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The moonlighting peroxiredoxin-glutaredoxin in Neisseria meningitidis binds plasminogen via a C-terminal lysine residue and contributes to survival in a whole blood model (2019)
Journal Article
Aljannat, M. A., Oldfield, N. J., Albasri, H. M., Dorrington, L. K., Ohri, R. L., Wooldridge, K. G., & Turner, D. P. (2020). The moonlighting peroxiredoxin-glutaredoxin in Neisseria meningitidis binds plasminogen via a C-terminal lysine residue and contributes to survival in a whole blood model. Microbial Pathogenesis, 139, Article 103890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103890

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Neisseria meningitidis is a human-restricted bacterium that can invade the bloodstream and cross the blood-brain barrier resulting in life-threatening sepsis and meningitis. Meningococci express a cytoplasmic peroxiredoxin-glutare... Read More about The moonlighting peroxiredoxin-glutaredoxin in Neisseria meningitidis binds plasminogen via a C-terminal lysine residue and contributes to survival in a whole blood model.

'The calm before the storm': A qualitative study of fathers' experiences of early labour (2019)
Journal Article
Roberts, J., & Spiby, H. (2020). 'The calm before the storm': A qualitative study of fathers' experiences of early labour. Women and Birth, 33(5), 490-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.11.002

Background
Early labour care presents a challenge for maternity services and is a cause of dissatisfaction for women planning birth in an obstetric or midwifery unit who may feel unsupported or unwelcome at their planned place of birth. Little is kn... Read More about 'The calm before the storm': A qualitative study of fathers' experiences of early labour.

A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of tailored web- and text-based smoking cessation support in primary care: iQuit in Practice II trial protocol (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper
Proctor, J., Naughton, F., Sloan, M., Hopewell, S., Brimicombe, J., Prevost, A. T., …Sutton, S. A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of tailored web- and text-based smoking cessation support in primary care: iQuit in Practice II trial protocol

Consensus-based technical recommendations for clinical translation of renal T1 and T2 mapping MRI (2019)
Journal Article
Semple, S. I. K., Dekkers, I. A., de Boer, A., Sharma, K., Cox, E. F., Lamb, H. J., …Francis, S. (2020). Consensus-based technical recommendations for clinical translation of renal T1 and T2 mapping MRI. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 33(1), 163-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-019-00797-5

© 2019, The Author(s). To develop technical recommendations on the acquisition and post-processing of renal longitudinal (T1) and transverse (T2) relaxation time mapping. A multidisciplinary panel consisting of 18 experts in the field of renal T1 and... Read More about Consensus-based technical recommendations for clinical translation of renal T1 and T2 mapping MRI.

Silicon prepared by electro-reduction in molten salts as new energy materials (2019)
Journal Article
Jiang, T., Xu, X., & Chen, G. Z. (2020). Silicon prepared by electro-reduction in molten salts as new energy materials. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 47, 46-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2019.11.005

© 2019 Silicon has a large impact on the energy supply and economy in the modern world. In industry, high purity silicon is firstly prepared by carbothermic reduction of silica with the produced raw silicon being further refined by a modified Siemens... Read More about Silicon prepared by electro-reduction in molten salts as new energy materials.

Migration threshold tuning in the deterministic dendritic cell algorithm (2019)
Book Chapter
Greensmith, J. (2019). Migration threshold tuning in the deterministic dendritic cell algorithm. In C. Martín-Vide, G. Pond, & M. A. Vega-Rodríguez (Eds.), Theory and Practice of Natural Computing: 8th International Conference, TPNC 2019, Kingston, ON, Canada, December 9–11, 2019: proceedings (122-133). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34500-6_8

In this paper we explore the sensitivity of the migration threshold parameter in the Deterministic Dendritic Cell Algorithm (dDCA), one of the four main types of Artificial Immune System. This is with a view to the future construction of a DCA augmen... Read More about Migration threshold tuning in the deterministic dendritic cell algorithm.

Identification of infectious agents in high-throughput sequencing data sets is easily achievable using free, cloud-based bioinformatics platforms (2019)
Journal Article
Chappell, J. G., Byaruhanga, T., Tsoleridis, T., Ball, J. K., & Patrick McClure, C. (2019). Identification of infectious agents in high-throughput sequencing data sets is easily achievable using free, cloud-based bioinformatics platforms. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 57(12), Article e01386-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01386-19

Design and characterisation of an additive manufacturing benchmarking artefact following a design-for-metrology approach (2019)
Journal Article
Santos, V. M. R., Thompson, A., Sims-Waterhouse, D., Maskery, I., Woolliams, P., & Leach, R. (2020). Design and characterisation of an additive manufacturing benchmarking artefact following a design-for-metrology approach. Additive Manufacturing, 32, Article 100964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2019.100964

We present the design and characterisation of a high-speed sintering additive manufacturing benchmarking artefact following a design-for-metrology approach. In an important improvement over conventional approaches, the specifications and operating pr... Read More about Design and characterisation of an additive manufacturing benchmarking artefact following a design-for-metrology approach.

Hierarchical Energy Management System for Microgrid Operation Based on Robust Model Predictive Control (2019)
Journal Article
Núñez, A., Marín, L. G., Sáez, D., Sumner, M., Pholboon, S., Muñoz-Carpintero, D., & Köbrich, D. (2019). Hierarchical Energy Management System for Microgrid Operation Based on Robust Model Predictive Control. Energies, 12(23), Article 4453. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12234453

© 2019 by the authors. This paper presents a two-level hierarchical energy management system (EMS) for microgrid operation that is based on a robust model predictive control (MPC) strategy. This EMS focuses on minimizing the cost of the energy drawn... Read More about Hierarchical Energy Management System for Microgrid Operation Based on Robust Model Predictive Control.

Music enhances structural maturation of emotional processing neural pathways in very preterm infants (2019)
Journal Article
Sa de Almeida, J., Lordier, L., Zollinger, B., Kunz, N., Bastiani, M., Gui, L., …Hüppi, P. S. (2020). Music enhances structural maturation of emotional processing neural pathways in very preterm infants. NeuroImage, 207, Article 116391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116391

Prematurity disrupts brain maturation by exposing the developing brain to different noxious stimuli present in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and depriving it from meaningful sensory inputs during a critical period of brain development, lead... Read More about Music enhances structural maturation of emotional processing neural pathways in very preterm infants.

Alginate and HM-pectin in sports-drink give rise to intra-gastric gelation in-vivo (2019)
Journal Article
Marciani, L., Lopez-Sanchez, P., Pettersson, S., Hoad, C., Abrehart, N., Ahnoff, M., & Strömf, A. (2019). Alginate and HM-pectin in sports-drink give rise to intra-gastric gelation in-vivo. Food and Function, 10(12), 7892-7899. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9FO01617A

The addition of gelling polysaccharides to sport-drinks may provide improved tolerability of drinks with high concentration of digestible carbohydrates (CHO), otherwise known to increase the risk of gastro-intestinal complaints among athletes under p... Read More about Alginate and HM-pectin in sports-drink give rise to intra-gastric gelation in-vivo.

The heavy metals lead and cadmium are cytotoxic to human bone osteoblasts via induction of redox stress (2019)
Journal Article
Al-Ghafari, A., Elmorsy, E., Fikry, E., Alrowaili, M., & Carter, W. G. (2019). The heavy metals lead and cadmium are cytotoxic to human bone osteoblasts via induction of redox stress. PLoS ONE, 14(11), Article e0225341. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225341

The heavy metals (HMs) lead and cadmium are persistent environmental pollutants capable of inducing ill-health in exposed individuals. One of the primary sites of accumulation and potential damage from HMs is bone, and we therefore examined the acute... Read More about The heavy metals lead and cadmium are cytotoxic to human bone osteoblasts via induction of redox stress.

Hyperosmolar dehydration: a predictor of kidney injury and outcome in hospitalised older adults (2019)
Journal Article
El-Sharkawy, A. M., Devonald, M. A. J., Humes, D. J., Sahota, O., & Lobo, D. N. (2020). Hyperosmolar dehydration: a predictor of kidney injury and outcome in hospitalised older adults. Clinical Nutrition, 39(8), P2593-2599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2019.11.030

© 2019 The Author(s) Background & aims: Hospitalised older adults are vulnerable to dehydration. However, the prevalence of hyperosmolar dehydration (HD) and its impact on outcome is unknown. Serum osmolality is not measured routinely but osmolarity,... Read More about Hyperosmolar dehydration: a predictor of kidney injury and outcome in hospitalised older adults.

Microwave spectroscopy of radio-frequency dressed 87Rb (2019)
Journal Article
A. Sinuco-Leon, G., M. Garraway, B., Mas, H., Pandey, S., Vasilakis, G., Bolpasi, V., …Fernholz, T. (2019). Microwave spectroscopy of radio-frequency dressed 87Rb. Physical Review A, 100(5), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.100.053416

We study the hyperfine spectrum of atoms of $^{87}$Rb dressed by a radio-frequency field, and present experimental results in three different situations: freely falling atoms, atoms trapped in an optical dipole trap and atoms in an adiabatic radio-fr... Read More about Microwave spectroscopy of radio-frequency dressed 87Rb.

How can gene-editing of human pluripotent stem cells help cystic fibrosis? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cuevas Ocana, S., Wong, A., Aushev, M., Ye Yang, J., Perkins, N., Bear, C., …Gray, M. (2019). How can gene-editing of human pluripotent stem cells help cystic fibrosis?. European Respiratory Journal, 54(suppl 63), Article OA2125. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.oa2125

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a monogenic recessive disorder, affecting 70,000 people worldwide. CF is due to mutations in the CFTR gene, resulting in a defective protein that leads to symptoms in numerous organs, especially lungs. Despite recent advances,... Read More about How can gene-editing of human pluripotent stem cells help cystic fibrosis?.

Queer comrades: Digital video documentary and LGBTQ health activism in China (2019)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2019). Queer comrades: Digital video documentary and LGBTQ health activism in China. In Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities (188-204). Routledge

This chapter examines health activism in the People’s Republic of China by focusing on China’s LGBTQ communities. Using Queer Comrades (Tongzhi yi fanren 同志亦凡人), a Beijing-based queer community video streaming website, as a case study, I discuss... Read More about Queer comrades: Digital video documentary and LGBTQ health activism in China.

Numerical simulation data for the dynamic properties of rainbow metamaterials (2019)
Journal Article
Meng, H., Chronopoulos, D., & Fabro, A. T. (2020). Numerical simulation data for the dynamic properties of rainbow metamaterials. Data in Brief, 28, Article 104772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104772

Simulation data are presented for identifying and analysing the dynamic properties of the rainbow metamaterials as presented in the articles “Rainbow metamaterials for broadband multi-frequency vibration attenuation: numerical analysis and experiment... Read More about Numerical simulation data for the dynamic properties of rainbow metamaterials.

Insights into the evolution of the young Lake Ohrid ecosystem and vegetation succession from a southern European refugium during the Early Pleistocene (2019)
Journal Article
Panagiotopoulos, K., Holtvoeth, J., Kouli, K., Marinova, E., Francke, A., Cvetkoska, A., …Wilke, T. (2020). Insights into the evolution of the young Lake Ohrid ecosystem and vegetation succession from a southern European refugium during the Early Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 227, Article 106044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106044

© 2019 Mediterranean mid-altitude sites are critical for the survival of plant species allowing for elevational vegetation shifts in response to high-amplitude climate variability. Pollen records from the southern Balkans have underlined the importan... Read More about Insights into the evolution of the young Lake Ohrid ecosystem and vegetation succession from a southern European refugium during the Early Pleistocene.