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Revisiting Student Evaluation of Teaching during the pandemic (2023)
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Fry, J. (2023). Revisiting Student Evaluation of Teaching during the pandemic. Applied Economics Letters, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2023.2178623

The pandemic has placed unprecedented pressures upon staff and students alike. Yet performance management of academics including Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) persists. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has intervened on... Read More about Revisiting Student Evaluation of Teaching during the pandemic.

A novel mathematical model for estimating the relative risk of mortality attributable to the combined effect of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and cold ambient temperature (2022)
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Chung, C. Y., Yang, J., Yang, X., & He, J. (2023). A novel mathematical model for estimating the relative risk of mortality attributable to the combined effect of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and cold ambient temperature. The Science of the total environment, 858, pt.1, Article 159634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159634

Exposures to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and cold ambient temperatures have been identified as important risk factors in contributing towards the global mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Despite China currently... Read More about A novel mathematical model for estimating the relative risk of mortality attributable to the combined effect of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and cold ambient temperature.

Chemically active filaments: analysis and extensions of slender phoretic theory (2022)
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Katsamba, P., Butler, M. D., Koens, L., & Montenegro-Johnson, T. D. (2022). Chemically active filaments: analysis and extensions of slender phoretic theory. Soft matter, 18, 7051-7063. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00942k

Autophoretic microswimmers self-propel via surface interactions with a surrounding solute fuel. Chemically-active filaments are an exciting new microswimmer design that augments traditional autophoretic microswimmers, such as spherical Janus particle... Read More about Chemically active filaments: analysis and extensions of slender phoretic theory.

Long-term effects of ambient air pollution on lung cancer and COPD mortalities in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies (2022)
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Chee, Y., Yang, J., Yang, X., & He, J. (2022). Long-term effects of ambient air pollution on lung cancer and COPD mortalities in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 97, Article 106865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106865

The long-term effects of ambient air pollution on lung cancer (LC) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortalities in the more polluted regions in the world require a comprehensive analysis. In this study, a systematic literature search... Read More about Long-term effects of ambient air pollution on lung cancer and COPD mortalities in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

A novel asymptotic formulation for partial slip half-plane frictional contact problems (2022)
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Moore, M., & Hills, D. (2022). A novel asymptotic formulation for partial slip half-plane frictional contact problems. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 121, Article 103457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103457

A method of solution and the necessary calibrations are given to permit the steady-state extent of slip to be found in contacts properly described within a half-plane formulation using only two parameters: the contact law and the first-order descript... Read More about A novel asymptotic formulation for partial slip half-plane frictional contact problems.

Attention to Authority: The behavioural finance of Covid-19 (2022)
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Burke, M., Fry, J., Kemp, S., & Woodhouse, D. (2022). Attention to Authority: The behavioural finance of Covid-19. Finance research letters, 49, Article 103081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.103081

In this paper we investigate the predictability of cryptocurrency returns following increases in Covid-19 cases/deaths. We find that the rate of government intervention moderates the impact that Covid-19 cases/deaths have on cryptocurrency returns. W... Read More about Attention to Authority: The behavioural finance of Covid-19.

Euler/Euler large eddy simulation of bubbly flow in bubble columns under CO2 chemisorption conditions (2022)
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Long, S., Yang, X., Yang, J., & Sommerfeld, M. (2022). Euler/Euler large eddy simulation of bubbly flow in bubble columns under CO2 chemisorption conditions. Chemical Engineering Journal, 445, Article 136654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136654

It has been generally recognised that the turbulent dispersion force plays an important role in interphase momentum transfer. However, the effect of the added mass stress on the momentum and mass transfer in bubble column bubbly flow has not been add... Read More about Euler/Euler large eddy simulation of bubbly flow in bubble columns under CO2 chemisorption conditions.

The nascent coffee ring with arbitrary droplet contact set: an asymptotic analysis (2022)
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Moore, M., Vella, D., & Oliver, J. (2022). The nascent coffee ring with arbitrary droplet contact set: an asymptotic analysis. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 940, Article A38. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.251

We consider the effect of droplet geometry on the early-stages of coffee ring formation during the evaporation of a thin droplet with an arbitrary simple, smooth, pinned contact line. We perform a systematic matched asymptotic analysis of the small-c... Read More about The nascent coffee ring with arbitrary droplet contact set: an asymptotic analysis.

Analysing the accuracy of asymptotic approximations in incomplete contact problems (2022)
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Moore, M., & Hills, D. (2022). Analysing the accuracy of asymptotic approximations in incomplete contact problems. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 253, Article 111557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2022.111557

The error incurred in the representation of the contact pressure at the edges of incomplete contacts by first order asymptotes is treated, and the maximum value of the relative error found for a range of geometries, both symmetric and non-symmetric.... Read More about Analysing the accuracy of asymptotic approximations in incomplete contact problems.

Tubular-body theory for viscous flows (2022)
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Koens, L. (2022). Tubular-body theory for viscous flows. Physical Review Fluids, 7(3), Article 034101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.034101

Cable-like bodies play a key role in many interdisciplinary systems but are hard to simulate. Asymptotic theories, called slender-body theories, are effective but apply in specific regimes and can be hard to extend beyond leading order. In this lette... Read More about Tubular-body theory for viscous flows.

Jet-driven viscous locomotion of confined thermoresponsive microgels (2022)
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Tanasijević, I., Jung, O., Koens, L., Mourran, A., & Lauga, E. (2022). Jet-driven viscous locomotion of confined thermoresponsive microgels. Applied physics letters, 120(10), Article 104101. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0076244

We consider the dynamics of micro-sized, asymmetrically coated thermoresponsive hydrogel ribbons (microgels) under periodic heating and cooling in the confined space between two planar surfaces. As the result of the temperature changes, the volume an... Read More about Jet-driven viscous locomotion of confined thermoresponsive microgels.

On ribbon graphs and virtual links (2022)
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Baldridge, S., H. Kauffman, L., & Rushworth, W. (2022). On ribbon graphs and virtual links. European Journal of Combinatorics, 103, Article 103520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejc.2022.103520

We introduce a new equivalence relation on decorated ribbon graphs, and show that its equivalence classes directly correspond to virtual links. We demonstrate how this correspondence can be used to convert any invariant of virtual links into an invar... Read More about On ribbon graphs and virtual links.

Order and information in the patterns of spinning magnetic micro-disks at the air-water interface (2022)
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Wang, W., Gardi, G., Malgaretti, P., Kishore, V., Koens, L., Son, D., …Sitti, M. (2022). Order and information in the patterns of spinning magnetic micro-disks at the air-water interface. Science Advances, 8(2), Article eabk0685. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk0685

The application of the Shannon entropy to study the relationship between information and structures has yielded insights into molecular and material systems. However, the difficulty in directly observing and manipulating atoms and molecules hampers t... Read More about Order and information in the patterns of spinning magnetic micro-disks at the air-water interface.

Voting intentions on social media and political opinion polls (2021)
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Pekar, V., Najafi, H., Binner, J., Swanson, R., Rickard, C., & Fry, J. (in press). Voting intentions on social media and political opinion polls. Government information quarterly, Article 101658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2021.101658

Opinion polls play an important role in modern democratic processes: they are known to not only affect the outcomes of elections, but also have a significant influence on government policy after elections. Recent years have seen large discrepancies b... Read More about Voting intentions on social media and political opinion polls.

Effect of hydrodynamic heterogeneity on particle dispersion in a Taylor-Couette flow reactor with variable configurations of inner cylinder (2021)
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Liu, L., Yang, X., Yang, J., Li, G., Guo, Y., Wang, G., & Wang, L. (2022). Effect of hydrodynamic heterogeneity on particle dispersion in a Taylor-Couette flow reactor with variable configurations of inner cylinder. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 131, Article 104141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2021.11.008

Background Effect of hydrodynamic heterogeneity on particle dispersion in a Taylor-Couette flow (TC) reactor with variable configurations of inner cylinder has been investigated using CFD modelling. Methods Particle dispersion was tracked based... Read More about Effect of hydrodynamic heterogeneity on particle dispersion in a Taylor-Couette flow reactor with variable configurations of inner cylinder.

Ascent concordance (2021)
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Rushworth, W. (2021). Ascent concordance. Algebraic and Geometric Topology, 21(6), 3073–3106. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2021.21.3073

A cobordism between links in thickened surfaces consists of a surface $ S $ and a $3$-manifold $M $, with $ S $ properly embedded in $ M \times I $. We show that there exist links in thickened surfaces such that if $(S,M) $ is a cobordism between the... Read More about Ascent concordance.

A parity for 2-colourable links (2021)
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Rushworth, W. (2021). A parity for 2-colourable links. Osaka Journal of Mathematics, 58(4), 767–801

We introduce the 2-colour parity. It is a theory of parity for a large class of virtual links, defined using the interaction between orientations of the link components and a certain type of colouring. The 2-colour parity is an extension of the Gauss... Read More about A parity for 2-colourable links.

Regularized Stokeslets lines suitable for slender bodies in viscous flow (2021)
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Zhao, B., & Koens, L. (2021). Regularized Stokeslets lines suitable for slender bodies in viscous flow. Fluids, 6(9), Article 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids6090335

Slender-body approximations have been successfully used to explain many phenomena in low-Reynolds number fluid mechanics. These approximations typically use a line of singularity solutions to represent flow. These singularities can be difficult to im... Read More about Regularized Stokeslets lines suitable for slender bodies in viscous flow.

Automated data processing of bank statements for cash balance forecasting (2021)
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Griguta, V., Gerber, L., Slater-Petty, H., Crockett, K., & Fry, J. (2021). Automated data processing of bank statements for cash balance forecasting. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 284, 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80126-7_5

The forecasting of cash inflows and outflows across multiple business operations plays an important role in the financial health of medium and large enterprises. Historically, this function was assigned to specialized treasury departments who project... Read More about Automated data processing of bank statements for cash balance forecasting.

Managing performance expectations in association football (2021)
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Fry, J., Serbera, J., & Wilson, R. (2021). Managing performance expectations in association football. Journal of business research, 135, 445-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.06.052

Motivated by excessive managerial pressure and sackings, together with associated questions over the inefficient use of scarce resources, we explore realistic performance expectations in association football. Our aim is to improve management quality... Read More about Managing performance expectations in association football.