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Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry (2021)
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Fisher, R. J., Byrne, A., Chouliara, N., Lewis, S., Paley, L., Hoffman, A., …Walker, M. (2021). Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry. BMJ Open, 11(1), Article e043480. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043480

Objective: The first observational study to investigate the impact of early supported discharge (ESD) on length of hospital stay in real-world conditions. Design: Using historical prospective Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) data (... Read More about Effect of stroke early supported discharge on length of hospital stay: analysis from a national stroke registry.

Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study (2021)
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Kendrick, D., das Nair, R., Kellezi, B., Morriss, R., Kettlewell, J., Holmes, J., …Radford, K. (2021). Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00769-4

Background Traumatic injuries are common amongst working age adults. Survivors often experience physical and psychological problems, reduced quality of life and difficulty returning to work. Vocational rehabilitation improves work outcomes for a ran... Read More about Vocational rehabilitation to enhance return to work after trauma (ROWTATE): protocol for a non-randomised single-arm mixed-methods feasibility study.

What does safety in mental health care transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups?: An open-ended questionnaire study (2021)
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Tyler, N., Wright, N., Panagiotti, M., Grundy, A., & Waring, J. (2021). What does safety in mental health care transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups?: An open-ended questionnaire study. Health Expectations, 24(51), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13190

Background Historically, safety mental health research has tended to focus on risks of homicide, suicide, and deaths. Although wider safety issues are now recognised in regards to mental health services, the safety of mental health transitions, a ke... Read More about What does safety in mental health care transitions mean for service users and other stakeholder groups?: An open-ended questionnaire study.

The implementation of telehealth to assess, monitor and treat neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review (2021)
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Valentine, A. Z., Hall, S. S., Young, E., Brown, B. J., Groom, M. J., Hollis, C., & Hall, C. L. (2021). The implementation of telehealth to assess, monitor and treat neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(1), Article e22619. https://doi.org/10.2196/22619

Background: In response to COVID-19 there is increasing momentum behind the development and delivery of telehealth. To assess the anticipated exponential growth in telehealth it is important we accurately capture how telehealth was used in specific f... Read More about The implementation of telehealth to assess, monitor and treat neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review.

Estimating the potential impact of implementing pre-emptive pharmacogenetic testing in primary care across the UK (2021)
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Youssef, E., Kirkdale, C. L., Wright, D. J., Guchelaar, H. J., & Thornley, T. (2021). Estimating the potential impact of implementing pre-emptive pharmacogenetic testing in primary care across the UK. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87(7), 2907-2925. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.14704

Aims: Pharmacogenetics (PGx) in the UK is currently implemented in secondary care for a small group of high-risk medicines. However, most prescribing takes place in primary care, with a large group of medicines influenced by commonly occurring geneti... Read More about Estimating the potential impact of implementing pre-emptive pharmacogenetic testing in primary care across the UK.

A brief acceptance and commitment intervention for work-related stress and burnout amongst frontline homelessness staff: A single case experimental design series (2021)
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Reeve, A., Moghaddam, N., Tickle, A., & Young, D. (2021). A brief acceptance and commitment intervention for work-related stress and burnout amongst frontline homelessness staff: A single case experimental design series. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 28(5), 1001-1019. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2555

Purpose Recent intervention research for burnout amongst those working in health and social care contexts has found acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) interventions to be of use but has provided less clarity on the role of psychological flexibi... Read More about A brief acceptance and commitment intervention for work-related stress and burnout amongst frontline homelessness staff: A single case experimental design series.

What is cohesiveness?—A linguistic exploration of the food texture testing literature (2021)
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Rosenthal, A. J., & Thompson, P. (2021). What is cohesiveness?—A linguistic exploration of the food texture testing literature. Journal of Texture Studies, 52(3), 294-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtxs.12586

Cohesiveness is a widely used term in the food texture literature. Authors of this literature employ divergent methodologies, and can be divided into those who assess texture through sensory evaluation and those who use instrumental techniques. Withi... Read More about What is cohesiveness?—A linguistic exploration of the food texture testing literature.

Association of subchondral bone marrow lesion localization with weight-bearing pain in people with knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (2021)
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Aso, K., Shahtaheri, S. M., McWilliams, D. F., & Walsh, D. A. (2021). Association of subchondral bone marrow lesion localization with weight-bearing pain in people with knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 23, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-021-02422-0

© 2021, The Author(s). Background: Subchondral bone marrow lesions (BMLs) detected on MRI in knee osteoarthritis (OA) are associated with knee pain. The prevalence and progression of subchondral BMLs are increased by mechanical knee load. However, as... Read More about Association of subchondral bone marrow lesion localization with weight-bearing pain in people with knee osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.

Global Jacobian and Γ-convergence in a two-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model for boundary vortices (2021)
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Ignat, R., & Kurzke, M. (2021). Global Jacobian and Γ-convergence in a two-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model for boundary vortices. Journal of Functional Analysis, 280(8), Article 108928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfa.2021.108928

In the theory of 2D Ginzburg-Landau vortices, the Jacobian plays a crucial role for the detection of topological singularities. We introduce a related distributional quantity, called the global Jacobian that can detect both interior and boundary vort... Read More about Global Jacobian and Γ-convergence in a two-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model for boundary vortices.

Predatory bacteria as living antibiotics – where are we now? (2021)
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Atterbury, R. J., & Tyson, J. (2021). Predatory bacteria as living antibiotics – where are we now?. Microbiology, 167(1), Article 001025. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001025

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health and economic crisis. With too few antibiotics in development to meet current and anticipated needs, there is a critical need for new therapies to treat Gram-negative infections. One potential approach... Read More about Predatory bacteria as living antibiotics – where are we now?.

Modelling uncertainty in the relative risk of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus by airborne aerosol transmission in well mixed indoor air (2021)
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Jones, B., Sharpe, P., Iddon, C., Hathway, E. A., Noakes, C. J., & Fitzgerald, S. (2021). Modelling uncertainty in the relative risk of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus by airborne aerosol transmission in well mixed indoor air. Building and Environment, 191, 107617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107617

We present a mathematical model and a statistical framework to estimate uncertainty in the number of SARS-CoV-2 genome copies deposited in the respiratory tract of a susceptible person, , over time in a well mixed indoor space. By relating the pre... Read More about Modelling uncertainty in the relative risk of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus by airborne aerosol transmission in well mixed indoor air.

Non-destructive detection of machining-induced white layers through grain size and crystallographic texture-sensitive methods (2021)
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Brown, M., Pieris, D., Wright, D., Crawforth, P., M'Saoubi, R., McGourlay, J., …Ghadbeigi, H. (2021). Non-destructive detection of machining-induced white layers through grain size and crystallographic texture-sensitive methods. Materials and Design, 200, Article 109472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.109472

Detection of machining-induced white layers is currently a destructive inspection process with a form of cross-sectional microscopy required. This paper, therefore, reports on the development of a novel non-destructive inspection method for detecting... Read More about Non-destructive detection of machining-induced white layers through grain size and crystallographic texture-sensitive methods.

Treatment choices for older women with primary operable breast cancer and cognitive impairment: Results from a prospective, multicentre cohort study (2021)
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Martin, C., Shrestha, A., Morgan, J., Bradburn, M., Herbert, E., Burton, M., …Wyld, L. (2021). Treatment choices for older women with primary operable breast cancer and cognitive impairment: Results from a prospective, multicentre cohort study. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 12(5), 705-713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2020.12.006

© 2020 The Authors Objectives: The presence of dementia co-existing with a diagnosis of breast cancer may render management more challenging and have a substantial impact on oncological outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine the treatment and... Read More about Treatment choices for older women with primary operable breast cancer and cognitive impairment: Results from a prospective, multicentre cohort study.

Combined total internal reflection AF spectral-imaging and Raman spectroscopy for fast assessment of surgical margins during breast cancer surgery (2021)
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Lizio, M. G., Liao, Z., Shipp, D. W., Boitor, R., Mihai, R., Sharp, J. S., …Notingher, I. (2021). Combined total internal reflection AF spectral-imaging and Raman spectroscopy for fast assessment of surgical margins during breast cancer surgery. Biomedical Optics Express, 12(2), 940-954. https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.411648

The standard treatment for breast cancer is surgical removal mainly through breast conserving surgey (BCS). We developed a new technique based on auto-fluorescence (AF) spectral imaging and Raman spectroscopy for fast intraoperative assessment of exc... Read More about Combined total internal reflection AF spectral-imaging and Raman spectroscopy for fast assessment of surgical margins during breast cancer surgery.

Reinforcement sensitivity theory, approach-affect and avoidance-affect (2021)
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Warr, P., Sánchez-Cardona, I., Taneva, S., Vera, M., Bindl, U., & Cifre-Gallego, E. (2021). Reinforcement sensitivity theory, approach-affect and avoidance-affect. Cognition and Emotion, 35(4), 619-635. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1855119

This paper brings together Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory and other perspectives on wellbeing to test predictions about dimensions of affect which are linked to approach motivation or avoidance motivation. Valence and activation are jointly concept... Read More about Reinforcement sensitivity theory, approach-affect and avoidance-affect.

Fission gas released from molten salt reactor fuel: the case of noble gas short life radioisotopes for radiopharmaceutical application (2021)
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Degueldre, C., Dawson, R., Cooley, I., & Besley, E. (2021). Fission gas released from molten salt reactor fuel: the case of noble gas short life radioisotopes for radiopharmaceutical application. Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices, 10, Article 100057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medntd.2021.100057

The present study explores the potential of fission gas (Kr and Xe short life radioisotopes) released from a molten salt reactor, the separation of these noble gases using specific absorbents under well fixed conditions and the utilisation of these r... Read More about Fission gas released from molten salt reactor fuel: the case of noble gas short life radioisotopes for radiopharmaceutical application.

Hunting ghosts: on spectacles of spectrality and the trophy animal (2021)
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Searle, A. (2021). Hunting ghosts: on spectacles of spectrality and the trophy animal. cultural geographies, 28(3), 513-530. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474020987250

In lieu of material encounters, nonhuman spectres are made sense of through spectacles, imageries speculated upon with their own geographies and affects. This paper explores histories of trophy hunting in the Spanish Pyrenees, illustrating the emerge... Read More about Hunting ghosts: on spectacles of spectrality and the trophy animal.

Altitude control of a remote-sensing balloon platform (2021)
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Borges, R. A., Battistini, S., Cappelletti, C., & Honda, Y. M. (2021). Altitude control of a remote-sensing balloon platform. Aerospace Science and Technology, 110, Article 106500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2021.106500

This paper addresses the problem of altitude control of stratospheric balloon platforms. Over the last years, there has been an increasing interest in the development of balloon platforms with the ability of maneuvering and fluctuating at the stratos... Read More about Altitude control of a remote-sensing balloon platform.

Lifetime Estimation of Enameled Wires Under Accelerated Thermal Aging Using Curve Fitting Methods (2021)
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Khowja, M. R., Turabee, G., Giangrande, P., Madonna, V., Cosma, G., Vakil, G., …Galea, M. (2021). Lifetime Estimation of Enameled Wires Under Accelerated Thermal Aging Using Curve Fitting Methods. IEEE Access, 9, 18993-19003. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3052058

Estimating the lifetime of enameled wires using the conventional/standard test method requires a significant amount of time that can endure up to thousands of testing hours, which could considerably delay the time-to-market of a new product. This pap... Read More about Lifetime Estimation of Enameled Wires Under Accelerated Thermal Aging Using Curve Fitting Methods.