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Seasonal variation in the nutrient profile of Arthrospira fusiformis biomass harvested from an Ethiopian soda lake, Lake Chitu (2017)
Journal Article
Assaye, H., Belay, A., Desse, G., & Gray, D. (in press). Seasonal variation in the nutrient profile of Arthrospira fusiformis biomass harvested from an Ethiopian soda lake, Lake Chitu. Journal of Applied Phycology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-017-1359-0

The extent of seasonal variation in the nutrient profile of Arthrospira biomass harvested from Lake Chitu was investigated to evaluate the variability of the quality of the product over a period of a year. Protein content varied from 47.9 to 55.7% fo... Read More about Seasonal variation in the nutrient profile of Arthrospira fusiformis biomass harvested from an Ethiopian soda lake, Lake Chitu.

Cell salvage and donor blood transfusion during Caesarean section: a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial (SALVO) (2017)
Journal Article
Khan, K. S., Moore, P. A., Wilson, M. J., Hooper, R., Allard, S., Wrench, I., …Dodds, J. (2017). Cell salvage and donor blood transfusion during Caesarean section: a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial (SALVO). PLoS Medicine, 14(12), Article e1002471. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002471

Background: Excessive haemorrhage at caesarean section requires donor (allogeneic) blood transfusion. Cell 34 salvage may reduce this requirement.
Methods and findings: We conducted a pragmatic randomised controlled trial (26 obstetric units; Jun... Read More about Cell salvage and donor blood transfusion during Caesarean section: a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial (SALVO).

Direct to Public Peer Support and e-Therapy Program Versus Information to Aid Self-Management of Depression and Anxiety: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint) (2017)
Other
Kaylor-Hughes, C. J., Rawsthorne, M., Coulson, N. S., Simpson, S., Simons, L., Guo, B., …REBOOT Notts Lived Experience Advisory Panel. (2017). Direct to Public Peer Support and e-Therapy Program Versus Information to Aid Self-Management of Depression and Anxiety: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Social Network Research (2017)
Book Chapter
Long, J. C., & Bishop, S. (2017). Social Network Research. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Handbook of research methods in health social sciences (1-16). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2779-6_110-1

Analysis of networks is increasingly seen as important for understanding the patterns, processes and consequences of social relationships in healthcare. Networks can be formal, mandated structures (e.g., a clinical network), can emerge from sharing a... Read More about Social Network Research.

Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research (2017)
Journal Article
Corcoran, R. P., Cheung, A. C., Kim, E., & Xie, C. (2018). Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research. Educational Research Review, 25, 56-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2017.12.001

© 2017 This review explored the research regarding the effects of pre-K-12 school-based social and emotional learning (SEL) interventions on reading (N = 57,755), mathematics (N = 61,360), and science (N = 16,380) achievement. The review focused on r... Read More about Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research.

Dentists' use of validated child dental anxiety measures in clinical practice: a mixed methods study (2017)
Journal Article
Alshammasi, H., Buchanan, H., & Ashley, P. (2018). Dentists' use of validated child dental anxiety measures in clinical practice: a mixed methods study. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 28(1), 62-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/ipd.12302

Background: Assessing anxiety is an important part of the assessment of a child presenting for dental treatment; however, the use of dental anxiety scales in practice is not well-documented.

Aims: To introduce child dental anxiety scales, and to m... Read More about Dentists' use of validated child dental anxiety measures in clinical practice: a mixed methods study.

Revisiting ‘the nature of Protestantism’: justification by faith five hundred years on (2017)
Journal Article
Zahl, S. (2018). Revisiting ‘the nature of Protestantism’: justification by faith five hundred years on. New Blackfriars, 99(1080), https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12347

This essay is about the state of the doctrine of justification by faith alone today in light of recent critiques, and about the ways in which the doctrine continues to shape Protestants who no longer formally subscribe to it. The argument is first an... Read More about Revisiting ‘the nature of Protestantism’: justification by faith five hundred years on.

IL-6 and IL-10 are associated with good prognosis in early stage invasive breast cancer patients (2017)
Journal Article
Ahmad, N., Ammar, A., Storr, S. J., Green, A. R., Rakha, E., Ellis, I., & Martin, S. G. (2018). IL-6 and IL-10 are associated with good prognosis in early stage invasive breast cancer patients. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 67(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-017-2106-8

Macrophage-associated cytokines play an important role in cancer metastasis however the functions of Interleukins (IL) 6 and 10 in breast cancer (BC) progression and metastasis are not clear. In this study the roles of IL-6/IL-10 in regulating vascul... Read More about IL-6 and IL-10 are associated with good prognosis in early stage invasive breast cancer patients.

Materials characterization of innovative composite materials for solar-driven thermochemical heat storage (THS) suitable for building application (2017)
Journal Article
Jarimi, H., Aydin, D., Zhang, Y., Ding, Y., Ramadan, O., Chen, X., …Riffat, S. (2018). Materials characterization of innovative composite materials for solar-driven thermochemical heat storage (THS) suitable for building application. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlct/ctx017

Thermochemical Heat Storage (THS) systems have recently attracted a lot of attention in research and development. One of the main parameters that influence the performance of a THS system is the thermochemical materials. This paper aims to investigat... Read More about Materials characterization of innovative composite materials for solar-driven thermochemical heat storage (THS) suitable for building application.

Electrostatic self-assembly: understanding the significance of the solvent (2017)
Journal Article
Lindgren, E. B., Derbenev, I. N., Khachatourian, A., Chan, H.-K., Stace, A. J., & Besley, E. (2018). Electrostatic self-assembly: understanding the significance of the solvent. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00647

The electrostatic deposition of particles has become a very effective route to the assembly of many nanoscale materials. However, fundamental limitations to the process are presented by the choice of solvent, which can either suppress or promote self... Read More about Electrostatic self-assembly: understanding the significance of the solvent.

Catalytic and non-catalytic synergistic effects and their individual contributions to improved combustion performance of coal/biomass blends (2017)
Journal Article
Oladejo, J. M., Adegbite, S., Liu, H., & Wu, T. (2018). Catalytic and non-catalytic synergistic effects and their individual contributions to improved combustion performance of coal/biomass blends. Applied Energy, 211, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.11.052

This study focuses on the synergistic properties of three types of coal when co-fired with oat straw at different blending ratios. The results demonstrated non-additive interaction between oat straw and coal samples. The catalytic effect of oat straw... Read More about Catalytic and non-catalytic synergistic effects and their individual contributions to improved combustion performance of coal/biomass blends.

Periodicity in the autocorrelation function as a mechanism for regularly occurring zero crossings or extreme values of a Gaussian process (2017)
Journal Article
Wilson, L. R. M., & Hopcraft, K. I. (2017). Periodicity in the autocorrelation function as a mechanism for regularly occurring zero crossings or extreme values of a Gaussian process. Physical Review E, 96(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.96.062129

The problem of zero crossings is of great historical prevalence and promises extensive application. The challenge is to establish precisely how the autocorrelation function or power spectrum of a one-dimensional continuous random process determines t... Read More about Periodicity in the autocorrelation function as a mechanism for regularly occurring zero crossings or extreme values of a Gaussian process.

European Psychiatric Association (EPA) guidance on forensic psychiatry: evidence based assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders (2017)
Journal Article
Völlm, B. A., Clarke, M., Tort, V., Seppanen, A. O., Gosek, P., Heitzman, J., & Bulten, E. (in press). European Psychiatric Association (EPA) guidance on forensic psychiatry: evidence based assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders. European Psychiatry, 51, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.12.007

Forensic psychiatry in Europe is a specialty primarily concerned with individuals who have either offended or present a risk of doing so, and who also suffer from a psychiatric condition. These mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) are often cared for... Read More about European Psychiatric Association (EPA) guidance on forensic psychiatry: evidence based assessment and treatment of mentally disordered offenders.

Presentism remains (2017)
Journal Article
Tallant, J. (2019). Presentism remains. Erkenntnis, 84(2), 409–435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-017-9965-4

Here I examine some recent attempts to provide a new way of thinking about the philosophy of time that question the central role of ‘presentness’ within the definition of presentism. The central concern raised by these critics turns on the intelligib... Read More about Presentism remains.

The Endocannabinoid, Anandamide, Induces Cannabinoid Receptor-Independent Cell Death in Renal Proximal Tubule Cells (2017)
Journal Article
Schlosser, M., Löser, H., Siegmund, S. V., Montesinos-Rongen, M., Bindila, L., Lutz, B., …Fries, J. W. (2017). The Endocannabinoid, Anandamide, Induces Cannabinoid Receptor-Independent Cell Death in Renal Proximal Tubule Cells. CellBio, 6(4), 35-55. https://doi.org/10.4236/cellbio.2017.64004

Background: The endocannabinoid (EC) system is well characterized in the central nervous system but scarcely studied in peripheral organs. In this paper, we newly identify the effect of the EC anandamide (AEA) upon renal proximal tubule cells.
Meth... Read More about The Endocannabinoid, Anandamide, Induces Cannabinoid Receptor-Independent Cell Death in Renal Proximal Tubule Cells.

Indirect predictive control strategy with fixed switching frequency for a direct matrix converter (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Tariscotti, L., Wheeler, P., & Bayhan, S. (in press). Indirect predictive control strategy with fixed switching frequency for a direct matrix converter.

The direct matrix converter has a large number of available switching states which implies that the implementation of predictive control techniques in this converter requires high computational cost while an adequate selection of weighting factors in... Read More about Indirect predictive control strategy with fixed switching frequency for a direct matrix converter.

Digging deep to compete: vertical integration, product market competition and prices (2017)
Journal Article
McGowan, D. (2017). Digging deep to compete: vertical integration, product market competition and prices. Journal of Industrial Economics, 65(4), 683-718. https://doi.org/10.1111/joie.12157

This article establishes a causal effect of product market competition on vertical integration. I exploit a hitherto unexplored natural experiment in the US coal mining industry and a unique mine-level organizational data set. Following an exogenous... Read More about Digging deep to compete: vertical integration, product market competition and prices.

High density and super ultra-microporous-activated carbon macrospheres with high volumetric capacity for CO2 capture (2017)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Liu, X., Sun, Y., Sun, C., Liu, H., Stevens, L. A., …Snape, C. E. (in press). High density and super ultra-microporous-activated carbon macrospheres with high volumetric capacity for CO2 capture. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201700115

Activated carbon (AC) spheres with a diameter of 1.0–2.0 mm are synthesized from coal tar pitch for postcombustion carbon capture. The as-prepared AC macrospheres after KOH activation are found to possess extraordinarily developed microporosity of wh... Read More about High density and super ultra-microporous-activated carbon macrospheres with high volumetric capacity for CO2 capture.

Direct to public peer support and e-therapy program versus information to aid self-management of depression and anxiety: protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Kaylor-Hughes, C., Rawsthorne, M., Coulson, N. S., Simpson, S., Simons, L., Guo, B., …Morriss, R. (in press). Direct to public peer support and e-therapy program versus information to aid self-management of depression and anxiety: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 6(12), Article e231. https://doi.org/10.2196/resprot.8061

Regardless of geography or income, effective help for depression and anxiety only reaches a small proportion of those who might benefit from it. The scale of the problem suggests a role for effective, safe, anonymised public health driven online serv... Read More about Direct to public peer support and e-therapy program versus information to aid self-management of depression and anxiety: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

'Words of wisdom': text, voice and justice in I, Daniel Blake (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, S. (in press). 'Words of wisdom': text, voice and justice in I, Daniel Blake. Changing English, 24(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2017.1298990

The film, I, Daniel Blake, has received critical acclaim for its portrayal of the experiences of those attempting to navigate the bureaucracy of the British welfare state system. In this article, I use the depiction of literacy in the film as a lens... Read More about 'Words of wisdom': text, voice and justice in I, Daniel Blake.