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Comparison of typical radiation doses and risks using an anthropomorphic ‘bone fracture’ phantom for commonly performed X‐ray projections in a 5‐year‐old (2023)
Journal Article
Doyle, E., Dimmock, M. R., Lee, K. L., Thomas, P., & Bassed, R. B. (in press). Comparison of typical radiation doses and risks using an anthropomorphic ‘bone fracture’ phantom for commonly performed X‐ray projections in a 5‐year‐old. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.717

Introduction: Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) are typical dose levels for medical imaging examinations for groups of standard‐sized patients or standard phantoms for broadly defined types of equipment used as a tool to aid optimisation of protecti... Read More about Comparison of typical radiation doses and risks using an anthropomorphic ‘bone fracture’ phantom for commonly performed X‐ray projections in a 5‐year‐old.

Coherent Phonons in van der Waals MoSe2/WSe2 Heterobilayers (2023)
Journal Article
Li, C., Scherbakov, A. V., Soubelet, P., Samusev, A. K., Ruppert, C., Balakrishnan, N., …Akimov, A. V. (2023). Coherent Phonons in van der Waals MoSe2/WSe2 Heterobilayers. Nano Letters, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02316

The increasing role of two-dimensional (2D) devices requires the development of new techniques for ultrafast control of physical properties in 2D van der Waals (vdW) nanolayers. A special feature of heterobilayers assembled from vdW monolayers is fem... Read More about Coherent Phonons in van der Waals MoSe2/WSe2 Heterobilayers.

Survival analysis in nonagenarian patients with non-hip lower limb fractures. (2023)
Journal Article
Narayana Murthy, S., Cheruvu, M. S., Siddiqui, R. S., Sharma, N., Dass, D., & Ali, A. (in press). Survival analysis in nonagenarian patients with non-hip lower limb fractures. World Journal of Orthopedics, 14(8), 621-629. https://doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v14.i8.621

The United Kingdom has an aging population with nearly 1 in 5 being over the age of 65, and over 0.5 million over the age of 90. The treatment of acute fractures of the lower limb in the nonagenarian cohort of patients poses a technical challenge to... Read More about Survival analysis in nonagenarian patients with non-hip lower limb fractures..

OGLE-2019-BLG-0825: Constraints on the Source System and Effect on Binary-lens Parameters Arising from a Five-day Xallarap Effect in a Candidate Planetary Microlensing Event (2023)
Journal Article
Satoh, Y. K., Koshimoto, N., Bennett, D. P., Sumi, T., Rattenbury, N. J., Suzuki, D., …Spyratos, P. (2023). OGLE-2019-BLG-0825: Constraints on the Source System and Effect on Binary-lens Parameters Arising from a Five-day Xallarap Effect in a Candidate Planetary Microlensing Event. Astronomical Journal, 166(3), Article 116. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ace908

We present an analysis of microlensing event OGLE-2019-BLG-0825. This event was identified as a planetary candidate by preliminary modeling. We find that significant residuals from the best-fit static binary-lens model exist and a xallarap effect can... Read More about OGLE-2019-BLG-0825: Constraints on the Source System and Effect on Binary-lens Parameters Arising from a Five-day Xallarap Effect in a Candidate Planetary Microlensing Event.

Reduced order modelling using neural networks for predictive modelling of 3d-magneto-mechanical problems with application to magnetic resonance imaging scanners (2023)
Journal Article
Miah, S., Sooriyakanthan, Y., Ledger, P. D., Gil, A. J., & Mallett, M. (2023). Reduced order modelling using neural networks for predictive modelling of 3d-magneto-mechanical problems with application to magnetic resonance imaging scanners. Engineering with Computers, 39(6), 4103-4127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-023-01870-3

The design of magnets for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners requires the numerical simulation of a coupled magneto-mechanical system where the effects that different material parameters and in-service loading conditions have on both imaging a... Read More about Reduced order modelling using neural networks for predictive modelling of 3d-magneto-mechanical problems with application to magnetic resonance imaging scanners.

The changing dynamics of crypto mining and environmental impact (2023)
Journal Article
Kumari, P., Mamidala, V., Chavali, K., & Behl, A. (2024). The changing dynamics of crypto mining and environmental impact. International Review of Economics and Finance, 89a, 940-953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2023.08.004

This study investigates the association between energy consumption in Bitcoin mining and energy indices. The study also examines the moderating effect of COVID-19 on the relationships between energy consumption in Bitcoin mining and energy indices. W... Read More about The changing dynamics of crypto mining and environmental impact.

Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal (2023)
Journal Article
Saod, W. M., Oliver, I. W., Thompson, D. F., Contini, A., & Zholobenko, V. (in press). Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2023.2246016

Applications of nanomaterials in water and wastewater treatment and in environmental clean-up operations depend on the adsorption capacity of the materials for contaminants such as potentially toxic elements (PTEs). However, on their own nanoparticle... Read More about Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal.

Failure to control conventional cardiovascular risk factors in women with type 2 diabetes might explain worse mortality (2023)
Journal Article
Stedman, M., Whyte, M. B., Laing, I., Fryer, A. A., Torres, B. M., Robinson, A., …Heald, A. H. (2023). Failure to control conventional cardiovascular risk factors in women with type 2 diabetes might explain worse mortality. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, 39(8), Article e3695. https://doi.org/10.1002/dmrr.3695

Introduction: The standardised mortality rate (SMR) for people with diabetes in England is 1.5–1.7, with differences in outcomes between sexes. There has been little work examining the factors that could have an impact on this or on what may determin... Read More about Failure to control conventional cardiovascular risk factors in women with type 2 diabetes might explain worse mortality.

Cysteamine-mediated blockade of the glycine cleavage system modulates epithelial cell inflammatory and innate immune responses to viral infection (2023)
Journal Article
Fraser-Pitt, D., Mercer, D. K., Francis, M., Toledo-Aparicio, D., Smith, D. W., & O'Neil, D. A. (2023). Cysteamine-mediated blockade of the glycine cleavage system modulates epithelial cell inflammatory and innate immune responses to viral infection. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 677, 168-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.08.021

Transient blockade of glycine decarboxylase (GLDC) can restrict de novo pyrimidine synthesis, which is a well-described strategy for enhancing the host interferon response to viral infection and a target pathway for some licenced anti-inflammatory th... Read More about Cysteamine-mediated blockade of the glycine cleavage system modulates epithelial cell inflammatory and innate immune responses to viral infection.

Single-cell profiling of Anopheles gambiae spermatogenesis defines the onset of meiotic silencing and premeiotic overexpression of the X chromosome (2023)
Journal Article
Page, N., Taxiarchi, C., Tonge, D., Kuburic, J., Chesters, E., Kriezis, A., …Galizi, R. (2023). Single-cell profiling of Anopheles gambiae spermatogenesis defines the onset of meiotic silencing and premeiotic overexpression of the X chromosome. Communications Biology, 6(1), Article 850. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05224-z

Understanding development and genetic regulation in the Anopheles gambiae germline is essential to engineer effective genetic control strategies targeting this malaria mosquito vector. These include targeting the germline to induce sterility or using... Read More about Single-cell profiling of Anopheles gambiae spermatogenesis defines the onset of meiotic silencing and premeiotic overexpression of the X chromosome.

Single-cell profiling of mosquito spermatogenesis defines the onset of meiotic silencing and pre-meiotic overexpression of the X chromosome. (2023)
Journal Article
Page, N., Taxiarchi, C., Tonge, D., Kuburic, J., Chesters, E., Kriezis, A., …Galizi, R. (in press). Single-cell profiling of mosquito spermatogenesis defines the onset of meiotic silencing and pre-meiotic overexpression of the X chromosome. Communications Biology, 6, Article 850. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05224-z

Understanding development and genetic regulation in the Anopheles gambiae germline is essential to engineer effective genetic control strategies targeting this malaria mosquito vector. These include targeting the germline to induce sterility or using... Read More about Single-cell profiling of mosquito spermatogenesis defines the onset of meiotic silencing and pre-meiotic overexpression of the X chromosome..

Gyekye and Contemporary Idealism (2023)
Book Chapter
Tartaglia, J. (2023). Gyekye and Contemporary Idealism. In Conversations on African Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness and AI. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36163-0_2

I begin with a defence of both Gyekye’s universalist and African metaphilosophies. In light of these metaphilosophies, I discuss the contemporary Western hegemony of materialist philosophy of mind and its origins in Gilbert Ryle’s The Concept of Mind... Read More about Gyekye and Contemporary Idealism.

Energy security and economic stability: The role of inflation and war (2023)
Journal Article
Banna, H., Alam, A., Chen, X. H., & Alam, A. W. (2023). Energy security and economic stability: The role of inflation and war. Energy Economics, 126, Article 106949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106949

This paper investigates the impact of energy security risk (ESR) on economic stability. Using multiple global datasets, we provide empirical evidence from a panel of 68 countries spanning over a period from 1980 to 2021. Our results indicate that hig... Read More about Energy security and economic stability: The role of inflation and war.