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Vertebral fracture as a risk factor for self-harm: A retrospective cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Prior, J. A., Crawford-Manning, F., Whittle, R., Abdul-Sultan, A., Chew-Graham, C. A., Muller, S., …Paskins, Z. (2021). Vertebral fracture as a risk factor for self-harm: A retrospective cohort study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 22, Article 757. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04631-9

Abstract Background The prevention of self-harm is an international public health priority. It is vital to identify at-risk populations, particularly as self-harm is a risk factor for suicide. This study aims to examine the risk of self-harm in peopl... Read More about Vertebral fracture as a risk factor for self-harm: A retrospective cohort study.

Radio continuum sources behind the Large Magellanic Cloud (2021)
Journal Article
Van Loon. (2021). Radio continuum sources behind the Large Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2885 - 2904. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2249

We present a comprehensive multifrequency catalogue of radio sources behind the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) between 0.2 and 20 GHz, gathered from a combination of new and legacy radio continuum surveys. This catalogue covers an area of ~144 deg2 at... Read More about Radio continuum sources behind the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The immediate effects of foot orthosis geometry on lower limb muscle activity and foot biomechanics. (2021)
Journal Article
Reeves, J., Jones, R., Liu, A., Bent, L., & Nester, C. (2021). The immediate effects of foot orthosis geometry on lower limb muscle activity and foot biomechanics. Journal of Biomechanics, 128, 110716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110716

Foot orthoses (FOs) are used to treat clinical conditions by altering the external forces applied to the foot and thereafter the forces of muscles and tendons. However, whether specific geometric design features of FOs affect muscle activation is unk... Read More about The immediate effects of foot orthosis geometry on lower limb muscle activity and foot biomechanics..

The Fourth Trimester: Pregnancy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease (2021)
Journal Article
Wu, P., Park, K., & Gulati, M. (2021). The Fourth Trimester: Pregnancy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease. European Cardiology Review, 16, Article e31. https://doi.org/10.15420/ecr.2021.18

Pregnancy identifies women who may be at a greater risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), based on the development of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), and may identify women who may benefit from atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) risk reduction efforts. AP... Read More about The Fourth Trimester: Pregnancy as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease.

Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts. Hormones and Behavior, -. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105054

Comparing twins from same- and opposite-sex pairs can provide information on potential sex differences in a variety of outcomes, including socioeconomic-related outcomes such as educational attainment. It has been suggested that this design can be ap... Read More about Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts..

Reply (2021)
Journal Article
Hay, C. A., Mallen, C. D., Belcher, J., Roddy, E., & Prior, J. A. (2022). Reply. Arthritis Care and Research, 74(1), 161-162. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24777

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Social Work and Social Care: Mapping Workforce Engagement, Relevance, Experience and Interest in Research (2021)
Journal Article
Lambley-Burke, R., Wakefield, J., Lavender, S., Nixon, K., Hornby, S., Dobel-Ober, D., …Mallen, C. (2022). Social Work and Social Care: Mapping Workforce Engagement, Relevance, Experience and Interest in Research. British Journal of Social Work, 52(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab169

Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been promoted within social work/social care, with emerging evidence of benefit to practitioners and service users. Advocates argue that EBP enables practitioners to have the skills to interpret and evaluate evidence... Read More about Social Work and Social Care: Mapping Workforce Engagement, Relevance, Experience and Interest in Research.

Exploring Renewable Energy Potential To Electrify Remote Schools In India: A Literature Review (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Exploring Renewable Energy Potential To Electrify Remote Schools In India: A Literature Review. https://doi.org/10.21252/70xz-yc73

The Indian government is yet to achieve the goal of providing electricity to schools all over the country, and the illiteracy rate seems to emerge from the schools with inadequate infrastructure. Rural schools do not have access to electricity due to... Read More about Exploring Renewable Energy Potential To Electrify Remote Schools In India: A Literature Review.

Characterising New England (United States Of America) Salt Marsh Sediment Heavy Metal Concentration Trends Via Proximity To Anthropogenic Pollution, Seasons, And Vegetation Coverage (2021)
Journal Article
Anthropogenic Pollution, Seasons, And Vegetation Coverage. https://doi.org/10.21252/873y-hx05

Salt marsh sediment serves an important ecological service by sequestering carbon but is also a repository for several pollutants including heavy metals. Metal uptake in marshes is affected by numerous environmental characteristics such as sediment p... Read More about Characterising New England (United States Of America) Salt Marsh Sediment Heavy Metal Concentration Trends Via Proximity To Anthropogenic Pollution, Seasons, And Vegetation Coverage.

Is polygyny a risk factor in the transmission of HIV in sub- Saharan Africa? A systematic review. (2021)
Journal Article
Gazimbi, M. M., Magadi, M. A., Onyango Ouma, W., Walker, E., Cresswell, R. B., Kaseje, M., & Wafula, C. O. (2021). Is polygyny a risk factor in the transmission of HIV in sub- Saharan Africa? A systematic review. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 24(4),

Using a systematic literature review approach, this paper focused on the role of polygyny in the spread of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. The widespread practice of polygyny is one feature of many SSA contexts that may be relevant to... Read More about Is polygyny a risk factor in the transmission of HIV in sub- Saharan Africa? A systematic review..

Disclaimers in Real Estate Print Advertisements (2021)
Book Chapter
Mogaji, E. (2021). Disclaimers in Real Estate Print Advertisements. In Advances in Advertising Research (Vol. XI) (91-103). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32201-4_7

Buying a home is considered a major financial decision and one of the most expensive purchases an individual can ever make. Making an informed choice is, therefore, considered vitally important. While acknowledging the complex and multi-faceted due d... Read More about Disclaimers in Real Estate Print Advertisements.

Exploiting hope: How the promise of a new medical intervention sustains US—and makes us vulnerable. Jeremy Snyder. Oxford University Press: New York, 2020. vii+ 333 pp. ISBN 978‐0‐19‐750125‐2. $45/£29.99 (Hardback). (2021)
Journal Article
Wrigley, A. (2021). Exploiting hope: How the promise of a new medical intervention sustains US—and makes us vulnerable. Jeremy Snyder. Oxford University Press: New York, 2020. vii+ 333 pp. ISBN 978‐0‐19‐750125‐2. $45/£29.99 (Hardback). Bioethics, 35(9), 964-965. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12936

338 Modelling the population distribution of patient-reported outcomes using electronic health records: a UK study (2021)
Journal Article
Yu, D., Jordan, K., Bailey, J., Peat, G., & Wilkie, R. (2021). 338 Modelling the population distribution of patient-reported outcomes using electronic health records: a UK study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Supplement_1), https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab168.739

Background Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) collected in surveys allow understanding of the health at the population-level. We aimed to test the feasibility of estimating health status as measured by PROMs through ecological prediction model... Read More about 338 Modelling the population distribution of patient-reported outcomes using electronic health records: a UK study.

Hypoxic and pro-inflammatory priming of mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles to reduce disease severity and immune responses in inflammatory arthritis (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Kay, A. G., Treadwell, K., Roach, P., Morgan, R., Lodge, R., Hyland, M., …Kehoe, O. (2021, September). Hypoxic and pro-inflammatory priming of mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles to reduce disease severity and immune responses in inflammatory arthritis. Poster presented at 6th European Congress of Immunology, Virtual meeting

Novel biological therapies have revolutionised the management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) but no cure currently exists. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) immunomodulate inflammatory responses through paracrine signalling, including via secretion... Read More about Hypoxic and pro-inflammatory priming of mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles to reduce disease severity and immune responses in inflammatory arthritis.

The impact of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic on the labour market and labour relations in the UK (2021)
Book Chapter
Cao, X. (2021). The impact of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic on the labour market and labour relations in the UK. . Social Sciences Academic Press

Since 2020, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has brought a great impact on the rights and interests of workers. In response to the problems of labor relations and labor rights protection during the anti-epidemic resumption of work, my country has imp... Read More about The impact of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic on the labour market and labour relations in the UK.

Linked electronic health records for research on a nationwide cohort of more than 54 million people in England: data resource. (2021)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2021). Linked electronic health records for research on a nationwide cohort of more than 54 million people in England: data resource. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n826

OBJECTIVE: To describe a novel England-wide electronic health record (EHR) resource enabling whole population research on covid-19 and cardiovascular disease while ensuring data security and privacy and maintaining public trust. DESIGN: Data resource... Read More about Linked electronic health records for research on a nationwide cohort of more than 54 million people in England: data resource..

Characteristics and hospital outcomes of coronary atherectomy within the United States: a multivariate and propensity-score matched analysis. (2021)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2021). Characteristics and hospital outcomes of coronary atherectomy within the United States: a multivariate and propensity-score matched analysis. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 865 - 870. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779072.2021.1963233

BACKGROUND: Suboptimal stent delivery and deployment in calcified coronary lesions are associated with a poor clinical outcome. METHODS: Using the National Inpatient Sample database, we identified patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventio... Read More about Characteristics and hospital outcomes of coronary atherectomy within the United States: a multivariate and propensity-score matched analysis..

A snapshot global survey on side effects of COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare professionals and armed forces with a focus on headache. (2021)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2021). A snapshot global survey on side effects of COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare professionals and armed forces with a focus on headache. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0031-0808.21.04435-9

BACKGROUND: New messenger RNA (mRNA) and adenovirus-based vaccines (AdV) against Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have entered large scale clinical trials. Since healthcare professionals (HCPs) and armed forces personnel (AFP) represent a high-ris... Read More about A snapshot global survey on side effects of COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare professionals and armed forces with a focus on headache..