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Speaking from the heart: a mathematical point of view
Get PDFThe mechanics associated with a living entity dictates its ability to survive or perish. Similarly, heart valve function relies on its mechanical properties and structural integrity. A compromise in these leads to diseased valve states. There are still many unknowns on the influence of dimensional changes in valve mechanics: to tackle this, we created a mathematical model describing the shape of a heart valve based upon clinical data. We then established a computational characterization associated with different valve configurations.
Our model predicted different cases of function, associated with valve geometrical changes. Diseased configurations, yielded greater valve tissue stress in comparison with healthy ones, exhibiting greater damaging. Our model provides with adjustable geometric detail, useful to study customized cases by employing diverse patient data and generating a range of geometries for computational assessment. Such framework can aid in patient risk stratification by indicating which configurations are associated with unfavorable performance
Female artists and the british poster movement (1919-1939)
Get PDFMy research examines the output of over 150 female artists who contributed to the 'poster movement' in Britain (1919 and 1939). Challenging the conventionally male-focused nature of Art History I explore how these women used the alternative medium of the poster to achieve artistic notoriety and consider how this connected to the changing social, political, and cultural position of women during the interwar. My research focuses specifically on women's work for major companies and bodies, including the government's Empire Marketing Board campaign and the General Post Office's publicity drive. This allows me to explore both the impact of women on the visual culture of the interwar period and the relationship between poster work and the wider growth in female power and autonomy during this time
Race to the surface: modelling bacterial and human cell growth on dental implant surfaces
Get PDFTwo barriers to successful dental implant surgery are (1) the possibility of infection and (2) poor compatibility with native human cells. The mouth is colonised by millions of bacteria, living in communities called biofilms. Human cells in the mouth are in competition with these bacteria to occupy the implant surface. Infection can result in the need for implant removal, which is both costly and very painful. New materials for implants are continuously being developed, but are not making it into clinics. Testing innovative materials is challenging due to the highly complex oral environment. We are combining models of oral tissue with bacterial biofilms, to better understand how we can help human cells win the 'race to the surface'
Fighting infection with 3D-printing and silver
Get PDFInfections on the surface of prosthetic implants such as hip replacements account for a quarter of all implant removals, and are frequently life-threatening. To combat this, we need new approaches to make implants more resistant to infection, working together with the normal oral or injected antibiotics used after surgery. My research is finding ways to do just this using silver, an antimicrobial that has been in use for thousands of years. By using modern metal 3D printing techniques, it's possible to introduce silver to implants in entirely new ways. Whether through weaving silver into the ordinary alloy of an implant, or introducing a second material like a silver loaded cement, the next generation of implants could be protected from bacteria whilst having the customisability available through 3D printing
Race, emotions and rhetoric in British anti-slavery literature, 1787-1833
Get PDFMy research investigates the different emotions used in British anti-slavery literature. Abolitionist (anti-slavery) writers used sentimental tropes (expressions of sadness, such as slave's tears) to evoke sympathy, and gain the reader's support for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade. This will be compared with portrayals of anger, manifested in slave revolts, violence, and vengeance, although this was problematic as it highlighted the threat posed by slaves. Therefore, abolitionists portrayed slaves praying for divine vengeance, depicting natural disasters (such as earthquakes) as manifestations of God's wrath. Such fear tactics portrayed slavery as a national sin, with abolition as the only way to avoid divine punishment. Current scholarship concerns abolitionist's use of individual emotions, which my research develops with a comparison of these emotions. It will impact both historical studies of the anti-slavery campaign and literary studies of emotions, as well as potentially influencing persuasive techniques of future political campaigns
Exploring activism type in social justice and disability sport: current status and future prospects of the disability social movement
Get PDFThe disability movement developed from an initial stage with emphasis on empowering discriminated people towards a stage with emphasis on enabling human rights. Accordingly, throughout history disabled people have participated in various forms of activism, including sports. Since the establishment of the Paralympic games, disability sport has become a potentially useful platform to raise public awareness on the disability right movement. That is because elite disabled athletes are given much attention in various public spaces (e.g., the media) in comparison to other disabled people. The current study aimed to expand the literature on disabled athlete activism by categorizing the forms of activism that disabled people engage in and identifying commonalities and differences across three sports status levels (elite athletes, retired athletes and non-athletes). Participants were 11 disabled elite athletes, 4 retired athletes, and 6 non-athletes in South Korea. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using narrative analysis with regards to: style and type of activism; consequences of activism; comparison of activism among the three different sports status levels. The results were categorized into ‘Social activism’ (e.g., motivational speech), ‘Scholar activism’ (e.g., research), ‘Political activism’ (e.g., candlelight protest), ‘Sport-based activism’ (e.g., athletes), and ‘Online activism’ (e.g., blog). Compared to non-athlete activism, which focused mainly on political activism, athlete activism focused mainly on social, scholar, and sport-based activism. These findings provide key knowledge of the current status of the sport disability activism movement and, furthermore, provide possible directions of its near-future development
Artificial intelligence and its impact on the nature of the legal profession and its regulatory framework
Get PDFAdapted from the summative essay submission for the Regulation of the Legal Profession LLB Module, this paper considers both the current and future exponential use of AI and its impact on the legal profession and surrounding regulatory framework
An Ethnographic Investigation into Postgraduate Researchers’ Experience: University of Birmingham’s Library Services
Get PDFThis report is the work of the Birmingham Undergraduate Internship Programme (BUIP) Intern in Library Services during the summer of 2019. This report seeks to explore the experience of postgraduate researchers at the University of Birmingham
Shutter repairs and updated fibre conversion at Carnarvon in 2019 February
Get PDFCarnarvon was offline due to a shutter motor failure, and a computer failure. The shutter motor and reduction gearbox was replaced with the spare from the on-site shipping container. A new computer was installed. Further work was completed on the Jabba fibre conversion to resolve some ongoing issues and return the instrument performance and data quality to expected levels
Codex Zacynthius: Table of Scholia in the Catena
No full textThis webpage provides a key to the contents of the catena of Codex Zacynthius (Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 10062).
It was produced by the Codex Zacynthius project in conjunction with the online edition in the Cambridge Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/codexzacynthius/1
It has been deposited in epapers in order to be linked from this electronic edition until it can be more fully incorporated in the edition. A printed version of this list is to be found in H.A.G. Houghton and D.C. Parker, ed., Codex Zacynthius: Catena, Palimpsest, Lectionary (Piscataway NJ: Gorgias, 2020)
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