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Highly sensitive optical fibre Bragg grating contact pressure sensor embedded in a polymer layer: modelling and experimental validation (2024)
Journal Article
Abeywardena, C., Zhang, Q., Korposh, S., Morgan, S., Bull, S., & Correia, R. (2024). Highly sensitive optical fibre Bragg grating contact pressure sensor embedded in a polymer layer: modelling and experimental validation. Results in Optics, 14, Article 100604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rio.2024.100604

This paper discusses mathematical modelling and experimental validation of a highly sensitive optical fibre Bragg grating (FBG) contact pressure sensor developed for healthcare applications. Bare FBGs are not very sensitive to pressure (~ 3x10-3 nm/M... Read More about Highly sensitive optical fibre Bragg grating contact pressure sensor embedded in a polymer layer: modelling and experimental validation.

Perturbative effective field theory expansions for cosmological phase transitions (2024)
Journal Article
Gould, O., & Tenkanen, T. V. I. (2024). Perturbative effective field theory expansions for cosmological phase transitions. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024, Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01%282024%29048

Guided by previous non-perturbative lattice simulations of a two-step electroweak phase transition, we reformulate the perturbative analysis of equilibrium thermodynamics for generic cosmological phase transitions in terms of effective field theory (... Read More about Perturbative effective field theory expansions for cosmological phase transitions.

The Megaric Possibility Paradox (2024)
Journal Article
Steinkrüger, P., & Duncombe, M. (2024). The Megaric Possibility Paradox. Apeiron, 57(1), 111-137. https://doi.org/10.1515/apeiron-2022-0100

In Metaphysics Theta 3 Aristotle attributes to the Megarics and unknown others a notorious modal thesis: (M) something can φ only if it is φ-ing. Aristotle does not tell us what motivated (M). Almost all scholars take Aristotle’s report to indicate t... Read More about The Megaric Possibility Paradox.

Academic mothers and the practice of embodied care: navigating and resisting uncaring structures in the neoliberal academy (2024)
Journal Article
Touboulic, A., & Pecis, L. (2024). Academic mothers and the practice of embodied care: navigating and resisting uncaring structures in the neoliberal academy. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/edi-07-2022-0194

Purpose: Recent research has captured the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in widening gender inequalities, by highlighting that academic women have been disproportionately affected. During the COVID-19 pandemic, women assumed most of the care labour... Read More about Academic mothers and the practice of embodied care: navigating and resisting uncaring structures in the neoliberal academy.

(Dis)placing veterinary medicine: Veterinary borderlands in laboratory animal research (2024)
Book Chapter
Anderson, A., & Hobson-West, P. (2024). (Dis)placing veterinary medicine: Veterinary borderlands in laboratory animal research. In Researching animal research : What the humanities and social sciences can contribute to laboratory animal science and welfare (223-246). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526165770.00018

The veterinary profession is complex and heterogeneous, embedded in a variety of social contexts. One such context is the animal research laboratory where, in the UK, Named Veterinary Surgeons (NVSs) have key legislative responsibilities for animal c... Read More about (Dis)placing veterinary medicine: Veterinary borderlands in laboratory animal research.

Perlecan (HSPG2) promotes structural, contractile, and metabolic development of human cardiomyocytes (2024)
Journal Article
Johnson, B. B., Cosson, M.-V., Tsansizi, L. I., Holmes, T. L., Gilmore, T., Hampton, K., …Smith, J. G. W. (2024). Perlecan (HSPG2) promotes structural, contractile, and metabolic development of human cardiomyocytes. Cell Reports, 43(1), Article 113668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113668

Perlecan (HSPG2), a heparan sulfate proteoglycan similar to agrin, is key for extracellular matrix (ECM) maturation and stabilization. Although crucial for cardiac development, its role remains elusive. We show that perlecan expression increases as c... Read More about Perlecan (HSPG2) promotes structural, contractile, and metabolic development of human cardiomyocytes.

Researching animal research: What the humanities and social sciences can contribute to laboratory animal science and welfare (2024)
Book
Davies, G., Greenhough, B., Hobson-West, P., Kirk, R. G., & Palmer, A. (Eds.). (2024). Researching animal research: What the humanities and social sciences can contribute to laboratory animal science and welfare. Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526165770

Every year around 80 million scientific procedures are carried out on animals globally. These experiments have the potential to generate new understandings of biology and clinical treatments. They also give rise to ongoing societal debate. This bo... Read More about Researching animal research: What the humanities and social sciences can contribute to laboratory animal science and welfare.

Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Predicting Rheological Behavior of BN-diamond/Thermal Oil Hybrid Nanofluids (2024)
Journal Article
Ali, A., Noshad, N., Kumar, A., Ilyas, S. U., Phelan, P. E., Alsaady, M., …Yan, Y. (2024). Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Predicting Rheological Behavior of BN-diamond/Thermal Oil Hybrid Nanofluids. Fluids, 9(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9010020

The use of nanofluids in heat transfer applications has significantly increased in recent times due to their enhanced thermal properties. It is therefore important to investigate the flow behavior and, thus, the rheology of different nanosuspensions... Read More about Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Predicting Rheological Behavior of BN-diamond/Thermal Oil Hybrid Nanofluids.

Densely Knowledge-Aware Network for Multivariate Time Series Classification (2024)
Journal Article
Xiao, Z., Xing, H., Qu, R., Feng, L., Luo, S., Dai, P., …Dai, Y. (2024). Densely Knowledge-Aware Network for Multivariate Time Series Classification. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 54(4), 2192-2204. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsmc.2023.3342640

Multivariate time series classification (MTSC) based on deep learning (DL) has attracted increasingly more research attention. The performance of a DL-based MTSC algorithm is heavily dependent on the quality of the learned representations providing s... Read More about Densely Knowledge-Aware Network for Multivariate Time Series Classification.

Cost-effectiveness of two online interventions supporting self-care for eczema for parents/carers and young people (2024)
Journal Article
Sach, T. H., Onoja, M., Clarke, H., Santer, M., Muller, I., Becque, T., …Thomas, K. S. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of two online interventions supporting self-care for eczema for parents/carers and young people. European Journal of Health Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-023-01649-9

Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of online behavioral interventions (EczemaCareOnline.org.uk) designed to support eczema self-care management for parents/carers and young people from an NHS perspective. Methods: Two within-trial economic... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of two online interventions supporting self-care for eczema for parents/carers and young people.

Enhancing emotion regulation with an in situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Williams, A. J., Cleare, S., Borschmann, R., Tench, C. R., Gross, J., Hollis, C., …Slovak, P. (2024). Enhancing emotion regulation with an in situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14(1), Article e079801. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079801

Introduction: Purrble, a socially assistive robot, was codesigned with children to support in situ emotion regulation. Preliminary evidence has found that LGBTQ+ youth are receptive to Purrble and find it to be an acceptable intervention to assist wi... Read More about Enhancing emotion regulation with an in situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Understanding the effect of white matter delays on large scale brain synchrony (2024)
Journal Article
Şaylı, M., & Coombes, S. (2024). Understanding the effect of white matter delays on large scale brain synchrony. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 131, Article 107803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2023.107803

The presence of myelin is a powerful structural factor that controls the conduction speed of mammalian axons. It is the combination of local synaptic activity and non-local delayed axonal interactions within the cortex that is believed to be the majo... Read More about Understanding the effect of white matter delays on large scale brain synchrony.

The Effect of Thrust Vectoring on Aeroelastic Stability of Electric Aircraft (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Amoozgar, M., Hall, M., Dimitriadis, G., & Cooper, J. E. (2024, January). The Effect of Thrust Vectoring on Aeroelastic Stability of Electric Aircraft. Paper presented at AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, Orlando, FL

In this paper, the effect of thrust vectoring of propulsors on the aeroelastic stability of an electric aircraft wing powered up with electric propulsors is investigated. The electric aircraft is composed of six high-lift and one cruise propulsors. T... Read More about The Effect of Thrust Vectoring on Aeroelastic Stability of Electric Aircraft.

Reply (2024)
Journal Article
Brenner, D. M., Corsetti, M., Drossman, D., Tack, J., & Wald, A. (2024). Reply. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2023.12.026

Alumina/GNPs coating on textured WC/Co substrate: microstructure and tribology (2024)
Journal Article
Sun, J., Liu, C., Venturi, F., Romero, A. R., & Hussain, T. (2024). Alumina/GNPs coating on textured WC/Co substrate: microstructure and tribology. Materials Science and Technology, 40(10), 782-798. https://doi.org/10.1177/02670836231223800

This work aims to provide a method for improving the tribological properties of WC/Co substrates. Laser surface texturing technology was employed to fabricate micro-grooves on the substrate surfaces. Suspension high velocity oxy fuel thermal spraying... Read More about Alumina/GNPs coating on textured WC/Co substrate: microstructure and tribology.

Educational interventions for imposter phenomenon in healthcare: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Siddiqui, Z. K., Church, H. R., Jayasuriya, R., Boddice, T., & Tomlinson, J. (2024). Educational interventions for imposter phenomenon in healthcare: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education, 24(1), Article 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04984-w

Background Imposter Phenomenon (IP) is a subjective feeling of intellectual fraudulence and self-doubt experienced by individuals in goal-orientated high-achieving professions. The impact of IP within healthcare has been associated with individual p... Read More about Educational interventions for imposter phenomenon in healthcare: a scoping review.

Conofolidine, a Natural Plant Alkaloid Causes Apoptosis and Senescence in Cancer Cells (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Al-Hayali, M. Z., Nge, C., Lim, K. H., Collins, H. M., Kam, T. S., & Bradshaw, T. D. Conofolidine, a Natural Plant Alkaloid Causes Apoptosis and Senescence in Cancer Cells

Natural products contribute substantially to anticancer therapy; the plant kingdom provides an important source of molecules. Conofolidine is a novel Aspidosperma-Aspidosperma bisindole alkaloid isolated from the Malayan plant Tabernaemontana corymbo... Read More about Conofolidine, a Natural Plant Alkaloid Causes Apoptosis and Senescence in Cancer Cells.

Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-PALL): a qualitative interview study (2024)
Journal Article
Leach, I., Mayland, C. R., Turner, N., & Mitchell, S. (2024). Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-PALL): a qualitative interview study. British Journal of General Practice, 74(739), e88-e95. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0071

Background Palliative care improves quality of life for people with life-threatening illnesses. There are longstanding inequalities in access to palliative care, with many people never identified as having palliative care needs, particularly frail ol... Read More about Understanding patient views and experiences of the IDENTIfication of PALLiative care needs (IDENTI-PALL): a qualitative interview study.

Evaluating participant experiences of Community Panels to scrutinise policy modelling for health inequalities: the SIPHER Consortium (2024)
Journal Article
Stewart, E., SIPHER Greater Manchester Community Panel, SIPHER Scotland Community Panel, SIPHER Sheffield Community Panel, & Such, E. (2024). Evaluating participant experiences of Community Panels to scrutinise policy modelling for health inequalities: the SIPHER Consortium. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00521-7

Data-intensive research, including policy modelling, poses some distinctive challenges for efforts to mainstream public involvement into health research. There is a need for learning about how to design and deliver involvement for these types of rese... Read More about Evaluating participant experiences of Community Panels to scrutinise policy modelling for health inequalities: the SIPHER Consortium.

Creative Arts and Eating Disorders in Men (2024)
Book Chapter
Bartel, H. (in press). Creative Arts and Eating Disorders in Men. In P. Crawford, & P. Kadetz (Eds.), Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Health Humanities (1-10). Cham Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan