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A diagnostic real-time PCR assay for the rapid identification of the tomato-potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909) and development of a psyllid barcoding database (2020)
Journal Article
Sumner-Kalkun, J., Sjölund, M., Arnsdorf, Y., Carnegie, M., Highet, F., Ouvrard, D., …Kenyon, D. (2020). A diagnostic real-time PCR assay for the rapid identification of the tomato-potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909) and development of a psyllid barcoding database. PloS one, 15(3), Article e0230741. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230741

The accurate and rapid identification of insect pests is an important step in the prevention and control of outbreaks in areas that are otherwise pest free. The potato-tomato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909) is the main vector of ‘Candidat... Read More about A diagnostic real-time PCR assay for the rapid identification of the tomato-potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909) and development of a psyllid barcoding database.

HATS-47b, HATS-48Ab, HATS-49b and HATS-72b: Four Warm Giant Planets Transiting K Dwarfs (2020)
Journal Article
Hellier. (2020). HATS-47b, HATS-48Ab, HATS-49b and HATS-72b: Four Warm Giant Planets Transiting K Dwarfs. Astronomical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab7821

We report the discovery of four transiting giant planets around K dwarfs. The planets HATS-47b, HATS-48Ab, HATS49b, and HATS-72b have masses of 0.369+ 0.0210.031MJ, 0.243+ 0.0300.022 MJ, 0.353+ 0.0270.038 MJ, and 0.1254. 0.0039 MJ, respectively, and... Read More about HATS-47b, HATS-48Ab, HATS-49b and HATS-72b: Four Warm Giant Planets Transiting K Dwarfs.

Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public among the Bangladeshi community in England: a focus group study (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public among the Bangladeshi community in England: a focus group study. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 290-296. https://doi.org/10.1159/000506123

Background: Worldwide, an increasingly ageing population mean more people may suffer from dementia. Despite the rapid growth of older Bangladeshi immigrants living in the UK, there is little evidence about how community members understand and view th... Read More about Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public among the Bangladeshi community in England: a focus group study.

Doing Law Amidst Climate Breakdown (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Prost, M. (2020, March). Doing Law Amidst Climate Breakdown. Presented at Reading Law School Guest Seminar Series, Reading, England, UK

COMPARISON OF TRANSRADIAL VERSUS TRANSFEMORAL ACCESS FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN STEMI PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS (2020)
Journal Article
Jhand, A., Atti, V., Dhawan, R., Turagam, M., Mamas, M. A., Brilakis, E., …Velagapudi, P. (2020). COMPARISON OF TRANSRADIAL VERSUS TRANSFEMORAL ACCESS FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN STEMI PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 75(11), 1281. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0735-1097%2820%2931908-2

Background Transradial access (TRA) is increasingly being used for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ST- segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in lieu of transfemoral access (TFA). We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized contr... Read More about COMPARISON OF TRANSRADIAL VERSUS TRANSFEMORAL ACCESS FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN STEMI PATIENTS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS.

Lead Optimization of Dehydroemetine for Repositioned Use in Malaria. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Lead Optimization of Dehydroemetine for Repositioned Use in Malaria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01444-19

Drug repositioning offers an effective alternative to de novo drug design to tackle the urgent need for novel antimalarial treatments. The antiamoebic compound emetine dihydrochloride has been identified as a potent in vitro inhibitor of the multidru... Read More about Lead Optimization of Dehydroemetine for Repositioned Use in Malaria..

Child health research and planning in Europe disadvantaged by major gaps and disparities in published statistics. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Child health research and planning in Europe disadvantaged by major gaps and disparities in published statistics. European Journal of Public Health, 693-697. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa052

BACKGROUND: Population data, such as mortality and morbidity statistics, are essential for many reasons, including giving context for research, supporting action on health determinants, formulation of evidence-based policy for health care and outcome... Read More about Child health research and planning in Europe disadvantaged by major gaps and disparities in published statistics..

Controls on jökulhlaup-transported buried ice melt-out at Skeiðarársandur, Iceland: Implications for the evolution of ice-marginal environments (2020)
Journal Article
Blauvelt, D. J., Russell, A. J., Large, A. R., Tweed, F. S., Hiemstra, J. F., Kulessa, B., …Waller, R. I. (2020). Controls on jökulhlaup-transported buried ice melt-out at Skeiðarársandur, Iceland: Implications for the evolution of ice-marginal environments. Geomorphology, 360, Article 107164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107164

High-magnitude jökulhlaups, glacier margin position and ice-thickness have been identified as key controls on sandur evolution. Existing models however have focused primarily on observations made during short windows of time and often do not account... Read More about Controls on jökulhlaup-transported buried ice melt-out at Skeiðarársandur, Iceland: Implications for the evolution of ice-marginal environments.

Cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in early rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study (2020)
Journal Article
Mallen. (2020). Cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in early rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study. Heart, https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2019-316193

Objective To assess the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at and prior to diagnosis in people with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and subsequent CVD in these patients. Methods A retrospective case–control study using a large English primary... Read More about Cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in early rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study.

Microbiome: Evolution in a World of Interaction. (2020)
Journal Article
King, K. C., Stevens, E., & Drew, G. C. (2020). Microbiome: Evolution in a World of Interaction. Current Biology, 30(6), R265-R267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.010

Ecological interactions can generate strong selection. Two new studies reveal that the tempo and patterns of evolutionary change in a mammalian gut commensal can be altered dramatically during interactions with both the host and its microbiome.

Investigating H2O contents in clinopyroxene from explosive versus effusive eruption products from Merapi volcano, Indonesia (2020)
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Dimitriou, D., Troll, V., Weis, F., Seraphine, N., Deegan, F., Skogby, H., …Gertisser, R. (2020). Investigating H2O contents in clinopyroxene from explosive versus effusive eruption products from Merapi volcano, Indonesia

<p>The 2010 eruption of Merapi produced pyroclastic deposits and lava flows that are compositionally very similar, raising the question as to the underlying reason of the differences in eruptive styles between the various phases of the... Read More about Investigating H2O contents in clinopyroxene from explosive versus effusive eruption products from Merapi volcano, Indonesia.

Fragility within Stability: the state, the clan and resilience in Somaliland (2020)
Journal Article
Richards. (2020). Fragility within Stability: the state, the clan and resilience in Somaliland. Third World Quarterly, 41(6), 1067-1083. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2020.1730693

Even in the context of a relatively flourishing state, fragility can be an enduring feature of a political system, particularly in the case of recently established or unrecognised states. This article examines the nature of statebuilding in a specifi... Read More about Fragility within Stability: the state, the clan and resilience in Somaliland.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation via surgical subclavian versus direct aortic access: A United Kingdom analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Myat, A., Papachristofi, O., Trivedi, U., Bapat, V., Young, C., de Belder, A., …Hildick-Smith, D. (2020). Transcatheter aortic valve implantation via surgical subclavian versus direct aortic access: A United Kingdom analysis. International Journal of Cardiology, 308, 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.03.059

Surgical subclavian (SC) and direct aortic (DA) access are established alternatives to the default transfemoral route for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We sought to find differences in survival and procedure-related outcomes after S... Read More about Transcatheter aortic valve implantation via surgical subclavian versus direct aortic access: A United Kingdom analysis.

Quality of life after breast-conserving therapy and adjuvant radiotherapy for non-low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (BIG 3-07/TROG 07.01): 2-year results of a randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial (2020)
Journal Article
King, M. T., Link, E. K., Whelan, T. J., Olivotto, I. A., Kunkler, I., Westenberg, A. H., …Lavery, B. (2020). Quality of life after breast-conserving therapy and adjuvant radiotherapy for non-low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (BIG 3-07/TROG 07.01): 2-year results of a randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncology, 21(5), 685-698. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045%2820%2930085-1

Background BIG 3-07/TROG 07.01 is an international, multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial evaluating tumour bed boost and hypofractionation in patients with non-low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ following breast-conserving surgery and w... Read More about Quality of life after breast-conserving therapy and adjuvant radiotherapy for non-low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (BIG 3-07/TROG 07.01): 2-year results of a randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial.

Associations between health-related quality of life and health care costs among children with atopic dermatitis and their caregivers: A cross-sectional study (2020)
Journal Article
Olsson, M., Bajpai, R., Yew, Y. W., Koh, M. J. A., Thng, S., Car, J., …Jarbrink, K. (2020). Associations between health-related quality of life and health care costs among children with atopic dermatitis and their caregivers: A cross-sectional study. Pediatric Dermatology, 37(2), 284-293. https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.14071

What are educators thinking right now? (2020)
Journal Article
Turner, K., & Haxton, K. (2020). What are educators thinking right now?. Education in Chemistry,

OPINION PIECE Find out how a secondary school teacher and HE lecturer view the situation for chemistry education in the UK right now