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Evaluating the ability of patient reported outcome measures to represent the functional limitation of people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (2023)
Journal Article

Aim: To identify activities which people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) report are impacted by their condition, and evaluate the ability of measures of function used by National Health Service (NHS) ME/CFS Services... Read More about Evaluating the ability of patient reported outcome measures to represent the functional limitation of people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.

Creating jobs in low- and middle-income countries through demand-side policies (2023)
Report

This brief focuses on demand-side policies for promoting employment in LMCs. The shifting consensus on macroeconomic policy in advanced economies, alongside growing acceptance of industrial policy, provides an important opportunity for reconsideratio... Read More about Creating jobs in low- and middle-income countries through demand-side policies.

Moving beyond narrow definitions of gene drive: Diverse perspectives and frames enable substantive dialogue among science and humanities teachers in the United States and United Kingdom (2023)
Journal Article

Gene drive is an emerging biotechnology with applications in global health, conservation and agriculture. Scientists are preparing for field trials, triggering debate about when and how to release gene-drive organisms. These decisions depend on publi... Read More about Moving beyond narrow definitions of gene drive: Diverse perspectives and frames enable substantive dialogue among science and humanities teachers in the United States and United Kingdom.

A carbon accounting and trading platform for the UK construction industry (2023)
Journal Article

Atmospheric carbon dioxide emanating from activities associated with the construction of buildings in the UK contributes approximately 16% of the uk’s total emissions and will need to be reduced significantly to meet international agreements. Against... Read More about A carbon accounting and trading platform for the UK construction industry.

Low frequency electrical waves in ensembles of proteinoid microspheres (2023)
Journal Article

Proteinoids (thermal proteins) are produced by heating amino acids to their melting point and initiation of polymerisation to produce polymeric chains. Amino acid-like molecules, or proteinoids, can condense at high temperatures to create aggregation... Read More about Low frequency electrical waves in ensembles of proteinoid microspheres.

Applying the asymmetric information management (AIM) technique to virtual interviewing (2023)
Journal Article

The Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique enhances verbal lie-detection by encouraging truth tellers (but not liars) to be forthcoming with information. We examined the AIM technique's utility for correctly distinguishing genuine and fabr... Read More about Applying the asymmetric information management (AIM) technique to virtual interviewing.

Mid-to late-term follow-up of primary hip and knee arthroplasty: the UK SAFE evidence-based recommendations (2023)
Journal Article

Aims To review the evidence and reach consensus on recommendations for follow-up after total hip and knee arthroplasty. Methods A programme of work was conducted, including: a systematic review of the clinical and cost-effectiveness literature; analy... Read More about Mid-to late-term follow-up of primary hip and knee arthroplasty: the UK SAFE evidence-based recommendations.

Theory of agency in supply chain finance: Taking a hermeneutic approach (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This article investigates theory of agency as a theoretical underpinning in the field of supply chain finance. Specifically, through a hermeneutic approach, the authors examine the development of the theory, its postulations and assumptions, and its... Read More about Theory of agency in supply chain finance: Taking a hermeneutic approach.

Assessment and management of children with head injury: Practice and opinion (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Head injury is common in children with approximately 700 000 attendances at emergency departments annually; one-third are conveyed by ambulance. However, 75% of them are discharged with no treatment. Most head-injured children could be ma... Read More about Assessment and management of children with head injury: Practice and opinion.

The role of the designated prescribing supervisor: An evaluation (2023)
Journal Article

Aim To understand the experience of non-medical prescribers undertaking the role of designated prescribing supervisor with students on the non-medical prescribing course for the first time. Methods Questionnaire completed by 34 designated prescribing... Read More about The role of the designated prescribing supervisor: An evaluation.

The importance of habitats: How and policy developments shaping the world of habitats? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This IES (Institution of Environmental Sciences) expert discussion on habitats invovled four expert speakers including myself (Mark Everard) talking about the importance of habitats as well as the recent developments in policy and what they mean

Combining realist evaluation and transformative evaluation to advance research in palliative care: The case of end of life companionship (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Palliative care requires innovative methods to understand what works, for whom, in what circumstances and why. Realist evaluation has become one prominent approach due to its preoccupation with building, and testing, causal theories to ex... Read More about Combining realist evaluation and transformative evaluation to advance research in palliative care: The case of end of life companionship.

Using an actual design method for the design of research methodologies: Case of the dichotomy exploration and exploitation in context of innovation management (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whereas scholarly studies often elaborate on the design of the method for empirical data collection and analysis, surprisingly, the actual use of design principles taken from the domain of design and engineering of products has not come into the pict... Read More about Using an actual design method for the design of research methodologies: Case of the dichotomy exploration and exploitation in context of innovation management.

British Wildlife Freshwater fishes report 2022 (2023)
Journal Article

This article provides an overview of novel issues and challenges in the world of British freshwater fishes throughout 2022.

Successive heatwaves driving temperatures in Britain above 40oC for the first time defined summer 2022, with drought extend... Read More about British Wildlife Freshwater fishes report 2022.

The decline of empires in South Asia (2023)
Journal Article

Heather Campbell’s book discusses British policies towards Persia and Afghanistan after the First World War. She maintains that in order to comprehend these policies, one must understand the persistence of Great Game mentalities among senior policy m... Read More about The decline of empires in South Asia.

Inventory management optimization with data analytics for a trading company (2023)
Journal Article

Distributors, manufacturers, and suppliers face the daunting challenge of inventory control. Each supply management problem that arises has ramifications. To satisfy supply and demand, inventory optimization will ensure that the correct commodity is... Read More about Inventory management optimization with data analytics for a trading company.

Tuning functions based adaptive backstepping control for uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems using barrier Lyapunov functions with full state constraints (2023)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the tuning functions based adaptive backstepping control for a class of uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems using barrier Lyapunov functions with full state constraints. The proposed adaptive control scheme is construc... Read More about Tuning functions based adaptive backstepping control for uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems using barrier Lyapunov functions with full state constraints.

Robotics technology for pain treatment and management: A review (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The use of robots for pain management is a new and active research field. The aim of this scoping review is to identify current research, which groups or conditions are being targeted for treatment, which devices are being used, and how effective the... Read More about Robotics technology for pain treatment and management: A review.

AgroSupportAnalytics: Big data recommender system for agricultural farmer complaints in Egypt (2023)
Journal Article

The world's agricultural needs are growing with the pace of increase in its population. Agricultural farmers play a vital role in our society by helping us in fulfilling our basic food needs. So, we need to support farmers to keep up their great work... Read More about AgroSupportAnalytics: Big data recommender system for agricultural farmer complaints in Egypt.

Religion and the seventeenth-century press (2023)
Book Chapter

Religion was as ubiquitous in the early modern press as it was in early modern consciousness. Perhaps because of this, religion is rarely the headline in studies of the press. There has been minimal exploration of religion for its own sake in studies... Read More about Religion and the seventeenth-century press.