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Association Between Dietary Salt and Plasma Glucose, Insulin and Hemoglobin A1c Levels Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Eastern China (2021)
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Lin, Y., Chattopadhyay, K., Yang, X., Li, J. L., Chen, Y. S., Zhou, Y., & Li, L. (2021). Association Between Dietary Salt and Plasma Glucose, Insulin and Hemoglobin A1c Levels Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Eastern China. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, 14, 4811-4818. https://doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S338915

Purpose: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is one of the major public health concerns in China. Studies on the association between dietary salt intake and the glycemic response of T2D are lacking in China. The aim was to investigate the association between the l... Read More about Association Between Dietary Salt and Plasma Glucose, Insulin and Hemoglobin A1c Levels Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Eastern China.

An ALS-associated variant of the autophagy receptor SQSTM1/p62 reprograms binding selectivity toward the autophagy-related hATG8 proteins (2021)
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Brennan, A., Layfield, R., Long, J., Williams, H. E., Oldham, N. J., Scott, D., & Searle, M. S. (2022). An ALS-associated variant of the autophagy receptor SQSTM1/p62 reprograms binding selectivity toward the autophagy-related hATG8 proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298(2), Article 101514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101514

Recognition of human autophagy-related 8 (hATG8) proteins by autophagy receptors represents a critical step within this cellular quality control system. Autophagy impairment is known to be a pathogenic mechanism in the motor neuron disorder amyotroph... Read More about An ALS-associated variant of the autophagy receptor SQSTM1/p62 reprograms binding selectivity toward the autophagy-related hATG8 proteins.

Short-, medium-, and long-duration energy storage in a 100% renewable electricity grid: A UK case study (2021)
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Cárdenas, B., Swinfen-Styles, L., Rouse, J., & Garvey, S. D. (2021). Short-, medium-, and long-duration energy storage in a 100% renewable electricity grid: A UK case study. Energies, 14(24), Article 8524. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248524

Energy storage will be required over a wide range of discharge durations in future zero-emission grids, from milliseconds to months. No single technology is well suited for the complete range. Using 9 years of UK data, this paper explores how to comb... Read More about Short-, medium-, and long-duration energy storage in a 100% renewable electricity grid: A UK case study.

Response to ‘The role of curettage as an intervention for basal cell carcinoma’. Re. ‘Interventions for basal cell carcinoma: abridged Cochrane systematic review and GRADE assessments’: reply from the authors (2021)
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Bath-Hextall, F. J., Thomson, J., Hogan, S., Leonardi-Bee, J., Williams, H. C., & Bath‐Hextall, F. (2022). Response to ‘The role of curettage as an intervention for basal cell carcinoma’. Re. ‘Interventions for basal cell carcinoma: abridged Cochrane systematic review and GRADE assessments’: reply from the authors. British Journal of Dermatology, 186(4), 751-752. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.20950

Comparison of X-ray absorption spectra from copper-loaded bovine and ovine livers (2021)
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Clarkson, A. H., & Kendall, N. R. (2022). Comparison of X-ray absorption spectra from copper-loaded bovine and ovine livers. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 70, Article 126910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2021.126910

Background: Copper toxicity and hepatic copper accumulation pose a serious risk to ruminant health and production. Differences in the copper-handling mechanisms of cattle and sheep have been noted, not only in comparison to each other, but also in co... Read More about Comparison of X-ray absorption spectra from copper-loaded bovine and ovine livers.

Management of urinary incontinence in athletic women: the POsITIve feasibility study (2021)
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Campbell, K. G., Nouri, F., E Batt, M., & Drummond, A. (2022). Management of urinary incontinence in athletic women: the POsITIve feasibility study. Physiotherapy, 114, 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2021.12.001

Objectives: To investigate the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a future trial of physiotherapy to manage urinary incontinence (UI) in athletic women. Design: Feasibility study with nested qualitative interviews. Setting: Community clinics... Read More about Management of urinary incontinence in athletic women: the POsITIve feasibility study.

Which factors influence the prevalence of institution-acquired falls? Results from an international, multi-center, cross-sectional survey (2021)
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Hoedl, M., Eglseer, D., Bernet, N., Everink, I., Gordon, A. L., Lohrmann, C., …Bauer, S. (2022). Which factors influence the prevalence of institution-acquired falls? Results from an international, multi-center, cross-sectional survey. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 54(4), 462-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12758

Purpose: Falls are a highly prevalent problem in hospitals and nursing homes with serious negative consequences such as injuries, increased care dependency, or even death. The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive insight into institution-... Read More about Which factors influence the prevalence of institution-acquired falls? Results from an international, multi-center, cross-sectional survey.

Default Effects of Credit Card Minimum Payments (2021)
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Sakaguchi, H., Stewart, N., Gathergood, J., Adams, P., Guttman-Kenney, B., Hayes, L., & Hunt, S. (2022). Default Effects of Credit Card Minimum Payments. Journal of Marketing Research, 59(4), 775-796. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222437211070589

Credit card minimum payments are designed to ensure that individuals pay down their debt over time, and scheduling minimum automatic repayments helps to avoid forgetting to repay. Yet minimum payments have additional, unintended psychological default... Read More about Default Effects of Credit Card Minimum Payments.

Speaking of the (Barely legal) elephant in the room: Herbal or dietary supplement related acute liver failure (2021)
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Aithal, G. P. (2022). Speaking of the (Barely legal) elephant in the room: Herbal or dietary supplement related acute liver failure. Liver Transplantation, 28(2), 159-160. https://doi.org/10.1002/lt.26377

Titled ‘Barely legal’, Banksy’s first United States (USA) exhibition showcased Tai, an Indian elephant, painted with pink and gold pattern to blend in with the wallpaper of the living room, intended to mock the art world’s claim for the true portraya... Read More about Speaking of the (Barely legal) elephant in the room: Herbal or dietary supplement related acute liver failure.

Family Outcomes After the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Scoping Review (2021)
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O’Meara, A., Akande, M., Yagiela, L., Hummel, K., Whyte-Nesfield, M., Michelson, K. N., …Hartman, M. E. (2022). Family Outcomes After the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Scoping Review. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 37(9), 1179-1198. https://doi.org/10.1177/08850666211056603

Background: Intensivists are increasingly attuned to the post-discharge outcomes experienced by families because patient recovery and family outcomes are interdependent after childhood critical illness. In this scoping review of international contemp... Read More about Family Outcomes After the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Scoping Review.

Experiencing Gender Regimes: Accounts of Women Professors in Mexico, the UK and Sweden (2021)
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Cohen, L., Duberley, J., Adriana, B., & Torres, B. (2021). Experiencing Gender Regimes: Accounts of Women Professors in Mexico, the UK and Sweden. Work, Employment and Society, 37(2), 525-544. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170211041290

This article investigates differences between statistics on gender equality in Mexico, the UK and Sweden, and similarities in women professors’ career experiences in these countries. We use Acker’s inequality regime framework, focusing on gender, to... Read More about Experiencing Gender Regimes: Accounts of Women Professors in Mexico, the UK and Sweden.

Fundamental formulation for anti-plane eigenstrain problems (2021)
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Ma, L. (2022). Fundamental formulation for anti-plane eigenstrain problems. Mechanics of Materials, 165, Article 104188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2021.104188

In this paper, the anti-plane eigenstrain problems are addressed in the framework of plane strain. A fundamental solution for an anti-plane eigenstrain nucleus located in an infinite plane is derived first. With this solution, the anti-plane eigenstr... Read More about Fundamental formulation for anti-plane eigenstrain problems.

Peptide Amphiphile Hydrogels Based on Homoternary Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes (2021)
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Redondo-Gómez, C., Padilla-Lopátegui, S., Mata, A., & Azevedo, H. S. (2022). Peptide Amphiphile Hydrogels Based on Homoternary Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 33(1), 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00441

Supramolecular hydrogels based on peptide amphiphiles (PAs) are promising materials for tissue engineering and model extracellular matrixes for biological studies. While PA hydrogels are conventionally formed via electrostatic screening, new hydrogel... Read More about Peptide Amphiphile Hydrogels Based on Homoternary Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes.

Performance evaluation of combined solar chimney and radiative cooling ventilation (2021)
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Suhendri, S., Hu, M., Su, Y., Darkwa, J., & Riffat, S. (2022). Performance evaluation of combined solar chimney and radiative cooling ventilation. Building and Environment, 209, Article 108686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108686

Passive cooling is inevitable for buildings to be resilient to global warming. While many forms of passive cooling techniques have been developed, passive radiative cooling (RC), as an emerging technology, is still not widely applied in buildings. Du... Read More about Performance evaluation of combined solar chimney and radiative cooling ventilation.

Working in partnership with the patient community to develop outline trial designs in CF (2021)
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Rowbotham, N. J., Smith, S., Davies, G., Leighton, P., Rayner, O., Elliott, Z., …Smyth, A. R. (2022). Working in partnership with the patient community to develop outline trial designs in CF. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 21(2), 300-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2021.12.008

In a collaboration between health professionals and the patient community, we previously identified the Top 10 priorities for clinical research in CF [ [1] ]. Here, we have used a similar approach to explore four of these priorities further and sugge... Read More about Working in partnership with the patient community to develop outline trial designs in CF.

BCS-BEC crossover of ultracold ions driven by density-dependent short-range interactions in a quantum plasma (2021)
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Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Jiang, W., & Li, W. (2021). BCS-BEC crossover of ultracold ions driven by density-dependent short-range interactions in a quantum plasma. Physical Review A, 104(6), Article 063312. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.104.063312

We study theoretically a Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) to Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) crossover of two-species ions in a three-dimensional quantum plasma at zero temperature. Central to this crossover is an effective short-ranged, attractive int... Read More about BCS-BEC crossover of ultracold ions driven by density-dependent short-range interactions in a quantum plasma.

Understanding the barriers and enablers of pharmacogenomic testing in primary care: a qualitative systematic review with meta-aggregation synthesis (2021)
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Qureshi, S., Latif, A., Condon, L., Akyea, R. K., Kai, J., & Qureshi, N. (2022). Understanding the barriers and enablers of pharmacogenomic testing in primary care: a qualitative systematic review with meta-aggregation synthesis. Pharmacogenomics, 23(2), 135-154. https://doi.org/10.2217/pgs-2021-0131

Introduction: Pharmacogenomic testing can indicate which drugs may have limited therapeutic action or lead to adverse effects, hence guiding rational and safe prescribing. However, in the UK and other countries, there are still significant barriers t... Read More about Understanding the barriers and enablers of pharmacogenomic testing in primary care: a qualitative systematic review with meta-aggregation synthesis.

International data governance for neuroscience (2021)
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Eke, D. O., Bernard, A., Bjaalie, J. G., Chavarriaga, R., Hanakawa, T., Hannan, A. J., …Pestilli, F. (2022). International data governance for neuroscience. Neuron, 110(4), 600-612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.11.017

As neuroscience projects increase in scale and cross international borders, different ethical principles, national and international laws, regulations, and policies for data sharing must be considered. These concerns are part of what is collectively... Read More about International data governance for neuroscience.