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Probabilistic model-checking of collaborative robots: a human injury assessment in agricultural applications (2024)
Journal Article
Guevara, L., Khalid, M., Hanheide, M., & Parsons, S. (2024). Probabilistic model-checking of collaborative robots: a human injury assessment in agricultural applications. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 222, Article 108987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2024.108987

Current technology has made it possible to automate a number of agricultural processes that were traditionally carried out by humans and now can be entirely performed by robotic platforms. However, there are certain tasks like soft fruit harvesting,... Read More about Probabilistic model-checking of collaborative robots: a human injury assessment in agricultural applications.

Predicting patients with dementia most at risk of needing psychiatric inpatient or enhanced community care using routinely collected clinical data: a retrospective multi-site cohort study (2024)
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London, S., Chen, S., Sidhom, E., Lewis, J., Wolverson, E., Cardinal, R., …Underwood, B. (in press). Predicting patients with dementia most at risk of needing psychiatric inpatient or enhanced community care using routinely collected clinical data: a retrospective multi-site cohort study. British Journal of Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2024.14

BACKGROUND. Dementia is a common and progressive condition whose prevalence is grow-ing worldwide. It is challenging for healthcare systems to provide continuity in clinical ser-vices for all patients from diagnosis to death. AIMS. To test whether pa... Read More about Predicting patients with dementia most at risk of needing psychiatric inpatient or enhanced community care using routinely collected clinical data: a retrospective multi-site cohort study.

Livelihood Trajectories of Rural Young People in Southern Africa: Stuck in Loops? (2024)
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Hajdu, F., van Blerk, L., Ansell, N., Hemsteede, R., Mwathunga, E., Hlabana, T., & Robson, E. (in press). Livelihood Trajectories of Rural Young People in Southern Africa: Stuck in Loops?. Development and Change, https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12826

Attempts to boost rural development in the Global South tend to focus on ways in which people can transform their lives. Interventions are often designed to help overcome specific envisioned constraints and push individuals onto a pathway out of pover... Read More about Livelihood Trajectories of Rural Young People in Southern Africa: Stuck in Loops?.

Defining the miRnome of Saphenous Vein Smooth Muscle Cells from Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (2024)
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Hussain, A., Asare-Amankwah, Y., Qureshi, S., Thornton, M. J., Palmer, T. M., Bolanle, I. O., Wood, I. C., Turner, N. A., Porter, K. E., Tedder, A., & Riches-Suman, K. (2024). Defining the miRnome of Saphenous Vein Smooth Muscle Cells from Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetology, 5(2), 178-189. https://doi.org/10.3390/diabetology5020014

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients suffer premature development of cardiovascular disease and commonly require cardiac revascularization using the autologous saphenous vein (SV). Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are the principal cell type within the... Read More about Defining the miRnome of Saphenous Vein Smooth Muscle Cells from Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Developing Responsible Leadership in the context of Corporate Governance of the Nigerian Banking System (2024)
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Titus, O. Developing Responsible Leadership in the context of Corporate Governance of the Nigerian Banking System. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866452

The daily challenges faced by many Nigerian banks are compounded by increasing stakeholder demands. Managers find themselves juggling multiple accountabilities to both stakeholders and shareholders, positioning bank leadership in a delicate balance b... Read More about Developing Responsible Leadership in the context of Corporate Governance of the Nigerian Banking System.

Lion of Love: Representations of Russian Homosexuality and Homophobia in Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2024)
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Baker, C. (2024). Lion of Love: Representations of Russian Homosexuality and Homophobia in Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Historical reflections, 50(2), 61-76. https://doi.org/10.3167/hrrh.2024.500205

Alexander Lemtov, the Russian antagonist of Netflix’s 2020 musical comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, embodies and dramatizes contentions over Russian homophobia, disavowals of homosexuality in Russian entertainment, and the cons... Read More about Lion of Love: Representations of Russian Homosexuality and Homophobia in Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

NANOGrav 15-year gravitational-wave background methods (2024)
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Johnson, A. D., Meyers, P. M., Baker, P. T., Cornish, N. J., Hazboun, J. S., Littenberg, T. B., …Young, O. (2024). NANOGrav 15-year gravitational-wave background methods. Physical Review D, 109(10), Article 103012. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.103012

Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) use an array of millisecond pulsars to search for gravitational waves in the nanohertz regime in pulse time of arrival data. This paper presents rigorous tests of PTA methods, examining their consistency across the relevan... Read More about NANOGrav 15-year gravitational-wave background methods.

Urinary proteomic signature of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism by spironolactone: evidence from the HOMAGE trial (2024)
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Yu, Y. L., Siwy, J., An, D. W., González, A., Hansen, T. W., Latosinska, A., …Collier, T. (in press). Urinary proteomic signature of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism by spironolactone: evidence from the HOMAGE trial. Heart, https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2023-323796

Objective Heart failure (HF) is characterised by collagen deposition. Urinary proteomic profiling (UPP) followed by peptide sequencing identifies parental proteins, for over 70% derived from collagens. This study aimed to refine understanding of the... Read More about Urinary proteomic signature of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism by spironolactone: evidence from the HOMAGE trial.

Robustness of embedded fibre optic sensor mesh configurations for monitoring composite structures (2024)
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Gilbert, J. M., Bhavsar, K., & Ivanov, O. V. (2024). Robustness of embedded fibre optic sensor mesh configurations for monitoring composite structures. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 373, Article 115445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2024.115445

Fibre optic sensors are attractive for monitoring of composite structures but the significant risk of damage to fibres where they enter the structure and within the structure itself can make their use unreliable. Mesh configurations of embedded fibre... Read More about Robustness of embedded fibre optic sensor mesh configurations for monitoring composite structures.

Driving quality in delirium care through a patient-centered monitoring system in palliative care: Protocol for the two-staged exploratory sequential mixed methods MODEL-PC study (2024)
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van Oosterom, N., Agar, M. R., Walpole, G., Casey, P., Moffat, P., Bradley, K., Cook, A., Johnson, C., Chye, R., Oehme, J., Senatore, M., Virdun, C., Pearson, M., Featherstone, I., Lawlor, P. G., Bush, S. H., Daveson, B., Clapham, S., Campbell, K., & Hosie, A. (2024). Driving quality in delirium care through a patient-centered monitoring system in palliative care: Protocol for the two-staged exploratory sequential mixed methods MODEL-PC study. Delirium Communications, https://doi.org/10.56392/001c.94808

Introduction
Delirium is a serious acute neurocognitive condition that is common in palliative care units and yet under-addressed. To improve delirium care in this setting, we will develop and pilot a monitoring system that integrates the Delirium C... Read More about Driving quality in delirium care through a patient-centered monitoring system in palliative care: Protocol for the two-staged exploratory sequential mixed methods MODEL-PC study.

The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: IV. Implications for massive black holes, dark matter, and the early Universe (2024)
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EPTA Collaboration and InPTA Collaboration, Antoniadis, J., Arumugam, P., Arumugam, S., Babak, S., Bagchi, M., …Valtolina, S. (2024). The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: IV. Implications for massive black holes, dark matter, and the early Universe. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 685, Article A94. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347433

The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) and Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) collaborations have measured a low-frequency common signal in the combination of their second and first data releases, respectively, with the correlation properties of a g... Read More about The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: IV. Implications for massive black holes, dark matter, and the early Universe.

Determinants of thermal homeostasis in the preimplantation embryo: a role for the embryo’s central heating system? (2024)
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Leese, H. J., & Sturmey, R. G. (2024). Determinants of thermal homeostasis in the preimplantation embryo: a role for the embryo’s central heating system?. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-024-03130-9

A number of factors may impinge on thermal homeostasis in the early embryo. The most obvious is the ambient temperature in which development occurs. Physiologically, the temperature in the lumen of the female tract is typically lower than the core bo... Read More about Determinants of thermal homeostasis in the preimplantation embryo: a role for the embryo’s central heating system?.

Interpreting UK legislatures: an introduction (2024)
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Beech, M., & Bevir, M. (in press). Interpreting UK legislatures: an introduction. Journal of Legislative Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2024.2345038

The purpose of this special issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies is to explain and understand the era of profound change that has affected, and continues to impact, UK legislatures. This is an era of special change, wrought by the phenomena of... Read More about Interpreting UK legislatures: an introduction.

Globalization of American Interpretation Debate: Originalists, Living Constitutionalists, and the Drifters (2024)
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Chowdhury, M. J. A., & Ahmed, J. (in press). Globalization of American Interpretation Debate: Originalists, Living Constitutionalists, and the Drifters. The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 8, Article 7

The American Debate on originalism and living constitutionalism has travelled worldwide. This paper examines four Western and six South and Southeast Asian jurisdictions and argues that the modalities of the Debate there reflect their party systems,... Read More about Globalization of American Interpretation Debate: Originalists, Living Constitutionalists, and the Drifters.

Analysts’ forecast anchoring and discontinuous market reaction: evidence from China (2024)
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Fan, R., Xiong, X., Li, Y., & Gao, Y. (in press). Analysts’ forecast anchoring and discontinuous market reaction: evidence from China. The European journal of finance, https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2024.2343113

Based on a comprehensive dataset of Chinese A-share stocks, we find significant evidence for analysts’ anchoring in China. This anchoring behavior exists only when forecasts are lower than the industry median and correlates to a series of analysts’ a... Read More about Analysts’ forecast anchoring and discontinuous market reaction: evidence from China.

Qualitative analysis of the factors associated with whistleblowing intentions among athletes from six European countries (2024)
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Toner, J., Jones, L., Fairs, L., Mantis, C., Barkoukis, V., Daroglou, G., …Nicholls, A. R. (2024). Qualitative analysis of the factors associated with whistleblowing intentions among athletes from six European countries. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6, Article 1335258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1335258

Although whistleblowing is thought to represent an effective mechanism for detecting and uncovering doping in sport, it has yet to become a widely adopted practice. Understanding the factors that encourage or discourage whistleblowing is of vital imp... Read More about Qualitative analysis of the factors associated with whistleblowing intentions among athletes from six European countries.

Clinical Characteristics and Impact of Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction in the UK National Registry (2024)
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Haines, J., Simpson, A., Slinger, C., Selby, J., Pargeter, N., Fowler, S., & Hull, J. (2024). Clinical Characteristics and Impact of Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction in the UK National Registry. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 12(5), 1337-1343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2024.01.030

Background: Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) describes inappropriate laryngeal closure during respiration, with airflow obstruction occurring at the glottic and/or supraglottic level, leading to breathlessness. Objective: There is a paucity of d... Read More about Clinical Characteristics and Impact of Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction in the UK National Registry.

Understanding delays in chronic limb-threatening ischaemia care: Application of the theoretical domains framework to identify factors affecting primary care clinicians' referral behaviours (2024)
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Atkins, E., Birmpili, P., Kellar, I., Johal, A. S., Li, Q., Waton, S., …Cromwell, D. A. (2024). Understanding delays in chronic limb-threatening ischaemia care: Application of the theoretical domains framework to identify factors affecting primary care clinicians' referral behaviours. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 17(2), Article e12015. https://doi.org/10.1002/jfa2.12015

Introduction: Patients in the community with suspected Chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) should be urgently referred to vascular services for investigation and management. The Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) allows identification of influ... Read More about Understanding delays in chronic limb-threatening ischaemia care: Application of the theoretical domains framework to identify factors affecting primary care clinicians' referral behaviours.

The longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution exposure and dementia in the UK: results from the cognitive function and ageing study II and Wales (2024)
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Wu, Y. T., Kitwiroon, N., Beevers, S., Barratt, B., Brayne, C., Cerin, E., …Matthews, F. (2024). The longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution exposure and dementia in the UK: results from the cognitive function and ageing study II and Wales. BMC public health, 24(1), Article 1233. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18723-3

Background: Air pollution has been recognised as a potential risk factor for dementia. Yet recent epidemiological research shows mixed evidence. The aim of this study is to investigate the longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution expos... Read More about The longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution exposure and dementia in the UK: results from the cognitive function and ageing study II and Wales.

Conventions are Forever: The influence of medieval romance narrative conventions on female agency in the Bond film franchise (2024)
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Morton, J. Conventions are Forever: The influence of medieval romance narrative conventions on female agency in the Bond film franchise. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866115

The iconic Bond girl has been the subject of considerable scholarly interest; quite rightly this has mainly focused on areas such as 'stereotypical' female behaviours, chauvinism and the sexual objectification of women. In a unique analysis, I consid... Read More about Conventions are Forever: The influence of medieval romance narrative conventions on female agency in the Bond film franchise.