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Integrating 3D Printed Grinding Tools and Closed-Loop Temperature Management for Optimal Surgical Outcomes (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, B., Li, K., Liu, G., Xia, L., Guan, W., Guo, J., …Li, H. (2024). Integrating 3D Printed Grinding Tools and Closed-Loop Temperature Management for Optimal Surgical Outcomes. Advanced Materials Technologies, https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202400295

Grinding is a commonly employed surgical technique for the partial removal of bone. However, the grinding process often generates excessive heat at the interface, leading to localized temperature raise. This can result in irreversible damage to not o... Read More about Integrating 3D Printed Grinding Tools and Closed-Loop Temperature Management for Optimal Surgical Outcomes.

Multicenter study investigating long‐term survival after synovial lavage of contaminated and septic synovial structures in horses presented to 10 UK referral hospitals (2024)
Journal Article
de Souza, T. C., Burford, J., Freeman, S., Busschers, E., & Suthers, J. M. (2024). Multicenter study investigating long‐term survival after synovial lavage of contaminated and septic synovial structures in horses presented to 10 UK referral hospitals. Veterinary Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.14107

Objective To report the long-term survival of adult horses that were subjected to synovial lavage for treatment of contaminated and septic synovial structures. Study design Multicenter, prospective observational trial. Animals Horses (n = 24... Read More about Multicenter study investigating long‐term survival after synovial lavage of contaminated and septic synovial structures in horses presented to 10 UK referral hospitals.

3D printed zirconia ceramic tool for bone repair with multifunction of drug release, drilling and implantation (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, B., Zhao, Y., Liu, G., Chen, Y., Mei, J., Xia, L., …Li, H. N. (in press). 3D printed zirconia ceramic tool for bone repair with multifunction of drug release, drilling and implantation. Ceramics International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.06.125

Ceramics is a promising material that has been widely used as artificial bones. However, most available investigations were devoted to new material development and implant structure design, while few of studies focused on innovative hybrid implants t... Read More about 3D printed zirconia ceramic tool for bone repair with multifunction of drug release, drilling and implantation.

Uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in individuals at clinical risk due to immunosuppressive drug therapy or transplantation procedures: a population-based cohort study in England (2024)
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Chen, D. T.-H., Copland, E., Hirst, J. A., Mi, E., Dixon, S., Coupland, C., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2024). Uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in individuals at clinical risk due to immunosuppressive drug therapy or transplantation procedures: a population-based cohort study in England. BMC Medicine, 22(1), Article 237. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03457-1

Background: Immunocompromised individuals are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes, underscoring the importance of COVID-19 vaccination in this population. The lack of comprehensive real world data on vaccine uptake, effectiveness and safety... Read More about Uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in individuals at clinical risk due to immunosuppressive drug therapy or transplantation procedures: a population-based cohort study in England.

A general approach to assessing SHM reliability considering sensor failures based on information theory (2024)
Journal Article
Wu, W., Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Prescott, D., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Chiachío, M. (2024). A general approach to assessing SHM reliability considering sensor failures based on information theory. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 250, Article 110267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2024.110267

Structural health monitoring systems (SHM) involve implementing damage identification strategies to determine the health state of structures. However, it is important to pay close attention to the system degradation, especially the... Read More about A general approach to assessing SHM reliability considering sensor failures based on information theory.

Characterisation of bitumen through multiple ageing-rejuvenation cycles (2024)
Journal Article
Hu, Y., Allanson, M., Sreeram, A., Ryan, J., Wang, H., Zhou, L., …Airey, G. D. (2024). Characterisation of bitumen through multiple ageing-rejuvenation cycles. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 25(1), Article 2365350. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2024.2365350

The multiple recycling of bitumen offers the possibility of reusing it for repeated lifecycles and achieve a higher degree of circularity of materials used in pavement construction. Aiming to identify the prospect, this study aged bitumen in a labora... Read More about Characterisation of bitumen through multiple ageing-rejuvenation cycles.

The proliferation of derivative and redundant studies in endocrinology due to the application of Mendelian Randomisation and other methods to open databases (2024)
Journal Article
Tobias, J. H., Samaras, K., Ivell, R., Davies, T. F., Sjöholm, Å., Day-Haynes, I., & Holly, J. M. (2024). The proliferation of derivative and redundant studies in endocrinology due to the application of Mendelian Randomisation and other methods to open databases. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 15, Article 1400583. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2024.1400583

Predicting Acute Pain Levels Implicitly from Vocal Features (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, J., Schneiders, E., Card, H., Seabrooke, T., Pakenham-Walsh, B., Azim, T., …Farahi, A. (in press). Predicting Acute Pain Levels Implicitly from Vocal Features.

Evaluating pain in speech represents a critical challenge in high-stakes clinical scenarios, from analgesia delivery to emergency triage. Clinicians have predominantly relied on direct verbal communication of pain which is difficult for patients with... Read More about Predicting Acute Pain Levels Implicitly from Vocal Features.

Characterisation of aroma-active compounds in dried Dendrobium spp. stems (Shihu) using GC-Olfactometry and a modified NIF-SNIF method (2024)
Journal Article
Kirkwood, A., Fisk, I., Xu, Y., & Yang, N. (2024). Characterisation of aroma-active compounds in dried Dendrobium spp. stems (Shihu) using GC-Olfactometry and a modified NIF-SNIF method. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 133, Article 106344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106344

Dendrobium orchid stems (Chinese name Shihu) are becoming popular ingredients in food and drinks such as wine, teas and desserts, however, its aroma chemistry is not currently understood. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Gas Chromatog... Read More about Characterisation of aroma-active compounds in dried Dendrobium spp. stems (Shihu) using GC-Olfactometry and a modified NIF-SNIF method.

CUDA-based parallel local search for the set-union knapsack problem (2024)
Journal Article
Sonuç, E., & Özcan, E. (2024). CUDA-based parallel local search for the set-union knapsack problem. Knowledge-Based Systems, 299, Article 112095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2024.112095

The Set-Union Knapsack Problem (SUKP) is a complex combinatorial optimisation problem with applications in resource allocation, portfolio selection, and logistics. This paper presents a parallel local search algorithm for solving SU... Read More about CUDA-based parallel local search for the set-union knapsack problem.

Understanding Microwave Interactions with Polymers to Enable Advanced Plastic Chemical Recycling (2024)
Journal Article
Adam, M., Hjalmarsson, N., Lee, C. S., Irvine, D. J., Robinson, J., & Binner, E. (2024). Understanding Microwave Interactions with Polymers to Enable Advanced Plastic Chemical Recycling. Polymer Testing, 137, Article 108483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2024.108483

The widespread adoption of plastics has led to substantial production and waste generation, raising environmental concerns. Chemical recycling offers a promising solution to enhance recycling rates, with microwave heating emerging as an attractive te... Read More about Understanding Microwave Interactions with Polymers to Enable Advanced Plastic Chemical Recycling.

Realizing rapid cooling and latent heat recovery in the thermoelectric-based battery thermal management system at high temperatures (2024)
Journal Article
Luo, D., Wu, Z., Jiang, L., Yan, Y., Chen, W.-H., Cao, J., & Cao, B. (2024). Realizing rapid cooling and latent heat recovery in the thermoelectric-based battery thermal management system at high temperatures. Applied Energy, 370, Article 123642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123642

To realize rapid cooling of the battery at high temperatures and effective latent heat recovery from phase change materials (PCMs), a thermoelectric-based battery thermal management system (BTMS) is proposed. Additionally, a transient multiphysics nu... Read More about Realizing rapid cooling and latent heat recovery in the thermoelectric-based battery thermal management system at high temperatures.

A two-stage method to estimate the embedded length of foundation piles using FRF-based model updating (2024)
Journal Article
Ioakim, A., & Prendergast, L. J. (2024). A two-stage method to estimate the embedded length of foundation piles using FRF-based model updating. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 219, Article 111603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2024.111603

Dynamic soil-structure interaction (SSI) is an important field in civil engineering with applications in earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, and structural health monitoring (SHM). There is an ongoing need for the development of numerical me... Read More about A two-stage method to estimate the embedded length of foundation piles using FRF-based model updating.

Thermal degradation of polyvinyl chloride in the presence of lead oxide: A kinetic and mechanistic investigation (2024)
Journal Article
Altarawneh, S., Al-Harahsheh, M., Ali, L., Altarawneh, M., Ahmed, O. H., Buttress, A., …Kingman, S. (2024). Thermal degradation of polyvinyl chloride in the presence of lead oxide: A kinetic and mechanistic investigation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 493, Article 152873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.152873

The elimination of toxic heavy metals from metallurgical wastes before its recycling to steel furnaces is essential. Lead oxide (PbO) is a major toxic heavy metal present in electric arc furnace dust (EAFD). The co-recycling of EAFD with Polyvinyl ch... Read More about Thermal degradation of polyvinyl chloride in the presence of lead oxide: A kinetic and mechanistic investigation.

The characteristics and prognostic significance of histone H1 expression in breast cancer (2024)
Journal Article
Lashen, A. G., Almalki, N., Toss, M., Mirza, S., Malki, M. I., Rutland, C. S., …Rakha, E. A. (2024). The characteristics and prognostic significance of histone H1 expression in breast cancer. Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2024.03.012

Histone H1 (H.H1) is involved in chromatin organisation and gene regulation and is overexpressed in many malignant tumours, including breast cancer (BC). This study proposed and evaluated the prognostic role of H.H1 expression in BC. H.H1 mRNA exp... Read More about The characteristics and prognostic significance of histone H1 expression in breast cancer.

Dementia screening in under-served groups Attitudes and preferences towards screening for dementia with a focus on ethnic minority and low socio-economic groups: a systematic review of research studies written in the English Language (2024)
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Brar, M., Mc Ardle, R., Hagan, A., Al-Oraibi, A., Hanjari, M., Stephan, B., …Robinson, L. (in press). Dementia screening in under-served groups Attitudes and preferences towards screening for dementia with a focus on ethnic minority and low socio-economic groups: a systematic review of research studies written in the English Language. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease,

Destabilizing high-capacity high entropy hydrides via earth abundant substitutions: from predictions to experimental validation (2024)
Journal Article
Agafonov, A., Pineda-Romero, N., Witman, M., Nassif, V., Vaughan, G. B., Lei, L., …Zlotea, C. (2024). Destabilizing high-capacity high entropy hydrides via earth abundant substitutions: from predictions to experimental validation. Acta Materialia, 276, Article 120086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120086

The vast chemical space of high entropy alloys (HEAs) makes trial-and-error experimental approaches for materials discovery intractable and often necessitates data-driven and/or first principles computational insights to successfully target materials... Read More about Destabilizing high-capacity high entropy hydrides via earth abundant substitutions: from predictions to experimental validation.

Mixing Enhancement Study in Axisymmetric Trapped-Vortex Combustor for Propane, Ammonia and Hydrogen (2024)
Journal Article
Uluk, H. S., Dakka, S. M., & Singh, K. (2024). Mixing Enhancement Study in Axisymmetric Trapped-Vortex Combustor for Propane, Ammonia and Hydrogen. Modelling, 5(2), 600-624. https://doi.org/10.3390/modelling5020032

The trapped-vortex combustor (TVC) is an alternative combustor design to conventional aeroengine combustors. The separate fuel and air injection of this combustor and its compact design make it a perfect candidate for conventional fuel usage. Moreove... Read More about Mixing Enhancement Study in Axisymmetric Trapped-Vortex Combustor for Propane, Ammonia and Hydrogen.