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Using electronic health records to quantify and stratify the severity of type 2 diabetes in primary care in England: rationale and cohort study design (2018)
Journal Article
Zghebi, S. S., Rutter, M. K., Ashcroft, D. M., Salisbury, C., Mallen, C., Chew-Graham, C. A., …Planner, C. (2018). Using electronic health records to quantify and stratify the severity of type 2 diabetes in primary care in England: rationale and cohort study design. BMJ Open, 8(6), Article e020926

Introduction: The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) presents a significant burden on affected individuals and health-care systems internationally. There is, however, no agreed validated measure to infer diabetes severity from electronic... Read More about Using electronic health records to quantify and stratify the severity of type 2 diabetes in primary care in England: rationale and cohort study design.

Integrating renewable energy resources into the smart grid: recent developments in information and communication technologies (2018)
Journal Article
Rehmani, M. H., Reisslein, M., Rachedi, A., Erol-Kantarci, M., & Radenkovic, M. (2018). Integrating renewable energy resources into the smart grid: recent developments in information and communication technologies. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 14(7), 2814-2825. https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2018.2819169

Rising energy costs, losses in the present-day electricity grid, risks from nuclear power generation, and global environmental changes are motivating a transformation of the conventional ways of generating electricity. Globally, there is a desire to... Read More about Integrating renewable energy resources into the smart grid: recent developments in information and communication technologies.

Super-hydrophobic/icephobic coatings based on silica nanoparticles modified by self-assembled monolayers (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Janjua, Z. A., Roe, M., Xu, F., Turnbull, B., Choi, K., & Hou, X. (2016). Super-hydrophobic/icephobic coatings based on silica nanoparticles modified by self-assembled monolayers. Nanomaterials, 6(12), Article 232. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano6120232

A super-hydrophobic surface has been obtained from nanocomposite materials based on silica nanoparticles and self-assembled monolayers of 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane (POTS) using spin coating and chemical vapor deposition methods. Scann... Read More about Super-hydrophobic/icephobic coatings based on silica nanoparticles modified by self-assembled monolayers.

Crowdsourcing, citizen science or volunteered geographic information? The current state of crowdsourced geographic information (2016)
Journal Article
See, L., Mooney, P., Foody, G. M., Bastin, L., Comber, A., Estima, J., …Rutzinger, M. (2016). Crowdsourcing, citizen science or volunteered geographic information? The current state of crowdsourced geographic information. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 5(5), 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5050055

Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering domains that had until recently been the exclusive realm of authoritative agencies. This activity has a very diverse character as it can, amongst oth... Read More about Crowdsourcing, citizen science or volunteered geographic information? The current state of crowdsourced geographic information.

Health-care interventions to promote and assist tobacco cessation: a review of efficacy, effectiveness and affordability for use in national guideline development (2015)
Journal Article
West, R., Raw, M., McNeill, A., Stead, L., Aveyard, P., Britton, J., …Borland, R. (2015). Health-care interventions to promote and assist tobacco cessation: a review of efficacy, effectiveness and affordability for use in national guideline development. Addiction, 110(9), https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12998

Aims: This paper provides a concise review of the efficacy, effectiveness and affordability of health-care interventions to promote and assist tobacco cessation, in order to inform national guideline development and assist countries in planning their... Read More about Health-care interventions to promote and assist tobacco cessation: a review of efficacy, effectiveness and affordability for use in national guideline development.

The effect of intravenous iron on postoperative transfusion requirements in hip fracture patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2013)
Journal Article
Rowlands, M., Forward, D. P., Sahota, O., & Moppett, I. K. (2013). The effect of intravenous iron on postoperative transfusion requirements in hip fracture patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 14, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-288

Background Anaemia following hip fracture is common. Approximately 30 to 45% of patients have haemoglobin concentrations below population norms on admission, and around 10% are severely anaemic. Anaemia on admission, and in the postoperative period,... Read More about The effect of intravenous iron on postoperative transfusion requirements in hip fracture patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries (2013)
Journal Article
Piné-Abata, H., McNeill, A., Raw, M., Bitton, A., Rigotti, N., & Murray, R. (2013). A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries. Addiction, 108(8), https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12158

Aims To report progress among Parties to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in developing national tobacco treatment guidelines in accordance with FCTC Article 14 guideline recommendations. Design... Read More about A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries.

A truncation in the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor of the CRL:WI(Han) rat does not affect the developmental toxicity of TCDD (2009)
Journal Article
Jiang, T., Bell, D. R., Clode, S., Fan, M., Fernandes, A., Foster, P. M., …White, S. (2009). A truncation in the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor of the CRL:WI(Han) rat does not affect the developmental toxicity of TCDD. Toxicological Sciences, 107(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfn252

The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) is required for the toxicity of TCDD, and so the AhR of CRL:WI and CRL:WI(Han) rats was characterised. Western blot showed AhR proteins of ~110 and ~97 kDa in individual rats from both strains. The AhR cDNA from a... Read More about A truncation in the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor of the CRL:WI(Han) rat does not affect the developmental toxicity of TCDD.

Relationships between tissue levels of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), mRNAs and toxicity in the developing male Wistar(Han) rat (2007)
Journal Article
Bell, D. R., Clode, S., Fan, M., Fernandes, A., Foster, P. M. D., Jiang, T., …White, S. (2007). Relationships between tissue levels of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), mRNAs and toxicity in the developing male Wistar(Han) rat. Toxicological Sciences, 99(2),

We compared the effects of a single acute dose, or chronic fetal exposure, to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the male reproductive system of the Wistar(Han) rat. Tissue samples were taken from dams on GD16 and GD21, and from offspring... Read More about Relationships between tissue levels of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), mRNAs and toxicity in the developing male Wistar(Han) rat.

Toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in the developing male Wistar(Han) rat I: no decrease in epididymal sperm count after a single acute dose (2007)
Journal Article
Bell, D. R., Clode, S., Fan, M., Fernandes, A., Foster, P. M. D., Jiang, T., …White, S. (2007). Toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in the developing male Wistar(Han) rat I: no decrease in epididymal sperm count after a single acute dose. Toxicological Sciences, 99(1),

It has been reported that fetal exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) causes defects in the male reproductive system of the rat. We set out to replicate and extend these effects using a robust experimental design. Groups of 75 (contr... Read More about Toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in the developing male Wistar(Han) rat I: no decrease in epididymal sperm count after a single acute dose.

Toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in the developing male Wistar(Han) rat II: chronic dosing causes developmental delay (2007)
Journal Article
Bell, D. R., Clode, S., Fan, M., Fernandes, A., Foster, P. M. D., Jiang, T., …White, S. (2007). Toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in the developing male Wistar(Han) rat II: chronic dosing causes developmental delay. Toxicological Sciences, 99(1),

We have investigated whether fetal exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) causes defects in the male reproductive system of the rat, using chronically exposed rats to ensure continuous exposure of the fetus. 5-6 week old rats were exp... Read More about Toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in the developing male Wistar(Han) rat II: chronic dosing causes developmental delay.

Correlation of electrical and structural properties of Au contacts to KOH treated n-GaN (2004)
Book Chapter
Moldovan, G., Harrison, I., Roe, M., & Brown, P. D. (2004). Correlation of electrical and structural properties of Au contacts to KOH treated n-GaN. In S. McVitie, & D. McComb (Eds.), Electron microscopy and analysis 2003: proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Oxford, 3-5 September 2003. Institute of Physics Publishing

A correlated current-voltage (I-V), electron beam induced conductivity (EBIC) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) study of Au contacts to KOH treated n-type GaN is presented. A strong degradation of I-V characteristics occurs following the KO... Read More about Correlation of electrical and structural properties of Au contacts to KOH treated n-GaN.

Recombinant expression of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor for quantitative ligand-binding analysis
Journal Article
Fan, M., Bell, A. R., Bell, D. R., Clode, S., Fernandes, A., Foster, P. M., …White, S. Recombinant expression of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor for quantitative ligand-binding analysis. Analytical Biochemistry, 384, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2008.10.003

Recombinant expression of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) yields small amounts of ligand- binding competent AhR. Therefore, Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells and baculovirus have been evaluated for high level and functional expression of AhR. R... Read More about Recombinant expression of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor for quantitative ligand-binding analysis.

Modelling Immunological Memory
Book Chapter
Garrett, S., Robbins, M., Walker, J., Wilson, W., & Aickelin, U. Modelling Immunological Memory. In D. Flower, & J. Timmis (Eds.), Silico Immunology. Springer

Accurate immunological models offer the possibility of performing highthroughput experiments in silico that can predict, or at least suggest, in vivo phenomena. In this chapter, we compare various models of immunological memory. We first validate an... Read More about Modelling Immunological Memory.