Science and Technology

Fernando, E., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2014. External resistance as a potential tool for influencing azo dye reductive decolourisation kinetics in microbial fuel cells. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 89, pp. 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2013.12.011

Chakrabarty, K., Rabbi, K.M.F., Panagamuwa, C., Kontogiannis, V. and Budimir, D. 2014. Evaluation of nonlinear distortion in optically switchable UWB filters. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 56 (5), pp. 1092-1094. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.28277

Fan, H., Liu, F., Bligh, S.W.A., Shi, S.S. and Wang, S.C. 2014. Structure of a homofructosan from Saussurea costus and anti-complementary activity of its sulfated derivatives. Carbohydrate Polymers. 105, pp. 152-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.01.084

Wang, H., Wei, G., Liu, F., Banerjee, G., Joshi, M., Bligh, S.W.A., Shi, S.S., Lian, H., Fan, H., Gu, X. and Wang, S.C. 2014. Characterization of two immunomodulating homogalacturonan pectins from green tea. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 15 (6), pp. 9963-9978. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms15069963

Kiss, T., Borsody, P., Terstyanszky, G., Winter, S., Greenwell, P., McEldowney, S. and Heindl, H. 2014. Large-scale virtual screening experiments on Windows Azure-based cloud resources. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. 26 (10), pp. 1760-1770. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.3113

Chilumuri, A., Markiv, A. and Milton, N.G.N. 2014. Immunocytochemical staining of endogenous nuclear proteins with the HIS-1 anti-poly-histidine monoclonal antibody: a potential source of error in His-tagged protein detection. Acta Histochemica. 116 (6), pp. 1022-1028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acthis.2014.04.006

Adelaja, O., Kyazze, G. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. Effect of hydraulic retention time on the performance of a novel tubular MFC fed with petroleum hydrocarbons. New Biotechnology. 31, p. S98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2014.05.1845

Swami, V., Miah, J., Noorani, N. and Taylor, D.A. 2014. Is the hijab protective? An investigation of body image and related constructs among British Muslim women. British Journal of Psychology. 105 (3), pp. 352-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12045

de Graaf, T.A., Koivisto, M., Jacobs, C. and Sack, A.T. 2014. The chronometry of visual perception: review of occipital TMS masking studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 45, pp. 295-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.06.017

Swami, V., Diwell, R. and McCreary, D.R. 2014. Sexuality and the drive for muscularity: evidence of associations among British men. Body Image. 11 (4), pp. 543-546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.08.008

Swami, V. and Benford, K. 2014. Body image and personality among British men: associations between the big five domains, drive for muscularity, and body appreciation. Body Image. 11 (4), pp. 454-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.07.004

Cui, L., Liu, Z., Yu, D.G., Zhang, S.P., Bligh, S.W.A. and Zhao, N. 2014. Electrosprayed core-shell nanoparticles of PVP and shellac for furnishing biphasic controlled release of ferulic acid. Colloid and Polymer Science. 292 (9), pp. 2089-2096. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-014-3226-8

Machakanur, S.S., Patil, B.R., Naik, G.N., Bakale, R.P., Bligh, S.W.A. and Gudasi, K.B. 2014. Synthesis, characterization and antiproliferative activity of hexa arm star shaped thiosemicarbazones derived from cyclotriphosphazene core. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 421, pp. 459-464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2014.06.040

Mather, S., Wright, E., Scott, S. and Temperton, N.J. 2014. Lyophilisation of influenza, rabies and Marburg lentiviral pseudotype viruses for the development and distribution of a neutralisation-assay based diagnostic kit. Journal of Virological Methods. 210, pp. 51-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.09.021

Kodogiannis, V. and Alshejari, A. 2014. An adaptive neuro-fuzzy identification model for the detection of meat spoilage. Applied Soft Computing. 23, pp. 483-497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2014.06.009

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. A preliminary study on the development and characterisation of enzymatically grafted P(3HB)-ethyl cellulose based novel composites. Cellulose. 21 (5), pp. 3613-3621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0337-9

Duecker, F., Frost, M.A., de Graaf, T.A., Graewe, B., Jacobs, C., Goebel, R. and Sack, A.T. 2014. The cortex-based alignment approach to TMS coil positioning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 26 (10), pp. 2321-2329. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00635

Han, H., Zeng, W., He, C., Bligh, S.W.A., Liu, Q., Yang, L. and Wang, Z. 2014. Characterization of metabolites of sweroside in rat urine using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography combined with electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 49 (11), pp. 1108-1116. https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.3429

Barron, D., Morgan, K.D., Towell, A., Altemeyer, B. and Swami, V. 2014. Associations between schizotypy and belief in conspiracist ideation. Personality and Individual Differences. 70, pp. 156-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.06.040

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. Laccase-assisted grafting of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) onto the bacterial cellulose as backbone polymer: development and characterisation. Carbohydrate Polymers. 113, pp. 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.07.003

Swami, V., Voracek, M., Stieger, S., Tran, U.S. and Furnham, A. 2014. Analytic thinking reduces belief in conspiracy theories. Cognition. 133 (3), pp. 572-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2014.08.006

Gillies, G.E., Virdee, K., McArthur, S. and Dalley, J.W. 2014. Sex-dependent diversity in ventral tegmental dopaminergic neurons and developmental programing: a molecular, cellular and behavioral analysis. Neuroscience. 282C, pp. 69-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.05.033

Kavanagh, L. and Borrill, J. 2013. Exploring the experiences of ex-offender mentors. Probation Journal. 60 (4), pp. 400-414. https://doi.org/1177/0264550513502247

Granger, C.A., Polley, M.J., Pilkington, K. and Draper, A. 2013. Understanding the professional characteristics, needs and experience of nutritional therapy practitioners working with cancer patients. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 5 (6), p. 579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2013.08.018

Cabarkapa, M., Neskovic, N. and Budimir, D. 2013. A generalized 2-D linearity enhancement architecture for concurrent dual-band wireless transmitters. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 61 (12), pp. 4579-4590. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2013.2287679

Tabiowo, E. and Forrester, G.S. 2013. Structured bimanual actions and hand transfers reveal population-level right-handedness in captive gorillas. Animal Behaviour. 86 (5), pp. 1049-1057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.010

Swami, V., Malpass, F., Havard, D., Benford, K., Costescu, A., Sofitiki, A. and Taylor, D.A. 2013. Metalheads: the influence of personality and individual differences on preference for heavy metal. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 7 (4), pp. 377-383. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034493

Naufahu, J., Cunliffe, A. and Murray, J.F. 2013. The roles of melanin-concentrating hormone in energy balance and reproductive function: are they connected? Reproduction. 146, pp. R141-R150. https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-12-0385

Gulrez Zariwala, M., Elsaid, N., Jackson, T.L., Corral López, F., Farnaud, S., Somavarapu, S. and Renshaw, D. 2013. A novel approach to oral iron delivery using ferrous sulphate loaded solid lipid nanoparticles. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 456 (2), pp. 400-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.08.070

Cooray, S.N., Gobbetti, T., Montero-Melendez, T., McArthur, S., Thompson, D., Clark, A.J.L., Flower, R.J. and Perretti, M. 2013. Ligand-specific conformational change of the G-protein-coupled receptor ALX/FPR2 determines proresolving functional responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110 (45), pp. 18232-18237. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1308253110

Campana, A.N.N.B., Swami, V., Morgado, F.F.R., Campana, M.B., Morgado, J.J., Ferreira, L. and Tavares, M.D.C.G.C.F. 2013. The brief body avoidance and checking scale for physically active men: development and initial validation. International Journal of Sport Psychology. 44 (6), pp. 531-545. https://doi.org/10.7352/IJSP2013.44.531

Swami, V. and Tovee, M.J. 2013. Men’s oppressive beliefs predict their breast size preferences in women. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 42 (7), pp. 1199-1207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0081-5

Swami, V., Henry, A., Peacock, N., Roberts-Dunn, A. and Porter, A. 2013. “Mirror, mirror…” A preliminary investigation of skin tone dissatisfaction and its impact among British adults. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. 19 (4), pp. 468-476. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0032904

Mourino, V., Cattalini, J.P., Roether, J.A., Dubey, P., Roy, I. and Boccaccini, A.R. 2013. Composite polymer-bioceramic scaffolds with drug delivery capability for bone tissue engineering. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 10 (10), pp. 1353-1365. https://doi.org/10.1517/17425247.2013.808183

Campana, A.N.N.B., Tavares, M.D.C.G.C.F., Swami, V. and da Silva, D. 2013. An examination of the psychometric properties of Brazilian Portuguese translations of the Drive for Muscularity Scale, the Swansea Muscularity Attitudes Questionnaire, and the Masculine Body Ideal Distress Scale. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. 14 (4), pp. 376-388. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030087

Taylor, D.A., Szpakowska, I. and Swami, V. 2013. Weight discrepancy and body appreciation among women in Poland and Britain. Body Image. 10 (4), pp. 628-631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.008

Swami, V., Neofytou, R.V., Jablonska, J., Thirlwell, H., Taylor, D.A. and McCreary, D.R. 2013. Social dominance orientation predicts drive for muscularity among British men. Body Image. 10 (4), pp. 653-656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2013.07.007

Swami, V. 2013. Context matters: investigating the impact of contextual information on aesthetic appreciation of paintings by Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 7 (3), pp. 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030965

Reffatti, P., Roy, I., Odell, M. and Keshavarz, T. 2013. Evidence for the involvement of intracellular Ca 2+ ions in the elicitation mechanism of Bacillus Licheniformis. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology. OnlineFirst. https://doi.org/10.1159/000351515

Mohottige, N., Glubokov, O. and Budimir, D. 2013. Ultra compact inline E-plane waveguide extracted pole bandpass filters. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. 23 (8), pp. 409-411. https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2013.2270431