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Restoring speech following total removal of the larynx by a learned transformation from sensor data to acoustics (2017)
Journal Article
Gilbert, J. M., Gonzalez, J. A., Cheah, L. A., Ell, S. R., Green, P., Moore, R. K., & Holdsworth, E. (2017). Restoring speech following total removal of the larynx by a learned transformation from sensor data to acoustics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(3), EL307-EL313. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4978364

Total removal of the larynx may be required to treat laryngeal cancer: speech is lost. This article shows that it may be possible to restore speech by sensing movement of the remaining speech articulators and use machine learning algorithms to derive... Read More about Restoring speech following total removal of the larynx by a learned transformation from sensor data to acoustics.

Choreography, controversy and child sex abuse: Theoretical reflections on a cultural criminological analysis of dance in a pop music video (2017)
Journal Article
Dearey, M. (2018). Choreography, controversy and child sex abuse: Theoretical reflections on a cultural criminological analysis of dance in a pop music video. Theoretical Criminology, 22(2), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480617699159

This article was inspired by the controversy over claims of ‘pedophilia!!!!’ undertones and the ‘triggering’ of memories of childhood sexual abuse in some viewers by the dance performance featured in the music video for Sia’s ‘Elastic Heart’ (2015).... Read More about Choreography, controversy and child sex abuse: Theoretical reflections on a cultural criminological analysis of dance in a pop music video.

Caught between the orientalist–occidentalist polemic: gender mainstreaming as feminist transformation or neocolonial subversion? (2017)
Journal Article
Clisby, S., & Enderstein, A.-M. (2017). Caught between the orientalist–occidentalist polemic: gender mainstreaming as feminist transformation or neocolonial subversion?. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 19(2), 231-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2016.1258262

Here we provide a critical reading of gender mainstreaming as a potential emancipatory force that has been co-opted within Orientalist-Occidentalist polemics. This remains a critical period in the “mainstreaming” debate, where feminist reappropriatio... Read More about Caught between the orientalist–occidentalist polemic: gender mainstreaming as feminist transformation or neocolonial subversion?.

Breathlessness and presentation to the emergency department: a survey and clinical record review (2017)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, A., Pickering, A., Williams, P., Bland, J. M., & Johnson, M. J. (2017). Breathlessness and presentation to the emergency department: a survey and clinical record review. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 17(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0396-4

Background Breathlessness is a frequently occurring symptom of cardiorespiratory conditions and is a common cause of emergency department presentation. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of acute-on-chronic breathlessness as a cause... Read More about Breathlessness and presentation to the emergency department: a survey and clinical record review.

Supramolecular assembly of cucurbit[6]uril and N-butyl-4-pyrrolidinopyridine (2017)
Journal Article
Hou, H.-B., Gao, Z.-Z., Bai, D., Tao, Z., Prior, T. J., Redshaw, C., & Xiao, X. (2017). Supramolecular assembly of cucurbit[6]uril and N-butyl-4-pyrrolidinopyridine. Supramolecular chemistry, 29(9), 680-685. https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2017.1304549

The nature of the supramolecular host-guest complex involving 4-pyrrolidinopyridine (BuPC4) and cucurbit[6]uril (Q[6]) has been investigated by NMR and UV spectroscopy, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography and isothermal titration calor... Read More about Supramolecular assembly of cucurbit[6]uril and N-butyl-4-pyrrolidinopyridine.

The effects of exogenous lipid on THP-1 cells : an in vitro model of airway aspiration? (2017)
Journal Article
Hayman, Y. A., Sadofsky, L. R., Williamson, J. D., Hart, S. P., & Morice, A. H. (2017). The effects of exogenous lipid on THP-1 cells : an in vitro model of airway aspiration?. Ers Monograph, 3(1), 00026-2016. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00026-2016

Chronic inflammatory diseases of the airways are associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) and aspiration events. The observation of lipid laden macrophages (LLM) within the airway may indicate aspiration secondary to GOR. The proposed mechanis... Read More about The effects of exogenous lipid on THP-1 cells : an in vitro model of airway aspiration?.

Benchmarking of a micro gas turbine model integrated with post-combustion CO 2 capture (2017)
Journal Article
Ali, U., Font-Palma, C., Nikpey Somehsaraei, H., Mansouri Majoumerd, M., Akram, M., Finney, K. N., Best, T., Mohd Said, N. B., Assadi, M., & Pourkashanian, M. (2017). Benchmarking of a micro gas turbine model integrated with post-combustion CO 2 capture. Energy, 126, 475-487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.03.040

© 2017 The deployment of post-combustion CO2 capture on large-scale gas-fired power plants is currently progressing, hence the integration of the power and capture plants requires a good understanding of operational requirements and limitations to su... Read More about Benchmarking of a micro gas turbine model integrated with post-combustion CO 2 capture.

Epidemiology of pain in people with dementia living in care homes: longitudinal course, prevalence, and treatment implications (2017)
Journal Article
Rajkumar, A. P., Ballard, C., Fossey, J., Orrell, M., Moniz-Cook, E., Woods, R. T., Murray, J., Whitaker, R., Stafford, J., Knapp, M., Romeo, R., Romeo, R., Woodward-Carlton, B., Khan, Z., Testad, I., & Corbett, A. (2017). Epidemiology of pain in people with dementia living in care homes: longitudinal course, prevalence, and treatment implications. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 18(5), 453.e1-453.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2017.01.024

Introduction: Knowledge regarding the longitudinal course, impact, or treatment implications of pain in people with dementia living in care homes is very limited. Methods: We investigated the people with dementia living in 67 care homes in London and... Read More about Epidemiology of pain in people with dementia living in care homes: longitudinal course, prevalence, and treatment implications.

Personality traits and performance enhancing drugs : the dark triad and doping attitudes among competitive athletes (2017)
Journal Article
Nicholls, A. R., Madigan, D. J., Backhouse, S. H., & Levy, A. R. (2017). Personality traits and performance enhancing drugs : the dark triad and doping attitudes among competitive athletes. Personality and individual differences, 112, 113-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.062

The use of performance enhancing drugs, also known as doping, can represent a serious threat to an athlete’s psychological and physical health and contravenes the spirit of sport. Scholars identified attitudes towards doping as a crucial factor that... Read More about Personality traits and performance enhancing drugs : the dark triad and doping attitudes among competitive athletes.

Thermodynamic and economic investigation of a screw expander-based direct steam generation solar cascade Rankine cycle system using water as thermal storage fluid (2017)
Journal Article
Li, J., Li, P., Gao, G., Pei, G., Su, Y., & Ji, J. (2017). Thermodynamic and economic investigation of a screw expander-based direct steam generation solar cascade Rankine cycle system using water as thermal storage fluid. Applied energy, 195, 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.033

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Solar electricity generation system (SEGS) which employs cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (SORC) and steam screw expander (SE) is promising due to the high efficiency at moderate heat source temperature. This paper puts a speci... Read More about Thermodynamic and economic investigation of a screw expander-based direct steam generation solar cascade Rankine cycle system using water as thermal storage fluid.

Erratum to: Atomic “bomb testing”: the Elitzur–Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett–Garg inequality (2017)
Journal Article
Robens, C., Alt, W., Emary, C., Meschede, D., & Alberti, A. (2017). Erratum to: Atomic “bomb testing”: the Elitzur–Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett–Garg inequality. Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 123(4), 98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-017-6639-5

© 2017, The Author(s). In the original version of the article, the shaded band in Fig. 3 representing the theoretical model was omitted. The original article has been revised to provide the correct figure (Fig. 3), which is also shown below. (Figure... Read More about Erratum to: Atomic “bomb testing”: the Elitzur–Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett–Garg inequality.

The selection function of the RAVE survey (2017)
Journal Article
Wojno, J., Kordopatis, G., Piffl, T., Binney, J., Steinmetz, M., Matijevič, G., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Sharma, S., McMillan, P., Watson, F., Reid, W., Kunder, A., Enke, H., Grebel, E. K., Seabroke, G., Wyse, R. F. G., Zwitter, T., Bienaymé, O., Freeman, K. C., Gibson, B. K., …Siebert, A. (2017). The selection function of the RAVE survey. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468(3), 3368-3380. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx606

We characterize the selection function of RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) using 2 Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) as our underlying population, which we assume represents all stars that could have potentially been observed.We evaluate the completenes... Read More about The selection function of the RAVE survey.

Non-opioid medications for the relief of chronic breathlessness: current evidence (2017)
Journal Article
Barbetta, C., Currow, D. C., & Johnson, M. J. (2017). Non-opioid medications for the relief of chronic breathlessness: current evidence. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 11(4), 333-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/17476348.2017.1305896

Introduction: To evaluate systematically randomised clinical trials investigating non-opioid medications for the management and treatment of chronic breathlessness. Areas covered: The evidence for the role of benzodiazepines, anxiolytics, selective s... Read More about Non-opioid medications for the relief of chronic breathlessness: current evidence.

Self-reported knee pain and disability among healthy individuals: reference data and factors associated with the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and KOOS-Child (2017)
Journal Article
Baldwin, J. N., McKay, M. J., Simic, M., Hiller, C. E., Moloney, N., Nightingale, E. J., & Burns, J. (2017). Self-reported knee pain and disability among healthy individuals: reference data and factors associated with the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and KOOS-Child. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 25(8), 1282-1290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.03.007

© 2017 Osteoarthritis Research Society International Objective To develop normative reference data for the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and KOOS-Child, as well as investigate socio-demographic, psychological and physical factor... Read More about Self-reported knee pain and disability among healthy individuals: reference data and factors associated with the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and KOOS-Child.

The long-term impacts of probation supervision (2017)
Book Chapter
Hunter, B., Farrall, S., Sharpe, G., & Calverley, A. (2017). The long-term impacts of probation supervision. In A. Blokland, & V. van der Geest (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Life-Course Criminology (436-449). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315747996

This chapter draws upon data from a longitudinal study of desistance from crime to investigate the impacts of criminal justice interventions specifically, probation supervision on probationers' behaviour over a period of fifteen years. It demonstrate... Read More about The long-term impacts of probation supervision.

The wave and tidal resource of Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Neill, S. P., Vögler, A., Goward-Brown, A. J., Baston, S., Lewis, M. J., Gillibrand, P. A., Waldman, S., & Woolf, D. K. (2017). The wave and tidal resource of Scotland. Renewable energy, 114A, 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.03.027

As the marine renewable energy industry evolves, in parallel with an increase in the quantity of available data and improvements in validated numerical simulations, it is occasionally appropriate to re-assess the wave and tidal resource of a region.... Read More about The wave and tidal resource of Scotland.