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Bayesian Mapping of the Striatal Microcircuit Reveals Robust Asymmetries in the Probabilities and Distances of Connections (2021)
Journal Article
Cinotti, F., & Humphries, M. D. (2022). Bayesian Mapping of the Striatal Microcircuit Reveals Robust Asymmetries in the Probabilities and Distances of Connections. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(8), 1417-1435. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1487-21.2021

The striatum’s complex microcircuit is made by connections within and between its D1- and D2-receptor expressing projection neurons and at least five species of interneuron. Precise knowledge of this circuit is likely essential to understanding stria... Read More about Bayesian Mapping of the Striatal Microcircuit Reveals Robust Asymmetries in the Probabilities and Distances of Connections.

Do banks adjust their liquidity to cope with environmental variation? A study of bank deregulation (2021)
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Fan, Y., Jiang, Y., & Ly, K. C. (2022). Do banks adjust their liquidity to cope with environmental variation? A study of bank deregulation. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 76, Article 101485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2021.101485

The effect of bank deregulation on adjustment speed of bank liquidity is the focus of this paper. We find that banks tend to increase their adjustment speed of liquidity in response to bank deregulation. Banks tend to escape their current states and... Read More about Do banks adjust their liquidity to cope with environmental variation? A study of bank deregulation.

Joint optimisation of drone routing and battery wear for sustainable supply chain development: a mixed-integer programming model based on blockchain-enabled fleet sharing (2021)
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Tan, K. H., Xia, Y., Zeng, W., Xing, X., Zhan, Y., & Kumar, A. (2023). Joint optimisation of drone routing and battery wear for sustainable supply chain development: a mixed-integer programming model based on blockchain-enabled fleet sharing. Annals of Operations Research, 327(1), 89-127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04459-5

Alongside the rise of ‘last-mile’ delivery in contemporary urban logistics, drones have demonstrate commercial potential, given their outstanding triple-bottom-line performance. However, as a lithium-ion battery-powered device, drones’ social and env... Read More about Joint optimisation of drone routing and battery wear for sustainable supply chain development: a mixed-integer programming model based on blockchain-enabled fleet sharing.

Sox-positive cell population in the adult cerebellum increases upon tissue degeneration (2021)
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Salih, S., Nizamudeen, Z. A., De Melo, N., Chakrabarti, L., & Sottile, V. (2022). Sox-positive cell population in the adult cerebellum increases upon tissue degeneration. Experimental Neurology, 348, Article 113950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113950

Adult neurogenesis is well-described in the subventricular and subgranular zones of the mammalian brain. Recent observations that resident glia express stem cell markers in some areas of the brain not traditionally associated with neurogenesis hint t... Read More about Sox-positive cell population in the adult cerebellum increases upon tissue degeneration.

Developing consensus for definitions of key veterinary-specific quality improvement (QI) terms using an eDelphi-study method (2021)
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Rooke, F., Burford, J., Doorly, A., Gush, C., & Brennan, M. L. (2021). Developing consensus for definitions of key veterinary-specific quality improvement (QI) terms using an eDelphi-study method. Veterinary Record, Article e1174. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1174

Background: Quality improvement (QI) methods are a continuous process of iterative tests to improve the quality of a service or product. Using common language has been linked to the successful implementation of QI in human healthcare. This study aime... Read More about Developing consensus for definitions of key veterinary-specific quality improvement (QI) terms using an eDelphi-study method.

Some important aspects of modelling clay platelet interactions using DEM (2021)
Journal Article
de Bono, J. P., & McDowell, G. R. (2022). Some important aspects of modelling clay platelet interactions using DEM. Powder Technology, 398, Article 117056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.117056

The discrete element method (DEM) is a popular tool for simulating soils, however it has rarely been used for modelling clays. This is despite the behaviour of clays being much less well understood compared to sands. This paper aims to increase the u... Read More about Some important aspects of modelling clay platelet interactions using DEM.

Chronic liver disease in homeless individuals and performance of non‐invasive liver fibrosis and injury markers: VALID study (2021)
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Hashim, A., Bremner, S., Grove, J., Astbury, S., Mengozzi, M., O’Sullivan, M., Macken, L., Worthley, T., Katarey, D., Aithal, G., & Verma, S. (2022). Chronic liver disease in homeless individuals and performance of non‐invasive liver fibrosis and injury markers: VALID study. Liver International, 42(3), 628-639. https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.15122

Background/aims: Community-based assessment and management of chronic liver disease (CLD) in people who are homeless (PWAH) remains poorly described. We aimed to determine prevalence/predictors of chronic liver disease (CLD) in PWAH and assess perfor... Read More about Chronic liver disease in homeless individuals and performance of non‐invasive liver fibrosis and injury markers: VALID study.

JMM Profile: Carbapenems: a broad-spectrum antibiotic (2021)
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Armstrong, T., Fenn, S. J., & Hardie, K. R. (2021). JMM Profile: Carbapenems: a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 70(12), Article 001462. https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001462

Carbapenems are potent members of the β-lactam family that inhibit bacterial cell-wall biosynthesis inhibitors . They are highly effective against Gram-negative and Gram-positive drug-resistant infections . As such, carbapenems are typically reserved... Read More about JMM Profile: Carbapenems: a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

Differential privacy over Riemannian manifolds (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reimherr, M., Bharath, K., & Soto, C. (2021, December). Differential privacy over Riemannian manifolds. Presented at Thirty-fifth Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2021), Online

In this work we consider the problem of releasing a differentially private statistical summary that resides on a Riemannian manifold. We present an extension of the Laplace or K-norm mechanism that utilizes intrinsic distances and volumes on the mani... Read More about Differential privacy over Riemannian manifolds.

Ungovernable Earth: Resurgence, Translocal Infrastructures and More-than-Social Movements (2021)
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Ghelfi, A., & Papadopoulos, D. (2022). Ungovernable Earth: Resurgence, Translocal Infrastructures and More-than-Social Movements. Environmental Values, 31(6), 681-699. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327121X16387842836968

How do social movements respond to the ecological crisis? In this paper, we reframe social movements as ‘more-than-social movements’ to highlight the fact that many contemporary mobilisations do much more than target recognised social institutions an... Read More about Ungovernable Earth: Resurgence, Translocal Infrastructures and More-than-Social Movements.

Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Toledo, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

In recent years, Model Based Predictive Control (MPC), applied to power converters, has been successfully presented as an alternative to traditional control techniques due to its fast dynamic response, ability to incorporate various requirements of c... Read More about Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI.

Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

Predictive control for power converters has been gaining interest as well as popularity in recent years. This paper presents a cascade predictive control for a voltage source inverter which is evaluated with different control objectives to meet a ran... Read More about Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions.

Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

This paper considers some of the aspects of applying predictive control to a single phase Matrix Converter. Among all the proposed control techniques for Matrix Converters, predictive control has become a plausible and versatile option due to its abi... Read More about Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter.

Sequential FCS-MPC for open phase fault tolerant control applied to SynRM (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frias, G., Catuogno, G., Rivera, M., Wheeler, P., & Garcia, G. (2021, December). Sequential FCS-MPC for open phase fault tolerant control applied to SynRM. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

Model predictive control is a very attractive solution for electric drives and converter control, but while classic model predictive controls give good results, the choice of weighting factors is often somewhat complex and even more so when the syste... Read More about Sequential FCS-MPC for open phase fault tolerant control applied to SynRM.

Control strategies of photovoltaic systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Control strategies of photovoltaic systems. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

The control in an inverter system for photovoltaic applications is important as it can impact on the efficiency of the system. In this paper a review of the main control strategies used in photovoltaic systems is presented. The study is divided into... Read More about Control strategies of photovoltaic systems.

Perspectives on COVID-19 prevention and treatment using herbal medicine in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study (2021)
Journal Article
Tran, V. D., Pham, D. T., Cao, T. T. N., Bahlol, M., Dewey, R. S., Le, M. H., & Nguyen, V. A. (2021). Perspectives on COVID-19 prevention and treatment using herbal medicine in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study. Annali di Igiene, Medicina Preventiva e di Comunità, 34(5), 515-531. https://doi.org/10.7416/ai.2021.2484

Introduction. The significance of herbal medicine (HM) during the COVID-19 pandemic has been confirmed. Nevertheless, limited studies have included the people perspectives on COVID-19 prevention/treatment using herbal medicine in Vietnam. Thus, this... Read More about Perspectives on COVID-19 prevention and treatment using herbal medicine in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study.

Continuous Set Model Predictive Control for Energy Management of Modular Multilevel Matrix Converters (2021)
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Urrutia, M., Cardenas-Dobson, R., Clare, J. C., Diaz, M., & Watson, A. J. (2022). Continuous Set Model Predictive Control for Energy Management of Modular Multilevel Matrix Converters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 37, 5731-5748. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2021.3133695

The Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter is an AC-AC power converter proposed for high power applications such as motor drive and wind energy conversion systems. The M 3C has 9 clusters, allowing 4 circulating currents for converter energy management.... Read More about Continuous Set Model Predictive Control for Energy Management of Modular Multilevel Matrix Converters.

The effect of elastic couplings and material uncertainties on the flutter of composite high aspect ratio wings (2021)
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Amoozgar, M. R., Ajaj, R. M., & Cooper, J. E. (2022). The effect of elastic couplings and material uncertainties on the flutter of composite high aspect ratio wings. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 108, Article 103439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2021.103439

In this paper, the stochastic aeroelastic stability analysis of a composite high aspect ratio wing with various elastic couplings is investigated. The wing consists of a rectangular spar-box made from composite materials. Due to its high aspect ratio... Read More about The effect of elastic couplings and material uncertainties on the flutter of composite high aspect ratio wings.

A High-Resolution Investigation of the Multi-Phase ISM in a Galaxy during the First Two Billion Years (2021)
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Dye, S., Eales, S. A., Gomez, H. L., Jones, G. C., Smith, M. W. L., Borsato, E., Moss, A., Dunne, L., Maresca, J., Amvrosiadis, A., Negrello, M., Marchetti, L., Corsini, E. M., Ivison, R. J., Bendo, G. J., Bakx, T., Cooray, A., Cox, P., Dannerbauer, H., Serjeant, S., …Vlahakis, C. (2022). A High-Resolution Investigation of the Multi-Phase ISM in a Galaxy during the First Two Billion Years. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(3), 3734–3757. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3569

We have carried out the first spatially-resolved investigation of the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM) at high redshift, using the z = 4.24 strongly-lensed sub-millimetre galaxy H-ATLASJ142413.9+022303 (ID141). We present high-resolution (down t... Read More about A High-Resolution Investigation of the Multi-Phase ISM in a Galaxy during the First Two Billion Years.

Social proximity and the erosion of norm compliance (2021)
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Bicchieri, C., Dimant, E., Gächter, S., & Nosenzo, D. (2022). Social proximity and the erosion of norm compliance. Games and Economic Behavior, 132, 59-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2021.11.012

We study how compliance with norms of pro-social behavior is influenced by peers' compliance in a dynamic and non-strategic experimental setting. We show that social proximity among peers is a crucial determinant of the effect. Without social proximi... Read More about Social proximity and the erosion of norm compliance.