All Outputs (105)

Therapeutic Potential of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Long COVID: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper

Objective To synthesise quantitative evidence on the effectiveness of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) as an intervention for individuals with long COVID/post-COVID syndrome.

Introduction An estimated 65 million people worldwide meet the WH... Read More about Therapeutic Potential of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Long COVID: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

A very brief intervention with the muscle-strengthening guidelines to improve strength in adults aged 50-75 years (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper

Background
Muscle strength is a robust predictor of healthy ageing and vital for independence in later life. Despite their potential reach, there is little evidence that healthcare practitioners are promoting the muscle-strengthening component of th... Read More about A very brief intervention with the muscle-strengthening guidelines to improve strength in adults aged 50-75 years.

Mapping current research relating to family and partners of people with chronic kidney disease (kidney carers): A scoping review protocol (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper

Protocol of a scoping review to identify extent and patterns in current research relating to informal carers of people with chronic kidney disease.

A study of the acceptability of a community delirium toolkit to healthcare staff (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper

Background: Delirium is a common condition that frequently results in hospital admission. There is increasing evidence, to show that delirium can be safely assessed and managed in the community, we have previously published the results of a community... Read More about A study of the acceptability of a community delirium toolkit to healthcare staff.

Differential expression patterns of sIgA in Human Breast milk (HBM) is dependent on birth outcome (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper

Breast milk is key for the development of newborns, particularly their immune systems and gut microbiota. In times of neonatal care, newborns are often supplemented with donor breast milk for a range of practical and medical reasons. However, we do n... Read More about Differential expression patterns of sIgA in Human Breast milk (HBM) is dependent on birth outcome.

How to Manage Portfolios in Different Clusters? An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

Using the daily data from 2010 to 2023 on global indices for 15 heterogeneous stocks’ prices, this study examines traditional portfolio theory by applying unsupervised machine learning, particularly the K-means clustering algorithm. This algorithm id... Read More about How to Manage Portfolios in Different Clusters? An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach.

LOad Monitoring and Intervention System (LOMIS) to prevent diabetic foot ulceration: Study protocol for a multi-phased safety and performance evaluation of a novel medical device (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

Background: Plantar foot pressure is a significant risk factor for ulceration in diabetic feet. However, foot pressure-based ulceration risk prediction has remained confined to the contribution of compressive pressure measured under controlled labora... Read More about LOad Monitoring and Intervention System (LOMIS) to prevent diabetic foot ulceration: Study protocol for a multi-phased safety and performance evaluation of a novel medical device.

The Role of Ethics in Physiotherapy: A Scoping Review Protocol (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

Background and aims Ethical considerations play a crucial role in physiotherapy, influencing patient care, professional conduct, and clinical decision-making. Despite its significance, there is a limited comprehensive understanding of how ethical pri... Read More about The Role of Ethics in Physiotherapy: A Scoping Review Protocol.

Tracking Persistent Symptoms in Scotland (TraPSS): a longitudinal prospective cohort study of COVID-19 recovery after mild acute infection (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

Background: COVID-19 disease results in disparate responses between individuals and has led to the emergence of long coronavirus disease (Long-COVID), characterised by persistent and cyclical symptomology. To understand the complexity of Long-COVID,... Read More about Tracking Persistent Symptoms in Scotland (TraPSS): a longitudinal prospective cohort study of COVID-19 recovery after mild acute infection.

Baler -- Machine Learning Based Compression of Scientific Data (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

Storing and sharing increasingly large datasets is a challenge across scientific research and industry. In this paper, we document the development and applications of Baler - a Machine Learning based data compression tool for use across scientific di... Read More about Baler -- Machine Learning Based Compression of Scientific Data.

Credit Rating and Capital Providers (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

Credit Ratings (CRs) and Capital Providers (CPs) are strategically linked realities. Firms exhibit strategic behaviour in selecting their capital providers after rating changes. The findings show that after an upgrade, firms try to minimise their exp... Read More about Credit Rating and Capital Providers.

Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

This paper endeavours to bridge the existing gap in muscular actuator design for ligament-skeletal-inspired robots, thereby fostering the evolution of these robotic systems. We introduce two novel compliant actuators, namely the Internal Torsion Spri... Read More about Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm.

Citizen scientists’ motivation to participate in environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys: A case study on monitoring mammals in the UK (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

1. Citizen scientists have become integral participants in nature conservation projects, and the demand for effective conservation efforts has sparked increasing interest in utilizing environmental DNA (eDNA) for species monitoring, drawing citizen s... Read More about Citizen scientists’ motivation to participate in environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys: A case study on monitoring mammals in the UK.

Joint Parliamentary Briefing: The Illegal Migration Bill and its impact on children (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

The Secretary of State for the Home Department ("Home Secretary") introduced the
Illegal Migration Bill on 7th March 2023. The Bill moved to the House of Lords, and its
Second Reading took place on Wednesday, 10th May 2023. The Bill will move to th... Read More about Joint Parliamentary Briefing: The Illegal Migration Bill and its impact on children.

The effectiveness and acceptability of physical activity interventions amongst older adults from socioeconomically deprived groups: a mixed methods systematic review (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper

The Impact of Conflict on Energy Poverty: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

This study uses the actual number of fatalities and influx of refugees as proxies for conflict to empirically investigate the impact of violent events on energy poverty in SSA over 30 years from 1990 to 2019. We use different proxies for energy pover... Read More about The Impact of Conflict on Energy Poverty: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Linguistic validation, validity, and reliability of the British English version of the Workplace Activity Limitations Scale in employed people with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondyloarthritis, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia . (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

Purpose: The Workplace Activity Limitations Scale (WALS) is a patient reported outcome measure of work ability developed in Canada for use in arthritis. The aims of this study were to linguistically validate a British English version of the WALS, and... Read More about Linguistic validation, validity, and reliability of the British English version of the Workplace Activity Limitations Scale in employed people with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondyloarthritis, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia ..

The Workwell trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis. (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

Background: The Workwell trial is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial with the aims of evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis, who are expe... Read More about The Workwell trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis..

Climate anxiety, pro-environmental action and wellbeing: antecedents and outcomes of negative emotional responses to climate change in 28 countries (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

This study explored the antecedents and outcomes of negative emotional responses to climate change among people from a diverse range of cultural and national contexts. We analysed cross-sectional data gathered in 28 countries (N = 10,963). Our result... Read More about Climate anxiety, pro-environmental action and wellbeing: antecedents and outcomes of negative emotional responses to climate change in 28 countries.

Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Greater Manchester, UK: an active case ascertainment study (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper

Background Despite high levels of prenatal alcohol exposure in the UK, evidence on the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is lacking. This paper reports on FASD prevalence in a small sample of children in primary school.

Methods... Read More about Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Greater Manchester, UK: an active case ascertainment study.