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Ultra-high surface area ionic-liquid-derived carbons that meet both gravimetric and volumetric methane storage targets (2024)
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Albeladi, N., Blankenship, L. S., & Mokaya, R. (2024). Ultra-high surface area ionic-liquid-derived carbons that meet both gravimetric and volumetric methane storage targets. Energy and Environmental Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ee03957a

The storage of methane, to enable vehicular use, may be achieved in porous solids, but to date, there is no material that meets the gravimetric and volumetric targets (for example those set by the US Department of Energy, DOE) for such use. Here, in... Read More about Ultra-high surface area ionic-liquid-derived carbons that meet both gravimetric and volumetric methane storage targets.

Uptake and safety of pneumococcal vaccination in adults with immune mediated inflammatory diseases: a UK wide observational study (2024)
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Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Card, T., Mallen, C. D., Nguyen Van-Tam, J. S., Abhishek, A., & . (2024). Uptake and safety of pneumococcal vaccination in adults with immune mediated inflammatory diseases: a UK wide observational study. Rheumatology, Article keae160. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keae160

Objective The uptake and safety of pneumococcal vaccination in people with immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) is poorly understood. We investigated the UK wide pneumococcal vaccine uptake in adults with IMIDs and explored the association b... Read More about Uptake and safety of pneumococcal vaccination in adults with immune mediated inflammatory diseases: a UK wide observational study.

Randomized controlled trial of molnupiravir SARS-CoV-2 viral and antibody response in at-risk adult outpatients (2024)
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Standing, J. F., Buggiotti, L., Guerra-Assunção, J. A., Woodall, M., Ellis, S., Agyeman, A. A., …Breuer, J. (2024). Randomized controlled trial of molnupiravir SARS-CoV-2 viral and antibody response in at-risk adult outpatients. Nature Communications, 15, Article 1652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45641-0

Viral clearance, antibody response and the mutagenic effect of molnupiravir has not been elucidated in at-risk populations. Non-hospitalised participants within 5 days of SARS-CoV-2 symptoms randomised to receive molnupiravir (n=253) or Usual Care (n... Read More about Randomized controlled trial of molnupiravir SARS-CoV-2 viral and antibody response in at-risk adult outpatients.

Real world evidence for public health decision-making on vaccination policies: perspectives from an expert roundtable (2023)
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de Waure, C., Gärtner, B. C., Lopalco, P. L., Puig-Barbera, J., & Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. S. (2024). Real world evidence for public health decision-making on vaccination policies: perspectives from an expert roundtable. Expert Review of Vaccines, 23(1), 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2023.2290194

INTRODUCTION: Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality, but influenza vaccine uptake remains below most countries' targets. Vaccine policy recommendations vary, as do procedures for reviewing and appraising the evidence. AREAS COVERED: Du... Read More about Real world evidence for public health decision-making on vaccination policies: perspectives from an expert roundtable.

Evaluation of pragmatic oxygenation measurement as a proxy for Covid-19 severity (2023)
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Swets, M. C., Kerr, S., Scott-Brown, J., Brown, A. B., Gupta, R., Millar, J. E., …ISARIC4C Investigators. (2023). Evaluation of pragmatic oxygenation measurement as a proxy for Covid-19 severity. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 7374. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42205-6

Choosing optimal outcome measures maximizes statistical power, accelerates discovery and improves reliability in early-phase trials. We devised and evaluated a modification to a pragmatic measure of oxygenation function, the S/F ratio. Because of the... Read More about Evaluation of pragmatic oxygenation measurement as a proxy for Covid-19 severity.

Two-week break in methotrexate treatment and COVID-19 vaccine response: a prospective, open label, two-arm parallel-group, multicentre, superiority, randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Abhishek, A., Peckham, N., Pade, C., Gibbons, J. M., Cureton, L., Francis, A., …Study investigators, V. (in press). Two-week break in methotrexate treatment and COVID-19 vaccine response: a prospective, open label, two-arm parallel-group, multicentre, superiority, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Rheumatology,

Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium Heat Storage Application (2023)
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Albeladi, N., Kur, A., Mokaya, R., Darkwa, J., Roger-Lund, S., Worall, M., …Boukhanouf, R. (2023). Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium Heat Storage Application. Materials, 16(18), Article 6296. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16186296

The amount of waste heat generated annually in the UK exceeds the total annual electricity demand. Hence, it is crucial to effectively harness all available sources of waste heat based on their varying temperatures. Through suitable technologies, a s... Read More about Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Magnesium Hydroxide for Medium Heat Storage Application.

Platform adaptive trial of novel antivirals for early treatment of COVID-19 In the community (PANORAMIC): protocol for a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform trial of community novel antiviral treatment of COVID-19 in people at increased risk of more severe disease (2023)
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Gbinigie, O., Ogburn, E., Allen, J., Dorward, J., Dobson, M., Madden, T., …Butler, C. C. (2023). Platform adaptive trial of novel antivirals for early treatment of COVID-19 In the community (PANORAMIC): protocol for a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform trial of community novel antiviral treatment of COVID-19 in people at increased risk of more severe disease. BMJ Open, 13(8), Article e069176. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069176

Introduction: There is an urgent need to determine the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of novel antiviral treatments for COVID-19 in vaccinated patients in the community at increased risk of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19. Met... Read More about Platform adaptive trial of novel antivirals for early treatment of COVID-19 In the community (PANORAMIC): protocol for a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform trial of community novel antiviral treatment of COVID-19 in people at increased risk of more severe disease.

A simple, sustainable route to flexible microporous carbon cloth for energy storage applications (2023)
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Alkhaldi, T., Blankenship, L. S., & Mokaya, R. (2023). A simple, sustainable route to flexible microporous carbon cloth for energy storage applications. Materials Advances, 4(16), 3559-3571. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ma00157a

Activated carbon cloth (ACC) has the potential to be extremely useful in gas capture and storage applications as it combines high porosity, robustness, and flexibility with ease of handling. While it has been produced by a few researchers, the synthe... Read More about A simple, sustainable route to flexible microporous carbon cloth for energy storage applications.

Solvothermal synthesis of organoclay/Cu-MOF composite and its application in film modified GCE for simultaneous electrochemical detection of deoxyepinephrine, acetaminophen and tyrosine (2023)
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Mouafo-Tchinda, E., Kemmegne-Mbouguen, J. C., Nanseu-Njiki, C. P., Langmi, H. W., Kowenje, C., Musyoka, N. M., & Mokaya, R. (2023). Solvothermal synthesis of organoclay/Cu-MOF composite and its application in film modified GCE for simultaneous electrochemical detection of deoxyepinephrine, acetaminophen and tyrosine. RSC Advances, 13(30), 20816-20829. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ra03850e

An organoclay/copper-based metal-organic framework (MOF) composite was synthesized using a solvothermal method by growing a Cu-BTC (copper(ii) benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) MOF from a mixture of the MOF precursor solution in which various amounts of... Read More about Solvothermal synthesis of organoclay/Cu-MOF composite and its application in film modified GCE for simultaneous electrochemical detection of deoxyepinephrine, acetaminophen and tyrosine.