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Bundle entropy as an optimized measure of consumers' systematic product choice combinations in mass transactional data (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mansilla, R., Smith, G., Smith, A., & Goulding, J. (2022). Bundle entropy as an optimized measure of consumers' systematic product choice combinations in mass transactional data. In Proceedings 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (1044-1053). https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData55660.2022.10021062

Understanding and measuring the predictability of consumer purchasing (basket) behaviour is of significant value. While predictability measures such as entropy have been well studied and leveraged in other sectors, their development and application t... Read More about Bundle entropy as an optimized measure of consumers' systematic product choice combinations in mass transactional data.

Comparing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on training of public health Specialty Registrars starting before or after its onset (2022)
Journal Article
Sisodia, S., McGill, S., Evans, M. S., Brough, G., Okereke, U., & Dunn, T. J. (2023). Comparing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on training of public health Specialty Registrars starting before or after its onset. Public Health In Practice, 5, Article 100351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2022.100351

Objectives
To capture and compare the differences in experiences of public health Specialty Registrars who commenced training prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (pre-pandemic Registrars) and those who commenced training during the pandemic (post-pandemi... Read More about Comparing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on training of public health Specialty Registrars starting before or after its onset.

MESH-IN: A MESHed INlet offline coupling method for 3-D extreme hydrodynamic events in DualSPHysics (2022)
Journal Article
Ruffini, G., Domínguez, J. M., Briganti, R., Altomare, C., Stolle, J., Crespo, A. J., …De Girolamo, P. (2023). MESH-IN: A MESHed INlet offline coupling method for 3-D extreme hydrodynamic events in DualSPHysics. Ocean Engineering, 268, Article 113400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.113400

Extreme hydrodynamic events, such as those driven by tsunamis, have a significant impact on coastal environments. The Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics computational method gained popularity in modelling these phenomena. However, high resolution is nee... Read More about MESH-IN: A MESHed INlet offline coupling method for 3-D extreme hydrodynamic events in DualSPHysics.

Analytical pyrolysis of polyethyleneimines (2022)
Journal Article
Coralli, I., Fabbri, D., Facchin, A., Torri, C., Stevens, L. A., & Snape, C. E. (2023). Analytical pyrolysis of polyethyleneimines. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 169, Article 105838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2022.105838

Poly(ethylene imine) is a family of polymers with a high content of amine groups employed in various applications and widely investigated as CO2 adsorbents in carbon capture and sequestration. In this study, five branched polyethylenimines (PEIs) of... Read More about Analytical pyrolysis of polyethyleneimines.

Mental health in clinically referred children and young people before and during the Covid-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Sayal, K., Partlett, C., Bhardwaj, A., Dubicka, B., Marshall, T., Gledhill, J., …Montgomery, A. (2023). Mental health in clinically referred children and young people before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32(12), 2657–2666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-02115-2

The Covid-19 pandemic and mitigation approaches, including lockdowns and school closures, are thought to have negatively impacted children and young people’s (CYP) mental health. However, the impact for clinically referred CYP is less clear. We inves... Read More about Mental health in clinically referred children and young people before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Conceptualising innovative lighting interventions for suicide, trespass and risky behaviour on the railway (2022)
Journal Article
Hallewell, M. J., Ryan, B., Hughes, N., & Coad, N. (2023). Conceptualising innovative lighting interventions for suicide, trespass and risky behaviour on the railway. Lighting Research and Technology, 55(1), 79-99. https://doi.org/10.1177/14771535221135226

Three behaviour types – suicide, trespass and risky behaviours, which can result in entry to railway tracks – present an ongoing challenge to the rail industry for fatality prevention. Many preventative interventions exist, operating at different sta... Read More about Conceptualising innovative lighting interventions for suicide, trespass and risky behaviour on the railway.

Performance Analysis of Complex Vector Discrete Current Controller for High-Speed Permanent Magnet Machines (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Diab, A. M., Aboelhassan, A., Wang, S., Guo, F., Yeoh, S. S., Bozhko, S., …Galea, M. (2022). Performance Analysis of Complex Vector Discrete Current Controller for High-Speed Permanent Magnet Machines. In Proceedings of IEEE 17th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA) (590-595). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIEA54703.2022.10005975

Discrete synchronous reference frame proportional integral Current Controller (CC) delivers superior control performance for high-speed drives due to its ability to accurately compensate for cross-coupling terms. Complete compensation can only be ach... Read More about Performance Analysis of Complex Vector Discrete Current Controller for High-Speed Permanent Magnet Machines.

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel protopanoxadiol derivatives based PROTACs technology for the treatment of lung cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, P., Zhu, H., Liu, J., xie, S., Xu, S., Chen, Y., …Xu, J. (2023). Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel protopanoxadiol derivatives based PROTACs technology for the treatment of lung cancer. Bioorganic Chemistry, 131, Article 106327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106327

Protopanoxadiol is a key active ingredient derived from Panax ginseng that is well-known to exhibit anti-tumor activity. Previous research focused on the natural protopanaxadiol derivative AD-1 has demonstrated that it possesses broad spectrum anti-t... Read More about Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel protopanoxadiol derivatives based PROTACs technology for the treatment of lung cancer.

Recent (2018–2021) glaciological, hydrological and geomorphological landscape changes of Hailuogou Glacier tongue, southeastern Tibetan Plateau (2022)
Journal Article
Xu, S., Fu, P., Quincey, D., Feng, M., Marsh, S., & Jia, T. (2023). Recent (2018–2021) glaciological, hydrological and geomorphological landscape changes of Hailuogou Glacier tongue, southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Maps, 19(1), Article 2147029. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2022.2147029

Glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau are melting at an unprecedented recently rate in the context of global warming. Time-sequenced landform mapping for the Hailuogou Glacier, a partly debris-covered glacier in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, shows the... Read More about Recent (2018–2021) glaciological, hydrological and geomorphological landscape changes of Hailuogou Glacier tongue, southeastern Tibetan Plateau.

Prebiotics for people with cystic fibrosis (2022)
Journal Article
Williams, N., Jayaratnasingam, J., Prayle, A. P., Nevitt, S. J., & Smyth, A. R. (2022). Prebiotics for people with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022(12), Article CD015236. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd015236

Background. Description of the condition. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life‐limiting genetic disease caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. It affects approximately 100,000 children and adults worldwi... Read More about Prebiotics for people with cystic fibrosis.

Animal research, ethical boundary-work, and the geographies of veterinary expertise (2022)
Journal Article
Anderson, A., & Hobson-West, P. (2023). Animal research, ethical boundary-work, and the geographies of veterinary expertise. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 48(3), 491-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12594

The veterinary profession has been relatively understudied in social science, though recent work has highlighted the geographic dimensions of veterinary expertise. This paper draws on in-depth qualitative interviews with Named Veterinary Surgeons (NV... Read More about Animal research, ethical boundary-work, and the geographies of veterinary expertise.

Comparative analysis of protein expression systems and PTM landscape in the study of transcription factor ELK-1 (2022)
Journal Article
Ducker, C., Ratnam, M., Shaw, P. E., & Layfield, R. (2023). Comparative analysis of protein expression systems and PTM landscape in the study of transcription factor ELK-1. Protein Expression and Purification, 203, Article 106216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2022.106216

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are important for protein folding and activity, and the ability to recreate physiologically relevant PTM profiles on recombinantly-expressed proteins is vital for meaningful functional analysis. The ETS transcr... Read More about Comparative analysis of protein expression systems and PTM landscape in the study of transcription factor ELK-1.

An Example-Guide for Rapid Seismic Assessment and FRP Strengthening of Substandard RC Buildings (2022)
Journal Article
Tastani, S., & Thermou, G. (2022). An Example-Guide for Rapid Seismic Assessment and FRP Strengthening of Substandard RC Buildings. Applied Sciences, 12(24), Article 12950. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122412950

This paper presents a rapid seismic assessment and Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) retrofit design methodology which relies on the European design guidelines recently published in Chapter 8 of fib Bulletin 90 on the use of externally applied FRP reinf... Read More about An Example-Guide for Rapid Seismic Assessment and FRP Strengthening of Substandard RC Buildings.

Using an objective computer task (QbTest) to aid the identification of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the Children and Young People Secure Estate (CYPSE): a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article
Chitsabesan, P., Hall, C. L., Carter, L., Reeves, M., Mohammed, V., Beresford, B., …Lennox, C. (2022). Using an objective computer task (QbTest) to aid the identification of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the Children and Young People Secure Estate (CYPSE): a feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 12(12), Article e064951. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064951

Objectives:

QbTest has been shown to improve time to decision/diagnosis for young people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The aim was to assess feasibility of QbTest for young people in prison.

Design:

Single centre fe... Read More about Using an objective computer task (QbTest) to aid the identification of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the Children and Young People Secure Estate (CYPSE): a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

The Anti-city: representing La Défense in recent French film and fiction (2022)
Journal Article
Lane, J. (2023). The Anti-city: representing La Défense in recent French film and fiction. French Cultural Studies, 34(1), 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/09571558221144369

This article begins with the 2009 documentary, La Dépossession, by filmmaker Jean-Robert Viallet, suggesting that La Défense is depicted as an anti-city. It seeks to anatomise this trope and chronotope, examining the manner in which a range of recent... Read More about The Anti-city: representing La Défense in recent French film and fiction.

Language Narratives and Shifting Multilingual Pedagogies: English teaching from the South (2022)
Book
Mendelowitz, B., Ferreira, A., & Dixon, K. (2023). Language Narratives and Shifting Multilingual Pedagogies: English teaching from the South. Bloomsbury Publishing

This book challenges monoglossic ideologies, traditional language pedagogies and dominant forms of knowledge construction by foregrounding multilingual and multicultural students' language narratives, repertoires, and identities. The research is base... Read More about Language Narratives and Shifting Multilingual Pedagogies: English teaching from the South.

The Revolution on the Volga (2022)
Book Chapter
BADCOCK, S. (2023). The Revolution on the Volga. In G. Swain, C. Alston, M. C. Hickey, B. Kolonitsky, & F. Schedewie (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution. Bloomsbury Publishing

While revolutionary narratives often focus on Petrograd as the seat of political power, and more broadly on urban and military arenas, this chapter explores the lived experience of revolution in the Volga region, around 1500 kilometres from Petrograd... Read More about The Revolution on the Volga.

Universal automated classification of the acoustic startle reflex using machine learning (2022)
Journal Article
Fawcett, T. J., Longenecker, R. J., Brunelle, D. L., Berger, J. I., Wallace, M. N., Galazyuk, A. V., …Walton, J. P. (2023). Universal automated classification of the acoustic startle reflex using machine learning. Hearing Research, 428, Article 108667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2022.108667

The startle reflex (SR), a robust, motor response elicited by an intense auditory, visual, or somatosensory stimulus has been widely used as a tool to assess psychophysiology in humans and animals for almost a century in diverse fields such as schizo... Read More about Universal automated classification of the acoustic startle reflex using machine learning.