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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescent mental health inpatient service use in England: An interrupted time-series analysis of national patient records (2024)
Journal Article
Tsiachristas, A., Holland, J., Guo, B., Chitsabesan, P., Sayal, K., & Pari, A. A. A. (2024). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescent mental health inpatient service use in England: An interrupted time-series analysis of national patient records. BJPsych Open, 10(2), Article e69. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.9

Background:

During the initial phases of the COVID 19 pandemic children and young people (CYP) faced significant restrictions. The virus and mitigation approaches significantly impacted how health services could function, and be safely delivered.... Read More about The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescent mental health inpatient service use in England: An interrupted time-series analysis of national patient records.

Measuring the perception and metacognition of time (2024)
Journal Article
Cropper, S. J., Little, D. R., Xu, L., Bruno, A. M., & Johnston, A. (2024). Measuring the perception and metacognition of time. Journal of Vision, 24(3), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.24.3.5

The ability of humans to identify and reproduce short time intervals (in the region of a second) may be affected by many factors ranging from the gender and personality of the individual observer, through the attentional state, to the precise spatiot... Read More about Measuring the perception and metacognition of time.

Disruption of CD47-SIRPα signaling restores inflammatory function in tumor-associated myeloid-derived suppressor cells (2024)
Journal Article
Zimarino, C., Moody, W., Davidson, S. E., Munir, H., & Shields, J. D. (2024). Disruption of CD47-SIRPα signaling restores inflammatory function in tumor-associated myeloid-derived suppressor cells. iScience, 27(4), Article 109546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109546

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a heterogeneous immune population with diverse immunosuppressive functions in solid tumors. Here, we explored the role of the tumor microenvironment in regulating MDSC differentiation and immunosuppressive... Read More about Disruption of CD47-SIRPα signaling restores inflammatory function in tumor-associated myeloid-derived suppressor cells.

Global prevalence and risk factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild birds: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, C., Qin, S.-Y., Yang, X., Li, X.-M., Cai, Y., Lei, C.-C., …Cao, H. (2024). Global prevalence and risk factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild birds: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 226, Article 106187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106187

A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed to identify the global prevalence and factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild birds. Six bibliographic databases (Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP Chinese Journal... Read More about Global prevalence and risk factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild birds: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Robust gesture recognition method toward intelligent environment using Wi-Fi signals (2024)
Journal Article
Ding, X., Yu, X., Zhong, Y., Xie, W., Cai, B., You, M., & Jiang, T. (2024). Robust gesture recognition method toward intelligent environment using Wi-Fi signals. Measurement, 231, Article 114525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2024.114525

Wi-Fi-based gesture recognition represents an emerging paradigm of human–computer interaction. While deep learning-based and model-based solutions are crucial for improving accuracy and generalization performance, they often depend heavily on extensi... Read More about Robust gesture recognition method toward intelligent environment using Wi-Fi signals.

Wellbeing and the importance of going “out of the realm of the classroom”: secondary school teachers’ perspectives (2024)
Journal Article
Wilson, R., Sellman, E., & Joseph, S. (2024). Wellbeing and the importance of going “out of the realm of the classroom”: secondary school teachers’ perspectives. Educational Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2024.2325060

Schools play a central role in supporting young people affected by mental health issues. This article reports a reflexive thematic analysis of focus group and interview data with English secondary teachers about their perspectives on mental health an... Read More about Wellbeing and the importance of going “out of the realm of the classroom”: secondary school teachers’ perspectives.

Choosing and evaluating randomisation methods in clinical trials: a qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Bruce, C. L., Iflaifel, M., Montgomery, A., Ogollah, R., Sprange, K., & Partlett, C. (2024). Choosing and evaluating randomisation methods in clinical trials: a qualitative study. Trials, 25(1), Article 199. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08005-z

Background: There exist many different methods of allocating participants to treatment groups during a randomised controlled trial. Although there is research that explores trial characteristics that are associated with the choice of method, there is... Read More about Choosing and evaluating randomisation methods in clinical trials: a qualitative study.

Progressive Healthcare Pedagogy: An Application Merging ChatGPT and AI-Video Technologies for Gamified and Cost-Effective Scenario-Based Learning (2024)
Book Chapter
Pears, M., Poussa, C., & Konstantinidis, S. T. (2024). Progressive Healthcare Pedagogy: An Application Merging ChatGPT and AI-Video Technologies for Gamified and Cost-Effective Scenario-Based Learning. In M. E. Auer, & T. Tsiatsos (Eds.), Smart Mobile Communication & Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the 15th IMCL Conference. Volume 2 (106-113). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56075-0_10

Healthcare education faces numerous challenges in meeting the expanding needs of students while providing personalized learning experiences. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs), have emerged as promisi... Read More about Progressive Healthcare Pedagogy: An Application Merging ChatGPT and AI-Video Technologies for Gamified and Cost-Effective Scenario-Based Learning.

Associations between zinc deficiency, taste changes and salivary flow rate following gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy surgeries (2024)
Journal Article
Mozaffar, B., Mozaffar, H., Alkharaiji, M., Elbahrawy, A., & Idris, I. (2024). Associations between zinc deficiency, taste changes and salivary flow rate following gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy surgeries. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2024, Article 1197571. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/1197571

Background. The prevalence of taste change (hypogeusia) and its association with zinc deficiency is unclear due to differences in methods of assessment. We investigate the prevalence of hypogeusia using mixed methods and link it with changes in zinc... Read More about Associations between zinc deficiency, taste changes and salivary flow rate following gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy surgeries.

Potential smoke-free dividend across local areas in England: A cross-sectional analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Morris, D., Gillespie, D., Dockrell, M., Cook, M., Horton, M., Brown, J., & Langley, T. (2024). Potential smoke-free dividend across local areas in England: A cross-sectional analysis. Tobacco Control, https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058264

Background
The value that might be added to local economies each year through the money that people who smoke tobacco would save if everyone quit smoking is called the “smoke-free dividend”. This study aimed to estimate the value of the smoke-free d... Read More about Potential smoke-free dividend across local areas in England: A cross-sectional analysis.

Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff (2024)
Journal Article
Rand, S., Towers, A., Allan, S., Webster, L., Palmer, S., Carroll, R., …Goodman, C. (2024). Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff. Quality of Life Research, 33, 1555-1567. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-024-03631-1

Purpose.

Rasch analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were used to evaluate the structural validity of the ASCOT-Proxy measures completed by staff on behalf of older adults resident in care homes, by comparison to the ASCOT-SCT4, the meas... Read More about Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff.

Implementing and Evaluating a National Integrated Digital Registry and Clinical Decision Support System in Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (Early Psychosis Informatics Into Care): Co-Designed Protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Griffiths, S. L., Murray, G. K., Logeswaran, Y., Ainsworth, J., Allan, S. M., Campbell, N., …Upthegrove, R. (2024). Implementing and Evaluating a National Integrated Digital Registry and Clinical Decision Support System in Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (Early Psychosis Informatics Into Care): Co-Designed Protocol. JMIR Research Protocols, 13(1), Article e50177. https://doi.org/10.2196/50177

Background: Early intervention in psychosis (EIP) services are nationally mandated in England to provide multidisciplinary care to people experiencing first-episode psychosis, which disproportionately affects deprived and ethnic minority youth. Quali... Read More about Implementing and Evaluating a National Integrated Digital Registry and Clinical Decision Support System in Early Intervention in Psychosis Services (Early Psychosis Informatics Into Care): Co-Designed Protocol.

Differentiation of Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus forskalii Snails in West Africa Using Morphometric Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Andrus, P. S., Joof, E., & Wade, C. M. (2024). Differentiation of Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus forskalii Snails in West Africa Using Morphometric Analysis. Acta Parasitologica, 69, 1016–1026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-024-00830-1

Purpose: Accurate identification of medically important intermediate host and vector species is crucial for understanding disease transmission and control. Identifying Bulinus snails which act as intermediate host species for the transmission of schi... Read More about Differentiation of Bulinus senegalensis and Bulinus forskalii Snails in West Africa Using Morphometric Analysis.

A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes: a pilot study (2024)
Journal Article
Ng, C., Dellschaft, N. S., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., Spiller, R., Crooks, C., …Smyth, A. R. (2024). A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes: a pilot study. NIHR Open Research, 3, Article 65. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13510.2

Background
People with cystic fibrosis (CF) can experience recurrent chest infections, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and gastrointestinal symptoms. New cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator drugs improve lung funct... Read More about A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes: a pilot study.

A characterisation of linear repetitivity for cut and project sets with general polytopal windows (2024)
Journal Article
Walton, J. J. (2024). A characterisation of linear repetitivity for cut and project sets with general polytopal windows. Indagationes Mathematicae, 35(5), 1009-1056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indag.2024.03.003

The cut and project method is a central construction in the theory of Aperiodic Order for generating quasicrystals with pure point diffraction. Linear repetitivity (LR) is a form of ideal regularity of aperiodic patterns. Recently, Koivusalo and the... Read More about A characterisation of linear repetitivity for cut and project sets with general polytopal windows.

CXCL17 is an allosteric inhibitor of CXCR4 through a mechanism of action involving glycosaminoglycans (2024)
Journal Article
White, C. W., Platt, S., Kilpatrick, L. E., Dale, N., Abhayawardana, R. S., Dekkers, S., …Hill, S. J. (2024). CXCL17 is an allosteric inhibitor of CXCR4 through a mechanism of action involving glycosaminoglycans. Science Signaling, 17(828), Article abl3758. https://doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.abl3758

CXCL17 is a chemokine principally expressed by mucosal tissues, where it facilitates chemotaxis of monocytes, dendritic cells, and macrophages and has antimicrobial properties. CXCL17 is also implicated in the pathology of inflammatory disorders and... Read More about CXCL17 is an allosteric inhibitor of CXCR4 through a mechanism of action involving glycosaminoglycans.

Substantial cost savings of ultrasound-based management over magnetic resonance imaging-based management in an inflammatory bowel disease service (2024)
Journal Article
Radford, S. J., Abdul-Aema, B., Tench, C., Leighton, P., Coad, J., & Moran, G. W. (2024). Substantial cost savings of ultrasound-based management over magnetic resonance imaging-based management in an inflammatory bowel disease service. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 59(6), 683-689. https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.2024.2330588

Background: Imaging is used to monitor disease activity in small bowel Crohn’s disease (CD). Magnetic Resonance Enterography is often employed as a first modality in the United Kingdom for assessment and monitoring; however, waiting times, cost, pati... Read More about Substantial cost savings of ultrasound-based management over magnetic resonance imaging-based management in an inflammatory bowel disease service.

Just public algorithms: Mapping public engagement with the use of algorithms in UK public services (2024)
Journal Article
Pallett, H., Price, C., Chilvers, J., & Burall, S. (2024). Just public algorithms: Mapping public engagement with the use of algorithms in UK public services. Big Data and Society, 11(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517241235867

This paper proposes and models a novel approach to public engagement with the use of algorithms in public services. Algorithms pose significant risks which need to be anticipated and mitigated through democratic governance, including public engagemen... Read More about Just public algorithms: Mapping public engagement with the use of algorithms in UK public services.

Landscape genomics reveals regions associated with adaptive phenotypic and genetic variation in Ethiopian indigenous chickens (2024)
Journal Article
Kebede, F. G., Derks, M. F., Dessie, T., Hanotte, O., Barros, C. P., Crooijmans, R. P., Komen, H., & Bastiaansen, J. W. (2024). Landscape genomics reveals regions associated with adaptive phenotypic and genetic variation in Ethiopian indigenous chickens. BMC Genomics, 25(1), Article 284. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10193-6

Climate change is a threat to sustainable livestock production and livelihoods in the tropics. It has adverse impacts on feed and water availability, disease prevalence, production, environmental temperature, and biodiversity. Unravelling the drivers... Read More about Landscape genomics reveals regions associated with adaptive phenotypic and genetic variation in Ethiopian indigenous chickens.