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Research based theatre in dementia knowledge transfer: views from the front line (2016)
Journal Article
Argyle, E., & Schneider, J. M. (2016). Research based theatre in dementia knowledge transfer: views from the front line. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 11(2), https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-09-2015-0047

Purpose - Formal ties between the theatre and research dissemination have only recently developed and its general efficacy is largely unknown. Here we aim to redress this neglect by examining the effectiveness of a research based theatrical event in... Read More about Research based theatre in dementia knowledge transfer: views from the front line.

Axial position estimation of conical shaped motor for green taxiing application (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Roggia, S., Galea, M., Gerada, C., & Cupertino, F. (2016). Axial position estimation of conical shaped motor for green taxiing application. In 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) - Proceedings (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2016.7854895

This paper considers the possibility of adopting a conical shaped motor for Green Taxiing (GT) application. This topology of motor has been selected in order to obviate the presence of external declutching system (i.e. mechanical or electromagnetic c... Read More about Axial position estimation of conical shaped motor for green taxiing application.

Modular plug-in high performance integrated single-phase inverter (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Solomon, A. K., & Castellazzi, A. (2016). Modular plug-in high performance integrated single-phase inverter. In 2016 6th Electronic System-Integration Technology Conference (ESTC) (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESTC.2016.7764720

The recent research exercises have targeted the transfer of the sandwich package benefits to application bespoke switch design, including flip-chip and device stacking topology [1]. This work presents the development of a highly integrated power swit... Read More about Modular plug-in high performance integrated single-phase inverter.

Patient reported outcome of adult perioperative anaesthesia in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional observational study (2016)
Journal Article
Walker, E., Bell, M., Cook, T., Grocott, M., & Moonesinghe, S. (2016). Patient reported outcome of adult perioperative anaesthesia in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional observational study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 117(6), 758-766r. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aew381

Background. Understanding the patient perspective on healthcare is central to the evaluation of quality. This study measured selected patient-reported outcomes after anaesthesia in order to identify targets for research and quality improvement. Me... Read More about Patient reported outcome of adult perioperative anaesthesia in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional observational study.

Trajectory optimisation for avionics-based GNSS integrity augmentation system (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Sabatini, R., Moore, T., Hill, C., Gardi, A., Ramasamy, S., & Gilgien, M. (2016). Trajectory optimisation for avionics-based GNSS integrity augmentation system. In 2016 IEEE/AIAA 35th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC). https://doi.org/10.1109/DASC.2016.7778054

© 2016 IEEE. In this paper, trajectory optimisation algorithms developed specifically for the Global Navigation satellite System (GNSS) Avionics-Based Integrity Augmentation (ABIA) system are presented. The ABIA system is designed to increase the lev... Read More about Trajectory optimisation for avionics-based GNSS integrity augmentation system.

A disaster response system based on human-agent collectives (2016)
Journal Article
Ramchurn, S. D., Huynh, T. D., Wu, F., Ikuno, Y., Flann, J., Moreau, L., …Jennings, N. R. (2016). A disaster response system based on human-agent collectives. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 57, 661-708. https://doi.org/10.1613/jair.5098

Major natural or man-made disasters such as Hurricane Katrina or the 9/11 terror attacks pose significant challenges for emergency responders. First, they have to develop an understanding of the unfolding event either using their own resources or thr... Read More about A disaster response system based on human-agent collectives.

Local engagement of Chinese international students in host societies: a perspective of diasporic Chinese community building (CCB) in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Wu, B. (2016). Local engagement of Chinese international students in host societies: a perspective of diasporic Chinese community building (CCB) in the UK. 华人研究国际学报 / International Journal of Diasporic Chinese Studies, 8(2), 13-30. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793724816000158

Social changes in diasporic Chinese communities in the 21st century calls for a new approach to understand new dynamics, resources and opportunities to bring together all stakeholders, both Chinese and non-Chinese, toward mutual trust, effective comm... Read More about Local engagement of Chinese international students in host societies: a perspective of diasporic Chinese community building (CCB) in the UK.

A programme of research to set priorities and reduce uncertainties for the prevention and treatment of skin disease (2016)
Journal Article
Thomas, K. S., Batchelor, J. M., Bath-Hextall, F., Chalmers, J., Clarke, T., Crowe, S., …Williams, H. C. (2016). A programme of research to set priorities and reduce uncertainties for the prevention and treatment of skin disease. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 4(18), https://doi.org/10.3310/pgfar04180

Background Skin diseases are very common and can have a large impact on the quality of life of patients and caregivers. This programme addressed four diseases: (1) eczema, (2) vitiligo, (3) squamous cell skin cancer (SCC) and (4) pyoderma gangreno... Read More about A programme of research to set priorities and reduce uncertainties for the prevention and treatment of skin disease.

Effect of epigenetic inhibitors on lung fibroblast phenotype change in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2016)
Journal Article
Pasini, A., Brand, O. J., Jenkins, G., Knox, A. J., & Pang, L. (2016). Effect of epigenetic inhibitors on lung fibroblast phenotype change in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Thorax, 71(Supp3), Article A32. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209333.59

Introduction and objectives: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IFP) is a fatal interstitial lung disease with unknown aetiology. Lung myofibroblasts (activated fibrobalsts) are the major effector cells in the pathogenesis of IPF. Transforming growth fac... Read More about Effect of epigenetic inhibitors on lung fibroblast phenotype change in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Hidden costs of cuts: austerity, civil service management and the motivation of public officials in Central and Eastern Europe after the crisis (2016)
Journal Article
Meyer-Sahling, J., Janta, B., Reinholde, I., & Van Stolk, C. (2016). Hidden costs of cuts: austerity, civil service management and the motivation of public officials in Central and Eastern Europe after the crisis. European Journal of Government and Economics, 5(2),

The implementation of austerity measures presents a dilemma for governments. While austerity measures such as cutbacks aim to reduce costs and enhance public sector efficiency, the same measures might undermine the motivation of employees and, conseq... Read More about Hidden costs of cuts: austerity, civil service management and the motivation of public officials in Central and Eastern Europe after the crisis.

Specialist artisans and commodity producers as social actors in early medieval Britain, c. AD 500-1066 (2016)
Book Chapter
Loveluck, C. (2016). Specialist artisans and commodity producers as social actors in early medieval Britain, c. AD 500-1066. In A. Molinari, R. Santangeli Valenzani, L. Spera, & C. Palombi (Eds.), L'archeologia della produzione a Roma (secoli V-XV): atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Roma, 27-29 marzo 2014. Ecole francaise de Rome

This contribution explores the many questions that need to be asked in regard to how specialist craft-working was organised in early medieval Britain, and how specialist artisans and traders exercised initiative as social actors. A particular emphasi... Read More about Specialist artisans and commodity producers as social actors in early medieval Britain, c. AD 500-1066.

The Lyman α forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 legacy survey (2016)
Journal Article
Irsic, V., Viel, M., Berg, T. A., D'Odorico, V., Haehnelt, M. G., Cristiani, S., …Bolton, J. S. (2016). The Lyman α forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 legacy survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(4), 4332-4345. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw3372

We present the Lyman α flux power spectrum measurements of the XQ-100 sample of quasar spectra obtained in the context of the European Southern Observatory Large Programme ‘Quasars and their absorption lines: a legacy survey of the high redshift univ... Read More about The Lyman α forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 legacy survey.

Distal junctional kyphosis in patients with Scheuermann’s disease: a retrospective radiographic analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Ghasemi, A., Stubig, T., Nasto, L. A., Ahmed, M., & Mehdian, H. (in press). Distal junctional kyphosis in patients with Scheuermann’s disease: a retrospective radiographic analysis. European Spine Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-016-4924-3

Purpose To investigate the relationship between preoperative and postoperative spinopelvic alignment and occurrence of DJK/DJF. Study design/setting This was a retrospective observational cohort study. Patient sample The sample include... Read More about Distal junctional kyphosis in patients with Scheuermann’s disease: a retrospective radiographic analysis.

The discourse of a ‘smart’ technology: implications for educational practice (2016)
Journal Article
Crook, C. (in press). The discourse of a ‘smart’ technology: implications for educational practice. International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSMARTTL.2016.078161

The term ‘smart’ has become widely and sometimes carelessly employed in relation to contemporary design. However, in certain areas of cultural practice it also has acquired a more specialised and focussed meaning. One such area is education. The pres... Read More about The discourse of a ‘smart’ technology: implications for educational practice.

Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Tosangwarn, S., Clissett, P., & Blake, H. (2016). Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand. In Mental Health Nursing 2016. https://doi.org/10.4172/2471-4372.C1.003

Background: Most Thai people reject the idea of letting their ageing parents live in a care home due to the belief that a care home is a place for poor older adults who have no family. These beliefs could influence the perception of living in a care... Read More about Predictors of depressive symptoms in older adults living in care homes in Thailand.

Submodule power losses balancing algorithms for the modular multilevel converter (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Picas, R., Pou, J., Zaragoza, J., Watson, A., Konstantinou, G., Ceballos, S., & Clare, J. (2016). Submodule power losses balancing algorithms for the modular multilevel converter. In IECON 2016 Proceedings - 42nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (5064-5069). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2016.7793381

Tolerance and component aging can cause significant differences in the capacitance values of the submodules (SMs) in a modular multilevel converter (MMC). Depending on the modulation technique, capacitance mismatches may produce uneven switching tran... Read More about Submodule power losses balancing algorithms for the modular multilevel converter.

Ultraviolet (2016)
Journal Article
Legendre, T. (2016). Ultraviolet

Digital dead-beat and repetitive combined control for stand-alone four-leg VSI (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Lidozzi, A., Solero, L., Crescimbini, F., Ji, C., & Zanchetta, P. (2016). Digital dead-beat and repetitive combined control for stand-alone four-leg VSI. In 2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) - Proceedings (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2016.7855045

This paper deals with a newly conceived combine control topology. Dead-Beat and Repetitive controllers are proposed to operate jointly in 4-leg VSI for stand-alone applications. In such mode of operation, dedicated controller has to regulate the inve... Read More about Digital dead-beat and repetitive combined control for stand-alone four-leg VSI.

Measuring agreement on linguistic expressions in medical treatment scenarios (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Navarro, J., Wagner, C., Aickelin, U., Green, L., & Ashford, R. (2016). Measuring agreement on linguistic expressions in medical treatment scenarios. In 2016 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI.2016.7849895

Quality of life assessment represents a key process of deciding treatment success and viability. As such, patients’ perceptions of their functional status and well-being are important inputs for impairment assessment. Given that patient completed que... Read More about Measuring agreement on linguistic expressions in medical treatment scenarios.