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Voice restoration after laryngectomy based on magnetic sensing of articulator movement and statistical articulation-to-speech conversion (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gonzalez, J. A., Cheah, L. A., Gilbert, J. M., Bai, J., Ell, S. R., Green, P. D., & Moore, R. K. Voice restoration after laryngectomy based on magnetic sensing of articulator movement and statistical articulation-to-speech conversion. Presented at Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies 9th International Joint Conference, BIOSTEC 2016, Rome, Italy

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. In this work, we present a silent speech system that is able to generate audible speech from captured movement of speech articulators. Our goal is to help laryngectomy patients, i.e. patients who have lost... Read More about Voice restoration after laryngectomy based on magnetic sensing of articulator movement and statistical articulation-to-speech conversion.

Enabling the flow of compassionate care: a grounded theory study (2017)
Journal Article
Tierney, S., Seers, K., Tutton, E., & Reeve, J. (2017). Enabling the flow of compassionate care: a grounded theory study. BMC health services research, 17(1), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2120-8

Background: Compassion has become a topic of increasing interest within healthcare over recent years. Yet despite its raised profile, little research has investigated how compassionate care is enacted and what it means to healthcare professionals (HC... Read More about Enabling the flow of compassionate care: a grounded theory study.

Inhaled corticosteriod use and the risk of pneumonia and COPD exacerbations in the UPLIFT study (2017)
Journal Article
Morjaria, J. B., Morice, A. H., Morice, A., Rigby, A., & Morjaria, J. (2017). Inhaled corticosteriod use and the risk of pneumonia and COPD exacerbations in the UPLIFT study. Lung, 195(3), 281-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-017-9990-8

Rationale Unlike many other COPD studies, the 4-year UPLIFT trial permitted inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) use during run-in and treatment phases. This provided the opportunity to prospectively observe the continuing effects of ICS on respiratory event... Read More about Inhaled corticosteriod use and the risk of pneumonia and COPD exacerbations in the UPLIFT study.

Maternal metabolic stress may affect oviduct gatekeeper function (2017)
Journal Article
Jordaens, L., van Hoeck, V., Maillo, V., Gutiérrez-Adán, A., Marei, W., Vlaeminck, B., Thys, S., Sturmey, R., Bols, P., & Leroy, J. L. M. R. (2017). Maternal metabolic stress may affect oviduct gatekeeper function. Reproduction, 153(6), 759-773. https://doi.org/10.1530/rep-16-0569

We hypothesized that elevated non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) modify in vitro bovine oviduct epithelial cell (BOEC) metabolism and barrier function. Hereto, BOECs were studied in a polarized system with 24h-treatments at day 9: 1) CONTROL (0µM NEFA... Read More about Maternal metabolic stress may affect oviduct gatekeeper function.

MPC and H-Infinity Based Feedback Control of Non-Linear Robotic Manipulator (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ullah, M. I., Ajwad, S. A., Irfan, M., & Iqbal, J. (2016, December). MPC and H-Infinity Based Feedback Control of Non-Linear Robotic Manipulator. Presented at FIT 2016 - 14th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Pressing demands of accuracy, repeatability, reliability and productivity in today's robotic applications has highlighted significance of modern control techniques. This research proposes two non-linear design techniques, Model Predictive Control (MP... Read More about MPC and H-Infinity Based Feedback Control of Non-Linear Robotic Manipulator.

Dialkylcarbamoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings in the management and prevention of wound infection: A systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Totty, J., Bua, N., Smith, G., Harwood, A., Carradice, D., Wallace, T., & Chetter, I. (2017). Dialkylcarbamoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings in the management and prevention of wound infection: A systematic review. Journal of Wound Care, 26(3), 107-114. https://doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2017.26.3.107

Objective: Dialkylcarbomoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings (Leukomed Sorbact and Cutimed Sorbact) irreversibly bind bacteria at the wound surface that are then removed when the dressing is changed. They are a recent addition to the wound care profe... Read More about Dialkylcarbamoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings in the management and prevention of wound infection: A systematic review.

Plant-expressed hepatitis B core antigen virus-like particles : characterization and investigation of their stability in simulated and pig gastro-intestinal fluids (2017)
Journal Article
Berardi, A., Lomonossoff, G. P., Evans, D. J., & Barker, S. A. (2017). Plant-expressed hepatitis B core antigen virus-like particles : characterization and investigation of their stability in simulated and pig gastro-intestinal fluids. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 522(1-2), 147-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.03.001

Virus-like particles (VLPs) are potential oral vaccine candidates, as their highly compact structure may allow them to withstand the harsh conditions of the gastro-intestinal (GI) environment. Hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) is an immunogenic protei... Read More about Plant-expressed hepatitis B core antigen virus-like particles : characterization and investigation of their stability in simulated and pig gastro-intestinal fluids.

Bovine and human becomings in histories of dairy technologies: robotic milking systems and remaking animal and human subjectivity (2017)
Journal Article
HOLLOWAY, L., & BEAR, C. (2017). Bovine and human becomings in histories of dairy technologies: robotic milking systems and remaking animal and human subjectivity. BJHS Themes, 2, 215-234. https://doi.org/10.1017/bjt.2017.2

This paper positions the recent emergence of robotic or automatic milking systems (AMS) in relation to discourses surrounding the longer history of milking technologies in the UK and elsewhere. The mechanisation of milking has been associated with se... Read More about Bovine and human becomings in histories of dairy technologies: robotic milking systems and remaking animal and human subjectivity.

Novel non-invasive algorithm to identify the origins of re-entry and ectopic foci in the atria from 64-lead ECGs. A computational study (2017)
Journal Article
Alday, E. A. P., Colman, M. A., Langley, P., & Zhang, H. (2017). Novel non-invasive algorithm to identify the origins of re-entry and ectopic foci in the atria from 64-lead ECGs. A computational study. PLoS Computational Biology, 13(3), e1005270. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005270

Atrial tachy-arrhytmias, such as atrial fibrillation (AF), are characterised by irregular electrical activity in the atria, generally associated with erratic excitation underlain by re-entrant scroll waves, fibrillatory conduction of multiple wavelet... Read More about Novel non-invasive algorithm to identify the origins of re-entry and ectopic foci in the atria from 64-lead ECGs. A computational study.

Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy (2017)
Journal Article
van der Linde, R. M., Matthews, F. E., Dening, T., & Brayne, C. (2017). Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 32(3), 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4464

Objective: To study the stability and emergence of a range of behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS), their association with mortality and the effect of covariates on these transitions in a population-based study of cognitively impaired older p... Read More about Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy.

Association of delirium with cognitive decline in late life: A neuropathologic study of 3 population-based cohort studies (2017)
Journal Article
Davis, D. H., Muniz-Terrera, G., Keage, H. A., Stephan, B. C., Fleming, J., Ince, P. G., Matthews, F. E., Cunningham, C., Ely, E. W., MacLullich, A. M., Brayne, C., McKeith, I., Polvikoski, T., Sulkava, R., Hardy, J., Melzer, D., Myllykangas, L., Nicoll, J., Singleton, A., Tienari, P., …Oinas, M. (2017). Association of delirium with cognitive decline in late life: A neuropathologic study of 3 population-based cohort studies. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(3), 244-251. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3423

Importance: Delirium is associated with accelerated cognitive decline. The pathologic substrates of this association are not yet known, that is, whether they are the same as those associated with dementia, are independent, or are interrelated. Object... Read More about Association of delirium with cognitive decline in late life: A neuropathologic study of 3 population-based cohort studies.

Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve, and cognitive function in later life: A cross-sectional study (2017)
Journal Article
Clare, L., Wu, Y. T., Teale, J. C., MacLeod, C., Matthews, F., Brayne, C., & Woods, B. (2017). Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve, and cognitive function in later life: A cross-sectional study. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002259

Background: Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors may influence cognitive health in later life and offer potential to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. The concept of cognitive reserve has been proposed as a mechanism to explain i... Read More about Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve, and cognitive function in later life: A cross-sectional study.

Dementia incidence trend over 1992-2014 in the Netherlands: Analysis of primary care data (2017)
Journal Article
van Bussel, E. F., Richard, E., Arts, D. L., Nooyens, A. C., Coloma, P. M., de Waal, M. W., van den Akker, M., Biermans, M. C., Nielen, M. M., van Boven, K., Smeets, H., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., Busschers, W. B., van Gool, W. A., & Moll van Charante, E. P. (2017). Dementia incidence trend over 1992-2014 in the Netherlands: Analysis of primary care data. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002235

Background: Recent reports have suggested declining age-specific incidence rates of dementia in high-income countries over time. Improved education and cardiovascular health in early age have been suggested to be bringing about this effect. The aim o... Read More about Dementia incidence trend over 1992-2014 in the Netherlands: Analysis of primary care data.

Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study (2017)
Journal Article
Lipnicki, D. M., Crawford, J. D., Dutta, R., Thalamuthu, A., Kochan, N. A., Andrews, G., Lima-Costa, M. F., Castro-Costa, E., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., Stephan, B. C., Lipton, R. B., Katz, M. J., Ritchie, K., Scali, J., Ancelin, M. L., Scarmeas, N., Yannakoulia, M., Dardiotis, E., Lam, L. C., …Sachdev, P. S. (2017). Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002261

Background: The prevalence of dementia varies around the world, potentially contributed to by international differences in rates of age-related cognitive decline. Our primary goal was to investigate how rates of age-related decline in cognitive test... Read More about Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study.

Assessing reading development through systematic synthetic phonics (2017)
Journal Article
Glazzard, J. (2017). Assessing reading development through systematic synthetic phonics. English in Education, 51(1), 44-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/eie.12125

This narrative literature review evaluates the effectiveness of synthetic phonics in comparison with analytic phonics. It presents the key research findings and offers a critical appraisal of this research. Primary schools have developed a variety of... Read More about Assessing reading development through systematic synthetic phonics.

Localized tissue mineralization regulated by bone remodelling: A computational approach (2017)
Journal Article
Berli, M., Borau, C., Decco, O., Adams, G., Cook, R. B., Aznar, J. M. G., & Zioupos, P. (2017). Localized tissue mineralization regulated by bone remodelling: A computational approach. PLoS ONE, 12(3), Article e0173228. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173228

Bone is a living tissue whose main mechanical function is to provide stiffness, strength and protection to the body. Both stiffness and strength depend on the mineralization of the organic matrix, which is constantly being remodelled by the coordinat... Read More about Localized tissue mineralization regulated by bone remodelling: A computational approach.

Sustainability factors influence on high and low performing firms (2017)
Thesis
Al Habsi, M. S. A. Sustainability factors influence on high and low performing firms. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224055

Although shareholder theory emphasizes that firm’s actions and inactions are to maximize profit and owner’s wealth, firms have increased engage in activities that are not directly increase shareholder’s value. The thesis examines the impact of sustai... Read More about Sustainability factors influence on high and low performing firms.

Enhancing auditors fraud risk assessment by using throughput model as a decision aid (2017)
Thesis
Al Shammakhi, B. N. S. Enhancing auditors fraud risk assessment by using throughput model as a decision aid. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224019

Following the recommendations in the current standards (e.g., Canadian Institute of chartered accountants, IAASB, AICPA (SAS No. 82 and 99)), along with the fraud triangle factors, in this work, a decomposition approach that employs SAS No. 99 factor... Read More about Enhancing auditors fraud risk assessment by using throughput model as a decision aid.

Energy metabolism of platelets (2017)
Thesis
Aibibula, M. Energy metabolism of platelets. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221806

Undesired platelet activation is associated with a number of diseases characterised by metabolic imbalance, such as hyperlipidaemia. Changes in platelet energy metabolism associated with disease states are unclear. This thesis presents a detailed inv... Read More about Energy metabolism of platelets.

Effects of resistin on platelet function and its receptor, adenylyl cyclase associated protein 1 (2017)
Thesis
Joshi, P. L. Effects of resistin on platelet function and its receptor, adenylyl cyclase associated protein 1. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221793

Resistin is an adipokine which is found elevated in patients suffering from metabolic syndrome, affecting a large proportion of the population. It is characterised by obesity, insulin resistance (IR), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascula... Read More about Effects of resistin on platelet function and its receptor, adenylyl cyclase associated protein 1.