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The Changing Position of Legal Academics in the United Kingdom: Professionalization or Proletarianization? (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The Changing Position of Legal Academics in the United Kingdom: Professionalization or Proletarianization?. Journal of Law and Society, S227-S243. https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12265

This article analyses changes to United Kingdom (UK) university law schools during the period coinciding with Phil Thomas’ career as a law teacher – the latter part of the twentieth century and the first two decades of the twenty-first – in part illu... Read More about The Changing Position of Legal Academics in the United Kingdom: Professionalization or Proletarianization?.

Levelling the playing field: students' motivations to contribute to an amnesty of assessment materials (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Levelling the playing field: students' motivations to contribute to an amnesty of assessment materials. BMC Medical Education, 450 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02320-0

BACKGROUND: 'Exam recall' is a recognised phenomenon whereby students recall and record questions after leaving the examination hall. This poses two main problems. First, as these questions are only available to peers of the students who recall the q... Read More about Levelling the playing field: students' motivations to contribute to an amnesty of assessment materials.

The Changing Position of Legal Academics in the United Kingdom: Professionalization or Proletarianisation? (2020)
Journal Article
Bradney, A., & Cownie, F. (2020). The Changing Position of Legal Academics in the United Kingdom: Professionalization or Proletarianisation?. Journal of Law and Society, 227-243. https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12265

This article analyses changes to United Kingdom (UK) university law schools during the period coinciding with Phil Thomas’ career as a law teacher – the latter part of the twentieth century and the first two decades of the twenty-first – in part illu... Read More about The Changing Position of Legal Academics in the United Kingdom: Professionalization or Proletarianisation?.

Access to psychological support for young people following stoma surgery: Exploring patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives (2020)
Journal Article
Polidano, K., Chew-Graham, C., Farmer, A., & Saunders, B. (2020). Access to psychological support for young people following stoma surgery: Exploring patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives. Qualitative Health Research, 31(3), 535-549. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320972338

Psychological problems are common among people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) following stoma surgery. However, the ways in which stoma-related psychological needs are identified and addressed in healthcare settings remain unexplored. In this... Read More about Access to psychological support for young people following stoma surgery: Exploring patients’ and clinicians’ perspectives.

Breaking the Circularity in Circular Analyses: Simulations and Formal Treatment of the Flattened Average Approach (2020)
Journal Article
Bowman, H., Brooks, J. L., Hajilou, O., Zoumpoulaki, A., & Litvak, V. (2020). Breaking the Circularity in Circular Analyses: Simulations and Formal Treatment of the Flattened Average Approach. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(11), Article e1008286. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008286

There has been considerable debate and concern as to whether there is a replication crisis in the scientific literature. A likely cause of poor replication is the multiple comparisons problem. An important way in which this problem can manifest in th... Read More about Breaking the Circularity in Circular Analyses: Simulations and Formal Treatment of the Flattened Average Approach.

Dynamic real-time risk analytics of uncontrollable states in complex internet of things systems: cyber risk at the edge (2020)
Journal Article
Radanliev, P., De Roure, D., Van Kleek, M., Ani, U., Burnap, P., Anthi, E., …Maddox, L. (2020). Dynamic real-time risk analytics of uncontrollable states in complex internet of things systems: cyber risk at the edge. Environment Systems and Decisions, 41, 236–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-020-09792-x

The Internet of Things (IoT) triggers new types of cyber risks. Therefore, the integration of new IoT devices and services requires a self-assessment of IoT cyber security posture. By security posture this article refers to the cybersecurity strength... Read More about Dynamic real-time risk analytics of uncontrollable states in complex internet of things systems: cyber risk at the edge.

Identification of optimal assisted aspiration conditions of oocytes for use in porcine in vitro maturation: A re-evaluation of the relationship between the cumulus oocyte complex and oocyte quality (2020)
Journal Article
Silvestri, G., Rathje, C. C., Harvey, S. C., Gould, R. L., Walling, G. A., Ellis, P. J. I., …Griffin, D. K. (2021). Identification of optimal assisted aspiration conditions of oocytes for use in porcine in vitro maturation: A re-evaluation of the relationship between the cumulus oocyte complex and oocyte quality. Veterinary Medicine and Science, 7(2), 465-473. https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.378

The quality of porcine oocytes for use in IVF is commonly graded according to the number of layers of cumulus cells (CCs) surrounding the oocyte; together these form the cumulus oocyte complex (COC). At least three compact layers of CCs is regarded a... Read More about Identification of optimal assisted aspiration conditions of oocytes for use in porcine in vitro maturation: A re-evaluation of the relationship between the cumulus oocyte complex and oocyte quality.

Ethnic inequity in diabetes outcomes-inaction in the face of need (2020)
Journal Article
McKree Jansen, R., Sundborn, G., Cutfield, R., Yu, D., & Simmons, D. (2020). Ethnic inequity in diabetes outcomes-inaction in the face of need. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1525),

Evaluation of a longstanding primary care audit and diabetes care support service (DCSS) programme was reported in a paper published in Lancet Global Health on 15 October 2020. The paper showed 24 years of health outcome inequity among people with ty... Read More about Ethnic inequity in diabetes outcomes-inaction in the face of need.

Reactive Oxygen Species: Modulators of Phenotypic Switch of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (2020)
Journal Article
Badran, A., Nasser, S. A., Mesmar, J., El-Yazbi, A. F., Bitto, A., Fardoun, M. M., …Eid, A. H. (2020). Reactive Oxygen Species: Modulators of Phenotypic Switch of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(22), 8764. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21228764

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are natural byproducts of oxygen metabolism in the cell. At physiological levels, they play a vital role in cell signaling. However, high ROS levels cause oxidative stress, which is implicated in cardiovascular diseases... Read More about Reactive Oxygen Species: Modulators of Phenotypic Switch of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.

Laboratory Safety for Undergraduate Chemistry Students (2020)
Book Chapter
Hancock, L. M., Hollamby, M. J., & Jones, G. R. (2020). Laboratory Safety for Undergraduate Chemistry Students. In Challenges for Health and Safety in Higher Education and Research Organisations (111-141). Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839162497-00111

From our perspective as chemistry lecturers our primary goal is to graduate trained chemists who can enter into employment or research degrees and can operate safely within a laboratory; the sort of chemist whose first thought is ‘how do I carry out... Read More about Laboratory Safety for Undergraduate Chemistry Students.

Deoxycholic acid as a molecular scaffold for tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 inhibition: A synthesis, structure–activity relationship and molecular modeling study (2020)
Journal Article
Salomatina, O. V., Popadyuk, I. I., Zakharenko, A. L., Zakharova, O. D., Chepanova, A. A., Dyrkheeva, N., …Volcho, K. P. (2021). Deoxycholic acid as a molecular scaffold for tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 inhibition: A synthesis, structure–activity relationship and molecular modeling study. Steroids, 165, Article 108771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2020.108771

Para-Bromoanilides of deoxycholic acid with various functional groups on the steroid scaffold were designed as promising tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (Tdp1) inhibitors. Tdp1 is a DNA repair enzyme, involved in removing DNA damage caused by topoiso... Read More about Deoxycholic acid as a molecular scaffold for tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 inhibition: A synthesis, structure–activity relationship and molecular modeling study.

Characterization of miR-200 family members as blood biomarkers for human and laying hen ovarian cancer (2020)
Journal Article
Choi, P., Bahrampour, A., Ng, S., Liu, S. K., Qiu, W., Xie, F., …Ng, S. (in press). Characterization of miR-200 family members as blood biomarkers for human and laying hen ovarian cancer. Scientific reports, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77068-0

MicroRNA-200 (miR-200) family is highly expressed in ovarian cancer. We evaluated the levels of family members relative to the internal control miR-103a in ovarian cancer and control blood specimens collected from American and Hong Kong Chinese insti... Read More about Characterization of miR-200 family members as blood biomarkers for human and laying hen ovarian cancer.

All-inside arthroscopic modified Broström-Gould procedure for chronic lateral ankle instability with and without anterior talofibular ligament remnant repair produced similar functional results. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). All-inside arthroscopic modified Broström-Gould procedure for chronic lateral ankle instability with and without anterior talofibular ligament remnant repair produced similar functional results. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-020-06361-2

PURPOSE: The Broström-Gould procedure, with the repair of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) combined with the transfer of the extensor retinaculum, is considered the gold standard procedure for the management of chronic lateral ankle instabili... Read More about All-inside arthroscopic modified Broström-Gould procedure for chronic lateral ankle instability with and without anterior talofibular ligament remnant repair produced similar functional results..

Healthcare systems and the sciences of health professional education. (2020)
Journal Article
Hassell. (2020). Healthcare systems and the sciences of health professional education. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 1149 - 1162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-020-10010-1

Health professions education is that part of the education system which applies educational philosophy, theory, principles and practice in a complex relationship with busy clinical services, where education is not the primary role. While the goals ar... Read More about Healthcare systems and the sciences of health professional education..

Effects of blood parasite infections on spatiotemporal migration patterns and activity budgets in a long-distance migratory passerine (2020)
Journal Article
Emmenegger, T., Bensch, S., Hahn, S., Kishkinev, D., Procházka, P., Zehtindjiev, P., & Bauer, S. (2020). Effects of blood parasite infections on spatiotemporal migration patterns and activity budgets in a long-distance migratory passerine. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7030

How blood parasite infections influence the migration of hosts remains a lively debated issue as past studies found negative, positive or no response to infections. This particularly applies to small birds, for which monitoring of detailed migration... Read More about Effects of blood parasite infections on spatiotemporal migration patterns and activity budgets in a long-distance migratory passerine.

Patterns of ‘Disorder’ During the 2019 Protests in Hong Kong: Policing, Social Identity, Intergroup Dynamics, and Radicalization (2020)
Journal Article
Stott, C., Ho, L., Radburn, M., Chan, Y. T., Kyprianides, A., & Morales, P. S. (2021). Patterns of ‘Disorder’ During the 2019 Protests in Hong Kong: Policing, Social Identity, Intergroup Dynamics, and Radicalization. Policing, 14(4), 814-835. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paaa073

Across the latter half of 2019, Hong Kong became the focus of world attention as it was rocked by a wave of increasingly violent confrontations between police and protesters. Both inside and outside the Territory, several powerful political actors ha... Read More about Patterns of ‘Disorder’ During the 2019 Protests in Hong Kong: Policing, Social Identity, Intergroup Dynamics, and Radicalization.

Cerebellar molecular layer interneurons are dispensable for cued and contextual fear conditioning. (2020)
Journal Article
Riedel, G., Wulff, P., Marshall-Phelps, K., & Woloszynowska-Fraser, M. (2020). Cerebellar molecular layer interneurons are dispensable for cued and contextual fear conditioning. Scientific reports, 20000 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76729-4

Purkinje cells are the only output cell of the cerebellar cortex. Their spatiotemporal activity is controlled by molecular layer interneurons (MLIs) through GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition. Recently, it has been reported that the cerebellar cortex... Read More about Cerebellar molecular layer interneurons are dispensable for cued and contextual fear conditioning..