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Endothelial Cell RNA-Seq Data: Differential Expression and Functional Enrichment Analyses to Study Phenotypic Switching (2022)
Book Chapter
Pinel, G. D., Horder, J. L., King, J. R., McIntyre, A., Mongan, N. P., López, G. G., & Benest, A. V. (2022). Endothelial Cell RNA-Seq Data: Differential Expression and Functional Enrichment Analyses to Study Phenotypic Switching. In A. V. Benest (Ed.), Angiogenesis: Methods and Protocol (369-426). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2059-5_29

RNA-seq is a common approach used to explore gene expression data between experimental conditions or cell types and ultimately leads to information that can shed light on the biological processes involved and inform further hypotheses. While the prot... Read More about Endothelial Cell RNA-Seq Data: Differential Expression and Functional Enrichment Analyses to Study Phenotypic Switching.

Aquatic Insect Bioconstructions Modify Fine-Sediment Entrainment and Mobility (2022)
Journal Article
Mason, R. J., Rice, S. P., Johnson, M. F., Wood, P. J., & Vettori, D. (2022). Aquatic Insect Bioconstructions Modify Fine-Sediment Entrainment and Mobility. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127(2), Article e2021JF006399. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jf006399

The importance of two-way interactions between animals and the physical hydraulic and sedimentological environment are increasingly recognized (e.g., zoogeomorphology). Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are a group of aquatic insects known for their bioconst... Read More about Aquatic Insect Bioconstructions Modify Fine-Sediment Entrainment and Mobility.

Smoking Cessation Support for Pregnant Women Provided by English Stop Smoking Services and National Health Service Trusts: A Survey (2022)
Journal Article
Thomson, R., Cooper, S., Waldron, J., Mamuzo, E., McDaid, L., Emery, J., …Coleman, T. (2022). Smoking Cessation Support for Pregnant Women Provided by English Stop Smoking Services and National Health Service Trusts: A Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), Article 1634. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031634

Reducing smoking rates in pregnancy continues to be a public health priority. Given a recent UK government policy change resulting in The National Health Service (NHS) making a significant new contribution to cessation support in pregnancy in England... Read More about Smoking Cessation Support for Pregnant Women Provided by English Stop Smoking Services and National Health Service Trusts: A Survey.

Decisions, uncertainty and spatial information (2022)
Journal Article
Lark, R., Chagumaira, C., & Milne, A. E. (2022). Decisions, uncertainty and spatial information. Spatial Statistics, Article 100619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2022.100619

In this paper we review how the uncertainty in spatial information has been characterized. This includes both continuous predictions of spatial variables, and thematic maps of landcover classes. We contend that much work in this area has failed to en... Read More about Decisions, uncertainty and spatial information.

Wealth, power and institutional change in Tanzania’s parliament (2022)
Journal Article
Collord, M. (2022). Wealth, power and institutional change in Tanzania’s parliament. African Affairs, 121(482), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adac008

Tanzania’s legislature, or Bunge, has undergone considerable change in recent decades, gradually strengthening to attain unprecedented influence during Jakaya Kikwete’s presidency (2005–2015) only to decline again under President John Magufuli (2015–... Read More about Wealth, power and institutional change in Tanzania’s parliament.

Mental Healthcare for Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: A Single Point-in-Time, Internet-Based Scoping Study of Third Sector Provision (2022)
Journal Article
Lazzarino, R., Wright, N., & Jordan, M. (2024). Mental Healthcare for Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: A Single Point-in-Time, Internet-Based Scoping Study of Third Sector Provision. Journal of Human Trafficking, 10(3), 479-496. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2021.2024043

In response to extreme violence and psychological abuse, survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking can experience complex mental health problems. Despite being a major public health issue, the evidence base for post-slavery mental health supp... Read More about Mental Healthcare for Survivors of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: A Single Point-in-Time, Internet-Based Scoping Study of Third Sector Provision.

British Children’s and Adults’ Perceptions of Robots (2022)
Journal Article
Burdett, E. R. R., Ikari, S., & Nakawake, Y. (2022). British Children’s and Adults’ Perceptions of Robots. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 2022, Article 3813820. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3813820

Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) systems are quickly becoming a familiar part of different aspects of everyday life. We know very little about how children and adults perceive the abilities of different robots and whether these ascriptions a... Read More about British Children’s and Adults’ Perceptions of Robots.

Chromosome-specific KASP markers for detecting Amblyopyrum muticum segments in wheat introgression lines (2022)
Journal Article
Grewal, S., Coombes, B., Joynson, R., Hall, A., Fellers, J., Yang, C. Y., …King, J. (2022). Chromosome-specific KASP markers for detecting Amblyopyrum muticum segments in wheat introgression lines. Plant Genome, The, 15(1), Article e20193. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20193

Many wild-relative species are being used in prebreeding programs to increase the genetic diversity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Genotyping tools such as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based arrays and molecular markers have been widely use... Read More about Chromosome-specific KASP markers for detecting Amblyopyrum muticum segments in wheat introgression lines.

Making Landscape Decisions to Meet Net Zero Carbon: Pathways that consider ethics, socio-ecological diversity, and landscape functions. (2022)
Report
Cole, B., Saratsi, E., Earnshaw, K., Wilcock, S., Gardner, E., Bradley, A., …Bezant, J. (2022). Making Landscape Decisions to Meet Net Zero Carbon: Pathways that consider ethics, socio-ecological diversity, and landscape functions. University of Leicester: NERC Landscape Decisions

Landscapes are an integral part of the net-zero challenge; not only are they carbon stores but they constitute the environments upon which humans develop their livelihoods, interact and shape their cultures. This report focuses on three key landsc... Read More about Making Landscape Decisions to Meet Net Zero Carbon: Pathways that consider ethics, socio-ecological diversity, and landscape functions..

Performance Analysis of Zero-Difference GPS L1/L2/L5 and Galileo E1/E5a/E5b/E6 Point Positioning Using CNES Uncombined Bias Products (2022)
Journal Article
Zhao, L., Blunt, P., & Yang, L. (2022). Performance Analysis of Zero-Difference GPS L1/L2/L5 and Galileo E1/E5a/E5b/E6 Point Positioning Using CNES Uncombined Bias Products. Remote Sensing, 14(3), Article 650. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030650

The modernization of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) including the transmission of signals on multiple frequencies has greatly promoted the development of the popular PPP (Precise Point Positioning) technique. A key issue of multi-frequency... Read More about Performance Analysis of Zero-Difference GPS L1/L2/L5 and Galileo E1/E5a/E5b/E6 Point Positioning Using CNES Uncombined Bias Products.

Challenges in Geriatric Oncology—A Surgeon’s Perspective (2022)
Journal Article
Parks, R., & Cheung, K. L. (2022). Challenges in Geriatric Oncology—A Surgeon’s Perspective. Current Oncology, 29(2), 659-674. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol29020058

As our global population ages, we will see more cancer diagnoses in older adults. Surgery is an important treatment modality for solid tumours, forming the majority of all cancers. However, the management of older adults with cancer can be more compl... Read More about Challenges in Geriatric Oncology—A Surgeon’s Perspective.

Silicic Acid Cycling in the Bering Sea During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (2022)
Journal Article
Worne, S., Swann, G. E., Kender, S., Lacey, J. H., & Leng, M. J. (2022). Silicic Acid Cycling in the Bering Sea During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(2), Article e2021PA004284. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021PA004284

The rate of deep-ocean carbon burial is considered important for modulating glacial-interglacial atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global climate during the Quaternary. It has been suggested that glacial iron fertilization and increased efficiency o... Read More about Silicic Acid Cycling in the Bering Sea During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition.

Characterization of potential nanoporous sodium titanate film formation on Ti6Al4V and TiO2 microspherical substrates via wet-chemical alkaline conversion (2022)
Journal Article
Wadge, M. D., Carrington, M. J., Constantin, H., Orange, K., Greaves, J., Islam, M. T., …Grant, D. M. (2022). Characterization of potential nanoporous sodium titanate film formation on Ti6Al4V and TiO2 microspherical substrates via wet-chemical alkaline conversion. Materials Characterization, 185, Article 111760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2022.111760

The authors present novel insights into the formation of nanoporous, wet-chemically produced sodium titanate films onto microspherical substrates of varying composition. Microspheres of Ti6Al4V (atomised; ca. 20–50 μm), which were utilised due to the... Read More about Characterization of potential nanoporous sodium titanate film formation on Ti6Al4V and TiO2 microspherical substrates via wet-chemical alkaline conversion.

Government R&D support and firms’ access to external financing: funding effects, certification effects, or both? (2022)
Journal Article
Guo, D., Guo, Y., & Jiang, K. (2022). Government R&D support and firms’ access to external financing: funding effects, certification effects, or both?. Technovation, 115, Article 102469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102469

We examine the effects of government R&D support on a firm's access to external financing, focusing on the mechanisms through which the impacts are achieved. Based on a panel dataset of Chinese manufacturing firms, we compare firms backed by governme... Read More about Government R&D support and firms’ access to external financing: funding effects, certification effects, or both?.

Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O Trial): updated randomised controlled trial protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Rennick-Egglestone, S., Elliott, R., Newby, C., Robinson, C., & Slade, M. (2022). Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O Trial): updated randomised controlled trial protocol. Trials, 23, Article 90. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06027-z

Background: Mental health recovery narratives are first-person lived experience accounts of recovery from mental health problems, which refer to events or actions over a period of time, and which include elements of adversity or struggle, and also se... Read More about Impact of receiving recorded mental health recovery narratives on quality of life in people experiencing non-psychosis mental health problems (NEON-O Trial): updated randomised controlled trial protocol.

The effectiveness of psychological interventions on mental health and quality of life in people living with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Efthymiadis, A., Bourlaki, M., & Bastounis, A. (2022). The effectiveness of psychological interventions on mental health and quality of life in people living with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetology International, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13340-021-00564-9

Background: Living with type 1 diabetes can be associated with significant psychological morbidity, poor glycaemic control, and increased risk for microvascular complications. This systematic review sought to investigate the effects of psychological... Read More about The effectiveness of psychological interventions on mental health and quality of life in people living with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, M., Wharrad, H., & Konstantinidis, S. (2022). Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework. In Mobility for Smart Cities and Regional Development - Challenges for Higher Education: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), Volume 2 (1106-1117). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93907-6_116

With their ability to captivate learners and simulate real world scenarios it is little wonder that healthcare education is experiencing rapid growth in the use of Immersive technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Extend... Read More about Immerse Yourself in ASPIRE - Adding Persuasive Technology Methodology to the ASPIRE Framework.