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The association between drugs and vaccines commonly prescribed to older people and bullous pemphigoid: a case-control study (2024)
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Swiderski, M., Vinogradova, Y., Knaggs, R. D., Harman, K., Harwood, R. H., Prasad, V., Persson, M. S. M., Figueredo, G., Layfield, C., & Gran, S. (2024). The association between drugs and vaccines commonly prescribed to older people and bullous pemphigoid: a case-control study. British Journal of Dermatology, Article ljae416. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljae416

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Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune skin disease that affects mainly older people. Numerous drugs have been previously associated with BP based on case series and small hospital-based studies. More reliable and precise estimates of a... Read More about The association between drugs and vaccines commonly prescribed to older people and bullous pemphigoid: a case-control study.

The Poetics of Sexual Violence in Three African-American Women's Neo-Slave Narratives: Margaret Walker's Jubilee, Octavia E. Butler's Kindred and Toni Morrison's Beloved (2024)
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Whitt, R. (in press). The Poetics of Sexual Violence in Three African-American Women's Neo-Slave Narratives: Margaret Walker's Jubilee, Octavia E. Butler's Kindred and Toni Morrison's Beloved. Journal of Literary Semantics, 54(1),

This paper focuses on the representation of sexual violence in the neo-slave narratives of Margaret Walker, Octavia E. Butler and Toni Morrison. Through an exploration of mind-modelling in three key scenes, a range of linguistic techniques are employ... Read More about The Poetics of Sexual Violence in Three African-American Women's Neo-Slave Narratives: Margaret Walker's Jubilee, Octavia E. Butler's Kindred and Toni Morrison's Beloved.

The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories (2024)
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Pummerer, L., Gkinopoulos, T., Douglas, K., JOLLEY, D., & Sassenberg, K. (in press). The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories. Psychological Inquiry,

Beliefs in conspiracy theories are related to a diverse set of emotional and behavioral consequences. At the same time, a theoretical model detailing when a conspiracy theory is more likely to elicit confrontation rather than withdrawal, indirect agg... Read More about The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories.

Consensus‐Based Guidelines for Communicating a Misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to Reduce Psychological Distress (2024)
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Baufeldt, A. L., Evangelou, N., Moghaddam, N., Gresswell, M., & das Nair, R. (2024). Consensus‐Based Guidelines for Communicating a Misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to Reduce Psychological Distress. Brain and Behavior, 14(10), Article e70109. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70109

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) misdiagnosis is common, and when discovered, frequently leads to substantial disruption to patients’ lives and anxiety for clinicians. Our objective was to develop expert consensus-based guidelines about how to com... Read More about Consensus‐Based Guidelines for Communicating a Misdiagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to Reduce Psychological Distress.

A novel dataset of annotated oyster mushroom images with environmental context for machine learning applications (2024)
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Duman, S., Elewi, A., Hajhamed, A., Khankan, R., Souag, A., & Ahmed, A. (2024). A novel dataset of annotated oyster mushroom images with environmental context for machine learning applications. Data in Brief, Article 111074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.111074

State-of-the-art technologies such as computer vision and machine learning, are revolutionizing the smart mushroom industry by addressing diverse challenges in yield prediction, growth analysis, mushroom classification, disease and deformation detect... Read More about A novel dataset of annotated oyster mushroom images with environmental context for machine learning applications.

Drop-on-demand 3D printing of programable magnetic composites for soft robotics (2024)
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Bastola, A., Parry, L., Worsley, R., Ahmed, N., Lester, E., Hague, R., & Tuck, C. (2024). Drop-on-demand 3D printing of programable magnetic composites for soft robotics. Additive Manufacturing Letters, 11, Article 100250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addlet.2024.100250

Soft robotics have become increasingly popular as a versatile alternative to traditional robotics. Magnetic composite materials, which respond to external magnetic fields, have attracted significant interest in this field due to their programmable tw... Read More about Drop-on-demand 3D printing of programable magnetic composites for soft robotics.

Hydroxyacid oxidase 1, a glutamine metabolism-associated protein, predicts poor patient outcome in luminal breast cancer (2024)
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Erkan, B., MacIntyre, S., Brown, C., Fakroun, A., Lashen, A. G., Mongan, N. P., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E. A., & Green, A. R. (2024). Hydroxyacid oxidase 1, a glutamine metabolism-associated protein, predicts poor patient outcome in luminal breast cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(21), Article 11572. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252111572

Background
Breast cancer (BC), which remains the most prevalent malignancy among women, is characterised by significant heterogeneity across its molecular subtypes. Oestrogen Receptor-positive (ER+) (luminal) BC represents approximately 75% cases an... Read More about Hydroxyacid oxidase 1, a glutamine metabolism-associated protein, predicts poor patient outcome in luminal breast cancer.

Augmenting Musical Instruments with Digital Identities (2024)
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Benford, S., Mcgarry, G., Hazzard, A., Gibson, R., Avila, J., Chamberlain, A., & Mcgarry, G. (in press). Augmenting Musical Instruments with Digital Identities. Journal of New Music Research,

We explore how augmenting musical instruments with digital identities can enhance their provenance, utility during creative practice, and personal meaning. A literature review reveals the importance of object identities in general and instrument iden... Read More about Augmenting Musical Instruments with Digital Identities.

Shear Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (HPFRC) Under Static and Fatigue Loading (2024)
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Liu, X., & Thermou, G. E. (2024). Shear Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (HPFRC) Under Static and Fatigue Loading. Materials, 17(21), Article 5227. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17215227

This study experimentally assessed the shear performance of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with U-shaped High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (HPFRC) under static and fatigue loading. Key parameters included HPFRC jacket thickness... Read More about Shear Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (HPFRC) Under Static and Fatigue Loading.

How do we decarbonize one billion vehicles by 2050? Insights from a comparative life cycle assessment of electrifying light-duty vehicle fleets in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom (2024)
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Huo, D., Davies, B., Li, J., Alzaghrini, N., Sun, X., Meng, F., Abdul-Manan, A. F., McKechnie, J., Posen, I. D., & MacLean, H. L. (2024). How do we decarbonize one billion vehicles by 2050? Insights from a comparative life cycle assessment of electrifying light-duty vehicle fleets in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom. Energy Policy, 195, 114390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114390

Electrifying light-duty vehicle fleets is essential to decarbonize road transport, however its efficacy relies on policies targeting country-specific challenges and opportunities. We model and compare fleet-level life cycle GHG emissions for differen... Read More about How do we decarbonize one billion vehicles by 2050? Insights from a comparative life cycle assessment of electrifying light-duty vehicle fleets in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom.

Comparison of rigorous scattering models to accurately replicate the behaviour of scattered electromagnetic waves in optical surface metrology (2024)
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Hooshmand, H., Pahl, T., Hansen, P.-E., Fu, L., Birk, A., Karamehmedović, M., Lehmann, P., Reichelt, S., Leach, R., & Piano, S. (2024). Comparison of rigorous scattering models to accurately replicate the behaviour of scattered electromagnetic waves in optical surface metrology. Journal of Computational Physics, Article 113519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113519

Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies (2024)
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Wang, F., Cooper, N., He, Y., Hopton, B., Johnson, D., Zhao, P., Tuck, C. J., Hague, R., Fromhold, T. M., Wildman, R., Turyanska, L., & Hackermueller, L. (2025). Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies. Quantum Science and Technology, 10(1), Article 015019. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ad8678

Atomic vapour cells are an indispensable tool for quantum technologies (QT), but potential improvements are limited by the capacities of conventional manufacturing techniques. Using an additive manufacturing (AM) technique—vat polymerisation by digit... Read More about Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies.

The Infected Blood Inquiry: Impact on Public Perceptions of Blood Supply Risk, Safety, and Donation Attitudes (2024)
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Mills, R., Merz, E.-M., Croucher, M., Masser, B., Brailsford, S., Smith, R., & Ferguson, E. (in press). The Infected Blood Inquiry: Impact on Public Perceptions of Blood Supply Risk, Safety, and Donation Attitudes. Transfusion Medicine,

Background: The UK’s Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI) highlighted a major public health scandal, with at least 30,000 people infected and more than 3,000 deaths attributable to infected blood and blood products. This study investigates the impact of the... Read More about The Infected Blood Inquiry: Impact on Public Perceptions of Blood Supply Risk, Safety, and Donation Attitudes.

A parametrization of nonassociative cyclic algebras of prime degree (2024)
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Nevins, M., & Pumplün, S. (2025). A parametrization of nonassociative cyclic algebras of prime degree. Journal of Algebra, 664(Part A), 631-654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2024.10.021

We determine and explicitly parametrize the isomorphism classes of nonassociative quaternion algebras over a field of characteristic different from two, as well as the isomorphism classes of nonassociative cyclic algebras of odd prime degree m when t... Read More about A parametrization of nonassociative cyclic algebras of prime degree.

Advancing Carbon Dioxide Capture: Investigation into the Kinetics and Efficiency of Absorption in Molten Calcium Oxide-Chloride (2024)
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Hall, M., Rigby, S. P., & Chen, G. Z. (2024). Advancing Carbon Dioxide Capture: Investigation into the Kinetics and Efficiency of Absorption in Molten Calcium Oxide-Chloride. RSC Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4su00354c

One promising carbon capture technology is the absorption of carbon dioxide (CO2) by molten salt, specifically the molten mixture of calcium oxide and chloride (CaO + CaCl2, COC), as it solves some of the key issues with alternative methods, includin... Read More about Advancing Carbon Dioxide Capture: Investigation into the Kinetics and Efficiency of Absorption in Molten Calcium Oxide-Chloride.

Optimal timing of anticoagulation after acute ischaemic stroke with atrial fibrillation (OPTIMAS): a multicentre, blinded-endpoint, phase 4, randomised controlled trial (2024)
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Werring, D. J., Dehbi, H. M., Ahmed, N., Arram, L., Best, J. G., Balogun, M., Bennett, K., Bordea, E., Caverly, E., Chau, M., Cohen, H., Cullen, M., Doré, C. J., Engelter, S. T., Fenner, R., Ford, G. A., Gill, A., Hunter, R., James, M., Jayanthi, A., …Freemantle, N. (2024). Optimal timing of anticoagulation after acute ischaemic stroke with atrial fibrillation (OPTIMAS): a multicentre, blinded-endpoint, phase 4, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 404(10464), 1731-1741. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2824%2902197-4

Background: The optimal timing of anticoagulation for patients with acute ischaemic stoke with atrial fibrillation is uncertain. We investigated the efficacy and safety of early compared with delayed initiation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) i... Read More about Optimal timing of anticoagulation after acute ischaemic stroke with atrial fibrillation (OPTIMAS): a multicentre, blinded-endpoint, phase 4, randomised controlled trial.

A multi-scale uncertainty quantification model encompassing minimum-size unit cells for effective properties of plain woven composites (2024)
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Yang, Y.-C., Gou, J.-J., Gong, C.-L., Sun, Y.-E., & Li, S. (2025). A multi-scale uncertainty quantification model encompassing minimum-size unit cells for effective properties of plain woven composites. Composite Structures, Article 118648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2024.118648

The uncertainty quantification is crucial to the high-precision prediction of composites’ effective properties. However, the unclear input uncertainties of multiscale parameters, complex uncertainty propagations of inter-scale correlations, and unaff... Read More about A multi-scale uncertainty quantification model encompassing minimum-size unit cells for effective properties of plain woven composites.

Humans: an integrative review exploring dehumanisation in advanced dementia (2024)
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Bøgmose, J., Olivares Bøgeskov, B. M., Dening, T., & Martinsen, B. (2024). Humans: an integrative review exploring dehumanisation in advanced dementia. Nursing Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330241277989

Background: People living with advanced dementia risk being seen as someone without personhood in contemporary societies, an understanding that has been described and challenged for decades in dementia scholarly literature. Such perception can be cha... Read More about Humans: an integrative review exploring dehumanisation in advanced dementia.

Effects of oil palm trunk biochar as filler on physical and mechanical properties of deproteinised and epoxidised natural rubber latex foam (2024)
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Ramli, R., Chai, A. B., Kamaruddin, S., Ho, J. H., Mohd. Rasdi, F. R., De Focatiis, D. S. A., Ong, S. K., & Bachmann, R. T. (2024). Effects of oil palm trunk biochar as filler on physical and mechanical properties of deproteinised and epoxidised natural rubber latex foam. Journal of Rubber Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42464-024-00283-1

Oil palm trunk biochar (OPTB) serves as a flame-retardant additive aimed at enhancing the thermal stability of natural rubber (NR) latex foam. This study explores whether OPTB affects the physical and mechanical properties of specialty NR (SpNR) late... Read More about Effects of oil palm trunk biochar as filler on physical and mechanical properties of deproteinised and epoxidised natural rubber latex foam.