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A flexible mixed-optimization with H∞ control for coupled twin rotor MIMO system based on the method of inequality (MOI)- An Experimental Study (2024)
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Abbas, N., Liu, X., & Iqbal, J. (2024). A flexible mixed-optimization with H∞ control for coupled twin rotor MIMO system based on the method of inequality (MOI)- An Experimental Study. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0300305. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300305

This article introduces a cutting-edge H∞ model-based control method for uncertain Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) systems, specifically focusing on UAVs, through a flexible mixed-optimization framework using the Method of Inequality (MOI). The propo... Read More about A flexible mixed-optimization with H∞ control for coupled twin rotor MIMO system based on the method of inequality (MOI)- An Experimental Study.

Faster identification of faster Formula 1 drivers via time-rank duality (2024)
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Fry, J., Brighton, T., & Fanzon, S. (2024). Faster identification of faster Formula 1 drivers via time-rank duality. Economics letters, 237, Article 111671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111671

Two natural ways of modelling Formula 1 race outcomes are a probabilistic approach, based on the exponential distribution, and econometric modelling of the ranks. Both approaches lead to exactly soluble race-winning probabilities. Equating race-winni... Read More about Faster identification of faster Formula 1 drivers via time-rank duality.

Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic--statistical modelling approach (2024)
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Lyddon, C., Chien, N., Vasilopoulos, G., Ridgill, M., Moradian, S., Olbert, A., …Robins, P. (2024). Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic--statistical modelling approach. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24(3), 973--997. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-973-2024

Estuarine compound flooding can happen when extreme sea level and river discharges occur concurrently, or in close succession, inundating low-lying coastal regions. Such events are hard to predict and amplify the hazard. Recent UK storms, including S... Read More about Thresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic--statistical modelling approach.

The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Transverse Polarization Modes in the Gravitational-wave Background (2024)
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Agazie, G., Anumarlapudi, A., Archibald, A. M., Arzoumanian, Z., Baier, J., Baker, P. T., …The NANOGrav Collaboration. (2024). The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Transverse Polarization Modes in the Gravitational-wave Background. Astrophysical journal. Letters, 964(1), L14. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2a51

Recently we found compelling evidence for a gravitational-wave background with Hellings and Downs (HD) correlations in our 15 yr data set. These correlations describe gravitational waves as predicted by general relativity, which has two transverse po... Read More about The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Transverse Polarization Modes in the Gravitational-wave Background.

Minimum Distance and Minimum Time Optimal Path Planning with Bioinspired Machine Learning Algorithms for Impaired Unmanned Air Vehicles (2024)
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Tutsoy, O., Hendoustani, D., Ahmadi, K., Nabavi, Y., & Iqbal, J. (in press). Minimum Distance and Minimum Time Optimal Path Planning with Bioinspired Machine Learning Algorithms for Impaired Unmanned Air Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2024.3367769

Unmanned air vehicles operate in highly dynamic and unknown environments where they can encounter unexpected and unseen failures. In the presence of emergencies, autonomous unmanned air vehicles should be able to land at a minimum distance or minimum... Read More about Minimum Distance and Minimum Time Optimal Path Planning with Bioinspired Machine Learning Algorithms for Impaired Unmanned Air Vehicles.

Emigration of post‐spawned twaite shad Alosa fallax, an anadromous and iteroparous fish, in a highly fragmented river (2024)
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Yeldham, M. I. A., Britton, J. R., Crundwell, C., Davies, P., Dodd, J. R., Nunn, A. D., …Bolland, J. D. (in press). Emigration of post‐spawned twaite shad Alosa fallax, an anadromous and iteroparous fish, in a highly fragmented river. Journal of fish biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15713

Anthropogenic barriers are widely known to negatively impact the spawning migrations of anadromous fishes, by delaying or preventing passage upstream. Although the impacts of barriers on emigrating post-spawned adults are less well studied, they coul... Read More about Emigration of post‐spawned twaite shad Alosa fallax, an anadromous and iteroparous fish, in a highly fragmented river.

Alternative reproductive tactics and evolutionary rescue (2024)
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Knell, R. J., & Parrett, J. M. (in press). Alternative reproductive tactics and evolutionary rescue. Evolution Letters, Article qrae010. https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrae010

Almost all life on earth is facing environmental change, and understanding how populations will respond to these changes is of urgent importance. One factor that is known to affect the speed by which a population can evolve when faced with changes in... Read More about Alternative reproductive tactics and evolutionary rescue.

Impact of Exercise Training Response on Quality of Life and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Profiles in People with Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the HIIT or MISS UK trial (2024)
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Ingle, L., Powell, R., Begg, B., Birkett, S., Nichols, S., Ennis, S., …McGregor, G. (in press). Impact of Exercise Training Response on Quality of Life and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Profiles in People with Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the HIIT or MISS UK trial. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2024.03.002

Objective: To compare the characteristics of “responders” and “non-responders” to 8-weeks of exercise training to determine differences in key cardiovascular disease outcomes in people with coronary artery disease (CAD). Design: Secondary analysis o... Read More about Impact of Exercise Training Response on Quality of Life and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Profiles in People with Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the HIIT or MISS UK trial.

Needs and experiences of homecare workers when supporting people to live at home at the end of life: A rapid review (2024)
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Forward, C., Bayley, Z., Walker, L., Krygier, J., White, C., Mwaba, K., …Johnson, M. J. (in press). Needs and experiences of homecare workers when supporting people to live at home at the end of life: A rapid review. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2023-004737

Background Social homecare workers provide essential care to those living at home at the end of life. In the context of a service experiencing difficulties in attracting and retaining staff, we have limited knowledge about the training, support needs... Read More about Needs and experiences of homecare workers when supporting people to live at home at the end of life: A rapid review.

What really is nontokenistic fully inclusive patient and public involvement/engagement in research? (2024)
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Hilton, A., Megson, M., Aryankhesal, A., Blake, J., Rook, G., Irvine, A., …TIMES programme team. (2024). What really is nontokenistic fully inclusive patient and public involvement/engagement in research?. Health Expectations, 27(2), Article e14012. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14012

Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) is critically important in healthcare research. A useful starting point for researchers to understand the scope of PPIE is to review the definition from the National Institute for Health and Care R... Read More about What really is nontokenistic fully inclusive patient and public involvement/engagement in research?.

Human capital in the financial sector and corporate innovation: Evidence from China (2024)
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Liu, G., He, F., Zhang, C., Akbar, S., & Li, Y. (2024). Human capital in the financial sector and corporate innovation: Evidence from China. The British accounting review, Article 101370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2024.101370

This paper investigates how human capital in the financial sector affects corporate innovation. Based on China's National Economic Census in 2008, we construct a measure of the financial sector's human capital across prefecture-level cities and then... Read More about Human capital in the financial sector and corporate innovation: Evidence from China.

Microplastics in human urine: characterisation using µFTIR and sampling challenges using healthy donors and endometriosis participants. (2024)
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Rotchell, J. M., Austin, C., Chapman, E., Atherall, C. A., Liddle, C. R., Dunstan, T. S., …Guinn, B. (2024). Microplastics in human urine: characterisation using µFTIR and sampling challenges using healthy donors and endometriosis participants. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 274, Article 116208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116208

Microplastics (MPs) are found in all environments, within the human food chain, and have been recently detected in several human tissues. The objective herein was to undertake an analysis of MP contamination in human urine samples, from healthy indiv... Read More about Microplastics in human urine: characterisation using µFTIR and sampling challenges using healthy donors and endometriosis participants..

Plant Biology Education: A Competency Based Vision for the Future (2024)
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Hubbard, K. (in press). Plant Biology Education: A Competency Based Vision for the Future. Plants People Planet, https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10503

Societal Impact Statement Plant biology is an essential discipline for addressing global challenges from food security to climate change. In order to achieve this, we need to educate plant biologists who can contribute to research, enterprise, polic... Read More about Plant Biology Education: A Competency Based Vision for the Future.

Talent identification in soccer: The influence of technical, physical and maturity-related characteristics on a national selection process (2024)
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King, M., Brown, M., Cox, J., McLellan, R., Towlson, C., & Barrett, S. (2024). Talent identification in soccer: The influence of technical, physical and maturity-related characteristics on a national selection process. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0298359. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298359

The present study examines the influence of technical, physical, and relative age characteristics on players selection success within the Scottish Performance School trials. Ninety adolescent players (81 males, 9 females; mean ± standard deviation: a... Read More about Talent identification in soccer: The influence of technical, physical and maturity-related characteristics on a national selection process.

Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial Chineze Ivenso 10 (2024)
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Howard, R., Cort, E., Rawlinson, C., Wiegand, M., Downey, A., Lawrence, V., …Gould, R. (in press). Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial Chineze Ivenso 10. Alzheimer's & dementia, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13766

INTRODUCTION Trials of effectiveness of treatment options for depression in dementia are an important priority. METHODS Randomized controlled trial to assess adapted Problem Adaptation Therapy (PATH) for depression in mild/moderate dementia caused... Read More about Adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease dementia: A randomized controlled trial Chineze Ivenso 10.

What are the anticipated benefits, risks, barriers, and facilitators to implementing person-centred outcome measures into routine care for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions? A qualitative interview study with key stakeholders (2024)
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May Scott, H., Coombes, L., Braybrook, D., Harðardóttir, D., Roach, A., Bristowe, K., …On Behalf Of C-POS. (in press). What are the anticipated benefits, risks, barriers, and facilitators to implementing person-centred outcome measures into routine care for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions? A qualitative interview study with key stakeholders. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241234797

Background: There is a growing evidence-base underpinning implementation of person-centred outcome measures into adult palliative care. However evidence on how best to achieve this with children facing life-threatening and life-limiting conditions i... Read More about What are the anticipated benefits, risks, barriers, and facilitators to implementing person-centred outcome measures into routine care for children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions? A qualitative interview study with key stakeholders.

Robust GDI-based adaptive recursive sliding mode control (RGDI-ARSMC) for a highly nonlinear MIMO system with varying dynamics of UAV (2024)
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Abbas, N., Liu, X., & Iqbal, J. (in press). Robust GDI-based adaptive recursive sliding mode control (RGDI-ARSMC) for a highly nonlinear MIMO system with varying dynamics of UAV. Journal of mechanical science and technology, 38(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-024-0234-6

The novelty of the proposed work lies in the control technique, referred to as the robust generalized dynamic inversion based adaptive recursive sliding mode control (RGDI-ARSMC), for addressing various challenges to control a highly coupled and pert... Read More about Robust GDI-based adaptive recursive sliding mode control (RGDI-ARSMC) for a highly nonlinear MIMO system with varying dynamics of UAV.

Environmental factors influence cross-talk between a heat shock protein and an oxidative stress protein modification in the lizard Gallotia galloti (2024)
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Gilbert, E., Žagar, A., López-Darias, M., Megía-Palma, R., Lister, K. A., Dolton Jones, M., …Wollenberg Valero, K. C. (2024). Environmental factors influence cross-talk between a heat shock protein and an oxidative stress protein modification in the lizard Gallotia galloti. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0300111. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300111

Better understanding how organisms respond to their abiotic environment, especially at the biochemical level, is critical in predicting population trajectories under climate change. In this study, we measured constitutive stress biomarkers and protei... Read More about Environmental factors influence cross-talk between a heat shock protein and an oxidative stress protein modification in the lizard Gallotia galloti.