University of Hertfordshire: Recent submissions

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    • Faraday rotation as a probe of radio galaxy environment in RMHD AGN jet simulations 

      Jerrim, L A; Shabala, S S; Yates-Jones, P M; Krause, M G H; Turner, R J; Anderson, C S; Stewart, G S C; Power, C; Rodman, P E (2024-06-30)
      Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) play an integral role in galaxy formation and evolution by influencing galaxies and their environments through radio jet feedback. Historically, interpreting observations of radio galaxies and ...

    • A Web-Based Intervention to Support the Mental Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Minority Young People: Mixed Methods Co-Design of Oneself 

      Brown, Katherine; Lucassen, Mathijs F.G.; Núñez-García, Alicia; Rimes, Katharine A.; Wallace, Louise M.; Samra, Rajvinder (2024-05-21)
      Background: Sexual and gender minority youth are at greater risk of compromised mental health than their heterosexual and cisgender peers. This is considered to be due to an increased burden of stigma, discrimination, or ...

    • Star formation exists in all early-type galaxies -- evidence from ubiquitous structure in UV images 

      Pandey, Divya; Kaviraj, Sugata; Saha, Kanak; Sharma, Saurabh (2024-05-20)
      Recent surveys have demonstrated the widespread presence of UV emission in early-type (elliptical/S0) galaxies, suggesting the presence of star formation in many of these systems. However, potential UV contributions from ...

    • A circular single-stranded DNA mycovirus infects plants and confers broad-spectrum fungal resistance 

      Wang, Xianhong; Kotta-Loizou, Ioly; Coutts, Robert H.A.; Deng, Huifang; Han, Zhenhao; Hong, Ni; Shafik, Karim; Wang, Liping; Guo, Yashuang; Yang, Mengmeng; Xu, Wenxing; Wang, Guoping (2024-06-03)
      Circular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses have been rarely found in fungi, and the evolutionary and ecological relationships among ssDNA viruses infecting fungi and other organisms remain unclear. In this study, a novel ...

    • Amelia B. Edwards and Romantic Egyptology 

      Bainbridge, William (2024-04-30)
      Amelia B. Edwards (1831–1892) was renowned for her profound mastery of Egyptology, possessing a knowledge some said surpassed that of her male counterparts. Her archaeological endeavours in Egypt merged with a vivid narrative ...

    • Network intrusion detection leveraging multimodal features 

      Kiflay, Aklil Zenebe; Tsokanos, Athanasios; Fazlali, Mahmood; Kirner, Raimund (2024-07-30)
      Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDSes) are essential for safeguarding critical information systems. However, the lack of adaptability of Machine Learning (ML) based NIDSes to different environments could cause slow ...

    • The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: The nature of the faint source population and SFR-radio luminosity relation using PROSPECTOR 

      Das, Soumyadeep; Smith, Daniel J. B.; Haskell, Paul; Hardcastle, Martin J.; Best, Philip N.; Duncan, Kenneth J.; Arnaudova, Marina I.; Shenoy, Shravya; Kondapally, Rohit; Cochrane, Rachel K.; Drake, Alyssa B.; Gürkan, Gülay; Małek, Katarzyna; Morabito, Leah K.; Prandoni, Isabella (2024-06-01)
      Spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting has been e xtensiv ely used to determine the nature of the faint radio source population. Recent efforts have combined fits from multiple SED-fitting codes to account for the host ...

    • A Light Scattering Model for Large Particles with Surface Roughness 

      Ballington, Harry; Hesse, Evelyn (2024-09)
      A physical-optics hybrid method designed for the computation of single-scattering properties of particles with complex shapes, including surface roughness, is presented. The method applies geometric optics using a novel ...

    • Esketamine in treatment-resistant depression patients comorbid with substance-use disorder: A viewpoint on its safety and effectiveness in a subsample of patients from the REAL-ESK study 

      Chiappini, Stefania; Martinotti, Giovanni (2023-09-30)
      Esketamine, the S-enantiomer of ketamine, has recently emerged as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), showing both rapid antidepressant action and good efficacy and high safety. It is also indicated for the ...

    • A systematic review of ambulance service-based randomised controlled trials in stroke 

      Dixon, Mark; Appleton, Jason P; Siriwardena, A Niroshan; Williams, Julia; Bath, Philip M (2023-12-30)
      Background: Treatment for stroke is time-dependent, and ambulance services play a vital role in the early recognition, assessment and transportation of stroke patients. Innovations which begin in ambulance services to ...

    • Efficient Data Transfer and Multi-Bit Multiplier Design in Processing in Memory 

      Sun, Jingru; Li, Zerui; Jiang, Meiqi; Sun, Yichuang (2024-06-09)
      Processing in Memory based on memristors is considered the most effective solution to overcome the Von Neumann bottleneck issue and has become a hot research topic. The execution efficiency of logical computation and ...

    • Decoding the amplitude and slope of continuous signals into spikes with a spiking point neuron model 

      Miko, Rebecca; Scheunemann, Marcus; Steuber, Volker; Schmuker, Michael (BioRxiv, 2024-05-20)
      In this study, we harness the signal processing potential of neurons, utilizing the Izhikevich point neuron model to efficiently decode the slope or amplitude of fluctuating continuous input signals. Using biophysically ...

    • Ambulance clinician use of capillary blood ketone meters to improve emergency hyperglycaemia care: A stepped‐wedged controlled, mixed‐methods feasibility study 

      Prothero, Larissa Stella; Strudwick, Thomas; Foster, Theresa; Lake, Andrea Kathleen; Boyle, Adrian; Clark, Allan; Williams, Julia; Rayman, Gerry; Dhatariya, Ketan (2024-06-09)
      Aim: To determine whether it was feasible, safe and acceptable for ambulance clinicians to use capillary blood ketone meters for ‘high‐risk’ diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) recognition and fluid initiation, to inform the need ...

    • Exploring Vaping Patterns and Weight Management-Related Concerns among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review 

      Mohapatra, Srishti; Wisidagama, Sharadha; Schifano, Fabrizio (2024-05-14)
      Background: Electronic cigarettes or vapes are battery-operated devices that heat a liquid, often containing nicotine and flavouring substances, to produce an inhalable aerosol. Despite being used as an alternative to ...

    • The Galaxies Missed by Hubble and ALMA: The Contribution of Extremely Red Galaxies to the Cosmic Census at 3 < z < 8 

      Williams, Christina C.; Alberts, Stacey; Ji, Zhiyuan; Hainline, Kevin N.; Lyu, Jianwei; Rieke, George; Endsley, Ryan; Suess, Katherine A.; Sun, Fengwu; Johnson, Benjamin D.; Florian, Michael; Shivaei, Irene; Rujopakarn, Wiphu; Baker, William M.; Bhatawdekar, Rachana; Boyett, Kristan; Bunker, Andrew J.; Cameron, Alex J.; Carniani, Stefano; Charlot, Stephane; Curtis-Lake, Emma; DeCoursey, Christa; de Graaff, Anna; Egami, Eiichi; Eisenstein, Daniel J.; Gibson, Justus L.; Hausen, Ryan; Helton, Jakob M.; Maiolino, Roberto; Maseda, Michael V.; Nelson, Erica J.; Pérez-González, Pablo G.; Rieke, Marcia J.; Robertson, Brant E.; Saxena, Aayush; Tacchella, Sandro; Willmer, Christopher N. A.; Willott, Chris J. (2024-06-06)
      Using deep JWST imaging from JADES, JEMS, and SMILES, we characterize optically faint and extremely red galaxies at z > 3 that were previously missing from galaxy census estimates. The data indicate the existence of abundant, ...

    • Enhanced peripheral levels of BDNF and proBDNF: elucidating neurotrophin dynamics in cocaine use disorder 

      Pettorruso, Mauro; Miuli, Andrea; Clemente, Katia; Mancusi, Gianluca; Migliara, Giuseppe; Di Carlo, Francesco; Pernaci, Giulia; Di Crosta, Teresa; Santorelli, Mario; d’Andrea, Giacomo; De Risio, Luisa; Ciavarella, Mariaceleste; Baccolini, Valentina; Di Meo, Ilenia; Cataldo, Ivana; Sensi, Stefano L.; Martinotti, Giovanni (2024-03-01)
      Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its precursor, proBDNF, are known to significantly contribute to brain homeostasis, neuroplasticity, and neuronal remodeling. Although these neurotrophins are thought to have ...

    • Author Correction : A small and vigorous black hole in the early Universe(Nature, 10.1038/s41586-024-07052-5) 

      Maiolino, Roberto; Scholtz, Jan; Witstok, Joris; Carniani, Stefano; D’Eugenio, Francesco; de Graaff, Anna; Übler, Hannah; Tacchella, Sandro; Curtis-Lake, Emma; Arribas, Santiago; Bunker, Andrew; Charlot, Stéphane; Chevallard, Jacopo; Curti, Mirko; Looser, Tobias J.; Maseda, Michael V.; Rawle, Timothy D.; Rodríguez del Pino, Bruno; Willott, Chris J.; Egami, Eiichi; Eisenstein, Daniel J.; Hainline, Kevin N.; Robertson, Brant; Williams, Christina C.; Willmer, Christopher N. A.; Baker, William M.; Boyett, Kristan; DeCoursey, Christa; Fabian, Andrew C.; Helton, Jakob M.; Ji, Zhiyuan; Jones, Gareth C.; Kumari, Nimisha; Laporte, Nicolas; Nelson, Erica J.; Perna, Michele; Sandles, Lester; Shivaei, Irene; Sun, Fengwu (2024-06-06)
      Correction to: Naturehttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07052-5 Published online 17 January 2024 In the version of the article initially published, the coloured lines in Fig. 1b were incorrect and did not show the fit to ...

    • Inflammation and platelet reactivity during adjunctive colchicine versus aspirin in patients with acute coronary syndrome treated with potent P2Y12 inhibitor 

      Lee, Seung-Yul; Cho, Jae Young; Gorog, Diana A.; Angiolillo, Dominick J.; Yun, Kyeong Ho; Ahn, Jong-Hwa; Koh, Jin-Sin; Park, Yongwhi; Hwang, Seok-Jae; Hwang, Jin-Yong; Kim, Jin Won; Jang, Yangsoo; Jeong, Young-Hoon (2024-04-19)
      Background: In patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the use of anti-inflammatory therapy with colchicine is associated with a reduction of recurrent ischemic events. The mechanisms of such findings ...

    • 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 ...

    • Real Gender : A Cis Defence of Trans Realities 

      Moyal-Sharrock, Daniele; Sandis, Constantine (Polity, 2024-05-31)
      Societies around the world are struggling to think clearly about trans realities and understand trans identities. Real Gender is the first book to present a cis defence of what it means to be transgender. Moyal-Sharrock ...