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Physical inactivity and health inequality during coronavirus: a novel opportunity or total lockdown? (2020)
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Shur, N., Johns, . D., Kluzek, S., & Peirce, N. (2020). Physical inactivity and health inequality during coronavirus: a novel opportunity or total lockdown?. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 6(1), Article e000903. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000903

Government-restricted movement during the coronavirus pandemic in various countries around the world has led to rapid and fundamental changes in our health behaviour. As well as being at a higher risk of contracting and being hospitalised with COVID-... Read More about Physical inactivity and health inequality during coronavirus: a novel opportunity or total lockdown?.

Adaptive regularisation for ensemble Kalman inversion (2020)
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Iglesias, M. A., & Yang, Y. (2021). Adaptive regularisation for ensemble Kalman inversion. Inverse Problems, 37(2), Article 025008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6420/abd29b

We propose a new regularisation strategy for the classical ensemble Kalman inversion (EKI) framework. The strategy consists of: (i) an adaptive choice for the regularisation parameter in the update formula in EKI, and (ii) criteria for the early stop... Read More about Adaptive regularisation for ensemble Kalman inversion.

Machine learning can predict disease manifestations and outcomes in lymphangioleiomyomatosis (2020)
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Chernbumroong, S., Johnson, J., Gupta, N., Miller, S., Mccormack, F. X., Garibaldi, J. M., & Johnson, S. R. (2021). Machine learning can predict disease manifestations and outcomes in lymphangioleiomyomatosis. European Respiratory Journal, 57(6), Article 2003036. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.03036-2020

Background: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare multisystem disease with variable clinical manifestations and differing rates of progression that make management decisions and giving prognostic advice difficult. We used machine learning to ident... Read More about Machine learning can predict disease manifestations and outcomes in lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

The geriatrician’s role in end-of-life care (2020)
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Ahmed, N., Ahmedzai, S. H., & Harwood, R. H. (2021). The geriatrician’s role in end-of-life care. Age and Ageing, 50(2), 366-369. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa266

Healthcare aims to help older people to live well, but ultimately must also support them to die well. Most people die in old age, but predicting death in both short- and long-term is impossible for many, although not all, older people. Frail older pe... Read More about The geriatrician’s role in end-of-life care.

Natural history of tinnitus in adults: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis (2020)
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Dawes, P., Newall, J., Stockdale, D., Baguley, D. M., & Dawes, P. (2020). Natural history of tinnitus in adults: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. BMJ Open, 10(12), Article e041290. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041290

Objective To assess incidence and changes in tinnitus and bothersome tinnitus as well as associated risk factors in a large sample of UK adults. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting UK. Participants For cross-sectional analysis, a group of 168 34... Read More about Natural history of tinnitus in adults: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis.

High-resolution manometry reveals different effect of polyethylene glycol, bisacodyl and prucalopride on colonic motility in healthy subjects: an acute, open label, randomised, crossover, reader blinded study with potential clinical implications (2020)
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Corsetti, M., Thys, A., Harris, A., Pagliaro, G., Deloose, E., Demedts, I., & Tack, J. (2021). High-resolution manometry reveals different effect of polyethylene glycol, bisacodyl and prucalopride on colonic motility in healthy subjects: an acute, open label, randomised, crossover, reader blinded study with potential clinical implications. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 33(5), Article e14040. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14040

PEG, bisacodyl and prucalopride have been reported to be more effective than placebo in treating patients with constipation but about 50% of the patients still do not respond to these medications. Only bisacodyl and pucalopride are expected to direct... Read More about High-resolution manometry reveals different effect of polyethylene glycol, bisacodyl and prucalopride on colonic motility in healthy subjects: an acute, open label, randomised, crossover, reader blinded study with potential clinical implications.

High‐resolution manometry reveals different effect of polyethylene glycol, bisacodyl, and prucalopride on colonic motility in healthy subjects: An acute, open label, randomized, crossover, reader‐blinded study with potential clinical implications (2020)
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Corsetti, M., Thys, A., Harris, A., Pagliaro, G., Deloose, E., Demedts, I., & Tack, J. (2021). High‐resolution manometry reveals different effect of polyethylene glycol, bisacodyl, and prucalopride on colonic motility in healthy subjects: An acute, open label, randomized, crossover, reader‐blinded study with potential clinical implications. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 33(5), Article e14040. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14040

PEG, bisacodyl and prucalopride have been reported to be more effective than placebo in treating patients with constipation but about 50% of the patients still do not respond to these medications. Only bisacodyl and pucalopride are expected to direct... Read More about High‐resolution manometry reveals different effect of polyethylene glycol, bisacodyl, and prucalopride on colonic motility in healthy subjects: An acute, open label, randomized, crossover, reader‐blinded study with potential clinical implications.

Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Substrate Integrated Waveguide Switches (2020)
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Alkaraki, S., Kelly, J., Borja, A. L., Mittra, R., & Wang, Y. (2021). Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Substrate Integrated Waveguide Switches. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 31(3), 257-260. https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2020.3040795

This letter presents a new approach for reconfiguring substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) devices. It involves allowing or prohibiting the wave propagation by using a removable wall which is built from a series of drill holes. When the wall is requi... Read More about Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Substrate Integrated Waveguide Switches.

The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties (2020)
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Gao, H., Jian, Y., & Yan, Y. (2021). The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties. Soft Matter, 17(3), 447-466. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sm01683g

Ice formation and accumulation have detrimental effects on commercial surfaces and people's lives. The ice adhesion strength decreases with increasing surface hydrophobicity, and the superhydrophobicity of a surface can be constructed by a combinatio... Read More about The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties.

Flexural behavior of a novel high-strength RCFST column-to-column connection (2020)
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Mou, B., Li, Y., Wang, F., Pan, W., & Zhao, Y. (2021). Flexural behavior of a novel high-strength RCFST column-to-column connection. Thin-Walled Structures, 159, Article 107274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2020.107274

Brittle fracture is one of the principal disincentives to limit the use of ultrahigh-strength steels in tall buildings. This paper proposes a novel column-to-column connection without full penetration welding in reinforced concrete-filled steel tubul... Read More about Flexural behavior of a novel high-strength RCFST column-to-column connection.

Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability (2020)
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Yan, Y., Wang, X., Liu, Z., & Wang, L. (2020). Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability. Heat and Mass Transfer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-020-03005-6

Marangoni effect is one of the critical factors in the droplet evaporation process, which is caused by surface tension gradient in the droplet interface. In this study, local heating is adopted to provide a more complicated temperature distribution o... Read More about Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability.

Human gnathostomiasis: a neglected food-borne zoonosis (2020)
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Liu, G., Sun, M., Elsheikha, H. M., Fu, Y., Sugiyama, H., Ando, K., …Yao, C. (2020). Human gnathostomiasis: a neglected food-borne zoonosis. Parasites and Vectors, 13, Article 616. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04494-4

Background: Human gnathostomiasis is a food-borne zoonosis. Its etiological agents are the third-stage larvae of Gnathostoma spp. Human gnathostomiasis is often reported in developing countries, but it is also an emerging disease in developed countri... Read More about Human gnathostomiasis: a neglected food-borne zoonosis.

Development and validation of a novel algorithm to estimate risk of developing prostate cancer in asymptomatic men: a cohort study (2020)
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Hippisley-Cox, J., & Coupland, C. (2021). Development and validation of a novel algorithm to estimate risk of developing prostate cancer in asymptomatic men: a cohort study. British Journal of General Practice, 71(706), E364-E371. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X714137

Abstract Objective: To develop and validate a risk prediction equation to predict absolute risk of prostate cancer in asymptomatic men with prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests in primary care. Design: Open cohort study. Setting: Routine data from 1... Read More about Development and validation of a novel algorithm to estimate risk of developing prostate cancer in asymptomatic men: a cohort study.

Opportunities and challenges of delivering digital clinical trials: lessons learned from a randomised controlled trial of an online behavioural intervention for children and young people (2020)
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Hall, C. L., Sanderson, C., Brown, B. J., Andrén, P., Bennett, S., Chamberlain, L. R., …Murray, E. (2020). Opportunities and challenges of delivering digital clinical trials: lessons learned from a randomised controlled trial of an online behavioural intervention for children and young people. Trials, 21(1), Article 1011. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04902-1

Background: Despite being the gold standard of research to determine effectiveness, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) often struggle with participant recruitment, engagement and retention. These issues may be exacerbated when recruiting vulnerable... Read More about Opportunities and challenges of delivering digital clinical trials: lessons learned from a randomised controlled trial of an online behavioural intervention for children and young people.

Nonequilibrium Many-Body Quantum Engine Driven by Time-Translation Symmetry Breaking (2020)
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Carollo, F., Brandner, K., & Lesanovsky, I. (2020). Nonequilibrium Many-Body Quantum Engine Driven by Time-Translation Symmetry Breaking. Physical Review Letters, 125(24), Article 240602. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.240602

Quantum many-body systems out of equilibrium can host intriguing phenomena such as transitions to exotic dynamical states. Although this emergent behaviour can be observed in experiments, its potential for technological applications is largely unexpl... Read More about Nonequilibrium Many-Body Quantum Engine Driven by Time-Translation Symmetry Breaking.

Can Diet Influence the COVID-19 Mortality Rate? (2020)
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Avery, A. (2020). Can Diet Influence the COVID-19 Mortality Rate?. Kompass Nutrition & Dietetics, 1(1), 16-18. https://doi.org/10.1159/000512841

Reported COVID-19 deaths in Germany are relatively low as compared to many European countries. Among the several explanations proposed, an early and large testing of the population was put forward. Most current debates on COVID-19 focus on the differ... Read More about Can Diet Influence the COVID-19 Mortality Rate?.

A stable isotope approach to accurately determine iron and zinc bioaccessibility in cereals and legumes based on a modified INFOGEST static in vitro digestion method (2020)
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Muleya, M., Young, S. D., & Bailey, E. H. (2021). A stable isotope approach to accurately determine iron and zinc bioaccessibility in cereals and legumes based on a modified INFOGEST static in vitro digestion method. Food Research International, 139, Article 109948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109948

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd The establishment of the INFOGEST in vitro static digestion method, a standardized international consensus, was an important milestone in the field of food digestion. We evaluated the contribution of iron and zinc in reagents used... Read More about A stable isotope approach to accurately determine iron and zinc bioaccessibility in cereals and legumes based on a modified INFOGEST static in vitro digestion method.

Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK (2020)
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Voysey, M., Clemens, S. A. C., Madhi, S. A., Weckx, L. Y., Folegatti, P. M., Aley, P. K., …Alves, M. P. (2021). Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK. Lancet, 397(10269), 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2820%2932661-1

© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Background: A safe and efficacious vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), if deployed with high coverag... Read More about Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK.

Structural and electronic studies of substituted m-terphenyl lithium complexes (2020)
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Valentine, A. J., Geer, A. M., Taylor, L. J., Teale, A. M., Wood, K. E., Williams, H. E. L., …Kays, D. L. (2021). Structural and electronic studies of substituted m-terphenyl lithium complexes. Dalton Transactions, 50(2), 722-728. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0dt03972a

The effect of para-substitution upon the structural and electronic properties of a series of m-terphenyl lithium complexes [R-Ar#-Li]2 (R = t-Bu 1, SiMe32, H 3, Cl 4, CF35; where R-Ar# = 2,6-{2,6-Xyl}2-4-R-C6H2 and 2,6-Xyl = 2,6-Me2C6H3) has been inv... Read More about Structural and electronic studies of substituted m-terphenyl lithium complexes.

The interrelationship between the face and vocal tract configuration during audiovisual speech (2020)
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Scholes, C., Skipper, J. I., & Johnston, A. (2020). The interrelationship between the face and vocal tract configuration during audiovisual speech. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(51), 32791-32798. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006192117

It is well established that speech perception is improved when we are able to see the speaker talking along with hearing their voice, especially when the speech is noisy. While we have a good understanding of where speech integration occurs in the br... Read More about The interrelationship between the face and vocal tract configuration during audiovisual speech.