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"Everything in India Happens by Jugaad": Dai-mas in Institutions in Rural Rajasthan. (2021)
Journal Article
Lukšaitė, E. (2021). "Everything in India Happens by Jugaad": Dai-mas in Institutions in Rural Rajasthan. Medical Anthropology, 1 - 15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2021.1952575

Since the introduction of a scheme promoting institutional deliveries in India, dai-mas (traditional midwives) have not become obsolete, but remain integral to institutional caregiving in rural areas in ways that are not always recognized. Based on e... Read More about "Everything in India Happens by Jugaad": Dai-mas in Institutions in Rural Rajasthan..

Defence Is a Priority in Female Juveniles and Adults of Taxus baccata L. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Defence Is a Priority in Female Juveniles and Adults of Taxus baccata L. Forests, 1 - 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12070844

Female individuals of dioecious plants invest their resources more in storage and defence, and the males have higher nitrogen content invested in the production of pollen grains. An unresolved problem is whether this strategy occurs only in sexually... Read More about Defence Is a Priority in Female Juveniles and Adults of Taxus baccata L..

Age suit simulation replicates in healthy young adults the functional challenges to balance experienced by older adults: an observational study (2021)
Journal Article
Watkins, C., & Hunter, S. (2021). Age suit simulation replicates in healthy young adults the functional challenges to balance experienced by older adults: an observational study. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 581 - 585. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2021-000867

<jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Age simulation can have a positive effect on empathic understanding and perception of ageing. However, there is limited evidence for its ability to replicate objectively the physical and functional... Read More about Age suit simulation replicates in healthy young adults the functional challenges to balance experienced by older adults: an observational study.

Joint Action in Deaf and Hearing Toddlers: A Mobile Eye-Tracking Study (2021)
Journal Article
Monroy, C., Houston, D., & Yu, C. (2021). Joint Action in Deaf and Hearing Toddlers: A Mobile Eye-Tracking Study

Infants experience the world through their actions with objects and their interactions with other people, especially their parents. Prior research has shown that school-age children with hearing loss experience poorer quality interactions with typica... Read More about Joint Action in Deaf and Hearing Toddlers: A Mobile Eye-Tracking Study.

Integrating clinician support with intervention design as part of a programme testing stratified care for musculoskeletal pain in general practice (2021)
Journal Article
Protheroe, J., Saunders, B., Hill, J., Chudyk, A., Foster, N., Bartlam, B., …Cooper, V. (2021). Integrating clinician support with intervention design as part of a programme testing stratified care for musculoskeletal pain in general practice. BMC Family Practice, 22, Article 161. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01507-8

BACKGROUND: Stratified care involves subgrouping patients based on key characteristics, e.g. prognostic risk, and matching these subgroups to early treatment options. The STarT-MSK programme developed and tested a new stratified primary care interven... Read More about Integrating clinician support with intervention design as part of a programme testing stratified care for musculoskeletal pain in general practice.

Syntheses of Combretastatin A-4 and Related Stilbenes by Using Aqueous Conditions (2021)
Journal Article
Barnes, N. G., Ahmed Mal Ullah, A. A., Ragazzon, P. A., Charafi, N., & Hadfield, J. A. (2021). Syntheses of Combretastatin A-4 and Related Stilbenes by Using Aqueous Conditions. ChemistrySelect, 6(28), 7082 - 7086. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202101960

Combretastatin A-4 (CA4) is a potent anti-mitotic and vascular disrupting agent. Organic chemists have been working to optimize the synthesis of CA4 for the past 3 decades, with methods requiring hazardous solvents and harsh reaction conditions. Here... Read More about Syntheses of Combretastatin A-4 and Related Stilbenes by Using Aqueous Conditions.

The Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (2021)
Book Chapter
Stallard, B., Johnson, D. W., Perl, J., & Davies, S. J. (2021). The Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study. In Applied Peritoneal Dialysis (395-410). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70897-9_28

Background: Peritoneal dialysis (PD) technique failure remains a significant barrier to improving the outcomes for PD patients and increasing the uptake of PD worldwide. The Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS) has been d... Read More about The Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.

Longitudinal assessment of lung clearance index to monitor disease progression in children and adults with cystic fibrosis. (2021)
Journal Article
Horsley, A. R., Belcher, J., Bayfield, K., Bianco, B., Cunningham, S., Fullwood, C., …Gilchrist, F. J. (2021). Longitudinal assessment of lung clearance index to monitor disease progression in children and adults with cystic fibrosis. Thorax, 77(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-216928

BACKGROUND: Lung clearance index (LCI) is a valuable research tool in cystic fibrosis (CF) but clinical application has been limited by technical challenges and uncertainty about how to interpret longitudinal change. In order to help inform clinical... Read More about Longitudinal assessment of lung clearance index to monitor disease progression in children and adults with cystic fibrosis..

Potential roles of selected forage grasses in management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) through companion cropping (2021)
Journal Article
Khan, Z. R., Cheruiyot, D., Chiriboga Morales, X., Chidawanyika, F., & Bruce, T. J. A. (2021). Potential roles of selected forage grasses in management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) through companion cropping. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 169(10), 966-974. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13083

Production of maize, Zea mays L. (Poaceae), in sub-Saharan Africa is threatened by a new invasive pest, fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). To mitigate this threat, push-pull companion cropping, a system or... Read More about Potential roles of selected forage grasses in management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) through companion cropping.

Remnant cholesterol and cardiovascular mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and incident diabetic nephropathy (2021)
Journal Article
Qu, B., Zhang, X., Yu, D., Wang, Z., Cai, Y., Ma, S., …Simmons, D. (2021). Remnant cholesterol and cardiovascular mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and incident diabetic nephropathy. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 3546-3553. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgab533

Context
The association between remnant cholesterol (remnant-C) and cardiovascular mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and incident diabetic nephropathy remains unclear.

Objective
To examinie the association between remnant-C and ca... Read More about Remnant cholesterol and cardiovascular mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and incident diabetic nephropathy.

Support for rights of Syrian refugees in Turkey: The role of secondary transfer effects in intergroup contact (2021)
Journal Article
Cakal, Ünver, H., Çakal, H., Güler, M., & Tropp, L. R. (2021). Support for rights of Syrian refugees in Turkey: The role of secondary transfer effects in intergroup contact. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 32(2), 153-171. https://doi.org/10.1002/CASP.2562

This study explored the role of secondary transfer effects (STEs) to test whether and how contact between advantaged Turks and disadvantaged Kurds may shape support for the rights of Syrian refugees. We investigated whether dimensions of contact, pos... Read More about Support for rights of Syrian refugees in Turkey: The role of secondary transfer effects in intergroup contact.

Six Outbursts of Comet 46P/Wirtanen (2021)
Journal Article
Kelley, M. S. P., Farnham, T. L., Li, J., Bodewits, D., Snodgrass, C., Allen, J., …Unda-Sanzana, E. (2021). Six Outbursts of Comet 46P/Wirtanen. The Planetary Science Journal, 2(4), 131. https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/abfe11

Cometary activity is a manifestation of sublimation-driven processes at the surface of nuclei. However, cometary outbursts may arise from other processes that are not necessarily driven by volatiles. In order to fully understand nuclear surfaces and... Read More about Six Outbursts of Comet 46P/Wirtanen.

Are changes in meniscus volume and extrusion associated to knee osteoarthritis development? A structural equation model. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Are changes in meniscus volume and extrusion associated to knee osteoarthritis development? A structural equation model. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2021.07.007

OBJECTIVE: To explore the interplay between (changes in) medial meniscus volume, meniscus extrusion and radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA) development over 30 months follow-up (FU). METHODS: Data from the PRevention of knee Osteoarthritis in Overw... Read More about Are changes in meniscus volume and extrusion associated to knee osteoarthritis development? A structural equation model..

Periodontal Disease and Oral Health–Related Quality of Life in the Older Population in Indonesia (2021)
Journal Article
Hijryana, M., MacDougall, M., Ariani, N., Saksono, P., Kusdhany, L., & Walls, A. (2022). Periodontal Disease and Oral Health–Related Quality of Life in the Older Population in Indonesia. SAGE Open, 7(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/23800844211021391

Introduction:
Despite being acknowledged as the second global burden of oral disease, periodontal disease has few epidemiologic studies in the literature, particularly for developing countries. Many previous studies have assessed the relationship be... Read More about Periodontal Disease and Oral Health–Related Quality of Life in the Older Population in Indonesia.

Using Card Sorting to Design Faceted Navigation Structures (2021)
Presentation / Conference
De Quincey, E., & Mitchell, J. (2021, July). Using Card Sorting to Design Faceted Navigation Structures. Presented at 34th British HCI Conference, London, UK

This paper describes how a variation of card sorting- ‘repeated single-criterion sorting’, can be applied to the information architecture design of digital music services. 52 respondents were asked to sort, using their own choice of criteria, 12 popu... Read More about Using Card Sorting to Design Faceted Navigation Structures.

Constructing and negotiating boundaries of morally acceptable alcohol use: A discursive psychology of justifying alcohol consumption (2021)
Journal Article
Melia, C., Kent, A., Meredith, J., & Lamont, A. (2021). Constructing and negotiating boundaries of morally acceptable alcohol use: A discursive psychology of justifying alcohol consumption. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 107057 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107057

UK society has a complex relationship with alcohol; it is ever-present within social activities, yet alcohol problems are heavily stigmatised. As such, the nuance of acceptability is a key focus for understanding societal perceptions and understandin... Read More about Constructing and negotiating boundaries of morally acceptable alcohol use: A discursive psychology of justifying alcohol consumption.