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Investigating the impact of copper leaching on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions in HPCR diesel engines (2019)
Journal Article
La Rocca, A., Ferrante, A., Haffner-Staton, E., Cairns, A., Weilhard, A., Sans, V., …Laforgia, D. (2020). Investigating the impact of copper leaching on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions in HPCR diesel engines. Fuel, 263, Article 116719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116719

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Copper leaching in diesel fuel and its impact on combustion and emission characteristics of a Direct Injection High Pressure Common Rail (DI HPCR) diesel engine was investigated. This work was performed using a single cylinder Ric... Read More about Investigating the impact of copper leaching on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions in HPCR diesel engines.

Vitamin E acetate is not present in licit e‐cigarette products available on the UK market (2019)
Journal Article
Nyakutsikwa, B., Britton, J., Bogdanovica, I., & Langley, T. (2020). Vitamin E acetate is not present in licit e‐cigarette products available on the UK market. Addiction, 115(4), 782-783. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14920

Aims
To determine whether nicotine-containing vaping products submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 contain tetrahydrocannabinol or vitamin E acetate.... Read More about Vitamin E acetate is not present in licit e‐cigarette products available on the UK market.

Closed Loop Force Control of In-Situ Machining Robots using Audible Sound Features (2019)
Journal Article
Alatorre, D., Rabani, A., Axinte, D., & Branson, D. T. (2020). Closed Loop Force Control of In-Situ Machining Robots using Audible Sound Features. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 136, Article 106517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2019.106517

Detecting, measuring and controlling the forces between cutting tools and machined components is essential in circumstances where direct position control (e.g. depth of cut, feed speed, etc.) is inaccurate and/or impossible. This paper explores the u... Read More about Closed Loop Force Control of In-Situ Machining Robots using Audible Sound Features.

The Role of Government Affiliation in Explaining Firm Innovativeness and Profitability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from China (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Kafouros, M., Yi, J., Hong, J., & Ganotakis, P. (2020). The Role of Government Affiliation in Explaining Firm Innovativeness and Profitability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from China. Journal of World Business, 55(3), Article 101047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101047

Drawing from institutional polycentrism, we advance understanding of how affiliation with different government levels influences innovativeness and profitability in emerging countries. Our framework suggests that as different government levels vary i... Read More about The Role of Government Affiliation in Explaining Firm Innovativeness and Profitability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from China.

Cell type–specific super-resolution imaging reveals an increase in calcium-permeable AMPA receptors at spinal peptidergic terminals as an anatomical correlate of inflammatory pain (2019)
Journal Article
Woodhams, S. G., Markus, R., Gowler, P. R., Self, T. J., & Chapman, V. (2019). Cell type–specific super-resolution imaging reveals an increase in calcium-permeable AMPA receptors at spinal peptidergic terminals as an anatomical correlate of inflammatory pain. PAIN, 160(11), 2641-2650. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001672

Spinal hyperexcitability is a key event in the development of persistent pain, and arises partly from alterations in the number and localization of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors. However, determinin... Read More about Cell type–specific super-resolution imaging reveals an increase in calcium-permeable AMPA receptors at spinal peptidergic terminals as an anatomical correlate of inflammatory pain.

中小学校园公共空间自然可视率量化研究 (2019)
Journal Article
Liu, F., Hu, Z., Tang, Y., & Xie, J. (2019). 中小学校园公共空间自然可视率量化研究. Kexue Jishu yu Gongcheng, 19(33), 342-349

In order to solve the problem that the traditional method is very complex in safety assessment of primary and secondary school, which cannot get an objective result quickly. The method of calculating the natural visibility ratio within the students'... Read More about 中小学校园公共空间自然可视率量化研究.

Investigation of anorectal motility (2019)
Book Chapter
WILKINSON-SMITH, V., Basilisco, G., & CORSETTI, M. (2019). Investigation of anorectal motility. In S. Rao, Y. Lee, & U. Ghoshal (Eds.), Clinical and Basic Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Elsevier

Investigation of colonic motility (2019)
Book Chapter
CORSETTI, M., & GUNN, D. (2019). Investigation of colonic motility. In S. Rao, Y. Lee, & U. Ghosal (Eds.), Clinical and Basic Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Elsevier

A max-cut approximation using a graph based MBO scheme (2019)
Journal Article
Keetch, B., & van Gennip, Y. (2019). A max-cut approximation using a graph based MBO scheme. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B, 24(11), 6091-6139. https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2019132

© 2019 American Institute of Mathematical Sciences. All rights reserved. The Max-Cut problem is a well known combinatorial optimization problem. In this paper we describe a fast approximation method. Given a graph G, we want to find a cut whose size... Read More about A max-cut approximation using a graph based MBO scheme.

Testing and numerical modelling of S960 ultra-high strength steel angle and channel section stub columns (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, F., Zhao, O., & Young, B. (2020). Testing and numerical modelling of S960 ultra-high strength steel angle and channel section stub columns. Engineering Structures, 204, Article 109902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109902

A comprehensive experimental and numerical study of the cross-sectional compressive behaviour and resistances of press-braked S960 ultra-high strength steel (UHSS) angle and channel section stub columns is reported in this paper. The experimental stu... Read More about Testing and numerical modelling of S960 ultra-high strength steel angle and channel section stub columns.

Unacceptable failures: the final report of the Lancet Commission into liver disease in the UK (2019)
Journal Article
Rice, P., Williams, R., Newsome, P., Aithal, G., Morling, J., Alexander, G. J., …Yeoman, A. (2020). Unacceptable failures: the final report of the Lancet Commission into liver disease in the UK. Lancet, 395(10219), 226-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2819%2932908-3

This final report of the Lancet Commission into liver disease in the UK stresses the continuing increase in burden of liver disease from excess alcohol consumption and obesity, with high levels of hospital admissions which are worsening in deprived a... Read More about Unacceptable failures: the final report of the Lancet Commission into liver disease in the UK.

Review, Challenges, and Future Developments of Electric Taxiing Systems (2019)
Journal Article
Lukic, M., Giangrande, P., Hebala, A., Nuzzo, S., & Galea, M. (2019). Review, Challenges, and Future Developments of Electric Taxiing Systems. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 5(4), 1441-1457. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2019.2956862

The ever-increasing demand for passenger air traffic results in larger airline fleets every year. The aircraft market forecast reveals an unprecedented growth for the coming decades, leading to serious environmental and economic concerns among airlin... Read More about Review, Challenges, and Future Developments of Electric Taxiing Systems.

Coinfinder: Detecting Significant Associations and Dissociations in Pangenomes (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper
Whelan, F. J., Rusilowicz, M., & McInerney, J. O. Coinfinder: Detecting Significant Associations and Dissociations in Pangenomes

The accessory genes of prokaryote and eukaryote pangenomes accumulate by horizontal gene transfer, differential gene loss, and the effects of selection and drift. We have developed Coinfinder, a software program that assesses whether sets of homologo... Read More about Coinfinder: Detecting Significant Associations and Dissociations in Pangenomes.

Alpha/beta power decreases track the fidelity of stimulus-specific information (2019)
Journal Article
Griffiths, B. J., Mayhew, S. D., Mullinger, K. J., Jorge, J., Charest, I., Wimber, M., & Hanslmayr, S. (2019). Alpha/beta power decreases track the fidelity of stimulus-specific information. eLife, 8, Article e49562. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.49562

© 2019, Griffiths et al. Massed synchronised neuronal firing is detrimental to information processing. When networks of task-irrelevant neurons fire in unison, they mask the signal generated by task-critical neurons. On a macroscopic level, such sync... Read More about Alpha/beta power decreases track the fidelity of stimulus-specific information.

HDAC4 and 5 repression of TBX5 is relieved by protein kinase D1 (2019)
Journal Article
Ghosh, T. K., Aparicio-Sánchez, J. J., Buxton, S., & Brook, J. D. (2019). HDAC4 and 5 repression of TBX5 is relieved by protein kinase D1. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 17992. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54312-w

TBX5 is a T-box family transcription factor that regulates heart and forelimb development in vertebrates and functional deficiencies in this protein result in Holt-Oram syndrome. Recently, we have shown that acetylation of TBX5 potentiates its activi... Read More about HDAC4 and 5 repression of TBX5 is relieved by protein kinase D1.

Conjugate Addition Routes to 2-alkyl-2,3-dihydroquinolin-4(1H)-ones and 2-alkyl-4-hydroxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylates (2019)
Journal Article
Kingsbury, A., Brough, S., Pedrina McCarthy, A., Lewis, W., & Woodward, S. (2020). Conjugate Addition Routes to 2-alkyl-2,3-dihydroquinolin-4(1H)-ones and 2-alkyl-4-hydroxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylates. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2020(11-12), 1011-1017. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201901036

Under CuBr·SMe2/PPh3 catalysis (5/10 mol-%) RMgCl (R = Me, Et, nPr, CH=CH2, nBu, iBu, nC5H11, cC6H11, Bn, CH2Bn, nC11H23) readily (-78 oC) undergo 1,4-addition to Cbz or Boc protected quinolin-4(1H)-ones to provide 2-alkyl-2,3-dihydroquinolin-4(1H)-o... Read More about Conjugate Addition Routes to 2-alkyl-2,3-dihydroquinolin-4(1H)-ones and 2-alkyl-4-hydroxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylates.

Practitioners’ Views on Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy during Lapse and for Harm Reduction: A Qualitative Study (2019)
Journal Article
Thomson, R., McDaid, L., Emery, J., Dyas, J., Phillips, L., Naughton, F., …Coleman, T. (2019). Practitioners’ Views on Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy during Lapse and for Harm Reduction: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(23), Article 4791. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234791

Many countries, including the UK, recommend nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation during pregnancy. However, adherence to NRT is generally low, smoking lapse or relapse is common and using NRT to reduce the harm from the number of... Read More about Practitioners’ Views on Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnancy during Lapse and for Harm Reduction: A Qualitative Study.

The implications of labour unions in the presence of a merger (2019)
Journal Article
Cao, J., Mukherjee, A., & Sinha, U. B. (2020). The implications of labour unions in the presence of a merger. Manchester School, 88(4), 575-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12306

It is usually believed that the presence of labour unions is detrimental for the consumers since it raises wage. We show that this view may not be true if we endogenise the impacts of labour unions on firms' corporate strategies such as merger and ac... Read More about The implications of labour unions in the presence of a merger.