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Design and validation of a mechanically flexible and ultra-lightweight high-density diffuse optical tomography system for functional neuroimaging of newborns (2021)
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Zhao, H., Frijia, E. M., Vidal Rosas, E., Collins-Jones, L., Smith, G., Nixon-Hill, R., …Cooper, R. J. (2021). Design and validation of a mechanically flexible and ultra-lightweight high-density diffuse optical tomography system for functional neuroimaging of newborns. Neurophotonics, 8(01), Article 015011. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.nph.8.1.015011

Significance: Neonates are a highly vulnerable population. The risk of brain injury is greater during the first days and weeks after birth than at any other time of life. Functional neuroimaging that can be performed longitudinally and at the cot-sid... Read More about Design and validation of a mechanically flexible and ultra-lightweight high-density diffuse optical tomography system for functional neuroimaging of newborns.

Parametric sizing study for the design of a lightweight composite railway axle (2021)
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Mistry, P. J., Johnson, M. S., Li, S., Bruni, S., & Bernasconi, A. (2021). Parametric sizing study for the design of a lightweight composite railway axle. Composite Structures, Article 113851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.113851

The potential for lightweighting of railway axles was investigated to primarily reduce the unsprung mass of a rail vehicle. The reduction of unsprung mass equates to an overall lighter train which will help to reduce track damage, energy consumption... Read More about Parametric sizing study for the design of a lightweight composite railway axle.

Characterising Brazilian Housing through an Investigation of Policies, Architecture and Statistics (2021)
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Tubelo, R., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2021). Characterising Brazilian Housing through an Investigation of Policies, Architecture and Statistics. Journal of Architecture, 26(2), 191-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2021.1895279

Defining common housing characteristics such as typology, floor areas and occupancy rates can be challenging in many countries because of the prevalence of self-built and/or self-promoted accommodation. Yet, for researchers, designers and policy make... Read More about Characterising Brazilian Housing through an Investigation of Policies, Architecture and Statistics.

Thermo-mechanical Dynamics of Nanoimprinting Anti-Reflective Structures onto Small-core Mid- IR Chalcogenide Fibers (2021)
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Petersen, C. R., Lotz, M. B., Markos, C., Woyessa, G., Furniss, D., Seddon, A. B., …Bang, O. (2021). Thermo-mechanical Dynamics of Nanoimprinting Anti-Reflective Structures onto Small-core Mid- IR Chalcogenide Fibers. Chinese Optics Letters, 19(3), Article 030603

Thermal nanoimprinting is a fast and versatile method for transferring the anti-reflective properties of subwavelength nanostructures onto the surface of highly reflective substrates, such as chalcogenide glass optical fiber end-facets. In this paper... Read More about Thermo-mechanical Dynamics of Nanoimprinting Anti-Reflective Structures onto Small-core Mid- IR Chalcogenide Fibers.

Cavity expansion-contraction based method for tunnel-soil-pile interaction in a unified clay and sand model: drained analysis (2021)
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Mo, P., Marshall, A. M., & Fang, Y. (2021). Cavity expansion-contraction based method for tunnel-soil-pile interaction in a unified clay and sand model: drained analysis. International Journal of Geomechanics, 21(5), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GM.1943-5622.0002016

This paper proposes an analytical method based on drained solutions of cavity expansion and contraction in a unified clay and sand model to investigate tunnel-soil-pile interactions. Cavity expansion analyses are used to evaluate the effects of pile... Read More about Cavity expansion-contraction based method for tunnel-soil-pile interaction in a unified clay and sand model: drained analysis.

A Model to Investigate the Impact of Farm Practice on Antimicrobial Resistance in UK Dairy Farms (2021)
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Lanyon, C. W., King, J. R., Stekel, D. J., & Gomes, R. L. (2021). A Model to Investigate the Impact of Farm Practice on Antimicrobial Resistance in UK Dairy Farms. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 83(4), Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-021-00865-9

© 2021, The Author(s). The ecological and human health impact of antibiotic use and the related antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animal husbandry is poorly understood. In many countries, there has been considerable pressure to reduce overall antibio... Read More about A Model to Investigate the Impact of Farm Practice on Antimicrobial Resistance in UK Dairy Farms.

Evaluating the cytotoxicity of Ge–Sb–Se chalcogenide glass optical fibres on 3T3 mouse fibroblasts (2021)
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Mabwa, D., Kubiena, T., Parnell, H., Su, R., Furniss, D., Tang, Z., …Seddon, A. B. (2021). Evaluating the cytotoxicity of Ge–Sb–Se chalcogenide glass optical fibres on 3T3 mouse fibroblasts. RSC Advances, 11(15), 8682-8693. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra00353k

In vivo cancer detection based on the mid-infrared molecular fingerprint of tissue is promising for the fast diagnosis and treatment of suspected cancer patients. Few materials are mid-infrared transmissive, even fewer, which can be converted into fu... Read More about Evaluating the cytotoxicity of Ge–Sb–Se chalcogenide glass optical fibres on 3T3 mouse fibroblasts.

Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities (2021)
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Gosling, J. H., Makarovsky, O., Wang, F., Cottam, N. D., Greenaway, M. T., Patanè, A., …Fromhold, T. M. (2021). Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities. Communications Physics, 4(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00518-2

Pristine graphene and graphene-based heterostructures can exhibit exceptionally high electron mobility if their surface contains few electron-scattering impurities. Mobility directly influences electrical conductivity and its dependence on the carrie... Read More about Universal mobility characteristics of graphene originating from charge scattering by ionised impurities.

Characterisation of a multi-view fringe projection system based on the stereo matching of rectified phase maps (2021)
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Shaheen, A., Sims-Waterhouse, D., Bointon, P., Takushima, S., Piano, S., & Leach, R. K. (2021). Characterisation of a multi-view fringe projection system based on the stereo matching of rectified phase maps. Measurement Science and Technology, 32(4), Article 045006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/abd445

Multi-view fringe projection systems can be effective solutions to address the limitations imposed by the limited field of view, line-of-sight issues and occlusions when measuring the geometry of complex objects, associated with single camera-projec... Read More about Characterisation of a multi-view fringe projection system based on the stereo matching of rectified phase maps.

Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies (2021)
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Cooper, N., Coles, L., Everton, S., Maskery, I., Campion, R., Madkhaly, S., …Hackermüller, L. (2021). Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies. Additive Manufacturing, 40, Article 101898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.101898

© 2021 Additive manufacturing is having a dramatic impact on research and industry across multiple sectors, but the production of additively manufactured systems for ultra-high vacuum applications has so far proved elusive and widely been considered... Read More about Additively manufactured ultra-high vacuum chamber for portable quantum technologies.

Understanding Layered Double Hydroxide properties as sorbent materials for removing organic pollutants from environmental waters (2021)
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Johnston, A., Lester, E., Williams, O., & Gomes, R. L. (2021). Understanding Layered Double Hydroxide properties as sorbent materials for removing organic pollutants from environmental waters. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(4), Article 105197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.105197

Emerging contaminants (ECs) are a group of anthropogenic organic pollutants known to have a host of adverse environmental and health implications. The removal of such pollutants from aqueous environments to ensure water is of a quality fit for reuse... Read More about Understanding Layered Double Hydroxide properties as sorbent materials for removing organic pollutants from environmental waters.