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Analysis and Design of Dual-Rotor Synchronous Reluctance Machine (2020)
Journal Article
Alani, M., Degano, M., Bianchi, N., Mahmoud, H., & Gerada, C. (2021). Analysis and Design of Dual-Rotor Synchronous Reluctance Machine. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 9(4), 4376-4383. https://doi.org/10.1109/jestpe.2020.3047404

To push the synchronous reluctance machine toward higher power densities to meet the requirement of automotive applications, a double-rotor (DR) synchronous reluctance topology has been thoroughly analyzed, designed, and investigated by means of fini... Read More about Analysis and Design of Dual-Rotor Synchronous Reluctance Machine.

[N ii] Fine-structure Emission at 122 and 205 μm in a Galaxy at z = 2.6: A Globally Dense Star-forming Interstellar Medium (2020)
Journal Article
Doherty, M. J., Geach, J. E., Ivison, R. J., & Dye, S. (2020). [N ii] Fine-structure Emission at 122 and 205 μm in a Galaxy at z = 2.6: A Globally Dense Star-forming Interstellar Medium. Astrophysical Journal, 905(2), Article 152. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abc5b9

We present new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array of the 122 and 205 μm fine-structure line emission of singly ionized nitrogen in a strongly lensed starburst galaxy at z = 2.6. The 122/205 μm [N ii] line ratio is sens... Read More about [N ii] Fine-structure Emission at 122 and 205 μm in a Galaxy at z = 2.6: A Globally Dense Star-forming Interstellar Medium.

Structural and binding characterization of the LacdiNAc-specific adhesin (LabA; HopD) exodomain from Helicobacter pylori (2020)
Journal Article
Paraskevopoulou, V., Schimpl, M., Overman, R. C., Stolnik, S., Chen, Y., Nguyen, L., Winkler, G. S., Gellert, P., Klassen, J. S., & Falcone, F. H. (2021). Structural and binding characterization of the LacdiNAc-specific adhesin (LabA; HopD) exodomain from Helicobacter pylori. Current Research in Structural Biology, 3, 19-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crstbi.2020.12.004

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) uses several outer membrane proteins for adhering to its host's gastric mucosa, an important step in establishing and preserving colonization. Several adhesins (SabA, BabA, HopQ) have been characterized in terms of the... Read More about Structural and binding characterization of the LacdiNAc-specific adhesin (LabA; HopD) exodomain from Helicobacter pylori.

Population dynamics of Rhizoctonia, Oculimacula, and Microdochium species in soil, roots, and stems of English wheat crops (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Woodhall, J. W., Nielsen, L. K., Tomlinson, D., Farooqi, A., & Ray, R. V. (2021). Population dynamics of Rhizoctonia, Oculimacula, and Microdochium species in soil, roots, and stems of English wheat crops. Plant Pathology, 70(4), 862-874. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13329

© 2020 The Authors. Plant Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Society for Plant Pathology This study aimed to elucidate the population dynamics of Rhizoctonia, Oculimacula, and Microdochium species, causing the stem ba... Read More about Population dynamics of Rhizoctonia, Oculimacula, and Microdochium species in soil, roots, and stems of English wheat crops.

The Challenge of Building a Scalable Postcapitalist Commons: The Limits of FairCoin as a Commons-Based Cryptocurrency (2020)
Journal Article
Dallyn, S., & Frenzel, F. (2021). The Challenge of Building a Scalable Postcapitalist Commons: The Limits of FairCoin as a Commons-Based Cryptocurrency. Antipode, 53(3), 859-883. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12705v

Postcapitalist commons are a growing area of interest in the efforts to generate alternatives to capitalism in the present. Commons are understood as self-organised collectives based around shared resources; yet postcapitalist commons have an additio... Read More about The Challenge of Building a Scalable Postcapitalist Commons: The Limits of FairCoin as a Commons-Based Cryptocurrency.

Atomic structure of sodium iron phosphate glasses (2020)
Journal Article
Al‐Hasni, B. M., Mountjoy, G., & Barney, E. (2021). Atomic structure of sodium iron phosphate glasses. International Journal of Applied Glass Science, 12(2), 245-258. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijag.15865

The atomic structure of a series of sodium iron phosphate glasses is studied using different experimental techniques: X-ray and neutron diffraction (ND), infrared spectroscopy, extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), and X-ray absorption ne... Read More about Atomic structure of sodium iron phosphate glasses.

EUSC: A clustering-based surrogate model to accelerate evolutionary undersampling in imbalanced classification (2020)
Journal Article
Le, H. L., Landa-Silva, D., Galar, M., Garcia, S., & Triguero, I. (2021). EUSC: A clustering-based surrogate model to accelerate evolutionary undersampling in imbalanced classification. Applied Soft Computing, 101, Article 107033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2020.107033

© 2020 Learning from imbalanced datasets is highly demanded in real-world applications and a challenge for standard classifiers that tend to be biased towards the classes with the majority of the examples. Undersampling approaches reduce the size of... Read More about EUSC: A clustering-based surrogate model to accelerate evolutionary undersampling in imbalanced classification.

Enhanced anticorrosion properties of nitrogen ions modified polyvinyl alcohol/Mg-Ag ions co-incorporated calcium phosphate coatings (2020)
Journal Article
Thanigai Arul, K., Manikandan, E., Ramana Ramya, J., Indirae, K., Kamachi Mudali, U., Henini, M., Asokan, K., Dong, C.-L., & Narayana Kalkura, S. (2021). Enhanced anticorrosion properties of nitrogen ions modified polyvinyl alcohol/Mg-Ag ions co-incorporated calcium phosphate coatings. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 261, Article 124182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2020.124182

Nitrogen ions (70 keV) were implanted on composite coatings containing polymer/Mg (magnesium)–Ag (silver) ions co-incorporated hydroxyapatite which is developed by microwave irradiation. Average crystallite size of modified coatings is reduced to 80%... Read More about Enhanced anticorrosion properties of nitrogen ions modified polyvinyl alcohol/Mg-Ag ions co-incorporated calcium phosphate coatings.

The Ncoa7 locus regulates V-ATPase formation and function, neurodevelopment and behaviour (2020)
Journal Article
Castroflorio, E., den Hoed, J., Svistunova, D., Finelli, M. J., Cebrian-Serrano, A., Corrochano, S., Bassett, A. R., Davies, B., & Oliver, P. L. (2021). The Ncoa7 locus regulates V-ATPase formation and function, neurodevelopment and behaviour. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 78(7), 3503-3524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-020-03721-6

Members of the Tre2/Bub2/Cdc16 (TBC), lysin motif (LysM), domain catalytic (TLDc) protein family are associated with multiple neurodevelopmental disorders, although their exact roles in disease remain unclear. For example, nuclear receptor coactivato... Read More about The Ncoa7 locus regulates V-ATPase formation and function, neurodevelopment and behaviour.

Neuromolecular Mechanisms of Cannabis Action (2020)
Book Chapter
Adel, Y., & Alexander, S. P. (2021). Neuromolecular Mechanisms of Cannabis Action. In Cannabinoids and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (15-28). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57369-0_2

Most of our current understanding of the neuromolecular mechanisms of Cannabis action focusses on two plant cannabinoids, THC and CBD. THC acts primarily through presynaptic CB cannabinoid receptors to regulate neurotransmitter release in the brain,... Read More about Neuromolecular Mechanisms of Cannabis Action.

Towards Flexible, Fault Tolerant Hardware Service Wrappers for the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring Project (2020)
Journal Article
McNally, M. J., Chaplin, J. C., Martinez-Arellano, G., & Ratchev, S. (2020). Towards Flexible, Fault Tolerant Hardware Service Wrappers for the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring Project. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 53(3), 72-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.11.065

The adoption of digital manufacturing in small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector in the UK is low, yet these technologies offer significant promise to boost productivity. Two major causes of this lack of uptake is the high upfr... Read More about Towards Flexible, Fault Tolerant Hardware Service Wrappers for the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring Project.

In-vitro cell interaction and apatite forming ability in simulated body fluid of ICIE16 and 13-93 bioactive glass coatings deposited by an emerging suspension high velocity oxy fuel (SHVOF) thermal spray (2020)
Journal Article
Bano, S., Romero, A. R., Grant, D., Nommeots-Nomm, A., Scotchford, C., Ahmed, I., & Hussain, T. (2021). In-vitro cell interaction and apatite forming ability in simulated body fluid of ICIE16 and 13-93 bioactive glass coatings deposited by an emerging suspension high velocity oxy fuel (SHVOF) thermal spray. Surface and Coatings Technology, 407, Article 126764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126764

ICIE16 and 13-93 bioactive glasses have been proposed as alternative chemically stable compositions in physiological fluid keeping bioactivity comparable to Bioglass®. ICIE16 and 13-93 bioactive glasses coatings were produced via an emerging suspensi... Read More about In-vitro cell interaction and apatite forming ability in simulated body fluid of ICIE16 and 13-93 bioactive glass coatings deposited by an emerging suspension high velocity oxy fuel (SHVOF) thermal spray.

Measuring Mental Workload Variations in Office Work Tasks using fNIRS (2020)
Journal Article
Midha, S., Maior, H. A., Wilson, M. L., & Sharples, S. (2021). Measuring Mental Workload Variations in Office Work Tasks using fNIRS. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 147, Article 102580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102580

The motivation behind using physiological measures to estimate cognitive activity is typically to build technology that can help people to understand themselves and their work, or indeed for systems to do so and adapt. While functional Near Infrared... Read More about Measuring Mental Workload Variations in Office Work Tasks using fNIRS.

“A cool kid” Queer theory travels to China (2020)
Journal Article
Bao, H. (2021). “A cool kid” Queer theory travels to China. Translation and Interpreting Studies, 16(2), 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.19069.bao

This article traces the historical moment when queer theory first arrived in mainland China in the early 2000s by comparing and contrasting two translated texts in Chinese: Wang Fengzhen’s book Guaiyi Lilun [Peculiar Theory] and Li Yinhe’s book Ku’er... Read More about “A cool kid” Queer theory travels to China.

Multinational corporations and human rights violations in emerging economies: Does commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter? (2020)
Journal Article
Ullah, S., Adams, K., Adams, D., & Attah-Boakye, R. (2021). Multinational corporations and human rights violations in emerging economies: Does commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter?. Journal of Environmental Management, 280, Article 111689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111689

With the surge in economic growth in the global-north visa -vis social and economic inequalities in the global-south (north-south dichotomy), there is an increasing requirement for critical research and an examination of the policy implications with... Read More about Multinational corporations and human rights violations in emerging economies: Does commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter?.

Improving emotional well-being for hospital-based patients with dementia (2020)
Journal Article
Petty, S., Griffiths, A., Coleston, D. M., & Dening, T. (2021). Improving emotional well-being for hospital-based patients with dementia. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 22(1), 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-05-2020-0019

Purpose: Improving hospital care for people with dementia is a well-established priority. There is limited research evidence to guide nursing staff in delivering person-centred care, particularly under conditions where patients are emotionally distre... Read More about Improving emotional well-being for hospital-based patients with dementia.

In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability (2020)
Journal Article
White, N. D. (2020). In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability. Journal of International Peacekeeping, 23(3-4), 203-225. https://doi.org/10.1163/18754112-02303005

It is argued in this article that due diligence, grounded on positive duties under international human rights law, is a standard against which to measure the performance of UN peacekeeping forces. Its adoption by the UN will improve accountability, b... Read More about In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability.

Aspects of urbanism in later Bronze Age northern Italy (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pearce, M. (2019, March). Aspects of urbanism in later Bronze Age northern Italy. Presented at Crossing the Alps: Early Urbanism between Northern Italy and Central Europe (900-400 BC), Milan, Italy

This paper askes the question whether towns may be said to be visible in the archaeological record of northern Italy before the Iron Age. It argues that we should not use the forms of urbanism of the Greek, Etruscan and Roman cities as criteria for i... Read More about Aspects of urbanism in later Bronze Age northern Italy.

Respiratory Volume Monitoring: A Machine-Learning Approach to the Non-Invasive Prediction of Tidal Volume and Minute Ventilation (2020)
Journal Article
Hurtado, D. E., Chávez, J. A. P., Mansilla, R., Lopez, R., & Abusleme, A. (2020). Respiratory Volume Monitoring: A Machine-Learning Approach to the Non-Invasive Prediction of Tidal Volume and Minute Ventilation. IEEE Access, 8, 227936-227944. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3045603

Continuous monitoring of ventilatory parameters such as tidal volume (TV) and minute ventilation (MV) has shown to be effective in the prevention of respiratory compromise events in hospitalized patients. However, the non-invasive estimation of respi... Read More about Respiratory Volume Monitoring: A Machine-Learning Approach to the Non-Invasive Prediction of Tidal Volume and Minute Ventilation.