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Window Views: Difference of Perception during the COVID-19 Lockdown (2021)
Journal Article
Batool, A., Rutherford, P., McGraw, P., Ledgeway, T., & Altomonte, S. (2021). Window Views: Difference of Perception during the COVID-19 Lockdown. LEUKOS, 17(4), 380-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2020.1854780

The provision of daylight, fresh air, and of a view outdoors are among the known characteristics of windows. But how does the perception of a window differ when it becomes the primary way of connecting to the physical world outside? In the first half... Read More about Window Views: Difference of Perception during the COVID-19 Lockdown.

Termination points and homoclinic glueing for a class of inhomogeneous nonlinear ordinary differential equations (2021)
Journal Article
Keeler, J., Blyth, M., & King, J. (2021). Termination points and homoclinic glueing for a class of inhomogeneous nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Nonlinearity, 34(1), 532-561. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6544/abb18f

Solutions u(x) to the class of inhomogeneous nonlinear ordinary differential equations taking the form u + u 2 = αf (x) for parameter α are studied. The problem is defined on the x line with decay of both the solution u(x) and the imposed forcing f (... Read More about Termination points and homoclinic glueing for a class of inhomogeneous nonlinear ordinary differential equations.

Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home (2021)
Journal Article
Tsien, C., Tan, H., Sharma, S., Palaniyappan, N., Wijayasiri, P., Leung, K., …Aravinthan, A. D. (2021). Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home. Clinical Medicine, 21(1), e32-e38. https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0609

Introduction: Increasing rates of liver transplantation and improved outcomes have led to greater numbers of transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres. Our aim was to document long-term clinical outcomes of liver transplant recipien... Read More about Long-term outcomes of liver transplant recipients followed up in non-transplant centres: Care closer to home.

The persistence of partition: Boundary-making, imperialism, and international law (2021)
Journal Article
Kattan, V. (2022). The persistence of partition: Boundary-making, imperialism, and international law. Political Geography, 94, Article 102557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102557

This article implores political geographers to engage with the sub-discipline's imperial roots in which international law was foundational. It does so by revisiting the practice of partition – defined here as an imposed boundary – which remains centr... Read More about The persistence of partition: Boundary-making, imperialism, and international law.

The Human Brain Is Best Described as Being on a Female/Male Continuum: Evidence from a Neuroimaging Connectivity Study (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Luo, Q., Huang, C., Lo, C. Z., Langley, C., Desrivières, S., …for the IMAGEN consortium. (2021). The Human Brain Is Best Described as Being on a Female/Male Continuum: Evidence from a Neuroimaging Connectivity Study. Cerebral Cortex, 31(6), 3021-3033. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaa408

Psychological androgyny has long been associated with greater cognitive flexibility, adaptive behavior, and better mental health, but whether a similar concept can be defined using neural features remains unknown. Using the neuroimaging data from 962... Read More about The Human Brain Is Best Described as Being on a Female/Male Continuum: Evidence from a Neuroimaging Connectivity Study.

Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Blake, H., Knight, H., Jia, R., Corner, J., Morling, J. R., Denning, C., …Vedhara, K. Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

We aimed to explore university students’ perceptions and experiences of SARS-CoV-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative study comprised of four rapid online focus groups conduc... Read More about Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.

System Level Reliability Assessment of Short Duty Electric Drives for Aerospace (2021)
Journal Article
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Harikumaran, J., Buticchi, G., & Galea, M. (2021). System Level Reliability Assessment of Short Duty Electric Drives for Aerospace. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 7(3), 1888 - 1900. https://doi.org/10.1109/tte.2021.3053147

The reliability performance of electrical machines and power electronics converters are generally verified separately, even if the two components are meant to be part of the same electric drive. Depending on the application, however, it might be nece... Read More about System Level Reliability Assessment of Short Duty Electric Drives for Aerospace.

Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does (2021)
Journal Article
Tunçgenç, B., El Zein, M., Sulik, J., Newson, M., Zhao, Y., Dezecache, G., & Deroy, O. (2021). Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does. British Journal of Psychology, 112(3), 763-780. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12491

Why do we adopt new rules, such as social distancing? Although human sciences research stresses the key role of social influence in behaviour change, most COVID‐19 campaigns emphasize the disease’s medical threat. In a global data set (n = 6,674), we... Read More about Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does.

Exploring touch-based behavioral authentication on smartphone email applications in IoT-enabled smart cities (2021)
Journal Article
Li, W., Meng, W., & Furnell, S. (2021). Exploring touch-based behavioral authentication on smartphone email applications in IoT-enabled smart cities. Pattern Recognition Letters, 144, 35-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2021.01.019

© 2021 Elsevier B.V. The Internet of Things (IoT) allows various embedded devices and smart sensors to be connected with each other, which provides a basis for building smart cities. The IoT-enabled smart city can greatly benefit people's daily lives... Read More about Exploring touch-based behavioral authentication on smartphone email applications in IoT-enabled smart cities.

Wireless power distributions in multi-cavity systems at high frequencies (2021)
Journal Article
Adnan, F., Blakaj, V., Phang, S., Antonsen, T. M., Creagh, S. C., Gradoni, G., & Tanner, G. (2021). Wireless power distributions in multi-cavity systems at high frequencies. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 477(2245), Article 20200228. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0228

The next generations of wireless networks will work in frequency bands ranging from sub-6 GHz up to 100 GHz. Radio signal propagation differs here in several critical aspects from the behaviour in the microwave frequencies currently used. With wavele... Read More about Wireless power distributions in multi-cavity systems at high frequencies.

Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry (2021)
Journal Article
Fisher, R. J., Byrne, A., Chouliara, N., Lewis, S., Paley, L., Hoffman, A., …Walker, M. (2021). Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry. BMJ Open, 11(1), Article e043480. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043480

Objective: The first observational study to investigate the impact of early supported discharge (ESD) on length of hospital stay in real-world conditions.

Design: Using historical prospective Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) data (... Read More about Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry.

Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study (2021)
Journal Article
Kendrick, D., das Nair, R., Kellezi, B., Morriss, R., Kettlewell, J., Holmes, J., …Radford, K. (2021). Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00769-4

Background
Traumatic injuries are common amongst working age adults. Survivors often experience physical and psychological problems, reduced quality of life and difficulty returning to work. Vocational rehabilitation improves work outcomes for a ran... Read More about Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study.

What does safety in mental health care transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups?: An open-ended questionnaire study (2021)
Journal Article
Tyler, N., Wright, N., Panagiotti, M., Grundy, A., & Waring, J. (2021). What does safety in mental health care transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups?: An open-ended questionnaire study. Health Expectations, 24(51), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13190

Background
Historically, safety mental health research has tended to focus on risks of homicide, suicide, and deaths. Although wider safety issues are now recognised in regards to mental health services, the safety of mental health transitions, a ke... Read More about What does safety in mental health care transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups?: An open-ended questionnaire study.

The implementation of telehealth to assess, monitor and treat neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Valentine, A. Z., Hall, S. S., Young, E., Brown, B. J., Groom, M. J., Hollis, C., & Hall, C. L. (2021). The implementation of telehealth to assess, monitor and treat neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(1), Article e22619. https://doi.org/10.2196/22619

Background: In response to COVID-19 there is increasing momentum behind the development and delivery of telehealth. To assess the anticipated exponential growth in telehealth it is important we accurately capture how telehealth was used in specific f... Read More about The implementation of telehealth to assess, monitor and treat neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review.

Estimating the potential impact of implementing pre-emptive pharmacogenetic testing in primary care across the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Youssef, E., Kirkdale, C. L., Wright, D. J., Guchelaar, H. J., & Thornley, T. (2021). Estimating the potential impact of implementing pre-emptive pharmacogenetic testing in primary care across the UK. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87(7), 2907-2925. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.14704

Aims: Pharmacogenetics (PGx) in the UK is currently implemented in secondary care for a small group of high-risk medicines. However, most prescribing takes place in primary care, with a large group of medicines influenced by commonly occurring geneti... Read More about Estimating the potential impact of implementing pre-emptive pharmacogenetic testing in primary care across the UK.

A brief acceptance and commitment intervention for work-related stress and burnout amongst frontline homelessness staff: A single case experimental design series (2021)
Journal Article
Reeve, A., Moghaddam, N., Tickle, A., & Young, D. (2021). A brief acceptance and commitment intervention for work-related stress and burnout amongst frontline homelessness staff: A single case experimental design series. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 28(5), 1001-1019. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2555

Purpose
Recent intervention research for burnout amongst those working in health and social care contexts has found acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) interventions to be of use but has provided less clarity on the role of psychological flexibi... Read More about A brief acceptance and commitment intervention for work-related stress and burnout amongst frontline homelessness staff: A single case experimental design series.

What is cohesiveness?—A linguistic exploration of the food texture testing literature (2021)
Journal Article
Rosenthal, A. J., & Thompson, P. (2021). What is cohesiveness?—A linguistic exploration of the food texture testing literature. Journal of Texture Studies, 52(3), 294-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtxs.12586

Cohesiveness is a widely used term in the food texture literature. Authors of this literature employ divergent methodologies, and can be divided into those who assess texture through sensory evaluation and those who use instrumental techniques. Withi... Read More about What is cohesiveness?—A linguistic exploration of the food texture testing literature.

Association of subchondral bone marrow lesion localization with weight-bearing pain in people with knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (2021)
Journal Article
Aso, K., Shahtaheri, S. M., McWilliams, D. F., & Walsh, D. A. (2021). Association of subchondral bone marrow lesion localization with weight-bearing pain in people with knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 23, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-021-02422-0

© 2021, The Author(s). Background: Subchondral bone marrow lesions (BMLs) detected on MRI in knee osteoarthritis (OA) are associated with knee pain. The prevalence and progression of subchondral BMLs are increased by mechanical knee load. However, as... Read More about Association of subchondral bone marrow lesion localization with weight-bearing pain in people with knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.