Papers

Short E, ... Bentley BL (2024) International Consortium to Classify Ageing-Related Pathologies (ICCARP) Senescence Definitions: Achieving International Consensus. (Pre-print). 10.6084/m9.figshare.27969546

Short E, ... Bentley BL (2024) Adrenal cortex senescence: an ageing-related pathology? (Pre-print). doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.27841362

Short E, ... Bentley BL (2024) Pineal gland senescence: an emerging ageing-related pathology? (Pre-print). doi:10.5281/zenodo.13868748

Yu S, Carroll F, Bentley BL (2024) Trust and Trustworthiness: Privacy Protection in the ChatGPT Era. Data Protection. Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-76473-8_6 (pdf)

Liu J, Chew E, Sia CS, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Impacting Underprivileged Communities with STEM-Robotics Innovation: The Alan Turing Institute’s Public Engagement in Wales and Malaysia. Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Computing, Engineering & Science Education (InvENT). doi:10.2991/978-94-6463-589-8_9 (pdf)

Su Z, Zhang R, Abdulswabul K, Kaburu FM, Tong C, Liu Y, Jiang J, Yu X, Qiang K, Ruru C, McDonnell D, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Pandemic Lessons from Hong Kong. Discover Public Health. doi:10.1186/s12982-024-00305-8 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Post-COVID Mental Health Crises: Globally Minded for Solutions and Solidarity. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. doi:10.1017/dmp.2024.165 (pdf)

Short E, ... Bentley BL (2024) Defining an Ageing-Related Pathology, Disease or Syndrome: International Consensus Statement. GeroScience. doi:10.1007/s11357-024-01315-9 (pdf)

Su Z, Zhang R, McDonnell D, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Smart Ageing with Sway: Opportunities and Challenges. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus. doi:10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100079 (pdf)

Su Z, McDonnell D, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Mpox (Monkeypox) or Money-Pox? Unjust Global Responses Toward Infectious Diseases. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2024.06.008 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Global mental health solidarity: strategies and solutions. Discover Mental Health. doi:10.1007/s44192-024-00087-0 (pdf)

Yu S, Bentley BL, Carroll F (2024) Enhancing Smart Home Security: A Privacy Risk Analysis Framework. AI Applications in Cyber Security and Communication Networks. Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-981-97-3973-8_18 (pdf)

Su Z, Cheshmehzangi A, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Deadly yet Preventable? Lessons From South Korea’s Halloween Crowd Crush. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. doi:10.1017/dmp.2024.94 (pdf)

Yu S, Carroll F & Bentley BL (2024) Trust and risk. Psybersecurity: Human Factors of Cyber Defence. CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9781032664859-6 (pdf)

Su Z, Cheshmehzangi A, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) No travellers from China? The imperative for developing empathetic public health policies and communication strategies post-COVID. European Journal of Public Health. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckae020 (pdf)

Wei H, Chew E, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) A Novel Fall Detection System Using the AI-Enabled EUREKA Humanoid Robot. Advances in Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics. In Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 845. Springer Nature. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-8498-5_41  (pdf)

Yu S, Carroll F & Bentley BL (2024) Insights into Privacy Protection Research in AI. IEEE Access. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3378126 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, McDonnell D, et al. (2024) Senior Employment Technology: Leveraging Opportunities in Population Ageing. Health Policy and Technology. doi:10.1016/j.hlpt.2024.100883 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, McDonnell D, et al. (2024) The Dangers of Having Only One Pandemic Exit Strategy. Journal of Infection and Public Health. doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2024.04.006 (pdf)

Su Z, McDonnell D, Cheshmehzangi A, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Where Should “Humans” be in “One Health”? Lessons from COVID-19 for One Health. BMC Globalization and Health. doi:10.1186/s12992-024-01026-y (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Where is the money? Insights into China’s post-COVID healthcare corruption-busting campaign. Journal of Public Health Policy. doi:10.1057/s41271-024-00474-5 (pdf)

Su Z, McDonnell D, Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Pandemic volunteers: The imperative for regulations and training. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. doi:10.1017/dmp.2023.2 (pdf)

Ripoll-Sánchez L, Watteyne J, Sun HS, Fernandez R, Taylor SR, Weinreb A, Bentley BL, Hammarlund M, Miller DM, Hobert O, Beets I, Vértes PE, Schafer WR (2023) The Neuropeptidergic Connectome of C. elegans. Neuron. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2023.09.043  (pdf)

Najm A, Chew E & Bentley BL (2023) Robot-Assisted Language Education and Speech Therapy for Children with Cleft Lip and Palate. Proceedings of the European Conference on E-Learning (ECEL). doi:10.34190/ecel.22.1.1787 (pdf)

Su Z, McDonnell D, Bentley BL, et al. (2023) Nannies Go Rogue? A Call for Research into Nanny-Induced Elder Abuse in China. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcad287 (pdf)

Adoul MA, Bentley BL & Abed M (2023) Post-Processing Time-Frequency Readability Enhancement of the Spectrogram and the Smooth-Pseudo Wigner-Ville Distribution. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Signals, Circuits and Systems (ISSCS). doi:10.1109/ISSCS58449.2023.10190921 (pdf)

Khalid A, Prusty P, Arshad I, Gustafson H, Jalaly I, Nockels K, Bentley BL, Goel R & Ferrè ER (2023) Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Countermeasures to Space Motion Sickness: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. doi:10.3389/fncir.2023.1150233 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, et al. (2023) “Blank papers” speak volumes: A call for mental healthcare reforms in China post-COVID. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103585 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, et al. (2023) Mental health of people living in Taiwan under global threats. Psychiatry Research. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115181 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, et al. (2023) China's algorithmic regulations: Public-facing communication is needed. Health Policy and Technology. doi:10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100719 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, et al. (2023) Post-pandemic policy imperatives to stem violence against women in China. Preventive Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107379 (pdf)

Su Z, Cheshmehzangi A, Bentley BL, et al. (2023) Improve society’s mental resilience via intergenerational psychological care programs. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103381 (pdf)

Su Z, Cheshmehzangi A, Bentley BL, et al. (2023) Technology-based interventions for health challenges older women face amid COVID-19: A systematic review protocol. BMC Systematic Reviews. doi:10.1186/s13643-022-02150-9 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, et al. (2022) Mental Health of Homeless People in China amid and beyond COVID-19. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 25:100544.  doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100544 (pdf)

Su Z, Cheshmehzangi A, McDonnell D, Bentley BL, et al. (2022) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: A tale of two cities—Beijing and Shanghai—Why the divergent COVID-19 control outcomes? QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcac182 (pdf)

Su Z, McDonnell D, Cheshmehzangi A, Bentley BL, et al. (2022) Media-induced war trauma amid conflicts in Ukraine. Perspectives on Psychological Science. doi:10.1177/17456916221109609 (pdf)

Bhagavathula AS, Bentley BL, et al. (2022) Increased risk of stroke among patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Reumatologia Clinica. doi:10.1016/j.reuma.2022.04.001 (pdf)

Su Z, Bentley BL, et al. (2022) 6G and Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Dementia Care: Literature Review and Practical Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(4):e30503. doi: 10.2196/30503 (pdf)

Su Z, Cheshmehzangi A, McDonnell D, Bentley BL, et al. (2022) Facial recognition law in China. BMJ Journal of Medical Ethics. April. doi:10.1136/medethics-2022-108130 (pdf)

Su Z, McDonnell D, Bennett B, Bentley BL, et al. (2022) Psychoneuroimmunology Concerns of the Olympic Boycotts. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 102. pp. 206–8. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2022.02.028 (pdf)

Uddin MJ, Ullah MH, Bentley BL, et al. (2021) Backward Radiation Reduction and Bandwidth Enhancement of Metamaterial Antenna for UWB Applications. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technology in Computing, Communication and Electronics (ETCCE). doi:10.1109/ETCCE54784.2021.9689850 (pdf)

Bhagavathula AS, Refaat SA, Bentley BL, et al. (2021) Association between intake of sodium, potassium, sodium-to-potassium ratio, and blood pressure among US adults. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research. doi:10.1024/0300-9831/a000740 (pdf)

Su Z, McDonnell D, Bentley BL, et al. (2021) Addressing Biodisaster X Threats with AI and 6G Technologies. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(5):e26109. doi:10.2196/26109 (pdf)

Bojic S, Murray A, Bentley BL, et al. (2021) Winter is coming: the future of cryopreservation. BMC Biology, 19(56). doi:10.1186/s12915-021-00976-8 (pdf)

Calimport SRG, Bentley BL, Stewart CE, Pawelec G, Scuteri A, Vinciguerra M, Slack C, Chen D, Harries LW, Marchant G, Fleming GA, Conboy M, Antebi A, Small GW, Gil J, Lakatta EG, Richardson A, Rosen C, Nikolich K, Wyss-Coray T, Steinman L, Montine T, de Magalhães JP, Campisi J & Church G (2020) The inherent challenges of classifying senescence—Response. Science, 368(6491), pp. 595-596. doi:10.1126/science.abb4073 (pdf)

Calimport SRG, Bentley BL, Stewart CE, Pawelec G, Scuteri A, Vinciguerra M, Slack C, Chen D, Harries LW, Marchant G, Fleming GA, Conboy M, Antebi A, Small GW, Gil J, Lakatta EG, Richardson A, Rosen C, Nikolich K, Wyss-Coray T, Steinman L, Montine T, de Magalhães JP, Campisi J & Church G (2019) To help aging populations, classify organismal senescence. Science, 366(6465), pp. 576-578. doi:10.1126/science.aay7319 (pdf)

Calimport SRG & Bentley BL (2019) Aging classified as a cause of disease in ICD-11. Rejuvenation Research, 22(4), p. 281. doi:10.1089/rej.2019.2242 (pdf)

Bentley B, Branicky R, Barnes CL,  Chew YL, Yemini E, Bullmore ET, Vértes, PE & Schafer WR (2016) The multilayer connectome of Caenorhabditis elegans. PLOS Computational Biology, 2(12):e1005283. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005283 (pdf)

Cefola P, Bentley B, et al. (2013) Verification of the OREKIT Java implementation of the Draper semi-analytical satellite theory. Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting; in Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 148. ISBN: 978-0-87703-597-8 (pdf)

Peniak M, Bentley B, et al. (2010) An evolutionary approach to designing autonomous planetary rovers. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS), August 31 - September 2. Plymouth, UK. ISBN: 978-1-84102-263-5 (pdf)

Peniak M, Bentley B, et al. (2010) An island-model framework for evolving neuro-controllers for planetary rover control. Proceedings of the IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), July 18 - 23. Barcelona, Spain. ISBN: 978-1-4244-8126-2. doi:10.1109/IJCNN.2010.5596942 (pdf)

Books, Reports & Theses

Duettmann A, Sandberg A, Matuschak A, Folwer A, Bentley B, et al. (2023) 2023 Whole Brain Emulation Workshop. Foresight Institute, Oxford, UK. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.30808.88326 (online) (pdf)

Abdullah MA, Khairuddin IM, Ab. Nasir AF, Bentley B, Liu P, eds. (2023) Advances in Intelligent Manufacturing and Mechatronics. Springer Nature, Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-8703-8

Bentley BL (2021) The Template of Peace and Health: An investigation into its design as an article of propaganda. Postgraduate thesis; University of Oxford.

Bentley B (2017) Connectomics of extrasynaptic signalling: applications to the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans. PhD thesis; University of Cambridge. doi:10.17863/CAM.16873 (pdf)

Cangelosi A, Marocco D, Peniak M, Bentley B, Ampatzis C & Izzo D (2010) Evolution in robotic islands - optimising the design of autonomous robot controllers for navigation and exploration of unknown environments. Advanced Concepts Team Report, The European Space Agency (ESA); Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Ariadna-ID: 09-8301 (pdf)

Published Abstracts

Wei H, Chew E, Bentley BL, Pinney J, Lee PL (2023) A Novel Fall Detection System Using the AI-Enabled EUREKA Humanoid Robot. UK-RAS International Robotics Showcase. Bristol, UK.

Bentley BL (2023) The Contribution and Relevance of Non-Neuronal Structures and Non-Synaptic Interactions. Foresight Institute Whole Brain Emulation Workshop. Oxford, UK. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.24147156 (pdf)

Khalid A, Prusty P, Gustafson HE, Jalaly I, Nockels K, Arshad I, Bentley B, Goel R & Ferre ER (2022) The effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological countermeasures for space motion sickness. NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop (NASA HRP IWS), February 7-10. Paper: 1133-000371 (pdf) 

Calimport SRG & Bentley B (2013) The Human Memome Project: Text-data analytics to find socio-cultural predictors of longevity utilising the quantified self, crowdsourcing and citizen science communities. Proceedings of SENS 6; in Rejuvenation Research, 16 (s1), pp. 15-16. ISSN: 1549-1684 (pdf)

Bentley B & Cefola P (2012) Verification of the Draper semianalytic satellite theory in the OREKIT open source flight dynamics library. Proceedings of the Secure World Foundation Space Sustainability Conference, November 8-9. Beijing, China (pdf)

Bentley B, Chatzigeorgiou M, Rabinowitch I & Schafer WR (2012) Optogenetic dissection of neural circuits in C. elegans. Proceedings of the EMBO Conference on C. elegans Neurobiology, June 14-17. EMBL Heidelberg, Germany. doi:10.25401/cardiffmet.22086776 (pdf)

Chatzigeorgiou M, Bang S, Bentley B, Hwang SW & Schafer WR (2012) C. elegans members of the TMC family form channels gated by salt and mechanical stimuli. Proceedings of the EMBO Conference on C. elegans Neurobiology, June 14-17. EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (pdf)

Peniak M, Bentley B, et al. (2010) Designing autonomous robot controllers for planetary exploration: a model of a Mars rover. Proceedings of the Postgraduate Conference for Computing: Applications and Theory (PCCAT), June 9. Exeter, UK. ISBN: 978-0-9565982-0-2 (pdf) - Awarded best paper

Press & Outreach

Bentley BL, et al. (2024) Defining Senescence. The International Consortium to Classify Ageing-Related Pathologies (ICCARP). doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.28024571  (jpg)

Bentley B (2017) The math behind brain connectivity. Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Online: https://www.siam.org/careers/pdf/brain.pdf  (pdf)

Bentley B (2015) The Worm Wide Web: mapping the networks of the brain. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Online: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/the-worm-wide-web-max-perutz-science-writing-award/  (pdf)

Selected Media Coverage of Research

Wi-Fi for neurons: first map of wireless nerve signals unveiled in worms.  Nature.  21 November 2023.  doi:10.1038/d41586-023-03619-w (pdf)

Mapping of Neuropeptide Network in C. elegans Reveals “Wireless Connectome”.  GEN - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. 7 November 2023  (online) (pdf)

First wireless map of worm's nervous system revealed. ScienceDaily. 6 November 2023 (online) (pdf) 

Fulbright Award for CMU Academic’s Ground-Breaking Organ Storage Research.  Laboratory News.  23 July 2023  (online) (pdf) 

Ageing should be classed as a disease in itself, say leading academics.  The Telegraph.  14 February 2020  (online) (pdf)

Defining Aging.  Harvard Medical School News & Research.  7 November 2019  (online) (pdf)

What if aging weren’t inevitable, but a curable disease?  MIT Technology Review.  19 August  2019  (online) (pdf)