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Assessing the spatial distribution of positional error associated to dense point cloud measurements using regional Gaussian random fields (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Catalucci, S., Senin, N., & Piano, S. (2024). Assessing the spatial distribution of positional error associated to dense point cloud measurements using regional Gaussian random fields. Measurement, 227, Article 114194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2024.114194

Being able to assess the amount of uncertainty locally associated to dense point clouds generated by measurement can help investigate the relations between the metrological performance of a chosen measuring technology, and the local geometric and sur... Read More about Assessing the spatial distribution of positional error associated to dense point cloud measurements using regional Gaussian random fields.

Radical Left Culture and Heritage, the Politics of Preservation and Memorialisation, and the Promise of the Metaverse (2024)
Journal Article
Mutibwa, D. H. (2024). Radical Left Culture and Heritage, the Politics of Preservation and Memorialisation, and the Promise of the Metaverse. Heritage, 7(2), 537-575. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7020026

Radical left culture and heritage—understood as incarnations of leftist artefacts and praxis both past and present—have taken risks in challenging hegemonic machinations often when it is unpopular to do so. To the ire of hegemons, leftist projects ac... Read More about Radical Left Culture and Heritage, the Politics of Preservation and Memorialisation, and the Promise of the Metaverse.

Energy-absorbing particles for enhanced mechanical performance of asphalt's aggregate skeleton (2024)
Journal Article
Traseira-Piñeiro, L., Bodaghi, M., Grizi, A., Garcia-Hernandez, A., & Albertini, G. (2024). Energy-absorbing particles for enhanced mechanical performance of asphalt's aggregate skeleton. Construction and Building Materials, 415, Article 135055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135055

This paper evaluates the feasibility of using 3D-printed lattice metamaterials as an alternative to capsules containing rejuvenators to enhance the self-healing capability of asphalt. The original purpose of these capsules is to encapsulate a rejuven... Read More about Energy-absorbing particles for enhanced mechanical performance of asphalt's aggregate skeleton.

Effect of skin color on optical properties and the implications for medical optical technologies: a review (2024)
Journal Article
Setchfield, K., Gorman, A., Simpson, A. H. R. W., Somekh, M. G., & Wright, A. J. (2024). Effect of skin color on optical properties and the implications for medical optical technologies: a review. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 29(01), Article 010901. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jbo.29.1.010901

Significance: Skin color affects light penetration leading to differences in its absorption and scattering properties. COVID-19 highlighted the importance of understanding of the interaction of light with different skin types, e.g., pulse oximetry (P... Read More about Effect of skin color on optical properties and the implications for medical optical technologies: a review.

Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection of thin film polymer membrane vibrations (2024)
Journal Article
Roberts, N. M., & Sharp, J. S. (2024). Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection of thin film polymer membrane vibrations. Physical Review E, 109(1), Article 014802. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.109.014802

A simple method of measuring the vibrational response of a thin film membrane was developed. Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection (using a microphone) allowed the vibrational spectra of thin membranes to be measured in the kHz range. Vibra... Read More about Piezoelectric excitation and acoustic detection of thin film polymer membrane vibrations.

There are more, or fewer, things than most of us think (2024)
Journal Article
Noonan, H. W. (2024). There are more, or fewer, things than most of us think. Metaphysica, https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2023-0035

In Chapter 12 of his book Material Beings (Van Inwagen, Peter. 1990. Material Beings. Ithaca: Cornell University Press) van Inwagen argues that there are no artefacts, or very few, certainly fewer than most people believe. Artisans very rarely create... Read More about There are more, or fewer, things than most of us think.

A Novel Virtual Vector Modulation-based scheme of Model Power Predictive for VIENNA Rectifier (2024)
Journal Article
Dang, C., Dang, C., Dang, C., Wang, Y., Jiang, Z., Liu, D., …Pat, W. (2024). A Novel Virtual Vector Modulation-based scheme of Model Power Predictive for VIENNA Rectifier. Franklin Open,

When the finite control set model predictive(FCS-MPC) algorithm is applied to the three-level converter, there are problems such as large current harmonics, high requirements for the computing efficiency of the micro-controller, complex multi-objecti... Read More about A Novel Virtual Vector Modulation-based scheme of Model Power Predictive for VIENNA Rectifier.

Age-related impact of social isolation in mice: Young vs middle-aged (2024)
Journal Article
Magalhães, D. M., Mampay, M., Sebastião, A. M., Sheridan, G. K., & Valente, C. A. (2024). Age-related impact of social isolation in mice: Young vs middle-aged. Neurochemistry International, 174, Article 105678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2024.105678

Social isolation is a chronic mild stressor and a significant risk factor for mental health disorders. Herein we explored the impact of social isolation on depression- and anxiety-like behaviours, as well as spatial memory impairments, in middle-aged... Read More about Age-related impact of social isolation in mice: Young vs middle-aged.

Pragmatic, feasibility randomized controlled trial of a recorded mental health recovery narrative intervention: narrative experiences online intervention for informal carers (NEON-C) (2024)
Journal Article
Ng, F., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Onwumere, J., Newby, C., Llewellyn-Beardsley, J., Yeo, C., …Slade, M. (2024). Pragmatic, feasibility randomized controlled trial of a recorded mental health recovery narrative intervention: narrative experiences online intervention for informal carers (NEON-C). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, Article 1272396. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1272396

Introduction: Informal carers of people with mental health problems often have unmet support needs. Mental health recovery narratives are increasingly accessible, but their relevance to and effect on informal carers have been minimally investigated.... Read More about Pragmatic, feasibility randomized controlled trial of a recorded mental health recovery narrative intervention: narrative experiences online intervention for informal carers (NEON-C).

Seeing the Invisible: A Photovoice Exploration of Living With and Managing the Invisible Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (2024)
Journal Article
Parker, L.-S., Topcu, G., De Boos, D., Bale, C., & das Nair, R. (2024). Seeing the Invisible: A Photovoice Exploration of Living With and Managing the Invisible Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. Clinical Psychological Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026231220846

In this photovoice study, we explored how people with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience living with and managing invisible symptoms in daily life. Twelve people with MS produced digital images over a 2-week period to capture their experiences of inv... Read More about Seeing the Invisible: A Photovoice Exploration of Living With and Managing the Invisible Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

Hybrid coherent control of magnons in a ferromagnetic phononic resonator excited by laser pulses (2024)
Journal Article
Scherbakov, A. V., Carr, A. D., Linnik, T. L., Kukhtaruk, S. M., Armour, A. D., Nadzeyka, A., …Bayer, M. (2024). Hybrid coherent control of magnons in a ferromagnetic phononic resonator excited by laser pulses. Physical Review Research, 6(1), Article L012019. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L012019

We propose and demonstrate the concept of hybrid coherent control (CC) whereby a quantum or classical harmonic oscillator is excited by two excitations: one is quasiharmonic (i.e., harmonic with a finite lifetime) and the other is a pulsed broadband... Read More about Hybrid coherent control of magnons in a ferromagnetic phononic resonator excited by laser pulses.

An Automated Performance Evaluation of the Newborn Life Support Procedure (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tan, A., Egede, J., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Valstar, M., & Sharkey, D. (2024). An Automated Performance Evaluation of the Newborn Life Support Procedure. In 2024 Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS). https://doi.org/10.1109/rams51492.2024.10457793

This research is conducted to develop an automated action recognition method to evaluate the performance of the Newborn Life Support (NLS) procedure. It will be useful to find deviations in the procedure, such as missing steps and incorrect actions,... Read More about An Automated Performance Evaluation of the Newborn Life Support Procedure.

Semi-supervised information fusion for medical image analysis: Recent progress and future perspectives (2024)
Journal Article
Weng, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, W., & Dening, T. (2024). Semi-supervised information fusion for medical image analysis: Recent progress and future perspectives. Information Fusion, 106, Article 102263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2024.102263

Supervised machine learning requires training on the dataset with annotation. However, fine-grained annotation is very expensive to acquire. In the medical image analysis domain, the sheer volume of data and lack of annotation limit the performance o... Read More about Semi-supervised information fusion for medical image analysis: Recent progress and future perspectives.

Immunomodulatory therapy in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS, MIS-C; RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial (2024)
Journal Article
RECOVERY Collaborative Group, Faust, S. N., Haynes, R., Jones, C. E., Staplin, N., Whittaker, E., …Montgomery, A. (2024). Immunomodulatory therapy in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS, MIS-C; RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 8(3), 190-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642%2823%2900316-4

Background: Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS), also known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) emerged in April, 2020. The paediatric comparisons within the RECOVERY trial... Read More about Immunomodulatory therapy in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS, MIS-C; RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial.

Who were the Early Globalisers? The Historical Geographies of India in Interwar London (2024)
Journal Article
Legg, S. (2024). Who were the Early Globalisers? The Historical Geographies of India in Interwar London. Geography Review Magazine, 37(4), 37-39

This article explores globalisation’s historical geographies, using the example of visiting Indians in 1930s London to decolonise our presumptions about who helped craft the globe.

The effect of a nonlinear energy sink on the gust response of a wing (2024)
Journal Article
Amoozgar, M., Castrichini, A., Garvey, S., Friswell, M., Cooper, J., & Ajaj, R. (2024). The effect of a nonlinear energy sink on the gust response of a wing. Aerospace Science and Technology, 145, Article 108904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2024.108904

In this paper, the potential effectiveness of a nonlinear energy sink (NES) to absorb the energy from a wing that is vibrating as a result of flying in a gusty environment is investigated. The structural dynamics of the wing is simulated using a rigi... Read More about The effect of a nonlinear energy sink on the gust response of a wing.

[TEMPORARILY RENAMED] Immunomodulatory therapy in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS, MIS-C; RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial (2024)
Journal Article
Faust, S. N., Jones, C. E., Staplin, N., Whittaker, E., Jaki, T., Juszczak, E., …Haynes, R. (2024). [TEMPORARILY RENAMED] Immunomodulatory therapy in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS, MIS-C; RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health,

Background Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS), also known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) emerged in April, 2020. The paediatric comparisons within the RECOVERY tri... Read More about [TEMPORARILY RENAMED] Immunomodulatory therapy in children with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS, MIS-C; RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial.

Changes in Immune Response during Pig Gestation with a Focus on Cytokines (2024)
Journal Article
Velez, C., Williamson, D., Lorena Cánovas, M., Romina Giai, L., Rutland, C., Pérez, W., & Barbeito, C. G. (2024). Changes in Immune Response during Pig Gestation with a Focus on Cytokines. Veterinary Sciences, 11(1), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11010050

Pigs have the highest percentage of embryonic death not associated with specific diseases of all livestock species, at 20–45%. During gestation processes, a series of complex alterations can arise, including embryonic migration and elongation, matern... Read More about Changes in Immune Response during Pig Gestation with a Focus on Cytokines.