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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 acros... 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'.

URETERAL PERISTALTIC FLOWS IN THE PRESENCE OF MICROLITHS: A REVIEW (2025)
Journal Article

A detailed review is presented on research contributions in peristaltic transport in the human ureter in the presence of microliths. The studies reviewed are differentiated based on methodologies deployed, namely analytical, numerical and CFD simulat... Read More about URETERAL PERISTALTIC FLOWS IN THE PRESENCE OF MICROLITHS: A REVIEW.

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.

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.

A Systematic Review of Key Principles Relating to Decolonising Interventions in Midwifery Education (2025)
Journal Article

Problem: Midwifery education is predominantly influenced by Eurocentric models, contributing to systemic health inequalities for marginalised groups.

Background: The health disparities for ethnically diverse maternity service users are well docum... Read More about A Systematic Review of Key Principles Relating to Decolonising Interventions in Midwifery Education.

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.

AeroGlan: A Smart and Sustainable Plant Species Estimator For Organic And Localized Air Filtering (2025)
Journal Article

Introduction: Human health is significantly compromised by air pollution, especially by local air quality. The majority of our society spends their lives in a confined geographical location, which if subjected to air pollution can expose them to long... Read More about AeroGlan: A Smart and Sustainable Plant Species Estimator For Organic And Localized Air Filtering.

Sexual Health, Pleasure, Justice, and Well‐Being in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Scoping Review Protocol (2025)
Journal Article

Introduction: Sexual health, pleasure, justice (equity in sexual rights and experiences), and well‐being are crucial determinants of health and life quality, yet often overlooked in the rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) field. However, thi... Read More about Sexual Health, Pleasure, Justice, and Well‐Being in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Scoping Review Protocol.

New 3-parameter survival distributions from Manly’s transform (2025)
Journal Article

Two new 3-parameter distributions that generalize the Weibull distribution are introduced. They fit a range of datasets comparably to the generalized gamma and exponentiated Weibull distributions, allowing increasing hazard, decreasing hazard, and ba... Read More about New 3-parameter survival distributions from Manly’s transform.

DDoSViT: IoT DDoS Attack Detection for Fortifying Firmware Over-The-Air (OTA) Updates Using Vision Transformer (2025)
Data

The widespread adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has introduced numerous vulnerabilities, particularly in firmware over-the-air (OTA) updates. These updates are essential for improving device functionality and addressing security vulnerabi... Read More about DDoSViT: IoT DDoS Attack Detection for Fortifying Firmware Over-The-Air (OTA) Updates Using Vision Transformer.

Bacterial community profiling and identification of bacteria with lignin-degrading potential in different gut segments of African palm weevil larvae ( Rhynchophorus phoenicis ) (2025)
Journal Article
Lenka, J., González-Tortuero, E., Kuba, S., & Ferry, N. (in press). Bacterial community profiling and identification of bacteria with lignin-degrading potential in different gut segments of African palm weevil larvae ( Rhynchophorus phoenicis ). Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, 1401965. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1401965

The microbiota within the guts of insects plays beneficial roles for their hosts, such as facilitating digestion and extracting energy from their diet. The African palm weevil (APW) lives within and feeds on the high lignin-containing trunk of palm t... Read More about Bacterial community profiling and identification of bacteria with lignin-degrading potential in different gut segments of African palm weevil larvae ( Rhynchophorus phoenicis ).

Quantifying the benefits of incorporating biochar in green roof substrates: field study on the highrise rooftop in temperate climate setting (2025)
Journal Article

Biochar is a promising material with a wide range of applications. One area of application is as an additive in substrates for green roofs. Green roofs are a way of mitigating climate change, with biochar offering an opportunity to further enhance th... Read More about Quantifying the benefits of incorporating biochar in green roof substrates: field study on the highrise rooftop in temperate climate setting.