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Simultaneous in situ temperature and relative humidity monitoring in mechanical ventilators using an array of functionalised optical fibre long period grating sensors (2019)
Journal Article
Hromadka, J., Hazlan, N. N. M., Hernandez, F. U., Correia, R., Norris, A., Morgan, S. P., & Korposh, S. (2019). Simultaneous in situ temperature and relative humidity monitoring in mechanical ventilators using an array of functionalised optical fibre long period grating sensors. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 286, 306 - 314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2019.01.124

An array of optical fibre long period gratings (LPGs) has been demonstrated for biomedical application to monitor temperature and relative humidity (RH) changes in the air delivered by a mechanical ventilator operating in different modes. The LPG arr... Read More about Simultaneous in situ temperature and relative humidity monitoring in mechanical ventilators using an array of functionalised optical fibre long period grating sensors.

Ultrafast insulator-metal transition in VO2 nanostructures assisted by picosecond strain pulses (2019)
Journal Article
Mogunov, I. A., Fernández, F., Lysenko, S., Kent, A., Scherbakov, A., Kalashnikova, A., & Akimov, A. (2019). Ultrafast insulator-metal transition in VO2 nanostructures assisted by picosecond strain pulses. Physical Review Applied, 11(1), Article 014054. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.11.014054

Strain engineering is a powerful technology that exploits the stationary external or internal stress of specific spatial distribution for controlling the fundamental properties of condensed materials and nanostructures. This advanced technique modula... Read More about Ultrafast insulator-metal transition in VO2 nanostructures assisted by picosecond strain pulses.

Accurate Monte Carlo simulation of frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., & Bai, L. (2019). Accurate Monte Carlo simulation of frequency-domain optical coherence tomography. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 35(4), Article e3177. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3177

Optical coherence Tomography (OCT) relies on optical interferometry to provide non‐invasive imaging of living tissues. In addition to its 3D imaging capacity for medical diagnosis, its potential use for recovering optical parameters of biological tis... Read More about Accurate Monte Carlo simulation of frequency-domain optical coherence tomography.

Electromagnetic analysis of the lasing thresholds of hybrid plasmon modes of a silver tube nanolaser with active core and active shell (2019)
Journal Article
Natarov, D. M., Benson, T. M., & Nosich, A. I. (2019). Electromagnetic analysis of the lasing thresholds of hybrid plasmon modes of a silver tube nanolaser with active core and active shell. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 10, 294-304. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.10.28

Results from the electromagnetic modeling of the threshold conditions of hybrid plasmon modes of a laser based on a silver nanotube with an active core and covered with an active shell are presented. We study the modes of such a nanolaser that have t... Read More about Electromagnetic analysis of the lasing thresholds of hybrid plasmon modes of a silver tube nanolaser with active core and active shell.

Introductory Chapter: Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology (2019)
Book Chapter
Kubale, V., Cousins, E., Bailey, C., El-Gendy, S. A., & Rutland, C. S. (2019). Introductory Chapter: Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology. In C. S. Rutland, & V. Kubale (Eds.), Veterinary anatomy and physiology (1-13). InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82412

Always best or good enough? The effect of ‘mind-set’ on preference consistency over time in tourist decision making (2019)
Journal Article
Li, Q., Li, C., McCabe, S., & Xu, H. (2019). Always best or good enough? The effect of ‘mind-set’ on preference consistency over time in tourist decision making. Annals of Tourism Research, 75, 186-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2019.01.003

ABSTRACT: Where a lengthy period is available for the choice of tourist destination, people’s tendency to change their minds can be pronounced. This makes the investigation of preference (in)consistency of great interest. Here, we integrate construal... Read More about Always best or good enough? The effect of ‘mind-set’ on preference consistency over time in tourist decision making.

Is microfinance associated with changes in women's wellbeing and children's nutrition? a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Gichuru, W., Ojha, S., Smith, S., Smyth, A. R., & Szatkowski, L. (2019). Is microfinance associated with changes in women's wellbeing and children's nutrition? a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 9(1), Article e023658. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023658

Background: Microfinance is the provision of savings and small loans services, with no physical collateral. Most recipients are disadvantaged women. The social and health impacts of microfinance have not been comprehensively evaluated.
Objective: To... Read More about Is microfinance associated with changes in women's wellbeing and children's nutrition? a systematic review and meta-analysis.

You can trust the ladder, but you shouldn’t (2019)
Journal Article
Tallant, J. (2019). You can trust the ladder, but you shouldn’t. Theoria, 85(2), 102-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.12177

My claim in this paper is that, contra what I take to be the orthodoxy in the wider literature, we do trust inanimate objects—per the example in the title, there are cases where people really do trust a ladder (to hold their weight, for instance), an... Read More about You can trust the ladder, but you shouldn’t.

A service evaluation of FIT and anaemia for risk stratification in the two week wait pathway for colorectal cancer (2019)
Journal Article
Chapman, C., Bunce, J., Oliver, S., Ng, O., Tangri, A., Rogers, R., Logan, R., Humes, D., & Banerjea, A. (2019). A service evaluation of FIT and anaemia for risk stratification in the two week wait pathway for colorectal cancer. BJS Open, 3(3), 395-402. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs5.50131

Introduction: New national guidance on urgent referral for investigation for Colorectal Cancer (CRC) included faecal occult blood testing in 2015. We evaluated faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) and anaemia as risk stratification tools in symptomati... Read More about A service evaluation of FIT and anaemia for risk stratification in the two week wait pathway for colorectal cancer.

Transitioning Primary School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder from a Special Education Setting to a Mainstream Classroom: Successes and Difficulties (2019)
Journal Article
Dixon, R., Verenikina, I., Costley, D., & Martin, T. (2021). Transitioning Primary School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder from a Special Education Setting to a Mainstream Classroom: Successes and Difficulties. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 25(5), 640-655. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2019.1568597

Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are increasingly being educated in mainstream classroom environments. Commonly students commence their education in a segregated setting, transitioning to mainstream education after a process of skills de... Read More about Transitioning Primary School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder from a Special Education Setting to a Mainstream Classroom: Successes and Difficulties.

Deep Hourglass for Brain Tumor Segmentation (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Benson, E., Pound, M. P., French, A. P., Jackson, A. S., & Pridmore, T. P. (2018, September). Deep Hourglass for Brain Tumor Segmentation. Presented at 4th International Workshop, BrainLes 2018, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2018, Granada, Spain

The segmentation of a brain tumour in an MRI scan is a challenging task, in this paper we present our results for this problem via the BraTS 2018 challenge, consisting of 210 high grade glioma (HGG) and 75 low grade glioma (LGG) volumes for training.... Read More about Deep Hourglass for Brain Tumor Segmentation.

Three dimensional nanoscale analysis reveals aperiodic mesopores in a covalent organic framework and conjugated microporous polymer (2019)
Journal Article
Stoppiello, C. T., Isla, H., Martínez-Abadía, M., Fay, M. W., Parmenter, C. D. J., Roe, M. J., Lerma-Berlanga, B., Martí-Gastaldo, C., Mateo-Alonso, A., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2019). Three dimensional nanoscale analysis reveals aperiodic mesopores in a covalent organic framework and conjugated microporous polymer. Nanoscale, 11(6), 2848-2854. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr10086a

The integrated analytical approach developed in this study offers a powerful methodology for the structural characterization of complex molecular nanomaterials. Structures of a covalent organic framework based on boronate esters (COF-5) and a conjuga... Read More about Three dimensional nanoscale analysis reveals aperiodic mesopores in a covalent organic framework and conjugated microporous polymer.

Mongoose Manor: Herpestidae remains from the Early Pleistocene Cooper’s D locality in the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Cohen, B., O'REGAN, H., & Steininger, C. (2019). Mongoose Manor: Herpestidae remains from the Early Pleistocene Cooper’s D locality in the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana, 53, 97-113

Mongooses (Herpestidae) are an important component of African ecosystems, and a common constituent of southern African fossil assemblages. Despite this, mongoose fossils from the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa, have received relatively li... Read More about Mongoose Manor: Herpestidae remains from the Early Pleistocene Cooper’s D locality in the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa.

Accuracy of FibroScan Controlled Attenuation Parameter and Liver Stiffness Measurement in Assessing Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (2019)
Journal Article
Tsochatzis, E., Eddowes, P. J., Sasso, M., Allison, M., Tsochatzis, E., Anstee, Q. M., Sheridan, D., Guha, I. N., Cobbold, J. F., Deeks, J. J., Paradis, V., Bedossa, P., & Newsome, P. N. (2019). Accuracy of FibroScan Controlled Attenuation Parameter and Liver Stiffness Measurement in Assessing Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Gastroenterology, 156(6), 1717-1730. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2019.01.042

Background & Aims: We estimated the accuracy of FibroScan vibration-controlled transient elastography controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and liver stiffness measurements (LSMs) in assessing steatosis and fibrosis in patients with suspected NAFLD.... Read More about Accuracy of FibroScan Controlled Attenuation Parameter and Liver Stiffness Measurement in Assessing Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

The Papacy, Reform and Intervention: International Collective Security in Restoration Italy (2019)
Book Chapter
Laven, D. (2019). The Papacy, Reform and Intervention: International Collective Security in Restoration Italy. In B. de Graaf, I. de Haan, & B. Vick (Eds.), Securing Europe after Napoleon: 1815 and the new European security culture (214-230). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108597050.012

In contrast to the largely critical historiography on the Italian portion of the system established at the Congress of Vienna, this chapter argues that most Italians were happy to see the establishment of a Habsburg hegemony, in part as the main driv... Read More about The Papacy, Reform and Intervention: International Collective Security in Restoration Italy.

Albuminuria regression and all-cause mortality among insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes: analysis of a large UK Primary Care cohort (2019)
Journal Article
Anyanwagu, U., Donnelly, R., & Idris, I. (2019). Albuminuria regression and all-cause mortality among insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes: analysis of a large UK Primary Care cohort. American Journal of Nephrology, 49(2), 146-155. https://doi.org/10.1159/000496276

Background: Overt albuminuria (urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) >300mg/g) is an established risk factor for progression of nephropathy and total mortality. However, whether, a reduction in ACR translates into a reduction in mortality and/or car... Read More about Albuminuria regression and all-cause mortality among insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes: analysis of a large UK Primary Care cohort.

Sex allocation, sex ratios and reproduction (2019)
Book Chapter
Hardy, I. C., & Boulton, R. A. (2019). Sex allocation, sex ratios and reproduction. In J. Choe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (464-471). (2nd edition). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00194-7

Sex allocation theory provides a powerful framework for understanding a range of reproductive behavior, including the numerical sex ratio of the progeny that parents produce. Starting with evolutionary explanations for why many species have unbiased... Read More about Sex allocation, sex ratios and reproduction.

An integrated functional Weissman estimator for conditionalextreme quantiles (2019)
Journal Article
Gardes, L., & Stupfler, G. (2019). An integrated functional Weissman estimator for conditionalextreme quantiles. Revstat Statistical Journal, 17(1), 109-144

It is well-known that estimating extreme quantiles, namely, quantiles lying beyond the range of the available data, is a nontrivial problem that involves the analysis of tail behavior through the estimation of the extreme-value index. For heavy-taile... Read More about An integrated functional Weissman estimator for conditionalextreme quantiles.

Observation of angular dependence of T1 in the human white matter at 3T (2019)
Journal Article
Knight, M., Damion, R., & Kauppinen, R. (2019). Observation of angular dependence of T1 in the human white matter at 3T. Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging, 7(3-4), 125-133. https://doi.org/10.3233/bsi-180183

Background and Objective: Multiple factors including chemical composition and microstructure influence relaxivity of tissue water in vivo. We have quantified T1 in the human white mater (WM) together with diffusion tensor imaging to study a possible... Read More about Observation of angular dependence of T1 in the human white matter at 3T.

Tumor pH and Protein Concentration Contribute to the Signal of Amide Proton Transfer Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2019)
Journal Article
Ray, K. J., Simard, M. A., Larkin, J. R., Coates, J., Kinchesh, P., Smart, S. C., Higgins, G. S., Chappell, M. A., & Sibson, N. R. (2019). Tumor pH and Protein Concentration Contribute to the Signal of Amide Proton Transfer Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Cancer Research, 79(7), 1343-1352. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-2168

Abnormal pH is a common feature of malignant tumors and has been associated clinically with suboptimal outcomes. Amide proton transfer magnetic resonance imaging (APT MRI) holds promise as a means to noninvasively measure tumor pH, yet multiple facto... Read More about Tumor pH and Protein Concentration Contribute to the Signal of Amide Proton Transfer Magnetic Resonance Imaging.