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Performance investigation and design optimization of a battery thermal management system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change materials (2023)
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Luo, D., Wu, Z., Yan, Y., Cao, J., Yang, X., Zhao, Y., & Cao, B. (2024). Performance investigation and design optimization of a battery thermal management system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change materials. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, Article 139834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139834

In this work, a novel battery thermal management system (BTMS) integrated with thermoelectric coolers (TECs) and phase change materials (PCMs) is developed to ensure the temperature working environment of batteries, where a fin framework is adopted t... Read More about Performance investigation and design optimization of a battery thermal management system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change materials.

Evolution of Treatment Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2023)
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Kyriacou, M., Vuyyuru, S., & Moran, G. (2023). Evolution of Treatment Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Medical Research Archives, 11(11), https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i11.4662

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), which encompasses Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, represents a chronic and progressive condition characterised by periods of active inflammation interspersed with periods of remission. The r... Read More about Evolution of Treatment Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Optimal Design of Single-Layer and Multi-Layer Air-Core Inductors Considering Uncertainty Factors (2023)
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Wan, L., Khilnani, A. D., Wu, X., Liu, X., Pignari, S. A., Thomas, D. W., Sumner, M., & Grassi, F. (2023). Optimal Design of Single-Layer and Multi-Layer Air-Core Inductors Considering Uncertainty Factors. IEEE Access, 11, 134460 -134472. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2023.3336572

Air-core inductors are key components in power converters and measurement equipment. To optimally design inductors, their self-resonant frequency (SRF) as a result of inherent stray capacitance should be accurately estimated. This paper presents opti... Read More about Optimal Design of Single-Layer and Multi-Layer Air-Core Inductors Considering Uncertainty Factors.

Optimization of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in a small animal model (2023)
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Dooley, M., Luckett, J., Alexander, M. R., Matousek, P., Dehghani, H., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., & Notingher, I. (2023). Optimization of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in a small animal model. Biomedical Optics Express, 14(12), 6592-6606. https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.512118

Diffuse Raman spectroscopy (DRS) allows subsurface molecular analysis of optically turbid samples. Numerical modeling of light propagation was used as a method for improving the design of an DRS instrument to maximize the signal to noise ratio (SNR)... Read More about Optimization of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in a small animal model.

Four-Body Nonadditive Potential Energy Surface and the Fourth Virial Coefficient of Helium (2023)
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Wheatley, R. J., Garberoglio, G., & Harvey, A. H. (2023). Four-Body Nonadditive Potential Energy Surface and the Fourth Virial Coefficient of Helium. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 68(12), 3257-3264. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jced.3c00578

The four-body nonadditive contribution to the energy of four helium atoms is calculated and fitted for all geometries for which the internuclear distances exceed a small minimum value. The interpolation uses an active learning approach based on Gauss... Read More about Four-Body Nonadditive Potential Energy Surface and the Fourth Virial Coefficient of Helium.

Diagnosis and investigation of suspected haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults: 2023 Hyperinflammation and HLH Across Speciality Collaboration (HiHASC) consensus guideline (2023)
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Cox, M. F., Mackenzie, S., Low, R., Brown, M., Sanchez, E., Carr, A., Carpenter, B., Bishton, M., Duncombe, A., Akpabio, A., Kulasekararaj, A., Sin, F. E., Jones, A., Kavirayani, A., Sen, E. S., Quick, V., Dulay, G. S., Clark, S., Bauchmuller, K., Tattersall, R. S., & Manson, J. J. (2024). Diagnosis and investigation of suspected haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults: 2023 Hyperinflammation and HLH Across Speciality Collaboration (HiHASC) consensus guideline. The Lancet Rheumatology, 6(1), e51-e62. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2665-9913%2823%2900273-4

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a hyperinflammatory syndrome characterised by persistently activated cytotoxic lymphocytes and macrophages, which, if untreated, leads to multiorgan dysfunction and death. HLH should be considered in any a... Read More about Diagnosis and investigation of suspected haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults: 2023 Hyperinflammation and HLH Across Speciality Collaboration (HiHASC) consensus guideline.

Alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid salts for supercapatteries (2023)
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Guo, Q., Fan, P., Zhang, Y., Guan, L., Croft, A., Wang, H., …Chen, G. Z. (2024). Alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid salts for supercapatteries. RSC Sustainability, 2024(2), 101-124. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3su00197k

The full oxidation of lithium metal (4Li + O2 ⇌ 2Li2O) offers a mass normalised Gibbs energy change greater than that for the combustion of carbon (C + O2 ⇌ CO2) or any hydrocarbon fuel (CnH2n+2 + ((3n+1)/2)O2 ⇌ nCO2 + (n+1)H2O). This thermodynamic c... Read More about Alkali and alkaline earth metals in liquid salts for supercapatteries.

Model-Free Optimization and Experimental Validation of RIS-Assisted Wireless Communications Under Rich Multipath Fading (2023)
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Chen, T., You, M., Zhang, Y., Zheng, G., Gros, J. B., Lerosey, G., Nasser, Y., Burton, F., & Gradoni, G. (2024). Model-Free Optimization and Experimental Validation of RIS-Assisted Wireless Communications Under Rich Multipath Fading. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 13(3), 627-631. https://doi.org/10.1109/lwc.2023.3337709

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) devices have emerged as an effective way to control the propagation channels for enhancing the end-users' performance. However, RIS optimization involves configuring the radio frequency response of a large num... Read More about Model-Free Optimization and Experimental Validation of RIS-Assisted Wireless Communications Under Rich Multipath Fading.

Optimisation of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in small animal model (2023)
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Dooley, M., Luckett, J., Alexander, M. R., Matousek, P., Dehghani, H., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., & Notingher, I. (2023). Optimisation of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in small animal model. Biomedical Optics Express, 14(12), 6592-6606. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.512118

Diffuse Raman spectroscopy (DRS) allows subsurface molecular analysis of optically turbid samples. Numerical modelling of light propagation was used as a method for improving the design of an DRS instrument to maximize the signal to noise ratio (SNR)... Read More about Optimisation of diffuse Raman spectroscopy for in-vivo quantification of foreign body response in small animal model.

Challenges and Experiences in Multicenter Prehospital Stroke Research: Narrative Data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2) (2023)
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Dixon, M., Williams, J., Bath, P. M., Investigators, R.-2., & for the RIGHT-2 Investigators. (2024). Challenges and Experiences in Multicenter Prehospital Stroke Research: Narrative Data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2). Prehospital Emergency Care, 28(6), 832-840. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2023.2287171

Background: Ambulance services are increasingly research active and the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2) is the largest United Kingdom (UK) ambulance-based randomized controlled trial in stroke. We... Read More about Challenges and Experiences in Multicenter Prehospital Stroke Research: Narrative Data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2).

Antibody response to four doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases: an observational study (2023)
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Gumber, L., Jackson, H., Gomez, N., Hopkins, G., Tucis, D., Chakravorty, M., …Fairclough, L. (2023). Antibody response to four doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases: an observational study. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(3), Article rkad097. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkad097

Objective: Antibody responses to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are reduced among immunocompromised patients but are not well quantified among people with rare disease. We conducted an observational study to evaluate the antibody respon... Read More about Antibody response to four doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases: an observational study.

A novel fault detection and diagnostic Petri net methodology for dynamic systems (2023)
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Badmus, T. A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Prescott, D. (2023). A novel fault detection and diagnostic Petri net methodology for dynamic systems. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, https://doi.org/10.1177/1748006x231212539

Faults can have significant, negative impacts on the operation and performance of simple and complex dynamic systems. Based on the integration of Bayesian network diagnostic features with Petri net formalism, the existing Bayesian-supported Petri net... Read More about A novel fault detection and diagnostic Petri net methodology for dynamic systems.

(Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali (2023)
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Bertrand, E., Chafer, T., & Stoddard, E. (2024). (Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 18(3), 286-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2023.2278268

Employing the concept of ‘utility of force' and advancing a new counterpart – the ‘disutility of force' – this article explores why France's military intervention in Mali failed despite a major French material power advantage over the armed groups it... Read More about (Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali.

Neural variance reduction for stochastic differential equations (2023)
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Hinds, P., & Tretyakov, M. (2023). Neural variance reduction for stochastic differential equations. Journal of Computational Finance, 27(3), 1-41. https://doi.org/10.21314/JCF.2023.010

Variance reduction techniques are of crucial importance for the efficiency of Monte Carlo simulations in finance applications. We propose the use of neural SDEs, with control variates parameterized by neural networks, in order to learn approximately... Read More about Neural variance reduction for stochastic differential equations.

Cloud Computing and Firm Growth (2023)
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DeStefano, T., Kneller, R., & Timmis, J. (in press). Cloud Computing and Firm Growth. Review of Economics and Statistics, 1-47. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01393

Cloud computing has shifted how firms access IT away from investment in fixed capital to pay-on-demand services that facilitate remote and simultaneous use. Using firm-level data we examine the impact of cloud adoption on firm performance and organiz... Read More about Cloud Computing and Firm Growth.

Modelling and Sizing Framework for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Architecture Development (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wise, A., Kolisnichenko, A., Bozhko, S., Sumsurooah, S., & Yeoh, S. (2023, November). Modelling and Sizing Framework for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Architecture Development. Presented at 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific), Chiang Mai, Thailand

This project aims to develop an electrical system for a hybrid-electric, regional aircraft as part of the drive towards more sustainable transportation. It wants to reduce the aviation industry's contribution to carbon emissions, looking at more gree... Read More about Modelling and Sizing Framework for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Architecture Development.

Power Flow Analysis of Advanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bai, G., Bozhko, S., Yang, T., Wheeler, P., & Yeoh, S. S. (2023, November). Power Flow Analysis of Advanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft. Presented at 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific), Chiang Mai, Thailand

The more-electric aircraft (MEA) has been seen as the most major trend in the aerospace industry. With the increase in electrified loads, there is the need to generate more electrical power on-board aircraft. Considering regional jet sized aircraft,... Read More about Power Flow Analysis of Advanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft.

I can do good even when my supervisor is bad: Abusive supervision and employee socially responsible behaviour (2023)
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Babu, N., De Roeck, K., Rivkin, W., & Bhattacharya, S. (2024). I can do good even when my supervisor is bad: Abusive supervision and employee socially responsible behaviour. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 97(2), 555-578. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12482

Existing research has convincingly demonstrated the deleterious impact of abusive supervision within the boundaries of the organization. However, we ask, can the harmful consequences of abusive supervision extend beyond organizational boundaries, and... Read More about I can do good even when my supervisor is bad: Abusive supervision and employee socially responsible behaviour.

GC-MS analysis of alkylpyrazines in the pyrolysis oils of silica-polyethylenimine CO2 sorbents (2023)
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Coralli, I., Spada, L., Fabbri, D., Pour, S. R. S., Fiori, J., Vassura, I., …Snape, C. E. (2024). GC-MS analysis of alkylpyrazines in the pyrolysis oils of silica-polyethylenimine CO2 sorbents. Journal of Chromatography Open, 5, Article 100108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcoa.2023.100108

Solid sorbents based on silica and polyethyleneimine (PEI) are intensively investigated in the field of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Pyrolysis was proposed as a thermal process to recover the pure silica from exhausted sorbents and convert PEI i... Read More about GC-MS analysis of alkylpyrazines in the pyrolysis oils of silica-polyethylenimine CO2 sorbents.

Exposure to Climate Change Information on Affect and Pro‐Environmental Behavioural Intentions: A Randomised Controlled Trial (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Greaves, S., Harvey, C., & Kotera, Y. (2023). Exposure to Climate Change Information on Affect and Pro‐Environmental Behavioural Intentions: A Randomised Controlled Trial

The study aimed to investigate the effect of climate change exposure on affect and pro-environmental behavioural intentions in a randomised controlled trial. An online survey was completed by 100 adult participants and included measures of affect and... Read More about Exposure to Climate Change Information on Affect and Pro‐Environmental Behavioural Intentions: A Randomised Controlled Trial.