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Mitochondrial fission as a driver of stemness in tumor cells : mDIVI1 inhibits mitochondrial function, cell migration and cancer stem cell (CSC) signalling (2018)
Journal Article
Peiris-Pagès, M., Bonuccelli, G., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2018). Mitochondrial fission as a driver of stemness in tumor cells : mDIVI1 inhibits mitochondrial function, cell migration and cancer stem cell (CSC) signalling. Oncotarget, 9(17), 13254-13275. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.24285

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles frequently undergoing fission and fusion events to maintain their integrity, bioenergetics and spatial distribution, which is fundamental to the processes of cell survival. Disruption in mitochondrial dynamics play... Read More about Mitochondrial fission as a driver of stemness in tumor cells : mDIVI1 inhibits mitochondrial function, cell migration and cancer stem cell (CSC) signalling.

Trauma experienced by student midwives (2018)
Book Chapter
Davies, S., & Coldridge, E. (2018). Trauma experienced by student midwives. In N. Edwards, R. Mander, & J. Murphy Lawless (Eds.), Untangling the Maternity Crisis. London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315277059

The highly empathetic relationship between midwives and women is seen as an important element in midwives' work-related trauma. Students' experiences during their course shape their professional attitudes, and traumatic experiences may have enduring... Read More about Trauma experienced by student midwives.

An audio-visual system for object-based audio : from recording to listening (2018)
Journal Article
Coleman, P., Franck, A., Francombe, J., Liu, Q., de Campos, T., Hughes, R., …Hilton, A. (2018). An audio-visual system for object-based audio : from recording to listening. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 20(8), 1919-1931. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMM.2018.2794780

Object-based audio is an emerging representation for audio content, where content is represented in a reproduction format-agnostic way and, thus, produced once for consumption on many different kinds of devices. This affords new opportunities for im... Read More about An audio-visual system for object-based audio : from recording to listening.

Genetic homogeneity in the deep-sea grenadier Macrourus berglax across the North Atlantic Ocean (2018)
Journal Article
Coscia, I., Castilho, R., Massa-Gallucci, A., Sacchi, C., Cunha, R., Stefanni, S., …Mariani, S. (2018). Genetic homogeneity in the deep-sea grenadier Macrourus berglax across the North Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 132, 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.12.001

Paucity of data on population structure and connectivity in deep sea species remains a major obstacle to their sustainable management and conservation in the face of ever increasing fisheries pressure and other forms of impacts on deep sea ecosystems... Read More about Genetic homogeneity in the deep-sea grenadier Macrourus berglax across the North Atlantic Ocean.

Community heterogeneity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in urban ponds at a multi-city scale (2018)
Journal Article
Hill, M., Biggs, J., Thornhill, I., Briers, R., Ledger, M., Gledhill, D., …Hassall, C. (2018). Community heterogeneity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in urban ponds at a multi-city scale. Landscape Ecology, 33(3), 389-405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0608-1

Purpose: Urbanisation is a leading cause of biotic homogenisation in urban ecosystems. However, there has been little research examining the effect of urbanisation and biotic homogenisation on aquatic communities, and few studies have compared findin... Read More about Community heterogeneity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in urban ponds at a multi-city scale.

Poverty Inequality and Social Work (2018)
Book
Cummins, I. (2018). Poverty Inequality and Social Work. BrIstol: Policy Press

This is a critical, sociological analysis of the domino effect of neoliberalism and austerity politics on welfare provision. It argues that social work should move away from an emphasis on risk management and bureaucracy.

Comparison of the force-, velocity- and power-time curves between the concentric-only and eccentric-concentric bench press exercises (2018)
Journal Article
Pérez-Castilla, A., Comfort, P., McMahon, J., Pestaña-Melero, F., & García-Ramos, A. (2020). Comparison of the force-, velocity- and power-time curves between the concentric-only and eccentric-concentric bench press exercises. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 34(6), 1618-1624. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002448

The aim of this study was to compare the temporal and mechanical variables between the concentric-only and eccentric-concentric bench press (BP) variants. Twenty-one men (age: 22.0±4.2 years, body mass: 73.4±7.7 kg, height: 177.2±8.0 cm; one-repetiti... Read More about Comparison of the force-, velocity- and power-time curves between the concentric-only and eccentric-concentric bench press exercises.

An investigation of air and water dual adjustment decoupling control of surface heat exchanger (2018)
Journal Article
Fang, Z., Xu, X., Li, Q., You, X., & Oladokun, M. (2018). An investigation of air and water dual adjustment decoupling control of surface heat exchanger. Applied Thermal Engineering, 133, 418-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.01.045

The terminal equipment of central cooling system accounts for a significant proportion of the total system's energy consumption. Therefore, it is important to reduce the terminal equipment energy consumption in central air conditioning system. In thi... Read More about An investigation of air and water dual adjustment decoupling control of surface heat exchanger.

Pneumatically powered drilling of carbon fibre composites using synthetic biodegradable lubricating oil : an experimental study (2018)
Journal Article
Morrell, C., & Hampson, P. (2018). Pneumatically powered drilling of carbon fibre composites using synthetic biodegradable lubricating oil : an experimental study. Aerospace, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace5010009

Carbon fibre composites are a key component of aircraft structures because of their enhanced material properties such as favourable strength to weight ratios when compared to metal alloys. During the assembly process of an aircraft, carbon fibre comp... Read More about Pneumatically powered drilling of carbon fibre composites using synthetic biodegradable lubricating oil : an experimental study.

Recent applications of mineral magnetic methods in sediment pollution studies : a review (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, W., Dong, C., Hutchinson, S., Ge, C., Wang, F., & Feng, H. (2018). Recent applications of mineral magnetic methods in sediment pollution studies : a review. Current Pollution Reports, 4(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-018-0075-y

This paper reviews recent progress in applying mineral magnetic methods in sediment pollution studies. Such applications include its use as a dating marker, as a proxy for heavy metal concentrations and to trace metal pollutant dispersal. The mineral... Read More about Recent applications of mineral magnetic methods in sediment pollution studies : a review.

BCI for Music Making: Then, Now, and Next (2018)
Book Chapter
Williams, D. A., & Miranda, E. R. BCI for Music Making: Then, Now, and Next. In C. S. Nam, A. Nijholt, & F. Lotte (Eds.), . Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351231954

Brain–computer music interfacing (BCMI) is a growing field with a history of experimental applications derived from the cutting edge of BCI research as adapted to music making and performance. BCMI offers some unique possibilities over traditional mu... Read More about BCI for Music Making: Then, Now, and Next.

Do the gluteal muscles influence dynamic knee valgus when single-leg landing? (2018)
Thesis
Neamatallah, Z. (in press). Do the gluteal muscles influence dynamic knee valgus when single-leg landing?. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: The presence of dynamic knee valgus on landing has been found to be a significant risk factor in the development non-contact anterior cruciate ligament ACL injury. Gluteal muscles especially gluteus maximus and medius are believed to have... Read More about Do the gluteal muscles influence dynamic knee valgus when single-leg landing?.

General practitioners' use of risk prediction tools and their application to Barretts Oesophagus : a qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
Ireland, C., Laws, T., Gordon, A., Thompson, S., & Esterman, A. (2018). General practitioners' use of risk prediction tools and their application to Barretts Oesophagus : a qualitative study. Journal of primary health care & general practice, 2(1), 014

Background: Risk prediction tools are widely used for the early identification of disease and expediting referrals to medical specialists for further assessment. This study provides an understanding of general practitioners preferences for using some... Read More about General practitioners' use of risk prediction tools and their application to Barretts Oesophagus : a qualitative study.

The role of human influence factors on overall listening experience (2018)
Journal Article
Walton, T., & Evans, M. (2018). The role of human influence factors on overall listening experience. Quality and User Experience, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s41233-017-0015-4

Overall listening experience (OLE) is an evaluation measure specific to the evaluation of audio, which aims to include all possible factors that may influence listeners’ ratings of stimuli. As with quality of experience in general, OLE ratings are u... Read More about The role of human influence factors on overall listening experience.

Ocean zoning within a sparing versus sharing framework (2018)
Journal Article
McGowan, J., Bode, M., Holden, M., Davis, K., Krueck, N., Beger, M., …Possingham, H. (2018). Ocean zoning within a sparing versus sharing framework. Theoretical Ecology, 11(2), 245-254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-017-0364-x

The land-sparing versus land-sharing debate centers around how different intensities of habitat use can be coordinated to satisfy competing demands for biodiversity persistence and food production in agricultural landscapes. We apply the broad concep... Read More about Ocean zoning within a sparing versus sharing framework.

Fetal development of the Poeppig's woolly monkey ( Lagothrix poeppigii ) (2018)
Journal Article
Andrade, R., Monteiro, F., Rocha El Bizri, H., Vicente, W., Guimaraes, D., & Mayor, P. (2018). Fetal development of the Poeppig's woolly monkey ( Lagothrix poeppigii ). Theriogenology, 110, 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.12.022

The intrauterine development is an evolutionary strategy that prepares the neonate for extra-uterine life, thus providing important information on the life history of species. In this study, we described the external and internal morphology of 25 fet... Read More about Fetal development of the Poeppig's woolly monkey ( Lagothrix poeppigii ).

B-spline collocation simulation of non-linear transient magnetic nanobio-tribological squeeze-film flow (2018)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Sohail, A., Kadir, A., Beg, T., & Ravindran, S. (2018). B-spline collocation simulation of non-linear transient magnetic nanobio-tribological squeeze-film flow. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219519418500070

A mathematical model is presented for magnetized nanofluid bio-tribological squeeze film flow between two approaching disks. The nanofluid comprises a suspension of metal oxide nanoparticles with an electrically-conducting base fluid, making the nano... Read More about B-spline collocation simulation of non-linear transient magnetic nanobio-tribological squeeze-film flow.

Optimisation techniques for finding connected components in large graphs using GraphX (2018)
Thesis
Turifi, M. (in press). Optimisation techniques for finding connected components in large graphs using GraphX. (Thesis). The University of Salford

The problem of finding connected components in undirected graphs has been well studied. It is an essential pre-processing step to many graph computations, and a fundamental task in graph analytics applications, such as social network analysis, web gr... Read More about Optimisation techniques for finding connected components in large graphs using GraphX.

Reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the booking-in appointment (2018)
Journal Article
Haynes, E. (2018). Reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the booking-in appointment. International Journal of Health Governance, 23(1), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-08-2017-0044

Purpose The paper looks at the positive future gains of reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the first midwifery booking-in appointment, a unique opportunity that could be more widely used as a point of detection, awareness and preventio... Read More about Reaching women with perinatal mental illness at the booking-in appointment.