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Operation Safety of a 2-DoF Planar Mechanism for Arm Rehabilitation (2021)
Journal Article
Ceccarelli, M., Russo, M., Cafolla, D., & Chaparro-Rico, B. D. (2021). Operation Safety of a 2-DoF Planar Mechanism for Arm Rehabilitation. Inventions, 6(4), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions6040085

The operation safety of rehabilitation devices must be addressed early in the development process and before being tested on people. In this paper, the operation safety of a 2-DoF (degrees of freedom) planar mechanism for arm rehabilitation is addres... Read More about Operation Safety of a 2-DoF Planar Mechanism for Arm Rehabilitation.

The Impact of Real-Time Whole-Genome Sequencing in Controlling Healthcare-Associated SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks (2021)
Journal Article
Francis, R. V., Billam, H., Clarke, M., Yates, C., Tsoleridis, T., Berry, L., …McClure, C. P. (2022). The Impact of Real-Time Whole-Genome Sequencing in Controlling Healthcare-Associated SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 225(1), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab483

Nosocomial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections have severely affected bed capacity and patient flow. We utilized whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to identify outbreaks and focus infection control resources and interve... Read More about The Impact of Real-Time Whole-Genome Sequencing in Controlling Healthcare-Associated SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks.

Biomarkers of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) - a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Atallah, E., Freixo, C., Alvarez-Alvarez, I., Cubero, F. J., Gerbes, A. L., Kullak-Ublick, G. A., & Aithal, G. P. (2021). Biomarkers of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) - a systematic review. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, 17(11), 1327-1343. https://doi.org/10.1080/17425255.2021.1999410

Introduction: Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an unpredictable event, and there are no specific biomarkers that can distinguish DILI from alternative explanations or predict its clinical outcomes. Areas covered: This systematic revi... Read More about Biomarkers of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) - a systematic review.

minoTour, real-time monitoring and analysis for nanopore sequencers (2021)
Journal Article
Munro, R., Santos, R., Payne, A., Forey, T., Osei, S., Holmes, N., & Loose, M. (2022). minoTour, real-time monitoring and analysis for nanopore sequencers. Bioinformatics, 38(4), 1133-1135. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btab780

Summary: MinoTour offers a LIMS system for Oxford Nanopore Technology sequencers, with real-time metrics and analysis available permanently for review. Integration of unique real-time automated analysis can reduce the time required to answer biologic... Read More about minoTour, real-time monitoring and analysis for nanopore sequencers.

Untangling the clinicopathological significance of MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex in sporadic breast cancers (2021)
Journal Article
Alblihy, A., Shoqafi, A., Toss, M. S., Algethami, M., Harris, A. E., Jeyapalan, J. N., …Madhusudan, S. (2021). Untangling the clinicopathological significance of MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex in sporadic breast cancers. npj Breast Cancer, 7(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-021-00350-5

The MRE11–RAD50–NBS1 (MRN) complex is critical for genomic stability. Although germline mutations in MRN may increase breast cancer susceptibility, such mutations are extremely rare. Here, we have conducted a comprehensive clinicopathological study o... Read More about Untangling the clinicopathological significance of MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex in sporadic breast cancers.

‘I had to work through what people would think of me’: negotiating ‘problematic single motherhood’ as a solo or single adoptive mum (2021)
Journal Article
Mackenzie, J. (2023). ‘I had to work through what people would think of me’: negotiating ‘problematic single motherhood’ as a solo or single adoptive mum. Critical Discourse Studies, 20(1), 88-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2021.1997775

This article considers how five single mothers, who used adoption or donor conception to bring children into their lives, negotiate a persistent and pervasive discourse of ‘problematic single motherhood’ in their interview talk. Tactics of intersubje... Read More about ‘I had to work through what people would think of me’: negotiating ‘problematic single motherhood’ as a solo or single adoptive mum.

Cause-specific mortality in people with bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Hasanaj, A., Zaki, F., Harman, K. E., Grindlay, D., & Gran, S. (2022). Cause-specific mortality in people with bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Dermatology, 186(2), 359-361. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.20759

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) and pemphigus vulgaris (PV) are autoimmune blistering skin disorders which are increasing in incidence and are associated with high mortality. 1,2 As people with BP and PV often have comorbidity and require treatment that ha... Read More about Cause-specific mortality in people with bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

A Critical Overview of Social Marketing in Asia (2021)
Journal Article
Pang, B., Deshpande, S. A., Nguyen, T.-M., Kim, J., Almosa, Y. A., Arif, A., …Yousef, M. (2021). A Critical Overview of Social Marketing in Asia. Social Marketing Quarterly, 27(4), 302-323. https://doi.org/10.1177/15245004211053847

Background: Social marketing has been used in Asia to combat various social issues (Deshpande & Lee, 2013). However, our understanding of social marketing awareness, adaptation, and achievement in Asian countries is limited. The focus of the Artic... Read More about A Critical Overview of Social Marketing in Asia.

Immunocompromised children and young people are at no increased risk of severe COVID-19 (2021)
Journal Article
Chappell, H., Patel, R., Driessens, C., Tarr, A. W., Irving, W. L., Tighe, P. J., …de Graaf, H. (2022). Immunocompromised children and young people are at no increased risk of severe COVID-19. Journal of Infection, 84(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2021.11.005

Objectives: We aimed to prospectively describe the incidence and clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection in immunocompromised paediatric patients in the UK. Methods: From March 2020 to 2021 weekly questionnaires were sent to immunocompromised paedi... Read More about Immunocompromised children and young people are at no increased risk of severe COVID-19.

Centralisation of acute obstetric care in the Netherlands: a qualitative study to explore the experiences of stakeholders with adaptations in organisation of care (2021)
Journal Article
van den Berg, L. M., Gordon, B. B. M., Kleefstra, S. M., Martijn, L., van Dillen, J., Verhoeven, C. J., & de Jonge, A. (2021). Centralisation of acute obstetric care in the Netherlands: a qualitative study to explore the experiences of stakeholders with adaptations in organisation of care. BMC Health Services Research, 21, Article 1233. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07269-4

Background: In the past decade, acute obstetric care (AOC) has become centralised in many high-income countries. In this qualitative study, we explored how stakeholders in maternity care perceived and experienced adaptations in the organisation of ma... Read More about Centralisation of acute obstetric care in the Netherlands: a qualitative study to explore the experiences of stakeholders with adaptations in organisation of care.

Diagnostic Armamentarium of Infectious Keratitis: A Comprehensive Review (2021)
Journal Article
Ting, D. S. J., Gopal, B. P., Deshmukh, R., Seitzman, G. D., Said, D. G., & Dua, H. S. (2022). Diagnostic Armamentarium of Infectious Keratitis: A Comprehensive Review. Ocular Surface, 23, 27-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2021.11.003

Infectious keratitis (IK) represents the leading cause of corneal blindness worldwide, particularly in developing countries. A good outcome of IK is contingent upon timely and accurate diagnosis followed by appropriate interventions. Currently, IK is... Read More about Diagnostic Armamentarium of Infectious Keratitis: A Comprehensive Review.

The implementation of Journeying through Dementia: Strategies to run a successful pragmatic multicenter trial of a complex intervention (2021)
Journal Article
Berry, K., Wright, J., Sprange, K., Cooper, C., Courtney-Walker, R., & Mountain, G. (2021). The implementation of Journeying through Dementia: Strategies to run a successful pragmatic multicenter trial of a complex intervention. Brain and Behavior, 11(12), Article e2436. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2436

Objective: A key challenge in delivering pragmatic trials of complex interventions is effective implementation within the study period and beyond. We describe a trial of an intervention to improve quality of life in mild dementia (Journeying through... Read More about The implementation of Journeying through Dementia: Strategies to run a successful pragmatic multicenter trial of a complex intervention.

Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns (2021)
Journal Article
Facchini, G., Margalit, Y., & Nakata, H. (2022). Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns. European Economic Review, 141, Article 103959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103959

Is opposition to immigration deeply entrenched or is it open to updating in the face of new information? We explore this question by examining how attitudes of native citizens shift following exposure to information that points to potential upsides o... Read More about Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns.

CMS-55 Development of theOptiCALS nutritional supportintervention for people withamyotrophic lateral sclerosis (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
White, S., Baird, W., Beever, D., Brading, L., Coates, E., Hackney, G., …group, H. (2021). CMS-55 Development of theOptiCALS nutritional supportintervention for people withamyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 22(Issue sup2: Abstracts from the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND), 232. https://doi.org/10.1080/21678421.2021.1985802

CLT-38 Enabling effective public involvement: a case study ofinvolvement in the HighCALSresearch programme (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Beever, D., Quinn, A., Baird, W., White, S., Brading, L., Hackney, G., …group, H. (2021). CLT-38 Enabling effective public involvement: a case study ofinvolvement in the HighCALSresearch programme. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 22(Issue sup2: Abstracts from the 32nd International Symposium on ALS/MND), 171. https://doi.org/10.1080/21678421.2021.1985796

Leaching behavior of zinc and lead from electric arc furnace dust – Poly(vinyl) chloride residues after oxidative thermal treatment (2021)
Journal Article
Al-Harahsheh, M., Altarawneh, S., Al-Omari, M., Altarawneh, M., Kingman, S., & Dodds, C. (2021). Leaching behavior of zinc and lead from electric arc furnace dust – Poly(vinyl) chloride residues after oxidative thermal treatment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 328, Article 129622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129622

Oxidative thermal treatment of electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) mixed with poly(vinyl) chloride (PVC) was carried out to study the impact of oxidizing environment on the extraction of valuable metals. The effect of oxygen partial pressure, temperatur... Read More about Leaching behavior of zinc and lead from electric arc furnace dust – Poly(vinyl) chloride residues after oxidative thermal treatment.

Perceived Social Resources Affect Help-Seeking and Academic Outcomes in the Initial Phase of Undergraduate Studies (2021)
Journal Article
Schlusche, C., Schnaubert, L., & Bodemer, D. (2021). Perceived Social Resources Affect Help-Seeking and Academic Outcomes in the Initial Phase of Undergraduate Studies. Frontiers in Education, 6, Article 732587. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.732587

First-year students are challenged cognitively and socially by the need to integrate into a new environment. This article investigates the role of peer students as a social resource for academic help-seeking to overcome knowledge-related difficulties... Read More about Perceived Social Resources Affect Help-Seeking and Academic Outcomes in the Initial Phase of Undergraduate Studies.

A social norms approach intervention to address misperceptions of anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs amongst UK parents (2021)
Journal Article
Cookson, D., Jolley, D., Dempsey, R. C., & Povey, R. (2021). A social norms approach intervention to address misperceptions of anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs amongst UK parents. PLoS ONE, 16(11), Article e0258985. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258985

Anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs among parents can reduce vaccination intentions. Parents’ beliefs in anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are also related to their perceptions of other parents’ conspiracy beliefs. Further, research has shown that parents... Read More about A social norms approach intervention to address misperceptions of anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs amongst UK parents.