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‘We cry together every day’–expressing complex emotion in research with early childhood practitioners (2023)
Journal Article
Hodgkins, A., Gossman, P., Paige, R., & Woolley, R. (2023). ‘We cry together every day’–expressing complex emotion in research with early childhood practitioners. Early Years: an international journal of research and development, https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2023.2266587

This article uses selected findings from a small-scale research project entitled ‘Exploring early childhood practitioners’ perceptions of empathic interactions with children and families’. The project used an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (I... Read More about ‘We cry together every day’–expressing complex emotion in research with early childhood practitioners.

Could Country-Level Factors Explain Sex Differences in Dementia Incidence and Prevalence? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Huque, H., Eramudugolla, R., Chidiac, B., Ee, N., Ehrenfeld, L., Matthews, F. E., …Anstey, K. J. (2023). Could Country-Level Factors Explain Sex Differences in Dementia Incidence and Prevalence? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 91(4), 1231-1241. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-220724

Background: Despite rising interest in sex differences in dementia, it is unclear whether sex differences in dementia incidence and prevalence are apparent globally. Objective: We examine sex differences in incidence and prevalence of Any dementia, A... Read More about Could Country-Level Factors Explain Sex Differences in Dementia Incidence and Prevalence? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Achieving consensus on priority items for paediatric palliative care outcome measurement: Results from a modified Delphi survey, engagement with a children’s research involvement group and expert item generation (2023)
Journal Article
Coombes, L., Harðardóttir, D., Braybrook, D., Scott, H. M., Bristowe, K., Ellis-Smith, C., …Harding, R. (2023). Achieving consensus on priority items for paediatric palliative care outcome measurement: Results from a modified Delphi survey, engagement with a children’s research involvement group and expert item generation. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163231205126

Background: There is no validated outcome measure for use in children’s palliative care outside sub-Saharan Africa. Stakeholders must be involved in the development of such measures to ensure face and content validity. Aim: To gain expert stakeholder... Read More about Achieving consensus on priority items for paediatric palliative care outcome measurement: Results from a modified Delphi survey, engagement with a children’s research involvement group and expert item generation.

Plantation Slavery in the British Caribbean (2023)
Book Chapter
Burnard, T. (2023). Plantation Slavery in the British Caribbean. In D. A. Pargas, & J. Schiel (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Slavery throughout History (395-412). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13260-5_22

Slavery made the British Caribbean work and it did so largely within the institution of the plantation. British Caribbean plantation slavery was excessively brutal and exploitative but it was thoroughly modern and extremely productive and efficient.... Read More about Plantation Slavery in the British Caribbean.

Transforming adult social care systems? A systematic review of the costs and outcomes of local area coordination in England and Wales (2023)
Journal Article
Thiery, H., Cook, J., Burchell, J., Wilberforce, M., Twiddy, M., Nikolova, S., …Hulme, C. (2023). Transforming adult social care systems? A systematic review of the costs and outcomes of local area coordination in England and Wales. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8(1), Article 100714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100714

Adult Social Care (ASC) in England faces an ‘existential crisis’, caught between increased demand for services and continued cuts to social care and local government budgets. Increasingly, it is argued that this crisis cannot be solved without reform... Read More about Transforming adult social care systems? A systematic review of the costs and outcomes of local area coordination in England and Wales.

Ingredients of Vicks VapoRub inhibit rhinovirus-induced ATP release (2023)
Journal Article
Stinson, R. J., Morice, A. H., Ahmad, B., & Sadofsky, L. R. (2023). Ingredients of Vicks VapoRub inhibit rhinovirus-induced ATP release. Drugs in Context, 12, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.7573/dic.2023-3-2

Background: Over-the-counter therapies, such as Vicks VapoRub, are frequently used in the management of upper respiratory tract infection symptoms. Of these, acute cough is the most bothersome; however, the mechanisms involved have not been fully elu... Read More about Ingredients of Vicks VapoRub inhibit rhinovirus-induced ATP release.

PRESS survey: PREvention of surgical site infection—a global pan-specialty survey of practice protocol (2023)
Journal Article
Heinz, J., Walshaw, J., Kwan, J. Y., Long, J., Carradice, D., Totty, J., …Yiasemidou, M. (2023). PRESS survey: PREvention of surgical site infection—a global pan-specialty survey of practice protocol. Frontiers in Surgery, 10, Article 1251444. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1251444

Background: Surgical site infections (SSI) complicate up to 40% of surgical procedures, leading to increased patient morbidity and mortality. Previous research identified disparities in SSI prevention guidelines and clinical practices across differen... Read More about PRESS survey: PREvention of surgical site infection—a global pan-specialty survey of practice protocol.

Refused gifts: understanding the over and above work of Medical School Anatomy Unit staff when donor bodies cannot be accepted (2023)
Journal Article
Murphy, Z. N., Cooper, J., Bazira, P. J., Green, T., & Seymour, J. (2023). Refused gifts: understanding the over and above work of Medical School Anatomy Unit staff when donor bodies cannot be accepted. Mortality, 29(4), 849-866. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2023.2248024

In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, people can choose to donate their bodies post-mortem to Medical School Anatomy Units. The body donation (BD) process is facilitated by anatomy unit staff (AUS). However, little is known about the extent and na... Read More about Refused gifts: understanding the over and above work of Medical School Anatomy Unit staff when donor bodies cannot be accepted.

Experiences of a Novel Integrated Service for Older Adults at Risk of Frailty: A Qualitative Study (2023)
Journal Article
Wilson, I., Ukoha-kalu, B. O., Okoeki, M., Clark, J., Boland, J. W., Pask, S., …Murtagh, F. E. (2023). Experiences of a Novel Integrated Service for Older Adults at Risk of Frailty: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Patient Experience, 10, https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735231199827

The UK has a significant and growing population of older adults with frailty and complex healthcare needs, necessitating innovative care solutions. This study aimed to explore patients’ and carers’ experiences of a novel integrated service that was s... Read More about Experiences of a Novel Integrated Service for Older Adults at Risk of Frailty: A Qualitative Study.

Engaged ETFs and firm performance (2023)
Journal Article
El Kalak, I., Hudson, R., & Kemal Tosun, O. (2023). Engaged ETFs and firm performance. European Financial Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12459

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have often tracked indices and charged low fees so their incentives to improve firm performance are questionable although little empirical work has investigated this issue. Theoretically, however, we expect firms to perfo... Read More about Engaged ETFs and firm performance.

House of Cards: developing KPIs for monitoring cybersecurity awareness (CSA) (2023)
Journal Article
Alshammari, M. M., & Demetis, D. S. (2023). House of Cards: developing KPIs for monitoring cybersecurity awareness (CSA). Journal of Information Systems Security, 19(2), 133-161

Non-malicious insider threats continue to pose a significant concern to an organisation’s cybersecurity defence strategy, yet organisations still struggle to contain such insider threats. A critical pillar for doing so rests on the development and mo... Read More about House of Cards: developing KPIs for monitoring cybersecurity awareness (CSA).

Smart Emulsions Stabilized by a Multi-headgroup Surfactant Tolerant to High Concentrations of Acids and Salts (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, W., Binks, B. P., Jiang, J., & Cui, Z. (2023). Smart Emulsions Stabilized by a Multi-headgroup Surfactant Tolerant to High Concentrations of Acids and Salts. Angewandte Chemie, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202310743

Retaining emulsions stable at high acidity and salinity is still a great challenge. Here, we report a novel multi-headgroup surfactant (C3H7−NH+(C10COOH)2, di-UAPAc) which can be reversibly transformed among cationic, anionic and zwitterionic forms u... Read More about Smart Emulsions Stabilized by a Multi-headgroup Surfactant Tolerant to High Concentrations of Acids and Salts.

Consultant-led UK paediatric palliative care services: Professional configuration, services, funding (2023)
Journal Article
Bedendo, A., Hinde, S., Beresford, B., Papworth, A., Phillips, B., Vasudevan, C., …Fraser, L. (2023). Consultant-led UK paediatric palliative care services: Professional configuration, services, funding. BMJ supportive & palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2023-004172

Objectives: To systematically gather information on the professional team members, services provided, funding sources and population served for all consultant-led specialised paediatric palliative care (SPPC) teams in the UK. Methods: Two-part online... Read More about Consultant-led UK paediatric palliative care services: Professional configuration, services, funding.

Police victims of domestic abuse: barriers to reporting victimisation (2023)
Journal Article
Couto, L., O’Leary, N., & Brennan, I. (2023). Police victims of domestic abuse: barriers to reporting victimisation. Policing and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2023.2250523

Policing is the institution responsible for protecting victims of domestic abuse and the institution to which victimisation is formally reported. The police workforce, therefore, are routinely exposed to domestic abuse victimisation, perpetration and... Read More about Police victims of domestic abuse: barriers to reporting victimisation.

Supramolecular Self-assembly Formed from Cucurbit[8]uril and p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid (2023)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Yu, Z., Bai, Q., Pan, D., Prior, T. J., Tao, Z., …Xiao, X. (2023). Supramolecular Self-assembly Formed from Cucurbit[8]uril and p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-023-3119-9

The binding behavior of cucurbit[8]uril(Q[8]) and p-hydroxybenzoic acid(p-HBA) has been investigated using 1H NMR titration experiments, UV-Vis absorption, isothermal titration calorimetry(ITC), and X-ray crystallography. Results revealed that the Q[... Read More about Supramolecular Self-assembly Formed from Cucurbit[8]uril and p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid.

Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction (2023)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., Obita, G., Baddeley, E., Johnson, M. J., Murtagh, F. E., Currow, D. C., …Boland, J. W. (2023). Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction. PLoS ONE, 18(8), Article e0289501. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289501

BACKGROUND: Malignant bowel obstruction is experienced by 15% of people with advanced cancer, preventing them from eating and drinking and causing pain, nausea and vomiting. Surgery is not always appropriate. Management options include tube or stent... Read More about Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction.

Is shape in the eye of the beholder? Assessing landmarking error in geometric morphometric analyses on live fish (2023)
Journal Article
Moccetti, P., Rodger, J. R., Bolland, J. D., Kaiser-Wilks, P., Smith, R., Nunn, A. D., …Joyce, D. A. (2023). Is shape in the eye of the beholder? Assessing landmarking error in geometric morphometric analyses on live fish. PeerJ, 11, Article e15545. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15545

Geometric morphometrics is widely used to quantify morphological variation between biological specimens, but the fundamental influence of operator bias on data reproducibility is rarely considered, particularly in studies using photographs of live an... Read More about Is shape in the eye of the beholder? Assessing landmarking error in geometric morphometric analyses on live fish.