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Exploring the securitisation of climate change within the meaning of Article 39: mapping the narratives of UN Security Council intervention (2021)
Thesis
Murphy, A. (2021). Exploring the securitisation of climate change within the meaning of Article 39: mapping the narratives of UN Security Council intervention. (Thesis). Keele University

The IPCC is unequivocal that climate change is happening, and its consequences will continue to be devastating for the earth and humanity. The inadequacy of international climate law to mitigate the threat, makes it essential that we search for ways... Read More about Exploring the securitisation of climate change within the meaning of Article 39: mapping the narratives of UN Security Council intervention.

Livelihoods, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change of small-holder farmers in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (2021)
Thesis
Mwasha, S. I. (2021). Livelihoods, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change of small-holder farmers in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. (Thesis). Keele University

Climate change is expected to reduce food security in many African countries, and yield from rain-fed agriculture is projected to decline significantly. Future warming will persist even if current agreements on emission controls are put into action b... Read More about Livelihoods, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change of small-holder farmers in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Architectural elements in fluvial multi-storey sandbodies: deposition, preservation and numerical representation (2021)
Thesis
Mitten, A. J. (2021). Architectural elements in fluvial multi-storey sandbodies: deposition, preservation and numerical representation. (Thesis). Keele University

The recoverable proportion of known mobile resources from fluvial multi-storey sandbodies (MSBs) reservoirs is relatively low. The low recovery proportion can be attributed to a lack of a three-dimensional understanding of the reservoir architecture,... Read More about Architectural elements in fluvial multi-storey sandbodies: deposition, preservation and numerical representation.

Investigating health and work participation in later working life: multi-state modelling of Healthy Working Life Expectancy using national population datasets (2021)
Thesis
Parker, M. E. (2021). Investigating health and work participation in later working life: multi-state modelling of Healthy Working Life Expectancy using national population datasets. (Thesis). Keele University

Introduction Retirement ages are rising in many countries due to population ageing and increasing life expectancy. It is unclear whether people in later working life (age =50) are able to work for longer due to health conditions and a lack of job op... Read More about Investigating health and work participation in later working life: multi-state modelling of Healthy Working Life Expectancy using national population datasets.

Exploring the usage of edge gradients within images to perform coarse localisation (2021)
Thesis
Jarvis, D. G. (2021). Exploring the usage of edge gradients within images to perform coarse localisation. (Thesis). Keele University

With the rise in autonomous systems being integrated into the world around us, it has become increasingly important that theses systems have functions that allow the navigation of environments. One of the key functions is the recognition of the envir... Read More about Exploring the usage of edge gradients within images to perform coarse localisation.

The impact of guidelines on the use of imaging in osteoarthritis: a time trend analysis using electronic health record data (2021)
Thesis
Henry-Blake, C. J. (2021). The impact of guidelines on the use of imaging in osteoarthritis: a time trend analysis using electronic health record data. (Thesis). Keele University

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) suggests there is no role for routine radiography in the diagnosis of osteoarthritis (OA). It is not known how consistent this recommendation is across guidelines, or the impact of guidelin... Read More about The impact of guidelines on the use of imaging in osteoarthritis: a time trend analysis using electronic health record data.

Investigation into the role of long non-coding RNAs in neuroblastoma and glioma (2021)
Thesis
Bountali, A. (2021). Investigation into the role of long non-coding RNAs in neuroblastoma and glioma. (Thesis). Keele University

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play key roles in several processes in healthy and cancer settings and the underpinning mechanisms of their action are thoroughly investigated. In line with this, this study investigates the role of the lncRNA myocardia... Read More about Investigation into the role of long non-coding RNAs in neuroblastoma and glioma.

Structural characterisation of the human innate immune proteins FIBCD1 and surfactant proteins A and D (2021)
Thesis
Williams, H. M. (2021). Structural characterisation of the human innate immune proteins FIBCD1 and surfactant proteins A and D. (Thesis). Keele University

The surfactant proteins A and D (SP-A and SP-D) and fibrinogen C containing domain 1 (FIBCD1) are pattern recognition receptors, which recognise pathogens through the binding of carbohydrate residues embedded within surface structures. The work prese... Read More about Structural characterisation of the human innate immune proteins FIBCD1 and surfactant proteins A and D.

Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators (2021)
Journal Article
Davenward, B., Mirosch, N., Spencer, F., Jervis, J. R., Pringle, J. K., Stimpson, I. G., …Heaton, V. (2021). Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators. Geology Today, 37(2), 63-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12344

Locating murder victims buried within clandestine graves is one of the most important and difficult challenges for forensic search teams. This article details how applied geoscientists have been geophysically monitoring simulated clandestine burials,... Read More about Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators.

Clinical and cost effectiveness of a corticosteroid injection versus exercise therapy for shoulder pain in general practice: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (SIX Study). (2021)
Journal Article
Van Der Windt. (2021). Clinical and cost effectiveness of a corticosteroid injection versus exercise therapy for shoulder pain in general practice: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (SIX Study). BMJ Open, e050101 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050101

INTRODUCTION: Shoulder pain is common and the prognosis is often unfavourable. Dutch guidelines on the treatment of shoulder pain in primary care recommend a corticosteroid injection or a referral to exercise therapy, if initial pain management fails... Read More about Clinical and cost effectiveness of a corticosteroid injection versus exercise therapy for shoulder pain in general practice: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (SIX Study)..

Isolated Arthroscopic Lateral Retinacular Release for Lateral Patellar Compression Syndrome. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Isolated Arthroscopic Lateral Retinacular Release for Lateral Patellar Compression Syndrome. Life, https://doi.org/10.3390/life11040295

INTRODUCTION: Evidence concerning the role of isolated lateral retinacular release (LRR) for lateral patellar compression syndrome (LPCS) dates back at least three decades. Appropriate indications, execution and outcomes still remain unclear and cont... Read More about Isolated Arthroscopic Lateral Retinacular Release for Lateral Patellar Compression Syndrome..

Re-opening live events and large venues after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’: Behavioural risks and their mitigations (2021)
Journal Article
Stott. (2021). Re-opening live events and large venues after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’: Behavioural risks and their mitigations. Safety Science, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105243

This article reviews the behavioural risks and possible mitigations for re-opening large venues for sports and music events when Covid-19 infection rates and hospitalizations begin to decline. We describe the key variables that we suggest will affect... Read More about Re-opening live events and large venues after Covid-19 ‘lockdown’: Behavioural risks and their mitigations.

Discovery of Novel Sultone Fused Berberine Derivatives as Promising Tdp1 Inhibitors. (2021)
Journal Article
Reynisson. (2021). Discovery of Novel Sultone Fused Berberine Derivatives as Promising Tdp1 Inhibitors. Molecules, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26071945

A new type of berberine derivatives was obtained by the reaction of berberrubine with aliphatic sulfonyl chlorides. The new polycyclic compounds have a sultone ring condensed to C and D rings of a protoberberine core. The reaction conditions were dev... Read More about Discovery of Novel Sultone Fused Berberine Derivatives as Promising Tdp1 Inhibitors..

Failed Surgery for Patellar Tendinopathy in Athletes: Midterm Results of Further Surgical Management (2021)
Journal Article
Maffulli, N., Oliva, F., Maffulli, G. D., & Migliorini, F. (2021). Failed Surgery for Patellar Tendinopathy in Athletes: Midterm Results of Further Surgical Management. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 9(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/2325967121994550

Background: Tendon injuries are commonly seen in sports medicine practice. Many elite players involved in high-impact activities develop patellar tendinopathy (PT) symptoms. Of them, a small percentage will develop refractory PT and need to undergo s... Read More about Failed Surgery for Patellar Tendinopathy in Athletes: Midterm Results of Further Surgical Management.

The physiological and ergogenic effects of exercise training with low carbohydrate availability: a review (2021)
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with low carbohydrate availability: a review. https://doi.org/10.21252/k3za-8v42

Due to the importance of glycogen for energy production, research has traditionally recommended sufficient carbohydrate (CHO) availability to maximise exerciseperformance. However, recent evidence has suggested that undertaking some training sessions... Read More about The physiological and ergogenic effects of exercise training with low carbohydrate availability: a review.

Enumeration of Permutation Classes and Weighted Labelled Independent Sets (2021)
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Bean, C., Nadeau, É., & Ulfarsson, H. (2021). Enumeration of Permutation Classes and Weighted Labelled Independent Sets. Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, vol. 22 no. 2, Permutation Patterns 2019(Special issues), https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.5995

In this paper, we study the staircase encoding of permutations, which maps a permutation to a staircase grid with cells filled with permutations. We consider many cases, where restricted to a permutation class, the staircase encoding becomes a biject... Read More about Enumeration of Permutation Classes and Weighted Labelled Independent Sets.

Financial well-being of sportswomen (2021)
Journal Article
Mogaji, E., Badejo, F. A., Charles, S., & Millisits, J. (2021). Financial well-being of sportswomen. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 13(2), 299-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2021.1903530

Despite efforts to increase female participation and representation in sport, there has been little scholarly focus on sportswomen’s financial wel–being. The purpose of this study is to address this gap in the literature and to contribute to broadeni... Read More about Financial well-being of sportswomen.

Moving toward targeting the right phenotype with the right platelet-rich plasma (PRP) formulation for knee osteoarthritis. (2021)
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(2021). Moving toward targeting the right phenotype with the right platelet-rich plasma (PRP) formulation for knee osteoarthritis. Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, 1- 9. https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X211004336

Intra-articular injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and other novel blood-derived products developed specifically for osteoarthritis (OA) can provide pain relief and potential benefits in disease progression. Meta-analyses show the clinical supe... Read More about Moving toward targeting the right phenotype with the right platelet-rich plasma (PRP) formulation for knee osteoarthritis..

Dissecting the molecular diversity and commonality of bovine and human treponemes identifies key survival and adhesion mechanisms (2021)
Journal Article
Wastling. (2021). Dissecting the molecular diversity and commonality of bovine and human treponemes identifies key survival and adhesion mechanisms. PLOS pathogens a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science, e1009464 - e1009464. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009464

Here, we report the first complete genomes of three cultivable treponeme species from bovine digital dermatitis (DD) skin lesions, two comparative human treponemes, considered indistinguishable from bovine DD species, and a bovine gastrointestinal (G... Read More about Dissecting the molecular diversity and commonality of bovine and human treponemes identifies key survival and adhesion mechanisms.

The relation between older adults’ trust beliefs in nursing home carers and adjustment to residential care (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). The relation between older adults’ trust beliefs in nursing home carers and adjustment to residential care. Ageing and society, 1 - 17

The study examined the relation between older adults’ trust beliefs in nursing home carers (NHCs) and adjustment to residential care. Seventy-six older adults (mean age = 83 years,standard deviation = 7 years from UK nursing homes completed standardi... Read More about The relation between older adults’ trust beliefs in nursing home carers and adjustment to residential care.