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Enantioselective “clip-cycle” synthesis of di-, tri- and spiro-substituted tetrahydropyrans (2022)
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Alomari, K., Sai Pavan Chakravarthy, N., Duchadeau, B., Ermanis, K., & Clarke, P. A. (2022). Enantioselective “clip-cycle” synthesis of di-, tri- and spiro-substituted tetrahydropyrans. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 20(6), 1181-1185. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ob00023g

ω-Unsaturated alcohols were “clipped” via alkene metathesis to a thioester activating group, which was followed by a chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed intramolecular oxa-Michael cyclization to yield tetrahydropyrans and spiro-tetrahydropyrans with exc... Read More about Enantioselective “clip-cycle” synthesis of di-, tri- and spiro-substituted tetrahydropyrans.

Numerical Investigation into the Influence of Grain Orientation Distribution on the Local and Global Elastic-Plastic Behaviour of Polycrystalline Nickel-Based Superalloy INC-738 LC (2022)
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Engel, B., Huth, M., & Hyde, C. (2022). Numerical Investigation into the Influence of Grain Orientation Distribution on the Local and Global Elastic-Plastic Behaviour of Polycrystalline Nickel-Based Superalloy INC-738 LC. Crystals, 12(1), Article 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12010100

Polycrystalline nickel-based superalloys tend to have large grains within component areas where high loads are dominant during operation. Due to these large grains, caused by the manufacturing and cooling process, the orientation of each grain become... Read More about Numerical Investigation into the Influence of Grain Orientation Distribution on the Local and Global Elastic-Plastic Behaviour of Polycrystalline Nickel-Based Superalloy INC-738 LC.

Simulating the Hydrodynamic Conditions of the Human Ascending Colon: A Digital Twin of the Dynamic Colon Model (2022)
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Schütt, M., O’Farrell, C., Stamatopoulos, K., Hoad, C. L., Marciani, L., Sulaiman, S., …Alexiadis, A. (2022). Simulating the Hydrodynamic Conditions of the Human Ascending Colon: A Digital Twin of the Dynamic Colon Model. Pharmaceutics, 14(1), Article 184. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14010184

The performance of solid oral dosage forms targeting the colon is typically evaluated using standardised pharmacopeial dissolution apparatuses. However, these fail to replicate colonic hydrodynamics. This study develops a digital twin of the Dynamic... Read More about Simulating the Hydrodynamic Conditions of the Human Ascending Colon: A Digital Twin of the Dynamic Colon Model.

Ethnic disparities in mortality among overweight or obese adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study (2022)
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Iyen, B., Vinogradova, Y., Akyea, R. K., Weng, S., Qureshi, N., & Kai, J. (2022). Ethnic disparities in mortality among overweight or obese adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 45(5), 1011-1020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01736-9

Purpose: Ethnic variation in risk of type 2 diabetes is well established, but its impact on mortality is less well understood. This study investigated the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality associated with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes... Read More about Ethnic disparities in mortality among overweight or obese adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study.

Drug utilisation in neonatal units in England and Wales: a national cohort study (2022)
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Al-Turkait, A., Szatkowski, L., Choonara, I., & Ojha, S. (2022). Drug utilisation in neonatal units in England and Wales: a national cohort study. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 78(4), 669-677. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-021-03267-x

Purpose: To describe drug utilisation patterns in neonatal units. Methods: Retrospective observational cohort study using data held in the National Neonatal Research Database (NNRD) for neonatal units in England and Wales including infants born at 23... Read More about Drug utilisation in neonatal units in England and Wales: a national cohort study.

Development of cost-effective PCM-carbon foam composites for thermal energy storage (2022)
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Liu, X., Yang, F., Li, M., Sun, C., & Wu, Y. (2022). Development of cost-effective PCM-carbon foam composites for thermal energy storage. Energy Reports, 8, 1696-1703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.12.065

Phase Change Materials (PCMs) has gained considerable interest for storing thermal energy originating from the solar irradiation, industrial waste heat and surplus heat. Here, we present the facile and scalable synthesis of PCM-carbon foam composites... Read More about Development of cost-effective PCM-carbon foam composites for thermal energy storage.

Collaboration and Learning Processes in Value Co-Creation: A Destination Perspective (2022)
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Melis, G., McCabe, S., Atzeni, M., & Del Chiappa, G. (2023). Collaboration and Learning Processes in Value Co-Creation: A Destination Perspective. Journal of Travel Research, 62(3), 699-716. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875211070349

Value co-creation has emerged as an important competitive strategy leading to value innovation. In tourist destinations co-creation results from the participation of multiple actors synchronously and contextually in value realization. Yet value co-cr... Read More about Collaboration and Learning Processes in Value Co-Creation: A Destination Perspective.

The future of the research and teaching nexus in a post-pandemic world (2022)
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Hordósy, R., & McLean, M. (2022). The future of the research and teaching nexus in a post-pandemic world. Educational Review, 74(3), 378-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2021.2014786

Vaccines and treatments produced during the global coronavirus crisis demonstrated the importance of university research and teaching. There was widespread celebration of university–industry partnerships and collaborations across disciplines and geog... Read More about The future of the research and teaching nexus in a post-pandemic world.

Sonic Histories of Occupation: Experiencing Sound and Empire in a Global Context (2022)
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Skelchy, R. P., & Taylor, J. E. (Eds.). (2022). Sonic Histories of Occupation: Experiencing Sound and Empire in a Global Context. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350232310

This open access book examines how auditory environments in different contexts have contributed to understanding foreign occupation and colonialism, and how they have given rise to historical music cultures. How are sound and music implicated in the... Read More about Sonic Histories of Occupation: Experiencing Sound and Empire in a Global Context.

Photoacoustic response optimization of gold nanorods in the near-infrared region (2022)
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Sun, J.-P., Ren, Y.-T., Wei, K., He, M.-J., Gao, B.-H., & Qi, H. (2022). Photoacoustic response optimization of gold nanorods in the near-infrared region. Results in Physics, 34, Article 105209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2022.105209

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) combines the advantage of optical and ultrasonic imaging, which has a high signal-to-noise ratio, and spatial resolution. To further improve the performance of PAI, gold nanorods can be utilized as exogenous contrast agent... Read More about Photoacoustic response optimization of gold nanorods in the near-infrared region.

Spatial Reasoning in early childhood (2022)
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Gifford, S., Gripton, C., Williams, H., Lancaster, A., Bates, K. E., Williams, A. Y., …Farran, E. K. (2022). Spatial Reasoning in early childhood

This document is about how children develop spatial reasoning in early childhood (birth to 7 years) and how practitioners working with young children can support this. Spatial reasoning is a vital and often overlooked aspect of mathematics. So this t... Read More about Spatial Reasoning in early childhood.

Psychological impact of caring during the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV nurses (2022)
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Piercy, H., Kelly, S., Wills, M., & Croston, M. (2022). Psychological impact of caring during the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV nurses. British Journal of Nursing, 31(1), S10-S15. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2022.31.1.s10

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a set of unprecedented challenges for healthcare services and staff. The authors conducted a national online survey of nurses employed to work in HIV services in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Rep... Read More about Psychological impact of caring during the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV nurses.

Examining the influential factors of consumer purchase intentions for blockchain traceable coffee using the theory of planned behaviour (2022)
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Dionysis, S., Chesney, T., & McAuley, D. (2022). Examining the influential factors of consumer purchase intentions for blockchain traceable coffee using the theory of planned behaviour. British Food Journal, 124(12), 4304-4322. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-05-2021-0541

Purpose: Given the increasing industry interest in blockchain technologies for supply chain management and product traceability, this paper aims to investigate consumer purchasing intentions for blockchain traceable coffee and their psychosocial ante... Read More about Examining the influential factors of consumer purchase intentions for blockchain traceable coffee using the theory of planned behaviour.

Energy Intake of Men With Excess Weight During Normobaric Hypoxic Confinement (2022)
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Mekjavic, I. B., Amon, M., Simpson, E. J., Kölegård, R., Eiken, O., & Macdonald, I. A. (2022). Energy Intake of Men With Excess Weight During Normobaric Hypoxic Confinement. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, Article 801833. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.801833

Due to the observations of weight loss at high altitude, normobaric hypoxia has been considered as a method of weight loss in obese individuals. With this regard, the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of hypoxia per se on metabolis... Read More about Energy Intake of Men With Excess Weight During Normobaric Hypoxic Confinement.

Dimensions of Self-Reported Driving Difficulty in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults and their Relationship with Autistic Traits (2022)
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Sheppard, E., van Loon, E., & Ropar, D. (2023). Dimensions of Self-Reported Driving Difficulty in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults and their Relationship with Autistic Traits. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53, 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05420-y

A survey asked autistic and non-autistic people about the driving difficulties they experience and their autistic traits. Principle components analysis was used to identify how reported difficulties clustered together in each group, and regression wa... Read More about Dimensions of Self-Reported Driving Difficulty in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults and their Relationship with Autistic Traits.

Relationship between Anxiety, Depression, and Susceptibility to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Proof of Concept (2022)
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Vedhara, K., Ayling, K., Jia, R., Fairclough, L., Morling, J. R., Ball, J. K., …Tighe, P. (2022). Relationship between Anxiety, Depression, and Susceptibility to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Proof of Concept. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 225(12), 2137-2141. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac006

Background: Psychological factors can influence susceptibility to viral infections. We examined whether such influences are evident in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Methods: Participants (n=102) completed mea... Read More about Relationship between Anxiety, Depression, and Susceptibility to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Proof of Concept.

Modulating the porosity of carbons for improved adsorption of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane: a review (2022)
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Blankenship, L. S., & Mokaya, R. (2022). Modulating the porosity of carbons for improved adsorption of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane: a review. Materials Advances, 3(4), 1905-1930. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00911g

Porous carbons provide a low-cost route to a highly stable material for the adsorption of various gases. In particular, activated carbons (ACs) and zeolite templated carbons (ZTCs) show promise in their ability to capture and store environmentally re... Read More about Modulating the porosity of carbons for improved adsorption of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane: a review.

Multiscale Variability and the Comparison of Ground and Satellite Radar Based Measures of Peatland Surface Motion for Peatland Monitoring (2022)
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Marshall, C., Sterk, H. P., Gilbert, P. J., Andersen, R., Bradley, A. V., Sowter, A., …Large, D. J. (2022). Multiscale Variability and the Comparison of Ground and Satellite Radar Based Measures of Peatland Surface Motion for Peatland Monitoring. Remote Sensing, 14(2), Article 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14020336

Peatland surface motion is highly diagnostic of peatland condition. Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) can measure this at the landscape scale but requires ground validation. This necessitates upscaling from point to areal measures (80... Read More about Multiscale Variability and the Comparison of Ground and Satellite Radar Based Measures of Peatland Surface Motion for Peatland Monitoring.

Liquid film distribution around long gas bubbles propagating in rectangular capillaries (2022)
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Magnini, M., Municchi, F., El Mellas, I., & Icardi, M. (2022). Liquid film distribution around long gas bubbles propagating in rectangular capillaries. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 148, Article 103939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2021.103939

We present a systematic analysis of the bubble and liquid film dynamics corresponding to the propagation of long, isolated gas bubbles, within rectangular capillary channels of cross-sectional aspect-ratio ranging from 1 to 8. Direct numerical simula... Read More about Liquid film distribution around long gas bubbles propagating in rectangular capillaries.