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Osteokines and the vasculature: a review of the in vitro effects of osteocalcin, fibroblast growth factor-23 and lipocalin-2 (2019)
Journal Article
Millar, S. A., Anderson, S. I., & O'Sullivan, S. E. (2019). Osteokines and the vasculature: a review of the in vitro effects of osteocalcin, fibroblast growth factor-23 and lipocalin-2. PeerJ, 7, Article e7139. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7139

Bone-derived factors that demonstrate extra-skeletal functions, also termed osteokines, are fast becoming a highly interesting and focused area of cross-disciplinary endocrine research. Osteocalcin (OCN), fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) and lipoc... Read More about Osteokines and the vasculature: a review of the in vitro effects of osteocalcin, fibroblast growth factor-23 and lipocalin-2.

Strategies for reduced cooling time of asphalt for airfield pavement overlay (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rahman, T., Thom, N., & Dawson, A. (2019). Strategies for reduced cooling time of asphalt for airfield pavement overlay. . https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482476.026

Reducing the cooling period of newly laid asphalt overlays could help airport authorities to quickly open remediated pavements to traffic. This paper reviews four strategies for a reduced cooling period, prior to trafficking, of newly-placed asphalt... Read More about Strategies for reduced cooling time of asphalt for airfield pavement overlay.

A major hydrobiological change in Dasht-e Arjan Wetland (SW Iran) during the late glacial-early Holocene transition revealed by subfossil chironomids (2019)
Journal Article
Aubert, C., Djamali, M., Jones, M., Lahijani, H., Marriner, N., Naderi-Beni, A., …Gandouin, E. (2019). A major hydrobiological change in Dasht-e Arjan Wetland (SW Iran) during the late glacial-early Holocene transition revealed by subfossil chironomids. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 56(8), 848-856. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0256

The late glacial-early Holocene transition is a key period in the Earth’s history. However, although this transition is well studied in Europe, it is not well constrained in the Middle East and palaeohydrological records with robust chronologies rema... Read More about A major hydrobiological change in Dasht-e Arjan Wetland (SW Iran) during the late glacial-early Holocene transition revealed by subfossil chironomids.

Continuous-flow crystallisation in 3D-printed compact devices (2019)
Journal Article
Okafor, O., Robertson, K., Goodridge, R., & Sans, V. (2019). Continuous-flow crystallisation in 3D-printed compact devices. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 4(9), 1682-1688. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9re00188c

© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. A flexible and cost-effective methodology to develop compact flow devices with heat exchange ability is presented here. Additive manufacturing techniques allow the rapid design and manufacture of modular jackete... Read More about Continuous-flow crystallisation in 3D-printed compact devices.

Systematic analysis of Plasmodium myosins reveals differential expression, localisation, and function in invasive and proliferative parasite stages (2019)
Journal Article
Wall, R. J., Zeeshan, M., Katris, N. J., Limenitakis, R., Rea, E., Stock, J., …Tewari, R. (2019). Systematic analysis of Plasmodium myosins reveals differential expression, localisation, and function in invasive and proliferative parasite stages. Cellular Microbiology, 21(10), Article e13082. https://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.13082

The myosin superfamily comprises of actin‐dependent eukaryotic molecular motors important in a variety of cellular functions. Although well studied in many systems, knowledge of their functions in Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, is restri... Read More about Systematic analysis of Plasmodium myosins reveals differential expression, localisation, and function in invasive and proliferative parasite stages.

Δccr5 Genotype Is Associated with Mild Form of Nephropathia Epidemica (2019)
Journal Article
Kletenkov, K., Martynova, E., Davidyuk, Y., Kabwe, E., Shamsutdinov, A., Garanina, E., …Morzunov, S. (2019). Δccr5 Genotype Is Associated with Mild Form of Nephropathia Epidemica. Viruses, 11(7), Article 675. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11070675

Nephropathia Epidemica (NE), a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and linked to hantavirus infection, is endemic in the Republic of Tatarstan. Several genetic markers of HFRS severity have been identified previously, including... Read More about Δccr5 Genotype Is Associated with Mild Form of Nephropathia Epidemica.

The influence of fine-scale topography on the impacts of Holocene fire in a Tasmanian montane landscape (2019)
Journal Article
Cadd, H., Fletcher, M.-S., Mariani, M., Heijnis, H., & Gadd, P. S. (2019). The influence of fine-scale topography on the impacts of Holocene fire in a Tasmanian montane landscape. Journal of Quaternary Science, 34(7), 491-498. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3114

Copyright © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Tasmania's montane temperate rainforests contain some of Australia's most ancient and endemic flora. Recent landscape-scale fires have impacted a significant portion of these rainforest ecosystems. The compl... Read More about The influence of fine-scale topography on the impacts of Holocene fire in a Tasmanian montane landscape.

The multitasking Fasciola gigantica Cathepsin B interferes with various functions of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro (2019)
Journal Article
Chen, D., Tian, A., Hou, J., Li, J., Tian, X., Yuan, X., …Zhu, X. (2019). The multitasking Fasciola gigantica Cathepsin B interferes with various functions of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro. Frontiers in Immunology, 10, Article 1707. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01707

Cathepsin B, a lysosomal cysteine protease, is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of Fasciola gigantica infection, but its exact role remains unclear. In the present study, a recombinant F. gigantica cathepsin B (rFgCatB) protein was expresse... Read More about The multitasking Fasciola gigantica Cathepsin B interferes with various functions of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro.

An International Validation of a Clinical Tool to Assess Carers’ Quality of Life in Huntington’s Disease (2019)
Journal Article
Aubeeluck, A. V., Stupple, E. J., Schofield, M., Hughes, A., van der Meer, L., Landwehrmeyer, B., & Ho, A. K. (2019). An International Validation of a Clinical Tool to Assess Carers’ Quality of Life in Huntington’s Disease. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01658

Family carers of individual’s living with Huntington’s Disease (HD) manage a distinct and unique series of difficulties arising from the complex nature of HD. This paper presents the validation of the definitive measure of quality of life for this gr... Read More about An International Validation of a Clinical Tool to Assess Carers’ Quality of Life in Huntington’s Disease.

Determining the continuous thermo-optic coefficients of chalcogenide glass thin films in the MIR region using FTIR transmission spectra (2019)
Journal Article
Fang, Y., Furniss, D., Jayasuriya, D., Parnell, H., Tang, Z., Seddon, A. B., & Benson, T. M. (2019). Determining the continuous thermo-optic coefficients of chalcogenide glass thin films in the MIR region using FTIR transmission spectra. Optics Express, 27(16), 22275-22288. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.022275

A new method (FTIR continuous dn / dT method, n is refractive index and T temperature) for measuring the continuous thermo-optic coefficients of thin transparent films in the mid-infrared (MIR) spectral region is introduced. The technique is based on... Read More about Determining the continuous thermo-optic coefficients of chalcogenide glass thin films in the MIR region using FTIR transmission spectra.

Shakespearean film as art cinema: Stage Beauty as a cerebral retort to Hollywood (2019)
Book Chapter
Martindale, S. (2019). Shakespearean film as art cinema: Stage Beauty as a cerebral retort to Hollywood. In P. Newland, & B. Hoyle (Eds.), British art cinema: Creativity, experimentation and innovationManchester University Press

The Effect of a Pre-Trial Range Demonstration on Subjective Evaluations Using Category Rating of Discomfort Due to Glare (2019)
Journal Article
Kent, M. G., & Fotios, S. (2019). The Effect of a Pre-Trial Range Demonstration on Subjective Evaluations Using Category Rating of Discomfort Due to Glare. LEUKOS, 17(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2019.1631177

Category rating is a procedure commonly used to evaluate visual discomfort due to glare. One recommended step for good practise in a category rating procedure is to use a pre-trial demonstration (PTD) of the range of stimuli to be experienced. Howeve... Read More about The Effect of a Pre-Trial Range Demonstration on Subjective Evaluations Using Category Rating of Discomfort Due to Glare.

"Reader, I married him/ her": Ali Smith, Ovid, and queer translation (2019)
Journal Article
Ranger, H. (2019). "Reader, I married him/ her": Ali Smith, Ovid, and queer translation. Classical Receptions Journal, 11(3), 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1093/crj/clz009

This essay discusses Ali Smith's queer translation of Ovid Metamorphoses 9.666-797 in her 2007 novel Girl meets boy. I argue that Smith's presentation of a contemporary gender-queer Iphis and Ianthe not only fictionalizes the critical argument propos... Read More about "Reader, I married him/ her": Ali Smith, Ovid, and queer translation.

Raymond Williams and the politics of the Commons: the performative quality of the intellectual (2019)
Journal Article
Stevenson, N. (2019). Raymond Williams and the politics of the Commons: the performative quality of the intellectual. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 22(5), 691-705. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877919849958

Much of the sociological work on intellectuals is mostly concerned with the structural role they play within society. In this respect, Raymond Williams is best understood in Gramscian (1988) terms as an organic intellectual connected to the labour mo... Read More about Raymond Williams and the politics of the Commons: the performative quality of the intellectual.

The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Photo-Elicitation in Child-Centered Constructivist Grounded Theory Research (2019)
Journal Article
Poku, B. A., Caress, A. L., & Kirk, S. (2019). The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Photo-Elicitation in Child-Centered Constructivist Grounded Theory Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406919851627

In the last three decades, there has been a growing interest in listening to children’s voices in child health research. Ensuring an appropriate level of dialogical engagement with children calls for participatory methods. Auto-driven photo-elicitati... Read More about The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Photo-Elicitation in Child-Centered Constructivist Grounded Theory Research.

Verification of a low fidelity fast simulation framework through RANS simulations (2019)
Journal Article
Carrizales, M. A., Dussart, G., Portapas, V., Pontillo, A., & Lone, M. (2020). Verification of a low fidelity fast simulation framework through RANS simulations. CEAS Aeronautical Journal, 11(1), 161-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13272-019-00409-x

Verification and validation of simulation models are critical steps in engineering. This paper aims at verifying the suitability of reduced order aerodynamic models used in an aeroservoelastic framework designed to analyze the flight dynamics of flex... Read More about Verification of a low fidelity fast simulation framework through RANS simulations.

Strong zero modes in a class of generalized Ising spin ladders with plaquette interactions (2019)
Journal Article
Vasiloiu, L. M., Carollo, F., Marcuzzi, M., & Garrahan, J. P. (2019). Strong zero modes in a class of generalized Ising spin ladders with plaquette interactions. Physical Review B, 100(2), Article 024309. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.100.024309

© 2019 American Physical Society. We study a class of spin-1/2 quantum ladder models with generalized plaquette interactions in the presence of a transverse field. We show that in certain parameter regimes, these models have strong zero modes respons... Read More about Strong zero modes in a class of generalized Ising spin ladders with plaquette interactions.

Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy (2019)
Journal Article
Hannon, M. (2020). Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 101(3), 591-611. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12624

Epistemic democracy is standardly characterized in terms of “aiming at truth”. This presupposes a veritistic conception of epistemic value, according to which truth is the fundamental epistemic goal. I will raise an objection to the standard (veritis... Read More about Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy.

Efficacy of direct‐acting antivirals: UK real‐world data from a well‐characterised predominantly cirrhotic HCV cohort (2019)
Journal Article
Macken, L., Gelson, W., Priest, M., Abouda, G., Barclay, S., Fraser, A., …Verma, S. (2019). Efficacy of direct‐acting antivirals: UK real‐world data from a well‐characterised predominantly cirrhotic HCV cohort. Journal of Medical Virology, 91(11), 1979-1988. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25552

Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have revolutionised the management of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We describe UK real-world DAA experience. Individuals commencing HCV treatment containing a DAA regimen (Mar 2014-Nov 2016), participatin... Read More about Efficacy of direct‐acting antivirals: UK real‐world data from a well‐characterised predominantly cirrhotic HCV cohort.

Recovering Wind-induced Plant motion in Dense Field Environments via Deep Learning and Multiple Object Tracking (2019)
Journal Article
Gibbs, J. A., Burgess, A. J., Pound, M. P., Pridmore, T. P., & Murchie, E. H. (2019). Recovering Wind-induced Plant motion in Dense Field Environments via Deep Learning and Multiple Object Tracking. Plant Physiology, 181, 28-42. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00141

Understanding the relationships between local environmental conditions and plant structure and function is critical for both fundamental science and for improving the performance of crops in field settings. Wind-induced plant motion is important in m... Read More about Recovering Wind-induced Plant motion in Dense Field Environments via Deep Learning and Multiple Object Tracking.