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Draught beer hygiene: a forcing test to assess quality (2017)
Journal Article
Mallett, J. R., Stuart, M. S., & Quain, D. E. (2018). Draught beer hygiene: a forcing test to assess quality. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 124(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1002/jib.470

The quality of draught beer is important to consumers but can be inconsistent, ranging from excellent through to unacceptable. The few but dated studies of draught beer quality have focused on the number of microorganisms that are present in the pro... Read More about Draught beer hygiene: a forcing test to assess quality.

Feature-based characterisation of signature topography in laser powder bed fusion of metals (2017)
Journal Article
Senin, N., Thompson, A., & Leach, R. K. (2018). Feature-based characterisation of signature topography in laser powder bed fusion of metals. Measurement Science and Technology, 29(4), Article 045009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/aa9e19

The use of state-of-the-art areal topography measurement instrumentation allows for a high level of detail in the acquisition of topographic information at micrometric scales. The three-dimensional geometric models of surface topography obtained from... Read More about Feature-based characterisation of signature topography in laser powder bed fusion of metals.

Development of the short version of the Scales of General Well-Being: the 14-item SGWB (2017)
Journal Article
Longo, Y., Coyne, I., & Joseph, S. (2018). Development of the short version of the Scales of General Well-Being: the 14-item SGWB. Personality and Individual Differences, 124, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.11.042

The Scales of General Well-Being (SGWB, Longo, Coyne, & Joseph, 2017) is a 65-item tool assessing fourteen different constructs. The aim of this study was to develop a short 14-item version. One item was chosen from each of the fourteen scales follow... Read More about Development of the short version of the Scales of General Well-Being: the 14-item SGWB.

Effects of cover crops on phosphatase activity in a clay arable soil in the UK (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Reynolds, S., Ritz, K., Crotty, F., Stoate, C., West, H., & Neal, A. L. (2017). Effects of cover crops on phosphatase activity in a clay arable soil in the UK. In Sustainable intensification at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts UK on 28-30 November 2017 (215-220)

The effect of five cover crop species (radish, buckwheat, vetch, phacelia and oat) alongside an un-cropped control, on the activity and persistence of soil acid and alkaline phosphatase activity was investigated. There was no effect on alkaline phosp... Read More about Effects of cover crops on phosphatase activity in a clay arable soil in the UK.

Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of dairy herds across the UK (2017)
Journal Article
Bell, M. J., & Wilson, P. (2017). Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of dairy herds across the UK. Aspects of Applied Biology, 136,

Production data were obtained from about half a million milk recorded dairy cows and the Farm Business Surveys for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This study modelled the average herd in each region between the years 2010 to 2015 and a... Read More about Estimated differences in economic and environmental performance of dairy herds across the UK.

Black hole horizons at the extremal limit in Lorentz-violating gravity (2017)
Journal Article
Franchini, N., Saravani, M., & Sotiriou, T. P. (2017). Black hole horizons at the extremal limit in Lorentz-violating gravity. Physical Review D, 96(10), Article 104044. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.104044

Lorentz-violating gravity theories with a preferred foliation can have instantaneous propagation. Nonetheless, it has been shown that black holes can still exist in such theories and the relevant notion of an event horizon has been dubbed “universal... Read More about Black hole horizons at the extremal limit in Lorentz-violating gravity.

The construction of early career teachers’ identities: coping or managing? (2017)
Journal Article
Hong, J., Day, C., & Greene, B. (in press). The construction of early career teachers’ identities: coping or managing?. Teacher Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/13664530.2017.1403367

This paper examines how early career teachers cope with or manage the challenges that they experience during the transition from pre-service to the first and then the second year of teaching as they seek to establish stable, positive, professional id... Read More about The construction of early career teachers’ identities: coping or managing?.

Bouvier et le quatuor cingalais, ou les ambivalences de la "magie" (2017)
Journal Article
Ridon, J. (2017). Bouvier et le quatuor cingalais, ou les ambivalences de la "magie". Viatica, 2017(h-s 1),

L'œuvre de Nicolas Bouvier fait de nombreuses références à deux éléments qui structurent la façon dont il représente le monde dans ses œuvres : la musique et une certaine dimension ésotérique dont fait partie la magie. Ses voyages sont ainsi insépara... Read More about Bouvier et le quatuor cingalais, ou les ambivalences de la "magie".

Semi-analytic calculation of cosmic microwave background anisotropies from wiggly and superconducting cosmic strings (2017)
Journal Article
Rybak, I. Y., Avgoustidis, A., & Martins, C. (2017). Semi-analytic calculation of cosmic microwave background anisotropies from wiggly and superconducting cosmic strings. Physical Review D, 96(10), Article 103535. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.103535

We study how the presence of world-sheet currents affects the evolution of cosmic string networks, and their impact on predictions for the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies generated by these networks. We provide a general description of... Read More about Semi-analytic calculation of cosmic microwave background anisotropies from wiggly and superconducting cosmic strings.

Gap-induced reductions of evoked potentials in the auditory cortex: a possible objective marker for the presence of tinnitus in animals (2017)
Journal Article
Berger, J. I., Owen, W., Wilson, C. A., Hockley, A., Coomber, B., Palmer, A. R., & Wallace, M. N. (2018). Gap-induced reductions of evoked potentials in the auditory cortex: a possible objective marker for the presence of tinnitus in animals. Brain Research, 1679, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2017.11.026

Animal models of tinnitus are essential for determining the underlying mechanisms and testing pharmacotherapies. However, there is doubt over the validity of current behavioural methods for detecting tinnitus. Here, we applied a stimulus paradigm wid... Read More about Gap-induced reductions of evoked potentials in the auditory cortex: a possible objective marker for the presence of tinnitus in animals.

A centrifuge modelling study of the response of piled structures to tunnelling (2017)
Journal Article
Franza, A., & Marshall, A. M. (2018). A centrifuge modelling study of the response of piled structures to tunnelling. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 144(2), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GT.1943-5606.0001751

Tunnelling beneath piled structures may compromise the stability and serviceability of the structure. The assessment of potential structure damage is a problem being faced by engineers across the globe. This paper presents the outcomes of a series of... Read More about A centrifuge modelling study of the response of piled structures to tunnelling.

A probabilistic approach to the interpretation of milk antibody results for diagnosis of Johne’s disease in dairy cattle (2017)
Journal Article
Meyer, A., Bond, K., Van Winden, S., Green, M. J., & Guitian, J. (2018). A probabilistic approach to the interpretation of milk antibody results for diagnosis of Johne’s disease in dairy cattle. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 150, 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.11.016

Johne’s disease is a serious wasting disease of ruminants that is of high economic importance for the dairy sector in particular. The chronic nature of the disease, the fluctuations in antibody levels and the limited ability of diagnostic tests to id... Read More about A probabilistic approach to the interpretation of milk antibody results for diagnosis of Johne’s disease in dairy cattle.

Fano 3-folds in P2xP2 format, Tom and Jerry (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, G., Kasprzyk, A. M., & Qureshi, I. (2018). Fano 3-folds in P2xP2 format, Tom and Jerry. European Journal of Mathematics, 4(1), 51-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40879-017-0200-2

We study Q-factorial terminal Fano 3-folds whose equations are modelled on those of the Segre embedding of P^2xP^2. These lie in codimension 4 in their total anticanonical embedding and have Picard rank 2. They fit into the current state of classific... Read More about Fano 3-folds in P2xP2 format, Tom and Jerry.

Compressive behaviour of concrete columns confined with steel-reinforced grout jackets (2017)
Journal Article
Thermou, G. E., & Hajirasouliha, I. (2018). Compressive behaviour of concrete columns confined with steel-reinforced grout jackets. Composites Part B: Engineering, 138, 222-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.11.041

This paper investigates the compressive strength of concrete columns confined with a new jacketing system using high strength steel reinforced fabrics embedded in an inorganic matrix (SRG). A comprehensive experimental programme was conducted on 52 c... Read More about Compressive behaviour of concrete columns confined with steel-reinforced grout jackets.

Defect chemistry and electrical properties of sodium bismuth titanate perovskite (2017)
Journal Article
Yang, F., Li, M., Li, L., Wu, P., Pradal-Velázquez, E., & Sinclair, D. C. (2018). Defect chemistry and electrical properties of sodium bismuth titanate perovskite. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(13), 5243-5254. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta09245h

The ferroelectric perovskite Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3, NBT, can exhibit three types of electrical behaviour, i.e. oxide-ion conduction (type I), mixed ionic–electronic conduction (type II) and insulating/dielectric (type III) based on various defect mechanisms... Read More about Defect chemistry and electrical properties of sodium bismuth titanate perovskite.

When no news is bad news: communication failures and the hidden assumptions that threaten safety (2017)
Journal Article
Macrae, C. (2018). When no news is bad news: communication failures and the hidden assumptions that threaten safety. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 111(1), 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076817738503

Communication failures in healthcare can be catastrophic. Lost test results, delayed diagnoses, missing handover information: all can have serious impacts on the safety of care with tragic consequences for patients. Even seemingly trivial mishaps can... Read More about When no news is bad news: communication failures and the hidden assumptions that threaten safety.

Extended Kalman filter-based learning of interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy logic system (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Eyoh, I., John, R., & De Maere, G. (2017). Extended Kalman filter-based learning of interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy logic system. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) (728-733). https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC.2017.8122694

Fuzzy logic systems have been extensively applied for solving many real world application problems because they are found to be universal approximators and many methods, particularly, gradient descent (GD) methods have been widely adopted for the opt... Read More about Extended Kalman filter-based learning of interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy logic system.

The minimum monitoring signal-to-noise ratio for off-axis signals and its implications for directional hearing aids (2017)
Journal Article
Archer-Boyd, A. W., Holman, J. A., & Brimijoin, W. O. (2018). The minimum monitoring signal-to-noise ratio for off-axis signals and its implications for directional hearing aids. Hearing Research, 357, 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2017.11.011

The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) benefit of hearing aid directional microphones is dependent on the angle of the listener relative to the target, something that can change drastically and dynamically in a typical group conversation. When a new target... Read More about The minimum monitoring signal-to-noise ratio for off-axis signals and its implications for directional hearing aids.

Identifying species from the air: UAVs and the very high resolution challenge for plant conservation (2017)
Journal Article
Baena, S., Moat, J., Whaley, O., & Boyd, D. S. (2017). Identifying species from the air: UAVs and the very high resolution challenge for plant conservation. PLoS ONE, 12(11), Article e0188714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188714

The Pacific Equatorial dry forest of Northern Peru is recognised for its unique endemic biodiversity. Although highly threatened the forest provides livelihoods and ecosystem services to local communities. As agro-industrial expansion and climatic va... Read More about Identifying species from the air: UAVs and the very high resolution challenge for plant conservation.