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Poorer White Matter Microstructure Predicts Slower and More Variable Reaction Time Performance: Evidence for a Neural Noise Hypothesis in a Large Lifespan Cohort (2023)
Journal Article
McCormick, E. M., Kievit, R. A., Tyler, L. K., Brayne, C., Bullmore, E. T., Calder, A. C., …Knights, E. (2023). Poorer White Matter Microstructure Predicts Slower and More Variable Reaction Time Performance: Evidence for a Neural Noise Hypothesis in a Large Lifespan Cohort. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(19), 3557-3566. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1042-22.2023

Most prior research has focused on characterizing averages in cognition, brain characteristics, or behavior, and attempting to predict differences in these averages among individuals. However, this overwhelming focus on mean levels may leave us with... Read More about Poorer White Matter Microstructure Predicts Slower and More Variable Reaction Time Performance: Evidence for a Neural Noise Hypothesis in a Large Lifespan Cohort.

Association of C-reactive protein with histological, elastographic, and sonographic indices of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in individuals with severe obesity (2023)
Journal Article
Jamialahmadi, T., Bo, S., Abbasifard, M., Sathyapalan, T., Jangjoo, A., Moallem, S. A., …Sahebkar, A. (2023). Association of C-reactive protein with histological, elastographic, and sonographic indices of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in individuals with severe obesity. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 42(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-023-00372-8

BACKGROUND: Inflammation is critical in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). hs-CRP, an inflammatory marker, is considered one of the prognostic predictors of hepatic damage progression in NAFLD in some studies. METHODS: We... Read More about Association of C-reactive protein with histological, elastographic, and sonographic indices of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in individuals with severe obesity.

The roles and experiences of informal carers providing care to people with advanced cancer in Africa—A systematic review and critical interpretive analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Gambe, R. G., Clark, J., Meddick-Dyson, S. A., Ukoha-Kalu, B. O., Nyaaba, G. N., & Murtagh, F. E. (2023). The roles and experiences of informal carers providing care to people with advanced cancer in Africa—A systematic review and critical interpretive analysis. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(4), Article e0001785. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001785

There is an increasing prevalence of cancer in Africa with approximately 80% of cancers diagnosed at an advanced stage. High out-of-pocket healthcare costs and overstretched health systems lead to heavy reliance on informal carers for cancer care. Th... Read More about The roles and experiences of informal carers providing care to people with advanced cancer in Africa—A systematic review and critical interpretive analysis.

Design and Adaptive Compliance Control of a Wearable Walk Assist Device (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shah, S. H., Alam, M. S., Arsalan, M., Ul Haq, I., Khan, S. G., & Iqbal, J. (2023, March). Design and Adaptive Compliance Control of a Wearable Walk Assist Device. Presented at 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI), Peshawar, Pakistan

The ability to walk independently is a predominant feature that human beings are bestowed with by nature. People with moving disabilities face many challenges in day-to-day activities and they have to rely on others to perform their day-to-day activi... Read More about Design and Adaptive Compliance Control of a Wearable Walk Assist Device.

The influence of passive wedge-wire screen aperture and flow velocity on juvenile European eel exclusion, impingement and passage (2023)
Journal Article
Carter, L. J., Collier, S. J., Thomas, R. E., Norman, J., Wright, R. M., & Bolland, J. D. (2023). The influence of passive wedge-wire screen aperture and flow velocity on juvenile European eel exclusion, impingement and passage. Ecological engineering, 192, Article 106972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.106972

The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a critically endangered catadromous fish. The decline has partly been attributed to water management infrastructure that abstract water from rivers for potable and industrial water supply, irrigation, hydroelec... Read More about The influence of passive wedge-wire screen aperture and flow velocity on juvenile European eel exclusion, impingement and passage.

Time-Lapse Seafloor Surveys Reveal How Turbidity Currents and Internal Tides in Monterey Canyon Interact With the Seabed at Centimeter-Scale (2023)
Journal Article
Wolfson-Schwehr, M., Paull, C. K., Caress, D. W., Gwiazda, R., Nieminski, N. M., Talling, P. J., Carvajal, C., Simmons, S., & Troni, G. (2023). Time-Lapse Seafloor Surveys Reveal How Turbidity Currents and Internal Tides in Monterey Canyon Interact With the Seabed at Centimeter-Scale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(4), Article e2022JF006705. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006705

Here we show how ultra-high resolution seabed mapping using new technology can help to understand processes that sculpt submarine canyons. Time-lapse seafloor surveys were conducted in the axis of Monterey Canyon, ∼50km from the canyon head (∼1,840m... Read More about Time-Lapse Seafloor Surveys Reveal How Turbidity Currents and Internal Tides in Monterey Canyon Interact With the Seabed at Centimeter-Scale.

An updated perspective on immunoglobulin replacement in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the era of targeted therapies (2023)
Journal Article
Khan, S., Allsup, D., & Molica, S. (2023). An updated perspective on immunoglobulin replacement in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the era of targeted therapies. Frontiers in Oncology, 13, Article 1135812. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1135812

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a malignancy of clonally expanded antigen-switched, neoplastic, mature B cells. CLL is characterised by a variable degree of immunosuppression and secondary hypogammaglobulinemia. B-cell depleting therapies have... Read More about An updated perspective on immunoglobulin replacement in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the era of targeted therapies.

Oxidative Dissolution of Lithium and Manganese from Lithium Manganospinel (LiMn 2 O 4 ): Towards Climate-Smart Processes for Critical Metal Recycling (2023)
Journal Article
Ward, R. A., Kocsis, D., & Wadhawan, J. D. (2023). Oxidative Dissolution of Lithium and Manganese from Lithium Manganospinel (LiMn 2 O 4 ): Towards Climate-Smart Processes for Critical Metal Recycling. Energy advances, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ya00196a

This work reports the oxidative breakdown of the LiMn2O4 structure using alkaline hypochlorite, as a method for recovering both lithium and manganese species. The heterogeneous dissolution rate for this process is monitored through the formation of t... Read More about Oxidative Dissolution of Lithium and Manganese from Lithium Manganospinel (LiMn 2 O 4 ): Towards Climate-Smart Processes for Critical Metal Recycling.

Professional nurse advocate standards for education and training programmes and modules (2023)
Report
(2023). Professional nurse advocate standards for education and training programmes and modules. Royal College of Nursing

Description: There has been extensive national uptake by education institutions and employer organisations to support, develop and implement the role of the professional nurse advocate (PNA). However, with various providers delivering PNA training... Read More about Professional nurse advocate standards for education and training programmes and modules.

The unsteady overtopping of barriers by gravity currents and dam-break flows (2023)
Journal Article
Skevington, E. W., & Hogg, A. J. (2023). The unsteady overtopping of barriers by gravity currents and dam-break flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 960, Article A27. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.187

The collision of a gravitationally driven horizontal current with a barrier following release from a confining lock is investigated using a shallow water model of the motion, together with a sophisticated boundary condition capturing the local intera... Read More about The unsteady overtopping of barriers by gravity currents and dam-break flows.

‘Stuck in the System’: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Transmasculine Experiences of Gender Transition in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Mills, T. J., Riddell, K. E., Price, E., & Smith, D. R. (2023). ‘Stuck in the System’: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Transmasculine Experiences of Gender Transition in the UK. Qualitative Health Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323231167779

A gender dysphoria diagnosis is currently required in the UK to access NHS transition-related treatment. However, this approach has been criticised by academics and activists as pathologising, ‘gatekeeping’ transgender identities, and can be viewed b... Read More about ‘Stuck in the System’: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Transmasculine Experiences of Gender Transition in the UK.

Musculoskeletal practitioners’ perceptions of contextual factors that may influence chronic low back pain outcomes: a modified Delphi study (2023)
Journal Article
Sherriff, B., Clark, C., Killingback, C., & Newell, D. (2023). Musculoskeletal practitioners’ perceptions of contextual factors that may influence chronic low back pain outcomes: a modified Delphi study. Chiropractic & manual therapies, 31(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-023-00482-4

Background Optimal shaping of contextual factors (CFs) during clinical encounters may be associated with analgesic responses in treatments for musculoskeletal pain. These CFs (i.e., the patient-practitioner relationship, patient’s and practitioner’s... Read More about Musculoskeletal practitioners’ perceptions of contextual factors that may influence chronic low back pain outcomes: a modified Delphi study.

K-region tetrasubstituted deep-blue pyrene-based luminogens: Visual detection of trace nitroaniline (2023)
Journal Article
Cao, J. Y., Yu, Z. D., Yang, G., Wang, X. C., Jiang, L., Wang, X., …Yamato, T. (2023). K-region tetrasubstituted deep-blue pyrene-based luminogens: Visual detection of trace nitroaniline. Journal of molecular structure, 1285, Article 135490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135490

In recent years, fluorescence sensors have been widely used in explosive detection due to their portability and high efficiency. In the present work, two K-region tetrasubstituted deep-blue pyrene-based luminogens were designed and synthesized by int... Read More about K-region tetrasubstituted deep-blue pyrene-based luminogens: Visual detection of trace nitroaniline.

Quantifying microcracks on fractured bone surfaces – Potential use in forensic anthropology (2023)
Journal Article
Walden, S. J., Rowe, W., Mulville, J., Evans, S. L., & Zioupos, P. (2023). Quantifying microcracks on fractured bone surfaces – Potential use in forensic anthropology. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 142, Article 105824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.105824

Bone fracture surface morphology (FSM) can provide valuable information on the cause of failure in forensic and archaeological applications and it depends primarily on three factors, the loading conditions (like strain rate), the ambient conditions (... Read More about Quantifying microcracks on fractured bone surfaces – Potential use in forensic anthropology.

How does green credit policy affect polluting firms' dividend policy? The China experience (2023)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Liao, M., & Liu, Y. (2023). How does green credit policy affect polluting firms' dividend policy? The China experience. International review of financial analysis, 88, Article 102631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102631

We explore how polluting firms alter their dividend policy in response to pressure from green credit policy. The green credit guidelines that China adopted in 2012 aim to promote credit supply in sustainable development. Meanwhile, this green credit... Read More about How does green credit policy affect polluting firms' dividend policy? The China experience.

Information Rich Voxel Grid for Use in Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Robotics (2023)
Journal Article
Balding, S., Gning, A., Cheng, Y., & Iqbal, J. (2023). Information Rich Voxel Grid for Use in Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Robotics. Applied Sciences, 13(8), Article 5065. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13085065

Robotic agents are now ubiquitous in both home and work environments; moreover, the degree of task complexity they can undertake is also increasing exponentially. Now that advanced robotic agents are commonplace, the question for utilisation becomes... Read More about Information Rich Voxel Grid for Use in Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Robotics.

The Hydrogenation of Crotonaldehyde on PdCu Single Atom Alloy Catalysts (2023)
Journal Article
Islam, M. J., Granollers Mesa, M., Osatiashtiani, A., Taylor, M. J., Isaacs, M. A., & Kyriakou, G. (2023). The Hydrogenation of Crotonaldehyde on PdCu Single Atom Alloy Catalysts. Nanomaterials, 13(8), Article 1434. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13081434

Recyclable PdCu single atom alloys supported on Al2O3 were applied to the selective hydrogenation of crotonaldehyde to elucidate the minimum number of Pd atoms required to facilitate the sustainable transformation of an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl molec... Read More about The Hydrogenation of Crotonaldehyde on PdCu Single Atom Alloy Catalysts.

Digital Health Solutions for Weight Loss and Obesity: A Narrative Review (2023)
Journal Article
Irvin, L., Madden, L. A., Marshall, P., & Vince, R. V. (2023). Digital Health Solutions for Weight Loss and Obesity: A Narrative Review. Nutrients, 15(8), Article 1858. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15081858

Personal exercise programmes have long been used and prescribed for weight loss and the improvement of quality of life in obese patients. While individualised programmes are usually the preferred option, they can be more costly and challenging to del... Read More about Digital Health Solutions for Weight Loss and Obesity: A Narrative Review.

Locating religion in contemporary art (2023)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2023). Locating religion in contemporary art. Religion Compass, 17(4), Article e12457. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec3.12457

The place of religion in the context of contemporary art is fraught and complex. This article discusses three prominent ways in which religion is explored in contemporary art: in sociopolitics, in art that transgresses, and in the creation of spaces... Read More about Locating religion in contemporary art.