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Digital geographies and ecologies (2023)
Book Chapter
Turnbull, J., & Searle, A. (2023). Digital geographies and ecologies. In A Research Agenda for Digital Geographies (159-173). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802200607.00023

Digitisation produces unique understandings of, and modes of access to, nonhuman worlds, and fundamentally reshapes conservation, environmentalism, and ecological politics. In this chapter, we explore the fruitful confluence of disciplinary trends in... Read More about Digital geographies and ecologies.

Caecilian Genomes Reveal the Molecular Basis of Adaptation and Convergent Evolution of Limblessness in Snakes and Caecilians (2023)
Journal Article
Ovchinnikov, V., Uliano-Silva, M., Wilkinson, M., Wood, J., Smith, M., Oliver, K., Sims, Y., Torrance, J., Suh, A., McCarthy, S. A., Durbin, R., & O’Connell, M. J. (2023). Caecilian Genomes Reveal the Molecular Basis of Adaptation and Convergent Evolution of Limblessness in Snakes and Caecilians. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 40(5), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad102

We present genome sequences for the caecilians Geotrypetes seraphini (3.8 Gb) and Microcaecilia unicolor (4.7 Gb), representatives of a limbless, mostly soil-dwelling amphibian clade with reduced eyes, and unique putatively chemosensory tentacles. Mo... Read More about Caecilian Genomes Reveal the Molecular Basis of Adaptation and Convergent Evolution of Limblessness in Snakes and Caecilians.

Is camouflaging autistic traits associated with defeat, entrapment, and lifetime suicidal thoughts? Expanding the Integrated Motivational Volitional Model of Suicide (2023)
Journal Article
Cassidy, S., McLaughlin, E., McGranaghan, R., Pelton, M., O'Connor, R., & Rodgers, J. (2023). Is camouflaging autistic traits associated with defeat, entrapment, and lifetime suicidal thoughts? Expanding the Integrated Motivational Volitional Model of Suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 53(4), 572-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12965

Introduction
The current study explored whether camouflaging autistic traits is associated with defeat and entrapment and lifetime suicidal thoughts, as predicted by the Integrated Volitional Model of Suicide (IMV model).

Methods
180 UK undergra... Read More about Is camouflaging autistic traits associated with defeat, entrapment, and lifetime suicidal thoughts? Expanding the Integrated Motivational Volitional Model of Suicide.

Integrating the patients' voice in designing and delivering a research study: The Yorkshire Cancer Research funded PREHABS study's experience (2023)
Journal Article
Burnett, C., Bestall, J. C., Burke, S., Hewison, J., Morgan, E., Murray, R. L., …Franks, K. N. (2023). Integrating the patients' voice in designing and delivering a research study: The Yorkshire Cancer Research funded PREHABS study's experience. Radiography, 29(3), 653-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2023.04.006

Introduction
Engaging with patients when designing a clinical or research project is beneficial; feedback from the intended audience provides invaluable insight form the patients’ perspective. Working with patients can result in developing successfu... Read More about Integrating the patients' voice in designing and delivering a research study: The Yorkshire Cancer Research funded PREHABS study's experience.

A Novel Three-Phase Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer System with Zero-Switching-Loss Inverter and Cylindrical Transmitter Coil (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, H., Wang, Y., Yu, H., Wu, F., & Wheeler, P. (2023). A Novel Three-Phase Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer System with Zero-Switching-Loss Inverter and Cylindrical Transmitter Coil. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 38(8), 10426-10441. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2023.3272217

Aiming at the problems of large switching loss and large output power fluctuation in the existing omnidirectional wireless power transfer (OWPT) system, a novel OWPT system with zero-switching-loss inverter and cylindrical transmitter coil is propose... Read More about A Novel Three-Phase Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer System with Zero-Switching-Loss Inverter and Cylindrical Transmitter Coil.

Defining the road map to a UK national lung cancer screening programme (2023)
Journal Article
O'Dowd, E. L., Lee, R. W., Akram, A. R., Bartlett, E. C., Bradley, S. H., Brain, K., …Crosbie, P. (2023). Defining the road map to a UK national lung cancer screening programme. Lancet Oncology, 24(5), e207-e218. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045%2823%2900104-3

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT was recommended by the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) in September, 2022, on the basis of data from trials showing a reduction in lung cancer mortality. These trials provide sufficient evidence to show... Read More about Defining the road map to a UK national lung cancer screening programme.

Evaluation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Characteristics as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke (2023)
Journal Article
Rakkar, K., Othman, O. A., Sprigg, N., Bath, P. M., & Bayraktutan, U. (2023). Evaluation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Characteristics as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 19(6), 1856-1869. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-023-10544-y

Ageing impairs endothelial function and predisposes the person to ischaemic stroke (IS). Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) repair endothelial damage and induce post-ischaemic neovascularisation. Given the prevalence of IS in older population, this... Read More about Evaluation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Characteristics as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke.

National norms of mental health for Denmark (2023)
Journal Article
Moeller, S. B., Gondan, M., Austin, S. F., Slade, M., & Simonsen, S. (2023). National norms of mental health for Denmark. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 77(6), 617-623. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2023.2202637

Introduction: To facilitate interpretation and clinical utility of patient-reported outcomes, normative data provide a reference for a person’s score on a particular outcome in relation to the general population. This study reports Danish general pop... Read More about National norms of mental health for Denmark.

Person-attuned musical interactions (PAMI) in dementia care. Complex intervention research for constructing a training manual (2023)
Journal Article
Ridder, H. M., Krøier, J. K., Anderson-Ingstrup, J., & McDermott, O. (2023). Person-attuned musical interactions (PAMI) in dementia care. Complex intervention research for constructing a training manual. Frontiers in Medicine, 10, Article 1160588. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1160588

Introduction: Music is of vital importance for cognition, human care, and the formation of social communities throughout life. Dementia is a neurocognitive disorder that affects cognitive domains, and in late-stage dementia, care is needed in all asp... Read More about Person-attuned musical interactions (PAMI) in dementia care. Complex intervention research for constructing a training manual.

Temporal trends in equine sperm progressive motility: a systematic review and meta-regression (2023)
Journal Article
Harris, I. T., Maddock, C., Farnworth, M., Nankervis, K., Perrett, J., Pyatt, A. Z., & Blanchard, R. N. (2023). Temporal trends in equine sperm progressive motility: a systematic review and meta-regression. Reproduction, 165(6), M1–M10. https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-22-0490

In brief: Adverse trends in reproductive function are a concern in humans, companion, livestock, and wildlife species. This study indicates that equine populations are at risk of a comparable decline in sperm progressive motility. Abstract: There is... Read More about Temporal trends in equine sperm progressive motility: a systematic review and meta-regression.

Simplest random walk for approximating Robin boundary value problems and ergodic limits of reflected diffusions (2023)
Journal Article
Leimkuhler, B., Sharma, A., & Tretyakov, M. V. (2023). Simplest random walk for approximating Robin boundary value problems and ergodic limits of reflected diffusions. Annals of Applied Probability, 33(3), 1904-1960. https://doi.org/10.1214/22-AAP1856

A simple-to-implement weak-sense numerical method to approximate reflected stochastic differential equations (RSDEs) is proposed and analysed. It is proved that the method has the first order of weak convergence. Together with the Monte Carlo techniq... Read More about Simplest random walk for approximating Robin boundary value problems and ergodic limits of reflected diffusions.

Rural businesses and levelling up: A rural-urban analysis of business innovation and exporting in England's north and midlands (2023)
Journal Article
Tiwasing, P., Gorton, M., Phillipson, J., & Maioli, S. (2023). Rural businesses and levelling up: A rural-urban analysis of business innovation and exporting in England's north and midlands. Journal of Rural Studies, 100, Article 103007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103007

In the face of persistent and widening regional imbalances in economic and social outcomes, the UK Government seeks to ‘level up’ less prosperous communities, reigniting debates on the relationships between geography and business innovation. A key qu... Read More about Rural businesses and levelling up: A rural-urban analysis of business innovation and exporting in England's north and midlands.

Static performance and design of cold-formed high strength steel rectangular hollow section X-joints (2023)
Journal Article
Pandey, M., & Young, B. (2023). Static performance and design of cold-formed high strength steel rectangular hollow section X-joints. Engineering Structures, 288, Article 114997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114997

Cold-formed high strength steel (CFHSS) X-joints made of square and rectangular hollow sections (SHS and RHS) brace and chord members were investigated in this study. The steel grades of tubular members were S900 and S960 with the nominal 0.2% proof... Read More about Static performance and design of cold-formed high strength steel rectangular hollow section X-joints.

Invisible dilaton (2023)
Journal Article
Brax, P., Burrage, C., Cembranos, J. A., Valageas, P., & Cembranos, J. A. (2023). Invisible dilaton. Physical Review D, 107(9), 095015. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.107.095015

We analyze the dynamics of a light scalar field responsible for the μ term of the Higgs potential and coupled to matter via the Higgs-portal mechanism. We find that this dilaton model is stable under radiative corrections induced by the standard mode... Read More about Invisible dilaton.

Incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia after hospitalisation for pneumonia: a UK population-based matched cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Chalitsios, C. V., Baskaran, V., Harwood, R. H., Lim, W. S., & McKeever, T. M. (2023). Incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia after hospitalisation for pneumonia: a UK population-based matched cohort study. ERJ Open Research, 9(3), Article 00328-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00328-2022

Background Survivors of common infections may develop cognitive impairment or dementia; however, the risk of these conditions in people hospitalised with pneumonia is not well established.

Methods A matched cohort study was conducted using Hospit... Read More about Incidence of cognitive impairment and dementia after hospitalisation for pneumonia: a UK population-based matched cohort study.

Exploring factors influencing willingness of older adults to use assistive technologies: evidence from the cognitive function and ageing study II (2023)
Journal Article
Begde, A., Jain, M., Goodwin, M., Brayne, C., Barnes, L., Brooks, R., Green, E., Richardson, C., Dening, T., Wilcockson, T., & Hogervorst, E. (2024). Exploring factors influencing willingness of older adults to use assistive technologies: evidence from the cognitive function and ageing study II. Information, Communication and Society, 27(2), 368-385. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2023.2205915

Technology is widely promoted as a solution to greater independence and better health for the rapidly growing UK older population. If this is to be realised, we need to understand barriers and facilitators to uptake and investigate who wants this tec... Read More about Exploring factors influencing willingness of older adults to use assistive technologies: evidence from the cognitive function and ageing study II.

Methylprednisolone alleviates cognitive functions through the regulation of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease (2023)
Journal Article
Sun, Y., Li, J., A, N., Li, Z., Zhong, W., Chen, L., …Li, X. (2023). Methylprednisolone alleviates cognitive functions through the regulation of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, Article 1192940. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1192940

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease and linked to abnormal deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ), neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), synaptic dysfunction, and neuroinflammation. Despite significant progress in unravelling the path... Read More about Methylprednisolone alleviates cognitive functions through the regulation of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease.

Hydroperoxide-Mediated Degradation of Acetonitrile in the Lithium–Air Battery (2023)
Journal Article
McNulty, R. C., Jones, K. D., Holc, C., Jordan, J. W., Bruce, P. G., Walsh, D. A., …Johnson, L. R. (2023). Hydroperoxide-Mediated Degradation of Acetonitrile in the Lithium–Air Battery. Advanced Energy Materials, 13(3), Article 2300579. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202300579

Understanding and eliminating degradation of the electrolyte solution is arguably the major challenge in the development of high energy density lithium–air batteries. The use of acetonitrile provides cycle stability comparable to current state-of-the... Read More about Hydroperoxide-Mediated Degradation of Acetonitrile in the Lithium–Air Battery.

Extracellular Vesicles Potentiate Medulloblastoma Metastasis in an EMMPRIN and MMP-2 Dependent Manner (2023)
Journal Article
Jackson, H. K., Mitoko, C., Linke, F., Macarthur, D., Kerr, I. D., & Coyle, B. (2023). Extracellular Vesicles Potentiate Medulloblastoma Metastasis in an EMMPRIN and MMP-2 Dependent Manner. Cancers, 15(9), Article 2601. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15092601

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as pivotal mediators of communication in the tumour microenvironment. More specifically, nanosized extracellular vesicles termed exosomes have been shown to contribute to the establishment of a premetastatic... Read More about Extracellular Vesicles Potentiate Medulloblastoma Metastasis in an EMMPRIN and MMP-2 Dependent Manner.

Living cells as a biological analog of optical tweezers – a non-invasive microrheology approach (2023)
Journal Article
Hardiman, W., Clark, M., Friel, C., Huett, A., Pérez-Cota, F., Setchfield, K., …Tassieri, M. (2023). Living cells as a biological analog of optical tweezers – a non-invasive microrheology approach. Acta Biomaterialia, 166, 317-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2023.04.039

Microrheology, the study of fluids on micron length-scales, promises to reveal insights into cellular biology, including mechanical biomarkers of disease and the interplay between biomechanics and cellular function. Here a minimally-invasive passive... Read More about Living cells as a biological analog of optical tweezers – a non-invasive microrheology approach.