University of Liverpool

Role of Life’s Essential 8 in the association of night shift work with cardiovascular disease and mortality: a prospective cohort study of UK Biobank participants

Background: Night shift work is linked to higher risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality, but mechanisms remain unclear. Lifestyle, captured by the American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 (LE8), may act as a modifiable mediator. We aimed to examine the associa...

Does plastic waste present an infection hazard? Current evidence, surveillance challenges and research priorities

Abstract Unmanaged plastic waste is widespread in settings with limited waste collection, yet its contribution to infectious disease risk remains poorly understood. In this review, we synthesise current evidence on the human health implications of plastic waste, with a specific f...

Experiences and satisfaction with intensive community care services for children and adolescents with severe mental health disorders: a mixed-methods systematic review

Abstract Intensive community care services (ICCS) are community-based alternatives to inpatient care for young people with severe mental health disorders. This systematic review investigated the experiences and satisfaction associated with ICCS. Nine electronic databases were sea...

Day length may impose an ecological constraint on chick provisioning behaviour in a high-latitude seabird

Abstract Variation in daylight hours may shape light-dependent behaviours both across seasons and among latitudinally distinct breeding colonies. We investigated the influence of photoperiod variation on chick provisioning behaviour in a high-latitude seabird, the Manx shearwater...

Management of high-risk (B3) breast lesions in symptomatic practice: evidence review and practical recommendations for multidisciplinary care

Borderline breast lesions (B3 lesions, also termed lesions of uncertain malignant potential or high-risk lesions) represent a heterogeneous group of entities associated with variable risks of malignancy. While the management of screen-detected B3 lesions has become increasingly s...

Regional Dependence of Corvis ST Biomechanical Parameters on Corneal Material Properties: A Finite Element Study

Background: Corvis ST (CVS) provides dynamic corneal response parameters for biomechanical assessment, but conventional metrics may not uniquely reflect region-specific alterations in corneal material properties. This study investigated how regional changes in corneal material pr...

Adaptive Electrochemical Aptamer Sensing across Biofluid-Relevant pH Ranges via a Dual-Stage Machine Learning Framework

Reliable electrochemical sensing can be hindered by environmental variability such as pH fluctuations, ionic strength, and nonspecific adsorption, which compromise signal fidelity and quantitative accuracy. Here, we present a dual-stage machine learning-assisted electrochemical f...

Healing Following Endoscopic Reconstruction of the Anterior Skull Base in Patients With Sinonasal Malignancies

ABSTRACT Background Healing dynamics after anterior skull base (ASB) reconstruction following transnasal endoscopic surgery (TES) for sinonasal malignancies remain poorly characterized. This study aimed to describe the postoperative healing process, quantify time to healing, iden...

Marie Svoboda & Caroline R. Cartwright (ed). 2026. Mummy portraits of Roman Egypt, volume 2: emerging research from the APPEAR Project. Los Angeles: Getty; 978-1-60606-996-7 paperback $75 OpenAccess https://www.getty.edu/publications/mummy-portraits-2/

Marie Svoboda & Caroline R. Cartwright (ed). 2026. Mummy portraits of Roman Egypt, volume 2: emerging research from the APPEAR Project. Los Angeles: Getty; 978-1-60606-996-7 paperback $75 OpenAccess https://www.getty.edu/publications/mummy-portraits-2/

Population density and habitat use of the yellow land crab Johngarthia lagostoma on the remote Trindade Island, Brazil: implications for island conservation

Abstract Several land crab species inhabit oceanic islands worldwide, where they often dominate terrestrial arthropod communities, and act as ecosystem engineers. In the South Atlantic, Johngarthia lagostoma is the only gecarcinid species, endemic to Rocas Atoll, Fernando de Noro...

An update on biofilms in acute and chronic wounds: Incidence, clinical evidence, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment

Pathogenic biofilms are a critical barrier to wound healing, driving infection persistence, delayed tissue repair, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and tolerance. This recognition has driven a paradigm shift from a traditional planktonic model of infection to a biofilm-mediated...

ZPY-CpG-Ch, a broad coverage vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae

Existing licensed pneumococcal vaccines, including Prevnar-13 and its higher-valency successors, have played a major role in reducing invasive pneumococcal disease worldwide. However, their effectiveness is increasingly threatened by the rise of multidrug-resistant strains and th...

Review of Particle Physics *

The Review summarizes much of particle physics and cosmology. Using data from previous editions, plus 3,200 new measurements from 903 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons and the recently discovered Higgs boson, leptons, quarks, mesons, and b...

Temporal associations between severe infection and long-term risk of incident arrhythmias: a population-based cohort study

The long-term impact of severe infection on arrhythmia risk across the cardiac rhythm spectrum remains incompletely characterized. We investigated the association between hospital-treated infection and incident arrhythmias, examining temporal patterns, pathogen and site specifici...

Compounding impacts of prolonged drought and onset of the Russian-Ukrainian war on food security and cleaner cooking fuel use in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022

In 2022, the Russian-Ukrainian war onset increased global fuel and food prices. Additionally, a multi-season drought in Kenya reached peak severity in 2022. We aimed to quantify the impacts of these climatic and energy-related shocks on energy/food security in an informal settlem...

Effect of non-nutritive sweetened beverages versus water on body weight: long-term results of a randomised controlled trial

Abstract The aim of this study was to provide robust evidence on the long-term use of non-nutritive sweetened (NNS) beverages on weight management, by comparing NNS beverages and water during 1 year of assisted weight management followed by a voluntary, unassisted 1-year extensio...

Whole genome comparative analysis shows limited Escherichia coli co-occurrence within co-habiting humans and dogs

Abstract Background Dogs are one of the most popular companion animals in the UK, with an estimated 13.5 million within UK households. Within these households, human-animal physical interactions may lead to inter-species bacterial sharing, including Escherichia coli . E. coli is...

Layer-aware deep feature optimization for privacy-preserving face biometrics with revocable key binding

Abstract Biometric cryptosystems designed with revocability and session-level renewability must preserve template privacy and maintain reliable authentication despite the inherent variability of biometric data. A key unresolved issue in deep biometric protection is how the embedd...

Socioeconomic conditions and children’s out-of-home care in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s out-of-home care (OHC) are a major public health problem. Though widely documented, no review has systematically synthesised evidence across high-income countries. We aimed to compare the risk of OHC for children experiencing di...

A modelling study of nonlinearity of the cross-shore flow under breaking waves

Abstract A new process-based modelling framework is used to simulate wave-driven flows over a bar in the large-scale SINBAD and LIP11-1C experiments, representing high- and low-wave conditions, respectively. The framework couples an open-source Boussinesq wave model with a one-di...