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Decision Questions for Probabilistic Automata on Small Alphabets (2023)
Journal Article
Bell, P. C., & Semukhin, P. (2023). Decision Questions for Probabilistic Automata on Small Alphabets. Logical Methods in Computer Science, 19(4), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.46298/lmcs-19%284%3A36%292023

We study the emptiness and lambda-reachability problems for unary and binary Probabilistic Finite Automata (PFA) and characterise the complexity of these problems in terms of the degree of ambiguity of the automaton and the size of its alphabet. Our... Read More about Decision Questions for Probabilistic Automata on Small Alphabets.

Magnetic Coagulometry: Towards a New Nanotechnological Tool for ex vivo Monitoring Coagulation in Human Whole Blood (2023)
Journal Article
Santana-Otero, A., Harper, A., Telling, N. D., Ortega, D., & Cabrera, D. (in press). Magnetic Coagulometry: Towards a New Nanotechnological Tool for ex vivo Monitoring Coagulation in Human Whole Blood. Nanoscale, https://doi.org/10.1039/d3nr02593d

Blood clotting disorders consisting of unwanted blood clot formation or excessive bleeding are some of the main causes of death worldwide. However, there are significant limitations in the current methods used to clinically monitoring the dynamics of... Read More about Magnetic Coagulometry: Towards a New Nanotechnological Tool for ex vivo Monitoring Coagulation in Human Whole Blood.

Don’t mind milk? The role of animal suffering, speciesism, and guilt in the denial of mind and moral status of dairy cows (2023)
Journal Article
Ioannidou, M., Lesk, V., Stewart-Knox, B., & Francis, K. B. (2024). Don’t mind milk? The role of animal suffering, speciesism, and guilt in the denial of mind and moral status of dairy cows. Food Quality and Preference, 114, Article 105082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.105082

Reminding meat-eaters that animals are being harmed for meat production, elicits psychological tension about meat consumption. Individuals deal with this tension by either reducing or stopping meat consumption or by denying the mind of food animals,... Read More about Don’t mind milk? The role of animal suffering, speciesism, and guilt in the denial of mind and moral status of dairy cows.

Effects of participatory ‘A’rt-Based Activity On ‘Health’ of Older Community-Dwellers: results from a randomized control trial of the Singapore A-Health Intervention (2023)
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Ho, A. H. Y., Ma, S. H. X., Tan, M. K. B., Bajpai, R., Goh, S. S. N., Yeo, G., …Beauchet, O. (in press). Effects of participatory ‘A’rt-Based Activity On ‘Health’ of Older Community-Dwellers: results from a randomized control trial of the Singapore A-Health Intervention. Frontiers in Medicine, 10, Article 1238562. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1238562

Introduction: The practice of participatory art has been found to support the promotion, prevention, and management of health across the lifespan. However, clinical trials investigating the benefits of creative activities curated with and conducted i... Read More about Effects of participatory ‘A’rt-Based Activity On ‘Health’ of Older Community-Dwellers: results from a randomized control trial of the Singapore A-Health Intervention.

Groin Pain Syndrome Italian Consensus Conference update 2023. (2023)
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Bisciotti, G. N., Zini, R., Aluigi, M., Aprato, A., Auci, A., Bellinzona, E., …Volpi, P. (in press). Groin Pain Syndrome Italian Consensus Conference update 2023. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 10.23736/S0022-4707.23.15517-4. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.23.15517-4

Groin pain syndrome (GPS) is a controversial topic in Sports Medicine. The GPS Italian Consensus Conference on terminology, clinical evaluation and imaging assessment of groin pain in athletes was organized by the Italian Society of Arthroscopy in Mi... Read More about Groin Pain Syndrome Italian Consensus Conference update 2023..

HEAVY DRINKING, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND RECOVERY IN OLDER ADULTS: EXPLORING SUPPORT NEEDS (2023)
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John, D., Bareham, B., O’Donnell, A., Liddle, J., Chew-Graham, C., Kaner, E., & Hanratty, B. (2023). HEAVY DRINKING, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND RECOVERY IN OLDER ADULTS: EXPLORING SUPPORT NEEDS. Innovation in Aging, 7(Supplement_1), 1054-1054. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.3388

Many older adults who consume alcohol at harmful levels experience mental health problems. Common life events such as retirement, bereavement, and declining health, can contribute to anxiety and depression, with alcohol consumption being used as a co... Read More about HEAVY DRINKING, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND RECOVERY IN OLDER ADULTS: EXPLORING SUPPORT NEEDS.

Exploring the relationships between psychological variables and loot box engagement, part 1: pre-registered hypotheses (2023)
Journal Article
Close, J., Spicer, S. G., Nicklin, L. L., Uther, M., Whalley, B., Fullwood, C., …Lloyd, H. (2023). Exploring the relationships between psychological variables and loot box engagement, part 1: pre-registered hypotheses. Royal Society Open Science, 10(12), 231045. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231045

Loot boxes are purchasable randomized rewards in video games that share structural and psychological similarities with gambling. Systematic review evidence has established reproducible associations between loot box purchasing and both problem gamblin... Read More about Exploring the relationships between psychological variables and loot box engagement, part 1: pre-registered hypotheses.

Wolna wola a wiara w determinizm [polskie tłumaczenie] (2023)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2023). Wolna wola a wiara w determinizm [polskie tłumaczenie]. Laboratorium Mentis, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.52097/lm.8152

The article addresses the issue of free will and determinism through a discussion of Newcomb’s paradox, presented as a dialogue between the spirits of Lady Luck and Fate. I argue that commitment to determinism, which is suggested by materialist metap... Read More about Wolna wola a wiara w determinizm [polskie tłumaczenie].

“It’s in the law”: An ethnographic account of the effects of the introduction of lay participation on judicial bureaucracies in Greater Buenos Aires (2023)
Journal Article
Amietta, S. A., & Barrera, L. (in press). “It’s in the law”: An ethnographic account of the effects of the introduction of lay participation on judicial bureaucracies in Greater Buenos Aires. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 13(S1), S199-S224. https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl.1793

The province of Buenos Aires (Argentina) introduced its first criminal jury system in 2013. This article discusses the design and initial findings of an ethnographic research project looking at this legal innovation with particular attention to the e... Read More about “It’s in the law”: An ethnographic account of the effects of the introduction of lay participation on judicial bureaucracies in Greater Buenos Aires.

Free will and believing in determinism (2023)
Journal Article
Tartaglia, J. (2023). Free will and believing in determinism. Laboratorium Mentis, 1(1), 61-68

The article addresses the issue of free will and determinism through a discussion of Newcomb’s paradox, presented as a dialogue between the spirits of Lady Luck and Fate. I argue that commitment to determinism, which is suggested by materialist metap... Read More about Free will and believing in determinism.

A Scoping Review of the Effects of Ambient Air Quality on Cognitive Frailty (2023)
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Hodgson, J. R., Benkowitz, C., Castellani, B. C., Ellison, A., Yassaie, R., Twohig, H., …Fowler-Davis, S. (2023). A Scoping Review of the Effects of Ambient Air Quality on Cognitive Frailty. Environments, 11(1), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11010004

Environmental and public health research has given considerable attention to the impact of air quality on brain health, with systematic reviews being widespread. No literature review has been conducted for cognitive frailty—a multidimensional syndrom... Read More about A Scoping Review of the Effects of Ambient Air Quality on Cognitive Frailty.

Randomized controlled trial of an individual blended cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce psychological distress among distressed colorectal cancer survivors: The COloRectal canceR distrEss reduCTion trial (2023)
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Custers, J. A. E., Kwakkenbos, L., Levis, B., Döking, S., van der Hoeven, Y. C. W., Leermakers, L., …Prins, J. B. (in press). Randomized controlled trial of an individual blended cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce psychological distress among distressed colorectal cancer survivors: The COloRectal canceR distrEss reduCTion trial. Psycho-Oncology, 33(1), Article e6270. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.6270

Objective: Colorectal cancer survivors (CRCS) often experience high levels of distress. The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the effect of blended cognitive behavior therapy (bCBT) on distress severity among distressed CR... Read More about Randomized controlled trial of an individual blended cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce psychological distress among distressed colorectal cancer survivors: The COloRectal canceR distrEss reduCTion trial.

Oral anticoagulant prescribing among patients with cancer and atrial fibrillation in England, 2009–2019 (2023)
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Ajabnoor, A. M., Parisi, R., Zghebi, S. S., Ashcroft, D. M., Faivre‐Finn, C., Morris, C., …Kontopantelis, E. (in press). Oral anticoagulant prescribing among patients with cancer and atrial fibrillation in England, 2009–2019. Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.35152

Background Anticoagulation of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and cancer is challenging because of their high risk for stroke and bleeding. Little is known of the variations of oral anticoagulant (OAC) prescribing in patients with AF with and... Read More about Oral anticoagulant prescribing among patients with cancer and atrial fibrillation in England, 2009–2019.

Evidence-informed recommendations on managing breast screening atypia: perspectives from an expert panel consensus meeting reviewing results from the Sloane atypia project (2023)
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Freeman, K., Mansbridge, A., Stobart, H., Clements, K., Wallis, M. G., Pinder, S. E., …Taylor-Phillips, S. (2023). Evidence-informed recommendations on managing breast screening atypia: perspectives from an expert panel consensus meeting reviewing results from the Sloane atypia project. British Journal of Radiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjr/tqad053

Variation in UK fracture liaison service consultation conduct and content before and during the COVID pandemic: results from the iFraP-D UK survey (2023)
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Bullock, L., Abdelmagid, S., Fleming, J., Leyland, S., Clark, E. M., Gidlow, C., …Paskins, Z. (2023). Variation in UK fracture liaison service consultation conduct and content before and during the COVID pandemic: results from the iFraP-D UK survey. Archives of Osteoporosis, 19(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-023-01361-4

Summary We conducted a survey of FLSs’ consultation conduct and content which identified marked variation in whether FLS HCPs discussed osteoporosis medicine with patients. A review of service pro formas showed more content related to ‘investigating... Read More about Variation in UK fracture liaison service consultation conduct and content before and during the COVID pandemic: results from the iFraP-D UK survey.

Acceptability of a proposed practice pharmacist-led review for opioid-treated patients with persistent pain: A qualitative study to inform intervention development (2023)
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Cornwall, N., Woodcock, C., Ashworth, J., Harrisson, S. A., Dikomitis, L., White, S., …on behalf of the PROMPPT team. (2023). Acceptability of a proposed practice pharmacist-led review for opioid-treated patients with persistent pain: A qualitative study to inform intervention development. British Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1177/20494637231221688

Introduction Regular review of patients prescribed opioids for persistent non-cancer pain (PCNP) is recommended but not routinely undertaken. The PROMPPT (Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain le... Read More about Acceptability of a proposed practice pharmacist-led review for opioid-treated patients with persistent pain: A qualitative study to inform intervention development.

Smoclust: synthetic minority oversampling based on stream clustering for evolving data streams (2023)
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Chiu, C. W., & Minku, L. L. (2024). Smoclust: synthetic minority oversampling based on stream clustering for evolving data streams. Machine Learning, 113(7), 4671-4721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10994-023-06420-y

Many real-world data stream applications not only suffer from concept drift but also class imbalance. Yet, very few existing studies investigated this joint challenge. Data difficulty factors, which have been shown to be key challenges in class imbal... Read More about Smoclust: synthetic minority oversampling based on stream clustering for evolving data streams.