University of Manchester

Conjugate heat transfer and melting mechanisms of a metallic phase change capsule with an internal cavity under external forced convection

Conjugate heat transfer during charging of encapsulated metallic phase-change materials (PCMs) is controlled by external convection, shell conduction and transport within the melt. Previous studies commonly prescribe uniform shell temperatures or neglect the influence of internal...

Learning from failure by using a hybrid model technique: the Suez Canal incident

Abstract This paper examines the grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal using a hybrid analytical framework integrating Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Reliability Block Diagram (RBD), and Bowtie Modelling enhanced by the Haddon Matrix. The framework identifies causal pathways...

ON THE DIAMETER OF INTERSECTION GRAPHS OF FINITE GROUPS

Abstract The intersection graph Δ G $\Delta _G$ normal upper Delta Subscript upper G of a finite group G $G$ upper G is a simple graph with vertices the nontrivial proper subgroups of G $G$ upper G , and an edge between two vertices if their corresponding subgroups intersect nont...

Phenanthrene disrupts calcium transients and inhibits INCX in zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) ventricular myocytes

Phenanthrene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) that is derived from fossil fuels and is present in most PAH mixtures found in water, air and soil. It has been shown to affect cardiac function of vertebrates, including fish. We investigated the effects of phenanthrene on...

From Discovery Proteomics to Process-Informed Monitoring in Biomanufacturing Chassis Development

Abstract Gaining control of existing biomanufacturing chassis organisms, such as Escherichia coli K12, and novel isolates, such as the salt-tolerant Halomonas bluephagenesis sp TD01 studied here, may be facilitated by the investigation and monitoring of their metabolic and regula...

The Great Leap: explaining the steepest part of the socio-spatial gradient in life expectancy in England

Background Socio-spatial health inequalities are increasing in England, as in many other high-income countries. While most research focuses on inequalities between the extreme ends of the deprivation continuum, a less recognised but critical pattern is that the largest gap within...

A targeted search for fast radio bursts from magnetars in elliptical galaxies

Abstract Motivated by predictions that globular clusters associated with nearby giant elliptical galaxies are prime environments for detecting fast radio bursts (FRBs) from magnetars, we report on a targeted high-sensitivity search across five local massive elliptical galaxies. W...

Deep-Subwavelength and Broadband Quarter-Wave Retardation in Ultrathin Hyperbolic MoOCl2

Abstract The miniaturization of polarization-controlling optical components is one of the central pursuits in nanophotonics. While traditional anisotropic materials require large propagation lengths to achieve the desired phase shifts, metasurfaces mitigate this size constraint b...

Science-driven or engagement-driven? Shaping commercialisation pathways in public research organisations

This paper analyses how scientists’ commercialisation pathways differ depending on how researchers balance two distinct orientations towards advancing science: an orientation to expand the pool of scholarly work (science-driven orientation) and an orientation to achieve practical...

Beyond the final product: AI-Enabled Learner Traces as Assessment Evidence in Project Management Education

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in project management education (PME), especially in digital learning environments where learner activity can be captured as process data. This matters because project management learning involves collaboration, coordination, deci...

Meta-ethnography and policy effectiveness: an Evidential Pluralism perspective

Abstract Evidence-based policy is typically grounded in a narrow conception of evidence, one that prioritises comparative studies and quantitative meta-analyses as the preferred base for establishing causal claims. However, this prevailing theory of evidence—often implicitly adop...

A new family of distributions for circular data

Abstract A new method for constructing distributions for circular data is proposed. The method is based on piecewise probability density functions, in which two beta-type components are joined at a data-driven cut-point subject to continuity and periodicity conditions. The result...

An international position statement on practical approaches for inpatient continuous glucose monitoring, insulin pumps and automated insulin delivery systems in adults

There is an urgent and unmet need for a practical clinical guideline addressing the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), insulin pumps and automated insulin delivery (AID) systems in hospital settings. The goal with this position statement is to facilitate effective and sa...

Robust Optimal Reconciliation for Hierarchical Time Series Forecasting With M‐Estimation

ABSTRACT Aggregation constraints, arising from geographical or sectoral division, frequently occur in large collections of time series. Coherent forecasts for such constrained series are expected to adhere to the hierarchical structure defined by these aggregation rules. To enhan...

Construction and characterisation of the DarkSide-20k veto silicon photo-multiplier tiles

Abstract Silicon photo-multipliers (SiPMs) are state-of-the-art sensors capable of detecting a single photoelectron under cryogenic conditions, with potentially lower radioactivity than widely used photomultiplier tubes. The DarkSide-20k experiment, designed to perform direct dar...

Electrostatic Control of Li+ Density and Transport Rate in Double-Gated van der Waals Devices

Abstract Ion transport in crystalline hosts is controlled by an applied potential that simultaneously sets ionic distribution and transport rate, restricting operation to a one-dimensional control space. Here we show that the transport rate of Li+ ions in double-gated van der Waa...

Manufacturing Paradigm III—From Conception to the Academic Frontier

The theory of the “three paradigms of manufacturing development” is derived from a systematic analysis of the evolution of manufacturing precision and controllable feature size. It posits that Manufacturing Paradigm III is grounded in quantum theory as its new theoretical foundat...

Numerical Methods for Dynamical Low-Rank Approximations of Stochastic Differential Equations -- Part II: Stochastic discretization

In this second article (Part II), we analyze the numerical algorithms for the Dynamical Low-Rank Approximation (DLRA) of Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) introduced in Part I arXiv:2601.21428 under the perspective of the stochastic discretization. Specifically, we employ...

Economic and health impact of integrating smoking cessation services into NHS cancer care pathways in England: a modelling study

Background Research has shown that smoking post-diagnosis negatively impacts cancer outcomes. This study aimed to assess the health and cost impacts of introducing smoking cessation services at cancer diagnosis for people who smoke. Methods A cost-effectiveness model was develope...

Existence of Dynamical Low-Rank Approximation for SDEs with Locally Lipschitz Coefficients

Numerical simulations of high-dimensional stochastic differential equations (SDEs), which are increasingly employed in real-world applications, can be unaffordable in terms of computational time and memory. A possible solution is the deployment of reduced order methods (ROMs) tha...