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Wild populations of malaria vectors can mate both inside and outside human dwellings. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Wild populations of malaria vectors can mate both inside and outside human dwellings. Parasites and Vectors, 514 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04989-8

BACKGROUND: Wild populations of Anopheles mosquitoes are generally thought to mate outdoors in swarms, although once colonized, they also mate readily inside laboratory cages. This study investigated whether the malaria vectors Anopheles funestus and... Read More about Wild populations of malaria vectors can mate both inside and outside human dwellings..

The Infrared Evolution of Dust in V838 Monocerotis (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). The Infrared Evolution of Dust in V838 Monocerotis. Astronomical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac1f1e

Luminous Red Variables (LRVs) are most likely eruptions that are the outcome of stellar mergers. V838 Mon is one of the best-studied members of this class, representing an archetype for stellar mergers resulting from B-type stars. As result of the me... Read More about The Infrared Evolution of Dust in V838 Monocerotis.

Synthetic Strategies for FRET-Enabled Carbohydrate Active Enzyme Probes (2021)
Book Chapter
Singh, M., Watkinson, M., Scanlan, E. M., & Miller, G. J. (2021). Synthetic Strategies for FRET-Enabled Carbohydrate Active Enzyme Probes. In Glycosylation Methods and Protocols (237-264). (1). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1685-7_12

Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies, and Outcomes of Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients With and Without Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. (2021)
Journal Article
Mamas, M., & Rashid, M. (2021). Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies, and Outcomes of Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients With and Without Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.018823

Background There are limited data on the management strategies, temporal trends and clinical outcomes of patients who present with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction and have a prior history of CABG. Methods and Results We identified 287 ... Read More about Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies, and Outcomes of Non-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients With and Without Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting..

Clinical applications of infrared and Raman spectroscopy in the fields of cancer and infectious diseases (2021)
Journal Article
Paraskevaidi, M., Baker, M., Butler, H., Byrne, H., Chakkumpulakkal, T., Loren, C., …Wood, B. (2021). Clinical applications of infrared and Raman spectroscopy in the fields of cancer and infectious diseases. Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1080/05704928.2021.1946076

Analytical technologies that can improve disease diagnosis are highly sought after. Current screening/diagnostic tests for several diseases are limited by their moderate diagnostic performance, invasiveness, costly and laborious methodologies or the... Read More about Clinical applications of infrared and Raman spectroscopy in the fields of cancer and infectious diseases.

Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in retired Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study (2021)
Journal Article
Cooper, D., Batt, M., O'Hanlon, M., & Palmer, D. (2021). Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in retired Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study. Translational Sports Medicine, 807-816. https://doi.org/10.1002/tsm2.284

This study determined the point prevalence and factors associated with low back pain (LBP) in retired Great Britain’s (GB) Olympians. Six hundred and thirteen retired athletes completed a cross-sectional survey. Prevalence of LBP (pain on most days i... Read More about Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in retired Great Britain’s Olympians: a cross-sectional study.

Scruffy Boris Johnson’s ‘man of the people’ look is part of a long British tradition (2021)
Digital Artefact
Janes, D. (2021). Scruffy Boris Johnson’s ‘man of the people’ look is part of a long British tradition. [Blog Style Article]

Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Collaborative*, C., & Parry-Smith, W. (2021). Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study. Lancet Oncology, 22(11), 1507-1517. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045%2821%2900493-9

Background Surgery is the main modality of cure for solid cancers and was prioritised to continue during COVID-19 outbreaks. This study aimed to identify immediate areas for system strengthening by comparing the delivery of elective cancer surgery d... Read More about Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study.

The identification of endometrial immune cell densities and clustering analysis in the mid-luteal phase as predictor for pregnancy outcomes after IVF-ET treatment (2021)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y., Man, G. C. W., Wang, J., Liu, Y., Kwong, J., Zhang, T., …Li, T. (2021). The identification of endometrial immune cell densities and clustering analysis in the mid-luteal phase as predictor for pregnancy outcomes after IVF-ET treatment. Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 148, Article ARTN 103431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jri.2021.103431

Changes in endometrial immune cell density has been reported to be associated with reproductive failure. The prognostic value of endometrial immune cell density measurement remains uncertain. We aimed to investigate the prognostic value of endometria... Read More about The identification of endometrial immune cell densities and clustering analysis in the mid-luteal phase as predictor for pregnancy outcomes after IVF-ET treatment.

A comparison of clinical outcomes following atrial fibrillation ablation for heart failure patients with preserved or reduced left ventricular function: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). A comparison of clinical outcomes following atrial fibrillation ablation for heart failure patients with preserved or reduced left ventricular function: A systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipej.2021.09.002

BACKGROUND: This review aims to determine if patients who undergo atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) do better, or worse or the same compared to patients with heart failure with reduced eject... Read More about A comparison of clinical outcomes following atrial fibrillation ablation for heart failure patients with preserved or reduced left ventricular function: A systematic review and meta-analysis..

Changes in received quality of care for knee osteoarthritis after a multicomponent intervention in a general practice in Denmark (2021)
Journal Article
Baumbach, L., Roos, E. M., Ankerst, D., Nyberg, L. A., Cottrell, E., & Lykkegaard, J. (2021). Changes in received quality of care for knee osteoarthritis after a multicomponent intervention in a general practice in Denmark. Health Science Reports, 4(4), Article e402. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.402

Objective: First-line treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis should ideally prescribe patient education, exercise, and if needed, weight loss. In practice, however, adjunctive treatments, including painkillers and referrals to specialists, a... Read More about Changes in received quality of care for knee osteoarthritis after a multicomponent intervention in a general practice in Denmark.

UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522 (2021)
Journal Article
Hirschi. (2021). UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140815

Context. NGC 6522 is a moderately metal-poor bulge globular cluster ([Fe/H] ~ -1.0), and it is a well-studied representative among a number of moderately metal-poor blue horizontal branch clusters located in the bulge. The NGC 6522 abundance pattern... Read More about UVES analysis of red giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6522.

Resistance to a CRISPR-based gene drive at an evolutionarily conserved site is revealed by mimicking genotype fixation (2021)
Journal Article
Fuchs, S., T. Garrood, W., Beber, A., Hammond, A., Galizi, R., Gribble, M., …Nolan, T. (2021). Resistance to a CRISPR-based gene drive at an evolutionarily conserved site is revealed by mimicking genotype fixation. PLOS genetics, Article e1009740. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009740

CRISPR-based homing gene drives can be designed to disrupt essential genes whilst biasing their own inheritance, leading to suppression of mosquito populations in the laboratory. This class of gene drives relies on CRISPR-Cas9 cleavage of a target se... Read More about Resistance to a CRISPR-based gene drive at an evolutionarily conserved site is revealed by mimicking genotype fixation.

Universities as living labs for climate praxis (2021)
Book Chapter
Robinson, & catney. (2021). Universities as living labs for climate praxis. In Addressing the Climate Crisis. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79739-3_12

Universities can play an important role in tackling climate change through their education, research and knowledge transfer missions. Universities also have the potential to act as testbeds, pilots, or demonstrators for innovative solutions to tackle... Read More about Universities as living labs for climate praxis.

Benchmarking of deep learning algorithms for skin cancer detection based on a hybrid framework of entropy and VIKOR techniques (2021)
Journal Article
AL-BANDER, B., YAS, Q. M., MAHDI, H., & AL-HAMD, R. K. (2021). Benchmarking of deep learning algorithms for skin cancer detection based on a hybrid framework of entropy and VIKOR techniques. The Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, 29(1), 2634 - 2648. https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-2103-65

Planned versus bailout rotational atherectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Planned versus bailout rotational atherectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Rotational atherectomy (RA) plays a central role in the treatment of heavily calcified coronary artery lesions. Our aim was to compare periprocedural characteristics and outcomes of planned (PA) vs. bailout (BA) rotational atherec... Read More about Planned versus bailout rotational atherectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis..

Long-Term Survival and Clinicopathological Implications of DNA Mismatch Repair Status in Endometrioid Endometrial Cancers in Hong Kong Chinese Women. (2021)
Journal Article
Kwong. (2021). Long-Term Survival and Clinicopathological Implications of DNA Mismatch Repair Status in Endometrioid Endometrial Cancers in Hong Kong Chinese Women. Biomedicines,

To investigate the role of DNA mismatch repair status (MMR) in survival of endometrioid endometrial cancer in Hong Kong Chinese women and its correlation to clinical prognostic factors, 238 patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer were included.... Read More about Long-Term Survival and Clinicopathological Implications of DNA Mismatch Repair Status in Endometrioid Endometrial Cancers in Hong Kong Chinese Women..

Environment or Economy? Food Concerns and Sustainable Food Transitions in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Foden, M., Head, E., Katz-Gerro, T., & Martens, L. (2021). Environment or Economy? Food Concerns and Sustainable Food Transitions in the UK. Sociology, 56(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385211043679

Recent years have seen the emergence of calls for the transformation of food systems to make these more responsive to environmental, access and health challenges. Addressing how the UK food system may best meet these challenges, this article develop... Read More about Environment or Economy? Food Concerns and Sustainable Food Transitions in the UK.

Implementing a Stratified Vocational Advice Intervention for People on Sick Leave with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Multimethod Process Evaluation. (2021)
Journal Article
Aanesen, F., Øiestad, B., Grotle, M., Løchting, I., Solli, R., Sowden, G., …Eik, H. (2021). Implementing a Stratified Vocational Advice Intervention for People on Sick Leave with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Multimethod Process Evaluation. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-021-10007-6

Purpose To perform a process evaluation of a stratified vocational advice intervention (SVAI), delivered by physiotherapists in primary care, for people on sick leave with musculoskeletal disorders participating in a randomised controlled trial. The... Read More about Implementing a Stratified Vocational Advice Intervention for People on Sick Leave with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Multimethod Process Evaluation..

When Covid-19 first struck: analysis of the influence of structural characteristics of countries - technocracy is strengthened by open democracy (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). When Covid-19 first struck: analysis of the influence of structural characteristics of countries - technocracy is strengthened by open democracy. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257757

Context: The Covid-19 pandemic hit the developed world differentially due to accidental factors, and countries had to respond rapidly within existing resources, structures, and processes to manage totally new health challenges. This study aimed to id... Read More about When Covid-19 first struck: analysis of the influence of structural characteristics of countries - technocracy is strengthened by open democracy.