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HLA-C*06:02 genotype is a predictive biomarker of biologic treatment response in psoriasis (2018)
Journal Article
Dand, N., Duckworth, M., Baudry, D., Russell, A., Curtis, C. J., Hyuck Lee, S., Evans, I., Mason, K., Alsharqi, A., Becher, G., David Burden, A., Goodwin, R. G., McKenna, K., Murphy, R., Perera, G. K., Rotarescu, R., Wahie, S., Wright, A., Reynolds, N. J., Warren, R. B., …Study Group, B. (2019). HLA-C*06:02 genotype is a predictive biomarker of biologic treatment response in psoriasis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 143(6), 2120-2130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2018.11.038

BACKGROUND: Biologic therapies can be highly effective for the treatment of severe psoriasis, but response for individual patients can vary according to drug. Predictive biomarkers to guide treatment selection could improve patient outcomes and treat... Read More about HLA-C*06:02 genotype is a predictive biomarker of biologic treatment response in psoriasis.

Insect population trends and the IUCN Red List process (2018)
Journal Article
Fox, R., Harrower, C. A., Bell, J. R., Shortall, C. R., Middlebrook, I., & Wilson, R. J. (2018). Insect population trends and the IUCN Red List process. Journal of Insect Conservation, 23, 269–278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-018-0117-1

Reliable assessment of extinction risk is a key factor in the preparation of Red Lists and in prioritizing biodiversity conservation. Temporal population trends can provide important evidence for such assessments, but imperfect sampling (observation... Read More about Insect population trends and the IUCN Red List process.

China’s Maritime Economic Development: A Review, the Future Trend, and Sustainability Implications (2018)
Journal Article
To, W.-M., & Lee, P. (2018). China’s Maritime Economic Development: A Review, the Future Trend, and Sustainability Implications. Sustainability, 10(12), 4844. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124844

China has experienced unprecedented economic growth and structural change in the past decades. This paper reviews the development of China’s maritime economy for the period of 2002 to 2017. According to official data from China’s government, the tota... Read More about China’s Maritime Economic Development: A Review, the Future Trend, and Sustainability Implications.

The return of Citizenship?: An empirical assessment of legal integration in time of radical socio-legal transformation (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). The return of Citizenship?: An empirical assessment of legal integration in time of radical socio-legal transformation. International Migration Review,

Intra-EU migrants have traditionally faced few pressures or incentives to formalise their 'permanent' residence or to naturalise in their EU host countries. Focusing on the United Kingdom and combining an analysis of secondary administrative data and... Read More about The return of Citizenship?: An empirical assessment of legal integration in time of radical socio-legal transformation.

Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people (2018)
Book Chapter
(2018). Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people. In Resilience and Ageing: creativity, culture and community (43-64). https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv8xnhxv.8

This chapter provides insight into a long-running programme of research exploring the value for people’s sense of well-being and resilience of being involved in theatre. The project represents a successful example of a creative, participatory researc... Read More about Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people.

MoTaStim-Foot, a Randomized, Single-Blinded, Mixed-Methods, Feasibility Study Exploring Sensory Stimulation of the Foot and Ankle Early Poststroke (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aries, A. M., Pomeroy, V. M., Sim, J., Read, S., & Hunter, S. M. (2018, November). MoTaStim-Foot, a Randomized, Single-Blinded, Mixed-Methods, Feasibility Study Exploring Sensory Stimulation of the Foot and Ankle Early Poststroke. Presented at 2018 American Society of Neurorehabilitation Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. United States

Introduction: It is not known whether increasing somatosensation of the foot could improve walking recovery after stroke. This study was undertaken to investigate the feasibility of conducting a future randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine w... Read More about MoTaStim-Foot, a Randomized, Single-Blinded, Mixed-Methods, Feasibility Study Exploring Sensory Stimulation of the Foot and Ankle Early Poststroke.

Decision Support Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Risk Management (2018)
Book Chapter
Baryannis, G., Dani, S., Validi, S., & Antoniou, G. (2019). Decision Support Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Risk Management. In Revisiting Supply Chain Risk (53-71). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03813-7_4

This chapter considers the importance of decision support systems for supply chain risk management (SCRM). The first part provides an overview of the different operations research techniques and methodologies for decision making for managing risks, f... Read More about Decision Support Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Risk Management.

A method to analyse velocity structure (2018)
Journal Article
Arnold, B., Goodwin, S. P., & Goodwin, S. (2019). A method to analyse velocity structure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(3), 3894-3909. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3409

We present a new method of analysing and quantifying velocity structure in star forming regions suitable for the rapidly increasing quantity and quality of stellar position-velocity data. The method can be applied to data in any number of dimensions,... Read More about A method to analyse velocity structure.

Influence of Offline Activities and Customer Value Creation on Online Travel Community Continuance Usage Intention (2018)
Book Chapter
Ukpabi, D., Karjaluoto, H., Olaleye, S., & Mogaji, E. (2019). Influence of Offline Activities and Customer Value Creation on Online Travel Community Continuance Usage Intention. In Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2019 (450-460). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05940-8_35

The purpose of this study is to empirically test a model that examines the roles of offline activities and customer value creation on tourists’ continuance use of online travel communities (OTCs). Hypotheses were tested through a sample of 251 respon... Read More about Influence of Offline Activities and Customer Value Creation on Online Travel Community Continuance Usage Intention.

A landscape perspective of Holocene organic carbon cycling in coastal SW Greenland lake-catchments (2018)
Journal Article
Law, A. (2018). A landscape perspective of Holocene organic carbon cycling in coastal SW Greenland lake-catchments. Quaternary Science Reviews, 98 -108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.09.006

Arctic organic carbon (OC) stores are substantial and have accumulated over millennia as a function of changes in climate and terrestrial vegetation. Arctic lakes are also important components of the regional C-cycle as they are sites of OC productio... Read More about A landscape perspective of Holocene organic carbon cycling in coastal SW Greenland lake-catchments.

Palynology and micropalaeontology of the Pliocene - Pleistocene transition in outcrop from the western Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan: Potential links with the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Arctic Ocean? (2018)
Journal Article
Austin, W., Cage, A., Wonders, A., Marret, F., Pinnington, C., Richards, K., van Baak, C., Athersuch, J., Hoyle, T., & Stoica, M. (2018). Palynology and micropalaeontology of the Pliocene - Pleistocene transition in outcrop from the western Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan: Potential links with the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Arctic Ocean?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 119-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.07.018

New palynological, ostracod and foraminiferal data are presented from a long outcrop section in the Jeirankechmez river valley, Azerbaijan, near the western coast of the Caspian Sea. The interval studied includes the upper part of the Psliocene Produ... Read More about Palynology and micropalaeontology of the Pliocene - Pleistocene transition in outcrop from the western Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan: Potential links with the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Arctic Ocean?.

On the relationship between K concentration, grain size and dose in feldspar (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). On the relationship between K concentration, grain size and dose in feldspar. Radiation Measurements, 181-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.06.003

Previous work has been unable to establish a relationship between K concentration and De in single-grains of feldspar. Here we use four well-bleached sediments with low external dose rate (typically =1.5 Gy ka-1) to investigate this relationship. Sin... Read More about On the relationship between K concentration, grain size and dose in feldspar.

Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe. (2018)
Journal Article
Dreyer, D., el Jundi, B., Kishkinev, D., Suchentrunk, C., Campostrini, L., Frost, B. J., Zechmeister, T., & Warrant, E. J. (2018). Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.179218

Insect migrations are spectacular natural events and resemble a remarkable relocation of biomass between two locations in space. Unlike the well-known migrations of daytime flying butterflies, such as the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) or the monarch... Read More about Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe..

The value of an embedded qualitative study in a trial of a second antidepressant for people who had not responded to one antidepressant: understanding the perspectives of patients and general practitioners (2018)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, C., Shepherd, T., Burroughs, H., Dixon, K., & Kessler, D. (2018). The value of an embedded qualitative study in a trial of a second antidepressant for people who had not responded to one antidepressant: understanding the perspectives of patients and general practitioners. BMC Family Practice, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-018-0877-4

BACKGROUND: Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and is a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease. The number of prescriptions for antidepressants has risen dramatically in recent years yet up to 50% of patients... Read More about The value of an embedded qualitative study in a trial of a second antidepressant for people who had not responded to one antidepressant: understanding the perspectives of patients and general practitioners.