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Preferences of informal carers on technology packages to support meal production by people living with dementia, elicited from personalised AT and ICT product brochures (2017)
Journal Article
De Filippis, M. L., Craven, M. P., & Dening, T. (2017). Preferences of informal carers on technology packages to support meal production by people living with dementia, elicited from personalised AT and ICT product brochures. Informatics, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics4010001

Assistive technology (AT) can help support the continued independence of people living with dementia, supported by informal carers. Opinions and preferences of informal carers towards a range of assistive and digital information and communication tec... Read More about Preferences of informal carers on technology packages to support meal production by people living with dementia, elicited from personalised AT and ICT product brochures.

Neonatal head and torso vibration exposure during inter-hospital transfer (2017)
Journal Article
Blaxter, L., Yeo, M., McNally, D., Crowe, J., Henry, C., Hill, S., Mansfield, N., Leslie, A., & Sharkey, D. (2017). Neonatal head and torso vibration exposure during inter-hospital transfer. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 231(2), 99-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954411916680235

© Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Inter-hospital transport of premature infants is increasingly common, given the centralisation of neonatal intensive care. However, it is known to be associated with anomalously increased morbidity, most notably... Read More about Neonatal head and torso vibration exposure during inter-hospital transfer.

On the asphericity of a family of positive relative group presentations (2017)
Journal Article
Aldwaik, S., & Edjvet, M. (in press). On the asphericity of a family of positive relative group presentations. Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0013091516000419

Excluding four exceptional cases, the asphericity of the relative presentation P= ⟨G; x|xmgxh⟩ for m ≥ 2 is determined. If H = ⟨g; h⟩ ≤ G, then the exceptional cases occur when H is isomorphic to C5 or C6.

Cross‐scale intercomparison of climate change impacts simulated by regional and global hydrological models in eleven large river basins (2017)
Journal Article
Hattermann, F., Krysanova, V., Gosling, S. N., Dankers, R., Daggupati, P., Donnelly, C., Flörke, M., Huang, S., Motovilov, Y., Buda, S., Yang, T., Müller, C., Leng, G., Tang, Q., Portmann, F., Hagemann, S., Gerten, D., Wada, Y., Masaki, Y., Alemayehu, T., …Samaniego, L. (2017). Cross‐scale intercomparison of climate change impacts simulated by regional and global hydrological models in eleven large river basins. Climatic Change, 141(3), 561-576. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1829-4

Ideally, the results from models operating at different scales should agree in trend direction and magnitude of impacts under climate change. However, this implies that the sensitivity to climate variability and climate change is comparable for impac... Read More about Cross‐scale intercomparison of climate change impacts simulated by regional and global hydrological models in eleven large river basins.

Canine idiopathic chronic hepatitis (2017)
Journal Article
Bexfield, N. (2017). Canine idiopathic chronic hepatitis. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 47(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvsm.2016.11.012

Canine idiopathic hepatitis is a common disease, categorized histologically by presence of hepatocellular apoptosis or necrosis, a variable mononuclear or mixed inflammatory cell infiltrate, regeneration and fibrosis.

Clinical signs are vague and... Read More about Canine idiopathic chronic hepatitis.

Cost-effectiveness of structured group psychoeducation versus unstructured group support for bipolar disorder: results from a multi-centre pragmatic randomised controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Camacho, E., Ntais, D., Jones, S., Riste, L., Morriss, R. K., Lobban, F., & Davies, L. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of structured group psychoeducation versus unstructured group support for bipolar disorder: results from a multi-centre pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 211, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.01.005

Background Bipolar disorder (BD) costs the English economy an estimated £5.2billion/year, largely through incomplete recovery. This analysis estimated the cost-effectiveness of group psychoeducation (PEd), versus group peer support (PS), for treating... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of structured group psychoeducation versus unstructured group support for bipolar disorder: results from a multi-centre pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Consistent nonparametric specification tests for stochastic volatility models based on the return distribution (2017)
Journal Article
Zu, Y., & Boswijk, P. (2017). Consistent nonparametric specification tests for stochastic volatility models based on the return distribution. Journal of Empirical Finance, 41, 53-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2016.12.005

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper develops nonparametric specification tests for stochastic volatility models by comparing the nonparametically estimated return density and distribution functions with their parametric counterparts. Asymptotic null distr... Read More about Consistent nonparametric specification tests for stochastic volatility models based on the return distribution.

Using mixed objects in the training of object-based image classifications (2017)
Journal Article
Costa, H., Foody, G. M., & Boyd, D. S. (2017). Using mixed objects in the training of object-based image classifications. Remote Sensing of Environment, 190, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.12.017

Image classification for thematic mapping is a very common application in remote sensing, which is sometimes realized through object-based image analysis. In these analyses, it is common for some of the objects to be mixed in their class composition... Read More about Using mixed objects in the training of object-based image classifications.

Genome-wide association scan of neuropathic pain symptoms post total joint replacement highlights a variant in the protein-kinase C gene (2017)
Journal Article
Warner, S. C., van Meurs, J. B., Schiphof, D., Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M., Hofman, A., Uitterlinden, A. G., Richardson, H., Jenkins, W., Doherty, M., & Valdes, A. M. (in press). Genome-wide association scan of neuropathic pain symptoms post total joint replacement highlights a variant in the protein-kinase C gene. European Journal of Human Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2016.196

Neuropathic pain-like joint symptoms (NP) are seen in a proportion of individuals diagnosed with osteoarthritis (OA) and post total joint replacement (TJR). In this study, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using NP as defined by the... Read More about Genome-wide association scan of neuropathic pain symptoms post total joint replacement highlights a variant in the protein-kinase C gene.

How best to engage users of forensic services in research: literature review and recommendations (2017)
Journal Article
Völlm, B., Foster, S., Bates, P., & Huband, N. (in press). How best to engage users of forensic services in research: literature review and recommendations. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2016.1255282

Guidance on service user involvement is available to help researchers working with people with mental health problems, but there is currently no comprehensive guidance relating to forensic settings where additional issues arise. This rapid review aim... Read More about How best to engage users of forensic services in research: literature review and recommendations.

Vector control of an open-ended winding induction machine based on a two-output indirect matrix converter (2017)
Journal Article
Riedemann, J., Clare, J. C., Wheeler, P., Blasco Giménez, R., Cardenas, R., & Pena, R. (in press). Vector control of an open-ended winding induction machine based on a two-output indirect matrix converter. Epe Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/09398368.2016.1261457

The open-ended winding induction machine fed from a standard two-level Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) arrangement is an attractive solution for AC drives. An alternative power converter approach is to use an Indirect Matrix Converter (IMC) consisting... Read More about Vector control of an open-ended winding induction machine based on a two-output indirect matrix converter.

Electrohydrodynamic printing as a method to micropattern large titanium implant surfaces with photocrosslinkable structures (2017)
Journal Article
Pokorny, M., Klemes, J., Zidek, O., Dollinger, C., Ozcebe, G., Singh, S., Veleby, V., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., Wolfova, L., & Vrana, N. E. (in press). Electrohydrodynamic printing as a method to micropattern large titanium implant surfaces with photocrosslinkable structures. Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/3/1/015002

Metallic implants are widely used in orthopaedic and orthodontic applications. However, generally surface treatment of the metallic surfaces is necessary to render them more biologically active. Herein, we describe a direct write printing method to m... Read More about Electrohydrodynamic printing as a method to micropattern large titanium implant surfaces with photocrosslinkable structures.

Social media in health science education: an international survey (2017)
Journal Article
O'Sullivan, E., Cutts, E., Kavikondala, S., Salcedo, A., D'Souza, K., Hernandez-Torre, M., Anderson, C., Tiwari, A., Ho, K., & Last, J. (2017). Social media in health science education: an international survey. JMIR Medical Education, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.2196/mededu.6304

Background: Social media is an asset that higher education students can use for an array of purposes. Studies have shown the merits of social media use in educational settings; however, its adoption in health science education has been slow, and the... Read More about Social media in health science education: an international survey.

Sociological knowledge and transformation at ‘Diversity University’ (2017)
Book Chapter
Jenkins, C., Barnes, C., McLean, M., Abbas, A., & Ashwin, P. (2017). Sociological knowledge and transformation at ‘Diversity University’. In M. Walker, & M. Wilson-Strydom (Eds.), Socially just pedagogies, capabilities and quality in higher education: global perspectives. Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55786-5

Diversity University’ is a large university in London, UK, which appears in the bottom-third of national league tables and provides education for poorer students, often from ethnic minority groups. The Sociology Department at Diversity was the focus... Read More about Sociological knowledge and transformation at ‘Diversity University’.

Systematic review with meta-analysis: vasoactive drugs for the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome type 1 (2017)
Journal Article
Gifford, F., Morling, J., & Fallowfield, J. (in press). Systematic review with meta-analysis: vasoactive drugs for the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome type 1. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.13912

Background

Hepatorenal syndrome type 1 (HRS1) is a functional, rapidly progressive, potentially reversible form of acute kidney injury occurring in patients with cirrhosis. Characterised by intense renal arterial vasoconstriction, it carries a ver... Read More about Systematic review with meta-analysis: vasoactive drugs for the treatment of hepatorenal syndrome type 1.

An impedance boundary condition EFIE that is low-frequency and refinement stable (2017)
Journal Article
Dely, A., Andriulli, F. P., & Cools, K. (2017). An impedance boundary condition EFIE that is low-frequency and refinement stable. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 65(3), 1259-1266. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2016.2647684

A discretization of the impedance boundary condition electric field integral equation (IBC-EFIE) is introduced that: 1) yields the correct solution at arbitrarily small frequencies and 2) requires for its solution a number of matrix vector products b... Read More about An impedance boundary condition EFIE that is low-frequency and refinement stable.

Experimental measurements of water molecule binding energies for the second and third solvation shells of [Ca(H₂O)n]2+ complexes (2017)
Journal Article
Bruzzi, E., & Stace, A. J. (in press). Experimental measurements of water molecule binding energies for the second and third solvation shells of [Ca(H₂O)n]2+ complexes. Royal Society Open Science, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160671

Further understanding of the biological role of the Ca2+ ion in an aqueous environment requires quantitative measurements of both the short and long range interactions experienced by the ion in an aqueous medium. Here we present experimental measurem... Read More about Experimental measurements of water molecule binding energies for the second and third solvation shells of [Ca(H₂O)n]2+ complexes.

The virtues of idleness: a decidable fragment of resource agent logic (2017)
Journal Article
Alechina, N., Bulling, N., Logan, B., & Nguyen, H. N. (2017). The virtues of idleness: a decidable fragment of resource agent logic. Artificial Intelligence, 245, 56-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2016.12.005

© 2017 The Authors Alternating Time Temporal Logic (ATL) is widely used for the verification of multi-agent systems. We consider Resource Agent Logic (RAL), which extends ATL to allow the verification of properties of systems where agents act under r... Read More about The virtues of idleness: a decidable fragment of resource agent logic.

Lay causes of binge drinking in the United Kingdom and Australia: a causal network diagram approach (2017)
Journal Article
Keatley, D. A., Ferguson, E., Lonsdale, A., & Hagger, M. S. (2017). Lay causes of binge drinking in the United Kingdom and Australia: a causal network diagram approach. Health Education Research, 32(1), 33-47. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyw056

Binge drinking is associated with deleterious health, social and economic outcomes. This study explored the lay understanding of the causes of binge drinking in members of the general public in the United Kingdom and Australia. Participants in the Un... Read More about Lay causes of binge drinking in the United Kingdom and Australia: a causal network diagram approach.