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Distinct inactive conformations of the dopamine D2 and D3 receptors correspond to different extents of inverse agonism (2020)
Journal Article
Lane, J. R., Abramyan, A. M., Adhikari, P., Keen, A. C., Lee, K.-H., Sanchez, J., …Shi, L. (2020). Distinct inactive conformations of the dopamine D2 and D3 receptors correspond to different extents of inverse agonism. eLife, 9, Article e52189. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.52189

By analyzing and simulating inactive conformations of the highly-homologous dopamine D2 and D3 receptors (D2R and D3R), we find that eticlopride binds D2R in a pose very similar to that in the D3R/eticlopride structure but incompatible with the D2R/r... Read More about Distinct inactive conformations of the dopamine D2 and D3 receptors correspond to different extents of inverse agonism.

Analyzing Magnetically Induced Currents in Molecular Systems Using Current-Density-Functional Theory (2020)
Journal Article
Irons, T. J. P., Spence, L., David, G., Speake, B. T., Helgaker, T., & Teale, A. M. (2020). Analyzing Magnetically Induced Currents in Molecular Systems Using Current-Density-Functional Theory. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 124(7), 1321-1333. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10833

A suite of tools for the analysis of magnetically induced currents is introduced. These are applicable to both the weak-field regime, well described by linear response perturbation theory, and to the strong-field regime, which is inaccessible to such... Read More about Analyzing Magnetically Induced Currents in Molecular Systems Using Current-Density-Functional Theory.

Detrimental effects of uterine disease and lipopolysaccharide on luteal angiogenesis (2020)
Journal Article
Mohammed, Z. A., Robinson, R. S., Harris, R., McLaughlin, Y., Turnbull, K. E., Mann, G. E., & Woad, K. J. (2020). Detrimental effects of uterine disease and lipopolysaccharide on luteal angiogenesis. Journal of Endocrinology, 245(1), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1530/JOE-19-0443

© 2020 Society for Endocrinology Reproductive tract inflammatory disease (RTID) commonly occurs after the traumatic events of parturition and adversely affects follicular function. This study is the first to describe the cellular and steroidogenic ch... Read More about Detrimental effects of uterine disease and lipopolysaccharide on luteal angiogenesis.

Emissive Platinum(II) Cages with Reverse Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Multiple Sensing (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, Z., Zhao, Z., Wu, L., Lu, S., Ling, S., Li, G., …Zhang, M. (2020). Emissive Platinum(II) Cages with Reverse Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Multiple Sensing. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(5), 2592-2600. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b12689

It is quite challenging to realize fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between two chromophores with specific positions and directions. Herein, through the self-assembly of two carefully selected fluorescent ligands via metal-coordination i... Read More about Emissive Platinum(II) Cages with Reverse Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Multiple Sensing.

A Multimodal Particle Swarm Optimization-based Approach for Image Segmentation (2020)
Journal Article
Farshi, T. R., Drake, J. H., & Özcan, E. (2020). A Multimodal Particle Swarm Optimization-based Approach for Image Segmentation. Expert Systems with Applications, 149, Article 113233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113233

Color image segmentation is a fundamental challenge in the field of image analysis and pattern recognition. In this paper, a novel automated pixel clustering and color image segmentation algorithm is presented. The proposed method operates in three s... Read More about A Multimodal Particle Swarm Optimization-based Approach for Image Segmentation.

The impact of a high-fat diet in mice is dependent on duration and age, and differs between muscles (2020)
Journal Article
Messa, G. A. M., Piasecki, M., Hurst, J., Hill, C., Tallis, J., & Degens, H. (2020). The impact of a high-fat diet in mice is dependent on duration and age, and differs between muscles. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(6), Article jeb.217117. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.217117

© 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. Prolonged high-fat diets (HFDs) can cause intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) accumulation that may negatively affect muscle function. We investigated the duration of a HFD required to instigate these cha... Read More about The impact of a high-fat diet in mice is dependent on duration and age, and differs between muscles.

A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health (2020)
Journal Article
Ntoumanis, N., Ng, J. Y., Prestwich, A., Quested, E., Hancox, J. E., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C., …Williams, G. C. (2021). A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health. Health Psychology Review, 15(2), 214-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2020.1718529

© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. There are no literature reviews that have examined the impact of health-domain interventions, informed by self-determination theory (SDT), on SDT constructs a... Read More about A meta-analysis of self-determination theory-informed intervention studies in the health domain: effects on motivation, health behavior, physical, and psychological health.

Enzymatic One-Pot Synthesis of Renewable and Biodegradable Surfactants in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (scCO2) (2020)
Journal Article
d’Almeida Gamiero, M., Goddard, A. . R., Taresco, V., & Howdle, S. M. (2020). Enzymatic One-Pot Synthesis of Renewable and Biodegradable Surfactants in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (scCO2). Green Chemistry, 22(4), 1308-1318. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9gc04011k

We seek to expand the opportunities to exploit glycerol, a largely untapped renewable feedstock, by exploiting enzymatic catalysis in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2). This work highlights a promising and clean approach to bio-renewable amphiphil... Read More about Enzymatic One-Pot Synthesis of Renewable and Biodegradable Surfactants in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (scCO2).

Preclinical biological and physicochemical evaluation of two-photon engineered 3D biomimetic copolymer scaffolds for bone healing (2020)
Journal Article
Kampleitner, C., Changi, K., Felfel, R. M., Scotchford, C. A., Sottile, V., Kluger, R., …Epstein, M. M. (2020). Preclinical biological and physicochemical evaluation of two-photon engineered 3D biomimetic copolymer scaffolds for bone healing. Biomaterials Science, 8(6), 1683-1694. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9bm01827a

A major challenge in orthopedics is the repair of large non-union bone fractures. A promising therapy for this indication is the use of biodegradable bioinspired biomaterials that stabilize the fracture site, relieve pain and initiate bone formation... Read More about Preclinical biological and physicochemical evaluation of two-photon engineered 3D biomimetic copolymer scaffolds for bone healing.

Book review: Data Localization Laws and Policy: The EU Data Protection International Transfers Restriction Through a Cloud Computing Lens: W Kuan Hon Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2017. 488 pages. ISBN 978 1 78643 196 7. £110.00 (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, J. (2020). Book review: Data Localization Laws and Policy: The EU Data Protection International Transfers Restriction Through a Cloud Computing Lens: W Kuan Hon Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2017. 488 pages. ISBN 978 1 78643 196 7. £110.00. SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology & Society, 17(1), 152-159. https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.170120.152

A behaviour change package to prevent hand dermatitis in nurse working in the National Health Service: results of a cluster randomised controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
Madan, I., Parsons, V., Ntani, G., Coggon, D., Wright, A., English, J., …Williams, H. C. (2020). A behaviour change package to prevent hand dermatitis in nurse working in the National Health Service: results of a cluster randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Dermatology, 183(3), 462-470. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.18862

Background
Occupational hand dermatitis poses a serious risk for nurses.

Objectives
To evaluate the clinical and cost‐effectiveness of a complex intervention in reducing the prevalence of hand dermatitis in nurses

Trial design
Cluster random... Read More about A behaviour change package to prevent hand dermatitis in nurse working in the National Health Service: results of a cluster randomised controlled trial.

A qualitative investigation into the cultural master narrative for overcoming trauma and adversity in the United Kingdom. (2020)
Journal Article
Blackie, L. E. R., Colgan, J. E. V., McDonald, S., & Mclean, K. C. (2023). A qualitative investigation into the cultural master narrative for overcoming trauma and adversity in the United Kingdom. Qualitative Psychology, 10(1), 154-170. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000163

Research in the field of narrative psychology has found that redemption—a narrative sequence in which people recount emotionally negative experiences as having positive endings—is a useful mechanism for coping with adversity. Redemption has been view... Read More about A qualitative investigation into the cultural master narrative for overcoming trauma and adversity in the United Kingdom..

Improving economic evaluations in stroke: A report from the ESO Health Economics Working Group (2020)
Journal Article
Wilson, A., on behalf of the ESO Health Economics Working group, Cadilhac, D. A., Kim, J., Berge, E., Patel, A., …Ranta, A. (2020). Improving economic evaluations in stroke: A report from the ESO Health Economics Working Group. European Stroke Journal, 5(2), 184-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/2396987319897466

Abstract Introduction: Approaches to economic evaluations of stroke therapies are varied and inconsistently described. An objective of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) Health Economics Working Group is to standardise and improve the economic ev... Read More about Improving economic evaluations in stroke: A report from the ESO Health Economics Working Group.

Comparing face-to-face with online training for occupational therapists in advising on fitness for work: Protocol for the CREATE study (2020)
Journal Article
Coole, C., Konstantinidis, S. T., Ablewhite, J., Radford, K., Thomson, L., Khan, S., & Drummond, A. (2020). Comparing face-to-face with online training for occupational therapists in advising on fitness for work: Protocol for the CREATE study. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83(3), 172-178. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022619893563

© The Author(s) 2020. Introduction: Occupational therapists play a key role in advising on fitness for work; however, there is a concern that they lack knowledge and confidence in using the Allied Health Professions health and work report (formerly t... Read More about Comparing face-to-face with online training for occupational therapists in advising on fitness for work: Protocol for the CREATE study.

Intermachine Variation of Ultrasound Strain Elastographic Measures of the Quadriceps and Patellar Tendons in Healthy Participants: Implications for Clinical Practice (2020)
Journal Article
Dickson, D. M., Fawole, H. O., Hendry, G. J., & Smith, S. L. (2020). Intermachine Variation of Ultrasound Strain Elastographic Measures of the Quadriceps and Patellar Tendons in Healthy Participants: Implications for Clinical Practice. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 39(7), 1343-1353. https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.15228

Objectives
To evaluate intermachine variation and compare intraoperator and interoperator agreement and repeatability characteristics of 2 ultrasound (US) systems for measurements of quadriceps and patellar tendons by strain elastography (SE).

Me... Read More about Intermachine Variation of Ultrasound Strain Elastographic Measures of the Quadriceps and Patellar Tendons in Healthy Participants: Implications for Clinical Practice.

Machine learning solutions to challenges in finance: An application to the pricing of financial products (2020)
Journal Article
Gan, L., Wang, H., & Yang, Z. (2020). Machine learning solutions to challenges in finance: An application to the pricing of financial products. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 153, Article 119928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.119928

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. The recent fast development of machine learning provides new tools to solve challenges in many areas. In finance, average options are popular financial products among corporations, institutional investors, and individual investor... Read More about Machine learning solutions to challenges in finance: An application to the pricing of financial products.

Bioleaching for resource recovery from low-grade wastes like fly and bottom ashes from municipal incinerators: A SWOT analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Gomes, H. I., Funari, V., & Ferrari, R. (2020). Bioleaching for resource recovery from low-grade wastes like fly and bottom ashes from municipal incinerators: A SWOT analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 715, Article 136945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136945

Bioleaching (or microbial leaching) is a biohydrometallurgical technology that can be applied for metal recovery from anthropogenic waste streams. In particular, fly ashes and bottom ashes of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) can be used as a... Read More about Bioleaching for resource recovery from low-grade wastes like fly and bottom ashes from municipal incinerators: A SWOT analysis.

Invention and fundamentals of the FFC Cambridge Process (2020)
Book Chapter
Chen, G. Z., & Fray, D. J. (2020). Invention and fundamentals of the FFC Cambridge Process. In Extractive Metallurgy of Titanium: Conventional and Recent Advances in Extraction and Production of Titanium Metal (227-286). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817200-1.00011-9

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. The original patent of the Fray-Farthing-Chen (FFC) Cambridge process was published in 1999, whilst the past 2decades have witnessed significant progresses in many aspects, including commercialisation and lab... Read More about Invention and fundamentals of the FFC Cambridge Process.

Intersection SPaT Estimation by means of Single-Source Connected Vehicle Data (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rostami-Shahrbabaki, M., Bogenberger, K., Safavi, A. A., & Moemeni, A. (2020). Intersection SPaT Estimation by means of Single-Source Connected Vehicle Data

Current traffic management systems in urban networks require real-time estimation of the traffic states.With the development of in-vehicle and communication technologies, connected vehicle data has emerged as a new data source for traffic measurement... Read More about Intersection SPaT Estimation by means of Single-Source Connected Vehicle Data.

Changes in commissioning home care: an English survey (2020)
Journal Article
Challis, D., Davies, S., Roberts, A., Hughes, J., Chester, H., Davies, K., …Dalgarno, E. (2020). Changes in commissioning home care: an English survey. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 21(1), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-10-2019-0055

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine changes in the nature, form and range of commissioning arrangements for home care. Design/methodology/approach: Data from two discrete national surveys of English lo... Read More about Changes in commissioning home care: an English survey.