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Post-Pandemic Study Spaces: Post Occupancy Evaluation of BREEAM Excellence Rated University Building (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, O., & Zhao, J. (2022). Post-Pandemic Study Spaces: Post Occupancy Evaluation of BREEAM Excellence Rated University Building.

This paper presents preliminary findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces under a post-pandemic teaching and learnin... Read More about Post-Pandemic Study Spaces: Post Occupancy Evaluation of BREEAM Excellence Rated University Building.

Gut microbiota individuality is contingent on temporal scale and age in wild meerkats (2022)
Journal Article
Risely, A., Schmid, D. W., Müller-Klein, N., Wilhelm, K., Clutton-Brock, T. H., Manser, M. B., & Sommer, S. (2022). Gut microbiota individuality is contingent on temporal scale and age in wild meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1981), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0609

Inter-individual differences in gut microbiota composition are hypothesized to generate variation in host fitness—a premise for the evolution of host–gut microbe symbioses. However, recent evidence suggests that gut microbial communities are highly d... Read More about Gut microbiota individuality is contingent on temporal scale and age in wild meerkats.

Characterizing tuberculosis progression in wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) from fecal samples and clinical signs (2022)
Journal Article
Donadio, J., Risely, A., Müller-Klein, N., Wilhelm, K., Clutton-Brock, T., Manser, M. B., & Sommer, S. (2022). Characterizing tuberculosis progression in wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) from fecal samples and clinical signs. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 58(2), 309-321. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-21-00063

Tuberculosis (TB) is an increasing threat to wildlife, yet tracking its spread is challenging because infections often appear to be asymptomatic, and diagnostic tools such as blood tests can be invasive and resource intensive. Our understanding of TB... Read More about Characterizing tuberculosis progression in wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) from fecal samples and clinical signs.

Derivation of the Field Due to a Magnetic Dipole Without Use of the Vector Potential (2022)
Journal Article
Proctor, J. E., & Gould, H. T. (2023). Derivation of the Field Due to a Magnetic Dipole Without Use of the Vector Potential. Physics Teacher, 61(1), 40-42. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0077127

The mathematical form of the magnetic field due to a current loop, and the fact that it is identical to the electric field due to an electric dipole in the far field, are fundamental to our understanding of electromagnetism. While undergraduate level... Read More about Derivation of the Field Due to a Magnetic Dipole Without Use of the Vector Potential.

Living with chronic infection: persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent (2022)
Journal Article
Taylor, C., Friberg, I., Jackson, J., Arriero, E., Begon, M., Wanelik, K., …Bradley, J. (2022). Living with chronic infection: persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent. Molecular Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16819

Apicomplexans are a protozoan phylum of obligate parasites which may be highly virulent during acute infections, but may also persist as chronic infections which appear to have little fitness cost. Babesia microti is an apicomplexan haemoparasite tha... Read More about Living with chronic infection: persistent immunomodulation during avirulent haemoparasitic infection in a wild rodent.

Recycling of fines from waste concrete: development of lightweight masonry blocks and assessment of their environmental benefits (2022)
Journal Article
Nežerka, V., Prošek, Z., Trejbal, J., Pešta, J., Ferriz-Papi, J., & Tesárek, P. (2022). Recycling of fines from waste concrete: development of lightweight masonry blocks and assessment of their environmental benefits. Journal of Cleaner Production, 385, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135711

A significant body of research has been carried out to find suitable waste materials or industrial by-products that could replace portland cement and reduce the environmental footprint of the concrete industry. Many studies focus on technical aspects... Read More about Recycling of fines from waste concrete: development of lightweight masonry blocks and assessment of their environmental benefits.

SOX2-high cancer cells exhibit an aggressive phenotype, with increases in stemness, proliferation and invasion, as well as higher metabolic activity and ATP production (2022)
Journal Article
Mauro Lizcano, M., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2022). SOX2-high cancer cells exhibit an aggressive phenotype, with increases in stemness, proliferation and invasion, as well as higher metabolic activity and ATP production. Aging, 14(24), 9877-9889. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.204452

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are responsible for cancer recurrence, treatment failure and metastatic dissemination. As such, the elimination of CSCs represents one of the most important approaches for the future of cancer treatment. Among other propertie... Read More about SOX2-high cancer cells exhibit an aggressive phenotype, with increases in stemness, proliferation and invasion, as well as higher metabolic activity and ATP production.

VR 360º subtitles: designing a test suite with eye-tracking technology (2022)
Journal Article
Brescia-Zapata, M., Krejtz, K., Duchowski, A., & Hughes, C. (2022). VR 360º subtitles: designing a test suite with eye-tracking technology. Journal of audiovisual translation, 6(2), 233-258

Subtitle production is an increasingly creative accessibility service. New technologies allow for placing subtitles at any location of the screen in a variety of formats, shapes, typography, font size, and colour. The screen now affords accessible cr... Read More about VR 360º subtitles: designing a test suite with eye-tracking technology.

Innovative drilling muds for High Pressure and High Temperature (HPHT) condition using a novel nanoparticle for petroleum engineering systems (2022)
Thesis
Martin, C. Innovative drilling muds for High Pressure and High Temperature (HPHT) condition using a novel nanoparticle for petroleum engineering systems. (Thesis). University of Salford

The negative environmental impacts of drilling muds, particularly oil-based muds, are a cause for concern to regulators and governments worldwide. As a result, rules regarding the discharge and disposal of drilling muds have tightened globally. Recen... Read More about Innovative drilling muds for High Pressure and High Temperature (HPHT) condition using a novel nanoparticle for petroleum engineering systems.

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of thermo-magnetic natural convection in an enclosure partially filled with a porous medium (2022)
Journal Article
Beg, O., & Venkatadri, K. (2022). Lattice Boltzmann simulation of thermo-magnetic natural convection in an enclosure partially filled with a porous medium. Waves in Random and Complex Media, https://doi.org/10.1080/17455030.2022.2157516

Motivated by emerging magnetized hybrid fuel cell applications, a theoretical analysis of incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) non-Darcian thermogravitational convection in a square enclosure partially filled with a highly permeable medium in p... Read More about Lattice Boltzmann simulation of thermo-magnetic natural convection in an enclosure partially filled with a porous medium.

Whole exome-sequencing of vitiligo lesions indicate lower burden of somatic variations: implications in risk for non-melanoma skin cancers (2022)
Journal Article
Gupta, I., Shankrit, S., Narta, K., Ghazi, M., Grover, R., Pandey, R., …Natarajan, V. (2022). Whole exome-sequencing of vitiligo lesions indicate lower burden of somatic variations: implications in risk for non-melanoma skin cancers. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2022.11.018

Genetic depigmentary conditions such as albinism with complete loss of epidermal pigmentation pose a higher risk for cutaneous malignancies ( Lekalakala et al., 2015 ). By analogy, clinical management for photoprotection of the acquired depigmented s... Read More about Whole exome-sequencing of vitiligo lesions indicate lower burden of somatic variations: implications in risk for non-melanoma skin cancers.

Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation (2022)
Journal Article
Watts, G., McDermott, P., & Kolo, S. (in press). Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/bepam-01-2022-0010

Purpose (limit 100 words) ‘Transforming construction’ is a wide-ranging strategic term, under which sit numerous initiatives. It is the latest, in a long line of strategies and reports introduced to with the intention of industry improvement. Arguabl... Read More about Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation.

Thermo-solutal stratification and chemical reaction effects on radiative magnetized nanofluid flow along an exponentially stretching sensor plate: computational analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Shamshuddin, M., Shahzad, F., Jamshed, W., Beg, O., Eid, M., & Beg, T. (2022). Thermo-solutal stratification and chemical reaction effects on radiative magnetized nanofluid flow along an exponentially stretching sensor plate: computational analysis. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 565, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2022.170286

Motivated by emerging technologies in nanofluid electromagnetic sensor systems, a mathematical model is developed for free convective chemically reacting magnetized Buongiorno nanofluid flow along a stretching exponential Riga plate with dual (ther... Read More about Thermo-solutal stratification and chemical reaction effects on radiative magnetized nanofluid flow along an exponentially stretching sensor plate: computational analysis.

Biomechanical analysis of the effect of finger joint configuration on hand grasping performance: rigid vs flexible (2022)
Journal Article
Wei, Y., Zou, Z., Qian, Z., Ren, L., & Wei, G. (2022). Biomechanical analysis of the effect of finger joint configuration on hand grasping performance: rigid vs flexible. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2022.3229165

Human finger joints are conventionally simplified as rigid joints in robotic hand design and biomechanical hand modelling, due to their anatomic and morphologic complexity. However, our understanding of the effect of the finger joint configuration on... Read More about Biomechanical analysis of the effect of finger joint configuration on hand grasping performance: rigid vs flexible.

Analysis of dissipative non‐Newtonian magnetic polymer flow from a curved stretching surface with slip and radiative effects (2022)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Gnaneswara Reddy, M., & Tripathi, D. (2022). Analysis of dissipative non‐Newtonian magnetic polymer flow from a curved stretching surface with slip and radiative effects. Heat Transfer, 52(3), 2694-2714. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.22801

The convective-radiative magnetohydrodynamic non-Newtonian second grade fluid boundary layer flow from a curved stretching surface has been scrutinized in the present study. The Reiner-Rivlin second grade viscoelastic model is deployed which provid... Read More about Analysis of dissipative non‐Newtonian magnetic polymer flow from a curved stretching surface with slip and radiative effects.

A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of off-site construction in Nigeria (2022)
Journal Article
Wusu, G., Alaka, H., Yusuf, W., Mporas, I., Toriola-Coker, O., & Oseghale, R. (in press). A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of off-site construction in Nigeria. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-06-2022-0113

Purpose (limit 100 words) Several factors influence OSC adoption, but extant literature did not articulate the dominant barriers or drivers influencing adoption. Therefore, this research has not only ventured into analyzing the core influencing facto... Read More about A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of off-site construction in Nigeria.

Developing a heritage BIM shared library for two case studies in Jordan’s heritage: The House of Art in Amman and the Qaqish House in the World Heritage City of As-Salt (2022)
Journal Article
Aburamadan, R., Trillo, C., Cotella, V., Di Perna, E., Ncube, C., Moustaka, A., …Gyau, K. (2022). Developing a heritage BIM shared library for two case studies in Jordan’s heritage: The House of Art in Amman and the Qaqish House in the World Heritage City of As-Salt. Heritage Science, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00836-w

International research is moving towards the development of BIM (Building Information Modelling) libraries applied to the built heritage where one of the main issues to be addressed is the modelling of complex or unique shapes that represent the spec... Read More about Developing a heritage BIM shared library for two case studies in Jordan’s heritage: The House of Art in Amman and the Qaqish House in the World Heritage City of As-Salt.

Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae) (2022)
Journal Article
Louys, J., Duval, M., Beck, R., Pease, E., Sobbe, I., Sands, N., & Price, G. (2022). Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae). Papers in Palaeontology, 8(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1475

Giant wombats (defined here as ≥70 kg) are found in the genera Phascolonus, Ramsayia and perhaps Sedophascolomys. Ramsayia is currently the most poorly known, having been described from mandibular and cranial fragments. Here, we report the most compl... Read More about Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae).