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SGLT‐2 Inhibitor Renal Outcome Modification in Type‐2 Diabetes: Evidence from Studies in Patients with High or Low Renal Risk (2020)
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Schernthaner, G., Groop, P.-H., Kalra, P. A., Ronco, C., & Taal, M. W. (2020). SGLT‐2 Inhibitor Renal Outcome Modification in Type‐2 Diabetes: Evidence from Studies in Patients with High or Low Renal Risk. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 22(7), 1024-1034. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.13994

Data from three completed cardiovascular outcome trials (CVOTs), EMPA‐REG OUTCOME, CANVAS Program and DECLARE‐TIMI 58, add to the evidence supporting the potential renoprotective effects of sodium‐glucose linked transporter‐2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in pa... Read More about SGLT‐2 Inhibitor Renal Outcome Modification in Type‐2 Diabetes: Evidence from Studies in Patients with High or Low Renal Risk.

Hypercapnia augments resistive exercise‐induced elevations in intraocular pressure in older individuals (2020)
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Mekjavic, I. B., Amoaku, W., Mlinar, T., & Mekjavic, P. J. (2020). Hypercapnia augments resistive exercise‐induced elevations in intraocular pressure in older individuals. Experimental Physiology, 105(4), 641-651. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep088236

The present study assessed the effect of 6° head down (establishing the cephalad displacement noted in astronauts in microgravity) prone (simulating the effect on the eye) tilt during rest and exercise (simulating exercise performed by astronauts to... Read More about Hypercapnia augments resistive exercise‐induced elevations in intraocular pressure in older individuals.

Plaster cast versus functional brace for non-surgical treatment of Achilles tendon rupture (UKSTAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation (2020)
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Costa, M. L., Achten, J., Marian, I. R., Dutton, S. J., Lamb, S. E., Ollivere, B., …Kearney, R. S. (2020). Plaster cast versus functional brace for non-surgical treatment of Achilles tendon rupture (UKSTAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation. Lancet, 395(10222), 441-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2819%2932942-3

Background Patients with Achilles tendon rupture who have non-operative treatment have traditionally been treated with immobilisation of the tendon in plaster casts for several weeks. Functional bracing is an alternative non-operative treatment th... Read More about Plaster cast versus functional brace for non-surgical treatment of Achilles tendon rupture (UKSTAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation.

New travelling wave solutions of the Porous–Fisher model with a moving boundary (2020)
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Fadai, N. T., & Simpson, M. J. (2020). New travelling wave solutions of the Porous–Fisher model with a moving boundary. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 53(9), Article 095601. https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ab6d3c

We examine travelling wave solutions of the Porous-Fisher model, ϑtu(x,t) = u(x,t)[1 u(x,t)] + ϑx [u(x,t)ϑxu(x,t)], with a Stefan-like condition at the moving front, x = L(t). Travelling wave solutions of this model have several novel characteristics... Read More about New travelling wave solutions of the Porous–Fisher model with a moving boundary.

Virological, immunological and pathological findings of transplacentally transmitted bluetongue virus serotype 1 in IFNAR1-blocked mice during early and mid gestation (2020)
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Saminathan, M., Singh, K. P., Vineetha, S., Maity, M., Biswas, S. K., Manjunathareddy, G. B., …Mertens, P. P. C. (2020). Virological, immunological and pathological findings of transplacentally transmitted bluetongue virus serotype 1 in IFNAR1-blocked mice during early and mid gestation. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 2164. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58268-0

© 2020, The Author(s). Transplacental transmission (TPT) of wild-type Indian BTV-1 had never been experimentally proved. This study was first time investigated TPT of Indian BTV-1 (isolated from aborted and stillborn goat fetal spleens). The sequenti... Read More about Virological, immunological and pathological findings of transplacentally transmitted bluetongue virus serotype 1 in IFNAR1-blocked mice during early and mid gestation.

STRAWB2 (Stress and Wellbeing After Childbirth): a randomised controlled trial of targeted self‐help materials to prevent post‐traumatic stress disorder following childbirth (2020)
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Slade, P., West, H., Thomson, G., Lane, S., Spiby, H., Tudor Edwards, R., …Weeks, A. (2020). STRAWB2 (Stress and Wellbeing After Childbirth): a randomised controlled trial of targeted self‐help materials to prevent post‐traumatic stress disorder following childbirth. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 127(7), 886-896. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16163

Objectives To test whether providing psychological self‐help materials would significantly lower the incidence of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at 6–12 weeks postnatally. Design Open‐label randomised controlled trial, with blinded ou... Read More about STRAWB2 (Stress and Wellbeing After Childbirth): a randomised controlled trial of targeted self‐help materials to prevent post‐traumatic stress disorder following childbirth.

A Co9S8 microsphere and N-doped carbon nanotube composite host material for lithium-sulfur batteries (2020)
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Xi, Y., Angulakshmi, N., Zhang, B., Tian, X., Tang, Z., Xie, P., …Zhou, Y. (2020). A Co9S8 microsphere and N-doped carbon nanotube composite host material for lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 826, 154201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154201

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Lithium-sulfur batteries have emerged as extraordinarily favorable energy storage devices due to their high specific capacity and energy density, safety and low cost. Unfortunately, the wide applications of lithium-sulfur batteri... Read More about A Co9S8 microsphere and N-doped carbon nanotube composite host material for lithium-sulfur batteries.

Percutaneous pinning for treating distal radial fractures in adults (2020)
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Karantana, A., Handoll, H. H., & Sabouni, A. (2020). Percutaneous pinning for treating distal radial fractures in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2020(2), Article CD006080. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd006080.pub3

BACKGROUND: Fracture of the distal radius is a common clinical problem. A key method of surgical fixation is percutaneous pinning, involving the insertion of wires through the skin to stabilise the fracture. This is an update of a Cochrane Review... Read More about Percutaneous pinning for treating distal radial fractures in adults.

Impact of Dietetic Intervention on Skin Autofluorescence and Nutritional Status in Persons Receiving Dialysis: A Proof of Principle Study (2020)
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Hörner, D. V., Willingham, F. C., Selby, N. M., & Taal, M. W. (2020). Impact of Dietetic Intervention on Skin Autofluorescence and Nutritional Status in Persons Receiving Dialysis: A Proof of Principle Study. Journal of Renal Nutrition, 30(6), 540-547. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2019.12.006

Objective: Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are uremic toxins that result from oxidative stress and food consumption. We have previously reported that markers of malnutrition are more important determinants of increased skin autofluorescence (S... Read More about Impact of Dietetic Intervention on Skin Autofluorescence and Nutritional Status in Persons Receiving Dialysis: A Proof of Principle Study.

‘You Have Lost All That Is German of You in the Dock’: Immigrant Communities and the Wartime State in London, 1914–18 (2020)
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Auerbach, S. (2020). ‘You Have Lost All That Is German of You in the Dock’: Immigrant Communities and the Wartime State in London, 1914–18. Twentieth Century British History, 31(4), 503–529. https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwz046

The study of the state's interventionist role on the home front, and the increased regulation of minority groups in particular, have become an important component to our historical understanding of how modern British society changed during the First... Read More about ‘You Have Lost All That Is German of You in the Dock’: Immigrant Communities and the Wartime State in London, 1914–18.

Ecosystem services for intensification of agriculture, with emphasis on increased nitrogen ecological use efficiency (2020)
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Sena, V. G., de Moura, E. G., Macedo, V. R., Aguiar, A. C., Price, A. H., Mooney, S. J., & Calonego, J. C. (2020). Ecosystem services for intensification of agriculture, with emphasis on increased nitrogen ecological use efficiency. Ecosphere, 11(2), Article e03028. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3028

© 2020 The Authors. In weathered tropical soil, low nutrient use efficiency can lead to agricultural systems becoming unsustainable. Therefore, tropical agriculture is highly dependent on ecosystem services, such as nutrient recycling and carbon sequ... Read More about Ecosystem services for intensification of agriculture, with emphasis on increased nitrogen ecological use efficiency.

The positive psychology of relational depth and its association with unconditional positive self-regard and authenticity (2020)
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Kim, J., Price, S., & Joseph, S. (2020). The positive psychology of relational depth and its association with unconditional positive self-regard and authenticity. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 19(1), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2020.1717983

© 2020 World Association for Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counseling. Relational depth (RD) refers to moments in a therapeutic relationship in which a person has feelings of aliveness, satisfaction and immersion. However, no res... Read More about The positive psychology of relational depth and its association with unconditional positive self-regard and authenticity.

Methylcellulose Hydrogel with Melissa officinalis Essential Oil as a Potential Treatment for Oral Candidiasis (2020)
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Serra, E., Saubade, F., Ligorio, C., Whitehead, K., Sloan, A., W. Williams, D., …Malic, S. (2020). Methylcellulose Hydrogel with Melissa officinalis Essential Oil as a Potential Treatment for Oral Candidiasis. Microorganisms, 8(2), Article 215. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8020215

Candida spp. are the most prevalent fungi of the human microbiota and are opportunistic pathogens that can cause oral candidiasis. Management of such infections is limited due to the low number of antifungal drugs available, their relatively high tox... Read More about Methylcellulose Hydrogel with Melissa officinalis Essential Oil as a Potential Treatment for Oral Candidiasis.

3D Printed Corrugated Plate Antennas with High Aperture Efficiency and High Gain at X-Band and Ka-Band (2020)
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Alkaraki, S., Gao, Y., Stremsdoerfer, S., Gayets, E., & Parini, C. G. (2020). 3D Printed Corrugated Plate Antennas with High Aperture Efficiency and High Gain at X-Band and Ka-Band. IEEE Access, 8, 30643-30654. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2972101

A design criterion for a compact 3D printed high gain corrugated plate antenns that has high aperture efficiency and wide bandwidth is presented in this paper. The proposed design criterion is validated numerically and experimentally by fabricating 3... Read More about 3D Printed Corrugated Plate Antennas with High Aperture Efficiency and High Gain at X-Band and Ka-Band.

Methylation of 2-methylnaphthalene over metal-impregnated mesoporous MCM-41 for the synthesis of 2,6-triad dimethylnaphthalene isomers (2020)
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Niftaliyeva, A., Güleç, F., & Karaduman, A. (2020). Methylation of 2-methylnaphthalene over metal-impregnated mesoporous MCM-41 for the synthesis of 2,6-triad dimethylnaphthalene isomers. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 46(4), 2403-2416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-020-04098-8

2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene (2,6-DMN) is one of the key intermediates for the production of polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), which demonstrates superior properties compared with the polyethylene terephthalate. However, the complex synthesis procedure of 2... Read More about Methylation of 2-methylnaphthalene over metal-impregnated mesoporous MCM-41 for the synthesis of 2,6-triad dimethylnaphthalene isomers.