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Using expert perspectives to explore factors affecting choice of methods in safety analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Farooqi, A., Ryan, B., & Cobb, S. (2022). Using expert perspectives to explore factors affecting choice of methods in safety analysis. Safety Science, 146, Article 105571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105571

Many methods have been developed to understand and improve system safety. Previous research has indicated that a 'research-practice gap' exists in use of methods, where systemic methods are not adopted in practice. This study extends this research, b... Read More about Using expert perspectives to explore factors affecting choice of methods in safety analysis.

From Instrumental to Integral Mindfulness: Toward a More Holistic and Transformative Approach in Schools (2021)
Journal Article
Brito, R., Joseph, S., & Sellman, E. (2022). From Instrumental to Integral Mindfulness: Toward a More Holistic and Transformative Approach in Schools. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 41(1), 91-109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-021-09810-8

Although the implementation of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) in educational contexts appear to have demonstrated some benefits for students and teachers in research studies conducted over the last two decades, there are also those who critic... Read More about From Instrumental to Integral Mindfulness: Toward a More Holistic and Transformative Approach in Schools.

Near-infrared PbS quantum dots functionalized with affibodies and ZnPP for targeted imaging and therapeutic applications (2021)
Journal Article
Al-Ani, A. W., Zamberlan, F., Ferreira, L., Bradshaw, T. D., Thomas, N. R., & Turyanska, L. (2021). Near-infrared PbS quantum dots functionalized with affibodies and ZnPP for targeted imaging and therapeutic applications. Nano Express, 2(4), Article 040005. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-959x/ac33b8

We report a new theranostic device based on lead sulfide quantum dots (PbS QDs) with optical emission in the near infrared wavelength range decorated with affibodies (small 6.5 kDa protein-based antibody replacements) specific to the cancer biomarker... Read More about Near-infrared PbS quantum dots functionalized with affibodies and ZnPP for targeted imaging and therapeutic applications.

“Open, Honest, Passionate and with Some Humor”: Understanding Trust Building between British Muslims and the Wider Community (2021)
Journal Article
Latif, A., Gulzar, N., Vaughan, A., Khan, F., & Hussain, M. (2021). “Open, Honest, Passionate and with Some Humor”: Understanding Trust Building between British Muslims and the Wider Community. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 41(3), 452-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2021.1997269

The “Trust Building” initiative, launched in the United Kingdom in April 2016, aimed to dispel myths about Islam and build trust between Muslims and the wider community. This community-led initiative involved trained Trust Building “Ambassadors” deli... Read More about “Open, Honest, Passionate and with Some Humor”: Understanding Trust Building between British Muslims and the Wider Community.

The effect of stimulus duration on preferences for gain adjustments when listening to speech (2021)
Journal Article
Whitmer, W. M., Caswell-Midwinter, B., & Naylor, G. (2022). The effect of stimulus duration on preferences for gain adjustments when listening to speech. International Journal of Audiology, 61(11), 940-947. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.1998676

Objectives: In the personalisation of hearing-aid fittings, gain is often adjusted to suit patient preferences using live speech. When using brief sentences as stimuli, the minimum gain adjustments necessary to elicit consistent preferences (“prefere... Read More about The effect of stimulus duration on preferences for gain adjustments when listening to speech.

Biosynthesis of Poly(3HB- co-3HP) with Variable Monomer Composition in Recombinant Cupriavidus necator H16 (2021)
Journal Article
McGregor, C., Minton, N. P., & Kovács, K. (2021). Biosynthesis of Poly(3HB- co-3HP) with Variable Monomer Composition in Recombinant Cupriavidus necator H16. ACS Synthetic Biology, 10(12), 3343-3352. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.1c00283

Polyhydroxyalkanoates are attractive alternatives to traditional plastics. However, although polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is produced in large quantities by Cupriavidus necator H16, its properties are far from ideal for the manufacture of plastic produc... Read More about Biosynthesis of Poly(3HB- co-3HP) with Variable Monomer Composition in Recombinant Cupriavidus necator H16.

Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Toledo, S., Caballero, D., Maqueda, E., Arrua, S., Gomez-Redondo, M., Gregor, R., …Wheeler, P. (2021). Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter. In IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589702

Multi-phase wind generation systems are emerging as a promising technology for distributed generation systems. These systems can present unbalanced voltages or phase faults for several reasons. In this paper a modular three-phase direct matrix conver... Read More about Fault Tolerant Predictive Control for Six-Phase Wind Generation Systems using Multi-Modular Matrix Converter.

A critical review on thermal management technologies for motors in electric cars (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, X., Li, B., Gerada, D., Huang, K., Stone, I., Worrall, S., & Yan, Y. (2022). A critical review on thermal management technologies for motors in electric cars. Applied Thermal Engineering, 201(Part A), Article 117758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.117758

The development of electric cars has well been regarded as a major solution for tackling the challenges of carbon-neutrality faced by the modern communities. Electric motor is certainly the core and most important components of an electric car, and t... Read More about A critical review on thermal management technologies for motors in electric cars.

Make America Hate Again? The Politics of Vigilante Geriaction (2021)
Journal Article
Frame, G. (2021). Make America Hate Again? The Politics of Vigilante Geriaction. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 49(3), 168-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2021.1957337

The article explores the politics of the vigilante geriaction film, with specific focus on the remake of Death Wish (Eli Roth, 2018). In its construction of a nation under mortal threat from within and without, the subgenre is uncritical in its reinf... Read More about Make America Hate Again? The Politics of Vigilante Geriaction.

Imaging mass spectrometry of fingermarks on brass bullet casings using sample rotation (2021)
Journal Article
Lee, C. J., Scurr, D. J., Jiang, L., Kenton, A., Beebe, S. R. T., & Sharp, J. S. (2021). Imaging mass spectrometry of fingermarks on brass bullet casings using sample rotation. Analyst, 146(24), 7563-7572. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1an01768c

A rotation stage was developed to allow the surface of bullet casings to be imaged under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). Experiments were performed over a period of seven months to d... Read More about Imaging mass spectrometry of fingermarks on brass bullet casings using sample rotation.

Pre-existing polymerase-specific T cells expand in abortive seronegative SARS-CoV-2 (2021)
Journal Article
Swadling, L., Diniz, M. O., Schmidt, N. M., Amin, O. E., Chandran, A., Shaw, E., …Investigators, C. (2022). Pre-existing polymerase-specific T cells expand in abortive seronegative SARS-CoV-2. Nature, 601(7891), 110-117. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04186-8

Individuals with potential exposure to SARS-CoV-2 do not necessarily develop PCR or antibody positivity, suggesting some may clear sub-clinical infection before seroconversion. T-cells can contribute to the rapid clearance of SARS-CoV-2 and other cor... Read More about Pre-existing polymerase-specific T cells expand in abortive seronegative SARS-CoV-2.

Enhancement of dynamic wireless power transfer system by model predictive control (2021)
Journal Article
Alkasir, A., Abdollahi, S. E., Abdollahi, S. R., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Enhancement of dynamic wireless power transfer system by model predictive control. IET Power Electronics, 15(1), 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1049/pel2.12213

Wireless power transfer (WPT) system based on a dynamic wireless charging (DWC) scheme, eliminates waiting time for charging electric vehicles (EVs), increases the range of motion, reduces the size of Li-ion battery, and automates the charging proces... Read More about Enhancement of dynamic wireless power transfer system by model predictive control.

In silico evaluation and optimisation of magnetic resonance elastography of the liver (2021)
Journal Article
McGrath, D. M., Bradley, C. R., & Francis, S. T. (2021). In silico evaluation and optimisation of magnetic resonance elastography of the liver. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 66(22), Article 225005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ac3263

Objective. Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is widely adopted as a biomarker of liver fibrosis. However, in vivo MRE accuracy is difficult to assess. Approach. Finite element model (FEM) simulation was employed to evaluate liver MRE accuracy and... Read More about In silico evaluation and optimisation of magnetic resonance elastography of the liver.

Positive allosteric modulation of endogenous delta opioid receptor signaling in the enteric nervous system is a potential treatment for gastrointestinal motility disorders (2021)
Journal Article
DiCello, J. J., Carbone, S. E., Saito, A., Pham, V., Szymaszkiewicz, A., Gondin, A. B., …Poole, D. P. (2022). Positive allosteric modulation of endogenous delta opioid receptor signaling in the enteric nervous system is a potential treatment for gastrointestinal motility disorders. AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 322(1), G66-G78. https://doi.org/10.1152/AJPGI.00297.2021

Allosteric modulators (AMs) are molecules that can fine-tune signaling by G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Although they are a promising therapeutic approach for treating a range of disorders, allosteric modulation of GPCRs in the context of the... Read More about Positive allosteric modulation of endogenous delta opioid receptor signaling in the enteric nervous system is a potential treatment for gastrointestinal motility disorders.

The older prisoner health and social care assessment and plan (OHSCAP) versus treatment as usual: a randomised controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Forsyth, K., Webb, R. T., Power, L. A., Emsley, R., Senior, J., Burns, A., …Shaw, J. (2021). The older prisoner health and social care assessment and plan (OHSCAP) versus treatment as usual: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article 2061. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11965-5

Background: Older people are the fastest-growing demographic group among prisoners in England and Wales and they have complex health and social care needs. Their care is frequently ad hoc and uncoordinated. No previous research has explored how to id... Read More about The older prisoner health and social care assessment and plan (OHSCAP) versus treatment as usual: a randomised controlled trial.

Riverscape approaches in practice: perspectives and applications (2021)
Journal Article
Torgersen, C. E., Le Pichon, C., Fullerton, A. H., Dugdale, S. J., Duda, J. J., Giovannini, F., …Baxter, C. V. (2022). Riverscape approaches in practice: perspectives and applications. Biological Reviews, 97(2), 481-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12810

Landscape perspectives in riverine ecology have been undertaken increasingly in the last 30 years, leading aquatic ecologists to develop a diverse set of approaches for conceptualizing, mapping and understanding ‘riverscapes’. Spatiotemporally explic... Read More about Riverscape approaches in practice: perspectives and applications.

Staying and studying: narratives of local higher education in small island colleges (2021)
Journal Article
Henderson, H. (2022). Staying and studying: narratives of local higher education in small island colleges. Higher Education Research and Development, 41(7), 2187-2200. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2021.1996340

Due to the unequal geographical distribution of HE institutions in many national HE systems, living in a rural or remote area and attending HE can be mutually exclusive. The implication is that those who remain in a rural area beyond school age do no... Read More about Staying and studying: narratives of local higher education in small island colleges.

Trends in hospital admissions for childhood fractures in England (2021)
Journal Article
Marson, B. A., Manning, J. C., James, M., Ikram, A., Bryson, D. J., & Ollivere, B. J. (2021). Trends in hospital admissions for childhood fractures in England. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), Article e001187. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001187

Purpose Fractures to the axial and appendicular skeleton are common in children causing loss of opportunities and disability. There are relatively few studies available to quantify the number of children who have their fractures diagnosed in the emer... Read More about Trends in hospital admissions for childhood fractures in England.

External points of view in the PrEPUK News Corpus (2021)
Journal Article
Collins, L., & Jones, L. (2021). External points of view in the PrEPUK News Corpus. Journal of Corpora and Discourse Studies, 4, 108-134. https://doi.org/10.18573/jcads.53

This work examines the use of reported external points of view (EPVs), with a focus on quotations, in a corpus of U.K. news coverage of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Forms of external attribution have been shown to be a prominent feature of news d... Read More about External points of view in the PrEPUK News Corpus.

Functional genomics of abiotic environmental adaptation in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates (2021)
Journal Article
Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Garcia‐Porta, J., Irisarri, I., Feugere, L., Bates, A., Kirchhof, S., Jovanović Glavaš, O., Pafilis, P., Samuel, S. F., Müller, J., Vences, M., Turner, A. P., Beltran‐Alvarez, P., & Storey, K. B. (2022). Functional genomics of abiotic environmental adaptation in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(6), 1163-1179. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13617

1. Understanding the genomic basis of adaptation to different abiotic environments is important in the context of climate change and resulting short-term environmental fluctuations.
2. Using functional and comparative genomics approaches, we here i... Read More about Functional genomics of abiotic environmental adaptation in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates.