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Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers (2024)
Journal Article
Luo, M., & Gan, G. (2024). Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers. Applied Thermal Engineering, 248(Part A), Article 123215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123215

The thermal performance of a slinky ground heat exchanger has been investigated using a validated transient 3D model for different trench separations, installation depths, soil properties, and daily operation hours. The effect of trench separation on... Read More about Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers.

Differentiating between harm to users and third parties in the UK’s Online Safety regulations: The phenomena of TikTok Frenzies (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Colegate, E. (2024, April). Differentiating between harm to users and third parties in the UK’s Online Safety regulations: The phenomena of TikTok Frenzies. Paper presented at Conference Name: 'Digital and Green: Twin Transitions?' British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association 39th Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland

When concentrated discussion centres on online harms and the harms experienced online as a consequence of interactions, research and regulatory initiatives focus on the individual user interacting with the content. Whilst it is well documented that t... Read More about Differentiating between harm to users and third parties in the UK’s Online Safety regulations: The phenomena of TikTok Frenzies.

Development and validation of a new algorithm for improved cardiovascular risk prediction (2024)
Journal Article
Hippisley-Cox, J., Coupland, C. A. C., Bafadhel, M., Russell, R. E. K., Sheikh, A., Brindle, P., & Channon, K. M. (2024). Development and validation of a new algorithm for improved cardiovascular risk prediction. Nature Medicine, 30, 1440-1447. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02905-y

QRISK algorithms use data from millions of people to help clinicians identify individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Here, we derive and externally validate a new algorithm, which we have named QR4, that incorporates novel risk fac... Read More about Development and validation of a new algorithm for improved cardiovascular risk prediction.

The Tawḥīds of Ibn Taymiyya (2024)
Book Chapter
Hoover, J. The Tawḥīds of Ibn Taymiyya. In W. Amin, S. Rizvi, & A. Hughes (Eds.), Islamic Perspectives on God and (Other) Monotheism(s). AMI Press

The rat Osteoarthritis Bone Score: a new histological system for scoring subchondral pathology in rat knees analogous to histological correlates of human OA bone marrow lesions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McWilliams, D. F., Shahtaheri, M., Koushesh, S., Joseph, C., Gowler, P., Chapman, V., …Walsh, D. A. (2024). The rat Osteoarthritis Bone Score: a new histological system for scoring subchondral pathology in rat knees analogous to histological correlates of human OA bone marrow lesions. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 32(Supplement 1), S432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.02.633

Purpose (the aim of the study): Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) are detected by MRI in the in human osteoarthritis (OA) subchondral bone and associated with pain. We previously described 7 histological features associated with BMLs from which we developed... Read More about The rat Osteoarthritis Bone Score: a new histological system for scoring subchondral pathology in rat knees analogous to histological correlates of human OA bone marrow lesions.

Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of earthbag-wall units incorporated with phase change materials (2024)
Journal Article
Farouq, M. M., Mirzaei, P. A., Jimenez-Bescos, C., & Riffat, S. (2024). Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of earthbag-wall units incorporated with phase change materials. Journal of Building Engineering, 90, Article 109306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109306

The demand for temporary housing for refugees and displaced communities has led to the development of earthbag buildings. While these structures are affordable and sustainable, they often struggle with thermal discomfort in extreme climates. This stu... Read More about Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of earthbag-wall units incorporated with phase change materials.

Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Hooshmand, H., Piano, S., Leach, R., Coupland, J., Ren, M., …Su, R. (2024). Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements. Precision Engineering, 88, 699-706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precisioneng.2024.04.016

Coherence scanning interferometry (CSI), based on the principle of interference, can achieve sub-nanometer precision for height measurements. On the other hand, focus variation microscopy (FVM), combining the small depth of field of the objective, is... Read More about Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements.

Synthesis and Structural Studies of peri-Substituted Acenaphthenes with Tertiary Phosphine and Stibine Groups (2024)
Journal Article
Taylor, L. J., Lawson, E. E., Cordes, D. B., Athukorala Arachchige, K. S., Slawin, A. M. Z., Chalmers, B. A., & Kilian, P. (2024). Synthesis and Structural Studies of peri-Substituted Acenaphthenes with Tertiary Phosphine and Stibine Groups. Molecules, 29(8), Article 1841. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29081841

Two mixed peri-substituted phosphine-chlorostibines, Acenap(PiPr2)(SbPhCl) and Acenap(PiPr2)(SbCl2) (Acenap = acenaphthene-5,6-diyl) reacted cleanly with Grignard reagents or nBuLi to give the corresponding tertiary phosphine-stibines Acenap(PiPr2)(S... Read More about Synthesis and Structural Studies of peri-Substituted Acenaphthenes with Tertiary Phosphine and Stibine Groups.

Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach (2024)
Journal Article
Hiltensperger, R., Ryan, G., Ben-Dor, I. A., Charles, A., Epple, E., Kalha, J., Korde, P., Kotera, Y., Mpango, R., Moran, G., Mueller-Stierlin, A. S., Nixdorf, R., Ramesh, M., Shamba, D., Slade, M., Puschner, B., & Nakku, J. (2024). Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach. BMC Health Services Research, 24, Article 480. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10990-5

Background
Stakeholder engagement is essential to the design, implementation and evaluation of complex mental health interventions like peer support. Theory of Change (ToC) is commonly used in global health research to help structure and promote sta... Read More about Implementation of peer support for people with severe mental health conditions in high-, middle- and low-income-countries: a theory of change approach.

Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (2024)
Journal Article
Murray, R. L., Alexandris, P., Baldwin, D., Brain, K., Britton, J., Crosbie, P. A. J., Gabe, R., Lewis, S., Parrott, S., Quaife, S. L., Tam, H. Z., Wu, Q., Beeken, R., Copeland, H., Eckert, C., Hancock, N., Lindop, J., McCutchan, G., Marshall, C., Neal, R. D., …Callister, M. E. (2024). Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial. European Respiratory Journal, 63(4), Article 2301768. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01768-2023

BACKGROUND: Up to 50% of those attending for low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer continue to smoke and co-delivery of smoking cessation services alongside screening may maximise clinical benefit. Here we present data from an opt-ou... Read More about Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial.

It’s not ok to not be ok . . . when you’re a prison governor: The impact of workplace culture on prison governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales (2024)
Journal Article
Nichols, H., Saunders, G., Harrison, K., Mason, R., Smith, L., & Hall, L. (in press). It’s not ok to not be ok . . . when you’re a prison governor: The impact of workplace culture on prison governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales. Incarceration, https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663241253

The wellbeing of prison governors has received little attention in penological research to date. The findings of this research reveal that governors’ wellbeing is negatively impacted by a dominant Masculinity Contest Culture (MCC) permeating through... Read More about It’s not ok to not be ok . . . when you’re a prison governor: The impact of workplace culture on prison governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales.

Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Dikomitis, L., Harrisson, S. A., White, S., Helliwell, T., …Jinks, C. (in press). Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study. BJGP Open, BJGPO.2023.0221. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0221

Opioids are frequently prescribed for persistent non-cancer pain despite limited evidence of long-term effectiveness and risk of harm. Evidence-based interventions to address inappropriate opioid prescribing are lacking. To explore perspectives of pe... Read More about Designing a primary care pharmacist-led review for people treated with opioids for persistent pain: a multi-method qualitative study.

Double‐digest restriction‐associated DNA sequencing‐based genotyping and its applications in sesame germplasm management (2024)
Journal Article
Ruperao, P., Bajaj, P., Yadav, R., Angamuthu, M., Subramani, R., Rai, V., Tiwari, K., Rathore, A., Singh, K., Singh, G. P., Angadi, U. B., Mayes, S., & Rangan, P. (2024). Double‐digest restriction‐associated DNA sequencing‐based genotyping and its applications in sesame germplasm management. The Plant Genome, 17(2), Article e20447. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20447

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is an ancient oilseed crop belonging to the family Pedaliaceae and a globally cultivated crop for its use as oil and food. In this study, 2496 sesame accessions, being conserved at the National Genebank of ICAR-National Bu... Read More about Double‐digest restriction‐associated DNA sequencing‐based genotyping and its applications in sesame germplasm management.

InSAR-measured permafrost degradation of palsa peatlands in northern Sweden (2024)
Journal Article
Valman, S., Siewert, M. B., Boyd, D., Ledger, M., Gee, D., de la Barreda-Bautista, B., …Sjögersten, S. (2024). InSAR-measured permafrost degradation of palsa peatlands in northern Sweden. Cryosphere, 18(4), 1773-1790. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1773-2024

Climate warming is degrading palsa peatlands across the circumpolar permafrost region. Permafrost degradation may lead to ecosystem collapse and potentially strong climate feedbacks, as this ecosystem is an important carbon store and can transition t... Read More about InSAR-measured permafrost degradation of palsa peatlands in northern Sweden.

A review of techno-economic analyses and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biomass-to-hydrocarbon “drop-in” fuels (2024)
Journal Article
Lilonfe, S., Davies, B., Abdul-Manan, A. F., Dimitriou, I., & McKechnie, J. (2024). A review of techno-economic analyses and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biomass-to-hydrocarbon “drop-in” fuels. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 47, 425-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.04.016

Synthetic “drop-in” fuels are compatible with existing fuel and vehicle infrastructures and, when produced sustainably, they could play an important role in mitigating the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from transportation, especially in the har... Read More about A review of techno-economic analyses and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biomass-to-hydrocarbon “drop-in” fuels.

The juvenile hormone analogue, pyriproxifen, alters protein and fat composition of Tenebrio molitor larvae (2024)
Journal Article
Hill, V., Lopez-Viso, C., Brameld, J., Salter, A., & Parr, T. (2024). The juvenile hormone analogue, pyriproxifen, alters protein and fat composition of Tenebrio molitor larvae. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, https://doi.org/10.1163/23524588-00001043

Maximising the yield of product from livestock is common practice in the agriculture industry and there is potential to extend this practice to the emerging insect industry, to produce high-quality, sustainable protein. Tenebrio molitor larvae, commo... Read More about The juvenile hormone analogue, pyriproxifen, alters protein and fat composition of Tenebrio molitor larvae.

A machine learning-driven approach to predicting thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication in journal bearings (2024)
Journal Article
Cartwright, S., Rothwell, B. C., Figueredo, G., Medina, H., Eastwick, C., Layton, J., & Ambrose, S. (2024). A machine learning-driven approach to predicting thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication in journal bearings. Tribology International, 196, Article 109670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2024.109670

Traditional methods of evaluating the performance of journal bearings, for example thermal-elastic-hydrodynamic- lubrication theory, are limited to simplified conditions that often fail to accurately model real-world components. Numerical models that... Read More about A machine learning-driven approach to predicting thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication in journal bearings.

Introducing IOS11 as an extended interactive version of the ‘Inclusion of Other in the Self’ scale to estimate relationship closeness (2024)
Journal Article
Baader, M., Starmer, C., Tufano, F., & Gächter, S. (2024). Introducing IOS11 as an extended interactive version of the ‘Inclusion of Other in the Self’ scale to estimate relationship closeness. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 8901. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58042-6

The study of relationship closeness has a long history in psychology and is currently expanding across the social sciences, including economics. Estimating relationship closeness requires appropriate tools. Here, we introduce and test a tool for esti... Read More about Introducing IOS11 as an extended interactive version of the ‘Inclusion of Other in the Self’ scale to estimate relationship closeness.

Quantification of play behaviour in farmed calves using automated ultra-wide band location data and its association with age, weaning and health status (2024)
Journal Article
Vázquez-Diosdado, J., Doidge, C., Bushby, E., Occhiuto, F., & Kaler, J. (2024). Quantification of play behaviour in farmed calves using automated ultra-wide band location data and its association with age, weaning and health status. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 8872. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59142-z

Play behaviour can act as an indicator of positive animal welfare. Previous attempts to predict play behaviour in farmed calves are limited because of the classification methods used, which lead to overestimation, and the short time periods that calv... Read More about Quantification of play behaviour in farmed calves using automated ultra-wide band location data and its association with age, weaning and health status.

An examination of how executive remuneration and firm performance are influenced by Chair-CEO diversity attributes (2024)
Journal Article
Grey, C., Flynn, A., & Adu, D. A. (2024). An examination of how executive remuneration and firm performance are influenced by Chair-CEO diversity attributes. International Review of Financial Analysis, 94, Article 103290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103290

Advancing prior research, this study investigates the effect of Chair-CEO diversity on the relationship between executive remuneration and firm performance. Employing a unique sample of 262 UK listed firms from 2009 to 2020, our findings are five-fol... Read More about An examination of how executive remuneration and firm performance are influenced by Chair-CEO diversity attributes.