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What is currently known about female genital mutilation and incontinence: A narrative literature review (2025)
Journal Article

Background: An estimated 230 million girls and women are living with female genital mutilation (FGM) which causes ongoing physical and psychological harm. This review aims to explore what is known about FGM and incontinence, including the underexamin... Read More about What is currently known about female genital mutilation and incontinence: A narrative literature review.

In vitro investigation of m2 macrophage differentiation and phagocytic capabilities (2025)
Thesis

Amyloid-related diseases are characterised by the accumulation of extracellular β-amyloid 42 (Aβ42) plaques on specific tissues. Macrophages, a key immune system component, exhibit high plasticity and can polarise across an M1 and M2 spectrum. M2 mac... Read More about In vitro investigation of m2 macrophage differentiation and phagocytic capabilities.

Arts on prescription: Insights, evidence and future directions (2025)
Digital Artefact

Arts on prescription is expanding, with policy recommendations and schemes spreading globally, along with expectations of its positive impact on individual and community wellbeing. But what is art on prescription and what does the research on its eff... Read More about Arts on prescription: Insights, evidence and future directions.

User-centered design of Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) for people living with dementia (2025)
Journal Article

As the population of persons living with dementia (PwDs) continues to rise, technological advancements offer an unprecedented opportunity to enhance their independence and quality of life while lowering the burden on the caregivers. Notably, the Inte... Read More about User-centered design of Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) for people living with dementia.

A systematic review of occupational safety and health in modular integrated construction (2025)
Journal Article

The construction industry is facing increased pressure to enhance efficiency and safety, owing to its high incident rates. Modular integrated construction (MiC) has gained significant attention from scholars and practitioners as a viable means of enh... Read More about A systematic review of occupational safety and health in modular integrated construction.

Magnet ingestion in children in the United Kingdom: A national prospective observational surveillance study (2025)
Journal Article

Objective: Magnet ingestion in children and young people (CYP) is associated with significant harm. We aimed to describe the incidence, circumstances and outcomes of magnet ingestion in CYP in the United Kingdom (UK). Design: Prospective multicentre... Read More about Magnet ingestion in children in the United Kingdom: A national prospective observational surveillance study.

Moving beyond the individual: The impact and importance of sociocultural influences on visible difference (2025)
Journal Article

This paper examines sociocultural factors that shape the experiences of people living with visible differences, highlighting the impact of stigma, societal judgment and appearance-based discrimination, traditional and social media, and the importance... Read More about Moving beyond the individual: The impact and importance of sociocultural influences on visible difference.

Design for Safety (DfS) implementation in the construction industry: A study of design professionals in Northern China (2025)
Journal Article

Purpose: Design for Safety (DfS) has been studied as an effective method to reduce injuries and fatalities in construction. Although the benefits of implementing DfS are gradually being recognised, there is limited research on DfS in developing count... Read More about Design for Safety (DfS) implementation in the construction industry: A study of design professionals in Northern China.

Cortrak feeding tube safety: Criteria for interpreting lung misplacement (2025)
Journal Article

Pneumothorax occurs in 0.52% of blind tube placements, with 97% occurring in-procedure. Post-procedure pH or x-ray checks cannot prevent these, but CO checks or guided tube placement can. Cortrak guided tube placement is widespread, but manufacturer... Read More about Cortrak feeding tube safety: Criteria for interpreting lung misplacement.

Positive humanity, when? Is masculinity worth saving? (2025)
Journal Article

Women have demanded their humanity as full human beings; perhaps it is because this is a women’s demand that so much policy aimed at saving men and alleviating men’s suffering is instead focussed on saving masculinity. Many programmes addressed at th... Read More about Positive humanity, when? Is masculinity worth saving?.

Podcast - everything is so very much connected - Roelof Bakker and Sarah Bodman (2025)
Digital Artefact

Audio from an artists' talk for World Collage Day:

Roelof Bakker and Sarah Bodman invited the public to join them on Zoom for an informal talk about their recent collaborative collage project for World Collage Day - Saturday 10th May 2025. Their m... Read More about Podcast - everything is so very much connected - Roelof Bakker and Sarah Bodman.

Master protocol for a series of cohort-based randomized controlled trials to test tools to communicate research results to study participants and others with relevant lived experience: The SPIN-CLEAR Trials (2025)
Journal Article

Background
Research results are often not communicated to study participants or others with relevant lived experience. Effective communication of research results would help study participants understand their contribution to research and could impr... Read More about Master protocol for a series of cohort-based randomized controlled trials to test tools to communicate research results to study participants and others with relevant lived experience: The SPIN-CLEAR Trials.

P190 An international modified Delphi study to understand clinical opinion on current and potential future use of Janus kinase inhibitors in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: Global results (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background/Aims Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) have proven effective for many rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). Enriched treatment experience for established indications, case reports highlighting broader use and the availability of new... Read More about P190 An international modified Delphi study to understand clinical opinion on current and potential future use of Janus kinase inhibitors in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: Global results.

OA34 The contributions of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement groups to the conduct of a scoping review of non-pharmacological interventions for reducing fatigue in children and young people with musculoskeletal conditions (2025)
Journal Article

Background/Aims Fatigue is an important symptom for people of all ages with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. This includes the 234,000 children and young people (CYP) in England and Scotland currently living with conditions such as juvenile inflamma... Read More about OA34 The contributions of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement groups to the conduct of a scoping review of non-pharmacological interventions for reducing fatigue in children and young people with musculoskeletal conditions.

Higher education matters vodcast: The evolution of the student experience (2025)
Digital Artefact

In this episode, host James Hazzard is joined by Antony Hill, Cathy Minett-Smith, and Jackie Rogers for a timely discussion on how universities are reimagining what it means to support, empower, and engage students in a post-pandemic world.

From p... Read More about Higher education matters vodcast: The evolution of the student experience.

Hive mind for Net Zero: Towards a social engagement model for collective home energy behaviour change (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Assessing barriers and opportunities for the improvement of laboratory performance and robust surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Nigeria– a quantitative study (2025)
Journal Article

Background: Good quality data is essential in optimising containment strategies for antimicrobial resistance, a global public health threat estimated to cause around 10 million deaths yearly and up-to 5% loss in GDP by 2050 if left unaddressed. The l... Read More about Assessing barriers and opportunities for the improvement of laboratory performance and robust surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Nigeria– a quantitative study.

unfolding library (2025)
Exhibition / Performance

Tricia Treacy + Denise Bookwalter curators of a collaborative project, unfolding library. We prompted a handful of artists + designers to make a book object within the past six weeks about a passage of time. We are excited to "table" as a method to e... Read More about unfolding library.

Heart failure and participation in physical activity (The HAPPY + study): Health professional support and availability of community physical activity services (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Abstract

Background Nearly 1 million people in the UK are living with heart failure (HF). Most people diagnosed with HF are managed in primary care. Physical activity can increase wellbeing, reduce hospitalisation and improve mortality rates for... Read More about Heart failure and participation in physical activity (The HAPPY + study): Health professional support and availability of community physical activity services.

Early maladaptive schemas (2025)
Journal Article

In this study the association of early maladaptive schemas with anxiety, depression and academic self efficacy was explored in a large sample of undergraduate psychology students. Significant correlations were observed with anxiety and depression but... Read More about Early maladaptive schemas.