Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (4192)

On the Representativeness of the Cohesive Zone Model in the Simulation of the Delamination Problem (2019)
Journal Article
Sitnikova, E., Li, D., Wei, J., Yi, X., & Li, S. (2019). On the Representativeness of the Cohesive Zone Model in the Simulation of the Delamination Problem. Journal of Composites Science, 3(1), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs3010022

With the development of finite element (FE) codes, numerical modelling of delamination is often considered to be somewhat commonplace in modern engineering. However, the readily available modelling techniques often undermine the truthful understandin... Read More about On the Representativeness of the Cohesive Zone Model in the Simulation of the Delamination Problem.

Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing (2019)
Journal Article
Kunkle, B. W., Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC),, Grenier-Boley, B., Sims, R., Bis, J. C., Damotte, V., …Genetic and Environmental Risk in AD/Defining Genetic, Polygenic and Environmental Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium (GERAD/PERADES),. (2019). Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing. Nature Genetics, 51(3), 414-430. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0358-2

Peer support and skills training through an eating club for people with psychotic disorders: a feasibility study (2019)
Journal Article
Vogel, J. S., Swart, M., Slade, M., Bruins, J., van der Gaag, M., & Castelein, S. (2019). Peer support and skills training through an eating club for people with psychotic disorders: a feasibility study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 64, 80-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2019.02.007

Objective
The HospitalitY (HY) intervention is a novel recovery oriented intervention for people with psychotic disorders in which peer support and home-based skill training are combined in an eating club. A feasibility study was conducted to inform... Read More about Peer support and skills training through an eating club for people with psychotic disorders: a feasibility study.

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies – SET 2018, 21st - 23rd August 201 8 , Wuhan, China : Sustainable Energy Technologies f or Eco Cities and Environment (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2019). Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies – SET 2018, 21st - 23rd August 201 8 , Wuhan, China : Sustainable Energy Technologies f or Eco Cities and Environment. In S. Riffat, Y. Su, D. Liu, & Y. Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies – SET 2018, 21st - 23rd August 2018 , Wuhan, China

Toward common data elements for international research in long-term care homes: advancing person-centered care (2019)
Journal Article
Corazzini, K. N., Anderson, R. A., Bowers, B. J., Chu, C. H., Edvardsson, D., Fagertun, A., …Lepore, M. J. (2019). Toward common data elements for international research in long-term care homes: advancing person-centered care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20(5), 598-603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.01.123

To support person-centered, residential long-term care internationally, a consortium of researchers in medicine, nursing, behavioral, and social sciences from 21 geographically and economically diverse countries have launched the WE-THRIVE consortium... Read More about Toward common data elements for international research in long-term care homes: advancing person-centered care.

Mathematical approach to the validation of functional surface texture parameter software (2019)
Journal Article
Todhunter, L., Leach, R., Lawes, S., Harris, P., & Blateyron, F. (2019). Mathematical approach to the validation of functional surface texture parameter software. Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 7(1), Article 015020. https://doi.org/10.1088/2051-672X/ab07ca

A new method for performance validation of surface texture parameter calculation software is introduced, focussing on functional surface texture parameters. Material ratio curves are defined algebraically and used to calculate functional surface text... Read More about Mathematical approach to the validation of functional surface texture parameter software.

Development and validation of a new standardised data collection tool to aid in the diagnosis of canine skin allergies (2019)
Journal Article
Harvey, N. D., Shaw, S. C., Blott, S. C., Vàzquez-Diosdado, J. A., & England, G. C. W. (2019). Development and validation of a new standardised data collection tool to aid in the diagnosis of canine skin allergies. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 3039. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39630-3

Canine atopic dermatitis (cAD) is a common hereditary clinical syndrome in domestic dogs with no definitive diagnostic tests, which causes marked morbidity and has a high economic impact internationally. We created a novel questionnaire for Labrador... Read More about Development and validation of a new standardised data collection tool to aid in the diagnosis of canine skin allergies.

Accelerated 19F·MRI Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2/-9 through Responsive Deactivation of Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement (2019)
Journal Article
Faas, H. M., Krupa, J. L., Taylor, A. J., Zamberlan, F., Philp, C. J., Williams, H. E., …Meersmann, T. (2019). Accelerated 19F·MRI Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2/-9 through Responsive Deactivation of Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement. Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging, 2019, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4826520

Paramagnetic gadolinium ions (Gd III), complexed within DOTA-based chelates, have become useful tools to increase the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast in tissues of interest. Recently, " on/off " probes serving as 19 F·MRI biosensor for targ... Read More about Accelerated 19F·MRI Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2/-9 through Responsive Deactivation of Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement.

Multilevel information storage using magnetoelastic layer stacks (2019)
Journal Article
Pattnaik, D., Beardsley, R., Love, C., Cavill, S., Edmonds, K., & Rushforth, A. (2019). Multilevel information storage using magnetoelastic layer stacks. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 3156. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39775-1

The use of voltages to control magnetisation via the inverse magnetostriction effect in piezoelectric/ferromagnet heterostructures holds promise for ultra-low energy information storage technologies. Epitaxial galfenol, an alloy of iron and gallium,... Read More about Multilevel information storage using magnetoelastic layer stacks.

Spatio-Temporal Motility MRI analysis of the stomach and colon (2019)
Journal Article
Menys, A., Hoad, C., Spiller, R., Scott, M., Atkinson, D., Marciani, L., & Taylor, S. (2019). Spatio-Temporal Motility MRI analysis of the stomach and colon. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 31(5), Article e13557. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13557

Background: MRI is increasingly used to objectively assess gastrointestinal motility. However, motility metrics often do no not offer insights into the nature of contractile action. This study introduces a systematic method of making spatiotemporal m... Read More about Spatio-Temporal Motility MRI analysis of the stomach and colon.

Spatio-Temporal Motility MRI (STMM) analysis of the stomach and colon (2019)
Journal Article
Menys, A., Hoad, C., Spiller, R., Scott, M., Atkinson, D., Marciani, L., & Taylor, S. (2019). Spatio-Temporal Motility MRI (STMM) analysis of the stomach and colon. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 31(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13557

Background:
MRI is increasingly used to objectively assess gastrointestinal motility. However, motility metrics often do no not offer insights into the nature of contractile action. This study introduces a systematic method of making spatiotemporal... Read More about Spatio-Temporal Motility MRI (STMM) analysis of the stomach and colon.

SHON expression predicts response and relapse risk of breast cancer patients after anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy or tamoxifen treatment (2019)
Journal Article
Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Broom, R. J., Lu, J., Moseley, P. M., Huang, B., Li, L., …Liu, D. (2019). SHON expression predicts response and relapse risk of breast cancer patients after anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy or tamoxifen treatment. British Journal of Cancer, 120(7), 728–745. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-019-0405-x

BACKGROUND: SHON nuclear expression (SHON-Nuc+) was previously reported to predict clinical outcomes to tamoxifen therapy in ERα+ breast cancer (BC). Herein we determined if SHON expression detected by specific monoclonal antibodies could provide a m... Read More about SHON expression predicts response and relapse risk of breast cancer patients after anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy or tamoxifen treatment.

Model Predictive Control for the New Reduced Multi-level Grid-Connected Converter (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sarbanzadeh, M., Hosseinzadeh, M. A., Saleh, A., Rivera, M., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2019). Model Predictive Control for the New Reduced Multi-level Grid-Connected Converter. In Proceedings of the IEEE 2019 International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT) (1790-1795). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2019.8754994

Reduced multi-level converters have been presented to enhance the efficiency by reducing the number of components which lead to reducing the size, volume and cost of converters. Predictive control is an advanced control strategy that is implemented f... Read More about Model Predictive Control for the New Reduced Multi-level Grid-Connected Converter.

Adaptation reveals multi-stage coding of visual duration (2019)
Journal Article
Heron, J., Fulcher, C., Collins, H., Whitaker, D., & Roach, N. W. (2019). Adaptation reveals multi-stage coding of visual duration. Scientific Reports, 9, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37614-3

In confict with historically dominant models of time perception, recent evidence suggests that the encoding of our environment’s temporal properties may not require a separate class of neurons whose raison d'être is the dedicated processing of tempor... Read More about Adaptation reveals multi-stage coding of visual duration.

Disaster Risk Reduction, the International Federation of the Red Cross, and Emergency Health for Women in Nepal 2015 (2019)
Book Chapter
Shucksmith-Wesley, C. (2019). Disaster Risk Reduction, the International Federation of the Red Cross, and Emergency Health for Women in Nepal 2015. In K. L. Samuel, . M. Aronsson-Storrier, & K. Nakjavani Bookmiller (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law (405-421). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108564540

Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing (2019)
Journal Article
Kunkle, B. W., Grenier-Boley, B., Sims, R., Bis, J. C., Naj, A. C., Boland, A., …Genetic and Environmental Risk in Alzheimer's Disease Consortium (GERAD/PERADES). (2019). Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing. Nature Genetics, 51(3), 414-430. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0358-2

Risk for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD), the most prevalent dementia, is partially driven by genetics. To identify LOAD risk loci, we performed a large genome-wide association meta-analysis of clinically diagnosed LOAD (94,437 individuals). We... Read More about Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing.

Making medications stick: improving medication adherence by highlighting the personal health costs of non-compliance (2019)
Journal Article
Jachimowicz, J. M., Gladstone, J. J., Berry, D., Kirkdale, C. L., Thornley, T., & Galinsky, A. D. (2021). Making medications stick: improving medication adherence by highlighting the personal health costs of non-compliance. Behavioural Public Policy, 5(3), 396-416. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2019.1

Poor compliance of prescription medication is an ongoing public health crisis. Nearly half of patients do not take their medication as prescribed, harming their own health while also increasing public health care costs. Despite these detrimental cons... Read More about Making medications stick: improving medication adherence by highlighting the personal health costs of non-compliance.

Development of compression pull-off test (CPOT) to assess bond strength of bitumen (2019)
Journal Article
Rahim, A., Thom, N., & Airey, G. (2019). Development of compression pull-off test (CPOT) to assess bond strength of bitumen. Construction and Building Materials, 207, 412-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.02.093

The quantification of moisture susceptibility has been a major concern for researchers as it adversely affects the performance of asphalt pavements. Several methods have been developed to assess bond strength using asphalt mixtures in loose and compa... Read More about Development of compression pull-off test (CPOT) to assess bond strength of bitumen.

Molecular characterization of Phytophthora palmivora responsible for bud rot disease of oil palm in Colombia (2019)
Journal Article
Maizatul-Suriza, M., Dickinson, M., & Idris, A. S. (2019). Molecular characterization of Phytophthora palmivora responsible for bud rot disease of oil palm in Colombia. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 35(3), Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-019-2618-9

Bud rot disease is a damaging disease of oil palm in Colombia. The pathogen responsible for this disease is a species of oomyctes, Phytophthora palmivora which is also the causal pathogen of several tropical crop diseases such as fruit rot and stem c... Read More about Molecular characterization of Phytophthora palmivora responsible for bud rot disease of oil palm in Colombia.

Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels (2019)
Journal Article
Astle, M. A., Rance, G. A., Loughlin, H. J., Peters, T. D., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2019). Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(17), Article 1808092. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201808092

The principle of a “catalytic nanosponge” that combines the catalysis of organosulfur oxidation and sequestration of the products from reaction mixtures is demonstrated. Group VI metal oxide nanoparticles (CrOx, MoOx, WOx) are embedded within hollow... Read More about Molybdenum dioxide in carbon nanoreactors as a catalytic nanosponge for the efficient desulfurization of liquid fuels.