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A diffusion approach to Stein's method on Riemannian manifolds (2024)
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Le, H., Lewis, A., Bharath, K., & Fallaize, C. (2024). A diffusion approach to Stein's method on Riemannian manifolds. Bernoulli, 30(2), 1079-1104. https://doi.org/10.3150/23-bej1625

We detail an approach to developing Stein’s method for bounding integral metrics on probability measures defined on a Riemannian manifold M. Our approach exploits the relationship between the generator of a diffusion on M having a target invariant me... Read More about A diffusion approach to Stein's method on Riemannian manifolds.

Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study (2024)
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Sahota, O., Narayanasamy, M., Bastounis, A., Paskins, Z., Bishop, S., Langley, T., …Leonardi-Bee, J. (2024). Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study. Health Technology Assessment, 28(21), https://doi.org/10.3310/WYPF0472

Background Bisphosphonates are a class of medication commonly used to treat osteoporosis. Alendronate is recommended as the first-line treatment; however, long-term adherence (both treatment compliance and persistence) is poor. Alternative bisphosph... Read More about Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study.

Dysphagia after stroke: research advances in treatment interventions (2024)
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Labeit, B., Michou, E., Trapl-Grundschober, M., Suntrup-Krueger, S., Muhle, P., Bath, P. M., & Dziewas, R. (2024). Dysphagia after stroke: research advances in treatment interventions. Lancet Neurology, 23(4), 418-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422%2824%2900053-x

After a stroke, most patients have dysphagia, which can lead to aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, and adverse functional outcomes. Protective interventions aimed at reducing these complications remain the cornerstone of treatment. Dietary adjustmen... Read More about Dysphagia after stroke: research advances in treatment interventions.

Quantification of play behaviour in farmed calves using automated ultra-wide band location data and its association with age, weaning and health status (2024)
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Vázquez-Diosdado, J., Doidge, C., Bushby, E., Occhiuto, F., & Kaler, J. (2024). Quantification of play behaviour in farmed calves using automated ultra-wide band location data and its association with age, weaning and health status. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 8872

Play behaviour can act as an indicator of positive animal welfare. Previous attempts to predict play behaviour in farmed calves are limited because of the classification methods used, which lead to overestimation, and the short time periods that calv... Read More about Quantification of play behaviour in farmed calves using automated ultra-wide band location data and its association with age, weaning and health status.

Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0-11 year old children from 1998-2018 (2024)
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Tyrrell, E. G., Orton, E., Tata, L. J., & Kendrick, D. (2024). Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0-11 year old children from 1998-2018. Archives of Public Health, 82, Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01268-7

Background There have been sharp increases in antidepressant and opioid prescriptions over the last 10 years, as well as increased over-the-counter medicine availability. However, the impact on childhood medicinal poisonings rates, particularly by s... Read More about Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0-11 year old children from 1998-2018.

Post-Task Responses following Working Memory and Movement are Driven by Transient Spectral Bursts with Similar Characteristics (2024)
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Coleman, S. C., Seedat, Z. A., Pakenham, D. O., Quinn, A. J., Brookes, M. J., Woolrich, M. W., & Mullinger, K. J. (in press). Post-Task Responses following Working Memory and Movement are Driven by Transient Spectral Bursts with Similar Characteristics. Human Brain Mapping,

The post-movement beta rebound has been studied extensively using magnetoencephalography (MEG) and is reliably modulated by various task parameters as well as illness. Our recent study showed that rebounds, which we generalise as “post-task responses... Read More about Post-Task Responses following Working Memory and Movement are Driven by Transient Spectral Bursts with Similar Characteristics.

Decolonizing Assessment of Learning in Higher Education: The Journey Ahead (2024)
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Castillo-Montoya, M., & Madriaga, M. (in press). Decolonizing Assessment of Learning in Higher Education: The Journey Ahead. Teaching in Higher Education,

This Point of Departure ponders the question of decolonizing assessment of learning in higher education. In addressing this question, we, as scholars of color who work in the academy in the US and the UK, have leaned on the work of Shahjahan, Estera,... Read More about Decolonizing Assessment of Learning in Higher Education: The Journey Ahead.

Healing houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development (2024)
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Yeo, C., Charles, A., Lewandowski, F., Lichtenberg, P., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Slade, M., …Rodrigues, L. (in press). Healing houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development. Journal of Mental Health,

Background Soteria houses and peer respites, collectively called Healing Houses, are alternatives to psychiatric hospitalisation. Aims The aim of this research is to review Healing Houses in relation to design characteristics (architectural and se... Read More about Healing houses systematic review: design, sustainability, opportunities and barriers facing Soteria and peer respite development.

Label-free Brillouin endo-microscopy for the quantitative 3D imaging of sub-micrometre biology (2024)
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La Cavera III, S., Chauhan, V. M., Hardiman, W., Yao, M., Fuentes-Domínguez, R., Setchfield, K., …Clark, M. (2024). Label-free Brillouin endo-microscopy for the quantitative 3D imaging of sub-micrometre biology. Communications Biology, 7, Article 451. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06126-4

This report presents an optical fibre-based endo-microscopic imaging tool that simultaneously measures the topographic profile and 3D viscoelastic properties of biological specimens through the phenomenon of time-resolved Brillouin scattering. This u... Read More about Label-free Brillouin endo-microscopy for the quantitative 3D imaging of sub-micrometre biology.

Expanding qualitative interviewing for studies involving adults with different communication needs: reflections on research with people living with motor neurone disease (2024)
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Wilson, E. (in press). Expanding qualitative interviewing for studies involving adults with different communication needs: reflections on research with people living with motor neurone disease. International Journal of Qualitative Methods,

This article explores the challenges and adaptations we undertook to engage people with different communication needs, specifically those living with motor neurone disease (MND), in qualitative research interviews. While interviewing those in advance... Read More about Expanding qualitative interviewing for studies involving adults with different communication needs: reflections on research with people living with motor neurone disease.

Uses of linguistic context in speech listening: Does acquired hearing loss lead to reduced engagement of prediction? (2024)
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Fernandez, L. B., Pickering, M. J., Naylor, G., & Hadley, L. V. (in press). Uses of linguistic context in speech listening: Does acquired hearing loss lead to reduced engagement of prediction?. Ear and Hearing,

Research investigating the complex interplay of cognitive mechanisms involved in speech listening for people with hearing loss has been gaining prominence. In particular, linguistic context allows the use of several cognitive mechanisms that are not... Read More about Uses of linguistic context in speech listening: Does acquired hearing loss lead to reduced engagement of prediction?.

New insights into the characterization of the mechanism of action of hyoscine butylbromide in the human colon ex vivo (2024)
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Traserra, S., Alcalá-González, L. G., Barber, C., Landolfi, S., Malagelada, C., Lange, R., …Jimenez, M. (2024). New insights into the characterization of the mechanism of action of hyoscine butylbromide in the human colon ex vivo. European Journal of Pharmacology, 972, Article 176550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2024.176550

Introduction: Hyoscine butylbromide (HBB) is one of the most used antispasmodics in clinical practice. Recent translational consensus has demonstrated a similarity between human colonic motor patterns studied ex vivo and in vivo, suggesting ex vivo c... Read More about New insights into the characterization of the mechanism of action of hyoscine butylbromide in the human colon ex vivo.

Learning quantities of interest from parametric PDEs: An efficient neural-weighted Minimal Residual approach (2024)
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Brevis, I., Muga, I., Pardo, D., Rodriguez, O., & Van Der Zee, K. G. (in press). Learning quantities of interest from parametric PDEs: An efficient neural-weighted Minimal Residual approach. Computers and Mathematics with Applications,

The efficient approximation of parametric PDEs is of tremendous importance in science and engineering. In this paper, we show how one can train Galerkin discretizations to efficiently learn quantities of interest of solutions to a parametric PDE. The... Read More about Learning quantities of interest from parametric PDEs: An efficient neural-weighted Minimal Residual approach.

When a test is more than just a test: Findings from patient interviews and survey in the trial of a technology to measure antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Trial) (2024)
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Brown, S., Ploeger, C., Guo, B., Petersen, J. J., Beckenstrom, A. C., Browning, M., …Morriss, R. (2024). When a test is more than just a test: Findings from patient interviews and survey in the trial of a technology to measure antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Trial). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 132, Article 152467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152467

Background A RCT of a novel intervention to detect antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Test) took place in five European countries, accompanied by a nested study of its acceptability and implementation presented here. The RCT results i... Read More about When a test is more than just a test: Findings from patient interviews and survey in the trial of a technology to measure antidepressant medication response (the PReDicT Trial).

Towards Sustainable Urban Living: A Holistic Energy Strategy for Electric Vehicle and Heat Pump Adoption in Residential Communities (2024)
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Dik, A., Kutlu, C., Sun, H., Calautit, J. K., Boukhanouf, R., & Omer, S. (in press). Towards Sustainable Urban Living: A Holistic Energy Strategy for Electric Vehicle and Heat Pump Adoption in Residential Communities. Sustainable Cities and Society, Article 105412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105412

Electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps (HPs) are key in reducing carbon emissions from transportation and domestic heating, yet their adoption may increase peak load demands on electrical networks. One of the aims of this research is to assess the po... Read More about Towards Sustainable Urban Living: A Holistic Energy Strategy for Electric Vehicle and Heat Pump Adoption in Residential Communities.

Benchmarking discrete truncated Wigner approximation and neural network quantum states with the exact dynamics in a Rydberg atomic chain (2024)
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Naik, V., Shenoy, V., Li, W., & gopinathan rejani, R. N. (2024). Benchmarking discrete truncated Wigner approximation and neural network quantum states with the exact dynamics in a Rydberg atomic chain. Physica Scripta, https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ad3d9d

We benchmark the discrete truncated Wigner approximation (DTWA) and Neural quantum states (NQS) based on restricted Boltzmann-like machines with the exact excitation and correlation dynamics in a chain of ten Rydberg atoms. The initial state is where... Read More about Benchmarking discrete truncated Wigner approximation and neural network quantum states with the exact dynamics in a Rydberg atomic chain.

Increased Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutic Potential and Progenitor Marker Expression of Corneal Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cultured in an Optimized Propagation Medium (2024)
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Hopkinson, A., Notara, M., Cursiefen, C., & Sidney, L. E. (2024). Increased Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutic Potential and Progenitor Marker Expression of Corneal Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cultured in an Optimized Propagation Medium. Cell Transplantation, 33, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636897241241992

There is a huge unmet need for new treatment modalities for ocular surface inflammatory disorders (OSIDs) such as dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction. Mesenchymal stem cell therapies may hold the answer due to their potent immunomodulator... Read More about Increased Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutic Potential and Progenitor Marker Expression of Corneal Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cultured in an Optimized Propagation Medium.

Universal and nonuniversal probability laws in Markovian open quantum dynamics subject to generalized reset processes (2024)
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Carollo, F., Lesanovsky, I., & Garrahan, J. P. (2024). Universal and nonuniversal probability laws in Markovian open quantum dynamics subject to generalized reset processes. Physical Review E, 109(4), Article 044129. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.109.044129

We consider quantum-jump trajectories of Markovian open quantum systems subject to stochastic in time resets of their state to an initial configuration. The reset events provide a partitioning of quantum trajectories into consecutive time intervals,... Read More about Universal and nonuniversal probability laws in Markovian open quantum dynamics subject to generalized reset processes.