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Enhanced Infant Movement Analysis Using Transformer-Based Fusion of Diverse Video Features for Neurodevelopmental Monitoring (2024)
Journal Article
Turner, A., & Sharkey, D. (2024). Enhanced Infant Movement Analysis Using Transformer-Based Fusion of Diverse Video Features for Neurodevelopmental Monitoring. Sensors, 24(20), Article 6619. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24206619

Neurodevelopment is a highly intricate process, and early detection of abnormalities is critical for optimizing outcomes through timely intervention. Accurate and cost-effective diagnostic methods for neurological disorders, particularly in infants,... Read More about Enhanced Infant Movement Analysis Using Transformer-Based Fusion of Diverse Video Features for Neurodevelopmental Monitoring.

A Scoping Review of Electronic Health Records Based Screening Algorithms for Familial Hypercholesterolemia (2024)
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Osei, J., Razavi, A. C., Otchere, B., Bonful, G., Akoto, N., Akyea, R. K., Qureshi, N., Coronado, F., Moonesinghe, R., Kolor, K., Mensah, G. A., Sperling, L., & Khoury, M. J. (2024). A Scoping Review of Electronic Health Records Based Screening Algorithms for Familial Hypercholesterolemia. JACC: Advances, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101297

Background
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder that is strongly associated with premature cardiovascular disease. Effective diagnosis and appropriate treatment of FH can reduce cardiovascular disease risk; however, FH is... Read More about A Scoping Review of Electronic Health Records Based Screening Algorithms for Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing (2024)
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Sudulich, L., Trumm, S., & Makropoulos, I. (in press). Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing. European Journal of Political Research,

Women are not a demographic minority, but they certainly are a minority in politics. Most legislative bodies across the world are still overwhelmingly male. Female candidates cite lack of resources as one of the main deterrents to run. Using data on... Read More about Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing.

Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Grammar of Schools in Project-Based Learning Contexts (2024)
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Woods, P., Anderson, E., & Hira, A. (in press). Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Grammar of Schools in Project-Based Learning Contexts. Journal of Educational Change,

While scholars and public figures have positioned the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for school reform, the response to this potential for change by teachers remains underexplored. In turn, we attend to the following research question: how do te... Read More about Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Grammar of Schools in Project-Based Learning Contexts.

The Memory in Return Volatility: An Analysis of Mutual Fund Returns (2024)
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Yao, K., Duan, K., Huang, R., & Chevapatrakul, T. (2024). The Memory in Return Volatility: An Analysis of Mutual Fund Returns. International Journal of Finance and Economics, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.3050

This paper examines long memory in the return volatility in the cross-section of U.S. mutual funds. Our results provide evidence of this phenomenon. Through univariate analysis, we find that the long memory in mutual fund return volatility is more pr... Read More about The Memory in Return Volatility: An Analysis of Mutual Fund Returns.

Maximizing charging/discharging capabilities of horizontal shell-and-tube latent heat storage systems with innovative curved fin inserts (2024)
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Khedher, N. B., Mohammed, H. I., Abed, A. M., Biswas, N., Togun, H., Hammoodi, K. A., Mahdi, J. M., & Talebizadehsardari, P. (2025). Maximizing charging/discharging capabilities of horizontal shell-and-tube latent heat storage systems with innovative curved fin inserts. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 236(Part 1), Article 126289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.126289

Inherent fluctuations in the availability of energy from renewables, remain a substantial drawback to their widespread deployment worldwide which can be solved by energy storage solution. Energy storage can also help to bridge the mismatch between th... Read More about Maximizing charging/discharging capabilities of horizontal shell-and-tube latent heat storage systems with innovative curved fin inserts.

Efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention for postnatal depression in British south Asian women (ROSHNI-2): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (2024)
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Husain, N., Lunat, F., Lovell, K., Miah, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., Bee, P., Waqas, A., Pierce, M., Sharma, D., Atif, N., Aseem, S., Bhui, K., Bower, P., Brugha, T., Chaudhry, N., Ullah, A., Davies, L., Gire, N., Kai, J., Morrison, J., …Morriss, R. (2024). Efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention for postnatal depression in British south Asian women (ROSHNI-2): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 404(10461), 1430-1443. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2824%2901612-x

Background: Postnatal depression necessitates timely and effective interventions to mitigate adverse maternal and child outcomes in the short term and over the life course. British south Asian women with depression are often underserved and undertrea... Read More about Efficacy of a culturally adapted, cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention for postnatal depression in British south Asian women (ROSHNI-2): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

Integration of the passive energy balancing based actuation system into a camber morphing design (2024)
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Wang, C., Zhao, Y., Huang, K., Zhang, J., Shaw, A. D., Gu, H., Amoozgar, M., Friswell, M., & Woods, B. (2024). Integration of the passive energy balancing based actuation system into a camber morphing design. Aerospace Science and Technology, 155, Article 109641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2024.109641

A spiral pulley mechanism can be used to passively balance the energy between the morphing structure and actuation system. Applying the energy balancing concept has the potential to improve the performance of the actuation system by reducing the exte... Read More about Integration of the passive energy balancing based actuation system into a camber morphing design.

Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains (2024)
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Tichenor Blackstone, N., Battaglia, K., Rodríguez-Huerta, E., Bell, B. M., Decker Sparks, J. L., Cash, S. B., Conrad, Z., Nikkhah, A., Jackson, B., Matteson, J., Gao, S., Fuller, K., Zhang, F. F., & Webb, P. (2024). Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains. Nature Food, 5(10), 818–824. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01048-0

The social dimension of sustainable diets, which addresses the impacts of food value chains on people, animals and communities, is under-represented in the food systems field. We present a definition of the social dimension of sustainable diets, clar... Read More about Diets cannot be sustainable without ensuring the well-being of communities, workers and animals in food value chains.

Priming from within: TLR2 dependent but receptor independent activation of the mammary macrophage inflammasome by Streptococcus uberis (2024)
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Hinds, A., Ward, P., Archer, N., & Leigh, J. (2024). Priming from within: TLR2 dependent but receptor independent activation of the mammary macrophage inflammasome by Streptococcus uberis. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 14, Article 1444178. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1444178

Introduction: Streptococcus uberis is a member of the pyogenic cluster of Streptococcus commonly associated with intramammary infection and mastitis in dairy cattle. It is a poorly controlled globally endemic pathogen responsible for a significant ca... Read More about Priming from within: TLR2 dependent but receptor independent activation of the mammary macrophage inflammasome by Streptococcus uberis.

Novelty Mismatch as a Determinant of Latent Inhibition (2024)
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Haselgrove, M., Lagator, S., Mah, S. L., & Gray, E. (in press). Novelty Mismatch as a Determinant of Latent Inhibition. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition,

Latent inhibition refers to the observation, made in both human and non-human animals, that learning about the relationship between a stimulus and an outcome progresses more rapidly when the stimulus is novel compared to when the stimulus has been re... Read More about Novelty Mismatch as a Determinant of Latent Inhibition.

Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013-2023), and the role of serotype 3 (2024)
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Lansbury, L., McKeever, T. M., Lawrence, H., Pick, H., Baskaran, V., Edwards-Pritchard, R. C., Matthews, L., Bailey, H., Ashton, D., Bendall, L., Rodrigo, C., Daniel, P., Litt, D., Eletu, S., Parmar, H., Sheppard, C. L., Ladhani, S., Trotter, C., & Lim, W. S. (in press). Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013-2023), and the role of serotype 3. Thorax,

Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research (2024)
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Kotera, Y., Daryanani, R., Skipper, O., Simpson, J., Takhi, S., McPhilbin, M., Rose-Ingall, B., Namasaba, M., Jepps, J., Kellermann, V., Bhandari, D., Ojio, Y., Ronaldson, A., Guerrero, E., Jebara, T., Henderson, C., Slade, M., & Vilar-Lluch, S. (in press). Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research. JMIR Formative Research,

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) frameworks can be used in cross-cultural mental health recovery research. CDA is a qualitative approach that critically appraises how language contributes to produce an... Read More about Applying Critical Discourse Analysis to Cross-Cultural Mental Health Recovery Research.

Pre-hospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate for transient ischaemic attack: data from the RIGHT-2 trial (2024)
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Appleton, J. P., Dixon, M., Woodhouse, L. J., Anderson, C. S., Ankolekar, S., Cala, L., England, T. J., Godolphin, P. J., Krishnan, K., Mair, G., Muir, K. W., Potter, J., Price, C. I., Randall, M., Robinson, T. G., Roffe, C., Rothwell, P. M., Sandset, E. C., Saver, J. L., Siriwardena, A. N., …Bath, P. M. (2024). Pre-hospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate for transient ischaemic attack: data from the RIGHT-2 trial. European Journal of Neurology, Article e16502. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.16502

Background: Ambulance trials assessing interventions in suspected stroke patients will recruit patients with currently active symptoms that will resolve into transient ischaemic attack (TIA). We assessed the safety and efficacy of glyceryl trinitrate... Read More about Pre-hospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate for transient ischaemic attack: data from the RIGHT-2 trial.

Measuring fidelity to manualised peer support for people with severe mental health conditions: development and psychometric evaluation of the UPSIDES Fidelity Scale (2024)
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Hiltensperger, R., Kotera, Y., Wolf, P., Nixdorf, R., Charles, A., Farkas, M., Grayzman, A., Kalha, J., Korde, P., Mahlke, C., Moran, G., Mpango, R., Mtei, R., Ryan, G., Shamba, D., Wenzel, L., Slade, M., & Puschner, B. (2024). Measuring fidelity to manualised peer support for people with severe mental health conditions: development and psychometric evaluation of the UPSIDES Fidelity Scale. BMC Psychiatry, 24, Article 675. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06081-8

Background. Peer support workers provide support for people experiencing mental health conditions based on their own lived experience of mental health problems. Assessing fidelity to core ingredients of peer support is vital for successful implementa... Read More about Measuring fidelity to manualised peer support for people with severe mental health conditions: development and psychometric evaluation of the UPSIDES Fidelity Scale.

Peer-led recovery groups for people with psychosis in South Africa (PRIZE): results of a randomized controlled feasibility trial (2024)
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Asher, L., Brooke-Sumner, C., Rapiya, B., Repper, J., Reddy, T., Myers-Franchi, B., Faris, G., Petersen, I., & Hanlon, C. (2024). Peer-led recovery groups for people with psychosis in South Africa (PRIZE): results of a randomized controlled feasibility trial. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33, Article e47. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796024000556

Aims
The aims of this feasibility trial were to assess the acceptability and feasibility of peer-led recovery groups for people with psychosis in a low-resource South African setting, to assess the feasibility of trial methods, and to determine key... Read More about Peer-led recovery groups for people with psychosis in South Africa (PRIZE): results of a randomized controlled feasibility trial.

Peer-led recovery groups for people with psychosis in South Africa (PRIZE): results of a randomized controlled feasibility trial (2024)
Journal Article
Asher, L., Rapiya, B., Repper, J., Reddy, T., Myers-Franchi, B., Faris, G., Petersen, I., Hanlon, C., & Brooke-Sumner, C. (2024). Peer-led recovery groups for people with psychosis in South Africa (PRIZE): results of a randomized controlled feasibility trial. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 33, Article e47. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796024000556

Aims
The aims of this feasibility trial were to assess the acceptability and feasibility of peer-led recovery groups for people with psychosis in a low-resource South African setting, to assess the feasibility of trial methods, and to determine key... Read More about Peer-led recovery groups for people with psychosis in South Africa (PRIZE): results of a randomized controlled feasibility trial.

Lineage tracing of Shh+ floor plate cells and dynamics of dorsal–ventral gene expression in the regenerating axolotl spinal cord (2024)
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Arbanas, L. I., Cura Costa, E., Chara, O., Otsuki, L., & Tanaka, E. M. (2024). Lineage tracing of Shh+ floor plate cells and dynamics of dorsal–ventral gene expression in the regenerating axolotl spinal cord. Development, Growth and Differentiation, 66(8), 414-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/dgd.12945

Both development and regeneration depend on signaling centers, which are sources of locally secreted tissue-patterning molecules. As many signaling centers are decommissioned before the end of embryogenesis, a fundamental question is how signaling ce... Read More about Lineage tracing of Shh+ floor plate cells and dynamics of dorsal–ventral gene expression in the regenerating axolotl spinal cord.

Insecticide exposure can increase burrow network production and alter burrow network structure in soil dwelling insects (Agriotes spp.) (2024)
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Booth, S. W., Kurtz, B., Heer, M. I., Mooney, S. J., & Sturrock, C. J. (2024). Insecticide exposure can increase burrow network production and alter burrow network structure in soil dwelling insects (Agriotes spp.). Pedobiologia, 107, Article 151000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2024.151000

Insecticide treated seeds are commonly used to reduce yield losses from burrowing insect damage such as wireworms. Using temporal X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) of soil-filled bioassays, we aimed to quantify changes in burrow network production and s... Read More about Insecticide exposure can increase burrow network production and alter burrow network structure in soil dwelling insects (Agriotes spp.).