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High-resolution CT phenotypes in pulmonary sarcoidosis: a multinational Delphi consensus study (2023)
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Desai, S. R., Sivarasan, N., Johannson, K. A., George, P. M., Culver, D. A., Devaraj, A., …Inoue, Y. (in press). High-resolution CT phenotypes in pulmonary sarcoidosis: a multinational Delphi consensus study. The lancet. Respiratory medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2823%2900267-9

One view of sarcoidosis is that the term covers many different diseases. However, no classification framework exists for the future exploration of pathogenetic pathways, genetic or trigger predilections, patterns of lung function impairment, or treat... Read More about High-resolution CT phenotypes in pulmonary sarcoidosis: a multinational Delphi consensus study.

How can patients influence service improvement decision-making? A participatory research mixed methods study (2023)
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Drinkwater, J., MacFarlane, A., Twiddy, M., Meads, D., Chadwick, R. H., Donnelly, A., …Foy, R. (in press). How can patients influence service improvement decision-making? A participatory research mixed methods study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Article BJGP-2023-0263.R2. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0263

Background Health policy promotes patient participation in decision-making about service organisation. In English general practice this happens through contractually required patient participation groups (PPGs). However, there are problems with the... Read More about How can patients influence service improvement decision-making? A participatory research mixed methods study.

Joseph Fouche, 'Continental Policing' and its Impact on British Policing (2023)
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Joyce, P., & Laverick, W. (in press). Joseph Fouche, 'Continental Policing' and its Impact on British Policing. Journal of the Police History Society, 37, 109-114

This article examines the nature of policing associated with the French statesman and police reformer, Joseph Fouché, and seeks to explain how this influenced the style and character of professional policing as this developed across England and Wales... Read More about Joseph Fouche, 'Continental Policing' and its Impact on British Policing.

The effectiveness of heat preparation and alleviation strategies for cognitive performance: A systematic review (2023)
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Donnan, K. J., Williams, E. L., & Bargh, M. J. (2023). The effectiveness of heat preparation and alleviation strategies for cognitive performance: A systematic review. Temperature, https://doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2022.2157645

A range of occupational and performance contexts (e.g. military personnel operations, emergency services, sport) require the critical maintenance of cognitive performance in environmentally challenging environments. Several reviews exist which evalua... Read More about The effectiveness of heat preparation and alleviation strategies for cognitive performance: A systematic review.

Supported: supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: a qualitative study 2 protocol 3 4 (2023)
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Bayley, Z., Bothma, J., Bravington, A., Forward, C., Hussain, J., Manthorpe, J., …Johnson, M. J. (2023). Supported: supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: a qualitative study 2 protocol 3 4. PLoS ONE, 18(12), Article e0291525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291525

BACKGROUND: Homecare workers provide essential care at home for people at end-of-life but are often poorly trained and supported. AIM: To explore the experiences and needs of homecare workers and the views of homecare clients and carers, and other co... Read More about Supported: supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: a qualitative study 2 protocol 3 4.

158 μm emission as an indicator of galaxy star formation rate (2023)
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Liang, L., Feldmann, R., Murray, N., Narayanan, D., Hayward, C. C., Angles-Alcázar, D., …Hopkins, P. F. (2024). 158 μm emission as an indicator of galaxy star formation rate. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 528(1), 499-541. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3792

Observations of local star-forming galaxies (SFGs) show a tight correlation between their singly ionized carbon line luminosity () and star formation rate (SFR), suggesting that may be a useful SFR tracer for galaxies. Some other galaxy populations,... Read More about 158 μm emission as an indicator of galaxy star formation rate.

Robust CNN architecture for classification of reach and grasp actions from neural correlates: an edge device perspective (2023)
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Sultan, H., Ijaz, H., Waris, A., Mushtaq, S., Mushtaq, K., Khan, N. B., …Iqbal, J. (2024). Robust CNN architecture for classification of reach and grasp actions from neural correlates: an edge device perspective. Measurement Science and Technology, 35(3), Article 035703. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/ad1157

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) systems traditionally use machine learning (ML) algorithms that require extensive signal processing and feature extraction. Deep learning (DL)-based convolutional neural networks (CNNs) recently achieved state-of-the-... Read More about Robust CNN architecture for classification of reach and grasp actions from neural correlates: an edge device perspective.

Dyadic perspectives on loneliness and social isolation among people with dementia and spousal carers: findings from the IDEAL programme (2023)
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Rippon, I., Victor, C. R., Martyr, A., Matthews, F. E., Quinn, C., Rusted, J. M., …Clare, L. (in press). Dyadic perspectives on loneliness and social isolation among people with dementia and spousal carers: findings from the IDEAL programme. Aging and Mental Health, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2286618

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the impact of self and partner experiences of loneliness and social isolation on life satisfaction in people with dementia and their spousal carers. Methods: We used data from 1042 dementia caregiving dyads... Read More about Dyadic perspectives on loneliness and social isolation among people with dementia and spousal carers: findings from the IDEAL programme.

Attentional bias in psoriasis: The role of processing time and emotional valence (2023)
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Etty, S., George, D. N., van Laarhoven, A., Kleyn, C. E., Walton, S., & Holle, H. (in press). Attentional bias in psoriasis: The role of processing time and emotional valence. British Journal of Health Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12712

Purpose: The present study explored whether people with psoriasis display an attentional bias towards disease-related threat words and whether this bias occurs relatively early during the phase of stimulus disengagement, or during a later maintained... Read More about Attentional bias in psoriasis: The role of processing time and emotional valence.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Therapy Guided by Measurable Residual Disease (2023)
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Munir, T., Cairns, D. A., Bloor, A., Allsup, D., Cwynarski, K., Pettitt, A., …Hillmen, P. (2024). Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Therapy Guided by Measurable Residual Disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 390(4), 326-337. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2310063

BACKGROUND: The combination of ibrutinib and venetoclax has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) as compared with chemoimmunotherapy. Whether ibrutinib-venetoclax and personalization of treatment duration... Read More about Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Therapy Guided by Measurable Residual Disease.

Adaptive optimal control of under-actuated robotic systems using a self-regulating nonlinear weight-adjustment scheme: Formulation and experimental verification (2023)
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Saleem, O., Rizwan, M., & Iqbal, J. (2023). Adaptive optimal control of under-actuated robotic systems using a self-regulating nonlinear weight-adjustment scheme: Formulation and experimental verification. PLoS ONE, 18(12), Article e0295153. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295153

This paper formulates an innovative model-free self-organizing weight adaptation that strengthens the robustness of a Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) for inverted pendulum-like mechatronic systems against perturbations and parametric uncertainties.... Read More about Adaptive optimal control of under-actuated robotic systems using a self-regulating nonlinear weight-adjustment scheme: Formulation and experimental verification.

Reading America, Reading Rodriguez: Exploring American Literature at an English Prison Book Group (2023)
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Metcalf, J., & Skinner, L. (2023). Reading America, Reading Rodriguez: Exploring American Literature at an English Prison Book Group. Journal of American Studies, 57(5), 700-724. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875823000579

This article details a cutting-edge Knowledge Exchange initiative which advanced the ongoing partnership between the University of Hull and HMP Hull, and stemmed from the annual BAAS conference, held in Hull in April 2022. The purpose of the article... Read More about Reading America, Reading Rodriguez: Exploring American Literature at an English Prison Book Group.

Identification of biomarkers for the early detection of non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
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Mohamed, E., García Martínez, D. J., Hosseini, M. S., Yoong, S. Q., Fletcher, D., Hart, S., & Guinn, B. A. (2024). Identification of biomarkers for the early detection of non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Carcinogenesis, 45(1-2), Article bgad091. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgad091

Lung cancer (LC) causes few symptoms in the earliest stages, leading to one of the highest mortality rates among cancers. Low-dose computerised tomography (LDCT) is used to screen high-risk individuals, reducing the mortality rate by 20%. However, LD... Read More about Identification of biomarkers for the early detection of non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Protocol for a realist evaluation of Recovery College dementia courses: understanding coproduction through ethnography (2023)
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Birt, L., West, J., Poland, F., Wong, G., Handley, M., Litherland, R., …Fox, C. (2023). Protocol for a realist evaluation of Recovery College dementia courses: understanding coproduction through ethnography. BMJ open, 13(12), Article e078248. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078248

Introduction Support following a dementia diagnosis in the UK is variable. Attending a Recovery College course with and for people with dementia, their supporters and healthcare professionals (staff), may enable people to explore and enact ways to li... Read More about Protocol for a realist evaluation of Recovery College dementia courses: understanding coproduction through ethnography.

Relationship between endocrine disrupting chemicals (phthalate metabolites, triclosan and bisphenols) and vitamin D in female subjects: An exploratory pilot study (2023)
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Brennan, E., Butler, A. E., Nandakumar, M., Thompson, K., Sathyapalan, T., & Atkin, S. L. (2024). Relationship between endocrine disrupting chemicals (phthalate metabolites, triclosan and bisphenols) and vitamin D in female subjects: An exploratory pilot study. Chemosphere, 349, Article 140894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140894

Introduction: Evidence suggests that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), commonly used in plastics and personal care products, may be associated with reduced levels of vitamin D. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between phthalate me... Read More about Relationship between endocrine disrupting chemicals (phthalate metabolites, triclosan and bisphenols) and vitamin D in female subjects: An exploratory pilot study.

Breaking barriers in higher education: Implementation of cost-effective social constructivism in engineering education (2023)
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Khalid, A., Kazim, T., Diaz, K. R. V., & Iqbal, J. (in press). Breaking barriers in higher education: Implementation of cost-effective social constructivism in engineering education. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, https://doi.org/10.1177/03064190231218123

Social constructivism is considered the main driver of curriculum overhaul for the new set of learning in the digital age. Implementation of cost-effective solutions of social constructivism in higher education is a challenge. The paper circumnavigat... Read More about Breaking barriers in higher education: Implementation of cost-effective social constructivism in engineering education.

New pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles with AIE characteristics for detection of dichloromethane and chloroform (2023)
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Yu, S., Li, S., Xie, Z., Liu, W., Islam, M. M., Redshaw, C., …Feng, X. (in press). New pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles with AIE characteristics for detection of dichloromethane and chloroform. Luminescence, https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.4640

Three new pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole derivatives containing methoxyphenyl, pyrene or tetraphenylethylene (TPE) units (compounds 1–3) have been designed, synthesized and fully characterized. The aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties of compounds 1–... Read More about New pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles with AIE characteristics for detection of dichloromethane and chloroform.

Search for gravitational wave signals from known pulsars in LIGO-Virgo O3 data using the 5n -vector ensemble method (2023)
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D'Onofrio, L., De Rosa, R., Palomba, C., Leaci, P., Piccinni, O. J., Sequino, V., …Stappers, B. (2023). Search for gravitational wave signals from known pulsars in LIGO-Virgo O3 data using the 5n -vector ensemble method. Physical Review D, 108(12), Article 122002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.122002

The 5n-vector ensemble method is a multiple test for the targeted search of continuous gravitational waves from an ensemble of known pulsars. This method can improve the detection probability by combining the results from individually undetectable pu... Read More about Search for gravitational wave signals from known pulsars in LIGO-Virgo O3 data using the 5n -vector ensemble method.

Tracking and Tracing in Israel during COVID-19 Balancing between the Need to Protect Public Health and Individual Right to Privacy (2023)
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Cohen-Almagor, R., & Haber, E. (2023). Tracking and Tracing in Israel during COVID-19 Balancing between the Need to Protect Public Health and Individual Right to Privacy. Israel Studies Review, 38(3), 29-50. https://doi.org/10.3167/isr.2023.380304

In March 2020, the Israeli government decided that its internal security agency may collect, process, and use technological information measures to tackle the spread of COVID-19. This was done by tracking the cellphones of those who may have contract... Read More about Tracking and Tracing in Israel during COVID-19 Balancing between the Need to Protect Public Health and Individual Right to Privacy.