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The adaptability of the ion binding site by the Ag(I)/Cu(I) periplasmic chaperone SilF (2023)
Journal Article
Lithgo, R. M., Hanževački, M., Harris, G., Kamps, J. J. .. G., Holden, E., Gianga, T., …Scott, D. J. (2023). The adaptability of the ion binding site by the Ag(I)/Cu(I) periplasmic chaperone SilF. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 299(11), Article 105331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105331

The periplasmic chaperone SilF has been identified as part of an Ag(I) detoxification system in Gram negative bacteria. Sil proteins also bind Cu(I), but with reported weaker affinity, therefore leading to the designation of a specific detoxification... Read More about The adaptability of the ion binding site by the Ag(I)/Cu(I) periplasmic chaperone SilF.

Holistic Approach To Understanding Battery Degradation (2021)
Journal Article
Stocker, R., Mumtaz, A., & Lophitis, N. (2021). Holistic Approach To Understanding Battery Degradation. Engineering Integrity Journal, 51, 20-28

Li-ion cell degradation has a strong impact on electric vehicle performance both directly, through performance reduction, and indirectly through deviating behavior away from initial control system calibration. This necessitates a process for evaluati... Read More about Holistic Approach To Understanding Battery Degradation.

Fault Tolerant Control Strategy Based On Model Predictive Control And Unscented Kalman Filter For Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Aboelhassan, A., El Sayed, W., Hebala, A., Galea, M., & Bozhko, S. (2021). Fault Tolerant Control Strategy Based On Model Predictive Control And Unscented Kalman Filter For Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor. In 2021 16th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA) (153-159). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIEA51954.2021.9516257

Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSMs) are now extensively used in many critical applications. There is an increasing need for the motor and control system to have fault tolerant capabilities. This paper presents a fault tolerant control strateg... Read More about Fault Tolerant Control Strategy Based On Model Predictive Control And Unscented Kalman Filter For Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor.

Public health messaging by political leaders: a corpus linguistic analysis of COVID-19 speeches delivered by Boris Johnson (2021)
Report
McClaughlin, E., Nichele, E., Adolphs, S., Barnard, P., Clos, J., Knight, D., …Lang, A. (2021). Public health messaging by political leaders: a corpus linguistic analysis of COVID-19 speeches delivered by Boris Johnson. Nottingham: UKRI/AHRC

This study analyses the language of speeches about COVID-19 delivered by Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 3rd March 2020 and 5th April 2021. We use transcribed speeches to construct a digitised body of texts called a... Read More about Public health messaging by political leaders: a corpus linguistic analysis of COVID-19 speeches delivered by Boris Johnson.

A new time-delayed periodic boundary condition for discrete element modelling of railway track under moving wheel loads (2021)
Journal Article
Li, H., McDowell, G., & De Bono, J. (2021). A new time-delayed periodic boundary condition for discrete element modelling of railway track under moving wheel loads. Granular Matter, 23(4), Article 75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-021-01123-4

A new time-delayed periodic boundary condition (PBC) has been proposed for discrete element modelling (DEM) of periodic structures subject to moving loads such as railway track based on a box test which is normally used as an element testing model. T... Read More about A new time-delayed periodic boundary condition for discrete element modelling of railway track under moving wheel loads.

Efficient radiative cooling coating with biomimetic human skin wrinkle structure (2021)
Journal Article
Cheng, Z., Han, H., Wang, F., Yan, Y., Shi, X., Liang, H., …Shuai, Y. (2021). Efficient radiative cooling coating with biomimetic human skin wrinkle structure. Nano Energy, 89, Part A, Article 106377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106377

Daytime radiative cooling is an energy-free pathway to achieve cooling performance. Current radiative cooling materials with periodic photonic structures are facing a huge challenge in terms of scale expansion owing to complex preparation technology... Read More about Efficient radiative cooling coating with biomimetic human skin wrinkle structure.

Room temperature mid-infrared fiber lasing beyond 5  µm in chalcogenide glass small-core step index fiber (2021)
Journal Article
Nunes, J. J., Sojka, Ł., Crane, R. W., Furniss, D., Tang, Z. Q., Mabwa, D., …Sujecki, S. (2021). Room temperature mid-infrared fiber lasing beyond 5  µm in chalcogenide glass small-core step index fiber. Optics Letters, 46(15), 3504-3507. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.430891

We report mid-infrared fiber lasing for the first time above 5 µm in a room temperature, Ce 3+ doped, chalcogenide glass, step index fiber using in-band pumping with a 4.15 µm quantum cascade laser. The lasing fiber is 64 mm long, with a calculated n... Read More about Room temperature mid-infrared fiber lasing beyond 5  µm in chalcogenide glass small-core step index fiber.

Coupling the biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery platforms to enhance energy and product recovery from Agave tequilana bagasse (2021)
Journal Article
Rios-Del Toro, E. E., Chi, H., González-Álvarez, V., Méndez-Acosta, H. O., Arreola-Vargas, J., & Liu, H. (2021). Coupling the biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery platforms to enhance energy and product recovery from Agave tequilana bagasse. Applied Energy, 299, Article 117293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117293

The tequila industry is one of the pillar industries in many regions of Mexico, bringing wealth and economic development to rural areas. However, appropriate disposal and management of the tequila manufacturing residues such as the Agave tequilana ba... Read More about Coupling the biochemical and thermochemical biorefinery platforms to enhance energy and product recovery from Agave tequilana bagasse.

A glacier–ocean interaction model for tsunami genesis due to iceberg calving (2021)
Journal Article
Wolper, J., Gao, M., Lüthi, M. P., Heller, V., Vieli, A., Jiang, C., & Gaume, J. (2021). A glacier–ocean interaction model for tsunami genesis due to iceberg calving. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00179-7

Glaciers calving icebergs into the ocean significantly contribute to sea-level rise and can trigger tsunamis, posing severe hazards for coastal regions. Computational modeling of such multiphase processes is a great challenge involving complex solid–... Read More about A glacier–ocean interaction model for tsunami genesis due to iceberg calving.

Towards understanding the thermal history of microstructural surface deformation when cutting a next generation powder metallurgy nickel-base superalloy (2021)
Journal Article
la Monaca, A., Axinte, D. A., Liao, Z., M’Saoubi, R., & Hardy, M. C. (2021). Towards understanding the thermal history of microstructural surface deformation when cutting a next generation powder metallurgy nickel-base superalloy. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 168(Part B), Article 103765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2021.103765

Despite the ongoing progress in metallurgical characterisation of machined surfaces, knowledge of the thermal conditions under which they originate during the workpiece-flank interaction is still lacking. When cutting advanced superalloys, little is... Read More about Towards understanding the thermal history of microstructural surface deformation when cutting a next generation powder metallurgy nickel-base superalloy.

Modelling the influence of UV curing strategies for optimisation of inkjet based 3D printing (2021)
Journal Article
Zhao, P., He, Y., Trindade, G. F., Baumers, M., Irvine, D., Hague, R., …Wildman Conceptualisation, R. (2021). Modelling the influence of UV curing strategies for optimisation of inkjet based 3D printing. Materials and Design, 208, Article 109889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109889

A predictive model is developed to assist in the design and manufacture of structures by inkjet based 3D printing (IJ3DP)/additive manufacturing. IJ3DP often exploits photopolymerisation to rapidly convert a photoreactive liquid ink into a solid prod... Read More about Modelling the influence of UV curing strategies for optimisation of inkjet based 3D printing.

A systems dynamics approach to the bottom-up simulation of residential appliance load (2021)
Journal Article
Bugaje, B., Rutherford, P., & Clifford, M. (2021). A systems dynamics approach to the bottom-up simulation of residential appliance load. Energy and Buildings, 247, Article 111164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111164

Residential demand from real residences can be resource intensive to collect. There is need to generate synthetic residential load in energy research, and new approaches are welcome. Most of the simulation models of synthetic residential load that ou... Read More about A systems dynamics approach to the bottom-up simulation of residential appliance load.

Field testing two innovative lighting interventions to influence waiting behaviours and movements on stairways in train stations (2021)
Journal Article
Ryan, B., Hallewell, M., Hughes, N., Coad, N., Eliseu, J., Lira, M., …Thompson, K. (2022). Field testing two innovative lighting interventions to influence waiting behaviours and movements on stairways in train stations. Lighting Research and Technology, 54(3), 237-259. https://doi.org/10.1177/14771535211016811

Features of lighting that can influence people’s behaviours have been identified in an earlier study, along with six scenarios where these could be applied to solve problems with movements through railway stations. The current paper describes the dev... Read More about Field testing two innovative lighting interventions to influence waiting behaviours and movements on stairways in train stations.

Preparation of konjac glucomannan based films reinforced with nanoparticles and its effect on cherry tomatoes preservation (2021)
Journal Article
Xiang, F., Xia, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Wu, K., & Ni, X. (2021). Preparation of konjac glucomannan based films reinforced with nanoparticles and its effect on cherry tomatoes preservation. Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 29, Article 100701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2021.100701

Present study aims to investigate the effect of nanoparticles (zein nanoparticles, nanocellulose, nano-TiO2, nano-SiO2) incorporation on rheological properties of film-forming solutions and physicochemical properties of konjac glucomannan (KGM) based... Read More about Preparation of konjac glucomannan based films reinforced with nanoparticles and its effect on cherry tomatoes preservation.

Effects of Bionic Models with Simultaneous Thermal Fatigue and Wear Resistance (2021)
Book Chapter
Yu, D., Zhou, T., Zhou, H., Lu, H., Bo, H., & Yan, Y. (2021). Effects of Bionic Models with Simultaneous Thermal Fatigue and Wear Resistance. In Y. Yan (Ed.), Advances in Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering : Proceedings of 16th UK Heat Transfer Conference (UKHTC2019) (903-907). Springer Singapore

Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices (2021)
Journal Article
He, Y., Abdi, M., Trindade, G. F., Begines, B., Dubern, J. F., Prina, E., …Wildman, R. D. (2021). Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices. Advanced Science, 8(15), Article 2100249. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202100249

As the understanding of disease grows, so does the opportunity for personalization of therapies targeted to the needs of the individual. To bring about a step change in the personalization of medical devices it is shown that multi-material inkjet-bas... Read More about Exploiting Generative Design for 3D Printing of Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composite Devices.

Centrifuge application of fibre Bragg gratings: pile axial loads and wall bending moments (2021)
Journal Article
Heron, C. M., Song, G., Xu, J., Marshall, A. M., Korposh, S., & Correia, R. (2022). Centrifuge application of fibre Bragg gratings: pile axial loads and wall bending moments. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, 22(4), 192-207. https://doi.org/10.1680/jphmg.20.00078

One challenge for geotechnical centrifuge testing of soil-structure interaction problems is the reliable measurement of induced structural strains/forces. This paper presents a novel application of fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for strain measure... Read More about Centrifuge application of fibre Bragg gratings: pile axial loads and wall bending moments.

Geotechnical Characterization of Fine-Grained Spoil Material from Surface Coal Mines (2021)
Journal Article
Zevgolis, I. E., Theocharis, A. I., Deliveris, A. V., Koukouzas, N. C., Roumpos, C., & Marshall, A. M. (2021). Geotechnical Characterization of Fine-Grained Spoil Material from Surface Coal Mines. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147(7), Article 04021050. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29gt.1943-5606.0002550

Coal mines produce large amounts of excavated waste soils, known as spoils. These materials can cover vast areas, are typically dumped in heaps without any treatment and are difficult to exploit for engineering purposes because of their significant v... Read More about Geotechnical Characterization of Fine-Grained Spoil Material from Surface Coal Mines.

Comparison of standard automotive industry injury predictors and actual injury sustained during significant whiplash events (2021)
Journal Article
Smotrova, E., Morris, L., & McNally, D. (2021). Comparison of standard automotive industry injury predictors and actual injury sustained during significant whiplash events. European Spine Journal, 30(10), 3043-3058. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-021-06851-y

Purpose: We present a unique opportunity to compare standard neck injury criteria (used by the automotive industry to predict injury) with real-life injuries. The injuries sustained during, and the overall kinematics of, a television demonstration of... Read More about Comparison of standard automotive industry injury predictors and actual injury sustained during significant whiplash events.