei; Humphreys, Keith; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Lu, Wei; Gao, Yu-Tang; Cai, Hui; Cox, Angela; Cross, Simon S.; Reed, Malcolm W.R.; Blot, William; Signorello, Lisa B.; Cai, Qiuyin; Shah, Mitul; Ghoussaini, Maya; Kang, Daehee; Choi, Ji-Yeob; Park, Sue K.; Noh, Dong-Young; Hartman, Mikael; Miao, Hui; Lim, Wei Yen; Tang, Anthony; Hamann, Ute; Torres, Diana; Jakubowska, Anna; Lubinski, Jan; Jaworska, Katarzyna; Durda, Katarzyna; Sangrajrang, Suleeporn; Gaborieau, Valerie; Brennan, Paul; McKay, James; Olswold, Curtis; Slager, Susan; Toland, Amanda E.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Shen, Chen-Yang; Wu, Pei-Ei; Yu, Jyh-Cherng; Hou, Ming-Feng; Swerdlow, Anthony; Ashworth, Alan; Orr, Nick; Jones, Michael; Pita, Guillermo; Alonso, M. Rosario; Álvarez, Nuria; Herrero, Daniel; Tessier, Daniel C.; Vincent, Daniel; Bacot, Francois; Luccarini, Craig; Baynes, Caroline; Ahmed, Shahana; Healey, Catherine S.; Brown, Melissa A.; Ponder, Bruce A.J.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Thompson, Deborah J.; Edwards, Stacey L.; Easton, Douglas F.; Dunning, Alison M.; French, Juliet D. (Elsevier BV, 2015-01-01)
      Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have revealed SNP rs889312 on 5q11.2 to be associated with breast cancer risk in women of European ancestry. In an attempt to identify the biologically relevant variants, we analyzed ...
    • Fine-scale mapping of the fgfr2 breast cancer risk locus: putative functional variants differentially bind foxa1 and e2f1 

      Meyer, Kerstin B.; O’Reilly, Martin; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Carlebur, Saskia; Edwards, Stacey L.; French, Juliet D.; Prathalingham, Radhika; Dennis, Joe; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Wang, Qin; de Santiago, Ines; Hopper, John L.; Tsimiklis, Helen; Apicella, Carmel; Southey, Melissa C.; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Broeks, Annegien; Van ’t Veer, Laura J.; Hogervorst, Frans B.; Muir, Kenneth; Lophatananon, Artitaya; Stewart-Brown, Sarah; Siriwanarangsan, Pornthep; Fasching, Peter A.; Lux, Michael P.; Ekici, Arif B.; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Peto, Julian; dos Santos Silva, Isabel; Fletcher, Olivia; Johnson, Nichola; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Tomlinson, Ian; Kerin, Michael J.; Miller, Nicola; Marme, Federick; Schneeweiss, Andreas; Sohn, Christof; Burwinkel, Barbara; Guénel, Pascal; Truong, Thérèse; Laurent-Puig, Pierre; Menegaux, Florence; Bojesen, Stig E.; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Nielsen, Sune F.; Flyger, Henrik; Milne, Roger L.; Zamora, M. Pilar; Arias, Jose I.; Benitez, Javier; Neuhausen, Susan; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Ziogas, Argyrios; Dur, Christina C.; Brenner, Hermann; Müller, Heiko; Arndt, Volker; Stegmaier, Christa; Meindl, Alfons; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Engel, Christoph; Ditsch, Nina; Brauch, Hiltrud; Brüning, Thomas; Ko, Yon-Dschun; Nevanlinna, Heli; Muranen, Taru A.; Aittomäki, Kristiina; Blomqvist, Carl; Matsuo, Keitaro; Ito, Hidemi; Iwata, Hiroji; Yatabe, Yasushi; Dörk, Thilo; Helbig, Sonja; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Lindblom, Annika; Margolin, Sara; Mannermaa, Arto; Kataja, Vesa; Kosma, Veli-Matti; Hartikainen, Jaana M.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Wu, Anna H.; Tseng, Chiu-chen; Van Den Berg, David; Stram, Daniel O.; Lambrechts, Diether; Thienpont, Bernard; Christiaens, Marie-Rose; Smeets, Ann; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Rudolph, Anja; Seibold, Petra; Flesch-Janys, Dieter; Radice, Paolo; Peterlongo, Paolo; Bonanni, Bernardo; Bernard, Loris; Couch, Fergus J.; Olson, Janet E.; Wang, Xianshu; Purrington, Kristen; Giles, Graham G.; Severi, Gianluca; Baglietto, Laura; McLean, Catriona; Haiman, Christopher A.; Henderson, Brian E.; Schumacher, Fredrick; Le Marchand, Loic; Simard, Jacques; Goldberg, Mark S.; Labrèche, France; Dumont, Martine; Teo, Soo-Hwang; Yip, Cheng-Har; Phuah, Sze-Yee; Kristensen, Vessela; Grenaker Alnæs, Grethe; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Zheng, Wei; Deming-Halverson, Sandra; Shrubsole, Martha; Long, Jirong; Winqvist, Robert; Pylkäs, Katri; Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja; Kauppila, Saila; Andrulis, Irene L.; Knight, Julia A.; Glendon, Gord; Tchatchou, Sandrine; Devilee, Peter; Tollenaar, Robert A.E.M.; Seynaeve, Caroline M.; García-Closas, Montserrat; Figueroa, Jonine; Chanock, Stephen J.; Lissowska, Jolanta; Czene, Kamila; Darabi, Hartef; Eriksson, Kimael; Hooning, Maartje J.; Martens, John W.M.; van den Ouweland, Ans M.W.; van Deurzen, Carolien H.M.; Hall, Per; Li, Jingmei; Liu, Jianjun; Humphreys, Keith; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Lu, Wei; Gao, Yu-Tang; Cai, Hui; Cox, Angela; Reed, Malcolm W.R.; Blot, William; Signorello, Lisa B.; Cai, Qiuyin; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Ghoussaini, Maya; Harrington, Patricia; Tyrer, Jonathan; Kang, Daehee; Choi, Ji-Yeob; Park, Sue K.; Noh, Dong-Young; Hartman, Mikael; Hui, Miao; Lim, Wei-Yen; Buhari, Shaik A.; Hamann, Ute; Försti, Asta; Rüdiger, Thomas; Ulmer, Hans-Ulrich; Jakubowska, Anna; Lubinski, Jan; Jaworska, Katarzyna; Durda, Katarzyna; Sangrajrang, Suleeporn; Gaborieau, Valerie; Brennan, Paul; McKay, James; Vachon, Celine; Slager, Susan; Fostira, Florentia; Pilarski, Robert; Shen, Chen-Yang; Hsiung, Chia-Ni; Wu, Pei-Ei; Hou, Ming-Feng; Swerdlow, Anthony; Ashworth, Alan; Orr, Nick; Schoemaker, Minouk J.; Ponder, Bruce A.J.; Dunning, Alison M.; Easton, Douglas F. (Elsevier BV, 2013-12-01)
      The 10q26 locus in the second intron of FGFR2 is the locus most strongly associated with estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer in genome-wide association studies. We conducted fine-scale mapping in case-control studies ...
    • Fine-scale spatial association between baleen whales and forage fish in the celtic sea1 

      Volkenandt, Mareike; O’Connor, Ian; Guarini, Jean-Marc; Berrow, Simon; O’Donnell, Ciaran; Marshall, C. Tara (Canadian Science Publishing, 2015-09-17)
      Baleen whales can be regularly observed in the Celtic Sea; however, little is known about their local foraging behaviour. The study objective was to determine whether or not baleen whales selectively prey upon particular ...
    • Finite amplitude elastic waves propagating in compressible solids 

      Destrade, Michel (2005)
      The paper studies the interaction of a longitudinal wave with transverse waves in general isotropic and unconstrained hyperelastic materials, including the possibility of dissipation. The dissipative term chosen is similar ...
    • Finite amplitude inhomogeneous waves in Mooney-Rivlin viscoelastic solids 

      Destrade, Michel (Elsevier, 2004-09)
      New exact solutions are exhibited within the framework of finite viscoelasticity. More precisely, the solutions correspond to finite-amplitude, transverse, linearly polarized, inhomogeneous motions superposed upon a finite ...
    • Finite bending and pattern evolution of the associated instability for a dielectric elastomer slab 

      Su, Yipin; Wu, Bin; Chen, Weiqiu; Destrade, Michel (Elsevier, 2018-09-21)
      We investigate the finite bending and the associated bending instability of an incompressible dielectric slab subject to a combination of applied voltage and axial compression, using nonlinear electro-elasticity theory and ...
    • Finite element modelling for component-level additive manufacturing applied to residual stress-deformation mitigation and fatigue crack initiation in welded connections 

      Zhou, Jinbiao (NUI Galway, 2023-08-21)
      Additive manufacturing (AM) has attracted significant attention in many applications due to its capability of fabricating complex and customized metal parts. However, the potential for high inherent residual stresses ...
    • Finite element modelling for mitigation of residual stress and distortion in macro-scale powder bed fusion components 

      Zhou, Jinbiao; Barrett, Richard A.; Leen, Sean B. (SAGE Publications, 2022-12-23)
      Powder bed fusion (PBF) has attracted significant attention in many applications due to its capability of fabricating complex and customized metal parts. However, the potential for high inherent residual stresses that ...
    • Finite element modelling of brittle fracture of thick coatings under normal and tangential loading 

      Leen, Sean B. (Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2012-09-12)
      This paper addresses coating fracture in hard brittle coatings subjected to combined normal and tangential loads through a finite element based methodology. The coating is modelled as an elastic layer perfectly bonded to ...
    • Finite element modelling of damage in superplastic forming of a titanium alloy 

      Leen, Sean B. (Springer Verlag, 2009-12-15)
      This paper describes the application of a continuum damage mechanics methodology to the prediction of failure during superplastic forming of Ti-6Al-4V. A power law constitutive relationship is employed within a geometrically ...
    • Finite element modelling of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of a 9Cr martensitic steel 

      Barrett, R. A.; O’Donoghue, P. E.; Leen, Sean B. (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013-01-01)
      A multi-axial, unified sinh viscoplastic material model has been developed to model the behaviour of advanced materials subjected to high temperature cyclic loading. The material model accounts for rate-dependent effects ...
    • Finite element prediction of creep-plastic ratchetting and low cycle creep-fatigue for a large SPF tool 

      Leen, Sean B. (Springer Verlag, 2010-03-03)
      Industrial experience shows that large superplastic forming (SPF) tools suffer from distortion due to thermal cycling, which apparently causes high temperature creep and plasticity. In addition to distortion, thermomechanical ...
    • Finite element predictions compared to experimental results for the effective modulus of bone tissue engineering scaffolds fabricated by selective laser sintering 

      Lohfeld, Stefan; McHugh, Peter E.; Cahill, Senan (Springer Verlag, 2009)
      A current challenge in bone tissue engineering is to create scaffolds with suitable mechanical properties, high porosity, full interconnectivity and suitable pore size. In this paper, polyamide and polycaprolactone scaffolds ...
    • Finite element simulation and experimental validation of fretting wear 

      McColl, I.R.; Ding, J.; Leen, Sean B. (Elsevier, 2003-10-30)
      A finite element-based method is presented for simulating both the fretting wear and the evolution of fretting variables with number of wear cycles in a cylinder-on-flat fretting configuration for application to aeroengine ...
    • Finite element simulation of fretting wear and fatigue in thin steel wires 

      Leen, Sean B. (Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2013-05-09)
      This paper studies the effect of fretting on fatigue life reduction of thin steel wires, using the frictionally-induced multiaxial contact stresses obtained from a finite element wear model, validated in previous work. The ...
    • A finite element study of microstructure-sensitive plasticity and crack nucleation in fretting 

      McCarthy, Oliver J.; McGarry, J. P.; Leen, Sean B. (Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2011)
      This paper is concerned with finite element modelling of microstructure-sensitive plasticity and crack initiation in fretting. The approach adopted is based on an existing method for microstructure-sensitive (uniaxial) ...
    • A finite element-based approach for predictions of rigid pile group stiffness efficiency in clays 

      Sheil, Brian B.; McCabe, Bryan A. (Springer Verlag, 2013-08-17)
      This paper presents a finite element parametric study of several variables that affect the stiffness efficiency of rigidly capped pile groups with a view to developing a solution for preliminary design purposes. Previous ...