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Automated algorithm design using proximal policy optimisation with identified features (2022)
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Yi, W., Qu, R., & Jiao, L. (2023). Automated algorithm design using proximal policy optimisation with identified features. Expert Systems with Applications, 216, Article 119461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.119461

Automated algorithm design is attracting considerable recent research attention in solving complex combinatorial optimisation problems, due to that most metaheuristics may be particularly effective at certain problems or certain instances of the same... Read More about Automated algorithm design using proximal policy optimisation with identified features.

Influence of Social Support, Financial Status, and Lifestyle on the Disparity Between Inflammation and Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis (2022)
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Gwinnutt, J. M., Norton, S., Hyrich, K. L., Lunt, M., Combe, B., Rincheval, N., Ruyssen‐Witrand, A., Fautrel, B., McWilliams, D. F., Walsh, D. A., Nikiphorou, E., Kiely, P. D., Young, A., Chipping, J. R., MacGregor, A., & Verstappen, S. M. (2023). Influence of Social Support, Financial Status, and Lifestyle on the Disparity Between Inflammation and Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care and Research, 75(5), 1026-1035. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24996

Objective: To investigate how social support, financial status, and lifestyle influence the development of excess disability in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Data were obtained from the Étude et Suivi des Polyarthrites Indifférenciées Récentes... Read More about Influence of Social Support, Financial Status, and Lifestyle on the Disparity Between Inflammation and Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Confidence in COVID-19 vaccines moderates the association between vaccination status and mental distress (2022)
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Tan, C. M., Owuamalam, C., Sarma, . V. J., & Ng, P. K. (2023). Confidence in COVID-19 vaccines moderates the association between vaccination status and mental distress. Stress and Health, 39(4), 744-752. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3216

Previous research has demonstrated that becoming vaccinated with the Coronavirus vaccine may lower mental distress. However, it remains uncertain whether this relationship holds amid concerns of vaccine side effects and doubts of the vaccine's protec... Read More about Confidence in COVID-19 vaccines moderates the association between vaccination status and mental distress.

Effect of sweeteners and carbonation on aroma partitioning and release in beverage systems (2022)
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Yeo, H. Q., Linforth, R., MacNaughtan, W., Williams, H., Hewson, L., & Fisk, I. D. (2023). Effect of sweeteners and carbonation on aroma partitioning and release in beverage systems. Food Research International, 164, 112373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112373

The effect of monosaccharides (glucose, fructose and galactose) and disaccharides (sucrose and lactose) at 10, 20 and 30 % w/v on the in-vitro aroma partitioning of C4 – C10 aldehydes and ethyl esters, as well as limonene (concentration of aroma comp... Read More about Effect of sweeteners and carbonation on aroma partitioning and release in beverage systems.

Superradiance-induced multistability in one-dimensional driven Rydberg lattice gases (2022)
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He, Y., Bai, Z., Jiao, Y., Zhao, J., & Li, W. (2022). Superradiance-induced multistability in one-dimensional driven Rydberg lattice gases. Physical Review A, 106(6), Article 063319. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.106.063319

We study steady-state phases of a one-dimensional array of Rydberg atoms coupled by a microwave (MW) field where the higher-energy Rydberg state decays to the lower-energy one via single-body and collective (superradiant) decay. Using mean-field appr... Read More about Superradiance-induced multistability in one-dimensional driven Rydberg lattice gases.

Non-defendant bad character and s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: A socio-legal analysis of admissibility gateways and trial tactics (2022)
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Thomason, M. (2023). Non-defendant bad character and s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: A socio-legal analysis of admissibility gateways and trial tactics. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 27(1), 26-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/13657127221140459

This article presents a socio-legal analysis of the use of non-defendant bad character evidence in Crown Court criminal trials in England. Combining an in-depth doctrinal analysis of s.100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 with original qualitative em... Read More about Non-defendant bad character and s. 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003: A socio-legal analysis of admissibility gateways and trial tactics.

Estimating carbon footprints from large scale financial transaction data (2022)
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Trendl, A., Owen, A., Vomfell, L., Kilian, L., Gathergood, J., Stewart, N., & Leake, D. (2023). Estimating carbon footprints from large scale financial transaction data. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 27(1), 56-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13351

Financial transactions are increasingly used by consumer apps and financial service providers to estimate consumption-based carbon emissions. This approach promises a low-resource, ultra-fast, and highly scalable approach to measuring emissions at di... Read More about Estimating carbon footprints from large scale financial transaction data.

A Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch Antenna With Switchable Liquid-Metal Ground Plane (2022)
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Qu, Z., Kelly, J. R., Wang, Z., Alkaraki, S., & Gao, Y. (2023). A Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch Antenna With Switchable Liquid-Metal Ground Plane. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 22(5), 1045-1049. https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2022.3231872

This letter presents a novel reconfigurable microstrip patch antenna that is reconfigured using liquid metal. The proposed antenna employs two approaches in unison to switch the direction of the main beam. Specifically, the antenna uses the parasitic... Read More about A Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch Antenna With Switchable Liquid-Metal Ground Plane.

Developmental programming: Preconceptional and gestational exposure of sheep to a real-life environmental chemical mixture alters maternal metabolome in a fetal sex-specific manner (2022)
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Thangaraj, S. V., Kachman, M., Halloran, K. M., Sinclair, K. D., Lea, R., Bellingham, M., …Padmanabhan, V. (2023). Developmental programming: Preconceptional and gestational exposure of sheep to a real-life environmental chemical mixture alters maternal metabolome in a fetal sex-specific manner. Science of the Total Environment, 864, Article 161054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161054

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Everyday, humans are exposed to a mixture of environmental chemicals some of which have endocrine and/or metabolism disrupting actions which may contribute to non-communicable diseases. The adverse health impacts of real-world chemical ex... Read More about Developmental programming: Preconceptional and gestational exposure of sheep to a real-life environmental chemical mixture alters maternal metabolome in a fetal sex-specific manner.

Digital ecologies: Materialities, encounters, governance (2022)
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Turnbull, J., Searle, A., Hartman Davies, O., Dodsworth, J., Chasseray-Peraldi, P., von Essen, E., & Anderson-Elliott, H. (2023). Digital ecologies: Materialities, encounters, governance. Progress in Environmental Geography, 2(1-2), 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/27539687221145698

Digital technologies increasingly mediate relations between humans and nonhumans in a range of contexts including environmental governance, surveillance, and entertainment. Combining approaches from more-than-human and digital geographies, we proffer... Read More about Digital ecologies: Materialities, encounters, governance.

Assessment of a joint farmer-veterinarian discussion about biosecurity using novel social interaction analyses (2022)
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Chomyn, O., Wapenaar, W., Richens, I. F., Reyneke, R. A., Shortall, O., Kaler, J., & Brennan, M. L. (2023). Assessment of a joint farmer-veterinarian discussion about biosecurity using novel social interaction analyses. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 212, Article 105831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105831

Veterinarians are trusted by farmers and play an important role in assisting them to implement biosecurity. More research is needed that particularly focuses on the impact of joint farmer-veterinarian discussions to further understand the role of com... Read More about Assessment of a joint farmer-veterinarian discussion about biosecurity using novel social interaction analyses.

Effects of norethisterone acetate on the performance of female racing Greyhounds (2022)
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Payne, R. M. (2023). Effects of norethisterone acetate on the performance of female racing Greyhounds. Research in Veterinary Science, 155, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2022.12.013

A comparison between the performance of spayed female racing Greyhounds and those suppressed with norethisterone acetate (NTA) was made. Previous work by the author has shown that the racing performance of spayed bitches is the same as that of entire... Read More about Effects of norethisterone acetate on the performance of female racing Greyhounds.

Mefloquine loaded niosomes as a promising approach for the treatment of acute and chronic toxoplasmosis (2022)
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El Sharazly, B. M., Aboul Asaad, I. A., Yassen, N. A., El Maghraby, G. M., Carter, W. G., Mohamed, D. A., …Ismail, H. I. (2023). Mefloquine loaded niosomes as a promising approach for the treatment of acute and chronic toxoplasmosis. Acta Tropica, 239, Article 106810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106810

Toxoplasmosis is a disease with a worldwide distribution and significant morbidity and mortality. In search of effective treatment, mefloquine (MQ) was repurposed and loaded with niosomes to treat acute and chronic phases of toxoplasmosis in experime... Read More about Mefloquine loaded niosomes as a promising approach for the treatment of acute and chronic toxoplasmosis.

Genotype-Guided Dual Antiplatelet Use for Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke by Imaging Status: Subgroup Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial (2022)
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Jing, J., Xie, X., Johnston, S. C., Bath, P. M., Li, Z., Zhao, X., …for the CHANCE‐2 Investigators. (2023). Genotype-Guided Dual Antiplatelet Use for Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke by Imaging Status: Subgroup Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial. Annals of Neurology, 93(4), 783-792. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26589

Objective: This study was performed to investigate whether ticagrelor/aspirin versus clopidogrel/aspirin can further reduce the residual risk of stroke recurrence in patients with positive diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the High-Risk Patients wi... Read More about Genotype-Guided Dual Antiplatelet Use for Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke by Imaging Status: Subgroup Analysis of the CHANCE-2 Trial.

Interactions of fast-moving consumer goods in cooking: Insights from a quantitative ethnographic study (2022)
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Berumen, G., Fischer, J., & Baumers, M. (2023). Interactions of fast-moving consumer goods in cooking: Insights from a quantitative ethnographic study. Packaging Technology and Science, 36(4), 265-279. https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2710

Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) are increasingly equipped with enhanced packaging that incorporates novel functionalities. Providing FMCGs with this technology is challenging due to their unique characteristics, such as their low cost and short li... Read More about Interactions of fast-moving consumer goods in cooking: Insights from a quantitative ethnographic study.

Slepian eigenvalues as tunnelling rates (2022)
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Creagh, S. C., & Gradoni, G. (2023). Slepian eigenvalues as tunnelling rates. Annals of Physics, 449, Article 169204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2022.169204

We calculate the eigenvalues of an integral operator associated with Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions (or Slepian functions) by interpreting them as tunnelling probabilities in an analogous quantum problem. Doing so allows us to extend a well-known... Read More about Slepian eigenvalues as tunnelling rates.

In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Plant Polyphenol Extracts and Their Combined Effect with Flaxseed on Raw and Cooked Breast Muscle Fatty Acid Content, Lipid Health Indices and Oxidative Stability in Slow-Growing Sasso Chickens (2022)
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Tadesse, D., Retta, N., Girma, M., Ndiwa, N., Dessie, T., Hanotte, O., …Maak, S. (2023). In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Plant Polyphenol Extracts and Their Combined Effect with Flaxseed on Raw and Cooked Breast Muscle Fatty Acid Content, Lipid Health Indices and Oxidative Stability in Slow-Growing Sasso Chickens. Foods, 12(1), Article 115. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12010115

Adding flaxseed was found to decrease oxidative stability in feed and increase the antioxidant needs of chicken. This has also been associated with a decrease in the nutritional value and oxidative stability of meat if sufficient dietary antioxidants... Read More about In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Plant Polyphenol Extracts and Their Combined Effect with Flaxseed on Raw and Cooked Breast Muscle Fatty Acid Content, Lipid Health Indices and Oxidative Stability in Slow-Growing Sasso Chickens.

Assessing the Impact of Twisting and Bending Deformations on Flexible Interconnect Performance (2022)
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Altinozen, E., Vukovic, A., & Sewell, P. (2022). Assessing the Impact of Twisting and Bending Deformations on Flexible Interconnect Performance. IEEE journal on flexible electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/jflex.2022.3232470

Flexible interconnects are essential components for signal transmission for foldable and wearable electronics. As such they are exposed to a variety of mechanical deformations that can degrade their electromagnetic performance. This paper analyses th... Read More about Assessing the Impact of Twisting and Bending Deformations on Flexible Interconnect Performance.