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Electronic Information Sharing Between Nursing and Adult Social Care Practitioners in Separate Locations: A Mixed-Methods Case Study (2021)
Journal Article
Chester, H., Hughes, J., Bowns, I., Abendstern, M., Davies, S., & Challis, D. (2021). Electronic Information Sharing Between Nursing and Adult Social Care Practitioners in Separate Locations: A Mixed-Methods Case Study. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.16

Context: A longstanding concern, both in the UK and internationally, is that multiple health and social care professionals undertake assessments of adults and older people with complex needs, but that information is not shared. Electronic information... Read More about Electronic Information Sharing Between Nursing and Adult Social Care Practitioners in Separate Locations: A Mixed-Methods Case Study.

Multimodal imaging brain markers in early adolescence are linked with a physically active lifestyle (2021)
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Salvan, P., Wassenaar, T., Wheatley, C., Beale, N., Cottaar, M., Papp, D., …Johansen-Berg, H. (2021). Multimodal imaging brain markers in early adolescence are linked with a physically active lifestyle. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(5), 1092-1104. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1260-20.2020

© 2021 Salvan et al. The World Health Organization promotes physical exercise and a healthy lifestyle as means to improve youth development. However, relationships between physical lifestyle and human brain development are not fully understood. Here,... Read More about Multimodal imaging brain markers in early adolescence are linked with a physically active lifestyle.

Theology of the pain of God in the era of COVID-19: the reflections on sufferings by three Hong Kong churches through online services (2021)
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Chu, C. (2021). Theology of the pain of God in the era of COVID-19: the reflections on sufferings by three Hong Kong churches through online services. Practical Theology, 14(1-2), 22-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2020.1864101

Suffering is probably a suitable word to describe the experiences of Hong Kong Christians in 2020, who endure the continuous impact of anti-extradition law protests, the imposition of the national security law, and the COVID-19 outbreak. Employing di... Read More about Theology of the pain of God in the era of COVID-19: the reflections on sufferings by three Hong Kong churches through online services.

Development and validation of the ISARIC 4C Deterioration model for adults hospitalised with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study (2021)
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Gupta, R. K., Harrison, E. M., Ho, A., Docherty, A. B., Knight, S. R., van Smeden, M., …Young, P. (2021). Development and validation of the ISARIC 4C Deterioration model for adults hospitalised with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(4), 349-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600%2820%2930559-2

Background
Prognostic models to predict the risk of clinical deterioration in acute COVID-19 cases are urgently required to inform clinical management decisions.

Methods
We developed and validated a multivariable logistic regression model for in... Read More about Development and validation of the ISARIC 4C Deterioration model for adults hospitalised with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study.

Post-postmodern consumer authenticity, shantay you stay or sashay away? A netnography of RuPaul's Drag Race fans (2021)
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Canavan, B. (2021). Post-postmodern consumer authenticity, shantay you stay or sashay away? A netnography of RuPaul's Drag Race fans. Marketing Theory, 21(2), 251-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470593120985144

Consumer negotiation of authenticity is explored through a netnography of online fans of the reality television series RuPaul’s Drag Race. Suggestion is of a post-postmodern approach to negotiating the authenticity of series narratives consumed, asso... Read More about Post-postmodern consumer authenticity, shantay you stay or sashay away? A netnography of RuPaul's Drag Race fans.

End-to-End Mutual Coupling Aware Communication Model for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: An Electromagnetic-Compliant Approach Based on Mutual Impedances (2021)
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Gradoni, G., & Di Renzo, M. (2021). End-to-End Mutual Coupling Aware Communication Model for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: An Electromagnetic-Compliant Approach Based on Mutual Impedances. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 10(5), 938-942. https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2021.3050826

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are an emerging technology for application to wireless networks. We introduce a physics and electromagnetic (EM) compliant communication model for analyzing and optimizing RIS-assisted wireless systems. The... Read More about End-to-End Mutual Coupling Aware Communication Model for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: An Electromagnetic-Compliant Approach Based on Mutual Impedances.

The draft genome sequence of the grove snail Cepaea nemoralis (2021)
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Saenko, S. V., Groenenberg, D. S., Davison, A., & Schilthuizen, M. (2021). The draft genome sequence of the grove snail Cepaea nemoralis. G3, 11(2), Article jkaa071. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaa071

© The Author(s) 2021. Studies on the shell color and banding polymorphism of the grove snail Cepaea nemoralis and the sister taxon Cepaea hortensis have provided compelling evidence for the fundamental role of natural selection in promoting and maint... Read More about The draft genome sequence of the grove snail Cepaea nemoralis.

The Three Hundred Project: Substructure in hydrodynamical and dark matter simulations of galaxy groups around clusters (2021)
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Haggar, R., Pearce, F. R., Gray, M. E., Knebe, A., & Yepes, G. (2021). The Three Hundred Project: Substructure in hydrodynamical and dark matter simulations of galaxy groups around clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502(1), 1191-1204. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab064

Dark matter-only simulations are able to produce the cosmic structure of a Lambda cold dark matter universe, at a much lower computational cost than more physically motivated hydrodynamical simulations. However, it is not clear how well smaller subst... Read More about The Three Hundred Project: Substructure in hydrodynamical and dark matter simulations of galaxy groups around clusters.

Microbiome connections with host metabolism and habitual diet from 1,098 deeply phenotyped individuals (2021)
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Asnicar, F., Berry, S. E., Valdes, A. M., Nguyen, L. H., Piccinno, G., Drew, D. A., …Segata, N. (2021). Microbiome connections with host metabolism and habitual diet from 1,098 deeply phenotyped individuals. Nature Medicine, 27, 321–332. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-01183-8

The gut microbiome is shaped by diet and influences host metabolism; however, these links are complex and can be unique to each individual. We performed deep metagenomic sequencing of 1,203 gut microbiomes from 1,098 individuals enrolled in the Perso... Read More about Microbiome connections with host metabolism and habitual diet from 1,098 deeply phenotyped individuals.

Rheological study and printability investigation of titania inks for Direct Ink Writing process (2021)
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Dolganov, A., Bishop, M. T., Chen, G. Z., & Hu, D. (2021). Rheological study and printability investigation of titania inks for Direct Ink Writing process. Ceramics International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.01.045

© 2021 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. Titanium dioxide is widely used in numerous industries and with the newly developed titanium manufacturing technique, referred to as the Near-net-shape Electrochemical Metallisation (NEM) Process, the rapid... Read More about Rheological study and printability investigation of titania inks for Direct Ink Writing process.

Antimicrobial Activity of Lipopeptide Biosurfactants Against Foodborne Pathogen and Food Spoilage Microorganisms and Their Cytotoxicity (2021)
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Kourmentza, K., Gromada, X., Michael, N., Degraeve, C., Vanier, G., Ravallec, R., …Jauregi, P. (2021). Antimicrobial Activity of Lipopeptide Biosurfactants Against Foodborne Pathogen and Food Spoilage Microorganisms and Their Cytotoxicity. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 561060. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.561060

Lipopeptide biosurfactants produced by Bacillus sp. were assessed regarding their antimicrobial activity against foodborne pathogenic and food spoilage microorganisms. Both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria were found not to be susceptible to... Read More about Antimicrobial Activity of Lipopeptide Biosurfactants Against Foodborne Pathogen and Food Spoilage Microorganisms and Their Cytotoxicity.

Can nitrogen fertilizer management improve grain iron concentration of agro-biofortified crops in Zimbabwe? (2021)
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Manzeke-Kangara, M. G., Mtambanengwe, F., Watts, M. J., Broadley, M. R., Lark, R. M., & Mapfumo, P. (2021). Can nitrogen fertilizer management improve grain iron concentration of agro-biofortified crops in Zimbabwe?. Agronomy, 11(1), Article 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11010124

Improving iron (Fe) concentration in staple grain crops could help reduce Fe-deficiency anaemia in communities dependent on plant-based diets. Co-application of nitrogen (N) and zinc (Zn) fertilizers has been reported to improve both yield and grain... Read More about Can nitrogen fertilizer management improve grain iron concentration of agro-biofortified crops in Zimbabwe?.

Collision-enhanced friction of a bouncing ball on a rough vibrating surface (2021)
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Smith, N. D., Swift, M. R., & Smith, M. I. (2021). Collision-enhanced friction of a bouncing ball on a rough vibrating surface. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 442. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80067-w

We describe experiments and simulations to investigate the dynamics of a ball bouncing on a rough vibrating surface. Directly measuring the impulse due to each bounce we find that the frictional interaction with the surface is strongly enhanced near... Read More about Collision-enhanced friction of a bouncing ball on a rough vibrating surface.

Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change (2021)
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Pokhrel, Y., Felfelani, F., Satoh, Y., Boulange, J., Burek, P., Gädeke, A., …Wada, Y. (2021). Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change. Nature Climate Change, 11(3), 226-233. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00972-w

Terrestrial water storage (TWS) modulates the hydrological cycle and is a key determinant of water availability and an indicator of drought. While historical TWS variations have been increasingly studied, future changes in TWS and the linkages to dro... Read More about Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change.

Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change (2021)
Journal Article
Pokhrel, Y., Felfelani, F., Satoh, Y., Boulange, J., Burek, P., Gädeke, A., …Wada, Y. (2021). Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change. Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00972-w

Terrestrial water storage (TWS) modulates the hydrological cycle and is a key determinant of water availability and an indicator of drought. While historical TWS variations have been increasingly studied, future changes in TWS and the linkages to dro... Read More about Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change.

Prostate-specific antigen testing and opportunistic prostate cancer screening: a cohort study in England, 1998–2017 (2021)
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Clift, A. K., Coupland, C. A., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2021). Prostate-specific antigen testing and opportunistic prostate cancer screening: a cohort study in England, 1998–2017. British Journal of General Practice, 71(703), e157-e165. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X713957

Background: Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death. Interpretation of results from trials of screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) are complex in terms of defining optimal prostate cancer screening policy.

Aims: Assess... Read More about Prostate-specific antigen testing and opportunistic prostate cancer screening: a cohort study in England, 1998–2017.