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The new challenges of machining Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs): review of surface integrity (2019)
Journal Article
Gavalda Diaz, O., Garcia Luna, G., Liao, Z., & Axinte, D. (2019). The new challenges of machining Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs): review of surface integrity. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 139, 24-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2019.01.003

Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) are currently an increasing material choice for several high value and safety-critical components, fact that has recently originated the need of understanding the effect of several machining processes. Due to the comp... Read More about The new challenges of machining Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs): review of surface integrity.

A scoping review of behaviour change theories in adults without dementia to adapt and develop the ‘PHYT in dementia’, a model promoting physical activity in people with dementia (2019)
Journal Article
Di Lorito, C., Pollock, K., Harwood, R., das Nair, R., Logan, P., Goldberg, S., Booth, V., Vedhara, K., & Van Der Wardt, V. (2019). A scoping review of behaviour change theories in adults without dementia to adapt and develop the ‘PHYT in dementia’, a model promoting physical activity in people with dementia. Maturitas, 121, 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.01.008

Introduction:
Research has established that exercise and physical activity can improve executive functioning, independence and quality of life in people with dementia. A dedicated theory explaining behaviour change in relation to physical activity i... Read More about A scoping review of behaviour change theories in adults without dementia to adapt and develop the ‘PHYT in dementia’, a model promoting physical activity in people with dementia.

“My tree stays tree”: Sylvia Plath and Ovid’s Daphne (2019)
Journal Article
Ranger, H. (2019). “My tree stays tree”: Sylvia Plath and Ovid’s Daphne. International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 27, 215-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12138-019-00503-9

Critical appraisals of Sylvia Plath’s oeuvre remain dominated by psychoanalytic readings that conflate the writer’s life and work. Poems such as ‘Electra on Azalea Path’ are presented as emblematic of what is perceived to be Plath’s autobiographical... Read More about “My tree stays tree”: Sylvia Plath and Ovid’s Daphne.

Preparation of MCrAlY-Al2O3 composite coatings with enhanced oxidation resistance through a novel powder manufacturing process (2019)
Journal Article
Bai, M., Song, B., Reddy, L., & Hussain, T. (2019). Preparation of MCrAlY-Al2O3 composite coatings with enhanced oxidation resistance through a novel powder manufacturing process. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 28(3), 433–443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-019-00830-y

MCrAlY-Al 2 O 3 composite coatings were prepared by using high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) thermal spraying with bespoke composite powder feedstock for high temperature applications. Powder processing via a suspension route was employed to achieve a... Read More about Preparation of MCrAlY-Al2O3 composite coatings with enhanced oxidation resistance through a novel powder manufacturing process.

Intracellular processing of silica-coated superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles in human mesenchymal stem cells (2019)
Journal Article
Harrison, R. P., Chauhan, V. M., Onion, D., Aylott, J. W., & Sottile, V. (2019). Intracellular processing of silica-coated superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles in human mesenchymal stem cells. RSC Advances, 9(6), 3176-3184. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA09089K

Silica-coated Superparamagnetic Iron Nanoparticles (SiMAGs) are an exciting biomedical technology capable of targeted delivery of cell-based therapeutics and disease diagnosis. However, in order to realise their full clinical potential, their intrace... Read More about Intracellular processing of silica-coated superparamagnetic iron nanoparticles in human mesenchymal stem cells.

Exploring temporality in socio-ecological resilience through experiences of the 2015/16 El Niño across the tropics (2019)
Journal Article
Whitfield, S., Beauchamp, E., Boyd, D. S., Burslem, D., Byg, A., Colledge, F., Cutler, M., Didena, M., Dougill, A., Foody, G., Godbold, J. A., Hazenbosch, M., Hirons, M., Speranza, I. C., Jew, E., Lacambra, C., Mkwambisi, D., Moges, A., Morel, A., Morris, R., …White, P. C. (2019). Exploring temporality in socio-ecological resilience through experiences of the 2015/16 El Niño across the tropics. Global Environmental Change, 55, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.01.004

In a context of both long-term climatic changes and short-term climatic shocks, temporal dynamics profoundly influence ecosystems and societies. In low income contexts in the Tropics, where both exposure and vulnerability to climatic fluctuations is... Read More about Exploring temporality in socio-ecological resilience through experiences of the 2015/16 El Niño across the tropics.

Predictable genome-wide sorting of standing genetic variation during parallel adaptation to basic versus acidic environments in stickleback fish (2019)
Journal Article
Haenel, Q., Roesti, M., Moser, D., MacColl, A. D., & Berner, D. (2019). Predictable genome-wide sorting of standing genetic variation during parallel adaptation to basic versus acidic environments in stickleback fish. Evolution Letters, 3(1), 28-42. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.99

Genomic studies of parallel (or convergent) evolution often compare multiple populations diverged into two ecologically different habitats to search for loci repeatedly involved in adaptation. Because the shared ancestor of these populations is gener... Read More about Predictable genome-wide sorting of standing genetic variation during parallel adaptation to basic versus acidic environments in stickleback fish.

Clinical and economic outcomes of remotely delivered cognitive behaviour therapy versus treatment as usual for repeat unscheduled care users with severe health anxiety: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Morriss, R., Patel, S., Mallins, S., Guo, B., Higton, F., James, M., Wu, M., Brown, P., Boycott, N., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Morris, M., Rowley, E., Simpson, J., Smart, D., Stubley, M., Kai, J., & Tyrer, H. (2019). Clinical and economic outcomes of remotely delivered cognitive behaviour therapy versus treatment as usual for repeat unscheduled care users with severe health anxiety: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial. BMC Medicine, 17, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1253-5

Background: Repeat users of unscheduled health care with severe health anxiety are challenging to engage in psychological help and incur high service costs. We investigated whether clinical and economic outcomes were improved by offering remote cogni... Read More about Clinical and economic outcomes of remotely delivered cognitive behaviour therapy versus treatment as usual for repeat unscheduled care users with severe health anxiety: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial.

Mobile applications for management of tinnitus: users' survey, quality assessment and content analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Sereda, M., Smith, S., Newton, K., & Stockdale, D. (2019). Mobile applications for management of tinnitus: users' survey, quality assessment and content analysis. Journal of International Medical Research, 7(1), Article e10353. https://doi.org/10.2196/10353

Background: Tinnitus is the perception of a sound without any outside source. It affects 6 million people in the UK. Sound therapy is a core component of many tinnitus management programmes. Potential mechanisms of benefit include making tinnitus le... Read More about Mobile applications for management of tinnitus: users' survey, quality assessment and content analysis.

Processing discharge summaries in general practice: a qualitative interview study with GPs and practice managers (2019)
Journal Article
Spencer, R. A., Rodgers, S., Salema, N., Campbell, S. M., & Avery, A. J. (2019). Processing discharge summaries in general practice: a qualitative interview study with GPs and practice managers. BJGP Open, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen18X101625

Background

Discharge summaries are essential for communicating patient information from secondary care to general practice on hospital discharge. Although there has been extensive research into their design and completion in secondary care very l... Read More about Processing discharge summaries in general practice: a qualitative interview study with GPs and practice managers.

Conceptual framework for an episode of rehabilitative care after hip fracture surgery (2019)
Journal Article
Sheehan, K., Smith, T., Martin, F., Johansen, A., Drummond, A., Beaupre, L., Magaziner, J., Whitney, J., Hommel, A., Cameron, I., Price, I., & Sackley, C. (2019). Conceptual framework for an episode of rehabilitative care after hip fracture surgery. Physical Therapy, 99(3), 276–285. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzy145

Researchers face a challenge when evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitation after hip fracture surgery. Reported outcomes of rehabilitation will vary depending on the endpoint of the episode of care. Evaluation at an inappropriate endpoint may s... Read More about Conceptual framework for an episode of rehabilitative care after hip fracture surgery.

The development of a clinical interface for a novel newborn resuscitation device; a Human Factors approach to understand cognitive user requirements. (Preprint) (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper
Pickup, L., Lang, A., Shipley, L., Henry, C., Carpenter, J., McCartney, D., Butler, M., Hayes-Gill, B., & Sharkey, D. The development of a clinical interface for a novel newborn resuscitation device; a Human Factors approach to understand cognitive user requirements. (Preprint)

Challenges to the industrial melt-processing of conductive plastics (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Choong, G. Y. H., De Focatiis, D. S. A., Lidgett, M. J., Thornton, M. J., & Clifford, M. J. Challenges to the industrial melt-processing of conductive plastics. Presented at Proceedings of the Europe/Africa Conference Dresden 2017 – Polymer Processing Society PPS, Dresden, Germany

In this work, we investigate the relationship between the timescales available for polymer mobility during processing and post-processing and the electrical resistivity of melt-processed thermoplastics filled with carbon nanoparticles. Post-process a... Read More about Challenges to the industrial melt-processing of conductive plastics.

New modulation scheme for bidirectional qZS modular multi-level converters (2019)
Journal Article
Khera, F. A., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. W. (2019). New modulation scheme for bidirectional qZS modular multi-level converters. Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 3836-3841. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.8020

This study proposes a dedicated modulation scheme for a bidirectional quasi-Z-source (qZS) modular multi-level converter. The operation principle and a suitable pulse-width modulation method are proposed. The relation between the modulation index and... Read More about New modulation scheme for bidirectional qZS modular multi-level converters.

Sizing guidelines for grid-connected decentralised energy storage systems: single house application (2019)
Journal Article
Panagiotou, K., Klumpner, C., & Sumner, M. (2019). Sizing guidelines for grid-connected decentralised energy storage systems: single house application. Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 3802-3806. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.8155

Nowadays, the existing hierarchical, centrally controlled power grid faces new challenges due to the increase penetration of renewable sources, the need of implementing demand-side management and the 2020 and 2050 environmental targets. A promising c... Read More about Sizing guidelines for grid-connected decentralised energy storage systems: single house application.

Design and evaluation of an energy storage system for helicopters (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Klumpner, C., & Rashed, M. (2018, April). Design and evaluation of an energy storage system for helicopters. Presented at 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018), Liverpool

This paper presents the design and evaluation of an energy storage system (ESS) for helicopters with the aim to recover the kinetic energy in the rotor available after landing and to be able to control the 270 V DC bus voltage during load disturbance... Read More about Design and evaluation of an energy storage system for helicopters.

Optimising the structure of a cascaded modular battery system for enhancing the performance of battery packs (2019)
Journal Article
Fares, A. M., Klumpner, C., & Sumner, M. (2019). Optimising the structure of a cascaded modular battery system for enhancing the performance of battery packs. Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 3862-3866. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.8228

The overall performance of battery packs may be affected by imbalances between the series connected cells which is more likely in packs with high number of cells needed to provide a high voltage as needed for example in electric vehicles. In this cas... Read More about Optimising the structure of a cascaded modular battery system for enhancing the performance of battery packs.

Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry (2019)
Journal Article
La Rocca, S., Pickering, S. J., Eastwick, C. N., Gerada, C., & Rönnberg, K. (2019). Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry. Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 3831-3835. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.8026

Here, a typical small low-voltage totally enclosed fan-cooled (TEFC) motor (output power ∼10 kW) has been studied using computational fluid dynamics. The complexity of the end-winding geometries, often consisting of several insulated copper strands b... Read More about Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of TEFC machine end regions using more realistic end-winding geometry.

CFD and experimental investigation into a non-intrusive method for measuring cooling air mass flow rate through a synchronous generator (2019)
Journal Article
Bersch, K., Connor, P. H., Eastwick, C. N., & Galea, M. (2019). CFD and experimental investigation into a non-intrusive method for measuring cooling air mass flow rate through a synchronous generator. Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 4432-4435. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.8236

Growing research in geriatric medicine (2019)
Journal Article
Yarnall, A., Walker, R., Tullo, E., Todd, O., Steves, C. J., Shenkin, S. D., Richardson, S., Lochlainn, M. N., Makin, S., Lim, S. E., Lewis, E. G., Jackson, T., Burton, J. K., Frith, J., Ewan, V., Cox, N., Clegg, A., Brock, P., Aspray, T. J., Witham, M. D., …Extended Working Group from the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre Meeting. (2019). Growing research in geriatric medicine. Age and Ageing, 48(3), 316-319. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy220

© 2019 The Author(s). Academic geriatric medicine activity lags behind the scale of clinical activity in the specialty. A meeting of UK academic geriatricians was convened in March 2018 to consider causes and solutions to this problem. The meeting hi... Read More about Growing research in geriatric medicine.