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Mental well-being and physical activity of young people experiencing homelessness before and during COVID-19 lockdown: A longitudinal study
(Elsevier, 2021-05-27)Background While lockdown restrictions in response to COVID-19 indisputably mitigated virus transmission, the aim of this longitudinal study was to establish indirect effects on vulnerable young people's mental well-being ... -
Arts on prescription: observed changes in anxiety, depression, and well-being across referral cycles
(Elsevier, 2021-02-22)Objectives Arts on prescription (AoP) interventions are part of mainstream social prescribing provision in primary health care. Whilst the body of evidence for AoP interventions has been developing, this has primarily ... -
Bilingual phonological development across generations: Segmental accuracy and error patterns in second-and third-generation British Bengali children
(Elsevier, 2021)Introduction: While developmental normsfor speech sound development have been widely reported for monolingual children, and increasingly for bilingual children, little is known about speech sound developmentacrossdifferent ... -
The effect of diet in infancy on asthma in young adults: the Merthyr Allergy Prevention Study
(BMJ, 2021-05-07)Introduction Early infant diet might influence the risk of subsequent allergic disease. Methods The Merthyr Allergy Prevention Study (MAPS) was a randomised controlled trial in infants at high risk of allergic disease. ... -
Corrigendum to “Comparative genomics and pan-genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a description of five novel species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov. and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov.” [Genome Biol. Evol. 12(12) (2020) 2289-2302]
(Oxford University Press, 2021-04-30)This is a correction to: Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2020, Pages 2289–2302, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa212 -
Analysing wideband absorbance immittance in normal and ears with otitis media with effusion using machine learning
(Nature, 2021-05-20)Wideband Absorbance Immittance (WAI) has been available for more than a decade, however its clinical use still faces the challenges of limited understanding and poor interpretation of WAI results. This study aimed to develop ... -
The Effect of Dual Language Activation on L2-Induced Changesin L1 Speech within a Code-Switched Paradigm
(MDPI, 2021-06-29)The present study sought to examine the effect of dual language activation on L1 speech in late English–Austrian German sequential bilinguals, and to identify relevant predictor variables. To this end, we compared the ... -
Exploring the relationship between conductive hearing loss and cleft speech characteristics in children born with cleft palate
(Elsevier, 2021-06-27)Background Children with cleft palate are at high risk of both conductive hearing loss and cleft speech characteristics (CSCs) yet there is limited research to understand whether hearing loss impacts speech development ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between Domestic Violence Perpetration and Suicidal Behavior in Male Prisoners
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-06-24)This study is the first to explore the relationship between domestic violence perpetration and suicidal behavior in prisoners in England and Wales. The nature of this relationship is unclear, however, understanding and ... -
Molecular exploration for Mycoplasma amphoriforme, Mycoplasma fermentans and Ureaplasma spp. from patient samples previously investigated for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
(Elsevier, 2021-06-27)Objectives: To determine the presence and genotypic macrolide susceptibility of Mycoplasma amphoriforme, and presence of Ureaplasma spp., and Mycoplasma fermentans among clinical samples from England previously ... -
A service evaluation specifying the active components of a Functional Restorative Programme to promote management of persistent non-specific low back pain
(Elsevier, 2021-05-29)Background: Functional Restorative Programmes (FRP) for persistent non- specific lower back pain have been shown to be effective, but they often lack sufficient detailed reporting of the intervention components to allow ... -
Who can best find Waldo? Exploring individual differences that bolster performance in a security surveillance microworld
(Wiley, 2021-05-10)Closed‐circuit television (CCTV) surveillance units largely rely on the support of surveillance operators. Although this job is cognitively challenging, few studies have investigated the main human factors improving the ... -
Multi-Band Multi-Resolution Fully Convolutional Neural Networks for Singing Voice Separation
(IEEE, 2020-12-18)Deep neural networks with convolutional layers usually process the entire spectrogram of an audio signal with the same time-frequency resolutions, number of filters, and dimensionality reduction scale. According to the ... -
Comparative Genomics and Pan-Genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a Description of Five Novel Species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov., and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov.
(Oxford Academic, 2020-10-06)Members of the predatory Myxococcales (myxobacteria) possess large genomes, undergo multicellular development, and produce diverse secondary metabolites, which are being actively prospected for novel drug discovery. To ... -
Maternal cultural orientation and speech sound production in Spanish/English dual Language preschoolers
(MDPI, 2021-04-22)Empirical work has shown that maternal education is related to children’s language outcomes, especially in the societal language, among Spanish-English bilingual children growing up in the U.S. However, no study thus far ... -
A requirement for flow to enable the development of Ureaplasma parvum biofilms in vitro
(Wiley, 2021-04-26)Aims To use a flow-based method to establish, quantify and visualise biofilms of Ureaplasma parvum. Methods and Results; Absorbance readings of a U. parvum HPA5 culture were taken at 550 nm every three ... -
Socio-Economic Status, Mental Health Difficulties and Feelings about Transition to Secondary School among 10–11 Year Olds in Wales: Multi-Level Analysis of a Cross Sectional Survey
(Springer, 2021-03-24)Transition between primary and secondary school represents an important milestone in young people’s development. While most young people look forward to this transition, it is a source of anxiety for many. Drawing on a ... -
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption from 1998–2017: Findings from the health behaviour in school-aged children/school health research network in Wales
(Public Library of Science, 2021-04-14)To date no study has examined time trends in adolescent consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and energy drinks, or modelled change in inequalities over time. The present study aimed to fill this gap by identifying ... -
Implementation of e-cigarette regulation through the EU Tobacco Products Directive (2016) in Wales, Scotland and England from the perspectives of stakeholders involved in policy introduction and enforcement
(EU European Publishing, 2021-05-21)Introduction: From May 2016, the European Union introduced the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) regulations, which included restrictions to advertising and new safety and labelling standards for e-cigarette products. ... -
Reduced Functional Connectivity in Children With Congenital Cataracts Using Resting-State Electroencephalography Measurement
(Frontiers Media, 2021-04-14)Objectives: Numerous task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging studies indicate the presence of compensatory functional improvement in patients with congenital cataracts. However, there is neuroimaging evidence that ...
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