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High intake of vegetables is linked to lower white blood cell profile and the effect is mediated by the gut microbiome (2021)
Journal Article
Menni, C., Louca, P., Berry, S. E., Vijay, A., Astbury, S., Leeming, E. R., …Valdes, A. M. (2021). High intake of vegetables is linked to lower white blood cell profile and the effect is mediated by the gut microbiome. BMC Medicine, 19, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01913-w

Background: Chronic inflammation, which can be modulated by diet, is linked to high white blood cell counts and correlates with higher cardiometabolic risk and risk of more severe infections, as in the case of COVID-19. Methods: Here, we assessed th... Read More about High intake of vegetables is linked to lower white blood cell profile and the effect is mediated by the gut microbiome.

Performance Assessment of an Energy Management System for a Home Microgrid with PV Generation (2020)
Journal Article
Elkazaz, M., Sumner, M., Pholboon, S., Davies, R., & Thomas, D. (2020). Performance Assessment of an Energy Management System for a Home Microgrid with PV Generation. Energies, 13(13), https://doi.org/10.3390/en13133436

Home energy management systems (HEMS) are a key technology for managing future electricity distribution systems as they can shift household electricity usage away from peak consumption times and can reduce the amount of local generation penetrating i... Read More about Performance Assessment of an Energy Management System for a Home Microgrid with PV Generation.

A hierarchical two-stage energy management for a home microgrid using model predictive and real-time controllers (2020)
Journal Article
Elkazaz, M., Sumner, M., Naghiyev, E., Pholboon, S., Davies, R., & Thomas, D. (2020). A hierarchical two-stage energy management for a home microgrid using model predictive and real-time controllers. Applied Energy, 269, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115118

This paper presents a hierarchical two-layer home energy management system to reduce daily household energy costs and maximize photovoltaic self-consumption. The upper layer comprises a model predictive controller which optimizes household energy usa... Read More about A hierarchical two-stage energy management for a home microgrid using model predictive and real-time controllers.