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Optogenetic control of Drosophila neurons: a laboratory practical for undergraduates and outreach (2024)
Journal Article
Renault, A. D. (in press). Optogenetic control of Drosophila neurons: a laboratory practical for undergraduates and outreach. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00086-24

Teaching aspects of neuroscience to large undergraduate classes can be difficult in terms of the cost of equipment involved such as microscopes and electrophysiology equipment, the time taken to master techniques such as dissection or intracellular r... Read More about Optogenetic control of Drosophila neurons: a laboratory practical for undergraduates and outreach.

The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me (2024)
Journal Article
Ferguson, E., Bowen, S., Mills, R., Reynolds, C., Davison, K., Lawrence, C., Maharaj, R., Starmer, C., Barr, A., Williams, T., Croucher, M., & Brailsford, S. R. (in press). The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me. Vox Sanguinis, https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13731

Background and Objectives
Homophily represents the extent to which people feel others are like them and encourages the uptake of activities they feel people like them do. Currently, there are no data on blood donor homophily with respect to (i) peop... Read More about The prototypical UK blood donor, homophily and blood donation: Blood donors are like you, not me.

Kidney Beam - a cost-effective digital intervention to improve mental health (2024)
Journal Article
Greenwood, S. A., Briggs, J., Walklin, C., Mangahis, E., Young, H. M., Castle, E. M., Billany, R. E., Asgari, E., Bhandari, S., Bishop, N., Bramham, K., Burton, J. O., Campbell, J., Chilcot, J., Cooper, N., Deelchand, V., Graham-Brown, M. P., Haggis, L., Hamilton, A., Jesky, M., …Macdonald, J. (2024). Kidney Beam - a cost-effective digital intervention to improve mental health. Kidney International Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2024.08.030

Background: There is inequity in provision of physical rehabilitation services for people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Kidney BEAM trial evaluated the clinical value and cost effectiveness of a physical activity digital health interv... Read More about Kidney Beam - a cost-effective digital intervention to improve mental health.

Topical anti-inflammatory treatments for eczema: a Cochrane systematic review and network meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Lax, S. J., Van Vogt, E., Candy, B., Steele, L., Reynolds, C., Stuart, B., Parker, R., Axon, E., Roberts, A., Doyle, M., Chu, D. K., Futamura, M., Santer, M., Williams, H. C., Cro, S., Drucker, A. M., & Boyle, R. J. (2024). Topical anti-inflammatory treatments for eczema: a Cochrane systematic review and network meta-analysis. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.14556

Objective: Eczema is the most burdensome skin condition worldwide and topical anti-inflammatory treatments are commonly used to control symptoms. The relative effectiveness and safety of different topical anti-inflammatory treatments is uncertain. De... Read More about Topical anti-inflammatory treatments for eczema: a Cochrane systematic review and network meta-analysis.

The JWST EXCELS survey: Too much, too young, too fast? Ultra-massive quiescent galaxies at 3 < z < 5 (2024)
Journal Article
Carnall, A. C., Cullen, F., Mclure, R. J., Mcleod, D. J., Begley, R., Donnan, C. T., Dunlop, J. S., Shapley, A. E., Rowlands, K., Almaini, O., Arellano-Córdova, K. Z., Barrufet, L., Cimatti, A., Ellis, R. S., Grogin, N. A., Hamadouche, M. L., Illingworth, G. D., Koekemoer, A. M., Leung, H.-H., Lovell, C. C., …Wild, V. (in press). The JWST EXCELS survey: Too much, too young, too fast? Ultra-massive quiescent galaxies at 3 < z < 5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1-24

We report ultra-deep, medium-resolution spectroscopic observations for 4 quiescent galaxies with log 10 (M * /M ⊙) > 11 at 3 < z < 5. These data were obtained with JWST NIRSpec as part of the Early eXtragalactic Continuum and Emission Line Science (E... Read More about The JWST EXCELS survey: Too much, too young, too fast? Ultra-massive quiescent galaxies at 3 < z < 5.

The human HELQ helicase and XRN2 exoribonuclease cooperate in R-loop resolution (2024)
Journal Article
Pan, J., Betts, H., Cubbon, A., Bolt, E., Soultanas, P., & He, L. (in press). The human HELQ helicase and XRN2 exoribonuclease cooperate in R-loop resolution. Open Biology,

The human HELQ helicase is a superfamily 2, 3’-5’ helicase homologous to POLQ and RNA helicases of the Ski2-like subfamily. It is involved in diverse aspects of DNA repair and is an emerging prognosis biomarker and novel drug-target for cancer therap... Read More about The human HELQ helicase and XRN2 exoribonuclease cooperate in R-loop resolution.

Applying health promotion knowledge to self-care: healthy eating and weight management for nurses (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2024). Applying health promotion knowledge to self-care: healthy eating and weight management for nurses. Nursing Standard, https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2024.e12393

Promoting health in the workplace is a national and international public health priority, and health promotion is a central aspect of the nursing role. However, nurses’ knowledge of health promotion does not always translate to self-care and there ar... Read More about Applying health promotion knowledge to self-care: healthy eating and weight management for nurses.

Combined magnetic resonance imaging, high resolution manometry and a randomised trial of bisacodyl versus hyoscine shows the significance of an enlarged colon in constipation: the RECLAIM study (2024)
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Wilkinson-Smith, V., Scott, M., Menys, A., Wiklendt, L., MARCIANI, L., Atkinson, D., Sansone, S., Zdanavciene, A., Coupland, C., Knowles, C., Dinning, P., Taylor, S., Gowland, P., Hoad, C., Corsetti, M., & Spiller, R. (in press). Combined magnetic resonance imaging, high resolution manometry and a randomised trial of bisacodyl versus hyoscine shows the significance of an enlarged colon in constipation: the RECLAIM study. Gut,

Background
Colonic motility in constipation can be assessed non-invasively using MRI

Objective
To compare MRI with high resolution colonic manometry (HRCM) for predicting treatment response.

Design
Part 1: 44 healthy volunteers (HV), 43 p... Read More about Combined magnetic resonance imaging, high resolution manometry and a randomised trial of bisacodyl versus hyoscine shows the significance of an enlarged colon in constipation: the RECLAIM study.

Development of Resorbable Phosphate-Based Glass Microspheres as MRI Contrast Media Agents (2024)
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Molinar-Díaz, J., Arjuna, A., Abrehart, N., McLellan, A., Harris, R., Islam, M. T., Alzaidi, A., Bradley, C. R., Gidman, C., Prior, M. J. W., Titman, J., Blockley, N. P., Harvey, P., Marciani, L., & Ahmed, I. (2024). Development of Resorbable Phosphate-Based Glass Microspheres as MRI Contrast Media Agents. Molecules, 29(18), Article 4296. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29184296

In this research, resorbable phosphate-based glass (PBG) compositions were developed using varying modifier oxides including iron (Fe2O3), copper (CuO), and manganese (MnO2), and then processed via a rapid single-stage flame spheroidisation process t... Read More about Development of Resorbable Phosphate-Based Glass Microspheres as MRI Contrast Media Agents.

Advancing container port traffic simulation: A data-driven machine learning approach in sparse data environments (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, X., Qu, R., Dong, J., Dong, H., & Bai, R. (2024). Advancing container port traffic simulation: A data-driven machine learning approach in sparse data environments. Applied Soft Computing, 166, Article 112190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2024.112190

Efficient truck dispatching strategies are paramount in container terminal operations. The quality of these strategies heavily relies on accurate and expedient simulations, which provide a crucial platform for training and evaluating dispatching algo... Read More about Advancing container port traffic simulation: A data-driven machine learning approach in sparse data environments.

Understanding reputational disaster during economic crises: Evaluating aviation sector response differentials (2024)
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Akyildirim, E., Corbet, S., Nicolau, J. L., & Oxley, L. (2025). Understanding reputational disaster during economic crises: Evaluating aviation sector response differentials. Tourism Management, 106, Article 105028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2024.105028

This research investigates the impact of reputational events on the financial performance of airlines, with a particular focus on differential behaviour regarding the types of events—environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and the economic cycle... Read More about Understanding reputational disaster during economic crises: Evaluating aviation sector response differentials.

Cost-effectiveness of the ‘Stay One Step Ahead’ Home Safety programme for the prevention of injuries among children under 5 years (2024)
Journal Article
Jones, M., Orton, E., Taylor, M. J., Timblin, C., Clarke, R., Watson, M. C., Hayes, M., Patel, T., Coupland, C., & Kendrick, D. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of the ‘Stay One Step Ahead’ Home Safety programme for the prevention of injuries among children under 5 years. Injury Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045236

Background Unintentional injuries are a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the under-5s, but undertaking home safety practices can reduce injury risk. Stay One Step Ahead (SOSA) is an evidence-based standardised home safety programme. This st... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of the ‘Stay One Step Ahead’ Home Safety programme for the prevention of injuries among children under 5 years.

A psychological mechanism for the development of anxiety (2024)
Journal Article
Urcelay, G. P. (2024). A psychological mechanism for the development of anxiety. Behavioral Neuroscience, 138(4), 281–290. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000607

Although numerous behavioural constructs have been proposed to account for anxiety disorders, how these develop within an individual has been difficult to predict. In this perspective, I selectively review clinical and experimental evidence suggestin... Read More about A psychological mechanism for the development of anxiety.

Pre-independence Consumption Expenditure Survey: Agrarian Poverty in Colonial Uttar Pradesh: The Dufferin Inquiry, 1887–1888 edited by Shireen Moosvi, Delhi: Primus Books, 2023; pp lxxix + 290, ₹1,750 (hard cover) (2024)
Journal Article
Kumar, A. (2024). Pre-independence Consumption Expenditure Survey: Agrarian Poverty in Colonial Uttar Pradesh: The Dufferin Inquiry, 1887–1888 edited by Shireen Moosvi, Delhi: Primus Books, 2023; pp lxxix + 290, ₹1,750 (hard cover). Economic and Political Weekly, 59(35),

A Shape-Newton method for free-boundary problems subject to the Bernoulli boundary condition (2024)
Journal Article
Fan, Y., Billingham, J., & van der Zee, K. (in press). A Shape-Newton method for free-boundary problems subject to the Bernoulli boundary condition. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing,


We develop a shape-Newton method for solving generic free-boundary problems where one of the free-boundary conditions is governed by the nonlinear Bernoulli equation. The method is a Newton-like scheme that employs shape derivatives of the governin... Read More about A Shape-Newton method for free-boundary problems subject to the Bernoulli boundary condition.

Barriers and opportunities for prison services in developing reintegrative pathways for justice-involved people subjected to MSHT exploitation (2024)
Journal Article
Sandy, L., Snowden, A., Tangen, J., & Gardner, A. (2024). Barriers and opportunities for prison services in developing reintegrative pathways for justice-involved people subjected to MSHT exploitation. Prison Service Journal, 20-29

Vulnerable people who are subjected to modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) exploitation and become justice-involved, face complex challenges in both recovering from their experiences and achieving ongoing protection. An evaluation of internat... Read More about Barriers and opportunities for prison services in developing reintegrative pathways for justice-involved people subjected to MSHT exploitation.

Using nicotine replacement therapy for smoking reduction in pregnancy: a qualitative study of pregnant women in the UK who smoke (2024)
Journal Article
Thomson, R., Phillips, L., Orton, S., Naughton, F., & Coleman, T. (2024). Using nicotine replacement therapy for smoking reduction in pregnancy: a qualitative study of pregnant women in the UK who smoke. BMJ Open, 14(8), Article e085945. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085945

Objectives To explore the acceptability and perceived motivations and barriers of using nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to reduce the number of daily cigarettes smoked in pregnancy, rather than for stopping completely.

Design Telephone, semi-st... Read More about Using nicotine replacement therapy for smoking reduction in pregnancy: a qualitative study of pregnant women in the UK who smoke.