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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., …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., …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., …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.

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. (2019). Challenges to the industrial melt-processing of conductive plastics. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2055, 090003-1 to 090003-5. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5084881

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.

Growing research in geriatric medicine (2019)
Journal Article
Yarnall, A., Walker, R., Tullo, E., Todd, O., Steves, C. J., Shenkin, S. 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.

Experimental performance of latent thermal energy storage for sustainable cooling of buildings in hot-arid regions (2019)
Journal Article
Zeinelabdein, R., Omer, S., & Gan, G. (2019). Experimental performance of latent thermal energy storage for sustainable cooling of buildings in hot-arid regions. Energy and Buildings, 186, 169-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.01.013

Highlights • A modular PCM-air heat exchanger for free cooling of buildings has been proposed • Narrow air flow channels result in a higher cooling potential and a faster charging process • Thermal comfort period provided by the system during the dis... Read More about Experimental performance of latent thermal energy storage for sustainable cooling of buildings in hot-arid regions.

Adjustment with aphasia after stroke: study protocol for a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial for SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR Befriending (SUPERB) (2019)
Journal Article
Hilari, K., Behn, N., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Thomas, S., Northcott, S., …Goldsmith, K. (2019). Adjustment with aphasia after stroke: study protocol for a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial for SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR Befriending (SUPERB). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-019-0397-6

Background: Despite the high prevalence of mood problems after stroke, evidence on effective interventions particularly for those with aphasia is limited. There is a pressing need to systematically evaluate interventions aiming to improve wellbeing f... Read More about Adjustment with aphasia after stroke: study protocol for a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial for SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR Befriending (SUPERB).

Assessing the severity of Type 2 diabetes using clinical data-based measures: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Zghebi, S. S., Panagioti, M., Rutter, M. K., Ashcroft, D. M., van Marwijk, H., Salisbury, C., …Kontopantelis, E. (2019). Assessing the severity of Type 2 diabetes using clinical data-based measures: a systematic review. Diabetic Medicine, 36(6), 688-701. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13905

Aims: To identify and critically appraise measures that use clinical data to grade the severity of Type 2 diabetes.
Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Embase and PubMed between inception and June 2018. Studies reporting on clinical data‐based diabetes‐sp... Read More about Assessing the severity of Type 2 diabetes using clinical data-based measures: a systematic review.

Promotion of breastfeeding by dental teams: A survey of early career dentists (2019)
Journal Article
Polglass, L., Leonardi-Bee, J., Morris, A., & Murray, R. (2019). Promotion of breastfeeding by dental teams: A survey of early career dentists. Journal of Health Visiting, 7(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2019.7.1.24

Breastfeeding provides a range of positive health benefits for both mother and baby. Due to maternal exemption of dental charges, dentists have the access and opportunity to provide information to expectant and nursing mothers, and are in an optimal... Read More about Promotion of breastfeeding by dental teams: A survey of early career dentists.

The circadian clock components BMAL1 and REV-ERBα regulate flavivirus replication (2019)
Journal Article
Zhuang, X., Magri, A., Hill, M., Lai, A. G., Kumar, A., Rambhatla, S. B., …McKeating, J. A. (2019). The circadian clock components BMAL1 and REV-ERBα regulate flavivirus replication. Nature Communications, 10(1), Article 377. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08299-7

© 2019, The Author(s). The circadian clock regulates immune responses to microbes and affects pathogen replication, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well understood. Here we demonstrate that the circadian components BMAL1 and REV-ERBα... Read More about The circadian clock components BMAL1 and REV-ERBα regulate flavivirus replication.

Life cycle energy use and greenhouse gas emission of lightweight vehicle – a body-in-white design (2019)
Journal Article
Sun, X., Meng, F., Liu, J., McKechnie, J., & Yang, J. (2019). Life cycle energy use and greenhouse gas emission of lightweight vehicle – a body-in-white design. Journal of Cleaner Production, 220, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.225

A life cycle assessment (LCA) study is performed to compare the life cycle primary energy demand (PED) and global warming potential (GWP) of steel baseline automotive body-in-white (BIW) with three types of lightweight Scenarios. Scenario I, Scenario... Read More about Life cycle energy use and greenhouse gas emission of lightweight vehicle – a body-in-white design.