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The Role of Hyperbole in Conveying Emotionality: The Case of Victim Speech (2024)
Journal Article
Desai, S., Bailey, K., & Filik, R. (in press). The Role of Hyperbole in Conveying Emotionality: The Case of Victim Speech. Cognition and Emotion,

Figurative expressions are commonly used in everyday language as a device for conveying emotion. Hyperbole (e.g., “It took ages for him to arrive”) specifically can provide linguistic emphasis; especially when speakers wish to convey emotional evalua... Read More about The Role of Hyperbole in Conveying Emotionality: The Case of Victim Speech.

Association between Nutritional Status Assessed by Body Mass Index and Crohn’s Disease Phenotype: A Nation-Wide Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Ndzo, J., Vuyyuru, S. K., Trimble, T., Yan, K., Figueredo, G., & Moran, G. W. (in press). Association between Nutritional Status Assessed by Body Mass Index and Crohn’s Disease Phenotype: A Nation-Wide Analysis. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis,

Background & Aims:

Incidence of obesity and Crohn’s disease (CD) is increasing globally. Therefore, understanding any associations between adiposity and disease phenotype is crucial. We aimed explore the relationship between nutritional status me... Read More about Association between Nutritional Status Assessed by Body Mass Index and Crohn’s Disease Phenotype: A Nation-Wide Analysis.

Experimental Measurements of the Length of the Human Colon: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Alqarni, F., Akbar, T., Fatani, H., Kumasaka, S., Hoad, C. L., Spiller, R. C., Taylor, M. A., & Marciani, L. (2024). Experimental Measurements of the Length of the Human Colon: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Diagnostics, 14(19), Article 2190. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14192190

Abstract: Purpose: Knowledge of the length of the colon is relevant to understanding physiological and pathological function. It also has implications for diagnostic and clinical interventions, as well as for the design of delayed-release drug form... Read More about Experimental Measurements of the Length of the Human Colon: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The Public Management of Private Debt? The UK Government's Regulatory Regime (2024)
Journal Article
Common, R. (in press). The Public Management of Private Debt? The UK Government's Regulatory Regime. Teaching Public Administration,

According to the Money Charity, the average household debt, including mortgages, stood at just over £64,000 at the end of March 2024. The combination of inflationary pressures, fiscal shock brought about by the short-lived Truss government and persis... Read More about The Public Management of Private Debt? The UK Government's Regulatory Regime.

Integration of building information modeling into building circularity assessment: a systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Al-Qazzaz, I., Osorio-Sandoval, C. A., Tokbolat, S., & Thermou, G. (2024). Integration of building information modeling into building circularity assessment: a systematic review. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/bepam-12-2023-0229

Purpose
Despite several attempts to integrate building information modeling (BIM) with building circularity assessment (BCA), no systematic review has yet been carried out on this topic to the best knowledge of the authors. The objective of this rev... Read More about Integration of building information modeling into building circularity assessment: a systematic review.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of spironolactone in treating persistent facial acne in women: SAFA double-blinded RCT (2024)
Journal Article
Santer, M., Lawrence, M., Pyne, S., Renz, S., L Stuart, B., Sach, T., Ridd, M., S Thomas, K., Nuttall, J., Permyakova, N., Eminton, Z., Francis, N., Little, P., Muller, I., Soulsby, I., Thomas, K., Griffiths, G., & M Layton, A. (2024). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of spironolactone in treating persistent facial acne in women: SAFA double-blinded RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 28(56), https://doi.org/10.3310/MYJT6804

Background
Acne is common, can cause significant impact on quality of life and is a frequent reason for long-term antibiotic use. Spironolactone has been prescribed for acne in women for many years, but robust evidence is lacking.

Objective
To e... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of spironolactone in treating persistent facial acne in women: SAFA double-blinded RCT.

Efficacy and safety of statins, ezetimibe and statins-ezetimibe therapies for children and adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: Systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (2024)
Journal Article
Llewellyn, A., Simmonds, M., Marshall, D., Harden, M., Woods, B., Humphries, S. E., Ramaswami, U., Priestley-Barnham, L., Fisher, M., Tata, L. J., & Qureshi, N. (2024). Efficacy and safety of statins, ezetimibe and statins-ezetimibe therapies for children and adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: Systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. Atherosclerosis, Article 118598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.118598

Background and aims
Statins, ezetimibe and statins-ezetimibe combination therapy are recommended lipid-lowering therapies (LLTs) in children with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HeFH). However, their relative effectiveness is not well u... Read More about Efficacy and safety of statins, ezetimibe and statins-ezetimibe therapies for children and adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: Systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials.

Object oriented data analysis of surface motion time series in peatland landscapes (2024)
Journal Article
Mitchell, E., Ian, D., Christopher, F., Roxanne, A., Bradley, A., David, L., & Andrew, S. (in press). Object oriented data analysis of surface motion time series in peatland landscapes. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C,

Peatlands account for 10% of UK land area, 80% of which are degraded to some degree, emitting carbon at a similar magnitude to oil refineries or landfill sites. A lack of tools for rapid and reliable assessment of peatland condition has limited monit... Read More about Object oriented data analysis of surface motion time series in peatland landscapes.

Continuous flow synthesis of MOF UTSA-16(Zn), mixed-metal and magnetic composites for CO2 capture – toward scalable manufacture (2024)
Journal Article
Woodliffe, J. L., Molinar-Díaz, J., Clowes, R., Hussein, O. H., Lester, E., Ferrari, R., Ahmed, I., & Laybourn, A. (2024). Continuous flow synthesis of MOF UTSA-16(Zn), mixed-metal and magnetic composites for CO2 capture – toward scalable manufacture. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12(6), Article 114167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.114167

UTSA-16(Zn) is a zinc and citrate-based metal-organic framework (MOF) which has shown highly promising performance for CO2 capture. However, the transition of this MOF to industrial application has been hindered as a scalable synthesis method has not... Read More about Continuous flow synthesis of MOF UTSA-16(Zn), mixed-metal and magnetic composites for CO2 capture – toward scalable manufacture.

Isolation of phage-antibodies against Eimeria species that infect chickens (2024)
Journal Article
Angani, M. T., Owen, J. P., Maddison, B. C., & Gough, K. C. (2024). Isolation of phage-antibodies against Eimeria species that infect chickens. Journal of Immunological Methods, 534, Article 113759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2024.113759

Eimeria is one of the most economically important pathogens in poultry production. Diagnosis of infection has the potential to inform treatment and prevention strategies. Here, phage display technology was used to isolate single chain antibodies (scF... Read More about Isolation of phage-antibodies against Eimeria species that infect chickens.

Rethinking Transmedia Audiences (2024)
Book Chapter
Evans, E. (2025). Rethinking Transmedia Audiences. In The Routledge Companion to Media Audiences. Routledge

Transmediality has become a key way for understanding the changes in how audiences experience media that have emerged as a result of technological change. However, the vast, complex storyworlds embedded in the idea of “transmedia storytelling” have n... Read More about Rethinking Transmedia Audiences.

Refining the Choosing Health Infant feeding for Infant Health intervention and implementation strategy: Re-CHErIsH Study Protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Looney, E., Duffy, M., Ahern Galvin, H., Byrne, M., Golley, R., Hayes, C., Heffernan, T., Jennings, A., Johnson, B., Kearney, P. . M., Kelly, C., Leahy-Warren, P., McBride, M., McHugh, S., O’Neill, K., Redsell, S., Seidler, A. L., Toomey, E., & Matvienko-Sikar, K. (2024). Refining the Choosing Health Infant feeding for Infant Health intervention and implementation strategy: Re-CHErIsH Study Protocol. HRB Open Research, 7, Article 59. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13935.1

Background
Childhood obesity is a significant global public health challenge, with significant adverse effects on both mental and physical health outcomes. During the period from birth to one-year, modifiable caregiver behaviours, such as what, how... Read More about Refining the Choosing Health Infant feeding for Infant Health intervention and implementation strategy: Re-CHErIsH Study Protocol.

Complex Velocity Structure of Nebular Gas in Active Galaxies Centred in Cooling X-ray Atmospheres (2024)
Journal Article
Gingras, M.-J., Coil, A. L., Mcnamara, B. R., Perrotta, S., Brighenti, F., Russell, H. R., Li, M., Peng Oh, S., & Wenmeng, W. (in press). Complex Velocity Structure of Nebular Gas in Active Galaxies Centred in Cooling X-ray Atmospheres. Astrophysical Journal,

[OII] emission maps obtained with the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) are presented for four galaxies centered in cooling X-ray cluster atmospheres. Nebular emission extending tens of kpc is found in systems covering a broad range of atmospheric coolin... Read More about Complex Velocity Structure of Nebular Gas in Active Galaxies Centred in Cooling X-ray Atmospheres.

Universality versus culturality in early childhood education (ECE): What are they and where are they located in the everyday practice of Chinese and English ECE? (2024)
Journal Article
Xu, Y., Barton, S., Chen, H., & Pratt, S. (in press). Universality versus culturality in early childhood education (ECE): What are they and where are they located in the everyday practice of Chinese and English ECE?. Journal for the Study of Education and Development: Infancia y Aprendizaje,

Criticisms on the dominance of ‘Western’ mores and values in shaping early childhood education (ECE) curriculum frameworks in Asian contexts have led to arguments for culturally appropriate pedagogy that addresses conflict and fusion of Western and n... Read More about Universality versus culturality in early childhood education (ECE): What are they and where are they located in the everyday practice of Chinese and English ECE?.

EXPRESS: Stratified Distributional Analysis -- a Novel Perspective on RT Distributions (2024)
Journal Article
Thul, R., Marsh, J., Dijkstra, T., & Conklin, K. (2024). EXPRESS: Stratified Distributional Analysis -- a Novel Perspective on RT Distributions. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241288516

Response times and their distributions serve as a powerful lens into cognitive processes. We present a novel statistical methodology called Stratified Distributional Analysis (SDA) to quantitatively assess how key determinants of response times (word... Read More about EXPRESS: Stratified Distributional Analysis -- a Novel Perspective on RT Distributions.