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A Feminist Political Ecology of household waste management in an urban township, South Africa (2025)
Journal Article
Pewa, M., Robson, E., & Deutz, P. (2025). A Feminist Political Ecology of household waste management in an urban township, South Africa. South African Geographical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2025.2496264

In the Global South, women disproportionately shoulder the burden of household waste management. Development Studies suggest that this persistent feminization of waste-related activities is rooted in cultural, social, and economic factors that confin... Read More about A Feminist Political Ecology of household waste management in an urban township, South Africa.

Volatile learning environments: Exploring the barriers to inclusion in prison education through collaborative writing (2025)
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Thomas, S., & Glazzard, J. (online). Volatile learning environments: Exploring the barriers to inclusion in prison education through collaborative writing. Policy Futures in Education, https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103251341407

Education in prisons is intended to transform lives. It fulfils a major role in rehabilitation and is critical to ensuring that incarcerated people have the necessary knowledge and skills to lead meaningful, productive and economically active lives w... Read More about Volatile learning environments: Exploring the barriers to inclusion in prison education through collaborative writing.

Frailty-free life expectancy and its association with socio-economic characteristics: an analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing cohort study (2025)
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Sinclair, D. R., Maharani, A., Kingston, A., O’Neill, T. W., & Matthews, F. E. (2025). Frailty-free life expectancy and its association with socio-economic characteristics: an analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing cohort study. BMC medicine, 23(1), Article 276. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04112-z

Background: Frailty is more prevalent in socio-economically disadvantaged groups; however, little is known about how this translates to differences in the number of years people live with and without frailty. We investigate differences in frailty-fre... Read More about Frailty-free life expectancy and its association with socio-economic characteristics: an analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing cohort study.

Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2025)
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Zuniga, Y. M. H., Zumla, A., Zuhlke, L. J., Zoladl, M., Ziaeian, B., Zhong, C., Zhao, X. J. G., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, J., Zepro, N. B., Zenebe, G. A., Zeitoun, J. D., Zegeye, Z. B., Zastrozhin, M. S., Zareshahrabadi, Z., Zarea, K., Dehnavi, A. Z., Zare, I., Zangiabadian, M., Zangeneh, A., …Soyiri, I. N. (2025). Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Nature communications, 16(1), Article 4235. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56910-x

Chronic care manages long-term, progressive conditions, while acute care addresses short-term conditions. Chronic conditions increasingly strain health systems, which are often unprepared for these demands. This study examines the burden of condition... Read More about Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Vasectomy, Management, and Pain: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of Online Communities (2025)
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Pimbblet, K. A. (2025). Vasectomy, Management, and Pain: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of Online Communities. International Journal of Urological Nursing, 19(2), Article e70016. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijun.70016

Is the use of vasectomy in the United Kingdom experiencing a significant decline due to knowledge of post-vasectomy pain syndrome transmitted through online public forums? Although vasectomy is regularly used as a form of contraception and is general... Read More about Vasectomy, Management, and Pain: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of Online Communities.

Environmental and financial cost of surgical-site infection by severity after lower limb vascular surgery (2025)
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Lathan, R., Daysley, H., Ravindhran, B., Lim, A., Cutteridge, J., Sidapra, M., Long, J., Hitchman, L., Beltran-Alvarez, P., Carradice, D., Smith, G., & Chetter, I. (2025). Environmental and financial cost of surgical-site infection by severity after lower limb vascular surgery. BJS Open, 9(3), Article zraf015. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraf015

BACKGROUND: There is sparse evidence of the relationship between environmental and financial costs of surgical-site infection. Identifying areas of high-cost burden would enable key targets for clinical interventions to aid in achieving the UK nation... Read More about Environmental and financial cost of surgical-site infection by severity after lower limb vascular surgery.

Developing a decision support tool for the continuation or deprescribing of antithrombotic therapy in patients receiving end-of-life care: Protocol for a European Delphi study". (2025)
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Deneche, I., Couffignal, C., Si Mohammed, N., Arbjerg Højen, A., Font, C., Konstantinides, S., Kruip, M., Maiorana, L., Szmit, S., Abbel, D., Bertoletti, L., Edwards, A., Edwards, M., Gava, A., Gussekloo, J., Johnson, M. J., Kumar, R., Langendoen, J., Lifford, K., Mooijaart, S., …Mahé, I. (2025). Developing a decision support tool for the continuation or deprescribing of antithrombotic therapy in patients receiving end-of-life care: Protocol for a European Delphi study". Thrombosis Update, 19, Article 100209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tru.2025.100209

ABSTRACT
Introduction: To develop a European shared decision support tool (SDST), a Delphi process will be used to reach consensus about aspects relating to the continuation or deprescribing of antithrombotic therapy (ATT) in cancer patients at the... Read More about Developing a decision support tool for the continuation or deprescribing of antithrombotic therapy in patients receiving end-of-life care: Protocol for a European Delphi study"..

Developing a decision support tool for the continuation or deprescribing of antithrombotic therapy in patients receiving end-of-life care: Protocol for a European Delphi study (2025)
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Deneche, I., Couffignal, C., Mohammed, N. S., Højen, A. A., Font, C., Konstantinides, S., Kruip, M., Maiorana, L., Szmit, S., Abbel, D., Bertoletti, L., Cannegieter, S., Edwards, A., Edwards, M., Gava, A., Gussekloo, J., Johnson, M. J., Kumar, R., Langendoen, J., Lifford, K., …Mahé, I. (2025). Developing a decision support tool for the continuation or deprescribing of antithrombotic therapy in patients receiving end-of-life care: Protocol for a European Delphi study. Thrombosis Research, 19, Article 100209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tru.2025.100209

Introduction: To develop a European shared decision support tool (SDST), a Delphi process will be used to reach consensus about aspects relating to the continuation or deprescribing of antithrombotic therapy (ATT) in cancer patients at the end of lif... Read More about Developing a decision support tool for the continuation or deprescribing of antithrombotic therapy in patients receiving end-of-life care: Protocol for a European Delphi study.

Reflection of wind turbine noise from rough ground using 3D multiple scattering theory (2025)
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Naylor, J., & Qin, Q. (2025). Reflection of wind turbine noise from rough ground using 3D multiple scattering theory. Wind, 5(2), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/wind5020011

Ground roughness is investigated for its influence on the propagation of wind turbine noise by using a proposed multiple scattering theory to predict the reflection of sound waves from a deterministic distribution of hemispheres. By using a distribut... Read More about Reflection of wind turbine noise from rough ground using 3D multiple scattering theory.

The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy (2025)
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Walding, N., Williams, R., Dowey, N., Rowley, P., Thomas, M., Osman, S., Johnson, M., & Parsons, D. R. (2025). The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy. Bulletin of volcanology, 87(6), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-025-01821-4

Ash layers within extensive pyroclastic density current (PDC) deposits can be important in understanding the evolution of explosive eruptions. If interpreted as ashfall deposits, they may be used to identify hiatus episodes and determine how many pyr... Read More about The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy.

Holloway Prison: Representations and realities in the history of a women's prison, 1902 to 1955 (2025)
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Johnston, H. (2025). Holloway Prison: Representations and realities in the history of a women's prison, 1902 to 1955. Women & Criminal Justice, https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2025.2492327

This article explores the media and cultural representations of HMP Holloway, London, England between 1902 and 1955 and contrasts this with the realities of the day-to-day female population and experience in the institution. Drawing on extensive hist... Read More about Holloway Prison: Representations and realities in the history of a women's prison, 1902 to 1955.

Exercise recommendations and practical considerations for asthma management - an EAACI position paper (2025)
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Price, O. J., Papadopoulos, N. G., Amérigo, D. A., Backer, V., Bougault, V., Del Giacco, S., Gawlik, R., Eguiluz-Gracia, I., Heffler, E., Janson, C., McDonald, V. M., Moreira, A., Simpson, A., & Bonini, M. (2025). Exercise recommendations and practical considerations for asthma management - an EAACI position paper. Allergy, 80(6), 1572-1591. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.16573

Exercise is an important treatment for people with asthma and should be considered alongside pharmacological therapy when developing personalised asthma management plans. Despite this, there remains limited guidance concerning the practicalities of a... Read More about Exercise recommendations and practical considerations for asthma management - an EAACI position paper.

Health Information Communication and Advocacy in the Haemophilia Community: An X-Based Analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Ahmed, W., Hardey, M., & Yavetz, G. (2025). Health Information Communication and Advocacy in the Haemophilia Community: An X-Based Analysis. Journal of Documentation, https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-09-2024-0224

Purpose
This study evaluates the network characteristics of the haemophilia community on X (previously known as Twitter) and identifies prevalent themes in their conversations, informed by the Uses and Gratifications (U&G) theory, within the broader... Read More about Health Information Communication and Advocacy in the Haemophilia Community: An X-Based Analysis.

Type 2 diabetes and the role of nurses in its management (2025)
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Butler, S. (2025). Type 2 diabetes and the role of nurses in its management. Nursing standard, https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2025.e12429

Type 2 diabetes has become a significant global public health issue. Its increasing prevalence is closely linked to sedentary lifestyles, suboptimal diets and high obesity levels. This article provides an overview of type 2 diabetes epidemiology, pat... Read More about Type 2 diabetes and the role of nurses in its management.

Transitioning Pedagogies: The role of developing the story during Higher Education Psychology teaching (2025)
Journal Article
Morris, B., & Glazzard, J. (online). Transitioning Pedagogies: The role of developing the story during Higher Education Psychology teaching. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, https://doi.org/10.33902/jpsp.202533280

This theoretical paper will explore issues and benefits associated with adopting storytelling as a pedagogical approach within higher education. Adopting positions from Socio-cultural Theory and Self-determination Theory establishes potential theoret... Read More about Transitioning Pedagogies: The role of developing the story during Higher Education Psychology teaching.

Embracing Authentic Leadership as an Introvert: A Self-Discovery (2025)
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Butler, S. (2025). Embracing Authentic Leadership as an Introvert: A Self-Discovery. Practice Nursing, 36(5),

Sarah Butler describes her journey to discovering her authentic leadership style, showing that introverts can be excellent leaders through self-awareness and embracing their natural traits.

Seasonal Changes in Fish eDNA Signal Vary Between Contrasting River Types (2025)
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Griffiths, N. P., Bolland, J. D., Wright, R. M., Blabolil, P., Macarthur, J. A., Sellers, G. S., & Hänfling, B. (2025). Seasonal Changes in Fish eDNA Signal Vary Between Contrasting River Types. Environmental DNA, 7(3), Article e70060. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70060

Due to the societal reliance on goods and services provided by river systems and their close proximity to settlements, few modern-day rivers are without significant anthropogenic modifications. The natural river hydrology is often altered as a conseq... Read More about Seasonal Changes in Fish eDNA Signal Vary Between Contrasting River Types.

Bisoprolol for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high risk of exacerbation: the BICS RCT (2025)
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Devereux, G., Cotton, S., Nath, M., McMeekin, N., Campbell, K., Chaudhuri, R., Choudhury, G., De Soyza, A., Fielding, S., Gompertz, S., Haughney, J., Lee, A., MacLennan, G., Morice, A., Norrie, J., Price, D., Short, P., Vestbo, J., Walker, P., Wedzicha, J., …Lipworth, B. (2025). Bisoprolol for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high risk of exacerbation: the BICS RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 29(17), 1-97. https://doi.org/10.3310/TNDG8641

Background: Observational studies of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using beta-blockers for cardiovascular disease indicate that beta-blocker use is associated with reduced risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation... Read More about Bisoprolol for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high risk of exacerbation: the BICS RCT.

Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT (2025)
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Waldron, C. A., Pallmann, P., Schoenbuchner, S., Harris, D., Brookes-Howell, L., Mateus, C., Bernatoniene, J., Cathie, K., Faust, S. N., Henley, J., Hinds, L., Hood, K., Huang, C., Jones, S., Kotecha, S., Milosevic, S., Nabwera, H., Patel, S., Paulus, S., Powell, C. V., …Carrol, E. D. (2025). Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 29(16), 1-125. https://doi.org/10.3310/MBVA3675

Background: Procalcitonin is a biomarker specific for bacterial infection, with a more rapid response than other commonly used biomarkers, such as C-reactive protein, but it is not routinely used in the National Health Service. Objective: To determin... Read More about Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT.

Predictors of 30-day readmission among those treated with alcohol withdrawal in acute hospitals in England (2025)
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Phillips, T., Coleman, R., & Coulton, S. (2025). Predictors of 30-day readmission among those treated with alcohol withdrawal in acute hospitals in England. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 60(3), Article agaf022. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agaf022

Aims: To examine predictors of 30-day readmissions to acute hospitals in England for patients treated for alcohol withdrawal (AW). Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of routine hospital administrative data (i.e. Hospital Episode Statisti... Read More about Predictors of 30-day readmission among those treated with alcohol withdrawal in acute hospitals in England.