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Mercury loading within the Selenga River basin and Lake Baikal, Siberia (2019)
Journal Article
Roberts, S., Adams, J. K., Mackay, A. W., Swann, G. E. A., McGowan, S., Rose, N. L., …Shchetnikov, A. A. (2020). Mercury loading within the Selenga River basin and Lake Baikal, Siberia. Environmental Pollution, 259, Article 113814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113814

Mercury (Hg) loading in Lake Baikal, a UNESCO world heritage site, is growing and poses a serious health concern to the lake’s ecosystem due to the ability of Hg to transform into a toxic form, known as methylmercury (MeHg). Monitoring of Hg into Lak... Read More about Mercury loading within the Selenga River basin and Lake Baikal, Siberia.

Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial (2019)
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Goldberg, S. E., van der Wardt, V., Brand, A., Burgon, C., Bajwa, R., Hoare, Z., …on behalf of the PrAISED Study Group. (2019). Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial. BMC Geriatrics, 19(1), Article 353. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1379-5

BACKGROUND: We tested the feasibility of delivering and evaluating a complex therapy intervention which aimed to promote activity and independence for people with early dementia (PrAISED). Feasibility questions were on: recruitment, randomisation, in... Read More about Promoting activity, Independence and stability in early dementia (PrAISED): a, multisite, randomised controlled, feasibility trial.

Damaging coding variants within kainate receptor channel genes are enriched in individuals with schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disabilities (2019)
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Koromina, M., Flitton, M., Blockley, A., Mellor, I. R., & Knight, H. (2019). Damaging coding variants within kainate receptor channel genes are enriched in individuals with schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disabilities. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 19215. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55635-4

Schizophrenia (Scz), autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability are common complex neurodevelopmental disorders. Kainate receptors (KARs) are ionotropic glutamate ion channels involved in synaptic plasticity which are modulated by aux... Read More about Damaging coding variants within kainate receptor channel genes are enriched in individuals with schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disabilities.

The effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity (2019)
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Morris, D., Vanino, E., & Corradini, C. (2020). The effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity. Environment and Planning A, 52(5), 933-952. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X19889634

This paper contributes to the literature on regional productivity, complementing previous education and skill level perspectives with a novel approach analysing the impact of regional skill gaps and skill shortages. This allows us to better reflect t... Read More about The effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity.

Improving children’s and their visitors’ hand hygiene compliance (2019)
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Lary, D., Calvert, A., Nerlich, B., Segal, J., Vaughan, N., Randle, J., & Hardie, K. (2020). Improving children’s and their visitors’ hand hygiene compliance. Journal of Infection Prevention, 21(2), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757177419892065

Background: Numerous interventions have tried to improve healthcare workers' hand hygiene compliance, however little attention has been paid to children's and their visitors’ compliance.
Aim: To increase children’s and visitors’ compliance using in... Read More about Improving children’s and their visitors’ hand hygiene compliance.

Collectors, investors and speculators: gatekeeper use of audience categories in the art market (2019)
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Coslor, E., Crawford, B., & Leyshon, A. (2020). Collectors, investors and speculators: gatekeeper use of audience categories in the art market. Organization Studies, 41(7), 945-967. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840619883371

This research examines gatekeepers' categorization work to assess and sort audience members. Using a multi-sited ethnography and interpretivist qualitative lens, we explore how high-value art gallerists sort buyers via categories, but also encourage... Read More about Collectors, investors and speculators: gatekeeper use of audience categories in the art market.

Using Deep Machine Learning to Understand the Physical Performance Bottlenecks in Novel Thin‐Film Solar Cells (2019)
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Majeed, N., Saladina, M., Krompiec, M., Greedy, S., Deibel, C., & Mackenzie, R. C. I. (2020). Using Deep Machine Learning to Understand the Physical Performance Bottlenecks in Novel Thin‐Film Solar Cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(7), Article 1907259. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201907259

There is currently a worldwide effort to develop novel materials for solar energy harvesting which are efficient, low cost and do not emit significant levels of CO 2 during manufacture. Currently when a researcher fabricates a novel device from a nov... Read More about Using Deep Machine Learning to Understand the Physical Performance Bottlenecks in Novel Thin‐Film Solar Cells.

Healing runes (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jesch, J., & Lee, C. (2019). Healing runes. In Viking Encounters: Proceedings of the 18th Viking Congress

Non-equilibrium condensation of water vapour in supersonic flows with shock waves (2019)
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Wen, C., Karvounis, N., Walther, J. H., Ding, H., & Yang, Y. (2020). Non-equilibrium condensation of water vapour in supersonic flows with shock waves. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 149, Article 119109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.119109

The fluid flow and heat and mass transfer in a supersonic separator are not 14 understood well due to the complicated interaction of the supersonic flow, swirling flow, 15 phase transition and shock waves. In the present study, we develop a wet steam... Read More about Non-equilibrium condensation of water vapour in supersonic flows with shock waves.

Assessment of bioaccumulation of cu and Pb in experimentally exposed spiders, Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica, using different exposure routes (2019)
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Aziz, N., Butt, A., & Elsheikha, H. M. (2020). Assessment of bioaccumulation of cu and Pb in experimentally exposed spiders, Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica, using different exposure routes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 3309–3319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07055-0

© 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Major concerns exist regarding the environmental and human health risks caused by exposure to heavy metals. Spiders are often used as a model in ecotoxicological studies to assess soil po... Read More about Assessment of bioaccumulation of cu and Pb in experimentally exposed spiders, Lycosa terrestris and Pardosa birmanica, using different exposure routes.

Neglected intermediaries in bioenergy straw supply chains: Understanding the roles of merchants, contractors and agronomists in England (2019)
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Helliwell, R., Seymour, S., & Wilson, P. (2020). Neglected intermediaries in bioenergy straw supply chains: Understanding the roles of merchants, contractors and agronomists in England. Energy Research and Social Science, 63, Article 101387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.101387

Outside of Denmark, straw-based bioenergy has seen uneven success across Europe. In the UK, straw-based bioenergy has been positioned as making a potentially important contribution to the UK government's energy and environmental objectives. However,... Read More about Neglected intermediaries in bioenergy straw supply chains: Understanding the roles of merchants, contractors and agronomists in England.

Invariance and identifiability issues for word embeddings (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carrington, R., Bharath, K., & Preston, S. (2019). Invariance and identifiability issues for word embeddings. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 32 (NIPS 2019)

Word embeddings are commonly obtained as optimisers of a criterion function f of 1 a text corpus, but assessed on word-task performance using a different evaluation 2 function g of the test data. We contend that a possible source of disparity in 3 pe... Read More about Invariance and identifiability issues for word embeddings.

Survival dynamical systems: individual-level survival analysis from population-level epidemic models (2019)
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KhudaBukhsh, W. R., Choi, B., Kenah, E., & Rempała, G. A. (2020). Survival dynamical systems: individual-level survival analysis from population-level epidemic models. Interface Focus, 10(1), Article 20190048. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2019.0048

In this paper, we show that solutions to ordinary differential equations describing the large-population limits of Markovian stochastic epidemic models can be interpreted as survival or cumulative hazard functions when analysing data on individuals s... Read More about Survival dynamical systems: individual-level survival analysis from population-level epidemic models.

The Cries of London (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macleod, D. (2019, December). The Cries of London. Paper presented at Crafting a Sonic Urbanism: the Political Voice, Paris, France

Since the late 19th Century, public vocalizations in urban spaces have been on the wane, brought about in part through a combination of direct legislation and changes in commerce, most markedly the emergence of digital technology. Moreover, economic... Read More about The Cries of London.

Social security coordination after Brexit: trying to take an egg out of an omelette? (2019)
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Roberts, S. (2020). Social security coordination after Brexit: trying to take an egg out of an omelette?. ERA-Forum, 20(4), 531-547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12027-019-00591-9

This article examines the negotiations to secure social security and healthcare rights after Brexit for people who have exercised their right to free movement or move between the EU and UK in the future. The analysis is based upon examination of draf... Read More about Social security coordination after Brexit: trying to take an egg out of an omelette?.

Electoral Shocks: The Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World (2019)
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Fieldhouse, E., Green, J., Evans, G., Mellon, J., Prosser, C., Schmitt, H., & van der Eijk, C. (2019). Electoral Shocks: The Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198800583.001.0001

'Electoral Shocks' offers a novel perspective on British elections, focusing on the role of electoral shocks in the context of increasing electoral volatility. It demonstrates and explains the long-term trend in volatility, how shocks have contribute... Read More about Electoral Shocks: The Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World.

Mg-MOF-74/Polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation (2019)
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Majumdar, S., Tokay, B., Martin-Gil, V., Campbell, J., Castro-Muñoz, R., Ahmad, M. Z., & Fila, V. (2020). Mg-MOF-74/Polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation. Separation and Purification Technology, 238, Article 116411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116411

In this study, Mg-MOF-74 crystals were synthesised in order to prepare polymer/Mg-MOF-74 mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for CO2/CH4 separation. Activation temperature and time of the Mg-MOF-74 crystals were determined in order to enhance the performan... Read More about Mg-MOF-74/Polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) mixed matrix membranes for CO2 separation.

Design of Quantum Dot-Nanowire Single-Photon Sources that are Immune to Thermomechanical Decoherence (2019)
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Artioli, A., Kotal, S., Gregersen, N., Verlot, P., Gérard, J.-M., & Claudon, J. (2019). Design of Quantum Dot-Nanowire Single-Photon Sources that are Immune to Thermomechanical Decoherence. Physical Review Letters, 123(24), Article 247403. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.247403

Nanowire antennas embedding a single quantum dot (QD) have recently emerged as versatile platforms to realize bright sources of quantum light. In this theoretical work, we show that the thermally driven, low-frequency vibrations of the nanowire have... Read More about Design of Quantum Dot-Nanowire Single-Photon Sources that are Immune to Thermomechanical Decoherence.

One-step fabrication of superhydrophobic P(VDF-co-HFP) nanofibre membranes using electrospinning technique (2019)
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Tas, M., Xu, F., Ahmed, I., & Hou, X. (2020). One-step fabrication of superhydrophobic P(VDF-co-HFP) nanofibre membranes using electrospinning technique. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137(24), Article 48817. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.48817

© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. In this study, superhydrophobic electrospun P(VDF-co-HFP) membranes were fabricated in a one-step electrospinning process. The effects of the key parameters of electrospinning (solution concentration, electrical potenti... Read More about One-step fabrication of superhydrophobic P(VDF-co-HFP) nanofibre membranes using electrospinning technique.