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Validation of the RunScribe Inertial Measurement Unit for walking gait measurement (2022)
Journal Article
Lewin, M., Price, C., & Nester, C. (2022). Validation of the RunScribe Inertial Measurement Unit for walking gait measurement. PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273308

Intro: The use of portable gait measurement systems in research is appealing to collect real-world data at low-cost, low participant burden, and without requirement for dedicated lab space. Most commercially available inertial measurement units (IMU’... Read More about Validation of the RunScribe Inertial Measurement Unit for walking gait measurement.

Sociography: writing differently (2022)
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Kilby, J., & Gilloch, G. (2022). Sociography: writing differently. Sociological Review, 70(4), 635-655. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261221108842

Sociology is just as much an art form as it is a science. And while sociologists and those in cognate disciplines have long experimented with their writing, the search for new academic forms and practices has acquired new urgency and potentiality. Ho... Read More about Sociography: writing differently.

Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK (2022)
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Court, A., Kelly, A., & Hardman, M. (2022). Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK. Cogent Social Sciences, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2022.2109261

The green agenda is high on the list of priorities of local, national, and global governments. In the UK, a new £40 million scheme aims to encourage a sustainable recovery alongside policies - such as the 25 Year Environment Plan - and other tools... Read More about Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK.

Promising use of immune cell‐derived exosomes in the treatment of SARS‐CoV‐2 infections (2022)
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Alahdal, M., & Elkord, E. (2022). Promising use of immune cell‐derived exosomes in the treatment of SARS‐CoV‐2 infections. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 12(8), https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.1026

Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection is persistently threatening the lives of thousands of individuals globally. It triggers pulmonary oedema, driving to dyspnoea and lung failure. Viral infectivity of coro... Read More about Promising use of immune cell‐derived exosomes in the treatment of SARS‐CoV‐2 infections.

The Conventional Gait Model’s sensitivity to lower-limb marker placement (2022)
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Fonseca, M., Bergere, M., Candido, J., Leboeuf, F., Dumas, R., & Armand, S. (2022). The Conventional Gait Model’s sensitivity to lower-limb marker placement. Scientific reports, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18546-5

Clinical gait analysis supports treatment decisions for patients with motor disorders. Measurement reproducibility is affected by extrinsic errors such as marker misplacement—considered the main factor in gait analysis variability. However, how marke... Read More about The Conventional Gait Model’s sensitivity to lower-limb marker placement.

A deep learning computational approach for the classification of Covid-19 virus (2022)
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Rajarajeswari, P., Santhi, K., Chattopadhyay, P., & Beg, O. (2022). A deep learning computational approach for the classification of Covid-19 virus. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization, https://doi.org/10.1080/21681163.2022.2111722

Deep learning and transfer learning are being extensively adopted in biomedical, health and wellbeing related applications. The continuous Covid 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought about an extreme impact on the worldwide medical services framework, ma... Read More about A deep learning computational approach for the classification of Covid-19 virus.

The effect of sex, stature, and limb length on the preferred walk-to-run transition speed (2022)
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Gill, N., Hollands, K., O'Leary, T., Roberts, A., Greeves, J., & Jones, R. (2022). The effect of sex, stature, and limb length on the preferred walk-to-run transition speed. Gait & Posture, 98, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.08.006

Background The preferred walk-to-run transition speed (PTS) for healthy adults is approximately 2 m∙s-1, however, PTS is influenced by anthropometric factors. Yet despite known sex differences in anthropometrics, studies have reported no sex differe... Read More about The effect of sex, stature, and limb length on the preferred walk-to-run transition speed.

Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) for radiation-induced reproductive effects in environmental species: state of science and identification of a consensus AOP network (2022)
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Tollefson, K., Alonzo, F., Beresford, N., Brede, D., Dufourcq-Sekatcheff, E., Gilbin, R., …Frelon, S. (2022). Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) for radiation-induced reproductive effects in environmental species: state of science and identification of a consensus AOP network. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2022.2110317

Background Reproductive effects of ionizing radiation in organisms have been observed under laboratory and field conditions. Such assessments often rely on associations between exposure and effects, and thus lacking a detailed mechanistic understand... Read More about Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) for radiation-induced reproductive effects in environmental species: state of science and identification of a consensus AOP network.

Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology (2022)
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Andrzejaczek, S., Lucas, T., Goodman, M., Hussey, N., Armstrong, A., Carlisle, A., …et al. (2022). Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology. Science Advances, 8(33), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo1754

Knowledge of the three-dimensional movement patterns of elasmobranchs is vital to understand their ecological roles and exposure to anthropogenic pressures. To date, comparative studies among species at global scales have mostly focused on horizontal... Read More about Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology.

Identifying individual enablers and barriers to the use of digital technology for the self-management of long-term conditions by older adults (2022)
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Moody, L., Wood, E., Needham, A., Booth, A., Jimenez-Aranda, A., & Tindale, W. (2022). Identifying individual enablers and barriers to the use of digital technology for the self-management of long-term conditions by older adults. Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 46(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/03091902.2022.2089249

Evidence suggests that much of the digital technology available and provided to older adults to enable self-management of long-term conditions is under-utilised. This research focuses on three conditions prevalent amongst older adults: diabetes, deme... Read More about Identifying individual enablers and barriers to the use of digital technology for the self-management of long-term conditions by older adults.

Racialisation, the EU Referendum result and sentiments of belonging in the UK: a consideration of Roma populations (2022)
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Patel, T., Martin, P., Brown, P., & Tyler, P. (2023). Racialisation, the EU Referendum result and sentiments of belonging in the UK: a consideration of Roma populations. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 31(4), 1178-1191. https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2022.2110454

This article reports on a qualitative study with migrant Roma communities in South Yorkshire, UK. The study was undertaken shortly after the 2016 European Union membership referendum in the UK. It finds that while hostility towards the studied Roma p... Read More about Racialisation, the EU Referendum result and sentiments of belonging in the UK: a consideration of Roma populations.

Text line segmentation from struck-out handwritten document images (2022)
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Shivakumara, P., Jain, T., Pal, U., Surana, N., Antonacopoulos, A., & Lu, T. (2022). Text line segmentation from struck-out handwritten document images. Expert systems with applications, 210, 118266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118266

In the case of freestyle everyday handwritten documents, writing, erasing, striking out, and overwriting are common behaviors of the writers. This not cleanly-written text poses significant challenges for text line segmentation. Accurate text line se... Read More about Text line segmentation from struck-out handwritten document images.

Co-Flowering Species Richness Increases Pollinator Visitation to Apple Flowers (2022)
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Gilpin, A., Kobel, C., E. Brettell, L., O’Brien, C., M. Cook, J., & A. Power, S. (2022). Co-Flowering Species Richness Increases Pollinator Visitation to Apple Flowers. #Journal not on list, 12(8), https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12081246

Co-flowering plants can experience an array of interactions, ranging from facilitation to competition, the direction and strength of which are often dependent on the relative abundance and diversity of the plant species involved and the foraging beha... Read More about Co-Flowering Species Richness Increases Pollinator Visitation to Apple Flowers.

Subjective well-being among psychotherapists during the coronavirus disease pandemic: A cross-cultural survey from 12 European countries (2022)
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Van Hoy, A., Rzeszutek, M., Pieta, M., Rodríguez -Mora, J., Midgley, N., Omylinska-Thurston, J., …Gruszczyńska, E. (2022). Subjective well-being among psychotherapists during the coronavirus disease pandemic: A cross-cultural survey from 12 European countries. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 154, 315-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.065

Objective The aim of this study to examine the amount of the total variance of the subjective well-being (SWB) of psychotherapists from 12 European countries explained by between-country vs. between-person differences regarding its cognitive (life s... Read More about Subjective well-being among psychotherapists during the coronavirus disease pandemic: A cross-cultural survey from 12 European countries.

Variability in the perception and application of force used in IVC filter retrievals among interventional radiologists (2022)
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Chan, T., Shaikh, U., England, A., & McWilliams, R. (2022). Variability in the perception and application of force used in IVC filter retrievals among interventional radiologists. Radiography, 28(1), 68-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2021.07.023

Introduction A long dwell time is associated with higher inferior vena cava (IVC) filter retrieval complication rates. Manufacturers advise that “excessive force should not be used” during filter retrieval; however, the term “excessive” is subjectiv... Read More about Variability in the perception and application of force used in IVC filter retrievals among interventional radiologists.

Anatomy and dietary specialization influence sensory behaviour among sympatric primates (2022)
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Melin, A., Veilleux, C., Janiak, M., Hiramatsu, C., Sánchez-Solano, K., Lundeen, I., …Kawamura, S. (2022). Anatomy and dietary specialization influence sensory behaviour among sympatric primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1981), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0847

Senses form the interface between animals and environments, and provide a window into the ecology of past and present species. However, research on sensory behaviours by wild frugivores is sparse. Here, we examine fruit assessment by three sympatric... Read More about Anatomy and dietary specialization influence sensory behaviour among sympatric primates.

Effectiveness of an intervention for reducing sitting time and improving health in office workers: three arm cluster randomised controlled trial (2022)
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Edwardson, C. L., Biddle, S. J. H., Clemes, S. A., Davies, M. J., Dunstan, D. W., Eborall, H., …Clarke-Cornwell, A. M. (2022). Effectiveness of an intervention for reducing sitting time and improving health in office workers: three arm cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 378, e069288. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-069288

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention, with and without a height adjustable desk, on daily sitting time, and to investigate the relative effectiveness of the two interventions, and the effectiveness of both interventions on phy... Read More about Effectiveness of an intervention for reducing sitting time and improving health in office workers: three arm cluster randomised controlled trial.

Reduction in transfer of micro-organisms between patients and staff using short-sleeved gowns and hand/arm hygiene in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation-based randomised trial (2022)
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Vincent, L., Ibrahim, M., Kitchin, J., Pickering, C., Wilson, J., Sorrentino, E., …McCulloch, P. (2022). Reduction in transfer of micro-organisms between patients and staff using short-sleeved gowns and hand/arm hygiene in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation-based randomised trial. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 24(3), 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221116472

Background Current personal protective equipment (PPE) practices in UK intensive care units involve “sessional” use of long-sleeved gowns, risking nosocomial infection transmitted via gown sleeves. Data from the first wave of the COVID19 pandemic dem... Read More about Reduction in transfer of micro-organisms between patients and staff using short-sleeved gowns and hand/arm hygiene in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation-based randomised trial.

Determinants predicting the electronic medical record adoption in healthcare: A SEM-Artificial Neural Network approach (2022)
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Almarzouqi, A., Aburayya, A., & Salloum, S. (2022). Determinants predicting the electronic medical record adoption in healthcare: A SEM-Artificial Neural Network approach. PLoS ONE, 17(8), e0272735. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272735

An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) has the capability of promoting knowledge and awareness regarding healthcare in both healthcare providers and patients to enhance interconnectivity within various government bodies, and quality healthcare services.... Read More about Determinants predicting the electronic medical record adoption in healthcare: A SEM-Artificial Neural Network approach.