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Musculoskeletal disorders, foot health and footwear choice in occupations involving prolonged standing (2021)
Journal Article
Anderson, J., Williams, A. E., & Nester, C. (2021). Musculoskeletal disorders, foot health and footwear choice in occupations involving prolonged standing. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 81, 103079--103079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2020.103079

Occupations that involve prolonged periods of standing and maintaining an upright posture are associated with an increased risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD), particularly of the lower back and lower extremities. Identifying factor... Read More about Musculoskeletal disorders, foot health and footwear choice in occupations involving prolonged standing.

Broadening diversity through creative involvement to identify research priorities (2021)
Journal Article
Tierney, S., Dawson, S., Boylan, A., Richards, G., Park, S., Turk, A., & Babatunde, O. (2021). Broadening diversity through creative involvement to identify research priorities. Research Involvement and Engagement, 1 - 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-020-00244-z

Background Patient and public involvement (PPI) can help with steering and shaping research prioritisation and execution. However, some groups of people may not be encouraged to take part and their voices may be seldom listened to in the production o... Read More about Broadening diversity through creative involvement to identify research priorities.

Laboratory and microcosm experiments reveal contrasted adaptive responses to ammonia and water mineralisation in aquatic stages of the sibling species Anopheles gambiae (sensu stricto) and Anopheles coluzzii. (2021)
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(2021). Laboratory and microcosm experiments reveal contrasted adaptive responses to ammonia and water mineralisation in aquatic stages of the sibling species Anopheles gambiae (sensu stricto) and Anopheles coluzzii. Parasites and Vectors, 17 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04483-7

BACKGROUND: The sibling species of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae (sensu stricto) and Anopheles coluzzii co-exist in many parts of West Africa and are thought to have recently diverged through a process of ecological speciation with gene flo... Read More about Laboratory and microcosm experiments reveal contrasted adaptive responses to ammonia and water mineralisation in aquatic stages of the sibling species Anopheles gambiae (sensu stricto) and Anopheles coluzzii..

A pilot study of a nurse-led integrated care review (the INCLUDE review) for people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions in primary care: feasibility study findings. (2021)
Journal Article
Hider, S. L., Bucknall, M., Jinks, C., Cooke, K., Cooke, K., Ediriweera Desilva, E., …Chew-Graham, C. A. (2021). A pilot study of a nurse-led integrated care review (the INCLUDE review) for people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions in primary care: feasibility study findings. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00750-7

BACKGROUND: People with inflammatory rheumatological conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis are at an increased risk of common comorbidities including card... Read More about A pilot study of a nurse-led integrated care review (the INCLUDE review) for people with inflammatory rheumatological conditions in primary care: feasibility study findings..

A Thematic Analysis of Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Bullying in UK Higher Education (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). A Thematic Analysis of Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Bullying in UK Higher Education. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 53-69. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.3669

Bullying in higher education (HE) has been relatively under-researched; despite its likely prevalence and impact on student wellbeing there is scant understanding of students’ lived experiences of bullying. We conducted online and physical focus grou... Read More about A Thematic Analysis of Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Bullying in UK Higher Education.

Ex Vivo Systems to Study Chondrogenic Differentiation and Cartilage Integration (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Ex Vivo Systems to Study Chondrogenic Differentiation and Cartilage Integration. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk6010006

<jats:p>Articular cartilage injury and repair is an issue of growing importance. Although common, defects of articular cartilage present a unique clinical challenge due to its poor self-healing capacity, which is largely due to its avascular nature.... Read More about Ex Vivo Systems to Study Chondrogenic Differentiation and Cartilage Integration.

Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. (2021)
Journal Article
Shoaib, A., Mohamed, M., Rashid, M., Khan, S. U., Parwani, P., Contractor, T., …Mamas, M. A. (2021). Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 96(1), 120 - 131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.05.047

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the management strategies, temporal trends, and clinical outcomes of patients with a history of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and presenting with acute myocardial infarction (MI). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We under... Read More about Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting..

Finding the Eye of the Octopus: the Limits of Regulating Outsourced Offender Probation in England and Wales (2021)
Journal Article
Corcoran. (2021). Finding the Eye of the Octopus: the Limits of Regulating Outsourced Offender Probation in England and Wales. https://doi.org/10.4000/rfcb.7888

This article discusses the constraints on, and conflicts over, the oversight and regulation of mixed public-private entities, using the part-privatisation of the probation service in England and Wales – a policy called Transforming Rehabilitation (TR... Read More about Finding the Eye of the Octopus: the Limits of Regulating Outsourced Offender Probation in England and Wales.

Supercritical emulsion extraction fabricated PLA/PLGA micro/nano carriers for growth factor delivery: Release profiles and cytotoxicity. (2021)
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(2021). Supercritical emulsion extraction fabricated PLA/PLGA micro/nano carriers for growth factor delivery: Release profiles and cytotoxicity. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 120108 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.120108

Controlled delivery of human growth factors is still a challenge in tissue engineering protocols, and poly-lactic acid and poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid carriers have been recently proposed for this purpose. Here, the microencapsulation of two human g... Read More about Supercritical emulsion extraction fabricated PLA/PLGA micro/nano carriers for growth factor delivery: Release profiles and cytotoxicity..

Targeting the 5’ untranslated region of SMN2 as a therapeutic strategy for spinal muscular atrophy (2021)
Journal Article
Bowerman. (2021). Targeting the 5’ untranslated region of SMN2 as a therapeutic strategy for spinal muscular atrophy. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids, 731-742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2020.12.027

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1). All patients have at least one copy of a paralog, SMN2, but a C-to-T transition in this gene results in exon 7 skipping in a maj... Read More about Targeting the 5’ untranslated region of SMN2 as a therapeutic strategy for spinal muscular atrophy.

Challenges in the management of people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in primary care: a qualitative study of general practitioner perspectives (2021)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2021). Challenges in the management of people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in primary care: a qualitative study of general practitioner perspectives. Chronic Illness, https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395320983871

Objectives: To explore the perspectives of general practitioners (GPs) on the identification and management of people, including those from ethnic minority groups, with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF). Methods: Qualitative stud... Read More about Challenges in the management of people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in primary care: a qualitative study of general practitioner perspectives.

Finding the Eye of the Octopus: The limits of regulating outsourced probation services in England and Wales (2021)
Journal Article
Corcoran. (2021). Finding the Eye of the Octopus: The limits of regulating outsourced probation services in England and Wales. https://doi.org/10.4000/rfcb.7888

This article discusses the constraints on, and conflicts over, the oversight and regulation of mixed public-private entities, using the part-privatisation of the probation service in England and Wales – a policy called Transforming Rehabilitation (TR... Read More about Finding the Eye of the Octopus: The limits of regulating outsourced probation services in England and Wales.

China goes green: coercive environmentalism for a troubled planet: by Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2020, vii + 240 pp., index. $64.95 (hardback), ISBN 9781509543113; $22.95 (paperback), ISBN 9781509543120 (2021)
Journal Article
Wang-Kaeding, H. (2021). China goes green: coercive environmentalism for a troubled planet: by Yifei Li and Judith Shapiro, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2020, vii + 240 pp., index. $64.95 (hardback), ISBN 9781509543113; $22.95 (paperback), ISBN 9781509543120. Environmental Politics, 30(4), 678-680. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1865738

The Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) for the Management of Non-union Fractures (2021)
Journal Article
Andersen, C., Wragg, N., Shariatzadeh, M., & Wilson, S. L. (2021). The Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) for the Management of Non-union Fractures. Current Osteoporosis Reports, 19, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11914-020-00643-x

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The treatment of non-union fractures represents a significant challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. In recent years, biologic agents have been investigated and utilised to support and improve bone healing. Among these agents, platele... Read More about The Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) for the Management of Non-union Fractures.

COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak (2021)
Journal Article
Yamada, Y., Ćepulić, D., Coll-Martín, T., Debove, S., Gautreau, G., Han, H., …Lieberoth, A. (2021). COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak. Scientific Data, 8(1), Article ARTN 3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00784-9

This N=173,426 social science dataset was collected through the collaborative COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey – an open science effort to improve understanding of the human experiences of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic between 30th March and 30th May, 2020. T... Read More about COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Queer juxtapositions in the art of Francis Bacon and Lilliput magazine (2021)
Journal Article
Janes. (2021). Queer juxtapositions in the art of Francis Bacon and Lilliput magazine. Visual Culture in Britain, 275-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/14714787.2020.1822755

Francis Bacon made extensive use of photographs and other images from the visual culture of his time in the production of works that were implicitly queer. Homosexual men were widely represented in prose and through cartoons as camply effeminate ‘pan... Read More about Queer juxtapositions in the art of Francis Bacon and Lilliput magazine.

Enabling artificial intelligence on a donation-based crowdfunding platform: a theoretical approach (2021)
Journal Article
Behl, A., Dutta, P., Luo, Z., & Sheorey, P. (2022). Enabling artificial intelligence on a donation-based crowdfunding platform: a theoretical approach. Annals of Operations Research, 319, 761–789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-020-03906-z

Individual or group donations form an important aspect of disaster relief operations. Donation-based crowdfunding (DBC) tasks are often listed on crowdfunding platforms to attract donors to donate for a specific reason in a stipulated time. As the fr... Read More about Enabling artificial intelligence on a donation-based crowdfunding platform: a theoretical approach.

SOUNDING A QUEER REBELLION LGBTI MUSICAL RESISTANCES IN LATIN AMERICA (2021)
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Montero Diaz, R. F., & Mesa Martinez, L. G. (2021). SOUNDING A QUEER REBELLION LGBTI MUSICAL RESISTANCES IN LATIN AMERICA. [https://www.queermusicprotest.com/en]

The Sounding a Queer Rebellion network website contains a new freely accessible database [3] of LGBTI musical activity, songs, productions, protests and projects that others can search and access. Designed as a strategy to start a community, this dat... Read More about SOUNDING A QUEER REBELLION LGBTI MUSICAL RESISTANCES IN LATIN AMERICA.