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The interrelationship between the face and vocal tract configuration during audiovisual speech (2020)
Journal Article
Scholes, C., Skipper, J. I., & Johnston, A. (2020). The interrelationship between the face and vocal tract configuration during audiovisual speech. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(51), 32791-32798. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006192117

It is well established that speech perception is improved when we are able to see the speaker talking along with hearing their voice, especially when the speech is noisy. While we have a good understanding of where speech integration occurs in the br... Read More about The interrelationship between the face and vocal tract configuration during audiovisual speech.

TANDEM TRIAL: a factorial randomised controlled trial of dose and review schedule of bevacizumab (Avastin) for neovascular macular degeneration in the East Midlands (2020)
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Foss, A. J. E., Haydock, R., Childs, M., Duley, L., Empeslidis, T., Dhar-Munshi, S., …Mitchell, E. (2020). TANDEM TRIAL: a factorial randomised controlled trial of dose and review schedule of bevacizumab (Avastin) for neovascular macular degeneration in the East Midlands. BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 5(1), Article e000588. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000588

Objective: Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) causes damage to the macula and severe vision loss. Bevacizumab is the most cost-effective nAMD treatment. The TANDEM trial was designed to determine whether, in patients with nAMD, low-d... Read More about TANDEM TRIAL: a factorial randomised controlled trial of dose and review schedule of bevacizumab (Avastin) for neovascular macular degeneration in the East Midlands.

Skeletal muscle anabolic and insulin sensitivity responses to a mixed meal in adult patients with active Crohn's disease (2020)
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Davies, A., Nixon, A., Tsintzas, K., Stephens, F. B., & Moran, G. W. (2021). Skeletal muscle anabolic and insulin sensitivity responses to a mixed meal in adult patients with active Crohn's disease. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 41, 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.11.014

© 2020 European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Background and aims: We have previously shown reduced protein balance in response to nutrition in paediatric Crohn's disease (CD) in remission, associated with reduced lean mass (sarcopeni... Read More about Skeletal muscle anabolic and insulin sensitivity responses to a mixed meal in adult patients with active Crohn's disease.

Scoping the international impact from four independent national dermatology trials (2020)
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Williams, H. C., Rogers, N. K., Chalmers, J. R., & Thomas, K. S. (2021). Scoping the international impact from four independent national dermatology trials. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 46(4), 657-662. https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.14506

Background: Research impact describes whether and how research results in wider benefits to society beyond academic publication. Little is known about translation of clinical trial research into dermatological practice. Aim: We scoped international i... Read More about Scoping the international impact from four independent national dermatology trials.

BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK (2020)
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Pearce, F. A., Rutter, M., Sandhu, R., Batten, R. L., Garner, R., Little, J., …Lanyon, P. C. (2021). BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK. Rheumatology, 60(3), 1480-1490. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa759

Objectives: To assess the baseline care provided to patients with SLE attending UK Rheumatology units, audited against standards derived from the recently published BSR guideline for the management of adults with SLE, the NICE technology appraisal fo... Read More about BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK.

High micro-vessel density correlates with higher peri-tumoural immune response in colorectal cancer (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raghuram, G., Fadhil, W., Sculthorpe, D., Ilyas, M., & Mukherjee, A. (2020). High micro-vessel density correlates with higher peri-tumoural immune response in colorectal cancer.

Background & objectives
Microvessels, a significant component of the tumour microenvironment in colorectal cancer (CRC), have traditionally been assessed in full-face sections. This study aimed to assess the microvessel density (MVD) in CRC tissue m... Read More about High micro-vessel density correlates with higher peri-tumoural immune response in colorectal cancer.

High tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloproteinase 2 expression correlates with poor prognosis in breast cancer (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heyman, T., Joseph, C., Craze, M., Green, A., Nolan, C., Rueda, O., …Mukherjee, A. (2020). High tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloproteinase 2 expression correlates with poor prognosis in breast cancer.

Background & objectives
TIMP2, tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloproteinase 2, inhibits the matrix-metalloproteinase, MMP2, but may activate pro-MMP2. Hence its correlation with prognosis in breast cancer (BC) is contradictory. This study investigat... Read More about High tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloproteinase 2 expression correlates with poor prognosis in breast cancer.

Persona-Scenarios in Game Development: Communication Tensions Between Hearing Aid Users and Communication Partners (2020)
Journal Article
Hallewell, M. J., & Patel, H. (2021). Persona-Scenarios in Game Development: Communication Tensions Between Hearing Aid Users and Communication Partners. International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 11(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGBL.2021010101

The 3D Tune-In project developed serious/leisure game applications to educate hearing aid (HA) users about how HA functionalities could improve hearing in different sound environments. The application development team had little prior experience cate... Read More about Persona-Scenarios in Game Development: Communication Tensions Between Hearing Aid Users and Communication Partners.

Association of magnetic resonance assessed disc degeneration and late clinical recurrence in dogs treated surgically for thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusions (2020)
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Longo, S., Gomes, S. A., Briola, C., Duffy, K., Targett, M., Jeffery, N. D., & Freeman, P. (2021). Association of magnetic resonance assessed disc degeneration and late clinical recurrence in dogs treated surgically for thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusions. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 35(1), 378-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15989

Background: Radiographic signs of intervertebral disc mineralization are thought to indicate sites of future recurrence of disc extrusion (Hansen type I) but the relationship between evidence of disc degeneration on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) a... Read More about Association of magnetic resonance assessed disc degeneration and late clinical recurrence in dogs treated surgically for thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusions.

Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of pain in older people – a summary report (2020)
Journal Article
Dunham, M., Schofield, P., & Knaggs, R. (2022). Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of pain in older people – a summary report. British Journal of Pain, 16(1), 6-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/2049463720976155

Objective: The objective of this study is to develop an update of the evidence-based guidelines for the management of pain in older people. Design: Review of evidence since 2010 using a systematic and consensus approach is performed. Results: Recogni... Read More about Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of pain in older people – a summary report.

Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink (2020)
Journal Article
Loisel, J., Gallego-Sala, A. V., Amesbury, M. J., Magnan, G., Anshari, G., Beilman, D. W., …Wu, J. (2020). Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink. Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00944-0

© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. The carbon balance of peatlands is predicted to shift from a sink to a source this century. However, peatland ecosystems are still omitted from the main Earth system models th... Read More about Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink.

Quantitative Analysis of Colostrum Bacteriology on British Dairy Farms (2020)
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Hyde, R. M., Green, M. J., Hudson, C., & Down, P. M. (2020). Quantitative Analysis of Colostrum Bacteriology on British Dairy Farms. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, Article 601227. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.601227

© Copyright © 2020 Hyde, Green, Hudson and Down. Total bacterial counts (TBC) and coliform counts (CC) were estimated for 328 colostrum samples from 56 British dairy farms. Samples collected directly from cows' teats had lower mean TBC (32,079) and C... Read More about Quantitative Analysis of Colostrum Bacteriology on British Dairy Farms.

Durability enhancement of low ice adhesion polymeric coatings (2020)
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Memon, H., De Focatiis, D. S., Choi, K.-S., & Hou, X. (2021). Durability enhancement of low ice adhesion polymeric coatings. Progress in Organic Coatings, 151, Article 106033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2020.106033

Icephobic performance of low-ice adhesion polymeric coatings has been studied intensively for passive ice protection. However, limited efforts were conducted to identify strategies for enhancing the durability of the coatings to maintain low ice adhe... Read More about Durability enhancement of low ice adhesion polymeric coatings.

Indoor Air Pollution from Residential Stoves: Examining the Flooding of Particulate Matter into Homes during Real-World Use (2020)
Journal Article
Chakraborty, R., Heydon, J., Mayfield, M., & Mihaylova, L. (2020). Indoor Air Pollution from Residential Stoves: Examining the Flooding of Particulate Matter into Homes during Real-World Use. Atmosphere, 11(12), Article 1326. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11121326

This study concerns the levels of particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM1) released by residential stoves inside the home during ‘real world’ use. Focusing on stoves that were certified by the UK’s Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)... Read More about Indoor Air Pollution from Residential Stoves: Examining the Flooding of Particulate Matter into Homes during Real-World Use.

Decomposition and nutrient mineralisation of leaf litter in smallholder cocoa agroforests: a comparison of organic and conventional farms in Ghana (2020)
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Asigbaase, M., Dawoe, E., Sjogersten, S., & Lomax, B. H. (2020). Decomposition and nutrient mineralisation of leaf litter in smallholder cocoa agroforests: a comparison of organic and conventional farms in Ghana. Journal of Soils and Sediments, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02844-4

© 2020, The Author(s). Purpose: Although litter decomposition and nutrient release patterns have been studied in cocoa agroforestry systems in general, studies focusing on organic and conventional cocoa systems are lacking which is critical as organi... Read More about Decomposition and nutrient mineralisation of leaf litter in smallholder cocoa agroforests: a comparison of organic and conventional farms in Ghana.

Rapid Transmission of a Hyper-Virulent Meningococcal Clone Due to High Effective Contact Numbers and Super Spreaders (2020)
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Holmes, J. C., Green, L. R., Oldfield, N. J., Turner, D. P., & Bayliss, C. D. (2020). Rapid Transmission of a Hyper-Virulent Meningococcal Clone Due to High Effective Contact Numbers and Super Spreaders. Frontiers in Genetics, 11, Article 579411. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.579411

© Copyright © 2020 Holmes, Green, Oldfield, Turner and Bayliss. Rapid transmission, a critical contributory factor in outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease, requires naïve populations of sufficient size and intermingling. We examined genomic va... Read More about Rapid Transmission of a Hyper-Virulent Meningococcal Clone Due to High Effective Contact Numbers and Super Spreaders.

Torsions of N-methylpyrrole and its cation (2020)
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Wright, T. G., Davies, A. R., & Kemp, D. J. (2021). Torsions of N-methylpyrrole and its cation. Chemical Physics Letters, 763, Article 138227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2020.138227

Torsional levels in N-methylpyrrole are investigated in the ground (S0) and first excited (S1) neutral states using two-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence (2D-LIF), and in the ground state cation (D0+) using zero-electron-kinetic-energy (ZEKE) sp... Read More about Torsions of N-methylpyrrole and its cation.

Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications (2020)
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Arshad, A., Jabbal, M., Shi, L., Darkwa, J., Weston, N. J., & Yan, Y. (2021). Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 43, Article 100865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100865

This experimental study covers the development of novel nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) based on RT–35HC as a phase change material (PCM) and titanium oxide (TiO2) as thermal conductivity enhancement material, for thermal management app... Read More about Development of TiO2/RT–35HC based nanocomposite phase change materials (NCPCMs) for thermal management applications.

False hopes and blind beliefs: How political connections affect China's corporate bond market (2020)
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Schweizer, D., Walker, T., & Zhang, A. (2023). False hopes and blind beliefs: How political connections affect China's corporate bond market. Journal of Banking and Finance, 151, Article 106008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2020.106008

This paper explores whether and how political connections affect the market for corporate bonds issued by privately owned enterprises (POEs) in China. We test two competing theories – the zero-default myth and the borrower channel theory – that offer... Read More about False hopes and blind beliefs: How political connections affect China's corporate bond market.

Long-term drivers of vegetation turnover in Southern Hemisphere temperate ecosystems (2020)
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Adeleye, M. A., Mariani, M., Connor, S., Haberle, S. G., Herbert, A., Hopf, F., & Stevenson, J. (2021). Long-term drivers of vegetation turnover in Southern Hemisphere temperate ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30(2), 557-571. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13232

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: Knowledge of the drivers of ecosystem changes in the past is key to understanding present ecosystem responses to changes in climate, fire regimes and anthropogenic impacts. Northern Hemisphere-focussed studies sugg... Read More about Long-term drivers of vegetation turnover in Southern Hemisphere temperate ecosystems.