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Probing adhesion between nanoscale cellulose fibres using AFM lateral force spectroscopy: the effect of hemicelluloses on hydrogen bonding (2018)
Journal Article

Inter-fibre adhesion is a key contributing factor to the mechanical response and functionality of cellulose-based biomaterials. ‘Dip-and-Drag’ lateral force atomic force microscopy technique is used here to evaluate the influence of arabinoxylan and... Read More about Probing adhesion between nanoscale cellulose fibres using AFM lateral force spectroscopy: the effect of hemicelluloses on hydrogen bonding.

Neurovascular structures in human vastus lateralis muscle and the ideal biopsy site (2018)
Journal Article

A density model of neurovascular structures was generated from 28 human vastus lateralis muscles isolated from embalmed cadavers. The intramuscular portion of arteries, veins and nerves was dissected, traced on transparencies and digitised before adj... Read More about Neurovascular structures in human vastus lateralis muscle and the ideal biopsy site.

Brexit and Uncertainty: Insights from the Decision Maker Panel (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Bank of England. Fiscal Studies © 2018 Institute for Fiscal Studies. The UK's decision to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum created substantial uncertainty for UK businesses. The nature of this uncertainty is different from that of a typical... Read More about Brexit and Uncertainty: Insights from the Decision Maker Panel.

‘Shanghai is Burning’: Extravaganza, transgender representation and transnational cinema (2018)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2018. This article offers a critical analysis of Matthew Baren’s 2018 film Extravaganza, a documentary about drag scenes in Shanghai. By focusing on some drag performers represented in this film, in tandem with an examination of the s... Read More about ‘Shanghai is Burning’: Extravaganza, transgender representation and transnational cinema.

Contribution of the alkylquinolone quorum sensing system to the interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with bronchial epithelial cells. (2018)
Journal Article

Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes infections in patients with compromised epithelial 32 barrier function. Multiple virulence factors produced by P. aeruginosa are controlled 33 by quorum sensing (QS) via 2-alkyl-4(1H)-quinolone (AQ) signal molecules. Her... Read More about Contribution of the alkylquinolone quorum sensing system to the interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with bronchial epithelial cells..

“Three Ordinary, Normal Old Women”: Agatha Christie’s Uses of Shakespeare (2018)
Journal Article

This article draws on recent scholarship on Shakespearean allusions and crime fiction to develop an in-depth exploration of Agatha Christie's quotations from the playwright. These quotations do not tend to point to the murderer or give clues to the p... Read More about “Three Ordinary, Normal Old Women”: Agatha Christie’s Uses of Shakespeare.

Worms in space for outreach on earth: space life science activities for the classroom (2018)
Journal Article
Gaffney, C. J., Pollard, A. K., Deane, C. S., Cooke, M., Balsamo, M., Hewitt, J., …Phillips, B. E. (2018). Worms in space for outreach on earth: space life science activities for the classroom. Gravitational and space research : publication of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, 6(2), 74-82

Long term spaceflight is associated with the loss of skeletal muscle mass and function. The Molecular Muscle Experiment (MME) seeks to identify the causes of muscle decline in space and test potential therapies to attenuate this in the microscopic wo... Read More about Worms in space for outreach on earth: space life science activities for the classroom.

The message or the bottle? Community, associationism and adult learning as “part of the process of social change” (2018)
Book Chapter
Clancy, S. (2018). The message or the bottle? Community, associationism and adult learning as “part of the process of social change”. In E. Boeren, & . N. James (Eds.), Being an adult learner in austere times : exploring the contexts of higher and community education (47-70). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97208-4_3

Raymond Williams argued that the “the impulse to adult education” was never solely focused on “remedying deficit, making up for inadequate educational resources in the wider society” (Williams, 1983, in McIlroy and Westwood (Eds), 1993, p. 257). Nor... Read More about The message or the bottle? Community, associationism and adult learning as “part of the process of social change”.

Desired features of a digital technology tool for self-management of well-being in a nonclinical sample of young people: qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
Babbage, C., Jackson, G., & Nixon, E. (2018). Desired features of a digital technology tool for self-management of well-being in a nonclinical sample of young people: qualitative study. JMIR Mental Health, 5(4), Article e10067. https://doi.org/10.2196/10067

Background: Adaptive coping behaviours can improve wellbeing for young people experiencing life stressors while maladaptive coping can increase vulnerability to mental health problems in youth and into adulthood. Young people could potentially benefi... Read More about Desired features of a digital technology tool for self-management of well-being in a nonclinical sample of young people: qualitative study.

Case Management: Costing the Experiments (2018)
Book Chapter

This chapter outlines the implications of cost benefit principles for the conceptualisation of costs. It utilises these principles to discuss criteria by which cost should be measured. The chapter aims to compare the costs of community care and stand... Read More about Case Management: Costing the Experiments.

Convolutional neural network based multipath detection method for static and kinematic GPS high precision positioning (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 by the authors. Global Positioning System (GPS) has been used in many aerial and terrestrial high precision positioning applications. Multipath affects positioning and navigation performance. This paper proposes a convolutional neural network... Read More about Convolutional neural network based multipath detection method for static and kinematic GPS high precision positioning.

Lyric, in International Companion to Scottish Literature, 1400-1650 (2018)
Book Chapter

Introduction, International Companion to Scottish Literature, 1400-1650 (2018)
Book Chapter

This is the introduction to an edited collection of essays.

Stroking modulates noxious-evoked brain activity in human infants (2018)
Journal Article

A subclass of C fibre sensory neurons found in hairy skin are activated by gentle touch [1] and respond optimally to stroking at ∼1–10 cm/s, serving a protective function by promoting affiliative behaviours. In adult humans, stimulation of these C-ta... Read More about Stroking modulates noxious-evoked brain activity in human infants.

MENtal health first aid in The wORkplace (MENTOR): a feasibility study (2018)
Report

SOX9 regulated matrix proteins are increased in patients serum and correlate with severity of liver fibrosis (2018)
Journal Article

Extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition and resultant scar play a major role in the pathogenesis and progression of liver fibrosis. Identifying core regulators of ECM deposition may lead to urgently needed diagnostic and therapetic strategies for the d... Read More about SOX9 regulated matrix proteins are increased in patients serum and correlate with severity of liver fibrosis.

Tackling the taboo in the UK: talking menopause-related problems at work (2018)
Journal Article

Purpose: Women are typically reluctant to disclose menopause-related problems that may affect their working lives to line managers. Consequently, support may not be offered nor potential solutions explored. This study examines how working menopausal... Read More about Tackling the taboo in the UK: talking menopause-related problems at work.

Impaired forward model updating in young adults with Tourette syndrome (2018)
Journal Article

Current theories of motor control emphasise how the brain may use internal models of the body to ensure accurate planning and control of movements. One such internal model - a forward model - is thought to generate an estimate of the next motor state... Read More about Impaired forward model updating in young adults with Tourette syndrome.

Emotions and the British government’s decision for war in 1914 (2018)
Journal Article
Young, J. W. (2018). Emotions and the British government’s decision for war in 1914. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 29(4), 543-564. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2018.1528778

Recent years have witnessed increasing interest among international historians in the impact of emotions on foreign policy decisions, as part of a broader movement usually known as the ‘emotional turn.’ This is associated with findings, from the fiel... Read More about Emotions and the British government’s decision for war in 1914.

Outcomes of non-anaplastic stage III and ‘inoperable’ Wilms tumour treated in the UKW3 trial (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Background and purpose: To describe the outcome of patients with stage III Wilms tumours (WT) treated in the UKW3 trial. Material and methods: Patients with a pathologically confirmed stage III non-anaplastic WT at nephrectomy (Group A) or wit... Read More about Outcomes of non-anaplastic stage III and ‘inoperable’ Wilms tumour treated in the UKW3 trial.