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Graph Theoretic Analysis of Brain Connectomics in Multiple Sclerosis: Reliability and Relationship to Cognition (2020)
Journal Article
Welton, T., Constantinescu, C. S., Auer, D. P., & Dineen, R. A. (2020). Graph Theoretic Analysis of Brain Connectomics in Multiple Sclerosis: Reliability and Relationship to Cognition. Brain Connectivity, 10(2), 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1089/brain.2019.0717

Research suggests that disruption of brain networks might explain cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis (MS). The reliability and effectiveness of graph-theoretic network metrics as measures of cognitive performance were tested in 37 people with M... Read More about Graph Theoretic Analysis of Brain Connectomics in Multiple Sclerosis: Reliability and Relationship to Cognition.

Lifestyle matters randomized controlled trial of a preventive health intervention for older people: Qualitative sub study with participants and intervention facilitators (2020)
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Mountain, G., Sprange, K., & Chatters, R. (2020). Lifestyle matters randomized controlled trial of a preventive health intervention for older people: Qualitative sub study with participants and intervention facilitators. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 15, 239-253. https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S232108

© 2020 Mountain et al. Objective: This qualitative study embedded within a randomized controlled trial was conducted to explore the acceptability, experiences of, and short-term impact of a preventive health intervention (Lifestyle Matters) from the... Read More about Lifestyle matters randomized controlled trial of a preventive health intervention for older people: Qualitative sub study with participants and intervention facilitators.

A lack of association between online pornography exposure, sexual functioning, and mental well-being (2020)
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Merdian, H. L., Charig, R., Moghaddam, N. G., Dawson, D. L., & das Nair, R. (2020). A lack of association between online pornography exposure, sexual functioning, and mental well-being. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 35(2), 258-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2020.1727874

© 2020 College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists. To inform debate around potential influences of online pornography, we applied a contemporary media-effects model to examine the relationship between online sexually explicit material (oSEM) expos... Read More about A lack of association between online pornography exposure, sexual functioning, and mental well-being.

Adding evidence of the effects of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages: a randomised trial (2020)
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Adams, C. E., Montgomery, A. A., Aburrow, T., Bloomfield, S., Briley, P. M., Carew, E., …Xia, J. (2020). Adding evidence of the effects of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages: a randomised trial. BMJ Open, 10(2), Article e033655. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033655

Objectives To investigate the effects of adding high-grade quantitative evidence of outcomes of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages on further information-seeking behaviour by the use of routinely collected data. Setting Wikipedia, Co... Read More about Adding evidence of the effects of treatments into relevant Wikipedia pages: a randomised trial.

Combined HER3-EGFR score in triple-negative breast cancer provides prognostic and predictive significance superior to individual biomarkers (2020)
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Janssen, E. A., Ogden, A., Bhattarai, S., Sahoo, B., Mongan, N. P., Alsaleem, M., …Aneja, R. (2020). Combined HER3-EGFR score in triple-negative breast cancer provides prognostic and predictive significance superior to individual biomarkers. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 3009. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59514-1

© 2020, The Author(s). Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 (HER3) have been investigated as triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) biomarkers. Reduced EGFR levels can be compensated by increases in HER3;... Read More about Combined HER3-EGFR score in triple-negative breast cancer provides prognostic and predictive significance superior to individual biomarkers.

Reflective teaching in higher education (2020)
Book
McLean, M., Ashwin, P., Boud, D., Coate, K., Hallet, F., Calkins, S., …Tooher, M. (2020). Reflective teaching in higher education. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Reflective Teaching in Higher Education is the definitive textbook for those wanting to excel at teaching in the sector. Informed by the latest research in this area, the book offers extensive support for those at the start of an academic career and... Read More about Reflective teaching in higher education.

First point of contact physiotherapy; a qualitative study (2020)
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Logan, P., Goodwin, R., Moffatt, F., Timmons, S., Chadborn, N., & Hendrick, P. (2020). First point of contact physiotherapy; a qualitative study. Physiotherapy, 108, 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2020.02.003

© 2020 The Authors Objectives: First point of contact physiotherapy (FPCP) provides patients direct access to a physiotherapist. Literature demonstrates efficacy of FPCP. Evidence has highlighted the need for cultural shifts from both patient and pro... Read More about First point of contact physiotherapy; a qualitative study.

Safe nanoengineering and incorporation of transplant populations in a neurosurgical grade biomaterial, DuraGen PlusTM, for protected cell therapy applications (2020)
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Finch, L., Harris, S., Solomou, G., Sen, J., Tzerakis, N., Emes, R. D., …Chari, D. M. (2020). Safe nanoengineering and incorporation of transplant populations in a neurosurgical grade biomaterial, DuraGen PlusTM, for protected cell therapy applications. Journal of Controlled Release, 321, 553-563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.02.028

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. High transplant cell loss is a major barrier to translation of stem cell therapy for pathologies of the brain and spinal cord. Encapsulated delivery of stem cells in biomaterials for cell therapy is gaining popularity but experim... Read More about Safe nanoengineering and incorporation of transplant populations in a neurosurgical grade biomaterial, DuraGen PlusTM, for protected cell therapy applications.

Batch-Mode Clinical-Scale Optical Hyperpolarization of Xenon-129 Using an Aluminum Jacket with Rapid Temperature Ramping (2020)
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Chekmenev, E. Y., Birchall, J. R., Barlow, M. J., Nikolaou, P., Irwin, R. K., Coffey, A. M., …Molway, M. (2020). Batch-Mode Clinical-Scale Optical Hyperpolarization of Xenon-129 Using an Aluminum Jacket with Rapid Temperature Ramping. Analytical Chemistry, 92(6), 4309-4316. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05051

We present spin-exchange optical pumping (SEOP) using a third-generation (GEN-3) automated batch-mode clinical-scale 129Xe hyperpolarizer utilizing continuous high-power (∼170 W) pump laser irradiation and a novel aluminum jacket design for rapid tem... Read More about Batch-Mode Clinical-Scale Optical Hyperpolarization of Xenon-129 Using an Aluminum Jacket with Rapid Temperature Ramping.

Multigranulation Super-Trust Model for Attribute Reduction (2020)
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Ding, W., Pedrycz, W., Triguero, I., Cao, Z., & Lin, C.-T. (2020). Multigranulation Super-Trust Model for Attribute Reduction. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 29(6), 1395-1408. https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2020.2975152

As big data often contains a significant amount of uncertain, unstructured, and imprecise data that are structurally complex and incomplete, traditional attribute reduction methods are less effective when applied to large-scale incomplete information... Read More about Multigranulation Super-Trust Model for Attribute Reduction.

Environmental assessment of the near-net-shape electrochemical metallisation process and the Kroll-electron beam melting process for titanium manufacture (2020)
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Dolganov, A., Bishop, M. T., Tomatis, M., Chen, G. Z., & Hu, D. (2020). Environmental assessment of the near-net-shape electrochemical metallisation process and the Kroll-electron beam melting process for titanium manufacture. Green Chemistry, 22(6), 1952-1967. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9gc04036f

This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry. The enforcement of environmental policies, in recent years, has become one of the major driving forces for industrial upgrading. Therefore, this study is focused on the evaluation of the environmental... Read More about Environmental assessment of the near-net-shape electrochemical metallisation process and the Kroll-electron beam melting process for titanium manufacture.

Delivery of temozolomide and N3-propargyl analog to brain tumors using an apoferritin nanocage (2020)
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Bouzinab, K., Summers, H., Stevens, M. F., Moody, C. J., Thomas, N. R., Gershkovich, P., …Turyanska, L. (2020). Delivery of temozolomide and N3-propargyl analog to brain tumors using an apoferritin nanocage. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(11), 12609-12617. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c01514

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a grade IV astrocytoma, which is the most aggressive form of brain tumor. The standard of care for this disease includes surgery, radiotherapy and temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy. Poor accumulation of TMZ at the tumor... Read More about Delivery of temozolomide and N3-propargyl analog to brain tumors using an apoferritin nanocage.

Development of Pyrazolo[3,4- d]pyrimidine Kinase Inhibitors as Potential Clinical Candidates for Glioblastoma Multiforme (2020)
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Greco, C., Taresco, V., Pearce, A. K., Vasey, C. E., Smith, S., Rahman, R., …Schenone, S. (2020). Development of Pyrazolo[3,4- d]pyrimidine Kinase Inhibitors as Potential Clinical Candidates for Glioblastoma Multiforme. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 11(5), 657-663. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00530

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain tumor. Residual cells at the tumor margin are responsible for up to 85% of GBM recurrences after standard treatment. Despite this evidence, the identification of compounds active on t... Read More about Development of Pyrazolo[3,4- d]pyrimidine Kinase Inhibitors as Potential Clinical Candidates for Glioblastoma Multiforme.

A macroscale finite element approach for simulating the bending behaviour of biaxial fabrics (2020)
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Yu, F., Chen, S., Viisainen, J., Sutcliffe, M., Harper, L., & Warrior, N. (2020). A macroscale finite element approach for simulating the bending behaviour of biaxial fabrics. Composites Science and Technology, 108078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108078

A macroscale finite element (FE) model was developed to simulate the forming behaviour of biaxial fabrics, incorporating the effects of bending stiffness to predict fabric wrinkling. The dependency of the bending stiffness on the fibre orientation wa... Read More about A macroscale finite element approach for simulating the bending behaviour of biaxial fabrics.

Investigation of Microstructure Evolution and Phase Selection of Peritectic Cuce Alloy During High-Temperature Gradient Directional Solidification (2020)
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Xu, Y., Huang, Z., Chen, Y., Xiao, J., Hao, J., Hou, X., & Liu, L. (2020). Investigation of Microstructure Evolution and Phase Selection of Peritectic Cuce Alloy During High-Temperature Gradient Directional Solidification. Materials, 13(4), Article 911. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13040911

In this work, a CuCe alloy was prepared using a directional solidification method at a series of withdrawal rates of 100, 25, 10, 8, and 5 μm/s. We found that the primary phase microstructure transforms from cellular crystals to cellular peritectic c... Read More about Investigation of Microstructure Evolution and Phase Selection of Peritectic Cuce Alloy During High-Temperature Gradient Directional Solidification.

Demonstrating the applicability of chemical looping combustion for the regeneration of fluid catalytic cracking catalysts (2020)
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Güleç, F., Meredith, W., Sun, C. G., & Snape, C. E. (2020). Demonstrating the applicability of chemical looping combustion for the regeneration of fluid catalytic cracking catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal, 389, Article 124492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124492

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) units are responsible for roughly 25% of CO2 emissions from oil refineries, which themselves account for 4–6% of total global CO2 emissions. Although post- and oxy-combustion technologies have been... Read More about Demonstrating the applicability of chemical looping combustion for the regeneration of fluid catalytic cracking catalysts.

Optimizing automatic morphological classification of galaxies with machine learning and deep learning using Dark Energy Survey imaging (2020)
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Cheng, T.-Y., Conselice, C. J., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Li, N., Bluck, A. F., Hartley, W. G., …Tarle, G. (2020). Optimizing automatic morphological classification of galaxies with machine learning and deep learning using Dark Energy Survey imaging. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493(3), 4209-4228. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa501

There are several supervised machine learning methods used for the application of automated morphological classification of galaxies; however, there has not yet been a clear comparison of these different methods using imaging data, or a investigation... Read More about Optimizing automatic morphological classification of galaxies with machine learning and deep learning using Dark Energy Survey imaging.

Accelerating the Evolution of Nonhuman Primate Neuroimaging (2020)
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Milham, M., Petkov, C. I., Margulies, D. S., Schroeder, C. E., Basso, M. A., Belin, P., …Zhou, Y.-D. (2020). Accelerating the Evolution of Nonhuman Primate Neuroimaging. Neuron, 105(4), 600-603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.023

Nonhuman primate neuroimaging is on the cusp of a transformation, much in the same way its human counterpart was in 2010, when the Human Connectome Project was launched to accelerate progress. Inspired by an open data-sharing initiative, the global c... Read More about Accelerating the Evolution of Nonhuman Primate Neuroimaging.