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Modelling and Simulation of Effusion Cooling—A Review of Recent Progress (2024)
Journal Article
Xia, H., Chen, X., & Ellis, C. D. (2024). Modelling and Simulation of Effusion Cooling—A Review of Recent Progress. Energies, 17(17), Article 4480. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17174480

Effusion cooling is often regarded as one of the critical techniques to protect solid surfaces from exposure to extremely hot environments, such as inside a combustion chamber where temperature can well exceed the metal melting point. Designing such... Read More about Modelling and Simulation of Effusion Cooling—A Review of Recent Progress.

The story of 'us' is the story of 'me': A cross-sectional test of the influence of insecure attachment on narratives of romantic transgressions and high points (2024)
Journal Article
Lamarche, V. M., Blackie, L. E. R., & McLean, K. C. (2024). The story of 'us' is the story of 'me': A cross-sectional test of the influence of insecure attachment on narratives of romantic transgressions and high points. PLoS ONE, 19(9), Article e0306838. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306838

Narratives play an important role in the development of the self-identity. Romantic relationships offer a powerful context in which to develop these narratives about the self through the good and the bad experiences people have with their partners. H... Read More about The story of 'us' is the story of 'me': A cross-sectional test of the influence of insecure attachment on narratives of romantic transgressions and high points.

Moving on: the overrepresentation of Black and minoritised households in out of area housing placements in England (2024)
Journal Article
Iafrati, S., Clare, N., & Lawrence, H. (2024). Moving on: the overrepresentation of Black and minoritised households in out of area housing placements in England. Critical Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183241274659

Based on freedom of information request data supplied by English local authorities, this paper identifies significant under-reporting of out of area housing placements in government statistics alongside an overrepresentation of Black and minoritised... Read More about Moving on: the overrepresentation of Black and minoritised households in out of area housing placements in England.

The Past in the Present: Eleanor Antin, Jewish Art, and 1990s America (2024)
Journal Article
Julius, C. (2024). The Past in the Present: Eleanor Antin, Jewish Art, and 1990s America. Art History, https://doi.org/10.1093/arthis/ulae030

This essay situates two works by Eleanor Antin—the film The Man Without a World (1991), and the installation Vilna Nights (1993)—in the context of Jewish art as it was articulated in 1990s America. During this period, efforts were made by scholars, c... Read More about The Past in the Present: Eleanor Antin, Jewish Art, and 1990s America.

High prevalence and risk factors of feline leukemia virus infection in Chilean urban cats (Felis catus) (2024)
Journal Article
Castillo-Aliaga, C., Castro-Seriche, S., Jerez-Morales, A., & Tarlinton, R. (2024). High prevalence and risk factors of feline leukemia virus infection in Chilean urban cats (Felis catus). Research in Veterinary Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2024.105403

Feline Leukemia Virus is a retrovirus causing fatal disease in domestic cats. While FeLV has been controlled in many countries, it remains a major concern in Latin American countries. This study conducted an epidemiological survey of FeLV in 182 Chil... Read More about High prevalence and risk factors of feline leukemia virus infection in Chilean urban cats (Felis catus).

Comparison of Echo Planar and Turbo Spin Echo Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Intraoperative MRI (2024)
Journal Article
Thorpe, J. C., Thust, S. C., Gillon, C. H., Rowe, S., Swain, C. E., MacArthur, D. C., Howarth, S. P., Avula, S., Morgan, P. S., & Dineen, R. A. (in press). Comparison of Echo Planar and Turbo Spin Echo Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Intraoperative MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging,

Background: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is routinely used in brain tumor surgery guided by intraoperative MRI (IoMRI). However, conventional echo planar imaging DWI (EPI-DWI) is susceptible to distortion and artifacts that affect image quality.... Read More about Comparison of Echo Planar and Turbo Spin Echo Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Intraoperative MRI.

Physics-informed neural network simulation of conjugate heat transfer in manifold microchannel heat sinks for high-power IGBT cooling (2024)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Tu, C., & Yan, Y. (2024). Physics-informed neural network simulation of conjugate heat transfer in manifold microchannel heat sinks for high-power IGBT cooling. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 159, Article 108036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.108036

This study explores the application of Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) in modeling fluid flow and heat transfer dynamics within intricate geometric configurations, focusing on manifold microchannel (MMC) heat sinks designed for efficient hig... Read More about Physics-informed neural network simulation of conjugate heat transfer in manifold microchannel heat sinks for high-power IGBT cooling.

The sound heritage of Kotagede: the evolving soundscape of a living museum (2024)
Journal Article
Mediastika, C. E., Sudarsono, A. S., Utami, S. S., Setiawan, T., Mansell, J. G., Santosa, R. B., Wiratama, A., Yanti, R. J., & Cliffe, L. (2024). The sound heritage of Kotagede: the evolving soundscape of a living museum. Built Heritage, 8(1), Article 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43238-024-00145-0

Kotagede, the capital of the ancient Mataram Kingdom and currently an area in the Yogyakarta Province of Indonesia, is known as a ‘real living museum’. It was previously a residential area with many vital premises and heritage buildings that became a... Read More about The sound heritage of Kotagede: the evolving soundscape of a living museum.

Identifying the Health Educational Needs of Refugees: Empirical Evidence from a Delphi Study (2024)
Journal Article
Harjani, M. G., Stathakarou, N., Konstantinidis, S. T., Dratsiou, I., Varella, A., Salcedo, V. T., Segura Segura, M., Tsoupouroglou, I., Bamidis, P. D., & Karlgren, K. (2024). Identifying the Health Educational Needs of Refugees: Empirical Evidence from a Delphi Study. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-024-01626-1

Refugees experience poorer health outcomes especially which can be exacerbated by or can be a result of low health literacy of refugee populations. To address poor health outcomes, health literacy, and health usage in refugee populations, it is essen... Read More about Identifying the Health Educational Needs of Refugees: Empirical Evidence from a Delphi Study.

What is the relationship between raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco above 20 and cigarette smoking? A systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Davies, N., Bogdanovica, I., McGill, S., & Murray, R. L. (2024). What is the relationship between raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco above 20 and cigarette smoking? A systematic review. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae206

Introduction
There is considerable interest in raising the age of sale of tobacco above the conventional age of 18. We systematically reviewed whether raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco (MLSA) to 20 or above is associated with reduced pr... Read More about What is the relationship between raising the minimum legal sales age of tobacco above 20 and cigarette smoking? A systematic review.

Structural transformations of metal-organic cages through tetrazine-alkene reactivity (2024)
Journal Article
Black, M., Bhattacharyya, S., Argent, S., & Pilgrim, B. (2024). Structural transformations of metal-organic cages through tetrazine-alkene reactivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c08591

The assembly of metal-organic cages is governed by metal ion coordination preferences and the geometries of the typically rigid and planar precursor ligands. PdnL2n cages are amongst the most structurally diverse, with subtle differences in the metal... Read More about Structural transformations of metal-organic cages through tetrazine-alkene reactivity.

Assessing the performance of machine learning methods trained on public health observational data: a case study from COVID-19 (2024)
Journal Article
Pigoli, D., Baker, K., Budd, J., Butler, L., Coppock, H., Egglestone, S., Gilmour, S., Holmes, C., Hurley, D., Jersakova, R., Kiskin, I., Koutra, V., Mellor, J., Nicholson, G., Packham, J., Patel, S., Roberts, S. J., Schuller, B. W., Tendero-Cañadas, A., Thornley, T., & Titcomb, A. (2024). Assessing the performance of machine learning methods trained on public health observational data: a case study from COVID-19. Statistics in Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.10211

From early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there was interest in using machine learning methods to predict COVID-19 infection status based on vocal audio signals, for example, cough recordings. However, early studies had limitati... Read More about Assessing the performance of machine learning methods trained on public health observational data: a case study from COVID-19.

Global prevalence and characteristics of infections and clinical outcomes in hospitalised patients with cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study for the CLEARED Consortium (2024)
Journal Article
Cao, Z., Wong, F., Choudhury, A. K., Kamath, P. S., Topazian, M., Torre, A., Hayes, P. C., George, J., Idilman, R., Seto, W.-K., Desalegn, H., Alvares-da-Silva, M. R., Bush, B. J., Thacker, L. R., Xie, Q., & Bajaj, J. S. (2024). Global prevalence and characteristics of infections and clinical outcomes in hospitalised patients with cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study for the CLEARED Consortium. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-1253%2824%2900224-3

Background
Infections have a poor prognosis in inpatients with cirrhosis. We aimed to determine regional variations in infections and their association with clinical outcomes in a global cohort of inpatients with cirrhosis.
Methods
In this prospec... Read More about Global prevalence and characteristics of infections and clinical outcomes in hospitalised patients with cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study for the CLEARED Consortium.

Challenges and opportunities for identifying people with Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in the UK: Evidence from the National FH PASS database (2024)
Journal Article
Cox, E., Faria, R., Saramago, P., Haralambos, K., Watson, M., Humphries, S. E., Qureshi, N., & Woods, B. (2024). Challenges and opportunities for identifying people with Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in the UK: Evidence from the National FH PASS database. Journal of Clinical Lipidology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacl.2024.08.007

Background
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a monogenic disorder that causes high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Cascade testing, where relatives of known individuals with FH (‘index’) are genetically tested, is effective... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for identifying people with Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in the UK: Evidence from the National FH PASS database.

The effect of surface roughness on sessile droplet evaporation dynamics of silica nanofluid (2024)
Journal Article
Zhang, Z., & Yan, Y. (2024). The effect of surface roughness on sessile droplet evaporation dynamics of silica nanofluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 234, Article 126156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.126156

This study focuses on the influence of copper surface roughness on evaporation dynamics and deposition mode of fixed silica nanofluid droplets. It aims to achieve an enhanced cooling effect based on silica nanofluid spray. The results show that rough... Read More about The effect of surface roughness on sessile droplet evaporation dynamics of silica nanofluid.

d-Xylose oxetane copolymers as bioderived and tuneable polyesters for amorphous solid dispersions (2024)
Journal Article
F. Clark, E., Howard, A., D. Morales Feliu, S., F. McCabe, J., C. Burley, J., Taresco, V., & Buchard, A. (2024). d-Xylose oxetane copolymers as bioderived and tuneable polyesters for amorphous solid dispersions. RSC Applied Polymers, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4LP00203B

The ring-opening copolymerisation of cyclic anhydrides with an oxetane derived from natural monosaccharide D-xylose has been used to synthesise fully biobased water soluble polyesters, which are able to stabilise the amorphous phases of nifedipine an... Read More about d-Xylose oxetane copolymers as bioderived and tuneable polyesters for amorphous solid dispersions.

Ice source heat pump system for energy supply via gas pipelines – Part1: Performance analysis in residential units (2024)
Journal Article
Mehdipour, R., Garvey, S., Baniamerian, Z., & Cardenas, B. (2024). Ice source heat pump system for energy supply via gas pipelines – Part1: Performance analysis in residential units. Energy, 309, Article 132974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.132974

This study evaluates the performance of heat pumps using water or ice as the heat source, with energy transferred via repurposed gas delivery pipes. The proposed system offers significant benefits for urban energy networks, particularly in densely po... Read More about Ice source heat pump system for energy supply via gas pipelines – Part1: Performance analysis in residential units.

An asset management modelling framework for wind turbine blades considering monitoring system reliability (2024)
Journal Article
Wu, W., Prescott, D., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Saleh, A., & Chiachio Ruano, M. (2024). An asset management modelling framework for wind turbine blades considering monitoring system reliability. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 252, Article 110478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2024.110478

By incorporating information about asset condition from a monitoring system, engineers can utilize asset management models to manage maintenance activities on wind turbine blades throughout their lifespan. This can lower operating and maintenance cos... Read More about An asset management modelling framework for wind turbine blades considering monitoring system reliability.

Mental Health, Well-being and Performance at Work: The role of organisational, leadership and team-level factors (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thomson, L. E., Wishart, M., Hassard, J., Bourke, J., Roper, S., Belt, V., Bartle, C., Leka, S., & Blake, H. (2024, September). Mental Health, Well-being and Performance at Work: The role of organisational, leadership and team-level factors. Presented at BAM 2024 Conference, Nottingham, UK

This symposium will present evidence on the organisational, leadership, and team-level factors which have a role in mental well-being, performance and innovation. Three papers will present the latest findings from research funded by the ESRC: results... Read More about Mental Health, Well-being and Performance at Work: The role of organisational, leadership and team-level factors.

Class, gender and the work of working-class women amid turbulent times (2024)
Journal Article
Warren, T., Torres, L., Lyonette, C., & Tarlo, R. (in press). Class, gender and the work of working-class women amid turbulent times. British Journal of Sociology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.13147

The article focuses on the work of working-class women amid turbulent times. Its timespan is just prior to and during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. The women's work, and the key skills involved, are fundamental to everyday lives, but both have bee... Read More about Class, gender and the work of working-class women amid turbulent times.