All Outputs (126)

Tracking momentary experience in the evaluation of arts on prescription services: A pilot study (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. J., Matthews, J., & Disney, B. (2018, June). Tracking momentary experience in the evaluation of arts on prescription services: A pilot study. Poster presented at 1st International Social Prescribing Network Research Conference, Salford, Manchester

Aim of project: Although there is increasing impetus to explore the use arts on prescription, as advocated by a recent All Party Enquiry on the Arts and Health (2017), there is a limited evidence base for its efficacy. Nevertheless, arts on prescript... Read More about Tracking momentary experience in the evaluation of arts on prescription services: A pilot study.

In vitro antimicrobial activity of Cymbopogon flexuosus against Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Green, N., & Adukwu, E. (2018, June). In vitro antimicrobial activity of Cymbopogon flexuosus against Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii. Poster presented at ECM Forum Summer Conference 2018, Birmingham, UK

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) are both significant nosocomial pathogens that have become increasingly resistant to conventional antimicrobial therapies. There is a need for alternative therapies to com... Read More about In vitro antimicrobial activity of Cymbopogon flexuosus against Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii.

Biodiversity and ecosystem function in the bird's nest fern (2018)
Thesis
Donald, J. D. Biodiversity and ecosystem function in the bird's nest fern. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/866762

Understanding the relationship between the biodiversity and functioning of an ecosystem is a key component of ecological studies. Given the importance of soil as the basis for life on earth, understanding this relationship across the multiple trophic... Read More about Biodiversity and ecosystem function in the bird's nest fern.

Supplemental food alters nest defence and incubation behaviour of an open-nesting wetland songbird (2018)
Journal Article
Vafidis, J., Facey, R., Leech, D., & Thomas, R. (2018). Supplemental food alters nest defence and incubation behaviour of an open-nesting wetland songbird. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(8), e01672. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01672

© 2018 The Authors Climate-driven increases in spring temperatures are expected to result in higher prey availability earlier in the breeding season for insectivorous birds breeding in wetland habitats. Predation during the incubation phase is a majo... Read More about Supplemental food alters nest defence and incubation behaviour of an open-nesting wetland songbird.

Microbial mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen acquisition in contrasting urban soils (2018)
Journal Article
Birt, H. W. G., & Bonnett, S. (2018). Microbial mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen acquisition in contrasting urban soils. European Journal of Soil Biology, 88, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2018.05.006

© 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS Urban soils play an essential role in delivering ecosystem services due to soil microbial functions but there is limited evidence of the role of urban soils in the global carbon cycle. Inorganic nitrogen (N) reduces microbi... Read More about Microbial mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen acquisition in contrasting urban soils.

Live imaging of wound angiogenesis reveals macrophage orchestrated vessel sprouting and regression (2018)
Journal Article
Gurevich, D. B., Severn, C. E., Twomey, C., Greenhough, A., Cash, J., Toye, A. M., …Martin, P. (2018). Live imaging of wound angiogenesis reveals macrophage orchestrated vessel sprouting and regression. EMBO Journal, 37(13), Article e97786. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201797786

© 2018 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license Wound angiogenesis is an integral part of tissue repair and is impaired in many pathologies of healing. Here, we investigate the cellular interactions between innate immune cells... Read More about Live imaging of wound angiogenesis reveals macrophage orchestrated vessel sprouting and regression.

The asteroid trillionaires (2018)
Journal Article
Glester, A. (2018). The asteroid trillionaires. Physics World, 31(6), 33-35. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/31/6/29

The race to the riches of asteroids is on, with several private companies vying for funding to become the first space miners. Andrew Glester digs into the issues involved in making money from asteroids.

ICT Use and Physical Activity & Implication for Musculoskeletal Pains among Tertiary Institution Students in Kwara State Nigeria: 1027 Board #288 May 30 3 30 PM - 5 00 PM (2018)
Journal Article
Iliasu, S. Y., Dominic, O. L., Niyi-Odumosu, F. A., & Adetayo, T. E. (2018). ICT Use and Physical Activity & Implication for Musculoskeletal Pains among Tertiary Institution Students in Kwara State Nigeria: 1027 Board #288 May 30 3 30 PM - 5 00 PM. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50(5S), 244. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000535891.49810.3d

PURPOSE: Recent studies show that prolonged ICT use is associated with increased sedentariness and postural imbalances. This has implication for the prevalence of musculoskeletal pains among ICT users. To investigate the implications of ICT use for p... Read More about ICT Use and Physical Activity & Implication for Musculoskeletal Pains among Tertiary Institution Students in Kwara State Nigeria: 1027 Board #288 May 30 3 30 PM - 5 00 PM.

Autoregulation of the human splice factor kinase CLK1 through exon skipping and intron retention (2018)
Journal Article
Uzor, S., Zorzou, P., Bowler, E., Porazinski, S., Wilson, I. D., & Ladomery, M. (2018). Autoregulation of the human splice factor kinase CLK1 through exon skipping and intron retention. Gene, 670, 46-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2018.05.095

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Alternative splicing is a key process required for the regulation of gene expression in normal development and physiology. It is regulated by splice factors whose activities are in turn regulated by splice factor kinases and phos... Read More about Autoregulation of the human splice factor kinase CLK1 through exon skipping and intron retention.

Kidney symptom questionnaire: Development, content validation and relationship with quality of life (2018)
Journal Article
Brown, S. A., Tyrer, F., Clarke, A. L., Lloyd-Davies, L. H., Niyi-Odumosu, F. A., Nah, R. G. Q., …Smith, A. C. (2018). Kidney symptom questionnaire: Development, content validation and relationship with quality of life. Journal of Renal Care, 44(3), 162-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/jorc.12247

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a range of symptoms, even at early stages. The importance of patient symptom experience is increasingly recognised, but validated symptom scores are lacking. Objectives: This study aimed to... Read More about Kidney symptom questionnaire: Development, content validation and relationship with quality of life.

Optimized delivery of siRNA into 3D tumor spheroid cultures in situ (2018)
Journal Article
Morgan, R. G., Chambers, A. C., Legge, D. N., Coles, S. J., Greenhough, A., & Williams, A. C. (2018). Optimized delivery of siRNA into 3D tumor spheroid cultures in situ. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 7952. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26253-3

© 2018 The Author(s). 3D tissue culture provides a physiologically relevant and genetically tractable system for studying normal and malignant human tissues. Despite this, gene-silencing studies using siRNA has proved difficult. In this study, we hav... Read More about Optimized delivery of siRNA into 3D tumor spheroid cultures in situ.

Electropenetrography application and molecular-based virus detection in mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) vectors of Cacao swollen shoot virus on Theobroma cacao L. (2018)
Journal Article
Obok, E., Wetten, A., & Allainguillaume, J. (2018). Electropenetrography application and molecular-based virus detection in mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) vectors of Cacao swollen shoot virus on Theobroma cacao L. Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 63(1), 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aoas.2018.04.004

© 2018 Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV) is a peril exclusive to the West African cacao-growing countries; causing the Cacao swollen shoot virus disease. This study was set out (1) to analyse the feeding behaviour of two West African and one non-West... Read More about Electropenetrography application and molecular-based virus detection in mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) vectors of Cacao swollen shoot virus on Theobroma cacao L..

Chondrogenic differentiation of human chondrocytes cultured in the absence of ascorbic acid (2018)
Journal Article
Asnaghi, M. A., Duhr, R., Quasnichka, H., Hollander, A. P., Kafienah, W., Martin, I., & Wendt, D. (2018). Chondrogenic differentiation of human chondrocytes cultured in the absence of ascorbic acid. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 12(6), 1402-1411. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.2671

Bioreactor systems will likely play a key role in establishing regulatory compliant and cost-effective production systems for manufacturing engineered tissue grafts for clinical applications. However, the automation of bioreactor systems could become... Read More about Chondrogenic differentiation of human chondrocytes cultured in the absence of ascorbic acid.

Breaking barriers to game-based learning for active ageing and healthy lifestyles (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Costa, L., Veloso, A., Loizou, M., & Arnab, S. (2018, May). Breaking barriers to game-based learning for active ageing and healthy lifestyles. Paper presented at 6th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, IEEE SeGAH 2018

This study aims to explore a set of design components that a game-based learning programme should have in order to encourage active ageing and healthy lifestyles. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 Subject Matter Experts from the Indus... Read More about Breaking barriers to game-based learning for active ageing and healthy lifestyles.

Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation (2018)
Journal Article
Hancock, J., & Whiteman, M. (2018). Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 120(S1), s9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.040

Growth and maintenance of cells is partly controlled by the production and perception of a range of small relatively reactive molecules, including reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide: what may be dubbed reactive signaling molec... Read More about Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation.

Nostalgia as a psychological resource for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence of effectiveness from experimental studies (2018)
Journal Article
Ismail, S. U., Cheston, R., Christopher, G., & Meyrick, J. (2020). Nostalgia as a psychological resource for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence of effectiveness from experimental studies. Dementia, 19(2), 330-351. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301218774909

Objective: This review systematically examines evidence relating to the effect of nostalgia on psychological well-being through a meta-analysis of measures of social connectedness, self-esteem, meaning in life, self-continuity, optimism and positive... Read More about Nostalgia as a psychological resource for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence of effectiveness from experimental studies.

Assessing the effectiveness of interventions to support patient decision making about breast reconstruction: A systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Paraskeva, N., Guest, E., Lewis-Smith, H., & Harcourt, D. (2018). Assessing the effectiveness of interventions to support patient decision making about breast reconstruction: A systematic review. Breast, 40, 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2018.04.020

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Background: Decision making about breast reconstruction (BR) following a diagnosis of breast cancer, Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS), or to reduce future breast cancer risk, is difficult and complex. This paper systematically revi... Read More about Assessing the effectiveness of interventions to support patient decision making about breast reconstruction: A systematic review.

Reviewing the evidence on mitigation strategies for bats in buildings informing best-practice for policy makers and practitioners (2018)
Report
Lintott, P., & Mathews, F. (2018). Reviewing the evidence on mitigation strategies for bats in buildings informing best-practice for policy makers and practitioners

This study aimed to provide evidence to planners, developers and ecological practitioners on the efficacy of bat roost mitigation and compensation to help them ensure that mitigation approaches are evidence-based and beneficial for bats. Primary obj... Read More about Reviewing the evidence on mitigation strategies for bats in buildings informing best-practice for policy makers and practitioners.

The effect of simvastatin on novel exploratory biomarkers of cartilage degradation (2018)
Journal Article
Quasnichka, H., Budd, E., Tarlton, J., Roberts, S., Jackson, C., Caterson, B., & Mobasheri, A. (2018). The effect of simvastatin on novel exploratory biomarkers of cartilage degradation. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(Supplement 1), S192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2018.02.411

There is emerging evidence of an association between osteoarthritis (OA) and atherosclerosis, with an underlying metabolic syndrome potentially driving the progression of both diseases. Proteomic analysis of OA synovial fluid, degenerative cartilage... Read More about The effect of simvastatin on novel exploratory biomarkers of cartilage degradation.

Targeting splicing in prostate cancer (2018)
Journal Article
Antonopoulou, E., & Ladomery, M. (2018). Targeting splicing in prostate cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(5), 1287. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19051287

© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Over 95% of human genes are alternatively spliced, expressing splice isoforms that often exhibit antagonistic functions. We describe genes whose alternative splicing has been linked to prostat... Read More about Targeting splicing in prostate cancer.