First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) – XV: The physical properties of super-massive black holes and their impact on galaxies in the early universe (2025)
Journal Article
Wilkins, S., Kuusisto, J. K., Irodotou, D., Liao, S., Lovell, C. C., Soininen, S., Berger, S. C., Newman, S. L., Roper, W. J., Seeyave, L. T. C., Thomas, P. A., & Vijayan, A. P. (in press). First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) – XV: The physical properties of super-massive black holes and their impact on galaxies in the early universe. Open Journal of Astrophysics, 8, https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.132374

Understanding the co-evolution of super-massive black holes (SMBHs) and their host galaxies remains a key challenge of extragalactic astrophysics, particularly the earliest stages at high-redshift. However, studying SMBHs at high-redshift with cosmol... Read More about First Light and Reionization Epoch Simulations (FLARES) – XV: The physical properties of super-massive black holes and their impact on galaxies in the early universe.

A census of OB stars within 1 kpc and the star formation and core collapse supernova rates of the Milky Way (2025)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Report
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..

Perceived barriers to smoking cessation in patients with myocardial infarction: a systematic review (2025)
Journal Article
Lovatt, S., Chowdury, N., Mallen, C., & Cooke, A. (2025). Perceived barriers to smoking cessation in patients with myocardial infarction: a systematic review. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 20(3), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2024.0028

Myocardial infarction is a major cause of mortality and morbidity, with smoking being a major risk factor. However, a large proportion of patients continue to smoke following a myocardial infarction, suggesting that there are significant barriers to... Read More about Perceived barriers to smoking cessation in patients with myocardial infarction: a systematic review.

Coproducing a culturally sensitive storytelling video intervention to improve psychosocial well-being: a multimethods participatory study with Nepalese migrant workers (2025)
Journal Article
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.

Equatorial Enhancement in the Dustiest OH/IR Stars in the Galactic Bulge (2025)
Journal Article
Goldman, S. R., van Loon, J. T., Jones, O. C., Blommaert, J. A. D. L., & Groenewegen, M. A. T. (2025). Equatorial Enhancement in the Dustiest OH/IR Stars in the Galactic Bulge. Astrophysical Journal, 980(2), 191. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ada6ad

We have detected the 10 μm silicate feature and the 11.3 μm crystalline forsterite feature in absorption in 21 oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch stars in the Galactic bulge. The depths of the 10 μm feature indicate highly obscured circumstellar env... Read More about Equatorial Enhancement in the Dustiest OH/IR Stars in the Galactic Bulge.

Investigating a structured diagnostic approach for chronic breathlessness in primary care: a mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
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.

The EBLM project – XIV. TESS light curves for eclipsing binaries with very low mass companions (2025)
Journal Article
Fitzpatrick, J., Maxted, P. F. L., Freckelton, A. V., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Martin, D. V., & Duck, A. (in press). The EBLM project – XIV. TESS light curves for eclipsing binaries with very low mass companions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(4), 3943–3953. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf268

Accurate limb-darkening models are needed for accurate characterisation of eclipsing binary stars and transiting exoplanets from the analysis of their light curves. The limb-darkening observed in solar-type stars from the analysis of light curves for... Read More about The EBLM project – XIV. TESS light curves for eclipsing binaries with very low mass companions.

Comparing two ground-based seed count methods and their effect on masting metrics (2025)
Journal Article
Foest, J. J., Bogdziewicz, M., Caignard, T., Hadad, M., Thomas, P. A., & Hacket-Pain, A. (in press). Comparing two ground-based seed count methods and their effect on masting metrics. Forest Ecology and Management, 581, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122551

Masting, i.e. interannually variable and synchronized seed production, plays a crucial role in forest ecosystems, influencing wildlife dynamics, pathogen prevalence, and forest regeneration. Accurately capturing masting variability is important for e... Read More about Comparing two ground-based seed count methods and their effect on masting metrics.

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)
Journal Article
Brooks, J., Everett, J., Sadler, P. J., Telling, N., & Collingwood, J. F. (2025). 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.

Development of a country-specific food composition database for Sri Lanka (2025)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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..

PARE0030 PEER SUPPORT OF PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN RESEARCH: THE ‘RUG-BUDDY‘ (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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‘.

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.