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Managing Minds at Work: A Feasibility Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of a Web-based Interactive Training for Managers to Promote Mental Health at Work (2025)
Journal Article
Hassard, J., Blake, H., Dulal-Arthur, T., Frost, A., Bartle, C., Yarker, J., Munir, F., Vaughan, B., Daly, G., Meyer, C., Russell, S., & Thomson, L. (in press). Managing Minds at Work: A Feasibility Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of a Web-based Interactive Training for Managers to Promote Mental Health at Work. JMIR Mental Health,

Maternal, childhood and adolescent influences on Leydig cell functional capacity and circulating INSL3 concentration in young adults: Importance of childhood infections and body mass index (2025)
Journal Article
Ivell, R., Tilumcu, B., Alhujaili, W., & Anand‐Ivell, R. (2025). Maternal, childhood and adolescent influences on Leydig cell functional capacity and circulating INSL3 concentration in young adults: Importance of childhood infections and body mass index. Andrology, https://doi.org/10.1111/andr.70091

Background: The constitutive Leydig cell hormone insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) is considered a good estimate of the adult Leydig cell functional capacity and appears to remain relatively consistent throughout adult male life, only gradually declinin... Read More about Maternal, childhood and adolescent influences on Leydig cell functional capacity and circulating INSL3 concentration in young adults: Importance of childhood infections and body mass index.

Exploring stroke survivor and employer experiences of disruption within the RETurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial during the COVID-19 pandemic (2025)
Journal Article
Trusson, D., Powers, K., Radford, K., Bowen, A., Craven, K., Farrin, A., McKevitt, C., Murray, J., Phillips, J., Stevens, J., & Clarke, D. (2025). Exploring stroke survivor and employer experiences of disruption within the RETurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1434353

Introduction: Returning to work is a goal for many stroke survivors, with benefits for individuals and society. The ReTurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial, which aimed to improve stroke survivors’ work outcomes through early stroke-specific vocat... Read More about Exploring stroke survivor and employer experiences of disruption within the RETurn to work After stroKE (RETAKE) trial during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A comparison of the molecular pharmacological properties of current short, long and ultra-long-acting β2-agonists used for asthma and COPD (2025)
Journal Article
Proudman, R. G. W., & Baker, J. G. (in press). A comparison of the molecular pharmacological properties of current short, long and ultra-long-acting β2-agonists used for asthma and COPD. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, https://doi.org/10.22541/au.174560615.57789698/v1

β-agonists have been used in asthma for 120 years. There are two recent changes: ultra-long-acting agonists for COPD and new asthma guidelines recommending formoterol/ICS inhalers phasing out short-acting salbutamol inhalers. Few studies directly com... Read More about A comparison of the molecular pharmacological properties of current short, long and ultra-long-acting β2-agonists used for asthma and COPD.

Risk modeling for ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 – Control of infectious aerosols (2025)
Journal Article
Jones, B., Iddon, C., Zaatari, M., Wargocki, P., & Bruns, R. (2025). Risk modeling for ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 – Control of infectious aerosols. Building and Environment, Article 113318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113318

This paper describes the risk assessment modeling used to establish airflow requirements in ASHRAE Standard 241 (2023) – Control of Infectious Aerosols. The standard sets minimum equivalent clean airflow rates per person (ECAi) to reduce long-range a... Read More about Risk modeling for ASHRAE Standard 241-2023 – Control of infectious aerosols.

Helix-bundle and C-terminal GPCR domains differentially influence GRK-specific functions and β-arrestin-mediated regulation (2025)
Journal Article
Matthees, E. S. F., Haider, R. S., Klement, L., Reichel, M., Blum, N. K., Weitzel, V., Trüpschuch, T., Ziegler, C., Drube, J., Schulz, S., & Hoffmann, C. (2025). Helix-bundle and C-terminal GPCR domains differentially influence GRK-specific functions and β-arrestin-mediated regulation. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 5430. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61281-4

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) orchestrate diverse physiological responses via signaling through G proteins, GPCR kinases (GRKs), and arrestins. While most G protein functions are well-established, the contributions of GRKs and arrestins remain... Read More about Helix-bundle and C-terminal GPCR domains differentially influence GRK-specific functions and β-arrestin-mediated regulation.

Collapse of Lipid Membranes into Distended Lipidic Cubic Phases at High Solvent Levels, Membrane Remodelling, and Self-Repair (2025)
Journal Article
Yeh, V., Goode, A., Khunti, N., Watts, J., Parmenter, C., Fay, M., Johnson, D., Cowieson, N., & Bonev, B. (2025). Collapse of Lipid Membranes into Distended Lipidic Cubic Phases at High Solvent Levels, Membrane Remodelling, and Self-Repair. Journal of the American Chemical Society, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c07146

Performance plastics, such as poly(methyl methacrylate), underpin the modern economy. Global manufacturing of plastic precursors relies on fossil carbon sources, and the urgently needed shift toward renewable carbon use through biofermentation is hin... Read More about Collapse of Lipid Membranes into Distended Lipidic Cubic Phases at High Solvent Levels, Membrane Remodelling, and Self-Repair.

Angiotensin II and Cardiovascular Disease: Balancing Pathogenic and Protective Pathways (2025)
Journal Article
Bayraktutan, U. (2025). Angiotensin II and Cardiovascular Disease: Balancing Pathogenic and Protective Pathways. Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 47(7), Article 501. https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb47070501

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is a hormone system that controls blood pressure and fluid and electrolyte balance. Angiotensin II, a key effector, is produced from angiotensin I by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and exerts its e... Read More about Angiotensin II and Cardiovascular Disease: Balancing Pathogenic and Protective Pathways.

A mixed-methods evaluation of targeted leadership development training to support the career progression of the Black and Minority Ethnic NHS workforce (2025)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Scarlett, K., Khulumula, S., & Chouliara, N. (2025). A mixed-methods evaluation of targeted leadership development training to support the career progression of the Black and Minority Ethnic NHS workforce. BMJ Leader, https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2024-001175

Introduction: Black and minority ethnic (BME) workers within the National Health Service (NHS) experience barriers to attainment of senior leadership roles. The NHS Leadership Academy delivered two Leadership Programmes addressing barriers to progres... Read More about A mixed-methods evaluation of targeted leadership development training to support the career progression of the Black and Minority Ethnic NHS workforce.

Continuous glucose monitoring and automated insulin delivery systems in the management of diabetes among individuals with chronic kidney disease on dialysis (2025)
Journal Article
Liarakos, A. L., Randhay, A., Wilmot, E. G., & Wilmot, E. G. (in press). Continuous glucose monitoring and automated insulin delivery systems in the management of diabetes among individuals with chronic kidney disease on dialysis. Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension,

Purpose of review: To describe the current evidence and emerging role of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and automated insulin delivery (AID) systems in the management of diabetes among individuals with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) under... Read More about Continuous glucose monitoring and automated insulin delivery systems in the management of diabetes among individuals with chronic kidney disease on dialysis.

Responsible and Adaptive Robots in Care Home Settings: An Implementation Framework Analysis of a Workshop with Public and Professionals (2025)
Journal Article
Boudouraki, A., Waheed, M., Mestre, R., Landowska, A., Georgara, A., Deshmukh, J., Singh, L., Abioye, A. O., Tan, N., Tuyen, V., Dong, Y., Ao, S., Price, D., Fischer, J., & Gomez Bergin, A. (in press). Responsible and Adaptive Robots in Care Home Settings: An Implementation Framework Analysis of a Workshop with Public and Professionals. Frontiers in Robotics and AI,

As populations grow, research looks to emerging adaptive technologies for the urgent challenge in providing suitable care for older adults. Drawing on implementation science, we conducted a holistic examination looking at broader, contextual factors... Read More about Responsible and Adaptive Robots in Care Home Settings: An Implementation Framework Analysis of a Workshop with Public and Professionals.

“Further details are needed!” Reflections on the reporting in quantitative systematic reviews submitted to JBI Evidence Synthesis (2025)
Journal Article
Leonardi-Bee, J. (2025). “Further details are needed!” Reflections on the reporting in quantitative systematic reviews submitted to JBI Evidence Synthesis. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 23(6), 1038-1040. https://doi.org/10.11124/jbies-24-00508

JBI Evidence Synthesis receives quantitative systematic reviews that employ a wide range of high-quality and innovative methods to address their review questions. While the systematic reviews must follow JBI methodologies or those endorsed by JBI, co... Read More about “Further details are needed!” Reflections on the reporting in quantitative systematic reviews submitted to JBI Evidence Synthesis.

The cultural construction of “executive function” (2025)
Journal Article
Kroupin, I., Elizabeth Davis, H., Burdett, E., Bani Cuata, A., Hartley, V., & Henrich, J. (2025). The cultural construction of “executive function”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(27), Article e2407955122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407955122

In cognitive science, the term "executive function" (EF) refers to universal features of the mind. Yet, almost all results described as measuring "EF" may actually reflect culturally-specific cognitive capacities. After all, typical EF measures requi... Read More about The cultural construction of “executive function”.

How to Teach Large Groups (2025)
Book
Corcoran, A. (2025). How to Teach Large Groups. Edward Elgar Publishing

In this incisive How to guide, Andrew Corcoran explores strategies for teaching large groups of students across a diverse range of contexts. Chapters present innovative approaches to common challenges, delving into key questions such as how to cater... Read More about How to Teach Large Groups.

Employees' experiences of chronic pain in the workplace (2025)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Giannoulatou, M., & Chaplin, W. (2025). Employees' experiences of chronic pain in the workplace. Occupational Medicine, Article kqaf052. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaf052

This qualitative study focused on how people experience chronic pain at work. Employees with chronic pain placed high value on flexible and hybrid working, and employee support networks. Inequity in access to protective workplace policies, occupation... Read More about Employees' experiences of chronic pain in the workplace.

Factors influencing physical healthcare quality for people with intellectual disability: the psychiatry multidisciplinary team perspective (2025)
Journal Article
Majid, M., Rennick-Egglestone, S., Harris, B., Roy, A., & Crawford, H. (2025). Factors influencing physical healthcare quality for people with intellectual disability: the psychiatry multidisciplinary team perspective. BJPsych Open, 11(4), Article e137. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2025.10051

Background There is a need for better collaborative care between services to improve healthcare provision for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). In the UK, the learning disabilities (LD) psychiatry multidisciplinary team (MDT) is a specialis... Read More about Factors influencing physical healthcare quality for people with intellectual disability: the psychiatry multidisciplinary team perspective.

Sampling from mixture distributions based on regime-switching diffusions (2025)
Journal Article
Tretyakov, M. V. (2025). Sampling from mixture distributions based on regime-switching diffusions. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 47(3), A1681-A1701. https://doi.org/10.1137/24M1677113

It is proposed to use stochastic differential equations with state-dependent switching 4 rates (SDEwS) for sampling from finite mixture distributions. An Euler scheme with constant time 5 step for SDEwS is considered. It is shown that the scheme conv... Read More about Sampling from mixture distributions based on regime-switching diffusions.

Pramipexole augmentation for the acute phase of treatment-resistant, unipolar depression: a placebo- controlled, double-blind, randomised trial in the UK (2025)
Journal Article
Browning, M., Cowen, P. J., Galal, U., Baldwin, A., Cleare, A. J., Evans, J., Huys, Q. J. M., Kessler, D., Kurkar, M., Nixon, N., Rastogi, A., Watson, S., Yu, L.-M., Mort, S., Simon, J., Laszewska, A., Lewis, A. C., Roberts, S. M., Fiske, V., Frending, L. M., …Geddes, J. R. (2025). Pramipexole augmentation for the acute phase of treatment-resistant, unipolar depression: a placebo- controlled, double-blind, randomised trial in the UK. Lancet Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366%2825%2900194-4

Background
About 30% of patients with depression treated with antidepressant medication do not respond sufficiently to the first agents used. Pramipexole might usefully augment antidepressant medication in such cases of treatment-resistant depressio... Read More about Pramipexole augmentation for the acute phase of treatment-resistant, unipolar depression: a placebo- controlled, double-blind, randomised trial in the UK.

Electrogenetic depolymerization of poly-gamma glutamic acid in Bacillus subtilis biofilms (2025)
Journal Article
Oguntomi, S. O., Ajunwa, O. M., Calvio, C., Conte, P., Galluzzi, M., Low, S. S., Morra, S., Pan, R., Wang, D., & Marsili, E. (2025). Electrogenetic depolymerization of poly-gamma glutamic acid in Bacillus subtilis biofilms. Journal of Power Sources, 653, Article 237754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.237754

Gene expression in electroactive bacteria (EAB), which sense electrochemical stimuli and elicit genetic response, can be regulated through electrogenetic methods. Although differential gene expression patterns have been observed in biofilms grown on... Read More about Electrogenetic depolymerization of poly-gamma glutamic acid in Bacillus subtilis biofilms.

Designing fly ash-based engineered geopolymer composites: Mechanical properties, chloride ion resistance, and microstructure (2025)
Journal Article
Ling, Y., Li, Z., Tan, Y., Wang, C., Jiang, Z., Thermou, G., & Shi, W. (2025). Designing fly ash-based engineered geopolymer composites: Mechanical properties, chloride ion resistance, and microstructure. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Material, https://doi.org/10.1080/21650373.2025.2524458

To promote the application of fly ash-based engineered geopolymer composites (EGC), this article systematically investigated the effects of activator modulus (1.0–2.0), concentration (30–40%), and liquid-to-solid (L/S) ratio (0.40– 0.50) on workabili... Read More about Designing fly ash-based engineered geopolymer composites: Mechanical properties, chloride ion resistance, and microstructure.