University of Bath

About: University of Bath is a education organization based out in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Photonic-crystal fiber. The organization has 15830 authors who have published 39608 publications receiving 1358769 citations. The organization is also known as: Bath University.

A short version of the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS-20): preliminary development and validity.

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Research has shown significant relations between fear and avoidance of pain and the suffering and disability of chronic pain. Effective measurement tools have formed the foundation for studying these relations.

Relativistic quasiparticle self-consistent electronic structure of hybrid halide perovskite photovoltaic absorbers

Abstract: Challenging quasiparticle self-consistent $G\phantom{\rule{0}{0ex}}W$ calculations expose the major effects of spin-orbit coupling on the optical spectra of these promising solar-cell materials. Nonparabolic dispersion of valence bands is important to the device behavior of such absorbers.

The dynamics of methylammonium ions in hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells

Abstract: Hysteresis often exists in the characterization of methylammonium lead halide-based solar cells, but is not well understood. Here, the authors use quasielastic neutron scattering to study the dynamics of dipolar organic cations and shed light on the hysteresis behaviour.

The AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 2 gene of Arabidopsis links auxin signalling, cell division, and the size of seeds and other organs

Abstract: Control of seed size involves complex interactions among the zygotic embryo and endosperm, the maternally derived seed coat, and the parent plant. Here we describe a mutant in Arabidopsis, megaintegumenta (mnt), in which seed size and weight are dramatically increased. One factor in this is extra cell division in the integuments surrounding mnt mutant ovules, leading to the formation of enlarged seed coats. Unusually for integument mutants, mnt does not impair female fertility. The mnt lesion also has pleiotropic effects on vegetative and floral development, causing extra cell division and expansion in many organs. mnt was identified as a mutant allele of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 2 (ARF2), a member of a family of transcription factors that mediate gene expression in response to auxin. The mutant phenotype and gene expression studies described here provide evidence that MNT/ARF2 is a repressor of cell division and organ growth. The mutant phenotype also illustrates the importance of growth of the ovule before fertilization in determining final size of the seed.