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Statistical analysis plan for the ‘Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2)’ (2018)
Journal Article
Scutt, P., Appleton, J. P., Dixon, M., Woodhouse, L. J., Sprigg, N., Wardlaw, J. M., …Bath, P. M. (2018). Statistical analysis plan for the ‘Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2)’. European Stroke Journal, 3(2), 193-196. https://doi.org/10.1177/2396987318756696

Rationale: Glyceryl trinitrate, a nitric oxide donor, is a candidate treatment for acute stroke; it lowers blood pressure, does not alter cerebral blood flow or platelet function and is neuroprotective in experimental stroke. The ongoing rapid interv... Read More about Statistical analysis plan for the ‘Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2)’.

?-rays irradiation e?ects on dielectric properties of Ti/Au/GaAsN Schottky diodes with 1.2%N (2018)
Journal Article
Teffahi, A., Hamri, D., Djeghlouf, A., Abboun Abid, M., Saidane, A., Al Saqri, N., …henini, M. (2018). γ-rays irradiation effects on dielectric properties of Ti/Au/GaAsN Schottky diodes with 1.2%N. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.01.029

Dielectric properties of As grown and irradiated Ti /Au/GaAsN Schottky diodes with 1.2%N are investigated using capacitance/conductance-voltage measurements in 90–290 K temperature range and 50–2000 kHz frequency range. Extracted parameters are inter... Read More about ?-rays irradiation e?ects on dielectric properties of Ti/Au/GaAsN Schottky diodes with 1.2%N.

Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion (2018)
Journal Article
Xu, Z., Hyde, C., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. (2018). Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.01.040

Additive manufacturing lends itself well to the manufacture of aerospace parts due to the high complexity and small volume of many components found in modern aero engines. By exploiting additive manufacturing design freedoms, enhanced part functional... Read More about Creep behaviour of inconel 718 processed by laser powder bed fusion.

Does tranexamic acid lead to changes in MRI-measures of brain tissue health in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? An MRI sub-study nested within the double-blind randomised controlled TICH-2 trial (2018)
Journal Article
Dineen, R. A., Pszczolkowski, S., Flaherty, K., Law, Z. K., Morgan, P. S., Roberts, I., …Sprigg, N. (in press). Does tranexamic acid lead to changes in MRI-measures of brain tissue health in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? An MRI sub-study nested within the double-blind randomised controlled TICH-2 trial. BMJ Open, 8(2), Article e019930. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019930

Objectives: To test whether administration of the antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid (TXA) in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (SICH) leads to increased prevalence of diffusion-weighted MRI defined hyperintense ischaemic lesions... Read More about Does tranexamic acid lead to changes in MRI-measures of brain tissue health in patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage? An MRI sub-study nested within the double-blind randomised controlled TICH-2 trial.

Hyperacusis: major research questions (2018)
Journal Article
Baguley, D. M., & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Hyperacusis: major research questions. HNO, 66(5), (358-363). doi:10.1007/s00106-017-0464-3. ISSN 0017-6192

Background: Hyperacusis is a troublesome symptom that can have a marked negative impact on quality of life. Objectives: To identify major research questions in hyperacusis. Materials and methods: Review of gaps in knowledge regarding hyperacusis, a... Read More about Hyperacusis: major research questions.

Preface (2018)
Journal Article
Hanzalek, Z., Kendall, G., McCollum, B., Sucha, P., & Berghe, G. V. (2018). Preface. Journal of Scheduling, 21, 129-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-018-0557-1

This is a Preface to a special of the journal that contains 8 selected papers from the 2015 Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference: Theory and Applications (MISTA) that was held in Prague, Czech Republic (25–28 August 2015).

The application of pupillometry in hearing science to assess listening effort (2018)
Journal Article
Naylor, G., Koelewijn, T., Zekveld, A. A., & Kramer, S. E. (2018). The application of pupillometry in hearing science to assess listening effort. Trends in Hearing, 22, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518799437

In recent years, the fields of Audiology and Cognitive Sciences have seen a burgeoning of research focusing on the assessment of the effort required during listening. Among approaches to this question, the pupil dilation response has shown to be an i... Read More about The application of pupillometry in hearing science to assess listening effort.

The Developing Human Connectome Project: a minimal processing pipeline for neonatal cortical surface reconstruction (2018)
Journal Article
Makropoulos, A., Robinson, E. C., Schuh, A., Wright, R., Fitzgibbon, S., Bozek, J., …Rueckert, D. (2018). The Developing Human Connectome Project: a minimal processing pipeline for neonatal cortical surface reconstruction. NeuroImage, 173, 88-112. https://doi.org/10.1101/125526

The Developing Human Connectome Project (dHCP) seeks to create the first 4-dimensional connectome of early life. Understanding this connectome in detail may provide insights into normal as well as abnormal patterns of brain development. Following est... Read More about The Developing Human Connectome Project: a minimal processing pipeline for neonatal cortical surface reconstruction.

Identification of Positive Allosteric Modulators of the D1 Dopamine Receptor That Act at Diverse Binding Sites (2018)
Journal Article
Luderman, K. D., Conroy, J. L., Free, R. B., Southall, N., Ferrer, M., Sanchez-Soto, M., …Sibley, D. R. (2018). Identification of Positive Allosteric Modulators of the D1 Dopamine Receptor That Act at Diverse Binding Sites. Molecular Pharmacology, 94(4), 1197-1209. https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.118.113175

The D1 dopamine receptor is linked to a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders and represents an attractive drug target for the enhancement of cognition in schizophrenia, Alzheimer disease, and other disorders. Positive allosteric modulators (PAMs), w... Read More about Identification of Positive Allosteric Modulators of the D1 Dopamine Receptor That Act at Diverse Binding Sites.

MiRoR—Miniaturized Robotic Systems for Holistic In-Situ Repair and maintenance works in restrained and hazardous environments (2018)
Journal Article
Axinte, D., Dong, X., Palmer, D., Rushworth, A., Guzman, S. C., Olarra, A., …Kell, J. (2018). MiRoR—Miniaturized Robotic Systems for Holistic In-Situ Repair and maintenance works in restrained and hazardous environments. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 23(2), 978-981. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmech.2018.2800285

This letter presents the novel concept of a miniaturized robotized machine tool, Mini-RoboMach, consisting of a walking hexapod robot and a Slender Continuum Arm. By combining the mobility of the walking robot with the positioning accuracy of the mac... Read More about MiRoR—Miniaturized Robotic Systems for Holistic In-Situ Repair and maintenance works in restrained and hazardous environments.

CubeSat constellations for disaster management in remote areas (2018)
Journal Article
Santilli, G., Vendittozzi, C., Cappelletti, C., Battistini, S., & Gessini, P. (2018). CubeSat constellations for disaster management in remote areas. Acta Astronautica, 145, 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.12.050

In recent years, CubeSats have considerably extended their range of possible applications, from a low cost means to train students and young researchers in space related activities up to possible complementary solutions to larger missions. Increasing... Read More about CubeSat constellations for disaster management in remote areas.

Documenting Heimkehr: Photography, Displacement and 'Homecoming' in the Nazi Resettlement of the Ethnic Germans, 1939-1940 (2018)
Book Chapter
Harvey, E. (2018). Documenting Heimkehr: Photography, Displacement and 'Homecoming' in the Nazi Resettlement of the Ethnic Germans, 1939-1940. In J. Evans, P. Betts, & S. Hoffmann (Eds.), The Ethics of Seeing: Photography and Twentieth-Century German History (79-107). Berghahn

This chapter examines the immense photographic effort undertaken by the Nazi regime to document the resettlement of different 'ethnic German' minorities from eastern and south-eastern Europe in the period 1939-41 and asks what propaganda messages can... Read More about Documenting Heimkehr: Photography, Displacement and 'Homecoming' in the Nazi Resettlement of the Ethnic Germans, 1939-1940.

Probing the heart and mind of the viewer: scientific studies of film and theatre spectators in the Soviet Union, 1917-1936 (2018)
Journal Article
Toropova, A. (2018). Probing the heart and mind of the viewer: scientific studies of film and theatre spectators in the Soviet Union, 1917-1936. Slavic Review, 76(4), 931-958. https://doi.org/10.1017/slr.2017.271

A vast array of research institutes and cultural organizations began to study the viewer of Soviet cinema and theatre in the years following the October Revolution. These investigations called on the techniques of sociology, psychology, and physiolog... Read More about Probing the heart and mind of the viewer: scientific studies of film and theatre spectators in the Soviet Union, 1917-1936.

Feasibility of training group exercise class instructors to adopt a motivationally adaptive communication style (2018)
Journal Article
Hancox, J. E., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., Quested, E., & Ntoumanis, N. (2018). Feasibility of training group exercise class instructors to adopt a motivationally adaptive communication style. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 49(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP+2017.48

This study examined the feasibility of a 10-week self-determination theory-based training programme delivered to 24 group exercise instructors. Feasibility of implementing the programme was explored in terms of 1) recruitment, 2) rates of adherence a... Read More about Feasibility of training group exercise class instructors to adopt a motivationally adaptive communication style.

Spot dynamics in a reaction-diffusion model of plant root hair initiation (2018)
Journal Article
Avitabile, D., Brena-Medina, V. F., & Ward, M. J. (2018). Spot dynamics in a reaction-diffusion model of plant root hair initiation. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 78(1), https://doi.org/10.1137/17M1120932

We study pattern formation in a 2-D reaction-diffusion (RD) sub-cellular model characterizing the effect of a spatial gradient of a plant hormone distribution on a family of G-proteins associated with root-hair (RH) initiation in the plant cell Arabi... Read More about Spot dynamics in a reaction-diffusion model of plant root hair initiation.

Experimental evidences of quantum confined 2D indirect excitons in single barrier GaAs/AlAs/GaAs heterostructure using photocapacitance at room temperature (2018)
Journal Article
Bhunia, A., Singh, M. K., Galvao Gobato, Y., Henini, M., & Datta, S. (in press). Experimental evidences of quantum confined 2D indirect excitons in single barrier GaAs/AlAs/GaAs heterostructure using photocapacitance at room temperature. Journal of Applied Physics, 123(4), Article 044305. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007820

We investigated excitonic absorptions in a GaAs/AlAs/GaAs single barrier heterostructure using both photocapacitance and photocurrent spectroscopies at room temperature. Photocapacitance spectra show well defined resonance peaks of indirect excitons... Read More about Experimental evidences of quantum confined 2D indirect excitons in single barrier GaAs/AlAs/GaAs heterostructure using photocapacitance at room temperature.

Cochrane Corner: Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults (2018)
Journal Article
Brennan-Jones, C. G., Weeda, E., & Ferguson, M. A. (in press). Cochrane Corner: Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults. International Journal of Audiology, https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2018.1432903

This Cochrane Corner features the review entitled “Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults” published in 2017. In their review, Ferguson et al. identified five randomised controlled trials (RCTs) involving 825 participants, with mode... Read More about Cochrane Corner: Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults.