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Probing the electronic structure of ether functionalised ionic liquids using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (2019)
Journal Article
Dick, E., Fouda, A., Besley, N. A., & Licence, P. (2020). Probing the electronic structure of ether functionalised ionic liquids using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(3), 1624-1631. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cp01297d

The charge distribution associated with individual components in functionalised ionic liquids (ILs) can be tuned by careful manipulation of the substituent groups incorporated into the ions. Here we use X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to investigate... Read More about Probing the electronic structure of ether functionalised ionic liquids using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Agronomic biofortification with selenium impacts storage proteins in grains of upland rice (2019)
Journal Article
Reis, H. P. G., Pigatto De Queiroz Barcelos, J., Silva, V. M., Santos, E. F., Tavanti, R. F. R., Putti, F. F., …Reis, A. R. D. (2020). Agronomic biofortification with selenium impacts storage proteins in grains of upland rice. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 100(5), 1990-1997. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10212

© 2019 Society of Chemical Industry BACKGROUND: Selenium (Se) is an essential element for humans and animals. Rice is one of the most commonly consumed cereals in the world, so the agronomic biofortification of cereals with Se may be a good strategy... Read More about Agronomic biofortification with selenium impacts storage proteins in grains of upland rice.

Translating healthcare research evidence into practice: The role of linked boundary objects (2019)
Journal Article
Melo, S., & Bishop, S. (2020). Translating healthcare research evidence into practice: The role of linked boundary objects. Social Science and Medicine, 246, Article 112731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112731

Recent years have seen widespread interest in the process of evidence implementation and growth of implementation science. Whilst this work has drawn attention to the challenges and complexities of implementing evidence into everyday practice, for th... Read More about Translating healthcare research evidence into practice: The role of linked boundary objects.

Promoting healthy teenage behaviour across three European countries through the use of a novel smartphone technology platform, PEGASO fit for future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-Centre trial (2019)
Journal Article
Puigdomenech, E., Martin, A., Lang, A., Adorni, F., Gomez, S. F., McKinstry, B., …and on behalf of the PEGASO Fit For Future Consortium. (2019). Promoting healthy teenage behaviour across three European countries through the use of a novel smartphone technology platform, PEGASO fit for future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-Centre trial. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 19(1), Article 278. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-019-0958-x

Background: Behaviour change interventions targeting physical activity, diet, sleep and sedentary behaviour of teenagers show promise when delivered through smartphones. However, to date there is no evidence of effectiveness of multicomponent smartph... Read More about Promoting healthy teenage behaviour across three European countries through the use of a novel smartphone technology platform, PEGASO fit for future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-Centre trial.

Towards infield, live plant phenotyping using a reduced-parameter CNN (2019)
Journal Article
Atanbori, J., French, A. P., & Pridmore, T. P. (2020). Towards infield, live plant phenotyping using a reduced-parameter CNN. Machine Vision and Applications, 31, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00138-019-01051-7

There is an increase in consumption of agricultural produce as a result of the rapidly growing human population, particularly in developing nations. This has triggered high-quality plant phenotyping re- search to help with the breeding of high yieldi... Read More about Towards infield, live plant phenotyping using a reduced-parameter CNN.

Additive twists and a conjecture by Mazur, Rubin and Stein (2019)
Journal Article
Diamantis, N., Hoffstein, J., Kıral, M., & Lee, M. (2020). Additive twists and a conjecture by Mazur, Rubin and Stein. Journal of Number Theory, 209, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2019.11.016

In this paper, a conjecture of Mazur, Rubin and Stein concerning certain averages of modular symbols is proved. To cover levels that are important for elliptic curves, namely those that are not square-free, we establish results about L-functions with... Read More about Additive twists and a conjecture by Mazur, Rubin and Stein.

Rapid characterisation of hERG channel kinetics II: temperature dependence (2019)
Journal Article
Lei, C. L., Clerx, M., Beattie, K. A., Melgari, D., Hancox, J. C., Gavaghan, D. J., …Mirams, G. R. (2019). Rapid characterisation of hERG channel kinetics II: temperature dependence. Biophysical Journal, 117(12), 2455-2470. https://doi.org/10.1101/609719

Ion channel behavior can depend strongly on temperature, with faster kinetics at physiological temperatures leading to considerable changes in currents relative to room temperature. These temperature-dependent changes in voltage-dependent ion channel... Read More about Rapid characterisation of hERG channel kinetics II: temperature dependence.

China's Dual Export Sector (2019)
Book Chapter
Riano, A., & Defever, F. (2019). China's Dual Export Sector. In B. Zissimos (Ed.), WTO and Economic Development. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press)

China has transitioned from being an almost autarkic economy to become the world's largest exporter in less than three decades. Given this unique transformation, this paper investigates if the key stylized facts that characterize the behavior of fir... Read More about China's Dual Export Sector.

Dynamic fields at the tip of sub-Rayleigh and supershear frictional rupture fronts (2019)
Journal Article
Svetlizky, I., Albertini, G., Cohen, G., Kammer, D. S., & Fineberg, J. (2020). Dynamic fields at the tip of sub-Rayleigh and supershear frictional rupture fronts. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 137, Article 103826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2019.103826

The onset of frictional motion at the interface between two distinct bodies in contact is characterized by the propagation of dynamic rupture fronts. We combine friction experiments and numerical simulations to study the properties of these frictiona... Read More about Dynamic fields at the tip of sub-Rayleigh and supershear frictional rupture fronts.

Implementing FIP's global pharmaceutical education transformation vision in Sub-Saharan African countries (2019)
Journal Article
Uzman, N., Williams, A. E., Altiere, R. J., Anderson, C., & Bates, I. (2020). Implementing FIP's global pharmaceutical education transformation vision in Sub-Saharan African countries. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 16(8), 1131-1135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.12.011

The realization of a competent, versatile and adaptable Pharmaceutical workforce which is a key component in achieving the World Health Organization Universal Health Coverage agenda in 2030 depends on the supply of adequately trained pharmacy workfor... Read More about Implementing FIP's global pharmaceutical education transformation vision in Sub-Saharan African countries.

Increasing uptake of National Health Service Health Checks in primary care: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of enhanced invitation letters in Northamptonshire, England (2019)
Journal Article
Sallis, A., Gold, N., Agbebiyi, A., James, R. J. .., Berry, D., Bonus, A., Vlaev, I., & Chadborn, T. (2021). Increasing uptake of National Health Service Health Checks in primary care: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of enhanced invitation letters in Northamptonshire, England. Journal of Public Health, 43(1), e92–e99. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdz134

Background
Uptake of NHS Health Checks (NHSHCs) is sub-optimal. This study aimed to increase their uptake using behaviourally informed invitation letters.

Method
Patients registered with 6 general practices in Northamptonshire, England who were... Read More about Increasing uptake of National Health Service Health Checks in primary care: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of enhanced invitation letters in Northamptonshire, England.

Berno Augiensis Tractatus liturgici (2019)
Book
Augiensis, B. (2019). H. Parkes (Ed.), Berno Augiensis Tractatus liturgici. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers

This volume offers the first modern edition and study of the liturgical writings of Bern, abbot of Reichenau (d. 1048). Dealing with some of the more ordinary questions facing medieval worshipping communities – such as how to find the correct date fo... Read More about Berno Augiensis Tractatus liturgici.

Quantitative phase and polarization imaging through an optical fiber applied to detection of early esophageal tumorigenesis (2019)
Journal Article
Gordon, G. S. D., Joseph, J., Alcolea, M. P., Sawyer, T., Williams, C., Fitzpatrick, C. R. M., …Bohndiek, S. E. (2019). Quantitative phase and polarization imaging through an optical fiber applied to detection of early esophageal tumorigenesis. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 24(12), Article 126004. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.24.12.126004

© The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI. Phase and polarization... Read More about Quantitative phase and polarization imaging through an optical fiber applied to detection of early esophageal tumorigenesis.

A runaway PRH/HHEX-Notch3 positive feedback loop drives cholangiocarcinoma and determines response to CDK4/6 inhibition (2019)
Journal Article
Jayaraman, P.-S., Kitchen, P., Gaston, K., Lee, K. Y., Afford, S., Clark, D., …Sawasdichai, A. (2020). A runaway PRH/HHEX-Notch3 positive feedback loop drives cholangiocarcinoma and determines response to CDK4/6 inhibition. Cancer Research, 80(4), 757-770. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-0942

Aberrant Notch and Wnt signalling are known drivers of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) but the underlying factors that initiate and maintain these pathways are not known. Here we show that the PRH/HHEX transcription factor forms a positive transcriptional f... Read More about A runaway PRH/HHEX-Notch3 positive feedback loop drives cholangiocarcinoma and determines response to CDK4/6 inhibition.

Agronomic biofortification of leafy vegetables grown in an Oxisol, Alfisol and Vertisol with isotopically labelled selenium (77Se) (2019)
Journal Article
Ligowe, I. S., Young, S. D., Ander, E. L., Kabambe, V., Chilimba, A. D., Bailey, E. H., Lark, R. M., & Nalivata, P. C. (2020). Agronomic biofortification of leafy vegetables grown in an Oxisol, Alfisol and Vertisol with isotopically labelled selenium (77Se). Geoderma, 361, Article 114106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.114106

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Selenium biofortification of crops is a proven technology for improving dietary nutrition. This study used isotopically labelled selenate (>99% enriched 77Se) to assess uptake and Se availability to two green vegetables, Brassica... Read More about Agronomic biofortification of leafy vegetables grown in an Oxisol, Alfisol and Vertisol with isotopically labelled selenium (77Se).

Experimental study of NOx emissions in a 30 kWth pressurized oxy-coal fluidized bed combustor (2019)
Journal Article
Pang, L., Shao, Y., Zhong, W., Gong, Z., & Liu, H. (2020). Experimental study of NOx emissions in a 30 kWth pressurized oxy-coal fluidized bed combustor. Energy, 194, Article 116756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116756

© 2019 As one of the most promising carbon capture technologies for coal-fired power plants, oxy-coal combustion has attracted wide interests during the last two decades. In comparison to atmospheric oxy-fuel combustion, pressurized oxy-fuel combusti... Read More about Experimental study of NOx emissions in a 30 kWth pressurized oxy-coal fluidized bed combustor.

N6-methyladenosine regulates the stability of RNA:DNA hybrids in human cells (2019)
Journal Article
Abakir, A., Giles, T. C., Cristini, A., Foster, J. M., Dai, N., Starczak, M., …Ruzov, A. (2020). N6-methyladenosine regulates the stability of RNA:DNA hybrids in human cells. Nature Genetics, 52(1), 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0549-x

© 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc. R-loops are nucleic acid structures formed by an RNA:DNA hybrid and unpaired single-stranded DNA that represent a source of genomic instability in mammalian cells1–4. Her... Read More about N6-methyladenosine regulates the stability of RNA:DNA hybrids in human cells.

Acute thiamethoxam toxicity in honeybees is not enhanced by common fungicide and herbicide and lacks stress-induced changes in mRNA splicing (2019)
Journal Article
Decio, P., Ustaoglu, P., Roat, T. C., Malaspina, O., Devaud, J.-M., Stöger, R., & Soller, M. (2019). Acute thiamethoxam toxicity in honeybees is not enhanced by common fungicide and herbicide and lacks stress-induced changes in mRNA splicing. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 19196. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55534-8

Securing food supply for a growing population is a major challenge and heavily relies on the use of agrochemicals to maximize crop yield. It is increasingly recognized, that some neonicotinoid insecticides have a negative impact on non-target organis... Read More about Acute thiamethoxam toxicity in honeybees is not enhanced by common fungicide and herbicide and lacks stress-induced changes in mRNA splicing.