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Subtype-Selective Fluorescent Ligands as Pharmacological Research Tools for the Human Adenosine A2A Receptor (2019)
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Comeo, E., Kindon, N. D., Soave, M., Stoddart, L. A., Kilpatrick, L. E., Scammells, P. J., …Kellam, B. (2020). Subtype-Selective Fluorescent Ligands as Pharmacological Research Tools for the Human Adenosine A2A Receptor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63(5), 2656-2672. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01856

© 2019 American Chemical Society. Among class A G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR), the human adenosine A2A receptor (hA2AAR) remains an attractive drug target. However, translation of A2AAR ligands into the clinic has proved challenging and an impro... Read More about Subtype-Selective Fluorescent Ligands as Pharmacological Research Tools for the Human Adenosine A2A Receptor.

Can selenium deficiency in Malawi be alleviated through consumption of agro-biofortified maize flour? Study protocol for a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial (2019)
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Joy, E. J., Kalimbira, A. A., Gashu, D., Ferguson, E. L., Sturgess, J., Dangour, A. D., …Allen, E. (2019). Can selenium deficiency in Malawi be alleviated through consumption of agro-biofortified maize flour? Study protocol for a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial. Trials, 20(1), Article 795. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3894-2

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Micronutrient deficiencies including selenium (Se) are widespread in Malawi and potentially underlie a substantial disease burden, particularly among poorer and marginalised populations. Concentrations of Se in stapl... Read More about Can selenium deficiency in Malawi be alleviated through consumption of agro-biofortified maize flour? Study protocol for a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial.

eHealth and mHealth Interventions for Ethnic Minority and Historically Underserved Populations in Developed Countries: an Umbrella Review (2019)
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Armaou, M., Araviaki, E., & Musikanski, L. (2019). eHealth and mHealth Interventions for Ethnic Minority and Historically Underserved Populations in Developed Countries: an Umbrella Review. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-019-00055-5

Health disparities among historically disadvantaged populations can undermine the effectiveness of eHealth and mHealth interventions and limit their acceptability among diverse community members. The twin aims of this umbrella review of systematic re... Read More about eHealth and mHealth Interventions for Ethnic Minority and Historically Underserved Populations in Developed Countries: an Umbrella Review.

A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol (2019)
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Bajwa, R. K., Goldberg, S. E., Van Der Wardt, V., Burgon, C., Di Lorito, C., Godfrey, M., …Harwood, R. H. (2019). A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol. Trials, 20(1), Article 815. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3871-9

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: People with dementia progressively lose cognitive and functional abilities. Interventions promoting exercise and activity may slow decline. We developed a novel intervention to promote activity and independence and p... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of an exercise intervention promoting activity, independence and stability in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia (PrAISED) - A Protocol.

Energy assessment and economic sensitivity analysis of a grid-connected photovoltaic system (2019)
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Cui, Y., Zhu, J., Meng, F., Zoras, S., McKechnie, J., & Chu, J. (2020). Energy assessment and economic sensitivity analysis of a grid-connected photovoltaic system. Renewable Energy, 150, 101-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.12.127

This paper presents techno-economic assessment results of a grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system for domestic building application. The PV system electricity output, energy conversion efficiency and cell temperature are explored based on the local... Read More about Energy assessment and economic sensitivity analysis of a grid-connected photovoltaic system.

The Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Psychological Well-Being in the Workplace: A Systematic Review Protocol (2019)
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Armaou, M., Konstantinidis, S., & Blake, H. (2019). The Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Psychological Well-Being in the Workplace: A Systematic Review Protocol. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), Article 255. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010255

Objective: Psychological well-being has been associated with desirable individual and organisational outcomes. This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of digital interventions for the improvement of psychological well-being and/or the... Read More about The Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Psychological Well-Being in the Workplace: A Systematic Review Protocol.

Review of defects in lattice structures manufactured by powder bed fusion (2019)
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Echeta, I., Dutton, B., Feng, X., Leach, R., & Piano, S. (2020). Review of defects in lattice structures manufactured by powder bed fusion. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 106(5-6), 2649–2668. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-019-04753-4

Additively manufactured lattice structures are popular due to their desirable properties, such as high specific stiffness and high surface area, and are being explored for several applications including aerospace components, heat exchangers and biome... Read More about Review of defects in lattice structures manufactured by powder bed fusion.

Cheeger-Simons differential characters with compact support and Pontryagin duality (2019)
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Becker, C., Benini, M., Schenkel, A., & Szabo, R. J. (2019). Cheeger-Simons differential characters with compact support and Pontryagin duality. Communications in Analysis and Geometry, 27(7), 1473–1522

By adapting the Cheeger-Simons approach to differential cohomology, we establish a notion of differential cohomology with compact support. We show that it is functorial with respect to open embeddings and that it fits into a natural diagram of exact... Read More about Cheeger-Simons differential characters with compact support and Pontryagin duality.

Representation and novelty in Aeschylus' Theoroi (2019)
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Thomas, O. (2019). Representation and novelty in Aeschylus' Theoroi. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 62(2), 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-5370.12107

This article argues in favour of the view that in Aeschylus' Theoroi (aka Isthmiastai) the satyrs had absconded from Dionysus’ choral training, and dedicate a set of votive masks on Poseidon’s Isthmian temple. I propose that at the end of fr. 78c Dio... Read More about Representation and novelty in Aeschylus' Theoroi.

Identity and digital equity: Reflections on a university educational technology course (2019)
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McLay, K., & REYES, V. C. (2019). Identity and digital equity: Reflections on a university educational technology course. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 35(6), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.5552

This inquiry explored preservice teachers (PSTs) developing learner and professional identities while participating in a university course that explicitly incorporates the use of technology into teaching. The paper posits that it is important for ini... Read More about Identity and digital equity: Reflections on a university educational technology course.

Formation of S0s in extreme environments I: clues from kinematics and stellar populations (2019)
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Coccato, L., Jaffé, Y. L., Cortesi, A., Merrifield, M., Johnston, E., del Pino, B. R., …Menéndez-Delmestre, K. (2020). Formation of S0s in extreme environments I: clues from kinematics and stellar populations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(2), 2955–2972. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3592

Despite numerous efforts, it is still unclear whether lenticular galaxies (S0s) evolve from spirals whose star formation was suppressed, or formed trough mergers or disk instabilities. In this paper we present a pilot study of 21 S0 galaxies in extre... Read More about Formation of S0s in extreme environments I: clues from kinematics and stellar populations.

Recent disruptions in the timing and intensity of precipitation in Calakmul, Mexico (2019)
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Mardero, S., Schmook, B., Christman, Z., Metcalfe, S. E., & De La Barreda-Bautista, B. (2020). Recent disruptions in the timing and intensity of precipitation in Calakmul, Mexico. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 140, 129–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-019-03068-4

This study addresses changes in the timing and intensity of precipitation from 1982 to 2016 from three meteorological stations around Calakmul, Mexico, a landscape balancing biodiversity conservation and smallholder agricultural production. Five meth... Read More about Recent disruptions in the timing and intensity of precipitation in Calakmul, Mexico.

Letters of the Labouring Poor: The Art of Letter Writing in Colonial India (2019)
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Kumar, A. (2020). Letters of the Labouring Poor: The Art of Letter Writing in Colonial India. Past and Present, 246(1), 149-190. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtz035

This article examines the emergence of mass letter-writing in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century colonial north India, a region marked by the growth of an unprecedented labour mobility, postal expansion, vernacular print, and workers' l... Read More about Letters of the Labouring Poor: The Art of Letter Writing in Colonial India.

Diagnosing dysplasia in Barrett’s oesophagus still requires Seattle protocol biopsy in the era of modern video endoscopy: results from a tertiary centre Barrett’s dysplasia database. (2019)
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Nachiappan, A., Ragunath, K., Card, T., & Kaye, P. (2019). Diagnosing dysplasia in Barrett’s oesophagus still requires Seattle protocol biopsy in the era of modern video endoscopy: results from a tertiary centre Barrett’s dysplasia database. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 55(1), 9-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.2019.1706762

Objectives: The role of random, four-quadrant biopsy (i.e. systematic biopsy) in Barrett’s oesophagus surveillance has been questioned given its drawbacks and the emergence of high-resolution endoscopy and advanced imaging modalities. Our study aims... Read More about Diagnosing dysplasia in Barrett’s oesophagus still requires Seattle protocol biopsy in the era of modern video endoscopy: results from a tertiary centre Barrett’s dysplasia database..

Effects of dietary vegetable oils on mammary lipid-related genes in holstein dairy cows (2019)
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Vargas-Bello-pérez, E., Geldsetzer-Mendoza, C., Cancino-Padilla, N., Morales, M. S., Leskinen, H., Garnsworthy, P. C., …Romero, J. (2020). Effects of dietary vegetable oils on mammary lipid-related genes in holstein dairy cows. Animals, 10(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10010057

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This study analyzed effects of vegetable oils fed to dairy cows on abundance of genes related to lipid metabolism in milk somatic cells (MSC). During 63 days, 15 cows were allocated to 3 treat... Read More about Effects of dietary vegetable oils on mammary lipid-related genes in holstein dairy cows.

The psychodynamic analysis of work (2019)
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Marks, J. (2019). The psychodynamic analysis of work. Modern and Contemporary France, 28(3), 291-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639489.2019.1702938

This article provides an overview of the psychodynamic analysis of work associated primarily with Christophe Dejours. It explores briefly the roots of psychodynamics in the psychopathology of work that emerged as a field in France in the 1950s. It th... Read More about The psychodynamic analysis of work.

Mutation in OsCADT1 enhances cadmium tolerance and enriches selenium in rice grain (2019)
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Chen, J., Huang, X., Salt, D. E., & Zhao, F. (2020). Mutation in OsCADT1 enhances cadmium tolerance and enriches selenium in rice grain. New Phytologist, 226(3), 838-850. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16404

•How cadmium (Cd) tolerance in rice is regulated remains poorly understood. We used a forward genetic approach to investigate Cd tolerance in rice. •Using root elongation assay, we isolated a rice mutant with enhanced Cd tolerance, cadt1, from an EMS... Read More about Mutation in OsCADT1 enhances cadmium tolerance and enriches selenium in rice grain.