Research publications: Recent submissions
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Antibiotic prescribing in an English secondary care setting before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(ISRCTN registry, 2022-05-23)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global crisis that requires urgent attention and action. More than 1.2 million people died worldwide in 2019 from infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics, according to the ... -
The short version of the Sexual Distress Scale (SDS-3): Measurement invariance across countries, gender identities, and sexual orientations
(2024-04-04)Background: The three-item Sexual Distress Scale (SDS-3) has been frequently used to assess distress related to sexuality in public health surveys and research on sexual wellbeing. However, its psychometric properties and ... -
Pick Up Your Feelings
(Fourteen Publishing, 2024-01-01)Christopher Lloyd’s sensitive, voice-driven poems explore desire and disruption: “you make this other world,” he writes, “to hide in faceless”. In lightly turning stanzas or in seductive columns of prose, these poems seek ... -
Freundschaften über religiöse Grenzen hinweg
(2024-04-09)Frankfurter Rundschau Interview with sociologist Arndt Emmerich, who researched Jewish-Muslim coexistence in Frankfurt's station district. -
Quest for environmentally sustainable materials: A case for animal-based fillers and fibers in polymeric biocomposites
(2024-04-20)This review explores the potential of animal-based fillers and fibers as eco-friendly alternatives to conventional synthetic ones. Examining materials such as wool, silk, feather, hair and beak, the review elucidates their ... -
Mechanical, physical and thermal properties of polylactic acid filament composite reinforced with newly isolated Cryptostegia grandiflora fiber
(2024-04-25)By leveraging the properties of natural or plant fibers and possibilities through three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, a composite filament was fabricated by incorporating newly isolated Cryptostegia grandiflora ... -
Project Evaluation of Community Wealth Building Projects in Hertfordshire
(Community Wealth Building Together Programme, 2023-02-16)The purpose of this report is to evaluate the Community Wealth Building projects, funded by the UK Community Renewal Fund, across the 10 local authorities in Hertfordshire. It is evaluated on the basis of the Secretary of ... -
A recently quenched galaxy 700 million years after the Big Bang
(2024-05-02)Local and low-redshift (z < 3) galaxies are known to broadly follow a bimodal distribution: actively star-forming galaxies with relatively stable star-formation rates and passive systems. These two populations are connected ... -
Juden und Muslime sind keine Feinde
(2024-04-02)Interview: Arndt Emmerich researches Jewish-Muslim networks in Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel district. His conclusion: Instead of conflicts, the relationship between the religions is characterized by respect. -
Patient Reported Experience of Kidney Care in the UK 2022
(UK Renal Registry / Kidney Care UK, 2023-05-25)Executive Summary This is the seventh annual report of the national Kidney PREM which is a measure of kidney patients’ self-reported experience of the care they receive from kidney centres. It provides people living with ... -
Mechanical Design of an Auxiliary Fixation Technique to Make Single Bundle Graft for ACL Reconstruction
(2023-05-11)Purpose: The present study, introduced and mechanically tested an alternative method for graft preparation for ACL reconstruction surgery. The designed method aimed to offer a replacement for conventional suturing which ... -
NuSTAR Observations of Candidate Subparsec Binary Supermassive Black Holes
(2024-05-01)We present an analysis of NuSTAR X-ray observations of three active galactic nuclei (AGN) that were identified as candidate subparsec binary supermassive black hole (SMBH) systems in the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey ... -
Cost of delivering the early education entitlement : Research report
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Patient Reported Experience of Kidney Care in the UK 2023
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Paediatric Patient Reported Experience Measure (PPREM) Pilot 2023 Report
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Exploring factors influencing time from dispatch to unit availability according to the transport decision in the pre-hospital setting: an exploratory study
(2024-12)Background: Efficient resource distribution is important. Despite extensive research on response timings within ambulance services, nuances of time from unit dispatch to becoming available still need to be explored. This ... -
NuSTAR Observations of Candidate Subparsec Binary Supermassive Black Holes
(2024-05-01)We present an analysis of NuSTAR X-ray observations of three active galactic nuclei (AGN) that were identified as candidate subparsec binary supermassive black hole (SMBH) systems in the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey ... -
Degenerative adversarial neuroimage nets for brain scan simulations: Application in ageing and dementia
(2022-01-01)Accurate and realistic simulation of high-dimensional medical images has become an important research area relevant to many AI-enabled healthcare applications. However, current state-of-the-art approaches lack the ability ... -
An efficient semi-supervised quality control system trained using physics-based MRI-artefact generators and adversarial training
(2024-01-30)Large medical imaging data sets are becoming increasingly available. A common challenge in these data sets is to ensure that each sample meets minimum quality requirements devoid of significant artefacts. Despite a wide ... -
Diet and physical activity interventions to improve cardiovascular disease risk factors in liver transplant recipients: Systematic review and meta-analysis
(2024-07)Background and aims: Cardiovascular disease, associated risk factors and obesity are prevalent after liver transplant and modifiable through lifestyle changes. Understanding what lifestyle interventions and their respective ...