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Senolytics and Senomorphics Targeting p38MAPK/NF-κB Pathway Protect Endothelial Cells from Oxidative Stress-Mediated Premature Senescence (2024)
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Ya, J., & Bayraktutan, U. (2024). Senolytics and Senomorphics Targeting p38MAPK/NF-κB Pathway Protect Endothelial Cells from Oxidative Stress-Mediated Premature Senescence. Cells, 13(15), Article 1292. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13151292

Oxidative stress is a prominent causal factor in the premature senescence of microvascular endothelial cells and the ensuing blood–brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction. Through the exposure of an in vitro model of human BBB, composed of brain microvascula... Read More about Senolytics and Senomorphics Targeting p38MAPK/NF-κB Pathway Protect Endothelial Cells from Oxidative Stress-Mediated Premature Senescence.

Thin Ga2O3 Layers by Thermal Oxidation of van der Waals GaSe Nanostructures for Ultraviolet Photon Sensing (2024)
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Cottam, N. D., Dewes, B. T., Shiffa, M., Cheng, T. S., Novikov, S. V., Mellor, C. J., Makarovsky, O., Gonzalez, D., Ben, T., & Patanè, A. (2024). Thin Ga2O3 Layers by Thermal Oxidation of van der Waals GaSe Nanostructures for Ultraviolet Photon Sensing. ACS Applied Nano Materials, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c02685

Two-dimensional semiconductors (2DSEM) based on van der Waals crystals offer important avenues for nanotechnologies beyond the constraints of Moore's law and traditional semiconductors, such as silicon (Si). However, their application necessitates pr... Read More about Thin Ga2O3 Layers by Thermal Oxidation of van der Waals GaSe Nanostructures for Ultraviolet Photon Sensing.

Detection of non-cardiac fetal abnormalities on ultrasound at 11–14 weeks: systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
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Karim, J. N., Di Mascio, D., Roberts, N., Papageorghiou, A. T., Alfirevic, Z., Chudleigh, T., Goodman, H., Ioannou, C., Longworth, H., Karim, J., Nicolaides, K., Pandya, P., Smith, G., Thilaganathan, B., Thornton, J., Rivero-Arias, O., Campbell, H., Juszczak, E., Linsell, L., Wilson, E., …Yaz, G. (2024). Detection of non-cardiac fetal abnormalities on ultrasound at 11–14 weeks: systematic review and meta-analysis. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 64(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.27649

Objectives: To assess the diagnostic accuracy of two-dimensional ultrasound at 11–14 weeks' gestation as a screening test for individual fetal anomalies and to identify factors impacting on screening performance. Methods: This was a systematic review... Read More about Detection of non-cardiac fetal abnormalities on ultrasound at 11–14 weeks: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Renewal of instrumental avoidance in humans (2024)
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Urcelay, G. P., Symmons, K., Amos, B., Toutounji, H., & Prével, A. (2024). Renewal of instrumental avoidance in humans. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 50(3), 197–209. https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000383

The ABA renewal effect occurs when behaviour is trained in one context (A), extinguished in a second context (B), and test occurs in the training context (A). Two mechanisms that explain ABA renewal are context summation at test and contextual modula... Read More about Renewal of instrumental avoidance in humans.

Emollient application from birth to prevent eczema in high-risk children: the BEEP RCT (2024)
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Wyatt, L. A., Bradshaw, L. E., Brown, S. J., Haines, R. H., Montgomery, A. A., Perkin, M. R., Sach, T. H., Lawton, S., Flohr, C., Ridd, M. J., Chalmers, J. R., Brooks, J., Swinden, R., Mitchell, E. J., Tarr, S., Jay, N., Thomas, K. S., Allen, H., Cork, M. J., Kelleher, M. M., …Williams, H. C. (2024). Emollient application from birth to prevent eczema in high-risk children: the BEEP RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 28(29), 1-116. https://doi.org/10.3310/rhdn9613

Background Atopic eczema is a common childhood skin problem linked with asthma, food allergy and allergic rhinitis that impairs quality of life. Objectives To determine whether advising parents to apply daily emollients in the first year can... Read More about Emollient application from birth to prevent eczema in high-risk children: the BEEP RCT.

Tests for market failures and overcoming transaction costs barriers to market participation in Afghanistan (2024)
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Ahmadzai, H. (2024). Tests for market failures and overcoming transaction costs barriers to market participation in Afghanistan. Journal of Social and Economic Development, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-024-00364-2

Similar to other fragile poor countries, the majority of the rural population in Afghanistan depend directly or indirectly on small-scale farming for their livelihoods, and poor infrastructure and other barriers restrict access to markets and service... Read More about Tests for market failures and overcoming transaction costs barriers to market participation in Afghanistan.

Exploring the Acceptability of and Adherence to Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2024)
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Alsuwaylihi, A., Skořepa, P., Prado, C. M., Gomez, D., Lobo, D. N., & O’Connor, D. (in press). Exploring the Acceptability of and Adherence to Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.07.1060

Outcome 1 year after ICH: Data from the Tranexamic acid for IntraCerebral Haemorrhage 2 (TICH-2) trial (2024)
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Law, Z. K., Menon, C. S., Woodhouse, L. J., Appleton, J. P., Al-Shahi Salman, R., Robinson, T., Werring, D., Roffe, C., Dineen, R. A., Bath, P. M., & Sprigg, N. (2024). Outcome 1 year after ICH: Data from the Tranexamic acid for IntraCerebral Haemorrhage 2 (TICH-2) trial. European Stroke Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/23969873241265939

Introduction: The Tranexamic acid for IntraCerebral Haemorrhage-2 (TICH-2) trial reported no significant improvement in death and dependency at day 90 despite reductions in haematoma expansion, early neurological deterioration and early death. Howev... Read More about Outcome 1 year after ICH: Data from the Tranexamic acid for IntraCerebral Haemorrhage 2 (TICH-2) trial.

How to correctly fit an SIR model to data from an SEIR model? (2024)
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KhudaBukhsh, W. R., & Rempała, G. A. (2024). How to correctly fit an SIR model to data from an SEIR model?. Mathematical Biosciences, 375, Article 109265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2024.109265

In epidemiology, realistic disease dynamics often require Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered (SEIR)-like models because they account for incubation periods before individuals become infectious. However, for the sake of analytica... Read More about How to correctly fit an SIR model to data from an SEIR model?.

Modelling the influence of climate and vector control interventions on arbovirus transmission (2024)
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Fairbanks, E. L., Daly, J. M., & Tildesley, M. J. (2024). Modelling the influence of climate and vector control interventions on arbovirus transmission. Viruses, 16(8), Article 1221. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16081221

Most mathematical models that assess the vectorial capacity of disease-transmitting insects typically focus on the influence of climatic factors to predict variations across different times and locations, or examine the impact of vector control inter... Read More about Modelling the influence of climate and vector control interventions on arbovirus transmission.

Work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and work-life conflict: a scoping review (2024)
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Blake, H., Hassard, J., Singh, J., & Teoh, K. (2024). Work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and work-life conflict: a scoping review. PLOS Digital Health, 3(7), Article e0000554. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000554

Over recent decades the use of smartphones for work purposes has burgeoned both within and beyond working hours. The aim of the study was to conduct a scoping review to explore the association between the use of smartphone technology for work purpose... Read More about Work-related smartphone use during off-job hours and work-life conflict: a scoping review.

Contestation over a Profession's Memory: The UK Pharmacy Profession 1880-1905 (2024)
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Currie, G., Wild, A., & Lockett, A. (2024). Contestation over a Profession's Memory: The UK Pharmacy Profession 1880-1905. Journal of Management Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13129

We draw on the historical case of the UK pharmacy industry from 1880-1905, to examine how, in face of a competitive threat to their survival, lower status professionals seek to re-invigorate memory of their role in providing community service in publ... Read More about Contestation over a Profession's Memory: The UK Pharmacy Profession 1880-1905.

Investor clientele and intraday patterns in the cross section of stock returns (2024)
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Chen, J., Haboub, A., Khan, A., & Mahmud, S. (2024). Investor clientele and intraday patterns in the cross section of stock returns. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-024-01319-8

This paper examines the existence of a well documented (Heston et al. in J Finance 65:1369–1407) (hereafter HKS 2010) intraday momentum pattern in the cross section of stock returns for three previously un-examined markets outside the US—UK, China an... Read More about Investor clientele and intraday patterns in the cross section of stock returns.

Parents’ Experiences after Their Child’s Autism Diagnosis: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis (2024)
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Hughes, R., Curley, K., & Kotera, Y. (2024). Parents’ Experiences after Their Child’s Autism Diagnosis: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis. Psychiatry International, 5(3), 370-394. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint5030026

A child’s autism diagnosis is life-changing for their parents, due to the complex and long-term nature of the condition. Furthermore, research about the increased prevalence of autism suggests that more parents are being affected globally. However, l... Read More about Parents’ Experiences after Their Child’s Autism Diagnosis: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis.

Creating a health informatics data resource for hearing health research (2024)
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Mehta, N., Ribeyre, B. B., Dimitrov, L., English, L. J., Ewart, C., Heinrich, A., Joshi, N., Munro, K. J., Roadknight, G., Romao, L., Schilder, A. G., Spriggs, R. V., Norris, R., Ross, T., & Tilston, G. (2024). Creating a health informatics data resource for hearing health research. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 24(1), Article 209. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-024-02589-x

Background The National Institute of Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) Health Informatics Collaborative (HIC) for Hearing Health has been established in the UK to curate routinely collected hearing health data to address research questions. Thi... Read More about Creating a health informatics data resource for hearing health research.

Two distinct molecular cloud populations detected in massive galaxies (2024)
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Rose, T., McNamara, B. R., Combes, F., Edge, A. C., McDonald, M., O’Sullivan, E., Russell, H., Fabian, A. C., Ferland, G., Salomé, P., & Tremblay, G. (2024). Two distinct molecular cloud populations detected in massive galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533(1), 771-794. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1831

We present new ALMA observations of CO, CN, CS, HCN and HCO + absorption seen against the bright and compact radio continuum sources of eight galaxies. Combined with archival observations, they reveal two distinct populations of molecular clouds, whi... Read More about Two distinct molecular cloud populations detected in massive galaxies.

Quantitative BOLD (qBOLD) imaging of oxygen metabolism and blood oxygenation in the human body: A scoping review (2024)
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Alzaidi, A. A., Panek, R., & Blockley, N. P. (2024). Quantitative BOLD (qBOLD) imaging of oxygen metabolism and blood oxygenation in the human body: A scoping review. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.30165

Purpose There are many approaches to the quantitative BOLD (qBOLD) technique described in the literature, differing in pulse sequences, MRI parameters and data processing. Thus, in this review, we summarized the acquisition methods, approaches used... Read More about Quantitative BOLD (qBOLD) imaging of oxygen metabolism and blood oxygenation in the human body: A scoping review.

Manager–Team (Dis)agreement on Stress-Preventive Behaviours: Relationship with Psychosocial Work Environment and Employees’ Well-Being (2024)
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Toderi, S., Cioffi, G., Yarker, J., Lewis, R., Houdmont, J., & Balducci, C. (2024). Manager–Team (Dis)agreement on Stress-Preventive Behaviours: Relationship with Psychosocial Work Environment and Employees’ Well-Being. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(8), Article 989. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21080989

The “Management Competencies to Prevent and Reduce Stress at Work” (MCPARS) approach focuses on identifying the stress-preventive managers’ competencies able to optimise the employees’ well-being through the management of the psychosocial work enviro... Read More about Manager–Team (Dis)agreement on Stress-Preventive Behaviours: Relationship with Psychosocial Work Environment and Employees’ Well-Being.

‘Grass, rice, and aubergine’: a case study of an Islamic eco- pesantren in Indonesia (2024)
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Wijaya Mulya, T., & Salvi, F. (2024). ‘Grass, rice, and aubergine’: a case study of an Islamic eco- pesantren in Indonesia. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2024.2385049

Twenty-first century environmental movements and education have been criticised as predominantly secular, middle-class, and Western-originated. As such, their ability to generate momentum and increase uptake can be limited to individuals and groups w... Read More about ‘Grass, rice, and aubergine’: a case study of an Islamic eco- pesantren in Indonesia.

Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Raynaud’s Phenomenon, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and Scleroderma: an umbrella review of systematic reviews (2024)
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Chen, A., Lax, S. J., Grainge, M. J., Lanyon, P. C., & Pearce, F. A. (2024). Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Raynaud’s Phenomenon, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and Scleroderma: an umbrella review of systematic reviews. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkae086

Objectives: To comprehensively review systematic reviews of prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Raynaud’s, Sjögren’s, and Scleroderma, and to identify any research gaps. Methods: An umbrella review of English language systematic review... Read More about Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Raynaud’s Phenomenon, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and Scleroderma: an umbrella review of systematic reviews.