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Electrical and immunohistochemical properties of cochlear fibrocytes in 3D cell culture and in the excised spiral ligament of mice (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Electrical and immunohistochemical properties of cochlear fibrocytes in 3D cell culture and in the excised spiral ligament of mice. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 183-193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10162-021-00833-z

Fibrocyte degeneration in the cochlear lateral wall is one possible pathology of age-related metabolic hearing loss (presbycusis). Within the lateral wall fibrocytes play a role in potassium recycling and maintenance of the endocochlear potential. It... Read More about Electrical and immunohistochemical properties of cochlear fibrocytes in 3D cell culture and in the excised spiral ligament of mice.

Non-Newtonian and viscoplastic models of a vertically-aligned thick liquid film draining due to gravity (2022)
Journal Article
Naire, S., & Alahmadi, H. N. (2022). Non-Newtonian and viscoplastic models of a vertically-aligned thick liquid film draining due to gravity. Physics of Fluids, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0075248

We consider theoretically the two-dimensional flow in a vertically-aligned thick liquid film supported at the top and bottom by wire frames. The film gradually thins as the liquid drains due to gravity. We focus on investigating the influence of non-... Read More about Non-Newtonian and viscoplastic models of a vertically-aligned thick liquid film draining due to gravity.

Subgroup effects of non-surgical and non-pharmacological treatment of patients with hand osteoarthritis: a protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis. (2022)
Journal Article
Dziedzic, & Nicholls. (2022). Subgroup effects of non-surgical and non-pharmacological treatment of patients with hand osteoarthritis: a protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis. BMJ Open, e057156 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057156

INTRODUCTION: Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disorder in the adult population. No cure for hand OA is known yet, but treatment aims to reduce symptoms. Non-surgical and non-pharmacological therapy interventions can include splinting, pati... Read More about Subgroup effects of non-surgical and non-pharmacological treatment of patients with hand osteoarthritis: a protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis..

Determining the influence of different linking patterns on the stability of students' score adjustments produced using Video-based Examiner Score Comparison and Adjustment (VESCA). (2022)
Journal Article
Yeates, P., McCray, G., Moult, A., Cope, N., Fuller, R., & McKinley, R. (2022). Determining the influence of different linking patterns on the stability of students' score adjustments produced using Video-based Examiner Score Comparison and Adjustment (VESCA). BMC Medical Education, 22, Article 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03115-1

BACKGROUND: Ensuring equivalence of examiners' judgements across different groups of examiners is a priority for large scale performance assessments in clinical education, both to enhance fairness and reassure the public. This study extends insight i... Read More about Determining the influence of different linking patterns on the stability of students' score adjustments produced using Video-based Examiner Score Comparison and Adjustment (VESCA)..

Identification of metallic objects using spectral magnetic polarizability tensor signatures: Object classification (2022)
Journal Article
Wilson, B. A., Ledger, P. D., & Lionheart, W. R. B. (2022). Identification of metallic objects using spectral magnetic polarizability tensor signatures: Object classification. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 123(9), 2076-2111. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6927

The early detection of terrorist threat objects, such as guns and knives, through improved metal detection, has the potential to reduce the number of attacks and improve public safety and security. To achieve this, there is considerable potential to... Read More about Identification of metallic objects using spectral magnetic polarizability tensor signatures: Object classification.

Conceptualising and Teaching Biomedical Uncertainty to Medical Students: an Exploratory Qualitative Study (2022)
Journal Article
Lukšaitė, E., Fricker, R., McKinley, R., & Dikomitis, L. (2022). Conceptualising and Teaching Biomedical Uncertainty to Medical Students: an Exploratory Qualitative Study. Medical Science Educator, 32, 371–378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01481-x

Introduction Certainty/uncertainty in medicine is a topic of popular debate. This study aims to understand how biomedical uncertainty is conceptualised by academic medical educators and how it is taught in a medical school in the UK. Methods This is... Read More about Conceptualising and Teaching Biomedical Uncertainty to Medical Students: an Exploratory Qualitative Study.

Low-frequency vibrations of a thin-walled functionally graded cylinder (plane strain problem) (2022)
Journal Article
Ege, N., Erbas, B., Kaplunov, J., & Noori, N. (2022). Low-frequency vibrations of a thin-walled functionally graded cylinder (plane strain problem). Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2022.2028948

Low frequency vibrations of a thin walled functionally graded cylinder are considered within the plane strain framework. The dynamic relations in elasticity are subject to asymptotic analysis over cylinder cross section resulting in a consistent appr... Read More about Low-frequency vibrations of a thin-walled functionally graded cylinder (plane strain problem).

Distribution and conservation status of the mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) in Peru (2022)
Journal Article
More, A., Devenish, C., Carrillo-Tavara, K., P. Piana, R., Lopez-Malaga, C., Vega-Guarderas, Z., & Nuñez-Cortez, E. (2022). Distribution and conservation status of the mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) in Peru. Journal for Nature Conservation, 66, Article 126130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126130

The mountain tapir Tapirus pinchaque is one of the largest and most threatened mammals of the northern South American Andes. It is distributed in montane forests and paramos mainly above 2000 m, from Colombia to north Peru. The species is categorised... Read More about Distribution and conservation status of the mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) in Peru.

Healing pattern of the cervical stroma following cold coagulation treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: A case report (2022)
Journal Article
Papoutsis, D., Williams, J., Underwood, M., & Parry-Smith, W. (2022). Healing pattern of the cervical stroma following cold coagulation treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: A case report. Oncology Letters, 23, Article 81. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2022.13201

Cold coagulation of the cervix for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), when compared with cervical excision, has previously demonstrated comparable cure rates and a reduction in the rate of spontaneous preterm birth. In the present report the h... Read More about Healing pattern of the cervical stroma following cold coagulation treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: A case report.

REVAMPING THE TRADITIONAL PRESENTATION: USING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE A MORE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Higson-Bliss, L. (2022, January). REVAMPING THE TRADITIONAL PRESENTATION: USING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE A MORE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT. Paper presented at Keele Education Conference 2022, Keele University, Keele, N-U-L, Staffs, England

Anxiety amongst university students is common across the sector (January, Madhombiro, Chipamaunga et al., 2018). Add to the mix public speaking as a form of assessment, anxiety levels rise (Raja, 2017). There is no doubt that there is a place for the... Read More about REVAMPING THE TRADITIONAL PRESENTATION: USING TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE A MORE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT.

Parameters of the eclipsing binary a Draconis observed by TESS and SONG (2022)
Journal Article
Hey, D. R., Kochoska, A., Monier, R., Kochukhov, O., Johnston, C., Bedding, T. R., …Pallé, P. L. (2022). Parameters of the eclipsing binary a Draconis observed by TESS and SONG. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(2), 2648-2658. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac020

We present an analysis of the eclipsing single-lined spectroscopic binary system a Dra based on photometry from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission and newly acquired spectroscopic measurements. Recently discovered to have eclips... Read More about Parameters of the eclipsing binary a Draconis observed by TESS and SONG.

Transcriptional programs regulating neuronal differentiation are disrupted in DLG2 knockout human embryonic stem cells and enriched for schizophrenia and related disorders risk variants (2022)
Journal Article
Sanders, B., D’Andrea, D., Collins, M. O., Rees, E., Steward, T. G., Zhu, Y., …Shin, E. (2022). Transcriptional programs regulating neuronal differentiation are disrupted in DLG2 knockout human embryonic stem cells and enriched for schizophrenia and related disorders risk variants. Nature communications, 13, Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27601-0

Coordinated programs of gene expression drive brain development. It is unclear which transcriptional programs, in which cell-types, are affected in neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia. Here we integrate human genetics with transcriptomic... Read More about Transcriptional programs regulating neuronal differentiation are disrupted in DLG2 knockout human embryonic stem cells and enriched for schizophrenia and related disorders risk variants.

V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object): still churning out the dust (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object): still churning out the dust. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 713-722. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac095

We present a 0.8–2.5 µm spectrum of the Very Late Thermal Pulse object V4334 Sgr (Sakurai’s Object), obtained in 2020 September. The spectrum displays a continuum that rises strongly to longer wavelengths, and is considerably brighter than the most r... Read More about V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object): still churning out the dust.

Contagion testing in frontier markets under alternative stressful S&P 500 market scenarios (2022)
Journal Article
Mahadeo, S. M., Heinlein, R., & Legrenzi, G. (2022). Contagion testing in frontier markets under alternative stressful S&P 500 market scenarios. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 60, Article 101629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2021.101629

We use alternative approaches to identify stable and stressful scenarios in the S&P 500 market, to offer a new perspective for constructing contagion tests in recipient frontier markets vulnerable to disturbances from this source market. The S&P 500... Read More about Contagion testing in frontier markets under alternative stressful S&P 500 market scenarios.

No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being (2022)
Book Chapter
Wright-Bevans, K., & Lamont, A. (2022). No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being. In The Oxford Handbook of the Positive Humanities (278-285). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190064570.013.24

This chapter explores the specific role of the arts and humanities in developing well-being through community and social support. The authors review research evidence from the arts (music, drama, dance, art, crafts) and humanities (history, literatur... Read More about No Man Is an Island: How Community Arts and Social Support Underpin Well-Being.

Trend, predictors, and outcomes of combined mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft in patients with concomitant mitral valve and coronary artery disease: a National Inpatient Sample database analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Ullah, W., Gul, S., Saleem, S., Syed, M. A., Khan, M. Z., Zahid, S., …Fischman, D. L. (2022). Trend, predictors, and outcomes of combined mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft in patients with concomitant mitral valve and coronary artery disease: a National Inpatient Sample database analysis. European Heart Journal Open, 2(1), Article oeac002. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeac002

Aims: Combined mitral valve replacement (MVR) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures have been the norm for patients with concomitant mitral valve disease (MVD) and coronary artery disease (CAD) with no large-scale data on their safety an... Read More about Trend, predictors, and outcomes of combined mitral valve replacement and coronary artery bypass graft in patients with concomitant mitral valve and coronary artery disease: a National Inpatient Sample database analysis.

Completeness of reporting of clinical prediction models developed using supervised machine learning: a systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Navarro, C. L. A., Nijman, S. W. J., Dhiman, P., Ma, J., Collins, G. S., Takada, T., …Hooft, L. (2022). Completeness of reporting of clinical prediction models developed using supervised machine learning: a systematic review. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 22(1), Article ARTN 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01469-6

BACKGROUND: While many studies have consistently found incomplete reporting of regression-based prediction model studies, evidence is lacking for machine learning-based prediction model studies. We aim to systematically review the adherence of Machin... Read More about Completeness of reporting of clinical prediction models developed using supervised machine learning: a systematic review.

A pair of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright K-dwarf TOI-1064 characterized with CHEOPS (2022)
Journal Article
Maxted. (2022). A pair of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright K-dwarf TOI-1064 characterized with CHEOPS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1043 - 1071. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3799

We report the discovery and characterization of a pair of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright K-dwarf TOI-1064 (TIC 79748331), initially detected in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) photometry. To characterize the system, we performed... Read More about A pair of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright K-dwarf TOI-1064 characterized with CHEOPS.