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National pharmacy associations in the commonwealth: current scenario and future needs to maximise effective contributions of the pharmacy profession towards universal health coverage (2021)
Journal Article
Iqbal, A., Rutter, V., Gülpınar, G., Halai, M., Awele, B., Elshenawy, R. A., Anderson, C., Hussain, R., & Chan, A. H. Y. (2021). National pharmacy associations in the commonwealth: current scenario and future needs to maximise effective contributions of the pharmacy profession towards universal health coverage. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 14(1), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-021-00396-7

Background
The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) is a charity representing pharmacists across the Commonwealth, with the vision of empowering and collaboratively develop the profession and fully utilise the potential of pharmacists to stren... Read More about National pharmacy associations in the commonwealth: current scenario and future needs to maximise effective contributions of the pharmacy profession towards universal health coverage.

The rs429358 Locus in Apolipoprotein E Is Associated With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Cirrhosis (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, H., Nischalke, H. D., Guha, I. N., Weiss, K. H., Irving, W., Gotthardt, D., Barnes, E., Fischer, J., Ansari, A., Rosendahl, J., Shang-Kuan, L., Marot, A., Pedergnana, V., Casper, M., Benselin, J., Lammert, F., McLauchlan, J., Lutz, P. L., Hamill, V., Mueller, S., …Buch, S. (2022). The rs429358 Locus in Apolipoprotein E Is Associated With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Cirrhosis. Hepatology Communications, 6(5), 1213-1226. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1886

The host genetic background for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is incompletely understood. We aimed to determine if four germline genetic polymorphisms, rs429358 in apolipoprotein E (APOE), rs2642438 in mitochondrial amidoxime reducing component 1 (M... Read More about The rs429358 Locus in Apolipoprotein E Is Associated With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Cirrhosis.

Finite deformations of fibre-reinforced elastic solids with fibre bending stiffness – Part II: determination of the spherical part of the couple-stress (2021)
Journal Article
Soldatos, K. P. (2023). Finite deformations of fibre-reinforced elastic solids with fibre bending stiffness – Part II: determination of the spherical part of the couple-stress. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 28(1), 124-140. https://doi.org/10.1177/10812865211061595

The indeterminacy of the spherical part of couple-stress is a well-known drawback of any theoretical formulation stemming from the Cosserat couple-stress theory of elasticity. The relevant theory of finite elastic deformations of solids reinforced by... Read More about Finite deformations of fibre-reinforced elastic solids with fibre bending stiffness – Part II: determination of the spherical part of the couple-stress.

Specialty natural rubber latex foam: foamability study and fabrication process (2021)
Journal Article
Ramli, R., Chai, A. B., Ho, J. H., Kamaruddin, S., Rasdi, F. R. M., & De Focatiis, D. S. A. (2022). Specialty natural rubber latex foam: foamability study and fabrication process. Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 95(3), 492-513. https://doi.org/10.5254/rct.21.78938

Specialty natural rubber (SpNR) latex namely deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) latex and epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) latex have been produced to meet specific product’s requirements. However, SpNR is normally used in the form of block rubber to... Read More about Specialty natural rubber latex foam: foamability study and fabrication process.

An Adaptive Model of Demand Adjustment in Weighted Majority Games (2021)
Journal Article
Montero, M., & Possajennikov, A. (2021). An Adaptive Model of Demand Adjustment in Weighted Majority Games. Games, 13(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/g13010005

This paper presents a simple adaptive model of demand adjustment in cooperative games and analyzes this model in weighted majority games. In the model, a randomly chosen player sets her demand to the highest possible value subject to the demands of o... Read More about An Adaptive Model of Demand Adjustment in Weighted Majority Games.

Outward FDI and Innovation Performance of Chinese Firms: Why Can Home-Grown Political Ties Be A Liability? (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Piperopoulos, P., Chen, S., Ming, A. A. K., & Herbert, K. (2022). Outward FDI and Innovation Performance of Chinese Firms: Why Can Home-Grown Political Ties Be A Liability?. Journal of World Business, 57(3), Article 101306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101306

We explain how home-grown political ties of Chinese firms negatively influence the effect of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on the innovation performance of their parent firms. Our results show that these ties can turn into a liability in t... Read More about Outward FDI and Innovation Performance of Chinese Firms: Why Can Home-Grown Political Ties Be A Liability?.

Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving (2021)
Book Chapter
Lohse, J., & Sharf, K. (2021). Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving. In H. Peter, & G. L. Huber (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003139201

While insights into optimal fundraising strategies inform the debate on whether fundraising is valuable to non-profits seeking to maximize their charitable income, they do not speak to questions related to production efficiency or the optimal size an... Read More about Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving.

Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions (2021)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., Nyuur, R., & Torbor, M. K. (2022). Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 28(3), 698-719. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-06-2021-0526

Purpose-Careers have come to dominate contemporary discourse on gendered entrepreneurship. In this paper, we explore entrepreneurial careers as recounted by commercially successful female entrepreneurs to examine how they strategize to construct desi... Read More about Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions.

Aerodynamic and heat transfer performances of a highly loaded transonic turbine rotor with upstream generic rim seal cavity (2021)
Journal Article
Mansouri, Z. (2021). Aerodynamic and heat transfer performances of a highly loaded transonic turbine rotor with upstream generic rim seal cavity. Propulsion and Power Research, 10(4), 317-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jppr.2021.11.003

In turbine disk cavity, rim seals are fitted between the stator and its adjacent rotor disk. A coolant air injected through the turbine disk cavity to prevent the ingress of mainstream hot gases. The purpose of this paper is to investigate numericall... Read More about Aerodynamic and heat transfer performances of a highly loaded transonic turbine rotor with upstream generic rim seal cavity.

Immune-instructive materials as new tools for immunotherapy (2021)
Journal Article
Fisher, L. E., Kämmerling, L., Alexander, M. R., & Ghaemmaghami, A. M. (2022). Immune-instructive materials as new tools for immunotherapy. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 74, 194-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2021.11.005

Immune instructive materials, are materials with the ability to modulate or mimic the function of immune cells, provide exciting opportunities for developing new therapies in many areas including medical devices, chronic inflammation, cancer, and aut... Read More about Immune-instructive materials as new tools for immunotherapy.

Auger electron angular distributions following excitation or ionization from the Xe 3d and F 1s levels in xenon difluoride (2021)
Journal Article
Forbes, R., Hockett, P., Powis, I., Bozek, J. D., Pratt, S. T., & Holland, D. M. P. (2022). Auger electron angular distributions following excitation or ionization from the Xe 3d and F 1s levels in xenon difluoride. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(3), 1367-1379. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp04797c

Linearly polarized synchrotron radiation has been used to record polarization dependent, non-resonant Auger electron spectra of XeF2, encompassing the bands due to the xenon M45N1N45, M45N23N45, M45N45N45 and M45N45V and fluorine KVV transitions. Res... Read More about Auger electron angular distributions following excitation or ionization from the Xe 3d and F 1s levels in xenon difluoride.

Prospects of Bioenergy Production for Sustainable Rural Development in Ghana (2021)
Journal Article
Nelson, N., Darkwa, J., & Calautit, J. (2021). Prospects of Bioenergy Production for Sustainable Rural Development in Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems, 11(04), 227-259. https://doi.org/10.4236/jsbs.2021.114015

Biomass supplies about 80% of the energy needs for cooking and heating in rural Ghana. It is predominantly used in traditional and inefficient forms (firewood and charcoal), which presents environmental and health concerns. In order to better the liv... Read More about Prospects of Bioenergy Production for Sustainable Rural Development in Ghana.

Experimental Assessment of Sliding Mode Current Control with Exponential Reaching Law for an Induction Machine Drive Fed by a Matrix Converter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Medina, C., Maidana, P., Rodas, J., Maqueda, E., Gregor, R., Saad, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021, November). Experimental Assessment of Sliding Mode Current Control with Exponential Reaching Law for an Induction Machine Drive Fed by a Matrix Converter. Presented at IEEE COMPEL 2021: IEEE 22th Workshop on Control and Modelling for Power Electronics, Cartagena, Colombia and online

Matrix Converters (MCs) are considered an exciting option in electrical motor drives for applications where size and weight are critical, for example aerospace or automotive. Several control techniques have been proposed to exploit the MC's benefits... Read More about Experimental Assessment of Sliding Mode Current Control with Exponential Reaching Law for an Induction Machine Drive Fed by a Matrix Converter.

Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality (2021)
Journal Article
Page, S.-J., & Yip, A. K. T. (2021). Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality. Journal of Global Buddhism, 22(2), 380-398. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4727652

This article focuses on how young Buddhists (aged between 18 and 25, living in the UK, who typically had not been raised Buddhist) utilised reflexivity as a strategy to navigate youth transitions. Participants’ decision-making was premised on Buddhis... Read More about Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality.

Sonoproduction of nanobiomaterials – A critical review (2021)
Journal Article
Shin Low, S., Yew, M., Nong Lim, C., Siong Chai, W., Ee Low, L., Manickam, S., Ti Tey, B., & Loke Show, P. (2022). Sonoproduction of nanobiomaterials – A critical review. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 82, Article 105887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105887

Ultrasound (US) demonstrates remarkable potential in synthesising nanomaterials, particularly nanobiomaterials targeted towards biomedical applications. This review briefly introduces existing top-down and bottom-up approaches for nanomaterials synth... Read More about Sonoproduction of nanobiomaterials – A critical review.

‘I feel like I can’t do a lot’: Affectivity, reflection and action in ‘Transformative’ genocide education (2021)
Journal Article
Sadique, K., & Tangen, J. (2022). ‘I feel like I can’t do a lot’: Affectivity, reflection and action in ‘Transformative’ genocide education. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 28(2), 522-539. https://doi.org/10.1177/14779714211061590

Guided tours of memorial museums have sought to have an impact on visitors through an affective learning environment and critical reflection leading to ‘action’. However, there is limited work investigating the pedagogical underpinnings of such guide... Read More about ‘I feel like I can’t do a lot’: Affectivity, reflection and action in ‘Transformative’ genocide education.

“It will kill your dreams, your goals, your everything”—Humanitarian migrants, governance through containment and the Italian accommodation system (2021)
Journal Article
Lumley-Sapanski, A. (2022). “It will kill your dreams, your goals, your everything”—Humanitarian migrants, governance through containment and the Italian accommodation system. Political Geography, 94, Article 102573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102573

While asylum seekers await the outcome of their claims to protection in Italy, they are dispersed to accommodation centers administered by subcontracted non-governmental agencies where they receive reception and integration services. In addition, in... Read More about “It will kill your dreams, your goals, your everything”—Humanitarian migrants, governance through containment and the Italian accommodation system.

Review on the Traditional and Integrated Passives: State-of-the-Art Design and Technologies (2021)
Journal Article
Khowja, M. R., Abebe, R., Vakil, G., Walker, A., Patel, C., Gerada, C., Bobba, P. B., & Cascella, G. L. (2021). Review on the Traditional and Integrated Passives: State-of-the-Art Design and Technologies. Energies, 15(1), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15010088

With the increased necessity of a high power density and efficient system in aerospace and marine industries, integrated motor drives provide an excellent solution in the modern era. Therefore, a close structural and functional integration of passive... Read More about Review on the Traditional and Integrated Passives: State-of-the-Art Design and Technologies.

Implementing two-stage consent pathway in neonatal trials (2021)
Journal Article
Mitchell, E., Oddie, S. J., Dorling, J., Gale, C., Johnson, M. J., McGuire, W., & Ojha, S. (2023). Implementing two-stage consent pathway in neonatal trials. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 108(1), F79-F82. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322960

Perinatal trials sometimes require rapid recruitment processes to facilitate inclusion of participants when interventions are time-critical. A two-stage consent pathway has been used in some trials and is supported by national guidance. This pathway... Read More about Implementing two-stage consent pathway in neonatal trials.