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Pin-ended press-braked S960 ultra-high strength steel angle section columns: Testing, numerical modelling and design (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, F., Liang, Y., Zhao, O., & Young, B. (2021). Pin-ended press-braked S960 ultra-high strength steel angle section columns: Testing, numerical modelling and design. Engineering Structures, 228, Article 111418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111418

The structural performance and compression resistances of pin-ended press-braked S960 ultra-high strength steel (UHSS) angle section columns have been studied based on experiments and numerical modelling, and are reported in the present paper. An exp... Read More about Pin-ended press-braked S960 ultra-high strength steel angle section columns: Testing, numerical modelling and design.

Fidelity of Interventions to Reduce or Prevent Stress and/or Anxiety from Pregnancy up to Two Years Postpartum: A Systematic Review (2020)
Journal Article
Gorman, G., Toomey, E., Flannery, C., Redsell, S., Hayes, C., Huizink, A., Kearney, P. M., & Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2021). Fidelity of Interventions to Reduce or Prevent Stress and/or Anxiety from Pregnancy up to Two Years Postpartum: A Systematic Review. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25(2), 230-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-03093-0

Introduction: Intervention fidelity refers to whether an intervention is delivered as intended and can enhance interpretation of trial outcomes. Fidelity of interventions to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety during pregnancy and postpartum has yet... Read More about Fidelity of Interventions to Reduce or Prevent Stress and/or Anxiety from Pregnancy up to Two Years Postpartum: A Systematic Review.

Numerical modelling of non-equilibrium condensation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in a converging-diverging nozzle (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wen, C., Zhu, X., Yang, Y., Ding, H., & Yan, Y. (2019, September). Numerical modelling of non-equilibrium condensation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in a converging-diverging nozzle. Presented at International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2019), Rhodes, Greece

The condensing flow model is developed to predict the non-equilibrium condensation of CO2 in a converging-diverging nozzle using computational fluid dynamics modelling, which is expected to contribute to the carbon capture and storage. The numerical... Read More about Numerical modelling of non-equilibrium condensation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in a converging-diverging nozzle.

Climate variability and implications for keeping rivers cool in England (2020)
Journal Article
Wilby, R., & Johnson, M. (2020). Climate variability and implications for keeping rivers cool in England. Climate Risk Management, 30, Article 100259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2020.100259

Water temperature (Tw) is a primary determinant of river ecosystem health and function that is strongly controlled by climate variability and change but mediated by catchment properties. We apply a nested analysis to: (1) evaluate how annual and seas... Read More about Climate variability and implications for keeping rivers cool in England.

Crowdsourcing Campaigns: A New Dataset for Studying British Parties’ Electoral Communications (2020)
Journal Article
Milazzo, C., Trumm, S., & Townsley, J. (2021). Crowdsourcing Campaigns: A New Dataset for Studying British Parties’ Electoral Communications. Political Studies Review, 19(3), 520-527. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478929920970740

Parties’ electoral communications play a central role in British campaigns. Yet, we know little about the nature of the material contained in these communications and how parties’ campaign messages differ across constituencies or elections. In this a... Read More about Crowdsourcing Campaigns: A New Dataset for Studying British Parties’ Electoral Communications.

Y-box binding protein-1: A neglected target in pediatric brain tumors? (2020)
Journal Article
Taylor, L., Kerr, I. D., & Coyle, B. (2021). Y-box binding protein-1: A neglected target in pediatric brain tumors?. Molecular Cancer Research, 19(3), 375-387. https://doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-20-0655

© 2020 American Association for Cancer Research. Brain and central nervous system tumors represent the most common childhood solid tumors. Comprising 21% of all pediatric cancers, they remain the leading cause of cancer-related mortality and morbidit... Read More about Y-box binding protein-1: A neglected target in pediatric brain tumors?.

Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of cerebral toxoplasmosis (2020)
Journal Article
Elsheikha, H. M., Marra, C. M., & Zhu, X.-Q. (2020). Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of cerebral toxoplasmosis. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.1128/CMR.00115-19

Toxoplasma gondii is known to infect a considerable number of mammalian and avian species and a substantial proportion of the world’s human population. The parasite has an impressive ability to disseminate within the host’s body and employs various t... Read More about Epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of cerebral toxoplasmosis.

Pseudo‐Waveform‐Selective Metasurfaces and their Limited Performance (2020)
Journal Article
Nakasha, T., Phang, S., & Wakatsuchi, H. (2021). Pseudo‐Waveform‐Selective Metasurfaces and their Limited Performance. Advanced Theory and Simulations, 4(1), Article 2000187. https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.202000187

Abstract In recent years, metasurfaces composed of lumped circuit components, including nonlinear Schottky diodes, have been reported to be capable of sensing particular electromagnetic waves even at the same frequency depending on their waveforms, o... Read More about Pseudo‐Waveform‐Selective Metasurfaces and their Limited Performance.

Simulation of vibrationally resolved absorption spectra of neutral and cationic polyaromatic hydrocarbons (2020)
Journal Article
Chadwick, R. J., Wickham, K., & Besley, N. A. (2020). Simulation of vibrationally resolved absorption spectra of neutral and cationic polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts: Theory, Computation, and Modeling, 139(12), Article 185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-020-02697-7

The identification of the carriers of the absorption features associated with the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) is a long-standing problem in astronomical spectroscopy. Computational simulations can contribute to the assignment of the carriers of... Read More about Simulation of vibrationally resolved absorption spectra of neutral and cationic polyaromatic hydrocarbons.

The Sustainable Path to a Circular Bioeconomy (2020)
Journal Article
Hadley Kershaw, E., Hartley, S., Mcleod, C., & Polson, P. (2021). The Sustainable Path to a Circular Bioeconomy. Trends in Biotechnology, 39(6), 542-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.10.015

Circular bioeconomy is gaining prominence in academic, policy, and industry contexts, linking circular economy and bioeconomy agendas in service of sustainability. However, it is at risk of developing in narrow, unsustainable ways. A sustainable path... Read More about The Sustainable Path to a Circular Bioeconomy.

The anatomy of behavioral responses to social assistance when informal employment is high (2020)
Journal Article
Bergolo, M., & Cruces, G. (2021). The anatomy of behavioral responses to social assistance when informal employment is high. Journal of Public Economics, 193, Article 104313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104313

The disincentive effects of social assistance programs on registered (or formal) employment are a first-order policy concern in developing and middle-income countries. We study the impact of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program in Uruguay on the... Read More about The anatomy of behavioral responses to social assistance when informal employment is high.

Cylindrical rotating Rayleigh-Taylor instability (2020)
Journal Article
Scase, M. M., & Sengupta, S. (2021). Cylindrical rotating Rayleigh-Taylor instability. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 907, Article A33. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.842

We consider a spun-up system of an inner cylinder of fluid surrounded by an outer fluid layer within a rotating cylindrical container, in the absence of gravity. The outer layer may be of differing density and viscosity to the inner layer. If the inn... Read More about Cylindrical rotating Rayleigh-Taylor instability.

Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women (2020)
Journal Article
Steinthorsdottir, V., McGinnis, R., Williams, N. O., Stefansdottir, L., Thorleifsson, G., Shooter, S., Fadista, J., Sigurdsson, J. K., Auro, K. M., Berezina, G., Borges, M., Bumpstead, S., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Colgiu, I., Dolby, V. A., Dudbridge, F., Engel, S. M., Franklin, C. S., Frigge, M. L., Frisbaek, Y., …Morgan, L. (2020). Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women. Nature Communications, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19733-6

A comparison of PM₂.₅-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in summer Beijing (China) and Delhi (India) (2020)
Journal Article
Elzein, A., Stewart, G. J., Swift, S. J., Nelson, B. S., Crilley, L. R., Alam, M. S., Reyes-Villegas, E., Gadi, R., Harrison, R. M., Hamilton, J. F., & Lewis, A. C. (2020). A comparison of PM₂.₅-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in summer Beijing (China) and Delhi (India). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(22), 14303-14319. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14303-2020

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous pollutants in air, soil, and water and are known to have harmful effects on human health and the environment. The diurnal and nocturnal variations of 17 PAHs in ambient particle-bound PAHs were m... Read More about A comparison of PM₂.₅-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in summer Beijing (China) and Delhi (India).

Comparing short and long batteries to assess deficits and their neural bases in stroke aphasia (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Halai, A. D., De Dios Perez, B., Stefaniak, J. D., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. Comparing short and long batteries to assess deficits and their neural bases in stroke aphasia

Multiple language assessments are necessary for diagnosing, characterising and quantifying the multifaceted deficits observed in many patients’ post-stroke. Current language batteries, however, tend to be an imperfect trade-off between time and sensi... Read More about Comparing short and long batteries to assess deficits and their neural bases in stroke aphasia.

A PM-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor with Two Slot-Pitch Winding (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhu, S., Cox, T., Xu, Z., & Gerada, C. (2020, November). A PM-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor with Two Slot-Pitch Winding. Presented at 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Hamamatsu, Japan

This paper presents a novel electric motor solution to tackle the increasing demand on the traction motor for electric vehicles. The proposed electric motor has a 24 slots 10 poles fractional slot two-slot pitch winding and a PM-assisted synchronous... Read More about A PM-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor with Two Slot-Pitch Winding.

AC loss Analysis in Winding of Electrical Machines with varying Strands-in-hand and Bundle Shapes (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bardalai, A., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., & Gerada, C. (2020, November). AC loss Analysis in Winding of Electrical Machines with varying Strands-in-hand and Bundle Shapes. Presented at 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Hamamatsu, Japan

This paper presents an investigation into the sensitivity of high-frequency AC effects on the winding with varying number of parallel strands. Based on numerical analysis, a methodology to segregate the losses into components is presented. It is show... Read More about AC loss Analysis in Winding of Electrical Machines with varying Strands-in-hand and Bundle Shapes.

PM Halbach Arrays in Motors: Loss Reduction and Performance Improvements (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hebala, A., Nuzzo, S., Connor, P. H., Giangrande, P., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2020, November). PM Halbach Arrays in Motors: Loss Reduction and Performance Improvements. Presented at 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Hamamatsu, Japan

© 2020 The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Halbach array configurations represent a common choice in high-performance electrical machines, since a stronger magnetic field is generated for the same Permanent Magnet (PM) volume. Hence, high... Read More about PM Halbach Arrays in Motors: Loss Reduction and Performance Improvements.

On single-phase operation of three-phase synchronous generators (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spagnolo, C., Nuzzo, S., Giangrande, P., Galea, M., & Serra, G. (2020, November). On single-phase operation of three-phase synchronous generators. Presented at 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Hamamatsu, Japan

Classical synchronous generators have been used for decades in the field of power generation. The traditional manner of operation of these systems is the balanced, three phase configuration. However, recently there has been an interest in re-configur... Read More about On single-phase operation of three-phase synchronous generators.

Influence of Thermal Aging on the Winding Thermal Conductivity in Low Voltage Electrical Machines (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., & Galea, M. (2020, November). Influence of Thermal Aging on the Winding Thermal Conductivity in Low Voltage Electrical Machines. Presented at 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Hamamatsu, Japan

It is widely acknowledged that thermal aging can have a detrimental effect on the reliability and lifetime expectancy of electrical machines. Long exposure times to high temperature can deteriorate the dielectric properties of the electrical insulati... Read More about Influence of Thermal Aging on the Winding Thermal Conductivity in Low Voltage Electrical Machines.