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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)
Journal Article
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.

The impact of dairy protein intake on muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance in middle-aged to older adults with or without existing sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Hanach, N. I., McCullough, F., & Avery, A. (2019). The impact of dairy protein intake on muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance in middle-aged to older adults with or without existing sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Advances in Nutrition, 10(1), 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmy065

Sarcopenia is an age-related condition associated with a progressive loss of muscle mass and strength. Insufficient protein intake is a risk factor for sarcopenia. Protein supplementation is suggested to improve muscle anabolism and function in young... Read More about The impact of dairy protein intake on muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance in middle-aged to older adults with or without existing sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies (2019)
Journal Article
Waite, C. E., van der Heijden, G. M. F., Field, R., & Boyd, D. S. (2019). A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(4), 902-912. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13318

1. Tropical forests store and sequester large quantities of carbon, mitigating climate change. Lianas (woody vines) are important tropical forest components, most conspicuous in the canopy. Lianas reduce forest carbon uptake and their recent incre... Read More about A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies.

Discrete time crystals in the absence of manifest symmetries or disorder in open quantum systems (2019)
Journal Article
Gambetta, F., Carollo, F., Marcuzzi, M., Garrahan, J., & Lesanovsky, I. (2019). Discrete time crystals in the absence of manifest symmetries or disorder in open quantum systems. Physical Review Letters, 122(1), Article 015701. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.015701

We establish a link between metastability and a discrete time-crystalline phase in a periodically driven open quantum system. The mechanism we highlight requires neither the system to display any microscopic symmetry nor the presence of disorder, but... Read More about Discrete time crystals in the absence of manifest symmetries or disorder in open quantum systems.

Nuclear weapons fallout 137Cs in temperate and tropical pine forest soils, 50 years post-deposition (2019)
Journal Article
Itthipoonthanakorn, T., Dann, S., Crout, N., & Shaw, G. (2019). Nuclear weapons fallout 137Cs in temperate and tropical pine forest soils, 50 years post-deposition. Science of the Total Environment, 660, 807-816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.073

Following nuclear releases to the environment, 137Cs (half-life 30 years) is a long-term contaminant of many ecosystems, including forests. We recently sampled soils under pine forests in temperate and tropical climates to test the hypothesis that mi... Read More about Nuclear weapons fallout 137Cs in temperate and tropical pine forest soils, 50 years post-deposition.

A study of hydrous ethanol combustion in an optical central direct injection spark ignition engine (2019)
Journal Article
Koupaie, M. M., Cairns, A., Vafamehr, H., & Lanzanova, T. D. M. (2019). A study of hydrous ethanol combustion in an optical central direct injection spark ignition engine. Applied Energy, 237, 258-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.12.093

The aim of this experimental work was to improve understanding of the influence of hydrous ethanol on combustion in an engine demonstrating a tendency for biased flame migration towards the hotter exhaust walls as often reported for typical modern pe... Read More about A study of hydrous ethanol combustion in an optical central direct injection spark ignition engine.

Defining displacement thresholds for surgical intervention for distal radius fractures – a Delphi study (2019)
Journal Article
Johnson, N., Leighton, P., Pailthorpe, C., Dias, J., & Distal Radius Fracture Delphi Study Group. (2019). Defining displacement thresholds for surgical intervention for distal radius fractures – a Delphi study. PLoS ONE, 14(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210462

Distal radius fractures are very common yet controversy exists regarding which require treatment and is reflected by significant variation in surgical intervention rate. Evidence regarding which fractures would benefit from intervention is varied and... Read More about Defining displacement thresholds for surgical intervention for distal radius fractures – a Delphi study.

REFOCUS-PULSAR recovery-oriented practice training in specialist mental health care: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial (2019)
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Meadows, G., Brophy, L., Shawyer, F., Enticott, J. C., Fossey, E., Thornton, C. D., …Slade, M. (2019). REFOCUS-PULSAR recovery-oriented practice training in specialist mental health care: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet Psychiatry, 6(2), 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2818%2930429-2

Background: Recovery-oriented practice promotes individual strengths and recovery potential. PULSAR, adapting the UK-developed REFOCUS recovery-oriented staff intervention for Australian use, aimed to establish whether consumers accessing mental heal... Read More about REFOCUS-PULSAR recovery-oriented practice training in specialist mental health care: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.

Understanding flow-induced crystallisation in polymers: a perspective on the role of molecular simulations (2019)
Journal Article
Graham, R. S. (2019). Understanding flow-induced crystallisation in polymers: a perspective on the role of molecular simulations. Journal of Rheology, 63(1), 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1122/1.5056170

Flow induced crystallisation in polymers is an important problem in both fundamental polymer science and industrial polymer processing. The key process of flow-induced nucleation occurs on a very rapid timescale and on a highly localised lengthscale... Read More about Understanding flow-induced crystallisation in polymers: a perspective on the role of molecular simulations.

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Social Isolation Measure (SIM) in adults with hearing loss (2019)
Journal Article
Heffernan, E., Habib, A., & Ferguson, M. (2019). Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Social Isolation Measure (SIM) in adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 58(1), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2018.1533257

This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of a brief, hearing-specific outcome measure: the Social Isolation Measure (SIM). In Phase 1, adults with hearing loss were invited to complete an online survey that contained the SIM, a hearin... Read More about Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Social Isolation Measure (SIM) in adults with hearing loss.

The Early Christian Archaeology of the Balkans (2019)
Book Chapter
Bowden, W. (2019). The Early Christian Archaeology of the Balkans. In W. R. Caraher, T. W. Davis, & D. K. Pettegrew (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology (537-556). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199369041.013.26

Textual sources attest to the early spread of Christianity across the Balkan region, and archaeological evidence demonstrates how the new religion transformed the built environment and material culture of the area in Late Antiquity, although dating a... Read More about The Early Christian Archaeology of the Balkans.