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The role of mathematical models in designing mechanopharmacological therapies for asthma (2022)
Journal Article
Irons, L., & Brook, B. S. (2022). The role of mathematical models in designing mechanopharmacological therapies for asthma. Frontiers in Systems Biology, 2, Article 929426. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsysb.2022.929426

Healthy lung function depends on a complex system of interactions which regulate the mechanical and biochemical environment of individual cells to the whole organ. Perturbations from these regulated processes give rise to significant lung dysfunction... Read More about The role of mathematical models in designing mechanopharmacological therapies for asthma.

On modelling coolant penetration into the microchannels at the tool-workpiece interface (2022)
Journal Article
Wei, W., Robles-Linares, J. A., Liao, Z., Wang, Z., Luna, G. G., Billingham, J., & Axinte, D. (2022). On modelling coolant penetration into the microchannels at the tool-workpiece interface. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 84, 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2022.09.044

A network of microchannels is formed at the interface between the cutting tool and the workpiece during machining due to their rough surface structures. The penetration of coolant into these microchannels has a great effect on the machined surface qu... Read More about On modelling coolant penetration into the microchannels at the tool-workpiece interface.

Posterior Predictive Checking for Partially Observed Stochastic Epidemic Models (2022)
Journal Article
Aristotelous, G., Kypraios, T., & O'Neill, P. D. (2023). Posterior Predictive Checking for Partially Observed Stochastic Epidemic Models. Bayesian Analysis, 18(4), 1283-1310. https://doi.org/10.1214/22-ba1336

We address the problem of assessing the fit of stochastic epidemic models to data. Two novel model assessment methods are developed, based on disease progression curves, namely the distance method and the position-time method. The methods are illustr... Read More about Posterior Predictive Checking for Partially Observed Stochastic Epidemic Models.

Calibrating cardiac electrophysiology models using latent Gaussian processes on atrial manifolds (2022)
Journal Article
Coveney, S., Roney, C. H., Corrado, C., Wilkinson, R. D., Oakley, J. E., Niederer, S. A., & Clayton, R. H. (2022). Calibrating cardiac electrophysiology models using latent Gaussian processes on atrial manifolds. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 16572. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20745-z

Models of electrical excitation and recovery in the heart have become increasingly detailed, but have yet to be used routinely in the clinical setting to guide personalized intervention in patients. One of the main challenges is calibrating models fr... Read More about Calibrating cardiac electrophysiology models using latent Gaussian processes on atrial manifolds.

A little excitement across the horizon (2022)
Journal Article
Ng, K. K., Zhang, C., Louko, J., & Mann, R. B. (2022). A little excitement across the horizon. New Journal of Physics, 24(10), Article 103018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac9547

We analyse numerically the transitions in an Unruh-DeWitt detector, coupled linearly to a massless scalar field, in radial infall in (3 + 1)-dimensional Schwarzschild spacetime. In the Hartle-Hawking and Unruh states, the transition probability attai... Read More about A little excitement across the horizon.

Emergence of non-Fickian transport in truncated pluri-Gaussian permeability fields (2022)
Journal Article
Pescimoro, E., Icardi, M., Porta, G., & Bianchi, M. (2022). Emergence of non-Fickian transport in truncated pluri-Gaussian permeability fields. GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics, 13, Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13137-022-00207-4

We present a numerical simulation study of advective–diffusive scalar transport in three-dimensional high-contrast discontinuous permeability fields, generated with a truncated pluri-Gaussian geostatistical approach. The numerical experiments are run... Read More about Emergence of non-Fickian transport in truncated pluri-Gaussian permeability fields.

Fostering purposeful engagement by building staff-student communities (2022)
Journal Article
Brignell, C., Brady, C., Mott, L., & Wicks, T. (2022). Fostering purposeful engagement by building staff-student communities. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal, 4(2), 52–62

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, many universities moved to a blended delivery of online and in-person teaching. While necessary for public health, this significant disruption to education risked greater isolation and anxiety for students with... Read More about Fostering purposeful engagement by building staff-student communities.

Non-local effects on travelling waves arising in a moving-boundary reaction-diffusion model (2022)
Journal Article
Fadai, N. T., & Billingham, J. (2022). Non-local effects on travelling waves arising in a moving-boundary reaction-diffusion model. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 55(40), Article 405701. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ac8ef5

We examine travelling wave solutions of the partial differential equation u_t = u_xx + u(1 − u * φ) on a moving domain x ≤ L(t), where u * φ is the spatial convolution of the population density with a kernel φ(y). We provide asymptotic approximations... Read More about Non-local effects on travelling waves arising in a moving-boundary reaction-diffusion model.

Exact smooth and sharp-fronted travelling waves of reaction–diffusion equations with Weak Allee effects (2022)
Journal Article
Fadai, N. T. (2023). Exact smooth and sharp-fronted travelling waves of reaction–diffusion equations with Weak Allee effects. Applied Mathematics Letters, 135, Article 108433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aml.2022.108433

We provide new exact forms of smooth and sharp-fronted travelling wave solutions of the reaction–diffusion equation, ∂tu=R(u)+∂xD(u)∂xu, where the reaction term, R(u), employs a Weak Allee effect. The resulting ordinary differential equation system i... Read More about Exact smooth and sharp-fronted travelling waves of reaction–diffusion equations with Weak Allee effects.

Antimicrobial resistance in dairy slurry tanks: a critical point for measurement and control (2022)
Journal Article
Baker, M., Williams, A. D., Hooton, S. P., Helliwell, R., King, E., Dodsworth, T., …Stekel, D. J. (2022). Antimicrobial resistance in dairy slurry tanks: a critical point for measurement and control. Environment International, 169, Article 107516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107516

Waste from dairy production is one of the largest sources of contamination from antimicrobial resistant bacteria (ARB) and genes (ARGs) in many parts of the world. However, studies to date do not provide necessary evidence to inform antimicrobial res... Read More about Antimicrobial resistance in dairy slurry tanks: a critical point for measurement and control.

Tunable Graphene-based Metasurfaces for Multi-Wideband 6G Communications (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Taghvaee, H., Pitilakis, A., Tsilipakos, O., Tasolamprou, A. C., Kantartzis, N. V., Kafesaki, M., …Gradoni, G. (2022). Tunable Graphene-based Metasurfaces for Multi-Wideband 6G Communications. In 2022 Sixteenth International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials) (X434-X436). https://doi.org/10.1109/metamaterials54993.2022.9920752

The next generation of wireless communications within the framework of 6G will be operational at the low THz frequency band. Although THz systems will dramatically enhance several performance indicators such as the data rate, spectral efficiency, and... Read More about Tunable Graphene-based Metasurfaces for Multi-Wideband 6G Communications.

Acoustic radiation from random waves on plates (2022)
Journal Article
Mohammed, N. M., Creagh, S. C., & Tanner, G. (2022). Acoustic radiation from random waves on plates. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 55(39), Article 394004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ac8c08

Controlling and simulating the sound radiating from complex structures is of importance in many engineering applications. We calculate the radiated acoustic power from plates with diffuse bending vibrations. We characterise the diffuse field by a two... Read More about Acoustic radiation from random waves on plates.

A functional central limit theorem for SI processes on configuration model graphs (2022)
Journal Article
KhudaBukhsh, W. R., Woroszylo, C., Rempała, G. A., & Koeppl, H. (2022). A functional central limit theorem for SI processes on configuration model graphs. Advances in Applied Probability, 54(3), 880-912. https://doi.org/10.1017/apr.2022.52

We study a stochastic compartmental susceptible–infected (SI) epidemic process on a configuration model random graph with a given degree distribution over a finite time interval. We split the population of graph vertices into two compartments, namely... Read More about A functional central limit theorem for SI processes on configuration model graphs.

Modeling root loss reveals impacts on nutrient uptake and crop development (2022)
Journal Article
Schäfer, E. D., Owen, M. R., Band, L. R., Farcot, E., Bennett, M. J., & Lynch, J. P. (2022). Modeling root loss reveals impacts on nutrient uptake and crop development. Plant Physiology, 190(4), 2260-2278. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac405

Abstract Despite the widespread prevalence of root loss in plants, its effects on crop productivity are not fully understood. While root loss reduces the capacity of plants to take up water and nutrients from the soil, it may provide benefits by decr... Read More about Modeling root loss reveals impacts on nutrient uptake and crop development.

Models of the cardiac L-type calcium current: A quantitative review (2022)
Journal Article
Agrawal, A., Wang, K., Polonchuk, L., Cooper, J., Hendrix, M., Gavaghan, D. J., …Clerx, M. (2022). Models of the cardiac L-type calcium current: A quantitative review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Mechanisms of Disease, 15(1), Article e1581. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsbm.1581

The L-type calcium current ((Formula presented.)) plays a critical role in cardiac electrophysiology, and models of (Formula presented.) are vital tools to predict arrhythmogenicity of drugs and mutations. Five decades of measuring and modeling (Form... Read More about Models of the cardiac L-type calcium current: A quantitative review.

Controlling resin flow in Liquid Composite Moulding processes through localized irradiation with ultraviolet light (2022)
Journal Article
Endruweit, A., Matveev, M., & Tretyakov, M. V. (2022). Controlling resin flow in Liquid Composite Moulding processes through localized irradiation with ultraviolet light. Polymer Composites, 43(11), 8308-8321. https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.27001

A vacuum infusion process was implemented to produce composite specimens from a random glass filament mat and an acrylic modified polyester resin curable upon irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) light. Through localized irradiation with UV light during... Read More about Controlling resin flow in Liquid Composite Moulding processes through localized irradiation with ultraviolet light.

A Skeletal Model for 2d Conformal AQFTs (2022)
Journal Article
Benini, M., Giorgetti, L., & Schenkel, A. (2022). A Skeletal Model for 2d Conformal AQFTs. Communications in Mathematical Physics, 395(1), 269-298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-022-04428-4

A simple model for the localization of the category CLoc2 of oriented and time-oriented globally hyperbolic conformal Lorentzian 2-manifolds at all Cauchy morphisms is constructed. This provides an equivalent description of 2-dimensional conformal al... Read More about A Skeletal Model for 2d Conformal AQFTs.

Long-term seizure, psychiatric and socioeconomic outcomes after frontal lobe epilepsy surgery (2022)
Journal Article
Khoo, A., de Tisi, J., Foong, J., Bindman, D., O'Keeffe, A. G., Sander, J. W., …Duncan, J. S. (2022). Long-term seizure, psychiatric and socioeconomic outcomes after frontal lobe epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy Research, 186, Article 106998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2022.106998

Objective: Resective surgery for selected individuals with frontal lobe epilepsy can be effective, although multimodal outcomes are less established than in temporal lobe epilepsy. We describe long-term seizure remission and relapse patterns, psychia... Read More about Long-term seizure, psychiatric and socioeconomic outcomes after frontal lobe epilepsy surgery.

Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear elliptic PDEs on agglomerated coarse meshes (2022)
Journal Article
Congreve, S., & Houston, P. (2022). Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear elliptic PDEs on agglomerated coarse meshes. Advances in Computational Mathematics, 48(5), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-022-09968-w

This article considers the extension of two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for the numerical approximation of second-order quasilinear elliptic boundary value problems of monotone type to the case when agglomerated poly... Read More about Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasilinear elliptic PDEs on agglomerated coarse meshes.

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals as probes of scalar fields: Eccentric equatorial orbits around Kerr black holes (2022)
Journal Article
Barsanti, S., Franchini, N., Gualtieri, L., Maselli, A., & Sotiriou, T. P. (2022). Extreme mass-ratio inspirals as probes of scalar fields: Eccentric equatorial orbits around Kerr black holes. Physical Review D, 106(4), Article 044029. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.106.044029

We study binary systems in which a stellar mass compact object spirals into a massive black hole, known as extreme mass ratio inspirals, in scenarios with a new fundamental scalar field. Earlier work has shown that, in most interesting such scenarios... Read More about Extreme mass-ratio inspirals as probes of scalar fields: Eccentric equatorial orbits around Kerr black holes.