Queen Mary University of London

The Past and the Future of the Ideological Origins of the British Empire

Not many of us have an opportunity to publish a book in the year of a new millennium and, if you missed the last one, you are unlikely to make it to the next. The year 2000 was certainly auspicious...

Network science in sports

Network science has become a central methodological framework for the study of complex systems, with applications across social, biological, and technological domains. Its strength lies in formalizing such systems as collections of interacting units, whose collective behavior dep...

Urinary Biomarkers in Cancer: A Scoping Review

Cancer remains a major global health challenge and a leading cause of mortality worldwide. As incidence continues to rise, early detection remains one of the most effective strategies for improving survival and reducing disease burden. Urine is an attractive source of biomarkers...

AI chatbot integration in fashion e-retail: consumer behaviour shifts and pathways to organizational change

Purpose AI chatbots are increasingly embedded in customer-facing retail operations, yet research has examined them mainly as tools of individual adoption. This study positions consumer attitudinal and behavioural responses to chatbots in fashion e-retail as micro-level foundation...

Clinical examination findings were not associated with isometric strength or functional performance in adults with groin pain

Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate whether positive clinical examination findings were associated with selected measures of lower-limb isometric strength or functional performance in physically active adults with groin pain. Methods This was a cross-sect...

The use of virtual reality in hospices: A survey of clinical practice and staff perspectives

Background: Virtual reality creates immersive, computer-generated environments that can make you feel like you are there. Evidence suggests that virtual reality may help people with incurable illnesses by alleviating symptoms such as pain. Although the use of virtual reality hosp...

Predictive Models of Morbidity and Mortality in Gynaecological Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review

Background/Objectives: Gynaecological–oncological surgery involves substantial perioperative morbidity and mortality risks. Reliable preoperative risk stratification could inform consent, shared decision-making and perioperative optimisation. Several prediction models exist, but...

CD34+ myofibroblasts promote neointima formation in vein grafts by activating ferroptosis-induced smooth muscle cell phenotype switch

Abstract Aim Vein graft (VG) failure due to adverse remodeling and aggressive neointimal hyperplasia is a major complication and key limiting factor for maintaining long-term VG patency. CD34+ cells have been implicated in multiple cardiovascular diseases, but their functional in...

Clusters in randomly-coloured spatial networks

Abstract The behaviour and functioning of a variety of complex physical and biological systems depend on the spatial organisation of their constituent units, and the presence and formation of clusters of functionally similar or related individuals. Here we study the properties of...

Geography in the World Part 4: Towards Latin American Dialogues

ABSTRACT This fourth instalment of Geography in the World (GitW) aims to deepen engagement with geographical knowledge produced outside the Anglophone core—specifically, in Latin America—while reflecting on the practical challenges involved in doing so. The themed intervention co...

Restitution and Unjust Enrichment: Promoting Justice in Business and Human Rights Litigation

Abstract Using Josiya v British American Tobacco (BAT) as a case study, this article explores the growing potential of unjust enrichment to become an additional route to redress in business and human rights (BHR) litigation. Josiya , in which over 7,000 Malawian tobacco farmers a...

Exploring transcriptomic and genomic latent variable correction approaches in differential expression analysis

Abstract Background Differential expression analysis is a central tool for studying the biological processes altered in human diseases via transcriptomic signatures. However, transcriptomic datasets are systematically confounded by latent variables from two distinct sources: unme...

The unseen pain of the Vietnam War: long-term effects of Agent Orange on labor market outcomes

Abstract We examine the long-term labor market consequences of exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, focusing on cohorts whose childhoods overlapped the spraying period. Exploiting district-level variation in herbicide exposure intensity, we find exposed individuals at...

How does explicit reliability guide choices? Effect of trustworthiness on choice and metacognition

A key challenge in today’s fast-paced digital world is to integrate information from various sources, which differ in their reliability. Yet, little is known about how explicit probabilistic information about the likelihood that a source provides correct information is used in de...

Irregularly and incompletely sampled random fields in the Earth sciences: Analysis and synthesis of parameterized covariance models

Summary Geophysical data observed in the Earth, planetary, and lunar sciences are spatially limited to sampling plans designed to span a feature of interest whose resolution and regularity in discretization are bound by site, observational, and instrumental constraints. Common wi...

Apc-deficient pituitary stem cells drive adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma through senescence-associated inflammation

Abstract Adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas (aCPs) are complex intracranial neoplasms that arise in the sellar and suprasellar region of the brain, affecting the endocrine and nervous systems, causing severe sequelae. Although most of aCPs are driven by somatic mutations in β-ca...

Tissue-level implants in the aesthetic zone: why and how?

Tissue-level (TL) implants, originally developed to eliminate the need for a second surgical procedure, are increasingly being used in the aesthetic zone due to their unique design advantages. The vertical platform shift positions the implant-abutment junction coronally, minimisi...

Serological and transcriptomic response of African fruit bats to immune challenge with recombinant vaccines expressing Ebola or Nipah virus antigens

Abstract Bats are hosts to diverse zoonotic viruses which can cause high case fatality rates in humans. Since detecting viruses in bats is difficult, antibodies are often used for surveillance, though their significance remains unclear in the absence of in vivo immunological stud...

Epistemic violence and academic repression: Anti-Palestinian racism and the politics of knowledge production in the context of the Gaza genocide

This paper critically interrogates the institutionalized repression of pro-Palestinian scholarship in academia, particularly within psychology and allied social sciences, framing it within broader neoliberal and settler-colonial structures. Drawing on postcolonial and decolonial...

Establishing Stakeholder Priorities for Development of a Multi‐Arm Multi‐Stage Platform Trial in Crohn's Disease

ABSTRACT Background and Aims The expanding range of advanced therapies for Crohn's disease (CD) has increased complexity in treatment selection, particularly in refractory disease. Conventional randomised controlled trials are limited in evaluating multiple treatment strategies e...