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Changing research paradigms of blockchain for businesses: Proposing a M.A.L.T framework (2022)
Journal Article
Behl, A. (2022). Changing research paradigms of blockchain for businesses: Proposing a M.A.L.T framework. Journal of High Technology Management Research, 33(1), Article 100428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hitech.2022.100428

Blockchain is a revolutionary technology with the potential to support business operations by adding value to the existing value chain of a company (Gorkhali & Chowdhury, 2021; Xu, Chen, & Kou, 2019). With distributed ledger technology, permissioned... Read More about Changing research paradigms of blockchain for businesses: Proposing a M.A.L.T framework.

Variability in test interval is linked to glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) trajectory over time in people with diabetes (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Fryer, A., Holland, D., Stedman, M., Duff, C., Green, L., Scargill, J., …Heald, A. (2022, March). Variability in test interval is linked to glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) trajectory over time in people with diabetes. Poster presented at Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2022, Hybrid/Online

Introduction: Frequency of HbA1c testing links to outcome in terms of HbA1c control in diabetes. The influence of the variability of test-retest interval on HbA1c change needs to be determined.

Methods: HbA1c results were collected from laboratory... Read More about Variability in test interval is linked to glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) trajectory over time in people with diabetes.

THE SUBGROUP EFFECTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENT WITH HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS - A PROTOCOL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA META-ANALYSIS IN THE OA TRIAL BANK (2022)
Journal Article
Thissen, G., Middelkoop van, M., Colaris, J., Selles, R., Dziedzic, K., Nicholls, E., & Bierma-Zeinstra, S. (2022). THE SUBGROUP EFFECTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENT WITH HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS - A PROTOCOL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA META-ANALYSIS IN THE OA TRIAL BANK. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 30, S423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2022.02.577

Purpose: The hand joints are frequently affected by osteoarthritis (OA) in the adult population. Patients whose pain and disability are persistent may benefit from surgical treatment. However, based on current evidence, small and moderate effect size... Read More about THE SUBGROUP EFFECTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENT WITH HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS - A PROTOCOL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA META-ANALYSIS IN THE OA TRIAL BANK.

PREDICTION MODELS TO ESTIMATE FUTURE INDIVIDUAL RISK OF OSTEOARTHRITIS IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (2022)
Journal Article
Appleyard, T., Antcliff, D., Thomas, M., & Peat, G. (2022). PREDICTION MODELS TO ESTIMATE FUTURE INDIVIDUAL RISK OF OSTEOARTHRITIS IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 30, S22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2022.02.019

Purpose: The need for health systems to shift from late, reactive care of osteoarthritis (OA) to earlier, preventative strategies is widely acknowledged. Rigorously derived and validated models capable of predicting future individual-level risk of OA... Read More about PREDICTION MODELS TO ESTIMATE FUTURE INDIVIDUAL RISK OF OSTEOARTHRITIS IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS FLARES: A SCOPING REVIEW OF BEHAVIORAL, LIFESTYLE AND ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENTS (2022)
Journal Article
Bowden, J., Kobayashi, S., Hunter, D., Mills, K., Peat, G., Guillemin, F., …Eyles, J. (2022). CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS FLARES: A SCOPING REVIEW OF BEHAVIORAL, LIFESTYLE AND ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENTS. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 30(S1), S396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2022.02.532

Purpose: Transient episodes of increased pain, swelling and stiffness are common in people with osteoarthritis (OA). These episodes, commonly known as OA flares, can be distressing, disabling, and prompt informal and formal care-seeking. Yet evidence... Read More about CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS FLARES: A SCOPING REVIEW OF BEHAVIORAL, LIFESTYLE AND ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENTS.

Dynamics in a stellar convective layer and at its boundary: Comparison of five 3D hydrodynamics codes (2022)
Journal Article
Andrassy, R., Higl, J., Mao, H., Mocak, M., Vlaykov, D. G., Arnett, W. D., …Woodward, P. (2022). Dynamics in a stellar convective layer and at its boundary: Comparison of five 3D hydrodynamics codes. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 659, Article ARTN A193. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142557

Our ability to predict the structure and evolution of stars is in part limited by complex, 3D hydrodynamic processes such as convective boundary mixing. Hydrodynamic simulations help us understand the dynamics of stellar convection and convective bou... Read More about Dynamics in a stellar convective layer and at its boundary: Comparison of five 3D hydrodynamics codes.

The Impact of the EU-UK Free Trade Agreement on the UK Economy (2022)
Book Chapter
Syrrakos, D., Shand, R., & Simpson, K. (2022). The Impact of the EU-UK Free Trade Agreement on the UK Economy. In Doing Business After Brexit A Practical Guide to the Legal Changes. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781526520395.chapter-002

Dimitrios Syrrakos Rory Shand Kathryn Simpson The end of the Brexit transition period and the implementation of the EU-UK Free Trade and Cooperation Agreement has added to the UK heightened economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic lockdowns. The s... Read More about The Impact of the EU-UK Free Trade Agreement on the UK Economy.

Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices amongst Women in Qatar (2022)
Journal Article
Hamed, E., Alemrayat, B., Syed, M., Daher-Nashif, S., Rasheed, H., & Kane, T. (2022). Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices amongst Women in Qatar. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 3995 - 3995. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073995

<jats:p>This cross-sectional study examines knowledge, attitudes, and practices surrounding breast cancer awareness and screening among women residents in Qatar. Females, &gt;18 years old, registered with the Primary Health Care Corporation were invi... Read More about Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices amongst Women in Qatar.

Unique molecular characteristics of NAFLD-associated liver cancer accentuate ß-catenin/TNFRSF19-mediated immune evasion (2022)
Journal Article
Wong, A. M., Ding, X., Wong, A. M., Xu, M., Zhang, L., Leung, H. H., …Wong, N. (2022). Unique molecular characteristics of NAFLD-associated liver cancer accentuate ß-catenin/TNFRSF19-mediated immune evasion. Journal of Hepatology, 77(2), 410-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2022.03.015

Background & Aims
Metabolic syndrome can lead to the clinical manifestation of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as part of the natural history of NAFLD. Despite a strong causative link, NAFLD-HCC is often... Read More about Unique molecular characteristics of NAFLD-associated liver cancer accentuate ß-catenin/TNFRSF19-mediated immune evasion.

Sociocultural insights on dementia care-giving in Arab and Muslim communities: the perspectives of family care-givers (2022)
Journal Article
Hammad, S. H., Daher-Nashif, S., Kane, T., & Al-Wattary, N. (2022). Sociocultural insights on dementia care-giving in Arab and Muslim communities: the perspectives of family care-givers. Ageing and society, Article PII S0144686X22000277. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000277

Little is known about the experiences of informal family care-giving for persons with ADRD in the context of Arab and Muslim communities. This paper offers fresh insight into the less-studied private sphere of the home, showing how families respond t... Read More about Sociocultural insights on dementia care-giving in Arab and Muslim communities: the perspectives of family care-givers.

V456 Cyg: An eclipsing binary with tidally perturbed g-mode pulsations (2022)
Journal Article
Van Reeth, T., Southworth, J., Van Beeck, J., & Bowman, D. M. (2022). V456 Cyg: An eclipsing binary with tidally perturbed g-mode pulsations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 659, Article ARTN A177. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142833

Context. Many well-known bright stars have been observed by the ongoing transiting exoplanet survey satellite (TESS) space mission. For several of them, these new data reveal previously unobserved variability, such as tidally perturbed pulsations in... Read More about V456 Cyg: An eclipsing binary with tidally perturbed g-mode pulsations.

When change is wrong: Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments and the Post-Truth Era (2022)
Book Chapter
Sabharwal, P. (2022). When change is wrong: Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments and the Post-Truth Era. In Blogs and Essays in Honour of Prof. Dr. Aalt willem Heringa (53-57)

The concept of “unconstitutional constitutional amendments” (UCA) has been
proffered as a potential way out of the increasing quandary of democratic backsliding in an era of post-truth politics, which is not merely a phenomenon in the Western world,... Read More about When change is wrong: Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments and the Post-Truth Era.

Heterogeneous data fusion for the improved non-destructive detection of steel-reinforcement defects using echo state networks (2022)
Journal Article
Wootton, A. J., Day, C., & Haycock, P. W. (2022). Heterogeneous data fusion for the improved non-destructive detection of steel-reinforcement defects using echo state networks. Structural Health Monitoring, 21(6), 2910-2921. https://doi.org/10.1177/14759217221080718

The degradation of roads is an expensive problem: in the UK alone, £27 billion was spent on road repairs between 2013 and 2019. One potential cost-saver is the early, non-destructive detection of faults. There are many available techniques, each with... Read More about Heterogeneous data fusion for the improved non-destructive detection of steel-reinforcement defects using echo state networks.

Does Exercise Reduce Depressive Symptoms? Commentary Review on Efficacy, Mechanisms and Implementation (2022)
Journal Article
Campbell, P. (2022). Does Exercise Reduce Depressive Symptoms? Commentary Review on Efficacy, Mechanisms and Implementation. Anxiety and Depression Journal, 3(1), 1-6

This commentary review evaluates current review and meta-analysis evidence on the association between exercise and depression. Collectively this evidence demonstrates a clear and robust effect of depressive symptom reduction as a result of exercise,... Read More about Does Exercise Reduce Depressive Symptoms? Commentary Review on Efficacy, Mechanisms and Implementation.

TREATMENT ACCEPTABILITY AND ENGAGEMENT AMONGST PATIENTS ON ORAL AND INTRAVENOUS BISPHOSPHONATES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Narayanasamy, M., Bishop, S., Sahota, O., Leonardi-Bee, J., Paskins, Z., Gittoes, N., …Cottrell, E. (2022, March). TREATMENT ACCEPTABILITY AND ENGAGEMENT AMONGST PATIENTS ON ORAL AND INTRAVENOUS BISPHOSPHONATES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY. Poster presented at World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2022), Virtual

Objective: To explore treatment acceptability and engagement amongst patients prescribed oral and intravenous bisphosphonate treatment regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures.

Methods: Semistructured interviews were conduct... Read More about TREATMENT ACCEPTABILITY AND ENGAGEMENT AMONGST PATIENTS ON ORAL AND INTRAVENOUS BISPHOSPHONATES: A QUALITATIVE STUDY.

Influenza vaccine improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2022)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2022). Influenza vaccine improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 102311 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102311

BACKGROUND: There are inconsistent data on the clinical benefit of the influenza vaccine on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Therefore, the aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of the influenza vaccine on... Read More about Influenza vaccine improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis..

Politics of commemoration and memory (2022)
Book Chapter
Richardson. (2022). Politics of commemoration and memory. In Applied Linguistics and Politics

Adopting a Gramscian theoretical framework, the five parts of this volume focus on the various ways in which the political is discursively and materially realized in its dialogic co-constructions within the media, the economy, culture and ...

New approaches suggest term and preterm human fetal membranes may have distinct biomechanical properties. (2022)
Journal Article
Yang, & Wu. (2022). New approaches suggest term and preterm human fetal membranes may have distinct biomechanical properties. Scientific reports, 12, Article 5109. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09005-2

Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes is the leading cause of preterm birth and its associated infant mortality and morbidity. However, its underlying mechanism remains unknown. We utilized two novel biomechanical assessment techniques, ball indenta... Read More about New approaches suggest term and preterm human fetal membranes may have distinct biomechanical properties..

Behavioural Activation for Social IsoLation (BASIL+) trial (Behavioural activation to mitigate depression and loneliness among older people with long-term conditions): Protocol for a fully-powered pragmatic randomised controlled trial. (2022)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2022). Behavioural Activation for Social IsoLation (BASIL+) trial (Behavioural activation to mitigate depression and loneliness among older people with long-term conditions): Protocol for a fully-powered pragmatic randomised controlled trial. PloS one, e0263856 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263856

Introduction

Depression is a leading mental health problem worldwide. People with long-term conditions are at increased risk of experiencing depression. The COVID-19 pandemic led to strict social restrictions being imposed across the UK population... Read More about Behavioural Activation for Social IsoLation (BASIL+) trial (Behavioural activation to mitigate depression and loneliness among older people with long-term conditions): Protocol for a fully-powered pragmatic randomised controlled trial..