Research publications: Recent submissions
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The inhibitory effect of 6-gingerol and cisplatin on ovarian cancer and antitumor activity: In silico, in vitro, and in vivo
(2023-03-03)Background: Epithelial ovarian cancer is very common in women and causes hundreds of deaths per year worldwide. Chemotherapy drugs including cisplatin have adverse effects on patients’ health. Complementary treatments and ... -
Unusual Hard X-Ray Flares Caught in NICER Monitoring of the Binary Supermassive Black Hole Candidate AT2019cuk/Tick Tock/SDSS J1430+2303
(2023-03-14)The nuclear transient AT2019cuk/Tick Tock/SDSS J1430+2303 has been suggested to harbor a supermassive black hole (SMBH) binary near coalescence. We report results from high-cadence NICER X-ray monitoring with multiple ... -
Preclinical evaluation of the Versius surgical system: A next‐generation surgical robot for use in minimal access prostate surgery
(2023-03-13)Objectives: To evaluate the Versius surgical system for robot‐assisted prostatectomy in a preclinical cadaveric model using varying system setups and collect surgeon feedback on the performance of the system and instruments, ... -
A Dynamic Peer-to-Peer Electricity Market Model for a Community Microgrid with Price-Based Demand Response
(2023-02-17)Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy sharing enables prosumers within a community microgrid to directly trade their local energy resources such as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, small-scale wind turbines, electric vehicle battery ... -
Equality and diversity in the work of the Sentencing Council
(The Sentencing Council for England and Wales, 2023-01-10)This report is commissioned by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales. It examines whether the guidelines published by the Council have the potential to cause disparities in sentencing, and whether the guideline ... -
Investigation of wear behavior in self-lubricating ABS polymer composites reinforced with glass fiber/ABS and glass fiber/carbon fiber/ABS hybrid
(2023-03-13)A new hybrid fabrication technique was introduced to manufacture composite laminates made of glass fiber, carbon fiber, and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) as the matrix. The fabrication process utilized two different ... -
Effects of hydroxyapatite addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of sintered magnesium matrix composites
(2023-06-30)This study focused on the microstructure and properties of magnesium alloy (Mg/3Al)-based composites, reinforced with hydroxyapatite (HA) and produced by powder metallurgy (PM) method. In this investigation, Mg alloys were ... -
Corrosion behaviours of additively manufactured nitrided 17-4 PH steels in different environments
(2023-07-30)In this research work, the corrosion behaviours of additively manufactured nitrided 17-4 PH steels in different environments were experimentally investigated. The influence of nitriding on corrosion resistance of 3.5 wt.% ... -
Computational Approaches to Polymeric Nanocomposites
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2022-10-17)Understanding hierarchical structures and behaviours of polymeric nanocomposites (PNCs) is essential to achieve optimum improvement in the properties of PNCs for a wide range of applications. To control the process of ... -
Equality, diversity and inclusion: learning from laying our cards on the table
(2023-02-28)This article presents preliminary findings from a study designed to evaluate, develop and disseminate a cards resource developed to support dialogue and learning about EDI. Experience of creating cards to explore disciplinary ... -
Systematic review of drivers influencing building deconstructability: Towards a construct-based conceptual framework
(2023-03-31)Deconstruction is an innovative and sustainable option for building end-of-life. It can turn the negative impacts of demolition, including diverting valuable resources from the congested landfill into beneficial use through ... -
An Ionized Outflow in Orion-KL Source I?
(2023-03-01)We present images at 6 and 14 GHz of Source I (SrcI) in the Kleinmann–Low Nebula in Orion. At higher frequencies, from 43 to 340 GHz, images of this source are dominated by thermal emission from dust in a 100 au diameter ... -
Criteria for Dynamical Timescale Mass Transfer of Metal-poor Intermediate-mass Stars
(2023-03-01)The stability criteria of rapid mass transfer and common-envelope evolution are fundamental in binary star evolution. They determine the mass, mass ratio, and orbital distribution of many important systems, such as X-ray ... -
Exploring and understanding innovative digital collaboration platforms in the workplace: a qualitative, comparative study
(2021-05-29)COVID-19 brought home working for UK workplaces, necessitating rapid adoption of innovative online digital collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams©, thereby presenting challenges to workforces with little prior ... -
Wayfinding and path integration deficits detected using a virtual reality mobile app in patients with traumatic brain injury
(2023-03-09)The ability to navigate is supported by a wide network of brain areas which are particularly vulnerable to disruption brain injury, including traumatic brain injury (TBI). Wayfinding and the ability to orient back to the ... -
Non-Toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Strain E4 (NTCD-E4) Prevents Establishment of Primary C. difficile Infection by Epidemic PCR Ribotype 027 in an In Vitro Human Gut Model
(2023-02-22)Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) remains a significant healthcare burden. Non-toxigenic C. difficile (NTCD) strains have shown a benefit in preventing porcine enteritis and in human recurrent CDI. In this study, ... -
Piloting of a minimum data set for older people living in care homes in England: protocol for a longitudinal, mixed-methods study
(2023-02-27)Introduction: Health and care data are routinely collected about care home residents in England, yet there is no way to collate these data to inform benchmarking and improvement. The Developing research resources And minimum ... -
Complexity and Entropy in Physiological Signals (CEPS): Resonance Breathing Rate Assessed Using Measures of Fractal Dimension, Heart Rate Asymmetry and Permutation Entropy
(2023-02-06)Background: As technology becomes more sophisticated, more accessible methods of interpretating Big Data become essential. We have continued to develop Complexity and Entropy in Physiological Signals (CEPS) as an open ... -
Classification of the Central Effects of Transcutaneous Electroacupuncture Stimulation (TEAS) at Different Frequencies: A Deep Learning Approach Using Wavelet Packet Decomposition with an Entropy Estimator
(2023-02-20)The field of signal processing using machine and deep learning algorithms has undergone significant growth in the last few years, with a wide scope of practical applications for electroencephalography (EEG). Transcutaneous ... -
Broad Embedded Logistic Regression Classifier for Prediction of Air Pressure Systems Failure
(2023-02-16)In recent years, the latest maintenance modelling techniques that adopt the data-based method, such as machine learning (ML), have brought about a broad range of useful applications. One of the major challenges in the ...