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Lifetime Estimation of Enameled Wires Under Accelerated Thermal Aging Using Curve Fitting Methods (2021)
Journal Article
Khowja, M. R., Turabee, G., Giangrande, P., Madonna, V., Cosma, G., Vakil, G., …Galea, M. (2021). Lifetime Estimation of Enameled Wires Under Accelerated Thermal Aging Using Curve Fitting Methods. IEEE Access, 9, 18993-19003. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3052058

Estimating the lifetime of enameled wires using the conventional/standard test method requires a significant amount of time that can endure up to thousands of testing hours, which could considerably delay the time-to-market of a new product. This pap... Read More about Lifetime Estimation of Enameled Wires Under Accelerated Thermal Aging Using Curve Fitting Methods.

Analysis of insulin glulisine at the molecular level by X-ray crystallography and biophysical techniques (2021)
Journal Article
Gillis, R. B., Solomon, H. V., Govada, L., Oldham, N. J., Dinu, V., Jiwani, S. I., …Adams, G. G. (2021). Analysis of insulin glulisine at the molecular level by X-ray crystallography and biophysical techniques. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 1737. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81251-2

© 2021, The Author(s). This study concerns glulisine, a rapid-acting insulin analogue that plays a fundamental role in diabetes management. We have applied a combination of methods namely X-ray crystallography, and biophysical characterisation to pro... Read More about Analysis of insulin glulisine at the molecular level by X-ray crystallography and biophysical techniques.

An Abaqus plugin for efficient damage initiation hotspot identification in large-scale composite structures with repeated features (2021)
Journal Article
Zou, X., Yan, S., Ilkhani, M. R., Brown, L., Jones, A., & Hamadi, M. (2021). An Abaqus plugin for efficient damage initiation hotspot identification in large-scale composite structures with repeated features. Advances in Engineering Software, 153, Article 102964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2020.102964

© 2021 Elsevier Ltd Identifying the hotspots for damage initiation in large-scale composite structure designs presents a significant challenge due to the high modelling cost. For most industrial applications, the finite element (FE) models are often... Read More about An Abaqus plugin for efficient damage initiation hotspot identification in large-scale composite structures with repeated features.

‘Possible Selves’ in practice: how students at Further Education Colleges in England conceptualise university (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, S., Hordósy, R., Mittelmeier, J., Quyoum, A., & McCaldin, T. (2022). ‘Possible Selves’ in practice: how students at Further Education Colleges in England conceptualise university. Research Papers in Education, 37(6), 757-772. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2020.1864765

© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper reports on a project in the North of England that looks at the college-to-university decision-making processes of non-traditional students through the conceptual lens of ‘Poss... Read More about ‘Possible Selves’ in practice: how students at Further Education Colleges in England conceptualise university.

The social worker in community mental health teams: Findings from a national survey (2021)
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Abendstern, M., Wilberforce, M., Hughes, J., Arandelovic, A., Batool, S., Boland, J., …Challis, D. (2022). The social worker in community mental health teams: Findings from a national survey. Journal of Social Work, 22(1), 4-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017320979932

Social workers have been members of community mental health teams for many years. However a combination of factors have resulted in their removal from CMHTs in some areas in recent years. This study presents findings from a national survey of CMHT te... Read More about The social worker in community mental health teams: Findings from a national survey.

Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Johnston, P. I., Wright, S. W., Orr, M., Pearce, F. A., Stevens, J. W., Hubbard, R. B., & Collini, P. J. (2021). Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS, 35(6), 957-970. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002815

Objective and design: People living with HIV (PLH) suffer disproportionately from the chronic diseases exacerbated by smoking tobacco. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to establish the relative prevalence of smoking among PLH. M... Read More about Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of Anakinra, Sarilumab, Siltuximab and Tocilizumab for Covid-19 (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Khan, F., Fabbri, L., Stewart, I., Robinson A., K., Smyth, A. R., & Jenkins, G. A systematic review and meta-analysis of Anakinra, Sarilumab, Siltuximab and Tocilizumab for Covid-19

Background There is accumulating evidence for an overly activated immune response in severe Covid-19, with several studies exploring the therapeutic role of immunomodulation. Through systematic review and meta-analysis, we assess the effectiveness of... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of Anakinra, Sarilumab, Siltuximab and Tocilizumab for Covid-19.

How are Heads of English responding to policy changes in the English school system? (2021)
Journal Article
Perry, J. (2021). How are Heads of English responding to policy changes in the English school system?. English in Education, 55(4), 301-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/04250494.2021.1873069

Changes to education policy in England since 2010 have led teachers to reflect on what and how they teach. Heads of English departments have had particular need to review their work, but have been overlooked in the research literature. This paper pre... Read More about How are Heads of English responding to policy changes in the English school system?.

Climatic and anthropogenic influences on vegetation changes during the last 5000 years in a seasonal dry tropical forest at the northern limits of the Neotropics (2021)
Journal Article
Lozano-García, S., Figueroa-Rangel, B., Sosa-Nájera, S., Caballero, M., Noren, A. J., Metcalfe, S. E., …Ortega-Guerrero, B. (2021). Climatic and anthropogenic influences on vegetation changes during the last 5000 years in a seasonal dry tropical forest at the northern limits of the Neotropics. Holocene, 31(5), 802-813. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683620988054

We need stronger evidence for (or against) hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance (2021)
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Jepsen, P., & West, J. (2021). We need stronger evidence for (or against) hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance. Journal of Hepatology, 74(5), 1234-1239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2020.12.029

Current guidelines from EASL recommend that most patients with cirrhosis are offered surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but fewer than expected patients actually receive it. The recommendation is based on observational studies and simul... Read More about We need stronger evidence for (or against) hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance.

Carboxyl-fentanyl detection using optical fibre grating-based sensors functionalised with molecularly imprinted nanoparticles (2021)
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Liu, L. L., Grillo, F., Canfarotta, F., Whitcombe, M., Morgan, S. P., Piletsky, S., …Korposh, S. (2021). Carboxyl-fentanyl detection using optical fibre grating-based sensors functionalised with molecularly imprinted nanoparticles. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 177, Article 113002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2021.113002

Butyrylfentanyl is a new designer drug reported with growing use and related deaths. Routine toxicological analyses of this novel synthetic opioid drug have not been established yet. This work reports a fibre optic sensor that measures carboxyl-fenta... Read More about Carboxyl-fentanyl detection using optical fibre grating-based sensors functionalised with molecularly imprinted nanoparticles.

Size-controlled synthesis of spinel nickel ferrite nanorods by thermal decomposition of a bimetallic Fe/Ni-MOF (2021)
Journal Article
Iqbal, B., Laybourn, A., ul-Hamid, A., & Zaheer, M. (2021). Size-controlled synthesis of spinel nickel ferrite nanorods by thermal decomposition of a bimetallic Fe/Ni-MOF. Ceramics International, 47(9), 12433-12441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.01.100

In this work, size-controlled synthesis of nickel ferrite nanoparticles was achieved by the calcination of a bimetallic (Fe/Ni) metal-organic framework (MOF). The bimetallic MOF (Fe2Ni-MIL-88B) itself was prepared by a two-step route. The first step... Read More about Size-controlled synthesis of spinel nickel ferrite nanorods by thermal decomposition of a bimetallic Fe/Ni-MOF.

Phenazines as model low-midpoint potential electron shuttles for photosynthetic bioelectrochemical systems (2021)
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Clifford, E. R., Bradley, R. W., Wey, L. T., Lawrence, J. M., Chen, X., Howe, C. J., & Zhang, J. Z. (2021). Phenazines as model low-midpoint potential electron shuttles for photosynthetic bioelectrochemical systems. Chemical Science, 12(9), 3328-3338. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc05655c

Bioelectrochemical approaches for energy conversion rely on efficient wiring of natural electron transport chains to electrodes. However, state-of-the-art exogenous electron mediators give rise to significant energy losses and, in the case of living... Read More about Phenazines as model low-midpoint potential electron shuttles for photosynthetic bioelectrochemical systems.

Anisotropic scattering characteristics of nanoparticles in different morphologies: improving the temperature uniformity of tumors during thermal therapy using forward scattering (2021)
Journal Article
Chen, Q., Ren, Y., Yin, Y., & Qi, H. (2021). Anisotropic scattering characteristics of nanoparticles in different morphologies: improving the temperature uniformity of tumors during thermal therapy using forward scattering. Biomedical Optics Express, 12(2), 893-906. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.415666

Precise control of the thermal damage area is the key issue during thermal therapy, which can be achieved by manipulating the light propagation in biological tissue. In the present work, a method is proposed to increase the uniformity of the specific... Read More about Anisotropic scattering characteristics of nanoparticles in different morphologies: improving the temperature uniformity of tumors during thermal therapy using forward scattering.

Social Eating Initiatives and the Practices of Commensality (2021)
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Smith, M., & Harvey, J. (2021). Social Eating Initiatives and the Practices of Commensality. Appetite, 161, Article 105107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105107

Social eating initiatives are a mode of food provisioning and eating that have become increasingly popular in the UK. These organisations provide a menu of low-cost meals prepared using food surpluses and deliberately serve food communally to improve... Read More about Social Eating Initiatives and the Practices of Commensality.

Test‐guided dietary management of eczema in children: A randomized controlled feasibility trial (TEST) (2021)
Journal Article
Ridd, M. J., Webb, D., Roberts, K., Santer, M., Chalmers, J. R., Gilbertson, A., …Boyle, R. J. (2021). Test‐guided dietary management of eczema in children: A randomized controlled feasibility trial (TEST). Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 51(3), 452-462. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.13816

Background Parents commonly ask about food allergy tests, to find a cause for their child's eczema, yet the value of routine testing is uncertain. Objective To determine whether a clinical trial comparing test‐guided dietary advice versus usual... Read More about Test‐guided dietary management of eczema in children: A randomized controlled feasibility trial (TEST).