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Problems with evidence assessment in COVID-19 health policy impact evaluation: a systematic review of study design and evidence strength (2022)
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Haber, N. A., Clarke-Deelder, E., Feller, A., Smith, E. R., Salomon, J. A., MacCormack-Gelles, B., Stone, E. M., Bolster-Foucault, C., Daw, J. R., Hatfield, L. A., Fry, C. E., Boyer, C. B., Ben-Michael, E., Joyce, C. M., Linas, B. S., Schmid, I., Au, E. H., Wieten, S. E., Jarrett, B., Axfors, C., …Stuart, E. A. (2022). Problems with evidence assessment in COVID-19 health policy impact evaluation: a systematic review of study design and evidence strength. BMJ Open, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053820

Logic Differential Calculus for Reliability Analysis Based on Survival Signature (2022)
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Rusnak, P., Zaitseva, E., Coolen, F., Kvassay, M., & Levashenko, V. (2023). Logic Differential Calculus for Reliability Analysis Based on Survival Signature. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 20(2), 1529-1540. https://doi.org/10.1109/tdsc.2022.3159126

The structure function is an often-used mathematical representation of the investigated system in reliability analysis. It is a binary function that models system state according to states of its components. The size of the structure function depends... Read More about Logic Differential Calculus for Reliability Analysis Based on Survival Signature.

Mitigating the impact of air pollution on dementia and brain health: Setting the policy agenda (2022)
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Castellani, B., Bartington, S., Wistow, J., Heckels, N., Ellison, A., Van Tongeren, M., Arnold, S. R., Barbrook-Johnson, P., Bicket, M., Pope, F. D., Russ, T. C., Clarke, C. L., Pirani, M., Schwannauer, M., Vieno, M., Turnbull, R., Gilbert, N., & Reis, S. (2022). Mitigating the impact of air pollution on dementia and brain health: Setting the policy agenda. Environmental Research, 215(2), Article 114362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114362

Background Emerging research suggests exposure to high levels of air pollution at critical points in the life-course is detrimental to brain health, including cognitive decline and dementia. Social determinants play a significant role, including soci... Read More about Mitigating the impact of air pollution on dementia and brain health: Setting the policy agenda.

A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
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Legate, N., Nguyen, T.-V., Weinstein, N., Moller, A., Legault, L., Vally, Z., Tajchman, Z., Zsido, A. N., Zrimsek, M., Chen, Z., Ziano, I., Gialitaki, Z., Ceary, C. D., Jang, Y., Lin, Y., Kunisato, Y., Yamada, Y., Xiao, Q., Jiang, X., Du, X., …Primbs, M. A. (2022). A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(22), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111091119

Finding communication strategies that effectively motivate social distancing continues to be a global public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-country, preregistered experiment (n = 25,718 from 89 countries) tested hypotheses c... Read More about A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Exploring task design to promote discipline-specific reasoning in primary English (2022)
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Oliver, M., & Higgins, S. (2023). Exploring task design to promote discipline-specific reasoning in primary English. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 47, Article 101230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101230

This paper draws upon a growing body of research emphasising the importance and prevalence of domain-specific practices in teaching and learning. Different disciplines have their own reasoning practices, conceptualised as reasoning styles, which are... Read More about Exploring task design to promote discipline-specific reasoning in primary English.

Preventing cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer and lymphoma: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROACT) (2022)
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Maier, R. H., Plummer, C., Kasim, A. S., Akhter, N., Ogundimu, E., Maddox, J., Graham, J., Stewart, M., Wardley, A., Haney, S., Vahabi, S., Oxenham, H., Humphreys, A., Cresti, N., Verrill, M., Graham, R., Chang, L., Hancock, H. C., & Austin, D. (2022). Preventing cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer and lymphoma: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROACT). BMJ Open, 12(12), Article e066252. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066252

Introduction: Anthracyclines are included in chemotherapy regimens to treat several different types of cancer and are extremely effective. However, it is recognised that a significant side effect is cardiotoxicity; anthracyclines can cause irreversib... Read More about Preventing cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer and lymphoma: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROACT).

Newly learned shape-colour associations show signatures of reliability-weighted averaging without forced fusion or a memory colour effect (2022)
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Aston, S., Pattie, C., Graham, R., Slater, H., Beierholm, U., & Nardini, M. (2022). Newly learned shape-colour associations show signatures of reliability-weighted averaging without forced fusion or a memory colour effect. Journal of Vision, 22(13), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.13.8

Reliability-weighted averaging of multiple perceptual estimates (or cues) can improve precision. Research suggests that newly-learned statistical associations can be rapidly integrated in this way for efficient decision-making. Yet, it remains unclea... Read More about Newly learned shape-colour associations show signatures of reliability-weighted averaging without forced fusion or a memory colour effect.

Let's stay close: An examination of the effects of imagined contact on behavior toward children with disability (2022)
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Cocco, V. M., Bisagno, E., Di Bernardo, G. A., Bicocchi, N., Calderara, S., Palazzi, A., Cucchiara, R., Zambonelli, F., Cadamuro, A., Stathi, S., Crisp, R., & Vezzali, L. (2023). Let's stay close: An examination of the effects of imagined contact on behavior toward children with disability. Social Development, 32(3), 1042-1059. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12662

In line with current developments in indirect intergroup contact literature, we conducted a field study using the imagined contact paradigm among high-status (Italian children) and low-status (children with foreign origins) group members (N = 122; 53... Read More about Let's stay close: An examination of the effects of imagined contact on behavior toward children with disability.

Digital health tools to support parents with parent-infant sleep and mental well-being (2022)
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Ball, H. L., & Keegan, A.-A. (2022). Digital health tools to support parents with parent-infant sleep and mental well-being. npj Digital Medicine, 5(1), Article 185. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00732-4

Digital technology is increasingly important in people’s lives, particularly for new parents as it allows them to access information, stay connected to peers and offers them seductive solutions for improving infant sleep and parental well-being. Digi... Read More about Digital health tools to support parents with parent-infant sleep and mental well-being.

Convergent evolution of elaborate nests as structural defences in birds (2022)
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Street, S. E., Jaques, R., & De Silva, T. N. (2022). Convergent evolution of elaborate nests as structural defences in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1989), Article 20221734. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1734

The pendent nests of some weaverbird and icterid species are among the most complex structures built by any animal, but why they have evolved remains to be explained. The precarious attachments and extended entrance tunnels characteristic of these ne... Read More about Convergent evolution of elaborate nests as structural defences in birds.

The effect of swaddling on infant sleep and arousal: A systematic review and narrative synthesis (2022)
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Dixley, A., & Ball, H. L. (2022). The effect of swaddling on infant sleep and arousal: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10, Article 1000180. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.1000180

To explore the effect of swaddling on infant sleep and arousal in infants under 12 months of age we conducted a systematic review of the evidence published over the past 15 years since the review of van Sleuwen et al. (1). This previous review conclu... Read More about The effect of swaddling on infant sleep and arousal: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Friendships in children with Williams syndrome: Parent and child perspectives (2022)
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Gillooly, A., Riby, D., Durkin, K., & Rhodes, S. (2024). Friendships in children with Williams syndrome: Parent and child perspectives. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54, 509–517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05807-5

Although children with Williams syndrome (WS) are strongly socially motivated, many have friendship difficulties. The parents of 21 children with WS and 20 of the children themselves participated in a semi-structured interview about the children’s fr... Read More about Friendships in children with Williams syndrome: Parent and child perspectives.

A Bayesian Computer Model Analysis of Robust Bayesian Analyses (2022)
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Vernon, I., & Gosling, J. (2023). A Bayesian Computer Model Analysis of Robust Bayesian Analyses. Bayesian Analysis, 18(4), 1367-1399. https://doi.org/10.1214/22-ba1340

We harness the power of Bayesian emulation techniques, designed to aid the analysis of complex computer models, to examine the structure of complex Bayesian analyses themselves. These techniques facilitate robust Bayesian analyses and/or sensitivity... Read More about A Bayesian Computer Model Analysis of Robust Bayesian Analyses.

A systematic review of sex differences in rough and tumble play across non-human mammals (2022)
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Marley, C. L., Pollard, T. M., Barton, R. A., & Street, S. E. (2022). A systematic review of sex differences in rough and tumble play across non-human mammals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76(12), Article 158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03260-z

It is widely believed that juvenile male mammals typically engage in higher rates of rough and tumble play (RTP) than do females, in preparation for adult roles involving intense physical competition between males. The consistency of this sex differe... Read More about A systematic review of sex differences in rough and tumble play across non-human mammals.