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Understanding sex offence victims, risk and police investigations using novel datasets
The Government's End-to-End Rape Review found police investigations were poor and low numbers of rape cases ended in a conviction. Operation Soteria Bluestone (OSB) was launch...
ICF: Maternal diet, body composition and metabolic adaptation to pregnancy
Each year, 20 million pregnant women develop gestational diabetes (high blood sugar that begins during pregnancy). This can carry health risks for the mother and baby during pregna...
AIGreenBots: Artificial Intelligence and sensor-fusion systems in sustainable (Green) robotics for precision agriculture
AIGreenBots is a MSCA Doctoral Network that will implement inter-and-cross multidisciplinary training, career development and research collaborations for 9 researchers (i.e., ESR:...
Revealing the Pattern of Solar Alfvénic Waves (RiPSAW)
This research proposal aims to advance our understanding of the physics of our closest star, the Sun, and other solar-like stars. The Sun displays a number of fascinating and dynam...
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and AI for Net Zero
The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and AI for Net Zero (RAINZ CDT) is a new CDT in Robotics and AI (RAI) which will train and develop the next generation of multi-d...
GLUTRONICS - Glucose-fuelled ultra-low power implantable bioelectronics
Every year chronic diseases, including neurodegenerative and cardiac diseases, cause 40 million deaths worldwide. This toll is predicted to double in the next twenty years, based o...
The role of youth voluntary actions in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Ganges Brahmaputra and Meghna (GBM) delta
Youth volunteerism in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) has recently received significant recognition in international policy debate and research agenda (UNISDR, 2015; Haddock &amp...
Marine Soundscapes And EDNA For Assessing Biodiversity And Functioning Of Re-establishing European Flat Oyster Reefs, Ostrea Edulis
The project will contribute to both the 'Biodiversity' and 'Challenged Ecosystems' themes:European oyster reefs provide habitat for many ecologically or economi...
Defining how cell wall changes during infection affect Cryptococcus neoformans virulence
Cryptococcal meningitis is a disease caused by the pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans), which targets patients with weakened immunity, such as those with cancer, organ...
Pioneering Ln-MOF based Luminescent Probes for Alzheimer's Diagnostics
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder affecting tens of millions worldwide. As we are in the nascent stages of devising diagnostic and therapeut...
Personalised lung cancer treatment through outcomes predictions and patient stratification
The proposed fellowship uses multimodal cancer data to help predict the treatment response, personalise patient care, and improve survival and quality-of-life post-treatment. By ha...
Understanding Perinatal mental heaLth inequality in reFugees and Those seeking asylum – UPLIFT asylum.
Understanding Perinatal mental heaLth inequality in reFugees and Those seeking asylum – UPLIFT asylum.
Comparing the physiological effects of low-calorie diets in South Asian and White European individuals with early-onset Type 2 Diabetes
140,000 people in England, and >260 million people worldwide are diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) before the age of 40-years.Compared to diagnosis in later-life, early-onset...
British-Pakistani women with Gestational Diabetes: Understanding the antenatal and postnatal factors contributing to their future risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes
Background Gestational Diabetes (GDM) is a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy, when women have high levels of sugar in their blood. One in 20 pregnant women in the UK...
Cilia: a new therapeutic target for type 1 diabetes?
Cilia are antenna-like projections on the surface of cells that play a central role in transducing and regulating several signalling pathways.Islet cells have cilia, and recent stu...
Modulating Host-Microbial Pathways to Prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcer-Related Amputations
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a severe complication of diabetes, costing the NHS over £1Bn per year and leading to life-threatening amputations.Current treatments are inadequate,...
How do temperate phages acquire moonlighting proteins as directionality factors for their large serine integrases?
Site-specific recombination catalysed by large serine recombinases (LSRs) is used by temperate phages and mobile elements to insert their genomes into that of their host bacteria a...
Understanding safety, risks and harm-benefit balances arising from home-based care
Research questionWhat does good care look like alongside the current risks and harms experienced by service users, and their families, receiving home-based care services? Backgroun...
Impact of at-home subcutaneous furosemide in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease on prevention of hospital admission; a randomised controlled, feasibility trial
Background Heart failure (HF) is a common cause for hospital admissions, particularly in elderly and increasing in prevalence.Hospital admissions to treat fluid overload, using int...
EQUITy in Black Adult health (EQUITA)- a randomised feasibility trial of a co-produced and faith-placed intervention to increase uptake of breast, cervical, bowel, and AAA screening in the North East of England, Leeds and Scotland
BackgroundBreast, bowel, cervical, and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening saves lives. However, stark inequities in uptake of screening exist for people from ethnic minority...