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Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., Sheikh, S., Dikomitis, L., Haq, M. M. U., Khan, A. J., Sanauddin, N., …Lewis, M. (2023). Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(7), e072471. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072471

Objectives: In low/middle-income countries (LMICs), more than half of patients with first-episode psychosis initially seek treatment from traditional and religious healers as their first care. This contributes to an excessively long duration of untre... Read More about Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.

Is there a difference in the analgesic response to intra-articular bupivacaine injection in people with knee osteoarthritis pain with or without central sensitisation? Protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article
Zedan, Y., Knaggs, R., Cooper, D., Kurien, T., Walsh, D. A., Auer, D. P., & Scammell, B. E. (2023). Is there a difference in the analgesic response to intra-articular bupivacaine injection in people with knee osteoarthritis pain with or without central sensitisation? Protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(7), e072138. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072138

Introduction: Pain is the main symptom of osteoarthritis (OA) with approximately 50% of patients reporting moderate-to-severe pain. Total knee replacement (TKR) is the ultimate treatment option to alleviate pain in knee OA. Nevertheless, TKR does not... Read More about Is there a difference in the analgesic response to intra-articular bupivacaine injection in people with knee osteoarthritis pain with or without central sensitisation? Protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Protocol for the mixed methods, Managing young people (aged 16–25) with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Primary care (MAP) study: mapping current practice and co-producing guidance to improve healthcare in an underserved population (2023)
Journal Article
Price, A., Smith, J. R., Mughal, F., Salimi, A., Melendez-Torres, G. J., & Newlove-Delgado, T. (2023). Protocol for the mixed methods, Managing young people (aged 16–25) with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Primary care (MAP) study: mapping current practice and co-producing guidance to improve healthcare in an underserved population. BMJ Open, 13(7), Article e068184. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068184

Introduction: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder in children and adolescents, with an average worldwide prevalence of 5%. Up to 40% of young people continue to experience symptoms into adult... Read More about Protocol for the mixed methods, Managing young people (aged 16–25) with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Primary care (MAP) study: mapping current practice and co-producing guidance to improve healthcare in an underserved population.

Three Saturn-mass planets transiting F-type stars revealed with TESS and HARPS: TOI-615b, TOI-622b, and TOI-2641b (2023)
Journal Article
Psaridi, A., Bouchy, F., Lendl, M., Akinsanmi, B., Stassun, K. G., Smalley, B., …Zapata, A. (2023). Three Saturn-mass planets transiting F-type stars revealed with TESS and HARPS: TOI-615b, TOI-622b, and TOI-2641b. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 675, A39. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346406

While the sample of confirmed exoplanets continues to grow, the population of transiting exoplanets around early-type stars is still limited. These planets allow us to investigate the planet properties and formation pathways over a wide range of stel... Read More about Three Saturn-mass planets transiting F-type stars revealed with TESS and HARPS: TOI-615b, TOI-622b, and TOI-2641b.

Chemical synthesis of fluorinated carbocyclic nucleoside analogues (2023)
Thesis
Benckendorff, C. M. M. (2023). Chemical synthesis of fluorinated carbocyclic nucleoside analogues. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/529473

Since the discovery of their pharmaceutical potential, nucleoside analogues have become one of the most important classes of chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of many cancers and viral infections. In many chronic illnesses, such as HBV or HIV... Read More about Chemical synthesis of fluorinated carbocyclic nucleoside analogues.

Stratified primary care for adults with musculoskeletal pain: the STarT MSK research programme including RCTs (2023)
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E Foster, N., M Dunn, K., Protheroe, J., C Hill, J., Lewis, M., Saunders, B., …Chudyk, A. (2023). Stratified primary care for adults with musculoskeletal pain: the STarT MSK research programme including RCTs. NIHR

Background Usual primary care for patients with musculoskeletal pain varies widely and treatment outcomes are suboptimal. Stratified care involves targeting treatments according to patient subgroups, in the hope of maximising treatment benefit and re... Read More about Stratified primary care for adults with musculoskeletal pain: the STarT MSK research programme including RCTs.

Evolutionary computing in sound synthesis and interactive algorithmic composition (2023)
Thesis
Brook, M. G. (2023). Evolutionary computing in sound synthesis and interactive algorithmic composition. (Thesis). Keele University

Interactive genetic algorithms (IGAs) present an intriguing and productive way to explore problem space in creative applications and a variety of work has been carried out in this area. This thesis explores the potential for the application of IGAs t... Read More about Evolutionary computing in sound synthesis and interactive algorithmic composition.

Between pragmatism and ideology: role-conflict management in Turkey’s foreign policy towards Israel under the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), 2002-2022 (2023)
Thesis
Çelik, A. (2023). Between pragmatism and ideology: role-conflict management in Turkey’s foreign policy towards Israel under the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), 2002-2022. (Thesis). Keele University

The opposed tendencies in Turkey’s foreign policy—shifting between pragmatism and ideology—have become an issue of debate in both political and academic circles ever since the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party, or AKP) came to... Read More about Between pragmatism and ideology: role-conflict management in Turkey’s foreign policy towards Israel under the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), 2002-2022.

Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources (2023)
Thesis
Moore, S. B. (2023). Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources. (Thesis). Keele University

Previous research has highlighted the importance of attention in the allocation of visual short-term memory (vSTM) resources. However, much of this research examined performance across a single feature dimension (e.g., colour), disregarding the poten... Read More about Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources.

The effect of construct configuration on the mechanical stiffness and strength of spinal implants for kyphotic spinal deformity (2023)
Thesis
Tsang, K. S. (2023). The effect of construct configuration on the mechanical stiffness and strength of spinal implants for kyphotic spinal deformity. (Thesis). Keele University

Spinal deformity involves a wide spectrum of disease, including congenital, developmental, degenerative and traumatic; affecting infant, adolescence and the elderly. Of these, Sheuermann’s kyphosis is a form of developmental long spinal deformity, ch... Read More about The effect of construct configuration on the mechanical stiffness and strength of spinal implants for kyphotic spinal deformity.

Neural immune cell responses to clinically relevant ligands of the niacin receptor (Gpr109a): niacin and monomethyl fumarate (2023)
Thesis
Brown-Lyons, A. L. (2023). Neural immune cell responses to clinically relevant ligands of the niacin receptor (Gpr109a): niacin and monomethyl fumarate. (Thesis). Keele University

Background: Inflammation is a major driver, and perhaps cause, of neurodegeneration, suggesting neuroimmunomodulation as a therapeutic strategy. Microglia, the primary mediators of neuroinflammation, switch between three activation states [surveillan... Read More about Neural immune cell responses to clinically relevant ligands of the niacin receptor (Gpr109a): niacin and monomethyl fumarate.

Fundamental parameters of very low mass stars in eclipsing binary star systems observed with the CHEOPS satellite (2023)
Thesis
Swayne, M. I. (2023). Fundamental parameters of very low mass stars in eclipsing binary star systems observed with the CHEOPS satellite. (Thesis). Keele University

Observations of low-mass stars have frequently shown unexpectedly large stellar radii when compared to the predictions from theoretical stellar structure models. This “radius inflation” problem may have consequences not just for stellar science but a... Read More about Fundamental parameters of very low mass stars in eclipsing binary star systems observed with the CHEOPS satellite.

Deciphering the atmospheric properties of hot gas giant exoplanets via ground-based transmission spectroscopy (2023)
Thesis
Spyratos, P. (2023). Deciphering the atmospheric properties of hot gas giant exoplanets via ground-based transmission spectroscopy. (Thesis). Keele University

Transiting hot gas giant exoplanets are great targets for atmospheric investigations due to their extended atmospheres and their strong obscuring effect on the observed starlight when they pass in front of their host star. Transmission spectroscopy c... Read More about Deciphering the atmospheric properties of hot gas giant exoplanets via ground-based transmission spectroscopy.

Conscious robots: what happens when a philosophical confusion becomes a societal reality? (2023)
Thesis
Ozdemir, S. (2023). Conscious robots: what happens when a philosophical confusion becomes a societal reality?. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis is an investigation into philosophical issues surrounding the production of human-like robots. I will argue that there is no reason to think conscious robots will ever be built, but that supposedly conscious robots that are able to emulat... Read More about Conscious robots: what happens when a philosophical confusion becomes a societal reality?.

ATR-FTIR spectroscopy of heparin: using multivariate analyses for next-generation quality control (2023)
Thesis
Devlin, A. J. (2023). ATR-FTIR spectroscopy of heparin: using multivariate analyses for next-generation quality control. (Thesis). Keele University

Heparin is a member of the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) family of naturally occurring, polydisperse, linear polysaccharides. Heparin is a ubiquitous anticoagulant drug, a member of the WHO’s list of vital medicines and the second used drug by weight after... Read More about ATR-FTIR spectroscopy of heparin: using multivariate analyses for next-generation quality control.

UAVS as a platform for earthwork heritage: monitoring, documentation and visualisation (2023)
Thesis
Malbon, H. (2023). UAVS as a platform for earthwork heritage: monitoring, documentation and visualisation. (Thesis). Keele University

Conservation of Cultural Heritage has been a mainstay of UNESCO and other such organisations for decades, whether it is artefacts, buildings, or earthworks. With the increase of tourism, urban encroachment, climate change, or naturally occurring proc... Read More about UAVS as a platform for earthwork heritage: monitoring, documentation and visualisation.