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Early versus persistent Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Is there a difference in patient reported outcomes following rehabilitation? (2023)
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Lewis, J. S., Wallace, C. S., White, P., Mottram, L., Ockenden, G., Rehm, K., & Walker, K. (2024). Early versus persistent Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Is there a difference in patient reported outcomes following rehabilitation?. European Journal of Pain, 28(3), 464-475. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2196

Background: Expert consensus asserts that early treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) leads to better outcomes. Yet no evidence supports this assumption regarding the recognized gold standard of multidisciplinary functional rehabilitatio... Read More about Early versus persistent Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Is there a difference in patient reported outcomes following rehabilitation?.

Validation of a new glucocorticoid-specific Patient-Reported Outcome Questionnaire (the Steroid PRO) (2023)
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Bridgewater, S., Ndosi, M., Dawson, J., Richards, P., Silverthorne, C., Dures, E., …Robson, J. C. (2024). Validation of a new glucocorticoid-specific Patient-Reported Outcome Questionnaire (the Steroid PRO). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 83(3), 394-400. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard-2023-224946

Objectives: Glucocorticoids used in the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic conditions can impact on health-related quality of life. An underpinning qualitative study developed a long-list of candidate items for a treatment-specific patient-reported... Read More about Validation of a new glucocorticoid-specific Patient-Reported Outcome Questionnaire (the Steroid PRO).

Strategic foresight and policy evaluation: Insights for an integrated approach (2023)
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De Vito, L., & Taffoni, G. (2023). Strategic foresight and policy evaluation: Insights for an integrated approach. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 14(4), 800 - 806. https://doi.org/10.1017/err.2023.77

Grand challenges are shaping twenty-first-century politics. Threats connected to health, climate, demographics and welfare are increasingly intruding on the lives of citizens. Still, governments are often found off-guard, and policymakers need strate... Read More about Strategic foresight and policy evaluation: Insights for an integrated approach.

Roles and responsibilities of Governors in the UK Overseas Territories: Prerogative power and democratic accountability (2023)
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O'Brien, D., & Clegg, P. (2023). Roles and responsibilities of Governors in the UK Overseas Territories: Prerogative power and democratic accountability. Small States & Territories, 6(2), 135-150

Relations between the United Kingdom (UK) and its 14 Overseas Territories (OTs) are long-standing and multifaceted. Each of the ten inhabited OTs has its own parliament or council, and in most cases, a Cabinet; yet, their governance remains based on... Read More about Roles and responsibilities of Governors in the UK Overseas Territories: Prerogative power and democratic accountability.

The epoch of Queen Elizabeth II: Continuity and rupture in small states and territories (2023)
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Gray, S., & Clegg, P. (2023). The epoch of Queen Elizabeth II: Continuity and rupture in small states and territories. Small States & Territories, 6(2), 99-104

The death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 after 70 years on the throne and the ascent of King Charles III precipitated much discussion about the role and relevancy of the British Monarch across the Commonwealth and more particularly whether i... Read More about The epoch of Queen Elizabeth II: Continuity and rupture in small states and territories.

The discursive construction of solidarity by Ghanaian female parliamentarians (2023)
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Sarfo-Kantankah, K. S., Ngula, R. S., & Nartey, M. (2024). The discursive construction of solidarity by Ghanaian female parliamentarians. Journal of Language and Politics, 23(1), 91-112. https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.22146.sar

Research on issues of women has largely focused attention on, among others, power asymmetries and gender stereotypes, with less emphasis on positive linguistic mechanisms of women. Drawing on a critical discourse analytical approach and using Ghanaia... Read More about The discursive construction of solidarity by Ghanaian female parliamentarians.

Impact of home-school commuting mode choice on carbon footprint and sustainable transport policy scenarios (2023)
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Pantelaki, E., Claudia Caspani, A., & Maggi, E. (2024). Impact of home-school commuting mode choice on carbon footprint and sustainable transport policy scenarios. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 15, Article 101110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2023.101110

Car use for commuting to school is responsible of a significant amount of CO2 emissions, negatively impacting on climate change and calling for action. We collected 8,343 responses through an online survey before the Covid-19 pandemic (November/Decem... Read More about Impact of home-school commuting mode choice on carbon footprint and sustainable transport policy scenarios.

Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes (2023)
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Drake, M., Anderson, K., Gammie, A., Morris, N., Timlin, T., Cotterill, N., …Havard, J. (2023). Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes. Continence, 8, Article 101054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cont.2023.101054

Evaluation of a catheter design which protects its tip with the retaining balloon when inflated, and has eyeholes at the base of the balloon to improve drainage. Preclinical tests included assessment of retaining balloon performance, and microbiologi... Read More about Development and first-in-human testing of FLUME urinary catheter with protected tip and relocated drainage holes.

Pathways to online infidelity: The roles of perceived online dating success, perceived availability of alternative partners, and mate value discrepancy (2023)
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Nascimento, B. S., Adair, L., & Vione, K. (2024). Pathways to online infidelity: The roles of perceived online dating success, perceived availability of alternative partners, and mate value discrepancy. Current Psychology, 43(14), 12782-12793. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05345-y

Online dating applications have become increasingly popular in recent years and a common way for relationship initiation. However, the potential implications of online dating applications for long-term relationships are not well-understood. To furthe... Read More about Pathways to online infidelity: The roles of perceived online dating success, perceived availability of alternative partners, and mate value discrepancy.

Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings (2023)
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Mason, J., Ndekugri, I., & Silverio, K. (in press). Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction,

Purpose States have intervened with legislation to improve cashflow within construction project supply chains. The operation of the UK’s Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 leads to payment obligations stated either as a contract... Read More about Enforcing payment obligations under construction contracts by insolvency proceedings.

Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance-altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review (2023)
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Waite, E., Jenkinson, E., Kershaw, S., & Guest, E. (2024). Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance-altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 49(1), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad080

Objective Children and young people with visible differences can experience psychosocial difficulties, such as anxiety and teasing by others. Interventions targeting difficulties have previously been reviewed by Jenkinson et al. This review aimed to... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance-altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review.

The impact of national and international financial crises on mental health and well-being: A systematic review (2023)
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Talamonti, D., Schneider, J., Gibson, B., & Forshaw, M. (in press). The impact of national and international financial crises on mental health and well-being: A systematic review. Journal of Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2023.2278104

Background: Evidence suggests that financial crises and poor mental health are reciprocally related, but no systematic review has been conducted to synthesise the existing literature on the impact of national and international financial crises on pop... Read More about The impact of national and international financial crises on mental health and well-being: A systematic review.

Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review (2023)
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Waite, E., Jenkinson, E., Kershaw, S., & Guest, E. (2024). Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 49(1), 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad080

Objective: Children and young people with visible differences can experience psychosocial difficulties, such as anxiety and teasing by others. Interventions targeting difficulties have previously been reviewed by Jenkinson et al. (2015). This review... Read More about Psychosocial interventions for children and young people with visible differences resulting from appearance altering conditions, injury, or treatment effects: An updated systematic review.

VERGNet: Visual enhancement guided robotic grasp detection under low-light condition (2023)
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Niu, M., Lu, Z., Chen, L., Yang, J., & Yang, C. (2023). VERGNet: Visual enhancement guided robotic grasp detection under low-light condition. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(12), 8541-8548. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2023.3330664

Although existing grasp detection methods have achieved encouraging performance under well-light conditions, repetitive experiments have found that the detection performance would deteriorate drastically under low-light conditions. Although supplemen... Read More about VERGNet: Visual enhancement guided robotic grasp detection under low-light condition.

Assessing the spatiotemporal impact of users’ exposure and vulnerability to flood risk in urban built environments (2023)
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Bernardini, G., Ferreira, T. M., Baquedano Julià, P., Ramírez Eudave, R., & Quagliarini, E. (2024). Assessing the spatiotemporal impact of users’ exposure and vulnerability to flood risk in urban built environments. Sustainable Cities and Society, 100, Article 105043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.105043

Flood risk in an urban built environment depends on the combination of the hazard, the vulnerability of the built environment itself and its infrastructure (referred to as physical vulnerability), and the exposure and vulnerability... Read More about Assessing the spatiotemporal impact of users’ exposure and vulnerability to flood risk in urban built environments.

The effects of psychosocial and behavioral interventions on depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
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He, J., Lin, J., Sun, W., Cheung, T., Cao, Y., Fu, E., …Tsang, H. W. H. (2023). The effects of psychosocial and behavioral interventions on depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 19094. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45839-0

Psychosocial and behavioral interventions have been shown to significantly reduce depressive and anxiety symptoms in different populations. Recent evidence suggests that the mental health of the general population has deteriorated significantly since... Read More about The effects of psychosocial and behavioral interventions on depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Economic evaluation of dialysis and comprehensive conservative care for chronic kidney disease using the ICECAP-O and EQ-5D-5L; a comparison of evaluation instruments (2023)
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Zahirian Moghadam, T., Powell, J., Sharghi, A., & Zandian, H. (2023). Economic evaluation of dialysis and comprehensive conservative care for chronic kidney disease using the ICECAP-O and EQ-5D-5L; a comparison of evaluation instruments. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 21(1), Article 81. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-023-00491-3

Background: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients often require long-term care, and while Hemodialysis (HD) is the standard treatment, Comprehensive Conservative Care (CCC) is gaining popularity as an alternative. Economic evaluations comparing their... Read More about Economic evaluation of dialysis and comprehensive conservative care for chronic kidney disease using the ICECAP-O and EQ-5D-5L; a comparison of evaluation instruments.

A quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2023)
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Shrimpton, A. J., Brown, V., Vassallo, J., Nolan, J. P., Soar, J., Hamilton, F., …Pickering, A. E. (2024). A quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Anaesthesia, 79(2), 156-167. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16162

It is unclear if cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an aerosol-generating procedure and whether this poses a risk of airborne disease transmission to healthcare workers and bystanders. Use of airborne transmission precautions during cardiopulmonary res... Read More about A quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Multi-agent learning of asset maintenance plans through localised subnetworks (2023)
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Pérez Hernández, M., Puchkova, A., & Parlikad, A. K. (2024). Multi-agent learning of asset maintenance plans through localised subnetworks. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 127(Part B), Article 107362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2023.107362

Maintenance planning of networked multi-asset systems is a complex problem due to the inherent individual and collective asset constraints and dynamics as well as the size of the system and interdependencies among assets. Although multi-asset systems... Read More about Multi-agent learning of asset maintenance plans through localised subnetworks.

Loss and survival: The Episcopalian spiritual vocation, 1646-62 (2023)
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Ward Clavier, S. (2023). Loss and survival: The Episcopalian spiritual vocation, 1646-62. Seventeenth Century, 38(6), 1025-1034. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2023.2266301

This article outlines a forthcoming project on the episcopalian spiritual vocation in the period c.1640 to 1662. It explains the rationale for the project and its place within the historiography. The article argues that seventeenth-century clergy may... Read More about Loss and survival: The Episcopalian spiritual vocation, 1646-62.