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Xenophobia, the unconscious, the public sphere and Brexit (2021)
Journal Article
Starkey, K., Holstein, J., & Tempest, S. (2021). Xenophobia, the unconscious, the public sphere and Brexit. European Management Review, 18(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12446

We examine xenophobia from the perspective of the unconscious of individuals, groups and nations, emphasizing the role of fantasy, and arguing that some leaders use xenophobic discourse to exploit fantasies arising from emotions such as anxiety, fear... Read More about Xenophobia, the unconscious, the public sphere and Brexit.

What can be done to Encourage Women from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds to Attend Breast Screening? - A Qualitative Synthesis of Barriers and Facilitators (2021)
Journal Article
CLARINGBURN, T., Baird, J., Yogeswaran, G., Oni, G., & Wilson, E. (2021). What can be done to Encourage Women from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds to Attend Breast Screening? - A Qualitative Synthesis of Barriers and Facilitators. Public Health, 190, 152-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.10.013

Objective: to identify the barriers to UK Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women attending breast screening and subsequently, support the growing evidence base providing solutions to the public health problem of ethnic variation within screeni... Read More about What can be done to Encourage Women from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds to Attend Breast Screening? - A Qualitative Synthesis of Barriers and Facilitators.

Efficiency Mapping and Weighted Average Efficiency for Large Hydrogenerators (2021)
Journal Article
Bortoni, E. D. C., Siniscalchi, R. T., Vaschetto, S., Darmani, M. A., & Cavagnino, A. (2021). Efficiency Mapping and Weighted Average Efficiency for Large Hydrogenerators. IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications, 2, 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJIA.2020.3048989

This paper presents the concept of efficiency mapping for large synchronous hydrogenerators, which are useful for evaluating hydropower generation performance vis-à-vis interconnected intermittent generation to machine efficiency-oriented design. Tes... Read More about Efficiency Mapping and Weighted Average Efficiency for Large Hydrogenerators.

Cross-sectional and prospective associations between stress, perseverative cognition and health behaviours (2021)
Journal Article
Clancy, F., Prestwich, A., Ferguson, E., & O’Connor, D. B. (2022). Cross-sectional and prospective associations between stress, perseverative cognition and health behaviours. Psychology and Health, 37(1), 87-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.1867727

Objectives The Perseverative Cognition Hypothesis (proposing negative repetitive thinking has detrimental effects on physical health), has been extended to include health behaviours. This study aimed to examine relationships between perseverative c... Read More about Cross-sectional and prospective associations between stress, perseverative cognition and health behaviours.

The chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID-19: The need for a prospective study of viral impact on brain functioning (2021)
Journal Article
Erausquin, G. A., Snyder, H., Carrillo, M., Hosseini, A. A., Brugha, T. S., Seshadri, S., & the CNS SARS‐CoV‐2 Consortium. (2021). The chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID-19: The need for a prospective study of viral impact on brain functioning. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 17(6), 1056-1065. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12255

Introduction: The increasing evidence of SARS-CoV-2 impact on the central nervous system (CNS) raises key questions on its impact for risk of later life cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and other dementia. Methods: The Alzheimer's Associa... Read More about The chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID-19: The need for a prospective study of viral impact on brain functioning.

Strawberry decreases intraluminal and intestinal wall hydrolysis of testosterone undecanoate (2021)
Journal Article
Zgair, A., Dawood, Y., Ibrahem, S. M., Lee, J. B., Feng, W., Fischer, P. M., & Gershkovich, P. (2021). Strawberry decreases intraluminal and intestinal wall hydrolysis of testosterone undecanoate. Molecules, 26(1), Article 233. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26010233

Male hypogonadism is often treated by testosterone (T) replacement therapy such as oral administration of the ester prodrug, testosterone undecanoate (TU). However, the systemic exposure to T following oral TU is very low due to esterase-mediated met... Read More about Strawberry decreases intraluminal and intestinal wall hydrolysis of testosterone undecanoate.

Doce River Large-Scale Environmental Catastrophe: Decision and Policy-Making Outcomes (2021)
Book Chapter
Lima, A. T., Bastos, F. A., Junior, F. J. T., Neto, R. R., Gomes, H. I., & Barroso, G. F. (2021). Doce River Large-Scale Environmental Catastrophe: Decision and Policy-Making Outcomes. In A. A. R. Ioris (Ed.), Environment and Development: Challenges, Policies and Practices (133-173). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55416-3_5

A tailings dam failed on 5 November 2015, flooding the Doce River, Brazil, with 34 Mm3 of tailings and killing 19 people, together with massive riverine life annihilation, water-use impairments, and fisheries interruption. A total of 663.2 km of rive... Read More about Doce River Large-Scale Environmental Catastrophe: Decision and Policy-Making Outcomes.

Active Thermal Control for Modular Power Converters in Multi-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive System (2021)
Journal Article
Yan, H., Zhao, W., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2021). Active Thermal Control for Modular Power Converters in Multi-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive System. IEEE Access, 9, 7054-7063. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3049293

Modular winding structure has been employed in the Permanent Magnet SynchronousMotors (PMSMs) to increase the reliability and reduce the torque ripple. Nevertheless, the reliability ofthe motor system depends on the lifetime of the power semiconducto... Read More about Active Thermal Control for Modular Power Converters in Multi-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive System.

Effectiveness and Safety of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) (2021)
Journal Article
Alshmimry, A. H., Jiwani, S. I., Gyasi-Antwi, P., & Adams, G. G. (2021). Effectiveness and Safety of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs). Current Research in Clinical Diabetes and Obesity, 01, Article 103. https://doi.org/10.29011/CRCDO-103.100003

Introduction: Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) are one of the more dangerous complications of diabetes, contributing to morbidity, mortality, and major financial strain, potentially affecting patients' quality of life. Therefore, an effective DFU treatmen... Read More about Effectiveness and Safety of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs).

"I can't get round": Recruiting Assistance in Mobile Robotic Telepresence (2021)
Journal Article
Boudouraki, A., Fischer, J. E., Reeves, S., & Rintel, S. (2021). "I can't get round": Recruiting Assistance in Mobile Robotic Telepresence. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 4(CSCW3), Article 248. https://doi.org/10.1145/3432947

Via audiovisual communications and a controllable physical embodiment, Mobile Robotic telePresence (MRP) systems aim to support enhanced collaboration between remote and local members of a given setting. But MRP systems also put the remote user in po... Read More about "I can't get round": Recruiting Assistance in Mobile Robotic Telepresence.

Understanding heat and mass transfer processes during microwave-assisted and conventional solvent extraction (2021)
Journal Article
Mao, Y., Robinson, J., & Binner, E. (2021). Understanding heat and mass transfer processes during microwave-assisted and conventional solvent extraction. Chemical Engineering Science, 233, Article 116418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2020.116418

Solvent extraction is a mass transfer process. In this paper, we investigate the role of heat transfer in solvent extraction: in particular, how the heat transfer properties of the solid and the heating method (conventional heating and microwave heat... Read More about Understanding heat and mass transfer processes during microwave-assisted and conventional solvent extraction.

Integration of diverse DNA substrates by a casposase can be targeted to R-loops in vitro by its fusion to Cas9 (2021)
Journal Article
Lau, C. H., & Bolt, E. L. (2021). Integration of diverse DNA substrates by a casposase can be targeted to R-loops in vitro by its fusion to Cas9. Bioscience Reports, 41(1), Article BSR20203595. https://doi.org/10.1042/bsr20203595

CRISPR systems build adaptive immunity against mobile genetic elements by DNA capture and integration catalysed by Cas1–Cas2 protein complexes. Recent studies suggested that CRISPR repeats and adaptation module originated from a novel type of DNA tra... Read More about Integration of diverse DNA substrates by a casposase can be targeted to R-loops in vitro by its fusion to Cas9.

Patient-centric goal-oriented perioperative care (2021)
Journal Article
Roberts, G. P., Levy, N., & Lobo, D. N. (2021). Patient-centric goal-oriented perioperative care. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 126(3), 559-564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2020.12.004

Anaesthetists and surgeons largely focus on quantifiable postoperative outcome measures as a means for improving the quality of patient care. However, whilst traditional measures, such as postoperative morbidity and mortality, are useful and relative... Read More about Patient-centric goal-oriented perioperative care.

Integrated Thinking and sustainability reporting assurance: International evidence (2021)
Journal Article
Baboukardos, D., Mangena, M., & Ishola, A. (2021). Integrated Thinking and sustainability reporting assurance: International evidence. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(4), 1580-1597. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2695

Recently, there has been increasing demand by stakeholders for firms to demonstrate how they create value within the context of their operating environment. Consequently, a new reporting approach, Integrated Reporting (IR), was conceptualised with it... Read More about Integrated Thinking and sustainability reporting assurance: International evidence.

Evaluation of rumen protected rapeseed expeller (NovaPro) as an alternative to soya bean meal in dairy cow diets (2021)
Journal Article
Garnsworthy, P. C., Saunders, N., Goodman, J. R., & Marsden, M. (2021). Evaluation of rumen protected rapeseed expeller (NovaPro) as an alternative to soya bean meal in dairy cow diets. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 273, Article 114816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2021.114816

There are environmental, social and economic pressures to reduce the use of soya bean meal in ruminant diets by using alternative protein sources, such as those derived from rapeseed. A new protected form of rapeseed (NovaPro) has been developed to p... Read More about Evaluation of rumen protected rapeseed expeller (NovaPro) as an alternative to soya bean meal in dairy cow diets.

The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal immigration (2021)
Journal Article
Facchini, G., & Testa, C. (2021). The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal immigration. Journal of International Economics, 129, Article 103415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2020.103415

Governments do not always enforce their laws, even when they have the means of doing so, and lax enforcement is common in the domain of immigration policy. To explain this paradox we develop a political agency model where gains from migration are une... Read More about The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal immigration.