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A qualitative study exploring how vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis can be integrated within existing healthcare services in the United Kingdom (2024)
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De Dios Perez, B., Booth, V., das Nair, R., Evangelou, N., Hassard, J., Ford, H. L., Newsome, I., & Radford, K. (2024). A qualitative study exploring how vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis can be integrated within existing healthcare services in the United Kingdom. BMC Health Services Research, 24, Article 995. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11424-y

Background To explore how a vocational rehabilitation (VR) intervention can be integrated within existing healthcare services for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS). Methods Data from 37... Read More about A qualitative study exploring how vocational rehabilitation for people with multiple sclerosis can be integrated within existing healthcare services in the United Kingdom.

Intra- and interindividual variability in fasted gastric content volume (2024)
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Roelofs, J. J., Camps, G., Leenders, L. M., Marciani, L., Spiller, R. C., van Eijnatten, E. J., Alyami, J., Denga, R., Freitas, D., Grimm, M., Karhunen, L. J., Krishnasamy, S., Le Feunteung, S., Lobo, D. N., Mackiei, A. R., Mayar, M., Weitschies, W., & Smeets, P. A. (2024). Intra- and interindividual variability in fasted gastric content volume. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Article e14904. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14904

Background: Gastric fluid plays a key role in food digestion and drug dissolution, therefore, the amount of gastric fluid present in a fasted state may influence subsequent digestion and drug delivery. We aimed to describe intra- and interindividual... Read More about Intra- and interindividual variability in fasted gastric content volume.

Structural transformations of metal-organic cages through tetrazine-alkene reactivity (2024)
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Black, M., Bhattacharyya, S., Argent, S., & Pilgrim, B. (in press). Structural transformations of metal-organic cages through tetrazine-alkene reactivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society,

The assembly of metal-organic cages is governed by metal ion coordination preferences and the geometries of the typically rigid and planar precursor ligands. PdnL2n cages are amongst the most structurally diverse, with subtle differences in the metal... Read More about Structural transformations of metal-organic cages through tetrazine-alkene reactivity.

Intra‐ and interindividual variability in fasted gastric content volume (2024)
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Roelofs, J. J. M., Camps, G., Leenders, L. M., Marciani, L., Spiller, R. C., Van Eijnatten, E. J. M., Alyami, J., Deng, R., Freitas, D., Grimm, M., Karhunen, L. J., Krishnasamy, S., Le Feunteun, S., Lobo, D. N., Mackie, A. R., Mayar, M., Weitschies, W., & Smeets, P. A. M. (in press). Intra‐ and interindividual variability in fasted gastric content volume. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14904

Background: Gastric fluid plays a key role in food digestion and drug dissolution, therefore, the amount of gastric fluid present in a fasted state may influence subsequent digestion and drug delivery. We aimed to describe intra-and interindividual... Read More about Intra‐ and interindividual variability in fasted gastric content volume.

Kidney Beam - a cost-effective digital intervention to improve mental health (2024)
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Greenwood, S. A., Briggs, J., Walklin, C., Mangahis, E., Young, H. M., Castle, E. M., Billany, R. E., Asgari, E., Bhandari, S., Bishop, N., Bramham, K., Burton, J. O., Campbell, J., Chilcot, J., Cooper, N., Deelchand, V., Graham-Brown, M. P., Haggis, L., Hamilton, A., Jesky, M., …Macdonald, J. (in press). Kidney Beam - a cost-effective digital intervention to improve mental health. Kidney International Reports,

Background: There is inequity in provision of physical rehabilitation services for people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The Kidney BEAM trial evaluated the clinical value and cost effectiveness of a physical activity digital health interv... Read More about Kidney Beam - a cost-effective digital intervention to improve mental health.

Development of a Best Practice Guidance on Online Peer Support for People with Young-Onset Dementia (2024)
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Loseto-Gerritzen, E. V., McDermott, O., & Orrell, M. (2024). Development of a Best Practice Guidance on Online Peer Support for People with Young-Onset Dementia. Behavioral Sciences, 14(9), Article 746. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14090746

This work aimed to develop a Best Practice Guidance on online peer support for people with young-onset dementia (YOD). The Best Practice Guidance was developed through a systematic literature review, focus groups, an online survey, and interviews and... Read More about Development of a Best Practice Guidance on Online Peer Support for People with Young-Onset Dementia.

Stable Platform for Mevalonate Bioproduction from CO2 (2024)
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Garavaglia, M., McGregor, C., Bommareddy, R. R., Irorere, V., Arenas, C., Robazza, A., Minton, N. P., & Kovacs, K. (2024). Stable Platform for Mevalonate Bioproduction from CO2. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c03561

Stable production of value-added products using a microbial chassis is pivotal for determining the industrial suitability of the engineered biocatalyst. Microbial cells often lose the multicopy expression plasmids during long-term cultivations. Owing... Read More about Stable Platform for Mevalonate Bioproduction from CO2.

Comorbidities and Angiogenic Regulators Affect Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtype Numbers in a Healthy Volunteer Control Group (2024)
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Rakkar, K., Kadir, R. R. A., Othman, O. A., Sprigg, N., Bath, P. M., & Bayraktutan, U. (2024). Comorbidities and Angiogenic Regulators Affect Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtype Numbers in a Healthy Volunteer Control Group. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12015-024-10777-5

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are stem cells that can repair injured blood vessels through neovascularisation. This is achieved through secretion of growth factors and endothelial maturation. EPC numbers and function have been studied to determ... Read More about Comorbidities and Angiogenic Regulators Affect Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtype Numbers in a Healthy Volunteer Control Group.

Chaucerian Ekphrasis: Craft, Intertext, Dispence (2024)
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Jones, M. R. (2024). Chaucerian Ekphrasis: Craft, Intertext, Dispence. Parergon, 41(1), 191-212. https://doi.org/10.1353/pgn.2024.a935340

Ekphrasis has long been a topic of interest to literary scholars, but until quite recently medieval ekphrasis has existed on the periphery of most accounts of it. This article explores the distinctive nature of medieval ekphrasis in passages of descr... Read More about Chaucerian Ekphrasis: Craft, Intertext, Dispence.

Rydberg superatoms: An artificial quantum system for quantum information processing and quantum optics (2024)
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Shao, X.-Q., Su, S.-L., Li, L., Nath, R., Wu, J.-H., & Li, W. (2024). Rydberg superatoms: An artificial quantum system for quantum information processing and quantum optics. Applied Physics Reviews, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0211071

Dense atom ensembles with Rydberg excitations display intriguing collective effects mediated by their strong, long-range dipole–dipole interactions. These collective effects, often modeled using Rydberg superatoms, have gained significant attention a... Read More about Rydberg superatoms: An artificial quantum system for quantum information processing and quantum optics.

Test performance in optional shift and configural acquired equivalence are positively correlated. (2024)
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Bru García, S. B., George, D. N., & Robinson, J. (2024). Test performance in optional shift and configural acquired equivalence are positively correlated. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000384

In 2 experiments, participants completed 2 computer-based tasks: a configural acquired-equivalence procedure and an optional-shift procedure. Both revealed that test performance was positively correlated, even when controlling for non-specific variab... Read More about Test performance in optional shift and configural acquired equivalence are positively correlated..

Torque about electrostatically charged spheres makes them more attractive (2024)
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Swift, M. R., & Smith, M. I. (2024). Torque about electrostatically charged spheres makes them more attractive. Soft Matter, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm00566j

The strength of interparticle interactions in a granular system controls how a collection of insulating particles flow, cohere and fragment. Forces due to electrostatic charging, particularly in free-fall or low gravity environments, can dominate the... Read More about Torque about electrostatically charged spheres makes them more attractive.

'Art isn't easy': Making Musical Theatre in Sunday in the Park With George (2024)
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Sutherland, L. (in press). 'Art isn't easy': Making Musical Theatre in Sunday in the Park With George. Critical Quarterly,

Sunday in the Park With George (Sunday) was a pivotal piece of work for Stephen Sondheim, written in the early 80s, at a time when he broke away from Broadway production processes to work in the nonprofit sector, developing this musical with James La... Read More about 'Art isn't easy': Making Musical Theatre in Sunday in the Park With George.

The mechanisms of persisting disability in schizophrenia: imprecise predictive coding via cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical loop dysfunction (2024)
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Liddle, P. F., & Sami, M. B. (2024). The mechanisms of persisting disability in schizophrenia: imprecise predictive coding via cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical loop dysfunction. Biological Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.08.007

Persisting symptoms and disability remain a problem for an appreciable proportion of people with schizophrenia despite treatment with antipsychotic medication. Improving outcomes requires an understanding of the nature and mechanisms of the pathologi... Read More about The mechanisms of persisting disability in schizophrenia: imprecise predictive coding via cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical loop dysfunction.

Can Ayurveda medicine supplement modern medical treatments in chronic disease management? (2024)
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Ravindran, V., Kumar, K., Bhandari, S., Chattopadhyay, K., Payyappallimana, U., Morandi, A., Gupta, R., & Gupta, R. (2024). Can Ayurveda medicine supplement modern medical treatments in chronic disease management?. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715241273738

The editorial highlights the fact that there is limited communication between healthcare providers and patients about complementary and integrative medicine (TCI) like Ayurveda. To address this, healthcare professionals need better education on Ayurv... Read More about Can Ayurveda medicine supplement modern medical treatments in chronic disease management?.

Credit rating agencies’ views on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (2024)
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Ioannou, S., Keenan, L., & Wójcik, D. (2024). Credit rating agencies’ views on China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Eurasian Geography and Economics, https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2024.2393626

How do credit rating agencies (CRAs) view China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)? Our analysis of 132 countries in 2000–17 demonstrates that Chinese foreign investment adversely affects sovereign ratings of recipient countries when these countries pa... Read More about Credit rating agencies’ views on China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

The Impact of Diet-Induced Weight Loss on Inflammatory Status and Hyperandrogenism in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2024)
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Alenezi, S. A., Elkmeshi, N., Alanazi, A., Alanazi, S. T., Khan, R., & Amer, S. (2024). The Impact of Diet-Induced Weight Loss on Inflammatory Status and Hyperandrogenism in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(16), Article 4934. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13164934

Background: Currently, the primary strategy for addressing polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) involves lifestyle modifications, with a focus on weight loss. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the impact of weight loss through dietary int... Read More about The Impact of Diet-Induced Weight Loss on Inflammatory Status and Hyperandrogenism in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The effects of modal value and imperative mood on self-predicted compliance to health guidance: the case of COVID-19 (2024)
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VILAR-LLUCH, S., McClaughlin, E., Adolphs, S., Knight, D., & Nichelle, E. (in press). The effects of modal value and imperative mood on self-predicted compliance to health guidance: the case of COVID-19. Text and Talk - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse and Communication Studies,

Health messaging is effective if it is to achieve audience adherence to guidance. Through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics, we examine the expression of obligation in poster-based health campaigns (4 posters) employed during the COVID-19 p... Read More about The effects of modal value and imperative mood on self-predicted compliance to health guidance: the case of COVID-19.