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Associations with age and glomerular filtration rate in a referred population with chronic kidney disease: Methods and baseline data from a UK multicentre cohort study (NURTuRE-CKD) (2023)
Journal Article
Taal, M. W., Lucas, B., Roderick, P., Cockwell, P., Wheeler, D. C., Saleem, M. A., …Kalra, P. A. (2023). Associations with age and glomerular filtration rate in a referred population with chronic kidney disease: Methods and baseline data from a UK multicentre cohort study (NURTuRE-CKD). Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 38(11), 2617–2626. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfad110

Background
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common but heterogenous and is associated with multiple adverse outcomes. The National Unified Renal Translational Research Enterprise (NURTuRE)-CKD cohort was established to investigate risk factors for cl... Read More about Associations with age and glomerular filtration rate in a referred population with chronic kidney disease: Methods and baseline data from a UK multicentre cohort study (NURTuRE-CKD).

Reaction-Limited Quantum Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics (2023)
Journal Article
Perfetto, G., Carollo, F., Garrahan, J. P., & Lesanovsky, I. (2023). Reaction-Limited Quantum Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics. Physical Review Letters, 130(21), Article 210402. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.210402

We consider the quantum nonequilibrium dynamics of systems where fermionic particles coherently hop on a one-dimensional lattice and are subject to dissipative processes analogous to those of classical reaction-diffusion models. Particles can either... Read More about Reaction-Limited Quantum Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics.

10kV+ Rated SiC n-IGBTs: Novel Collector-Side Design Approach Breaking the Trade-Off between dV/dt and Device Efficiency (2023)
Journal Article
Almpanis, I., Evans, P., Antoniou, M., Gammon, P., Empringham, L., Undrea, F., …Lophitis, N. (2023). 10kV+ Rated SiC n-IGBTs: Novel Collector-Side Design Approach Breaking the Trade-Off between dV/dt and Device Efficiency. Key Engineering Materials, 946, 125-133. https://doi.org/10.4028/p-21h5lt

10kV+ rated 4H- Silicon Carbide (SiC) Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) have the potential to become the devices of choice in future Medium Voltage (MV) and High Voltage (HV) power converters. However, one significant performance concern of... Read More about 10kV+ Rated SiC n-IGBTs: Novel Collector-Side Design Approach Breaking the Trade-Off between dV/dt and Device Efficiency.

Global prevalence and factors affecting the level of Cryptosporidium contamination in soil: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression (2023)
Journal Article
Zuo, M.-R., Li, X.-T., Xu, R.-Z., Sun, W.-C., Elsheikha, H. M., & Cong, W. (2023). Global prevalence and factors affecting the level of Cryptosporidium contamination in soil: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression. Science of the Total Environment, 891, Article 164286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164286

Soil contamination with Cryptosporidium is a serious environmental and public health concern. In this systematic review and meta-analysis we estimated the global prevalence of Cryptosporidium contamination in soil and evaluated its association with c... Read More about Global prevalence and factors affecting the level of Cryptosporidium contamination in soil: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.

Conditioned place avoidance in the planaria Schmidtea mediterranea: A pre-clinical invertebrate model of anxiety-related disorders (2023)
Journal Article
Jordan, L., Alcalá, J. A., Urcelay, G. P., & Prados, J. (2023). Conditioned place avoidance in the planaria Schmidtea mediterranea: A pre-clinical invertebrate model of anxiety-related disorders. Behavioural Processes, 210, Article 104894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104894

The objective of the present study was to develop a model of avoidance learning and its extinction in planarians (Schmidtea mediterranea). Based on previous experiments showing conditioned place preference, we developed a procedure to investigate con... Read More about Conditioned place avoidance in the planaria Schmidtea mediterranea: A pre-clinical invertebrate model of anxiety-related disorders.

Isosorbide Mononitrate and Cilostazol Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: The Lacunar Intervention Trial-2 (LACI-2) Randomized Clinical Trial (2023)
Journal Article
Wardlaw, J. M., Woodhouse, L. J., Mhlanga, I. I., Oatey, K., Heye, A. K., Bamford, J., …Bath, P. M. (2023). Isosorbide Mononitrate and Cilostazol Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: The Lacunar Intervention Trial-2 (LACI-2) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology, 80(7), 682-692. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.1526

Importance Cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) is a common cause of stroke (lacunar stroke), is the most common cause of vascular cognitive impairment, and impairs mobility and mood but has no specific treatment.

Objective To test the feasibili... Read More about Isosorbide Mononitrate and Cilostazol Treatment in Patients With Symptomatic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: The Lacunar Intervention Trial-2 (LACI-2) Randomized Clinical Trial.

Steps on the Path to Clinical Translation: A workshop by the British and Irish Chapter of the ISMRM (2023)
Journal Article
Hubbard Cristinacce, P. L., Markus, J. E., Punwani, S., Mills, R., Lopez, M. Y., Grech-Sollars, M., …Hyare, H. (2023). Steps on the Path to Clinical Translation: A workshop by the British and Irish Chapter of the ISMRM. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 90(3), 1130-1136. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29704

The British and Irish Chapter of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (BIC-ISMRM) held a workshop entitled “Steps on the path to clinical translation” in Cardiff, UK, on 7th September 2022. The aim of the workshop was to promo... Read More about Steps on the Path to Clinical Translation: A workshop by the British and Irish Chapter of the ISMRM.

Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects: Executive summary, May 2023 (2023)
Report
KEMP, V., Carr, N., Kent, H., & Farrall, S. (2023). Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects: Executive summary, May 2023. London: University of Nottingham

This is the Executive Summary of the final report arising out of a study funded by the Nuffield Foundation which involved examining the efficacy of legal safeguards for children held in police custody. A mixed methods approach was adopted drawing on... Read More about Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects: Executive summary, May 2023.

Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects (2023)
Report
Kemp, V., Carr, N., Kent, H., & Farrall, S. (2023). Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects. London: University of Nottingham

The Nuffield Foundation funded this three year project which involved examining the efficacy of legal safeguards for children held in police custody. A mixed methods approach was adopted drawing on over 50,000 electronic custody records drawn from e... Read More about Examining the impact of PACE on the detention and questioning of child suspects.

Monitoring holopelagic Sargassum spp. along the Mexican Caribbean coast: understanding and addressing user requirements for satellite remote sensing (2023)
Journal Article
de la Barreda-Bautista, B., Metcalfe, S. E., Smith, G., Sjögersten, S., Boyd, D. S., Cerdeira-Estrada, S., …Foody, G. (2023). Monitoring holopelagic Sargassum spp. along the Mexican Caribbean coast: understanding and addressing user requirements for satellite remote sensing. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, Article 1166000. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1166000

Massive influxes of holopelagic Sargassum spp. (Sargassum natans and S. fluitans) have been causing major economic, environmental and ecological problems along the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Predicting the arrival of the sargassum as an aid to addres... Read More about Monitoring holopelagic Sargassum spp. along the Mexican Caribbean coast: understanding and addressing user requirements for satellite remote sensing.

Single-Phase Mains Fed Three-Phase Induction Motor Drive Using Improved Power Quality Direct AC–AC Converter (2023)
Journal Article
Mir, T. N., Singh, B., Bhat, A. H., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2023). Single-Phase Mains Fed Three-Phase Induction Motor Drive Using Improved Power Quality Direct AC–AC Converter. IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications, 4, 178-187. https://doi.org/10.1109/ojia.2023.3279776

This article presents an alternative ac–ac converter topology and its control for low-speed three-phase induction motor drives fed from single-phase ac mains. The proposed matrix converter based drive system eliminates the dc link capacitor, thus fac... Read More about Single-Phase Mains Fed Three-Phase Induction Motor Drive Using Improved Power Quality Direct AC–AC Converter.

Cosmic Radiation Reliability Analysis for Aircraft Power Electronics (2023)
Journal Article
Dobynde, M., Harikumaran, J., Guo, J., Wheeler, P., Galea, M., & Buticchi, G. (2024). Cosmic Radiation Reliability Analysis for Aircraft Power Electronics. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 10(1), 344-352. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2023.3278319

Cosmic Ray induced failures are a major concern for the electronic system reliability of airborne and space systems. Power system voltages on aerospace platforms are on a steady upward trend. High voltage power converters suffer from Single Event Bur... Read More about Cosmic Radiation Reliability Analysis for Aircraft Power Electronics.

Correction to: Yoga Programme for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention (YOGA-DP) Among High-Risk People in India: A Multicenter Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (2023)
Journal Article
Chattopadhyay, K., Mishra, P., Singh, K., Singh, K., Harris, T., Hamer, M., …YOGA-DP Study Team. (2023). Correction to: Yoga Programme for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention (YOGA-DP) Among High-Risk People in India: A Multicenter Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes Therapy, 14, 1155–1156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-023-01420-6

The "YOGA-DP Study Team" has been added to the author group in the article PDF. The original article has been corrected.

Characteristics and prognostic significance of polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1) expression in breast cancer (2023)
Journal Article
Lashen, A. G., Toss, M. S., Wootton, L., Green, A. R., Mongan, N. P., Madhusudan, S., & Rakha, E. (2023). Characteristics and prognostic significance of polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1) expression in breast cancer. Histopathology, 83(3), 414-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.14960

Background: Polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1) plays a crucial role in cell cycle progression,and it is considered a potential therapeutic target in many cancers. Although the role of PLK1 is well established in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) as an onco... Read More about Characteristics and prognostic significance of polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1) expression in breast cancer.

Predicting bioactivity of antibiotic metabolites by molecular docking and dynamics (2023)
Journal Article
Chio, H., Guest, E. E., Hobman, J. L., Dottorini, T., Hirst, J. D., & Stekel, D. J. (2023). Predicting bioactivity of antibiotic metabolites by molecular docking and dynamics. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 123, Article 108508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2023.108508

Antibiotics enter the environment through waste streams, where they can exert selective pressure for antimicrobial resistance in bacteria. However, many antibiotics are excreted as partly metabolized forms, or can be subject to partial breakdown in w... Read More about Predicting bioactivity of antibiotic metabolites by molecular docking and dynamics.

Genotypic Response of Finger Millet to Zinc and Iron Agronomic Biofortification, Location and Slope Position towards Yield (2023)
Journal Article
Teklu, D., Gashu, D., Joy, E. J., Lark, R. M., Bailey, E. H., Wilson, L., …Broadley, M. R. (2023). Genotypic Response of Finger Millet to Zinc and Iron Agronomic Biofortification, Location and Slope Position towards Yield. Agronomy, 13(6), Article 1452. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13061452

The present study aimed to investigate the influence of genotypic differences on responses to zinc and iron agronomic biofortification among yields of finger millet. A field experiment was conducted over two seasons in farmers’ fields in Ethiopia (20... Read More about Genotypic Response of Finger Millet to Zinc and Iron Agronomic Biofortification, Location and Slope Position towards Yield.

Measuring Subnational Variation in Freedom of Religion or Belief Violations: Reflections on a Path Forward (2023)
Journal Article
Klocek, J., & Petri, D. P. (2023). Measuring Subnational Variation in Freedom of Religion or Belief Violations: Reflections on a Path Forward. Review of Faith and International Affairs, 21(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2023.2200278

In recent years, numerous cross-country data collection instruments measuring freedom of religious or belief (FoRB) violations have become available. These have provided important insights, not least of which being the steady increase in religious di... Read More about Measuring Subnational Variation in Freedom of Religion or Belief Violations: Reflections on a Path Forward.

Old Norse Watery Terms in English Place-Names: A Survey of Medieval Evidence from Two Regions of England (2023)
Book Chapter
Carroll, J. (in press). Old Norse Watery Terms in English Place-Names: A Survey of Medieval Evidence from Two Regions of England. In R. Dance, S. Pons-Sanz, & B. Schorn (Eds.), The Legacy of Medieval Scandinavian Encounters with England and the Insular World. Brepols Publishers

The Use of Art Observation Interventions to Improve Medical Students' Diagnostic Skills: A Scoping Review (2023)
Journal Article
Mehta, A., & Agius, S. (2023). The Use of Art Observation Interventions to Improve Medical Students' Diagnostic Skills: A Scoping Review. Perspectives on Medical Education, 12(1), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.20

Clinical observation skills are fundamental to the practice of medicine. Yet, the skill of looking carefully is rarely taught within the medical curriculum. This may be a contributory factor in diagnostic errors in healthcare. A growing number of med... Read More about The Use of Art Observation Interventions to Improve Medical Students' Diagnostic Skills: A Scoping Review.

Virtual High‐Throughput Screening of Vapor‐Deposited Amphiphilic Polymers for Inhibiting Biofilm Formation (2023)
Journal Article
Feng, Z., Cheng, Y., Khlyustova, A., Wani, A., Franklin, T., Varner, J. D., …Yang, R. (2023). Virtual High‐Throughput Screening of Vapor‐Deposited Amphiphilic Polymers for Inhibiting Biofilm Formation. Advanced Materials Technologies, 8(13), Article 2201533. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202201533

Amphiphilic copolymers (AP) represent a class of novel antibiofouling materials whose chemistry and composition can be tuned to optimize their performance. However, the enormous chemistry-composition design space associated with AP makes their perfor... Read More about Virtual High‐Throughput Screening of Vapor‐Deposited Amphiphilic Polymers for Inhibiting Biofilm Formation.