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A Changing Political Landscape: The 2022 General Election in Jersey (2023)
Journal Article
Pich, C., & Reardon, J. (2023). A Changing Political Landscape: The 2022 General Election in Jersey. Small States and Territories Journal, 6(2), 169-184

This paper analyses the general election held on 22nd June 2022 in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown Dependency and the largest of the Channel Islands with a population of 107,800. This election is notable for two reasons. First, the new elect... Read More about A Changing Political Landscape: The 2022 General Election in Jersey.

Hammer Goes to Hell: The Unmade Films of the House of Horror (2023)
Book
Foster, K. (2023). Hammer Goes to Hell: The Unmade Films of the House of Horror. Edinburgh University Press

This book utilises never seen before materials held in the Hammer Script Archive to present a new perspective on one of the most famous British production studios of all time. While many studies of Hammer Films have been written, none have accounted... Read More about Hammer Goes to Hell: The Unmade Films of the House of Horror.

A Reconfigurable Cascaded Multilevel Converter for EV Powertrain (2023)
Journal Article
Tresca, G., Formentini, A., Riccio, J., Anglani, N., & Zanchetta, P. (2024). A Reconfigurable Cascaded Multilevel Converter for EV Powertrain. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 60(2), 3332-3344. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2023.3337763

This paper presents a new topology for EV powertrain, called Reconfigurable Cascaded Multilevel Converter, able to simultaneously implement power conversion and active battery system management. The latter feature is performed through the Reconfigura... Read More about A Reconfigurable Cascaded Multilevel Converter for EV Powertrain.

Adoption of a Short-Term (4-Week) Vegan Diet as Part of ‘Veganuary’ Significantly Reduces Saturated Fatty Acid (SFA), Cholesterol, B12, and Iodine Intake in Omnivorous Individuals—An Observational Study (2023)
Journal Article
Eveleigh, E., Coneyworth, L., Craigon, J., & Welham, S. (2023). Adoption of a Short-Term (4-Week) Vegan Diet as Part of ‘Veganuary’ Significantly Reduces Saturated Fatty Acid (SFA), Cholesterol, B12, and Iodine Intake in Omnivorous Individuals—An Observational Study. Nutrients, 15(23), Article 4967. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15234967

Global veganism campaigns like ‘Veganuary’ have gained popularity. We conducted an observational study to assess the impact of a 4-week vegan diet during ‘Veganuary’ on nutrient intake, status, knowledge, and motivations for veganism. Data were colle... Read More about Adoption of a Short-Term (4-Week) Vegan Diet as Part of ‘Veganuary’ Significantly Reduces Saturated Fatty Acid (SFA), Cholesterol, B12, and Iodine Intake in Omnivorous Individuals—An Observational Study.

Embedding genomics across the NHS: a primary care perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Hayward, J., Evans, W., Miller, E., & Rafi, I. (2023). Embedding genomics across the NHS: a primary care perspective. Future Healthcare Journal, 10(3), 263-269. https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2023-0116

Primary care remains the point of access to the NHS as well as having key roles in care coordination and prescribing. Therefore, embedding of genomic medicine in the NHS relies on successful implementation into the primary care landscape. Primary car... Read More about Embedding genomics across the NHS: a primary care perspective.

Long-term psychological outcomes following stroke: the OX-CHRONIC study (2023)
Journal Article
Kusec, A., Milosevich, E., Williams, O. A., Chiu, E. G., Watson, P., Carrick, C., …Demeyere, N. (2023). Long-term psychological outcomes following stroke: the OX-CHRONIC study. BMC Neurology, 23, Article 426. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-023-03463-5

Background Stroke survivors rate longer-term (> 2 years) psychological recovery as their top priority, but data on how frequently psychological consequences occur is lacking. Prevalence of cognitive impairment, depression/anxiety, fatigue, apathy... Read More about Long-term psychological outcomes following stroke: the OX-CHRONIC study.

Unravelling transcriptomic complexity in breast cancer through modulation of DARPP-32 expression and signalling pathways (2023)
Journal Article
Saidy, B., Vasan, R., Durant, R., Greener, M., Immanuel, A., Green, A. R., …Storr, S. J. (2023). Unravelling transcriptomic complexity in breast cancer through modulation of DARPP-32 expression and signalling pathways. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 21163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48198-y

DARPP-32 is a key regulator of protein-phosphatase-1 (PP-1) and protein kinase A (PKA), with its function dependent upon its phosphorylation state. We previously identified DKK1 and GRB7 as genes with linked expression using Artificial Neural Network... Read More about Unravelling transcriptomic complexity in breast cancer through modulation of DARPP-32 expression and signalling pathways.

Thermodynamic analysis on the thermal treatment of spent alkaline batteries-PVC blends under inert conditions (2023)
Journal Article
Al-Harahsheh, M., & Altarawneh, S. (2024). Thermodynamic analysis on the thermal treatment of spent alkaline batteries-PVC blends under inert conditions. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 9, Article 100568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2023.100568

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and Spent Alkaline Batteries (SAB) are produced and accumulated in large quantities. The absence of a sustainable recycling route for these wastes amidst a circular economy era makes it important to find a potential coupling... Read More about Thermodynamic analysis on the thermal treatment of spent alkaline batteries-PVC blends under inert conditions.

ERS international Congress 2023: highlights from the Basic and Translational Sciences Assembly (2023)
Journal Article
Reddy, K. D., Bizymi, N., Schweikert, A., Ananth, S., Lim, C. X., Lodge, K. M., …Cuevas-Ocaña, S. (2024). ERS international Congress 2023: highlights from the Basic and Translational Sciences Assembly. ERJ Open Research, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00875-2023

Early career members of Assembly 3 (Basic and Translational Sciences) of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) summarise the key messages discussed during six selected sessions that took place at the ERS International Congress 2023 in Milan, Italy.... Read More about ERS international Congress 2023: highlights from the Basic and Translational Sciences Assembly.

Diurnal temperature range as a key predictor of plants’ elevation ranges globally (2023)
Journal Article
Gallou, A., Jump, A. S., Lynn, J. S., Field, R., Irl, S. D. H., Steinbauer, M. J., …Grytnes, J. (2023). Diurnal temperature range as a key predictor of plants’ elevation ranges globally. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 7890. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43477-8

A prominent hypothesis in ecology is that larger species ranges are found in more variable climates because species develop broader environmental tolerances, predicting a positive range size-temperature variability relationship. However, this overloo... Read More about Diurnal temperature range as a key predictor of plants’ elevation ranges globally.

Fluctuations in auxin levels depend upon synchronicity of cell divisions in a one-dimensional model of auxin transport (2023)
Journal Article
Bellows, S., Janes, G., Avitabile, D., King, J. R., Bishopp, A., & Farcot, E. (2023). Fluctuations in auxin levels depend upon synchronicity of cell divisions in a one-dimensional model of auxin transport. PLoS Computational Biology, 19(11), Article e1011646. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011646

Auxin is a well-studied plant hormone, the spatial distribution of which remains incompletely understood. Here, we investigate the effects of cell growth and divisions on the dynamics of auxin patterning, using a combination of mathematical modelling... Read More about Fluctuations in auxin levels depend upon synchronicity of cell divisions in a one-dimensional model of auxin transport.

Modeling Humidity Impact on PDIV for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors at Different Temperatures (2023)
Journal Article
Naderiallaf, H., Ji, Y., Giangrande, P., & Galea, M. (2024). Modeling Humidity Impact on PDIV for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors at Different Temperatures. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 31(3), 1573-1582. https://doi.org/10.1109/tdei.2023.3338138

This paper models the partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV) as a function of ambient humidity ( H ) at various temperatures ( Ts ) using Schumann’s streamer inception criterion (SCSIC) for turn-to-turn insulation, which is the most vulnerable pa... Read More about Modeling Humidity Impact on PDIV for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors at Different Temperatures.

Standardizing an Ontology for Ethically Aligned Robotic and Autonomous Systems (2023)
Journal Article
Houghtaling, M. A., Fiorini, S. R., Fabiano, N., Gonçalves, P. J. S., Ulgen, O., Haidegger, T., …Prestes, E. (2024). Standardizing an Ontology for Ethically Aligned Robotic and Autonomous Systems. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 54(3), 1791-1804. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2023.3330981

Domain-specific ontologies support system design and can establish a framework for fulfilling user-level, safety, or ethical requirements. The IEEE 7007-2021 Ontological Standard for ethically driven robotics and automation systems is the first indus... Read More about Standardizing an Ontology for Ethically Aligned Robotic and Autonomous Systems.

(Re)constructing Prisoner Death Investigations: A Case Study of Suicide Investigations from England and Wales (2023)
Journal Article
Tomczak, P., Quinn, K., Traynor, C., & Wainwright, L. (2023). (Re)constructing Prisoner Death Investigations: A Case Study of Suicide Investigations from England and Wales. Law and Social Inquiry, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1017/lsi.2023.75

Because states must rebut the presumption of responsibility, all prisoner deaths must be investigated. These investigations frequently illustrate the tip of an iceberg of rights abuses and systemic hazards but have largely escaped analysis in prison-... Read More about (Re)constructing Prisoner Death Investigations: A Case Study of Suicide Investigations from England and Wales.

Evidence-based appraisal of the role of SJTs in selection (2023)
Journal Article
Sahota, G., McLachlan, J., Patterson, F., & Tiffin, P. (2023). Evidence-based appraisal of the role of SJTs in selection. Clinical Medicine, 23(6), 641-642. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2023-0295

A recent opinion article in Clinical Medicine promoted a new preference-based algorithm to allocate training places for the UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO). This replaced the previous process, which ranked candidates based on medical school ac... Read More about Evidence-based appraisal of the role of SJTs in selection.

The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands (2023)
Journal Article
Girkin, N. T., Burgess, P. J., Cole, L., Cooper, H. V., Honorio Coronado, E., Davidson, S. J., …Young, D. (2023). The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands. Carbon Management, 14(1), Article 2275578. https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2023.2275578

Peatlands are a globally important carbon store, but peatland ecosystems from high latitudes to the tropics are highly degraded due to increasingly intensive anthropogenic activity, making them significant greenhouse gas (GHG) sources. Peatland resto... Read More about The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands.

Spotlight on the academic multidisciplinary team: proposals from the 3rd NIHR Newcastle BRC Academic Geriatric Medicine Workshop (2023)
Journal Article
Witham, M. D., Bridges, J., Gladman, J., Gordon, A. L., Kay, S., Manthorpe, J., …Sayer, A. A. (2023). Spotlight on the academic multidisciplinary team: proposals from the 3rd NIHR Newcastle BRC Academic Geriatric Medicine Workshop. Clinical Medicine Journal, 23(6), 611-614. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2023-0389

High-quality care for older people is best delivered by multidisciplinary teams involving a range of professions. Similarly, if research evidence is to effectively inform practice, it needs to be designed and executed by teams that are both multidisc... Read More about Spotlight on the academic multidisciplinary team: proposals from the 3rd NIHR Newcastle BRC Academic Geriatric Medicine Workshop.

The Macroprudential Toolkit: Effectiveness and Interactions (2023)
Journal Article
Millard, S., Rubio, M., & Varadi, A. (2024). The Macroprudential Toolkit: Effectiveness and Interactions. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 86(2), 335-384. https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12582

We use a DSGE model with financial frictions and with macroprudential limits on both banks and mortgage borrowers, in the form of capital requirements and maximum debt‐service ratios. We then examine: (i) the impact of different combinations of macro... Read More about The Macroprudential Toolkit: Effectiveness and Interactions.

'Keep it Gothic, Man': Gothic and Graphic Medicine in Ian Williams's The Bad Doctor (2023)
Journal Article
GREEN, M. (2023). 'Keep it Gothic, Man': Gothic and Graphic Medicine in Ian Williams's The Bad Doctor. Gothic Studies, 25(3), 280-299. https://doi.org/10.3366/gothic.2023.0176

Exploring the intersection of Gothic Medicine and Graphic Medicine in Ian William's graphic novel, The Bad Doctor, this article discusses the ways in which gothic aesthetics, particularly representations of the abject encounter, contribute to an unde... Read More about 'Keep it Gothic, Man': Gothic and Graphic Medicine in Ian Williams's The Bad Doctor.