Development of a Three-Dimensional Pathology-Simulating Model of Neurotrauma Using a Polymer-Encapsulated Neural Cell Network (2025)
Journal Article
Wiseman, J. P., Dombros-Ryan, Z., Griffiths, J., Adams, C., & Chari, D. M. (in press). Development of a Three-Dimensional Pathology-Simulating Model of Neurotrauma Using a Polymer-Encapsulated Neural Cell Network. Gels, 11(4), Article 247. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels11040247

Penetrating traumatic injuries of the brain have a poor clinical prognosis necessitating development of new therapies to improve neurological outcomes. Laboratory research is hampered by reliance on highly invasive experimental approaches in living a... Read More about Development of a Three-Dimensional Pathology-Simulating Model of Neurotrauma Using a Polymer-Encapsulated Neural Cell Network.

3′-O-β-Glucosylation of nucleoside analogues using a promiscuous bacterial glycosyltransferase (2025)
Journal Article
Dolan, J., Keenan, T., Ni Cheallaigh, A., Fascione, M. A., & Miller, G. (2025). 3′-O-β-Glucosylation of nucleoside analogues using a promiscuous bacterial glycosyltransferase. RSC Chemical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CB00026B

Nucleoside analogue therapeutics have a proven capability within drug discovery as antiviral and antineoplastic agents. However, their efficacy can be limited by poor cellular uptake, off target toxicity and low bioavailability. Glycosylation of phar... Read More about 3′-O-β-Glucosylation of nucleoside analogues using a promiscuous bacterial glycosyltransferase.

Genomic-transcriptomic analysis identifies the Syrian hamster as a superior animal model for human diseases (2025)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Cheng, Z., Miao, J., Xue, X., Dong, Y., Zhao, L., Guo, H., Wang, J., Wang, Z., Lu, S., Fang, G., Peng, Y., Zhai, Y., Zhang, Z., Gao, D., Wang, Z., Wang, P., Zhang, L., Dunmall, L. S. C., Wang, J., …Wang, Y. (in press). Genomic-transcriptomic analysis identifies the Syrian hamster as a superior animal model for human diseases. BMC Genomics, 26(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11393-4

Background: The Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) has shown promise as a human diseases model, recapitulating features of different human diseases including COVID-19. However, the landscape of its genome and transcriptome has not been systematica... Read More about Genomic-transcriptomic analysis identifies the Syrian hamster as a superior animal model for human diseases.

Hydrodynamic Predictions for the Next Outburst of T Coronae Borealis: It Will Be the Brightest Classical or Recurrent Nova Ever Observed in X-Rays * * R.M.W. took part in the observations and early simulations for this paper and we are grateful for his help. (2025)
Journal Article
Starrfield, S., Bose, M., Woodward, C. E., Iliadis, C., Hix, W. R., Evans, A., Shaw, G., Banerjee, D. P. K., Liimets, T., Page, K. L., Geballe, T. R., Ilyin, I., Perron, I., & Wagner, R. M. (in press). Hydrodynamic Predictions for the Next Outburst of T Coronae Borealis: It Will Be the Brightest Classical or Recurrent Nova Ever Observed in X-Rays * * R.M.W. took part in the observations and early simulations for this paper and we are grateful for his help. Astrophysical Journal, 982(2), 89. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adb8ed

T Coronae Borealis (TCrB) is a recurrent nova with recorded outbursts in 1866 and 1946 and possible outbursts in 1217 and 1787. It is predicted to explode again in 2025 or 2026 based on multiple observational studies. The system consists of a massive... Read More about Hydrodynamic Predictions for the Next Outburst of T Coronae Borealis: It Will Be the Brightest Classical or Recurrent Nova Ever Observed in X-Rays * * R.M.W. took part in the observations and early simulations for this paper and we are grateful for his help..

A census of OB stars within 1 kpc and the star formation and core collapse supernova rates of the Milky Way (2025)
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Quintana, A. L., Wright, N. J., & García, J. M. (in press). A census of OB stars within 1 kpc and the star formation and core collapse supernova rates of the Milky Way. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 538(3), 1367–1383. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf083

OB stars are crucial for our understanding of Galactic structure, star formation, stellar feedback and multiplicity. In this paper we have compiled a census of all OB stars within 1 kpc of the Sun. We performed evolutionary and atmospheric model fits... Read More about A census of OB stars within 1 kpc and the star formation and core collapse supernova rates of the Milky Way.

3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-1-S-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-S-phenylthio-α-d-mannopyranoside (2025)
Journal Article
Porter, J., & Miller, G. J. (2025). 3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-1-S-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-S-phenylthio-α-d-mannopyranoside. Molbank, 2025(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3390/M1981

The title compound was isolated as the unexpected reaction product from a reaction attempting to access a glycosyl 1-phosphate. The product was isolated in good yield, as one diastereoisomer, and was characterised by 1H, 13C, and 2D NMR, alongside HR... Read More about 3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-1-S-acetyl-2-deoxy-2-S-phenylthio-α-d-mannopyranoside.

Cardiovascular disease burden and risk factor management in cancer survivors: insights into a multiethnic, socioeconomically deprived urban population (2025)
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Szabo, L., Cooper, J., Condurache, D.-G., Dostal, I., Andriamiadana, G., Mathur, R., Walter, F. M., Mamas, M. A., Manisty, C. H., Harvey, N. C., Neubauer, S., Petersen, S. E., Robson, J., & Raisi-Estabragh, Z. (2025). Cardiovascular disease burden and risk factor management in cancer survivors: insights into a multiethnic, socioeconomically deprived urban population. Heart, https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325309

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden and risk factor management among cancer survivors, especially in socioeconomically deprived, multiethnic populations, remain understudied. This study examines CVD burden and risk factor control in survi... Read More about Cardiovascular disease burden and risk factor management in cancer survivors: insights into a multiethnic, socioeconomically deprived urban population.

Differential Responses of the Egg-Larval Parasitoid Chelonus Bifoveolatus To Fall Armyworm-Induced and Constitutive Volatiles of Diverse Maize Genotypes (2025)
Journal Article
Onjura, C. O., Peter, E., Asudi, G. O., Gicheru, M. M., Mohamed, S. A., Bruce, T. J. A., & Tamiru, A. (in press). Differential Responses of the Egg-Larval Parasitoid Chelonus Bifoveolatus To Fall Armyworm-Induced and Constitutive Volatiles of Diverse Maize Genotypes. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 51(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-025-01585-3

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a serious invasive crop pest and threat to food security. Conventional pest control approaches using chemical pesticides can lead to adverse environmental and human health problems calling for safer... Read More about Differential Responses of the Egg-Larval Parasitoid Chelonus Bifoveolatus To Fall Armyworm-Induced and Constitutive Volatiles of Diverse Maize Genotypes.

Combined bacterial and viral infection epidemics: Examining the evidence and appropriate responses to protect crop health (E-Prep). E-Prep Impact Report. (2025)
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Bell, J., Bass, C., Maye, D., Milne, A., Bramham, L., Gao, J., Hemming, D., Hodgetts, J., Kruger, K., Schieler, M., Stevens, M., Stewart, A., Tungadi, T., & Vestergren, S. (2025). Combined bacterial and viral infection epidemics: Examining the evidence and appropriate responses to protect crop health (E-Prep). E-Prep Impact Report. Zenodo: E-Prep

The E-Prep team are funded by UKRI under the project titled “Combined bacterial and viral infection epidemics: Examining the evidence and appropriate responses to protect crop health (E-Prep)” MR/Z50581X/1. The project began on 1st September 2024 and... Read More about Combined bacterial and viral infection epidemics: Examining the evidence and appropriate responses to protect crop health (E-Prep). E-Prep Impact Report..

Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers (2025)
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Paudyal, P., Wasti, S. P., Neupane, P., Sapkota, J. L., Watts, C., Kulasabanathan, K., Silwal, R., Silwal, R. C., Memon, A., Shukla, P., Pathak, R. S., PathaK, R. S., Michelson, D., Berry, C., Moult, A., Simkhada, P., van Teijlingen, E. R., Teijlingen, E. V., & Cassell, J. (2025). Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers. BMJ Open, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086280

Objective: This study aimed to coproduce a culturally adaptive storytelling video intervention to support the psychosocial well-being of Nepalese migrant workers. Design: A multimethods participatory study was conducted involving three different but... Read More about Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers.

Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples (2025)
Journal Article
Scott, R., Lyburn, I. D., Cornford, E., Bouzy, P., Stone, N., Greenwood, C., Gosling, S., Arnold, E. L., Bouybayoune, I., Pinder, S. E., & Rogers, K. (2025). Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples. Scientific reports, 15(1), Article 5478. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88940-2

X-ray diffraction is widely used to characterise the mineral component of calcified tissue. Broadening of the diffraction peaks yields valuable information on the size of coherently diffracting domains, sometimes loosely described as crystallite size... Read More about Anisotropy visualisation from X-ray diffraction of biological apatite in mixed phase calcified tissue samples.

Investigating a structured diagnostic approach for chronic breathlessness in primary care: a mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial (2025)
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Doe, G., Clanchy, J., Wathall, S., Barber, S., Edwards, S., Evans, H., Jackson, D., Armstrong, N., Steiner, M., & Evans, R. A. (2025). Investigating a structured diagnostic approach for chronic breathlessness in primary care: a mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002716

Background: There is a need to reduce delays to diagnosis for chronic breathlessness to improve patient outcomes. Objective: To conduct a mixed-methods feasibility study of a larger cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) investigating a structure... Read More about Investigating a structured diagnostic approach for chronic breathlessness in primary care: a mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.

Analysis of axisymmetric necking of a circular dielectric membrane based on a one-dimensional model (2025)
Journal Article
Yu, X., & Fu, Y. (2025). Analysis of axisymmetric necking of a circular dielectric membrane based on a one-dimensional model. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 198, Article 106071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106071

To facilitate the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the electric breakdown of dielectric elastomers, we derive a one-dimensional (1d) model for axisymmetric necking in a dielectric membrane subjected to equibiaxial stretching and an electric... Read More about Analysis of axisymmetric necking of a circular dielectric membrane based on a one-dimensional model.

On the origin of metal species in the human brain: a perspective on key physicochemical properties (2025)
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Brooks, J., Everett, J., Sadler, P. J., Telling, N., & Collingwood, J. F. (in press). On the origin of metal species in the human brain: a perspective on key physicochemical properties. Metallomics, 1-41. https://doi.org/10.1093/mtomcs/mfaf004

Normal functioning of the human brain is dependent on adequate regulation of essential metal nutrients. However, it is also highly sensitive to metal-mediated toxicity, linked to various neurodegenerative disorders. Exposure to environmental metal so... Read More about On the origin of metal species in the human brain: a perspective on key physicochemical properties.

‘To whom am I speaking?’; Public responses to crime reporting via live chat with human versus AI police operators (2025)
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Bradford, B., Kyprianides, A., Andrews, W., Aston, E., Clayton, E., O’Neill, M., & Wells, H. (in press). ‘To whom am I speaking?’; Public responses to crime reporting via live chat with human versus AI police operators. Policing and Society, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2025.2453437

Driven by social and technological change and the imperative to enhance efficiency, police have in recent years adopted various technologies to transform their interactions with the public. In the UK, these initiatives often fall under ‘transformatio... Read More about ‘To whom am I speaking?’; Public responses to crime reporting via live chat with human versus AI police operators.

Development of a country-specific food composition database for Sri Lanka (2025)
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Opatha, J., Dissanayake, L., Herath, B., Jayaweera, K., Wijesinghe, H., Wijesinghe, H., Jabir, S., Sumathipala, A., Rijsdijk, F. V., Zavos, H. M., & Jayawardena, R. (2025). Development of a country-specific food composition database for Sri Lanka. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 140, Article 107230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2025.107230

Country-specific Food Composition Data (FCD) could support nutritional research, and aid in making informed decisions to develop food and nutrition policies in a country. Sri Lanka is ethnically diverse, and its food culture and tre... Read More about Development of a country-specific food composition database for Sri Lanka.

The VMC Survey – LI. Classifying extragalactic sources using a probabilistic random forest supervised machine learning algorithm (2025)
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Pennock, C. M., van Loon, J. T., Cioni, M.-R. L., Maitra, C., Oliveira, J. M., Craig, J. E. M., Ivanov, V. D., Aird, J., Anih, J. O., Cross, N. J. G., Dresbach, F., de Grijs, R., & Groenewegen, M. A. T. (2025). The VMC Survey – LI. Classifying extragalactic sources using a probabilistic random forest supervised machine learning algorithm. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(2), 1028-1055. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf080

We used a supervised machine learning algorithm (probabilistic random forest) to classify ∼130 million sources in the VISTA Survey of the Magellanic Clouds (VMC). We used multi-wavelength photometry from optical to far-infrared as features to be trai... Read More about The VMC Survey – LI. Classifying extragalactic sources using a probabilistic random forest supervised machine learning algorithm.

A macro-transection model of brain trauma for neuromaterial testing with functional electrophysiological readouts. (2025)
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Wiseman, J., Basit, R. H., Suto, A., Middya, S., Kabiri, B., Evans, M., George, V., Adams, C., Malliaras, G., & Chari, D. M. (in press). A macro-transection model of brain trauma for neuromaterial testing with functional electrophysiological readouts. Neural Regeneration Research, 20(12), 3539-3552. https://doi.org/10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00422

Functional recovery in penetrating neurological injury is hampered by a lack of clinical regenerative therapies. Biomaterial therapies show promise as medical materials for neural repair through immunomodulation, structural support, and delivery of t... Read More about A macro-transection model of brain trauma for neuromaterial testing with functional electrophysiological readouts..

Feminine Interiority and Social Protest in the Poetry of Mary Leapor (2025)
Journal Article
Yates, J. C. (in press). Feminine Interiority and Social Protest in the Poetry of Mary Leapor. ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.5038/2157-7129.13.2.1337

Mary Leapor (1722-46) is one of the many under-studied women poets of the eighteenth-century. She is often described as a laboring-class poet which, while historically accurate, implies her immediate marginalization as an writer by her class and gend... Read More about Feminine Interiority and Social Protest in the Poetry of Mary Leapor.

PARE0030 PEER SUPPORT OF PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN RESEARCH: THE ‘RUG-BUDDY‘ (2025)
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Higginbottom, A., Rhodes, C., Campbell, L., & Blackburn, S. PARE0030 PEER SUPPORT OF PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN RESEARCH: THE ‘RUG-BUDDY‘. Presented at EULAR 2020, online

Background:
Since 2006, The School of Primary, Community and Social Care, Keele University has a long standing commitment to Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in research. The School's Research... Read More about PARE0030 PEER SUPPORT OF PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN RESEARCH: THE ‘RUG-BUDDY‘.