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Aspergillus fumigatus—Host Interactions Mediating Airway Wall Remodelling in Asthma (2022)
Journal Article
Namvar, S., Labram, B., Rowley, J., & Herrick, S. (2022). Aspergillus fumigatus—Host Interactions Mediating Airway Wall Remodelling in Asthma. Journal of Fungi, 8(2), 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8020159

Asthma is a chronic heterogeneous respiratory condition that is mainly associated with sensitivity to airborne agents such as pollen, dust mite products and fungi. Key pathological features include increased airway inflammation and airway wall remode... Read More about Aspergillus fumigatus—Host Interactions Mediating Airway Wall Remodelling in Asthma.

Land surface phenology retrievals for arid and semi-arid ecosystems (2022)
Journal Article

Land surface phenology (LSP) plays a critical role in the regulation of photosynthesis, evapotranspiration, and energy fluxes. Significant progress has been made in extracting LSP information over large areas using satellite data, yet LSP retrievals... Read More about Land surface phenology retrievals for arid and semi-arid ecosystems.

Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling (2022)
Journal Article

Predictions of radionuclide dose rates to freshwater organisms can be used to evaluate the radiological environmental impacts of releases from uranium mining and milling projects. These predictions help inform decisions on the implementation of mitig... Read More about Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling.

Out of the shadows : multilocus systematics and biogeography of night monkeys suggest a Central Amazonian origin and a very recent widespread southeastward expansion in South America (2022)
Journal Article

Neotropical primates with a poorly understood taxonomy and biogeography. The number of species in the genus varies from one to nine, depending on the author, and there are at least 18 known karyotypes, varying from 2n = 46 to 2n = 58. Historically, n... Read More about Out of the shadows : multilocus systematics and biogeography of night monkeys suggest a Central Amazonian origin and a very recent widespread southeastward expansion in South America.

The reliability of novel, temporal-based dynamic strength index metrics. (2022)
Journal Article
James, L., & Comfort, P. (2022). The reliability of novel, temporal-based dynamic strength index metrics. Sports Biomechanics, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2022.2032298

The purpose of this study was: i) to determine the reliability of alternate forms of the dynamic strength index (DSI) calculated over time-specific intervals that represent decisive actions in sport and ii) to assess the association between the origi... Read More about The reliability of novel, temporal-based dynamic strength index metrics..

Quantifying volume and high-speed technical actions of professional soccer players using foot-mounted inertial measurement units (2022)
Journal Article
Lewis, G., Towlson, C., Roversi, P., Domogalla, C., Herrington, L., & Barrett, S. (2022). Quantifying volume and high-speed technical actions of professional soccer players using foot-mounted inertial measurement units. PLoS ONE, 17(2), e0263518. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263518

Aims: The aims of the study were two-fold: i) examine the validity and reliability of high-speed kicking actions using foot-mounted inertial measurement unit’s (IMU), ii) quantify soccer players within-microcycle and inter-positional differences in b... Read More about Quantifying volume and high-speed technical actions of professional soccer players using foot-mounted inertial measurement units.

The Mental Well-Being of Politicians (2022)
Book Chapter
Weinberg, A. (2022). The Mental Well-Being of Politicians. In Psychology of Democracy Of the People, By the People, For the People (146 - 170). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774871.009

The mental well-being of politicians is not a fashionable issue. However, the effective functioning and delivery of representative democracy rests heavily on the capacity for those elected to perform their job role and to do so effectively. Despite t... Read More about The Mental Well-Being of Politicians.

Mindfulness-based interventions to reduce stress and burnout in nurses : an integrative review (2022)
Journal Article

Background
With work-related stress and current COVID-19 pandemic, nurses are at heightened risk of stress and burnout. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) have been seen to decrease stress and burnout, yet research into the effectiveness for nurs... Read More about Mindfulness-based interventions to reduce stress and burnout in nurses : an integrative review.

Numerical investigation on transient third-grade magnetized nanofluid flow and radiative convection heat transfer from a stationary/moving cylinder : nanomaterial and nanoparticle shape effects (2022)
Journal Article
Hiremath, A., Reddy, G., Beg, O., & Holla, H. (2022). Numerical investigation on transient third-grade magnetized nanofluid flow and radiative convection heat transfer from a stationary/moving cylinder : nanomaterial and nanoparticle shape effects. Waves in Random and Complex Media, https://doi.org/10.1080/17455030.2021.2024300

In this study, a mathematical model is developed for analyzing the time-dependent magnetoconvective flow and heat transfer characteristics of an electrically conducting (functional) thirdgrade Reiner-Rivlin non-Newtonian nanofluid from a moving or st... Read More about Numerical investigation on transient third-grade magnetized nanofluid flow and radiative convection heat transfer from a stationary/moving cylinder : nanomaterial and nanoparticle shape effects.

Prescribing for respiratory disease (2022)
Journal Article
Robertson, D. (2022). Prescribing for respiratory disease. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 4(2), 56-58. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2022.4.2.56

Deborah Robertson provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided

The ‘Great Resignation’ and how it can be turned into the ‘Great Reshuffle’ (2022)
Journal Article

In this guest article, Dr. Jonathan Lord, HR expert from the University of Salford Business School, discusses how the ‘Great Resignation’ can be turned into the ‘Great Reshuffle’.

The Great Resignation’ does not necessarily mean businesses simply... Read More about The ‘Great Resignation’ and how it can be turned into the ‘Great Reshuffle’.

Creating online participatory research spaces (2022)
Journal Article

Our article draws on research undertaken with children during the 2020–21 COVID-19 pandemic in order to consider the potential of digitally mediated participatory research for child-centred research practice. Our specific focus is on how children’s i... Read More about Creating online participatory research spaces.

Designers’ perspective on the use of automation to support regulatory compliance in healthcare building projects (2022)
Journal Article
Soliman-Junior, J., Tzortzopoulos, P., & Kagioglou, M. (2022). Designers’ perspective on the use of automation to support regulatory compliance in healthcare building projects. Construction Management and Economics, 40(2), 123-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2021.2022176

Automation has been long explored to improve regulatory compliance during building design. Despite substantial research efforts on developing means to enable this process, there has been limited success in practical implementations. Designers’ inputs... Read More about Designers’ perspective on the use of automation to support regulatory compliance in healthcare building projects.

Mapping social capital networks of furniture industry - resilience to climate emergency in Damietta city, Egypt (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The evolution of people, their economies, and the physical space in which they live are formulated and are in constant change through the dynamic interactions between actors in the community . Hence, understanding community networks and their reflect... Read More about Mapping social capital networks of furniture industry - resilience to climate emergency in Damietta city, Egypt.

Workers’ Satisfaction vis-à-vis Environmental and Socio-Morphological Aspects for Sustainability and Decent Work (2022)
Journal Article
Elshater, A., Abusaada, H., Alfiky, A., El-Bardisy, N., Elmarakby, E., & Grant, S. (2022). Workers’ Satisfaction vis-à-vis Environmental and Socio-Morphological Aspects for Sustainability and Decent Work. Sustainability, 14(3), 1699. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031699

This study examines worker satisfaction vis-à-vis outdoor places in terms of their environmental and socio-morphological aspects. Numerous studies have considered decent work as the eighth goal of sustainable development. However, it is worth investi... Read More about Workers’ Satisfaction vis-à-vis Environmental and Socio-Morphological Aspects for Sustainability and Decent Work.

Participatory design process engaging intergenerational cohorts: using value elicitation to co-create interactive media experience (2022)
Thesis
Pialorsi, V. Participatory design process engaging intergenerational cohorts: using value elicitation to co-create interactive media experience. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis explores the inclusive design challenges of engaging intergenerational participants (IGP) in a participatory design process. The IGP comprise a paired generation, grandparent (aged 65 and over) and grandchild (4-6-years-old), leveraging t... Read More about Participatory design process engaging intergenerational cohorts: using value elicitation to co-create interactive media experience.

The lived experience of motherhood after prison: A qualitative systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Gobena, E., Hean, S., Heaslip, V., & Studsrod, I. (2022). The lived experience of motherhood after prison: A qualitative systematic review. Women and Criminal Justice, https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2022.2030274

Despite the increasing number of women experiencing incarceration internationally, their experiences of motherhood after prison rarely studied. This review aims to explore and synthesize current research on the nature of the lived experience of mothe... Read More about The lived experience of motherhood after prison: A qualitative systematic review.

Sustainable food procurement in public catering – comparison of the UK with Denmark & Sweden (2022)
Thesis

The research compares sustainable food procurement in public catering in three countries: Denmark, Sweden and the UK. The greatest difference between the UK and the other two countries was the very much higher percentage of organic food in Denmark an... Read More about Sustainable food procurement in public catering – comparison of the UK with Denmark & Sweden.

Aircraft modeling and simulation (2022)
Book
(2022). R. Botez, L. Grigorie, O. Sugar-Gabor, & A. Murrieta-Mendoza (Eds.), Aircraft modeling and simulation. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-3211-0

Evaluation of the effect of breast implants on the accuracy of the CT attenuation Correction (CTAC) map for SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging: a phantom study (2022)
Thesis
Alanezi, A. Evaluation of the effect of breast implants on the accuracy of the CT attenuation Correction (CTAC) map for SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging: a phantom study. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using single photon emission computed
tomography (SPECT) imaging can assess myocardial viability and perfusion. However,
overlying thoracic structures, such as ribs or breast tissue lead to gamma ray a... Read More about Evaluation of the effect of breast implants on the accuracy of the CT attenuation Correction (CTAC) map for SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging: a phantom study.