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Integrating social narratives of flood events into a text network analysis-based decision support framework to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Africa (2025)
Journal Article

In many African countries, the response to climate change is obstructed by a lack of accessible and usable information, such as localised flood maps. Compounding this, current disaster risk management systems often fail to account for context-specifi... Read More about Integrating social narratives of flood events into a text network analysis-based decision support framework to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Africa.

Depression and anxiety in people with kidney disease: understanding symptom variability, patient experience and preferences for mental health support. (2025)
Journal Article

Depression and anxiety are commonly experienced by people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study aimed to evaluate person- and service-level factors associated with depression and anxiety symptoms. We sought to also understand utilisation of m... Read More about Depression and anxiety in people with kidney disease: understanding symptom variability, patient experience and preferences for mental health support..

Moisture availability versus grazing and burning as drivers of Holocene forest-grassland coexistence in Europe: A case study from open ecosystems of southeastern Romania (2025)
Journal Article

Southeastern Europe is home to remnants of highly diverse open ecosystems, including grasslands and forest-steppe. To understand the impacts of climate changes, fire disturbance, and herbivory on forest-grassland coexistence in this region, we integr... Read More about Moisture availability versus grazing and burning as drivers of Holocene forest-grassland coexistence in Europe: A case study from open ecosystems of southeastern Romania.

Analysis of Procurement Routes and Contract Types for Housing Retrofit in the United Kingdom (2025)
Journal Article

The study focused on the procurement routes and the forms of contract, currently used in the UK housing retrofit industry. Importantly, the contracts between the clients and the contractors were investigated. This study used a qualitative approach wi... Read More about Analysis of Procurement Routes and Contract Types for Housing Retrofit in the United Kingdom.

A review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in remediating toxic metals in mine-affected soils (2025)
Journal Article
Banerjee, S., Mandal, J., Sarkar, D., Datta, R., & Bhattacharyya, P. (2025). A review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in remediating toxic metals in mine-affected soils. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12, 1532169. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1532169

Mines are natural reservoirs of various minerals, metals, and metalloids. Several heavy metals (HMs), such as Pb, Cd, Cr, Cu, and Ni, are major anthropogenic pollutants that cause severe environmental pollution. The accumulation of these toxic HMs in... Read More about A review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in remediating toxic metals in mine-affected soils.

Embedding Growth and Maturation Analyses Into the Talent Development Pathways of Youth Weightlifters (2025)
Journal Article

Growth and maturation have a significant influence on naturally occurring changes in performance, training-induced adaptations, injury risk, and psychosocial development and should, therefore, be important considerations within talent identification... Read More about Embedding Growth and Maturation Analyses Into the Talent Development Pathways of Youth Weightlifters.

Design Science Research for Digital Information Management System (DIMS) in Construction and Demolition Waste Management (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the realm of Industry 4.0, the construction sector has witnessed accelerated strides toward circular economy goals. However, a notable deficiency persists in integrated technologies spanning the entire project lifecycle—covering design, constructi... Read More about Design Science Research for Digital Information Management System (DIMS) in Construction and Demolition Waste Management.

Presenting Symptoms Define Time to Diagnosis in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Process Mapping From a Musculoskeletal Triage Unit in the UK (2025)
Journal Article
Foulds, S., Henshaw, L., & Davies, B. M. (2025). Presenting Symptoms Define Time to Diagnosis in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Process Mapping From a Musculoskeletal Triage Unit in the UK. Musculoskeletal Care, 23(1), Article e70044. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.70044

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: Tackling delayed diagnosis in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a global research priority. On average, it takes 2–5 years, leading to worse outcomes from surgery and greater disability... Read More about Presenting Symptoms Define Time to Diagnosis in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Process Mapping From a Musculoskeletal Triage Unit in the UK.

Datasets associated with 'Introducing an adjustable upper limb prosthesis into a Ugandan clinical service: Impacts on free living behaviour and prosthetic use' (2025)
Data

This database contains all the raw, unprocessed data collected from two different activity monitors monitoring upper-limb prosthetic use and physical activity.

This data was collected from eight Ugandan participants with trans-radial limb loss acr... Read More about Datasets associated with 'Introducing an adjustable upper limb prosthesis into a Ugandan clinical service: Impacts on free living behaviour and prosthetic use'.

Outcome data for the BEPKO-2 feasibility study (2025)
Data

These xls files contains the out data collected from the 82 participants who were recruited into the BEPKO-2 feasibility study. Note that there was missing data from one participant in the CMT group at baseline for the WOMAC outcome.

Manuscript wi... Read More about Outcome data for the BEPKO-2 feasibility study.

Translating fiction: how AI could assist humans in expanding access to global literature and culture (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

A pilot project to create awareness of clinical research funding streams among nurses and allied health professionals in England. (2025)
Journal Article

Background
A culturally diverse research workforce benefits patients, the community, and the population as patients see health and care professionals who are like them and can build trusting relationships. From our experience, ethnic minority group... Read More about A pilot project to create awareness of clinical research funding streams among nurses and allied health professionals in England..

Mobilising Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Creating Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies from Akita and Manchester (2025)
Journal Article

Developing Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCCs) is an increasingly popular policy response to supporting ageing populations. AFCC programmes rely on cross-sectoral collaboration, involving partnerships among diverse stakeholders working across... Read More about Mobilising Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Creating Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies from Akita and Manchester.

Advanced Microgrid Protection Utilizing Zero Sequence Components with Hard-ware-in-the-Loop Testing (2025)
Journal Article

Microgrid protection and ground fault management are critical aspects of modern power distribution systems, especially with the increasing integration of Distributed Generators (DGs) such as renewable energy sources. Effective protection schemes are... Read More about Advanced Microgrid Protection Utilizing Zero Sequence Components with Hard-ware-in-the-Loop Testing.

Characteristics of refractory disease and persistent symptoms in inflammatory arthritis: Qualitative framework analysis of interviews with patients and health care professionals (2025)
Journal Article

Objectives

This study aims to explore patients' and clinicians' understanding and experiences of refractory disease (RD) and persistent physical and emotional symptoms (PPES) in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA), namely rheumatoid arthri... Read More about Characteristics of refractory disease and persistent symptoms in inflammatory arthritis: Qualitative framework analysis of interviews with patients and health care professionals.

Multimorbidity clusters and their associations with health-related quality of life in two UK cohorts (2025)
Journal Article

Background: Identifying clusters of multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs), also known as multimorbidity, and their associated burden may facilitate the development of effective and cost-effective targeted healthcare strategies. This study aimed to id... Read More about Multimorbidity clusters and their associations with health-related quality of life in two UK cohorts.

Skin adaptation in lower limb amputees assessed through Raman spectroscopy and mechanical characterization (2025)
Journal Article

Following lower limb amputation residuum skin from the lower leg is used to reconstruct the residual limb. Unlike skin on the sole of the foot (plantar skin), leg skin is not inherently load bearing. Despite this, leg skin is required to be load bear... Read More about Skin adaptation in lower limb amputees assessed through Raman spectroscopy and mechanical characterization.

Automating Business Process to Enhance Organisational Efficiency and Productivity: Using Academic Intervention at Salford Business School as a Case Study (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Organisations, particularly large ones with multiple stakeholders involved in their business processes, frequently face challenges related to process efficiency and productivity, leading to wasted resources, time, and effort, ultimately reducing over... Read More about Automating Business Process to Enhance Organisational Efficiency and Productivity: Using Academic Intervention at Salford Business School as a Case Study.

Computational modeling design of novel NMDAR agonist for the treatment of Schizophrenia. (2025)
Journal Article

Schizophrenia (SZ) is a complex, chronic mental disorder characterized by positive symptoms (such as delusions and hallucinations), negative symptoms (including anhedonia, alogia, avolition, and social withdrawal), and cognitive deficits (affecting a... Read More about Computational modeling design of novel NMDAR agonist for the treatment of Schizophrenia..

Vision transformers for automated detection of pig interactions in groups (2025)
Journal Article

The interactive behaviour of pigs is an important determinant of their social development and overall well-being. Manual observation and identification of contact behaviour can be time-consuming and potentially subjective. This study presents a new m... Read More about Vision transformers for automated detection of pig interactions in groups.