Background Many non-modifiable factors are associated with poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) experienced by people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We hypothesize that potentially modifiable factors for poor HRQoL can be identified amo... Read More about Potentially modifiable factors associated with health-related quality of life among people with chronic kidney disease: baseline findings from the National Unified Renal Translational Research Enterprise CKD (NURTuRE-CKD) cohort.
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Polymer-Coated Urinary Catheter Reduces Biofilm Formation and Biomineralization: A First-in-Man, Prospective Pilot Study (2024)
Journal Article
Purpose: Biofilm formation and biomineralization on urinary catheters may cause severe complications including infection and obstruction. Here, we describe an in vitro evaluation and prospective pilot clinical study of a silicone catheter coated with... Read More about Polymer-Coated Urinary Catheter Reduces Biofilm Formation and Biomineralization: A First-in-Man, Prospective Pilot Study.
Collective urban green revitalisation: Crime control an sustainable behaviours in lower-income neighbourhoods (2024)
Journal Article
The growing need to increase green spaces in highly urbanised cities has become more prominent recently. Special attention is paid to involving communities in the design process to enhance societal changes for a meaningful appreciation of the natura... Read More about Collective urban green revitalisation: Crime control an sustainable behaviours in lower-income neighbourhoods.
Translating the potential of the urine steroid metabolome to stage NAFLD (TrUSt-NAFLD): study protocol for a multicentre, prospective validation study. (2024)
Journal Article
Introduction Non- alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects approximately one in four individuals and its prevalence continues to rise. The advanced stages of NAFLD with significant liver fibrosis are associated with adverse morbidity and mor... Read More about Translating the potential of the urine steroid metabolome to stage NAFLD (TrUSt-NAFLD): study protocol for a multicentre, prospective validation study..
Barriers and facilitators to using an objective risk communication tool during primary care dental consultations: A Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) informed qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Objectives Objective risk communication tools can supplement clinical judgement and support the understanding of potential health risks. This study used the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing a... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to using an objective risk communication tool during primary care dental consultations: A Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) informed qualitative study.
Reproductive isolation in a three‐way contact zone (2024)
Journal Article
Contact zones between divergent forms within a species provide insight into the role of gene flow in adaptation and speciation. Previous work has focused on contact zones involving only two divergent forms, but in nature, many more than two populatio... Read More about Reproductive isolation in a three‐way contact zone.
Effects of Microenvironment and Dosing on Efficiency of Enhanced Cell Penetrating Peptide Nonviral Gene Delivery (2024)
Journal Article
Transfection, defined as functional delivery of cell-internalized nucleic acids, is dependent on many factors linked to formulation, vector, cell type, and microenvironmental culture conditions. We previously developed a technology termed glycosamino... Read More about Effects of Microenvironment and Dosing on Efficiency of Enhanced Cell Penetrating Peptide Nonviral Gene Delivery.
When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers (2024)
Journal Article
Both gambling and trading involve risk-taking in exchange for potential financial gains. In particular, speculative high-risk high-frequency trading closely resembles disordered gambling behaviour by attracting the same individuals who tend to be ove... Read More about When Vegas comes to Wall Street: Associations between stock price volatility and trading frequency among gamblers.
De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms (2024)
Book Chapter
This chapter investigates Pufendorf’s concept of systema civitatum or ‘system of states’. The chapter illuminates the concept by excavating it in several contexts. First, it examines the evolution of the term in Pufendorf’s own writings, from his ear... Read More about De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms.
In two minds: distractive and protective effects of passengers in automated vehicles (2024)
Conference Proceeding
We highlight exemplar behaviours elicited through the observation of driver-passenger interactions in a multiple journey driving simulator study, demonstrating both distractive and protective effects when a front-seat passenger is present during SAE... Read More about In two minds: distractive and protective effects of passengers in automated vehicles.
Template‐Directed Synthesis of Strained meso‐meso‐Linked Porphyrin Nanorings (2024)
Journal Article
Strained macrocycles display interesting properties, such as conformational rigidity, often resulting in enhance π‐conjugation or enhanced affinity for non‐covalent guest binding, yet they can be difficult to synthesize. Here we use computational mod... Read More about Template‐Directed Synthesis of Strained meso‐meso‐Linked Porphyrin Nanorings.
Digital pathology for reporting histopathology samples, including cancer screening samples – definitive evidence from a multisite study (2024)
Journal Article
Aims: To conduct a definitive multicentre comparison of digital pathology (DP) with light microscopy (LM) for reporting histopathology slides including breast and bowel cancer screening samples. Methods: A total of 2024 cases (608 breast, 607 GI, 6... Read More about Digital pathology for reporting histopathology samples, including cancer screening samples – definitive evidence from a multisite study.
The Hepatokine Leukocyte Cell-Derived Chemotaxin-2 Is Elevated in People with Impaired Glycaemic Regulation and Augmented by Acute Exercise (2024)
Journal Article
The hepatokine leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-2 (LECT2) promotes insulin resistance and hepatic fibrogenesis. In rodents, acute exercise suppresses circulating LECT2; however, human data are lacking. This study compared circulating LECT2 across po... Read More about The Hepatokine Leukocyte Cell-Derived Chemotaxin-2 Is Elevated in People with Impaired Glycaemic Regulation and Augmented by Acute Exercise.
Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomized controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the safety of e-cigarettes (EC) and nicotine patches (NRT) when used to help pregnant smokers quit. Design: A recent trial of EC versus NRT reported safety outcomes in the randomized arms. We conducted a fur... Read More about Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomized controlled trial.
Veterinarians’ knowledge and experience of avian influenza and perspectives on control measures in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Background: The scale of the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–23 due to the influenza A/H5N1 virus is unprecedented. Methods: An online survey was designed to explore veterinarians’ experiences of and confidence in treatin... Read More about Veterinarians’ knowledge and experience of avian influenza and perspectives on control measures in the UK.
Multi-agent cooperative swarm learning for dynamic layout optimisation of reconfigurable robotic assembly cells based on digital twin (2024)
Journal Article
To meet the requirement of product variety and short production cycle, reconfigurable manufacturing system is considered as an effective solution in addressing current challenges, such as increasing customisation, high flexibility and dynamic market... Read More about Multi-agent cooperative swarm learning for dynamic layout optimisation of reconfigurable robotic assembly cells based on digital twin.
Vacua in locally de Sitter cosmologies, and how to distinguish them (2024)
Journal Article
(1 + 1)-dimensional locally de Sitter–Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmologies with compact spatial sections allow cosh, sinh, and exponential evolution laws, each with a freely specifiable spatial circumference parameter, and the value of this paramet... Read More about Vacua in locally de Sitter cosmologies, and how to distinguish them.
Assessing spontaneous sensory neuron activity usingin vivocalcium imaging (2024)
Working Paper
Heightened spontaneous activity in sensory neurons is often reported in individuals living with chronic pain. It is possible to study this activity in rodents using electrophysiology, but these experiments require great skill and can be prone to bias... Read More about Assessing spontaneous sensory neuron activity usingin vivocalcium imaging.
Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article
Aims To examine safety of e-cigarettes (EC) and nicotine patches (NRT) when used to help pregnant smokers quit. Design A recent trial of EC versus NRT reported safety outcomes in the randomised arms. We conducted a further analysis based... Read More about Safety of e-cigarettes and nicotine patches as stop-smoking aids in pregnancy: Secondary analysis of the Pregnancy Trial of E-cigarettes and Patches (PREP) randomised controlled trial.
The best of times, the worst of times: Continuities in school leaders' work in uncertain times (2024)
Journal Article
The COVID 19 pandemic created new challenges for school leaders. They worked very long hours in difficult circumstances. Improvising and responding quickly to poorly timed central guidelines had an adverse effect on their health and wellbeing. Our mi... Read More about The best of times, the worst of times: Continuities in school leaders' work in uncertain times.