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Intramuscular oxytocin versus Syntometrine® versus carbetocin for prevention of primary postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth: a randomised double-blinded clinical trial of effectiveness, side effects and quality of life (2020)
Journal Article
van der Nelson, H., O’Brien, S., Burnard, S., Mayer, M., Alvarez, M., Knowlden, J., …Draycott, T. (in press). Intramuscular oxytocin versus Syntometrine® versus carbetocin for prevention of primary postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth: a randomised double-blinded clinical trial of effectiveness, side effects and quality of life. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 128(7), 1236-1246. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16622

Objective: To compare intramuscular oxytocin, Syntometrine® and carbetocin for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth. Design: Randomised double-blinded clinical trial. Setting: Six hospitals in England. Population: A total of 5929... Read More about Intramuscular oxytocin versus Syntometrine® versus carbetocin for prevention of primary postpartum haemorrhage after vaginal birth: a randomised double-blinded clinical trial of effectiveness, side effects and quality of life.

Novel method for the measurement of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in the Yt blood group system using amperometry in conjunction with screen-printed carbon electrodes (2020)
Journal Article
Crew, A., Karamatic Crew, V., Bagelow, L., Walser, P., Thornton, N., & Hart, J. (2020). Novel method for the measurement of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in the Yt blood group system using amperometry in conjunction with screen-printed carbon electrodes. Vox Sanguinis, 115(S1), 271-271. https://doi.org/10.1111/vox.13031

Background: The five antigens of the Yt blood group system are located on the membrane GPI‐linked erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase (AChE‐E), which is implicated in a range of clinical issues, including sleep apnoea and neurotoxin poisoning. Conformat... Read More about Novel method for the measurement of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in the Yt blood group system using amperometry in conjunction with screen-printed carbon electrodes.

Touch for luck, a jeweller's perspective on touch (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Boons, S. (2020, December). Touch for luck, a jeweller's perspective on touch. Presented at Touch: Reflections on making, Online

Microscopic interpretations trough touch in the jeweller’s practice. A reflection of touch in our culture today; from ‘touch for luck’ to ‘touch and get Corona’ and how changed perceptions are impacting practice or providing inspiration.

Analysis of various transport modes to evaluate personal exposure to PM2.5 pollution in Delhi (2020)
Journal Article
Maji, K. J., Namdeo, A., Hoban, D., Bell, M., Goodman, P., Nagendra, S. S., …Alshetty, D. (2021). Analysis of various transport modes to evaluate personal exposure to PM2.5 pollution in Delhi. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 12(2), 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2020.12.003

Access to detailed comparisons of the air quality variations encountered when commuting through a city offers the urban traveller more informed choice on how to minimise personal exposure to inhalable pollutants. In this study we report on an experim... Read More about Analysis of various transport modes to evaluate personal exposure to PM2.5 pollution in Delhi.

Multidisciplinary approach to COVID-19 risk communication: A framework and tool for individual and regional risk assessment (2020)
Journal Article
Parajuli, R. R., Mishra, B., Banstola, A., Ghimire, B. R., Poudel, S., Sharma, K., …van Teijlingen, E. (2020). Multidisciplinary approach to COVID-19 risk communication: A framework and tool for individual and regional risk assessment. Scientific Reports, 10, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78779-0

The COVID-19 pandemic has exceeded over sixty-five million cases globally. Different approaches are followed to mitigate its impact and reduce its spreading in different countries, but limiting mobility and exposure have been de-facto precautions to... Read More about Multidisciplinary approach to COVID-19 risk communication: A framework and tool for individual and regional risk assessment.

Management of chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections diagnosed in primary care using a centralised nurse-led telephone-based service: mixed methods evaluation (2020)
Journal Article
Horwood, J., Brangan, E., Manley, P., Horner, P., Muir, P., North, P., & Macleod, J. (2020). Management of chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections diagnosed in primary care using a centralised nurse-led telephone-based service: mixed methods evaluation. BMC Family Practice, 21, Article 265 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01329-0

Background: Up to 18% of genital Chlamydia infections and 9% of Gonorrhoea infections in England are diagnosed in Primary Care. Evidence suggests that a substantial proportion of these cases are not managed appropriately in line with national guideli... Read More about Management of chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections diagnosed in primary care using a centralised nurse-led telephone-based service: mixed methods evaluation.

Real-world ethics in palliative care: A systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice (2020)
Journal Article
Schofield, G., Dittborn, M., Huxtable, R., Brangan, E., & Selman, L. E. (2021). Real-world ethics in palliative care: A systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice. Palliative Medicine, 35(2), 315-334. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216320974277

Background: Ethical issues arise daily in the delivery of palliative care. Despite much (largely theoretical) literature, evidence from specialist palliative care practitioners about day-to-day ethical challenges has not previously been synthesised.... Read More about Real-world ethics in palliative care: A systematic review of the ethical challenges reported by specialist palliative care practitioners in their clinical practice.

Vaccine movements on social media: A visual and network analysis (2020)
Thesis
Milani, E. Vaccine movements on social media: A visual and network analysis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5936098

Vaccines are considered one of the most effective public health interventions, but they have been subject to opposition since they were first proposed. Anti-vaccine activists disseminate and sensationalise objections to vaccinations through various c... Read More about Vaccine movements on social media: A visual and network analysis.

Performance of deep learning vs machine learning in plant leaf disease detection (2020)
Journal Article
Sujatha, R., Chatterjee, J. M., Jhanjhi, N. Z., & Brohi, S. (2020). Performance of deep learning vs machine learning in plant leaf disease detection. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 80, 103615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpro.2020.103615

Plants are recognized as essential as they are the primary source of humanity's energy production since they are having nutritious, medicinal, etc. values. At any time between crop farming, plant diseases can affect the leaf, resulting in enormous cr... Read More about Performance of deep learning vs machine learning in plant leaf disease detection.

Touching is believing (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Fahy, N. (2020, December). Touching is believing. Paper presented at Touch symposium- Craft Council Reflections on making, Online hosted by Centre for Print Research and Crafts Council UK (Bristol)

Patients' and health professionals' perceptions of the LoDED (limit of detection and ECG discharge) strategy for low-risk chest pain management: A qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Beasant, L., Carlton, E., Williams, G., Benger, J., & Ingram, J. (2021). Patients' and health professionals' perceptions of the LoDED (limit of detection and ECG discharge) strategy for low-risk chest pain management: A qualitative study. Emergency Medicine Journal, 38(3), 184-190. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-209539

Background: Rapid discharge strategies for patients with low-risk chest pain using high-sensitivity troponin assays have been extensively evaluated. The adherence to, and acceptability of such strategies, has largely been explored using quantitative... Read More about Patients' and health professionals' perceptions of the LoDED (limit of detection and ECG discharge) strategy for low-risk chest pain management: A qualitative study.

CFPR Showcase (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
Boons, S., Field, L., Jorgensen, T., Dessain, C., Butler, A., Hoskins, S., …Trujillo Vazquez, A. CFPR Showcase. [Various]. 9 December 2020. (Unpublished)

Our shift towards the digital has provided us a new challenge: how can we offer an alternative experience that surpasses a physical visit to an exhibition? This showcase is a first response to this question. It includes a range of images, a video, an... Read More about CFPR Showcase.

Happiness around the world: A combined etic-emic approach across 63 countries (2020)
Journal Article
Gardiner, G., Lee, D., Baranski, E., Funder, D., the International Situations Project, M. O., & Fragkiadaki, E. (2020). Happiness around the world: A combined etic-emic approach across 63 countries. PLoS ONE, 15(12), Article e0242718. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242718

All rights reserved. What does it mean to be happy? The vast majority of cross-cultural studies on happiness have employed a Western-origin, or "WEIRD" measure of happiness that conceptualizes it as a self-centered (or "independent"), high-arousal em... Read More about Happiness around the world: A combined etic-emic approach across 63 countries.

Does latent inhibition underpin creativity, positive schizotypy and anomalous cognition? (2020)
Journal Article
Holt, N., Simmonds-Moore, C., & Moore, S. (2020). Does latent inhibition underpin creativity, positive schizotypy and anomalous cognition?. Journal of Parapsychology, 84(2), 156-178. https://doi.org/10.30891/jopar.2020.02.02

This paper presents two experiments in which an experimental paradigm developed to examine the efficacy of filtering mechanisms of attention, Latent Inhibition (LI), was adapted to include a psi component. LI assesses the processing of irrelevant sti... Read More about Does latent inhibition underpin creativity, positive schizotypy and anomalous cognition?.

Developmentalism and the genocide–ecocide nexus (2020)
Journal Article
Crook, M., & Short, D. (2021). Developmentalism and the genocide–ecocide nexus. Journal of Genocide Research, 23(2), 162-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2020.1853914

This article seeks to contribute to an emerging “ecological turn” in genocide studies that places the material “extra-human environment” at the core of the biological and cultural integrity of social groups such as indigenous peoples and territoriall... Read More about Developmentalism and the genocide–ecocide nexus.

Volunteering masculinities in search and rescue work: Is there “a place for girls on the team”? (2020)
Journal Article
Weller, S. L., Clarke, C. A., & Brown, A. D. (2021). Volunteering masculinities in search and rescue work: Is there “a place for girls on the team”?. Gender, Work and Organization, 28(2), 558-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12592

This article explores performative enactments of gender at work in a UK-based Search and Rescue voluntary organization, QuakeRescue. Based on ethnographic research, we analyze how gender is performatively constituted in this male-dominated setting, f... Read More about Volunteering masculinities in search and rescue work: Is there “a place for girls on the team”?.

A mixture-of-experts model for learning multi-facet entity embeddings (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Alshaikh, R., Bouraoui, Z., Jeawak, S., & Schockaert, S. (2020). A mixture-of-experts model for learning multi-facet entity embeddings. In Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (5124-5135)

Various methods have already been proposed for learning entity embeddings from text descriptions. Such embeddings are commonly used for inferring properties of entities, for recommendation and entity-oriented search, and for injecting background know... Read More about A mixture-of-experts model for learning multi-facet entity embeddings.

Turning points in car ownership over the life course: Contributions from biographical interviews and panel data (2020)
Book Chapter
Chatterjee, K., & Clark, B. (2020). Turning points in car ownership over the life course: Contributions from biographical interviews and panel data. In Mobility and Travel Behaviour Across the Life Course (17-32). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789907810

There is still much to learn about why people make major changes to their personal mobility. It is challenging to identify the points in time when people make major changes in their personal mobility and the circumstances in which such changes take p... Read More about Turning points in car ownership over the life course: Contributions from biographical interviews and panel data.

Are female academics more research resilient? Evidence from South India’s engineering institutions (2020)
Book Chapter
Bakthavatchaalam, V. (2020). Are female academics more research resilient? Evidence from South India’s engineering institutions. In STEM Education for Girls and Women. Breaking barriers and exploring gender inequality in Asia (148-188). Paris and Bangkok: UNESCO

This study explores the various factors that influence female academics to be able to conduct research and publish in a developing country scenario, specifically India. This ongoing study focuses on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4: Quality Educa... Read More about Are female academics more research resilient? Evidence from South India’s engineering institutions.

Using active learning to understand the videoconference experience: A case study (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Llewellyn, S., Simons, C., & Smith, J. (2020). Using active learning to understand the videoconference experience: A case study. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63799-6_30

Videoconferencing is becoming ubiquitous, especially so during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, user experience of a videoconference call can be variable. To better understand and classify the performance of videoconference call systems, this paper re... Read More about Using active learning to understand the videoconference experience: A case study.