Natural Sciences

Title	Natural Sciences
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Faculty	Faculty of Science and Technology

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2002–2022: 20 years of e-waste regulation in the European Union and the worldwide trends in legislation and innovation technologies for a circular economy

Serpe, A., Purchase, D., Bisschop, L., Chatterjee, D., De Gioannis, G., Garelick, H., Kumar, A., Peijnenburg, W.J.G.M., Piro, V.M.I., Cera, M., Shevah, Y. and Verbeek, S. 2024. 2002–2022: 20 years of e-waste regulation in the European Union and the worldwide trends in legislation and innovation technologies for a circular economy. RSC Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SU00548A

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Turning the tide: rhythmic aggregation behaviour in Anurida maritima (Collembola) is entrained by inundation

Timmermans, M., King, M., Purchase, D., Dickins, J.A., Dickins, T. and Kett, S. 2024. Turning the tide: rhythmic aggregation behaviour in Anurida maritima (Collembola) is entrained by inundation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2024.152062

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The efficacy of gemcitabine and docetaxel chemotherapy for the treatment of relapsed and refractory osteosarcoma: a systematic review and pre‐clinical study

Low, K., Foulkes, P., Hills, F., Roberts, H. and Stordal, B. 2024. The efficacy of gemcitabine and docetaxel chemotherapy for the treatment of relapsed and refractory osteosarcoma: a systematic review and pre‐clinical study. Cancer Medicine. 13 (18). https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70248

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Revised approach for the calculation of groundwater flooding annual average damages: establishing a probability-based relationship for groundwater flooding

Viavattene, C., Hardman, D., Penning-Rowsell, E., Morris, J., Chatterton, J., Parker, D. and Priest, S. 2024. Revised approach for the calculation of groundwater flooding annual average damages: establishing a probability-based relationship for groundwater flooding. Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University.

Project report

Occupant complacency in workplace fire evacuations

Gold, D., Thomas, D., Vincer, N. and Pitkin, M. 2024. Occupant complacency in workplace fire evacuations. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11 (1). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03665-3

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A 1.76 mW, 355-fps, electrical impedance tomography system with a simple time-to-digital impedance readout for fast neonatal lung imaging

Li, J., Jiang, D., Wu, Y., Zhang, J., Seifnaraghi, N., Bayford, R. and Demosthenous, A. 2024. A 1.76 mW, 355-fps, electrical impedance tomography system with a simple time-to-digital impedance readout for fast neonatal lung imaging. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2024.3434638

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Angiogenesis in breast cancer: insights and innovations

Elayat, G. and Selim, A. 2024. Angiogenesis in breast cancer: insights and innovations. Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 24 (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10238-024-01446-5

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Phenotypic plasticity in melanoma: the impact on management strategies

Elayat, G. 2024. Phenotypic plasticity in melanoma: the impact on management strategies. Redactive Publishing.

Magazine

A current DAC based current generator with fourth-order current-mode filter for electrical impedance tomography

Li, J., Wu, Y., Jiang, D., Bayford, R. and Demosthenous, A. 2024. A current DAC based current generator with fourth-order current-mode filter for electrical impedance tomography. 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Singapore, Singapore 19 - 22 May 2024 IEEE. pp. 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1109/iscas58744.2024.10558679

Conference paper

A study of bacteria producing carbonic anhydrase enzyme for CaCO3 precipitation and soil biocementation

Meandira, W., Mavroulidou, M., Timmermans, M., Gunn, M., Gray, C., Pantoja Munoz, L. and Purchase, D. 2024. A study of bacteria producing carbonic anhydrase enzyme for CaCO3 precipitation and soil biocementation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31 (33), pp. 45818-45833. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-34077-0

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Charting achievements: a two-year retrospective of the society for environmental geochemistry and health (SEGH) and the evolving strategies

Argyraki, A., Watts, M., Abdou, M., Ahmad, W., Ajayi, F., An, T., Barbieri, M., Biswas, J., Gabersek, M., Gibson, G., Hashmi, M., Humphrey, O., Hursthouse, A., Kaninga, B., Laniyan, T., Monteiro, C., Morton-Bermea, O., Olajide-Kayode, J., Olatunji, A., Onyangore, F., Osano, O., Potgieter-Vermaak, S., Prater, C., Purchase, D. and Torrance, K. 2024. Charting achievements: a two-year retrospective of the society for environmental geochemistry and health (SEGH) and the evolving strategies. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 46 (7), p. 242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-024-02015-1

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Sustainable wastewater reuse for agriculture

Christou, A., Beretsou, V., Iakovides, I., Karaolia, P., Michael, C., Benmarhnia, T., Chefetz, B., Donner, E., Gawlik, B., Lee, Y., Lim, T., Lundy, L., Maffettone, R., Rizzo, L., Topp, E. and Fatta-Kassinos, D. 2024. Sustainable wastewater reuse for agriculture. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 5 (7), p. 504–521. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00560-y

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Flow rate influence on sediment depth estimation in sewers using temperature sensors

Regueiro-Picallo, M., Schellart, A., Jensen, H., Langeveld, J., Viklander, M. and Lundy, L. 2024. Flow rate influence on sediment depth estimation in sewers using temperature sensors. Water Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2024.193

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Campus source to sink wastewater surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Folkes, M., Castro-Gutierrez, V., Lundy, L., Bajón-Fernández, Y., Soares, A., Jeffrey, P. and Hassard, F. 2024. Campus source to sink wastewater surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Current Research in Microbial Sciences. 6, p. 100240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmicr.2024.100240

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Re-thinking housing inspection and regulation: using 360 technology as a new approach in environmental health practice training

Lawson, A., Stewart, J., Turner, E., Passmore, P, and Costley, C. 2024. Re-thinking housing inspection and regulation: using 360 technology as a new approach in environmental health practice training. Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching. 17 (1), pp. 111-127. https://doi.org/10.21100/compass.v17i1.1503

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Molding the future: optimization of bioleaching of rare earth elements from electronic waste by Penicillium expansum and insights into its mechanism

Gonzalez Baez, A., Pantoja Munoz, L., Timmermans, M., Garelick, H. and Purchase, D. 2024. Molding the future: optimization of bioleaching of rare earth elements from electronic waste by Penicillium expansum and insights into its mechanism. Bioresource Technology. 402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130750

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The tomato variety affects the survival of Shigella flexneri 2a in fruit pericarp

Henriquez, T., Guerra, S., Nerini, M., Purchase, D. and Marvasi, M. 2024. The tomato variety affects the survival of Shigella flexneri 2a in fruit pericarp. Pathogens. 13 (5). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13050379

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Recruitment, retention, and training of citizen scientists in translational medicine research: a citizen science initiative on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Shah, S., Barrado-Martín, Y., Marjot, T., Tomlinson, J. and Kiparoglou, V. 2024. Recruitment, retention, and training of citizen scientists in translational medicine research: a citizen science initiative on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Cureus: Journal of Medical Science. 16 (3). https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.56038

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Eat the fruit earlier: Sakis (Pithecia chrysocephala) show enhanced temporal fruit resource access compared with squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) in an urban forest fragment in Brazil

Take, M., Yumoto, T., Barnett, A., Onizawa, K. and Spironello, W. 2024. Eat the fruit earlier: Sakis (Pithecia chrysocephala) show enhanced temporal fruit resource access compared with squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) in an urban forest fragment in Brazil. American Journal of Primatology. 86 (2), pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23575

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Pied tamarins change their vocal behavior in response to noise levels in the largest city in the Amazon

Sobroza, T., Gordo, M., Dunn, J., Pequeno, P., Naissinger, B. and Barnett, A. 2024. Pied tamarins change their vocal behavior in response to noise levels in the largest city in the Amazon. American Journal of Primatology. 86 (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23606

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Do pied tamarins increase scent-marking in response to urban noise?

Sobroza, T., Dunn, J., Gordo, M. and Barnett, A. 2024. Do pied tamarins increase scent-marking in response to urban noise? Ethology Ecology and Evolution. 36 (2), pp. 136-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/03949370.2023.2248591

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Food portion sizes: trends and drivers in an obesogenic environment

Papagiannaki, M. and Kerr, M. 2024. Food portion sizes: trends and drivers in an obesogenic environment. Nutrition Research Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954422424000027

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Disaccharide compositional analysis of chondroitin sulphate using WAX HILIC-MS with pre-column procainamide labelling; application to the placenta in pre-eclampsia

Antia, I., Hills, F. and Shah, A. 2024. Disaccharide compositional analysis of chondroitin sulphate using WAX HILIC-MS with pre-column procainamide labelling; application to the placenta in pre-eclampsia. Analytical Methods. 16 (4), pp. 566-575. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3AY01578E

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Blue carbon: challenges for definition, valuation and governance

Luisetti, T., McHarg, E., Smith, G., Parker, R., Juntti, M. and Benson, L. 2023. Blue carbon: challenges for definition, valuation and governance. in: Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science Elsevier.

Book chapter

Clinical utility of ultrasound imaging for measuring anterior thigh thickness after anterior cruciate ligament injury in an individual patient to assess postsurgery outcome

Mechelli, F., Bayford, R., Garelick, H., Stokes, M. and Agyapong-Badu, S. 2023. Clinical utility of ultrasound imaging for measuring anterior thigh thickness after anterior cruciate ligament injury in an individual patient to assess postsurgery outcome. Case Reports in Orthopedics. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6672951

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The potential use of food waste in biocementation process for eco-efficient construction materials

Mwandira, W., Mavroulidou, M., Gunn, M.J., Garelick, H. and Purchase, D. 2023. The potential use of food waste in biocementation process for eco-efficient construction materials. in: Wong, M.H., Purchase, D. and Dickinson, N. (ed.) Food Waste Valorisation: Food, Feed, Fertiliser, Fuel and Value-Added Products World Scientific. pp. 397-417

Book chapter

Valorisation of brewery wastes in a circular bioeconomy – from low-cost animal feed to high-value products

Purchase, D. 2023. Valorisation of brewery wastes in a circular bioeconomy – from low-cost animal feed to high-value products. in: Wong, M.H., Purchase, D. and Dickinson, N. (ed.) Food Waste Valorisation: Food, Feed, Fertiliser, Fuel and Value-Added Products World Scientific. pp. 471-502

Book chapter

Emerging applications in mass spectrometry imaging; enablers and roadblocks

Russo, C., Heaton, C., Flint, L., Voloaca, O., Haywood-Small, S., Clench, M., Francese, S. and Cole, L. 2020. Emerging applications in mass spectrometry imaging; enablers and roadblocks. Journal of Spectral Imaging. 9. https://doi.org/10.1255/jsi.2020.a13

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Diversity, transmission and selective pressure on the proteome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Shah, A., Shah, H., Duncan, L. and Ward, M. 2023. Diversity, transmission and selective pressure on the proteome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. in: Shah, H., Gharbia, S., Shah, A., Tranfield, E. and Clive, T. (ed.) Microbiological Identification using MALDI-TOF and Tandem Mass Spectrometry Industrial and Environmental Applications Wiley. pp. 183-201

Book chapter

Wolbachia and Spiroplasma endosymbionts in the Anurida maritima (Collembola) species group

Timmermans, M., Prabha, H. and Kett, S. 2023. Wolbachia and Spiroplasma endosymbionts in the Anurida maritima (Collembola) species group. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society. 2 (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/evolinnean/kzad001

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Non-invasive screening of breast cancer from fingertip smears—a proof of concept study

Russo, C., Wyld, L., Da Costa Aubreu, M., Bury, C., Heaton, C., Cole, L. and Francese, S. 2023. Non-invasive screening of breast cancer from fingertip smears—a proof of concept study. Scientific Reports. 13 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29036-7

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Natural flood management: Opportunities to implement nature‐based solutions on privately owned land

Thaler, T., Hudson, P., Viavattene, C. and Green, C. 2023. Natural flood management: Opportunities to implement nature‐based solutions on privately owned land. WIREs Water. 10 (3). https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1637

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New teixobactin analogues with a total lactam ring

Scioli, G., Marinaccio, L., Bauer, M., Kamysz, W., Parmar, A., Newire, E., Singh, I., Stefanucci, A. and Mollica, A. 2023. New teixobactin analogues with a total lactam ring. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14 (12), pp. 1603-1892. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00435

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Development of teixobactin analogues containing hydrophobic, non-proteogenic amino acids that are highly potent against multidrug-resistant bacteria and biofilms

Parmar, A., Lakshminarayanan, R., Iyer, A., Goh, E.T.L., To, T.Y., Yam, J.K.H., Yang, L., Newire, E., Robertson, M.C., Prior, S.H., Breukink, E., Madder, M. and Singh, I. 2023. Development of teixobactin analogues containing hydrophobic, non-proteogenic amino acids that are highly potent against multidrug-resistant bacteria and biofilms. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115853

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Live demonstration: a bioimpedance-based robotic hand control platform using a customised neural network

Yao, T., Almarri, N., Wu, Y., Jiang, D., Bayford, R. and Demosthenous, A. 2023. Live demonstration: a bioimpedance-based robotic hand control platform using a customised neural network. 2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS). Toronto, Canada 19 - 21 Oct 2023 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/biocas58349.2023.10389001

Conference paper

A compact neural network for high accuracy bioimpedance-based hand gesture recognition

Yao, T., Wu, Y., Jiang, D., Bayford, R. and Demosthenous, A. 2023. A compact neural network for high accuracy bioimpedance-based hand gesture recognition. 2023 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS). Toronto, Canada 19 - 21 Oct 2023 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/biocas58349.2023.10388679

Conference paper

Ageing perspective on cognitive outcomes from ancillary reproductive hormone adjustments

Zhang, G., Devo, P., O'Leary, V.B. and Ovsepian, S.V. 2023. Ageing perspective on cognitive outcomes from ancillary reproductive hormone adjustments. Heliyon. 9 (8). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19050

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Recurrence of atrial fibrillation post catheter ablation or cardioversion using cardiac implantable electronic device data

Akthar, W., Van Wyk, A. and Wright, I. 2023. Recurrence of atrial fibrillation post catheter ablation or cardioversion using cardiac implantable electronic device data. SCST Annual Conference 2023. Birmingham, UK 24 - 24 Nov 2023

Conference poster

Virtual risk management—exploring effects of childhood risk experiences through innovative methods (ViRMa) for primary school children in Norway: study protocol for the ViRMa project

Sandseter, E., Sando, O., Lorås, H., Kleppe, R., Storli, L., Brussoni, M., Bundy, A., Schwebel, D., Ball, D., Haga, M. and Little, H. 2023. Virtual risk management—exploring effects of childhood risk experiences through innovative methods (ViRMa) for primary school children in Norway: study protocol for the ViRMa project. JMIR Research Protocols. 12, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.2196/45857

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Development and measurement of a resilience indicator for cyber-socio-technical systems: the allostatic load

De Nicola, A., Villani, M., Sujan, M., Watt, J., Costantino, F., Falegnami, A. and Patriarca, R. 2023. Development and measurement of a resilience indicator for cyber-socio-technical systems: the allostatic load. Journal of Industrial Information Integration. 35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2023.100489

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