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Pilot-scale calcination of limestone in steam-rich gas for direct air capture (2019)
Journal Article
Erans, M., Nabavi, S. A., & Manović, V. (2019). Pilot-scale calcination of limestone in steam-rich gas for direct air capture. Energy Conversion and Management, 1, Article 100007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2019.100007

A novel polygeneration concept, which has been proposed recently, comprises a fuel-cell calciner integrated system in order to produce electricity and lime which can be used for direct air capture (DAC) to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. However, the... Read More about Pilot-scale calcination of limestone in steam-rich gas for direct air capture.

Hearing in Adults: A Digital Reprint of the Main Report From the MRC National Study of Hearing (2019)
Journal Article
Akeroyd, M. A., Browning, G. G., Davis, A. C., & Haggard, M. P. (2019). Hearing in Adults: A Digital Reprint of the Main Report From the MRC National Study of Hearing. Trends in Hearing, 23, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216519887614

© The Author(s) 2019. The 1011-page book, Hearing in Adults, published in 1995, contains the fullest report of the United Kingdom’s Medical Research Council National Study of Hearing. It was designed to determine the prevalence and distribution in Gr... Read More about Hearing in Adults: A Digital Reprint of the Main Report From the MRC National Study of Hearing.

The minimal important difference for the endurance shuttle walk test in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease following a course of pulmonary rehabilitation (2019)
Journal Article
Zatloukal, J., Ward, S., Houchen-Wolloff, L., Harvey-Dunstan, T., & Singh, S. (2019). The minimal important difference for the endurance shuttle walk test in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease following a course of pulmonary rehabilitation. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 16, https://doi.org/10.1177/1479973119853828

The endurance shuttle walk test (ESWT) is frequently used as an outcome measure for pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). The minimal important difference (MID) for the ESWT after a course of rehabilitation has not been conclusively confirmed in the literat... Read More about The minimal important difference for the endurance shuttle walk test in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease following a course of pulmonary rehabilitation.

The Battle of Bruges: Margaret Thatcher, the Foreign Office and the Unravelling of British European Policy (2019)
Journal Article
Daddow, O., Gifford, C., & Wellings, B. (2019). The Battle of Bruges: Margaret Thatcher, the Foreign Office and the Unravelling of British European Policy. Political Research Exchange, 1(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2019.1643681

Drawing on newly released archival material, this article reassesses Margaret Thatcher’s 1988 Bruges speech, widely depicted to have instigated Britain's drift towards Brexit. It opens by giving an essential recap of the main contents of the speech.... Read More about The Battle of Bruges: Margaret Thatcher, the Foreign Office and the Unravelling of British European Policy.

Making science public: challenges and opportunities (2019)
Report
Raman, S., Nerlich, B., Cartelet, C., de Saille, S., Hadley Kershaw, E., Hartley, S., …Tsouvalis, J. (2019). Making science public: challenges and opportunities. Leverhulme Trust

This Programme investigated the relationship between science, politics and publics in the aftermath of an influential 2000 UK House of Lords Science and Society report. We conceptualised top-down initiatives promising greater transparency around the... Read More about Making science public: challenges and opportunities.

Different strokes: judicial violence in Viking-Age England and Scandinavia (2019)
Journal Article
Ruiter, K., & Ashby, S. P. (2019). Different strokes: judicial violence in Viking-Age England and Scandinavia. Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, 14, 153-184. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.vms.5.116393

This paper takes a fresh look at the use of judicial violence in the societies of Viking-Age England and Scandinavia. Using interdisciplinary methodologies, it considers legal, historical, literary, and archaeological evidence for judicially-prescrib... Read More about Different strokes: judicial violence in Viking-Age England and Scandinavia.

Nonlinear System Identification Using Type-2 Fuzzy Recurrent Wavelet Neural Network (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tafti, B. E. F., Khanesar, M. A., & Teshnehlab, M. (2019). Nonlinear System Identification Using Type-2 Fuzzy Recurrent Wavelet Neural Network. In Proceedings of 2019 7th Iranian Joint Congress on Fuzzy and Intelligent Systems (CFIS) (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/CFIS.2019.8692153

In this paper, the integration of Type-2 fuzzy set theory and recurrent wavelet neural network(WNN) is proposed to allow managing of non-uniform uncertainties for identifying non-linear dynamic system. The proposed Type-2 fuzzy WNN is inherently a re... Read More about Nonlinear System Identification Using Type-2 Fuzzy Recurrent Wavelet Neural Network.

What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2016. Part 3: nomenclature and outcome assessment (2019)
Journal Article
Lloyd-Lavery, A., Solman, L., Grindlay, D. J. C., Rogers, N. K., Thomas, K. S., & Harman, K. E. (2019). What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2016. Part 3: nomenclature and outcome assessment. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 44(4), 376-380. https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.13886

© 2019 British Association of Dermatologists This review forms part of a series of annual updates that summarize the evidence base for atopic eczema (AE). It presents the key findings from 11 systematic reviews published in 2016 that focus on AE outc... Read More about What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2016. Part 3: nomenclature and outcome assessment.

What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2016. Part 1: treatment and prevention (2019)
Journal Article
Solman, L., Lloyd-Lavery, A., Grindlay, D. J. C., Rogers, N. K., Thomas, K. S., & Harman, K. E. (2019). What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2016. Part 1: treatment and prevention. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 44(4), 363-369. https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.13885

© 2019 British Association of Dermatologists This review is part of a series of annual updates summarizing the evidence base for atopic eczema (AE). It provides a summary of key findings from 28 systematic reviews that were published or indexed durin... Read More about What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2016. Part 1: treatment and prevention.

What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2016. Part 2: Epidemiology, aetiology and risk factors (2019)
Journal Article
Lloyd-Lavery, A., Solman, L., Grindlay, D. J. C., Rogers, N. K., Thomas, K. S., & Harman, K. E. (2019). What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2016. Part 2: Epidemiology, aetiology and risk factors. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 44(4), 370-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.13853

© 2019 British Association of Dermatologists This review forms part of a series of annual updates that summarize the evidence base for atopic eczema (AE), providing a succinct guide for clinicians and patients. It presents the key findings from 14 sy... Read More about What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2016. Part 2: Epidemiology, aetiology and risk factors.

Tinnitus Research: Improvement and Innovation (2019)
Journal Article
Baguley, D. M., Van Dijk, P., & Knipper, M. (2019). Tinnitus Research: Improvement and Innovation. Trends in Hearing, 23, https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216519837135

Until relatively recently it would have been justified to be critical of the standard of research into tinnitus. The sparse published literature was typified by studies with poor experimental design, low participant numbers, and research teams all fr... Read More about Tinnitus Research: Improvement and Innovation.

Filling in the Quasar Redshift Gap at z ∼ 5.5. II. A Complete Survey of Luminous Quasars in the Post-reionization Universe (2019)
Journal Article
Yang, J., Wang, F., Fan, X., Wu, X., Bian, F., Bañados, E., …Dye, S. (2019). Filling in the Quasar Redshift Gap at z ∼ 5.5. II. A Complete Survey of Luminous Quasars in the Post-reionization Universe. Astrophysical Journal, 871(2), 199. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaf858

We present the final results from our survey of luminous z ~ 5.5 quasars. This is the first systematic quasar survey focusing on quasars at z ~ 5.5, during the post-reionization epoch. It has been challenging to select quasars at 5.3 < z < 5.7 using... Read More about Filling in the Quasar Redshift Gap at z ∼ 5.5. II. A Complete Survey of Luminous Quasars in the Post-reionization Universe.

Development and interaction between plant architecture and yield-related traits in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) (2019)
Journal Article
Tanzi, A. S., Ho, W. K., Massawe, F., & Mayes, S. (2019). Development and interaction between plant architecture and yield-related traits in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.). Euphytica, 215(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-019-2359-8

Winged bean (P. tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) is a leguminous crop that could contribute towards food security in tropical areas, but whose growth and development is still poorly understood. In order to develop improved individuals for increased green pod... Read More about Development and interaction between plant architecture and yield-related traits in winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.).

Development of stable homozygous wheat/Amblyopyrum muticum (Aegilops mutica) introgression lines and their cytogenetic and molecular characterization (2019)
Journal Article
King, J., Newell, C., Grewal, S., Hubbart-Edwards, S., Yang, C.-Y., Scholefield, D., …King, I. P. (2019). Development of stable homozygous wheat/Amblyopyrum muticum (Aegilops mutica) introgression lines and their cytogenetic and molecular characterization. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00034

Wheat is one of the world’s most important sources of food. However, due to its evolution its genetic base has narrowed, which is severely limiting the ability of breeders to develop new higher yielding varieties that can adapt to the changing enviro... Read More about Development of stable homozygous wheat/Amblyopyrum muticum (Aegilops mutica) introgression lines and their cytogenetic and molecular characterization.

Testing for hepatitis C virus infection in UK prisons: what actually happens? (2019)
Journal Article
Jack, K., Thomson, B. J., & Irving, W. L. (2019). Testing for hepatitis C virus infection in UK prisons: what actually happens?. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26(6), 644-654. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13071

Prisons are a key demographic in the drive to eradicate hepatitis C virus (HCV) as a major public health threat. We have assessed the impact of the recently introduced national opt-out policy on the current status of HCV testing in 14 prisons in the... Read More about Testing for hepatitis C virus infection in UK prisons: what actually happens?.

Investigating the behaviour of ASHRAE, Bedford, and Nicol thermal scales when translated into the Arabic language (2019)
Journal Article
Al Khatri, H., & Gadi, M. B. (2019). Investigating the behaviour of ASHRAE, Bedford, and Nicol thermal scales when translated into the Arabic language. Building and Environment, 151, 348-355

With the global spread of thermal comfort studies, thermal scales are translated into different languages to adapt local context in which the studies are applied. However, translating thermal comfort studies does not maintain the scales' behaviour as... Read More about Investigating the behaviour of ASHRAE, Bedford, and Nicol thermal scales when translated into the Arabic language.

Tabletop Testbed for Attitude Determination and Control of Nanosatellites (2019)
Journal Article
Silva, R. C. D., Guimarães, F. C., Loiola, J. V. L. D., Borges, R. A., Battistini, S., & Cappelletti, C. (2019). Tabletop Testbed for Attitude Determination and Control of Nanosatellites. Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 32(1), Article 04018122. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29as.1943-5525.0000952

To simulate the conditions of the space environment at ground, the Laboratory of Application and Innovation in Aerospace Science (LAICA) of the University of Brasília (UnB) is developing a dedicated testbed to reproducing nanosatellite attitude motio... Read More about Tabletop Testbed for Attitude Determination and Control of Nanosatellites.