Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Risk of disclosure when reporting commonly used univariate statistics (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Derrick, B., Green, E., Ritchie, F., & White, P. (2022). Risk of disclosure when reporting commonly used univariate statistics. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (119-129). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13945-1_9

When basic or descriptive summary statistics are reported, it may be possible that the entire sample of observations is inadvertently disclosed, or that members within a sample will be able to work out responses of others. Three sets of univariate su... Read More about Risk of disclosure when reporting commonly used univariate statistics.

Testing lifecourse theories characterising associations between maternal depression and offspring depression in emerging adulthood: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (2022)
Journal Article
Lacey, R. E., Gondek, D., Smith, B. J., Smith, A. D., Dunn, E. C., & Sacker, A. (2023). Testing lifecourse theories characterising associations between maternal depression and offspring depression in emerging adulthood: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64(8), 1149-1158. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13699

Background: Maternal depression is a major determinant of offspring mental health. Yet, little is understood about how the duration and timing of maternal depression shapes youth risk for depressive symptoms, which if understood could inform when bes... Read More about Testing lifecourse theories characterising associations between maternal depression and offspring depression in emerging adulthood: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.

A collaboratively-derived research agenda for e-assessment in undergraduate mathematics (2022)
Journal Article
Kinnear, G., Jones, I., Sangwin, C., Alarfaj, M., Davies, B., Fearn, S., …Wong, T. (in press). A collaboratively-derived research agenda for e-assessment in undergraduate mathematics. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40753-022-00189-6

This paper describes the collaborative development of an agenda for research on e-assessment in undergraduate mathematics. We built on an established approach to develop the agenda from the contributions of 22 mathematics education researchers, unive... Read More about A collaboratively-derived research agenda for e-assessment in undergraduate mathematics.

Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Sikurajapathi, I., Henderson, K., & Gwynllyw, R. (2022, September). Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions. Presented at Continuing Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research conference (CETL-MSOR-2022), Abertay University, Dundee , Scotland

Students may arrive at an incorrect answer when answering a mathematical question due to several reasons, such as random errors, calculation errors or misreading the question. Such errors are sometimes referred to as Common Student Errors (CSEs). Se... Read More about Correct for the wrong reason: Why we should know more about mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions.

Gathering and compiling mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions with taxonomical classification (2022)
Journal Article
Sikurajapathi, I., Henderson, K., & Gwynllyw, R. (2022). Gathering and compiling mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions with taxonomical classification. MSOR Connections, 20(3), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v20i3.1345

This article gives an overview of the interactive book called ‘Collection of Taxonomically Classified Mathematical Common Student Errors in e-Assessments (CSE Book)’ which has been produced as a result of the Common Student Errors Project (CSE Projec... Read More about Gathering and compiling mathematical common student errors in e-assessment questions with taxonomical classification.

Use of artificial intelligence to manage patient flow in emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective, single-center study (2022)
Journal Article
Arnaud, E., Elbattah, M., Ammirati, C., Dequen, G., & Ghazali, D. A. (2022). Use of artificial intelligence to manage patient flow in emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective, single-center study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), e9667. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159667

BACKGROUND: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, calculation of the number of emergency department (ED) beds required for patients with vs. without suspected COVID-19 represented a real public health problem. In France, Amiens Pic... Read More about Use of artificial intelligence to manage patient flow in emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective, single-center study.

Examining the epigenetic mechanisms of childhood adversity and sensitive periods: A gene set-based approach (2022)
Journal Article
Zhu, Y., Lussier, A. A., Smith, A. D. A. C., Simpkin, A. J., Suderman, M. J., Walton, E., …Dunn, E. C. (2022). Examining the epigenetic mechanisms of childhood adversity and sensitive periods: A gene set-based approach. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 144(October 2022), 105854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105854

Background: Sensitive periods are developmental stages of heightened plasticity when life experiences, including exposure to childhood adversity, have the potential to exert more lasting impacts. Epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation (DNAm... Read More about Examining the epigenetic mechanisms of childhood adversity and sensitive periods: A gene set-based approach.

Medium term results of the cementless Oxford mobile bearing medial unicompartmental knee replacement (2022)
Journal Article
Manara, J. R., Group, T. B. K., White, P., Bray, R., Davies, H., Eldridge, J., …Murray, J. (2023). Medium term results of the cementless Oxford mobile bearing medial unicompartmental knee replacement. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, 33, 1335–1340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-022-03289-w

Abstract Background Medial Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR) has well-documented benefits over Total Knee Replace- ment in the treatment of anteromedial osteoarthritis of the knee. There has been an increasing move from cemented to cementl... Read More about Medium term results of the cementless Oxford mobile bearing medial unicompartmental knee replacement.

Nasointestinal tube placement: Techniques that increase success (2022)
Journal Article
Taylor, S., Sayer, K., & White, P. (2023). Nasointestinal tube placement: Techniques that increase success. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 24(1), 62-70. https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221095336

Background: Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is a major cause of undernutrition that can be overcome using nasointestinal (NI) feeding, but tube placement often fails. We analyse which techniques enable successful NI tube placement. Methods: Efficacy o... Read More about Nasointestinal tube placement: Techniques that increase success.

Sensitive periods for the effect of childhood adversity on DNA methylation: Updated results from a prospective, longitudinal study (2022)
Journal Article
Lussier, A. A., Zhu, Y., Smith, B. J., Simpkin, A. J., Smith, A. D. A. C., Suderman, M. J., …Dunn, E. C. (2023). Sensitive periods for the effect of childhood adversity on DNA methylation: Updated results from a prospective, longitudinal study. Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, 3(3), 567-571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.04.002

Disclosure risks in odds ratios and logistic regression (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Derrick, B., Green, E., Ritchie, F., & White, P. (2022, April). Disclosure risks in odds ratios and logistic regression. Paper presented at Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference 2022: Special session 'Protecting confidentiality in social science research outputs', Glasgow

When publishing statistics from confidential data, there exists a risk that the statistic might inadvertently reveal confidential information. Statistical disclosure control (SDC) aims to reduce that risk to an acceptable level. Most SDC theory is co... Read More about Disclosure risks in odds ratios and logistic regression.

Safety in numbers: Minimum thresholding, Maximum bounds and Little White Lies : The case of the mean and standard deviation (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Derrick, B., Green, E., Kember, K., Ritchie, F., & White, P. (2022, April). Safety in numbers: Minimum thresholding, Maximum bounds and Little White Lies : The case of the mean and standard deviation. Paper presented at Scottish Economic Society, Glasgow

Reporting the sample mean, sample standard deviation and sample size could in some cases lead to the unique identification of the underpinning sample. The likelihood of this reveal via direct enumeration of the possible search space decreases with i... Read More about Safety in numbers: Minimum thresholding, Maximum bounds and Little White Lies : The case of the mean and standard deviation.

Statistical modeling of sensitive period effects using the structured life course modelling approach (SLCMA) (2022)
Book Chapter
Smith, B. J., Smith, A. D., & Dunn, E. C. (2022). Statistical modeling of sensitive period effects using the structured life course modelling approach (SLCMA). In Sensitive Periods of Brain Development and Preventive Interventions (215-234). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/7854_2021_280

Sensitive periods are times during development when life experiences can have a greater impact on outcomes than at other periods during the life course. However, a dearth of sophisticated methods for studying time-dependent exposure-outcome relations... Read More about Statistical modeling of sensitive period effects using the structured life course modelling approach (SLCMA).

Short-Term safety outcomes of mastectomy and immediate prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction: Pre-BRA prospective multicentre cohort study (2022)
Journal Article
Harvey, K. L., Sinai, P., Mills, N., White, P., Holcombe, C., & Potter, S. (2022). Short-Term safety outcomes of mastectomy and immediate prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction: Pre-BRA prospective multicentre cohort study. British Journal of Surgery, 109(6), 530-538. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac077

Background: Prepectoral breast reconstruction (PPBR) has recently been introduced to reduce postoperative pain and improve cosmetic outcomes in women having implant-based procedures. High-quality evidence to support the practice of PPBR, however, is... Read More about Short-Term safety outcomes of mastectomy and immediate prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction: Pre-BRA prospective multicentre cohort study.

Association between measures derived from children's primary exfoliated teeth and psychopathology symptoms: Results from a community-based study (2022)
Journal Article
Dunn, E. C., Mountain, R. V., Davis, K. A., Shaffer, I., Smith, A. D. A. C., Roubinov, D. S., …Boyce, W. T. (2022). Association between measures derived from children's primary exfoliated teeth and psychopathology symptoms: Results from a community-based study. Frontiers in Dental Medicine, 3, Article 803364. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdmed.2022.803364

Mental disorders are among the most disabling health conditions globally. However, there remains a lack of valid, reliable, noninvasive, and inexpensive biomarkers to identify (at an early age) people who are at the greatest risk of experiencing a fu... Read More about Association between measures derived from children's primary exfoliated teeth and psychopathology symptoms: Results from a community-based study.

Characterising recovery following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using cardiopulmonary exercise testing and patient reported outcome measures (2022)
Journal Article
Dodds, N., Angell, J., Lewis, S. L., Pyke, M., White, P., Darweish Medniuk, A., …Tolchard, S. (2023). Characterising recovery following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using cardiopulmonary exercise testing and patient reported outcome measures. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45(3), 1178-1184. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2055162

Purpose: Surgery is associated with a post-operative stress response, changes in cardiopulmonary reserve, and metabolic demand. Here recovery after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is investigated using cardiopulmonary exercise testing and patient-re... Read More about Characterising recovery following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair using cardiopulmonary exercise testing and patient reported outcome measures.

Epidemiology and outcomes of tibial plateau fractures in adults aged 60 and over treated in the United Kingdom (2022)
Journal Article
Donovan, R. L., Smith, J. R., Yeomans, D., Bennett, F., White, P., & Chesser, T. J. (2022). Epidemiology and outcomes of tibial plateau fractures in adults aged 60 and over treated in the United Kingdom. Injury, 53(6), 2219-2225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2022.03.048

Background: Tibial plateau fractures are common in older adults, often resulting from low-energy falls. Although lower limb fragility fracture care has evolved, the management of tibial plateau fractures in older patients remains poorly researched. T... Read More about Epidemiology and outcomes of tibial plateau fractures in adults aged 60 and over treated in the United Kingdom.

The CARe Burn Scale—Adult Form: Identifying the responsiveness and Minimal Important Difference (MID) values of a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) to assess quality of life for adults with a burn injury (2022)
Journal Article
Griffiths, C., Tollow, P., Cox, D., White, P., Pickles, T., & Harcourt, D. (2022). The CARe Burn Scale—Adult Form: Identifying the responsiveness and Minimal Important Difference (MID) values of a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) to assess quality of life for adults with a burn injury. European Burn Journal, 3(1), 211-233. https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj3010019

The CARe Burn Scales are a suite of burn-specific PROMs for adults, children, young people, and parents affected by burns. This study aimed to determine the responsiveness and minimal important difference (MID) values of the Adult Form for use in adu... Read More about The CARe Burn Scale—Adult Form: Identifying the responsiveness and Minimal Important Difference (MID) values of a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) to assess quality of life for adults with a burn injury.

The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain (2022)
Journal Article
West, H., White, P., Quinn, N., & Horswell, M. (2022). The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain. Atmosphere, 13(3), Article 429. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13030429

It has long been understood that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a key driver of regional climate in Great Britain and across Europe. However, studies have also noted that there is spatio-temporal variability in NAO-rainfall signatures which... Read More about The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain.