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Bedaquiline, an FDA-approved drug, inhibits mitochondrial ATP production and metastasis in vivo, by targeting the gamma subunit (ATP5F1C) of the ATP synthase (2021)
Journal Article
Fiorillo, M., Scatena, C., Naccarato, A., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2021). Bedaquiline, an FDA-approved drug, inhibits mitochondrial ATP production and metastasis in vivo, by targeting the gamma subunit (ATP5F1C) of the ATP synthase. Cell Death and Differentiation, 28(9), 2797-2817. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41418-021-00788-x

Here, we provide evidence that high ATP production by the mitochondrial ATP-synthase is a new therapeutic target for anticancer therapy, especially for preventing tumor progression. More specifically, we isolated a subpopulation of ATP-high cancer ce... Read More about Bedaquiline, an FDA-approved drug, inhibits mitochondrial ATP production and metastasis in vivo, by targeting the gamma subunit (ATP5F1C) of the ATP synthase.

User acceptance of smart watch for medical purposes : an empirical study (2021)
Journal Article
Al-Maroof, R., Alhumaid, K., Alhamad, A., Aburayya, A., & Salloum, S. (2021). User acceptance of smart watch for medical purposes : an empirical study. Future Internet, 13(5), e127. https://doi.org/10.3390/fi13050127

This study aims to investigate the most effective and interesting variables that urge use of the smartwatch (SW) in a medical environment. To achieve this aim, the study was framed using an innovative and integrated research model, which is based on... Read More about User acceptance of smart watch for medical purposes : an empirical study.

Factors that affect e-learning platforms after the spread of COVID-19 : post acceptance study (2021)
Journal Article
Al-Maroof, R., Alhumaid, K., Akour, I., & Salloum, S. (2021). Factors that affect e-learning platforms after the spread of COVID-19 : post acceptance study. Data, 6(5), e49. https://doi.org/10.3390/data6050049

The fear of vaccines has led to population rejection due to various reasons. Students have had their own inquiries towards the effectiveness of the vaccination, which leads to vaccination hesitancy. Vaccination hesitancy can affect students’ percepti... Read More about Factors that affect e-learning platforms after the spread of COVID-19 : post acceptance study.

Postgraduate researchers’ experiences of accessing participants via gatekeepers: ‘wading through treacle!’ (2021)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Harvey, O., & Casey, C. (2021). Postgraduate researchers’ experiences of accessing participants via gatekeepers: ‘wading through treacle!’. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2020.1774051

Research exploring both the general experiences of postgraduate research students when interacting with gatekeepers and how this affects their progress and emotional resilience is currently lacking. Consequently, this study aims to explore the experi... Read More about Postgraduate researchers’ experiences of accessing participants via gatekeepers: ‘wading through treacle!’.

New perspectives : a reappraisal of the lap steel guitar (2021)
Thesis
Buckley, S. New perspectives : a reappraisal of the lap steel guitar. (Dissertation). University of Salford

As a critical study accompanying a creative project which involves composition, rearrangement and recording featuring my work as a performer on lap steel guitar, New Perspectives is invested in both a historical consideration of the role of the instr... Read More about New perspectives : a reappraisal of the lap steel guitar.

Biodiversity and health in the urban environment (2021)
Journal Article
Marselle, M., Lindley, S., Cook, P., & Bonn, A. (2021). Biodiversity and health in the urban environment. Current Environmental Health Reports, 8(2), 146-156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-021-00313-9

Biodiversity underpins urban ecosystem functions that are essential for human health and well-being. Understanding how biodiversity relates to human health is a developing frontier for science, policy and practice. This article describes the benefici... Read More about Biodiversity and health in the urban environment.

Structural and functional foot and ankle characteristics associated with falls in older people (2021)
Journal Article
Pol, F., Forghany, S., Hosseini, S., Taheri, A., & Menz, H. (2021). Structural and functional foot and ankle characteristics associated with falls in older people. Gait & Posture, 88, 78-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.05.012

Falls affect approximately one in three older people, and foot problems are amongst the modifiable potential risk factors. what are the associations between foot and ankle functional and structural characteristics with falls in community-dwelling old... Read More about Structural and functional foot and ankle characteristics associated with falls in older people.

How my MBA is helping me improve the healthcare industry (2021)
Journal Article
Home, J., & O, N. (2021). How my MBA is helping me improve the healthcare industry

According to Joseph Home, MBA candidate at Alliance Manchester Business School, the NHS is going through a 'major, but quiet overhaul.' Joseph hopes to use his MBA to improve the NHS from the ground up.

Estimation of the noise emissions generated by a single vehicle while driving (2021)
Journal Article
Asensio, C., Pavon, I., Ramos Romero, C., Lopez, J., Pamies, Y., Moreno, D., & de Arcas, G. (2021). Estimation of the noise emissions generated by a single vehicle while driving. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 95, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102865

This article presents a method of calculation that allows us to separate the contribution of a specific vehicle to the overall noise pollution in an urban environment. This method will provide local authorities with new operating models so that the c... Read More about Estimation of the noise emissions generated by a single vehicle while driving.

Intelligence for security (2021)
Book Chapter
Lomas, D. (2021). Intelligence for security. In A. Masys (Ed.), Handbook of Security Science (1-17). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51761-2_38-1

The use of intelligence by states to improve decision making and per se national security has been commonplace. Intelligence – the collection, processing, analysis and sharing of information – has been seen as a state-based process, ensuring that dec... Read More about Intelligence for security.

Numerical study of nano-biofilm stagnation flow from a nonlinear stretching/shrinking surface with variable nanofluid and bioconvection transport properties (2021)
Journal Article
Alsenafi, A., Beg, O., Ferdows, M., Beg, T., & Kadir, A. (2021). Numerical study of nano-biofilm stagnation flow from a nonlinear stretching/shrinking surface with variable nanofluid and bioconvection transport properties. Scientific reports, 11(1), 9877. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88935-9

A mathematical model is developed for stagnation point flow toward a stretching or shrinking sheet of liquid nano-biofilm containing spherical nano-particles and bioconvecting gyrotactic micro-organisms. Variable transport properties of the liquid (v... Read More about Numerical study of nano-biofilm stagnation flow from a nonlinear stretching/shrinking surface with variable nanofluid and bioconvection transport properties.

Spin echo from erbium implanted silicon (2021)
Journal Article
Hughes, M. A., Panjwani, N. A., Urdampilleta, M., Homewood, K. P., Murdin, B., & Carey, J. D. (2021). Spin echo from erbium implanted silicon. Applied Physics Letters, 118(19), 194001. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0046904

Erbium implanted silicon as a quantum technology platform has both telecommunications and integrated circuit processing compatibility. In Si implanted with Er to a concentration of 3 × 1017 cm−3 and O to a concentration of 1020 cm−3, the electron spi... Read More about Spin echo from erbium implanted silicon.

Sidney Holt’s legacy lives on in fisheries science (2021)
Journal Article
Anderson, E., Bartolino, V., Birchenough, S., Browman, H., Gibbs, M., Hidalgo, M., …Yates, K. (2021). Sidney Holt’s legacy lives on in fisheries science. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78(6), 2150-2154. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab091

On 22 December 2019, the world of fisheries science and whale conservation lost one of its most ardent champions with the passing of Sidney J. Holt. His career began in 1947 at the age of 21. Ten years later, he and his colleague Ray Beverton publish... Read More about Sidney Holt’s legacy lives on in fisheries science.

Mobile health apps : an exploration of user-generated reviews in Google Play Store on a physical activity application (2021)
Journal Article
Al-Abbadey, M., Fong, M., Wilde, L., Ingham, R., & Ghio, D. (2021). Mobile health apps : an exploration of user-generated reviews in Google Play Store on a physical activity application. Digital Health, 7, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076211014988

Objective This study aimed to evaluate reviews that have been posted publicly on the app ‘MapMyRun’ to investigate which features were associated with usage of the app. A secondary aim was to determine whether MapMyRun consisted of specific behaviou... Read More about Mobile health apps : an exploration of user-generated reviews in Google Play Store on a physical activity application.

A boom‐or‐bust approach — the ‘Glass Cannon’ hypothesis in host microbiomes (2021)
Journal Article
Antwis, R. (2021). A boom‐or‐bust approach — the ‘Glass Cannon’ hypothesis in host microbiomes. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(5), 1024-1026. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13500

In Focus: Dunphy, CM, Vollmer, SV, Gouhier, TC. (2021) Host–microbial systems as glass cannons: Explaining microbiome stability in corals exposed to extrinsic perturbations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90, 1044–1057. The importance of symbiotic microb... Read More about A boom‐or‐bust approach — the ‘Glass Cannon’ hypothesis in host microbiomes.

First report of Theileria annulata in Nigeria : findings from cattle ticks in Zamfara and Sokoto States (2021)
Journal Article
Mamman, A., Lorusso, V., Adam, B., Dogo, G., Bown, K., & Birtles, R. (2021). First report of Theileria annulata in Nigeria : findings from cattle ticks in Zamfara and Sokoto States. Parasites and Vectors, 14(1), 242. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04731-4

Background: Ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) represent a significant economic burden to cattle farming in sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria. However, in the northern part of this country, where the largest livestock population resides, little... Read More about First report of Theileria annulata in Nigeria : findings from cattle ticks in Zamfara and Sokoto States.

Helping people to help themselves : the development and evaluation of a non-clinical, peer-supported eTherapy model in the management of anxiety and depression in adults (2021)
Thesis
Lidbetter, N. Helping people to help themselves : the development and evaluation of a non-clinical, peer-supported eTherapy model in the management of anxiety and depression in adults. (Thesis). University of Salford

eTherapy interventions have widened access to evidence-based psychological therapies, particularly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) since their introduction to primary care mental health services over a decade ago. Whilst the effectiveness of eT... Read More about Helping people to help themselves : the development and evaluation of a non-clinical, peer-supported eTherapy model in the management of anxiety and depression in adults.

What is better for animal conservation translocation programmes: Soft‐ or hard‐release? A phylogenetic meta‐analytical approach (2021)
Journal Article
Resende, P. S., Viana‐Junior, A. B., Young, R. J., & Azevedo, C. S. (2021). What is better for animal conservation translocation programmes: Soft‐ or hard‐release? A phylogenetic meta‐analytical approach. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(6), 1122-1132. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13873

Animal conservation translocation is an important tool available to conservation biologists to address problems of isolated, declining or endangered populations. This approach includes both captive‐bred and free‐ranging origin animals, which are used... Read More about What is better for animal conservation translocation programmes: Soft‐ or hard‐release? A phylogenetic meta‐analytical approach.

“Pacing does help you get your life back” : the acceptability of a newly developed activity pacing framework for chronic pain/fatigue (2021)
Journal Article
Antcliff, D., Keenan, A., Keeley, P., Woby, S., & McGowan, L. (2022). “Pacing does help you get your life back” : the acceptability of a newly developed activity pacing framework for chronic pain/fatigue. Musculoskeletal Care, 20(1), 99-110. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1557

Objectives: We have developed and feasibility tested an activity pacing framework for clinicians to standardise their recommendations of activity pacing to patients with chronic pain/fatigue. This study aimed to explore the acceptability and fidelity... Read More about “Pacing does help you get your life back” : the acceptability of a newly developed activity pacing framework for chronic pain/fatigue.