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Modified bronchoscopy masks mitigate aerosols during gastroscopies (2022)
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Digestive endoscopy has been proven to produce aerosols (1–3). This represents a risk of infection by COVID-19 and other airborne viruses. A number of protective barriers have been proposed to minimise that risk. Continuous suction of the oral cavity... Read More about Modified bronchoscopy masks mitigate aerosols during gastroscopies.

Assessing diversity and inclusivity is the next frontier in mental health recovery narrative research and practice (Preprint) (2022)
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Demand for digital health interventions is increasing in many countries. The use of recorded mental health recovery narratives in digital health interventions is becoming more widespread in clinical practice. Mental health recovery narratives are fir... Read More about Assessing diversity and inclusivity is the next frontier in mental health recovery narrative research and practice (Preprint).

Solutions to Hazardous Wastes Issues in the Leather Industry: Adsorption of Chromium Iii and Vi from Leather Industry Wastewaters Using Activated Carbons Produced from Leather Industry Solid Wastes (2022)
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This study presents the use of an innovative material to tackle hazardous wastes in the leather industry. Activated carbons produced from Leather industry waste (LIW) were used to adsorb Chromium (Cr) III and (VI), which are found in leather wastewa... Read More about Solutions to Hazardous Wastes Issues in the Leather Industry: Adsorption of Chromium Iii and Vi from Leather Industry Wastewaters Using Activated Carbons Produced from Leather Industry Solid Wastes.

Feasibility and Acceptability of an Internet of Things–Enabled Sedentary Behavior Intervention: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint) (2022)
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Background: Encouraging office workers to break up prolonged sedentary behavior (SB) at work with regular micro-breaks can be beneficial yet challenging. Internet of Things (IoT) offers great promise for delivering more subtle and hence acceptable b... Read More about Feasibility and Acceptability of an Internet of Things–Enabled Sedentary Behavior Intervention: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint).

Morphology-density Relation, Quenching, and Mergers in CARLA Clusters and Proto-Clusters at 1.4 < z < 2.8 (2022)
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On the origins of phenotypic parallelism in benthic and limnetic stickleback (2022)
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Rapid evolution of similar phenotypes in similar environments, giving rise to in situ parallel adaptation, is an important hallmark of ecological speciation. However, what appears to be in situ adaptation can also arise by dispersal of divergent line... Read More about On the origins of phenotypic parallelism in benthic and limnetic stickleback.

‘It Means We are Not Safe’: Understanding and Learning from Household Experiences of Water Scarcity, Flood and Fire in Marginalized Settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa (2022)
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As climate change-related extreme weather events such as flooding and droughts increase in frequency and severity in most cities worldwide, there is a need to deepen understanding of disaster risks and adaptive capacities. A significant percentage of... Read More about ‘It Means We are Not Safe’: Understanding and Learning from Household Experiences of Water Scarcity, Flood and Fire in Marginalized Settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa.

Just Transition: Pathways to Socially Inclusive Decarbonisation (2022)
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Design, Construction, and Functional Characterization of a tRNA Neochromosome in Yeast (2022)
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Here we report the design, construction and characterization of a tRNA neochromosome, a designer chromosome that functions as an additional, de novo counterpart to the native complement of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Intending to address one of the cen... Read More about Design, Construction, and Functional Characterization of a tRNA Neochromosome in Yeast.

Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
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Background: HIV poses a threat to global health. With effective treatment options available, education and testing strategies are essential in preventing transmission. Text messaging is an effective tool for health promotion and can be used to target... Read More about Test@Work Texts: Mobile Phone Messaging to Increase Awareness of HIV and HIV Testing in UK Construction Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Fade in, fade out: Do shifts in visual perspective predict the consistency of real-world memories? (2022)
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Memories of our personal past are not exact accounts of what occurred. Instead, memory reconstructs the past in adaptive–though not always faithful–ways. Using a naturalistic design, here we asked how the visual perspective adopted in the mind’s eye... Read More about Fade in, fade out: Do shifts in visual perspective predict the consistency of real-world memories?.

Organoruthenium Complexes Containing Hemilabile Phosphinodicarboxamide Ligands (2022)
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Ruthenium complexes of hemilabile phosphinocarboxamide ligands, and their use to form metallacycles using halide abstraction/deprotonation reactions are reported. Thus, [Ru(p-cym){PPh2C(=O)NHR}Cl2; R = iPr (1), Ph (2), p-tol (3)] and [Ru(p-cym){PPh2C... Read More about Organoruthenium Complexes Containing Hemilabile Phosphinodicarboxamide Ligands.

Genome-wide association study of chronic sputum production implicates loci involved in mucus production and infection (2022)
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Background Chronic sputum production impacts on quality of life and is a feature of many respiratory diseases. Identification of the genetic variants associated with chronic sputum production in a disease agnostic sample could improve understanding o... Read More about Genome-wide association study of chronic sputum production implicates loci involved in mucus production and infection.

Enhancement of Syngas Production in Co-Pyro-Gasification of Biomass and Plastic Waste Materials: Computational Study (2022)
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The process of co-pyro-gasification of biomass and plastics appears to have the potential for increasing syngas production for power generation and thus minimizing the impact of plastic waste on the environment. This study was based on co-pyro-gasifi... Read More about Enhancement of Syngas Production in Co-Pyro-Gasification of Biomass and Plastic Waste Materials: Computational Study.

Undirected, Pd-catalysed deuteration of indoles with programmable regioselectivity (2022)
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Methods for selective deuterium-incorporation into drug-like molecules have become extremely valuable due to the commercial and biological importance of deuterated compounds. Selective C2-deuteration of indoles currently requires the installation of... Read More about Undirected, Pd-catalysed deuteration of indoles with programmable regioselectivity.

Synthetic yeast chromosome XI design enables extrachromosomal circular DNA formation on demand (2022)
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We describe construction of the 660 kilobase synthetic yeast chromosome XI (synXI) and reveal how synthetic redesign of non-coding DNA elements impact the cell. To aid construction from synthesized 5 to 10 kilobase DNA fragments, we implemented CRISP... Read More about Synthetic yeast chromosome XI design enables extrachromosomal circular DNA formation on demand.

White Matter Microstructural Alteration in Type 2 Diabetes: A Combined UK Biobank Study of Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (2022)
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Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus impacts the brain microstructural environment. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been widely used to characterize white matter microstructural abnormalities in type 2 diabetes but fails to fully characterise dise... Read More about White Matter Microstructural Alteration in Type 2 Diabetes: A Combined UK Biobank Study of Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging.

Exploiting Generative Design for Multi-Material Inkjet 3D Printed Cell Instructive, Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composites (2022)
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As our understanding of disease grows, it is becoming established that treatment needs to be personalized and targeted to the needs of the individual. In this paper we show that multi-material inkjet-based 3D printing, when backed with generative des... Read More about Exploiting Generative Design for Multi-Material Inkjet 3D Printed Cell Instructive, Bacterial Biofilm Resistant Composites.

The Impact of Covid-19 on Productivity (2022)
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We analyse the impact of Covid-19 on productivity using data from an innovative monthly firm survey panel that asks for quantitative impacts of Covid on inputs and outputs. We find total factor productivity (TFP) fell by up to 5% during 2020-21. The... Read More about The Impact of Covid-19 on Productivity.

Laboratory strains of Escherichia coli K-12: not such perfect role models after all (2022)
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Escherichia coli K-12 was originally isolated 100 years ago and since then, it has become an invaluable model organism and a cornerstone of molecular biology research. However, despite its apparent pedigree, since its initial isolation, E. coli K-12... Read More about Laboratory strains of Escherichia coli K-12: not such perfect role models after all.