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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)
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J Parker, D., Forghany, S., Tang, J., Akhtar, S., Dang, C., Tilbury, J., …Nester, C. 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

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.

Sffl: Self-Aware Fairness Federated Learning Framework for Heterogeneous Data Distributions (2024)
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Zhang, J., Li, Y., Wu, D., Zhao, Y., & Palaiahnakote, S. Sffl: Self-Aware Fairness Federated Learning Framework for Heterogeneous Data Distributions

Recent years have witnessed increasing development towards federated learning. However, federated learning has been proven to show biased predictions against certain demographic groups, such as sex or race, especially under heterogeneous data distrib... Read More about Sffl: Self-Aware Fairness Federated Learning Framework for Heterogeneous Data Distributions.

Tracking Persistent Symptoms in Scotland (TraPSS): A Longitudinal Prospective Cohort Study of COVID-19 Recovery After Mild Acute Infection (2024)
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F Sculthorpe, N., Mclaughlin, M., Cerexhe, L., Macdonald, E., Dello Iacono, A., EM Sanal-Hayes, N., …D Hayes, L. Tracking Persistent Symptoms in Scotland (TraPSS): A Longitudinal Prospective Cohort Study of COVID-19 Recovery After Mild Acute Infection

Background COVID-19 disease results in disparate responses between individuals and has led to the emergence of Long-COVID, characterized by persistent and cyclical symptomology. To understand the complexity of Long-COVID, the importance of symptom su... 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)
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Bengtsson, F., Doglioni, C., Ekman, P., Gallen, A., Jawahar, P., Orucevic-Alagic, A., …Woodland, O. Baler -- Machine Learning Based Compression of Scientific Data

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.

Addressing Financial and Digital Literacy Challenges for Inclusive Finance: insights from Microfinance Institutions and FinTech Organisations (2024)
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Koefer, F., Bokkens, A., Preziuso, M., & Ehrenhard, M. Addressing Financial and Digital Literacy Challenges for Inclusive Finance: insights from Microfinance Institutions and FinTech Organisations

This paper investigates strategies of European microfinance institutions (MFIs) and inclusive FinTech organisations to address financial and digital illiteracy among vulnerable customers. It reveals that both MFIs and FinTech organisations focus on p... Read More about Addressing Financial and Digital Literacy Challenges for Inclusive Finance: insights from Microfinance Institutions and FinTech Organisations.

Biomechanical quantification of children's gross-motor movement: scoping review protocol (2023)
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Hammocks, A., Price, C., & Jones, P. Biomechanical quantification of children's gross-motor movement: scoping review protocol

Objective:
The objective of this scoping review is to identify and map the approaches of current literature in biomechanically quantifying the gross-motor movement of children.

Introduction:
Children continually learn new motor skills and progr... Read More about Biomechanical quantification of children's gross-motor movement: scoping review protocol.

Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm (2023)
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Yang, H., Wei, G., Ren, L., & Yan, L. Compliant actuators that mimic biological muscle performance with applications in a highly biomimetic robotic arm

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)
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Broadhurst, H., Smith, E. E., Jackman, J. M., Singleton, N., Tansley, D., Raynor, R., …McDevitt, A. D. Citizen scientists’ motivation to participate in environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys: A case study on monitoring mammals in the UK

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.

Writing pre-adoption medical (PAMs) and initial health assessment (IHA) reports for "Our Children" [Looked After Children]: guidance and top tips (2023)
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Rowland, A., Reynolds, A., Sherwood, N., & Dasgupta, S. Writing pre-adoption medical (PAMs) and initial health assessment (IHA) reports for "Our Children" [Looked After Children]: guidance and top tips

Children seen for pre-adoption medicals (PAMs) or Initial Health Assessments (IHAs) often have experiences in common. There may be features in the child’s family history, intrauterine environment and experiences following birth which can have signifi... Read More about Writing pre-adoption medical (PAMs) and initial health assessment (IHA) reports for "Our Children" [Looked After Children]: guidance and top tips.

Joint Parliamentary Briefing: The Illegal Migration Bill and its impact on children (2023)
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Petruczenko, K., Warwick, B., Fussey, E., Rowland, A., Council, R., Association, B. M., …of Paediatrics and Child Health, R. C. (2023). Joint Parliamentary Briefing: The Illegal Migration Bill and its impact on children

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.

Illegal Migration Bill House of Lords Second Reading Briefing (2023)
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Warwick, B., Fussey, E., Rowland, A., & of Paediatrics and Child Health, R. C. Illegal Migration Bill House of Lords Second Reading Briefing

Ahead of Second Reading of the Illegal Migration Bill on 9 May, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has prepared this briefing which focuses on new clauses added to the Bill at Report Stage in the Commons on age assessment of u... Read More about Illegal Migration Bill House of Lords Second Reading Briefing.

Tldsmi: Genetic Algorithm Based Network for Text Localization in Distorted Social Media Images (2023)
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Palaiahnakote, S., Pavan Kumar, C., Aggarwal, P., Sharma, S., Chandana, P., Basavanna, M., & Pal, U. Tldsmi: Genetic Algorithm Based Network for Text Localization in Distorted Social Media Images

This paper presents a novel model for understanding social image content through text localization. For text localization, we explore Maximally Stable Extremal Regions (MSER) for detecting components, that works by clustering pixels having similar pr... Read More about Tldsmi: Genetic Algorithm Based Network for Text Localization in Distorted Social Media Images.

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)
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Hammond, A., Tennant, A., Ching, A., Parker, J., Prior, Y., Gignac, M., …O'Brien, R. 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

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 ..

Intergenerational effects from spatial and genetic environment predict early-life social network structure (2022)
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R. Franks, V., Thorogood, R., & Brekke, P. Intergenerational effects from spatial and genetic environment predict early-life social network structure

Early independence is a crucial stage in the ontogeny of social environments, but it is often challenging to study in the wild. Genetics may structure groups if young animals associate with familiar kin, but association opportunities also develop as... Read More about Intergenerational effects from spatial and genetic environment predict early-life social network structure.

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)
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Hammond, A., Radford, K., Ching, A., Prior, Y., O'Brien, R., Woodbridge, S., …Holland, P. The Workwell trial: protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial of job retention vocational rehabilitation for employed people with inflammatory arthritis

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)
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Ogunbode, C. A., Lomas, M., Doran, R., Hanss, D., Ojala, M., Salmela-Aro, K., …Onyutha, C. Climate anxiety, pro-environmental action and wellbeing: antecedents and outcomes of negative emotional responses to climate change in 28 countries

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.