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An analysis of the inhibitors of resilience in the global value chains of multinational enterprises (2024)
Journal Article
Sindhwani, R., Behl, A., Pereira, V., Temouri, Y., & Bagchi, S. (2024). An analysis of the inhibitors of resilience in the global value chains of multinational enterprises. Management Decision, https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-09-2023-1684

Purpose
The COVID-19 pandemic has showcased the lack of resilience found in the global value chains (GVCs) of multinational enterprises (MNEs). Existing evidence shows that MNEs have only recently and slowly started recovering and attempting to rebu... Read More about An analysis of the inhibitors of resilience in the global value chains of multinational enterprises.

Characterising TOI-732 b and c: New insights into the M-dwarf radius and density valley (2024)
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Bonfanti, A., Brady, M., Wilson, T. G., Venturini, J., Egger, J. A., Brandeker, A., Sousa, S. G., Lendl, M., Simon, A. E., Queloz, D., Olofsson, G., Adibekyan, V., Alibert, Y., Fossati, L., Hooton, M. J., Kubyshkina, D., Luque, R., Murgas, F., Mustill, A. J., Santos, N. C., …Zingales, T. (2024). Characterising TOI-732 b and c: New insights into the M-dwarf radius and density valley. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 682, Article A66. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348180

Context. TOI-732 is an M dwarf hosting two transiting planets that are located on the two opposite sides of the radius valley. Inferring a reliable demographics for this type of systems is key to understanding their formation and evolution mechanisms... Read More about Characterising TOI-732 b and c: New insights into the M-dwarf radius and density valley.

Interaction of in-plane waves with a structured penetrable line defect in an elastic lattice (2024)
Journal Article
Nieves, M., & Sharma, B. (2024). Interaction of in-plane waves with a structured penetrable line defect in an elastic lattice. International Journal of Engineering Science, 197, Article 104011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2023.104011

We consider the scattering of in-plane waves that interact with an edge of a structured penetrable inertial line defect contained in a triangular lattice, composed of periodically placed masses interconnected by massless elastic rods. The steady stat... Read More about Interaction of in-plane waves with a structured penetrable line defect in an elastic lattice.

The evolution of corporate social responsibility in China: Do political connection and ownership matter? (2024)
Journal Article
Tee, K., Chen, X. H., & Hooy, C.-W. (2024). The evolution of corporate social responsibility in China: Do political connection and ownership matter?. Global Finance Journal, 60, Article 100941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2024.100941

The rising CSR awareness globally has influence CSR development in China but unlike anywhere in the world, the central government is always the main driver of CSR here, making it a unique case study. Under this political state, this study examines ho... Read More about The evolution of corporate social responsibility in China: Do political connection and ownership matter?.

Global primary care research challenges (2024)
Journal Article
Akhtar, S., Poppleton, A., & Caleyachetty, R. (in press). Global primary care research challenges. InnovAiT: Education and inspiration for general practice, https://doi.org/10.1177/17557380231225590

Healthcare needs are changing globally as people live longer, but not necessarily in better health. Increased population migration is leading to culturally diverse patient populations with more diverse health needs and expectations. The provision of... Read More about Global primary care research challenges.

Sex-based analysis of NSTEMI processes of care and outcomes by hospital: a nationwide cohort study (2024)
Journal Article
Weight, N., Moledina, S., Kontopantelis, E., Van Spall, H., Dafaalla, M., Chieffo, A., Iannaccone, M., Chen, D., Rashid, M., Mauri-Ferre, J., Tamis-Holland, J. E., & Mamas, M. A. (in press). Sex-based analysis of NSTEMI processes of care and outcomes by hospital: a nationwide cohort study. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, Article qcae011. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcae011

Background
Contemporary studies demonstrate that non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) processes of care vary according to sex. Little is known regarding variation in practice between geographical areas and centres.

Methods
We... Read More about Sex-based analysis of NSTEMI processes of care and outcomes by hospital: a nationwide cohort study.

Elastic bending and transverse compression of a thin plate with density-dependent Young’s modulus (2024)
Journal Article
Erbaş, B., Kaplunov, J., & Rajagopal, K. R. (2024). Elastic bending and transverse compression of a thin plate with density-dependent Young’s modulus. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 160, Article 104651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2024.104651

The equilibrium equation governing the plane strain static problem for a thin elastic layer is studied using asymptotic analysis for a material with generalized Young’s modulus weakly dependent on the mass density. Within the context of the adopted s... Read More about Elastic bending and transverse compression of a thin plate with density-dependent Young’s modulus.

Effectiveness of community mental health nurses in an integrated primary care service: An observational cohort study. (2024)
Journal Article
Kenwright, M., Fairclough, P., McDonald, J., & Pickford, L. (in press). Effectiveness of community mental health nurses in an integrated primary care service: An observational cohort study. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 6, Article 100182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100182

The movement of community mental health nurses into primary care is important for the delivery of primary care integrated teams. There is little evidence or guidance on how integration should be implemented, or on the effectiveness of mental health n... Read More about Effectiveness of community mental health nurses in an integrated primary care service: An observational cohort study..

Quality improvement project assessing the feasibility of using canister weight to estimate remaining doses in a salbutamol pressurised metered-dose inhaler. (2024)
Journal Article
Beckett, R. S., Jagadish, A., Carroll, W., & Gilchrist, F. J. (in press). Quality improvement project assessing the feasibility of using canister weight to estimate remaining doses in a salbutamol pressurised metered-dose inhaler. Archives of Disease in Childhood, archdischild-2023-326678. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-326678

The Extent to Which the Wish to Donate One’s Organs After Death Contributes to Life-Extension Arguments in Favour of Voluntary Active Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill: An Ethical Analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Armitage, R. C. (in press). The Extent to Which the Wish to Donate One’s Organs After Death Contributes to Life-Extension Arguments in Favour of Voluntary Active Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill: An Ethical Analysis. New Bioethics, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/20502877.2024.2308346

In terminally ill individuals who would otherwise end their own lives, active voluntary euthanasia (AVE) can be seen as life-extending rather than life-shortening. Accordingly, AVE supports key pro-euthanasia arguments (appeals to autonomy and benefi... Read More about The Extent to Which the Wish to Donate One’s Organs After Death Contributes to Life-Extension Arguments in Favour of Voluntary Active Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill: An Ethical Analysis.

Primary care provision for young people with ADHD: A multi-perspective qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Gudka, R., Becker, K., Ward, J., Smith, J., Mughal, F., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Newlove-Delgado, T., & Price, A. (in press). Primary care provision for young people with ADHD: A multi-perspective qualitative study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 74(743), e408-e416. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0626

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder. United Kingdom (UK) guidance states primary care has a vital role in effective ADHD management including referral, medication prescribing a... Read More about Primary care provision for young people with ADHD: A multi-perspective qualitative study.

Tibial fractures treated with mono-lateral fixation: Principles of design and application (2024)
Journal Article
Ogrodnik, P. J., Thomas, P. B. M., & Collingwood, A. (2024). Tibial fractures treated with mono-lateral fixation: Principles of design and application. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 238(2), 187-197. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544119231215998

This paper presents the outcome of a data review of patients treated with the IOS external fixation system at the Royal Stoke University Hospital: a fixation designed to meet four requirements for external fixation proposed in this paper. Demographic... Read More about Tibial fractures treated with mono-lateral fixation: Principles of design and application.

Optical Microscopy Using the Faraday Effect Reveals in Situ Magnetization Dynamics of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Samples (2024)
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Sharifabad, M. E., Eizadi Sharifabad, M., Soucaille, R., Wang, X., Rotherham, M., Loughran, T., Everett, J., Cabrera, D., Yang, Y., Hicken, R., & Telling, N. (2024). Optical Microscopy Using the Faraday Effect Reveals in Situ Magnetization Dynamics of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Samples. ACS Nano, 18(7), 5297-5310. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c08955

The study of exogenous and endogenous nanoscale magnetic material in biology is important for developing biomedical nanotechnology as well as for understanding fundamental biological processes such as iron metabolism and biomineralization. Here, we e... Read More about Optical Microscopy Using the Faraday Effect Reveals in Situ Magnetization Dynamics of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Samples.

Counting the Lifetime Cost of Obesity: Analysis based on National England Data (2024)
Journal Article
Fryer, A. A., Heald, A., Stedman, M., Stedman, M., Davies, M. B., Rutter, M. K., Gibson, J. M., & Whyte, M. (2024). Counting the Lifetime Cost of Obesity: Analysis based on National England Data. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26(4), 1464-1478. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15447

Aim
Obesity has a significant impact on all-cause mortality rate and overall health care resource use (HCRU). These outcomes are also strongly linked to age, sex and local deprivation of the population. We aimed to establish the lifetime costs of ob... Read More about Counting the Lifetime Cost of Obesity: Analysis based on National England Data.

Fish parvalbumin gene: Detection and quantification by universal primers for forensic application (2024)
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Mukherjee, S., Horka, P., Zdenkova, K., & Cermakova, E. (2024). Fish parvalbumin gene: Detection and quantification by universal primers for forensic application. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 128, Article 106029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106029

The substitution of illegal fish species poses economic, health and environmental risks. Identifying fish species, particularly closely related ones lacking external features, is a challenge. This study introduces an alternative approach using nuclea... Read More about Fish parvalbumin gene: Detection and quantification by universal primers for forensic application.

C-peptide in diabetes: A player in a dual hormone disorder? (2024)
Journal Article
Dakroub, A., Dbouk, A., Asfour, A., Nasser, S. A., El‐Yazbi, A. F., Sahebkar, A., Eid, A. A., Iratni, R., Eid, A. H., Nasser, S. A., El-Yazbi, A. F., & Eid, A. A. (in press). C-peptide in diabetes: A player in a dual hormone disorder?. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 10.1002/jcp.31212. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.31212

C-peptide, a byproduct of insulin synthesis believed to be biologically inert, is emerging as a multifunctional molecule. C-peptide serves an anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic role in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and early T2DM. C-peptide pro... Read More about C-peptide in diabetes: A player in a dual hormone disorder?.

Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks (2024)
Journal Article
Cuff, J. P., Tercel, M. P., Windsor, F. M., Hawthorne, B. S., Hambäck, P. A., Bell, J. R., Symondson, W. O., & Vaughan, I. P. (2024). Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks. Ecological Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13315

Null models provide a valuable baseline against which fundamental ecological hypotheses can be tested and foraging choices that cannot be explained by neutral processes or sampling biases can be highlighted. In this way, null models can advance our u... Read More about Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks.

Freedom, Democracy and Self-Government: The Progressive Case of J.H. Simpson (2024)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (in press). Freedom, Democracy and Self-Government: The Progressive Case of J.H. Simpson. History of Education, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760x.2023.2220309

This paper has as its focus the life and thinking of the educational theorist and schoolmaster J. H. Simpson (1883–1959), who was not only a reforming teacher at Rugby School but was also the first headmaster of the progressive Rendcomb College. His... Read More about Freedom, Democracy and Self-Government: The Progressive Case of J.H. Simpson.

Atypia detected during breast screening and subsequent development of cancer: observational analysis of the Sloane atypia prospective cohort in England (2024)
Journal Article
Freeman, K., Jenkinson, D., Clements, K., Wallis, M. G., Pinder, S. E., Provenzano, E., Stobart, H., Stallard, N., Kearins, O., Sharma, N., Shaaban, A., Kirwan, C. C., Hilton, B., Thompson, A. M., & Taylor-Phillips, S. (in press). Atypia detected during breast screening and subsequent development of cancer: observational analysis of the Sloane atypia prospective cohort in England. BMJ, Article 384. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-077039

Objective To explore how the number and type of breast cancers developed after screen detected atypia compare with the anticipated 11.3 cancers detected per 1000 women screened within one three year screening round in the United Kingdom.

Design Ob... Read More about Atypia detected during breast screening and subsequent development of cancer: observational analysis of the Sloane atypia prospective cohort in England.

Does workforce explain the relationship between funding and patient experience? A mediation analysis of primary care data in England (2024)
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Salant, N., Massou, E., Awan, H., & Ford, J. A. (2024). Does workforce explain the relationship between funding and patient experience? A mediation analysis of primary care data in England. BMJ Open, 14(2), Article e072498. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072498

Objectives: To determine whether general practitioner (GP) workforce contributes to the link between practice funding and patient experience. Specifically, to determine whether increased practice funding is associated with better patient experience,... Read More about Does workforce explain the relationship between funding and patient experience? A mediation analysis of primary care data in England.