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Dynamical and individualised approach of transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation effects in non-human primates (2024)
Journal Article
Atkinson-Clement, C., Alkhawashki, M., Ross, J., Gatica, M., Zhang, C., Sallet, J., & Kaiser, M. (2024). Dynamical and individualised approach of transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation effects in non-human primates. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 11916. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62562-6

Low-frequency transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) allows to alter brain functioning with a high spatial resolution and to reach deep targets. However, the time-course of TUS effects remains largely unknown. We applied TUS on three brain targets... Read More about Dynamical and individualised approach of transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation effects in non-human primates.

The Effect of Tranexamic Acid on Neurosurgical Intervention in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hematoma: Data From 121 Surgically Treated Participants From the Tranexamic Acid in IntraCerebral Hemorrhage-2 Randomized Controlled Trial (2024)
Journal Article
Hollingworth, M., Woodhouse, L. J., Law, Z. K., Ali, A., Krishnan, K., Dineen, R. A., Christensen, H., England, T. J., Roffe, C., Werring, D., Peters, N., Ciccone, A., Robinson, T., Członkowska, A., Bereczki, D., Egea-Guerrero, J. J., Ozturk, S., Bath, P. M., & Sprigg, N. (2024). The Effect of Tranexamic Acid on Neurosurgical Intervention in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hematoma: Data From 121 Surgically Treated Participants From the Tranexamic Acid in IntraCerebral Hemorrhage-2 Randomized Controlled Trial. Neurosurgery, 95(3), 605-616. https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000002961

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
An important proportion of patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) undergo neurosurgical intervention to reduce mass effect from large hematomas and control the complications of bleeding, including hemato... Read More about The Effect of Tranexamic Acid on Neurosurgical Intervention in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hematoma: Data From 121 Surgically Treated Participants From the Tranexamic Acid in IntraCerebral Hemorrhage-2 Randomized Controlled Trial.

Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Asset-based Welfare and Housing in Great Britain (2024)
Journal Article
Matthews, P., Barnett, C., Lambert, P., Gregory, L., & Formby, E. (2024). Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Asset-based Welfare and Housing in Great Britain. Social Policy and Society, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746424000186

The role of housing in providing a welfare asset has been widely explored. With the growth in home ownership between 1979 and 2008 and erosion of the welfare state, housing wealth has become part of the welfare mix in the UK. Here, we present analysi... Read More about Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Asset-based Welfare and Housing in Great Britain.

Fasting before Intra-Gastric Dosing with Antigen Improves Intestinal Humoral Responses in Syrian Hamsters (2024)
Journal Article
Wood, L., Hughes, J., Trussell, M., Bishop, A. L., & Griffin, R. (2024). Fasting before Intra-Gastric Dosing with Antigen Improves Intestinal Humoral Responses in Syrian Hamsters. Vaccines, 12(6), Article 572. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12060572

Oral vaccines, unlike injected, induce intestinal secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) mimicking our natural defense against gut pathogens. We previously observed sIgA responses after administering the Clostridioides difficile colonisation factor CD0873... Read More about Fasting before Intra-Gastric Dosing with Antigen Improves Intestinal Humoral Responses in Syrian Hamsters.

Optimising the dosage of bio-rejuvenators in asphalt recycling: A rejuvenation index based approach (2024)
Journal Article
Hu, Y., Ryan, J., Sreeram, A., Allanson, M., Pasandín, A. R., Zhou, L., …Airey, G. D. (2024). Optimising the dosage of bio-rejuvenators in asphalt recycling: A rejuvenation index based approach. Construction and Building Materials, 433, Article 136761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.136761

While significant research efforts have been devoted to the rejuvenation of aged bitumen using bio-rejuvenators, a universally recognised approach for dosage optimisation is still yet to be established. Aiming to develop standardised methods to deter... Read More about Optimising the dosage of bio-rejuvenators in asphalt recycling: A rejuvenation index based approach.

Impact of Vth Instability of Schottky-type p-GaN Gate HEMTs on Switching Behaviors (2024)
Journal Article
Lu, X., Videt, A., Faramehr, S., Li, K., Marsic, V., Igic, P., & Idir, N. (2024). Impact of Vth Instability of Schottky-type p-GaN Gate HEMTs on Switching Behaviors. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 39(9),

Schottky-type p-GaN gate Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistors (GaN-HEMTs) suffer from threshold voltage (Vth) instability phenomenon. Both positive and negative Vth shifts are reported when device undertakes the voltage bias, but the im... Read More about Impact of Vth Instability of Schottky-type p-GaN Gate HEMTs on Switching Behaviors.

African Continental Free Trade Area and Regional Trade in ICT and Digital Technologies (2024)
Journal Article
Adams, K., Attah-Boakye, R., Yu, H., Chu, I., & Dafydd, D. (2024). African Continental Free Trade Area and Regional Trade in ICT and Digital Technologies. Journal of International Management, 30(4), Article 101156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2024.101156

This study examines the impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on regional trade in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Digital Technologies (DT) sector across 43 African countries from 2014 to 2021. Employing t... Read More about African Continental Free Trade Area and Regional Trade in ICT and Digital Technologies.

Spectroscopy Unlocked: An Escape Room activity for Introductory Chemistry Courses (2024)
Journal Article
Mahomed, M., Sisodia, L., Williams, D. P., & Villa-Marcos, B. (2024). Spectroscopy Unlocked: An Escape Room activity for Introductory Chemistry Courses. Journal of Chemical Education, 101(6), 2570–2575. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01320

Spectroscopy Unlocked is an escape room activity cocreated by student and staff authors. The escape room presents students with a series of activities that they must complete in the laboratory in order to reveal a series of codes and clues that can b... Read More about Spectroscopy Unlocked: An Escape Room activity for Introductory Chemistry Courses.

Investor Obligations: Transformative and Regressive Impacts of the Business and Human Rights Framework (2024)
Journal Article
Van der Ploeg, K. P. (2024). Investor Obligations: Transformative and Regressive Impacts of the Business and Human Rights Framework. Business and Human Rights Journal, https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2024.8

The business and human rights (BHR) framework has regularly been considered the superior legal regime of corporate accountability for business-related human rights abuses, which must be both protected from and incorporated into investment treaties. H... Read More about Investor Obligations: Transformative and Regressive Impacts of the Business and Human Rights Framework.

A numerical research on the hydrodynamic performance of marine propellers with bionic coupled blade sections (2024)
Journal Article
Yang, J., Gao, H., & Yan, Y. (2024). A numerical research on the hydrodynamic performance of marine propellers with bionic coupled blade sections. Ships and Offshore Structures, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2024.2356482

The propulsive efficiency and cavitation performance of marine propellers directly affect the operating costs and radiated noise of ships, warranting further research on the hydrodynamic performance. The blade sections' profile of the MAU 5-80 propel... Read More about A numerical research on the hydrodynamic performance of marine propellers with bionic coupled blade sections.

Pre- and post-operative voice therapy for benign vocal fold lesions: protocol for a non-randomised, multicentre feasibility trial with embedded process evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
White, A., Carding, P., Booth, V., McGlashan, J., Van Stan, J., Logan, P., & Awad, R. (2024). Pre- and post-operative voice therapy for benign vocal fold lesions: protocol for a non-randomised, multicentre feasibility trial with embedded process evaluation. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 10, Article 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-024-01508-1

Background: Management of benign vocal fold lesions (BVFLs) is variable with individuals receiving surgery, voice therapy, or a combination of these approaches. Some evidence suggests that the best outcomes may be achieved when patients are offered p... Read More about Pre- and post-operative voice therapy for benign vocal fold lesions: protocol for a non-randomised, multicentre feasibility trial with embedded process evaluation.

Impact of NICE technology appraisal guidance TA566 on access to cochlear implantation for children using hearing aids in the United Kingdom: a multisite observational study (2024)
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Killan, C. F., Hoare, D. J., Hartley, D. E., Church, P., Isherwood, F., Nasim, S., …Kitterick, P. T. (2024). Impact of NICE technology appraisal guidance TA566 on access to cochlear implantation for children using hearing aids in the United Kingdom: a multisite observational study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 109(8), 690-691. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-326055

Model Predictive Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Computational Burden (2024)
Journal Article
Kadhum, H., Watson, A. J., Rivera, M., Zanchetta, P., & Wheeler, P. (2024). Model Predictive Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Computational Burden. Energies, 17(11), Article 2519. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17112519

Recent advances in high-power applications employing voltage source converters have been primarily fuelled by the emergence of the modular multilevel converter (MMC) and its derivatives. Model predictive control (MPC) has emerged as an effective way... Read More about Model Predictive Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with Reduced Computational Burden.

Increasing AGN sample completeness using long-term near-infrared variability (2024)
Journal Article
Green, K., Elmer, E., Maltby, D. T., Almaini, O., Merrifield, M., & Hartley, W. G. (2024). Increasing AGN sample completeness using long-term near-infrared variability. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(2), 2551-2562. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1322

In this work, we use 8 years of deep near-infrared imaging to select and study a new set of 601 active galaxies identified through long-term near-infrared (NIR) variability in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey (UDS). These objects are compared to 710 X-ra... Read More about Increasing AGN sample completeness using long-term near-infrared variability.

A requirement for the use of supplementary oxygen to guide medical treatment decisions may introduce bias against non-white individuals (2024)
Journal Article
Crooks, C. J., West, J., Morling, J. R., Simmonds, M., Juurlink, I., Briggs, S., Cruickshank, S., Hammond-Pears, S., Shaw, D., Card, T. R., & Fogarty, A. W. (2024). A requirement for the use of supplementary oxygen to guide medical treatment decisions may introduce bias against non-white individuals. European Respiratory Journal, 63(6), Article 2302320. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02320-2023

Oxytocin (2024)
Book Chapter
Anand-Ivell, R., Ludwig, M., Tribe, R., & Ivell, R. (2024). Oxytocin. In Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21477-6.00121-8

The small peptide hormone oxytocin has long been recognized as a key factor in the natural induction of the birth process at the end of pregnancy, as well as in the release of milk upon suckling by the infant. It has additional roles within the brain... Read More about Oxytocin.

A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition (2024)
Journal Article
Haselgrove, M., & Mah, S. L. (2024). A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 50(3), 186-196. https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000381

Latent inhibition is said to occur when learning about the relationship between a cue and an outcome proceeds more readily when the cue is novel relative to when the cue has been rendered familiar through mere preexposure. Previous studies suggest th... Read More about A Developmental Trajectory of Latent Inhibition.

Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, Q., Klumpner, C., Li, Y., & Ahmed, M. R. (2024). Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 39(9), 11176 - 11186. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2024.3404260

This paper presents a novel unbalanced capacitor voltage (UCV) soft switching boost converter under full loads range with a simple control scheme. The topology consists of a half bridge switching-leg, filter inductor, and an auxiliary circuit contain... Read More about Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage.

A Wireless Power Transmission System Based on Hybrid Self-switching of Coupled Inductors (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, H., Chen, H., Wang, X., Gorbounov, Y., Orabi, M., Gaafar, M., Wheeler, P., & Rafajdus, P. (in press). A Wireless Power Transmission System Based on Hybrid Self-switching of Coupled Inductors. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,

This paper proposes a wireless power transfer (WPT)
system based on hybrid self-switching of coupled inductor (WPT-
HSCI) that not only realizes constant current (CC)/constant
voltage (CV) output but also effectively copes with a variety of
abnor... Read More about A Wireless Power Transmission System Based on Hybrid Self-switching of Coupled Inductors.

Porous isoreticular non-metal organic frameworks (2024)
Journal Article
O’Shaughnessy, M., Glover, J., Hafizi, R., Barhi, M., Clowes, R., Chong, S. Y., …Cooper, A. I. (2024). Porous isoreticular non-metal organic frameworks. Nature, 630(8015), 102-108. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07353-9

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are useful synthetic materials that are built by the programmed assembly of metal nodes and organic linkers1. The success of MOFs results from the isoreticular principle2, which allows families of structurally analogou... Read More about Porous isoreticular non-metal organic frameworks.