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Functional alignment in robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review. (2024)
Journal Article
Migliorini, F., Pilone, M., Schäfer, L., Simeone, F., Bell, A., & Maffulli, N. (in press). Functional alignment in robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 10.1007/s00402-023-05195-0. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-023-05195-0

The present study systematically reviewed current evidence on functional alignment (FA) in robotic total knee arthroplasty (TKA), discussing advantages and limitations, possible pitfalls, and prospects. This study was conducted according to the 2020... Read More about Functional alignment in robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review..

Surgical management of chronic Achilles tendon rupture: evidence-based guidelines (2024)
Journal Article
Feng, S.-M., Maffulli, N., Oliva, F., Saxena, A., Hao, Y.-F., Hua, Y.-H., Xu, H.-L., Tao, X., Xu, W., Migliorini, F., & Ma, C. (in press). Surgical management of chronic Achilles tendon rupture: evidence-based guidelines. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 19(1), Article 132. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-024-04559-5

Background
Chronic Achilles tendon ruptures (CATR) often require surgical intervention to restore function. Despite numerous treatment modalities available, the optimal management strategy remains controversial given the limited high-quality evidenc... Read More about Surgical management of chronic Achilles tendon rupture: evidence-based guidelines.

Endoscopic peroneus brevis tendon transfer for chronic ruptures of the Achilles tendon: surgical technique (2024)
Journal Article
Poeta, N., Maffulli, N., Bucolo, F., Charpail, C., Migliorini, F., & Guillo, S. (in press). Endoscopic peroneus brevis tendon transfer for chronic ruptures of the Achilles tendon: surgical technique. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 19(1), Article 131. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-024-04534-0

Chronic Achilles tendon rupture is usually defined as a rupture diagnosed 4–6 weeks after injury. The management of chronic Achilles tendon rupture (CATR) is a topic of hot debate, and no consensus has been achieved. Surgical management of CATR is re... Read More about Endoscopic peroneus brevis tendon transfer for chronic ruptures of the Achilles tendon: surgical technique.

The MeerKAT 1.3 GHz Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud (2024)
Journal Article
Cotton, W. D., Filipović, M. D., Camilo, F., Indebetouw, R., Alsaberi, R. Z. E., Anih, J. O., Baker, M., Bastian, T. S., Bojičić, I., Carli, E., Cavallaro, F., Crawford, E. J., Dai, S., Haberl, F., Levin, L., Luken, K., Pennock, C. M., Rajabpour, N., Stappers, B. W., van Loon, J. T., …Serylak, M. (in press). The MeerKAT 1.3 GHz Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(3), 2443-2472. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae277

We present new radio continuum images and a source catalogue from the MeerKAT survey in the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The observations, at a central frequency of 1.3 GHz across a bandwidth of 0.8 GHz, encompass a field of view ∼7... Read More about The MeerKAT 1.3 GHz Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Turkey: Swinging Pendulum Away from the European Union, 2005-2022 (2024)
Journal Article
Gökay, B. (in press). Turkey: Swinging Pendulum Away from the European Union, 2005-2022. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2024.2308963

The past 22 years in Turkey can be divided into two sub-periods: during the 2002–10 period, the first AKP era, the party was broadly positioned as a moderate Islamist party with a clear intent to revive the failing economy of the country. The Turkish... Read More about Turkey: Swinging Pendulum Away from the European Union, 2005-2022.

Recommended and observed statin use among US adults with and without cancer. (2024)
Journal Article
Kobo, O., Michos, E. D., Roguin, A., Bagur, R., Gulati, M., & Mamas, M. A. (in press). Recommended and observed statin use among US adults with and without cancer. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Article zwae057. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae057

Patients with cancer are at increased cardiovascular risk. We aimed to compare the recommended and observed statin use among individuals with and without cancer. Using three 2-year cycles from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [NHA... Read More about Recommended and observed statin use among US adults with and without cancer..

Diagnosis and management of Achilles tendon ailments: the Scottish mist (2024)
Journal Article
Maffulli, N., King, J. B., Migliorini, F., Chan, O., Padhiar, N., & Spiezia, F. (in press). Diagnosis and management of Achilles tendon ailments: the Scottish mist. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 19(1), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-024-04560-y

The diagnosis and management of Achilles tendon ailments continue to be widely discussed by the scientific community. Also, the nomenclature used to describe the tendinopathic lesion in patients changed over the last decades together with the evoluti... Read More about Diagnosis and management of Achilles tendon ailments: the Scottish mist.

No correlation exists Between Tibial And Femoral Based Measurements Of Patella Alta In A Population with chronic patellofemoral pain or instability undergoing patella distalisation (2024)
Journal Article
Snow, M., Singh, N., Rix, L., & Haikal, M. (2024). No correlation exists Between Tibial And Femoral Based Measurements Of Patella Alta In A Population with chronic patellofemoral pain or instability undergoing patella distalisation. Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopy and Related Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2024.01.036

Purpose
To investigate if Patellotrochlear index (PTI) predicts patella alta as determined by tibial based methods of Insall Salvati (IS) and Caton Deschamp (CD) in a pathological population (with patellofemoral p... Read More about No correlation exists Between Tibial And Femoral Based Measurements Of Patella Alta In A Population with chronic patellofemoral pain or instability undergoing patella distalisation.

The Neo-mythological Novel: Re-writing the Epic in Contemporary British Fiction (2024)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2024). The Neo-mythological Novel: Re-writing the Epic in Contemporary British Fiction. In The 2010s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction (263-290). Bloomsbury Publishing

This volume relates the British fiction of the decade to the contexts in which it was written and received in order to examine and explain contemporary trends, such as the rise of a new working-class fiction, the ongoing development of separate natio... Read More about The Neo-mythological Novel: Re-writing the Epic in Contemporary British Fiction.

Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178 b using CHEOPS photometry (2024)
Journal Article
Pagano, I., Scandariato, G., Singh, V., Lendl, M., Queloz, D., Simon, A. E., Sousa, S. G., Brandeker, A., Cameron, A. C., Sulis, S., Van Grootel, V., Wilson, T. G., Alibert, Y., Alonso, R., Anglada, G., Bárczy, T., Navascues, D. B., Barros, S. C. C., Baumjohann, W., Beck, M., …Walton, N. A. (2024). Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178 b using CHEOPS photometry. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 682, Article A102. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346705

Context. Multiwavelength photometry of the secondary eclipses of extrasolar planets is able to disentangle the reflected and thermally emitted light radiated from the planetary dayside. Based on this, we can measure the planetary geometric albedo Ag,... Read More about Constraining the reflective properties of WASP-178 b using CHEOPS photometry.

Mood moderates the effects of prefrontal tDCS on executive functions: A meta-analysis testing the affective state-dependency hypothesis. (2024)
Journal Article
Di Rosa, E., Masina, F., Pastorino, A., Galletti, E., Gambarota, F., Altoè, G., Edelstyn, N., & Mapelli, D. (2024). Mood moderates the effects of prefrontal tDCS on executive functions: A meta-analysis testing the affective state-dependency hypothesis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 351, 920-930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.009

In recent decades, numerous studies have investigated the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognitive functioning. However, results of these studies frequently display inconsistency and pose challenges regarding replicabili... Read More about Mood moderates the effects of prefrontal tDCS on executive functions: A meta-analysis testing the affective state-dependency hypothesis..

Eclogites (2024)
Journal Article
Halama, R. (in press). Eclogites. Geology Today, 40(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12462

The beauty of an eclogite is something to behold: any petrologist marvels in the combination of red garnet and green omphacite that are the main mineral constituents of the rock. But besides their stunning appearance, there is much more to eclogites:... Read More about Eclogites.

Chilean midwives' experiences while providing induced abortion care after the enactment of a law decriminalising abortion. (2024)
Journal Article
Carvajal, B., White, H., Brooks, J., Thomson, A. M., & Cooke, A. (in press). Chilean midwives' experiences while providing induced abortion care after the enactment of a law decriminalising abortion. Women and Birth, S1871-5192(24)00033-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.02.002

The recent change in Chilean legislation towards abortion enabled midwives to include the care of women having an induced abortion within their scope of practice. However, midwives' identity could be strained by induced abortion care provision as it... Read More about Chilean midwives' experiences while providing induced abortion care after the enactment of a law decriminalising abortion..

Latent gammaherpesvirus infection enhances type I IFN response and reduces virus spread in an influenza A virus co-infection model. (2024)
Journal Article
Hardisty, G., Nicol, M. Q., Shaw, D. J., Bennet, I. D., Bryson, K., Ligertwood, Y., Schwarze, J., Beard, P. M., Hopkins, J., Dutia, B. M., Nicol, M. Q., Shaw, D. J., Bennet, I. D., Beard, P. M., & Dutia, B. M. (2024). Latent gammaherpesvirus infection enhances type I IFN response and reduces virus spread in an influenza A virus co-infection model. Journal of General Virology, 105(2), https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001962

Infections with persistent or latent viruses alter host immune homeostasis and have potential to affect the outcome of concomitant acute viral infections such as influenza A virus (IAV). Gammaherpesviruses establish life-long infections and require a... Read More about Latent gammaherpesvirus infection enhances type I IFN response and reduces virus spread in an influenza A virus co-infection model..

Understanding how therapeutic exercise prescription changes outcomes important to patients with persistent non-specific low back pain: a realist review protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Wood, L., Booth, V., Dean, S., Foster, N. E., Hayden, J. A., & Booth, A. (in press). Understanding how therapeutic exercise prescription changes outcomes important to patients with persistent non-specific low back pain: a realist review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 13(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02466-8

Introduction: Persistent low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and therapeutic exercise is recommended as a first-line treatment in international guidelines. The effects of exercise on clinical outcomes of pain and physica... Read More about Understanding how therapeutic exercise prescription changes outcomes important to patients with persistent non-specific low back pain: a realist review protocol.

Evaluating the impact of the supporting the advancement of research skills (STARS) programme on research knowledge, engagement and capacity-building in a health and social care organisation in England (2024)
Journal Article
Tajuria, G., Dobel-Ober, D., Bradley, E., Charnley, C., Lambley-Burke, R., Mallen, C., Honeyford, K., & Kingstone, T. (in press). Evaluating the impact of the supporting the advancement of research skills (STARS) programme on research knowledge, engagement and capacity-building in a health and social care organisation in England. BMC Medical Education, 24(1), Article 126. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05059-0

Objectives
To evaluate the impact a novel education programme - to improve research engagement, awareness, understanding and confidence - had on a diverse health and social care workforce. Barriers and facilitators to engagement were explored togeth... Read More about Evaluating the impact of the supporting the advancement of research skills (STARS) programme on research knowledge, engagement and capacity-building in a health and social care organisation in England.

Betwixt and between student and professional identities: UK medical students during COVID times (2024)
Journal Article
Polidano, K., Wenning, B., Mallen, C. D., & Dikomitis, L. (2024). Betwixt and between student and professional identities: UK medical students during COVID times. SN Social Sciences, 4(2), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00844-6

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Spring 2020 brought about unprecedented disruption to medical education in the United Kingdom (UK). Medical students were encouraged to take up paid roles in the National Health Service to help with workforce shortag... Read More about Betwixt and between student and professional identities: UK medical students during COVID times.

Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in Photograph Form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS) (2024)
Journal Article
Adams, J., Sherman, S., & Williams, H. L. (2024). Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in Photograph Form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS). Behavior Research Methods, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02351-1

Over the last 40 years, object recognition studies have moved from using simple line-drawings, to more detailed illustrations, to more ecologically valid photographic representations. Researchers now have access to various stimuli sets, however, exis... Read More about Revisiting Snodgrass and Vanderwart in Photograph Form: The Keele Photo Stimulus Set (KPSS).