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Working in partnership with the patient community to develop outline trial designs in CF (2021)
Journal Article
Rowbotham, N. J., Smith, S., Davies, G., Leighton, P., Rayner, O., Elliott, Z., …Smyth, A. R. (2022). Working in partnership with the patient community to develop outline trial designs in CF. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 21(2), 300-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2021.12.008

In a collaboration between health professionals and the patient community, we previously identified the Top 10 priorities for clinical research in CF [ [1] ]. Here, we have used a similar approach to explore four of these priorities further and sugge... Read More about Working in partnership with the patient community to develop outline trial designs in CF.

BCS-BEC crossover of ultracold ions driven by density-dependent short-range interactions in a quantum plasma (2021)
Journal Article
Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Jiang, W., & Li, W. (2021). BCS-BEC crossover of ultracold ions driven by density-dependent short-range interactions in a quantum plasma. Physical Review A, 104(6), Article 063312. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.104.063312

We study theoretically a Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) to Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) crossover of two-species ions in a three-dimensional quantum plasma at zero temperature. Central to this crossover is an effective short-ranged, attractive int... Read More about BCS-BEC crossover of ultracold ions driven by density-dependent short-range interactions in a quantum plasma.

Understanding the barriers and enablers of pharmacogenomic testing in primary care: a qualitative systematic review with meta-aggregation synthesis (2021)
Journal Article
Qureshi, S., Latif, A., Condon, L., Akyea, R. K., Kai, J., & Qureshi, N. (2022). Understanding the barriers and enablers of pharmacogenomic testing in primary care: a qualitative systematic review with meta-aggregation synthesis. Pharmacogenomics, 23(2), 135-154. https://doi.org/10.2217/pgs-2021-0131

Introduction: Pharmacogenomic testing can indicate which drugs may have limited therapeutic action or lead to adverse effects, hence guiding rational and safe prescribing. However, in the UK and other countries, there are still significant barriers t... Read More about Understanding the barriers and enablers of pharmacogenomic testing in primary care: a qualitative systematic review with meta-aggregation synthesis.

Modernists and the Theatre: The Drama of W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf (2021)
Book
Moran, J. (2022). Modernists and the Theatre: The Drama of W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf. Bloomsbury Publishing

Modernists and the Theatre is the first study to examine how theories of modernism intersect with those of the theatre within the works, philosophies and literary lives of six key modernist writers. Drawing on a wealth of unfamiliar archive material... Read More about Modernists and the Theatre: The Drama of W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf.

International data governance for neuroscience (2021)
Journal Article
Eke, D. O., Bernard, A., Bjaalie, J. G., Chavarriaga, R., Hanakawa, T., Hannan, A. J., …Pestilli, F. (2022). International data governance for neuroscience. Neuron, 110(4), 600-612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.11.017

As neuroscience projects increase in scale and cross international borders, different ethical principles, national and international laws, regulations, and policies for data sharing must be considered. These concerns are part of what is collectively... Read More about International data governance for neuroscience.

Self-Optimization of Continuous Flow Electrochemical Synthesis Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography (2021)
Journal Article
Ke, J., Gao, C., Folgueiras-Amador, A. A., Jolley, K. E., de Frutos, O., Mateos, C., …George, M. W. (2022). Self-Optimization of Continuous Flow Electrochemical Synthesis Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography. Applied Spectroscopy, 76(1), 38-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028211059848

A continuous-flow electrochemical synthesis platform has been developed to enable self-optimization of reaction conditions of organic electrochemical reactions using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR FT-IR) and... Read More about Self-Optimization of Continuous Flow Electrochemical Synthesis Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography.

Performance Analysis of a Cable-Driven Ankle Assisting Device (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ceccarelli, M., Russo, M., & Lapteva, M. (2022). Performance Analysis of a Cable-Driven Ankle Assisting Device. In Advances in Asian Mechanism and Machine Science: Proceedings of IFToMM Asian MMS 2021 (619-627). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91892-7_59

The paper presents a cable-driven parallel manipulator as a device for the motion assistance of the human ankle. The proposed design solution is discussed with design and operation requirements as from consideration of biomechanics and human-machine... Read More about Performance Analysis of a Cable-Driven Ankle Assisting Device.

Neutron star scalarization with Gauss-Bonnet and Ricci scalar couplings (2021)
Journal Article
Ventagli, G., Antoniou, G., Lehébel, A., & Sotiriou, T. P. (2021). Neutron star scalarization with Gauss-Bonnet and Ricci scalar couplings. Physical Review D, 104(12), Article 124078. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.124078

Spontaneous scalarization of neutron stars has been extensively studied in the Damour and Esposito-Farèse model, in which a scalar field couples to the Ricci scalar or, equivalently, to the trace of the energy-momentum tensor. However, scalarization... Read More about Neutron star scalarization with Gauss-Bonnet and Ricci scalar couplings.

Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Pro-C3 for Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (2021)
Journal Article
Mak, A. L., Lee, J., van Dijk, A., Vali, Y., Aithal, G. P., Schattenberg, J. M., …Holleboom, A. G. (2021). Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Pro-C3 for Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Biomedicines, 9(12), Article 1920. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9121920

The prevalence and severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing, yet adequately validated tests for care paths are limited and non-invasive markers of disease progression are urgently needed. The aim of this work was to summari... Read More about Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Pro-C3 for Hepatic Fibrosis in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Optimising COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission within Schools in Zimbabwe (2021)
Journal Article
Murewanhema, G., Mukwenha, S., Dzinamarira, T., Mukandavire, Z., Cuadros, D., Madziva, R., …Musuka, G. (2021). Optimising COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission within Schools in Zimbabwe. Vaccines, 9(12), Article 1481. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9121481

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the learning of millions of children across the world. Since March 2020 when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Zimbabwe, the country, like many others, has gone through periods of closing and re-opening... Read More about Optimising COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission within Schools in Zimbabwe.

Apoferritin and Dps as drug delivery vehicles: Some selected examples in oncology (2021)
Journal Article
Kuruppu, A. I., Turyanska, L., Bradshaw, T. D., Manickam, S., Galhena, B. P., Paranagama, P., & De Silva, R. (2022). Apoferritin and Dps as drug delivery vehicles: Some selected examples in oncology. BBA - General Subjects, 1866(2), Article 130067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2021.130067

Background: The ideal nanoparticle should be able to encapsulate either pharmaceutical agents or imaging probes so that it could treat or image clinical tumours by targeting the cancer site efficiently. Further, it would be an added advantage if it d... Read More about Apoferritin and Dps as drug delivery vehicles: Some selected examples in oncology.

The impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of the UK nursing and midwifery workforce during the first pandemic wave: A longitudinal survey study (2021)
Journal Article
Couper, K., Murrells, T., Sanders, J., Anderson, J. E., Blake, H., Kelly, D., …Harris, R. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of the UK nursing and midwifery workforce during the first pandemic wave: A longitudinal survey study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 127, Article 104155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104155

Background: The specific challenges experienced by the nursing and midwifery workforce in previous pandemics have exacerbated pre-existing professional and personal challenges, and triggered new issues. We aimed to determine the psychological impact... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of the UK nursing and midwifery workforce during the first pandemic wave: A longitudinal survey study.

This is Me: Evaluation of a boardgame to promote social engagement, wellbeing and agency in people with dementia through mindful life-storytelling (2021)
Journal Article
Niedderer, K., Holthoff-Detto, V., van Rompay, T. J., Karahanoglu, A., Ludden, G. D., Almeida, R., …Tournier, I. (2022). This is Me: Evaluation of a boardgame to promote social engagement, wellbeing and agency in people with dementia through mindful life-storytelling. Journal of Aging Studies, 60, Article 100995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100995

Receiving a dementia diagnosis is a difficult experience for most people and often affects their wellbeing negatively. To support people's wellbeing, in a therapeutic context, life-storytelling, reminiscence and mindfulness are used with people with... Read More about This is Me: Evaluation of a boardgame to promote social engagement, wellbeing and agency in people with dementia through mindful life-storytelling.

Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Matvienko-Sikar, K., O' Neill, K., Fraser, A., Hayes, C., Howe, L., Huizink, A. C., …O'Keefe, L. M. (2022). Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 11(12), Article e051681. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051681

Objectives: Quantifying long-term offspring cardiometabolic health risks associated with maternal prenatal anxiety and depression can guide cardiometabolic risk prevention. This study examines associations between maternal prenatal anxiety and depres... Read More about Maternal prenatal anxiety and depression and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study.

Saliva for COVID-19 testing: Simple but useless or an undervalued resource? (2021)
Journal Article
Pijuan-Galito, S., Tarantini, F. S., Tomlin, H., Jenkins, H., Thompson, J. L., Scales, D., …Denning, C. (2021). Saliva for COVID-19 testing: Simple but useless or an undervalued resource?. Frontiers in Virology, 1, Article 778790. https://doi.org/10.3389/fviro.2021.778790

During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries with robust population-based asymptomatic testing were generally successful in controlling virus spread, hence reducing hospitalizations and deaths. This effectiveness inspired widespread asymptomatic surveilla... Read More about Saliva for COVID-19 testing: Simple but useless or an undervalued resource?.

Being and becoming human in higher education: A co-autoethnographic inquiry (2021)
Book Chapter
Pithouse-Morgan, K., Pillay, D., & Naicker, I. (2021). Being and becoming human in higher education: A co-autoethnographic inquiry. In E. Lyle (Ed.), Re/humanizing education (31-42). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004507593_004

We are South African academics in teacher development studies and educational leadership and management. In this chapter, we inquire, what have we learned through our autoethnographic explorations for re/humanizing learning and teaching, academic sel... Read More about Being and becoming human in higher education: A co-autoethnographic inquiry.

Estimating divergence‐free flows via neural networks (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kabanov, D. I., Espath, L., Kiessling, J., & Tempone, R. F. (2022, August). Estimating divergence‐free flows via neural networks. Presented at 92nd Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), Virtual conference

We apply neural networks to the problem of estimating divergence-free velocity flows from given sparse observations. Following the modern trend of combining data and models in physics-informed neural networks, we reconstruct the velocity flow by trai... Read More about Estimating divergence‐free flows via neural networks.

Brain structural covariance network differences in adults with alcohol dependence and heavy-drinking adolescents (2021)
Journal Article
Ottino-González, J., Albaugh, M. D., Cao, Z., Cupertino, R. B., Schwab, N., Spechler, P. A., …Garavan, H. (2022). Brain structural covariance network differences in adults with alcohol dependence and heavy-drinking adolescents. Addiction, 117(5), 1312-1325. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15772

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Graph theoretic analysis of structural covariance networks (SCN) provides an assessment of brain organization that has not yet been applied to alcohol dependence (AD). We estimated whether SCN differences are present in adults wi... Read More about Brain structural covariance network differences in adults with alcohol dependence and heavy-drinking adolescents.