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An innovative approach to multi-method integrated assessment modelling of global climate change (2020)
Journal Article
Siebers, P. O., Lim, Z. E., Figueredo, G. P., & Hey, J. (2020). An innovative approach to multi-method integrated assessment modelling of global climate change. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 23(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.4209

© 2020, University of Surrey. All rights reserved. Modelling and simulation play an increasingly significant role in exploratory studies for informing policy makers on climate change mitigation strategies. There is considerable research being done in... Read More about An innovative approach to multi-method integrated assessment modelling of global climate change.

Using Light for Therapy of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) (2020)
Journal Article
Kasparov, Vasilev, Teschemacher, Sofi, Smith, & Rahman, R. (2020). Using Light for Therapy of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Brain Sciences, 10(2), Article 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10020075

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant form of primary brain tumour with extremely poor prognosis. The current standard of care for newly diagnosed GBM includes maximal surgical resection followed by radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherap... Read More about Using Light for Therapy of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM).

Effect of oxygen fraction on airway rescue: a computational modelling study (2020)
Journal Article
Laviola, M., Niklas, C., Das, A., Bates, D. G., & Hardman, J. G. (2020). Effect of oxygen fraction on airway rescue: a computational modelling study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 125(1), e69-e74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2020.01.004

© 2020 British Journal of Anaesthesia Background: During induction of general anaesthesia, patients frequently experience apnoea, which can lead to dangerous hypoxaemia. An obstructed upper airway can impede attempts to provide ventilation. Although... Read More about Effect of oxygen fraction on airway rescue: a computational modelling study.

The Evaluation and Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Among the Population in Trivandrum, South Kerala, India (2020)
Journal Article
Vijay, A., Mohan, L., Taylor, M. A., Grove, J. I., Valdes, A. M., Aithal, G. P., & Shenoy, K. T. (2020). The Evaluation and Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Among the Population in Trivandrum, South Kerala, India. Nutrients, 12(2), Article 383. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12020383

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Dietary record tools such as food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and food diaries (FD) are the most commonly used choices for assessing dietary intakes in most large-scale epidemiological studi... Read More about The Evaluation and Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Among the Population in Trivandrum, South Kerala, India.

Refinement of the grain structure of additive manufactured titanium alloys via epitaxial recrystallization enabled by rapid heat treatment (2020)
Journal Article
Zou, Z., Simonelli, M., Katrib, J., Dimitrakis, G., & Hague, R. (2020). Refinement of the grain structure of additive manufactured titanium alloys via epitaxial recrystallization enabled by rapid heat treatment. Scripta Materialia, 180, 66-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2020.01.027

The coarse prior-β grain structure in titanium alloys produced by additive manufacturing is associated to mechanical anisotropy and limited fatigue life. Here we report a novel methodology to refine such structure by rapid heat treatment of Ti-6Al-4V... Read More about Refinement of the grain structure of additive manufactured titanium alloys via epitaxial recrystallization enabled by rapid heat treatment.

Reconciling Gaussian plume and Computational Fluid Dynamics models of particulate dispersion (2020)
Journal Article
Joseph, G. M. D., Hargreaves, D., & Lowndes, I. S. (2020). Reconciling Gaussian plume and Computational Fluid Dynamics models of particulate dispersion. Atmospheric Environment: X, 5, Article 100064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2020.100064

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is increasingly used to model particulate dispersion in situations where Gaussian Dispersion models are inappropriate or inaccurate. However, there is evidence which indicates that many CFD models under-predict l... Read More about Reconciling Gaussian plume and Computational Fluid Dynamics models of particulate dispersion.

Setting the agenda for social science research on the human microbiome (2020)
Journal Article
Greenhough, B., Read, C. J., Lorimer, J., Lezaun, J., McLeod, C., Benezra, A., …Wills, J. (2020). Setting the agenda for social science research on the human microbiome. Palgrave Communications, 6(2020), Article 18

The human microbiome is an important emergent area of cross, multi and transdisciplinary study. The complexity of this topic leads to conflicting narratives and regulatory challenges. It raises questions about the benefits of its commercialisation an... Read More about Setting the agenda for social science research on the human microbiome.

Polymer powder bed fusion surface texture measurement (2020)
Journal Article
de Pastre, M.-A., Thompson, A., Quinsat, Y., Albajez, J. A., Senin, N., & Leach, R. K. (2020). Polymer powder bed fusion surface texture measurement. Measurement Science and Technology, 31(5), Article 055002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ab63b1

Polymer laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) surfaces can be challenging to measure. These surfaces comprise complex features including undercuts, deep recesses, step-like transitions, a large range of measurement scales and unfavourable optically material... Read More about Polymer powder bed fusion surface texture measurement.

Field survey to evaluate space allowances for dairy cows in Great Britain (2020)
Journal Article
Thompson, J. S., Huxley, J. N., Hudson, C. D., Kaler, J., Gibbons, J., & Green, M. J. (2020). Field survey to evaluate space allowances for dairy cows in Great Britain. Journal of Dairy Science, 103(4), 3745-3759. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17004

© 2020 American Dairy Science Association Housing conditions can affect health of cows by increasing exposure to biological, chemical, and physical hazards, resulting in increased disease. A report in 2014 indicated that 99% of UK dairy cows are hous... Read More about Field survey to evaluate space allowances for dairy cows in Great Britain.

Self-Defence and Its Limits in Marguerite Porete’s Mirror of Simple Souls (2020)
Journal Article
Trombley, J. L. (2020). Self-Defence and Its Limits in Marguerite Porete’s Mirror of Simple Souls. Nottingham Medieval Studies, 63, 129-151. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.nms.5.118197

This article examines how Marguerite Porete defended her ideas in her mystical treatise The Mirror of Simple Souls, which along with its author was condemned as heretical in 1310. Most scholarship has focussed on the final sixteen chapters of the Mir... Read More about Self-Defence and Its Limits in Marguerite Porete’s Mirror of Simple Souls.

Experimental Evaluation of Geocell and EPS Geofoam as Means of Protecting Pipes at the Bottom of Repeatedly Loaded Trenches (2020)
Journal Article
Moghaddas Tafreshi, S. N., Joz Darabi, N., Dawson, A. R., & Azizian, M. (2020). Experimental Evaluation of Geocell and EPS Geofoam as Means of Protecting Pipes at the Bottom of Repeatedly Loaded Trenches. International Journal of Geomechanics, 20(4), 04020023. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GM.1943-5622.0001624

© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers. With growing populations and continuing urban development, embedding pipes in the ground that are then overrun by traffic is inevitable. This paper describes full-scale prototype tests on high-density polye... Read More about Experimental Evaluation of Geocell and EPS Geofoam as Means of Protecting Pipes at the Bottom of Repeatedly Loaded Trenches.

Rouge Brun or Counterrevolutionary? Another Look at Michel Houellebecq's Politics (2020)
Journal Article
Lane, J. (2020). Rouge Brun or Counterrevolutionary? Another Look at Michel Houellebecq's Politics. Modern Language Review, 115(1), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.5699/modelangrevi.115.1.0063

Michel Houellebecq has gained a reputation for combining left-wing critiques of neo-liberal capitalism with reactionary laments at the decline of nation, religion, honest labour, and the patriarchal family. Critics typically thus either declare the n... Read More about Rouge Brun or Counterrevolutionary? Another Look at Michel Houellebecq's Politics.

Berserks Behaving Badly: Manipulating Normative Expectations in Eyrbyggja saga (2020)
Book Chapter
Ruiter, K. (2020). Berserks Behaving Badly: Manipulating Normative Expectations in Eyrbyggja saga. In Narrating Law and Laws of Narration in Medieval Scandinavia (171-184). De Gruyter

A common thread running through the present volume is the consistent highlighting of the flexibility, negotiation, and pragmatism that is so apparent in narrated descriptions of law, legal norms, and legal practice in the medieval Scandinavian milieu... Read More about Berserks Behaving Badly: Manipulating Normative Expectations in Eyrbyggja saga.

Study Habits and Attainment in Undergraduate Mathematics: A Social Network Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Alcock, L., Hernandez-Martinez, P., Patel, A. G., & Sirl, D. (2020). Study Habits and Attainment in Undergraduate Mathematics: A Social Network Analysis. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 51(1), 26–49. https://doi.org/10.5951/jresematheduc.2019.0006

In this paper, we argue that although mathematics educators are concerned about social issues, minimal attention has been paid to student-student interactions outside the classroom. We discuss social network analysis (SNA) as a methodology for studyi... Read More about Study Habits and Attainment in Undergraduate Mathematics: A Social Network Analysis.

The role of the cingulate cortex in the generation of motor tics and the experience of the premonitory urge-to-tic in Tourette syndrome (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jackson, S. R., Sigurdsson, H. P., Dyke, K., Condon, M., & Jackson, G. M. The role of the cingulate cortex in the generation of motor tics and the experience of the premonitory urge-to-tic in Tourette syndrome

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder of childhood onset that is characterised by the occurrence of motor and vocal tics. TS is associated with cortical-striatal-thalamic-cortical circuit [CSTC] dysfunction and hyper-excitability of corti... Read More about The role of the cingulate cortex in the generation of motor tics and the experience of the premonitory urge-to-tic in Tourette syndrome.

Spectral Representation of Behaviour Primitives for Depression Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Song, S., Jaiswal, S., Shen, L., & Valstar, M. (2020). Spectral Representation of Behaviour Primitives for Depression Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, https://doi.org/10.1109/taffc.2020.2970712

Depression is a serious mental disorder affecting millions of people. Traditional clinical diagnosis methods are subjective, complicated and require extensive participation of clinicians. Recent advances in automatic depression analysis systems promi... Read More about Spectral Representation of Behaviour Primitives for Depression Analysis.

The entire 'Man of Letters'?: Robert Southey, correspondence and Romantic incompleteness (2020)
Book Chapter
Pratt, L. (2020). The entire 'Man of Letters'?: Robert Southey, correspondence and Romantic incompleteness. In M. Callaghan, & A. Howe (Eds.), Romanticism and the Letter (99-115). Switzerland: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29310-9

‘[I]ncompleteness, fragmentation, and ruin’ have been described as central to ‘both the theory and the actuality of Romanticism’...