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Designing NSM FRP systems in concrete using partial safety factors (2017)
Journal Article

This paper presents design procedures for fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) systems inserted in the cover of concrete elements according to the near-surface mounted (NSM) technique. Such strengthening system depends greatly on their bond strength. Two e... Read More about Designing NSM FRP systems in concrete using partial safety factors.

Applying asymptotic methods to synthetic biology: modelling the reaction kinetics of the mevalonate pathway (2017)
Journal Article

The mevalonate pathway is normally found in eukaryotes, and allows for the production of isoprenoids, a useful class of organic compounds. This pathway has been successfully introduced to Escherichia coli, enabling a biosynthetic production route for... Read More about Applying asymptotic methods to synthetic biology: modelling the reaction kinetics of the mevalonate pathway.

Invasion in breast lesions: the role of the epithelial-stroma barrier (2017)
Journal Article

Despite the significant biological, behavioural and management differences between ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive carcinoma of the breast, they share many morphological and molecular similarities. Differentiation of these two different... Read More about Invasion in breast lesions: the role of the epithelial-stroma barrier.

Cancer chemotherapy in early life significantly alters the maturation of pain processing (2017)
Journal Article

Advances in paediatric cancer treatment have led to a ten year survival rate greater than 75%. Platinum-based chemotherapies (e.g.cisplatin) induce peripheral sensory neuropathy in adult and paedriatric cancer patients. The period from birth through... Read More about Cancer chemotherapy in early life significantly alters the maturation of pain processing.

Glycaemic, gastrointestinal and appetite responses to breakfast porridges from ancient cereal grains: a MRI pilot study in healthy humans (2017)
Journal Article

Cereal grain based porridges are commonly consumed throughout the world. Whilst some data are available for varieties that are popular in the Western world such as oats and rye, other ‘ancient’ grains used in the East and in Africa such as millets ar... Read More about Glycaemic, gastrointestinal and appetite responses to breakfast porridges from ancient cereal grains: a MRI pilot study in healthy humans.

Gesture, Signing and Tracking (2017)
Book Chapter

There is a wide and growing range of physical input devices for (or integrated into) PCs, mobile phones, games consoles, or other devices that depend on tracking bodily gestures, which promise to make computing, environmental control, and mobility mo... Read More about Gesture, Signing and Tracking.

What if the Duke of Newcastle had died in 1817? (2017)
Journal Article

Pilgrimage and travel writing in early sixteenth-century England: the pilgrimage accounts of Thomas Larke and Robert Langton (2017)
Journal Article

By 1500 more than 500 written accounts of the Jerusalem pilgrimage alone had been produced in the West, and yet such works continued to be written and, increasingly, printed. How did these works retain their popularity, who was writing them and why?... Read More about Pilgrimage and travel writing in early sixteenth-century England: the pilgrimage accounts of Thomas Larke and Robert Langton.

Adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham 1948-76 (2017)
Thesis

This thesis presents an interdisciplinary study of post-Second World War short-term residential adult education, through an investigation of the Shropshire Adult Education College (SAEC), 1948-1976. This was located at Attingham Park, Atcham, Shropsh... Read More about Adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham 1948-76.

Transitory electrochemical masking for precision jet processing techniques (2017)
Journal Article

Electrochemical jet processing techniques provide an efficient method for large area surface structuring and micro-milling, where the metallurgy of the near-surface is assured and not adversely affected by thermal loading. Here, doped electrolytes ar... Read More about Transitory electrochemical masking for precision jet processing techniques.

Leveraging of dynamic export capabilities for competitive advantage and performance consequences: evidence from China (2017)
Journal Article

As the business arena becomes more global and therefore dynamic, organizations must balance their capabilities with the demands and the conditions of the international marketplace. This leads firms to trade off the development of more capabilities wi... Read More about Leveraging of dynamic export capabilities for competitive advantage and performance consequences: evidence from China.

Innovations and technological comebacks (2017)
Journal Article

Motivated by the comeback of the vinyl, we explore the idea that the success of a third-generation technology (digital music) can have adverse effects on the second generation (CD) but positive effects on the first one (vinyl). This phenomenon arises... Read More about Innovations and technological comebacks.

Development of the Fray-Farthing-Chen Cambridge Process: towards the sustainable production of titanium and its alloys (2017)
Journal Article

The Kroll process has been employed for titanium extraction since the 1950s. It is a labour and energy intensive multi-step semi-batch process. The post-extraction processes for making the raw titanium into alloys and products are also excessive, inc... Read More about Development of the Fray-Farthing-Chen Cambridge Process: towards the sustainable production of titanium and its alloys.

Numerical and experimental analysis of a novel heat pump driven sorption storage heater (2017)
Journal Article

This study investigates a hybrid “solid sorption heat storage/air sourced heat pump” system for energy efficient heating of buildings. The proposed system could convert excess energy generated using photovoltaic panels/off-peak electricity to heat an... Read More about Numerical and experimental analysis of a novel heat pump driven sorption storage heater.

Equine meniscal degeneration is associated with medial femorotibial osteoarthritis (2017)
Journal Article

Background: There is limited information available concerning normal equine meniscal morphology, its degeneration and role in osteoarthritis (OA). Objectives: To characterise normal equine meniscal morphology and lesions and to explore the relation... Read More about Equine meniscal degeneration is associated with medial femorotibial osteoarthritis.

Clinical and molecular characterization of KCNT1-related severe early-onset epilepsy (2017)
Journal Article

Objective: To characterize the phenotypic spectrum, molecular genetic findings, and functional consequences of pathogenic variants in early-onset KCNT1 epilepsy. Methods: We identified a cohort of 31 patients with epilepsy of infancy with migrating... Read More about Clinical and molecular characterization of KCNT1-related severe early-onset epilepsy.

Towards sustainable processing of columbite group minerals: Elucidating the relation between dielectric properties and physico-chemical transformations in the mineral phase (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). Current methodologies for the extraction of tantalum and niobium pose a serious threat to human beings and the environment due to the use of hydrofluoric acid (HF). Niobium and tantalum metal powders and pentoxides are widely us... Read More about Towards sustainable processing of columbite group minerals: Elucidating the relation between dielectric properties and physico-chemical transformations in the mineral phase.

Additive manufacture of complex 3D Au-containing nanocomposites by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). The fabrication of complex three-dimensional gold-containing nanocomposite structures by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction is demonstrated. Increased salt delivers reduced feature sizes down to line width... Read More about Additive manufacture of complex 3D Au-containing nanocomposites by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction.

What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of Home (2017)
Journal Article

This feasibility study was framed under the notion of creative practices as mutual recovery – the idea that shared creativity, collective experience and mutual benefit can promote resilience in mental health and well-being. The study evaluated the im... Read More about What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of Home.

Maximum power Point Tracking control of thermoelectric generation system using extremum seeking control method (2017)
Journal Article

This study proposes and implements maximum power Point Tracking (MPPT) control on thermoelectric generation system using extremum seeking control (ESC) algorithm. The MPPT is applied to guarantee maximum power extraction from the TEG system. The work... Read More about Maximum power Point Tracking control of thermoelectric generation system using extremum seeking control method.