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Sensing Intra‐ and Extra‐Cellular Ca 2+ in the Islet of Langerhans (2021)
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Huang, W., Wu, T., Xie, C., Rayner, C. K., Priest, C., Ebendorff‐Heidepriem, H., & Zhao, J. (. (2022). Sensing Intra‐ and Extra‐Cellular Ca 2+ in the Islet of Langerhans. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(3), Article 2106020. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202106020

Calcium ions (Ca2+) take part in intra- and inter-cellular signaling to mediate cellular functions. Sensing this ubiquitous messenger is instrumental in disentangling the specific functions of cellular sub-compartments and/or intercellular communicat... Read More about Sensing Intra‐ and Extra‐Cellular Ca 2+ in the Islet of Langerhans.

Selective Recovery of Copper from a Synthetic Metalliferous Waste Stream Using the Thiourea-Functionalized Ion Exchange Resin Puromet MTS9140 (2021)
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Riley, A. L., Porter, C. P., & Ogden, M. D. (2021). Selective Recovery of Copper from a Synthetic Metalliferous Waste Stream Using the Thiourea-Functionalized Ion Exchange Resin Puromet MTS9140. Eng, 2(4), 512-530. https://doi.org/10.3390/eng2040033

The extraction of Cu from mixed-metal acidic solutions by the thiourea-functionalized resin Puromet MTS9140 was studied. Despite being originally manufactured for precious metal recovery, a high selectivity towards Cu was observed over other first-ro... Read More about Selective Recovery of Copper from a Synthetic Metalliferous Waste Stream Using the Thiourea-Functionalized Ion Exchange Resin Puromet MTS9140.

Breathlessness dimensions association with physical and mental quality of life – the population based VASCOL study of elderly men (2021)
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Cristea, L., Olsson, M., Currow, D., Johnson, M., Sandberg, J., & Ekström, M. (2021). Breathlessness dimensions association with physical and mental quality of life – the population based VASCOL study of elderly men. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 8(1), Article e000990. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2021-000990

Background Breathlessness is a multidimensional symptom prevalent in elderly affecting many aspects of life. We aimed to determine how different dimensions of breathlessness are associated with physical and mental quality of life (QoL) in elderly men... Read More about Breathlessness dimensions association with physical and mental quality of life – the population based VASCOL study of elderly men.

Violence, worry and trust in the emergence of weapon-carrying (2021)
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Brennan, I. R. (2021). Violence, worry and trust in the emergence of weapon-carrying. European Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708211046193

This paper identifies longitudinal predictors of weapon-carrying in a sample of 10–25 year olds in England and Wales. It conceptualises weapon-carrying as anticipation of an adverse event and proposes hypotheses about the origins of weapon-carrying d... Read More about Violence, worry and trust in the emergence of weapon-carrying.

Circles of analysis: a systemic model of child criminal exploitation (2021)
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Barlow, C., Kidd, A., Green, S. T., & Darby, B. (in press). Circles of analysis: a systemic model of child criminal exploitation. Journal of Children's Services, https://doi.org/10.1108/JCS-04-2021-0016

Purpose: Child criminal exploitation (CCE) emerges from the complex interplay between potential targets, motivated perpetrators and conducive environments. Drawing on contextual safeguarding and rational choice theory. The purpose of this paper is to... Read More about Circles of analysis: a systemic model of child criminal exploitation.

The Impact of Black Hole Formation on Population-averaged Supernova Yields (2021)
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Griffith, E. J., Sukhbold, T., Weinberg, D. H., Johnson, J. A., Johnson, J. W., & Vincenzo, F. (2021). The Impact of Black Hole Formation on Population-averaged Supernova Yields. The Astrophysical journal, 921, Article 73. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1bac

The landscape of black hole (BH) formation—in which massive stars explode as core-collapse supernovae (CCSN) and which implode into BHs—profoundly affects the initial-mass-function (IMF)-averaged nucleosynthetic yields of a stellar population. Buildi... Read More about The Impact of Black Hole Formation on Population-averaged Supernova Yields.

Dressings and dignity in community nursing (2021)
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Stevens, E., Price, E., & Walker, L. (2021). Dressings and dignity in community nursing. British Journal of Community Nursing, 26(11), 526-531. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2021.26.11.526

Although dignity has been widely explored in the context of healthcare, it has rarely been the subject of empirical exploration when care is delivered by community district nursing teams. This paper demonstrates how a commonplace community nursing ta... Read More about Dressings and dignity in community nursing.

A guide to developing a rural digital hub (2021)
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Price, L., Deville, J., & Ashmore, F. (2021). A guide to developing a rural digital hub. Local Economy, 36(7-8), 683-694. https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942221077575

This paper outlines the development of a Rural Digital Hub Guide. Digital hubs comprise one of a range of solutions that policymakers can implement in rural regions to promote digital engagement among communities and businesses. The guide was develop... Read More about A guide to developing a rural digital hub.

Charge Carrier Recombination at Perovskite/Hole Transport Layer Interfaces Monitored by Time-Resolved Spectroscopy (2021)
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Khan, J. I., Isikgor, F. H., Ugur, E., Raja, W., Harrison, G. T., Yengel, E., Anthopoulos, T. D., De Wolf, S., & Laquai, F. (2021). Charge Carrier Recombination at Perovskite/Hole Transport Layer Interfaces Monitored by Time-Resolved Spectroscopy. ACS Energy Letters, 6(12), 4155-4164. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01931

Carrier recombination at the interface between charge extraction layers and the perovskite photoactive layer in solar cells reduces the quasi-Fermi level splitting (QFLS) and hence the device's open-circuit voltage (VOC). Distinguishing between inter... Read More about Charge Carrier Recombination at Perovskite/Hole Transport Layer Interfaces Monitored by Time-Resolved Spectroscopy.

Can vaccination roll-out be more equitable if population risk is taken into account? (2021)
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Sinclair, D. R., Maharani, A., Stow, D., Welsh, C. E., & Matthews, F. E. (2021). Can vaccination roll-out be more equitable if population risk is taken into account?. PLoS ONE, 16(November), Article e0259990. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259990

Background COVID-19 vaccination in many countries, including England, has been prioritised primarily by age. However, people of the same age can have very different health statuses. Frailty is a commonly used metric of health and has been found to be... Read More about Can vaccination roll-out be more equitable if population risk is taken into account?.

On sound propagation along an infinite rectangular duct-like structure with a finite slot opening and its modelling (2021)
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Chu, S. H., & Tang, S. K. (2021). On sound propagation along an infinite rectangular duct-like structure with a finite slot opening and its modelling. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(5), 3445-3460. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0007061

The sound propagation across a sound leaking section along an infinite rectangular duct-like structure near to the lower order duct eigenfrequencies is investigated numerically in the present study. The sound leakage is achieved by finite length rect... Read More about On sound propagation along an infinite rectangular duct-like structure with a finite slot opening and its modelling.

Quantitative Methodology, Positivist Philosophy and Disciplinary Subjectivity: Indigenisation of British Sociology and Lessons for Chinese Sociology (2021)
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Wang, C. (2021). Quantitative Methodology, Positivist Philosophy and Disciplinary Subjectivity: Indigenisation of British Sociology and Lessons for Chinese Sociology. Journal of Social Development, 2021(4), 215-243

英国社会学在本土化历程中形成了鲜明的反量化取向和通识学科定位，这影响了其学科风格。本文追溯了两个知识传统对这一学科风格的影响：一是英国本土知识传统——统计学传统，它以“不介入”的方式成为英国社会学的主要他者；另一是孔德的实证哲学和社会学观念，它成为二战前... Read More about Quantitative Methodology, Positivist Philosophy and Disciplinary Subjectivity: Indigenisation of British Sociology and Lessons for Chinese Sociology.

Publishing a Special Issue of Reports from the volcano observatories in Latin America (2021)
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Chevrel, O., Wadsworth, F. B., Farquharson, J. I., Kushnir, A. R., Heap, M. J., Williams, R., Delmelle, P., & Kennedy, B. (2021). Publishing a Special Issue of Reports from the volcano observatories in Latin America. Volcanica, 4(S1), I-III. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.04.S1.ivi

Peer-reviewed publications are the most common way of sharing scientific knowledge internationally. Volcanica is the only fully diamond open access journal in volcanology, publishing peer-reviewed articles without costs to authors or readers. As part... Read More about Publishing a Special Issue of Reports from the volcano observatories in Latin America.

COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients with CLL: an update of the international ERIC and Campus CLL study (2021)
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Chatzikonstantinou, T., Kapetanakis, A., Scarfò, L., Karakatsoulis, G., Allsup, D., Cabrero, A. A., Andres, M., Antic, D., Baile, M., Baliakas, P., Bron, D., Capasso, A., Chatzileontiadou, S., Cordoba, R., Correa, J. G., Cuéllar-García, C., De Paoli, L., De Paolis, M. R., Del Poeta, G., Demosthenous, C., …Ghia, P. (in press). COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients with CLL: an update of the international ERIC and Campus CLL study. Leukemia : official journal of the Leukemia Society of America, Leukemia Research Fund, U.K, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-021-01450-8

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may be more susceptible to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to age, disease, and treatment-related immunosuppression. We aimed to assess risk factors of outcome and elucidate the impact of CLL-d... Read More about COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients with CLL: an update of the international ERIC and Campus CLL study.

Lessons from peace negotiations: interview with Ehud Olmert (2021)
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Cohen-Almagor, R. (2021). Lessons from peace negotiations: interview with Ehud Olmert. Israel affairs, 27(6), 1160-1189. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2021.1993000

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert (2006–9) offered the Palestinians the most comprehensive peace deal they had ever received. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he would reply ‘soon’ and never did. This interview records Olmert’s thoughts on the... Read More about Lessons from peace negotiations: interview with Ehud Olmert.

Robust fuzzy sliding mode controller for a skid-steered vehicle subjected to friction variations (2021)
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Mehmood, Y., Aslam, J., Ullah, N., Alsheikhy, A. A., Din, E. U., & Iqbal, J. (2021). Robust fuzzy sliding mode controller for a skid-steered vehicle subjected to friction variations. PLoS ONE, 16(11), Article 0258909. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258909

Skid-steered vehicles (SSV) are gaining huge importance in the market due to their applications like construction, agricultural work, material handling etc. The accuracy of performing such tasks require a robust control algorithm. The design of such... Read More about Robust fuzzy sliding mode controller for a skid-steered vehicle subjected to friction variations.

Unscented Kalman filter for airship model uncertainties and wind disturbance estimation (2021)
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Wasim, M., Ali, A., Ahmad Choudhry, M., Saleem, F., Shaikh, I. U. H., & Iqbal, J. (2021). Unscented Kalman filter for airship model uncertainties and wind disturbance estimation. PLoS ONE, 16(11 November), Article e0257849. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257849

An airship is lighter than an air vehicle with enormous potential in applications such as communication, aerial inspection, border surveillance, and precision agriculture. An airship model is made up of dynamic, aerodynamic, aerostatic, and propulsiv... Read More about Unscented Kalman filter for airship model uncertainties and wind disturbance estimation.

An ABAQUS® plug-in for generating virtual data required for inverse analysis of unidirectional composites using artificial neural networks (2021)
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Ismail, Y., Wan, L., Chen, J., Ye, J., & Yang, D. (2022). An ABAQUS® plug-in for generating virtual data required for inverse analysis of unidirectional composites using artificial neural networks. Engineering with Computers, 38(5), 4323-4335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-021-01525-1

This paper presents a robust ABAQUS® plug-in called Virtual Data Generator (VDGen) for generating virtual data for identifying the uncertain material properties in unidirectional lamina through artificial neural networks (ANNs). The plug-in supports... Read More about An ABAQUS® plug-in for generating virtual data required for inverse analysis of unidirectional composites using artificial neural networks.

Rethinking Fake News: Disinformation and Ideology during the time of COVID-19 Global Pandemic (2021)
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Das, R., & Ahmed, W. (2021). Rethinking Fake News: Disinformation and Ideology during the time of COVID-19 Global Pandemic. IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, 11(1), 146-159. https://doi.org/10.1177/22779752211027382

Digital media and citizen journalism has escalated the infiltration of fake news attempting to create a post truth society (Lazer et al., 2018). The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a surge of misinformation leading to anti-mask, anti-vaccine and anti-5G p... Read More about Rethinking Fake News: Disinformation and Ideology during the time of COVID-19 Global Pandemic.