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Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics (2017)
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Meiland, F., Innes, A., Mountain, G., Robinson, L., Roest, H. V. D., García-Casal, J. A., …Franco-Martin, M. (2017). Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 4(1), Article e1. https://doi.org/10.2196/rehab.6376

Background: With the expected increase in the numbers of persons with dementia, providing timely, adequate, and affordable care and support is challenging. Assistive and health technologies may be a valuable contribution in dementia care, but new cha... Read More about Technologies to support community-dwelling persons with dementia: a position paper on issues regarding development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics.

Surface modification of PdlLGA microspheres with gelatine methacrylate: evaluation of adsorption, entrapment, and oxygen plasma treatment approaches (2017)
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Baki, A., Rahman, C. V., White, L. J., Scurr, D. J., Qutachi, O., & Shakesheff, K. M. (2017). Surface modification of PdlLGA microspheres with gelatine methacrylate: evaluation of adsorption, entrapment, and oxygen plasma treatment approaches. Acta Biomaterialia, 53, 450-459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2017.01.042

Injectable poly (dl-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PdlLGA) microspheres are promising candidates as biodegradable controlled release carriers for drug and cell delivery applications; however, they have limited functional groups on the surface to enable de... Read More about Surface modification of PdlLGA microspheres with gelatine methacrylate: evaluation of adsorption, entrapment, and oxygen plasma treatment approaches.

Early engagement in physical activity and exercise is key in managing cancer cachexia (2017)
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Bayly, J., Wilcock, A., Higginson, I. J., & Maddocks, M. (2017). Early engagement in physical activity and exercise is key in managing cancer cachexia. Oncology, 31(1),

Despite consensus on the diagnosis and staging of cancer anorexia/cachexia syndrome, there is currently no accepted standard of care, and affected patients remain widely undertreated. There is general agreement that, because of the complex pathophysi... Read More about Early engagement in physical activity and exercise is key in managing cancer cachexia.

Video gaming and gaming addiction in transgender people: an exploratory study (2017)
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Arcelus, J., Bouman, W. P., Richards, C., Jimenez-Murcia, S., & Griffiths, M. (in press). Video gaming and gaming addiction in transgender people: an exploratory study. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.6.2017.002

Background: There is anecdotal clinical evidence that transgender people use the online world – such as forums and online video gaming – for the purpose of experiencing their gender identity in a safe, non-threatening, non alienating, nonstigmatizing... Read More about Video gaming and gaming addiction in transgender people: an exploratory study.

Acute and chronic kidney disease in elderly patients with hip fracture: prevalence, risk factors and outcome with development and validation of a risk prediction model for acute kidney injury (2017)
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Porter, C. J., Moppett, I. K., Juurlink, I., Nightingale, J., Moran, C. G., & Devonald, M. A. (2017). Acute and chronic kidney disease in elderly patients with hip fracture: prevalence, risk factors and outcome with development and validation of a risk prediction model for acute kidney injury. BMC Nephrology, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0437-5

Background
Hip fracture is a common injury in older people with a high rate of postoperative morbidity and mortality. This patient group is also at high risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), but little is known of the i... Read More about Acute and chronic kidney disease in elderly patients with hip fracture: prevalence, risk factors and outcome with development and validation of a risk prediction model for acute kidney injury.

Association between e-alert implementation for detection of acute kidney injury and outcomes: a systematic review (2017)
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Lachance, P., Villeneuve, P.-M., Rewa, O. G., Wilson, F. P., Selby, N. M., Featherstone, R. M., & Bagshaw, S. M. (2017). Association between e-alert implementation for detection of acute kidney injury and outcomes: a systematic review. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 32(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfw424

Background. Electronic alerts (e-alerts) for acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients are increasingly being implemented; however, their impact on outcomes remains uncertain.

Methods. We performed a systematic review. Electronic database... Read More about Association between e-alert implementation for detection of acute kidney injury and outcomes: a systematic review.

Three conceptions of group-based reasons (2017)
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Woodard, C. (2017). Three conceptions of group-based reasons. Journal of Social Ontology, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/jso-2016-0006

Group-based reasons are reasons to play one’s part in some pattern of action that the members of some group could perform, because of the good features of the pattern. This paper discusses three broad conceptions of such reasons. According to the age... Read More about Three conceptions of group-based reasons.

Evolution of damage in MoS2-based dry film lubricants (DFLs) in fretting wear – the effect of DFL thickness and contact geometry (2017)
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Barman, K., Shipway, P., Voisey, K., & Pattinson, G. (2017). Evolution of damage in MoS2-based dry film lubricants (DFLs) in fretting wear – the effect of DFL thickness and contact geometry. Progress in Organic Coatings, 105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2016.12.022

Dry film lubricant (DFL) coatings are widely used to reduce coefficients of friction and damage in highly loaded contacts. This work investigates the behaviour of a commercially available MoS2-based DFL in a cylinder-on-flat contact geometry with a f... Read More about Evolution of damage in MoS2-based dry film lubricants (DFLs) in fretting wear – the effect of DFL thickness and contact geometry.

The identification of poultry processing in archaeological ceramic vessels using in-situ isotope references for organic residue analysis (2017)
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Colonese, A., Lucquin, A., Guedes, E., Thomas, R., Best, J., Fothergill, B., …Craig, O. (2017). The identification of poultry processing in archaeological ceramic vessels using in-situ isotope references for organic residue analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science, 78, 179-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.12.006

Poultry products are rarely considered when reconstructing pottery use through organic residue analysis, impinging upon our understanding of the changing role of these animals in the past. Here we evaluate an isotopic approach for distinguishing chic... Read More about The identification of poultry processing in archaeological ceramic vessels using in-situ isotope references for organic residue analysis.

On elastic growth modelling of straight hair (2017)
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Soldatos, K. (in press). On elastic growth modelling of straight hair. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, https://doi.org/10.1177/1081286516680392

Certain macroscopic similarities of the nail and hair elongation mechanisms enable the mass-growth activity that takes place within a straight hair follicle to be modelled through a suitable extension of a relevant small-strain pseudo-elasticity mode... Read More about On elastic growth modelling of straight hair.

CANDELS multi-wavelength catalogs: source identification and photometry in the CANDELS COSMOS survey field (2017)
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Nayyeri, H., Hemmati, S., Mobasher, B., Ferguson, H. C., Cooray, A., Barro, G., …Yan, H. (2017). CANDELS multi-wavelength catalogs: source identification and photometry in the CANDELS COSMOS survey field. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 228(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/228/1/7

We present a multi-wavelength photometric catalog in the COSMOS field as part of the observations by the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey. The catalog is based on Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (HST/WFC3) and... Read More about CANDELS multi-wavelength catalogs: source identification and photometry in the CANDELS COSMOS survey field.

Fibrin glue for pilonidal sinus disease (2017)
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Lund, J. N., Tou, S., Doleman, B., & Williams, J. P. (in press). Fibrin glue for pilonidal sinus disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(1), Article CD011923. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011923.pub2

Background
Pilonidal sinus disease is a common condition that mainly affects young adults. This condition can cause significant pain and impairment of normal activities. No consensus currently exists on the optimum treatment for pilonidal sinus and... Read More about Fibrin glue for pilonidal sinus disease.

Reciprocal Control in Adaptive Environments (2017)
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Jäger, N., Schnädelbach, H., Hale, J., Kirk, D., & Glover, K. (2017). Reciprocal Control in Adaptive Environments. Interacting with Computers, 29(4), 512-529. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iww037

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Computer Society. Computing has become an established part of the built environment augmenting it to become adaptive. We generally assume that we control the adaptive en... Read More about Reciprocal Control in Adaptive Environments.

Do advanced mathematics skills predict success in biology and chemistry degrees? (2017)
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Adkins, M., & Noyes, A. (2018). Do advanced mathematics skills predict success in biology and chemistry degrees?. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 16(3), 487-502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-016-9794-y

The mathematical preparedness of science undergraduates has been a subject of debate for some time. This paper investigates the relationship between school mathematics attainment and degree outcomes in biology and chemistry across England, a much lar... Read More about Do advanced mathematics skills predict success in biology and chemistry degrees?.

Gender Incongruence of Childhood: Clinical Utility and Stakeholder Agreement with the World Health Organization’s Proposed ICD-11 Criteria (2017)
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Beek, T. F., Cohen-Kettenis, P. T., Bouman, W. P., de Vries, A. L. C., Steensma, T. D., Witcomb, G. L., …Kreukels, B. P. C. (in press). Gender Incongruence of Childhood: Clinical Utility and Stakeholder Agreement with the World Health Organization’s Proposed ICD-11 Criteria. PLoS ONE, 12(1), Article e0168522. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168522

Quantitative analysis of lab-to-lab variability in Caco-2 permeability assays (2017)
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Lee, J. B., Zgair, A., Taha, D. A., Zang, X., Kagan, L., Kim, T. H., …Gershkovich, P. (2017). Quantitative analysis of lab-to-lab variability in Caco-2 permeability assays. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 114, 38-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2016.12.027

In this study, Caco-2 permeability results from different laboratories were compared. Six different sets of apparent permeability coefficient (Papp) values reported in the literature were compared to experimental Papp obtained in our laboratory. The... Read More about Quantitative analysis of lab-to-lab variability in Caco-2 permeability assays.

A novel cutting tool design to avoid surface damage in bone machining (2017)
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Liao, Z., Axinte, D. A., & Gao, D. (2017). A novel cutting tool design to avoid surface damage in bone machining. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 116, 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2017.01.003

With its anisotropic structure, bone machining occurs as shear/serrated cutting mechanisms at low values of uncut chip thickness while at high values it results in fracture cutting mechanisms which lead to significant tissues damages; hence, utilisin... Read More about A novel cutting tool design to avoid surface damage in bone machining.

RORγt+ innate lymphoid cells promote lymph node metastasis of breast cancers (2017)
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Irshad, S., Flores-Borja, F., Lawler, K., Monypenny, J., Evans, R., Male, V., …Martin, S. G. (2017). RORγt+ innate lymphoid cells promote lymph node metastasis of breast cancers. Cancer Research, 77(5), 1083-1096. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0598

Cancer cells tend to metastasize first to tumor-draining lymph nodes, but the mechanisms mediating cancer cell invasion into the lymphatic vasculature remain little understood. Here, we show that in the human breast tumor microenvironment (TME), the... Read More about RORγt+ innate lymphoid cells promote lymph node metastasis of breast cancers.