@article{370,
  abstract     = {Copper-based chalcogenides that comprise abundant, low-cost, and environmental friendly elements are excellent materials for a number of energy conversion applications, including photovoltaics, photocatalysis, and thermoelectrics (TE). In such applications, the use of solution-processed nanocrystals (NCs) to produce thin films or bulk nanomaterials has associated several potential advantages, such as high material yield and throughput, and composition control with unmatched spatial resolution and cost. Here we report on the production of Cu3SbSe4 (CASe) NCs with tuned amounts of Sn and Bi dopants. After proper ligand removal, as monitored by nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopy, these NCs were used to produce dense CASe bulk nanomaterials for solid state TE energy conversion. By adjusting the amount of extrinsic dopants, dimensionless TE figures of merit (ZT) up to 1.26 at 673 K were reached. Such high ZT values are related to an optimized carrier concentration by Sn doping, a minimized lattice thermal conductivity due to efficient phonon scattering at point defects and grain boundaries, and to an increase of the Seebeck coefficient obtained by a modification of the electronic band structure with Bi doping. Nanomaterials were further employed to fabricate ring-shaped TE generators to be coupled to hot pipes, which provided 20 mV and 1 mW per TE element when exposed to a 160 °C temperature gradient. The simple design and good thermal contact associated with the ring geometry and the potential low cost of the material solution processing may allow the fabrication of TE generators with short payback times.},
  author       = {Liu, Yu and García, Gregorio and Ortega, Silvia and Cadavid, Doris and Palacios, Pablo and Lu, Jinyu and Ibanez, Maria and Xi, Lili and De Roo, Jonathan and López, Antonio and Márti Sánchez, Sara and Cabezas, Ignasi and De La Mata, Maria and Luo, Zhishan and Dun, Chaocha and Dobrozhan, Oleksandr and Carroll, David and Zhang, Wenging and Martins, José and Kovalenko, Mksym and Arbiol, Jordi and Noriega, German and Song, Jiming and Wahnón, Perla and Cabot, Andreu},
  journal      = {Journal of Materials Chemistry A},
  number       = {6},
  pages        = {2592 -- 2602},
  publisher    = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  title        = {{Solution based synthesis and processing of Sn and Bi doped Cu inf 3 inf SbSe inf 4 inf nanocrystals nanomaterials and ring shaped thermoelectric generators}},
  doi          = {10.1039/C6TA08467B},
  volume       = {5},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{371,
  abstract     = {The design and engineering of earth-abundant catalysts that are both cost-effective and highly active for water splitting are crucial challenges in a number of energy conversion and storage technologies. In this direction, herein we report the synthesis of Fe3O4@NiFexOy core-shell nanoheterostructures and the characterization of their electrocatalytic performance toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Such nanoparticles (NPs) were produced by a two-step synthesis procedure involving the colloidal synthesis of Fe3O4 nanocubes with a defective shell and the posterior diffusion of nickel cations within this defective shell. Fe3O4@NiFexOy NPs were subsequently spin-coated over ITO-covered glass and their electrocatalytic activity toward water oxidation in carbonate electrolyte was characterized. Fe3O4@NiFexOy catalysts reached current densities above 1 mA/cm2 with a 410 mV overpotential and Tafel slopes of 48 mV/dec, which is among the best electrocatalytic performances reported in carbonate electrolyte.},
  author       = {Luo, Zhishan and Márti Sánchez, Sara and Nafria, Raquel and Joshua, Gihan and De La Mata, Maria and Guardia, Pablo and Flox, Christina and Martínez Boubeta, Carlos and Simeonidis, Konstantinos and Llorca, Jordi and Morante, Joan and Arbiol, Jordi and Ibanez Sabate, Maria and Cabot, Andreu},
  journal      = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
  number       = {43},
  pages        = {29461 -- 29469},
  publisher    = {American Chemical Society},
  title        = {{Fe3O4@NiFexOy nanoparticles with enhanced electrocatalytic properties for oxygen evolution in carbonate electrolyte}},
  doi          = {10.1021/acsami.6b09888},
  volume       = {8},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{372,
  abstract     = {The optimization of a material functionality requires both the rational design and precise engineering of its structural and chemical parameters. In this work, we show how colloidal chemistry is an excellent synthetic choice for the synthesis of novel ternary nanostructured chalcogenides, containing exclusively noble metals, with tailored morphology and composition and with potential application in the energy conversion field. Specifically, the Ag-Au-Se system has been explored from a synthetic point of view, which leads to a set of Ag2Se-based hybrid and ternary nanoparticles including the room temperature synthesis of the rare ternary Ag3AuSe2 fischesserite phase. An in-depth structural and chemical characterization of all nanomaterials has been performed, which proofed especially useful for unravelling the reaction mechanism behind the formation of the ternary phase in solution. The work is complemented with the thermal and electric characterization of a ternary Ag-Au-Se nanocomposite with promising results: we found that the use of the ternary nanocomposite represents a clear improvement in terms of thermoelectric energy conversion as compared to a binary Ag-Se nanocomposite analogue. },
  author       = {Dalmases, Mariona and Ibanez Sabate, Maria and Torruella, Paul and Fernàndez Altable, Victor and López Conesa, Luis and Cadavid, Doris and Piveteau, Laura and Nachtegaal, Maarten and Llorca, Jordi and Ruiz González, Maria and Estradé, Sònia and Peiró, Francesca and Kovalenko, Maksym and Cabot, Andreu and Figuerola, Albert},
  journal      = {Chemistry of Materials},
  number       = {19},
  pages        = {7017 -- 7028},
  publisher    = {American Chemical Society},
  title        = {{Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of noble metal ternary chalcogenide systems of Ag Au Se in the forms of alloyed nanoparticles and colloidal nanoheterostructures}},
  doi          = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02845},
  volume       = {28},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{379,
  abstract     = {Monodisperse Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanocrystals (NCs), with quasi-spherical shape, were prepared by a facile, high-yield, scalable, and high-concentration heat-up procedure. The key parameters to minimize the NC size distribution were efficient mixing and heat transfer in the reaction mixture through intensive argon bubbling and improved control of the heating ramp stability. Optimized synthetic conditions allowed the production of several grams of highly monodisperse CZTS NCs per batch, with up to 5 wt % concentration in a crude solution and a yield above 90%.},
  author       = {Shavel, Alexey and Ibáñez, Maria and Luo, Zhishan and De Roo, Jonathan and Carrete, Alex and Dimitrievska, Mirjana and Genç, Aziz and Meyns, Michaela and Pérez Rodríguez, Alejandro and Kovalenko, Maksym and Arbol, Jordi and Cabot, Andreu},
  journal      = {Chemistry of Materials},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {720 -- 726},
  publisher    = {American Chemical Society},
  title        = {{Scalable heating-up synthesis of monodisperse Cu2ZnSnS4 nanocrystals}},
  doi          = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03417},
  volume       = {28},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{380,
  abstract     = {Size and shape tunability and low-cost solution processability make colloidal lead chalcogenide quantum dots (QDs) an emerging class of building blocks for innovative photovoltaic, thermoelectric and optoelectronic devices. Lead chalcogenide QDs are known to crystallize in the rock-salt structure, although with very different atomic order and stoichiometry in the core and surface regions; however, there exists no convincing prior identification of how extreme downsizing and surface-induced ligand effects influence structural distortion. Using forefront X-ray scattering techniques and density functional theory calculations, here we have identified that, at sizes below 8 nm, PbS and PbSe QDs undergo a lattice distortion with displacement of the Pb sublattice, driven by ligand-induced tensile strain. The resulting permanent electric dipoles may have implications on the oriented attachment of these QDs. Evidence is found for a Pb-deficient core and, in the as-synthesized QDs, for a rhombic dodecahedral shape with nonpolar {110} facets. On varying the nature of the surface ligands, differences in lattice strains are found.},
  author       = {Bertolotti, Federica and Dirin, Dmitry and Ibanez Sabate, Maria and Krumreich, Frank and Cervellino, Antonio and Frison, Ruggero and Voznyy, Oleksandr and Sargent, Edward and Kovalenko, Maksym and Guagliardi, Antonietta and Masciocchi, Norberto},
  journal      = {Nature Materials},
  pages        = {987 -- 994},
  publisher    = {Nature Publishing Group},
  title        = {{Crystal symmetry breaking and role of vacancies in colloidal lead chalcogenide quantum dots}},
  doi          = {10.1038/NMAT4661},
  volume       = {15},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{381,
  abstract     = {We present a high-yield and scalable colloidal synthesis to produce monodisperse AgSbSe2 nanocrystals (NCs). Using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, we characterized the NC surface chemistry and demonstrate the presence of surfactants in dynamic exchange, which controls the NC growth mechanism. In addition, these NCs were electronically doped by introducing small amounts of bismuth. To demonstrate the technological potential of such processed material, after ligand removal by means of NaNH2, AgSbSe2 NCs were used as building blocks to produce thermoelectric (TE) nanomaterials. A preliminary optimization of the doping concentration resulted in a thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of 1.1 at 640 K, which is comparable to the best ZT values obtained with a Pb- and Te-free material in this middle temperature range, with the additional advantage of the high versatility and low cost associated with solution processing technologies.},
  author       = {Liu, Yu and Cadavid, Doris and Ibanez Sabate, Maria and De Roo, Jonathan and Ortega, Silvia and Dobrozhan, Oleksandr and Kovalenko, Maksym and Cabot, Andreu},
  journal      = {Journal of Materials Chemistry C},
  pages        = {4756 -- 4762},
  publisher    = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  title        = {{Colloidal AgSbSe2 nanocrystals: surface analysis, electronic doping and processing into thermoelectric nanomaterials}},
  doi          = {10.1039/c6tc00893c},
  volume       = {4},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{382,
  abstract     = {Mn3O4@CoMn2O4 nanoparticles (NPs) were produced at low temperature and ambient atmosphere using a one-pot two-step synthesis protocol involving the cation exchange of Mn by Co in preformed Mn3O4 NPs. Selecting the proper cobalt precursor, the nucleation of CoxOy crystallites at the Mn3O4@CoMn2O4 surface could be simultaneously promoted to form Mn3O4@CoMn2O4–CoxOy NPs. Such heterostructured NPs were investigated for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR, OER) in alkaline solution. Mn3O4@CoMn2O4–CoxOy NPs with [Co]/[Mn] = 1 showed low overpotentials of 0.31 V at −3 mA·cm–2 and a small Tafel slope of 52 mV·dec–1 for ORR, and overpotentials of 0.31 V at 10 mA·cm–2 and a Tafel slope of 81 mV·dec–1 for OER, thus outperforming commercial Pt-, IrO2-based and previously reported transition metal oxides. This cation-exchange-based synthesis protocol opens up a new approach to design novel heterostructured NPs as efficient nonprecious metal bifunctional oxygen catalysts.},
  author       = {Luo, Zhishan and Irtem, Erdem and Ibanez, Maria and Nafria, Raquel and Márti Sánchez, Sara and Genç, Aziz and De La Mata, Maria and Liu, Yu and Cadavid, Doris and Llorca, Jordi and Arbiol, Jordi and Andreu, Teresa and Morante, Joan and Cabot, Andreu},
  journal      = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
  pages        = {17435 -- 17444},
  publisher    = {American Chemical Society},
  title        = {{Mn3O4@CoMn2O4–CoxOy nanoparticles: Partial cation exchange synthesis and electrocatalytic properties toward the oxygen reduction and evolution reactions}},
  doi          = {10.1021/acsami.6b02786},
  volume       = {8},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{383,
  abstract     = {In the quest for more efficient thermoelectric material able to convert thermal to electrical energy and vice versa, composites that combine a semiconductor host having a large Seebeck coefficient with metal nanodomains that provide phonon scattering and free charge carriers are particularly appealing. Here, we present our experimental results on the thermal and electrical transport properties of PbS-metal composites produced by a versatile particle blending procedure, and where the metal work function allows injecting electrons to the intrinsic PbS host. We compare the thermoelectric performance of composites with microcrystalline or nanocrystalline structures. The electrical conductivity of the microcrystalline host can be increased several orders of magnitude with the metal inclusion, while relatively high Seebeck coefficient can be simultaneously conserved. On the other hand, in nanostructured materials, the host crystallites are not able to sustain a band bending at its interface with the metal, becoming flooded with electrons. This translates into even higher electrical conductivities than the microcrystalline material, but at the expense of lower Seebeck coefficient values.},
  author       = {Liu, Yu and Cadavid, Doris and Ibanez Sabate, Maria and Ortega, Silvia and Márti Sánchez, Sara and Dobrozhan, Oleksander and Kovalenko, Maksym and Arbiol, Jordi and Cabot, Andreu},
  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},
  publisher    = {American Institute of Physics},
  title        = {{Thermoelectric properties of semiconductor-metal composites produced by particle blending}},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4961679},
  volume       = {4},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{389,
  abstract     = {The coherent optical manipulation of solids is emerging as a promising way to engineer novel quantum states of matter. The strong time-periodic potential of intense laser light can be used to generate hybrid photon-electron states. Interaction of light with Bloch states leads to Floquet-Bloch states, which are essential in realizing new photo-induced quantum phases. Similarly, dressing of free-electron states near the surface of a solid generates Volkov states, which are used to study nonlinear optics in atoms and semiconductors. The interaction of these two dynamic states with each other remains an open experimental problem. Here we use time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (Tr-ARPES) to selectively study the transition between these two states on the surface of the topological insulator Bi2Se3. We find that the coupling between the two strongly depends on the electron momentum, providing a route to enhance or inhibit it. Moreover, by controlling the light polarization we can negate Volkov states to generate pure Floquet-Bloch states. This work establishes a systematic path for the coherent manipulation of solids via light-matter interaction.},
  author       = {Mahmood, Fahad and Chan, Ching and Alpichshev, Zhanybek and Gardner, Dillon and Lee, Young and Lee, Patrick and Gedik, Nuh},
  journal      = {Nature Physics},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {306 -- 310},
  publisher    = {Nature Publishing Group},
  title        = {{Selective scattering between Floquet Bloch and Volkov states in a topological insulator}},
  doi          = {10.1038/nphys3609},
  volume       = {12},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{390,
  abstract     = {In the underdoped copper-oxides, high-temperature superconductivity condenses from a nonconventional metallic "pseudogap" phase that exhibits a variety of non-Fermi liquid properties. Recently, it has become clear that a charge density wave (CDW) phase exists within the pseudogap regime. This CDW coexists and competes with superconductivity (SC) below the transition temperature Tc, suggesting that these two orders are intimately related. Here we show that the condensation of the superfluid from this unconventional precursor is reflected in deviations from the predictions of BSC theory regarding the recombination rate of quasiparticles. We report a detailed investigation of the quasiparticle (QP) recombination lifetime, τqp, as a function of temperature and magnetic field in underdoped HgBa2CuO4+δ (Hg-1201) and YBa2Cu3O6+x (YBCO) single crystals by ultrafast time-resolved reflectivity. We find that τqp (T) exhibits a local maximum in a small temperature window near Tc that is prominent in underdoped samples with coexisting charge order and vanishes with application of a small magnetic field. We explain this unusual, non-BCS behavior by positing that Tc marks a transition from phase-fluctuating SC/CDW composite order above to a SC/CDW condensate below. Our results suggest that the superfluid in underdoped cuprates is a condensate of coherently-mixed particle-particle and particle-hole pairs.},
  author       = {Hinton, James and Thewalt, E and Alpichshev, Zhanybek and Mahmood, Fahad and Koralek, Jake and Chan, Mun and Veit, Michael and Dorow, Chelsey and Barišić, Neven and Kemper, Alexander and Bonn, Doug and Hardy, Walter and Liang, Ruixing and Gedik, Nuh and Greven, Martin and Lanzara, Alessandra and Orenstein, Joseph},
  journal      = {Scientific Reports},
  publisher    = {Nature Publishing Group},
  title        = {{The rate of quasiparticle recombination probes the onset of coherence in cuprate superconductors}},
  doi          = {10.1038/srep23610},
  volume       = {6},
  year         = {2016},
}

@article{257,
  abstract     = {For suitable pairs of diagonal quadratic forms in eight variables we use the circle method to investigate the density of simultaneous integer solutions and relate this to the problem of estimating linear correlations among sums of two squares.},
  author       = {Timothy Browning and Munshi, Ritabrata},
  journal      = {Forum Mathematicum},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {2025 -- 2050},
  publisher    = {Walter de Gruyter GmbH},
  title        = {{Pairs of diagonal quadratic forms and linear correlations among sums of two squares}},
  doi          = {10.1515/forum-2013-6024},
  volume       = {27},
  year         = {2015},
}

@inbook{258,
  abstract     = {Given a number field k and a projective algebraic variety X defined over k, the question of whether X contains a k-rational point is both very natural and very difficult. In the event that the set X(k) of k-rational points is not empty, one can also ask how the points of X(k) are distributed. Are they dense in X under the Zariski topology? Are they dense in the set.},
  author       = {Browning, Timothy D},
  booktitle    = {Arithmetic and Geometry},
  pages        = {89 -- 113},
  publisher    = {Cambridge University Press},
  title        = {{A survey of applications of the circle method to rational points}},
  doi          = {10.1017/CBO9781316106877.009},
  year         = {2015},
}

@article{259,
  abstract     = {The Hasse principle and weak approximation is established for non-singular cubic hypersurfaces X over the function field   },
  author       = {Timothy Browning and Vishe, Pankaj},
  journal      = {Geometric and Functional Analysis},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {671 -- 732},
  publisher    = {Birkhäuser},
  title        = {{Rational points on cubic hypersurfaces over F_q(t) }},
  doi          = {10.1007/s00039-015-0328-5},
  volume       = {25},
  year         = {2015},
}

@article{271,
  abstract     = {We show that a non-singular integral form of degree d is soluble non-trivially over the integers if and only if it is soluble non-trivially over the reals and the p-adic numbers, provided that the form has at least (d-\sqrt{d}/2)2^d variables. This improves on a longstanding result of Birch.},
  author       = {Browning, Timothy D and Prendiville, Sean},
  issn         = {0075-4102},
  journal      = {Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik},
  number       = {731},
  pages        = {203 -- 234},
  publisher    = {Walter de Gruyter},
  title        = {{Improvements in Birch's theorem on forms in many variables}},
  doi          = {10.1515/crelle-2014-0122},
  volume       = {2017},
  year         = {2015},
}

@article{333,
  abstract     = {We present a hybrid intercalation battery based on a sodium/magnesium (Na/Mg) dual salt electrolyte, metallic magnesium anode, and a cathode based on FeS2 nanocrystals (NCs). Compared to lithium or sodium, metallic magnesium anode is safer due to dendrite-free electroplating and offers extremely high volumetric (3833 mAh cm-3) and gravimetric capacities (2205 mAh g-1). Na-ion cathodes, FeS2 NCs in the present study, may serve as attractive alternatives to Mg-ion cathodes due to the higher voltage of operation and fast, highly reversible insertion of Na-ions. In this proof-of-concept study, electrochemical cycling of the Na/Mg hybrid battery was characterized by high rate capability, high Coulombic efficiency of 99.8%, and high energy density. In particular, with an average discharge voltage of ∼1.1 V and a cathodic capacity of 189 mAh g-1 at a current of 200 mA g-1, the presented Mg/FeS2 hybrid battery delivers energy densities of up to 210 Wh kg-1, comparable to commercial Li-ion batteries and approximately twice as high as state-of-the-art Mg-ion batteries based on Mo6S8 cathodes. Further significant gains in the energy density are expected from the development of Na/Mg electrolytes with a broader electrochemical stability window. Fully based on Earth-abundant elements, hybrid Na-Mg batteries are highly promising for large-scale stationary energy storage. },
  author       = {Walter, Marc and Kravchyk, Kostiantyn and Ibáñez, Maria and Kovalenko, Maksym},
  journal      = {Chemistry of Materials},
  number       = {21},
  pages        = {7452 -- 7458},
  publisher    = {ACS},
  title        = {{Efficient and inexpensive sodium magnesium hybrid battery}},
  doi          = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03531},
  volume       = {27},
  year         = {2015},
}

@article{334,
  abstract     = {A cation exchange-based route was used to produce Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)-Ag2S nanoparticles with controlled composition. We report a detailed study of the formation of such CZTS-Ag2S nanoheterostructures and of their photocatalytic properties. When compared to pure CZTS, the use of nanoscale p-n heterostructures as light absorbers for photocatalytic water splitting provides superior photocurrents. We associate this experimental fact to a higher separation efficiency of the photogenerated electron-hole pairs. We believe this and other type-II nanoheterostructures will open the door to the use of CZTS, with excellent light absorption properties and made of abundant and environmental friendly elements, to the field of photocatalysis.},
  author       = {Yu, Xuelian and Liu, Jingjing and Genç, Aziz and Ibáñez, Maria and Luo, Zhishan and Shavel, Alexey and Arbiol, Jordi and Zhang, Guangjin and Zhang, Yihe and Cabot, Andreu},
  journal      = {Langmuir},
  number       = {38},
  pages        = {10555 -- 10561},
  publisher    = {American Chemical Society},
  title        = {{Cu2ZnSnS4–Ag2S Nanoscale p–n heterostructures as sensitizers for photoelectrochemical water splitting}},
  doi          = {10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02490},
  volume       = {31},
  year         = {2015},
}

@inproceedings{10748,
  abstract     = {The study of fluxoid states and fluxoid dynamics in mesoscopic iron-based superconducting rings is valuable for characterizing the basic properties of the superconductor, and may also provide important insight into the superconducting paring symmetry. We report the fabrications of micron-sized rings and disks from thin films of Fe(Se, Te) grown by molecular beam epitaxy. In order to study fluxoid states in rings we developed a custom-tailored version of magnetic force microscopy (MFM). This technique has a number of qualitative advantages for working with mesoscopic superconducting samples in comparison to the conventional MFM and other imaging techniques. We observed metastable fluxoid states in rings of different sizes. Thermally activated fluxoid dynamics of these states was studied and modeled. In addition, we found different regimes of interaction between Fe(Se, Te) ring and MFM tip which are explained. Possibilities of the existence of exotic vortex states and proposals for experiments to test the symmetry of the superconducting order parameter in iron based superconductors are analyzed.},
  author       = {Polshyn, Hryhoriy and Zhang, Can and Naibert, Tyler and Eckstein, James and Budakian, Raffi},
  booktitle    = {APS March Meeting 2015},
  issn         = {0003-0503},
  location     = {San Antonio, TX, United States},
  number       = {1},
  publisher    = {American Physical Society},
  title        = {{Study of Fe (Se, Te) micron-sized rings by magnetic force microscopy}},
  volume       = {60},
  year         = {2015},
}

@article{10794,
  abstract     = {Mathematical models are of fundamental importance in the understanding of complex population dynamics. For instance, they can be used to predict the population evolution starting from different initial conditions or to test how a system responds to external perturbations. For this analysis to be meaningful in real applications, however, it is of paramount importance to choose an appropriate model structure and to infer the model parameters from measured data. While many parameter inference methods are available for models based on deterministic ordinary differential equations, the same does not hold for more detailed individual-based models. Here we consider, in particular, stochastic models in which the time evolution of the species abundances is described by a continuous-time Markov chain. These models are governed by a master equation that is typically difficult to solve. Consequently, traditional inference methods that rely on iterative evaluation of parameter likelihoods are computationally intractable. The aim of this paper is to present recent advances in parameter inference for continuous-time Markov chain models, based on a moment closure approximation of the parameter likelihood, and to investigate how these results can help in understanding, and ultimately controlling, complex systems in ecology. Specifically, we illustrate through an agricultural pest case study how parameters of a stochastic individual-based model can be identified from measured data and how the resulting model can be used to solve an optimal control problem in a stochastic setting. In particular, we show how the matter of determining the optimal combination of two different pest control methods can be formulated as a chance constrained optimization problem where the control action is modeled as a state reset, leading to a hybrid system formulation.},
  author       = {Parise, Francesca and Lygeros, John and Ruess, Jakob},
  issn         = {2296-665X},
  journal      = {Frontiers in Environmental Science},
  keywords     = {General Environmental Science},
  publisher    = {Frontiers},
  title        = {{Bayesian inference for stochastic individual-based models of ecological systems: a pest control simulation study}},
  doi          = {10.3389/fenvs.2015.00042},
  volume       = {3},
  year         = {2015},
}

@inproceedings{10796,
  abstract     = {We consider concurrent mean-payoff games, a very well-studied class of two-player (player 1 vs player 2) zero-sum games on finite-state graphs where every transition is assigned a reward between 0 and 1, and the payoff function is the long-run average of the rewards. The value is the maximal expected payoff that player 1 can guarantee against all strategies of player 2. We consider the computation of the set of states with value 1 under finite-memory strategies for player 1, and our main results for the problem are as follows: (1) we present a polynomial-time algorithm; (2) we show that whenever there is a finite-memory strategy, there is a stationary strategy that does not need memory at all; and (3) we present an optimal bound (which is double exponential) on the patience of stationary strategies (where patience of a distribution is the inverse of the smallest positive probability and represents a complexity measure of a stationary strategy).},
  author       = {Chatterjee, Krishnendu and Ibsen-Jensen, Rasmus},
  booktitle    = {Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms},
  isbn         = {978-161197374-7},
  location     = {San Diego, CA, United States},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {1018--1029},
  publisher    = {SIAM},
  title        = {{The value 1 problem under finite-memory strategies for concurrent mean-payoff games}},
  doi          = {10.1137/1.9781611973730.69},
  volume       = {2015},
  year         = {2015},
}

@article{1106,
  abstract     = {Circumferential skin creases Kunze type (CSC-KT) is a specific congenital entity with an unknown genetic cause. The disease phenotype comprises characteristic circumferential skin creases accompanied by intellectual disability, a cleft palate, short stature, and dysmorphic features. Here, we report that mutations in either MAPRE2 or TUBB underlie the genetic origin of this syndrome. MAPRE2 encodes a member of the microtubule end-binding family of proteins that bind to the guanosine triphosphate cap at growing microtubule plus ends, and TUBB encodes a β-tubulin isotype that is expressed abundantly in the developing brain. Functional analyses of the TUBB mutants show multiple defects in the chaperone-dependent tubulin heterodimer folding and assembly pathway that leads to a compromised yield of native heterodimers. The TUBB mutations also have an impact on microtubule dynamics. For MAPRE2, we show that the mutations result in enhanced MAPRE2 binding to microtubules, implying an increased dwell time at microtubule plus ends. Further, in vivo analysis of MAPRE2 mutations in a zebrafish model of craniofacial development shows that the variants most likely perturb the patterning of branchial arches, either through excessive activity (under a recessive paradigm) or through haploinsufficiency (dominant de novo paradigm). Taken together, our data add CSC-KT to the growing list of tubulinopathies and highlight how multiple inheritance paradigms can affect dosage-sensitive biological systems so as to result in the same clinical defect.},
  author       = {Isrie, Mala and Breuss, Martin and Tian, Guoling and Hansen, Andi H and Cristofoli, Francesca and Morandell, Jasmin and Kupchinsky, Zachari A and Sifrim, Alejandro and Rodriguez Rodriguez, Celia and Dapena, Elena P and Doonanco, Kurston and Leonard, Norma and Tinsa, Faten and Moortgat, Stéphanie and Ulucan, Hakan and Koparir, Erkan and Karaca, Ender and Katsanis, Nicholas and Marton, Valeria and Vermeesch, Joris R and Davis, Erica E and Cowan, Nicholas J and Keays, David and Van Esch, Hilde},
  journal      = {The American Journal of Human Genetics},
  number       = {6},
  pages        = {790 -- 800},
  publisher    = {Cell Press},
  title        = {{Mutations in either TUBB or MAPRE2 cause circumferential skin creases Kunze type}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.10.014},
  volume       = {97},
  year         = {2015},
}