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An agenda for ethics and justice in adaptation to climate change (2019)
Journal Article
Byskov, M. F., Hyams, K., Satyal, P., Anguelovski, I., Benjamin, L., Blackburn, S., Borie, M., Caney, S., Chu, E., Edwards, G., Fourie, K., Fraser, A., Heyward, C., Jeans, H., McQuistan, C., Paavola, J., Page, E., Pelling, M., Priest, S., Swiderska, K., …Venn, A. (2019). An agenda for ethics and justice in adaptation to climate change. Climate and Development, 13(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2019.1700774

As experts predict that at least some irreversible climate change will occur with potentially disastrous effects on the lives and well-being of vulnerable communities around the world, it is paramount to ensure that these communities are resilient an... Read More about An agenda for ethics and justice in adaptation to climate change.

Ultimate strength and fracture sequence of bolted connections to thin-walled carbon steel (2019)
Journal Article
Mahmood, M., Elamin, A., & Tizani, W. (2020). Ultimate strength and fracture sequence of bolted connections to thin-walled carbon steel. Structures, 23, 646-659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2019.11.011

© 2019 Institution of Structural Engineers Recent experimental studies on single shear bolted connections to thin-walled carbon steel indicated the need for parametric analysis to understand the behaviour of the connection. In this paper, finite elem... Read More about Ultimate strength and fracture sequence of bolted connections to thin-walled carbon steel.

“Tourism for all?” Considering social tourism: a perspective paper (2019)
Journal Article
McCabe, S. (2019). “Tourism for all?” Considering social tourism: a perspective paper. Tourism Review, 75(1), 61-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/tr-06-2019-0264

Social tourism concerns the inclusion of all members of a society in participation in tourism. Such participation is made possible through the provision of some form of system of social or welfare support (Minneart, Diekmann, and McCabe 2011). The in... Read More about “Tourism for all?” Considering social tourism: a perspective paper.

Looking beyond the audiogram in ototoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy (2019)
Journal Article
Baguley, D. M., & Prayuenyong, P. (2020). Looking beyond the audiogram in ototoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 85(2), 245-250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00280-019-04012-z

© 2019, The Author(s). Introduction: Ototoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy is highly prevalent and can cause detrimental consequences among cancer survivors. Discussion: In this article, we highlight important aspects of the evaluat... Read More about Looking beyond the audiogram in ototoxicity associated with platinum-based chemotherapy.

The mechanisms and processes of connection: developing a causal chain model capturing impacts of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives (2019)
Journal Article
Ng, F., Charles, A., Pollock, K., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Cuijpers, P., Gillard, S., Van Der Krieke, L., Bongaardt, R., Pomberth, S., Hui, A., Repper, J., Roe, J., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., Hui, A., Hare-Duke, L., Manley, D., & Slade, M. (2019). The mechanisms and processes of connection: developing a causal chain model capturing impacts of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives. BMC Psychiatry, 19, Article 413. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2405-z

Background: Mental health recovery narratives are a core component of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support and anti-stigma campaigns. A substantial number of recorded recovery narratives are now publicly available online in different... Read More about The mechanisms and processes of connection: developing a causal chain model capturing impacts of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives.

A first report on competitive inhibition of laccase enzyme by lignin degradation intermediates (2019)
Journal Article
Pamidipati, S., & Ahmed, A. (2020). A first report on competitive inhibition of laccase enzyme by lignin degradation intermediates. Folia Microbiologica, 65, 431-437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-019-00765-5

Laccases have been widely explored for their ligninolytic capability in bioethanol production and bioremediation of industrial effluents. However, low reaction rates have posed a major challenge to commercialization of such processes. This study repo... Read More about A first report on competitive inhibition of laccase enzyme by lignin degradation intermediates.

Absence, silence, and the shades of Takemitsu's Ma in Venice (2019)
Journal Article
Rilling, F. L. (2019). Absence, silence, and the shades of Takemitsu's Ma in Venice. Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, 19, 80-92. https://doi.org/10.24135/ijara.v0i0.557

I propose to set up a dialogue between absence and silence; in particular, between my own interpretations of absence through layered images, and silence as it features in the musical works by Tōru Takemitsu. My layered images seek to re-present exper... Read More about Absence, silence, and the shades of Takemitsu's Ma in Venice.

A musculoskeletal modelling approach to explain sit-to-stand difficulties in older people due to changes in muscle recruitment and movement strategies (2019)
Journal Article
Smith, S. H., Reilly, P., & Bull, A. M. (2020). A musculoskeletal modelling approach to explain sit-to-stand difficulties in older people due to changes in muscle recruitment and movement strategies. Journal of Biomechanics, 98, Article 109451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109451

By 2050 the proportion of over 65s is predicted to be 20% of the population. The consequences of an age-related reduction in muscle mass have not been fully investigated and, therefore, the aim of the present study was to quantify the muscle and join... Read More about A musculoskeletal modelling approach to explain sit-to-stand difficulties in older people due to changes in muscle recruitment and movement strategies.

The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being (Preprint) (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper
Perez Vallejos, E., Dowthwaite, L., Creswich, H., Portillo, V., Koene, A., Jirotka, M., McCarthy, A., & McAuley, D. The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being (Preprint)

Background:
Algorithms rule the online environments and are essential for performing data processing, filtering, personalisation and other tasks. Research has shown that children and young people make up a significant proportion of Internet users, h... Read More about The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being (Preprint).

Horizon Response To DCMS Call For Evidence: Cyber Security Incentives and Regulation (2019)
Other
McAuley, D., & Chen, J. Horizon Response To DCMS Call For Evidence: Cyber Security Incentives and Regulation

Microfluidic-based Growth and Imaging of Bacterial Biofilms (2019)
Journal Article
Brown, J., Blunk, B., Williams, P., & Hardie, K. (2019). Microfluidic-based Growth and Imaging of Bacterial Biofilms. Bio-protocol, 9(24), Article e3460. https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.3460

Biofilms are a ubiquitous form of growth for bacteria on surfaces in most environments, natural or manmade. Here we present a protocol using the Bioflux microfluidic system to investigate the organized structure and development of these multicellular... Read More about Microfluidic-based Growth and Imaging of Bacterial Biofilms.

Vernacular passive design in Myanmar housing for thermal comfort (2019)
Journal Article
Zune, M., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2020). Vernacular passive design in Myanmar housing for thermal comfort. Sustainable Cities and Society, 54, Article 101992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101992

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Tropical weather is characterized by high humidity, high temperature, and intense solar insolation; therefore, traditional tropical housing is predominantly dependent on natural ventilation and passive cooling for thermal comfort.... Read More about Vernacular passive design in Myanmar housing for thermal comfort.

Transcriptional plasticity buffers genetic variation in zinc homeostasis (2019)
Journal Article
Pita-Barbosa, A., Ricachenevsky, F. K., Wilson, M., Dottorini, T., & Salt, D. E. (2019). Transcriptional plasticity buffers genetic variation in zinc homeostasis. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 19482. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55736-0

In roots of Arabidopsis thaliana, Zn can be either loaded into the xylem for translocation to the shoot or stored in vacuoles. Vacuolar storage is achieved through the action of the Zn/Cd transporter HMA3 (Heavy Metal Atpase 3). The Col-0 accession h... Read More about Transcriptional plasticity buffers genetic variation in zinc homeostasis.

Improving the efficacy of selenium fertilizers for wheat biofortification (2019)
Journal Article
Ramkissoon, C., Degryse, F., da Silva, R. C., Baird, R., Young, S. D., Bailey, E. H., & McLaughlin, M. J. (2019). Improving the efficacy of selenium fertilizers for wheat biofortification. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 19520. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55914-0

© 2019, The Author(s). Increasing the selenium (Se) concentration of staple crops by fertilization is a valuable pathway to increase Se in the human diet, thus preventing Se deficiency. A pot trial was set up to investigate whether the application of... Read More about Improving the efficacy of selenium fertilizers for wheat biofortification.

Multi-material 3D bioprinting of porous constructs for cartilage regeneration (2019)
Journal Article
Ruiz-Cantu, L., Gleadall, A., Faris, C., Segal, J., Shakesheff, K., & Yang, J. (2020). Multi-material 3D bioprinting of porous constructs for cartilage regeneration. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 109, Article 110578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.110578

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. The current gold standard for nasal reconstruction after rhinectomy or severe trauma includes transposition of autologous cartilage grafts in conjunction with coverage using an autologous skin flap. Harvesting autologous cartilag... Read More about Multi-material 3D bioprinting of porous constructs for cartilage regeneration.

Confidence of recurrent cellulitis self-diagnosis among people with lymphoedema: a qualitative interview study (2019)
Journal Article
Patel, M., Lee, S. I., Levell, N. J., Smart, P., Kai, J., Thomas, K. S., & Leighton, P. (2020). Confidence of recurrent cellulitis self-diagnosis among people with lymphoedema: a qualitative interview study. British Journal of General Practice, 70(691), e130-e137. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X707909

© British Journal of General Practice 2020. BACKGROUND: Cellulitis can sometimes be challenging for healthcare professionals to diagnose, with no validated diagnostic criteria available. Supporting healthcare professionals to make a more accurate dia... Read More about Confidence of recurrent cellulitis self-diagnosis among people with lymphoedema: a qualitative interview study.

Clinical characteristics and patient treatment satisfaction with Humalog U-200 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: an observational study (2019)
Journal Article
Mamza, J., Anyanwagu, U., Alkharaiji, M., & Idris, I. (2020). Clinical characteristics and patient treatment satisfaction with Humalog U-200 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: an observational study. Journal of Drug Assessment, 9(1), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/21556660.2019.1704415

Background There is limited data on the real world evidence of Humalog 200 units/ml KwikPen (U-200) insulin. We assessed the use of U-200 insulin in UK routine clinical practice to provide information on clinical characteristics, treatment satisfacti... Read More about Clinical characteristics and patient treatment satisfaction with Humalog U-200 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: an observational study.

Liquidate your assets: reasoning about resource usage in liquid Haskell (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Handley, M., Vazou, N., & Hutton, G. Liquidate your assets: reasoning about resource usage in liquid Haskell. Presented at 47th ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Liquid Haskell is an extension to the type system of Haskell that supports formal reasoning about program correctness by encoding logical properties as refinement types. In this article, we show how Liquid Haskell can also be used to reason about pro... Read More about Liquidate your assets: reasoning about resource usage in liquid Haskell.

The Australian Real‐Time Fiscal Database: An Overview with Illustrations of Its Use in Analysing Fiscal Policy (2019)
Journal Article
Lee, K., Morley, J., Shields, K., & Tan, M. S.-L. (2020). The Australian Real‐Time Fiscal Database: An Overview with Illustrations of Its Use in Analysing Fiscal Policy. Economic Record, 96(312), 87-106. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12509

This paper describes a fiscal database for Australia including measures of government spending, revenue, deecits, debt and various sub-aggregates as initially published and subsequently revised. The data vintages are collated from various sources and... Read More about The Australian Real‐Time Fiscal Database: An Overview with Illustrations of Its Use in Analysing Fiscal Policy.

Exploring How Component Factors and Their Uncertainty Affect Judgements of Risk in Cyber-Security (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ellerby, Z., McCulloch, J., Wilson, M., & Wagner, C. (2019, September). Exploring How Component Factors and Their Uncertainty Affect Judgements of Risk in Cyber-Security. Presented at CRITIS 2019 : 14th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security, Linköping, Sweden

Subjective judgements from experts provide essential information when assessing and modelling threats in respect to cyber-physical systems. For example, the vulnerability of individual system components can be described using multiple factors, such a... Read More about Exploring How Component Factors and Their Uncertainty Affect Judgements of Risk in Cyber-Security.