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Moderate-to-severe asthma in individuals of European ancestry: a genome-wide association study (2018)
Journal Article
Shrine, N., Portelli, M. A., John, C., Soler Artigas, M., Bennett, N., Hall, R., …Sayers, I. (2019). Moderate-to-severe asthma in individuals of European ancestry: a genome-wide association study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 7(1), 20-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2818%2930389-8

Background Few genetic studies that focus on moderate-to-severe asthma exist. We aimed to identity novel genetic variants associated with moderate-to-severe asthma, see whether previously identified genetic variants for all types of asthma contribut... Read More about Moderate-to-severe asthma in individuals of European ancestry: a genome-wide association study.

Collaborative Virtual Environment to Facilitate Game Design Evaluation with Children with ASC (2018)
Journal Article
Roper, T., Millen Dutka, L., Cobb, S., & Patel, H. (2018). Collaborative Virtual Environment to Facilitate Game Design Evaluation with Children with ASC. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 35(8), 692-705. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2018.1550179

© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Involvement of children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) in the design of new educational technology is becoming more prevalent. Despite potential barriers due to communication and ideation difficulties for... Read More about Collaborative Virtual Environment to Facilitate Game Design Evaluation with Children with ASC.

Varying magnesium concentration elicits changes in inflammatory response in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) (2018)
Journal Article
Almousa, L. A., Salter, A. M., & Langley-Evans, S. C. (2018). Varying magnesium concentration elicits changes in inflammatory response in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Magnesium Research, 31(3), 99-109. https://doi.org/10.1684/mrh.2018.0439

The aims of this study were to determine whether low concentrations of magnesium in vitro exacerbated the human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) response to inflammatory challenge, and whether expression of the nuclear factor kappa-light-chain... Read More about Varying magnesium concentration elicits changes in inflammatory response in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).

The Ambiguities of Belief and Belonging: Catholicism and the Church of the East in the Sixteenth Century (2018)
Journal Article
Parker, L. (2018). The Ambiguities of Belief and Belonging: Catholicism and the Church of the East in the Sixteenth Century. The English Historical Review, 133(565), 1420-1445. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cey334

This article considers the emergence of the Chaldaean (East Syrian Catholic) Church in the 1550s, a topic of considerable relevance for scholars of eastern Christianity and of Counter-Reformation Catholicism alike. The Chaldaeans seem to present a pa... Read More about The Ambiguities of Belief and Belonging: Catholicism and the Church of the East in the Sixteenth Century.

The pharmacy care plan service: Evaluation and estimate of cost-effectiveness (2018)
Journal Article
Twigg, M. J., Wright, D., Barton, G., Kirkdale, C. L., & Thornley, T. (2019). The pharmacy care plan service: Evaluation and estimate of cost-effectiveness. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 15(1), 84-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.03.062

Background: The UK Community Pharmacy Future group developed the Pharmacy Care Plan (PCP) service with a focus on patient activation, goal setting and therapy management. Objective: To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the PCP... Read More about The pharmacy care plan service: Evaluation and estimate of cost-effectiveness.

The use of decellularised animal tissue to study disseminating cancer cells (2018)
Journal Article
Grey, J. F. E., Campbell-Ritchie, A., Everitt, N. M., Fezovich, A. J., & Wheatley, S. P. (2019). The use of decellularised animal tissue to study disseminating cancer cells. Journal of Cell Science, 132(4), Article jcs219907. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.219907

Since the establishment of cell culture, common practice has been to grow adherent cells in 2D monolayers. Although cells behave completely differently when grown under these artificial conditions, the ease of 2D culturing has meant that this practic... Read More about The use of decellularised animal tissue to study disseminating cancer cells.

Quantitative RT-PCR assays for identification and typing of the Equine encephalosis virus (2018)
Journal Article
Maan, S., Belaganahalli, M. N., Maan, N. S., Potgieter, A. C., & Mertens, P. P. C. (2019). Quantitative RT-PCR assays for identification and typing of the Equine encephalosis virus. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 50(1), 287-296. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-018-0034-1

© 2018, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia. Equine encephalosis (EE) is an acute, arthropod-borne, noncontagious, febrile disease of equids. The clinical signs of EE are similar to milder forms of African horse sickness (AHS) and the two diseases... Read More about Quantitative RT-PCR assays for identification and typing of the Equine encephalosis virus.

Synthesis, molecular properties prediction and biological evaluation of indole-vinyl sulfone derivatives as novel tubulin polymerization inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site (2018)
Journal Article
Li, W., Sun, H., Xu, F., Shuai, W., Liu, J., Xu, S., …Xu, J. (2019). Synthesis, molecular properties prediction and biological evaluation of indole-vinyl sulfone derivatives as novel tubulin polymerization inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site. Bioorganic Chemistry, 85, 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.12.015

Twenty-two novel indole-vinyl sulfone derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated as tubulin polymerization inhibitors. The physicochemical and drug-likeness properties of all target compounds were predicted by Osiris calculations. All compo... Read More about Synthesis, molecular properties prediction and biological evaluation of indole-vinyl sulfone derivatives as novel tubulin polymerization inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site.

AutoSpec: fast automated spectral extraction software for IFU data cubes (2018)
Journal Article
Griffiths, A., & Conselice, C. J. (2018). AutoSpec: fast automated spectral extraction software for IFU data cubes. Astrophysical Journal, 869(1), Article 68. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaee87

With the ever-growing popularity of integral field unit (IFU) spectroscopy, countless observations are being performed over multiple object systems such as blank fields and galaxy clusters. With this, an increasing amount of time is being spent extra... Read More about AutoSpec: fast automated spectral extraction software for IFU data cubes.

Dynamical criticality in open systems: nonperturbative physics, microscopic origin, and direct observation (2018)
Journal Article
Pérez-Espigares, C., Carollo, F., Garrahan, J. P., & Hurtado, P. I. (2018). Dynamical criticality in open systems: nonperturbative physics, microscopic origin, and direct observation. Physical Review E, 98(6), Article 060102(R). https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.98.060102

Driven diffusive systems may undergo phase transitions to sustain atypical values of the current. This leads in some cases to symmetry-broken space-time trajectories which enhance the probability of such fluctuations. Here, we shed light on both the... Read More about Dynamical criticality in open systems: nonperturbative physics, microscopic origin, and direct observation.

“The good guys are doing it anyway”: the accommodation of environmental concern among English and Welsh farmers (2018)
Journal Article
Wheeler, R., Lobley, M., Winter, M., & Morris, C. (2018). “The good guys are doing it anyway”: the accommodation of environmental concern among English and Welsh farmers. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 1(4), 664-687. https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848618817487

Farmers today are increasingly facing pressure from policy and market forces to improve their environmental performance. Yet – despite widespread recognition of the negative externalities of agriculture on a national and global scale – many farmers w... Read More about “The good guys are doing it anyway”: the accommodation of environmental concern among English and Welsh farmers.

The mediating role of authenticity on mindfulness and wellbeing: a cross cultural analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Chen, S., & Murphy, D. (2018). The mediating role of authenticity on mindfulness and wellbeing: a cross cultural analysis. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 10(1), 40-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2018.1556171

Both mindfulness and authenticity have been found to positively affect psychological well-being. The current study investigated the relationships between an interesting mix of eastern and western phenomena including mindfulness, authenticity and psyc... Read More about The mediating role of authenticity on mindfulness and wellbeing: a cross cultural analysis.

The unbanked and poverty: predicting area-level socio-economic vulnerability from M-Money transactions (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Engelmann, G., Smith, G., & Goulding, J. (2018). The unbanked and poverty: predicting area-level socio-economic vulnerability from M-Money transactions.

Emerging economies around the world are often characterized by governments and institutions struggling to keep key demographic data streams up to date. A demographic of interest particularly linked to social vulnerability is that of poverty and socio... Read More about The unbanked and poverty: predicting area-level socio-economic vulnerability from M-Money transactions.

Chitosan as a coupling agent for phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone composites (2018)
Journal Article
Tan, C., Rudd, C., Parsons, A. J., Sharmin, N., Zhang, J., Chen, W., & Ahmed, I. (2018). Chitosan as a coupling agent for phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone composites. Fibers, 6(4), Article 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/fib6040097

This study shows that chitosan (CS) could be highly useful as a coupling agent in phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone (PGF/PCL) composites, as it improved the interfacial shear strength by up to 78%. PGFs of composition 45P2O5-5B2O3-5Na2O-24CaO-10... Read More about Chitosan as a coupling agent for phosphate glass fibre/polycaprolactone composites.

Quadratic effects of dynamic decision-making capability on innovation orientation and performance: Evidence from Chinese exporters (2018)
Journal Article
Hughes, P., Souchon, A. L., Nemkova, E., Hodgkinson, I. R., Oliveira, J. S., Boso, N., …Sy-Changco, J. (in press). Quadratic effects of dynamic decision-making capability on innovation orientation and performance: Evidence from Chinese exporters. Industrial Marketing Management, 83, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2018.11.005

© 2018 Elsevier Inc. This study examines quadratic effects of three export decision-making approaches (planning, creativity and spontaneity) on innovation orientation, and the direct effect of innovation orientation on export market performance. The... Read More about Quadratic effects of dynamic decision-making capability on innovation orientation and performance: Evidence from Chinese exporters.

Draught beer hygiene: a survey of on-trade quality (2018)
Journal Article
Mallett, J. R., & Quain, D. (2018). Draught beer hygiene: a survey of on-trade quality. Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 125(2), 261-267. https://doi.org/10.1002/jib.551

The quality of draught beer in 57 on-trade licensed premises in 10 locations in the UK Midlands was assessed using a forcing test. Of 149 samples of standard lager (‘SL’, abv ≤ 4.2%), 44% were in the ‘excellent’ quality band compared to 16% of 88 sa... Read More about Draught beer hygiene: a survey of on-trade quality.

Barriers to the inclusion of refugee and asylum-seeking children in schools in England (2018)
Journal Article
McIntyre, J., & Hall, C. (2020). Barriers to the inclusion of refugee and asylum-seeking children in schools in England. Educational Review, 72(5), 583-600. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2018.1544115

© 2018, © 2018 Educational Review. This article reports a study of the barriers faced by headteachers seeking to include young asylum seekers and refugees into secondary schools in England. We trace the new discourses and assemblages of authority cre... Read More about Barriers to the inclusion of refugee and asylum-seeking children in schools in England.

Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper
Prina, E., Sidney, L., Tromayer, M., Moore, J., Liska, R., Bertolin, M., …Rose, F. R. Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche

Stem cells within epithelial tissues reside in anatomical structures known as crypts that are known to contribute to the mechanical and chemical milieu important for function. To date, epithelial stem cell therapies have largely ignored the niche and... Read More about Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche.

Clinical Librarianship (2018)
Book Chapter
Shokraneh, F. (in press). Clinical Librarianship. In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Cochrane Collaboration (2018)
Book Chapter
Adams, C. E., Aali, G., & Shokraneh, F. (in press). Cochrane Collaboration. In Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science