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Single dose epidural methylprednisolone as a treatment and predictor of outcome following subsequent decompressive surgery in degenerative lumbosacral stenosis with foraminal stenosis (2020)
Journal Article
Gomes, S. A., Lowrie, M., & Targett, M. (2020). Single dose epidural methylprednisolone as a treatment and predictor of outcome following subsequent decompressive surgery in degenerative lumbosacral stenosis with foraminal stenosis. Veterinary Journal, 257, Article 105451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2020.105451

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Alternative treatments to surgery in canine degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) remain limited and reliable predictors of outcome are lacking. The aims of this clinical trial were threefold: to assess the usefulness of single... Read More about Single dose epidural methylprednisolone as a treatment and predictor of outcome following subsequent decompressive surgery in degenerative lumbosacral stenosis with foraminal stenosis.

Spin flop and crystalline anisotropic magnetoresistance in CuMnAs (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, M., Andrews, C., Reimers, S., Amin, O. J., Wadley, P., Campion, R. P., …Maccherozzi, F. (2020). Spin flop and crystalline anisotropic magnetoresistance in CuMnAs. Physical Review B, 101(9), Article 094429. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.094429

We report magnetic-field-induced rotation of the antiferromagnetic Néel vector in epitaxial CuMnAs thin films. First, using soft x-ray magnetic linear dichroism spectroscopy as well as magnetometry, we demonstrate spin-flop switching and continuous s... Read More about Spin flop and crystalline anisotropic magnetoresistance in CuMnAs.

Access to and interventions to improve maternity care services for immigrant women: a narrative synthesis systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Higginbottom, G. M., Evans, C., Morgan, M., Bharj, K. K., Eldridge, J., Hussain, B., & Salt, K. (2020). Access to and interventions to improve maternity care services for immigrant women: a narrative synthesis systematic review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(14), 1-122. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr08140

Limited evidence suggests experiences of immigrant women accessing and using UK maternity services were mixed but largely poor, and there were few rigorously evaluated interventions focused on improving care.

Update on caseous lymphadenitis in sheep (2020)
Journal Article
Gascoigne, E., Ogden, N., Lovatt, F., & Davies, P. (2020). Update on caseous lymphadenitis in sheep. In Practice, 42(2), 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.m455

Background: Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA), caused by the gram-positive bacteria Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, has been present in Great Britain since the 1980s and is now considered endemic. CLA is considered to be an iceberg disease; that is, it... Read More about Update on caseous lymphadenitis in sheep.

Effect of acute and short-term dietary fat ingestion on postprandial skeletal muscle protein synthesis rates in middle-aged, overweight, and obese men (2020)
Journal Article
Tsintzas, K., Jones, R., Pabla, P., Mallinson, J., Barrett, D. A., Kim, D. H., …Stephens, F. B. (2020). Effect of acute and short-term dietary fat ingestion on postprandial skeletal muscle protein synthesis rates in middle-aged, overweight, and obese men. AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 318(3), E417-E429. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00344.2019

Muscle anabolic resistance to dietary protein is associated with obesity and insulin resistance. However, the contribution of excess consumption of fat to anabolic resistance is not well studied. The aim of these studies was to test the hypothesis th... Read More about Effect of acute and short-term dietary fat ingestion on postprandial skeletal muscle protein synthesis rates in middle-aged, overweight, and obese men.

Application of a novel phage LPSEYT for biological control of Salmonella in foods (2020)
Journal Article
Yan, T., Liang, L., Yin, P., Zhou, Y., Sharoba, A. M., Lu, Q., …Li, J. (2020). Application of a novel phage LPSEYT for biological control of Salmonella in foods. Microorganisms, 8(3), Article 400. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030400

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Salmonella is a leading cause of foodborne diseases, and in recent years, many isolates have exhibited a high level of antibiotic resistance, which has led to huge pressures on public health.... Read More about Application of a novel phage LPSEYT for biological control of Salmonella in foods.

Effects of Pore Widening vs Oxygenation on Capacitance of Activated Carbon in Aqueous Sodium Sulfate Electrolyte (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, L., Chi, Y., Li, Z., Sun, X., Gu, H., Zhang, H., …Chen, G. Z. (2020). Effects of Pore Widening vs Oxygenation on Capacitance of Activated Carbon in Aqueous Sodium Sulfate Electrolyte. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(4), Article 040524. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab75c8

© 2020 The Electrochemical Society ("ECS"). Published on behalf of ECS by IOP Publishing Limited. The commercial activated carbon has a relatively low specific capacitance in the Na2SO4 electrolyte, which hinder the development of asymmetrical superc... Read More about Effects of Pore Widening vs Oxygenation on Capacitance of Activated Carbon in Aqueous Sodium Sulfate Electrolyte.

RHΔgra17Δnpt1 strain of Toxoplasma gondii elicits protective immunity against acute, chronic and congenital toxoplasmosis in mice (2020)
Journal Article
Sun, L., Liang, Q., Elsheikha, H. M., Cao, X., Nie, L., Li, T., …Wang, J. (2020). RHΔgra17Δnpt1 strain of Toxoplasma gondii elicits protective immunity against acute, chronic and congenital toxoplasmosis in mice. Microorganisms, 8(3), Article 352. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030352

In the present study, a dense granule protein 17 (gra17) and novel putative transporter (npt1) double deletion mutant of Toxoplasma gondii RH strain was engineered. The protective efficacy of vaccination using RHΔgra17Δnpt1 tachyzoites against acute,... Read More about RHΔgra17Δnpt1 strain of Toxoplasma gondii elicits protective immunity against acute, chronic and congenital toxoplasmosis in mice.

To What Extent Does the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Apply to Citizen Scientist-Led Health Research with Mobile Devices? (2020)
Journal Article
Dove, E. S., & Chen, J. (2020). To What Extent Does the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Apply to Citizen Scientist-Led Health Research with Mobile Devices?. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 48(1_suppl), 187-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073110520917046

In this article, we consider the possible application of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to “citizen scientist”-led health research with mobile devices. We argue that the GDPR likely does cover this activity, depending on the s... Read More about To What Extent Does the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Apply to Citizen Scientist-Led Health Research with Mobile Devices?.

Therapist self-disclosure in positive psychotherapy for psychosis (2020)
Journal Article
Riches, S., Schrank, B., Brownell, T., Slade, M., & Lawrence, V. (2020). Therapist self-disclosure in positive psychotherapy for psychosis. Clinical Psychology Forum, 2020(327), 14-21

© 2020, British Psychological Society. All rights reserved. Setting boundaries is common in therapist self-disclosure. This qualitative study examined attitudes and experiences of therapists towards self-disclosure during a positive psychotherapy for... Read More about Therapist self-disclosure in positive psychotherapy for psychosis.

Noncommutative Shifted Symmetric Functions (2020)
Journal Article
Laugwitz, R., & Retakh, V. (2020). Noncommutative Shifted Symmetric Functions. Moscow Mathematical Journal, 20(1), 93-126

We introduce a ring of noncommutative shifted symmetric functions based on an integer-indexed sequence of shift parameters. Using generating series and quasideterminants, this multiparameter approach produces deformations of the ring of noncommutativ... Read More about Noncommutative Shifted Symmetric Functions.

Combatting Human Trafficking since Palermo: What Do We Know about What Works? (2020)
Journal Article
Bryant, K., & Landman, T. (2020). Combatting Human Trafficking since Palermo: What Do We Know about What Works?. Journal of Human Trafficking, 6(2), 119-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2020.1690097

In 2016, there were an estimated 40.3 million victims of modern slavery in the world, more than were enslaved during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Since the adoption of the 2000 UN Trafficking Protocol, numerous efforts from inter-governmental agenc... Read More about Combatting Human Trafficking since Palermo: What Do We Know about What Works?.

Atomic Legacies (2020)
Other
Pestova, X. (2020). Atomic Legacies. Dublin

This full-length album features two substantial semi-improvised original compositions for the magnetic resonator piano (MRP), "Glowing Radioactive Elements" for solo MRP (2018) and "Atomic Legacies" for MRP and string quartet (2019). The Magnetic... Read More about Atomic Legacies.

Roman Warfare and Military Violence in Late Antiquity (2020)
Book Chapter
Lee, D. (2020). Roman Warfare and Military Violence in Late Antiquity. In M. Trundle, M. Hudson, L. Fibiger, & G. G. Fagan (Eds.), The Cambridge World History of Violence. Volume 1. The Prehistoric and Ancient Worlds (257-276). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316341247.014

Although there has been a tendency in modern scholarship on the Roman Empire in late antiquity (early third to early seventh century BCE) to view the period through the lens of transformation rather than violent upheaval, warfare undoubtedly became m... Read More about Roman Warfare and Military Violence in Late Antiquity.

'What is that to me?' Jorge de Sena's Sinais de fogo, poetry, and testimony during the Spanish civil war (2020)
Journal Article
Miranda, R. (2020). 'What is that to me?' Jorge de Sena's Sinais de fogo, poetry, and testimony during the Spanish civil war. Journal of Romance Studies, 20(1), 51-74. https://doi.org/10.3828/jrs.2020.3

© Institute of Modern Languages Research 2020. The Spanish civil war is featured in the works of Jorge de Sena as a moment which created a new level of political awareness and militancy. Sena's incomplete, posthumously published novel Sinais de fogo... Read More about 'What is that to me?' Jorge de Sena's Sinais de fogo, poetry, and testimony during the Spanish civil war.

Sizing Community Energy Storage Systems — Used for Bill Management compared to Use in Capacity and Firm Frequency Response Markets (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elkazaz, M., Sumner, M., & Thomas, D. (2020). Sizing Community Energy Storage Systems — Used for Bill Management compared to Use in Capacity and Firm Frequency Response Markets. In 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT45199.2020.9087724

This paper introduces an economic analysis for the optimal sizing of a battery energy storage system (BESS) for use in an Energy Community. The analysis is based on data from a UK community and aims to determine the best size for the BESS to manage t... Read More about Sizing Community Energy Storage Systems — Used for Bill Management compared to Use in Capacity and Firm Frequency Response Markets.

Model-based Predictive Control in Three-Phase Inverters (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Perez-Guzman, R. E., Rivera, M., Vicencio, N., & Wheeler, P. W. (2020). Model-based Predictive Control in Three-Phase Inverters. In Proceedings: 2020 IEEE International Conferenceon Industrial Technology (499-504). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT45562.2020.9067217

In the last year model predictive control strategy has emerged as a good alternative for the control of power converters. This research proposes a new model-based predictive control strategy for a voltage source inverter, operating at variable and fi... Read More about Model-based Predictive Control in Three-Phase Inverters.

Recent Advances of Predictive Control in Power Converters (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Perez-Guzman, R. E., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. W. (2020). Recent Advances of Predictive Control in Power Converters. In Proceedings: 2020 IEEE International Conferenceon Industrial Technology (1100-1105). https://doi.org/10.1109/icit45562.2020.9067169

Model-based predictive control (MPC) is an attractive solution for controlling power converters and drives. This research shows the most recent alternatives of predictive control techniques proposed in the literature to solve control problems in powe... Read More about Recent Advances of Predictive Control in Power Converters.

Control Strategy and Communication Architecture for Power Sharing in Microgrids (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Perez-Guzman, R. E., Salgueiro, Y., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. W. (2020). Control Strategy and Communication Architecture for Power Sharing in Microgrids. In Proceedings: 2020 IEEE International Conferenceon Industrial Technology (1167-1172). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT45562.2020.9067288

The increasing needs of control, security and generation capacity of microgrids, has raised the complexity of the network and have allowed the evolution of architecture as a cluster. This increase in complexity demands control strategies in real-time... Read More about Control Strategy and Communication Architecture for Power Sharing in Microgrids.