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An investigation of the effect of pre-straining on the creep behaviour of a P91 steel at 600°C using impression creep testing (2020)
Journal Article
Brett, S. J., Dyson, C., Maskill, S., Bridges, A., & Sun, W. (2020). An investigation of the effect of pre-straining on the creep behaviour of a P91 steel at 600°C using impression creep testing. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 776, Article 139032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139032

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. This paper investigates the effect of high temperature tensile strain on subsequent creep strength in a grade 91 steel using impression creep testing. The grade 91 material investigated has been tested in two different microstruc... Read More about An investigation of the effect of pre-straining on the creep behaviour of a P91 steel at 600°C using impression creep testing.

The intravenous pharmacokinetics of butorphanol and detomidine dosed in combination compared with individual dose administrations to exercised horses (2020)
Journal Article
Paine, S. W., Bright, J., Scarth, J. P., Hincks, P. R., Pearce, C. M., Hannan, C., Machnik, M., & Hillyer, L. (2020). The intravenous pharmacokinetics of butorphanol and detomidine dosed in combination compared with individual dose administrations to exercised horses. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 43(2), 162-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvp.12838

In equine and racing practice, detomidine and butorphanol are commonly used in combination for their sedative properties. The aim of the study was to produce detection times to better inform European veterinary surgeons, so that both drugs can be use... Read More about The intravenous pharmacokinetics of butorphanol and detomidine dosed in combination compared with individual dose administrations to exercised horses.

Spatiotemporal regulation of GSK3β levels by miRNA-26a controls axon development in cortical neurons (2020)
Journal Article
Lucci, C., Mesquita-Ribeiro, R., Rathbone, A., & Dajas-Bailador, F. (2020). Spatiotemporal regulation of GSK3β levels by miRNA-26a controls axon development in cortical neurons. Development, 147(3), Article dev180232. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.180232

© 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. Both the establishment of neuronal polarity and axonal growth are crucial steps in the development of the nervous system. The local translation of mRNAs in the axon provides precise regulation of pr... Read More about Spatiotemporal regulation of GSK3β levels by miRNA-26a controls axon development in cortical neurons.

Design of van der Waals interfaces for broad-spectrum optoelectronics (2020)
Journal Article
Ubrig, N., Ponomarev, E., Zultak, J., Domaretskiy, D., Zólyomi, V., Terry, D., Howarth, J., Gutiérrez-Lezama, I., Zhukov, A., Kudrynskyi, Z. R., Kovalyuk, Z. D., Patanè, A., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Gorbachev, R. V., Fal'ko, V. I., & Morpurgo, A. F. (2020). Design of van der Waals interfaces for broad-spectrum optoelectronics. Nature Materials, 19, 299-304. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0601-3

Van der Waals (vdW) interfaces based on 2D materials are promising for optoelectronics, as interlayer transitions between different compounds allow tailoring of the spectral response over a broad range. However, issues such as lattice mismatch or a s... Read More about Design of van der Waals interfaces for broad-spectrum optoelectronics.

Early developmental plasticity of lateral roots in response to asymmetric water availability (2020)
Journal Article
von Wangenheim, D., Banda, J., Schmitz, A., Boland, J., Bishopp, A., Maizel, A., Stelzer, E. H., & Bennett, M. (2020). Early developmental plasticity of lateral roots in response to asymmetric water availability. Nature Plants, 6, 73–77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0580-z

© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. Root branching is influenced by the soil environment and exhibits a high level of plasticity. We report that the radial positioning of emerging lateral roots is influenced by... Read More about Early developmental plasticity of lateral roots in response to asymmetric water availability.

Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Nigerian Nurses’ Engagement in Health Promoting Behaviors: A Socio-Ecological Model Approach (2020)
Journal Article
Uchendu, C., Windle, R., & Blake, H. (2020). Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Nigerian Nurses’ Engagement in Health Promoting Behaviors: A Socio-Ecological Model Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), Article 1314. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041314

Nurses make up the single largest healthcare professional group in the Nigerian healthcare system. As frontline healthcare providers, they promote healthy lifestyles to patients and families. However, the determinants of Nigerian nurses’ personal hea... Read More about Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Nigerian Nurses’ Engagement in Health Promoting Behaviors: A Socio-Ecological Model Approach.

Co-Expression Effect of SLC7A5/SLC3A2 to Predict Response to Endocrine Therapy in Oestrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer (2020)
Journal Article
Alfarsi, L. H., El-Ansari, R., Craze, M. L., Masisi, B. K., Mohammed, O. J., Rakha, E. A., Ellis, I. O., & Green, A. R. (2020). Co-Expression Effect of SLC7A5/SLC3A2 to Predict Response to Endocrine Therapy in Oestrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(4), Article 1407. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21041407

The majority of breast cancers are oestrogen receptor positive (ER+) and are subject to endocrine therapy however, an unpredictable subgroup of patients will develop resistance to endocrine therapy. SLC7A5/SLC3A2 complex is a major route for the tran... Read More about Co-Expression Effect of SLC7A5/SLC3A2 to Predict Response to Endocrine Therapy in Oestrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer.

Flexible Pavements and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review and Implications (2020)
Journal Article
Qiao, Y., Dawson, A. R., Parry, T., Flintsch, G., & Wang, W. (2020). Flexible Pavements and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review and Implications. Sustainability, 12(3), 1057. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031057

© 2020 by the authors. Flexible pavements and climate are interactive. Pavements are climate sensitive infrastructure, where climate can impact their deterioration rate, subsequent maintenance, and life-cycle costs. Meanwhile, climate mitigation meas... Read More about Flexible Pavements and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review and Implications.

Emotion-focused care requested by hospital patients with dementia via advance care planning (2020)
Journal Article
Petty, S., Coleston, D. M., Dening, T., & Griffiths, A. (2020). Emotion-focused care requested by hospital patients with dementia via advance care planning. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 16(1), 29-33. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjnn.2020.16.1.29

Background: This study responds to international pressures to improve hospital care for patients with dementia. Aim: To reach a concise overview of ways to improve the emotional wellbeing of patients with dementia when in hospital by exploring their... Read More about Emotion-focused care requested by hospital patients with dementia via advance care planning.

Does a firm's supplier concentration affect its cash holdings? (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Zou, M., Liu, W., & Zhang, Y. (2020). Does a firm's supplier concentration affect its cash holdings?. Economic Modelling, 90, 527-535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2020.01.025

High supplier concentration (SC) of a firm can weaken the firm's bargaining power, which reduces its profitability and internal funds. Also, high SC likely increases the firm's exposure to supply shocks, which results in high costs of external financ... Read More about Does a firm's supplier concentration affect its cash holdings?.

Evaluating the purification and activation of metal-organic frameworks from a technical and circular economy perspective (2020)
Journal Article
Woodliffe, J. L., Ferrari, R. S., Ahmed, I., & Laybourn, A. (2020). Evaluating the purification and activation of metal-organic frameworks from a technical and circular economy perspective. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 428, Article 213578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213578

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly porous materials consisting of metal ions or clusters linked by organic molecules. The high value of MOFs arises from the amount of empty space within their structure (up to 90%) and their tuneable structure... Read More about Evaluating the purification and activation of metal-organic frameworks from a technical and circular economy perspective.

Spatio-temporal sub-pixel land cover mapping of remote sensing imagery using spatial distribution information from same-class pixels (2020)
Journal Article
Li, X., Chen, R., Foody, G. M., Wang, L., Yang, X., Du, Y., & Ling, F. (2020). Spatio-temporal sub-pixel land cover mapping of remote sensing imagery using spatial distribution information from same-class pixels. Remote Sensing, 12(3), Article 503. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030503

© 2020 by the authors. The generation of land cover maps with both fine spatial and temporal resolution would aid the monitoring of change on the Earth's surface. Spatio-temporal sub-pixel land cover mapping (STSPM) uses a few fine spatial resolution... Read More about Spatio-temporal sub-pixel land cover mapping of remote sensing imagery using spatial distribution information from same-class pixels.

Giving calves 'the best start': Perceptions of colostrum management on dairy farms in England (2020)
Journal Article
Palczynski, L., Bleach, E., Brennan, M., & Robinson, P. (2020). Giving calves 'the best start': Perceptions of colostrum management on dairy farms in England. Animal Welfare Journal, 29(1), 45-58. https://doi.org/10.7120/09627286.29.1.045

Good colostrum management can confer protective immunity to newborn calves, making calves less susceptible to infectious disease, and fundamentally improving both their short- and long-term health, welfare and productivity. Industry recommendations c... Read More about Giving calves 'the best start': Perceptions of colostrum management on dairy farms in England.

Association between non-malignant monoclonal gammopathy and adverse outcomes in chronic kidney disease: Acohort study (2020)
Journal Article
Fenton, A., Chinnadurai, R., Gullapudi, L., Kampanis, P., Dasgupta, I., Ritchie, J., Harding, S., Ferro, C. J., Kalra, P. A., Taal, M. W., & Cockwell, P. (2020). Association between non-malignant monoclonal gammopathy and adverse outcomes in chronic kidney disease: Acohort study. PLoS Medicine, 17(2), Article e1003050. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003050

BACKGROUND: In studies including the general population, the presence of non-malignant monoclonal gammopathy (MG) can be causally associated with kidney damage and shorter survival. We assessed whether the presence of an MG is associated with a highe... Read More about Association between non-malignant monoclonal gammopathy and adverse outcomes in chronic kidney disease: Acohort study.

Photoabsorption, photoionization, and Auger processes at the carbon K edge in C H3 i (2020)
Journal Article
De Fanis, A., Forbes, R., Pratt, S. T., Bozek, J. D., Besley, N. A., Milosavljević, A. R., Nicolas, C., & Holland, D. M. P. (2020). Photoabsorption, photoionization, and Auger processes at the carbon K edge in C H3 i. Physical Review A, 101(2), Article 023408. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.101.023408

© 2020 American Physical Society. The dynamics of photoabsorption, photoionization, and the associated Auger decay have been investigated at the carbon K edge in methyl iodide (CH3I) using linearly polarized synchrotron radiation. Ion yield measureme... Read More about Photoabsorption, photoionization, and Auger processes at the carbon K edge in C H3 i.

Starch/Poly(glycerol-adipate) Nanocomposites: A Novel Oral Drug Delivery Device (2020)
Journal Article
Vestri, A., Pearce, A. K., Cavanagh, R., Styliari, I. D., Sanders, C., Couturaud, B., Schenone, S., Taresco, V., Jakobsen, R. R., Howdle, S. M., Musumeci, F., & Sagnelli, D. (2020). Starch/Poly(glycerol-adipate) Nanocomposites: A Novel Oral Drug Delivery Device. Coatings, 10(2), Article 125. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10020125

Biocompatible and bio-based materials are an appealing resource for the pharmaceutical industry. Poly(glycerol-adipate) (PGA) is a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer that can be used to produce self-assembled nanoparticles (NPs) able to encapsul... Read More about Starch/Poly(glycerol-adipate) Nanocomposites: A Novel Oral Drug Delivery Device.

Energy endowments and the location of manufacturing firms (2020)
Journal Article
Manderson, E. J., & Kneller, R. (2020). Energy endowments and the location of manufacturing firms. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 101, Article 102301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2020.102301

This paper provides empirical evidence on whether individual firms choose to structure their production globally to exploit international differences in energy resources and prices. We use the US shale gas revolution as a quasi-natural experiment to... Read More about Energy endowments and the location of manufacturing firms.

Spatial microsimulation of osteoarthritis prevalence at the small area level in England – Constraint selection for a 2-stage microsimulation process (2020)
Journal Article
Ifesemen, O. S., Bestwick-Stevenson, T., & Edwards, K. L. (in press). Spatial microsimulation of osteoarthritis prevalence at the small area level in England – Constraint selection for a 2-stage microsimulation process. International Journal of Microsimulation, 12(2), 36-50. https://doi.org/10.34196/+ijm.00200

The presence of identical benchmark/constraint variables in both geographic and survey datasets is a principal requirement for static spatial microsimulation models, particularly in the field of medicine and health sciences. This is also a as key lim... Read More about Spatial microsimulation of osteoarthritis prevalence at the small area level in England – Constraint selection for a 2-stage microsimulation process.

Adaptations: Commemoration and Contemporary Irish Theatre (2020)
Book Chapter
Moran, J. (2020). Adaptations: Commemoration and Contemporary Irish Theatre. In E. Falci, & P. Reynolds (Eds.), Irish Literature in Transition: 1980-2020 (152-167). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108564373.011

During the build-up to the centenary of the Easter Rising in 2016, the Irish media reported upon, and helped to generate, a number of controversies about the planned commemorations. For example, in the wake of the Queen of England’s visit to Ireland... Read More about Adaptations: Commemoration and Contemporary Irish Theatre.

Investigating the Effects of Four Auditory Profiles on Speech Recognition, Overall Quality, and Noise Annoyance With Simulated Hearing-Aid Processing Strategies (2020)
Journal Article
Wu, M., Sanchez-Lopez, R., El-Haj-Ali, M., Nielsen, S. G., Fereczkowski, M., Dau, T., Santurette, S., & Neher, T. (2020). Investigating the Effects of Four Auditory Profiles on Speech Recognition, Overall Quality, and Noise Annoyance With Simulated Hearing-Aid Processing Strategies. Trends in Hearing, 24, https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216520960861

Effective hearing aid (HA) rehabilitation requires personalization of the HA fitting parameters, but in current clinical practice only the gain prescription is typically individualized. To optimize the fitting process, advanced HA settings such as no... Read More about Investigating the Effects of Four Auditory Profiles on Speech Recognition, Overall Quality, and Noise Annoyance With Simulated Hearing-Aid Processing Strategies.