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Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces (2024)
Journal Article
Schulz, S. A., Oulton, R. F., Kenney, M., Alù, A., Staude, I., Bashiri, A., …Fernandez-Corbaton, I. (2024). Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces. Applied Physics Letters, 124(26), Article 260701. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0204694

Here we present a roadmap on Photonic metasurfaces. This document consists of a number of perspective articles on different applications, challenge areas or technologies underlying photonic metasurfaces. Each perspective will introduce the topic, pre... Read More about Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces.

Hormone replacement therapy and cancer mortality in women with 17 site-specific cancers: a cohort study using linked medical records (2024)
Journal Article
Cardwell, C. R., Ranger, T. A., Labeit, A. M., Coupland, C. A. C., Hicks, B., Hughes, C., …Hippisley-Cox, J. (in press). Hormone replacement therapy and cancer mortality in women with 17 site-specific cancers: a cohort study using linked medical records. British Journal of Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-024-02767-8

Background: There is limited evidence on the safety of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) in women with cancer. Therefore, we systematically examined HRT use and cancer-specific mortality in women with 17 site-specific cancers. Methods: Women newly di... Read More about Hormone replacement therapy and cancer mortality in women with 17 site-specific cancers: a cohort study using linked medical records.

Archive and site: The ghost of Peter Eisenman's 1978 Cannaregio Ovest project in Venice (2024)
Journal Article
Lanuza, F. (2024). Archive and site: The ghost of Peter Eisenman's 1978 Cannaregio Ovest project in Venice. ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, 9(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.55588/ajar.389

In this paper, I discuss Peter Eisenman’s unbuilt proposal for the Cannaregio Ovest district in Venice, and develop a speculative reading linking the project’s archive and the site. I account for different absences involved to visually represent the... Read More about Archive and site: The ghost of Peter Eisenman's 1978 Cannaregio Ovest project in Venice.

A comparison of the top 500 papers in Clinical Nutrition ranked by citation and Altmetric Attention Scores (2024)
Journal Article
Lewis-Lloyd, C. A., & Lobo, D. N. (2024). A comparison of the top 500 papers in Clinical Nutrition ranked by citation and Altmetric Attention Scores. Clinical Nutrition, 43(8), 1790-1797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2024.06.021

Background and aims Citation scores (CS) have been traditionally used to measure the impact of scientific publications. Sourced from the Internet, Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS) are complementary metrics that assess how often publications are disc... Read More about A comparison of the top 500 papers in Clinical Nutrition ranked by citation and Altmetric Attention Scores.

Reconstructive surgery for women with female genital mutilation: A scoping review (2024)
Journal Article
Almadori, A., Palmieri, S., Coho, C., Evans, C., Elneil, S., & Albert, J. (2024). Reconstructive surgery for women with female genital mutilation: A scoping review. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17886

Background Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a global public health concern. However, reconstructive surgery remains unavailable in many countries. Objectives This scoping review, guided by Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) principles, explores ind... Read More about Reconstructive surgery for women with female genital mutilation: A scoping review.

Global China and Pakistan’s federal politics: 10 years of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (2024)
Journal Article
Adeney, K., & Boni, F. (2024). Global China and Pakistan’s federal politics: 10 years of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2024.2354568

The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the most prominent projects under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. While its geopolitical and financial implications have received much attention, CPEC’s mediation through the structures of Pakis... Read More about Global China and Pakistan’s federal politics: 10 years of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Effectiveness and safety of self-management interventions for improving glycemic control and health-related quality-of-life among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Carter, N., Nalbant, G., Chahal, P., & Chattopadhyay, K. (in press). Effectiveness and safety of self-management interventions for improving glycemic control and health-related quality-of-life among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JBI Evidence Synthesis, https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-23-00273

Objective: To assess and synthesize evidence on the effectiveness and safety of self- management interventions for improving glycemic control and health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in sub-Saha... Read More about Effectiveness and safety of self-management interventions for improving glycemic control and health-related quality-of-life among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

“It Will Be a Desert”: Extreme Weather and the Effects of Climate Catastrophe on Vulnerable Riparian Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya (2024)
Journal Article
Howland, O. (2024). “It Will Be a Desert”: Extreme Weather and the Effects of Climate Catastrophe on Vulnerable Riparian Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya. Land, 13(7), Article 913. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13070913

Urban riparian spaces are notoriously vulnerable, and pressure on water resources is growing. In the context of a fast-growing urban population and a lack of state-level structures and services to deal with water and sanitation, these spaces—includin... Read More about “It Will Be a Desert”: Extreme Weather and the Effects of Climate Catastrophe on Vulnerable Riparian Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya.

Recent progress in the extraction of terpenoids from essential oils and separation of the enantiomers by GC–MS (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Huang, J., Lin, X., Su, W., Zhu, P., Yang, N., & Adams, E. (2024). Recent progress in the extraction of terpenoids from essential oils and separation of the enantiomers by GC–MS. Journal of Chromatography A, 1730, Article 465118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2024.465118

Terpenoids possess significant physiological activities and are rich in essential oils. Some terpenoids have chiral centers and could form enantiomers with distinct physiological activities. Therefore, the extraction and separation of terpenoids enan... Read More about Recent progress in the extraction of terpenoids from essential oils and separation of the enantiomers by GC–MS.

Towards Frugal Industrial AI : A Framework for the Development of Scalable and Robust Machine Learning Models in the Shop Floor (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTINEZ ARELLANO, G. (2024, June). Towards Frugal Industrial AI : A Framework for the Development of Scalable and Robust Machine Learning Models in the Shop Floor. Paper presented at FAIM 2024, Taichung, Taiwan

Artificial Intelligence (AI) among other digital technologies promise to deliver the next level of process efficiency of manufacturing systems. Although these solutions such as machine learning (ML) based condition monitoring and quality inspection a... Read More about Towards Frugal Industrial AI : A Framework for the Development of Scalable and Robust Machine Learning Models in the Shop Floor.

Reconsidering the dynamical states of galaxy clusters using PCA and UMAP (2024)
Journal Article
Haggar, R., De Luca, F., De Petris, M., Sazonova, E., Taylor, J. E., Knebe, A., …Power, C. (2024). Reconsidering the dynamical states of galaxy clusters using PCA and UMAP. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532(1), 1031–1048. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1566

Numerous metrics exist to quantify the dynamical state of galaxy clusters, both observationally and within simulations. Many of these correlate strongly with one another, but it is not clear whether all of these measures probe the same intrinsic prop... Read More about Reconsidering the dynamical states of galaxy clusters using PCA and UMAP.

Monks, Martyrs, and Masculinity: rethinking Christian authority in early Islamic Palestine (2024)
Journal Article
Parker, L. (in press). Monks, Martyrs, and Masculinity: rethinking Christian authority in early Islamic Palestine. Journal of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies,

This article seeks to reassess monasticism within Abbasid Palestine, arguing that monasteries experienced decline and insecurity in the eighth and ninth centuries. It focuses on the Life of Stephen of Mar Sabas by Leontios of Damascus, arguing that L... Read More about Monks, Martyrs, and Masculinity: rethinking Christian authority in early Islamic Palestine.

Performance analysis of a battery thermal management system combining thermoelectric, composite phase change material, and liquid cooling under extreme operating conditions (2024)
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Luo, D., Wu, Z., Yan, Y., Sun, Z., Yang, L., & Cao, B. (2024). Performance analysis of a battery thermal management system combining thermoelectric, composite phase change material, and liquid cooling under extreme operating conditions. Journal of Energy Storage, 95, Article 112679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.112679

To maintain optimal operating temperatures for lithium-ion batteries under extreme operating conditions, a battery thermal management system (BTMS) integrating the thermoelectric cooler (TEC), liquid cooling, and composite phase change material (CPCM... Read More about Performance analysis of a battery thermal management system combining thermoelectric, composite phase change material, and liquid cooling under extreme operating conditions.

‘Beyond the Reach of Palliative Care’: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Public Experiences and Anticipation of Death and Dying (2024)
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Pollock, K., Caswell, G., Turner, N., & Wilson, E. (2024). ‘Beyond the Reach of Palliative Care’: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Public Experiences and Anticipation of Death and Dying. Qualitative Health Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323241246705

The demands and costs of health care resulting from increasingly ageing populations have become a major public health issue in the United Kingdom and other industrially developed nations. Concern with cost containment and shortage of resources has pr... Read More about ‘Beyond the Reach of Palliative Care’: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Public Experiences and Anticipation of Death and Dying.

Altered landscape of total RNA, tRNA and sncRNA modifications in the liver and spleen of mice infected by Toxoplasma gondii (2024)
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Zhang, X.-X., Sun, Y.-Z., Wang, W., Gao, Y., Wei, X.-Y., Sun, H.-C., …Guo, H.-P. (2024). Altered landscape of total RNA, tRNA and sncRNA modifications in the liver and spleen of mice infected by Toxoplasma gondii. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(6), Article e0012281. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012281

Background Pathogens can impact host RNA modification machinery to establish a favorable cellular environment for their replication. In the present study, we investigated the effect of Toxoplasma gondii infection on host RNA modification profiles... Read More about Altered landscape of total RNA, tRNA and sncRNA modifications in the liver and spleen of mice infected by Toxoplasma gondii.

Design and optimization of a thermoelectric generator with dimple fins to achieve higher net power (2024)
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Luo, D., Li, Z., Yan, Y., Yang, L., Cao, J., Yang, X., & Cao, B. (2024). Design and optimization of a thermoelectric generator with dimple fins to achieve higher net power. Applied Thermal Engineering, 252, Article 123735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123735

To enhance the performance of the automobile thermoelectric generator (ATEG), this study proposes a heat exchanger with dimple fins, where the number of dimples systematically increases along the direction of exhaust flow. The innovative combination... Read More about Design and optimization of a thermoelectric generator with dimple fins to achieve higher net power.

A classical hypothesis test for assessing the homogeneity of disease transmission in stochastic epidemic models (2024)
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Aristotelous, G., Kypraios, T., & O'neill, P. D. (in press). A classical hypothesis test for assessing the homogeneity of disease transmission in stochastic epidemic models. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics,

This paper addresses the problem of assessing the homogeneity of the disease transmission process in stochastic epidemic models in populations that are partitioned into social groups. We develop a classical hypothesis test for completed epidemics whi... Read More about A classical hypothesis test for assessing the homogeneity of disease transmission in stochastic epidemic models.

A novel and selective fluorescent ligand for the study of adenosine A2B receptors (2024)
Journal Article
Patera, F., Mistry, S. J., Kindon, N. D., Comeo, E., Gouding, J., Kellam, B., …Hill, S. J. (2024). A novel and selective fluorescent ligand for the study of adenosine A2B receptors. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, 12(4), Article e1223. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.1223

Fluorescent ligands have proved to be powerful tools in the study of G protein-coupled receptors in living cells. Here we have characterised a new fluorescent ligand PSB603-BY630 that has high selectivity for the human adenosine A2B receptor (A2BR).... Read More about A novel and selective fluorescent ligand for the study of adenosine A2B receptors.

Greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs: emission processes and management approaches (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, Z., Chan, F. K. S., Feng, M., & Johnson, M. F. (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs: emission processes and management approaches. Environmental Research Letters, 19(7), Article 073002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad560c

Hydropower reservoirs, as vital inland waters bodies of anthropogenic origin, exhibit distinct characteristics from natural waters, thereby garnering research interest in the quantification and mapping of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In this revie... Read More about Greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs: emission processes and management approaches.

On the productivity advantage of cities (2024)
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Jacob, N., & Mion, G. (in press). On the productivity advantage of cities. Journal of Economic Geography, Article lbae020. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbae020

Agglomeration externalities are the key factor explaining the existence of cities and their size. However, while the various micro foundations of agglomeration externalities stress the importance of total factor productivity (TFP), the empirical evid... Read More about On the productivity advantage of cities.