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DOI: 10.17034/4f68d8a8-21b4-48bd-9a32-e31101a60197
title: Dataset for "High energy implementation of coil-target scheme for guided re-acceleration of laser-driven protons"

description: Dataset underpinning the results presented in the article titled, "High energy implementation of coil-target scheme for guided re-acceleration of laser-driven protons" published in Scientific Reports (2020)

Abstract of the paper:
Developing compact ion accelerators using intense lasers is a very active area of research, motivated by a strong applicative potential in science, industry and healthcare. However, proposed applications in medical therapy, as well as in nuclear and particle physics demand a strict control of ion energy, as well as of the angular and spectral distribution of ion beam, beyond the intrinsic limitations of the several acceleration mechanisms explored so far. Here we report on the production of highly
collimated ( ~ 0.2 degree half angle divergence), high-charge (10s of pC) and quasi-monoenergetic proton beams up to ~50 MeV, using a recently developed method based on helical coil targetry. In this concept, ions accelerated from a laser-irradiated foil are post-accelerated and conditioned in a helical structure positioned at the rear of the foil. The pencil beam of protons was produced by guided post-acceleration at a rate of ~ 2 GeV/m, without sacrificing the excellent beam emittance of the laser-driven proton beams. 3D particle tracing simulations indicate the possibility of sustaining high acceleration gradients over extended helical coil lengths, thus maximising the gain from such miniature accelerating modules.
DOI: 10.17034/75e17b6c-02fc-4f6c-a5a1-51bb976f4770
title: Dataset for "Dynamics of guided post-acceleration of protons in a laser-driven travelling-field accelerator"

description: Dataset underpinning the results presented in the article titled, "Dynamics of guided post-acceleration of protons in a laser-driven travelling-field accelerator" published in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2020)

Abstract of the paper:
By directing the laser-driven electromagnetic pulses along a helical path, one can achieve a travelling-field accelerator arrangement for simultaneous beam shaping and re-acceleration of laser-accelerated protons. The dynamics of guided acceleration of the transiting protons was studied by varying the length of the helical coil. Experimental data shows that the protons co-moving with the field region exhibit stronger focussing while increasing the coil length, with an increase of kinetic energy due to simultaneous post-acceleration. The net energy gain for a coil of constant pitch however saturates eventually when the post-accelerated protons overtakes the accelerating field region in due course. 3D particle tracing simulation underpins the dynamics of beam transport inside the coil, which highlights the requirement for a variable pitch coil geometry in order to sustain the post-acceleration over an extended coil.
DOI: 10.17034/c194a7d4-5f95-4fbf-a704-ef1c8b7aee97
title: Dataset for "Magnetic field generation using single-plate targets driven by kJ-ns class laser"

description: Dataset underpinning the results presented in the article titled, "Magnetic field generation using single-plate targets driven by kJ-ns class laser" published in Plasma Physics Controlled Fusion (2020)

Abstract of the paper:
Strong magnetic fields of upto 20 T, corresponding to a current of tens of kA were produced in a coil connected to a single-plate of cm2 area irradiated by a kJ-ns laser pulse. The use of such macroscopic plates protects the coil from plasma debris, while maintaining a strong magnetic field for a time-scale much longer than the laser pulse duration. By correlating the measured magnetic field in the coil to the number of electrons emitted from the interaction zone, we deduce that the target capacitance is enhanced by two orders of magnitude because of the plasma sheath in the proximity of the focal spot. Particle-in-cell simulations illustrate the dynamics of sheath potential and current flow through the coil to ground, thus closing the circuit
due to the escape of laser-produced hot electrons from the target.
DOI: 10.17034/46387195-ff10-4b6c-8725-a1fed5bad759
title: Quantum machines powered by correlated baths

description: We consider thermal machines powered by locally equilibrium reservoirs that share classical or quantum correlations. The reservoirs are modelled by the so called collisional model or repeated interactions model. In our framework, two reservoir particles, initially prepared in a thermal state, are correlated through a unitary transformation and afterwards interact locally with the two quantum subsystems which form the working fluid. For a particular class of unitaries, we show how the transformation applied to the reservoir particles affect the amount of heat transferred and the work produced. We then compute the distribution of heat and work when the unitary is chosen randomly, proving that the total swap transformation is the optimal one. Finally, we analyse the performance of the machines in terms of classical and quantum correlations established among the microscopic constituents of the machine.
DOI: 10.17034/2ec0505f-021c-4d54-81c7-33bff45441ad
title: A miniature thermal neutron source using high power lasers

description: Dataset underpinning the results presented in the article titled, "A miniature thermal neutron source using high power lasers" published in Journal of Applied Physics (2020)

Absstract of the paper:
The continuous improvement of high power laser technologies is recasting the prospects of small-scale neutron sources to enable scientific communities and industries performing experiments that are currently offered at extensive accelerator-driven facilities. This paper reports moderation of laser-driven fast neutrons to thermal energies using a compact modular moderator assembly. A significant thermal (25 meV) flux of 106 n/sr/pulse was measured from water and plastic moderators in a proof-of-principle experiment employing a relatively moderate power laser delivering 200 J on the target in 10 ps. Using Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended simulations, the experimental results are reproduced and discussed.
DOI: 10.17034/7c15ce87-a011-47e7-ba55-50e0ccb550a9
title: Dataset for: Comparative primary paediatric nasal epithelial cell culture differentiation and RSV-induced cytopathogenesis following culture in two commercial media

description: In this study we assessed two different media, Promocell and PneumaCult, during the differentiation and maintenance of well-differentiated primary nasal epithelial cell cultures (WD-PNECs). We compared and contrasted the consequences of these media on WD-PNEC morphological and physiological characteristics and their responses to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection.
DOI: 10.17034/feca94bd-e9c7-4716-9103-33cafa09a3be
title: Optimising sample preparation and calibrations in EDXRF for quantitative soil analysis

description: Elemental results of soil samples analysed with Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) to reproduce figures in the above paper. Data comprises of concentration and element recoveries of 13 selected trace elements and macronutrients in agricultural soils and soil standards.
DOI: 10.17034/2dd2723f-ccd5-4e56-bc2d-c405323a25df
title: Dataset for "Polymeric microarray patches for transdermal delivery of amodiaquine and artesunate: A novel strategy against Plasmodium falciparum"

description: This is the dataset underpinning the peer-reviewed published paper entitled "Polymeric microarray patches for transdermal delivery of amodiaquine and artesunate: A novel strategy against Plasmodium falciparum." This article appears in Material Today Bio (Oct 2025).

This dataset contains quantitative data generated from in vitro and in vivo experiments conducted to evaluate the drug delivery performance of microneedle and oral formulations of amodiaquine and artesunate for improved malaria therapy. Samples were analysed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-UV and HPLC-MS/MS) at the School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom. 

The dataset supports the manuscript submitted to Materials Today Bio and ensures transparency and reproducibility of the reported findings. It may be useful to researchers in pharmaceutical sciences and drug delivery who are interested in antimalarial formulations, microneedle technologies, and chromatographic analysis. All data are provided in CSV format and can be opened using any standard spreadsheet or data analysis software.
DOI: 10.17034/4b114e64-26f0-48e9-9422-11a8d6e739b2
title: Dataset for "Characteristics of neutron beams from deuterated targets irradiated by intense sub-ps lasers"

description: Dataset for "Characteristics of neutron beams from deuterated targets irradiated by intense sub-ps lasers" published in Physical Review Research

Abstract: The generation of energetic neutron beams by d(d, n)3He reactions during the interaction of an intense laser with micron-thick deuterated plastic targets is investigated through two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations equipped with nuclear reaction formalism. The capability of modeling neutron generation along with laser plasma interaction enables us to identify and quantify multiple distinct and competing regimes of neutron production happening concurrently at the laser irradiated target. The high-energy neutrons are seen to be produced by two different mechanisms of ion acceleration in thick targets, namely, hole boring radiation pressure occurring inside the target bulk and target normal sheath acceleration that occurs on the rear surface of the target. These two regimes contribute two distinctly different components to the final neutron spectrum. Further a narrow-band (2–3 MeV), quasi-isotropic neutron production of significant flux is also seen during the interaction due to shocklike features seeded inside the bulk target plasma by the fast expansion of contaminant species from the target’s front and rear surfaces. While the peak neutron energy is found to saturate at high laser intensities, the integrated flux continues to scale favorably.
DOI: 10.17034/ba65ff12-d460-4408-8038-38e9f482244a
title: Data for "Surface Wave Electron Acceleration from Flat Foils at Parallel Laser Incidence"

description: This dataset supports the publication “Surface Wave Electron Acceleration from Flat Foils at Parallel Laser Incidence”. The experiment demonstrates the excitation of surface plasma waves on flat, non-corrugated foils and the generation of a collimated electron beam with pronounced spectral peaks at tens of MeV energies. The results were verified using multi-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations.

The raw data from the laser-axis Electron Spectrometer (ESpec 0 degrees) is used to produce Figure 2 of the paper, which includes raw image plate scans and the corresponding electron spectra. Selected shots are highlighted to show the dependence of electron flux on target length, with additional shots (shown in grey) illustrating shot-to-shot fluctuations.

The file experimental_data.csv contains information relating to the shot number including target length, target thickness, laser energy (before compressor) and shot position from the rear edge. Shot numbers in this file correspond to the file names of the associated raw data.

Simulations were performed on the Kelvin cluster at QUB using EPOCH (compiled with GCC 14.1.0 and OpenMPI 5.0.3). EPOCH is available from the Warwick Plasma GitHub repository. Two-dimensional PIC simulations were used to investigate the underlying physics of the interaction. Example input files for a target length scan are located in simulation_data/length_scan, with file names corresponding to the target length. All simulations include particle tracking.

Funding from EPSRC [EP/P010059/1], the IMPULSE project by the European Union Framework Program for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 under grant agreement No 871161, and the UHDPULSE EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Through using the EPOCH code, this work has also in part been supported by EPSRC grants EP/G054950/1, EP/G056803/1, EP/G055165/1 and EP/ M022463/1.
DOI: 10.17034/c0faf1af-03db-488b-9f53-94b3c675cc15
title: Data for "Revealing the Mechanism of TEMPO-Hypervalent Iodine(III) Oxidation of Alcohols"

description: This paper reports experimental and computational studies on the mechanism of a well-known procedure for the oxidation of alcohols to car-bonyl compounds using TEMPO and the iodine(III) reagent (diacetoxyiodo)benzene (PIDA) are reported. Kinetic data show that the assumed classical oxoammonium-hydroxylamine mechanism requires modification due to zero order behavior observed in TEMPO. Instead, a dual catalytic system is proposed featuring two rate determining steps involving a combina-tion of alcohol, hypervalent iodine species, and water, which is typically present in adventitious quantities and is necessary for the reaction to proceed. The use of different alcohols implies the mechanism to be general. Intramolecular radical trap probes rule out a radical mechanism, while an investigation of TEMPO derivatives suggests that TEMPO is involved prior to the rate determining step. Kinetic isotope effect studies demonstrate that TEMPO is also involved after the rate determining step. Electrochemical studies find that the oxoammonium form of TEMPO is reduced by PIDA, likely oxidizing the io-dine(III) to an iodine(V) species. Theoretical investigations prove the feasibility of a pathway involving an iodine(V) species, demonstrate good agreement with the experimentally derived kinetics, and support an updated mechanism. Finally, the demonstration of oxidative kinetic resolution of a secondary alcohol using a chiral iodine(III) reagent rationally extends the reactivity of this system to new chemistry and lends further support towards our mechanistic proposals.
DOI: 10.17034/7b145be7-6412-4382-b93f-36fffb86e497
title: Dataset for "Virtual Reality Education on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for Medical Students and Healthcare Professionals: A Pilot Study"

description: Dataset for paper entitled "Virtual Reality Education on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for Medical Students and Healthcare Professionals: A Pilot Study." 

Introduction:
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic condition which may be characterised by debilitating fatigue, post-exertional malaise, unrefreshing sleep, and cognitive difficulties. ME/CFS has significant negative impact on quality of life for those living with the condition. This may be exacerbated by a lack of knowledge within healthcare regarding the condition. Previous research has found that immersive virtual reality (VR) educational experiences within healthcare education can increase knowledge and empathy.

Methods:
The present study employed a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design to investigate the impact of a short immersive VR educational experience on knowledge of ME/CFS and empathy for those living with the condition. The VR experience placed participants into a virtual scene which told real life stories of the experience of people living with ME/CFS and their families. 43 participants completed in this pilot study: 28 medical students and 15 primary care health professionals. Participants completed measures of knowledge of ME/CFS and empathy before and after engagement with the experience.

Results:
A statistically significant increase was found for levels of knowledge (p &lt; .001, d = 0.74) and empathy (p &lt; .001, d = 1.56) from pre-VR experience levels to post-VR experience levels with a medium and large effect size, respectively. Further analysis revealed no statistically significant difference between baseline levels of knowledge of ME/CFS between healthcare professionals and medical students.

Discussion:
The present study is the first to explore the use of this short immersive VR experience as an education tool within healthcare to increase knowledge of ME/CFS, and empathy for those living with the condition. Findings allude to the previously established lack of knowledge of ME/CFS within healthcare although promisingly the increases in knowledge and empathy found suggest that this immersive VR experience has potential to address this. Such changes found in this small-scale pilot study suggest that future research into the use of VR as an educational tool within this setting may be beneficial. Use of a control group, and larger sample size as well as investigation of retention of these changes may also enhance future research.

Dataset for pre- and post-test scores on knowledge and empathy, as well as demographic details. Data has been coded and a codebook provided.
DOI: 10.17034/83fdb865-0ead-4c8b-81d2-59265a8810f3
title: Dataset for "A bio-based thermoplastic polyurethane with triple self-healing action for wearable technology and smart textiles"

description: This dataset underpins the figures presented in the following paper in Materials Advances, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry 
 
Article title: A Bio-based Thermoplastic Polyurethane with Triple Self-healing Actions for Wearable Technology and Smart Textiles
Article authors: Thomas Griggs, Jubair Ahmed, Hamta Majd, Mohan Edirisinghe, Biqiong Chen
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ma00289j

Abstract for paper:
Self-healing bio-based polymers are an emerging class of materials with promise in both limiting the use of non-renewable monomers in polymer production and increasing the life span of materials through the healing of damage that would otherwise cause the material to fail. This study reports a novel biobased thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with triple self-healing action, showing excellent stretchability and self-healing behaviour. The effect of hard segment percentage on the mechanical, thermal, and hydroscopic properties was investigated. The optimised TPU exhibits an elongation at break of 1871%, an ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 0.36 MPa and a Shore A hardness of 40. The self-healing efficiencies for elongation at break and UTS reach above 90% after only three hours under ambient conditions due to triple action. The TPU shows skin-mimicking mechanical properties, and hydrophobicity, and acts as a stretchable, self-healing substrate for printing conductive circuits, making it a promising candidate for use in stretchable conductors, wearable devices and electronic skin. This bio-based self-healing polymer also shows high processibility into uniformly sized fibres, allowing use in smart elastic textiles.

Information about dataset can be discovered in zip file. It contains CSV files and a readme file.
DOI: 10.17034/1b3d8325-ce59-4c22-8b3e-177969c2c0d4
title: Dataset for "Health, welfare and lifetime performance implications of alternative hatching and early life management systems for broiler chickens"

description: Raw data for the research article ‘Health, welfare and lifetime performance implications of alternative hatching and early life management systems for broiler chickens’. These quantitative data were collected between October and December 2020 and recorded in excel. A treatment key is provided.
DOI: 10.17034/8ba98a5b-fb0b-4e63-9eb6-d1b711733599
title: Dataset for "Alcohol-related quality of life in young people: development and initial validation of a new targeted outcome measure"

description: This cross-sectional quantitative data was collected for the fourth study of the PhD project titled ‘Alcohol-Related Quality of Life in Young People: Development and Initial Validation of a New Targeted Outcome Measure’. Data was collected on single occasions using a combination of paper booklets and Qualtrics online surveys. The sample was recruited predominantly from Northern Ireland however participants from the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom also participated. Data was collected between January and August 2022 from eligible community and service-using young people (n = 309, aged between 15-17 years) either on site in colleges, schools, young adult centres, youth clubs, and support services, or remotely via online invitation links. The data was collected to examine the psychometric properties of a pilot version of a new outcome measure being developed throughout the PhD project (reported in Thesis Chapter Six; Study Four, Part One) and also to investigate the associations between a series of demographic, social, psychological, and alcohol-related predictor variables and quality of life, and alcohol-related outcome variables (reported in Thesis Chapter Seven, Study Four, Part Two). The data contains the young people’s responses to: demographic questions, the 55-item pilot version of the Adolescent Quality of Life Scale (AdQoLS); the Pediatric Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (PQ-LES-Q); the Young People’s Alcohol Questionnaire (YPAQ); the Three-Item Loneliness Scale; the Generalised Anxiety Disorder two-item (GAD-2); the Patient Health Questionnaire two-item (PHQ-2); and the Covid-19 Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL).

Survey responses from participants (n=309) with codebook (sheet 2).

Dataset embargoed until 31 July 2026.
DOI: 10.17034/e86b4c71-7d3e-48db-b7e7-bd582a87bfd8
title: Dataset for "On-farm assessment of the antibacterial efficacy of hoof disinfectants for dairy cows"

description: This dataset contains data used in the generation of results for the paper "On-farm assessment of the antibacterial efficacy of hoof disinfectants for dairy cows"

Digital dermatitis is a major cause of infectious lameness in dairy cows. Disinfectant footbaths and sprays are used for disease control. Laboratory tests of disinfectant efficacy cannot match the complexity of organic challenges on farms. This study aimed to develop an on-farm test of antibacterial efficacy for hoof disinfectants applied as a topical spray or in a footbath. Two trials were carried out, one to test disinfectants applied by topical spray and the other to test the same products after use in a footbath that had been walked through by 100 cows. Products were copper sulphate (positive control), P1 (acetic and peracetic acid based), P2 (amine) and P3 (lactic acid and chlorocresol). A pre- and post- treatment swab methodology was used and log reduction in aerobic colony count was determined. For spray application the log reduction caused by copper sulphate was smaller than P1 but not different to P2 or P3. For the used footbath disinfectants, the log reduction caused by copper sulphate was larger than P2 but not different to P1 or P3. This practical testing method can discriminate products that have higher or lower antibacterial efficacy than copper sulphate under farm conditions when different application methods are used.

The two csv format data files in this dataset contain quantitative data that was collected between 15/01/2021 and 17/03/2021.
Between 27 and 46 swab pairs were analysed per product and application type.
The log reduction values reported in the files were determined from the raw data as follows: the mean aerobic colony count for the duplicate plates from each swab (colony forming units/ml) was transformed to log10. The log10 reduction was calculated for each pair of samples (ie each experimental replicate) by subtracting the log10 post-treatment colony count from the log10 pre-treatment colony count. 

The file 'Data_Spray_application_log_reduction_in_efficacy' contains the log reduction in aerobic bacteria obtained on each occasion when four hoof disinfectant products were applied by spray. 
The file 'Data_Footbath_application_log_reduction_in_efficacy' contains the log reduction in aerobic bacteria obtained on each occasion when four hoof disinfectant produts were applied after dairy cows had walked through them in a footbath.