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The German RECAP questionnaire: linguistic validation and cognitive debriefing in German adults with self-reported atopic eczema and parents of affected children (2021)
Journal Article
Gabes, M., Tischer, C., Herrmann, A., Howells, L., & Apfelbacher, C. (2021). The German RECAP questionnaire: linguistic validation and cognitive debriefing in German adults with self-reported atopic eczema and parents of affected children. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 5(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-021-00285-2

Background Recap of atopic eczema (RECAP) is a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) assessing eczema control. Long-term control of eczema is one of the four core outcome domains for atopic eczema trials. This instrument has been recently develope... Read More about The German RECAP questionnaire: linguistic validation and cognitive debriefing in German adults with self-reported atopic eczema and parents of affected children.

Parents and children during the COVID-19 quarantine process: Experiences from Turkey and China (2021)
Journal Article
Toran, M., Sak, R., Xu, Y., Şahin-Sak, İ. T., & Yu, Y. (2021). Parents and children during the COVID-19 quarantine process: Experiences from Turkey and China. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 19(1), 21-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718x20977583

This paper reports Turkish and Chinese parents’ experiences with their 3–6 year-old children during the COVID-19 quarantine process. Thirteen Turkish and 11 Chinese parents participated in a study that employed semi-structured interviews to examine p... Read More about Parents and children during the COVID-19 quarantine process: Experiences from Turkey and China.

Improving the Saliency of a High Speed SynRel Rotor by using High Strength Martensitic Sleeve (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ram Kumar, R. M., Vakil, G., La Rocca, A., Gerada, D., Gerada, C., & Fernandes, B. G. (2021). Improving the Saliency of a High Speed SynRel Rotor by using High Strength Martensitic Sleeve. In 2021 International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET). https://doi.org/10.1109/sefet48154.2021.9375705

High strength magnetic steel laminations are the invariable choice to achieve the power density demands of high speed electric machines required in the automotive industry. However, the cost competitive automobile market, favours the use of conventio... Read More about Improving the Saliency of a High Speed SynRel Rotor by using High Strength Martensitic Sleeve.

Early oseltamivir treatment improves survival in critically ill patients with influenza pneumonia (2021)
Journal Article
Moreno, G., Rodríguez, A., Sole-Violán, J., Martín-Loeches, I., Díaz, E., Bodí, M., …Torres, A. (2021). Early oseltamivir treatment improves survival in critically ill patients with influenza pneumonia. ERJ Open Research, 7(1), Article 00888-2020. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00888-2020

Background The relationship between early oseltamivir treatment (within 48 h of symptom onset) and mortality in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) with severe influenza is disputed. This study aimed to investigate the association betwee... Read More about Early oseltamivir treatment improves survival in critically ill patients with influenza pneumonia.

Stabilization of DC MicroGrid Systems Using the Loop-Cancellation Technique (2021)
Journal Article
Pakdeeto, J., Areerak, K., Bozhko, S., & Areerak, K. (2021). Stabilization of DC MicroGrid Systems Using the Loop-Cancellation Technique. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 9(3), 2652-2663. https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTPE.2021.3053349

DC microgrid systems (DCMGs) feed power to constant power loads (CPLs) via transmission lines. Although these systems are commonly used worldwide, CPLs have negative impedance effects. These loads can significantly degrade the system stability. There... Read More about Stabilization of DC MicroGrid Systems Using the Loop-Cancellation Technique.

Intraday time series momentum: Global evidence and links to market characteristics (2021)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Sakkas, A., & Urquhart, A. (2022). Intraday time series momentum: Global evidence and links to market characteristics. Journal of Financial Markets, 57, Article 100619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finmar.2021.100619

We examine intraday time series momentum (ITSM) in an international setting by employing high-frequency data of 16 developed markets. We show that ITSM is economically sizable and statistically significant both in-and out-of-sample in most countries.... Read More about Intraday time series momentum: Global evidence and links to market characteristics.

Establishing information needs and research priorities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the local maternity setting (2021)
Journal Article
Evans, K., Janiszewski, H., Evans, C., & Spiby, H. (2021). Establishing information needs and research priorities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the local maternity setting. Midwifery, 95, Article 102922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.102922

The purpose of this project was to identify gaps in the current evidence base and to identify research priorities in the local context during the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper reports on the application and adaptation of the CHNRI methodology which f... Read More about Establishing information needs and research priorities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the local maternity setting.

Scrutinizing relationships between submarine groundwater discharge and upstream areas using thermal remote sensing: A case study in the northern Persian gulf (2021)
Journal Article
Samani, A. N., Farzin, M., Rahmati, O., Feiznia, S., Kazemi, G. A., Foody, G., & Melesse, A. M. (2021). Scrutinizing relationships between submarine groundwater discharge and upstream areas using thermal remote sensing: A case study in the northern Persian gulf. Remote Sensing, 13(3), Article 358. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030358

© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Nutrient input through submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) often plays a significant role in primary productivity and nutrient cycling in the coastal areas. Understanding relationships betwe... Read More about Scrutinizing relationships between submarine groundwater discharge and upstream areas using thermal remote sensing: A case study in the northern Persian gulf.

Agent-based modelling of juvenile eel migration via selective tidal stream transport (2021)
Journal Article
Benson, T., de Bie, J., Gaskell, J., Vezza, P., Kerr, J. R., Lumbroso, D., …Kemp, P. S. (2021). Agent-based modelling of juvenile eel migration via selective tidal stream transport. Ecological Modelling, 443, Article 109448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109448

Recruitment of temperate eel species Anguilla anguilla, A. rostrata & A. japonica has declined over the last few decades due to human activities, such as overfishing and construction of migratory barriers (e.g. dams, weirs and sluices) and hazardous... Read More about Agent-based modelling of juvenile eel migration via selective tidal stream transport.

Window Views: Difference of Perception during the COVID-19 Lockdown (2021)
Journal Article
Batool, A., Rutherford, P., McGraw, P., Ledgeway, T., & Altomonte, S. (2021). Window Views: Difference of Perception during the COVID-19 Lockdown. LEUKOS, 17(4), 380-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2020.1854780

The provision of daylight, fresh air, and of a view outdoors are among the known characteristics of windows. But how does the perception of a window differ when it becomes the primary way of connecting to the physical world outside? In the first half... Read More about Window Views: Difference of Perception during the COVID-19 Lockdown.

Termination points and homoclinic glueing for a class of inhomogeneous nonlinear ordinary differential equations (2021)
Journal Article
Keeler, J., Blyth, M., & King, J. (2021). Termination points and homoclinic glueing for a class of inhomogeneous nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Nonlinearity, 34(1), 532-561. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6544/abb18f

Solutions u(x) to the class of inhomogeneous nonlinear ordinary differential equations taking the form u + u 2 = αf (x) for parameter α are studied. The problem is defined on the x line with decay of both the solution u(x) and the imposed forcing f (... Read More about Termination points and homoclinic glueing for a class of inhomogeneous nonlinear ordinary differential equations.

Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home (2021)
Journal Article
Tsien, C., Tan, H., Sharma, S., Palaniyappan, N., Wijayasiri, P., Leung, K., …Aravinthan, A. D. (2021). Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home. Clinical Medicine, 21(1), e32-e38. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0609

Introduction: Increasing rates of liver transplantation and improved outcomes have led to greater numbers of transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres. Our aim was to document long-term clinical outcomes of liver transplant recipien... Read More about Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home.

The persistence of partition: Boundary-making, imperialism, and international law (2021)
Journal Article
Kattan, V. (2022). The persistence of partition: Boundary-making, imperialism, and international law. Political Geography, 94, Article 102557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102557

This article implores political geographers to engage with the sub-discipline's imperial roots in which international law was foundational. It does so by revisiting the practice of partition – defined here as an imposed boundary – which remains centr... Read More about The persistence of partition: Boundary-making, imperialism, and international law.

The Human Brain Is Best Described as Being on a Female/Male Continuum: Evidence from a Neuroimaging Connectivity Study (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Luo, Q., Huang, C., Lo, C. Z., Langley, C., Desrivières, S., …for the IMAGEN consortium. (2021). The Human Brain Is Best Described as Being on a Female/Male Continuum: Evidence from a Neuroimaging Connectivity Study. Cerebral Cortex, 31(6), 3021-3033. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa408

Psychological androgyny has long been associated with greater cognitive flexibility, adaptive behavior, and better mental health, but whether a similar concept can be defined using neural features remains unknown. Using the neuroimaging data from 962... Read More about The Human Brain Is Best Described as Being on a Female/Male Continuum: Evidence from a Neuroimaging Connectivity Study.

Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Blake, H., Knight, H., Jia, R., Corner, J., Morling, J. R., Denning, C., …Vedhara, K. Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

We aimed to explore university students’ perceptions and experiences of SARS-CoV-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative study comprised of four rapid online focus groups conduc... Read More about Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.

System Level Reliability Assessment of Short Duty Electric Drives for Aerospace (2021)
Journal Article
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Harikumaran, J., Buticchi, G., & Galea, M. (2021). System Level Reliability Assessment of Short Duty Electric Drives for Aerospace. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(3), 1888 - 1900. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2021.3053147

The reliability performance of electrical machines and power electronics converters are generally verified separately, even if the two components are meant to be part of the same electric drive. Depending on the application, however, it might be nece... Read More about System Level Reliability Assessment of Short Duty Electric Drives for Aerospace.

Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does (2021)
Journal Article
Tunçgenç, B., El Zein, M., Sulik, J., Newson, M., Zhao, Y., Dezecache, G., & Deroy, O. (2021). Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does. British Journal of Psychology, 112(3), 763-780. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12491

Why do we adopt new rules, such as social distancing? Although human sciences research stresses the key role of social influence in behaviour change, most COVID‐19 campaigns emphasize the disease’s medical threat. In a global data set (n = 6,674), we... Read More about Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does.

Exploring touch-based behavioral authentication on smartphone email applications in IoT-enabled smart cities (2021)
Journal Article
Li, W., Meng, W., & Furnell, S. (2021). Exploring touch-based behavioral authentication on smartphone email applications in IoT-enabled smart cities. Pattern Recognition Letters, 144, 35-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2021.01.019

© 2021 Elsevier B.V. The Internet of Things (IoT) allows various embedded devices and smart sensors to be connected with each other, which provides a basis for building smart cities. The IoT-enabled smart city can greatly benefit people's daily lives... Read More about Exploring touch-based behavioral authentication on smartphone email applications in IoT-enabled smart cities.

Wireless power distributions in multi-cavity systems at high frequencies (2021)
Journal Article
Adnan, F., Blakaj, V., Phang, S., Antonsen, T. M., Creagh, S. C., Gradoni, G., & Tanner, G. (2021). Wireless power distributions in multi-cavity systems at high frequencies. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 477(2245), Article 20200228. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0228

The next generations of wireless networks will work in frequency bands ranging from sub-6 GHz up to 100 GHz. Radio signal propagation differs here in several critical aspects from the behaviour in the microwave frequencies currently used. With wavele... Read More about Wireless power distributions in multi-cavity systems at high frequencies.