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One size does not fit all: Impact of hand size on ease of use of instruments for minimally invasive surgery (2022)
Journal Article
Green, S. V., Morris, D. E., Naumann, D. N., Rhodes, H. L., Burns, J. K., Roberts, R., …Morris, L. (2023). One size does not fit all: Impact of hand size on ease of use of instruments for minimally invasive surgery. The Surgeon, 21(5), 267-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2022.11.001

Background: Consideration of ergonomic factors is important for the practice of safe and efficient minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Surgeons with smaller glove sizes have previously been reported to have increased difficulties with some minimally in... Read More about One size does not fit all: Impact of hand size on ease of use of instruments for minimally invasive surgery.

Beyond the Beta Rebound: Post-Task Responses in Oscillatory Activity follow Cessation of Working Memory Processes (2022)
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Coleman, S. C., Seedat, Z. A., Whittaker, A. C., Lenartowicz, A., & Mullinger, K. J. (2023). Beyond the Beta Rebound: Post-Task Responses in Oscillatory Activity follow Cessation of Working Memory Processes. NeuroImage, 265, Article 119801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119801

Post-task responses (PTRs) are transitionary responses occurring for several seconds between the end of a stimulus/task and a period of rest. The most well-studied of these are beta band (13 – 30 Hz) PTRs in motor networks following movement, often c... Read More about Beyond the Beta Rebound: Post-Task Responses in Oscillatory Activity follow Cessation of Working Memory Processes.

Childhood environment influences epigenetic age and methylation concordance of a CpG clock locus in British-Bangladeshi migrants (2022)
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Stöger, R., Choi, M., Begum, K., Leeman, G., Emes, R. D., Melamed, P., & Bentley, G. R. (2023). Childhood environment influences epigenetic age and methylation concordance of a CpG clock locus in British-Bangladeshi migrants. Epigenetics, 18(1), Article 2153511. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2022.2153511

Migration from one location to another often comes with a change in environmental conditions. Here, we analysed features of DNA methylation in young, adult British-Bangladeshi women who experienced different environments during their childhoods: a) m... Read More about Childhood environment influences epigenetic age and methylation concordance of a CpG clock locus in British-Bangladeshi migrants.

Procrastination in the Field: Evidence from Tax Filing (2022)
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Martinez, S. K., Meier, S., & Sprenger, C. (2023). Procrastination in the Field: Evidence from Tax Filing. Journal of European Economic Association, 21(3), 1119-1153. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvac067

Understanding the structure of time preferences allows for accurate predictions of the effects of changing intertemporal incentives. Behavioral models of present bias are used to rationalize field data seemingly at odds with exponential discounting,... Read More about Procrastination in the Field: Evidence from Tax Filing.

Minimizing the Energy Storage Size in a Full Solar EV Charging Station by Optimising the Size and Orientation of PV Panel Group Sets (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Putera, P., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Minimizing the Energy Storage Size in a Full Solar EV Charging Station by Optimising the Size and Orientation of PV Panel Group Sets. In 2022 IEEE 1st Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON) (372-377). https://doi.org/10.1109/oncon56984.2022.10127056

Analysis of Using a Thermoelectric Module for Power Electronics Cooling (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abubakar, A., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. (2022). Analysis of Using a Thermoelectric Module for Power Electronics Cooling. In 2022 IEEE 1st Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON) (909-914). https://doi.org/10.1109/oncon56984.2022.10126992

This paper aims to develop a PLECS equivalent circuit of a thermoelectric module to be used in power electronics cooling applications. The proposed model is built using elements from the PLECS thermal model block-set. To test this, a resistive c dev... Read More about Analysis of Using a Thermoelectric Module for Power Electronics Cooling.

Genomic adaptation of Ethiopian indigenous cattle to high altitude (2022)
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Terefe, E., Belay, G., Han, J., Hanotte, O., & Tijjani, A. (2022). Genomic adaptation of Ethiopian indigenous cattle to high altitude. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, Article 960234. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.960234

The mountainous areas of Ethiopia represent one of the most extreme environmental challenges in Africa faced by humans and other inhabitants. Selection for high-altitude adaptation is expected to have imprinted the genomes of livestock living in thes... Read More about Genomic adaptation of Ethiopian indigenous cattle to high altitude.

Self-configuration of a Robotic Platform to support a self-organized Manufacturing Process (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jimenez, L. A. E., Sanderson, D., Chaplin, J. C., & Barata, J. (2022). Self-configuration of a Robotic Platform to support a self-organized Manufacturing Process. In IECON 2022 – 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON49645.2022.9968868

Self-configuration in manufacturing is a key trend to generate adaptable production systems. Different product requirements need different machine settings and continuous software update. Existing approaches usually assume that manufacturing resource... Read More about Self-configuration of a Robotic Platform to support a self-organized Manufacturing Process.

A case study of the Ancientbiotics collaboration (2022)
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Connelly, E., Lee, C., Furner-Pardoe, J., del Genio, C. I., & Harrison, F. (2022). A case study of the Ancientbiotics collaboration. Patterns, 3(12), Article 100632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2022.100632

Collaborations that cross traditional boundaries between disciplines in STEM and the arts and humanities open up exciting research possibilities. In our team’s case, we combined expertise in historical manuscripts, data science, and microbiology to e... Read More about A case study of the Ancientbiotics collaboration.

The integration of low temperature supercritical water gasification with continuous in situ nano-catalyst synthesis for hydrogen generation from biomass wastewater (2022)
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Siah Lee, C., Conradie, A. V., & Lester, E. (2023). The integration of low temperature supercritical water gasification with continuous in situ nano-catalyst synthesis for hydrogen generation from biomass wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal, 455, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140845

A continuous hydrothermal process is demonstrated, for the first time, that can operate at low gasification temperature (430 °C) and residence time (20 s) by combining supercritical water gasification (SCWG) and partial oxidation with in situ synthes... Read More about The integration of low temperature supercritical water gasification with continuous in situ nano-catalyst synthesis for hydrogen generation from biomass wastewater.

Preliminary investigation on the human response to patterned chromatic glazing (2022)
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Liu, D., Kovacs-Biro, M. J., Connelly, K., Abd-AlHamid, F., & Wu, Y. (2023). Preliminary investigation on the human response to patterned chromatic glazing. Building and Environment, 229, Article 109901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109901

Daylighting has been associated with improved mood, enhanced morale, increased visual comfort and reduced fatigue. Glazing with varying transmittance, colour or configuration may have significant effects on the quality and quantity of daylight within... Read More about Preliminary investigation on the human response to patterned chromatic glazing.

Oncogenic deubiquitination controls tyrosine kinase signaling and therapy response in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (2022)
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Jin, Q., Gutierrez Diaz, B., Pieters, T., Zhou, Y., Narang, S., Fijalkwoski, I., …Ntziachristos, P. (2022). Oncogenic deubiquitination controls tyrosine kinase signaling and therapy response in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Science Advances, 8(49), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abq8437

Dysregulation of kinase signaling pathways favors tumor cell survival and therapy resistance in cancer. Here, we reveal a posttranslational regulation of kinase signaling and nuclear receptor activity via deubiquitination in T cell acute lymphoblasti... Read More about Oncogenic deubiquitination controls tyrosine kinase signaling and therapy response in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

A multiscale mathematical model describing the growth and development of bambara groundnut (2022)
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Dodd, J., Sweby, P. K., Mayes, S., Murchie, E. H., Karunaratne, A. S., Massawe, F., & Tindall, M. J. (2023). A multiscale mathematical model describing the growth and development of bambara groundnut. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 560, Article 111373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111373

A principal objective in agriculture is to maximise food production; this is particularly relevant with the added demands of an ever increasing population, coupled with the unpredictability that climate change brings. Further improvements in producti... Read More about A multiscale mathematical model describing the growth and development of bambara groundnut.

Many-Body Radiative Decay in Strongly Interacting Rydberg Ensembles (2022)
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Nill, C., Brandner, K., Olmos, B., Carollo, F., & Lesanovsky, I. (2022). Many-Body Radiative Decay in Strongly Interacting Rydberg Ensembles. Physical Review Letters, 129(24), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.129.243202

When atoms are excited to high-lying Rydberg states they interact strongly with dipolar forces. The resulting state-dependent level shifts allow to study many-body systems displaying intriguing nonequilibrium phenomena, such as constrained spin syste... Read More about Many-Body Radiative Decay in Strongly Interacting Rydberg Ensembles.

Artist Development and Collective Therapy in the Repertory: The Case of After Edward (2022)
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Kirwan, P. (in press). Artist Development and Collective Therapy in the Repertory: The Case of After Edward. Early Theatre, 25(2), https://doi.org/10.12745/et.25.2.4733

This article discusses the exploration of the repertory model in Tom Stuart’s 2019 play After Edward, produced at Shakespeare’s Globe. Performed in repertory with a production of Edward II, After Edward dramatizes Diana Taylor’s sense of repertoire;... Read More about Artist Development and Collective Therapy in the Repertory: The Case of After Edward.

Offshore wind resource assessment based on scarce spatio-temporal measurements using matrix factorization (2022)
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Elshafei, B., Peña, A., Popov, A., Giddings, D., Ren, J., Xu, D., & Mao, X. (2023). Offshore wind resource assessment based on scarce spatio-temporal measurements using matrix factorization. Renewable Energy, 202, 1215-1225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.12.006

In the pre-construction of wind farms, wind resource assessment is of paramount importance. Measurements by lidars are a source of high-fidelity data. However, they are expensive and sparse in space and time. Contrarily, Weather Research and Forecast... Read More about Offshore wind resource assessment based on scarce spatio-temporal measurements using matrix factorization.

Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery (2022)
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Simpson, S., Rizvanov, A. A., Jeyapalan, J. N., de Brot, S., & Rutland, C. S. (2022). Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, Article 965391. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.965391

Cancer is a leading cause of non-communicable morbidity and mortality throughout the world, similarly, in dogs, the most frequent cause of mortality is tumors. Some types of cancer, including osteosarcoma (OSA), occur at much higher rates in dogs tha... Read More about Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery.

Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent (2022)
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Taylor, C. H., Friberg, I. M., Jackson, J. A., Arriero, E., Begon, M., Wanelik, K. M., …Bradley, J. E. (2023). Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent. Molecular Ecology, 32(5), 1197-1210. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16819

Apicomplexans are a protozoan phylum of obligate parasites which may be highly virulent during acute infections, but may also persist as chronic infections which appear to have little fitness cost. Babesia microti is an apicomplexan haemoparasite tha... Read More about Living with chronic infection: Persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent.

Refining Anger: Summarizing the Self-Report Measurement of Anger (2022)
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Maltby, J., Norton, W. H. J., McElroy, E., Cromby, J., Halliwell, M., & Hall, S. S. (2022). Refining Anger: Summarizing the Self-Report Measurement of Anger. Journal of Personality Assessment, https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2022.2152345

The current paper presents a five-factor measurement model of anger summarizing scores on public-domain self-report measures of anger. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of self-report measures of anger (UK, n = 500; USA, n = 625) suggest f... Read More about Refining Anger: Summarizing the Self-Report Measurement of Anger.

Bayesian model and selection signature analyses reveal risk factors for canine atopic dermatitis (2022)
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Tengvall, K., Sundström, E., Wang, C., Bergvall, K., Wallerman, O., Pederson, E., …Lindblad-Toh, K. (2022). Bayesian model and selection signature analyses reveal risk factors for canine atopic dermatitis. Communications Biology, 5(1), Article 1348. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04279-8

Canine atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease with clinical similarities to human atopic dermatitis. Several dog breeds are at increased risk for developing this disease but previous genetic associations are poorly defined. To identify add... Read More about Bayesian model and selection signature analyses reveal risk factors for canine atopic dermatitis.