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    • 2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid inhibits vascular calcification via induction of glutathione synthesis 

      Patel, Jessal; Bourne, Lucie E; Thakur, Shori; Farrington, Kenneth; Gorog, Diana; Orriss, Isabel R; Baydoun, Anwar (2020-09-12)
      Arterial medial calcification (AMC), the deposition of hydroxyapatite in the medial layer of the arteries, is a known risk factor for cardiovascular events. Oxidative stress is a known inducer of AMC and endogenous ...

    • The 2022–2023 accretion outburst of the young star V1741 Sgr 

      Kuhn, Michael; Hillenbrand, Lynnee A.; Connelley, Michael S.; Rich, R. Michael; Staels, Bart; Carvalho, Adolfo S.; Lucas, Philip; Fremling, Christoffer; Karambelkar, Viraj R.; Lee, Ellen; Ahumada, Tomás; Ishida, Emille E.~O.; De, Kishalay; de Souza, Rafael S.; Kasliwal, Mansi M. (2024-04-01)
      V1741 Sgr (= SPICY 71482/Gaia22dtk) is a Classical T Tauri star on the outskirts of the Lagoon Nebula. After at least a decade of stability, in mid-2022, the optical source brightened by ∼3 mag over 2 months, remained ...

    • 2D Janus ZrSSe/SnSSe Heterostructure: A Promising Candidate for Photocatalytic Water Splitting 

      Anjum, Nabeel; Kashif, Muhammad; Shahzad, Aamir; Rasheed, Abdur; Ren, Guogang (2024-05-07)
      The distinctive physical characteristics and wide range of potential applications in optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices have ignited significant interest in two-dimensional materials. Intensive research attention has ...

    • 2D Transformations of Energy Signals for Energy Disaggregation 

      Schirmer, Pascal; Mporas, Iosif (2022-09-22)
      The aim of Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring is to estimate the energy consumption of individual electrical appliances by disaggregating the overall power consumption that has been sampled from a smart meter at a house or ...

    • A 39-GHz Doherty-Like Power Amplifier with 22-dBm Output Power and 21% Power-Added Efficiency at 6-dB Power Back-Off 

      Chen, Lang; Chen, Lisheng; Sun, Depeng; Sun, Yichuang; Pan, Yulin; Zhu, Xi (2024-01-08)
      The design of a Doherty-like power amplifier for millimetre-wave (mm-wave) applications is presented in this work. The designed power amplifier employs a novel symmetrical load-modulated balanced amplifier (S-LMBA) ...

    • 3D printing of PEEK and its composite to increase biointerfaces as a biomedical material - A review 

      Oladapo, B. I.; Zahedi, S. A.; Ismail, S. O.; Omigbodun, F. T. (2021-07-01)
      Poly ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) is a polymer with better lignin biocompatibility than other polymers. It is good for biomedical engineering applications. This research summarises the outcomes of an evaluation conducted on ...

    • 3D‑printed biomimetic bone implant polymeric composite scaffolds 

      Bankole, O.; Zahedi, Abolfazl; Ismail, S.; Fernando, W.; Ikumapayi, O. (2023-04-14)
      This research introduced a new poly-ether-ether-ketone calcium hydroxyapatite (PEEK-cHAp) composite for a convenient, fast, and inexpensive femur bone-implant scaffold with different lattice structures to mimic natural ...

    • A 40-GHz Load Modulated Balanced Power Amplifier using Unequal Power Splitter and Phase Compensation Network in 45-nm SOI CMOS 

      Chen, Lang; Chen, Lisheng; Ge, Zeyu; Sun, Yichuang; Zhu, Xi (2023-06-08)
      In this work, a ten-way power-combined poweramplifier is designed using a load modulated balanced amplifier(LMBA)-based architecture. To provide the required magnitudeand phase controls between the main and control-signal ...

    • 4D printing: Pragmatic progression in biofabrication 

      Sonatkar, J.; Kandasubramanian, B.; Ismail, S. O. (2022-04-15)
      Progress in three-dimensional (3D) printing of shape memory polymers (SMPs) has produced dynamic and 3Dprinted assemblies that can be shaped fast and modified for specific and multifaceted designs. Technology, biochemistry, ...

    • 5,6-Methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane : from laboratory curiosity to 'legal high' 

      Gallagher, C. T.; Assi, S.; Stair, J. L.; Fergus, S.; Corazza, Ornella; Corkery, John; Schifano, Fabrizio (2012-03-01)
      The fully synthetic 'legal high' 5,6-methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane (MDAI) is an analogue of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Although developed in the 1990s, it was not widely abused until 2010. However, mephedrone was ...

    • Active over Alcohol 

      Wills, Wendy; Bottoms, Lindsay; Leighton, Dean (University of Hertfordshire, 2021-01-20)
      The aims are to study the feasibility of conducting an RCT and to determine the effectiveness of the exercise programme to reduce alcohol consumption, improve physical and mental health among people drinking harmful amounts ...

    • Activity of vancomycin against epidemic Clostridium difficile strains in a human gut model 

      Baines, Simon D.; O'Connor, Rachel; Saxton, Katie; Freeman, Jane; Wilcox, M. H. (2009)
      Vancomycin and metronidazole remain the only primary options for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Recent reports have suggested a superior clinical response to vancomycin therapy compared with ...

    • Activity Provider-Facilitated Patient and Public Involvement with Care Home Residents 

      Micklewright, Kerry; Killet , Anne; Akdur, Gizdem; Biswas, Priti; Blades, Pamela; Irvine, Lisa; Jones, Liz; Meyer, Julienne; Ravenscroft, Natalie; Woodhead, Hilary; Goodman, Claire (2024-01-11)
      Background: In care home research, residents are rarely included in patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) despite their lived experiences of day-to-day care. This paper reports on a novel approach to PPIE, ...

    • Adaptation of Kohonen feature map topologies by genetic algorithms 

      Polani, D.; Uthmann, T. (Elsevier, 1992)
      The following paper presents simulational results of coupling Genetic Algorithms to the Kohonen Feature Map paradigm. The Genetic Algorithm is used to improve the Kohonen Net topology, thus yielding better adaptation to ...

    • Adaptation of the Perception-Action Loop Using Active Channel Sampling 

      Capdepuy, P.; Polani, D.; Nehaniv, C.L. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2008)

    • Adaptive Biomimetic Neuronal Circuit System Based on Myelin Sheath Function 

      Li, Xiaosong; Sun, Jingru; Ma, Wenjing; Sun, Yichuang; Wang, Chunhua; Zhang, Jiliang (2024-02-01)
      Brain-inspired neuromorphic computing architectures are receiving significant attention in the consumer electronics field owing to their low power consumption, high computational capacity, and strong adaptability, where ...

    • Adaptive leaky integrator models of cerebellar Purkinje cells can learn the clustering of temporal patterns 

      Steuber, Volker; Willshaw, D. J. (1999-06)
      We have shown previously that the metabotropic glutamate receptor signalling network in a cerebellar Purkinje cell can implement adaptive postsynaptic delays. Here we present a leaky integrator version of the Purkinje cell ...

    • Adaptive Narratives For Immersive Spaces 

      Tree, David (Filmby Aarhus / VIA Film & Transmedia / Create Converge, 2019-11-30)
      In this chapter, we explore the concept of immersive spaces, investigating how the lessons of immersive physical spaces can influence the design of immersive digital worlds; VR, AR and XR are mere trans-dimensional portals ...

    • Adaptive Olfactory Encoding in Agents Controlled by Spiking Neural Networks 

      Oros, N.; Steuber, Volker; Davey, N.; Canamero, L.; Adams, R.G. (2008)
      We created a neural architecture that can use two different types of information encoding strategies depending on the environment. The goal of this research was to create a simulated agent that could react to two different ...

    • Addressing Behavioural Safety Concerns on Qatari Mega Projects 

      Ajayi, S.O.; Adegbenro, O.O.; Alaka, Hafiz; Oyegoke, A.S.; Manu, P.A. (2021-09-01)
      This study explores the behavioural safety measures for addressing accidents on Qatar mega projects which are infamous for their high rates of accidents and fatality. Using extant literature and brainstorming as sources ...