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The effects of creatine supplementation combined with resistance training on regional measures of muscle hypertrophy: a systematic review with meta-analysis. (2023)
Journal Article
BURKE, R., PIÑERO, A., COLEMAN, M., MOHAN, A., SAPUPPO, M., AUGUSTIN, F., ARAGON, A.A., CANDOW, D.G., FORBES, S.C., SWINTON, P. and SCHOENFELD, B.J. 2023. The effects of creatine supplementation combined with resistance training on regional measures of muscle hypertrophy: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Nutrients [online], 15(9), article 2116. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15092116

The purpose of this paper was to carry out a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that examined the combined effects of resistance training (RT) and creatine supplementation on regional changes in muscle mass with dire... Read More about The effects of creatine supplementation combined with resistance training on regional measures of muscle hypertrophy: a systematic review with meta-analysis..

Developing, piloting and evaluating a Medicines Safety School Programme to be delivered by student pharmacists. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TONNA, A.P., ARNOLD, A., BROWN, A. and DEPASQUALE, C. 2023. Developing, piloting and evaluating a Medicines Safety School Programme to be delivered by student pharmacists. Poster presented at the 2023 NES (NHS education for Scotland) annual virtual conference: collaboration for improvement, 27-28 April 2023, [virtual conference].

The aim of this research was to develop the content, pilot delivery and evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative Medicines Safety School Programme delivered by student pharmacists to primary school pupils. With the transition of healthcare to a mo... Read More about Developing, piloting and evaluating a Medicines Safety School Programme to be delivered by student pharmacists..

"Doing" is never enough, if "being" is neglected: exploring midwives' experiences of an emotional intelligence (EI) programme: a qualitative study. [Presentation] (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TABIB, M., FORBES-MCKAY, K. and HUMPHREY, T. 2023. "Doing" is never enough, if "being" is neglected: exploring midwives' experiences of an emotional intelligence (EI) programme: a qualitative study. Presented at the 15th International labour and birth conference, 24-26 April 2023, Grange over Sands, UK.

The role of the midwife is emotionally demanding, with many midwives experiencing high levels of stress and burnout, and a great number considering leaving the profession. This has serious implications for the delivery of high-quality, safe maternity... Read More about "Doing" is never enough, if "being" is neglected: exploring midwives' experiences of an emotional intelligence (EI) programme: a qualitative study. [Presentation].

"Doing" is never enough if "being" is neglected: the influence of an emotional intelligence programme (EIP) on midwives' emotional wellbeing and experiences of practice: a pilot survey study. (2023)
Report
TABIB, M., HUMPHREY, T. and FORBES-MCKAY, K. 2023. "Doing" is never enough if "being" is neglected: the influence of an emotional intelligence programme (EIP) on midwives' emotional wellbeing and experiences of practice: a pilot survey study. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2158762

This brief report summarises the methodology, findings and conclusion of a study that aimed to evaluate the impact of an emotional intelligence training programme for midwives. The programme aimed to address known issues with high stress and burnout... Read More about "Doing" is never enough if "being" is neglected: the influence of an emotional intelligence programme (EIP) on midwives' emotional wellbeing and experiences of practice: a pilot survey study..

Data-driven solution to identify sentiments from online drug reviews. (2023)
Journal Article
HAQUE, R., LASKAR, S.H., KHUSHBU, K.G., HASAN, M.J. and UDDIN, J. 2023. Data-driven solution to identify sentiments from online drug reviews. Computers [online], 12(4), article 87. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/computers12040087

With the proliferation of the internet, social networking sites have become a primary source of user-generated content, including vast amounts of information about medications, diagnoses, treatments, and disorders. Comments on previously used medicin... Read More about Data-driven solution to identify sentiments from online drug reviews..

Maternal and infant food insecurity in the UK: a problem hiding in plain sight? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DOUGLAS, F., MACIVER, E., DAVIS, T. and LITTLEJOHN, C. 2023. Maternal and infant food insecurity in the UK: a problem hiding in plain sight? Presented at the 11th Nutrition and nurture in infancy and childhood conference (MAINN 2023): bio-cultural perspectives, 19-21 April 2023, Grange-over-Sands, UK.

Lone parents with children under five are amongst the most food insecure in the UK (Cheong et al, 2021; Tobi et al, 2022). Yet maternal and infant food insecurity experience remains poorly understood in the UK. Drawing on findings from qualitative re... Read More about Maternal and infant food insecurity in the UK: a problem hiding in plain sight?.

Experiences of sexual well-being interventions in males affected by genitourinary cancers and their partners: an integrative systematic review. (2023)
Journal Article
SCHUBACH, K., NIYONSENGA, T., TURNER, M. and PATERSON, C. 2023. Experiences of sexual well-being interventions in males affected by genitourinary cancers and their partners: an integrative systematic review. Supportive care in cancer [online], 31(5), article 265. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07712-8

Sexual well-being has been identified as an unmet supportive care need among many individuals with genitourinary (GU) cancers. Little is known about the experiences of using sexual well-being interventions among men and their partners. This review wa... Read More about Experiences of sexual well-being interventions in males affected by genitourinary cancers and their partners: an integrative systematic review..

A systematic review on the role of wildlife as carriers and spreaders of campylobacter spp. (2023)
Journal Article
OLVERA-RAMÍREZ, A.M., MCEWAN, N.R., STANLEY, K., NAVA-DIAZ, R. AND AGUILAR-TIPACAMÚ, G. 2023. A systematic review on the role of wildlife as carriers and spreaders of campylobacter spp. Animals [online], 13(8), article 1334. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13081334

Wildlife are important reservoirs of bacterial pathogens associated with human diseases. Campylobacteriosis is a relevant gastrointestinal disease in humans and is caused principally by Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. This review compile... Read More about A systematic review on the role of wildlife as carriers and spreaders of campylobacter spp..

What CBA-informed interventions currently exist to support prehabilitation? Scoping review protocol. [Protocol] (2023)
Other
SHIM, J., ALEXANDER, L., PEPPER, S., PAVLOVA, A., MCCALLUM, M. and COOPER, K. 2023. What CBA-informed interventions currently exist to support prehabilitation? Scoping review protocol. [Protocol]. OSF preprints [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/2q4af

Prehabilitation or pre-operative services vary extensively in content and accessibility, as there are currently no nationwide standards in place for providing and evaluating prehabilitation. Furthermore, there has been a lack of consideration of the... Read More about What CBA-informed interventions currently exist to support prehabilitation? Scoping review protocol. [Protocol].

Research priorities relating to the delivery of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programmes: results of a modified Delphi process. (2023)
Journal Article
MCHALE, S., COWIE, A., BROWN, S., BUTLER, T., CARVER, K., DALAL, H.M., DAWKES, S., DEIGHAN, C., DOHERTY, P., EVANS, J., HINTON, S., JONES, J., MILLS, J., NICHOLS, S. and TAYLOR, R.S. 2023. Research priorities relating to the delivery of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programmes: results of a modified Delphi process. Open heart [online], 10(1), article e002248. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2022-002248

The purpose of this British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR) research priority setting project (PSP) was to identify a top 10 list of priority research questions for cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation (CV... Read More about Research priorities relating to the delivery of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation programmes: results of a modified Delphi process..

Evaluation of pulse transit time for different sensing methodologies of arterial waveforms. (2023)
Journal Article
JANJUA, G.M.W., FINLAY, D., GULDENRING, D., HAQ, A.U. and MCLAUGHLIN, J. 2023. Evaluation of pulse transit time for different sensing methodologies of arterial waveforms. IEEE access [online], 11, pages 33928-33933. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3264291

We perform a novel comparative analysis between optically and mechanically derived pulse transit time (PTT), which is a universally employed technique for cuffless blood pressure (BP) estimation. Two inline photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensors were place... Read More about Evaluation of pulse transit time for different sensing methodologies of arterial waveforms..

Security challenges in wireless body area networks for smart healthcare. (2023)
Book Chapter
HAJAR, M.S., KALUTARAGE, H.K. and AL-KADRI, M.O. 2023. Security challenges in wireless body area networks for smart healthcare. In Mostefaoui, G.K., Islam, S.M.R. and Tariq, F. (eds.) Artificial intelligence for disease diagnosis and prognosis in smart healthcare. Boca Raton: CRC Press [online], chapter 15, pages 255-286. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003251903-15

In the era of communication technologies, wireless healthcare networks enable innovative applications to enhance the quality of patients' lives, provide useful monitoring tools for caregivers, and allow timely intervention. This chapter investigates... Read More about Security challenges in wireless body area networks for smart healthcare..

Dietary β-alanine intake assessed by food records does not associate with muscle carnosine content in healthy, active, omnivorous men and women. (2023)
Journal Article
REZENDE, N.S., BESTETTI, G.C., FARIAS DE OLIVEIRA, L., MAZZOLANI, B.C., SMAIRA, F.I., DUMAS, A., SWINTON, P., SAUNDERS, B. and DOLAN, E. 2023. Dietary β-alanine intake assessed by food records does not associate with muscle carnosine content in healthy, active, omnivorous men and women. International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism [online], 33(3), pages 133-140. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsnem.2022-0236

β-alanine (BA) is one of the most widely used sport supplements, due to its capacity to improve high intensity exercise performance by increasing muscle carnosine (MCarn) content, and consequently, the buffering capacity of the muscle. BA is also ava... Read More about Dietary β-alanine intake assessed by food records does not associate with muscle carnosine content in healthy, active, omnivorous men and women..

A systematic scoping review on the evidence behind debriefing practices for the wellbeing/emotional outcomes of healthcare workers. (2023)
Journal Article
EVANS, T.R., BURNS, C., ESSEX, R. et al. 2023. A systematic scoping review on the evidence behind debriefing practices for the wellbeing/emotional outcomes of healthcare workers. Frontiers in psychiatry [online], 14, article number 1078797. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1078797

Debriefings give healthcare workers voice through the opportunity to discuss unanticipated or difficult events, and to recommend changes. The typical goal of routine debriefings has been to improve clinical outcomes by learning through discussion and... Read More about A systematic scoping review on the evidence behind debriefing practices for the wellbeing/emotional outcomes of healthcare workers..

Defensive pessimism-like thinking in practice: the (dys)functional strategy for coping with risk uncertainty in the offshore oilfield? (2023)
Journal Article
ADAMS, N.N. 2023. Defensive pessimism-like thinking in practice: the (dys)functional strategy for coping with risk uncertainty in the offshore oilfield? Journal of risk research [online], 26(5), pages 547-562. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2023.2187433

UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) offshore oilfield drilling is recognised as a high-hazard occupation that occurs in one of the riskiest locations in the world. Dangerous machinery, combustible hydrocarbons, unpredictable weather conditions, rapidly shift... Read More about Defensive pessimism-like thinking in practice: the (dys)functional strategy for coping with risk uncertainty in the offshore oilfield?.

A theoretical exploration of the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programmes: perspectives of key stakeholders informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HASHAD, N., STEWART, D., PERUMAL, D., ABDULRAZZAQ, N., and TONNA, A. 2023. A theoretical exploration of the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programmes: perspectives of key stakeholders informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). Poster presented at 6th UAE International conference on antimicrobial resistance 2023 (ICAR, 2023), 17-18 March 2023, Dubai, UAE.

Despite numerous published studies about antimicrobial stewardship programme (ASP) implementation, a lack of theoretical underpinning within this research emerges. This leads to incomplete knowledge of contextual determinants impacting ASP implementa... Read More about A theoretical exploration of the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programmes: perspectives of key stakeholders informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)..

Contour extraction of medical images using an attention-based network. (2023)
Journal Article
LV, J.J., CHEN, H.Y., LI, J.W., LIN, K.H., CHEN, R.J., WANG, L.J., ZENG, X.X., REN, J.C. and ZHAO, H.M. 2023. Contour extraction of medical images using an attention-based network. Biomedical signal processing and control [online], 84, article 104828. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2023.104828

A comprehensive analysis of medical images is important, as it assists in early screening and clinical treatment as well as subsequent rehabilitation. In general, the contour information can elaborately describe the shape and size of lesions in a med... Read More about Contour extraction of medical images using an attention-based network..

Theoretically informed implementation research in health sciences. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TONNA, A., AKSEER, R. and HASHAD, N. 2023. Theoretically informed implementation research in health sciences. Workshop presented at the 1st HCT (Higher Colleges of Technology) International conference on advancements in health sciences 2023 (ICAHS 2023), 8-9 March 2023, Dubai, UAE.

Implementation research has been used to link the gap between evidence-based research and real practice also known as the practice gap. The use of theory to underpin such research ensures this is systematically carried out making findings more applic... Read More about Theoretically informed implementation research in health sciences..

Applying competency-based teaching and assessments with a focus on pharmacy education. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
TONNA, A. 2023. Applying competency-based teaching and assessments with a focus on pharmacy education. Presented at the 1st HCT (Higher Colleges of Technology) International conference on advancements in health sciences 2023 (ICAHS 2023), 8-9 March 2023, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

This presentation sets out to give an introduction to competency-based learning (CBE) and assessment, an understanding of why there has been a shift to CBE and the models of competency assessment that may be used. Examples of competency frameworks us... Read More about Applying competency-based teaching and assessments with a focus on pharmacy education..

How to write a successful grant application: guidance provided by the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy. (2023)
Journal Article
WEIDMANN, A.E., CADOGAN, C.A., FIALOVÁ, D., HAZEN, A., HENMAN, M., LUTTERS, M., OKUYAN, B., PAUDYAL, V. and WIRTH, F. 2023. How to write a successful grant application: guidance provided by the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 45(3), pages 781-786. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-023-01543-7

Considering a rejection rate of 80–90%, the preparation of a research grant is often considered a daunting task since it is resource intensive and there is no guarantee of success, even for seasoned researchers. This commentary provides a summary of... Read More about How to write a successful grant application: guidance provided by the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy..