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Modification of imidazothiazole derivatives gives promising activity in B-Raf kinase enzyme inhibition; synthesis, in vitro studies and molecular docking (2020)
Journal Article
Ammar, U. M., Abdel-Maksoud, M. S., Mersal, K. I., Ali, E. M., Yoo, K. H., Choi, H. S., Lee, J. K., Cha, S. Y., & Oh, C. (2020). Modification of imidazothiazole derivatives gives promising activity in B-Raf kinase enzyme inhibition; synthesis, in vitro studies and molecular docking. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 30(20), Article 127478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127478

B-Raf mutation was identified as a key target in cancer treatment. Based on structural features of dabrafenib (potent FDA approved B-Raf inhibitor), the design of new NH2-based imidazothiazole derivatives was carried out affording new highly potent d... Read More about Modification of imidazothiazole derivatives gives promising activity in B-Raf kinase enzyme inhibition; synthesis, in vitro studies and molecular docking.

Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (2020)
Journal Article
Pazan, F., Petrovic, M., Cherubini, A., Onder, G., Cruz-Jentoft, A. J., Denkinger, M., van der Cammen, T. J. M., Stevenson, J. M., Ibrahim, K., Rajkumar, C., Bakken, M. S., Baeyens, J., Crome, P., Frühwald, T., Gallaghar, P., Guðmundsson, A., Knol, W., O’Mahony, D., Pilotto, A., Rönnemaa, E., …Wehling, M. (2021). Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 77(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-020-02951-8

Background Frailty and adverse drug effects are linked in the fact that polypharmacy is correlated with the severity of frailty; however, a causal relation has not been proven in older people with clinically manifest frailty. Methods A literatur... Read More about Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Local Buckling Strength and Design of Cold-Formed Steel Beams with Slotted Perforations (2020)
Journal Article
Degtyareva, N., Perampalam, G., Poologanathan, K., Gunalan, S., Shyha, I., & Mcintosh, A. (2020). Local Buckling Strength and Design of Cold-Formed Steel Beams with Slotted Perforations. Thin-Walled Structures, 156, Article 106951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2020.106951

Providing staggered slotted perforations to the Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) beams is a new approach being used in light gauge steel construction aiming to enhance both the fire and energy performances. However, slots in the web reduce the load-bearing ca... Read More about Local Buckling Strength and Design of Cold-Formed Steel Beams with Slotted Perforations.

'In courts we don't trust': Institutional framework in the context of developing economy (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Omeihe, K. O., Gustavsson, V., Omeihe, I., Amoako, I. O., & Saud Khan, M. (2020, August). 'In courts we don't trust': Institutional framework in the context of developing economy. Paper presented at 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada

In this paper, we examine with particular interest the mechanism of trust in Nigeria's unique socioeconomic landscape. This becomes pertinent as formalised institutional arrangements such as courts and legal structures appear to be underdeveloped. We... Read More about 'In courts we don't trust': Institutional framework in the context of developing economy.

Inclusion in the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines of non-vitamin K anticoagulants for treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation: A step towards reducing the burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (2020)
Journal Article
Zaidel, E. J., Leng, X., Moshood Adeoye, A., Hakim, F., Karmacharya, B., Katbeh, A., Neubeck, L., Partridge, S., Perel, P., Huffman, M. D., & Di Cesare, M. (2020). Inclusion in the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines of non-vitamin K anticoagulants for treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation: A step towards reducing the burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Global Heart, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.608

Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) represent a paradigm shift in the treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) with major practice guidelines around the world recommending NOACs over vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants... Read More about Inclusion in the World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines of non-vitamin K anticoagulants for treatment of non-valvular atrial fibrillation: A step towards reducing the burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

A One-Body, Laminated-Rotor Flywheel Switched Reluctance Machine for Energy Storage: Design Trade-Offs (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rocca, R., Papadopoulos, S., Rashed, M., Prassinos, G., Capponi, F. G., & Galea, M. (2020, June). A One-Body, Laminated-Rotor Flywheel Switched Reluctance Machine for Energy Storage: Design Trade-Offs. Presented at 2020 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2020 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Madrid, Spain

A critical aspect of distributed generation systems focuses on the installation of Electrical Energy Storage Systems in customer-side facilities. In this scenario, flywheel technology is challenged to provide high levels of safety, compactness and co... Read More about A One-Body, Laminated-Rotor Flywheel Switched Reluctance Machine for Energy Storage: Design Trade-Offs.

Bob & Sink (2020)
Book Chapter
Irvine, Z., & Spence, P. (2020). Bob & Sink. In Future Now 2020: 100 Contemporary Artists from the Aesthetica Art Prize (212-213). Future Now

Future Now is a dedicated magazine featuring the long list of 100 artists selected for the Aesthetica Art Prize. Featuring the work "Bob & Sink" by Pernille Spence and Zoe Irvine on pages 212/213. The Aesthetica Art Prize invites you to discover ne... Read More about Bob & Sink.

Data Driven Distributed Bipartite Consensus Tracking for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems via Iterative Learning Control (2020)
Journal Article
Zhao, H., Peng, L., & Yu, H. (2020). Data Driven Distributed Bipartite Consensus Tracking for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems via Iterative Learning Control. IEEE Access, 8, 144718-144729. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3014496

This article explores a data-driven distributed bipartite consensus tracking (DBCT) problem for discrete-time multi-agent systems (MASs) with coopetition networks under repeatable operations. To solve this problem, a time-varying linearization model... Read More about Data Driven Distributed Bipartite Consensus Tracking for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems via Iterative Learning Control.

The role of images on illness behaviour: Interdisciplinary theory, evidence, and ideas (2020)
Journal Article
Williams, B., & Murray, J. (2021). The role of images on illness behaviour: Interdisciplinary theory, evidence, and ideas. Psychological Reports, 124(6), 2453-2475. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120945602

If illness behaviour is to be fully understood, the social and behavioural sciences must work together to understand the wider forms in which illness is experienced and communicated with individuals and society. The current paper synthesised literat... Read More about The role of images on illness behaviour: Interdisciplinary theory, evidence, and ideas.

Disrupting resilient criminal networks through data analysis: The case of Sicilian Mafia (2020)
Journal Article
Cavallaro, L., Ficara, A., De Meo, P., Fiumara, G., Catanese, S., Bagdasar, O., Song, W., & Liotta, A. (2020). Disrupting resilient criminal networks through data analysis: The case of Sicilian Mafia. PLOS ONE, 15(8), Article e0236476. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236476

Compared to other types of social networks, criminal networks present particularly hard challenges, due to their strong resilience to disruption, which poses severe hurdles to Law-Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). Herein, we borrow methods and tools from... Read More about Disrupting resilient criminal networks through data analysis: The case of Sicilian Mafia.

The ‘building paradox’: research on building-related environmental effects requires global visibility and attention (2020)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., Crawford, R., Stephan, A., Hart, J., & D'Amico, B. (2023). The ‘building paradox’: research on building-related environmental effects requires global visibility and attention. Emerald Open Research, 1(5), https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.13838.1

The construction and operation of buildings is a major contributor to global energy demand, greenhouse gases emissions, resource depletion, waste generation, and associated environmental effects, such as climate change, pollution and habitat destruct... Read More about The ‘building paradox’: research on building-related environmental effects requires global visibility and attention.

Increasing cardiovascular medication adherence: A medical research council complex mhealth intervention mixed‐methods feasibility study to inform global practice (2020)
Journal Article
Khonsari, S., Chandler, C., Parker, R., & Holloway, A. (2020). Increasing cardiovascular medication adherence: A medical research council complex mhealth intervention mixed‐methods feasibility study to inform global practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(10), 2670-2684. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14465

Aims To evaluate a mHealth intervention to increase medication adherence among Iranian coronary heart disease patients. Design Quantitative-dominant mixed-methods study. Data Source Iranian coronary heart disease patients’ responses and most... Read More about Increasing cardiovascular medication adherence: A medical research council complex mhealth intervention mixed‐methods feasibility study to inform global practice.

Speaker Identification: Variations of a Human voice (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kinkiri, S., & Keates, S. (2020). Speaker Identification: Variations of a Human voice. In 2020 International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication Engineering (ICACCE). https://doi.org/10.1109/icacce49060.2020.9154998

Communication is an essential part of human life. We humans use speech (words) to convey information to each other. Vocal tract characteristics in a human voice help identify a speaker. However, human speech signals are language independent and infor... Read More about Speaker Identification: Variations of a Human voice.

Seven Devils (2020)
Book
May, E., & Lam, L. (2020). Seven Devils. London: Gollancz

A space opera co-written with Elizabeth May, published through DAW Books and Gollancz in 2020. A #5 UK Sunday Times Bestseller Starred School Library Journal Review

A Survey on Reconfigurable Microstrip Filter–Antenna Integration: Recent Developments and Challenges (2020)
Journal Article
Tu, Y., Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., Abdulkhaleq, A. M., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2020). A Survey on Reconfigurable Microstrip Filter–Antenna Integration: Recent Developments and Challenges. Electronics, 9(8), Article 1249. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9081249

Reconfigurable and tunable radio frequency (RF) and microwave (MW) components have become exciting topics for many researchers and design engineers in recent years. Reconfigurable microstrip filter–antenna combinations have been studied in the litera... Read More about A Survey on Reconfigurable Microstrip Filter–Antenna Integration: Recent Developments and Challenges.

Monitoring Users’ Behavior: Anti-Immigration Speech Detection on Twitter (2020)
Journal Article
Pitropakis, N., Kokot, K., Gkatzia, D., Ludwiniak, R., Mylonas, A., & Kandias, M. (2020). Monitoring Users’ Behavior: Anti-Immigration Speech Detection on Twitter. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, 2(3), 192-215. https://doi.org/10.3390/make2030011

The proliferation of social media platforms changed the way people interact online. However, engagement with social media comes with a price, the users’ privacy. Breaches of users’ privacy, such as the Cambridge Analytica scandal, can reveal how the... Read More about Monitoring Users’ Behavior: Anti-Immigration Speech Detection on Twitter.

Trade union responses to precarious employment: the role of power resources in defending precarious flight attendants in Ryanair (2020)
Journal Article
Mendonça, P. (2020). Trade union responses to precarious employment: the role of power resources in defending precarious flight attendants in Ryanair. Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 26(4), 431-445. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258920944294

Drawing on a case study on the civil airline industry in Portugal, this article addresses the impact of precarious employment on trade union action and examines the conditions under which trade unions defend precarious workers’ interests. Using a pow... Read More about Trade union responses to precarious employment: the role of power resources in defending precarious flight attendants in Ryanair.