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TitleNatural Sciences
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Renting in Hellebore
Stewart, J. 2018. Renting in Hellebore. Environmental Health News. 33 (6), pp. 7-7.

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Assessment and comparison of the solar radiation distribution inside the main commercial photovoltaic greenhouse types in Europe
Cossu, M., Cossu, A., Deligios, P., Ledda, L., Li, Z., Fatnassi, H., Poncet, C. and Yano, A. 2018. Assessment and comparison of the solar radiation distribution inside the main commercial photovoltaic greenhouse types in Europe. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 94, pp. 822-834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.06.001

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Determination of natural penicillins in fermentation media by high-performance liquid chromatography using pre-column derivatisation with 1-hydroxybenzotriazole
Shah, A., Adlard, M. and Holt, G. 1988. Determination of natural penicillins in fermentation media by high-performance liquid chromatography using pre-column derivatisation with 1-hydroxybenzotriazole. Analyst. 113 (8), pp. 1197-1200. https://doi.org/10.1039/an9881301197

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Costs of the Well London programme
Wittenberg, R., Findlay, G. and Tobi, P. 2016. Costs of the Well London programme. Canterbury Personal Social Services Research Unit.

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Characterisation of "flushable" and "non-flushable" commercial wet wipes using microRaman, FTIR spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy: to flush or not to flush
Pantoja Munoz, L., Gonzalez Baez, A., McKinney, D. and Garelick, H. 2018. Characterisation of "flushable" and "non-flushable" commercial wet wipes using microRaman, FTIR spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy: to flush or not to flush. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25 (20), pp. 20268-20279. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2400-9

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Impact of austerity and delivery of public health compliance on English environmental health regulators
Plume, R., Page, A. and Garelick, H. 2018. Impact of austerity and delivery of public health compliance on English environmental health regulators. ComplianceNet annual conference. University California Irvine 01 - 02 Jun 2018

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An exploration of the England, Wales and Northern Ireland based mandatory public food hygiene safety scoring
Choonara, A., Garelick, H., Page, A. and Borley, L. 2018. An exploration of the England, Wales and Northern Ireland based mandatory public food hygiene safety scoring. ComplianceNet annual conference. University California Irvine 01 - 02 Jun 2018

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Fog, phenolic acids and UV-A light irradiation: a new antimicrobial treatment for decontamination of fresh produce
Cossu, A., Huang, K., Cossu, M., Tikekar, R. and Nitin, N. 2018. Fog, phenolic acids and UV-A light irradiation: a new antimicrobial treatment for decontamination of fresh produce. Food Microbiology. 76, pp. 204-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2018.05.013

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Mass spectrometry imaging of 3D tissue models
Russo, C., Lewis, E., Flint, L. and Clench, M. 2018. Mass spectrometry imaging of 3D tissue models. Proteomics. 18 (14). https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201700462

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A parametric model for the changes in the complex valued conductivity of a lung during tidal breathing
Nordebo, S., Dalarsson, M., Khodadad, D., Müller, B., Waldmann, A., Becher, T., Frerichs, I., Sophocleous, L., Sjöberg, D., Seifnaraghi, N. and Bayford, R. 2018. A parametric model for the changes in the complex valued conductivity of a lung during tidal breathing. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 51 (20). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aabc04

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Clinical performance of a novel textile interface for neonatal chest electrical impedance tomography
Sophocleous, L., Frerichs, I., Miedema, M., Kallio, M., Papadouri, T., Karaoli, C., Becher, T., Tingay, D., van Kaam, A., Bayford, R. and Waldmann, A. 2018. Clinical performance of a novel textile interface for neonatal chest electrical impedance tomography. Physiological Measurement. 39 (4). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6579/aab513

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Chemistry and the environment
Purchase, D., Obare, S., Unsworth, J. and Garelick, H. 2018. Chemistry and the environment. Chemistry International. 40 (2), pp. 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1515/ci-2018-0230

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Information processing and intuitive decision-making on the fireground: towards a model of expert intuition
Okoli, J., Weller, G. and Watt, J. 2016. Information processing and intuitive decision-making on the fireground: towards a model of expert intuition. Cognition, Technology and Work. 18 (1), pp. 89-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-015-0348-9

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Eliciting experts’ knowledge in emergency response organizations
Okoli, J., Weller, G. and Watt, J. 2014. Eliciting experts’ knowledge in emergency response organizations. International Journal of Emergency Services. 3 (2), pp. 118-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJES-06-2014-0009

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Responding to the risk of reducing resources: development of a framework for future change programmes in environmental health services
Plume, R., Page, A. and Garelick, H. 2018. Responding to the risk of reducing resources: development of a framework for future change programmes in environmental health services. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 31, pp. 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.04.013

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Public-private partnerships to improve primary healthcare surgeries: clarifying assumptions about the role of private provider activities
Mudyarabikwa, O., Tobi, P. and Regmi, K. 2017. Public-private partnerships to improve primary healthcare surgeries: clarifying assumptions about the role of private provider activities. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 18 (4), pp. 366-375. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423617000147

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Cohort differences in exercise adherence among primary care patients referred for mental health versus physical health conditions
Tobi, P., Kemp, P. and Schmidt, E. 2017. Cohort differences in exercise adherence among primary care patients referred for mental health versus physical health conditions. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 18 (5), pp. 463-471. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423617000214

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Crisis decision-making: the overlap between intuitive and analytical strategies
Okoli, J. and Watt, J. 2018. Crisis decision-making: the overlap between intuitive and analytical strategies. Management Decision. 56 (5), pp. 1122-1134. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-04-2017-0333

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Health and safety and the management of risk
Ball-King, L. and Ball, D. 2016. Health and safety and the management of risk. in: Burgess, A., Alemanno, A. and Zinn, J. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Risk Studies London Routledge. pp. 143-154

Book chapter

Risk and safety in outdoor play
Sandseter, E., Little, H., Ball, D., Eager, D. and Brussoni, M. 2017. Risk and safety in outdoor play. in: Waller, T., Ärlemalm-Hagsér, E., Sandseter, E., Lee-Hammond, L., Lekies, K. and Wyver, S. (ed.) The Sage Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning London Sage. pp. 113-126

Book chapter

Risk and the perception of risk in interactions with nature
Ball, D. and Ball-King, L. 2018. Risk and the perception of risk in interactions with nature. in: van den Bosch, M. and Bird, W. (ed.) Oxford textbook of Nature and Public Health: The role of nature in improving the health of a population Oxford Oxford University Press (OUP). pp. 215-220

Book chapter

BMP signals: Mediated by stroma or thymocytes?
Outram, S., Chen, D. and Umukoro, C. 2014. BMP signals: Mediated by stroma or thymocytes? Cell Cycle. 13 (4), pp. 505-506. https://doi.org/10.4161/cc.27860

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Biomimetic surface functionalization of clinically relevant metals used as orthopaedic and dental implants
García-Gareta, E., Hua, J., Orera, A., Kohli, N., Knowles, J. and Blunn, G. 2017. Biomimetic surface functionalization of clinically relevant metals used as orthopaedic and dental implants. Biomedical Materials. 13 (1). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-605X/aa87e6

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Apple cider vinegar (ACV®) displays antimicrobial activity directly against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albican proteins and in vitro monocytes exposed to microbes by inhibiting inflammatory cytokine secretion
Yagnik, D., Serafim, V., Choudhury, M. and Shah, A. 2017. Apple cider vinegar (ACV®) displays antimicrobial activity directly against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albican proteins and in vitro monocytes exposed to microbes by inhibiting inflammatory cytokine secretion. International Conference on Infection Control and Clinical Microbiology. Chicago, USA 25 - 26 Sep 2017 SciTechnol. pp. 73 https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-9541-C1-006

Conference poster

Unravelling the riddle of Radix: DNA barcoding for species identification of freshwater snail intermediate hosts of zoonotic digeneans and estimating their inter-population evolutionary relationships
Lawton, S., Lim, R., Dukes, J., Kett, S., Cook, R., Walker, A. and Kirk, R. 2015. Unravelling the riddle of Radix: DNA barcoding for species identification of freshwater snail intermediate hosts of zoonotic digeneans and estimating their inter-population evolutionary relationships. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 35, pp. 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2015.07.021

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Optimizing drug delivery using arsenic trioxide encapsulated liposomes for increasing the efficacy in treating cervical cancer in vitro
Akhtar, A., Wen, S., Wang, X., Ghali, L. and Bell, C. 2016. Optimizing drug delivery using arsenic trioxide encapsulated liposomes for increasing the efficacy in treating cervical cancer in vitro. International Conference on Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology 2016 – ICONAN 2016. Paris, France 28 - 30 Sep 2016 pp. 16

Conference poster

Hierarchical time series forecast in electrical grids
Gomes de Almeida, V., Ribeiro, R. and Gama, J. 2016. Hierarchical time series forecast in electrical grids. 7th International Conference on Information Science and Applications (ICISA) 2016. Ho Chi Minh City 15 - 18 Feb 2016 Singapore Springer Singapore. pp. 995-1005 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0557-2_95

Conference paper

Do the adult daughters of PCOS patients develop PCOS and is this due to an androgenized uterine environment-an online epidemiological survey
Ratajczak, A., Iles, R. and Wen, S. 2016. Do the adult daughters of PCOS patients develop PCOS and is this due to an androgenized uterine environment-an online epidemiological survey. Reproductive System & Sexual Disorders: Current Research. 5 (2), pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-038X.1000167

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Assessment of the pulse wave variability for a new non-invasive device
Gomes de Almeida, V., Pereira, H., Pereira, T., Ferreira, L., Correia, C. and Cardoso, J. 2014. Assessment of the pulse wave variability for a new non-invasive device. The International Conference on Health Informatics. Vilamoura, Portugal 07 - 09 Nov 2013 Springer, Cham. pp. 240-243 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03005-0_61

Conference paper

Environmental health practitioners and the private rented sector: ‘house’ or ‘home’ in regulation and public health?
Stewart, J. and Lynch, Z. 2018. Environmental health practitioners and the private rented sector: ‘house’ or ‘home’ in regulation and public health? Housing Studies Association Conference : ‘Professionalism, Policy and Practice: Exploring the Relationship between Theory and Practice in Housing Studies’. Sheffield University 11 - 13 Apr 2018

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Analysis of argyrin B binding at constitutive and immunoproteasome active sites using molecular modelling and kinetic assays
Allardyce, D., Bell, C. and Loizidou, E. 2017. Analysis of argyrin B binding at constitutive and immunoproteasome active sites using molecular modelling and kinetic assays. Computational Advances in Drug Discovery (Structure Based Drug Design). Lausanne, Switzerland 05 - 08 Sep 2017

Conference poster

Biochemical and computational studies towards selective inhibition of the immunoproteasome
Allardyce, D. 2018. Biochemical and computational studies towards selective inhibition of the immunoproteasome. Masters thesis Middlesex University Natural Sciences

Masters thesis

Leadership development to support quality improvement
Stewart, J. 2017. Leadership development to support quality improvement. Masters thesis Middlesex University School of Health and Education

Masters thesis

A sensitive assay for clavulanic acid and sulbactam in biological fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography and precolumn derivatization
Shah, A., Adlard, M. and Stride, J. 1990. A sensitive assay for clavulanic acid and sulbactam in biological fluids by high-performance liquid chromatography and precolumn derivatization. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 8 (5), pp. 437-443. https://doi.org/10.1016/0731-7085(90)80072-W

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pH regulation of penicillin production in Aspergillus nidulans
Shah, A., Tilburn, J., Adlard, M. and Arst, H. 1991. pH regulation of penicillin production in Aspergillus nidulans. FEMS microbiology letters. 77 (2-3), pp. 209-212. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04349.x

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Two European Cornus L. feeding leafmining moths, Antispila petryi Martini, 1899, sp. rev. and A. treitschkiella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae): an unjustified synonymy and overlooked range expansion
van Nieukerken, E., Lees, D., Doorenweerd, C., Koster, S., Bryner, R., Schreurs, A., Timmermans, M. and Sattler, K. 2018. Two European Cornus L. feeding leafmining moths, Antispila petryi Martini, 1899, sp. rev. and A. treitschkiella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae): an unjustified synonymy and overlooked range expansion. Nota Lepidopterologica. 41 (1), pp. 39-86. https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.41.22264

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Nature read in tooth and fur: non-invasive sampling of the Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766) on Lundy for population genetics
Legall, N., Kett, S. and Timmermans, M. 2016. Nature read in tooth and fur: non-invasive sampling of the Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766) on Lundy for population genetics. Journal of the Lundy Field Society. 5, pp. 101-108.

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Can you spot the difference? Analysis of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) secreted by common non-trophoblastic and trophoblastic cancers
Gondek, M., Hills, F. and Burczynska, B. 2015. Can you spot the difference? Analysis of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) secreted by common non-trophoblastic and trophoblastic cancers. Summer Conference. Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom Jun 2015 Middlesex University.

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Evolutionary leap in large-scale flood risk assessment needed
Vorogushyn, S., Bates, P., de Bruijn, K., Castellarin, A., Kreibich, H., Priest, S., Schröter, K., Bagli, S., Blöschl, G., Domeneghetti, A., Gouldby, B., Klijn, F., Lammersen, R., Neal, J., Ridder, N., Terink, W., Viavattene, C., Viglione, A., Zanardo, S. and Merz, B. 2018. Evolutionary leap in large-scale flood risk assessment needed. WIREs Water. 5 (2), p. e1266. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1266

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Team performance indicators that predict match outcome and points difference in professional rugby league
Parmar, N., James, N., Hughes, M., Jones, H. and Hearne, G. 2017. Team performance indicators that predict match outcome and points difference in professional rugby league. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport. 17 (6), pp. 1044-1056. https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2017.1419409

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