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Investigation of model predictive control (MPC) strategy for seasonal thermochemical energy storage system in a district heating network (2024)
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Wei, Z., Tien, P. W., Calautit, J., Darkwa, J., Worall, M., & Boukhanouf, R. (2024). Investigation of model predictive control (MPC) strategy for seasonal thermochemical energy storage system in a district heating network. Applied Energy, 376(Part A), Article 124164

This research investigates the integration of model predictive control (MPC) with seasonal thermochemical energy storage systems (STES) within district heating networks, focusing on the Nottingham district heating network as a case study. The primary... Read More about Investigation of model predictive control (MPC) strategy for seasonal thermochemical energy storage system in a district heating network.

Universal First-Order Massey Product of a Prefactorization Algebra (2024)
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Bruinsma, S., Schenkel, A., & Vicedo, B. (2024). Universal First-Order Massey Product of a Prefactorization Algebra. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 405(9), Article 206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-024-05084-6

This paper studies the universal first-order Massey product of a prefactoization algebra, which encodes higher algebraic operations on the cohomology. Explicit computations of these structures are carried out in the locally constant case, with applic... Read More about Universal First-Order Massey Product of a Prefactorization Algebra.

Learnings from the Vaccines Taskforce: An Apotheosis in Mission, Purpose and Handling Risk (2024)
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Carroll, S., Bell, E., Nguyen-Van-Tam, J., Todd, R., & Shaw, I. (in press). Learnings from the Vaccines Taskforce: An Apotheosis in Mission, Purpose and Handling Risk. Journal of Medical Economics (JME),

The Vaccines Task Force was established by the UK government in April 2020, with the objective of securing early access to effective COVID-19 vaccines for the UK population and internationally. The VTF was successful in securing the earliest access t... Read More about Learnings from the Vaccines Taskforce: An Apotheosis in Mission, Purpose and Handling Risk.

Under the mantra: 'Make use of colorblind friendly graphs' (2024)
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Rocchini, D., Chieffallo, L., Thouverai, E., D'Introno, R., Dagostin, F., Donini, E., Foody, G., Garnier, S., Mazzochini, G. G., Moudry, V., Rudis, B., Simova, P., Torresani, M., & Nowosad, J. (2024). Under the mantra: 'Make use of colorblind friendly graphs'. Environmetrics, Article e2877. https://doi.org/10.1002/env.2877

Colorblindness is a genetic condition that affects a person's ability to accurately perceive colors. Several papers still exist making use of rainbow colors palette to show output. In such cases, for colorblind people such graphs are meaningless. In... Read More about Under the mantra: 'Make use of colorblind friendly graphs'.

MPeat2D - a fully coupled mechanical-ecohydrological model of peatland development in two dimensions (2024)
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Mahdiyasa, A. W., Large, D. J., Icardi, M., & Muljadi, B. P. (2024). MPeat2D - a fully coupled mechanical-ecohydrological model of peatland development in two dimensions. Earth Surface Dynamics, 12(4), 929-952. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-929-2024

Higher-dimensional models of peatland development are required to analyse the influence of spatial heterogeneity and complex feedback mechanisms on peatland behaviour. However, the current models exclude the mechanical process that leads to uncertain... Read More about MPeat2D - a fully coupled mechanical-ecohydrological model of peatland development in two dimensions.

Excluding Sexual Behaviour Evidence: Back to First Principles (2024)
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Thomason, M. (in press). Excluding Sexual Behaviour Evidence: Back to First Principles. Criminal Law Review,

Relevant sexual behaviour (SB) evidence should be admissible unless there are good reasons to exclude it. Starting from first principles, this article provides an in-depth analysis of reasons which might justify a rule of exclusion for relevant SB ev... Read More about Excluding Sexual Behaviour Evidence: Back to First Principles.

Rapid Climate Change, Integrated Human-Environment-Historical Records and Societal Resilience in Georgia (2024)
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Loveluck, C. P., Tielidze, L. G., Elashvili, M., Kurbatov, A. V., Gadrani, L., Erb-Satullo, N., von Suchodoletz, H., Dan, A., Laermanns, H., Brückner, H., Schlotzhauer, U., Sulava, N., & Chagelishvil, R. (2024). Rapid Climate Change, Integrated Human-Environment-Historical Records and Societal Resilience in Georgia. Sustainability, 16, Article 7116. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16167116

In the midlatitudes of the planet, we are facing the imminent disappearance of one of our best high-resolution (pre)historic climate and anthropogenic pollution archives, namely the loss of glacial ice, through accelerated global warming. To capture... Read More about Rapid Climate Change, Integrated Human-Environment-Historical Records and Societal Resilience in Georgia.

At the Top of the Mind: Peak Prices and the Disposition Effect (2024)
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Quispe-Torreblanca, E., Hume, D., Gathergood, J., Loewenstein, G., & Stewart, N. (in press). At the Top of the Mind: Peak Prices and the Disposition Effect. Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics,

The disposition effect is the reluctance to sell assets at a loss relative to a salient point of reference, typically assumed to be the purchase price. Using data on stocks and housing sales, we show that the peak price achieved by an asset during th... Read More about At the Top of the Mind: Peak Prices and the Disposition Effect.

Torque about electrostatically charged spheres makes them more attractive (2024)
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Swift, M. R., & Smith, M. I. (in press). Torque about electrostatically charged spheres makes them more attractive. Soft Matter,

The strength of interparticle interactions in a granular system controls how a collection of insulating particles flow, cohere and fragment. Forces due to electrostatic charging, particularly in free-fall or low gravity environments, can dominate the... Read More about Torque about electrostatically charged spheres makes them more attractive.

Intra- and interindividual variability in fasted gastric content volume (2024)
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Roelofs, J. J., Camps, G., Leenders, L. M., Marciani, L., Spiller, R. C., van Eijnatten, E. J., Alyami, J., Denga, R., Freitas, D., Grimm, M., Karhunen, L. J., Krishnasamy, S., Le Feunteung, S., Lobo, D. N., Mackiei, A. R., Mayar, M., Weitschies, W., & Smeets, P. A. (in press). Intra- and interindividual variability in fasted gastric content volume. Neurogastroenterology and Motility,

Background: Gastric fluid plays a key role in food digestion and drug dissolution, therefore, the amount of gastric fluid present in a fasted state may influence subsequent digestion and drug delivery. We aimed to describe intra- and interindividual... Read More about Intra- and interindividual variability in fasted gastric content volume.

Understanding Quality of Life for People with Motor Neurone Disease Who Use Tracheostomy Ventilation and Family Members: A Scoping Review (2024)
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Turner, N., Faull, C., Palmer, J., Armstrong, A., Bedford, J., Turner, M. R., & Wilson, E. (2024). Understanding Quality of Life for People with Motor Neurone Disease Who Use Tracheostomy Ventilation and Family Members: A Scoping Review. Brain Sciences, 14(8), Article 821. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14080821

Tracheostomy ventilation (TV) can increase survival time for people living with motor neurone disease (MND); however, the use of TV varies between countries. Concerns regarding anticipated quality of life (QoL) are among the reasons given by healthca... Read More about Understanding Quality of Life for People with Motor Neurone Disease Who Use Tracheostomy Ventilation and Family Members: A Scoping Review.

Behaviour of Textile Reinforced Concrete panels under high-velocity impact loading (2024)
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Esaker, M., Thermou, G., & Neves, L. (2024). Behaviour of Textile Reinforced Concrete panels under high-velocity impact loading. Construction and Building Materials, 445, Article 137806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.137806

This study aims to experimentally investigate the impact resistance of Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) panels under high-velocity impact loading. 54 control and TRC panels were fabricated using a standard (29 MPa) and a high (101 MPa) compressive s... Read More about Behaviour of Textile Reinforced Concrete panels under high-velocity impact loading.

Mapping, geography (2024)
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Legg, S. (2024). Mapping, geography. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Article e12707. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12707

This Themed Intervention consists of short papers written by nine plenary speakers at the 2024 Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers plus a paper by the Society's Cartographic Collections Manage... Read More about Mapping, geography.

Strategic trade policy in a Cournot oligopoly with convex cost (2024)
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Mukherjee, A., & Sinha, U. B. (online). Strategic trade policy in a Cournot oligopoly with convex cost. Foreign Trade Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/00157325241266040

We provide a simple reason for export tax in a third-country model of strategic trade policy. We show that the optimal policy under Cournot competition could be export tax in the presence of convex production costs. This happens whether or not the im... Read More about Strategic trade policy in a Cournot oligopoly with convex cost.

Exploring community-based participatory research for household and ambient air pollution projects: insights from key informants (2024)
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Phillip, E., Walsh, A., Jewitt, S., Elnakoury, F., Simon, J., Conroy, R. M., & Stanistreet, D. (2024). Exploring community-based participatory research for household and ambient air pollution projects: insights from key informants. BMC Public Health, 24(1), Article 2233. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19614-3

Background: Despite the extensive use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) in health-related projects, there is limited work on how CBPR processes result in outcomes, especially in household and ambient air pollution (HAAP) research. This... Read More about Exploring community-based participatory research for household and ambient air pollution projects: insights from key informants.

MoEDAL search in the CMS beam pipe for magnetic monopoles produced via the Schwinger effect (2024)
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Acharya, B., Alexandre, J., Benes, P., Bergmann, B., Bertolucci, S., Bevan, A., Brancaccio, R., Branzas, H., Burian, P., Campbell, M., Cecchini, S., Cho, Y., de Montigny, M., De Roeck, A., Ellis, J., Fairbairn, M., Felea, D., Frank, M., Gould, O., Hays, J., …Vives, O. (2024). MoEDAL search in the CMS beam pipe for magnetic monopoles produced via the Schwinger effect. Physical Review Letters, 133(7), Article 071803. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.071803

We report on a search for magnetic monopoles (MMs) produced in ultraperipheral Pb-Pb collisions during Run 1 of the LHC. The beam pipe surrounding the interaction region of the CMS experiment was exposed to 184.07  μ⁢b−1 of Pb-Pb collisions at 2.76 T... Read More about MoEDAL search in the CMS beam pipe for magnetic monopoles produced via the Schwinger effect.

Cybersecurity Behavior Change: A conceptualization of Ethical Principles for Behavioral Interventions (2024)
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Mersinas, K., Bada, M., & Furnell, S. (2024). Cybersecurity Behavior Change: A conceptualization of Ethical Principles for Behavioral Interventions. Computers and Security, Article 104025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2024.104025

The importance of changing behaviors is gradually being acknowledged in cybersecurity, and the reason is the realization that a notable portion of security incidents have a human-related component. Thus, enhancing behaviors at individual level, can b... Read More about Cybersecurity Behavior Change: A conceptualization of Ethical Principles for Behavioral Interventions.