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Clinical and molecular characterization of KCNT1-related severe early-onset epilepsy (2017)
Journal Article
McTague, A., Nair, U., Malhotra, S., Meyer, E., Trump, N., Gazina, E. V., …Kurian, M. A. (2018). Clinical and molecular characterization of KCNT1-related severe early-onset epilepsy. Neurology, 90(1), Article e1-e12. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000004762

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
Sanchez-Segado, S., Monti, T., Katrib, J., Kingman, S., Dodds, C., & Jha, A. (2017). Towards sustainable processing of columbite group minerals: Elucidating the relation between dielectric properties and physico-chemical transformations in the mineral phase. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 18016. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18272-3

© 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
Parmenter, C. D. J., Hu, Q., Sun, X. Z., Parmenter, C. D., Fay, M. W., Smith, E. F., …Wildman, R. (2017). Additive manufacture of complex 3D Au-containing nanocomposites by simultaneous two-photon polymerisation and photoreduction. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 17150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17391-1

© 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
Vallejos, E. P., Baker, C., McGarry, J., Joyes, E., Carletti, L., Bartel, H., …Higginbottom, R. (2017). What is home? An art-based workshop to explore the physical, relational and wellbeing properties of Home. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 8(3), 341-355. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.8.3.341_1

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
Twaha, S., Zhu, J., Maraaba, L., Huang, K., Li, B., & Yan, Y. (2017). Maximum power Point Tracking control of thermoelectric generation system using extremum seeking control method. Energies, 10, https://doi.org/10.3390/en10122016

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.

Candida albicans Hap43 domains are required under iron starvation but not excess (2017)
Journal Article
Skrahina, V., Brock, M., Hube, B., & Brunke, S. (2017). Candida albicans Hap43 domains are required under iron starvation but not excess. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, Article 2388. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02388

Iron availability is a central factor in infections, since iron is a critical micronutrient for all living organisms. The host employs both iron limitation and toxicity strategies to control microbial growth, and successful pathogens are able to tigh... Read More about Candida albicans Hap43 domains are required under iron starvation but not excess.

Remotely sensed spatial heterogeneity as an exploratory tool for taxonomic and functional diversity study (2017)
Journal Article
Rocchini, D., Bacaro, G., Chirici, G., Da Re, D., Feilhauer, H., Foody, G. M., …Rugani, B. (in press). Remotely sensed spatial heterogeneity as an exploratory tool for taxonomic and functional diversity study. Ecological Indicators, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.09.055

Assessing biodiversity from field-based data is difficult for a number of practical reasons: (i) establishing the total number of sampling units to be investigated and the sampling design (e.g. systematic, random, stratified) can be difficult; (ii) t... Read More about Remotely sensed spatial heterogeneity as an exploratory tool for taxonomic and functional diversity study.

Effect of particle and carbide grain sizes on a HVOAF WC-Co-Cr coating for the future application on internal surfaces: microstructure and wear (2017)
Journal Article
Pulsford, J., Kamnis, S., Murray, J., Bai, M., & Hussain, T. (2017). Effect of particle and carbide grain sizes on a HVOAF WC-Co-Cr coating for the future application on internal surfaces: microstructure and wear. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 27, 207-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-017-0669-8

The use of nanoscale WC grain or finer feedstock particles are possible methods of improving the performance of WC-Co-Cr coatings. Finer powders are being pursued for the development of coating internal surfaces, as less thermal energy is required to... Read More about Effect of particle and carbide grain sizes on a HVOAF WC-Co-Cr coating for the future application on internal surfaces: microstructure and wear.

High heterotrophic CO2 emissions from a Malaysian oil palm plantations during dry-season (2017)
Journal Article
Matysek, M., Evers, S., Samuel, M. K., & Sjogersten, S. (in press). High heterotrophic CO2 emissions from a Malaysian oil palm plantations during dry-season. Wetlands Ecology and Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-017-9583-6

Abstract

Tropical peatlands are currently being rapidly cleared and drained for the establishment of oil palm plantations, which threatens their globally significant carbon sequestration capacity. Large-scale land conversion of tropical peatlands... Read More about High heterotrophic CO2 emissions from a Malaysian oil palm plantations during dry-season.

Frequency of stepping down antibiotics and nebuliser treatment is lower at weekends compared to weekdays: an observational study (2017)
Journal Article
Lewis, S., Langley, T., Lacey, J., Skelly, R., Norwood, M., Sturrock, N., & Fogarty, A. W. (2017). Frequency of stepping down antibiotics and nebuliser treatment is lower at weekends compared to weekdays: an observational study. Clinical Medicine, 17(6), https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-504

We hypothesised that delays in providing non-urgent medication step-downs at weekends to medical management may be associated with increased length of stay.In a novel use of electronic prescribing data, we analysed emergency admissions from a busy ac... Read More about Frequency of stepping down antibiotics and nebuliser treatment is lower at weekends compared to weekdays: an observational study.

Abstract modelling: towards a typed declarative language for the conceptual modelling phase (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Legatiuk, D., & Nilsson, H. (2017). Abstract modelling: towards a typed declarative language for the conceptual modelling phase.

Modelling languages have become an indispensable aid to practising engineers. They offer modelling at a high level of abstraction backed by features such as automatic simulation and even derivation of production code. However, partly because of the o... Read More about Abstract modelling: towards a typed declarative language for the conceptual modelling phase.

Peer assessment of mathematical understanding using comparative judgement (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, I., & Sirl, D. (2017). Peer assessment of mathematical understanding using comparative judgement

It is relatively straightforward to assess procedural knowledge and difficult to assess conceptual understanding in mathematics. One reason is that conceptual understanding is better assessed using open-ended test questions that invite an unpredictab... Read More about Peer assessment of mathematical understanding using comparative judgement.

‘An altered view regarding the relationship between dreams and reality’: magic, politics and the comics medium in Alan Moore and Jacen Burrow’s Providence (2017)
Journal Article
Green, M. J. (2017). ‘An altered view regarding the relationship between dreams and reality’: magic, politics and the comics medium in Alan Moore and Jacen Burrow’s Providence. Studies in Comics, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1386/stic.8.2.135_1

Alan Moore reports that, through researching Providence, he ‘became more fully acquainted with academic literary criticism’ (Moore and Green 2016) and the extensive evidence of research throughout the series supports this claim. In this article, I ar... Read More about ‘An altered view regarding the relationship between dreams and reality’: magic, politics and the comics medium in Alan Moore and Jacen Burrow’s Providence.

The association between cognitive performance and speech-­in-noise perception for adult listeners: a systematic literature review and meta­‐analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Dryden, A., Allen, H. A., Henshaw, H., & Heinrich, A. (2017). The association between cognitive performance and speech-­in-noise perception for adult listeners: a systematic literature review and meta­‐analysis. Trends in Hearing, 21, https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216517744675

Published studies assessing the association between cognitive performance and speech-in-noise perception examine different aspects of each, test different listeners, and often report quite variable associations. By examining the published evidence ba... Read More about The association between cognitive performance and speech-­in-noise perception for adult listeners: a systematic literature review and meta­‐analysis.

Is believing for a normative reason a composite condition? (2017)
Journal Article
Cunningham, J. J. (2019). Is believing for a normative reason a composite condition?. Synthese, 196(9), 3889-3910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1630-6

Here is a surprisingly neglected question in contemporary epistemology: what is it for an agent to believe that p in response to a normative reason for them to believe that p? On one style of answer, believing for the normative reason that q factors... Read More about Is believing for a normative reason a composite condition?.

Assessing the impacts of 1.5°C global warming -- simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b) (2017)
Journal Article
Frieler, K., Betts, R., Burke, E., Ciais, P., Denvil, S., Deryng, D., …Zhao, F. (2017). Assessing the impacts of 1.5°C global warming -- simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b). Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 10(12), 4321-4345. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2016-229

In Paris, France, December 2015, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide a special report in 2018 on the impacts... Read More about Assessing the impacts of 1.5°C global warming -- simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b).

The Simple and Complex Views of Personal Identity Distinguished (2017)
Book Chapter
Noonan, H., & Curtis, B. L. (2017). The Simple and Complex Views of Personal Identity Distinguished. In V. Buonomo (Ed.), The Persistence of Persons: Studies in the Metaphysics of Personal Identity Over Time. Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany: Editiones Scholasticae

TICH-2 Trial – Tranexamic Acid for Intracerebral Haemorrhage 2 (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sprigg, N., Bath, P. M., Appleton, J., Law, Z., Flaherty, K., Scutt, P., …Ali, A. (2017). TICH-2 Trial – Tranexamic Acid for Intracerebral Haemorrhage 2.

Rationale: To assess in a pragmatic phase III prospective double blind randomised placebo-controlled trial whether tranexamic acid is safe and reduces death or dependency after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (SICH). The results will determine... Read More about TICH-2 Trial – Tranexamic Acid for Intracerebral Haemorrhage 2.