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N_LyST: a simple and rapid screening test for Lynch Syndrome (2018)
Journal Article
Susanti, S., Fadhil, W., Ebili, H. O., Asiri, A., Nestarenkaite, A., Hadjimichael, E., …Ilyas, M. (2018). N_LyST: a simple and rapid screening test for Lynch Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 71(8), 713-720. https://doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205013

Aims: We sought to use PCR followed by high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis to develop a single closed-tube screening panel to screen for Lynch Syndrome. This comprises tests for microsatellite instability (MSI), MLH1 methylation promoter and BRAF... Read More about N_LyST: a simple and rapid screening test for Lynch Syndrome.

FISSA: a neuropil decontamination toolbox for calcium imaging signals (2018)
Journal Article
Keemink, S. W., Lowe, S. C., Pakan, J. M., Dylda, E., van Rossum, M. C., & Rochefort, N. L. (in press). FISSA: a neuropil decontamination toolbox for calcium imaging signals. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 3493. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21640-2

In vivo calcium imaging has become a method of choice to image neuronal population activity throughout the nervous system. These experiments generate large sequences of images. Their analysis is computationally intensive and typically involves motion... Read More about FISSA: a neuropil decontamination toolbox for calcium imaging signals.

What’s in a price? the American raw cotton market in Liverpool and the Anglo-American war (2018)
Journal Article
Haggerty, S. (2019). What’s in a price? the American raw cotton market in Liverpool and the Anglo-American war. Business History, 61(6), 942-970. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2018.1434146

This article argues that an embryonic futures market was present in Liverpool during the Anglo-American war. The analysis of a previously unseen dataset of printed Prices Currents has facilitated not only a price series of raw cotton prices, but an i... Read More about What’s in a price? the American raw cotton market in Liverpool and the Anglo-American war.

Micro-pharmacokinetics: quantifying local drug concentration at live cell membranes (2018)
Journal Article
Gherbi, K., Briddon, S. J., & Charlton, S. J. (in press). Micro-pharmacokinetics: quantifying local drug concentration at live cell membranes. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 3479. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21100-x

Fundamental equations for determining pharmacological parameters, such as the binding afnity of a ligand for its target receptor, assume a homogeneous distribution of ligand, with concentrations in the immediate vicinity of the receptor being the sam... Read More about Micro-pharmacokinetics: quantifying local drug concentration at live cell membranes.

Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China (2018)
Journal Article
Cadavid Restrepo, A. M., Yang, Y. R., McManus, D. P., Gray, D. J., Barnes, T. S., Williams, G. M., …Clements, A. C. (2018). Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Parasites and Vectors, 11, Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2693-z

Background Human cystic (CE) and alveolar (AE) echinococcoses are zoonotic parasitic diseases that can be influenced by environmental variability and change through effects on the parasites, animal intermediate and definitive hosts, and human popu... Read More about Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

Use of radiography in small animal practice in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2013 (2018)
Journal Article
Booth, N. J., Morley, S. J., & Ewers, R. (in press). Use of radiography in small animal practice in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2013. Veterinary Record, 182(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104670

Background: Radiography is an essential diagnostic tool in small animal practice. A major transition is currently underway from film-screen to digital systems. However, there is limited published research detailing the use of radiography in practices... Read More about Use of radiography in small animal practice in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time? (2018)
Journal Article
Bell, M., Craigon, J., Saunders, N., Goodman, J., & Garnsworthy, P. (2018). Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time?. Animal, 12(10), 2065-2070. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731118000228

Diet manipulation and genetic selection are two important mitigation strategies for reducing enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminant livestock. The aim of this study was to assess whether the diurnal pattern of CH4 emissions from individual dai... Read More about Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time?.

Consistent description of field theories with non-Hermitian mass terms (2018)
Journal Article
Alexandre, J., Millington, P., & Seynaeve, D. (2018). Consistent description of field theories with non-Hermitian mass terms. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 952, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/952/1/012012

We review how to describe a field theory that includes a non-Hermitian mass term in the region of parameter space where the Lagrangian is PT-symmetric. The discrete symmetries of the system are essential for understanding the consistency of the model... Read More about Consistent description of field theories with non-Hermitian mass terms.

Lithium Bis(fluorosulfony)imide-Lithium Hexafluorophosphate Binary-Salt Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Aluminum Corrosion Behaviors and Electrochemical Properties (2018)
Journal Article
Xia, L., Jiang, Y., Pan, Y., Li, S., Wang, J., He, Y., …Chen, G. Z. (2018). Lithium Bis(fluorosulfony)imide-Lithium Hexafluorophosphate Binary-Salt Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Aluminum Corrosion Behaviors and Electrochemical Properties. ChemistrySelect, 3(7), 1954-1960. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201702488

© 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Aluminum corrosion behaviors and electrochemical properties of Lithium bis(fluorosulfony)imide (LiFSI)-lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) binary-salt electrolytes containing mixtures of LiFSI and L... Read More about Lithium Bis(fluorosulfony)imide-Lithium Hexafluorophosphate Binary-Salt Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Aluminum Corrosion Behaviors and Electrochemical Properties.

‘Ground Zero’ of Brexit: London as an international financial centre (2018)
Journal Article
Hall, S., & Wójcik, D. (2021). ‘Ground Zero’ of Brexit: London as an international financial centre. Geoforum, 125, 195-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.02.002

This critical reviews section explores the implications of Brexit from a financial geography perspective in a number of different geographical settings. These range from the epicentre of Brexit in London's financial district, to its implications for... Read More about ‘Ground Zero’ of Brexit: London as an international financial centre.

Numerical and lab experiment study of a novel concentrating PV with uniform flux distribution (2018)
Journal Article
Li, G., Xuan, Q., Lu, Y., Pei, G., Su, Y., & Ji, J. (2018). Numerical and lab experiment study of a novel concentrating PV with uniform flux distribution. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 179, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.02.012

The uniform illumination profile that falls on the PV cell is good for PV output and lifespan, however the flux distribution of the concentrating PV appears to be non-uniform in most cases which is harmful for the overall performance of the concentra... Read More about Numerical and lab experiment study of a novel concentrating PV with uniform flux distribution.

Phosphorylation of PRH/HHEX by Protein Kinase CK2 regulates cell proliferation and cell migration in diverse cell types (2018)
Book Chapter
Jayaraman, P., Wadey, K., George, S., & Gaston, K. (2018). Phosphorylation of PRH/HHEX by Protein Kinase CK2 regulates cell proliferation and cell migration in diverse cell types. In F. Uchiumi (Ed.), Gene expression and regulation in mammalian cells (237--255). InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72902

Disruption of the regulatory mechanisms that control cell proliferation and cell migration results in multiple disease states including cancer and leukemia. The Proline-Rich Homeodomain protein (PRH)/haematopoietically expressed homeobox protein (HHE... Read More about Phosphorylation of PRH/HHEX by Protein Kinase CK2 regulates cell proliferation and cell migration in diverse cell types.

Hepatic elastin content is predictive of adverse outcome in advanced fibrotic liver disease (2018)
Journal Article
Kendall, T., Dolman, G., Duff, C., Paish, E. C., Zaitoun, A., Irving, W. L., …Guha, I. N. (2018). Hepatic elastin content is predictive of adverse outcome in advanced fibrotic liver disease. Histopathology, 73(1), 90-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13499

Aims. Needle biopsy remains essential for diagnosis in assessment of liver disease, although there remains associated risk. Examination is largely limited to subjective evaluation and biopsies are not exploited to provide personalised prognostic info... Read More about Hepatic elastin content is predictive of adverse outcome in advanced fibrotic liver disease.

Simulating damage onset and evolution in fully bio-resorbable composite under three-point bending (2018)
Journal Article
Gao, X., Chen, M., Yang, X., Harper, L., Ahmed, I., & Lu, J. (2018). Simulating damage onset and evolution in fully bio-resorbable composite under three-point bending. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 81, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.02.022

This paper presents a strain-based damage model to predict the stress-strain relationship and investigate the damage onset and evolution of the fibre and matrix of a fully bio-resorbable phosphate glass fibre reinforced composite under three-point be... Read More about Simulating damage onset and evolution in fully bio-resorbable composite under three-point bending.

Experimental and thermodynamic investigations on the chlorine-induced corrosion of HVOF thermal sprayed NiAl coatings and 304 stainless steels at 700 °C (2018)
Journal Article
Bai, M., Reddy, L., & Hussain, T. (2018). Experimental and thermodynamic investigations on the chlorine-induced corrosion of HVOF thermal sprayed NiAl coatings and 304 stainless steels at 700 °C. Corrosion Science, 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2018.02.047

Alumina-forming β-NiAl coatings were deposited by high Velocity Oxy-fuel (HVOF) thermal spray onto 304 stainless steels for protection against chlorine induced corrosion in a biomass-fired boiler. The corrosion test was conducted in a synthetic gas c... Read More about Experimental and thermodynamic investigations on the chlorine-induced corrosion of HVOF thermal sprayed NiAl coatings and 304 stainless steels at 700 °C.

Historical atmospheric pollution trends in Southeast Asia inferred from lake sediment records (2018)
Journal Article
Leng, M., Engels, S., Fong, L., Chen, Q., Leng, M. J., McGowan, S., …Yang, H. (2018). Historical atmospheric pollution trends in Southeast Asia inferred from lake sediment records. Environmental Pollution, 235, 907-917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.007

Fossil fuel combustion leads to increased levels of air pollution, which negatively affects human health as well as the environment. Documented data for Southeast Asia (SEA) show a strong increase in fossil fuel consumption since 1980, but informatio... Read More about Historical atmospheric pollution trends in Southeast Asia inferred from lake sediment records.

Pyrolysis of plastic waste for production of heavy fuel substitute: a techno-economic assessment (2018)
Journal Article
Fivga, A., & Dimitriou, I. (2018). Pyrolysis of plastic waste for production of heavy fuel substitute: a techno-economic assessment. Energy, 149, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.02.094

Pyrolysis is widely seen as a promising technology for converting plastic waste into a wax/oil product which can be used as a heavy fuel oil substitute or as raw material by the petrochemical industry. A pyrolysis plant with a capacity of 100 kg/h pl... Read More about Pyrolysis of plastic waste for production of heavy fuel substitute: a techno-economic assessment.

Skin Conductance Responses to Masked Emotional Faces Are Modulated by Hit Rate but Not Signal Detection Theory Adjustments for Subjective Differences in the Detection Threshold (2018)
Journal Article
Tsikandilakis, M., & Chapman, P. (2018). Skin Conductance Responses to Masked Emotional Faces Are Modulated by Hit Rate but Not Signal Detection Theory Adjustments for Subjective Differences in the Detection Threshold. Perception, 47(4), 432-450. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006618760738

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. The biological preparedness model suggests that survival-related visual cues elicit physiological changes without awareness to enable us to respond to our environment. Previous studies have reported some evidence for thi... Read More about Skin Conductance Responses to Masked Emotional Faces Are Modulated by Hit Rate but Not Signal Detection Theory Adjustments for Subjective Differences in the Detection Threshold.

Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life (2018)
Journal Article
Zachry, C. E., Phan, L. V., Blackie, L. E., & Jayawickreme, E. (2018). Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life. Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 73(8), 1404–1415. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby016

Objectives: Existing assessments of intellectual humility (IH)—a key component of wisdom—do not examine its manifestation in daily life while sufficiently focusing on the core idea of the construct: owning up to one’s intellectual shortcomings. The p... Read More about Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life.

The decomposition of deformation: new metrics to enhance shape analysis in medical imaging (2018)
Journal Article
Varano, V., Piras, P., Gabriele, S., Teresi, L., Nardinocchi, P., Dryden, I. L., …Puddu, P. E. (in press). The decomposition of deformation: new metrics to enhance shape analysis in medical imaging. Medical Image Analysis, 46, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2018.02.005

In landmarks-based Shape Analysis size is measured, in most cases, with Centroid Size. Changes in shape are decomposed in affine and non affine components. Furthermore the non affine component can be in turn decomposed in a series of local deformatio... Read More about The decomposition of deformation: new metrics to enhance shape analysis in medical imaging.