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Exploring How Component Factors and Their Uncertainty Affect Judgements of Risk in Cyber-Security (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellerby, Z., McCulloch, J., Wilson, M., & Wagner, C. (2019, September). Exploring How Component Factors and Their Uncertainty Affect Judgements of Risk in Cyber-Security. Presented at CRITIS 2019 : 14th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security, Linköping, Sweden

Subjective judgements from experts provide essential information when assessing and modelling threats in respect to cyber-physical systems. For example, the vulnerability of individual system components can be described using multiple factors, such a... Read More about Exploring How Component Factors and Their Uncertainty Affect Judgements of Risk in Cyber-Security.

Latest developments on the shielding effectiveness measurements of materials and gaskets in reverberation chambers (2019)
Journal Article
Gifuni, A., Gradoni, G., Smartt, C., Greedy, S., Villalón, A. M., Bastianelli, L., Moglie, F., Mariani Primiani, V., Perna, S., & Thomas, D. (2019). Latest developments on the shielding effectiveness measurements of materials and gaskets in reverberation chambers. IET Science Measurement and Technology, 14(4), 435-445. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2019.0242

In this study, the authors present the latest developments on the measurements for the shielding effectiveness (SE) of gaskets and materials in reverberation chambers (RCs). A variant method, where the insertion loss of the fixture is achieved from t... Read More about Latest developments on the shielding effectiveness measurements of materials and gaskets in reverberation chambers.

Opportunities, Challenges And Risks Of Transition Into Renewable Energy : The Case Study Of Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (2019)
Journal Article
Darwish, S., Abdo, H., & Alsabuwaiee, W. (2019). Opportunities, Challenges And Risks Of Transition Into Renewable Energy : The Case Study Of Arab Gulf Cooperation Council. International Energy Journal, 18(4), 391-400

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states have abounded underground fossil fuel resources and high potentials for renewable energy (RE). However, given the Peak Oil Theory and the international climate change regulations and protocols, investments... Read More about Opportunities, Challenges And Risks Of Transition Into Renewable Energy : The Case Study Of Arab Gulf Cooperation Council.

Highlights 2019: fresh focus on health (2019)
Journal Article
Palmer, J., Bolton, C. E., Shrestha, P., Adhikari, P., & Karmacharya, B. (2019). Highlights 2019: fresh focus on health. Lancet, 394(10216), 2219-2236. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2819%2933060-0

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Fresh focus on health: Highlights 2019 photography competition open for submissions.
Palmer J.
Lancet. 2019 Jun 8;393(10188):2284-2285. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31258-9. Epub 2019 Jun 6

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubm... Read More about Highlights 2019: fresh focus on health.

Moderating Loss Aversion: Loss Aversion Has Moderators, But Reports of its Death are Greatly Exaggerated (2019)
Journal Article
Herrmann, A., Mrkva, K., Gächter, S., & Johnson, E. J. (2020). Moderating Loss Aversion: Loss Aversion Has Moderators, But Reports of its Death are Greatly Exaggerated. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 30(3), 407-428. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcpy.1156

Loss aversion, the principle that losses impact decision making more than equivalent gains, is a fundamental idea in consumer behavior and decision making, though its existence has recently been called into question. Across five unique samples (Ntota... Read More about Moderating Loss Aversion: Loss Aversion Has Moderators, But Reports of its Death are Greatly Exaggerated.

Implementation, Evalution and Maintenance of a Social-Emotional Skills Training Program for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Specialist School Setting (2019)
Journal Article
Beaumont, R. B., Smith-Merry, J., Costley, D., Howlin, P., Sofronoff, K., Roberts, J., Taffe, J. R., Gray, K. M., Clarke, K. S., Clark, T., Antoinette Hodge, M., Horstead, S. K., & Einfeld, S. L. (2019). Implementation, Evalution and Maintenance of a Social-Emotional Skills Training Program for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Specialist School Setting. International Journal of Special Education, 34(1), 95-108

Socialization difficulties in children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are often associated with peer rejection and impaired academic achievement. Schools might appear to offer an ideal setting for social-emotional skills (SES) instruction. Ho... Read More about Implementation, Evalution and Maintenance of a Social-Emotional Skills Training Program for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Specialist School Setting.

Place and student subjectivities in Higher Education ‘cold spots’ (2019)
Journal Article
Henderson, H. (2020). Place and student subjectivities in Higher Education ‘cold spots’. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 41(3), 331-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1703646

This article uses an analytical framework informed by social geographies to explore the complex relationships between Higher Education Institution, undergraduate student and place. Drawing on findings from a qualitative study exploring the experience... Read More about Place and student subjectivities in Higher Education ‘cold spots’.

Ligand-induced conformational selection predicts the selectivity of cysteine protease inhibitors (2019)
Journal Article
Sartori, G. R., Leitão, A., Montanari, C. A., & Laughton, C. A. (2019). Ligand-induced conformational selection predicts the selectivity of cysteine protease inhibitors. PLoS ONE, 14(12), Article e0222055. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222055

Cruzain, a cysteine protease of Trypanosoma cruzi, is a validated target for the treatment of Chagas disease. Due to its high similarity in three-dimensional structure with human cathepsins and their sequence identity above 70% in the active site reg... Read More about Ligand-induced conformational selection predicts the selectivity of cysteine protease inhibitors.

Frequency- and state-dependent effects of hippocampal neural disinhibition on hippocampal local field potential oscillations in anaesthetised rats (2019)
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Gwilt, M., Bauer, M., & Bast, T. (2019). Frequency- and state-dependent effects of hippocampal neural disinhibition on hippocampal local field potential oscillations in anaesthetised rats

Reduced inhibitory GABA function, so-called neural disinhibition, has been implicated in cognitive disorders, including schizophrenia and age-related cognitive decline. We previously showed in rats that hippocampal disinhibition by local microinfusio... Read More about Frequency- and state-dependent effects of hippocampal neural disinhibition on hippocampal local field potential oscillations in anaesthetised rats.

Variant Signal Peptides of Vaccine Antigen, FHbp, Impair Processing Affecting Surface Localization and Antibody-Mediated Killing in Most Meningococcal Isolates (2019)
Journal Article
da Silva, R. A., Karlyshev, A. V., Oldfield, N. J., Wooldridge, K. G., Bayliss, C. D., Ryan, A., & Griffin, R. (2019). Variant Signal Peptides of Vaccine Antigen, FHbp, Impair Processing Affecting Surface Localization and Antibody-Mediated Killing in Most Meningococcal Isolates. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, Article 2847. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02847

© Copyright © 2019 da Silva, Karlyshev, Oldfield, Wooldridge, Bayliss, Ryan and Griffin. Meningococcal lipoprotein, Factor H binding protein (FHbp), is the sole antigen of the Trumenba vaccine (Pfizer) and one of four antigens of the Bexsero vaccine... Read More about Variant Signal Peptides of Vaccine Antigen, FHbp, Impair Processing Affecting Surface Localization and Antibody-Mediated Killing in Most Meningococcal Isolates.

Uncertainty model for a traceable stereo-photogrammetry system (2019)
Journal Article
Sims-Waterhouse, D., Isa, M., Piano, S., & Leach, R. (2020). Uncertainty model for a traceable stereo-photogrammetry system. Precision Engineering, 63, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precisioneng.2019.12.008

Through the computational modelling and experimental verification of a stereo-photogrammetry system, the expanded uncertainty on form measurement was estimated and was found to be , and for a 95% confidence interval (coverage factors of = 3.2, 2.0... Read More about Uncertainty model for a traceable stereo-photogrammetry system.

Antioxidant enzymes as biomarkers of Cu and Pb exposure in the ground spiders Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica (2019)
Journal Article
Elsheikha, H. M., Aziz, N., & Butt, A. (2020). Antioxidant enzymes as biomarkers of Cu and Pb exposure in the ground spiders Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 190, Article 110054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110054

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. Heavy metal exposure induces oxidative stress in terrestrial organisms, which they counteract via activation of antioxidant biomarkers. The present study investigated the effects of copper (Cu) and lead (Pb) on the total antioxid... Read More about Antioxidant enzymes as biomarkers of Cu and Pb exposure in the ground spiders Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica.

Across‐vendor standardization of semi‐LASER for single‐voxel MRS at 3T (2019)
Journal Article
Kantarci, K., Deelchand, D. K., Berrington, A., Noeske, R., Joers, J. M., Arani, A., Gillen, J., Schär, M., Nielsen, J.-F., Peltier, S., Seraji-Bozorgzad, N., Landheer, K., Juchem, C., Soher, B. J., Noll, D. C., Ratai, E. M., Mareci, T. H., Barker, P. B., & Öz, G. (2021). Across‐vendor standardization of semi‐LASER for single‐voxel MRS at 3T. NMR in Biomedicine, 34(5), Article e4218. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4218

The semi‐adiabatic localization by adiabatic selective refocusing (sLASER) sequence provides single‐shot full intensity signal with clean localization and minimal chemical shift displacement error and was recommended by the international MRS Consensu... Read More about Across‐vendor standardization of semi‐LASER for single‐voxel MRS at 3T.

Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review (2019)
Journal Article
Stanulewicz, N., Knox, E., Narayanasamy, M., Shivji, N., Khunti, K., & Blake, H. (2019). Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010017

Background: Prior research has investigated various strategies to improve health, wellbeing and the job-related outcomes of nurses. However, the scope of this evidence is not clear and the types of intervention most likely to have positive outcomes a... Read More about Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Promotion Interventions for Nurses: A Systematic Review.

A simple and efficient method for polymer coating of iron oxide nanoparticles (2019)
Journal Article
Abushrida, A., Elhuni, I., Taresco, V., Marciani, L., Stolnik, S., & Garnett, M. C. (2020). A simple and efficient method for polymer coating of iron oxide nanoparticles. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 55, Article 101460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2019.101460

Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONP) have many possible uses including as MRI contrast agents, for drug delivery and cell labelling, but need to be stabilised and to be rendered biocompatible through appropriate coatings. Many current coatings are subopti... Read More about A simple and efficient method for polymer coating of iron oxide nanoparticles.

Interactions between labile carbon, temperature and land use regulate carbon dioxide and methane production in tropical peat (2019)
Journal Article
Girkin, N. T., Dhandapani, S., Evers, S., Ostle, N., Turner, B. L., & Sjӧgersten, S. (2020). Interactions between labile carbon, temperature and land use regulate carbon dioxide and methane production in tropical peat. Biogeochemistry, 147(1), 87-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00632-y

Tropical peatlands are a significant carbon store and contribute to global carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions. Tropical peatlands are threatened by both land use and climate change, including the alteration of regional precipitation pat... Read More about Interactions between labile carbon, temperature and land use regulate carbon dioxide and methane production in tropical peat.

Weight management programme for overweight and obese adults in Ningbo, China: a feasibility pre- and post-intervention study (2019)
Journal Article
Xu, M., Chattopadhyay, K., Li, J., Rai, N., Chen, Y., Hu, F., Chu, J., & Li, L. (2019). Weight management programme for overweight and obese adults in Ningbo, China: a feasibility pre- and post-intervention study. Frontiers in Public Health, 7, Article 388. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00388

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a weight management programme in Ningbo, China.

Methods: A pre- and post-intervention study was conducted in Ningbo. The study duration was from 01 July... Read More about Weight management programme for overweight and obese adults in Ningbo, China: a feasibility pre- and post-intervention study.

Experimental study of SO2 emissions and desulfurization of oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor (2019)
Journal Article
Pang, L., Shao, Y., Zhong, W., & Liu, H. (2020). Experimental study of SO2 emissions and desulfurization of oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor. Fuel, 264, Article 116795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116795

Pressurized oxy-fuel combustion (POFC) has attracted wide attention due to its potentials of high efficiency and low cost in CO2 capture. Compared with numerical simulation and system analysis, there are few experimental studies about POFC. In order... Read More about Experimental study of SO2 emissions and desulfurization of oxy-coal combustion in a 30 kWth pressurized fluidized bed combustor.

Filming female desire: queering the gaze of pop music videos (2019)
Journal Article
Freeman, C. (2020). Filming female desire: queering the gaze of pop music videos. Cultural Studies, 34(6), 1007-1032. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2019.1704039

This paper examines the queer gaze within pop music videos. It contends that the contemporary US musician Hayley Kiyoko can be seen as a queer music video auteur who has transformed what the ‘gaze’ can mean in mainstream pop music through directing h... Read More about Filming female desire: queering the gaze of pop music videos.