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How technology-enhanced experiential e-learning can facilitate the development of person-centred communication skills online for health-care students: a qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Liao, F., Murphy, D., Wu, J. C., Chen, C. Y., Chang, C. C., & Tsai, P. F. (2022). How technology-enhanced experiential e-learning can facilitate the development of person-centred communication skills online for health-care students: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Education, 22, Article 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03127-x

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new challenge to medical education—health-care students had fewer opportunities to interact with and treat real patients in clinical settings. Interpersonal communication skills are often developed through... Read More about How technology-enhanced experiential e-learning can facilitate the development of person-centred communication skills online for health-care students: a qualitative study.

Dark matter in astrophysics/cosmology (2022)
Journal Article
Green, A. M. (2022). Dark matter in astrophysics/cosmology. SciPost Physics Lecture Notes, https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysLectNotes.37

These lecture notes aim to provide an introduction to dark matter from the perspective of astrophysics/cosmology. We start with a rapid overview of cosmology, including the evolution of the Universe, its thermal history and structure formation. Then... Read More about Dark matter in astrophysics/cosmology.

The order of presentation in trials: Plaintive plaintiffs (2022)
Journal Article
D'Agostino, E., & Seidmann, D. J. (2022). The order of presentation in trials: Plaintive plaintiffs. Games and Economic Behavior, 132, 328-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2022.01.009

Is it better to present evidence first or second in trials if witnesses cannot lie, and the litigants share all available witnesses? We address this question by defining preferences over playing games via their equilibrium correspondences. Exploiting... Read More about The order of presentation in trials: Plaintive plaintiffs.

Inconsistency indices in pairwise comparisons: an improvement of the Consistency Index (2022)
Journal Article
Sato, Y., & Tan, K. H. (2022). Inconsistency indices in pairwise comparisons: an improvement of the Consistency Index. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04431-3

The Consistency Index and the Consistency Ratio of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) were designed to measure the ratio of inconsistent judgments among pairwise comparisons (PCs), which have been the principal indices for the past four decades. De... Read More about Inconsistency indices in pairwise comparisons: an improvement of the Consistency Index.

The effect of oil extraction on porosity and methane adsorption for dry and moisture-equilibrated shales (2022)
Journal Article
Li, W., Stevens, L. A., Meredith, W., Uguna, C. N., Vane, C. H., Zhang, B., …Snape, C. E. (2022). The effect of oil extraction on porosity and methane adsorption for dry and moisture-equilibrated shales. Fuel, 316, Article 123304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123304

The porosity and methane adsorption capacity of shale used to estimate gas in place (GIP) are affected both by moisture and oil residing in the pore structure, as well as oil naturally present from maturation, which can include contaminant drilling m... Read More about The effect of oil extraction on porosity and methane adsorption for dry and moisture-equilibrated shales.

Quantifiable correlation of ToF-SIMS and XPS data from polymer surfaces with controlled amino acid and peptide content (2022)
Journal Article
Taylor, M., Simoes, F., Smith, J., Genapathy, S., Canning, A., Lledos, M., …Zelzer, M. (2022). Quantifiable correlation of ToF-SIMS and XPS data from polymer surfaces with controlled amino acid and peptide content. Surface and Interface Analysis, 54(4), 417-432. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.7052

Peptide-coated surfaces are widely employed in biomaterial design, but quantifiable correlation between surface composition and biological response is challenging due to, for example, instrumental limitations, a lack of suitable model surfaces or lim... Read More about Quantifiable correlation of ToF-SIMS and XPS data from polymer surfaces with controlled amino acid and peptide content.

Root traits for low input agroecosystems in Africa: Lessons from three case studies (2022)
Journal Article
Ndoye, M. S., Burridge, J., Bhosale, R., Grondin, A., & Laplaze, L. (2022). Root traits for low input agroecosystems in Africa: Lessons from three case studies. Plant, Cell and Environment, 45(3), 637-649. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14256

In many regions across Africa, agriculture is largely based on low-input and small-holder farming systems that use little inorganic fertilisers and have limited access to irrigation and mechanisation. Improving agricultural practices and developing n... Read More about Root traits for low input agroecosystems in Africa: Lessons from three case studies.

Effect of continuing versus stopping pre-stroke antihypertensive agents within 12h on outcome after stroke: A subgroup analysis of the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke (ENOS) trial (2022)
Journal Article
Woodhouse, L. J., Appleton, J. P., Scutt, P., Everton, L., Wilkinson, G., Caso, V., …Bath, P. M. (2022). Effect of continuing versus stopping pre-stroke antihypertensive agents within 12h on outcome after stroke: A subgroup analysis of the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke (ENOS) trial. eClinicalMedicine, 44, Article 101274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101274

Background: It is not known whether to continue or temporarily stop existing antihypertensive drugs in patients with acute stroke. Methods: We performed a prospective subgroup analysis of patients enrolled into the Efficacy of Nitric Oxide in Stroke... Read More about Effect of continuing versus stopping pre-stroke antihypertensive agents within 12h on outcome after stroke: A subgroup analysis of the efficacy of nitric oxide in stroke (ENOS) trial.

The usefulness of maternally inherited genetic markers for phylogeographic studies in village chicken (2022)
Journal Article
Al-Jumaili, A. S., & Hanotte, O. (2023). The usefulness of maternally inherited genetic markers for phylogeographic studies in village chicken. Animal Biotechnology, 34(4), 863-881. https://doi.org/10.1080/10495398.2021.2000429

Phylogeography plays a major role in understanding micro and macroevolutionary processes dealing with evolutionary interpretations of geographical distribution. This field integrates information from molecular genetics, population genetics, demograph... Read More about The usefulness of maternally inherited genetic markers for phylogeographic studies in village chicken.

Application of In Vivo MRI Imaging to Track a Coated Capsule and Its Disintegration in the Gastrointestinal Tract in Human Volunteers (2022)
Journal Article
Sulaiman, S., Gershkovich, P., Hoad, C. L., Calladine, M., Spiller, R. C., Stolnik, S., & Marciani, L. (2022). Application of In Vivo MRI Imaging to Track a Coated Capsule and Its Disintegration in the Gastrointestinal Tract in Human Volunteers. Pharmaceutics, 14(2), Article 270. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14020270

Oral specially coated formulations have the potential to improve treatment outcomes of a range of diseases in distal intestinal tract whilst limiting systemic drug absorption and adverse effects. Their development is challenging, partly because of li... Read More about Application of In Vivo MRI Imaging to Track a Coated Capsule and Its Disintegration in the Gastrointestinal Tract in Human Volunteers.

Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia due to vaccine serotypes: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Lansbury, L., Lim, B., McKeever, T. M., Lawrence, H., & Lim, W. S. (2022). Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia due to vaccine serotypes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. eClinicalMedicine, 44, Article 101271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101271

Background Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia causes significant morbidity and mortality in older adults. Understanding pneumococcal sero-epidemiology in adults ≥50 years is necessary to inform vaccination policies and the updating of pneumococcal... Read More about Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia due to vaccine serotypes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Service user experiences of care recommendations from the 2014 NICE guideline for bipolar disorder: a survey (2022)
Journal Article
Roe, J., Cresswell, A., Mittal, S., Al-Uzri, M., Tanner, J., Moore, M., …Morriss, R. (2022). Service user experiences of care recommendations from the 2014 NICE guideline for bipolar disorder: a survey. Journal of Mental Health, 31(5), 724-731. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2021.2022614

Clinical guidelines for mental health disorders produced by the National Institute of Care Excellence (NICE) emphasise a recovery-based approach clinical care with collaborative decision-making. The aim of the study was to explore service user experi... Read More about Service user experiences of care recommendations from the 2014 NICE guideline for bipolar disorder: a survey.

Transfering ultra-Thin metallic metasurfaces to fibre endoscope probes for advanced imaging (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes-Dominguez, R., He, F., Cousins, R., Mellor, C. J., & Gordon, G. S. D. (2022). Transfering ultra-Thin metallic metasurfaces to fibre endoscope probes for advanced imaging. In Proceedings SPIE 11953, Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications XXII. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2608774

In this paper we present a method to transfer ultra-Thin polymer-encapsulated metallic metasurfaces onto optical fibers to enable ultra-Thin imaging devices. The metasurface is first produced by conventional e-beam lithography on a silicon substrate... Read More about Transfering ultra-Thin metallic metasurfaces to fibre endoscope probes for advanced imaging.

Less is more. Discovering the latent factors of trait resilience (2022)
Journal Article
Maltby, J., & Hall, S. S. (2022). Less is more. Discovering the latent factors of trait resilience. Journal of Research in Personality, 97, Article 104193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104193

The current paper establishes the latent factors of many direct or proxy trait resilience assessments. Study 1 (n = 849) demonstrates four latent factors (recovery, sustainability, adaptability, and social cohesion) among 61 direct and proxy assessme... Read More about Less is more. Discovering the latent factors of trait resilience.

Global value chains for medical gloves during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Confronting forced labour through public procurement and crisis (2022)
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Hughes, A., Brown, J. A., Trueba, M., Trautrims, A., Bostock, B., Day, E., …Bhutta, M. F. (2023). Global value chains for medical gloves during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Confronting forced labour through public procurement and crisis. Global Networks, 23(1), 132-149. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12360

This paper evaluates ways in which labour issues in global value chains for medical gloves have been affected by, and addressed through, the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on production in Malaysia and supply to the United Kingdom's National Health Se... Read More about Global value chains for medical gloves during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Confronting forced labour through public procurement and crisis.

Timing of blockchain adoption in a supply chain with competing manufacturers (2022)
Journal Article
Ji, G., Zhou, S., Lai, K.-H., Tan, K. H., & Kumar, A. (2022). Timing of blockchain adoption in a supply chain with competing manufacturers. International Journal of Production Economics, 247, Article 108430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108430

Recent improvements in consumers' awareness of product traceability have revealed the disadvantages of traditional supply chain traceability systems. Traditional traceability systems are centralized, and the data that they use are vulnerable to tampe... Read More about Timing of blockchain adoption in a supply chain with competing manufacturers.

Electric Vehicles: V2G for Rapid, Safe, and Green EV Penetration (2022)
Journal Article
Dik, A., Omer, S., & Boukhanouf, R. (2022). Electric Vehicles: V2G for Rapid, Safe, and Green EV Penetration. Energies, 15(3), Article 803. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15030803

Low carbon and renewable energy sources (RESs) are fast becoming a key sustainable instrument in meeting the global growth of electricity demand while curbing carbon emissions. For example, the gradual displacement of fossil-fuelled vehicles with ele... Read More about Electric Vehicles: V2G for Rapid, Safe, and Green EV Penetration.