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SiC power MOSFETs Threshold-voltage hysteresis and its impact on Short Circuit operation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Asllani, B., Morel, H., Planson, D., Fayyaz, A., & Castellazzi, A. (2019). SiC power MOSFETs Threshold-voltage hysteresis and its impact on Short Circuit operation. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607547

V TH subthreshold hysteresis is an aspect of MOSFET's threshold instabilities that is gaining interests in last few years. As a matter of fact, reliability concerns are raised due to the fluctuation of the threshold voltage depending on the previous... Read More about SiC power MOSFETs Threshold-voltage hysteresis and its impact on Short Circuit operation.

Impact of variable fluid properties on forced convection of Fe3O4/CNT/water hybrid nanofluid in a double-pipe mini-channel heat exchanger (2019)
Journal Article
Shahsavar, A., Godini, A., Talebizadeh Sardari, P., Toghraie, D., & Salehipour, H. (2019). Impact of variable fluid properties on forced convection of Fe3O4/CNT/water hybrid nanofluid in a double-pipe mini-channel heat exchanger. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 137(3), 1031-1043. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-07997-6

The objective of this study is to assess the hydrothermal performance of a non-Newtonian hybrid nanofluid with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and viscosity compared with a Newtonian hybrid nanofluid with constant thermophysical properties... Read More about Impact of variable fluid properties on forced convection of Fe3O4/CNT/water hybrid nanofluid in a double-pipe mini-channel heat exchanger.

Genome-Wide Variation, Candidate Regions and Genes Associated With Fat Deposition and Tail Morphology in Ethiopian Indigenous Sheep (2019)
Journal Article
Ahbara, A., Bahbahani, H., Almathen, F., Al Abri, M., Agoub, M. O., Abeba, A., …Mwacharo, J. M. (2019). Genome-Wide Variation, Candidate Regions and Genes Associated With Fat Deposition and Tail Morphology in Ethiopian Indigenous Sheep. Frontiers in Genetics, 9, Article 699. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00699

Variations in body weight and in the distribution of body fat are associated with feed availability, thermoregulation, and energy reserve. Ethiopia is characterized by distinct agro-ecological and human ethnic farmer diversity of ancient origin, whic... Read More about Genome-Wide Variation, Candidate Regions and Genes Associated With Fat Deposition and Tail Morphology in Ethiopian Indigenous Sheep.

Imaging human cortical responses to intraneural microstimulation using magnetoencephalography (2019)
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O'Neill, G. C., Watkins, R. H., Ackerley, R., Barratt, E. L., Sengupta, A., Asghar, M., …Francis, S. T. (2019). Imaging human cortical responses to intraneural microstimulation using magnetoencephalography. NeuroImage, 189, 329-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.01.017

The sensation of touch in the glabrous skin of the human hand is conveyed by thousands of fast-conducting mechanoreceptive afferents, which can be categorised into four distinct types. The spiking properties of these afferents in the periphery in re... Read More about Imaging human cortical responses to intraneural microstimulation using magnetoencephalography.

Exploration of Policy Makers’ Views on the Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the Gambia: A Qualitative Study (2019)
Journal Article
Jallow, I. K., Britton, J., & Langley, T. (2019). Exploration of Policy Makers’ Views on the Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the Gambia: A Qualitative Study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 21(12), 1652-1659. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz003

Background: The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is the first international health treaty and has now been ratified by 181 countries. However, there are concerns that in many countries, particularly in Su... Read More about Exploration of Policy Makers’ Views on the Implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the Gambia: A Qualitative Study.

Tapping into synchrotron and benchtop circular dichroism spectroscopy for expanding studies of complex polysaccharides and their interactions in anoxic archaeological wood (2019)
Journal Article
Phillips-Jones, M. K., & Harding, S. E. (2019). Tapping into synchrotron and benchtop circular dichroism spectroscopy for expanding studies of complex polysaccharides and their interactions in anoxic archaeological wood. Heritage, 2(1), 121-134. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage2010009

Circular dichroism (CD) (and synchrotron circular dichroism (SCD)) spectroscopy is a rapid, highly sensitive technique used to investigate structural conformational changes in biomolecules in response to interactions with ligands in solution and in f... Read More about Tapping into synchrotron and benchtop circular dichroism spectroscopy for expanding studies of complex polysaccharides and their interactions in anoxic archaeological wood.

State exchange with quantum side information (2019)
Journal Article
Lee, Y., Takagi, R., Yamasaki, H., Adesso, G., & Lee, S. (2019). State exchange with quantum side information. Physical Review Letters, 122(1), Article 010502. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.010502

We consider a quantum communication task between two users Alice and Bob, in which Alice and Bob exchange their respective quantum information by means of local operations and classical communication assisted by shared entanglement. Here, we assume t... Read More about State exchange with quantum side information.

A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review] v1 (2019)
Journal Article
Shokraneh, F., & Adams, C. E. (2019). A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review] v1. F1000Research, 8, Article 38. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17352.1

We present use of a simple formula to calculate the number of pairwise comparisons of interventions within a single trial or network meta-analyses. We used the data from our previous network meta-analysis to build a study-based register and enumerate... Read More about A simple formula for enumerating comparisons in trials and network meta-analysis [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review] v1.

Mobile PEAR transcription factors integrate positional cues to prime cambial growth (2019)
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Miyashima, S., Roszak, P., Sevilem, I., Toyokura, K., Blob, B., Heo, J. O., …Helariutta, Y. (2019). Mobile PEAR transcription factors integrate positional cues to prime cambial growth. Nature, 565(7740), 490-494. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0839-y

© 2019, Springer Nature Limited. Apical growth in plants initiates upon seed germination, whereas radial growth is primed only during early ontogenesis in procambium cells and activated later by the vascular cambium 1 . Although it is not known how... Read More about Mobile PEAR transcription factors integrate positional cues to prime cambial growth.

Extreme osmotolerance and halotolerance in food-relevant yeasts and the role of glycerol-dependent cell individuality (2019)
Journal Article
Stratford, M., Steels, H., Novodvorska, M., Archer, D. B., & Avery, S. V. (2019). Extreme osmotolerance and halotolerance in food-relevant yeasts and the role of glycerol-dependent cell individuality. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03238

Osmotolerance and halotolerance are used to describe resistance to sugars and salt, respectively. Here, a comprehensive screen of more than 600 different yeast isolates revealed that osmosensitive species were equally affected by NaCl and glucose. Ho... Read More about Extreme osmotolerance and halotolerance in food-relevant yeasts and the role of glycerol-dependent cell individuality.

Lipids and polymers in pharmaceutical technology: lifelong companions (2019)
Journal Article
Siepmann, J., Faham, A., Clas, S.-D., Boyd, B. J., Jannin, V., Bernkop-Schnürch, A., …Leroux, J.-C. (2019). Lipids and polymers in pharmaceutical technology: lifelong companions. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 558, 128-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.12.080

In pharmaceutical technology, lipids and polymers are considered pillar excipients for the fabrication of most dosage forms, irrespective of the administration route. They play various roles ranging from support vehicles to release rate modifiers, st... Read More about Lipids and polymers in pharmaceutical technology: lifelong companions.

Examining diabetic heel ulcers through an ecological lens: microbial community dynamics associated with healing and infection (2019)
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Sloan, T. J., Turton, J. C., Tyson, J., Musgrove, A., Fleming, V. M., Lister, M. M., …Jeffcoate, W. (2019). Examining diabetic heel ulcers through an ecological lens: microbial community dynamics associated with healing and infection. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 68(2), 230-240. https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000907

Purpose: While some micro-organisms, such as Staphylococcus aureus, are clearly implicated in causing tissue damage in diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), our knowledge of the contribution of the entire microbiome to clinical outcomes is limited. We profile... Read More about Examining diabetic heel ulcers through an ecological lens: microbial community dynamics associated with healing and infection.

Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of venous thromboembolism: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases (2019)
Journal Article
Vinogradova, Y., Coupland, C., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2019). Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of venous thromboembolism: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases. BMJ, 364, Article k4810. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4810

Objectives: To assess risk of venous thromboembolism associated with different types of hormone replacement therapy.

Design: Two nested case-control studies.

Setting: UK general practices contributing to QResearch or Clinical Practice Research... Read More about Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of venous thromboembolism: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases.

Synthetic lattices, flat bands and localization in Rydberg quantum simulators (2019)
Journal Article
Ostmann, M., Marcuzzi, M., Minář, J., & Lesanovsky, I. (2019). Synthetic lattices, flat bands and localization in Rydberg quantum simulators. Quantum Science and Technology, 4(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/aaf29d

© 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd. The most recent manifestation of cold Rydberg atom quantum simulators that employs tailored optical tweezer arrays enables the study of many-body dynamics under so-called facilitation conditions. We show how the facilitatio... Read More about Synthetic lattices, flat bands and localization in Rydberg quantum simulators.

The penal voluntary sector: a hybrid sociology (2019)
Journal Article
Tomczak, P., & Buck, G. (2019). The penal voluntary sector: a hybrid sociology. British Journal of Criminology, 59(4), 898-918. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azy070

The penal voluntary sector (PVS) is an important, complex, under-theorised area. Its non-profit, non-statutory organisations are highly significant in the operation of punishment around the world, yet ill-understood. Burgeoning scholarship has begun... Read More about The penal voluntary sector: a hybrid sociology.

Corporate Multinationality and Acquirer Returns (2019)
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Henry, A.-B., Fosu, S., & Ntim, C. G. (2020). Corporate Multinationality and Acquirer Returns. Abacus, 56(2), 230-267. https://doi.org/10.1111/abac.12146

This paper provides evidence on how corporate multinationality from the perspective of acquiring firms relates to M&A returns. Using multivariate regressions and a large dataset of over 6,000 M&As (both cross-border and domestic) by UK firms during 1... Read More about Corporate Multinationality and Acquirer Returns.

CoCo-MD: A Simple and Effective Method for the Enhanced Sampling of Conformational Space (2019)
Journal Article
Shkurti, A., Styliari, I. D., Balasubramanian, V., Bethune, I., Pedebos, C., Jha, S., & Laughton, C. A. (2019). CoCo-MD: A Simple and Effective Method for the Enhanced Sampling of Conformational Space. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 15(4), 2587-2596. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00657

© 2019 American Chemical Society. CoCo ("complementary coordinates") is a method for ensemble enrichment based on principal component analysis (PCA) that was developed originally for the investigation of NMR data. Here we investigate the potential of... Read More about CoCo-MD: A Simple and Effective Method for the Enhanced Sampling of Conformational Space.

Enteral lactoferrin supplementation for very preterm infants: a randomised placebo-controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Griffiths, J., Jenkins, P., Vargova, M., Bowler, U., Juszczak, E., King, A., …Manjunatha, C. (2019). Enteral lactoferrin supplementation for very preterm infants: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet, 393(10170), 423-433. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2818%2932221-9

© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Background: Infections acquired in hospital are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in very preterm infants. Several small tri... Read More about Enteral lactoferrin supplementation for very preterm infants: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.

Direct-writing by active tooling in electrochemical jet processing (2019)
Journal Article
Mitchell-Smith, J., Bisterov, I., Speidel, A., Ashcroft, I., & Clare, A. T. (2019). Direct-writing by active tooling in electrochemical jet processing. Manufacturing Letters, 19, 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2019.01.001

Recent innovations in electrochemical jet processing have caused step changes in process flexibility and precision. However, utilisation of these innovations requires the development of new machine tool technology. Presented here is a new methodology... Read More about Direct-writing by active tooling in electrochemical jet processing.