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Global biogeographic patterns of avian morphological diversity (2022)
Journal Article
Hughes, E. C., Edwards, D. P., Bright, J. A., Capp, E. J., Cooney, C. R., Varley, Z. K., & Thomas, G. H. (2022). Global biogeographic patterns of avian morphological diversity. Ecology letters, 25(3), 598-610. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13905

Understanding the biogeographical patterns, and evolutionary and environmental drivers, underpinning morphological diversity are key for determining its origins and conservation. Using a comprehensive set of continuous morphological traits extracted... Read More about Global biogeographic patterns of avian morphological diversity.

Biomechanical evaluation of the unilateral crossbite on the asymmetrical development of the craniofacial complex. A mechano-morphological approach (2022)
Journal Article
Ortún-Terrazas, J., Fagan, M. J., Cegoñino, J., Illipronti-Filho, E., & del Palomar, A. P. (2022). Biomechanical evaluation of the unilateral crossbite on the asymmetrical development of the craniofacial complex. A mechano-morphological approach. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 217, Article 106703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106703

Background and Objective: The occlusion effect on the craniofacial development is a controversial topic that has attracted the interest of many researchers but that remains unclear, mainly due to the difficulties on measure its mechanical response ex... Read More about Biomechanical evaluation of the unilateral crossbite on the asymmetrical development of the craniofacial complex. A mechano-morphological approach.

A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump (2022)
Journal Article
Fan, Y., Li, J., Zhao, X., Myers, S., Cheng, Y., Yu, M., …Yu, S. (2022). A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump. Energy Conversion and Management, 256, Article 115404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115404

Conventional air source heat pumps suffer from frosting in winter and consume a large amount of electricity for defrosting. Meanwhile, ventilation heat recovery is an important approach to energy saving in buildings. This paper conducts a proof-of-co... Read More about A proof-of-concept study of a novel ventilation heat recovery vapour injection air source heat pump.

The prognostic significance of serum interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) in hormonally dependent breast cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Todorović-Raković, N., Milovanović, J., Greenman, J., & Radulovic, M. (2022). The prognostic significance of serum interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) in hormonally dependent breast cancer. Cytokine, 152, Article 155836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2022.155836

Background: Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is a pleiotropic immunomodulatory cytokine. Because of its contradictory and even dualistic roles in malignancies, its potential as a biomarker remains to be unraveled. Aim: To evaluate the prognostic significance of... Read More about The prognostic significance of serum interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) in hormonally dependent breast cancer.

Lexicon-Based Sentiment Analysis and Emotion Classification of Climate Change Related Tweets (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fagbola, T. M., Abayomi, A., Mutanga, M. B., & Jugoo, V. (2022). Lexicon-Based Sentiment Analysis and Emotion Classification of Climate Change Related Tweets. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2021) (637-646). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96302-6_60

The concerns for a potential future climate jeopardy has steered actions by youths globally to call the governments to immediately address challenges relating to climate change. In this paper, using natural language processing techniques in data scie... Read More about Lexicon-Based Sentiment Analysis and Emotion Classification of Climate Change Related Tweets.

On ribbon graphs and virtual links (2022)
Journal Article
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.

Diagnostic and Prognostic Protein Biomarkers of β-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes and Their Modulation with Glucose Normalization (2022)
Journal Article
Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2022). Diagnostic and Prognostic Protein Biomarkers of β-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes and Their Modulation with Glucose Normalization. Metabolites, 12(3), Article 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12030196

Development of type-2 diabetes(T2D) is preceded by β-cell dysfunction and loss. How-ever, accurate measurement of β-cell function remains elusive. Biomarkers have been reported to predict β-cell functional decline but require validation. Therefore, w... Read More about Diagnostic and Prognostic Protein Biomarkers of β-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes and Their Modulation with Glucose Normalization.

A new cucurbit[10]uril-based AIE fluorescent supramolecular polymer for cellular imaging (2022)
Journal Article
Luo, Y., Gan, S., Zhang, W., Jia, M., Chen, L., Redshaw, C., …Xiao, X. (2022). A new cucurbit[10]uril-based AIE fluorescent supramolecular polymer for cellular imaging. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 6(8), 1021-1025. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2qm00084a

To further advance the development of cucurbit[10]uril-based supramolecular biomaterials, an AIE fluorescent supramolecular polymer (TPE-B@Q[10]) was constructed from the newly synthesized AIE molecule TPE-B and Q[10] via host-guest interactions in a... Read More about A new cucurbit[10]uril-based AIE fluorescent supramolecular polymer for cellular imaging.

HERstory: Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger. A Creative and Critical Exploration of the Role a Woman Played in Vincent van Gogh’s Rise to Fame (2022)
Thesis
Smailes, C. (2022). HERstory: Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger. A Creative and Critical Exploration of the Role a Woman Played in Vincent van Gogh’s Rise to Fame. (Thesis). Liverpool John Moores University. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4481731

Taking Nochlin’s view that, ‘We will need our wit and courage to make sure that women’s voices are heard, their work seen and written about’ (Nochlin, 2015, p. 321), this two-volume thesis by practice addresses why creative women became invisible in... Read More about HERstory: Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger. A Creative and Critical Exploration of the Role a Woman Played in Vincent van Gogh’s Rise to Fame.

Right, righteousness, and act: why should Confucian activists be regarded as citizens in the revival of Confucian education in contemporary China? (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2022). Right, righteousness, and act: why should Confucian activists be regarded as citizens in the revival of Confucian education in contemporary China?. Citizenship Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2022.2042674

This article explores three core elements of citizenship–right, responsibility, and act–and their implications for the rise of Confucian activists in the revival of Confucian education in present-day China. Adopting an empirical research approach, th... Read More about Right, righteousness, and act: why should Confucian activists be regarded as citizens in the revival of Confucian education in contemporary China?.

A Twisted Cucurbit[14]Uril-Based Fluorescent Supramolecular Polymer Mediated by Metal Ion (2022)
Journal Article
Luo, Y., Zhang, W., Yang, M. X., Feng, X. H., Redshaw, C., Li, Q., …Xiao, X. (2022). A Twisted Cucurbit[14]Uril-Based Fluorescent Supramolecular Polymer Mediated by Metal Ion. Macromolecules, 55(5), Article 1642–1646. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00075

Twisted cucubit[14]uril, tQ [14], forms a fluorescent supramolecular polymer with the water-soluble fluorescent tetrapyridinium pyrene compound TPYP via host-guest interactions. Binding is via the alkyl chains and pyridines of TPYP at a molar ratio o... Read More about A Twisted Cucurbit[14]Uril-Based Fluorescent Supramolecular Polymer Mediated by Metal Ion.

Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy (2022)
Journal Article
Tambe, N., Pires, I. M., Moore, C., Wieczorek, A., Upadhyay, S., & Beavis, A. (2022). Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy. Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express, 8(3), Article 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/ac56eb

Objectives: Increased radiation doses could improve local control and overall survival of lung cancer patients, however, this could be challenging without exceeding organs at risk (OAR) dose constraints especially for patients with advanced-stage dis... Read More about Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy.

The Detection of a Massive Chain of Dark H i Clouds in the GAMA G23 Field (2022)
Journal Article
Józsa, G. I., Jarrett, T. H., Cluver, M. E., Wong, O. I., Havenga, O., Yao, H. F., …Kuijken, K. (2022). The Detection of a Massive Chain of Dark H i Clouds in the GAMA G23 Field. The Astrophysical journal, 926(2), Article 167. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac402b

We report on the detection of a large, extended H i cloud complex in the Galaxy and Mass Survey G23 field, located at a redshift of z ∼0.03, observed as part of the MeerKAT Habitat of Galaxies Survey campaign (a pilot survey to explore the mosaicing... Read More about The Detection of a Massive Chain of Dark H i Clouds in the GAMA G23 Field.

Autistic Adults Show Similar Performance and Sensitivity to Social Cues on a Visual Perspective Taking Task as Non-autistic Adults (2022)
Journal Article
O’Connor, R. J., Plant, J. L., & Riggs, K. J. (in press). Autistic Adults Show Similar Performance and Sensitivity to Social Cues on a Visual Perspective Taking Task as Non-autistic Adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05480-8

Autistic and non-autistic adults completed a visual perspective taking (VPT) task, reporting an object’s location from an actor’s perspective, or their own. On half the trials the actor looked at and reached for the object, and on half did not. Accur... Read More about Autistic Adults Show Similar Performance and Sensitivity to Social Cues on a Visual Perspective Taking Task as Non-autistic Adults.

Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Study of the Chinese Miao Medicine Sidaxue in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (2022)
Journal Article
Wu, N., Yuan, T., Yin, Z., Yuan, X., Sun, J., Wu, Z., …Dai, X. (2022). Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Study of the Chinese Miao Medicine Sidaxue in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 16, 435-466. https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S330947

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the molecular mechanisms of Compound Sidaxue (SX), a prescription of Chinese Miao medicine, in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using network pharmacology and in vivo experimental approaches. Methods: Networ... Read More about Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Study of the Chinese Miao Medicine Sidaxue in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Perspectives of stakeholders of the free maternity services for mothers in western Kenya: lessons for universal health coverage (2022)
Journal Article
Ochieng, B. M., Kaseje, M., Kaseje, D. C. O., Oria, K., & Magadi, M. (2022). Perspectives of stakeholders of the free maternity services for mothers in western Kenya: lessons for universal health coverage. BMC health services research, 22(1), Article 226. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07632-z

Background: The strategic aim of universal health coverage (UHC) is to ensure that everyone can use health services they need without risk of financial hardship. Linda Mama (Taking care of the mother) initiative focuses on the most vulnerable women,... Read More about Perspectives of stakeholders of the free maternity services for mothers in western Kenya: lessons for universal health coverage.

Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Underhill, J. R., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., McCarthy, D. J., …Selby, D. (in press). Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland. Basin Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12661

The separation and characterisation of different deformation events in superim-posed basins can be challenging due to the effects of overprinting and/or fault reactivation, combined with a lack of detailed geological or geophysical data. This paper s... Read More about Correlating deformation events onshore and offshore in superimposed rift basins: The Lossiemouth Fault Zone, Inner Moray Firth Basin, Scotland.

Effect of Moderate Aerobic Exercise on Complement Activation Pathways in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women (2022)
Journal Article
Ramanjaneya, M., Abdalhakam, I., Bettahi, I., Bensila, M., Jerobin, J., Aye, M. M., …Abou-Samra, A. B. (2022). Effect of Moderate Aerobic Exercise on Complement Activation Pathways in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women. Frontiers in endocrinology, 12, Article 740703. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.740703

Background: The complement system is pivotal in host defense mechanisms, protecting against pathogenic infection by regulating inflammation and cell immunity. Complement-related protein activation occurs through three distinct pathways: classical, al... Read More about Effect of Moderate Aerobic Exercise on Complement Activation Pathways in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Women.

Impacts of Sodium/Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors on Circulating Uric Acid Concentrations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Akbari, A., Rafiee, M., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2022). Impacts of Sodium/Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors on Circulating Uric Acid Concentrations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2022, Article 7520632. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7520632

Background: Several trials have assessed the antihyperglycemic effects of sodium/glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We conducted a quantitative analysis to assess the impact of SGLT2is on ser... Read More about Impacts of Sodium/Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors on Circulating Uric Acid Concentrations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Optimal sizing of a hybrid PV-WT-battery storage system: Effects of split-ST and combined ST + ORC back-ups in circuit charging and load following (2022)
Journal Article
Udeh, G. T., Michailos, S., Ingham, D., Hughes, K. J., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2022). Optimal sizing of a hybrid PV-WT-battery storage system: Effects of split-ST and combined ST + ORC back-ups in circuit charging and load following. Energy Conversion and Management, 256, Article 115370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115370

This study explores the opportunities in deploying split Stirling and combined Stirling and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) in circuit charging and load following dispatch modes, respectively as the back-up of a hybrid renewable energy system. The optima... Read More about Optimal sizing of a hybrid PV-WT-battery storage system: Effects of split-ST and combined ST + ORC back-ups in circuit charging and load following.