A5080027617- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Astro and Planetary Science
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Freezing and Crystallization Processes
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Liver Diseases and Immunity
University of Stirling
2020-2024
University of Nottingham
2020-2023
Queen's Medical Centre
2021-2022
Imperial College London
2022
Quadram Institute
2022
Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at University of Liverpool
2021
University of Liverpool
2021
University of Virginia
2020-2021
National Health and Medical Research Council
2021
Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre
2021
Hermetia illucens is an efficient bioconverter able to grow on various different organic materials, producing larvae, which are a good source of protein and fat with applications in the animal feed biochemical industries. This fly’s capacity reduce huge amounts waste presents interesting opportunity establish circular food economy. In this study, we assessed suitability using wastes from cricket locust farming rear H. illucens. Larvae developed until adult emergence all wastes, mean survival...
The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic demonstrates the utility of real-time sequence analysis in monitoring and surveillance pathogens. However, cost-effective sequencing requires that samples be PCR amplified multiplexed via barcoding onto a single flow cell, resulting challenges with maximising balancing coverage for each sample. To address this, we developed pipeline to maximise cell performance optimise time costs any amplicon based sequencing. We extended our nanopore platform MinoTour...
Abstract Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from international travel is a priority. We evaluated the effectiveness travellers being required to quarantine for 14-days on return England in Summer 2020. identified 4,207 travel-related cases and their contacts, 827 associated genomes. Overall, was with lower rate impact greatest 16–20 age-group. 186 genomes were sufficiently unique identify clusters. Fewer genomically-linked observed index who returned countries requirement compared no...
The degree of similarity between Batesian mimics and their models varies widely occurs across a range sensory modalities. We use 3 complementary experimental paradigms to investigate acoustic mimicry in hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae), which mimic stinging Hymenoptera. First, we analyze sounds made by 13 hoverfly species 9 Hymenoptera with without simulated predation ("alarm" "flight" sounds, respectively). demonstrate that the bumblebees Bombus terrestris, hortorum, lucorum Cheilosia...
Abstract Purpose Rearing crickets in the UK for live pet food market is already a well-established industry. However, there interest also producing human consumption. This paper presents life cycle assessment (LCA) of current business. Using results from this LCA, papers explores how business practices could be improved to reduce environmental impacts, and discusses potential benefits hybrid food/human consumption model. Methods An attributional, cradle-to-farm-gate was conducted on rearing...
Abstract Polyploidy, the result of whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major driver eukaryote evolution. All angiosperms have undergone ancient WGDs, and today stable polyploids account for substantial portion both wild domesticated plant species. Despite its centrality in evolution, WGD hugely disruptive mutation, we still lack clear understanding fitness consequences. Here, study whether results greater diversity genomic structural variants (SVs) how this influences evolutionary dynamics...
Abstract Main conclusion One of seven Solanum taxa studied displayed associations between pollen presence and floral scent composition volume, suggesting buzz-pollinated plants rarely use as an honest cue for foraging pollinators. Floral influences the recruitment, learning, behaviour visitors. Variation in can provide information on amount reward available or whether a flower has been visited recently may be particularly important species with visually concealed rewards. In many flowers,...
Abstract In the early phases of SARS coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, testing focused on individuals fitting a strict case definition involving limited set symptoms together with an identified epidemiological risk, such as contact infected individual or travel to high-risk area. To assess whether this impaired our ability detect and control introductions virus into UK, we PCR-tested archival specimens collected admission large UK teaching hospital who retrospectively were having...
Summary Background Nosocomial infections have posed a significant problem during the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting bed capacity and patient flow in hospitals. Effective infection control measures identifying areas of highest risk is required to reduce spread patients who are admitted with other illnesses. This first pandemic where whole genome sequencing (WGS) has been readily available. We demonstrate how WGS can be deployed help identify outbreaks. Aims & Methods Swabs performed on...
Watch a video presentation of this article the interview with author Cirrhosis is associated overt and proximately causal complications such as ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, esophageal varices for which management well defined broadly implemented. However, there remain many symptoms whose etiology, morbidity, treatment continue to be poorly understood.1 This concise review discusses (1) insomnia, (2) muscle cramps, (3) fatigue, (4) itching. Insomnia common burdensome problem in cirrhotic...
This paper describes the process of grid-enabling a vibroacoustic analysis application using Globus Toolkit 3.2.1. is first step in project intended to grid-enable suite tools being developed as service-oriented architecture for spacecraft telemetry analysis. Many applications are compute intensive and would benefit from significantly improved performance. In this we show advantage single tool flow, with result that few eleven nodes, tool's runtime by factor eight. While communication...
Less than 20 years after the discovery of first extrasolar planet, exoplanetology is rapidly growing with more one every week on average since 2007. An important step in chemical characterization exoplanet atmospheres. It has recently been shown that molecular signatures transiting exoplanets can be studied from ground. To advance this idea and prepare ambitious missions such as THESIS, a dedicated spectrometer named New Mexico Tech Extrasolar Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI) being...
A vibroacoustic analysis toolkit for launch vehicle telemetry was refactored as a service architecture using Globus Toolkit 4.0. We grid-enabled two tools in the flow, managing their remote execution workflow from desktop client. examine performance of and processing time entire tool chain. The results indicate that coordinated communication scheduling part management can significantly improve overall efficiency. Our experience also shows service-oriented approach, grid computing tools,...
System management aspects are described for the process of grid-enabling a vibroacoustic analysis application using Globus Toolkit 3.2.1. This is first step in project intended to grid-enable suite tools being developed as service-oriented enterprise architecture spacecraft telemetry analysis. Many applications compute intensive and would benefit from significantly improved performance. In this paper we show advantage single tool flow, with result that few eleven nodes, tool's runtime by...
Anyone who has used court transcripts and evidence files as a source for writing knows how detailed they can be. Day of reckoning does just that, giving the reader an incredibly dense account series criminal trials in New Guinea Moluccas late 1947 early 1948. The events were not related directly, although some official personnel cross boundaries. real links are to questions Australian sovereignty, American attitudes race, both with regard Guineans Asians. book is set adjacent islands based...
Abstract Background Critical illness is a frequent cause of mortality in resource-limited settings. Improved triage on admission could improve mortality, but existing tools depend variables that often are not available. We prospectively evaluated the universal vital assessment (UVA) score to predict among patients admitted district hospital rural, highly HIV-prevalent South Africa. Figure 1. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves for UVA and qSOFA scoring tools. Methods In...