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siRNA Therapeutics: Future Promise for Neurodegenerative Diseases (2021)
Journal Article
Amiri, A., Barreto, G., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). siRNA Therapeutics: Future Promise for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Current Neuropharmacology, 19(11), 1896-1911. https://doi.org/10.2174/1570159X19666210402104054

Neurodegenerative diseases (ND), as a group of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, are among the most prominent medical problems of the 21st century. They are often associated with considerable disability, motor dysfunction and dementia and are m... Read More about siRNA Therapeutics: Future Promise for Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Prostate cancer: unmet supportive and palliative care needs: national survey of patients and family carers (2021)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., Huang, C., Chen, H., Jones, L., & Twiddy, M. (2021). Prostate cancer: unmet supportive and palliative care needs: national survey of patients and family carers. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2021-003438

Objectives: Men living with prostate cancer have supportive and palliative needs. However, few studies detail unmet needs (vs quality of life measurement) or include data from those with advanced disease. We aimed to identify unmet needs of people li... Read More about Prostate cancer: unmet supportive and palliative care needs: national survey of patients and family carers.

The role of alliance management, big data analytics and information visibility on new-product development capability (2021)
Journal Article
Dubey, R., Bryde, D. J., Graham, G., Foropon, C., Kumari, S., & Gupta, O. (2021). The role of alliance management, big data analytics and information visibility on new-product development capability. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04390-9

Many organizations are increasingly investing in building dynamic capabilities to gain competitive advantage. New products play an important role in gaining competitive advantage and can significantly boost organizational performance. Although new pr... Read More about The role of alliance management, big data analytics and information visibility on new-product development capability.

Optimising planned medical education strategies to develop learners' person-centredness: A realist review (2021)
Journal Article
Bansal, A., Greenley, S., Mitchell, C., Park, S., Shearn, K., & Reeve, J. (2021). Optimising planned medical education strategies to develop learners' person-centredness: A realist review. Medical Education, https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14707

Context: Person-centeredness is a stated aim for medical education; however, studies suggest this is not being achieved. There is a gap in our understanding of how, why and in what circumstances medical education interventions that aim to develop per... Read More about Optimising planned medical education strategies to develop learners' person-centredness: A realist review.

Can non-invasive biomarkers lead to an earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease? (2021)
Journal Article
Bature, F., Pappas, Y., Pang, D., & Guinn, B. A. (2021). Can non-invasive biomarkers lead to an earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease?. Current Alzheimer Research, 18(11), 908-913. https://doi.org/10.2174/1567205018666211207094630

Therapeutics for type-2 diabetes mellitus: a glance at the recent inclusions and novel agents under development for use in clinical practice (2021)
Journal Article
Shah, N., Abdalla, M. A., Deshmukh, H., & Sathyapalan, T. (2021). Therapeutics for type-2 diabetes mellitus: a glance at the recent inclusions and novel agents under development for use in clinical practice. Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 12, https://doi.org/10.1177/20420188211042145

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic, progressive, and multifaceted illness resulting in significant physical and psychological detriment to patients. As of 2019, 463 million people are estimated to be living with DM worldwide, out of which 90% have t... Read More about Therapeutics for type-2 diabetes mellitus: a glance at the recent inclusions and novel agents under development for use in clinical practice.

A Field Guide to British Rivers (2021)
Book
Heritage, G., Large, A., & Milan, D. (2021). A Field Guide to British Rivers. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118488034

Temperate rivers are influenced by many factors including geology, climate, soils, sediment type, flow, as well as human activity. The complex interactions of the non-anthropogenic controlling factors have led to a wonderful diversity of river type t... Read More about A Field Guide to British Rivers.

2020-Vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss (2021)
Journal Article
Jones, L., Halstead, F., Parsons, K. J., Le, H., Bui, L. T. H., Hackney, C. R., & Parsons, D. R. (2021). 2020-Vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss. Journal of the British Academy, 9(s5), 29-68. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/009s5.029

We are the midst of a climate emergency requiring urgent climate action that is as yet unforthcoming both on the scale and at the speed needed. This article considers this current state of inaction and how we might understand the processes of attitud... Read More about 2020-Vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss.

Nonlinear adaptive backstepping control of permanent magnet synchronous motor (2021)
Journal Article
Ali, N., Alam, W., Pervaiz, M., & Iqbal, J. (2021). Nonlinear adaptive backstepping control of permanent magnet synchronous motor. Revue Roumaine des Sciences Techniques : Série Électrotechnique et Énergétique, 66(1), 9-14

This paper addresses the speed tracking problem of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) under the influence of parametric uncertainties and external load torque disturbances. The nonlinear dynamics associated with both PMSM and load is conside... Read More about Nonlinear adaptive backstepping control of permanent magnet synchronous motor.

A novel approach based on stochastic hybrid fault tree to compare alternative flare gas recovery systems (2021)
Journal Article
Khodayee, S. M., Chiacchio, F., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2021). A novel approach based on stochastic hybrid fault tree to compare alternative flare gas recovery systems. IEEE Access, 9, 51029-51049. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3069807

Flaring has always been an inseparable part of oil production and exploration. Previously, waste gas collected from different parts of facilities was released for safety or operational reasons and combusted on top of a flare stack since there was not... Read More about A novel approach based on stochastic hybrid fault tree to compare alternative flare gas recovery systems.

Cardiac Injury in COVID-19: A Systematic Review (2021)
Book Chapter
Moayed, M. S., Rahimi-Bashar, F., Vahedian-Azimi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Guest, P. C., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). Cardiac Injury in COVID-19: A Systematic Review. In P. C. Guest (Ed.), Clinical, Biological and Molecular Aspects of COVID-19 (325-333). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59261-5_29

© 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is responsible for the current pandemic which has already resulted in considerable mortality worldwide. Th... Read More about Cardiac Injury in COVID-19: A Systematic Review.

The role of pedogenesis and natural fertiliser as vectors for essential metal content in agricultural topsoils, Central India (2021)
Journal Article
Suhr, N., Widdowson, M., & Kamber, B. S. (2021). The role of pedogenesis and natural fertiliser as vectors for essential metal content in agricultural topsoils, Central India. SN Applied Sciences, 3(1), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03982-7

© 2021, The Author(s). Essential trace metals are well known for their environmental toxicity and for being part of complex bio-chemical cycles. Their role as critical micronutrients, delivering vital health benefits, is less widely discussed and und... Read More about The role of pedogenesis and natural fertiliser as vectors for essential metal content in agricultural topsoils, Central India.

Young Children's Well-being: Social Isolation During The COVID-19 Lockdown and Effective Strategies (2021)
Journal Article
Urbina-Garcia, A. (2021). Young Children's Well-being: Social Isolation During The COVID-19 Lockdown and Effective Strategies. Diálogos sobre educación : temas actuales en investigación educativa, 22(12), 1-16

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has triggered a worldwide epidemic emergency which is an international concern that poses a number of challenges to the physical and mental health of humans across the globe. Like businesses and universities, schools arou... Read More about Young Children's Well-being: Social Isolation During The COVID-19 Lockdown and Effective Strategies.

Policing a new domestic abuse crime: effects of force-wide training on arrests for coercive control (2021)
Journal Article
Brennan, I., Myhill, A., Tagliaferri, G., & Tapley, J. (2021). Policing a new domestic abuse crime: effects of force-wide training on arrests for coercive control. Policing and Society, 31(10), 1153-1167. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2020.1862838

Following a pre-registered study design, we estimated the effect of police force-wide domestic abuse training on arrests for the new crime of ‘controlling or coercive behaviour’. Using data on monthly counts of arrest for controlling or coercive beha... Read More about Policing a new domestic abuse crime: effects of force-wide training on arrests for coercive control.

Invisible Images and Indeterminacy: Why We Need a Multi-stage Account of Photography (2021)
Journal Article
Wilson, D. M. (2021). Invisible Images and Indeterminacy: Why We Need a Multi-stage Account of Photography. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 79(2), 161-174. https://doi.org/10.1093/jaac/kpab005

Some photographs show determinate features of a scene because the photographed scene had those features. This dependency relation is, rightly, a consensus in philosophy of photography. I seek to refute many long-established theories of photography by... Read More about Invisible Images and Indeterminacy: Why We Need a Multi-stage Account of Photography.

Promoting independence in Dementia (Pride): A feasibility randomized controlled trial (2021)
Journal Article
Csipke, E., Shafayat, A., Sprange, K., Bradshaw, L., Montgomery, A. A., Ogollah, R., Moniz-Cook, E., & Orrell, M. (2021). Promoting independence in Dementia (Pride): A feasibility randomized controlled trial. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 16, 363-378. https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S281139

Background: There is a need for interventions to foster and maintain independence for people with dementia to support community living, improve morale, and reduce stigma. We investigated a social intervention to promote living well and enhance indepe... Read More about Promoting independence in Dementia (Pride): A feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Diatom Biofilms: Ecosystem Engineering and Niche Construction (2021)
Book Chapter
Paterson, D. M. .., & Hope, J. A. (2021). Diatom Biofilms: Ecosystem Engineering and Niche Construction. In R. Gordon, S. A. Cohn, & K. M. Manoylov (Eds.), Diatom Gliding Motility: Biology and Applications (135-158). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119526483.ch6

Ecology is complex and while there is a modern drive towards a holistic or “ecosystem approach” for managing marine systems, we are still a long way from fully understanding the interactions between the various components of different ecosystems and... Read More about Diatom Biofilms: Ecosystem Engineering and Niche Construction.

Pleasant emotions widen thought-action repertoires, develop long-term resources, and improve reaction time performance: A multi-study examination of the Broaden-and-Build theory among athletes (2021)
Journal Article
Perry, J. L., Burke, R., Toner, J., Thompson, M., & Nicholls, A. R. (2021). Pleasant emotions widen thought-action repertoires, develop long-term resources, and improve reaction time performance: A multi-study examination of the Broaden-and-Build theory among athletes. Journal of sport & exercise psychology, 43(2), 155-170. https://doi.org/10.1123/JSEP.2020-0192

The authors investigated relationships between emotions, coping, and resilience across two studies. In Study 1a, 319 athletes completed dispositional questionnaires relating to the aforementioned constructs. In Study 1b, 126 athletes from Study 1a re... Read More about Pleasant emotions widen thought-action repertoires, develop long-term resources, and improve reaction time performance: A multi-study examination of the Broaden-and-Build theory among athletes.

An empirical study of assurance in the UK government major projects portfolio: from data to recommendations, to action or inaction (2021)
Journal Article
Vo, H., Kirkham, R., Williams, T. M., Howells, A., Forster, R., & Cooke-Davies, T. (2021). An empirical study of assurance in the UK government major projects portfolio: from data to recommendations, to action or inaction. International journal of managing projects in business, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-10-2019-0242

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Effective and robust governance of major projects and programmes in the public sector is crucial to the accountability of the state and the transparency of state spending. The theoretical discourse on gove... Read More about An empirical study of assurance in the UK government major projects portfolio: from data to recommendations, to action or inaction.

Development of an evidence-based best practice model for teams managing crisis in dementia: Protocol for a qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Stanyon, M., Streater, A., Coleston-Shields, D. M., Yates, J., Challis, D., Dening, T., Hoe, J., Lloyd-Evans, B., Mitchell, S., Moniz-Cook, E., Poland, F., Prothero, D., & Orrell, M. (2021). Development of an evidence-based best practice model for teams managing crisis in dementia: Protocol for a qualitative study. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(1), Article e14781. https://doi.org/10.2196/14781

Background: Teams working in the community to manage crisis in dementia currently exist, but with widely varying models of practice, it is difficult to determine the effectiveness of such teams. Objective: The aim of this study is to develop a “best... Read More about Development of an evidence-based best practice model for teams managing crisis in dementia: Protocol for a qualitative study.