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Social overshadowing: Revisiting cue-competition in social interactions (2023)
Journal Article
Telga, M., Alcalá, J. A., Heyes, C., & Urcelay, G. P. (2023). Social overshadowing: Revisiting cue-competition in social interactions. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02229-3

In a large variety of contexts, it is essential to use the available information to extract patterns and behave accordingly. When it comes to social interactions for instance, the information gathered about interaction partners across multiple encoun... Read More about Social overshadowing: Revisiting cue-competition in social interactions.

N-level GaN Transistor Model for Fast Simulation of Electric Vehicle based Power Electronics Systems (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Eckstein, M., & Li, K. (2023). N-level GaN Transistor Model for Fast Simulation of Electric Vehicle based Power Electronics Systems. In 2022 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC). https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC55846.2022.10003315

Accurate and fast power loss estimation models based on a good understanding of the occuring loss mechanisms are crucial to achieve high efficiency, high power density and to take full advantage of the superior characteristics of Gallium Nitride (GaN... Read More about N-level GaN Transistor Model for Fast Simulation of Electric Vehicle based Power Electronics Systems.

Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse (2023)
Journal Article
Kariuki, J. W., Jacobs, J., Ngogang, M. P., & Howland, O. (2023). Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 12(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01202-y

Background: Antibiotic resistance is a global concern threatening achievements in health care since the discovery of antibiotics. In Kenya, this topic remains understudied in a context of rising demand for livestock products, intensification and the... Read More about Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse.

Facilitation-Induced Transparency and Single-Photon Switch with Dual-Channel Rydberg Interactions (2023)
Journal Article
Ding, Y., Bai, Z., Huang, G., & Li, W. (2023). Facilitation-Induced Transparency and Single-Photon Switch with Dual-Channel Rydberg Interactions. Physical Review Applied, 19(1), Article 014017. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014017

We investigate facilitation-induced transparency (FIT) enabled by strong and long-range Rydberg atom interactions between two spatially separated optical channels. In this setting, the resonant two-photon excitation of Rydberg states in a target chan... Read More about Facilitation-Induced Transparency and Single-Photon Switch with Dual-Channel Rydberg Interactions.

Sonomaglev: Combining acoustic and diamagnetic levitation (2023)
Journal Article
Hunter-Brown, G., Sampara, N., Scase, M. M., & Hill, R. J. (2023). Sonomaglev: Combining acoustic and diamagnetic levitation. Applied Physics Letters, 122(1), Article 014103. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0134297

Acoustic levitation and diamagnetic levitation are experimental methods that enable the contact-free study of both liquid droplets and solid particles. Here, we combine both the techniques into a single system that takes advantage of the strengths of... Read More about Sonomaglev: Combining acoustic and diamagnetic levitation.

Innovation vs Practicality vs Entertainment (2023)
Journal Article
Mevel, P.-A., Robinson, J., & Tennent, P. (2023). Innovation vs Practicality vs Entertainment. inTRAlinea: Online Translation Journal, Special issue: Inclusive theatre-making: translation, accessibility and beyond, Article 2595

This article examines the use of inclusive technological solutions to promote accessibility on stage. Specifically, it concentrates on the way technological solutions are developed and integrated into a show’s design both in terms of the immersion an... Read More about Innovation vs Practicality vs Entertainment.

Pioneer, early follower or late entrant: Entry dynamics with learning and market competition (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, C. H., Mukherjee, A., & Ishida, J. (2023). Pioneer, early follower or late entrant: Entry dynamics with learning and market competition. European Economic Review, 152, Article 104360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2022.104360

Timing of market entry is one of the most important strategic decisions a firm must make, but its decision process becomes convoluted with information and payoff externalities. The threat of competition pushes firms to enter earlier to preempt their... Read More about Pioneer, early follower or late entrant: Entry dynamics with learning and market competition.

Key design elements of successful acute ischemic stroke treatment trials (2023)
Journal Article
Yperzeele, L., Shoamanesh, A., Venugopalan, Y. V., Chapman, S., Mazya, M. V., Charalambous, M., …Koltsov, I. (2023). Key design elements of successful acute ischemic stroke treatment trials. Neurological Research and Practice, 5(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-022-00221-9

Purpose: We review key design elements of positive randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) treatment and summarize their main characteristics. Method: We searched Medline, Pubmed and Cochrane databases for positive RCTs in... Read More about Key design elements of successful acute ischemic stroke treatment trials.

The influence of inter-ply friction during double-diaphragm forming of biaxial NCFs (2023)
Journal Article
Lawrence, G. D., Chen, S., Warrior, N. A., & Harper, L. T. (2023). The influence of inter-ply friction during double-diaphragm forming of biaxial NCFs. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 167, Article 107426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2023.107426

Inter-ply friction plays an important role in the formation of defects in automated preforming of complex components, as relative sliding between plies can generate local compressive stresses in the direction of the primary yarns, leading to out-of-p... Read More about The influence of inter-ply friction during double-diaphragm forming of biaxial NCFs.

Predictive Molecular Design and Structure–Property Validation of Novel Terpene-Based, Sustainably Sourced Bacterial Biofilm-Resistant Materials (2023)
Journal Article
Cuzzucoli Crucitti, V., Ilchev, A., Moore, J. C., Fowler, H. R., Dubern, J., Sanni, O., …Irvine, D. J. (2023). Predictive Molecular Design and Structure–Property Validation of Novel Terpene-Based, Sustainably Sourced Bacterial Biofilm-Resistant Materials. Biomacromolecules, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00721

Presented in this work is the use of a molecular descriptor, termed the α parameter, to aid in the design of a series of novel, terpene-based, and sustainable polymers that were resistant to biofilm formation by the model bacterial pathogen Pseudomon... Read More about Predictive Molecular Design and Structure–Property Validation of Novel Terpene-Based, Sustainably Sourced Bacterial Biofilm-Resistant Materials.

Strategies for Integrating Metal Nanoparticles with Two-Photon Polymerization Process: Toward High Resolution Functional Additive Manufacturing (2023)
Journal Article
Im, J., Liu, Y., Hu, Q., Trindade, G. F., Parmenter, C., Fay, M., …Turyanska, L. (2023). Strategies for Integrating Metal Nanoparticles with Two-Photon Polymerization Process: Toward High Resolution Functional Additive Manufacturing. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(39), Article 2211920. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202211920

This study reports the successful fabrication of complex 3D metal nanoparticle–polymer nanocomposites using two-photon polymerization (2PP). Three complementary strategies are detailed: in situ formation of metal nanoparticles (MeNPs) through a singl... Read More about Strategies for Integrating Metal Nanoparticles with Two-Photon Polymerization Process: Toward High Resolution Functional Additive Manufacturing.

Learning to think, perform and act with integrity: does teacher education have a signature pedagogy, and why does this matter? (2023)
Journal Article
Brooks, C., McIntyre, J., & Mutton, T. (2023). Learning to think, perform and act with integrity: does teacher education have a signature pedagogy, and why does this matter?. London Review of Education, 21(1), https://doi.org/10.14324/lre.21.1.01

Unprecedented reform to teacher education in England, through the Initial Teacher Training Market Review, led to the threat of removal of the right for established providers to offer programmes of initial teacher education beyond 2024 without reaccre... Read More about Learning to think, perform and act with integrity: does teacher education have a signature pedagogy, and why does this matter?.

Self-management interventions for children and young people with sickle cell disease: A systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Poku, B. A., Atkin, K. M., & Kirk, S. (2023). Self-management interventions for children and young people with sickle cell disease: A systematic review. Health Expectations, 26(2), 579-612. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13692

AbstractBackgroundIncreasing numbers of interventions are being developed to support self‐management for children and young people (CYP) with sickle cell disease (SCD), but no systematic review has systematically synthesized this evidence regarding t... Read More about Self-management interventions for children and young people with sickle cell disease: A systematic review.

Differential remodelling in small and large murine airways revealed by novel whole lung airway analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Tatler, A. L., Philp, C. J., Hill, M. R., Cox, S., Bullock, A. M., John, A., …Brook, B. S. (2023). Differential remodelling in small and large murine airways revealed by novel whole lung airway analysis. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 324(3), L271-L284. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00034.2022

Airway remodelling occurs in chronic asthma leading to increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass and extra-cellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Whilst extensively studied in murine airways, studies report only selected larger airways at one time point m... Read More about Differential remodelling in small and large murine airways revealed by novel whole lung airway analysis.

Highly electron deficient diketopyrrolopyrroles (2023)
Journal Article
Humphreys, J., Malagreca, F., Hume, P. A., Davies, E. S., Argent, S. P., Bradshaw, T. D., & Amabilino, D. B. (2023). Highly electron deficient diketopyrrolopyrroles. Chemical Communications, 59(12), 1613-1616. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cc06770f

The synthesis, spectroelectrochemical and structural characteristics of highly electron-accepting diketopyrrrolopyrrole (DPP) molecules with adjoining pyridinium rings is reported, along with an assessment of their toxicity, which is apparently low.... Read More about Highly electron deficient diketopyrrolopyrroles.

Perfect-Lens Theory Enables Metasurface Reflectors for Subwavelength Focusing (2023)
Journal Article
Taghvaee, H., Liu, F., Díaz-Rubio, A., & Tretyakov, S. (2023). Perfect-Lens Theory Enables Metasurface Reflectors for Subwavelength Focusing. Physical Review Applied, 19(1), Article 014004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.014004

Breaking the so-called diffraction limit on the resolution of optical devices and achieving subwavelength focusing requires tailoring the evanescent spectrum of wave fields. There are several possible approaches, all of which have limitations, such a... Read More about Perfect-Lens Theory Enables Metasurface Reflectors for Subwavelength Focusing.

Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): A randomised controlled trial (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Harwood, R. H., Goldberg, S. E., Brand, A., van Der Wardt, V., Booth, V., Di Lorito, C., Hoare, Z., Hancox, J., Bajwa, R., Burgon, C., Howe, L., Cowley, A., Bramley, T., Long, A., Lock, J., Tucker, R., Adams, E., O’Brien, R., Kearney, F., Kowalewska, K., …Masud, T. Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): A randomised controlled trial

Background Dementia is associated with frailty leading to increased risks of falls and hospitalisations. Interventions are required to maintain functional ability, strength and balance. Design Multi-centre parallel group randomised controlled tria... Read More about Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in early dementia and mild cognitive impairment (PrAISED): A randomised controlled trial.

‘Sissy capital’ and the governance of non-normative genders in China’s platform economy (2023)
Journal Article
Wang, S., & Bao, H. (2023). ‘Sissy capital’ and the governance of non-normative genders in China’s platform economy. China Information, 37(3), 342-362. https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203X221147481

This article examines Chinese government censorship in the intersection between queer and fan cultures and the government’s regulation of big tech companies and platform economies in the 2020s conjuncture. In the context of booming platform industrie... Read More about ‘Sissy capital’ and the governance of non-normative genders in China’s platform economy.

Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2023)
Journal Article
Weng, Q., Goh, S.-L., Wu, J., Persson, M. S., Wei, J., Sarmanova, A., …Zhang, W. (2023). Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 57(15), 990-996. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-105898

OBJECTIVE: Clinical guidelines recommend exercise as a core treatment for knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA). However, how its analgesic effect compares to analgesics, for example, oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol-the... Read More about Comparative efficacy of exercise therapy and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol for knee or hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Artificial intelligence-driven wearable technologies for neonatal cardiorespiratory monitoring: Part 1 wearable technology (2023)
Journal Article
Grooby, E., Sitaula, C., Chang Kwok, T., Sharkey, D., Marzbanrad, F., & Malhotra, A. (2023). Artificial intelligence-driven wearable technologies for neonatal cardiorespiratory monitoring: Part 1 wearable technology. Pediatric Research, 93(2), 413-425. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-022-02416-x

Abstract: With the development of Artificial Intelligence techniques, smart health monitoring is becoming more popular. In this study, we investigate the trend of wearable sensors being adopted and developed in neonatal cardiorespiratory monitoring.... Read More about Artificial intelligence-driven wearable technologies for neonatal cardiorespiratory monitoring: Part 1 wearable technology.