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Who is responsible for fixing the food system? A framing analysis of media reactions to the UK's National Food Strategy (2024)
Journal Article
Tak, M., Blair, K., & Marques, J. G. O. (2024). Who is responsible for fixing the food system? A framing analysis of media reactions to the UK's National Food Strategy. British Food Journal, 126(13), 119-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-04-2023-0338

Purpose High levels of child obesity alongside rising stunting and the absence of a coherent food policy have deemed UK’s food system to be broken. The National Food Strategy (NFS) was debated intensely in media, with discussions on how and who shoul... Read More about Who is responsible for fixing the food system? A framing analysis of media reactions to the UK's National Food Strategy.

Life tables of annual life expectancy and risk factors for mortality in cats in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
O'Neill, D., Kendy Tzu-yun, T., Dave C, B., & David B, C. (2024). Life tables of annual life expectancy and risk factors for mortality in cats in the UK. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 26(5), 1098612X241234556. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612x241234556

ObjectivesThe aims of the present study were to generate the first life tables for the UK companion cat population overall as well as broken down by sex and breed status, and to quantify associations between mortality and traits such as sex, neuter s... Read More about Life tables of annual life expectancy and risk factors for mortality in cats in the UK.

Stable Sulforaphane Targets the Early Stages of Osteoclast Formation to Engender a Lasting Functional Blockade of Osteoclastogenesis (2024)
Journal Article
Louka, P., Orriss, I. R., & Pitsillides, A. A. (2024). Stable Sulforaphane Targets the Early Stages of Osteoclast Formation to Engender a Lasting Functional Blockade of Osteoclastogenesis. Cells, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13020165

Sulforaphane, the native but unstable form of SFX-01, is an antioxidant that activates the NRF2 and inhibits the NF-KB pathways to achieve its actions. Resolving the mechanism(s) by which SFX-01 serves to control the various osteoclastogenic stages m... Read More about Stable Sulforaphane Targets the Early Stages of Osteoclast Formation to Engender a Lasting Functional Blockade of Osteoclastogenesis.

Modelling flock heterogeneity in the transmission of peste des petits ruminants virus and its impact on the effectiveness of vaccination for eradication (2023)
Journal Article
Savagar, B., Jones, B. A., Arnold, M., Walker, M., & Fournié, G. (2023). Modelling flock heterogeneity in the transmission of peste des petits ruminants virus and its impact on the effectiveness of vaccination for eradication. Epidemics, 45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100725

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute infectious disease of small ruminants targeted for global eradication by 2030. The Global Strategy for Control and Eradication (GSCE) recommends mass vaccination targeting 70% coverage of small ruminant po... Read More about Modelling flock heterogeneity in the transmission of peste des petits ruminants virus and its impact on the effectiveness of vaccination for eradication.

Risk factors for COVID-19 mortality in hospitalized patients in Bolivia (2023)
Journal Article
Limachi-Choque, J., Guitian, J., Leyns, C., Guzman-Rivero, M., & Eid, D. (2023). Risk factors for COVID-19 mortality in hospitalized patients in Bolivia. IJID International Journal for Infectious Diseases Regions, 9, 95-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.10.002

Objectives This study aimed to ascertain which factors are associated with higher risk of mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 Bolivian patients. Methods This retrospective observational study assessed risk factors associated with mortality in patie... Read More about Risk factors for COVID-19 mortality in hospitalized patients in Bolivia.