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A Local Search with a Surrogate Assisted Option for Instance Reduction (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neri, F., & Triguero, I. (2020). A Local Search with a Surrogate Assisted Option for Instance Reduction. In Applications of Evolutionary Computation (578-594). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43722-0_37

© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. In data mining, instance reduction is a key data pre-processing step that simplifies and cleans raw data, by either selecting or creating new samples, before applying a learning algorithm. This usually yields t... Read More about A Local Search with a Surrogate Assisted Option for Instance Reduction.

Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects (2020)
Report
Treanor, L., Jones, S., & Marlow, S. (2020). Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects. Enterprise Research Centre

The contemporary stereotypical entrepreneur is typically characterised as a middle-class, middle-aged, white male (McAdam, 2012) leading a high-growth, high turnover enterprise. In reality, most UK businesses are home based, micro or small firms owne... Read More about Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects.

Children's Economic and Social Rights and Child Poverty: The State of Play (2020)
Journal Article
Nolan, A., & Pells, K. (2020). Children's Economic and Social Rights and Child Poverty: The State of Play. International Journal of Children's Rights, 28(1), 111-132. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02801006

The article begins by outlining the state of the existing theoretical child rights literature on ESR, before going on to consider the growing body of CRS focused on specific ESR-thematic areas. The authors make clear the historic dominance of law in... Read More about Children's Economic and Social Rights and Child Poverty: The State of Play.

Analytical Model of Modular Spoke-Type Permanent Magnet Machines for In-Wheel Traction Applications (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, H., Hua, W., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., & Gerada, C. (2020). Analytical Model of Modular Spoke-Type Permanent Magnet Machines for In-Wheel Traction Applications. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 35(3), 1289-1300. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2020.2979886

This paper proposes an analytical model of modular spoke-type permanent magnet (MSTPM) machines based on air-gap field modulation (AFM) theory. Firstly, a fundamental AFM model of open-circuit MSTPM machines is introduced. The open-circuit air-gap fi... Read More about Analytical Model of Modular Spoke-Type Permanent Magnet Machines for In-Wheel Traction Applications.

Development of a novel system for in-situ repair of aeroengine airfoil via pulsed laser ablation (2020)
Journal Article
Cha, D., Diaz, O., Liao, Z., Gilbert, D., Axinte, D., Kell, J., …Main, D. (2020). Development of a novel system for in-situ repair of aeroengine airfoil via pulsed laser ablation. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 55, 126-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2020.03.001

A novel system for performing in-situ micro-machining of aero-engines for repair applications is proposed in this paper. Using Pulsed Laser Ablation (PLA) as material removal technique, surface cracks caused by foreign objects colliding with airfoils... Read More about Development of a novel system for in-situ repair of aeroengine airfoil via pulsed laser ablation.

Understanding Microwave Heating in Biomass-Solvent Systems (2020)
Journal Article
Taqi, A., Farcot, E., Robinson, J. P., & Binner, E. R. (2020). Understanding Microwave Heating in Biomass-Solvent Systems. Chemical Engineering Journal, 124741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124741

A new mechanism is proposed to provide a viable physical explanation for the action of microwaves in solvent extraction processes. The key innovation is Temperature-Induced Diffusion, a recently-demonstrated phenomenon that results from selective hea... Read More about Understanding Microwave Heating in Biomass-Solvent Systems.

Noise reduction in coherence scanning interferometry for surface topography measurement (2020)
Journal Article
Gomez, C., Su, R., De Groot, P., & Leach, R. (2020). Noise reduction in coherence scanning interferometry for surface topography measurement. Nanomanufacturing and Metrology, 3, 68–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41871-020-00057-4

Coherence scanning interferometry is one of the most accurate surface measuring technology, and it is increasingly applied to challenging surface structures, such as additive manufactured part and transparent films, directly in environments that rese... Read More about Noise reduction in coherence scanning interferometry for surface topography measurement.

PIK3Cδ expression by fibroblasts promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression (2020)
Journal Article
Huang, P., Gagliano, T., Shah, K., Gargani, S., Lao, L., Alsaleem, M., …Giamas, G. (2020). PIK3Cδ expression by fibroblasts promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 130(6), 3188-3204. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci128313

As there is growing evidence for the tumor microenvironment’s (TME) role in tumorigenesis, we investigated the role of fibroblast-expressed kinases in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Using a high-throughput kinome screen combined with 3D invasi... Read More about PIK3Cδ expression by fibroblasts promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression.

The Differential Expression of ERAP1/ERAP2 and Immune Cell Activation in Pre-eclampsia (2020)
Journal Article
Stratikos, E., Warthan, M., Strauss, J. F., Kurlak, L. O., Seamon, K., Lee, E. D., & Mistry, H. D. (2020). The Differential Expression of ERAP1/ERAP2 and Immune Cell Activation in Pre-eclampsia. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, Article 396. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00396

Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a disorder of pregnancy, often leading to serious and fatal complications. Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 and 2 (ERAP1/ERAP2) are present in the placenta. They are involved in processes regulating blood pressure, angioge... Read More about The Differential Expression of ERAP1/ERAP2 and Immune Cell Activation in Pre-eclampsia.

High-intensity interval training produces a significant improvement in fitness in less than 31 days before surgery for urological cancer: a randomised control trial (2020)
Journal Article
Blackwell, J. E. M., Doleman, B., Boereboom, C. L., Morton, A., Williams, S., Atherton, P., …Lund, J. N. (2020). High-intensity interval training produces a significant improvement in fitness in less than 31 days before surgery for urological cancer: a randomised control trial. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 23, 696–704. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41391-020-0219-1

Objectives To assess the efficacy of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) for improving cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in patients awaiting resection for urological malignancy within four weeks. Subjects/patients and methods A randomised... Read More about High-intensity interval training produces a significant improvement in fitness in less than 31 days before surgery for urological cancer: a randomised control trial.

Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Household perceptions of improved cookstoves (2020)
Book Chapter
Jewitt, S., Atagher, P., Clifford, M., Ray, C., & Sesan, T. (2020). Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Household perceptions of improved cookstoves. In T. Haller, & C. Zingerli (Eds.), Towards Shared Research: Participatory and Integrative Approaches in Researching African Environments – Opportunities, Challenges, Actualities in Natural and Social Sciences (91-124). Transcript Verlag

Around 2.7 billion people globally and 80% of households in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on solid biomass fuels for cooking and heating. This results in high levels of exposure to household air pollution (HAP); the second most common cause of death in eas... Read More about Energy and the environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Household perceptions of improved cookstoves.

The UK NCRI study of chlorambucil, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone (CMD) versus fludarabine, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone (FMD) for untreated advanced stage follicular lymphoma: molecular response strongly predicts prolonged overall survival (2020)
Journal Article
Bishton, M. J., Rule, S., Wilson, W., Turner, D., Patmore, R., Clifton‐Hadley, L., …Haynes, A. (2020). The UK NCRI study of chlorambucil, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone (CMD) versus fludarabine, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone (FMD) for untreated advanced stage follicular lymphoma: molecular response strongly predicts prolonged overall survival. British Journal of Haematology, 190(4), 545-554. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.16555

We present a long-term follow-up of the UK chlorambucil, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone (CMD) versus fludarabine, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone (FMD) for untreated advanced, symptomatic follicular lymphoma (FL). This trial was the first to prospecti... Read More about The UK NCRI study of chlorambucil, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone (CMD) versus fludarabine, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone (FMD) for untreated advanced stage follicular lymphoma: molecular response strongly predicts prolonged overall survival.

Soil and foliar zinc application to biofortify broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica L.): Effects on the zinc concentration and bioavailability (2020)
Journal Article
Rivera-Martin, A., Broadley, M. R., & Poblaciones, M. J. (2020). Soil and foliar zinc application to biofortify broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica L.): Effects on the zinc concentration and bioavailability. Plant, Soil and Environment, 66(3), 113-118. https://doi.org/10.17221/14/2020-PSE

© 2020, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences. All rights reserved. Agronomic zinc (Zn) biofortification of crops could help to alleviate dietary Zn deficiency, which is likely to affect more than one billion people worldwide. To evaluate the effici... Read More about Soil and foliar zinc application to biofortify broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. Italica L.): Effects on the zinc concentration and bioavailability.

Automated prediction of mastitis infection patterns in dairy herds using machine learning (2020)
Journal Article
Hyde, R. M., Down, P. M., Bradley, A. J., Breen, J. E., Hudson, C., Leach, K. A., & Green, M. J. (2020). Automated prediction of mastitis infection patterns in dairy herds using machine learning. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 4289. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61126-8

© 2020, The Author(s). Mastitis in dairy cattle is extremely costly both in economic and welfare terms and is one of the most significant drivers of antimicrobial usage in dairy cattle. A critical step in the prevention of mastitis is the diagnosis o... Read More about Automated prediction of mastitis infection patterns in dairy herds using machine learning.

Incidence, prevalence and mortality of bullous pemphigoid in England 1998–2017: a population-based cohort study* (2020)
Journal Article
Persson, M. S., Harman, K. E., Vinogradova, Y., Langan, S. M., Thomas, K. S., Hippisley-Cox, J., & Gran, S. (2021). Incidence, prevalence and mortality of bullous pemphigoid in England 1998–2017: a population-based cohort study*. British Journal of Dermatology, 184(1), 68-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.19022

Background: A rising incidence and high mortality were found for bullous pemphigoid (BP) over a decade ago in the UK. Updated estimates of its epidemiology are required to understand the healthcare needs of an ageing population. Objectives: To determ... Read More about Incidence, prevalence and mortality of bullous pemphigoid in England 1998–2017: a population-based cohort study*.

hp-Adaptive Iterative Linearization Discontinuous-Galerkin FEM for Quasilinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HOUSTON, P., & WIHLER, T. (2020). hp-Adaptive Iterative Linearization Discontinuous-Galerkin FEM for Quasilinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems. In S. Sherwin, D. Moxey, J. Peiro, P. Vincent, & C. Schwab (Eds.), Spectral and High Order Methods for Partial Differential Equations ICOSAHOM 2018 (407–417). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39647-3

In this article we consider the a posteriori error analysis of hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for the numerical solution of a second-order quasilinear elliptic boundary value problem of strongly monotone type. In particular,... Read More about hp-Adaptive Iterative Linearization Discontinuous-Galerkin FEM for Quasilinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems.

The strategic impacts of Intelligent Automation for knowledge and service work: An interdisciplinary review (2020)
Journal Article
Coombs, C., Hislop, D., Taneva, S. K., & Barnard, S. (2020). The strategic impacts of Intelligent Automation for knowledge and service work: An interdisciplinary review. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 29(4), Article 101600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2020.101600

A significant recent technological development concerns the automation of knowledge and service work as a result of advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its sub-fields. We use the term Intelligent Automation to describe this phenomenon. This... Read More about The strategic impacts of Intelligent Automation for knowledge and service work: An interdisciplinary review.

Views and experiences of nurses in providing end-of-life care to patients in an ED context: a qualitative systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Mughal, A., & Evans, C. (2020). Views and experiences of nurses in providing end-of-life care to patients in an ED context: a qualitative systematic review. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37(5), 265-272. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-208278

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction: With an increase in the population living with terminal illness, many patients are accessing EDs during the last days of their... Read More about Views and experiences of nurses in providing end-of-life care to patients in an ED context: a qualitative systematic review.

A novel allele of ASY3 promotes meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Seear, P. J., France, M. G., Gregory, C. L., Heavens, D., Schmickl, R., Yant, L., & Higgins, J. D. A novel allele of ASY3 promotes meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata

In this study we performed a genotype-phenotype association analysis of meiotic stability in ten autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata and A. lyrata/A. arenosa hybrid populations collected from the Wachau region and East Austrian Forealps. The aim was to... Read More about A novel allele of ASY3 promotes meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata.