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Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning (2023)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., & Lyons, G. (2024). Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning. Futures, 155, Article 103295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103295

Planning for the future involves making sense of the present and examining possible changes in key factors that can influence the future. Actors rely upon mental models of the system that planning addresses: their simplified interpretations of the ma... Read More about Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning.

A framework for the estimation of air quality by applying meteorological images: Colours-of-the-Wind (COLD) (2023)
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Chan, K., Matthews, P., & Munir, K. (2023). A framework for the estimation of air quality by applying meteorological images: Colours-of-the-Wind (COLD). Environments, 10(12), Article 218. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments10120218

This paper presents a new framework, “colours-of-the-wind” (COLD), which is designed to estimate air quality based on images from meteorological cameras, data analytics techniques, and the application of deep learning. Existing air quality estimation... Read More about A framework for the estimation of air quality by applying meteorological images: Colours-of-the-Wind (COLD).

The distribution of science communication teaching around the globe (2023)
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Massarani, L., Bray, H., Joubert, M., Ridgway, A., Roche, J., Smyth, F., …de Abreu, W. V. (2023). The distribution of science communication teaching around the globe. Journal of Science Communication, 22(6), Article A05. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.22060205

In the context of a special issue of this journal focused on teaching science communication, we present a map of the geographical distribution of 122 science communication teaching programmes from 31 countries around the world. This mapping study res... Read More about The distribution of science communication teaching around the globe.

Forced displacement and subsequent generations’ migration intentions: Intergenerational transmission of family migration capital (2023)
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Brunarska, Z., & Ivlevs, A. (in press). Forced displacement and subsequent generations’ migration intentions: Intergenerational transmission of family migration capital. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2023.2290443

A growing body of evidence for the ‘family migration capital’ hypothesis–whereby migration experience in a family leads to a greater propensity to move among migrants’ descendants–has so far relied on accounts of any migration experience, including v... Read More about Forced displacement and subsequent generations’ migration intentions: Intergenerational transmission of family migration capital.

Improving escalation of deteriorating patients through cognitive task analysis: Understanding differences between work-as-prescribed and work-as-done. (2023)
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Ede, J., Hutton, R., Watkinson, P., Kent, B., & Endacott, R. (2024). Improving escalation of deteriorating patients through cognitive task analysis: Understanding differences between work-as-prescribed and work-as-done. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 151, 104671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2023.104671

Appropriate care escalation requires the detection and communication of in-hospital patient deterioration. Although deterioration in the ward environment is common, there continue to be patient deaths where problems escalating care have occurred. Lea... Read More about Improving escalation of deteriorating patients through cognitive task analysis: Understanding differences between work-as-prescribed and work-as-done..

How surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives achieve success: A mixed methods study to develop trainee engagement strategies. (2023)
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Clement, C., Coulman, K., Heywood, N., Pinkney, T., Blazeby, J., Blencowe, N. S., …Lane, J. A. (2023). How surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives achieve success: A mixed methods study to develop trainee engagement strategies. BMJ Open, 13(12), Article e072851. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072851

This study aimed to understand the role of surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives (TRCs) in conducting randomised controlled trials and identify strategies to enhance trainee engagement in trials. This is a mixed methods study. We used observation... Read More about How surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives achieve success: A mixed methods study to develop trainee engagement strategies..

Patients' experiences of primary healthcare and dermatology provision for alopecia (2023)
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Zucchelli, F., van Dalen, M., Sharratt, N., Johnson, A., & Chambers, J. (2024). Patients' experiences of primary healthcare and dermatology provision for alopecia. Skin Health and Disease, 4(2), Article e324. https://doi.org/10.1002/ski2.324

Background: Alopecia describes a group of dermatological conditions characterised by hair loss, which are either non‐scarring or scarring in nature, and range from bald patches to complete body hair loss, to general thinning. In the UK, the General P... Read More about Patients' experiences of primary healthcare and dermatology provision for alopecia.

Evaluation of frameworks that combine evolution and learning to design robots in complex morphological spaces (2023)
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Li, W., Buchanan, E., Goff, L. K. L., Hart, E., Hale, M. F., Wei, B., …Tyrrell, A. M. (in press). Evaluation of frameworks that combine evolution and learning to design robots in complex morphological spaces. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, https://doi.org/10.1109/tevc.2023.3316363

Jointly optimising both the body and brain of a robot is known to be a challenging task, especially when attempting to evolve designs in simulation that will subsequently be built in the real world. To address this, it is increasingly common to combi... Read More about Evaluation of frameworks that combine evolution and learning to design robots in complex morphological spaces.

“Work with us… to make it more accessible”. What women with intellectual disabilities want from infant-feeding health resources: An exploratory study (2023)
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Douglass, E., Johnson, C., Lucas, G., & Dowling, S. (2023). “Work with us… to make it more accessible”. What women with intellectual disabilities want from infant-feeding health resources: An exploratory study. International Breastfeeding Journal, 18(1), Article 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-023-00606-9

Background: More women with intellectual disabilities are becoming mothers but fewer are known to breastfeed compared with other women. Women with intellectual disabilities are entitled to accessible antenatal and infant feeding information, yet are... Read More about “Work with us… to make it more accessible”. What women with intellectual disabilities want from infant-feeding health resources: An exploratory study.

Preharvest application of hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide improves floral traits and postharvest performance of cut gladiolus inflorescences (2023)
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Zulfiqar, F., Moosa, A., Darras, A., Nafees, M., Ashraf, M., Al-Ashkar, I., …Hancock, J. T. (2024). Preharvest application of hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide improves floral traits and postharvest performance of cut gladiolus inflorescences. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 43, 1153–1165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-023-11173-y

Gladiolus is a well-known bulbous plant producing impressive cut spikes. Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide are vital signaling molecules for the proper functioning of plant metabolism. Preharvest applications of these molecules to crops have gained a... Read More about Preharvest application of hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide improves floral traits and postharvest performance of cut gladiolus inflorescences.

Reliability of kinematic waveforms during gait analysis with total hip arthroplasty patients (2023)
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Langley, B., Greaves, H., Whelton, C., Page, R., Cramp, M., Morrison, S. C., …Board, T. (2024). Reliability of kinematic waveforms during gait analysis with total hip arthroplasty patients. Journal of Joint Surgery and Research, 2, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjoisr.2023.11.003

Purpose The aim of the study was to determine the test-retest reliability of lower limb kinematic waveforms derived from 3D gait analysis (3DGA) in patients following total hip arthroplasty (THA). Methods Eight (7M:1F; age: 70 ± 7 years; height: 1... Read More about Reliability of kinematic waveforms during gait analysis with total hip arthroplasty patients.

Efficacy of pharmacological interventions: A systematic review informing the 2023 EULAR recommendations for the management of fatigue in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (2023)
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Farisogullari, B., Santos, E. J. F., Dures, E., Geenen, R., & Machado, P. M. (2023). Efficacy of pharmacological interventions: A systematic review informing the 2023 EULAR recommendations for the management of fatigue in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. RMD Open, 9(4), Article e003349. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003349

ObjectiveTo identify the best evidence on the efficacy of pharmacological interventions in reducing fatigue in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (I-RMDs) and to summarise their safety in the identified studies to inform... Read More about Efficacy of pharmacological interventions: A systematic review informing the 2023 EULAR recommendations for the management of fatigue in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.

Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems (2023)
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Snelling, A., Snelling, A. M., Lamond, J., Everett, G., O'Donnell, E., O’Donnell, E. C., …Thorne, C. (2024). Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems. Urban Water Journal, 21(2), 181-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2023.2281310

The UK’s abundant municipal water supply has resulted in slow progress with the uptake of rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems within the home. Research has indicated that exploring public preferences for domestic RWH are necessary for increasing deman... Read More about Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems.

Survey improving usability of the smartphones for elders (2023)
Journal Article
Mastoi, Q. (2023). Survey improving usability of the smartphones for elders. Acta Biotechnologica, 6(1), Article 256. https://doi.org/10.56979/601/2023

The focal point of this study is the usability of smartphones for elderly individuals. Notably, Android dominates the current smartphone market share at 72.72%. This prevalence is influenced by various factors, including affordability, a diverse arra... Read More about Survey improving usability of the smartphones for elders.

Evaluating a school-based body image lesson in Indonesia: A randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Craddock, N., Budhraja, M., Garbett, K. M., Nasution, K., Gentili, C., Rizkiah, C., …Williamson, H. (2024). Evaluating a school-based body image lesson in Indonesia: A randomised controlled trial. Body Image, 48, Article 101654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.101654

Negative body image is a common public health concern among adolescents, globally. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness, implementation fidelity, and acceptability of a single session, school-based universal body image inter... Read More about Evaluating a school-based body image lesson in Indonesia: A randomised controlled trial.

Autistic and accused: A critical discussion of contemporary challenges to fair and effective criminal proceedings for autistic suspects and defendants (2023)
Journal Article
Smith, T. (2023). Autistic and accused: A critical discussion of contemporary challenges to fair and effective criminal proceedings for autistic suspects and defendants. Criminal Law Review -London-, 43-64

Examines the challenges facing autistic people suspected, accused or convicted of crime from a socio-legal perspective. Discusses problematic legal procedures from initial contact with the police, pre-trial custodial interaction to trials and sentenc... Read More about Autistic and accused: A critical discussion of contemporary challenges to fair and effective criminal proceedings for autistic suspects and defendants.

From the execution ballad to the dramatic monologue: Criminal confession reconfigured (2023)
Journal Article
Martens, B. (in press). From the execution ballad to the dramatic monologue: Criminal confession reconfigured. Victorian Poetry, 62(1),

Victorian dramatic monologues about murder, including such prominent examples as Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover,” “My Last Duchess,” and The Ring and the Book, as well as Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s “A Last Confession,” often rely upon readers’ fa... Read More about From the execution ballad to the dramatic monologue: Criminal confession reconfigured.

Exploration of the impact of junction characteristics on pedestrian red light violation (2023)
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Pellecuer, L., & Chusseau, A. (in press). Exploration of the impact of junction characteristics on pedestrian red light violation. Infrastructure Asset Management, https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.23.00023

The design of the geometry and traffic controls at signalised junctions is often focused on the level of service offered to motor vehicles and rarely considers the level of service offered to pedestrians. This results in pedestrian adopting illegal a... Read More about Exploration of the impact of junction characteristics on pedestrian red light violation.

A systematic review of the impacts of extreme heat on health and wellbeing in the United Kingdom (2023)
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Ige-Elegbede, J., Powell, J., & Pilkington, P. (in press). A systematic review of the impacts of extreme heat on health and wellbeing in the United Kingdom. Cities and Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2283240

Climate change poses a concern globally, as it adversely affects planetary and population health. Extreme heat is one of the largest weather-related causes of mortality, projected to cause severe heatwaves and droughts globally. Current research has... Read More about A systematic review of the impacts of extreme heat on health and wellbeing in the United Kingdom.

The clinical impact of serious respiratory disease in children under the age of two years during the 2021-2022 bronchiolitis season in England, Scotland and Ireland (2023)
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Williams, T. C., Marlow, R., Hardelid, P., Lyttle, M. D., Lewis, K. M., Mpamhanga, C. D., …Roland, D. (in press). The clinical impact of serious respiratory disease in children under the age of two years during the 2021-2022 bronchiolitis season in England, Scotland and Ireland. Journal of Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad551

Interventions introduced to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 led to a widespread reduction in childhood infections. However, from spring 2021 onwards the United Kingdom and Ireland experienced an unusual out-of-season epidemic of respiratory disease.... Read More about The clinical impact of serious respiratory disease in children under the age of two years during the 2021-2022 bronchiolitis season in England, Scotland and Ireland.