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Cellular and Molecular Exercise Physiology: A Historical Perspective for the Discovery of Mechanisms Contributing to Skeletal Muscle Adaptation (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Cellular and Molecular Exercise Physiology: A Historical Perspective for the Discovery of Mechanisms Contributing to Skeletal Muscle Adaptation. https://doi.org/10.7457/cmep.v5i1.e10

Cellular and molecular exercise physiology is the study of the underlying regulatory mechanisms that underpin physiological adaptation to exercise. In this historical perspective, I explain how the field emerged following advancements in technology w... Read More about Cellular and Molecular Exercise Physiology: A Historical Perspective for the Discovery of Mechanisms Contributing to Skeletal Muscle Adaptation.

From Dense Hot Jupiter to Low Density Neptune: The Discovery of WASP-127b, WASP-136b and WASP-138b (2017)
Journal Article
Lam, K., Faedi, F., Brown, D., Anderson, D., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., …Wheatley, P. (2017). From Dense Hot Jupiter to Low Density Neptune: The Discovery of WASP-127b, WASP-136b and WASP-138b. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 599, Article A3. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629403

We report three newly discovered exoplanets from the SuperWASP survey. WASP-127b is a heavily inflated super-Neptune of mass 0.18±0.02 MJ and radius 1.37±0.04 RJ. This is one of the least massive planets discovered by the WASP project. It orbits a br... Read More about From Dense Hot Jupiter to Low Density Neptune: The Discovery of WASP-127b, WASP-136b and WASP-138b.

Can Raising Awareness about the Psychological Causes of Obesity Reduce Obesity Stigma? (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Can Raising Awareness about the Psychological Causes of Obesity Reduce Obesity Stigma?. Health Communication, 585-592. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1283566

Obesity stigma largely remains a socially acceptable bias with harmful outcomes for its victims. While many accounts have been put forward to explain the bias, the role of obesity etiology beliefs has received little scrutiny. The research examined t... Read More about Can Raising Awareness about the Psychological Causes of Obesity Reduce Obesity Stigma?.

Pre-implantation Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty and Clinical Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Propensity Score Analysis of the UK Registry (2017)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2017). Pre-implantation Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty and Clinical Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Propensity Score Analysis of the UK Registry. Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004695

Background Aortic valve predilation with balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) is recommended before transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), despite limited data around the requirement of this preprocedural step and the potential risks of embol... Read More about Pre-implantation Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty and Clinical Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Propensity Score Analysis of the UK Registry.

Planet Utopia (2017)
Book
Featherstone, M. (2017). Planet Utopia. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315212500

The key figure of the capitalist utopia is the individual who is ultimately free. The capitalist’s ideal society is designed to protect this freedom. However, within Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation, Featherstone argues that capitalist... Read More about Planet Utopia.

Understanding everyday kitchen life: Looking at performance, into performances and for practices (2017)
Book Chapter
Martens, L., & Scott, S. (2017). Understanding everyday kitchen life: Looking at performance, into performances and for practices. In Methodological Reflections on Practice Oriented Theories (177 - 191). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52897-7_12

The aim of this article is to contribute to methodological debate on how to research everyday life with a reflexive exploration of the ways of looking we developed to analyse video recordings of a 24/7 on-going performance of kitchen life. We bring i... Read More about Understanding everyday kitchen life: Looking at performance, into performances and for practices.

Informing efficient randomised controlled trials: exploration of challenges in developing progression criteria for internal pilot studies (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Informing efficient randomised controlled trials: exploration of challenges in developing progression criteria for internal pilot studies. BMJ Open, e013537 - e013537. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013537

Objectives Designing studies with an internal pilot phase may optimise the use of pilot work to inform more efficient randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Careful selection of preagreed decision or ‘progression’ criteria at the juncture between the... Read More about Informing efficient randomised controlled trials: exploration of challenges in developing progression criteria for internal pilot studies.

Computer modelling of double doped SrAl2O4 for phosphor applications (2017)
Journal Article
Jackson, R. A., Kavanagh, L. A., & Snelgrove, R. A. (2017). Computer modelling of double doped SrAl2O4 for phosphor applications. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 169, Article 012004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/169/1/012004

This paper describes a modelling study of SrAl2O4, which has applications as a phosphor material when doped with Eu2+ and Dy3+ ions. The procedure for modelling the pure and doped material is described and then results are presented for the single an... Read More about Computer modelling of double doped SrAl2O4 for phosphor applications.

The Intermediate r-process in Core-collapse Supernovae Driven by the Magneto-rotational Instability (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). The Intermediate r-process in Core-collapse Supernovae Driven by the Magneto-rotational Instability. Astrophysical Journal Letters, https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa5dee

We investigated r-process nucleosynthesis in magneto-rotational supernovae, based on a new explosion mechanism induced by the magneto-rotational instability (MRI). A series of axisymmetric magneto-hydrodynamical simulations with detailed microphysics... Read More about The Intermediate r-process in Core-collapse Supernovae Driven by the Magneto-rotational Instability.

Development of multi-substituted hydroxyapatite nanopowders as biomedical materials for bone tissue engineering applications (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Development of multi-substituted hydroxyapatite nanopowders as biomedical materials for bone tissue engineering applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 1775-1785. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.36038

Ionic substitutions have been proposed as a tool to control the functional behavior of synthetic hydroxyapatite (HA), particularly for Bone Tissue Engineering applications. The effect of simultaneous substitution of different levels of carbonate (CO3... Read More about Development of multi-substituted hydroxyapatite nanopowders as biomedical materials for bone tissue engineering applications.

Construct and discriminant validity of STarT Back Screening Tool – Brazilian version (2017)
Journal Article
Hill, J. (2017). Construct and discriminant validity of STarT Back Screening Tool – Brazilian version. Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 69 - 73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjpt.2016.12.006

Background The STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) was developed to stratify low back pain patients according to their risk of future physical disability so that prognostic subgroups can receive matched treatments in primary care. Objective To meas... Read More about Construct and discriminant validity of STarT Back Screening Tool – Brazilian version.

To connect is to be influenced: What determines a third-party's forgiveness attitudes to conflicting groups' violent partisan members? (2017)
Journal Article
Noor. (2017). To connect is to be influenced: What determines a third-party's forgiveness attitudes to conflicting groups' violent partisan members?. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 3 - 10. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12148

The present research seeks to answer the question of what determines an uninvolved third party's forgiveness attitudes toward conflicting groups' violent partisan members. Specifically, Bangladeshi participants read a fictitious interview with a radi... Read More about To connect is to be influenced: What determines a third-party's forgiveness attitudes to conflicting groups' violent partisan members?.

Significant pain variability in persons with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: preliminary investigation based on secondary analysis of cohort data (2017)
Journal Article
Parry, E., Ogollah, R., & Peat, G. (2017). Significant pain variability in persons with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: preliminary investigation based on secondary analysis of cohort data. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 18, Article 80. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1434-3

BACKGROUND: While knee osteoarthritis (OA) is characterised as a slowly progressive disease, acute flares, episodes of severe pain, and substantial fluctuations in pain intensity appear to be part of the natural history for some patients. We sought t... Read More about Significant pain variability in persons with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: preliminary investigation based on secondary analysis of cohort data.

Increased radial access is not associated with worse femoral outcomes for PCI in the United Kingdom (2017)
Journal Article
Hulme, W., Sperrin, M., Kontopantelis, E., Ratib, K., Ludman, P., Sirker, A., …Mamas, M. (2017). Increased radial access is not associated with worse femoral outcomes for PCI in the United Kingdom. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 10(2), 4279. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.116.004279

Background— The radial artery is increasingly adopted as the primary access site for cardiac catheterization because of patient preference, lower bleeding rates, cost effectiveness, and reduced risk of mortality in high-risk patient groups. Concerns... Read More about Increased radial access is not associated with worse femoral outcomes for PCI in the United Kingdom.

Binding blocks: building the Universe one nucleus at a time (2017)
Journal Article
Diget, C. A., Pastore, A., Leech, K., Haylett, T., Lock, S., Sanders, T., …Collaboration, T. B. B. (2017). Binding blocks: building the Universe one nucleus at a time. Physics Education, 52(2), 024001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/aa550c

We present a new teaching and outreach activity based around the construction of a three-dimensional chart of isotopes using $\text{LEG}{{\text{O}}^{\circledR}}$ bricks5. The activity, binding blocks, demonstrates nuclear and astrophysical processes... Read More about Binding blocks: building the Universe one nucleus at a time.

IFI16 and cGAS cooperate in the activation of STING during DNA sensing in human keratinocytes (2017)
Journal Article
Almine, J. F., O’Hare, C. A., Dunphy, G., Haga, I. R., Naik, R. J., Atrih, A., …Unterholzner, L. (2017). IFI16 and cGAS cooperate in the activation of STING during DNA sensing in human keratinocytes. Nature communications, 8, Article 14392. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14392

AbstractMany human cells can sense the presence of exogenous DNA during infection though the cytosolic DNA receptor cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS), which produces the second messenger cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP). Other putative DNA receptors have been des... Read More about IFI16 and cGAS cooperate in the activation of STING during DNA sensing in human keratinocytes.