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The amino acid transporter SLC7A11 expression in breast cancer (2023)
Journal Article
Nath, P., Alfarsi, L. H., El-Ansari, R., Masisi, B. K., Erkan, B., Fakroun, A., …Green, A. R. (2024). The amino acid transporter SLC7A11 expression in breast cancer. Cancer Biology and Therapy, 25(1), Article 2291855. https://doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2023.2291855

Breast cancer (BC), characterized by its diverse molecular profiles and clinical outcomes, presents a significant challenge in the development of effective therapeutic strategies. Metabolic reprogramming, a defining characteristic of cancer, has emer... Read More about The amino acid transporter SLC7A11 expression in breast cancer.

Analysis of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtypes as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke (2023)
Journal Article
ABDULKADIR, R., RAKKAR, K., OTHMAN, O., SPRIGG, N., BATH, P., & BAYRAKTUTAN, U. (2023). Analysis of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtypes as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 21843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48907-7

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), expressing markers for stemness (CD34), immaturity (CD133) and endothelial maturity (KDR), may determine the extent of post-stroke vascular repair. Given the prevalence of stroke in elderly, this study explored wh... Read More about Analysis of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtypes as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke.

Analysis of endothelial progenitor cell subtypes as clinical biomarkers for elderly patients with ischaemic stroke (2023)
Journal Article
Kadir, R. R. A., Rakkar, K., Othman, O. A., Sprigg, N., Bath, P. M., & Bayraktutan, U. (2023). Analysis of endothelial progenitor cell subtypes as clinical biomarkers for elderly patients with ischaemic stroke. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 21843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48907-7

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), expressing markers for stemness (CD34), immaturity (CD133) and endothelial maturity (KDR), may determine the extent of post-stroke vascular repair. Given the prevalence of stroke in elderly, this study explored wh... Read More about Analysis of endothelial progenitor cell subtypes as clinical biomarkers for elderly patients with ischaemic stroke.

How Should a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Be Delivered? A Qualitative Study (2023)
Journal Article
Langley, T., Young, E., Hunter, A., & Bains, M. (2023). How Should a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Be Delivered? A Qualitative Study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Article ntad236. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad236

Introduction

Encouraging smokers to quit smoking tobacco using e-cigarettes could substantially reduce smoking-related diseases. Vape shops (VS) therefore have the potential to play an important role in supporting smoking cessation. The aim of thi... Read More about How Should a Vape Shop-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Be Delivered? A Qualitative Study.

Authenticity: The state-of-the-art in Tourism Geographies (2023)
Journal Article
Rickly, J., Sharma, N., & Canavan, B. (2023). Authenticity: The state-of-the-art in Tourism Geographies. Tourism Geographies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2023.2290017

A leading concept in the field of tourism studies, authenticity has a unique relationship with tourism geographies. This state-of-the-art review focuses on this relationship. First, we identity key themes of authenticity research in tourism geographi... Read More about Authenticity: The state-of-the-art in Tourism Geographies.

Dog owner mental health is associated with dog behavioural problems, dog care and dog-facilitated social interaction: a prospective cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Barcelos, A. M., Kargas, N., Assheton, P., Maltby, J., Hall, S., & Mills, D. S. (2023). Dog owner mental health is associated with dog behavioural problems, dog care and dog-facilitated social interaction: a prospective cohort study. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 21734. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48731-z

Despite numerous qualitative and cross-sectional studies investigating how dog-related factors may impact owners’ well-being, empirical studies to test these causal effects are lacking. This prospective cohort study examined the correlation and poten... Read More about Dog owner mental health is associated with dog behavioural problems, dog care and dog-facilitated social interaction: a prospective cohort study.

Small Molecule Fluorescent Ligands for the Atypical Chemokine Receptor 3 (ACKR3) (2023)
Journal Article
Dekkers, S., Comez, D., Karsai, N., Arimont-Segura, M., Canals, M., Caspar, B., …Stocks, M. J. (2023). Small Molecule Fluorescent Ligands for the Atypical Chemokine Receptor 3 (ACKR3). ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 15(1), 143–148. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00469

The atypical chemokine receptor 3 (ACKR3) is a receptor that induces cancer progression and metastasis in multiple cell types. Therefore, new chemical tools are required to study the role of ACKR3 in cancer and other diseases. In this study, fluoresc... Read More about Small Molecule Fluorescent Ligands for the Atypical Chemokine Receptor 3 (ACKR3).

Towards Inferring Network Properties from Epidemic Data (2023)
Journal Article
Kiss, I. Z., Berthouze, L., & KhudaBukhsh, W. R. (2024). Towards Inferring Network Properties from Epidemic Data. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 86(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-023-01235-3

Epidemic propagation on networks represents an important departure from traditional mass-action models. However, the high-dimensionality of the exact models poses a challenge to both mathematical analysis and parameter inference. By using mean-field... Read More about Towards Inferring Network Properties from Epidemic Data.

Understanding the experience of stigma in care homes: A qualitative case study in northeast Thailand. (2023)
Journal Article
Tosangwarn, S., Clissett, P., & Blake, H. (2023). Understanding the experience of stigma in care homes: A qualitative case study in northeast Thailand. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.13005

What is known on the subject?: Stigma associated with care homes has been found to influence residents' lives, and it is a known risk factor for depression among older adults worldwide. Older residents in Asia and particularly, in Thai care homes com... Read More about Understanding the experience of stigma in care homes: A qualitative case study in northeast Thailand..

Fundamental concepts of inclusive education (2023)
Book Chapter
Graham, L. J., Medhurst, M., Tancredi, H., Spandagou, I., & Walton, E. (2023). Fundamental concepts of inclusive education. In L. J. Graham (Ed.), . Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003350897-5

For inclusive education to succeed, system and school leaders and educators need a deep understanding of both curriculum content and learner diversity. This knowledge enables them to anticipate and eliminate barriers in what they teach (curriculum),... Read More about Fundamental concepts of inclusive education.

Pet ownership and grief - Exploring how pet ownership effects owners' mental wellbeing during times of grief, a qualitative pilot study (2023)
Journal Article
French, B., Anctil, Z., Brown, B., & Hall, S. (2023). Pet ownership and grief - Exploring how pet ownership effects owners' mental wellbeing during times of grief, a qualitative pilot study. Pet Behaviour Science, 15, 1-19

Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) have exhibited encouraging outcomes in enhancing human mental health. However, research has investigated the potential benefits of untrained pets for human mental wellbeing, as training animals for AAI can be cost... Read More about Pet ownership and grief - Exploring how pet ownership effects owners' mental wellbeing during times of grief, a qualitative pilot study.

Agroecologies defined by species distribution models improve model fit of genotype by environment interactions to identify the best performing chicken breeds for smallholder systems (2023)
Journal Article
Kebede, F. G., Komen, H., Dessie, T., Hanotte, O., Kemp, S., Alemu, S. W., & Bastiaansen, J. W. M. (2023). Agroecologies defined by species distribution models improve model fit of genotype by environment interactions to identify the best performing chicken breeds for smallholder systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, Article 1305799. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1305799

Animal performance is an outcome of genetic effects, environmental influences, and their interaction. Understanding the influences of the environment on performance is important to identify the right breeds for a given environment. Agroecological zon... Read More about Agroecologies defined by species distribution models improve model fit of genotype by environment interactions to identify the best performing chicken breeds for smallholder systems.

Higher orders for cosmological phase transitions: a global study in a Yukawa model (2023)
Journal Article
Gould, O., & Xie, C. (2023). Higher orders for cosmological phase transitions: a global study in a Yukawa model. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(12), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep12%282023%29049

We perform a state-of-the-art global study of the cosmological thermal histories of a simple Yukawa model, and find higher perturbative orders to be important for determining both the presence and strength of strong first-order phase transitions. Usi... Read More about Higher orders for cosmological phase transitions: a global study in a Yukawa model.

Experimental and numerical investigations of sliding wear behaviour of an Fe-based alloy for PWR wear resistance applications (2023)
Journal Article
Bastola, A., McCarron, R., Shipway, P., Stewart, D., & Dini, D. (2024). Experimental and numerical investigations of sliding wear behaviour of an Fe-based alloy for PWR wear resistance applications. Wear, 540–541, Article 205186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2023.205186

The excellent wear and corrosion resistance of Co-based alloys make them desirable for tribological applications in the nuclear industry. However, neutron activation of the Co-based alloys leads to significant occupational radiation doses. An alterna... Read More about Experimental and numerical investigations of sliding wear behaviour of an Fe-based alloy for PWR wear resistance applications.

A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils (2023)
Journal Article
Garforth, J. M., Tye, A. M., Young, S. D., Bailey, E. H., & Lofts, S. (2024). A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils. Environmental Chemistry, 21, Article EN23075. https://doi.org/10.1071/en23075

Environmental context

It is useful to know the concentration of ‘labile’, or chemically active, metal in soils because it can be used to predict metal solubility and environmental impact. Several methods for extracting the labile metal from soils... Read More about A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils.

Analytical and Numerical Models for Wind and Seismic Design and Assessment of Mass Timber Diaphragms (2023)
Journal Article
Rodrigues, L. G., Barbosa, A. R., Sinha, A., Higgins, C., Breneman, S., Zimmerman, R. B., …Neves, L. C. (2023). Analytical and Numerical Models for Wind and Seismic Design and Assessment of Mass Timber Diaphragms. Journal of Structural Engineering, 150(2), https://doi.org/10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-12265

While the use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels for building construction has increased over the last several decades, current standards and existing literature provide limited information regarding the design of CLT diaphragms or the prediction... Read More about Analytical and Numerical Models for Wind and Seismic Design and Assessment of Mass Timber Diaphragms.

360-Degree Virtual Reality Utilising Head-Mounted Devices in Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Scoping Review (2023)
Journal Article
Alammary, M. A., Halliday, L., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2023). 360-Degree Virtual Reality Utilising Head-Mounted Devices in Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Scoping Review. Virtual Worlds, 2(4), 396–421. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds2040023

Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) is a promising tool for improving the teaching and learning of nursing and midwifery students. However, the preexisting literature does not comprehensively examine scenario development, theoretical underpinnings, durat... Read More about 360-Degree Virtual Reality Utilising Head-Mounted Devices in Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Education: A Scoping Review.

An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking (2023)
Journal Article
Valman, S. J., Boyd, D. S., Carbonneau, P. E., Johnson, M. F., & Dugdale, S. J. (2024). An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking. Remote Sensing of Environment, 301, Article 113932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113932

Monitoring rivers is vital to manage the invaluable ecosystem services they provide, and also to mitigate the risks they pose to property and life through flooding and drought. Due to the vast extent and dynamic nature of river systems, Earth Observa... Read More about An AI approach to operationalise global daily PlanetScope satellite imagery for river water masking.

Enhancement of thermal and mechanical properties of microencapsulated phase change materials with graphene oxide (2023)
Journal Article
Hu, M., Wang, D., Kokogiannakis, G., Darkwa, J., Li, Y., Wang, L., Xu, Q., & Su, W. (2024). Enhancement of thermal and mechanical properties of microencapsulated phase change materials with graphene oxide. Chemical Engineering Journal, 479, Article 147855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147855

The low thermal conductivity of microencapsulated phase change materials (MEPCMs) limits the latent heat charging and discharging rates for various applications. To overcome this limitation, we prepared MEPCM by co-surfactants of polyvinyl alcohol an... Read More about Enhancement of thermal and mechanical properties of microencapsulated phase change materials with graphene oxide.