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Climate warming causes mast seeding to break down by reducing sensitivity to weather cues (2021)
Journal Article
Bogdziewicz, M., Hacket‐Pain, A., Kelly, D., Thomas, P. A., Lageard, J., & Tanentzap, A. J. (2021). Climate warming causes mast seeding to break down by reducing sensitivity to weather cues. Global Change Biology, 27(9), 1952-1961. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15560

Climate change is altering patterns of seed production worldwide with consequences for population recruitment and migration potential. For the many species that regenerate through synchronized, quasiperiodic reproductive events termed masting, these... Read More about Climate warming causes mast seeding to break down by reducing sensitivity to weather cues.

A Code of Ethics for Gene Drive Research. (2021)
Journal Article
Annas, G. J., Beisel, C. L., Clement, K., Crisanti, A., Francis, S., Galardini, M., …Keith Joung, J. (2021). A Code of Ethics for Gene Drive Research. The CRISPR Journal, 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1089/crispr.2020.0096

Gene drives hold promise for use in controlling insect vectors of diseases, agricultural pests, and for conservation of ecosystems against invasive species. At the same time, this technology comes with potential risks that include unknown downstream... Read More about A Code of Ethics for Gene Drive Research..

Effect of exercise on sleep and cardiopulmonary parameters in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension (2021)
Journal Article
Atef, H., & Abdeen, H. (2021). Effect of exercise on sleep and cardiopulmonary parameters in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension. Sleep and Breathing, 25(4), 1953-1960. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-020-02286-9

Background
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is considered to be a rare progressive disease resulting from restricted flow through the pulmonary arterial circulation resulting ultimately in right-sided heart failure. Most patients with PAH suffe... Read More about Effect of exercise on sleep and cardiopulmonary parameters in patients with pulmonary artery hypertension.

Host genotype and genetic diversity shape the evolution of a novel bacterial infection (2021)
Journal Article
Ekroth, A. K., Gerth, M., Stevens, E. J., Ford, S. A., & King, K. C. (2021). Host genotype and genetic diversity shape the evolution of a novel bacterial infection. ISME Journal, 15, 2146–2157

Pathogens continue to emerge from increased contact with novel host species. Whilst these hosts can represent distinct environments for pathogens, the impacts of host genetic background on how a pathogen evolves post-emergence are unclear. In a novel... Read More about Host genotype and genetic diversity shape the evolution of a novel bacterial infection.

French connection UK: the Dinard film festival and the politics of culture (2021)
Journal Article
Archer. (2021). French connection UK: the Dinard film festival and the politics of culture. Studies in European Cinema, 1 - 15. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411548.2021.1886454

This article looks at the thirty-year history of the Dinard Film Festival (until 2018, the Dinard Festival of British Film), with a particular focus on the financial support provided by bodies with industrial and/or cultural remits: specifically, the... Read More about French connection UK: the Dinard film festival and the politics of culture.

Associations Between Anxiety Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Population-Based Twin Study in Sri Lanka. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Associations Between Anxiety Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Population-Based Twin Study in Sri Lanka. Behavior Genetics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-021-10051-1

Anxiety not only concerns mental wellbeing but also negatively impacts other areas of health. Yet, there is limited research on (a) the genetic and environmental aetiology of such relationships; (b) sex differences in aetiology and (c) non-European s... Read More about Associations Between Anxiety Symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Population-Based Twin Study in Sri Lanka..

Mesenchymal stromal cell products for intra-articular knee injections for conservative management of osteoarthritis. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Mesenchymal stromal cell products for intra-articular knee injections for conservative management of osteoarthritis. Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 1759720X21996953 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X21996953

Sports injuries and secondary joint problems, mainly of the knee, are common, especially in sports associated with high impact activities and/or torsional loading. The consequences can be career ending in elite athletes and reduce exercise activities... Read More about Mesenchymal stromal cell products for intra-articular knee injections for conservative management of osteoarthritis..

Umbilical cord-derived Wharton's jelly for treatment of knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a non-randomized, open-label, multi-center trial (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Umbilical cord-derived Wharton's jelly for treatment of knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a non-randomized, open-label, multi-center trial. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 143 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02300-0

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder in the USA, and knee OA has the highest prevalence. Inflammation and decrease in vascularization are key factors in the degeneration of articular cartilage and the associated pain and... Read More about Umbilical cord-derived Wharton's jelly for treatment of knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a non-randomized, open-label, multi-center trial.

The creation of a confidence scale: the confidence in managing challenging situations scale (2021)
Journal Article
Walsh, P., Owen, P., & Mustafa, N. (2021). The creation of a confidence scale: the confidence in managing challenging situations scale. Journal of Research in Nursing, 174498712097927 - 174498712097927. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987120979272

Background
Self-confidence and self-efficacy are vital psychological constructs that can affect a student’s performance.

Aims
To measure the level of confidence in nursing students in managing challenging situations in clinical practice settings... Read More about The creation of a confidence scale: the confidence in managing challenging situations scale.

Evaluation of African Maize Cultivars for Resistance to Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae (2021)
Journal Article
Chiriboga Morales, X., Tamiru, A., Sobhy, I., Bruce, T., Midega, C., & Khan, Z. (2021). Evaluation of African Maize Cultivars for Resistance to Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae. Plants, 392 - 392. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10020392

The fall armyworm (FAW) has recently invaded and become an important pest of maize in Africa causing yield losses reaching up to a third of maize annual production. The present study evaluated different aspects of resistance of six maize cultivars, c... Read More about Evaluation of African Maize Cultivars for Resistance to Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae.

Tunable van Hove singularities and correlated states in twisted monolayer–bilayer graphene (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, S., Al Ezzi, M. M., Balakrishnan, N., Garcia-Ruiz, A., Tsim, B., Mullan, C., …Shi, Y. (2021). Tunable van Hove singularities and correlated states in twisted monolayer–bilayer graphene. Nature Physics, 17, 619–626. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01172-9

Understanding and tuning correlated states is of great interest and significance to modern condensed matter physics. The recent discovery of unconventional superconductivity and Mott-like insulating states in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (tBL... Read More about Tunable van Hove singularities and correlated states in twisted monolayer–bilayer graphene.

Preparing for the Next Pandemic: the International Health Regulations and World Health Organization during COVID-19 (2021)
Book Chapter
(2021). Preparing for the Next Pandemic: the International Health Regulations and World Health Organization during COVID-19. In Yearbook of International Disaster Law

In this chapter we will focus on how the current IHR have limited utility during a pandemic, most notably in respect of a coordinated approach among states and international institutions and across international legal regimes to deliver the assets th... Read More about Preparing for the Next Pandemic: the International Health Regulations and World Health Organization during COVID-19.

Production of High Value Amine Intermediates via Biocatalytic Cascades in Continuous Flow (2021)
Journal Article
Baldwin, C., Thompson, M., Turner, N., Pamer, R., Ford, G., Citoler, J., …Cosgrove, S. (2021). Production of High Value Amine Intermediates via Biocatalytic Cascades in Continuous Flow. ChemRxiv, https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.14039141.v1

<jats:p>A key aim of biocatalysis is to mimic the ability of eukaryotic cells to carry out compartmentalized multistep cascades in a controlled and selective way. As biocatalytic cascades get longer and more complex, reactions become unattainable und... Read More about Production of High Value Amine Intermediates via Biocatalytic Cascades in Continuous Flow.

“We Shall Overcome”: First-Person Plural Pronouns From Search Volume Data Predict Protest Mobilization Across the United States (2021)
Journal Article
Adam-Troian, J., Bonetto, E., & Arciszewski, T. (2021). “We Shall Overcome”: First-Person Plural Pronouns From Search Volume Data Predict Protest Mobilization Across the United States. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(8), https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620987672

Collective action is a key driver of social and political change within societies. So far, the main factor mobilizing individuals into collective action remains the extent to which they feel identified with a protesting group (i.e., social identifica... Read More about “We Shall Overcome”: First-Person Plural Pronouns From Search Volume Data Predict Protest Mobilization Across the United States.

Misdiagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2021)
Journal Article
Kwok, C. S., Bennett, S., Azam, Z., Welsh, V., Potluri, R., Loke, Y. K., & Mallen, C. D. (2021). Misdiagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Critical Pathways in Cardiology: A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 20(3), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1097/HPC.0000000000000256

Background: Despite the availability of tests to diagnose acute myocardial infarction (AMI), cases are still missed. Methods: We systematically reviewed the literature to determine how missed AMI has been defined, the reported rates of misdiagnosed A... Read More about Misdiagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

CERTL reduces C16 ceramide, amyloid-ß levels, and inflammation in a model of Alzheimer's disease (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). CERTL reduces C16 ceramide, amyloid-ß levels, and inflammation in a model of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 45 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-021-00780-0

BACKGROUND: Dysregulation of ceramide and sphingomyelin levels have been suggested to contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Ceramide transfer proteins (CERTs) are ceramide carriers which are crucial for ceramide and sphingomyeli... Read More about CERTL reduces C16 ceramide, amyloid-ß levels, and inflammation in a model of Alzheimer's disease.

Discovery of novel Hsp90 C-terminal domain inhibitors that disrupt co-chaperone binding. (2021)
Journal Article
Reynisson. (2021). Discovery of novel Hsp90 C-terminal domain inhibitors that disrupt co-chaperone binding. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.127857

Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is an essential molecular chaperone that performs vital stress-related and housekeeping functions in cells and is a current therapeutic target for diseases such as cancers. Particularly, the development of Hsp90 C-termin... Read More about Discovery of novel Hsp90 C-terminal domain inhibitors that disrupt co-chaperone binding..