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Care homes, their communities, and resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: interim findings from a qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Marshall, F., Gordon, A. L., Gladman, J. R., & Bishop, S. (2021). Care homes, their communities, and resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: interim findings from a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics, 21, Article 102. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02053-9

Background: From late February 2020, English care homes rapidly adapted their practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to accommodating new guidelines and policies, staff had to adjust to rapid reconfiguration of services external... Read More about Care homes, their communities, and resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: interim findings from a qualitative study.

Auditory beat perception is related to speech output fluency in post-stroke aphasia (2021)
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Stefaniak, J. D., Lambon Ralph, M. A., De Dios Perez, B., Griffiths, T. D., & Grube, M. (2021). Auditory beat perception is related to speech output fluency in post-stroke aphasia. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 3168. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82809-w

Aphasia affects at least one third of stroke survivors, and there is increasing awareness that more fundamental deficits in auditory processing might contribute to impaired language performance in such individuals. We performed a comprehensive batter... Read More about Auditory beat perception is related to speech output fluency in post-stroke aphasia.

Playlets (2021)
Book
Bernard Shaw, G. (2021). J. Moran (Ed.), Playlets. Oxford University Press (OUP)

Solid state structure and properties of phenyl diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives (2021)
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Humphreys, J., Pop, F., Hume, P. A., Murphy, A. S., Lewis, W., Davies, E. S., …Amabilino, D. B. (2021). Solid state structure and properties of phenyl diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives. CrystEngComm, 23(8), 1796-1814. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ce00039j

The solid state supramolecular interactions of diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives (DPPs) and their correlation with thin film optical properties are of particular interest because of the applications of these materials in organic electronics. In this s... Read More about Solid state structure and properties of phenyl diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives.

Using electronic health records to inform trial feasibility in a rare autoimmune blistering skin disease in England (2021)
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Persson, M., Harman, K., Thomas, K., Chalmers, J., Vinogradova, Y., Langan, S., …Gran, S. (2021). Using electronic health records to inform trial feasibility in a rare autoimmune blistering skin disease in England. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 21(1), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01212-1

Background
Trials of novel agents are required to improve the care of patients with rare diseases, but trial feasibility may be uncertain due to concerns over insufficient patient numbers. We aimed to determine the size of the pool of potential part... Read More about Using electronic health records to inform trial feasibility in a rare autoimmune blistering skin disease in England.

Collaborative Rebate Strategy of Business-to-Customer Platforms Considering Recycling and Trade-Ins Simultaneously (2021)
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Ji, G., Sun, Z., & Tan, K. H. (2021). Collaborative Rebate Strategy of Business-to-Customer Platforms Considering Recycling and Trade-Ins Simultaneously. Sustainability, 13(4), Article 1679. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041679

B2C (business to customer) platforms like JD.com and Suning.com often cooperate with professional recycling companies, and implement recycling programs and trade-in programs simultaneously, especially for electronic products. The former means that pl... Read More about Collaborative Rebate Strategy of Business-to-Customer Platforms Considering Recycling and Trade-Ins Simultaneously.

The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder (2021)
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Faraone, S. V., Banaschewski, T., Coghill, D., Zheng, Y., Biederman, J., Bellgrove, M. A., …Wang, Y. (2021). The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 128, 789-818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.01.022

Background
Misconceptions about ADHD stigmatize affected people, reduce credibility of providers, and prevent/delay treatment. To challenge misconceptions, we curated findings with strong evidence base.

Methods
We reviewed studies with more than... Read More about The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder.

Journeying through Dementia Randomised Controlled Trial of a Psychosocial Intervention for People Living with Early Dementia: Embedded Qualitative Study with Participants, Carers and Interventionists (2021)
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Sprange, K., Beresford-Dent, J., Mountain, G., Thomas, B., Wright, J., Mason, C., & Cooper, C. L. (2021). Journeying through Dementia Randomised Controlled Trial of a Psychosocial Intervention for People Living with Early Dementia: Embedded Qualitative Study with Participants, Carers and Interventionists. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 16, 231-244. https://doi.org/10.2147/cia.s293921

Objectives: To identify the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a complex psychosocial intervention though a study exploring the experiences of participants, carers and interventionists during a trial

Methods: Individual semi-struct... Read More about Journeying through Dementia Randomised Controlled Trial of a Psychosocial Intervention for People Living with Early Dementia: Embedded Qualitative Study with Participants, Carers and Interventionists.

Stochastic fractal and Noether's theorem (2021)
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Rahman, R., Nowrin, F., Rahman, M. S., Wattis, J. A. D., & Hassan, M. K. (2021). Stochastic fractal and Noether's theorem. Physical Review E, 103(2), Article 022106. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.103.022106

We consider the binary fragmentation problem in which, at any breakup event, one of the daughter segments either survives with probability p or disappears with probability 1 − p. It describes a stochastic dyadic Cantor set that evolves in time, and e... Read More about Stochastic fractal and Noether's theorem.

The association between gambling and financial, social and health outcomes in big financial data (2021)
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Muggleton, N., Parpart, P., Newall, P., Leake, D., Gathergood, J., & Stewart, N. (2021). The association between gambling and financial, social and health outcomes in big financial data. Nature Human Behaviour, 5, 319-326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-01045-w

Gambling is an ordinary pastime for some people, but is associated with addiction and harmful outcomes for others. Evidence of these harms is limited to small sample, crosssectional self-reports, such as prevalence surveys. We examine the association... Read More about The association between gambling and financial, social and health outcomes in big financial data.

Rethinking the course of psychotic disorders: modelling long-term symptom trajectories (2021)
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Morgan, C., Dazzan, P., Lappin, J., Heslin, M., Donoghue, K., Fearon, P., …Reininghaus, U. (2022). Rethinking the course of psychotic disorders: modelling long-term symptom trajectories. Psychological Medicine, 52(13), 2641-2650. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291720004705

Background
The clinical course of psychotic disorders is highly variable. Typically, researchers have captured different course types using broad pre-defined categories. However, whether these adequately capture symptom trajectories of psychotic di... Read More about Rethinking the course of psychotic disorders: modelling long-term symptom trajectories.

The ability of maize roots to grow through compacted soil is not dependent on the amount of roots formed (2021)
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Vanhees, D. J., Loades, K. W., Bengough, A. G., Mooney, S. J., & Lynch, J. P. (2021). The ability of maize roots to grow through compacted soil is not dependent on the amount of roots formed. Field Crops Research, 264, Article 108013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2020.108013

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Mechanical impedance is a primary constraint to root growth and hence the capture of soil resources. To investigate whether rooting depth and root length under mechanical impedance caused by compaction are correlated we evaluated... Read More about The ability of maize roots to grow through compacted soil is not dependent on the amount of roots formed.

Policy decoupling in strategic response to the double world-class project: evidence from elite universities in China (2021)
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Song, J., Chu, Z., & Xu, Y. (2021). Policy decoupling in strategic response to the double world-class project: evidence from elite universities in China. Higher Education, 82(2), 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00642-y

Creating world-class universities (WCUs) has recently become a significant policy and practice in higher education in China under the Double World-Class Project. However, some negative effects have encouraged decoupling from the policy goals. To iden... Read More about Policy decoupling in strategic response to the double world-class project: evidence from elite universities in China.

Special issue. Volume 146 (2021): This special issue “Development of modern bioenergy approaches in low- and middle-income countries” presents examples of the latest bioenergy research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (2021)
Book
Röder, M., Mohr, A., & Liu, Y. (2021). Special issue. Volume 146 (2021): This special issue “Development of modern bioenergy approaches in low- and middle-income countries” presents examples of the latest bioenergy research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105932

The development of modern bioenergy approaches plays an important role in LMICs as the regions of the global south have considerable biomass potential while these resources are currently underutilized or used in unsustainable ways. Past experience an... Read More about Special issue. Volume 146 (2021): This special issue “Development of modern bioenergy approaches in low- and middle-income countries” presents examples of the latest bioenergy research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel (2021)
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Gaunt, R. A. (2021). Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel. Parliamentary History, 40(1), 148-167. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12548

In May 1961, the firm of Longmans published the first volume of Norman Gash's monumental life of Sir Robert Peel. Mr Secretary Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel before 1830 was hailed at the time as a landmark and has proved surprisingly durable as a... Read More about Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel.

An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies (2021)
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Smail, I., Dudzevičiūtė, U., Stach, S. M., Almaini, O., Birkin, J. E., Chapman, S. C., …van der Werf, P. (2021). An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502(3), 3426-3435. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab283

We analyse a robust sample of 30 near-infrared-faint (KAB > 25.3, 5σ) submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) selected from a 0.96 deg2 field to investigate their properties and the cause of their faintness in optical/near-infrared wavebands. Our analysis expl... Read More about An ALMA survey of the S2CLS UDS field: optically invisible submillimetre galaxies.

Flow biocatalysis 101: design, development and applications (2021)
Journal Article
Benítez-Mateos, A. I., Contente, M. L., Roura Padrosa, D., & Paradisi, F. (2021). Flow biocatalysis 101: design, development and applications. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 6(4), 599-611. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RE00483A

The integration of enzyme-catalyzed reactions in flow systems has been boosted during the last few years. Nowadays, biocatalysis is officially recognized as a tool to increase reaction specificity and sustainability, however applications are sometime... Read More about Flow biocatalysis 101: design, development and applications.