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Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia (2024)
Journal Article
Baigaliyeva, M., Mount, N., Gosling, S. N., & McGowan, S. (in press). Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia. PLoS ONE,

Endorheic lakes, lacking river outflows, are highly sensitive to environmental changes and human interventions. Central Asia (CA) has over 6000 lakes that have experienced substantial water level variability in the past century, yet causes of recent... Read More about Unravelling long-term impact of water abstraction and climate change on endorheic lakes: A case study of Shortandy Lake in Central Asia.

Propranolol attenuates the establishment of conditioned context aversions: differential effects compared to MK-801 in an animal model of anticipatory nausea and vomiting (2024)
Journal Article
İlhan, Ç. F., Ülke, E., Urcelay, G. P., & Kişlal, S. (2024). Propranolol attenuates the establishment of conditioned context aversions: differential effects compared to MK-801 in an animal model of anticipatory nausea and vomiting. Behavioural Pharmacology, 35(5), 293–302. https://doi.org/10.1097/fbp.0000000000000779

Cancer patients often experience anticipatory nausea and vomiting (ANV) due to Pavlovian conditioning. Both N-methyl-D-aspartate and beta-adrenergic receptors are known to mediate memory formation, but their role in the development of ANV remains unc... Read More about Propranolol attenuates the establishment of conditioned context aversions: differential effects compared to MK-801 in an animal model of anticipatory nausea and vomiting.

Review on onshore and offshore large-scale seasonal hydrogen storage for electricity generation: Focusing on improving compression, storage, and roundtrip efficiency (2024)
Journal Article
Adams, M. J., Wadge, M. D., Sheppard, D., Stuart, A., & Grant, D. M. (2024). Review on onshore and offshore large-scale seasonal hydrogen storage for electricity generation: Focusing on improving compression, storage, and roundtrip efficiency. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 73, 95-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.421

This article presents a comprehensive review of the current landscape and prospects of large-scale hydrogen storage technologies, with a focus on both onshore and offshore applications, and flexibility. Highlighting the evolving technological advance... Read More about Review on onshore and offshore large-scale seasonal hydrogen storage for electricity generation: Focusing on improving compression, storage, and roundtrip efficiency.

The Digital Desistance Manifesto (2024)
Book Chapter
Knight, V., Elison-Davies, S., Farley, H., & Tangen, J. (2024). The Digital Desistance Manifesto. In I. Mahoney, & R. Chowdhury (Eds.), Holistic Responses to Reducing Reoffending (62-80). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003342328-5

Desistance theories in criminology explore how individuals stop engaging in criminal behaviours and have gained increased attention since the 1990s. Desistance involves actively leaving criminality behind and rebuilding one's identity in contrast to... Read More about The Digital Desistance Manifesto.

Addressing risks to mental health from climate change: a policy capacity analysis of England (2024)
Journal Article
Turnpenny, J., & Alexander, M. (in press). Addressing risks to mental health from climate change: a policy capacity analysis of England. Climate Policy, https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2024.2362848

Climate change and mental health are inextricably linked crises that demand urgent responses within the health sector and beyond. Mental health challenges associated with climate change are wide-ranging. They include depression, anxiety and post-trau... Read More about Addressing risks to mental health from climate change: a policy capacity analysis of England.

Cubic double perovskites host noncoplanar spin textures (2024)
Journal Article
Paddison, J. A., Zhang, H., Yan, J., Cliffe, M. J., McGuire, M. A., Do, S. H., …Christianson, A. D. (2024). Cubic double perovskites host noncoplanar spin textures. npj Quantum Materials, 9(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-024-00650-6

Magnetic materials with noncoplanar magnetic structures can show unusual physical properties driven by nontrivial topology. Topologically-active states are often multi-q structures, which are challenging to stabilize in models and to identify in mate... Read More about Cubic double perovskites host noncoplanar spin textures.

Evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a smoking cessation service in Derbyshire: An interrupted time series analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Gleeson, H., Earnshaw, J., Craig, C., Hodson, C., & Szatkowski, L. (2024). Evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a smoking cessation service in Derbyshire: An interrupted time series analysis. PLoS ONE, 19(6), Article e0303876. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303876

Background Data published early in the COVID-19 pandemic suggested that smokers infected with SARS-CoV-2 were more likely to need hospital treatment or die than non-smokers, and thus this was seen as a motivator to encourage smokers to make a quit a... Read More about Evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a smoking cessation service in Derbyshire: An interrupted time series analysis.

Modelling the role of enzymatic pathways in the metabolism of docosahexaenoic acid by monocytes and its association with osteoarthritic pain (2024)
Journal Article
Franks, S. J., Gowler, P. R., Dunster, J. L., Turnbull, J., Gohir, S. A., Kelly, A., …Preston, S. (2024). Modelling the role of enzymatic pathways in the metabolism of docosahexaenoic acid by monocytes and its association with osteoarthritic pain. Mathematical Biosciences, 374, Article 109228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2024.109228

Chronic pain is a major cause of disability and suffering in osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Endogenous specialised pro-resolving molecules (SPMs) curtail pro-inflammatory responses. One of the SPM intermediate oxylipins, 17-hydroxydocasahexaenoic acid... Read More about Modelling the role of enzymatic pathways in the metabolism of docosahexaenoic acid by monocytes and its association with osteoarthritic pain.

How to talk about British colonialism in the middle of a culture war (2024)
Journal Article
Legg, S. (2024). How to talk about British colonialism in the middle of a culture war. Journal of Historical Geography, 84, 154-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.05.007

In this 'Historical Geography at Large' review I recount my participation in an August 2023 summer school led by Professor Alan Lester at the University of Sussex, entitled 'How to talk about British colonialism in the middle of a culture war'. The w... Read More about How to talk about British colonialism in the middle of a culture war.

Gray categories with duals and their diagrams (2024)
Journal Article
Barrett, J. W., Meusburger, C., & Schaumann, G. (2024). Gray categories with duals and their diagrams. Advances in Mathematics, 450, Article 109740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2024.109740

The geometric and algebraic properties of Gray categories with duals are investigated by means of a diagrammatic calculus. The diagrams are three-dimensional stratifications of a cube, with regions, surfaces, lines and vertices labelled by Gray categ... Read More about Gray categories with duals and their diagrams.

Local versus global environment: the suppression of star formation in the vicinity of galaxy clusters (2024)
Journal Article
De Vos, K., Merrifield, M. R., & Hatch, N. A. (2024). Local versus global environment: the suppression of star formation in the vicinity of galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4383–4390. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1403

In order to examine where, how and why the quenching of star formation begins in the outskirts of galaxy clusters, we investigate the de-projected radial distribution of a large sample of quenched and star-forming galaxies (SFGs) out to 30R500 around... Read More about Local versus global environment: the suppression of star formation in the vicinity of galaxy clusters.

An apparent inductance online identification for sensorless control of permanent magnet synchronous motor (2024)
Journal Article
Yang, G., Weizhang, S., Wheeler, P., & Yang, Y. (2024). An apparent inductance online identification for sensorless control of permanent magnet synchronous motor. Electronics Letters, 60(11), Article e13233. https://doi.org/10.1049/ell2.13233

The model‐based sensorless control of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) relies on the motor parameters. In practice, the considerable uncertainty of inductance and the difference between the apparent inductance and the incremental inductance... Read More about An apparent inductance online identification for sensorless control of permanent magnet synchronous motor.

Novel Insights Into the Architecture of Macro and Microstructures in Cattle Ossa Cordis (2024)
Journal Article
Alsafy, M. A. M., El-Gendy, S. A. A., Atkinson, B., Sturrock, C. J., Kamal, B. M., Alibhai, A., …Rutland, C. S. (2024). Novel Insights Into the Architecture of Macro and Microstructures in Cattle Ossa Cordis. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30(3), 574-593. https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozae046

Ossa cordis, bones located within the heart trigones, are often classified as heterotopic or ectopic bones. Despite their high prevalence in cattle and some other bovids, little is known about their structure or development. Scanning electron microsc... Read More about Novel Insights Into the Architecture of Macro and Microstructures in Cattle Ossa Cordis.

Impact of Ground Heat Source Addition on Main Performance Parameters of Solar Chimney Power Plants: A Numerical Study (2024)
Journal Article
Cuce, E., & Omer, S. (2024). Impact of Ground Heat Source Addition on Main Performance Parameters of Solar Chimney Power Plants: A Numerical Study. Journal of Solar Energy Research Updates, 11, 45-54. https://doi.org/10.31875/2410-2199.2024.11.06

Solar energy systems can be an alternative to fossil fuels and are vital for a sustainable environment. It is promising that solar chimney power plants (SCPPs), which are among the solar energy systems, provide 24-hour power output (PO) and can work... Read More about Impact of Ground Heat Source Addition on Main Performance Parameters of Solar Chimney Power Plants: A Numerical Study.

Sparsely PEGylated poly(beta-amino ester) polyplexes enhance antigen specific T-cell response of a bivalent SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine (2024)
Journal Article
Bayraktutan, H., Symonds, P., Brentville, V. A., Moloney, C., Galley, C., Bennett, C. L., …Gurnani, P. (2024). Sparsely PEGylated poly(beta-amino ester) polyplexes enhance antigen specific T-cell response of a bivalent SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine. Biomaterials, 311, Article 122647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122647

DNA technology has emerged as a promising route to accelerated manufacture of sequence agnostic vaccines. For activity, DNA vaccines must be protected and delivered to the correct antigen presenting cells. However, the physicochemical properties of t... Read More about Sparsely PEGylated poly(beta-amino ester) polyplexes enhance antigen specific T-cell response of a bivalent SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine.

Local versus global environment: The suppression of star formation in the vicinity of galaxy clusters (2024)
Journal Article
de Vos, K., Merrifield, M. R., & Hatch, N. A. (2024). Local versus global environment: The suppression of star formation in the vicinity of galaxy clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4383–4390. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1403

In order to examine where, how and why the quenching of star formation begins in the outskirts of galaxy clusters, we investigate the de-projected radial distribution of a large sample of quenched and star-forming galaxies (SFGs) out to 30R500 around... Read More about Local versus global environment: The suppression of star formation in the vicinity of galaxy clusters.

"Like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic"? Feasibility, Fairness, and Ethical Concerns of a Citizen Carbon Budget for Reducing CO2 Emissions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reyes-Cruz, G., Craigon, P., Piskopani, A.-M., Dowthwaite, L., Lu, Y., Lisinska, J., …Fischer, J. (2024). "Like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic"? Feasibility, Fairness, and Ethical Concerns of a Citizen Carbon Budget for Reducing CO2 Emissions. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3630106.3658904

Radical and disruptive interventions are needed to reach "Net Zero" by 2050 to avert the climate catastrophe. Although governments, companies, cities, and institutions have pledged to take action and reduce their carbon emissions, the idea of persona... Read More about "Like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic"? Feasibility, Fairness, and Ethical Concerns of a Citizen Carbon Budget for Reducing CO2 Emissions.

The Sporting Paper and the Culture of Popular Conservatism in Edwardian Britain (2024)
Journal Article
Cocks, H. (2024). The Sporting Paper and the Culture of Popular Conservatism in Edwardian Britain. Parliamentary History, 43(2), 207-225

Late-Victorian and Edwardian Popular Conservatism is now mainly seen as a cultural-ideological form, and this article aims to reconstruct one aspect of this ethos by focusing on the use of sport, especially horse racing, as a means of political diffe... Read More about The Sporting Paper and the Culture of Popular Conservatism in Edwardian Britain.

A novel higher-order sliding mode control for DC-DC boost converter system in PMDC motor exploring mismatched disturbances (2024)
Journal Article
R, D., Srinivasan, G. K., & Rivera, M. (2024). A novel higher-order sliding mode control for DC-DC boost converter system in PMDC motor exploring mismatched disturbances. Circuit World, https://doi.org/10.1108/CW-06-2023-0144

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to stabilize the rotating speed of the permanent magnet direct current (PMDC) motor driven by a DC-DC boost converter under mismatched disturbances (i.e.) under varying load circumstances like constant, frictiona... Read More about A novel higher-order sliding mode control for DC-DC boost converter system in PMDC motor exploring mismatched disturbances.

Conofolidine: A Natural Plant Alkaloid That Causes Apoptosis and Senescence in Cancer Cells (2024)
Journal Article
Al-Hayali, M. Z., Nge, C.-E., Lim, K. H., Collins, H. M., Kam, T.-S., & Bradshaw, T. D. (2024). Conofolidine: A Natural Plant Alkaloid That Causes Apoptosis and Senescence in Cancer Cells. Molecules, 29(11), Article 2654. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29112654

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 That Causes Apoptosis and Senescence in Cancer Cells.