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Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia (2024)
Journal Article
Okomo, U., Gon, G., Darboe, S., Sey, I. C. M., Nkereuwem, O., Leigh, L., Camara, N., Makalo, L., Keita, A., Dancer, S. J., Graham, W., & Aiken, A. M. (2024). Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 13(1), Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-024-01393-6

Background: Effective surface cleaning in hospitals is crucial to prevent the transmission of pathogens. However, hospitals in low- and middle-income countries face cleaning challenges due to limited resources and inadequate training. Methods: We ass... Read More about Assessing the impact of a cleaning programme on environmental hygiene in labour and neonatal wards: an exploratory study in The Gambia.

The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World (2024)
Journal Article
Easton, M., de Paepe, J., Aston, L., & Clayton, E. (2024). The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000018

In the ever-evolving landscape of law enforcement, the advent of the digital age has ushered in transformative shifts in police practices. These shifts have sparked scholarly attention and fuelled an increased volume of research dedicated to unravell... Read More about The Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Landscape of Policing in a Digitalized World.

“Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact (2024)
Journal Article
Wells, H., Andrews, W., Clayton, E., Bradford, B., Aston, E. V., & O’Neill, M. (2024). “Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact. European Journal of Policing Studies, 7(1-2), 14-35. https://doi.org/10.5553/ejps.000017

Police organizations in England and Wales, as in many other contexts, are increasingly shifting crime reporting and other public-facing contact online. In this article, we explore the beliefs, motivations and objectives of those tasked with “deliveri... Read More about “Free Text Is Essentially the Enemy of What We’re Trying to Achieve”: The Framing of a National Vision for Delivering Digital Police Contact.

Spring forth diversity: Specialist species contribute to the conservation value of headwater springs and streams at the landscape scale (2024)
Journal Article
Kabir, J., Biondi, G., Gething, K. J., Aspin, T., Sykes, T., & Stubbington, R. (2024). Spring forth diversity: Specialist species contribute to the conservation value of headwater springs and streams at the landscape scale. River Research and Applications, 40(5), 863-874. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4275

Headwater springs and streams often occur in relatively remote areas, reducing their exposure to human influences and thus increasing their collective capacity to support high biodiversity. Their aquatic macroinvertebrate communities can include spec... Read More about Spring forth diversity: Specialist species contribute to the conservation value of headwater springs and streams at the landscape scale.

Time to retire the raw analysis of individual responses (2024)
Journal Article
Bossi, A. H. (in press). Time to retire the raw analysis of individual responses. Communications in Kinesiology,

This letter critiques the data analysis of a study investigating peak oxygen uptake responses to cycling and running sprint interval training (Digby et al. 2023 J Strength Cond Res, 37(4), e313-e316). While the study effectively demonstrates the spec... Read More about Time to retire the raw analysis of individual responses.

Race, Genetics and Disablement: Colonial Longings for Racial Certainty (2024)
Book Chapter
Keval, H. (2024). Race, Genetics and Disablement: Colonial Longings for Racial Certainty. In T. Chataika, & D. Goodley (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Disability Studies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003310709-29

This chapter explores the relationship between disablement, race, coloniality and the social and cultural production of naturalised, embodied difference. Race here is a fluid, relational, technology of power that speaks to coloniality and often un-ar... Read More about Race, Genetics and Disablement: Colonial Longings for Racial Certainty.

Crop and landscape heterogeneity increase biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: A global review and meta‐analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Priyadarshana, T. S., Martin, E. A., Sirami, C., Woodcock, B. A., Goodale, E., Martínez‐Núñez, C., Lee, M., Pagani‐Núñez, E., Raderschall, C. A., Brotons, L., Rege, A., Ouin, A., Tscharntke, T., & Slade, E. M. (2024). Crop and landscape heterogeneity increase biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: A global review and meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters, 27(3), Article e14412. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14412

Agricultural intensification not only increases food production but also drives widespread biodiversity decline. Increasing landscape heterogeneity has been suggested to increase biodiversity across habitats, while increasing crop heterogeneity may s... Read More about Crop and landscape heterogeneity increase biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: A global review and meta‐analysis.

Assessment of the safety and efficacy of Guanidinoacetic acid (Creamino®) as a feed additive for all animal species (2024)
Report
Morrison, D. (2024). Assessment of the safety and efficacy of Guanidinoacetic acid (Creamino®) as a feed additive for all animal species. Food Standards Agency

An application was submitted to the Food Standards Agency in May 2021 from AlzChem Trostberg GmbH (“the applicant”) for the new use authorisation of an additive guanidinoacetic acid (Creamino®), under the category of ‘nutritional additives” and funct... Read More about Assessment of the safety and efficacy of Guanidinoacetic acid (Creamino®) as a feed additive for all animal species.

Safety Assessment RP1047 Quillaja saponaria and Yucca schidigera (Magni-Phi®) (2024)
Report
Morrison, D. (2024). Safety Assessment RP1047 Quillaja saponaria and Yucca schidigera (Magni-Phi®). Food Standards Agency

An application was submitted to the Food Standards Agency in April 2021 from Phibro Animal Health Corporation (“the applicant”) for the new authorisation of an additive (Magni-Phi®), a natural preparation of powdered dry Quillaja saponaria and dry Yu... Read More about Safety Assessment RP1047 Quillaja saponaria and Yucca schidigera (Magni-Phi®).

Safety Assessment RP709 protease (subtilisin) produced by Bacillus licheniformis DSM 33099 (ProAct 360) (2024)
Report
Morrison, D. (2024). Safety Assessment RP709 protease (subtilisin) produced by Bacillus licheniformis DSM 33099 (ProAct 360). Food Standards Agency

An application was submitted to the Food Standards Agency in March 2021 from DSM Nutritional Products LTD (“the applicant”) for the new authorisation of an additive (ProAct 360) containing protease (subtilisin), under the category of “zootechnical ad... Read More about Safety Assessment RP709 protease (subtilisin) produced by Bacillus licheniformis DSM 33099 (ProAct 360).

International consensus is needed on a core outcome set to advance the evidence of best practice in cancer prehabilitation services and research (2024)
Journal Article
Myers, A. M., Barlow, R. C., Baldini, G., Campbell, A. M., Carli, F., Carr, E. J., Collyer, T., Danjoux, G., Davis, J. F., Denehy, L., Durrand, J., Gillis, C., Greenfield, D. M., Griffiths, S. P., Grocott, M., Humphreys, L., Jack, S., Keen, C., Levett, D. Z. H., Merchant, Z., …Copeland, R. J. (2024). International consensus is needed on a core outcome set to advance the evidence of best practice in cancer prehabilitation services and research. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 132(5), 851-856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2024.02.021

Prehabilitation aims to optimise patients’ physical and psychological status before treatment. The types of outcomes measured to assess the impact of prehabilitation interventions vary across clinical research and service evaluation, limiting the abi... Read More about International consensus is needed on a core outcome set to advance the evidence of best practice in cancer prehabilitation services and research.

A review of seagrass cover, status and trends in Africa (2024)
Journal Article
Mwikamba, E., Githaiga, M., Briers, R. A., & Huxham, M. (2024). A review of seagrass cover, status and trends in Africa. Estuaries and Coasts, 47(4), 917–934. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01348-5

The recognition of the benefits that seagrasses contribute has enhanced the research interest in these marine ecosystems. Seagrasses provide critical goods and services and support the livelihoods of millions of people. Despite this, they are declini... Read More about A review of seagrass cover, status and trends in Africa.

Abstract 4472: Discovery of potential RAF-selective back pocket as a promising biological target for BRAF inhibitors in the treatment of resistant melanoma: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ammar, U., Gamal, M., Abdel-Maksoud, M., Ali, E., Mahmoud, Z., Deug, K., Jun, P., Lee, S., & Oh, C. Abstract 4472: Discovery of potential RAF-selective back pocket as a promising biological target for BRAF inhibitors in the treatment of resistant melanoma: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies. Presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA

The mutated BRAF kinase (V600E) is considered the key component in the MAPK signaling pathway that was reported to be significantly contributed to melanoma disease. Vemurafenib and dabrafenib are examples of drugs that were approved by FDA to treat m... Read More about Abstract 4472: Discovery of potential RAF-selective back pocket as a promising biological target for BRAF inhibitors in the treatment of resistant melanoma: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies.

Correction: Elsherbeny et al. 2-(3-Bromophenyl)-8-fluoroquinazoline-4-carboxylic Acid as a Novel and Selective Aurora A Kinase Inhibitory Lead with Apoptosis Properties: Design, Synthesis, In Vitro and In Silico Biological Evaluation. Life 2022, 12, 876 (2024)
Journal Article
Elsherbeny, M. H., Ammar, U. M., Abdellattif, M. H., Abourehab, M. A. S., Abdeen, A., Ibrahim, S. F., Abdelrahaman, D., Mady, W., Roh, E. J., & Elkamhawy, A. (2024). Correction: Elsherbeny et al. 2-(3-Bromophenyl)-8-fluoroquinazoline-4-carboxylic Acid as a Novel and Selective Aurora A Kinase Inhibitory Lead with Apoptosis Properties: Design, Synthesis, In Vitro and In Silico Biological Evaluation. Life 2022, 12, 876. Life, 14(4), 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14040423

In the original publication [1], reference number 26 [2] was added by mistake. Thus, it was removed. With this correction, the order of some references has been adjusted accordingly. The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected... Read More about Correction: Elsherbeny et al. 2-(3-Bromophenyl)-8-fluoroquinazoline-4-carboxylic Acid as a Novel and Selective Aurora A Kinase Inhibitory Lead with Apoptosis Properties: Design, Synthesis, In Vitro and In Silico Biological Evaluation. Life 2022, 12, 876.

Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change (2024)
Journal Article
Wooff, A. (2024). Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 47(3), 407-419. https://doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-01-2024-0007

Design/ Methodology This paper draws on data from a study funded by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (2016-2018), entitled ‘Measuring Risk and Efficiency in Police Custody in Scotland’. The paper adopts a qualitative methodology to deve... Read More about Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change.

An examination of how voluntary international netball officials view and experience well-being (2024)
Journal Article
Barrow, C. J., Westbury, T., Cunningham, I., & Mascarenhas, D. (in press). An examination of how voluntary international netball officials view and experience well-being. Managing Sport and Leisure, https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2024.2326704

Research aim The purpose of this research was to explore the views and experiences of international volunteer netball officials about their well-being and its contributing factors. Research methods A qualitative methodology, involving semi-struc... Read More about An examination of how voluntary international netball officials view and experience well-being.

A single bout of vigorous intensity exercise enhances the efficacy of rituximab against human chronic lymphocytic leukaemia B-cells ex vivo (2024)
Journal Article
Collier-Bain, H. D., Emery, A., Causer, A. J., Brown, F. F., Oliver, R., Dutton, D., Crowe, J., Augustine, D., Graby, J., Leach, S., Eddy, R., Rothschild-Rodriguez, D., Gray, J. C., Cragg, M. S., Cleary, K. L., Moore, S., Murray, J., Turner, J. E., & Campbell, J. P. (2024). A single bout of vigorous intensity exercise enhances the efficacy of rituximab against human chronic lymphocytic leukaemia B-cells ex vivo. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 118, 468-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.03.023

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is characterised by the clonal proliferation and accumulation of mature B-cells and is often treated with rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody immunotherapy. Rituximab often fails to induce stringent disease... Read More about A single bout of vigorous intensity exercise enhances the efficacy of rituximab against human chronic lymphocytic leukaemia B-cells ex vivo.