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Therapeutic Effects of Hypoxic and Pro-Inflammatory Priming of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Inflammatory Arthritis (2021)
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Kay, A. G., Treadwell, K., Roach, P., Morgan, R., Lodge, R., Hyland, M., …Kehoe, O. (2022). Therapeutic Effects of Hypoxic and Pro-Inflammatory Priming of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Inflammatory Arthritis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(1), Article 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23010126

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) immunomodulate inflammatory responses through paracrine signalling, including via secretion of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in the cell secretome. We evaluated the therapeutic potential of MSCs-derived small EVs in an an... Read More about Therapeutic Effects of Hypoxic and Pro-Inflammatory Priming of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Inflammatory Arthritis.

Constraint reformulations for set point optimization problems using fuzzy cognitive map models (2021)
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Garzón Casado, A., Cano Marchal, P., Wagner, C., Gómez Ortega, J., & Gámez García, J. (2022). Constraint reformulations for set point optimization problems using fuzzy cognitive map models. Optimal Control Applications and Methods, 43(3), 711-721. https://doi.org/10.1002/oca.2846

The selection of optimal set points is an important problem in modern process control. Fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) allow to construct models of complex processes using expert knowledge, which is particularly useful in situations where measuring the v... Read More about Constraint reformulations for set point optimization problems using fuzzy cognitive map models.

The smelting of copper in the third millennium cal BC Trentino, north-eastern Italy (2021)
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Pearce, M., Merkel, S., Hauptmann, A., & Nicolis, F. (2022). The smelting of copper in the third millennium cal BC Trentino, north-eastern Italy. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01475-1

This paper presents observations and analyses on seven slag pieces from two third millennium cal BC (late Copper Age / early Bronze Age) rock shelters in the Trentino, northeastern Italy: La Vela di Valbusa and the Riparo di Monte Terlago. We review... Read More about The smelting of copper in the third millennium cal BC Trentino, north-eastern Italy.

Generalised Pattern Search with Restarting Fitness Landscape Analysis (2021)
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Neri, F. (2022). Generalised Pattern Search with Restarting Fitness Landscape Analysis. SN Computer Science, 3(2), Article 110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00989-8

Fitness landscape analysis for optimisation is a technique that involves analysing black-box optimisation problems to extract pieces of information about the problem, which can beneficially inform the design of the optimiser. Thus, the design of the... Read More about Generalised Pattern Search with Restarting Fitness Landscape Analysis.

The old and familiar meets the new and unknown: patient and clinician perceptions on e-cigarettes for smoking reduction in UK general practice, a qualitative interview study (2021)
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Albury, C., Barnes, R., Ferrey, A., Coleman, T., Gilbert, H., Naughton, F., …MaSC study investigators. (2022). The old and familiar meets the new and unknown: patient and clinician perceptions on e-cigarettes for smoking reduction in UK general practice, a qualitative interview study. Addiction, 117(5), 1427-1437. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15760

Background and Aims: Clinicians could promote e-cigarettes for harm reduction to people who smoke but cannot stop, but many clinicians feel uneasy doing so. In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), primary care clinicians offered free e-cigarettes and... Read More about The old and familiar meets the new and unknown: patient and clinician perceptions on e-cigarettes for smoking reduction in UK general practice, a qualitative interview study.

Patient, carer and healthcare professional perspectives on increasing calorie intake in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (2021)
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Coates, L., Zarotti, N., Williams, I., White, S., Halliday, V., Beever, D., …McDermott, C. (2023). Patient, carer and healthcare professional perspectives on increasing calorie intake in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Chronic Illness, 19(2), 368-382. https://doi.org/10.1177/17423953211069090

Objectives Research suggests that higher Body Mass Index is associated with improved survival in people with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (pwALS). Yet, understanding of the barriers and enablers to increasing calorie intake is limited. This study s... Read More about Patient, carer and healthcare professional perspectives on increasing calorie intake in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Using guanxi to conduct elite interviews in China (2021)
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Li, H., Harvey, W. S., & Beaverstock, J. V. (2021). Using guanxi to conduct elite interviews in China. Qualitative Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941211063486

Drawing on two research projects in China, this article provides three contributions to the literature on elite interviews. First, we demonstrate how guanxi (informal, particularistic and personal connections) can help gain access and build trust wit... Read More about Using guanxi to conduct elite interviews in China.

The Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid microRNAs in Spinal Cord Injury and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Methodological Problems and Possible Solutions (2021)
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Baichurina, I., Valiullin, V., James, V., Rizvanov, A., & Mukhamedshina, Y. (2021). The Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid microRNAs in Spinal Cord Injury and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Methodological Problems and Possible Solutions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(1), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23010114

Despite extensive research on neurological disorders, unanswered questions remain regarding the molecular mechanisms underpinning the course of these diseases, and the search continues for effective biomarkers for early diagnosis, prognosis, or thera... Read More about The Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid microRNAs in Spinal Cord Injury and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Methodological Problems and Possible Solutions.

A fusion spatial attention approach for few-shot learning (2021)
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Song, H., Deng, B., Pound, M., Özcan, E., & Triguero, I. (2022). A fusion spatial attention approach for few-shot learning. Information Fusion, 81, 187-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2021.11.019

Few-shot learning is a challenging problem in computer vision that aims to learn a new visual concept from very limited data. A core issue is that there is a large amount of uncertainty introduced by the small training set. For example, the few image... Read More about A fusion spatial attention approach for few-shot learning.

Microstructure formation in the powder HIPed hardfacing alloy Tristelle 5183 (Fe-21%Cr-10%Ni-7.5%Nb-5%Si-2%C in wt%) (2021)
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Carrington, M. J., McCartney, D. G., Shipway, P. H., & Stewart, D. A. (2022). Microstructure formation in the powder HIPed hardfacing alloy Tristelle 5183 (Fe-21%Cr-10%Ni-7.5%Nb-5%Si-2%C in wt%). Materials Characterization, 184, Article 111688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2021.111688

Tristelle 5183 (Fe-21%Cr-10%Ni-7%Nb-5%Si-2%C in wt%) is an alternative material to cobalt-based alloys for wear resistant hardfacing applications. In this work, gas atomised powder was consolidated by hot isostatic pressing (HIPing) at 1120 ± 10 oC w... Read More about Microstructure formation in the powder HIPed hardfacing alloy Tristelle 5183 (Fe-21%Cr-10%Ni-7.5%Nb-5%Si-2%C in wt%).

Effectiveness of bed additives in abating agglomeration during biomass air/oxy combustion in a fluidised bed combustor (2021)
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Chi, H., Pans, M. A., Sun, C., & Liu, H. (2022). Effectiveness of bed additives in abating agglomeration during biomass air/oxy combustion in a fluidised bed combustor. Renewable Energy, 185, 945-958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.12.072

In this study, molochite (calcined kaolin) and dolomite with particle sizes (ca.1 mm) similar to those of the sand bed materials of industrial-scale fluidised beds, rather than powders which were normally used by previous studies, were investigated a... Read More about Effectiveness of bed additives in abating agglomeration during biomass air/oxy combustion in a fluidised bed combustor.

Room to breathe: Using adaptive architecture to examine the relationship between alexithymia and interoception (2021)
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Abdulhamid, H., Jäger, N., Schnädelbach, H., & Smith, A. D. (2022). Room to breathe: Using adaptive architecture to examine the relationship between alexithymia and interoception. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 153, Article 110708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2021.110708

Objective: Individuals with alexithymia experience difficulties interpreting emotional states in self and others, which has been associated with interoceptive impairment. Current theories are primarily based on subjective and conscious measures of in... Read More about Room to breathe: Using adaptive architecture to examine the relationship between alexithymia and interoception.

Higgs inflation and its extensions and the further refining dS swampland conjecture (2021)
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Liu, Y. (2021). Higgs inflation and its extensions and the further refining dS swampland conjecture. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 81(12), Article 1122. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09940-w

On the one hand, Andriot and Roupec (Fortsch Phys, 1800105, 2019) proposed an alternative refined de Sitter conjecture, which gives a natural condition on a combination of the first and second derivatives of the scalar potential (Andriot and Roupec 2... Read More about Higgs inflation and its extensions and the further refining dS swampland conjecture.

Serum troponin, D‐dimer, and CRP level in severe coronavirus (COVID‐19) patients (2021)
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Ali, A. M., Rostam, H. M., Fatah, M. H., Noori, C. M., Ali, K. M., & Tawfeeq, H. M. (2022). Serum troponin, D‐dimer, and CRP level in severe coronavirus (COVID‐19) patients. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, 10(3), Article e582. https://doi.org/10.1002/iid3.582

Background Abnormal inflammation coagulation biomarker levels of troponin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and D-dimer levels in serum have been demonstrated to be associated and involved in the disease progression of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)... Read More about Serum troponin, D‐dimer, and CRP level in severe coronavirus (COVID‐19) patients.

Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy (2021)
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Garcia Lozano, A. J., Decker Sparks, J. L., Durgana, D. P., Farthing, C. M., Fitzpatrick, J., Krough-Poulsen, B., …Kittinger, J. N. (2022). Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy. Marine Policy, 136, Article 104922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104922

Labor issues and human rights violations have become the subject of rising concern in fisheries and seafood production. This paper reviews recent research on labor issues in the fishing industry, especially by environmental researchers and nongovernm... Read More about Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy.

The impact of time standardising TCATA by modality data on the multisensory profile of beer (2021)
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Dietz, C., Yang, Q., & Ford, R. (2022). The impact of time standardising TCATA by modality data on the multisensory profile of beer. Food Quality and Preference, 98, Article 104506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2021.104506

Temporal sensory profiles are increasingly assessed ‘by modality’ to investigate complex profiles and multisensory properties of foods and beverages. Panellists’ noise in temporal data caused by differences in oral and cognitive processing cannot ent... Read More about The impact of time standardising TCATA by modality data on the multisensory profile of beer.

Incidence and survival of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A population‐based cohort study from England (2021)
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West, J., Card, T. R., Bishton, M. J., Lanyon, P., Ban, L., Bythell, M., …Crooks, C. J. (2022). Incidence and survival of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A population‐based cohort study from England. Journal of Internal Medicine, 291(4), 493-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.13432

Background: Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare hyper-inflammatory condition with poor outcomes. Objectives: Few population-based estimates of the incidence and survival in adults exist. We aimed to provide these data for England. Met... Read More about Incidence and survival of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A population‐based cohort study from England.

Effects of seasonality on access to improved water in Benue State, Nigeria (2021)
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Aondoakaa, S. C., & Jewitt, S. (2022). Effects of seasonality on access to improved water in Benue State, Nigeria. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194(1), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09454-8

Many people switch sources of drinking water and sanitation between seasons, yet such shifts are not reflected in the reporting of access to improved water and sanitation services by the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). Drawing on quantitative and q... Read More about Effects of seasonality on access to improved water in Benue State, Nigeria.

On the Use of Carbon Cables from Plastic Solvent Combinations of Polystyrene and Toluene in Carbon Nanotube Synthesis (2021)
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Orbaek White, A., Hedayati, A., Yick, T., Shenoy Gangoli, V., Niu, Y., Lethbridge, S., …E. Palmer, R. (2022). On the Use of Carbon Cables from Plastic Solvent Combinations of Polystyrene and Toluene in Carbon Nanotube Synthesis. Nanomaterials, 12(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12010009

For every three people on the planet, there are approximately two Tonnes (Te) of plastic waste. We show that carbon recovery from polystyrene (PS) plastic is enhanced by the coaddition of solvents to grow carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by liquid injection c... Read More about On the Use of Carbon Cables from Plastic Solvent Combinations of Polystyrene and Toluene in Carbon Nanotube Synthesis.

A dual material removal mechanism for clearing of obstructed holes via electrical discharge machining (2021)
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Castro-Palacios, M., Ahmed, S., Ahmed, N., Murray, J. W., Speidel, A., Duffin, J., …Clare, A. T. (2022). A dual material removal mechanism for clearing of obstructed holes via electrical discharge machining. Manufacturing Letters, 31, 10-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2021.12.003

Cooling hole blockages in gas turbine blades can occur during operation, detrimentally reducing performance and resulting in premature removal from service. Here, electrical discharge machining (EDM) is used to unblock fine holes, which have been obs... Read More about A dual material removal mechanism for clearing of obstructed holes via electrical discharge machining.