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The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal immigration (2020)
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Facchini, G., & Testa, C. The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal immigration

Governments do not always enforce their laws, even when they have the means of doing so, and lax enforcement is common in the domain of immigration policy. To explain this paradox we develop a political agency model where gains from migration are une... Read More about The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal immigration.

COVID-Well: Evaluation of the Implementation of Supported Wellbeing Centres for Hospital Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020)
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Cooper, J., Coyne, E., Mancini, H., Knowles, S., Wood, B., Yildirim, M., & Blake, H. COVID-Well: Evaluation of the Implementation of Supported Wellbeing Centres for Hospital Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Skill-Biased Structural Change (2020)
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Buera, F. J., Kaboski, J. P., Rogerson, R., & Vizcaino, J. I. Skill-Biased Structural Change

Using a broad panel of advanced economies we document that increases in GDP per capita are associated with a systematic shift in the composition of value added to sectors that are intensive in high-skill labor, a process we label as skill-biased stru... Read More about Skill-Biased Structural Change.

Morbidity and complications of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Ghana: study design and rationale (2020)
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Essuman, V. A., Tagoe, N. N., Akpalu, J., Essuman, A., Sackey, A., Hayfron-Benjamin, C., …Amoaku, W. Morbidity and complications of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Ghana: study design and rationale

Background: Diabetes is associated with premature morbidity and mortality from its many complications. There is limited data on the chronic complications of diabetes in children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Objective: The study aims t... Read More about Morbidity and complications of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Ghana: study design and rationale.

Full species-wide leaf and seed ionomic diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana (2020)
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Campos, A. C. A. L., van Dijk, W. F., Ramakrishna, P., Giles, T., Korte, P., Douglas, A., …Salt, D. E. Full species-wide leaf and seed ionomic diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana

• Soil is a heterogenous reservoir of essential elements needed for plant growth and development. Plants have evolved mechanisms to balance their nutritional needs based on availability of nutrients. This has led to genetically-based variation in the... Read More about Full species-wide leaf and seed ionomic diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Immediate impact of transcranial magnetic stimulation on brain structure: short-term neuroplasticity following one session of cTBS (2020)
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Jung, J., & Lambon Ralph, M. Immediate impact of transcranial magnetic stimulation on brain structure: short-term neuroplasticity following one session of cTBS

Recent evidence demonstrates that activation-dependent neuroplasticity on a structural level can occur in a short time (2 hour or less) in humans. However, the exact time scale of structural plasticity in adult human brain remains unclear. Using voxe... Read More about Immediate impact of transcranial magnetic stimulation on brain structure: short-term neuroplasticity following one session of cTBS.

Outcomes of a public health campaign and automated randomised controlled trial of a direct to public peer support programme (Big White Wall) versus web-based information to aid self-management of depression and anxiety (The REBOOT study) (2020)
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Morriss, R., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Rawsthorne, M., Coulson, N., Simpson, S., Guo, B., …Williams, L. Outcomes of a public health campaign and automated randomised controlled trial of a direct to public peer support programme (Big White Wall) versus web-based information to aid self-management of depression and anxiety (The REBOOT study)

Background: Effective help for depression and anxiety only reaches a small proportion of those who might benefit from it. The scale of the problem suggests a role for effective, safe public health online services delivered directly to the public. On... Read More about Outcomes of a public health campaign and automated randomised controlled trial of a direct to public peer support programme (Big White Wall) versus web-based information to aid self-management of depression and anxiety (The REBOOT study).

Evidence for selection in a prokaryote pangenome (2020)
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Whelan, F. J., Hall, R. J., & McInerney, J. O. Evidence for selection in a prokaryote pangenome

A pangenome is the complete set of genes (core and accessory) present in a phylogenetic clade. We hypothesize that a pangenome’s accessory gene content is structured and maintained by selection. To test this hypothesis, we interrogated the genomes of... Read More about Evidence for selection in a prokaryote pangenome.

Altered hippocampal functional connectivity patterns in patients with cognitive impairments following ischaemic stroke: a resting-state fMRI study (2020)
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Jung, J., Laverick, R., Nader, K., Wilson, M., Auer, D. P., Rotshtein, P., & Hosseini, A. A. Altered hippocampal functional connectivity patterns in patients with cognitive impairments following ischaemic stroke: a resting-state fMRI study

Background Ischemic stroke with cognitive impairment is a considerable risk factor for developing dementia. Identifying imaging markers of cognitive impairment following ischemic stroke will help to develop prevention strategies against post-stroke d... Read More about Altered hippocampal functional connectivity patterns in patients with cognitive impairments following ischaemic stroke: a resting-state fMRI study.

Review of Networking and Tangible Security Techniques for Domestic IoT Devices and Initial Ideas (2020)
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Zakhary, S., Sunil, N., & Mcauley, D. Review of Networking and Tangible Security Techniques for Domestic IoT Devices and Initial Ideas

The number of connected devices including Internet of Things (IoTs) on the Internet is growing fast. According to recent Gartner research, the estimated number of IoT devices is 5.8 billion in 2020 (Gartner, 2019). The countries that are leading the... Read More about Review of Networking and Tangible Security Techniques for Domestic IoT Devices and Initial Ideas.

Assessing the impact of physicochemical parameters in the predictive capabilities of thermodynamics-based stoichiometric approaches under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions (2020)
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Tomi-Andrino, C., Norman, R., Millat, T., Soucaille, P., Winzer, K., Barrett, D. A., …Kim, D. Assessing the impact of physicochemical parameters in the predictive capabilities of thermodynamics-based stoichiometric approaches under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions

Metabolic engineering in the post-genomic era is characterised by the development of new methods for metabolomics and fluxomics, supported by the integration of genetic engineering tools and mathematical modelling. Particularly, constraint-based stoi... Read More about Assessing the impact of physicochemical parameters in the predictive capabilities of thermodynamics-based stoichiometric approaches under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions.

Near Fibre Electromyography (2020)
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Piasecki, M., C Estruch, O. G., & Stashuk, D. W. Near Fibre Electromyography

Near fibre electromyography (NFEMG) is the use of specifically high-pass filtered motor unit potential (MUPs) (i.e. near fibre MUPs (NFMs)) extracted from needle-detected EMG signals for the examination of changes in motor unit (MU) morphology and el... Read More about Near Fibre Electromyography.

An Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy App for People With Dementia and Their Carers: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (2020)
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Rai, H. K., Schneider, J., & Orrell, M. An Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy App for People With Dementia and Their Carers: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: There is a need for more resources to support the cognition and quality of life (QoL) of people with dementia. The individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy application (iCST app) aims to provide cognitive stimulation and social interacti... Read More about An Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy App for People With Dementia and Their Carers: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.

The role of school leaders in reform (2020)
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GREANY, T. (2020). The role of school leaders in reform

School leaders sit at the fulcrum of educational reform initiatives. This is particularly the case in decentralised school systems in which schools have relatively high levels of autonomy, or decision-making rights, in relation to operational and ins... Read More about The role of school leaders in reform.

Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: A consensus approach (2020)
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Yates, J., Stanyon, M., Challis, D., Coleston-Shields, D. M., Dening, T., Hoe, J., …Orrell, M. Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: A consensus approach

Background: Teams delivering crisis resolution services for people with dementia and their carers provide short-term interventions to prevent admission to acute care settings. There is great variation in these services across the UK. This article rep... Read More about Developing a model of best practice for teams managing crisis in people with dementia: A consensus approach.

Arabidopsis thaliana zinc accumulation in leaf trichomes is correlated with zinc concentration in leaves (2020)
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Ricachenevsky, F. K., Punshon, T., Salt, D. E., Fett, J. P., & Guerinot, M. L. Arabidopsis thaliana zinc accumulation in leaf trichomes is correlated with zinc concentration in leaves

Zinc (Zn) is a key micronutrient. In humans, Zn deficiency is a common nutritional disorder, and most people acquire dietary Zn from eating plants. In plants, Zn deficiency can decrease plant growth and yield. Understanding Zn homeostasis in plants c... Read More about Arabidopsis thaliana zinc accumulation in leaf trichomes is correlated with zinc concentration in leaves.

WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry (2020)
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Blake, H., Somerset, S., Whittingham, K., Middleton, M., Yildirim, M., & Evans, C. WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry

Interprofessional learning (IPL) is essential to prepare healthcare trainees as the future public health workforce. WHIRL was an innovative IPL intervention that engaged multi-professional teams of volunteer healthcare trainees (n=20) to deliver heal... Read More about WHIRL Study: Workplace Health Interprofessional Learning in the Construction Industry.

Clinical characteristics of children and young people hospitalised with covid-19 in the United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study (2020)
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Swann, O. V., Holden, K. A., Turtle, L., Pollock, L., Fairfield, C. J., Drake, T. M., …ISARIC Coronavirus Clinical Characterisation Consortium (ISARIC4C) Investigators. Clinical characteristics of children and young people hospitalised with covid-19 in the United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study

Objective To characterise the clinical features of children and young people admitted to hospital with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the UK, and explore factors associated with admissio... Read More about Clinical characteristics of children and young people hospitalised with covid-19 in the United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study.

Inkjet based 3D Printing of bespoke medical devices that resist bacterial biofilm formation (2020)
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He, Y., Begines, B., Luckett, J., Dubern, J., Hook, A., Prina, E., …Wildman, R. D. Inkjet based 3D Printing of bespoke medical devices that resist bacterial biofilm formation

We demonstrate the formulation of advanced functional 3D printing inks that prevent the formation of bacterial biofilms in vivo. Starting from polymer libraries, we show that a biofilm resistant object can be 3D printed with the potential for shape a... Read More about Inkjet based 3D Printing of bespoke medical devices that resist bacterial biofilm formation.

Health Care Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions Under the Climate of COVID-19: Scoping Review (2020)
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He, Y., Aliyu, A., Evans, M., & Luo, C. Health Care Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions Under the Climate of COVID-19: Scoping Review

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been an unprecedented challenge to the global health care system. It has further challenged the resilience of the healthcare information system (HIS), which has affected the ability to achieve the glo... Read More about Health Care Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions Under the Climate of COVID-19: Scoping Review.