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Dynamic Colon Model (DCM): A Cine-MRI Informed Biorelevant In Vitro Model of the Human Proximal Large Intestine Characterized by Positron Imaging Techniques (2020)
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Stamatopoulos, K., Karandikar, S., Goldstein, M., O’Farrell, C., Marciani, L., Sulaiman, S., …Batchelor, H. K. (2020). Dynamic Colon Model (DCM): A Cine-MRI Informed Biorelevant In Vitro Model of the Human Proximal Large Intestine Characterized by Positron Imaging Techniques. Pharmaceutics, 12(7), Article 659. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070659

This work used in vivo MRI images of human colon wall motion to inform a biorelevant Dynamic Colon Model (DCM) to understand the interplay of wall motion, volume, viscosity, fluid, and particle motion within the colon lumen. Hydrodynamics and particl... Read More about Dynamic Colon Model (DCM): A Cine-MRI Informed Biorelevant In Vitro Model of the Human Proximal Large Intestine Characterized by Positron Imaging Techniques.

Contrasting effects of viscous and particulate fibers on colonic fermentation in vitro and in vivo, and their impact on intestinal water studied by MRI in a randomized trial (2020)
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Gunn, D., Murthy, R., Major, G., Wilkinson-Smith, V., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., …Spiller, R. (2020). Contrasting effects of viscous and particulate fibers on colonic fermentation in vitro and in vivo, and their impact on intestinal water studied by MRI in a randomized trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(3), 595–602. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa173

Background Wheat bran, nopal, and psyllium are examples of particulate, viscous and particulate, and viscous fibers, respectively, with laxative properties yet contrasting fermentability. Objectives We assessed the fermentability of these fi... Read More about Contrasting effects of viscous and particulate fibers on colonic fermentation in vitro and in vivo, and their impact on intestinal water studied by MRI in a randomized trial.

Hookworm Treatment for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Trial (2020)
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Tanasescu, R., Tench, C. R., Constantinescu, C. S., Telford, G., Singh, S., Frakich, N., …Pritchard, D. I. (2020). Hookworm Treatment for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Trial. JAMA Neurology, 77(9), 1089-1098. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.1118

© 2020 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Importance: Studies suggest gut worms induce immune responses that can protect against multiple sclerosis (MS). To our knowledge, there are no controlled treatment trials with helminth in MS.... Read More about Hookworm Treatment for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Development of Disordered Eating Behaviors and Comorbid Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Neural and Psychopathological Predictors (2020)
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Zhang, Z., Robinson, L., Jia, T., Quinlan, E. B., Tay, N., Chu, C., …Desrivières, S. (2021). Development of Disordered Eating Behaviors and Comorbid Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Neural and Psychopathological Predictors. Biological Psychiatry, 90(12), 853-862. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.06.003

BACKGROUND: Eating disorders are common in adolescence, devastating and strongly comorbid with other psychiatric disorders. Yet, little is known about their etiology to develop effective preventive measures. METHODS: Longitudinal assessments of... Read More about Development of Disordered Eating Behaviors and Comorbid Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Neural and Psychopathological Predictors.

Multi-channel whole-head OPM-MEG: Helmet design and a comparison with a conventional system (2020)
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Hill, R. M., Boto, E., Rea, M., Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Coles, L. A., …Brookes, M. J. (2020). Multi-channel whole-head OPM-MEG: Helmet design and a comparison with a conventional system. NeuroImage, 219, Article 116995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116995

© 2020 The Authors Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a powerful technique for functional neuroimaging, offering a non-invasive window on brain electrophysiology. MEG systems have traditionally been based on cryogenic sensors which detect the small extr... Read More about Multi-channel whole-head OPM-MEG: Helmet design and a comparison with a conventional system.

The haemodynamics of the human placenta in utero (2020)
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Dellschaft, N. S., Hutchinson, G., Shah, S., Jones, N. W., Bradley, C., Leach, L., …Gowland, P. A. (2020). The haemodynamics of the human placenta in utero. PLoS Biology, 18(5), Article e3000676. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000676

© 2020 Dellschaft et al. We have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to provide important new insights into the function of the human placenta in utero. We have measured slow net flow and high net oxygenation in the placenta in vivo, which are cons... Read More about The haemodynamics of the human placenta in utero.

Crystal Structure Directed Catalysis by Aluminum Metal-Organic Framework: Mechanistic Insight into the Role of Coordination of Al Sites and Entrance Size of Catalytic Pocket (2020)
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Maity, A., Singh, B., Sharma, K., Paul, S., Madhu, P. K., & Polshettiwar, V. (2020). Crystal Structure Directed Catalysis by Aluminum Metal-Organic Framework: Mechanistic Insight into the Role of Coordination of Al Sites and Entrance Size of Catalytic Pocket. ACS Materials Letters, 2(7), 699-704. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.9b00527

© 2020 American Chemical Society. The use of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in the field of catalysis is growing exponentially due to their high surface area and distinctive active sites. In this work, we report a novel understanding of the active s... Read More about Crystal Structure Directed Catalysis by Aluminum Metal-Organic Framework: Mechanistic Insight into the Role of Coordination of Al Sites and Entrance Size of Catalytic Pocket.

Pandemic preparedness of community pharmacies for COVID-19 (2020)
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Bahlol, M., & Dewey, R. S. (2021). Pandemic preparedness of community pharmacies for COVID-19. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 17(1), 1888-1896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.05.009

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Background: Community pharmacies provide an important healthcare service, which is broadly established, and constitutes the preferred and initial contact for members of the community. The significant value of community pharmacies... Read More about Pandemic preparedness of community pharmacies for COVID-19.

A probabilistic atlas of finger dominance in the primary somatosensory cortex (2020)
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O’Neill, G., Sengupta, A., Asghar, M., Barratt, E., Besle, J., Schluppeck, D., …Sanchez Panchuelo, R. (2020). A probabilistic atlas of finger dominance in the primary somatosensory cortex. NeuroImage, 217, Article 116880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116880

With the advent of ultra-high field (7T), high spatial resolution functional MRI (fMRI) has allowed the differentiation of the cortical representations of each of the digits at an individual-subject level in human primary somatosensory cortex (S1). H... Read More about A probabilistic atlas of finger dominance in the primary somatosensory cortex.

Improved fibre dispersion estimation using b-tensor encoding (2020)
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Cottaar, M., Szczepankiewicz, F., Bastiani, M., Hernandez-Fernandez, M., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Nilsson, M., & Jbabdi, S. (2020). Improved fibre dispersion estimation using b-tensor encoding. NeuroImage, 215, Article 116832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116832

© 2020 The Authors Measuring fibre dispersion in white matter with diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is limited by an inherent degeneracy between fibre dispersion and microscopic diffusion anisotropy (i.e., the diffusion anisotropy expected... Read More about Improved fibre dispersion estimation using b-tensor encoding.