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An evaluation of inkjet printed amino acid fingerprint test targets for ninhydrin process monitoring − and some observations (2021)
Journal Article
Croxton, R., Kent, T., Littlewood, A., & Smith, M. (2021). An evaluation of inkjet printed amino acid fingerprint test targets for ninhydrin process monitoring − and some observations. Forensic Science International, 321, Article 110741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110741

Ninhydrin was implemented as the primary police method of developing latent fingermarks on paper, cardboard and some other porous surfaces from the late 1960s. Some researchers have used individual amino acids, or mixtures of amino acids, as a method... Read More about An evaluation of inkjet printed amino acid fingerprint test targets for ninhydrin process monitoring − and some observations.

The Nrf2 transcription factor: A multifaceted regulator of the extracellular matrix (2021)
Journal Article
Hiebert, P. (2021). The Nrf2 transcription factor: A multifaceted regulator of the extracellular matrix. Matrix Biology Plus, 10, Article 100057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbplus.2021.100057

The transcription factor nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is widely recognized as a master regulator of the cellular stress response by facilitating the transcription of cytoprotective genes. As such, the Nrf2 pathway is critical in... Read More about The Nrf2 transcription factor: A multifaceted regulator of the extracellular matrix.

Damage in extrusion additive manufactured biomedical polymer: Effects of testing direction and environment during cyclic loading (2021)
Journal Article
Moetazedian, A., Gleadall, A., Mele, E., & Silberschmidt, V. V. (2021). Damage in extrusion additive manufactured biomedical polymer: Effects of testing direction and environment during cyclic loading. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 118, Article 104397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104397

Although biodegradable polymers were widely researched, this is the first study considering the effect of combined testing environments and cyclic loading on the most important aspect related to additive manufacturing: the interfacial bond between de... Read More about Damage in extrusion additive manufactured biomedical polymer: Effects of testing direction and environment during cyclic loading.

Mathematical modeling of sustainable energy production using nanotechnology (2021)
Book Chapter
Behjani, M. A., Ismail, M. S., Ahmed, W., Pourkashanian, M., & Hassanpour, A. (2021). Mathematical modeling of sustainable energy production using nanotechnology. In W. Ahmed, M. Booth, & E. Nourafkan (Eds.), Emerging Nanotechnologies for Renewable Energy : Micro and Nano Technologies (559-590). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821346-9.00013-4

This chapter reviews the main mathematical and computational techniques used for the modeling of nanotechnology-based sustainable energy systems. The application of nanotechnology in the sustainable energy sector predominantly consists of the use of... Read More about Mathematical modeling of sustainable energy production using nanotechnology.

A muscle growth-promoting treatment based on the attenuation of activin/myostatin signalling results in long-term testicular abnormalities (2021)
Journal Article
Vaughan, D., Mitchell, R., Kretz, O., Chambers, D., Lalowski, M., Amthor, H., Ritvos, O., Pasternack, A., Matsakas, A., Vaiyapuri, S., Huber, T. B., Denecke, B., Mukherjee, A., Widera, D., & Patel, K. (2021). A muscle growth-promoting treatment based on the attenuation of activin/myostatin signalling results in long-term testicular abnormalities. Disease Models and Mechanisms, 14(2), Article dmm047555. https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.047555

© 2021. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. Activin/myostatin signalling acts to induce skeletal muscle atrophy in adult mammals by inhibiting protein synthesis as well as promoting protein and organelle turnover. Numerous strategies have bee... Read More about A muscle growth-promoting treatment based on the attenuation of activin/myostatin signalling results in long-term testicular abnormalities.

Protective effects of dapagliflozin against oxidative stress-induced cell injury in human proximal tubular cells (2021)
Journal Article
Zaibi, N., Li, P., & Xu, S.-Z. (in press). Protective effects of dapagliflozin against oxidative stress-induced cell injury in human proximal tubular cells. PLoS ONE, 16(2), Article e0247234. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247234

Elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) in type 2 diabetes cause cellular damage in many organs. Recently, the new class of glucose-lowering agents, SGLT-2 inhibitors, have been shown to reduce the risk of developing diabetic complications; however, t... Read More about Protective effects of dapagliflozin against oxidative stress-induced cell injury in human proximal tubular cells.

The association between diabetes-related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study (2021)
Journal Article
Li, S., Fang, L., Lee, A., Hayter, M., Zhang, L., Bi, Y., Wu, X., Liu, L., Zhang, H., Yuan, Y., Gong, W., & Zhang, Y. (2021). The association between diabetes-related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Nursing Open, https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.800

Aim: The study aimed to explore the association between diabetes-related distress as a dependent variable and fear of hypoglycaemia as a independent variable in Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes, which can provide a basis for the development o... Read More about The association between diabetes-related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study.

Medication adherence in patients with severe asthma prescribed oral corticosteroids in the U-BIOPRED cohort (2021)
Journal Article
Ahmed, H., Auffray, C., Bakke, P., Bush, A., Baribaud, F., Bates, S., Bel, E. H., Bigler, J., Bisgaard, H., Boedigheimer, M. J., Bønnelykke, K., Brandsma, J., Brinkman, P., Bucchioni, E., Burg, D., Caruso, M., Chaiboonchoe, A., Chanez, P., Chung, F. K., Compton, C. H., …Study Group, U.-B. (2021). Medication adherence in patients with severe asthma prescribed oral corticosteroids in the U-BIOPRED cohort. Chest, 160(1), 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.023

Background: Although estimates of suboptimal adherence to oral corticosteroids in asthma range from 30% to 50%, no ideal method for measurement exists; the impact of poor adherence in severe asthma is likely to be particularly high. Research Question... Read More about Medication adherence in patients with severe asthma prescribed oral corticosteroids in the U-BIOPRED cohort.

Policing mental illness: Police use of section 136 – Perspectives from police and mental-health nurses (2021)
Journal Article
Wondemaghen, M. (2021). Policing mental illness: Police use of section 136 – Perspectives from police and mental-health nurses. Medicine, Science and the Law, 61(4), 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0025802421993363

Ideological shifts in mental health-care policy such as deinstitutionalisation have meant police have had to make decisions about the care of persons with a mental-health crisis. This study examines how police in five English counties respond to cris... Read More about Policing mental illness: Police use of section 136 – Perspectives from police and mental-health nurses.

From light touch to top management control: HSBC’s integration of its first two acquired subsidiaries 1960-1980 (2021)
Journal Article
Lu, Q., Toms, S., & Wei, Y. (2023). From light touch to top management control: HSBC’s integration of its first two acquired subsidiaries 1960-1980. Business history, 65(4), 656-678. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2021.1883000

This research contributes to British multinational banking history, post-acquisition integration and legitimacy research, by exploring HSBC’s top management control integration with its first two acquired British banks, during the period 1960–1980, f... Read More about From light touch to top management control: HSBC’s integration of its first two acquired subsidiaries 1960-1980.

Palliative medicine in the intensive care unit: needs, delivery, quality (2021)
Journal Article
Hill, S., Dawood, A., Boland, E., Leahy, H. E., & Murtagh, F. (in press). Palliative medicine in the intensive care unit: needs, delivery, quality. BMJ supportive & palliative care, Article 2795. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002795

Background: 15%-20% of critical care patients die during their hospital admission. This service evaluation assesses quality of palliative care in intensive care units (ICUs) compared with national standards. Methods: Retrospective review of records f... Read More about Palliative medicine in the intensive care unit: needs, delivery, quality.

Human ex vivo wound model and whole-mount staining approach to accurately evaluate skin repair (2021)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, H. N., Kidd, A. S., Roberts, E. R., & Hardman, M. J. (2021). Human ex vivo wound model and whole-mount staining approach to accurately evaluate skin repair. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 168, Article e62326. https://doi.org/10.3791/62326

© 2021 JoVE Creative Commons. Chronic non-healing wounds, which primarily affect the elderly and diabetic, are a significant area of clinical unmet need. Unfortunately, current chronic wound treatments are inadequate, while available pre-clinical mod... Read More about Human ex vivo wound model and whole-mount staining approach to accurately evaluate skin repair.

Evolutionary biomechanics: hard tissues and soft evidence? (2021)
Journal Article
Broyde, S., Dempsey, M., Wang, L., Cox, P. G., Fagan, M., & Bates, K. T. (2021). Evolutionary biomechanics: hard tissues and soft evidence?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1945), Article 20202809. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2809

Biomechanical modelling is a powerful tool for quantifying the evolution of functional performance in extinct animals to understand key anatomical innovations and selective pressures driving major evolutionary radiations. However, the fossil record i... Read More about Evolutionary biomechanics: hard tissues and soft evidence?.

An international e-Delphi study to identify core competencies for Italian cardiac nurses (2021)
Journal Article
Bagnasco, A., Barisone, M., Aleo, G., Watson, R., Catania, G., Zanini, M., Thompson, D. R., & Sasso, L. (2021). An international e-Delphi study to identify core competencies for Italian cardiac nurses. European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology, 20(7), 684-691. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvab003

Aims The management of cardiovascular patients requires increasingly competent nursing professionals. In Italy, there are no specific postgraduate courses focused on specialist cardiac skills development for nurses. To develop such courses, content i... Read More about An international e-Delphi study to identify core competencies for Italian cardiac nurses.

How physicians in South India recognize, assess, and manage people with chronic breathlessness syndrome: A thematic analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Barnes-Harris, M., Daniel, S., Venkateswaran, C., Hutchinson, A., & Johnson, M. (2021). How physicians in South India recognize, assess, and manage people with chronic breathlessness syndrome: A thematic analysis. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 27(1), 54-61. https://doi.org/10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_139_20

Objectives: Chronic breathlessness syndrome has been defined to help clinicians actively seek, and patients legitimately present with, persistent breathlessness, and to drive services and research. However, views from low- to middle-income countries... Read More about How physicians in South India recognize, assess, and manage people with chronic breathlessness syndrome: A thematic analysis.

Comparing functional decline and distress from symptoms in people with thoracic life-limiting illnesses: Lung cancers and non-malignant end-stage respiratory diseases (2021)
Journal Article
Barnes-Harris, M., Allingham, S., Morgan, D., Ferreira, D., Johnson, M. J., Eagar, K., & Currow, D. (2021). Comparing functional decline and distress from symptoms in people with thoracic life-limiting illnesses: Lung cancers and non-malignant end-stage respiratory diseases. Thorax, 76(10), 989-995. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216039

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Background: Malignant and non-malignant respiratory diseases account for >4.6 million deaths annually worldwide. Despite similar symptom burd... Read More about Comparing functional decline and distress from symptoms in people with thoracic life-limiting illnesses: Lung cancers and non-malignant end-stage respiratory diseases.

A circular economy approach for industrial scale biodiesel production from palm oil mill effluent using microwave heating: Design, simulation, techno-economic analysis and location comparison (2021)
Journal Article
Waudby, H., & Zein, S. H. (2021). A circular economy approach for industrial scale biodiesel production from palm oil mill effluent using microwave heating: Design, simulation, techno-economic analysis and location comparison. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 148, 1006-1018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2021.02.011

This paper examines a green approach to produce industrial-scale biodiesel from a palm oil mill effluent (POME) using Microwave Heating. Kinetic data were determined for this reaction and implemented into the Aspen HYSYS simulation software to produc... Read More about A circular economy approach for industrial scale biodiesel production from palm oil mill effluent using microwave heating: Design, simulation, techno-economic analysis and location comparison.

“It’s one of the few things that … pulls us together when the outside world is really tough.” Exploring the outcomes and challenges of a charity-led community garden in a disadvantaged English city (2021)
Journal Article
Ramsden, S. (in press). “It’s one of the few things that … pulls us together when the outside world is really tough.” Exploring the outcomes and challenges of a charity-led community garden in a disadvantaged English city. Local environment, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2021.1886067

This article explores a charity-led community gardening project working in a disadvantaged community in northern England and provides a detailed analysis of the outcomes for vulnerable people. This article contributes to the research on community gar... Read More about “It’s one of the few things that … pulls us together when the outside world is really tough.” Exploring the outcomes and challenges of a charity-led community garden in a disadvantaged English city.