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Correspondence on “Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model” Authors’ reply (2025)
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Meddick-Dyson, S. A., Pattison, N. A., Boland, J. W., Pearson, M., & Murtagh, F. E. (2025). Correspondence on “Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model” Authors’ reply. Intensive care medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07849-6

Criterion validity of a newly developed Apple Watch app (‘MVPA’) compared to the native Apple Watch ‘Activity’ app for measuring criterion moderate intensity physical activity (2025)
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Warner, A., Vanicek, N., Benson, A., Myers, T., & Abt, G. (2025). Criterion validity of a newly developed Apple Watch app (‘MVPA’) compared to the native Apple Watch ‘Activity’ app for measuring criterion moderate intensity physical activity. Digital Health, 11, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251326225

Introduction: Many people fail to meet physical activity guidelines. One possible solution is wearable technology. Yet it is unclear if popular devices such as the Apple Watch can accurately measure intensity, which is a cornerstone of physical activ... Read More about Criterion validity of a newly developed Apple Watch app (‘MVPA’) compared to the native Apple Watch ‘Activity’ app for measuring criterion moderate intensity physical activity.

Fan therapy for breathlessness - how do you do it and why? (2025)
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Luckett, T., Roberts, M., & Swan, F. (2025). Fan therapy for breathlessness - how do you do it and why?. Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, https://doi.org/10.1097/SPC.0000000000000752

Purpose of the review This review summarises high-level evidence for fan therapy and adds a commentary on the relatively-neglected question of how to optimise benefits based on qualitative evidence, clinical experience and broader research and theory... Read More about Fan therapy for breathlessness - how do you do it and why?.

A decision framework for SMEs to address sustainability issues with Industry 4.0 technologies (2025)
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Jamwal, A., Palit, N., Kumari, S., Agrawal, R., & Sharma, M. (2025). A decision framework for SMEs to address sustainability issues with Industry 4.0 technologies. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-025-06560-5

This study investigates the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) within emerging economies, focusing on sustainability and resource efficiency. Extant research often targets larger firms or developed economies,... Read More about A decision framework for SMEs to address sustainability issues with Industry 4.0 technologies.

Multi-head spatial-spectral mamba for hyperspectral image classification (2025)
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Ahmad, A., Butt, M. H. F., Usama, M., Altuwaijri, H. A., Mazzara, M., Distefano, S., & Khan, A. M. (2025). Multi-head spatial-spectral mamba for hyperspectral image classification. Remote Sensing Letters, 16(4), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2025.2461330

Spatial-Spectral Mamba (SSM) improves computational efficiency and captures long-range dependencies, addressing the limitations of transformers. However, traditional Mamba models often overlook the rich spectral information in hyperspectral images (H... Read More about Multi-head spatial-spectral mamba for hyperspectral image classification.

Does oral breathing disrupt memory consolidation during waking rest? A registered report (2025)
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Richards, B., Holle, H., & Lindsay, S. (2025). Does oral breathing disrupt memory consolidation during waking rest? A registered report. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218251328994

Studies of waking rest, whereby passive rest is compared with an active task, have shown a benefit for declarative memory during short waking rest periods, which has been argued to result from the active task disrupting slow oscillations that occur d... Read More about Does oral breathing disrupt memory consolidation during waking rest? A registered report.

Ecological study of the association between the English national vaccination programme and area deprivation inequalities in COVID-19 mortality (2025)
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Bennett, N., Bambra, C., Sinclair, D., Todd, A., & Matthews, F. (2025). Ecological study of the association between the English national vaccination programme and area deprivation inequalities in COVID-19 mortality. BMJ open, 15(1), Article e085195. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085195

Objective To understand how area deprivation inequalities in COVID-19 mortality changed during the national vaccination programme in England and to identify the extent to which these inequalities might be explained by unequal vaccination uptake. Desi... Read More about Ecological study of the association between the English national vaccination programme and area deprivation inequalities in COVID-19 mortality.

Creatine kinase and neuromuscular fatigue responses following differing spells of simulated cricket fast bowling (2025)
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Bray, J. W., Towlson, C., Hayes, S. C., & Fogarty, M. (2025). Creatine kinase and neuromuscular fatigue responses following differing spells of simulated cricket fast bowling. PLoS ONE, 20(1 January), Article e0317692. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317692

The fast-bowling action demands repetitive high-intensity whole body movements, imposing complex physical and perceptual demands on players that vary significantly throughout the season. This study aimed to assess and establish practical methods and... Read More about Creatine kinase and neuromuscular fatigue responses following differing spells of simulated cricket fast bowling.

Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives in England to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL feasibility and pilot randomised controlled cluster trial (2025)
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Macarthur, C., Bick, D., Salmon, V., Jones, E., Hay-Smith, J., Bishop, J., Gkini, E., Hemming, K., Webb, S., Pearson, M., Coleman, T., Terry, R., Edwards, E., Frawley, H., Oborn, E., & Dean, S. (2025). Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives in England to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL feasibility and pilot randomised controlled cluster trial. BMJ open, 15(1), Article e091248. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091248

Objectives To assess the feasibility of an intervention of midwifery support for antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) to prevent postnatal urinary incontinence (UI). Design Feasibility and pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Clusters... Read More about Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives in England to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL feasibility and pilot randomised controlled cluster trial.

Does productive agreement morphology increase sensitivity to agreement in a second language? (2025)
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Lago, S., Oltrogge, E., & Stone, K. (2025). Does productive agreement morphology increase sensitivity to agreement in a second language?. Glossa Psycholinguistics, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.5070/g6011.25340

Adult language learners have variable performance with subject-verb number agreement. But it is unclear whether their performance additionally depends on the availability of agreement morphology in their first language. To address this question, we c... Read More about Does productive agreement morphology increase sensitivity to agreement in a second language?.

Comparing the technical and individual possession statistics of academy players across different age groups in match-play (2025)
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Escreet, E., Barrett, S., Toner, J., Iga, J., & Towlson, C. (2025). Comparing the technical and individual possession statistics of academy players across different age groups in match-play. PLoS ONE, 20(1), Article e0316833. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316833

Background Youth soccer players in the UK transition into the professional game at 16 years of age. Understanding the differences between youth and professional standards can help coaches and clubs to support player development during this transition... Read More about Comparing the technical and individual possession statistics of academy players across different age groups in match-play.

Tyrosine supplementation is ineffective in facilitating soccer players’ physical and cognitive performance during high-intensity intermittent exercise in hot conditions (2025)
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Donnan, K. J., Williams, E. L., & Stanger, N. (2025). Tyrosine supplementation is ineffective in facilitating soccer players’ physical and cognitive performance during high-intensity intermittent exercise in hot conditions. PLoS ONE, 20(1), Article e0317486. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317486

Tyrosine has been proposed to potentially provide ergogenic benefits to cognitive and physical performance in physiologically demanding environments. However research into its effectiveness on cognitive and physical performance during exercise in the... Read More about Tyrosine supplementation is ineffective in facilitating soccer players’ physical and cognitive performance during high-intensity intermittent exercise in hot conditions.

Second order sliding mode control with proportional integral observer for wing rock (2025)
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Mahmood, A., & Iqbal, J. (2025). Second order sliding mode control with proportional integral observer for wing rock. Systems Science and Control Engineering, 13(1), Article 245224779. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642583.2025.2460427

In this study, a reduced-order fast proportional integral (PI) observer with a fast convergence function based on the equivalent control notion is developed to estimate the side slip angle β. An unknown state can be discovered by forcing the PI term... Read More about Second order sliding mode control with proportional integral observer for wing rock.

Combined Oriented Data Augmentation Method for Brain MRI Images (2025)
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Farhan, A. S., Khalid, M., & Manzoor, U. (2025). Combined Oriented Data Augmentation Method for Brain MRI Images. IEEE Access, 13, 9981-9994. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3526684

In recent years, deep learning’s use in medical imaging has grown exponentially. However, one of the biggest problems with training deep learning models is the unavailability of large amounts of data, which leads to overfitting. Collecting large quan... Read More about Combined Oriented Data Augmentation Method for Brain MRI Images.

Matrix Metalloproteinases, Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases, and Their Ratios in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Healthy Controls (2025)
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Butler, A. E., Nandakumar, M., Sathyapalan, T., Brennan, E., & Atkin, S. L. (2025). Matrix Metalloproteinases, Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases, and Their Ratios in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Healthy Controls. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(1), Article 321. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26010321

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are M2 macrophage markers that are modulated by inflammation. A disintegrin and metalloproteinases (ADAMS) and those with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS) regulate the shedding of membrane-bound proteins, growth factors... Read More about Matrix Metalloproteinases, Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases, and Their Ratios in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Healthy Controls.

Robust Position Control of VTOL UAVs Using a Linear Quadratic Rate-Varying Integral Tracker: Design and Validation (2025)
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Saleem, O., Kazim, M., & Iqbal, J. (2025). Robust Position Control of VTOL UAVs Using a Linear Quadratic Rate-Varying Integral Tracker: Design and Validation. Drones, 9(1), Article 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9010073

This article presents an optimal tracking controller retrofitted with a nonlinear adaptive integral compensator, specifically designed to ensure robust and accurate positioning of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) t... Read More about Robust Position Control of VTOL UAVs Using a Linear Quadratic Rate-Varying Integral Tracker: Design and Validation.

A catalogue of complex radio sources in the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey created using a Self-Organising Map (2025)
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Alam, A., Pimbblet, K., & Gordon, Y. (2025). A catalogue of complex radio sources in the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey created using a Self-Organising Map. Publications / Astronomical Society of Australia, 42, Article e013. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2024.133

Next generations of radio surveys are expected to identify tens of millions of new sources, and identifying and classifying their morphologies will require novel and more efficient methods. Self-Organising Maps (SOMs), a type of unsupervised machine... Read More about A catalogue of complex radio sources in the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey created using a Self-Organising Map.

Dual FOPID-neural network controller based on fast grey wolf optimizer: application to two-inputs two-outputs helicopter (2025)
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Rezoug, A., Iqbal, J., & Nemra, A. (2025). Dual FOPID-neural network controller based on fast grey wolf optimizer: application to two-inputs two-outputs helicopter. Systems Science and Control Engineering, 13(1), Article 2449156. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642583.2024.2449156

This research introduces a novel dual Fast Grey Wolf Optimizer (FGWO) combined with Radial Basis Function Neural Networks (RBFNN) for a Fractional-Order PID (FOPID) controller applied to a helicopter simulator. The proposed FGWO improves the standard... Read More about Dual FOPID-neural network controller based on fast grey wolf optimizer: application to two-inputs two-outputs helicopter.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Care and Beyond: Navigating the Needs of Long-Term Survivors (2025)
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Molica, S., & Allsup, D. (2025). Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Care and Beyond: Navigating the Needs of Long-Term Survivors. Cancers, 17(1), Article 119. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17010119

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treatment has evolved from traditional chemotherapy to targeted therapies, such as Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) and BCL-2 inhibitors with significant improvements in survival rates and a transformation of CLL into a... Read More about Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Care and Beyond: Navigating the Needs of Long-Term Survivors.

Fixed ‘Formative-Specific' Assessment Rubrics and ‘Formal’ Formative Assessment: Evolving formative assessment processes for a large-scale international student-taught master’s Education module (2025)
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Minott, M., Holmes, A., & Hopkins, P. (2025). Fixed ‘Formative-Specific' Assessment Rubrics and ‘Formal’ Formative Assessment: Evolving formative assessment processes for a large-scale international student-taught master’s Education module. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2, 95-130. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.21

Assessment rubrics are a central component of developing students’ assessment literacy. They are usually used both for the summative assessment of learning, and, formatively, to develop students’ understanding of the standard of work required to be s... Read More about Fixed ‘Formative-Specific' Assessment Rubrics and ‘Formal’ Formative Assessment: Evolving formative assessment processes for a large-scale international student-taught master’s Education module.