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Response to comment on: A qualitative study of the views of ethnic minority healthcare workers towards COVID-19 Vaccine Education (CoVE) to support vaccine promotion and uptake (2024)
Journal Article
Blake, H. (2024). Response to comment on: A qualitative study of the views of ethnic minority healthcare workers towards COVID-19 Vaccine Education (CoVE) to support vaccine promotion and uptake. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, https://doi.org/10.1177/10482911241302516

Distribution of the schistosome intermediate snail host Biomphalaria pfeifferi in East Africa's river systems and the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection (2024)
Journal Article
Magero, V. O., Kisara, S., Suleman, M. A., & Wade, C. M. (2024). Distribution of the schistosome intermediate snail host Biomphalaria pfeifferi in East Africa's river systems and the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae115

Background
There is a need for current and more detailed information on the distribution of Biomphalaria pfeifferi snails in East Africa's river systems. B. pfeifferi is arguably the most important snail intermediate host in the transmission of schi... Read More about Distribution of the schistosome intermediate snail host Biomphalaria pfeifferi in East Africa's river systems and the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection.

Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scale? (2024)
Journal Article
Warner, B., Thornley, T., Anderson, C., & Avery, A. (2025). Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scale?. Health Policy, 152, Article 105223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105223

Background: Independent prescribing is set to expand amongst community pharmacists in England in the next few years. This study aims to explore the different accountabilities and responsibilities associated with independent prescribing compared to mo... Read More about Key stakeholder's attitudes towards the professional accountabilities and responsibilities of newly qualified Pharmacist Independent Prescribers (IPs) in England and enablers to implementation at scale?.

UTSA-16(Zn) for SO2 detection: elucidating the fluorescence mechanism (2024)
Journal Article
López-Cervantes, V. B., Martínez, M. L., Obeso, J. L., García-Carvajal, C., Portillo-Vélez, N. S., Guzmán-Vargas, A., Peralta, R. A., González-Zamora, E., Ibarra, I. A., Solis-Ibarra, D., Woodliffe, J. L., & Amador-Sánchez, Y. A. (in press). UTSA-16(Zn) for SO2 detection: elucidating the fluorescence mechanism. Dalton Transactions, 54, 1646-1654. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt02852j

In this study, the potential of the metal–organic framework UTSA-16(Zn) as a fluorescence detector for SO2 is explored. The material was synthesized and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimet... Read More about UTSA-16(Zn) for SO2 detection: elucidating the fluorescence mechanism.

Factors associated with post-pandemic acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among students in three Nigerian universities (2024)
Journal Article
Mosanya, A. U., Ezekwelu, A., Ugochukwu, E. J., & Ukoha-Kalu, B. O. (2024). Factors associated with post-pandemic acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among students in three Nigerian universities. PLoS ONE, 19(12), Article e0312271. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312271

Background The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world in every aspect. Higher institutions were greatly affected because the outbreak disrupted the teaching and learning structure. Vaccines decrease the rate of infection and transmission of the virus,... Read More about Factors associated with post-pandemic acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among students in three Nigerian universities.

The “special relationship,” and the overseas Chinese: the Information Research Department (IRD) and the United States Information Agency (USIA) cold war partnership in East Asia, 1950s-1970s (2024)
Journal Article
Rawcliffe, D. (2024). The “special relationship,” and the overseas Chinese: the Information Research Department (IRD) and the United States Information Agency (USIA) cold war partnership in East Asia, 1950s-1970s. Intelligence and National Security, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2024.2433823

From the 1950s to the 1970s, Britain’s strategic role in the Cold War in East and Southeast Asia shaped the post-WWII contours and ramifications of what Winston Churchill famously dubbed the Anglo-American ‘special relationship’. Through its clandest... Read More about The “special relationship,” and the overseas Chinese: the Information Research Department (IRD) and the United States Information Agency (USIA) cold war partnership in East Asia, 1950s-1970s.

Zebrafish model for functional screening of flow-responsive genes controlling endothelial cell proliferation (2024)
Journal Article
Bowley, G., Irving, S., Hoefer, I., Wilkinson, R., Pasterkamp, G., Darwish, H. M. S., White, S., Francis, S. E., Chico, T., Noel, E., Serbanovic-Canic, J., & Evans, P. C. (2024). Zebrafish model for functional screening of flow-responsive genes controlling endothelial cell proliferation. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 30130. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77370-1

Local haemodynamics control arterial homeostasis and dysfunction by generating wall shear stress (WSS) which regulates endothelial cell (EC) physiology. Here we use a zebrafish model to identify genes that regulate EC proliferation in response to flo... Read More about Zebrafish model for functional screening of flow-responsive genes controlling endothelial cell proliferation.

Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities (2024)
Journal Article
Hähn, G. J. A., Damasceno, G., Alvarez-Davila, E., Aubin, I., Bauters, M., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Bjorkman, A. D., Bonari, G., Botta-Dukát, Z., Campos, J. A., Čarni, A., Chytrý, M., Ćušterevska, R., de Gasper, A. L., De Sanctis, M., Dengler, J., Dolezal, J., El-Sheikh, M. A., Finckh, M., …Bruelheide, H. (2024). Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities. Nature Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02589-0

Plant communities are composed of species that differ both in functional traits and evolutionary histories. As species’ functional traits partly result from their individual evolutionary history, we expect the functional diversity of communities to i... Read More about Global decoupling of functional and phylogenetic diversity in plant communities.

An Enhanced Model Predictive Torque Control With Online Loss Minimization Tracking for SPMSM Drive (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, S., Rivera, M., Gerada, C., Wheeler, P., & Lophitis, N. (2024). An Enhanced Model Predictive Torque Control With Online Loss Minimization Tracking for SPMSM Drive. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2024.3493173

Maximum efficiency per ampere (MEPA) control, also known as loss minimization (LM) control, aims to minimize losses in permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) drive systems by optimizing the dq-axis current references. Addressing the complexities... Read More about An Enhanced Model Predictive Torque Control With Online Loss Minimization Tracking for SPMSM Drive.

Root RADAR: how 'rhizocrine' signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses (2024)
Journal Article
Pandey, B. K., George, T. S., Cooper, H. V., Sturrock, C. J., Bennett, T., & Bennett, M. J. (2024). Root RADAR: how 'rhizocrine' signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses. Journal of Experimental Botany, Article erae490. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae490

Agricultural intensification coupled with changing climate are causing soils to become increasingly vulnerable to stresses such as drought, soil erosion and compaction. The mechanisms by which roots detect and respond to soil stresses remains poorly... Read More about Root RADAR: how 'rhizocrine' signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses.

Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Burn, A.-M., Holland, J., Roe, J., Hopkin, E., Wild, L., Fisher, M., Ford, T., Nazir, S., Dubicka, B., James, A., Tuomainen, H., Fung, N., Wagner, A., Morriss, R., & Sayal, K. (in press). Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study. BJPsych Open,

Background: National policy in England recommends that young people be admitted to mental health wards that are age-appropriate. Despite this, young people continue to be admitted to adult wards.

Aims: To explore the impact of young people’s admi... Read More about Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study.

Using Oscillation to Improve the Insertion Depth and Consistency of Hollow Microneedles for Transdermal Insulin Delivery with Mechanistic Insights (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, F., Kotowska, A. M., Fiedler, B., Cerny, E., Cheung, K., Rutland, C. S., Chowdhury, F., Segal, J., Rawson, F. J., & Marlow, M. (2025). Using Oscillation to Improve the Insertion Depth and Consistency of Hollow Microneedles for Transdermal Insulin Delivery with Mechanistic Insights. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 22(1), 316-329. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.4c00942

Microneedles (MNs) offer the potential for discrete and painless transdermal drug delivery, yet poor insertion and dosing consistency have hindered their clinical translation. Specifically, hollow MNs are appropriate for the administration of liquid... Read More about Using Oscillation to Improve the Insertion Depth and Consistency of Hollow Microneedles for Transdermal Insulin Delivery with Mechanistic Insights.

A fast switching fast bridge using GaN transistors (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marchant, S., & Empringham, L. (2024, December). A fast switching fast bridge using GaN transistors. Paper presented at 9th IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference, Brisbane, Australia

This paper presents the design and evaluation of a half bridge based around off-the-shelf gallium nitride power devices and a bespoke printed circuit board. The necessary parasitic evaluation at the design stage was not straightforward due to the in... Read More about A fast switching fast bridge using GaN transistors.

Global work-life balance trailblazing: how to lead the world in work-life balance, with insights from Denmark (2024)
Journal Article
Warren, T., & Hyltoft, L. (2024). Global work-life balance trailblazing: how to lead the world in work-life balance, with insights from Denmark. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-06-2024-0287

Purpose
The article asks how to lead the world in work–life balance (WLB) societal rankings, identifies the major WLB challenges in contemporary societies and rethinks how we conceptualise and measure WLB.

Design/methodology/approach
This study... Read More about Global work-life balance trailblazing: how to lead the world in work-life balance, with insights from Denmark.

Robots in Pain, Humans in Play: Soma as a Qualitative Method for Investigating Intelligent Human-Robot Configurations (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chamberlain, A., Ngo, V., McGarry, G., Kucukyilmaz, A., Benford, S., & Higgins, A. (2025, February). Robots in Pain, Humans in Play: Soma as a Qualitative Method for Investigating Intelligent Human-Robot Configurations. Presented at Designing for Bodies: Practices, Imaginaries and Discourses, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding

In this piece we start to explore the ways in which we somatise our interaction with robots as a symbiotic system - both as human and robot, and as human-robot. We also consider the ways that we might want to take our physical nature (existence), for... Read More about Robots in Pain, Humans in Play: Soma as a Qualitative Method for Investigating Intelligent Human-Robot Configurations.

Spin–Phonon Relaxation Dynamics from a Conical Intersection of Trapped Rydberg Ions (2024)
Journal Article
Chaudhary, M., Nath, R., & Li, W. (2024). Spin–Phonon Relaxation Dynamics from a Conical Intersection of Trapped Rydberg Ions. Photonics, 11(12), Article 1135. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11121135

Non-adiabatic processes near conical intersections are rooted in the stronger coupling between electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom. Using a system of two trapped Rydberg ions, their high polarizability and strong dipolar interactions allow to f... Read More about Spin–Phonon Relaxation Dynamics from a Conical Intersection of Trapped Rydberg Ions.

‘Part of the team as opposed to watching from the outside’: Critical incident study of autistic veterinary surgeons’ workdays (2024)
Journal Article
Pickles, K., Houdmont, J., Smits, F., & Hill, B. (2024). ‘Part of the team as opposed to watching from the outside’: Critical incident study of autistic veterinary surgeons’ workdays. Veterinary Record, Article e4957. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.4957

Background: Autistic individuals experience differences in sensory processing, communication and executive function, which may affect their experience of the workplace. We investigated UK-based autistic clinical veterinary surgeons’ experiences to es... Read More about ‘Part of the team as opposed to watching from the outside’: Critical incident study of autistic veterinary surgeons’ workdays.

A Parallel Input and Versatile Output Dual Active Bridge Converter (2024)
Journal Article
Qazi, S., Venugopal, P., Watson, A. J., Wheeler, P., & Soeiro, T. B. (2025). A Parallel Input and Versatile Output Dual Active Bridge Converter. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 40(4), 6203-6215. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2024.3509529

Due to their easy scalability to high power, simple control mechanism, and effective semiconductor and transformer utilization, H-bridge-derived isolated dc/dc converters have taken a central stage in various power electronics applications such as fa... Read More about A Parallel Input and Versatile Output Dual Active Bridge Converter.

Defining within-host SARS-CoV-2 RNA viral load kinetics during acute COVID-19 infection within different respiratory compartments and their respective associations with host infectiousness: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Pan, D., Martin, C. A., Nazareth, J., Sze, S., Al-Oraibi, A., Gogoi, M., Grolmusova, N., Divall, P., Decker, J., Fletcher, E., Williams, C., Hay, J., Baggaley, R. F., Wyllie, A. L., Stephenson, I., Gaillard, E., Nellums, L. B., Clark, T. W., Van-Tam, J. N., Cowling, B. J., …Pareek, M. (2024). Defining within-host SARS-CoV-2 RNA viral load kinetics during acute COVID-19 infection within different respiratory compartments and their respective associations with host infectiousness: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 14(12), Article e085127. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085127

Introduction: Understanding how RNA viral load changes (viral load kinetics) during acute infection in SARS-CoV-2 can help to identify when and which patients are most infectious. We seek to summarise existing data on the longitudinal RNA viral load... Read More about Defining within-host SARS-CoV-2 RNA viral load kinetics during acute COVID-19 infection within different respiratory compartments and their respective associations with host infectiousness: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Interventions to prevent surgical site infection in adults undergoing cardiac surgery (2024)
Journal Article
Cardiothoracic Interdisciplinary Research Network, Rogers, L. J., Vaja, R., Bleetman, D., Ali, J. M., Rochon, M., Sanders, J., Tanner, J., Lamagni, T. L., Talukder, S., Quijano-Campos, J. C., Lai, F., Loubani, M., & Murphy, G. J. (2024). Interventions to prevent surgical site infection in adults undergoing cardiac surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024(12), Article CD013332. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013332.pub2

Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common type of hospital-acquired infection and affects up to a third of patients following surgical procedures. It is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. In the United Kingdom alone, it... Read More about Interventions to prevent surgical site infection in adults undergoing cardiac surgery.