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Impact of mass vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 infections among multiple sclerosis patients taking immunomodulatory disease-modifying therapies in England (2021)
Journal Article
Garjani, A., Patel, S., Bharkhada, D., Rashid, W., Coles, A., Law, G. R., & Evangelou, N. (2022). Impact of mass vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 infections among multiple sclerosis patients taking immunomodulatory disease-modifying therapies in England. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 57, Article 103458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021.103458

Background: Contradicting assumptions have been made about the effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) receiving immunomodulatory disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) based on the quantification of humoral and cell... Read More about Impact of mass vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 infections among multiple sclerosis patients taking immunomodulatory disease-modifying therapies in England.

Disentangling age and schooling effects on inhibitory control development: An fNIRS investigation (2021)
Journal Article
McKay, C., Wijeakumar, S., Rafetseder, E., & Shing, Y. L. (2022). Disentangling age and schooling effects on inhibitory control development: An fNIRS investigation. Developmental Science, 25(5), Article e13205. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13205

Children show marked improvements in executive functioning (EF) between 4 and 7years of age. In many societies, this time period coincides with the start of formal school education, in which children are required to follow rules in a structured envir... Read More about Disentangling age and schooling effects on inhibitory control development: An fNIRS investigation.

A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world (2021)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., & Sudulich, L. (2022). A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 32(4), 960-979. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2021.2009484

The internet has become a key battleground for political parties and candidates running for office. Using data from three consecutive parliamentary elections in Estonia, spanning across the last decade, we map the extent to which candidates make use... Read More about A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world.

Corporate governance regulation: a practice theory perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Nakpodia, F., Adegbite, E., & Ashiru, F. (2021). Corporate governance regulation: a practice theory perspective. Accounting Forum, 47(1), 73-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2021.1995934

Employing Bourdieu’s practice theory, this paper explores factors that influence corporate executives’ behaviour towards corporate governance regulation. Drawing insights from a weak institutional environment (Nigeria) and relying on a qualitative re... Read More about Corporate governance regulation: a practice theory perspective.

Reconfigurable Antenna Using Liquid Metal Vias (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alkaraki, S., Kelly, J., & Wang, Z. (2021, December). Reconfigurable Antenna Using Liquid Metal Vias. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, APS/URSI 2021 - Proceedings, Singapore, Singapore

This paper presents a moderately high directivity (10 dBi) antenna having a reconfigurable radiation pattern. Specifically, the direction of the main beam can be altered. The radiation pattern control is achieved with the aid of a single-pole triple-... Read More about Reconfigurable Antenna Using Liquid Metal Vias.

A Biodegradable Textile-based Graphene Antenna for 5G Wearable Applications (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nemet, A., Alkaraki, S., H. Abassi, Q., & Fizzah Jilani, S. (2021, December). A Biodegradable Textile-based Graphene Antenna for 5G Wearable Applications. Presented at 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), Singapore, Singapore

This paper presents a textile-based antenna for the currently deployed fifth-generation (5G) wireless bands. The proposed antenna consists of a coplanar-waveguide (CPW)-fed patch with truncated sides and a pair of L-shaped stubs as a part of ground g... Read More about A Biodegradable Textile-based Graphene Antenna for 5G Wearable Applications.

Blockchain Opportunities and Issues in the Built Environment: Perspectives on Trust, Transparency and Cybersecurity (2021)
Book Chapter
Tezel, A., Papadonikolaki, E., Yitmen, I., & Bolpagni, M. (2022). Blockchain Opportunities and Issues in the Built Environment: Perspectives on Trust, Transparency and Cybersecurity. In M. Bolpagni, R. Gavina, & D. Ribeiro (Eds.), Industry 4.0 for the Built Environment: Methodologies, Technologies and Skills (569-588). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82430-3_24

Blockchain as a form of distributed ledger enabling the renowned cryptocurrency Bitcoin has been in the spotlight since the late 2000s. The early discussions on its practical implementation were conducted mainly for the banking and finance industries... Read More about Blockchain Opportunities and Issues in the Built Environment: Perspectives on Trust, Transparency and Cybersecurity.

Site‐Selective Installation of Nϵ ‐Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible‐Light‐Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation (2021)
Journal Article
Griffiths, R. C., Smith, F. R., Long, J. E., Scott, D., Williams, H. E. L., Oldham, N. J., Layfield, R., & Mitchell, N. J. (2022). Site‐Selective Installation of Nϵ ‐Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible‐Light‐Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation. Angewandte Chemie, 134(2), Article e202110223. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202110223

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) enhance the repertoire of protein function and mediate or influence the activity of many cellular processes. The preparation of site-specifically and homogeneously modified proteins, to apply as tools to unders... Read More about Site‐Selective Installation of Nϵ ‐Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible‐Light‐Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation.

Associations of quantity and quality of carbohydrate sources with subjective appetite sensations during 3-year weight-loss maintenance: Results from the PREVIEW intervention study (2021)
Journal Article
Zhu, R., Larsen, T. M., Poppitt, S. D., Silvestre, M. P., Fogelholm, M., Jalo, E., Hätönen, K. A., Huttunen-Lenz, M., Taylor, M. A., Simpson, L., Mackintosh, K. A., McNarry, M. A., Navas-Carretero, S., Martinez, J. A., Handjieva-Darlenska, T., Handjiev, S., Drummen, M., Westerterp-Plantenga, M. S., Lam, T., Vestentoft, P. S., …Raben, A. (2022). Associations of quantity and quality of carbohydrate sources with subjective appetite sensations during 3-year weight-loss maintenance: Results from the PREVIEW intervention study. Clinical Nutrition, 41(1), 219-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.11.038

Background & aims
The association of quantity and quality of carbohydrate sources with appetite during long-term weight-loss maintenance (WLM) after intentional weight loss (WL) is unclear. We aimed to investigate longitudinal associations of quanti... Read More about Associations of quantity and quality of carbohydrate sources with subjective appetite sensations during 3-year weight-loss maintenance: Results from the PREVIEW intervention study.

Site-Selective Installation of Nϵ-Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible-Light-Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation (2021)
Journal Article
Griffiths, R. C., Smith, F. R., Long, J. E., Scott, D., Williams, H. E., Oldham, N. J., Layfield, R., & Mitchell, N. J. (2022). Site-Selective Installation of Nϵ-Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible-Light-Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(2), Article e202110223. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202110223

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) enhance the repertoire of protein function and mediate or influence the activity of many cellular processes. The preparation of site-specifically and homogeneously modified proteins, to apply as tools to unders... Read More about Site-Selective Installation of Nϵ-Modified Sidechains into Peptide and Protein Scaffolds via Visible-Light-Mediated Desulfurative C–C Bond Formation.

Satellite quenching was not important for z ∼1 clusters: Most quenching occurred during infall (2021)
Journal Article
Werner, S. V., Hatch, N. A., Muzzin, A., van der Burg, R. F. J., Balogh, M. L., Rudnick, G., & Wilson, G. (2022). Satellite quenching was not important for z ∼1 clusters: Most quenching occurred during infall. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(1), 674-686. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3484

We quantify the relative importance of environmental quenching versus pre-processing in z ∼1 clusters by analysing the infalling galaxy population in the outskirts of 15 galaxy clusters at 0.8 < z < 1.4 drawn from the GOGREEN and GCLASS surveys. We f... Read More about Satellite quenching was not important for z ∼1 clusters: Most quenching occurred during infall.

H9N2 virus-derived M1 protein promotes H5N6 virus release in mammalian cells: Mechanism of avian influenza virus inter-species infection in humans (2021)
Journal Article
Li, F., Liu, J., Yang, J., Sun, H., Jiang, Z., Wang, C., Zhang, X., Yu, Y., Zhao, C., Pu, J., Sun, Y., Chang, K.-C., Liu, J., & Sun, H. (2021). H9N2 virus-derived M1 protein promotes H5N6 virus release in mammalian cells: Mechanism of avian influenza virus inter-species infection in humans. PLoS Pathogens, 17(12), Article e1010098. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010098

H5N6 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) clade 2.3.4.4 not only exhibits unprecedented intercontinental spread in poultry, but can also cause serious infection in humans, posing a public health threat. Phylogenetic analyses show that 40%... Read More about H9N2 virus-derived M1 protein promotes H5N6 virus release in mammalian cells: Mechanism of avian influenza virus inter-species infection in humans.

Circulating testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone are associated with individual motor unit features in untrained and highly active older men (2021)
Journal Article
Guo, Y., Piasecki, J., Swiecicka, A., Ireland, A., Phillips, B. E., Atherton, P. J., Stashuk, D., Rutter, M. K., McPhee, J. S., & Piasecki, M. (2022). Circulating testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone are associated with individual motor unit features in untrained and highly active older men. GeroScience, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-021-00482-3

Long-term exercise training has been considered as an effective strategy to counteract age-related hormonal declines and minimise muscle atrophy. However, human data relating circulating hormone levels with motor nerve function are scant. The aims of... Read More about Circulating testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone are associated with individual motor unit features in untrained and highly active older men.

Alain Ehrenberg : Autonomy and Empowerment (2021)
Journal Article
Marks, J. (2022). Alain Ehrenberg : Autonomy and Empowerment. French Cultural Studies, 33(2), 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1177/09571558211063336

This article considers Alain Ehrenberg's extensive analysis of individualism in contemporary France. It shows how he has traced the emergence of autonomy as a key social value, and it goes on to analyse the distinctive features of Ehrenberg's sociolo... Read More about Alain Ehrenberg : Autonomy and Empowerment.

Intra-tracheal multiplexed sensing of contact pressure and perfusion (2021)
Journal Article
Correia, R., Gadsby, B., Korposh, S., Norris, A. M., Hayes-Gill, B. R., Sinha, R., Hardman, J. G., Gardner, D. S., Talbot, S., Harvey, D., McGlashan, J., & Morgan, S. P. (2022). Intra-tracheal multiplexed sensing of contact pressure and perfusion. Biomedical Optics Express, 13(1), 48-64. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.442165

Incorrect endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff inflation pressure causes significant problems for intubated patients. The technical development and first in vivo use of a smart ETT for measurements at the cuff-trachea interface during mechanical ventilation... Read More about Intra-tracheal multiplexed sensing of contact pressure and perfusion.

Effect of high harmonic loops on gravitational wave bounds from cosmic strings (2021)
Journal Article
Pazouli, D., Palapanidis, K., Avgoustidis, A., & Copeland, E. J. (2021). Effect of high harmonic loops on gravitational wave bounds from cosmic strings. Physical Review D, 104(12), Article 123505. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.123505

Based on a binary tree model for the self-intersection of cosmic string loops containing high harmonics we estimate the number of self-intersections of the parent and daughter loops and the associated cusp production to determine the most likely numb... Read More about Effect of high harmonic loops on gravitational wave bounds from cosmic strings.

Child and Adolescent Offending (2021)
Book Chapter
Paddock, E., Chou, S., & Browne, K. D. (2021). Child and Adolescent Offending. In J. M. Brown, & M. A. H. Horvath (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology (35-53). (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108848916.005

Developmental approaches to child and adolescent offending emphasise the role of individual and psychological factors when explaining the onset of offending, as well as the role of early risk and protective factors on future offending. This chapter w... Read More about Child and Adolescent Offending.

The relevance of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework in developing a country-level competency framework for pharmacists: A cross-sectional study (2021)
Journal Article
Alfaifi, S., Arakawa, N., & Bridges, S. (2022). The relevance of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework in developing a country-level competency framework for pharmacists: A cross-sectional study. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 5, Article 100095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100095

Background: In the ever-changing roles of pharmacists, the evidence shows that the use of competency frameworks could aid in achieving professional performance development and ensuring a consistent quality pharmacy education. However, there is no nat... Read More about The relevance of the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Competency Framework in developing a country-level competency framework for pharmacists: A cross-sectional study.

Prediction of Biomass Pyrolysis Mechanisms and Kinetics: Application of the Kalman Filter (2021)
Journal Article
Güleç, F., Şimşek, E. H., & Tanıker Sarı, H. (2022). Prediction of Biomass Pyrolysis Mechanisms and Kinetics: Application of the Kalman Filter. Chemical Engineering and Technology, 45(1), 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.202100229

In order to predict the pyrolysis mechanisms of four different biomasses (Asbos (Psilocaulon utile), Kraalbos (Galenia africane), Scholtzbos (Pteronia pallens), and palm shell), a novel method called Kalman filter was investigated and the results wer... Read More about Prediction of Biomass Pyrolysis Mechanisms and Kinetics: Application of the Kalman Filter.

New constraints on light axion-like particles using Chandra transmission grating spectroscopy of the powerful cluster-hosted quasar H1821+643 (2021)
Journal Article
Sisk-Reynés, J., Matthews, J. H., Reynolds, C. S., Russell, H. R., Smith, R. N., & Marsh, M. C. (2022). New constraints on light axion-like particles using Chandra transmission grating spectroscopy of the powerful cluster-hosted quasar H1821+643. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510(1), 1264-1277. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3464

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are predicted by several Beyond the Standard Model theories, in particular, string theory. In the presence of an external magnetic field perpendicular to the direction of propagation, ALPs can couple to photons. Therefore,... Read More about New constraints on light axion-like particles using Chandra transmission grating spectroscopy of the powerful cluster-hosted quasar H1821+643.