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Structural, optical and electrical properties of electron beam evaporated TiOxNy films as selective solar absorber coatings (2020)
Journal Article
Berhane, D., Rodrigues, M., Henini, M., Maaza, M., & Nuru, Z. (2020). Structural, optical and electrical properties of electron beam evaporated TiOxNy films as selective solar absorber coatings. Journal of Applied Material Science & Engineering Research, 4(1), Article 30

Titanium oxinitride (TiOxNy) solar absorber coatings were deposited at different oxygen partial pressures onto Cu, Si and glass substrates using electron beam evaporation technique. XRD diffraction patterns evidenced (111), (200) and (220) orientatio... Read More about Structural, optical and electrical properties of electron beam evaporated TiOxNy films as selective solar absorber coatings.

Factors associated with change in skin autofluorescence in persons receiving dialysis (2020)
Journal Article
Viramontes Hörner, D., Selby, N. M., & Taal, M. W. (2020). Factors associated with change in skin autofluorescence in persons receiving dialysis. Kidney International Reports, 5(5), 654-662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2020.02.003

Introduction An increase over time in skin autofluorescence (SAF), a measure of accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGE), predicts higher mortality on hemodialysis (HD). However, evidence is lacking regarding factors that contribute t... Read More about Factors associated with change in skin autofluorescence in persons receiving dialysis.

Potential of geoelectrical methods to monitor root zone processes and structure: A review (2020)
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Cimpoiasu, M. O., Kuras, O., Pridmore, T., & Mooney, S. J. (2020). Potential of geoelectrical methods to monitor root zone processes and structure: A review. Geoderma, 365, 114232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114232

© 2020 Understanding the processes that control mass and energy exchanges between soil, plants and the atmosphere plays a critical role for understanding the root zone system, but it is also beneficial for practical applications such as sustainable a... Read More about Potential of geoelectrical methods to monitor root zone processes and structure: A review.

Evaluating Automated Machine Learning on Supervised Regression Traffic Forecasting Problems (2020)
Book Chapter
Angarita-Zapata, J. S., Masegosa, A. D., & Triguero, I. (2020). Evaluating Automated Machine Learning on Supervised Regression Traffic Forecasting Problems. In O. Llanes Santiago, C. Cruz Corona, A. J. Silva Neto, & J. L. Verdegay (Eds.), Computational intelligence in emerging technologies for engineering applications (187-204). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34409-2_11

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. Traffic forecasting is a well-known strategy that supports road users and decision-makers to plan their movements on the roads and to improve the management of traffic, respectively. Current data availability an... Read More about Evaluating Automated Machine Learning on Supervised Regression Traffic Forecasting Problems.

Modulating Brain Networks With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Over the Primary Motor Cortex: A Concurrent TMS/fMRI Study (2020)
Journal Article
Jung, J., Bungert, A., Bowtell, R., & Jackson, S. (2020). Modulating Brain Networks With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Over the Primary Motor Cortex: A Concurrent TMS/fMRI Study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14, Article 31. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00031

Stimulating the primary motor cortex (M1) using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) causes unique multisensory experience such as the targeted muscle activity, afferent/reafferent sensory feedback, tactile sensation over the scalp and “click” sou... Read More about Modulating Brain Networks With Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Over the Primary Motor Cortex: A Concurrent TMS/fMRI Study.

Investigating the relationship between eye movements and situation awareness in weather forecasting (2020)
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Argyle, E. M., Gourley, J. J., Kang, Z., & Shehab, R. L. (2020). Investigating the relationship between eye movements and situation awareness in weather forecasting. Applied Ergonomics, 85, Article 103071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103071

Physiological indicators, including eye tracking measures, may provide insight into human decision making and cognition in many domains, including weather forecasting. Situation awareness (SA), a critical component of forecast decision making, is com... Read More about Investigating the relationship between eye movements and situation awareness in weather forecasting.

Brain perfusion patterns are altered in chronic knee pain: a spatial covariance analysis of arterial spin labelling MRI (2020)
Journal Article
Iwabuchi, S. J., Xing, Y., Cottam, W. J., Drabek, M. M., Tadjibaev, A., Fernandes, G. S., …Auer, D. P. (2020). Brain perfusion patterns are altered in chronic knee pain: a spatial covariance analysis of arterial spin labelling MRI. PAIN, 161(6), 1255-1263. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001829

Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a common problem globally. Current evidence suggests that maladapted central pain pathways are associated with pain chronicity, for example, in postoperative pain after knee replacement. Other factors such as low mood,... Read More about Brain perfusion patterns are altered in chronic knee pain: a spatial covariance analysis of arterial spin labelling MRI.

Blackburn’s Supervenience Argument Against Moral Realism: Revisited (2020)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. (2020). Blackburn’s Supervenience Argument Against Moral Realism: Revisited. Metaphysica, 21(1), 151–165. https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2020-0004

Blackburn argues against naturalistic moral realism. He argues that there is no conceptual entailment from satisfying a naturalistic predicate to satisfying a moral predicate. But the moral is conceptually supervenient on the natural. However, this c... Read More about Blackburn’s Supervenience Argument Against Moral Realism: Revisited.

Suppression of Dynamically Induced Stochastic Magnetic Behaviour through Materials Engineering (2020)
Journal Article
Broomhall, T., Rushforth, A., Rosamond, M., Linfield, E., & Hayward, T. (2020). Suppression of Dynamically Induced Stochastic Magnetic Behaviour through Materials Engineering. Physical Review Applied, 13(2), Article 024039. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.024039

Stochastic behaviour fundamentally limits the performance and reliability of nanomagnetic devices. Typically, stochastic behaviour is assumed to be the result of simple thermal activation, but it may also be "dynamically induced" i.e. a direct result... Read More about Suppression of Dynamically Induced Stochastic Magnetic Behaviour through Materials Engineering.

Suppression of Dynamically Induced Stochastic Magnetic Behaviour through Materials Engineering (2020)
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Broomhall, T., Rushforth, A., Rosamond, M., Linfield, E., & Hayward, T. (2020). Suppression of Dynamically Induced Stochastic Magnetic Behaviour through Materials Engineering. Physical Review Applied, 13(2), Article 024039. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.024039

tochastic behavior fundamentally limits the performance and reliability of nanomagnetic devices. Typically, stochastic behavior is assumed to be the result of simple thermal activation, but it may also be “dynamically induced,” i.e., a direct result... Read More about Suppression of Dynamically Induced Stochastic Magnetic Behaviour through Materials Engineering.

Structural performance of cold-formed high strength steel tubular X-Joints under brace axial compression (2020)
Journal Article
Pandey, M., & Young, B. (2020). Structural performance of cold-formed high strength steel tubular X-Joints under brace axial compression. Engineering Structures, 208, Article 109768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109768

The experimental investigation presented in this study focused on the static strengths and load-deformation behaviour of cold-formed high strength steel tubular X-joints made up of S900 and S960 steel grades. The X-joints include brace members made u... Read More about Structural performance of cold-formed high strength steel tubular X-Joints under brace axial compression.

Standard care informed by the result of a placental growth factor blood test versus standard care alone in women with reduced fetal movement at or after 36+0 weeks’ gestation: a pilot randomised controlled trial (2020)
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Armstrong-Buisseret, L., Godolphin, P. J., Bradshaw, L., Mitchell, E., Ratcliffe, S., Storey, C., & Heazell, A. E. P. (2020). Standard care informed by the result of a placental growth factor blood test versus standard care alone in women with reduced fetal movement at or after 36+0 weeks’ gestation: a pilot randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6, Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-0561-z

Background Biomarkers of placental function can potentially aid the diagnosis and prediction of pregnancy complications. This randomised controlled pilot trial assessed whether for women with reduced fetal movement (RFM), intervention directed by... Read More about Standard care informed by the result of a placental growth factor blood test versus standard care alone in women with reduced fetal movement at or after 36+0 weeks’ gestation: a pilot randomised controlled trial.

An algorithm for diagnosing IgE-mediated food allergy in study participants who do not undergo food challenge (2020)
Journal Article
Kelleher, M. M., Montgomery, A. A., Jay, N., Perkin, M. R., Haines, R. H., Batt, R., …Boyle, R. J. (2020). An algorithm for diagnosing IgE-mediated food allergy in study participants who do not undergo food challenge. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 50(3), 334-342. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.13577

© 2020 The Authors. Clinical & Experimental Allergy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Background: Food allergy diagnosis in clinical studies can be challenging. Oral food challenges (OFC) are time-consuming, carry some risk and may, therefore,... Read More about An algorithm for diagnosing IgE-mediated food allergy in study participants who do not undergo food challenge.

High-Speed Electric Drives: A Step Towards System Design (2020)
Journal Article
Savi, F., Barater, D., Nardo, M. D., Degano, M., Gerada, C., Wheeler, P., & Buticchi, G. (2020). High-Speed Electric Drives: A Step Towards System Design. IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, 1, 10-21. https://doi.org/10.1109/ojies.2020.2973883

Electric drives applications have been worldwide adopted for the transportation electrification. An electric drive system is constituted by two main components: the power electronics converter and the electrical machine. Traditionally the design work... Read More about High-Speed Electric Drives: A Step Towards System Design.

Risk stratification in pediatric low-grade glioma and glioneuronal tumor treated with radiation therapy: An integrated clinicopathologic and molecular analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Acharya, S., Liu, J.-F., Tatevossian, R. G., Chiang, J., Qaddoumi, I., Gajjar, A., …Ellison, D. W. (2020). Risk stratification in pediatric low-grade glioma and glioneuronal tumor treated with radiation therapy: An integrated clinicopathologic and molecular analysis. Neuro-Oncology, 22(8), 1203–1213. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noaa031

Background Management of unresectable pediatric low-grade glioma and glioneuronal tumor (LGG/LGGNT) is controversial. There are no validated prognostic features to guide use of radiation therapy (RT). Our study aimed to identify negative prognostic... Read More about Risk stratification in pediatric low-grade glioma and glioneuronal tumor treated with radiation therapy: An integrated clinicopathologic and molecular analysis.

Ancient Relativity: Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, and Sceptics (2020)
Book
Duncombe, M. (2020). Ancient Relativity: Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, and Sceptics. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198846185.001.0001

In Ancient Relativity Matthew Duncombe explores how ancient philosophers, particularly Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and Sextus Empiricus, understood the phenomenon and how their theories of relativity affected, and were affected by, their broader ph... Read More about Ancient Relativity: Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, and Sceptics.

Recurrent Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Wavelet Neural Network with Stable Learning Algorithm: Application to Model-Based Predictive Control (2020)
Journal Article
Tafti, B. E. F., Teshnehlab, M., & Khanesar, M. A. (2020). Recurrent Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Wavelet Neural Network with Stable Learning Algorithm: Application to Model-Based Predictive Control. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 22, 351–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40815-019-00766-z

Fuzzy neural networks, with suitable learning strategy, have been demonstrated as an effective tool for online data modeling. However, it is a challenging task to construct a model to ensure its quality and stability for non-stationary dynamic system... Read More about Recurrent Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Wavelet Neural Network with Stable Learning Algorithm: Application to Model-Based Predictive Control.

Mathematical approach to the validation of field surface texture parameter software (2020)
Journal Article
Todhunter, L., Leach, R., Lawes, S., Harris, P., & Blateyron, F. (2020). Mathematical approach to the validation of field surface texture parameter software. Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 8(1), Article 015010. https://doi.org/10.1088/2051-672x/ab7367

A new method for performance validation of surface texture parameter calculation software is introduced, focussing on field surface texture parameters. Surface height functions are defined mathematically, either using Fourier series or polynomials, a... Read More about Mathematical approach to the validation of field surface texture parameter software.