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• #### Consistent estimation in Mendelian randomization with some invalid instruments using a weighted median estimator ﻿

(Wiley, 2016)
Developments in genome-wide association studies and the increasing availability of summary genetic association data have made application of Mendelian randomization relatively straightforward. However, obtaining reliable ...
• #### Consistent Kernel Mean Estimation for Functions of Random Variables ﻿

We provide a theoretical foundation for non-parametrically estimating functions of random variables using kernel mean embeddings. We show that for any continuous function f, consistent estimators of the mean embedding of ...
• #### Consistent limitation of growth by high temperature and low precipitation from range core to southern edge of European beech indicates widespread vulnerability to changing climate ﻿

(Springer, 2016-10-01)
© 2016 The Author(s)The aim of our study was to determine variation in the response of radial growth in $\textit{Fagus sylvatica}$ L (European Beech) to climate across the species full geographical distribution and climatic ...
• #### Conspicuous male coloration impairs survival against avian predators in Aegean wall lizards, Podarcis erhardii ﻿

(Wiley, 2015-09-04)
Animal coloration is strikingly diverse in nature. Within-species colour variation can arise through local adaptation for camouflage, sexual dimorphism, and conspicuous sexual signals, which often have conflicting effects ...
• #### Constitutional legislation, European Union Law and the nature of the United Kingdom’s contemporary constitution ﻿

(Cambridge University Press, 2015-01-26)
United Kingdom – UK Supreme Court – European Union – The orthodox view of the British constitution: lack of hierarchy of laws – Britain's ‘unwritten’ constitution and the role of ‘constitutional statues’ in Factortame – ...
• #### Constitutional Politics and Religious Accommodation: Lessons from Spain ﻿

(Taylor & Francis, 2016-03-23)
This article sketches the struggles over and the shifting role of Catholicism in the Spanish body politic. It begins by providing a brief overview of the deep historical ties between Catholicism and Spanish identity. It ...
• #### A constitutive model for self-reinforced ductile polymer composites ﻿

(Elsevier, 2015-01-09)
Self-reinforced polymer composites are gaining increasing interest due to their higher ductility compared to traditional glass and carbon fibre composites. Here we consider a class of PET composites comprising woven PET ...
• #### Constrained invariant mass distributions in cascade decays: The Shape of the 'm(qll)-threshold' and similar distributions. ﻿

(High Energy Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 2006-03)
Considering the cascade decay D → cC → cbB → cbaA in which D,C,B,A are massive particles and c, b, a are massless particles, we determine for the shape of the distribution of the invariant mass of the three massless ...
• #### Constrained invariant mass distributions in cascade decays: The Shape of the 'm(qll)-threshold' and similar distributions. ﻿

(Physics Letters B, 2010)
• #### Constrained Multi-Task Learning for Automated Essay Scoring ﻿

(Association for Computational Linguistics, 2016-08-12)
Supervised machine learning models for automated essay scoring (AES) usually require substantial task-specific training data in order to make accurate predictions for a particular writing task. This limitation hinders ...
• #### Constrained transcription factor spacing is prevalent and important for transcriptional control of mouse blood cells ﻿

(Oxford Journals on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research, 2014-11-26)
Combinatorial transcription factor (TF) binding is essential for cell-type-specific gene regulation. However, much remains to be learned about the mechanisms of TF interactions, including to what extent constrained spacing ...
• #### Constraining the Dark Energy Equation of State with HII Galaxies ﻿

(Oxford University Press, 2016-07-28)
We use the H II galaxies L–σ relation and the resulting Hubble expansion cosmological probe of a sample of just 25 high-z (up to z ∼ 2.33) H II galaxies, in a joint likelihood analysis with other well tested cosmological ...
• #### Constraining the MSSM with Dark Matter indirect detection data ﻿

(High Energy Physics, Department of Physics,University of Cambridge, 2009-11)
Recently, a claim of possible evidence for Dark Matter in data from the Fermi LAT experiment was made by Goodenough and Hooper [8]. We test the Dark Matter properties consistent with their claim in terms of the MSSM by ...
• #### Constraining the nature of two Lyα emitters detected by ALMA at z = 4.7 ﻿

(Oxford Journals on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014-02-17)
We report optical spectroscopy from the Very Large Telescope/FOcal Reducer and low dispersion spectroscopy of the two Lyα emitters (LAEs) companions to the quasi-stellar object– sub-millimetre galaxy system BRI1202-0725 ...
• #### Constraint of gene expression by chromatin remodelling protein CHD4 facilitates lineage specification ﻿

(Company of Biologists, 2015-06-26)
Chromatin remodelling proteins are essential for different aspects of metazoan biology, yet functional details of why these proteins are important are lacking. While it is possible to describe the biochemistry of how they ...
• #### Constraints and spandrels of interareal connectomes ﻿

(Nature Publishing Group, 2016-12-07)
Interareal connectomes are whole-brain wiring diagrams of white-matter pathways. Recent studies have identified modules, hubs, module hierarchies and rich clubs as structural hallmarks of these wiring diagrams. An influential ...
• #### Constraints on fluctuations in sparsely characterized biological systems ﻿

(American Physical Society, 2016-02-01)
Biochemical processes are inherently stochastic, creating molecular fluctuations in otherwise identical cells. Such `noise' is widespread but has proven difficult to analyze because most systems are sparsely characterized ...
• #### Constraints on oceanic methane emissions west of Svalbard from atmospheric in situ measurements and Lagrangian transport modeling ﻿

(AGU Publications, 2016-12-16)
Methane stored in seabed reservoirs such as methane hydrates can reach the atmosphere in the form of bubbles or dissolved in water. Hydrates could destabilize with rising temperature further increasing greenhouse gas ...
• #### Constraints on soluble aerosol iron flux to the Southern Ocean at the Last Glacial Maximum ﻿

(Nature Publishing Group, 2015-07-23)
Relief of iron (Fe) limitation in the Southern Ocean during ice ages, with potentially increased carbon storage in the ocean, has been invoked as one driver of glacial–interglacial atmospheric CO_2 cycles. Ice and marine ...
• #### Constraints on the distribution of supernova remnants with Galactocentric radius ﻿

(Oxford University Press, 2015-10-06)
Supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Galaxy are an important source of energy injection into the interstellar medium, and also of cosmic rays. Currently there are 294 known SNRs in the Galaxy, and their distribution with ...