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Dynamic trait-niche relationships shape niche partitioning across habitat transformation gradients (2022)
Journal Article
Pagani-Núñez, E., Liang, D., He, C., Liu, Y., Luo, X., & Goodale, E. (2022). Dynamic trait-niche relationships shape niche partitioning across habitat transformation gradients. Basic and Applied Ecology, 59, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.01.002

Multidimensional approaches examining complex trait-niche relationships are crucial to understand community assembly. This is particularly important across habitat transformation gradients because specialists are progressively substituted by generali... Read More about Dynamic trait-niche relationships shape niche partitioning across habitat transformation gradients.

Exercise Recommendation for People With Bone Metastases: Expert Consensus for Health Care Providers and Exercise Professionals (2022)
Journal Article
Campbell, K. L., Cormie, P., Weller, S., Alibhai, S. M. H., Bolam, K. A., Campbell, A., Cheville, A. L., Dalzell, M., Hart, N. H., Higano, C. S., Lane, K., Mansfield, S., McNeely, M. L., Newton, R. U., Quist, M., Rauw, J., Rosenberger, F., Santa Mina, D., Schmitz, K. H., Winters-Stone, K. M., …Goulart, J. (2022). Exercise Recommendation for People With Bone Metastases: Expert Consensus for Health Care Providers and Exercise Professionals. JCO Oncology Practice, 18(5), 361-E709. https://doi.org/10.1200/op.21.00454

PURPOSE:
Exercise has been underutilized in people with advanced or incurable cancer despite the potential to improve physical function and reduce psychosocial morbidity, especially for people with bone metastases because of concerns over skeletal c... Read More about Exercise Recommendation for People With Bone Metastases: Expert Consensus for Health Care Providers and Exercise Professionals.

Ambiguity in Performance Management Systems of Complex Multi-stakeholder Organisations (2022)
Journal Article
Ojiako, U., Bititci, U., Marshall, A., Chipulu, M., Manville, G., Muthalagu, S. J., & Farrington, T. (2023). Ambiguity in Performance Management Systems of Complex Multi-stakeholder Organisations. Production Planning and Control, 34(14), 1393–1413. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2021.2014590

This study undertakes an in-depth and rigorous exploration and explanation of the sources and implications of ambiguity in performance measurement systems and performance management practices (PMM) systems of complex multi-stakeholder organisations.... Read More about Ambiguity in Performance Management Systems of Complex Multi-stakeholder Organisations.

A scoping review of therapies used to treat psychological trauma post perinatal bereavement (2022)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C., & Reid, K. (2023). A scoping review of therapies used to treat psychological trauma post perinatal bereavement. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 41(5), 582-598. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2021.2021477

Background:
Up to 39% of women who experience perinatal bereavement proceed to develop Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder (PTSD), with this large proportion meriting treatment. Before setting-up a treatment service for postnatal women who are experienci... Read More about A scoping review of therapies used to treat psychological trauma post perinatal bereavement.

Machine learning empowered COVID-19 patient monitoring using non-contact sensing: An extensive review (2022)
Journal Article
Saeed, U., Shah, S. Y., Ahmad, J., Imran, M. A., Abbasi, Q. H., & Shah, S. A. (2022). Machine learning empowered COVID-19 patient monitoring using non-contact sensing: An extensive review. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 12(2), 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpha.2021.12.006

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has affected more than 400 million people worldwide. With the recent rise of new Delta and Omicron variants, the efficacy... Read More about Machine learning empowered COVID-19 patient monitoring using non-contact sensing: An extensive review.

Shining a brighter light on groupwork (2022)
Journal Article
Meldrum, S. (2022). Shining a brighter light on groupwork. Career Matters, 10(1), 32-33

Career development groupwork has long been delivered alongside one-to-one interventions in a range of different settings. Unlike one-to-one interventions, little attention has been paid to developing groupwork models which both channel the skill set... Read More about Shining a brighter light on groupwork.

Practical Indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and Their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks (2022)
Journal Article
Peng, Z., Rojas, A. P., Kropff, E., Bahnfleth, W., Buonanno, G., Dancer, S., Kurnitski, J., Li, Y., Loomans, M., Marr, L., Morawska, L., Nazaroff, W., Noakes, C., Querol, X., Sekhar, C., Tellier, R., Greenhalgh, T., Bourouiba, L., Boerstra, A., Tang, J., …Jimenez, J. (2022). Practical Indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and Their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks. Environmental Science and Technology, 56(2), 1125-1137. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06531

Some infectious diseases, including COVID-19, can undergo airborne transmission. This may happen at close proximity, but as time indoors increases, infections can occur in shared room air despite distancing. We propose two indicators of infection ris... Read More about Practical Indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and Their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks.

Destabilization of the Bacterial Interactome Identifies Nutrient Restriction-Induced Dysbiosis in Insect Guts (2022)
Journal Article
Marasco, R., Fusi, M., Callegari, M., Jucker, C., Mapelli, F., Borin, S., Savoldelli, S., Daffonchio, D., & Crotti, E. (2022). Destabilization of the Bacterial Interactome Identifies Nutrient Restriction-Induced Dysbiosis in Insect Guts. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01580-21

Stress-associated dysbiosis of microbiome can have several configurations that, under an energy landscape conceptual framework, can change from one configuration to another due to different alternating selective forces. It has been proposed—according... Read More about Destabilization of the Bacterial Interactome Identifies Nutrient Restriction-Induced Dysbiosis in Insect Guts.

Contrasting Effects of Local Environmental and Biogeographic Factors on the Composition and Structure of Bacterial Communities in Arid Monospecific Mangrove Soils (2022)
Journal Article
Thomson, T., Fusi, M., Bennett-Smith, M. F., Prinz, N., Aylagas, E., Carvalho, S., Lovelock, C. E., Jones, B. H., & Ellis, J. I. (2022). Contrasting Effects of Local Environmental and Biogeographic Factors on the Composition and Structure of Bacterial Communities in Arid Monospecific Mangrove Soils. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00903-21

Mangrove forests are important biotic sinks of atmospheric CO2 and play an integral role in nutrient-cycling and decontamination of coastal waters, thereby mitigating climatic and anthropogenic stressors. These services are primarily regulated by the... Read More about Contrasting Effects of Local Environmental and Biogeographic Factors on the Composition and Structure of Bacterial Communities in Arid Monospecific Mangrove Soils.

Metabolic heat loss in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) differs with stage of moult and between habitats (2022)
Journal Article
Paterson, W. D., Chaise, L. L., McKnight, C., Currie, J. I., Thompson, D., Ancel, A., Gilbert, C., & McCafferty, D. J. (2022). Metabolic heat loss in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) differs with stage of moult and between habitats. Journal of Thermal Biology, 104, Article 103183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103183

The moult in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) represents an especially energetically demanding period during which seals must maintain high skin temperature to facilitate complete replacement of body fur and upper dermis. In this study, hea... Read More about Metabolic heat loss in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) differs with stage of moult and between habitats.

Structural optimization of 4-(imidazol-5-yl)pyridine derivatives affords broad-spectrum anticancer agents with selective B-RAFV600E/p38α kinase inhibitory activity: Synthesis, in vitro assays and in silico study (2022)
Journal Article
Ali, E. M., Mersal, K. I., Ammar, U. M., Zaraei, S., Abdel-Maksoud, M. S., El-Gamal, M. I., Haque, M. M., Das, T., Kim, E. E., Lee, J., Lee, K. H., Kim, H., & Oh, C. (2022). Structural optimization of 4-(imidazol-5-yl)pyridine derivatives affords broad-spectrum anticancer agents with selective B-RAFV600E/p38α kinase inhibitory activity: Synthesis, in vitro assays and in silico study. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 171, Article 106115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2022.106115

In the current article, we introduce design of a new series of 4-(imidazol-5-yl)pyridines with improved anticancer activity and selective B-RAF V600E /p38α kinase inhibitory activity. Based on a previous work, a group of structural modifications were... Read More about Structural optimization of 4-(imidazol-5-yl)pyridine derivatives affords broad-spectrum anticancer agents with selective B-RAFV600E/p38α kinase inhibitory activity: Synthesis, in vitro assays and in silico study.

The EU Preventive Restructuring Framework: in Extra Time? (2022)
Journal Article
Gant, J. L., Boon, G., Ehmke, D. C., Ghio, E., Langkjaer, L., Vaccari, E., & Omar, P. J. (2022). The EU Preventive Restructuring Framework: in Extra Time?. Jogászvilág, 1(2),

In 2019, the EU adopted the Preventive Restructuring Directive to introduce harmonisation enabling viable enterprises and entrepreneurs that are in financial difficulties to have access to effective national preventive restructuring frameworks so tha... Read More about The EU Preventive Restructuring Framework: in Extra Time?.

COVID-opt-aiNet: a clinical decision support system for COVID-19 detection (2022)
Journal Article
Kanwal, S., Khan, F., Alamri, S., Dashtipur, K., & Gogate, M. (2022). COVID-opt-aiNet: a clinical decision support system for COVID-19 detection. International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, 32(2), 444-461. https://doi.org/10.1002/ima.22695

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had a major and sometimes lethal effect on global public health. COVID-19 detection is a difficult task that necessitates the use of intelligent diagnosis algorithms. Numerous studies have suggested the use of artif... Read More about COVID-opt-aiNet: a clinical decision support system for COVID-19 detection.

Scalability resilience framework using application-level fault injection for cloud-based software services (2022)
Journal Article
Al-Said Ahmad, A., & Andras, P. (2022). Scalability resilience framework using application-level fault injection for cloud-based software services. Journal of cloud computing: advances, systems and applications, 11(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13677-021-00277-z

This paper presents an investigation into the effect of faults on the scalability resilience of cloud-based software services. The study introduces an experimental framework using the Application-Level Fault Injection (ALFI) to investigate how the fa... Read More about Scalability resilience framework using application-level fault injection for cloud-based software services.

How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts (2022)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I., Malone, E., & Firth, R. (2022). How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts. Studies in Higher Education, 47(9), 1980-1996. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2021.2020745

In UK HE institutions there is a growing realisation and appreciation for academic disciplines to seek research partners beyond their own subject (QAA. 2018. Enterprise and entrepreneurship education: Guidance for UK higher education providers. Acces... Read More about How can scientists and designers find ways of working together? A case study of playful learning to co-design visual interpretations of immunology concepts.

Promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy: A feasibility and pilot trial of a digital storytelling intervention delivered via text‐messaging (2022)
Journal Article
King, E., Cheyne, H., Abhyankar, P., Elders, A., Grindle, M., Hapca, A., Jones, C., O’Carroll, R., Steele, M., & Williams, B. (2022). Promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy: A feasibility and pilot trial of a digital storytelling intervention delivered via text‐messaging. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(7), 2562-2572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.12.019

Objective
Smoking during pregnancy causes risks to mother and infant health. We investigated the feasibility and likely success of SKIP-IT, a narrative and picture-based smoking cessation intervention delivered via text messages.

Methods
A feasi... Read More about Promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy: A feasibility and pilot trial of a digital storytelling intervention delivered via text‐messaging.

Midwifery Practice and Education in Antwerp: Forecasting Its Future With Scenario Planning (2022)
Journal Article
Bleijenbergh, R., Mestdagh, E., & Kuipers, Y. J. (2022). Midwifery Practice and Education in Antwerp: Forecasting Its Future With Scenario Planning. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 53(1), 21-29. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20211210-07

Background: Midwifery across the world is facing changes and uncertainties. By recognizing plausible future options, a contemporary and strategic scope of midwifery practice and education can be established. The city of Antwerp, Belgium, was the indi... Read More about Midwifery Practice and Education in Antwerp: Forecasting Its Future With Scenario Planning.