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What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen? (2020)
Journal Article
Milne, A., Gottwald, T., Parnell, S., Alonso Chavez, V., & van den Bosch, F. (2020). What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(2), e1007570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007570

Diseases in humans, animals and plants remain an important challenge in our society. Effective control of invasive pathogens often requires coordinated concerted action of a large group of stakeholders. Both epidemiological and human behavioural fact... Read More about What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?.

Transcriptomic profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD4 + TIM-3 + T Cells reveals their suppressive, exhausted, and metastatic characteristics in colorectal cancer patients (2020)
Journal Article
Sasidharan Nair, V., Toor, S., Taha, R., Ahmed, A., Kurer, M., Murshed, K., …Elkord, E. (2020). Transcriptomic profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD4 + TIM-3 + T Cells reveals their suppressive, exhausted, and metastatic characteristics in colorectal cancer patients. Vaccines, 8(1), e71. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8010071

T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (TIM-3) is an immune checkpoint identified as one of the key players in regulating T-cell responses. Studies have shown that TIM-3 is upregulated in the tumor microenvironment (TME). However, the precise role of TIM-3 in... Read More about Transcriptomic profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD4 + TIM-3 + T Cells reveals their suppressive, exhausted, and metastatic characteristics in colorectal cancer patients.

Stakeholder identification and salience in purchasing : an empirical study from UK hospitals (2020)
Journal Article
Papanagnou, C., & Madhlambudzi, P. (2020). Stakeholder identification and salience in purchasing : an empirical study from UK hospitals. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 17(4), 213-228. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHTM.2019.104933

The lack of systematic processes for stakeholder identification and the omission of key stakeholders in UK hospitals cause significant delays in purchasing processes. This is reinforced by the strict tender processes that follow in making their purch... Read More about Stakeholder identification and salience in purchasing : an empirical study from UK hospitals.

Scaling up the UK personal lending CDFI sector : from £20m to £200m in lending by 2027 (2020)
Report
Dayson, K., Vik, P., & Curtis, J. (2020). Scaling up the UK personal lending CDFI sector : from £20m to £200m in lending by 2027

This report analysed the social and financial performance of the UK personal lending CDFI sector using data for 2014-17. It also discussed the levers and potential for the sector to significantly scale up to provide £200m in annual lending in a ten-y... Read More about Scaling up the UK personal lending CDFI sector : from £20m to £200m in lending by 2027.

Clash of titans : the challenges of socio-technical transitions in the electrical vehicles technologies – the case study of Thai automotive industry (2020)
Journal Article
Mohamad, M., & Songthaveephol, V. (2020). Clash of titans : the challenges of socio-technical transitions in the electrical vehicles technologies – the case study of Thai automotive industry. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119772

The automotive industry is moving towards electric vehicles (EVs) as an innovative transportation tool. This leads to a paradigm shift in the industry and poses challenges of stakeholders engagement and connection during transition. This study combin... Read More about Clash of titans : the challenges of socio-technical transitions in the electrical vehicles technologies – the case study of Thai automotive industry.

Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems (2020)
Journal Article
Qasim, A., Aziz, Z., Kazmi, S. A. R., Khalid, A., Fakhir, I., & Hassan, J. (2020). Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems. International journal on smart sensing and intelligent systems (Online), 13(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2020-003

Software systems are becoming complex and dynamic with the passage of time, and to provide better fault tolerance and resource management they need to have the ability of self-adaptation. Multi-agent systems paradigm is an active area of research for... Read More about Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems.

Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity (2020)
Journal Article
O'Leary, B., Hoppit, G., Townley, A., Allen, H., McIntyre, C., & Roberts, C. (2020). Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity. Ocean and Coastal Management, 187, 105110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105110

Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) constitute 61% of the world's oceans and are collectively managed by countries under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Growing concern regarding the deteriorating state of the ocea... Read More about Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity.

Predicting average annual electricity outage using electricity distribution network operator's performance indicators (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Silva, C., & Saraee, M. (2020, February). Predicting average annual electricity outage using electricity distribution network operator's performance indicators. Presented at 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Electricity Distribution network operators (DNO) may receive a monetary reward or have a penalty reliant on their performance against the target set by the regulators. Customer minutes lost (CML) is one of the primary performance indicators which lea... Read More about Predicting average annual electricity outage using electricity distribution network operator's performance indicators.

Electricity distribution network : seasonality and the dynamics of equipment failures related network faults (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Silva, C., & Saraee, M. (2020, February). Electricity distribution network : seasonality and the dynamics of equipment failures related network faults. Presented at 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Power systems are inclined to frequent failures due to equipment malfunctions in the network. Equipment malfunctions can occur in any of the equipment in the network such as transformers, switchgear, overground cables or underground cables. Any failu... Read More about Electricity distribution network : seasonality and the dynamics of equipment failures related network faults.

A single center study of prescribing and treatment outcomes of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (2020)
Journal Article
Nekoohesh, L., Ghahremani1, M. H., Rostami, S., Nikbakht, M., Nekoohesh, L., Naemi, R., …Chahardouli, B. (2020). A single center study of prescribing and treatment outcomes of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.18502/ijhoscr.v14i1.2324

Background: The present study investigated the patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in chronic phase (CP-CML) who had been on the first- line Imatinib Mesylate (IM) therapy for a period of 84 months. Materials and Methods: This retrospective stu... Read More about A single center study of prescribing and treatment outcomes of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.

The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations (2020)
Journal Article
Davies, N., Blazejewski, L., & Sherriff, G. (2020). The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations. Journal of Tourism Futures, 6(3), 209-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-10-2019-0113

Purpose This paper aims to identify the need for research that focuses on micromobilities at tourist destinations, charting their recent expansion and exploring development challenges. Design/methodology/approach This discussion draws together... Read More about The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations.

Review of outcomes used in nutritional trials in Pediatric Critical Care (2020)
Journal Article
Ghandvi, K., Valla, F., & Tume, L. (2020). Review of outcomes used in nutritional trials in Pediatric Critical Care. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 44(7), 1210-1219. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.1765

Background: Generating robust evidence within Pediatric Intensive Care (PIC) can be challenging because of low patient numbers and patient heterogeneity. Systematic reviews may overcome small study biases but are limited by lack of standardisation in... Read More about Review of outcomes used in nutritional trials in Pediatric Critical Care.

Comparative analysis of drivers to BIM adoption among AEC firms in developing countries : a case of Nigeria (2020)
Journal Article
Babatunde, S., Ekundayo, D., Adekunle, A., & Bello, W. (2020). Comparative analysis of drivers to BIM adoption among AEC firms in developing countries : a case of Nigeria. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 18(6), 1425-1447. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-08-2019-0217

Purpose – Building information modelling (BIM) adoption is vital to productivity and competitive nature of the construction sector. However, BIM adoptions have not been generally embraced by many Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firm... Read More about Comparative analysis of drivers to BIM adoption among AEC firms in developing countries : a case of Nigeria.

Flexible character accuracy measure for reading-order-independent evaluation (2020)
Journal Article
Clausner, C., Pletschacher, S., & Antonacopoulos, A. (2020). Flexible character accuracy measure for reading-order-independent evaluation. Pattern Recognition Letters, 131, 390-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2020.02.003

The extraction of textual information from scanned document pages is a fundamental stage in any digitisation effort and directly determines the success of the overall document analysis and understanding application scenarios. To evaluate and improve... Read More about Flexible character accuracy measure for reading-order-independent evaluation.

Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer (2020)
Journal Article
Akpan, E., Enyi, G., & Nasr, G. (2020). Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 10, 1933-1948. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-00837-0

Xanthan gum is commonly used in drilling fluids to provide viscosity, solid suspension, and fluid-loss control. However, it is sensitive to high temperatures and not tolerant of field contaminants. This paper presents an experimental study on the eff... Read More about Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer.

The validity of the index of vulnerable homes : evidence from consumers vulnerable to energy poverty in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Castaño-Rosa, R., Sherriff, G., Solís-Guzmán, J., & Marrero, M. (2020). The validity of the index of vulnerable homes : evidence from consumers vulnerable to energy poverty in the UK. Energy Sources, Part B, 15(2), 72-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/15567249.2020.1717677

Energy poverty is a multidimensional issue, and this means that it is difficult to understand the different levels of vulnerability to this phenomenon and its relationship with households’ quality of life. This paper presents the validation of an inn... Read More about The validity of the index of vulnerable homes : evidence from consumers vulnerable to energy poverty in the UK.

Transforming Paradigms: A Global AI in Financial Services Survey (2020)
Report
Ryll, L., Emma Barton, M., Zheng Zhang, B., Jesse McWaters, R., Schizas, E., Hao, R., …Yerolemou, N. (2020). Transforming Paradigms: A Global AI in Financial Services Survey. World Economic Forum

This report presents the findings of a global survey on AI in Financial Services jointly conducted by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and the World Economic Forum in Q2-Q3 2019.... Read More about Transforming Paradigms: A Global AI in Financial Services Survey.

It’s my life : staying in control. Developing a school-based intervention to facilitate adolescent behaviour change with respect to alcohol consumption (2020)
Thesis
Bragg, J. It’s my life : staying in control. Developing a school-based intervention to facilitate adolescent behaviour change with respect to alcohol consumption. (Thesis). University of Salford

Trends in adolescent alcohol consumption are declining, however remain a cause for concern. Research evidences a relationship between alcohol-related mortality and socioeconomic deprivation, more disadvantaged social groups tending to experience disp... Read More about It’s my life : staying in control. Developing a school-based intervention to facilitate adolescent behaviour change with respect to alcohol consumption.