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  Conceptualisations of landscape differ across European languages

  van Putten, S., O’Meara, C., Wartmann, F., Yager, J., Villette, J., Mazzuca, C., Bieling, C., Burenhult, N., Purves, R. S. & Majid, A., 14 Oct 2020, In: PloS ONE. 15, 10, 16 p., e0239858.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • landscape management
  • policy
  • speech
  • segmentation
  • animal

• Earnings Management to Avoid Earnings Boosts

  Makarem, N. & Roberts, C., 14 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research. 21, 4, p. 657-676 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Earnings Management
  • Real Activity
  • Manipulation
  • Accruals
  • Trigger
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• How and Why to Define Unexplained Infertility?

  Abdallah, K. S., Hunt, S., Abdullah, S. A., Mol, B. W. J. & Youssef, M. A., 14 Oct 2020, In: Seminars in Reproductive Medicine. 38, 1, p. 55-60 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Infertility
  • Anovulation
  • Process Assessment (Health Care)
  • Fallopian Tubes

• Impairment of Uterine Contractility Is Associated with Unexplained Infertility

  Hunt, S., Abdallah, K. S., Ng, E., Rombauts, L., Vollenhoven, B. & Mol, B. W., 14 Oct 2020, In: Seminars in Reproductive Medicine. 38, 1, p. 61-73 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Peristalsis
  • Infertility
  • Sperm Transport
  • Embryo Implantation
  • Myometrium

• Myth Analyzed

  Segal, R. A., 14 Oct 2020, 1st ed. Oxon: Routledge. 222 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Anthropology
  • Sociology
  • Voice Leading
  • Religious Literature
  • Claude Lévi-Strauss

• Recall intervals for oral health in primary care patients

  Fee, P. A., Riley, P., Worthington, H. V., Clarkson, J. E., Boyers, D. & Beirne, P. V., 14 Oct 2020, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020, 10, 55 p., CD004346.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Oral Health
  • Primary Health Care
  • Tooth
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Quality of Life
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The effects of graded levels of calorie restriction: XVI. Metabolomic changes in the cerebellum indicate activation of hypothalamocerebellar connections driven by hunger responses

  Green, C. L., Mitchell, S. E., Derous, D., García-Flores, L. A., Wang, Y., Chen, L., Han, J-D. J., Promislow, D. E. L., Lusseau, D., Douglas, A. & Speakman, J. R., 14 Oct 2020, In: The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hunger
  • Metabolomics
  • Cerebellum
  • homocarnosine
  • Sulfur Amino Acids

• The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment

  Focquaert, F. (ed.), Shaw, E. (ed.) & Waller, B. N., 14 Oct 2020, 1st ed. New York: Routledge. 428 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Handbook
  • Punishment
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Interdisciplinary Team

• The structural variation landscape in 492 Atlantic salmon genomes

  Bertolotti, A. C., Layer, R. M., Gundappa, M. K., Gallagher, M. D., Pehlivanoglu, E., Nome, T., Robledo, D., Kent, M. P., Røsæg, L. L., Holen, M. M., Mulugeta, T. D., Ashton, T. J., Hindar, K., Sægrov, H., Florø-Larsen, B., Erkinaro, J., Primmer, C. R., Bernatchez, L., Martin, S. A. M., Johnston, I. A. & 3 others, Sandve, S. R., Lien, S. & MacQueen, D. J., 14 Oct 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 16 p., 5176.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Domestication
  • Salmo salar
  • genome
  • Genes
  • Genomic Structural Variation
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Current concepts in tumour-derived organoids

  Porter, R. J., Murray, G. & McLean, M. H., 13 Oct 2020, In: British Journal of Cancer. 123, p. 1209-1218 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Organoids
  • Neoplasms
  • Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
  • Tumor Microenvironment
  • Embryonic Stem Cells
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Immune status is prognostic for poor survival in colorectal cancer patients and is associated with tumour hypoxia

  Craig, S. G., Humphries, M. P., Alderdice, M., Bingham, V., Richman, S. D., Loughrey, M. B., Coleman, H. G., Viratham-Pulsawatdi, A., McCombe, K., Murray, G. I., Blake, A., Domingo, E., Robineau, J., Brown, L., Fisher, D., Seymour, M. T., Quirke, P., Bankhead, P., McQuaid, S., Lawler, M. & 4 others, McArt, D. G., Maughan, T. S., James, J. A. & Salto-Tellez, M., 13 Oct 2020, In: British Journal of Cancer. 123, p. 1280-1288 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Tumor Hypoxia
  • Cold Temperature
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Survival
  • Hypoxia
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Neurodevelopmental multimorbidity and educational outcomes of Scottish schoolchildren: A population-based record linkage cohort study

  Fleming, M., Salim, E. E., Mackay, D. F., Henderson, A., Kinnear, D., Clark, D., King, A., McLay, J., Cooper, S-A. & Pell, J. P., 13 Oct 2020, In: PLoS Medicine. 17, 10, p. e1003290 24 p., e1003290.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Multimorbidity
  • Cohort Studies
  • Child
  • Population
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
  13 Downloads (Pure)

• Observational studies assessing the pharmacological treatment of obstructive lung disease: strengths, challenges and considerations for study design

  Vestbo, J., Janson, C., Nuevo, J. & Price, D., 13 Oct 2020, In: ERJ Open Research. 6, 4, 16 p., 00044-2020.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Obstructive Lung Diseases
  • Observational Studies
  • Pharmacology
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Blood Physiological Phenomena

• Prevalent Human Gut Bacteria Hydrolyse and Metabolise Important Food-Derived Mycotoxins and Masked Mycotoxins

  Daud, N., Currie, V., Duncan, G., Farquharson, F., Yoshinari, T., Louis, P. & Gratz, S., 13 Oct 2020, In: Toxins. 12, 10, 18 p., 654.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mycotoxins
  • Bacteria
  • Glucosides
  • Food
  • amsonic acid

• Proper Equivariant Stable Homotopy Theory

  Degrijse, D., Hausmann, M., Lück, W., Patchkoria, I. & Schwede, S., 13 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Stable Homotopy
  • Homotopy Theory
  • Equivariant
  • Group theory
  • Lie groups
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Targeting rehabilitation to improve outcomes after total knee arthroplasty in patients at risk of poor outcomes: randomised controlled trial

  TRIO investigators, 13 Oct 2020, In: BMJ. 371, p. 1-8 8 p., m3576.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Knee Replacement Arthroplasties
  • Rehabilitation
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Physical Therapists
  • Knee

• Ziryab and Us: Tradition and Collaboration in the Interpretation of an Arab-Andalusian Musical Myth

  Machin-Autenrieth, M., 13 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: The Journal of Intercultural Studies . 42, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Musicians
  • Muslim Spain
  • Heritage
  • Al-Andalus
  • Musical Practices
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Can soy isoflavones plus soy protein change serum levels of interlukin-6? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

  Gholami, A., Baradaran, H. R. & Hariri, M., 12 Oct 2020, In: Phytotherapy Research. p. 1-16 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Soybean Proteins
  • Isoflavones
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Randomized Controlled Trials

• enomic prediction of arsenic tolerance and grain yield in rice: Contribution of trait-specific markers and multi environment models

  Ahmadi, N., Cao, T-V., Price, A., Norton, G. & Trouche, G., 12 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Rice Science.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Explaining Bayesian Networks in Natural Language: State of the Art andChallenges

  Hennessy, C., Bugarin, A. & Reiter, E., 18 Dec 2020, 2nd Workshop on Interactive Natural Language Technologyfor Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of NL4XAI. The Association for Computational Linguistics, p. 28-33 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Bayesian networks
  • Cements

• Genomic prediction of arsenic tolerance and grain yield in rice: Contribution of trait-specific markers and multi environment models

  Ahmadi, N., Cao, T-V., Frouin, J., Norton, G. J. & Price, A., 12 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Rice.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Inside the volcano: Three-dimensional magmatic architecture of a buried shield volcano

  Walker, F., Schofield, N., Millett, J., Jolley, D., Holford, S. P., Planke, S., Jerram, D. A. & Myklebust, R., 12 Oct 2020, In: Geology. 49, p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • shield volcano
  • magma chamber
  • sill
  • volcano
  • laccolith

• Meeting art with words: the philosopher as anthropologist

  Ingold, T., 12 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Adaptive Behavior.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Power (Psychology)

• Modelling and Optimal Design of Thick-Walled Composite Pipes under In-Service Conditions

  Wang, T., Menshykov, O., Menshykova, M. & Guz, I., 12 Oct 2020, In: IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering. 936, 8 p., 012046.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Pipe
  • Composite materials
  • Torsional stress
  • Elasticity
  • Torque

• Some aspects of simulation based learning in medicine on the example of basic invasive skills

  Mikhailovich, V. T., Petrovich, S. V., Alexandrovich, S. K., Alexandrovna, S. E. & Morgan, H., 12 Oct 2020, p. 126-131. 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • simulation
  • medicine
  • medical specialist
  • learning
  • Clinical Practice

• The Oral Health Status of Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disorders: A Systematic Review

  Almoosawy, S. A., McGowan, M., Hijazi, K., Patey, R., Bachoo, P. & Cherukara, G., 12 Oct 2020, In: Vascular. 11 p., 1708538120963914.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Oral Health
  • Health Status
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Blood Vessels
  • Oral Pathology
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding people’s responses toward predators in the Indian Himalaya

  Bhatia, S., Suryawanshi, K., Redpath, S. M. & Mishra, C., 11 Oct 2020, In: Animal Conservation. p. 1-8 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • risk perception
  • predator
  • wild animal
  • carnivore
  • snow

• Meta-analysis and systematic review to determine the optimal imaging modality for the detection of rectosigmoid deep endometriosis

  Gerges, B., Li, W., Leonardi, M., Mol, B. W. & Condous, G., 10 Oct 2020, In: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 67 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Endometriosis
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Endosonography

• Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit

  Marin, M., Feeney, D. S., Brown, L. K., Naveed, M., Riuz, S., Koebernick, N., Bengough, A. G., Hallett, P. D., Roose, T., Puértolas, J., Dodd, I. C. & George, T. S., 10 Oct 2020, In: Annals of Botany. mcaa181.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • root hairs
  • water
  • soil texture
  • shoots
  • stress tolerance

• Congenital defects and early childhood outcomes following in-utero exposure to antihypertensive medication

  Fitton, C. A., Fleming, M., Aucott, L., Pell, J. P., Mackay, D. F. & McLay, J. S., 9 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Hypertension.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Hypertension
  • Pregnancy
  • Mothers
  • Scotland

• Mars-Analog Calcium Sulfate Veins Record Evidence of Ancient Subsurface Life

  McMahon, S., Parnell, J. & Reekie, P. B. R., 9 Oct 2020, In: Astrobiology. 20, 10, p. 1212-1223 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The influence of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers on hospital length of stay and survival in people with COVID-19

  Braude, P., Carter, B., Short, R., Vilches-Moraga, A., Verduri, A., Pearce, L., Price, A., Quinn, T. J., Stechman, M., Collins, J., Bruce, E., Einarsson, A., Rickard, F., Mitchell, E., Holloway, M., Hesford, J., Barlow-Pay, F., Clini, E., Myint, P. K., Moug, S. & 2 others, McCarthy, K. & Hewitt, J., 9 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: IJC Heart & Vasculature.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Variations in rates of discharges to nursing homes after acute hospitalization for stroke and the influence of service heterogeneity: an Anglia Stroke Clinical Network Evaluation Study

  Tornes, M., McLernon, D., Bachmann, M., Musgrave, S., Day, D., Warburton, E. A., Potter, J. & Myint, P. K., 9 Oct 2020, In: Healthcare. 8, 4, 13 p., 390.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Nursing Homes
  • Evaluation Studies
  • Hospitalization
  • Stroke
  • Health Facility Size

• Identification of Psychological Correlates of Dietary Mis-Reporting under Laboratory and Free-Living Environments

  Hopkins, M., Michalowska, J., Whybrow, S., Horgan, G. W. & Stubbs, R. J., 8 Oct 2020, In: British Journal of Nutrition. 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Energy Intake
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Psychology
  • Personality
  • Social Desirability
  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Peer Influence on Trade Credit

  Gyimah, D., Machokoto, M. & Sikochi, A. S., 8 Oct 2020, 46 p.

  Research output: Working paper

  Open Access

  • Peer Influence
  • Trade Credit
  • Peers
  • Credit Policy
  • Information Environment
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Plasma proteome responses in salmonid fish following immunization

  Bakke, F. K., Monte, M. M., Stead, D. A., Causey, D. R., Douglas, A., Macqueen, D. J. & Dooley, H., 8 Oct 2020, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 11, p. 1-20 20 p., 581070.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Salmonidae
  • hen egg lysozyme
  • Egg White
  • Proteome
  • Fishes

• Pleiotropic Locus 15q24.1 Reveals a Gender-Specific Association with Neovascular but Not Atrophic Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

  Kiel, C., International AMD Genomics Consortium (IAMDGC), Strunz, T., Grassmann, F. & Weber, B. H. F., 8 Oct 2020, In: Cells. 9, 10, 18 p., 2257.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Macular Degeneration
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1
  • Choroidal Neovascularization
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Blood Pressure

• Factors that impact on recruitment to randomised trials in health care: a qualitative evidence synthesis (Review)

  Houghton, C., Dowling, M., Meskell, P., Hunter, A., Gardner, H., Conway, A., Treweek, S., Sutcliffe, K., Noyes, J., Devane, D., Nicholas, J. R. & Biesty, L. M., 7 Oct 2020, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020, 10, 75 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Gray Literature
  • Qualitative Research
  • Sample Size
  • Libraries
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The burden of self-reported rhinitis and associated risk for exacerbations with moderate-severe asthma in primary care patients

  Kritikos, V., Price, D., Papi, A., Infantino, A., Ställberg, B., Ryan, D., Lavorini, F., Chrystyn, H., Haughney, J., Lisspers, K., Gruffydd-Jones, K., Román-Rodríguez, M., Høegh Henrichsen, S., Van Der Moleni, T., Carter, V. & Bosnic-Anticevich, S. Z., 6 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Asthma and Allergy. 13, p. 415-428 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Rhinitis
  • Primary Health Care
  • Asthma
  • Logistic Models
  • Demography

• The nutritional and cardiovascular health benefits of rapeseed oil-fed farmed salmon in humans are not decreased compared with those of traditionally farmed salmon: a randomized controlled trial

  de Roos, B., Wood, S., Bremner, D., Bashir, S., Betancor, M. B., Fraser, W. D., Duthie, S. J., Horgan, G. W. & Sneddon, A. A., 5 Oct 2020, In: European Journal of Nutrition. 0, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Rapeseed Oil
  • Salmon
  • Fish Oils
  • rapeseed oil
  • Insurance Benefits

• Cervical cancer prevention in transgender men: a review

  Weyers, S., Garland, S. M., Cruickshank, M., Kyrgiou, M. & Arbyn, M., 2 Oct 2020, In: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Transgender Persons
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Cervix Uteri
  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Mental Health
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Ambition and Ambivalence: Reconsidering Positive Peace as a Trans-Scalar Peace System

  Millar, G. M., 1 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Peace Research. 15 p., 0022343320941909.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Consolidation
  • ambivalence
  • peace
  • Climate change
  • Automation

• A review on feature-mapping methods for structural optimization

  Wein, F., Dunning, P. & Norato, J. A., 1 Oct 2020, In: Structural and multidisciplinary optimization. 62, 4, p. 1597-1638 42 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Structural Optimization
  • Structural optimization
  • Review
  • Shape optimization
  • Topology Optimization
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Automated classification of depression from structural brain measures across two independent community‐based cohorts

  Stolicyn, A., Harris, M. A., Shen, X., Barbu, M. C., Adams, M. J., Hawkins, E. L., de Nooij, L., Yeung, H. W., Murray, A. D., Lawrie, S. M., Steele, J. D., McIntosh, A. M. & Whalley, H. C., 1 Oct 2020, In: Human Brain Mapping. 41, 14, p. 3922-3937 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Depression
  • Brain
  • Decision Trees
  • Occipital Lobe
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• A walk as act / enact / re-enactment: performing psychogeography and anthropology

  Vergunst, J., 1 Oct 2020, Reconstruction, Replication and Re-enactment in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Dupre, S., Harris, A., Lulof, P., Kursell, J. & Stols-Witlox, M. (eds.). Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam Press, p. 225-250 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Behaviour of eccentrically loaded prestressed stayed columns with circular hollow sections

  Hyman, P. & Osofero, A. I., 1 Oct 2020, In: Advances in Structural Engineering. 23, 13, p. 2813-2821 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Load limits
  • Defects
  • Finite element method

• Collective Almost Synchronization-based model to extract and predict features of EEG signals

  Nguyen, P. T. M., Hayashi, Y., Da Silva Baptista, M. & Kondo, T., 1 Oct 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, p. 16342 16 p., 16342.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Electroencephalography
  • Synchronization
  • Neurons
  • Power spectrum
  • Complex networks

• Comment on: “A novel approach to peatlands as archives of total cumulative spatial pollution loads from atmospheric deposition of airborne elements complementary to EMEP data: Priority pollutants (Pb, Cd, Hg)” by Ewa Miszczak, Sebastian Stefaniak, Adam Michczyński, Eiliv Steinnes and Irena Twardowska

  de Vleeschouwer, F., Baron, S., Cloy, J. M., Enrico, M., Ettler, V., Fagel, N., Kempter, H., Kylander, M. E., Li, C., Longman, J., Martínez Cortizas, A., Marx, S., Mattielli, N., Mighall, T., Nieminen, T. M., Piotrowska, N., Pontevedra-Pombal, X., Pratte, S., Renson, V., Shotyk, W. & 8 others, Shuttleworth, E., Sikorski, J., Stromsoe, N., Talbot, J., von Scheffer, C., Weiss, D., Zaccone, C. & Le Roux, G., 1 Oct 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 737, 5 p., 138699.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  • Environmental Pollutants
  • atmospheric deposition
  • peatland
  • Contamination
  • Pollution
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Detailed electro-dynamic model of an ultra-fast disconnector including the failure mode

  Zaja, M., Razi-Kazemi, A. A. & Jovcic, D., 1 Oct 2020, In: High Voltage. 5, 5, p. 549-555 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Failure modes
  • Dynamic models
  • Switches
  • Electric circuit breakers
  • Inductance
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Eye and Voice-Controlled Human Machine Interface System for Wheelchairs Using Image Gradient Approach

  Anwer, S., Waris, A., Sultan, H., Butt, S. I., Zafar, M. H., Sarwar, M., Niazi, I. K., Shafique, M. & Pujari, A., 1 Oct 2020, In: Sensors. 20, 19, 13 p., 5510.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Wheelchairs
  • Computer operating systems
  • Linux
  • Cameras
  1 Downloads (Pure)