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Patient-centric goal-oriented perioperative care (2021)
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Roberts, G. P., Levy, N., & Lobo, D. N. (2021). Patient-centric goal-oriented perioperative care. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 126(3), 559-564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2020.12.004

Anaesthetists and surgeons largely focus on quantifiable postoperative outcome measures as a means for improving the quality of patient care. However, whilst traditional measures, such as postoperative morbidity and mortality, are useful and relative... Read More about Patient-centric goal-oriented perioperative care.

Integrated Thinking and sustainability reporting assurance: International evidence (2021)
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Baboukardos, D., Mangena, M., & Ishola, A. (2021). Integrated Thinking and sustainability reporting assurance: International evidence. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(4), 1580-1597. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2695

Recently, there has been increasing demand by stakeholders for firms to demonstrate how they create value within the context of their operating environment. Consequently, a new reporting approach, Integrated Reporting (IR), was conceptualised with it... Read More about Integrated Thinking and sustainability reporting assurance: International evidence.

Evaluation of rumen protected rapeseed expeller (NovaPro) as an alternative to soya bean meal in dairy cow diets (2021)
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Garnsworthy, P. C., Saunders, N., Goodman, J. R., & Marsden, M. (2021). Evaluation of rumen protected rapeseed expeller (NovaPro) as an alternative to soya bean meal in dairy cow diets. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 273, Article 114816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2021.114816

There are environmental, social and economic pressures to reduce the use of soya bean meal in ruminant diets by using alternative protein sources, such as those derived from rapeseed. A new protected form of rapeseed (NovaPro) has been developed to p... Read More about Evaluation of rumen protected rapeseed expeller (NovaPro) as an alternative to soya bean meal in dairy cow diets.

The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal immigration (2021)
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Facchini, G., & Testa, C. (2021). The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal immigration. Journal of International Economics, 129, Article 103415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2020.103415

Governments do not always enforce their laws, even when they have the means of doing so, and lax enforcement is common in the domain of immigration policy. To explain this paradox we develop a political agency model where gains from migration are une... Read More about The rhetoric of closed borders: quotas, lax enforcement and illegal immigration.

Meta-analyses of Phase 3 randomised controlled trials of third generation aromatase inhibitors versus tamoxifen as first-line endocrine therapy in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer (2021)
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Robertson, J. F., Paridaens, R. J., Lichfield, J., Bradbury, I., & Campbell, C. (2021). Meta-analyses of Phase 3 randomised controlled trials of third generation aromatase inhibitors versus tamoxifen as first-line endocrine therapy in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer, 145, 19-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2020.11.038

Background
Four randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer (ABC) comparing aromatase inhibitors (AIs) versus the selective estrogen receptor modulator tamoxifen, each individually reported significantly... Read More about Meta-analyses of Phase 3 randomised controlled trials of third generation aromatase inhibitors versus tamoxifen as first-line endocrine therapy in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer.

Effects of bariatric surgery on serum uric acid in people with obesity with or without hyperuricaemia and gout: a retrospective analysis (2021)
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Lu, J., Bai, Z., Chen, Y., Li, Y., Tang, M., Wang, N., …Zhang, W. (2021). Effects of bariatric surgery on serum uric acid in people with obesity with or without hyperuricaemia and gout: a retrospective analysis. Rheumatology, 60(8), 3628-3634. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa822

Objectives: Weight reduction may reduce serum uric acid (SUA). This study aimed to examine the changes of SUA before and after bariatric surgery in patients with obesity with or without hyperuricaemia and gout. Methods: This is a retrospective analys... Read More about Effects of bariatric surgery on serum uric acid in people with obesity with or without hyperuricaemia and gout: a retrospective analysis.

ELK-1 ubiquitination status and transcriptional activity are modulated independently of F-Box protein FBXO25 (2021)
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Quintero-Barceinas, R. S., Gehringer, F., Ducker, C., Saxton, J., & Shaw, P. E. (2021). ELK-1 ubiquitination status and transcriptional activity are modulated independently of F-Box protein FBXO25. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 296, Article 100214. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.ra120.014616

The mitogen-responsive, ETS-domain transcription factor ELK-1 stimulates the expression of immediate early genes at the onset of the cell cycle and participates in early developmental programming. ELK-1 is subject to multiple levels of posttranslatio... Read More about ELK-1 ubiquitination status and transcriptional activity are modulated independently of F-Box protein FBXO25.

Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: A single-blind, randomised controlled trial (2021)
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Wenborn, J., O’Keeffe, A. G., Mountain, G., Moniz-Cook, E., King, M., Omar, R. Z., …Orrell, M. (2021). Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: A single-blind, randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 18(1), Article e1003433. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003433

© 2021 Wenborn et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are cr... Read More about Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: A single-blind, randomised controlled trial.

Can listening-related fatigue influence well-being? Examining associations between hearing loss, fatigue, activity levels and well-being (2021)
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Holman, J. A., Hornsby, B. W. Y., Bess, F. H., & Naylor, G. (2021). Can listening-related fatigue influence well-being? Examining associations between hearing loss, fatigue, activity levels and well-being. International Journal of Audiology, 60(sup2), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1853261

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Well-being is influenced by the activities we undertake. Hearing loss may reduce well-being directly through increased listening-related fatigue due to cognitive and emotional strain in challenging situations. Hearing loss and hearing devi... Read More about Can listening-related fatigue influence well-being? Examining associations between hearing loss, fatigue, activity levels and well-being.

A new hypothesis for the origin of Amazonian Dark Earths (2021)
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Silva, L. C., Corrêa, R. S., Wright, J. L., Bomfim, B., Hendricks, L., Gavin, D. G., …Santos, R. V. (2021). A new hypothesis for the origin of Amazonian Dark Earths. Nature Communications, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20184-2

Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs) are unusually fertile soils characterised by elevated concentrations of microscopic charcoal particles, which confer their distinctive colouration. Frequent occurrences of pre-Columbian artefacts at ADE sites led to their... Read More about A new hypothesis for the origin of Amazonian Dark Earths.

Advanced analysis of satellite data reveals ground deformation precursors to the Brumadinho Tailings Dam collapse (2021)
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Grebby, S., Sowter, A., Gluyas, J., Toll, D., Gee, D., Athab, A., & Girindran, R. (2021). Advanced analysis of satellite data reveals ground deformation precursors to the Brumadinho Tailings Dam collapse. Communications Earth & Environment, 2, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00079-2

Catastrophic failure of a tailings dam at an iron ore mine complex in Brumadinho, Brazil, on 25th January 2019 released 11.7 million m3 of tailings downstream. Although reportedly monitored using an array of geotechnical techniques, the collapse occu... Read More about Advanced analysis of satellite data reveals ground deformation precursors to the Brumadinho Tailings Dam collapse.

Compositional, thermal and water sorption properties of wheat flour: comparing wild-relatives v/s elite wheat varieties used in current plant breeding (2021)
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Agarwal, D., MacNaughtan, W., King, J., & Foster, T. J. (2021). Compositional, thermal and water sorption properties of wheat flour: comparing wild-relatives v/s elite wheat varieties used in current plant breeding. Food and Function, 12(2), 781-790. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0fo02223c

Plant breeders are focused on creating new varieties of wheat with enhanced yield potential without affecting the quality of wheat for food. In this study, four cultivated varieties of wheat, Triticium asetivum and two wild relatives of wheat; Tritic... Read More about Compositional, thermal and water sorption properties of wheat flour: comparing wild-relatives v/s elite wheat varieties used in current plant breeding.

Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: a single-blind, randomised controlled trial (2021)
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Wenborn, J., O'Keeffe, A. G., Mountain, G., Moniz-Cook, E., King, M., Omar, R. Z., …Orrell, M. (2021). Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: a single-blind, randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 18(1), Article e1003433. https://doi.org/10.5522/04/13084151

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We aimed to estimate the clinical effectiveness of Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers–UK version (Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia–UK version [COTiD-UK]) relative to treatment as usual (T... Read More about Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual (Valuing Active Life in Dementia [VALID]) study: a single-blind, randomised controlled trial.

Recommended core outcome instruments for health‐related quality of life, long‐term control and itch intensity in atopic eczema trials: results of the HOME VII consensus meeting (2021)
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Thomas, K., Apfelbacher, C., Chalmers, J., Simpson, E., Spuls, P., Gerbens, L., …Katoh, N. (2021). Recommended core outcome instruments for health‐related quality of life, long‐term control and itch intensity in atopic eczema trials: results of the HOME VII consensus meeting. British Journal of Dermatology, 185(1), 139-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.19751

Background: The Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) initiative has established a core outcome set of domains for atopic eczema (AE) clinical trials. Previous consensus meetings have agreed on preferred instruments for clinician-reported si... Read More about Recommended core outcome instruments for health‐related quality of life, long‐term control and itch intensity in atopic eczema trials: results of the HOME VII consensus meeting.

Emergence and control of complex behaviors in driven systems of interacting qubits with dissipation (2021)
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Andreev, A. V., Balanov, A. G., Fromhold, T. M., Greenaway, M. T., Hramov, A. E., Li, W., …Zagoskin, A. M. (2021). Emergence and control of complex behaviors in driven systems of interacting qubits with dissipation. npj Quantum Information, 7(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-020-00339-1

Progress in the creation of large scale, artificial quantum coherent structures demands the investigation of their nonequilibrium dynamics when strong interactions, even between remote parts, are non-perturbative. Analysis of multiparticle quantum co... Read More about Emergence and control of complex behaviors in driven systems of interacting qubits with dissipation.

Quantum computing at the frontiers of biological sciences (2021)
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Emani, P. S., Warrell, J., Anticevic, A., Bekiranov, S., Gandal, M., McConnell, M. J., …Harrow, A. W. (2021). Quantum computing at the frontiers of biological sciences. Nature Methods, 18, 701-709. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-020-01004-3

The search for meaningful structure in biological data has relied on cutting-edge advances in computational technology and data science methods. However, challenges arise as we push the limits of scale and complexity in biological problems. Innovatio... Read More about Quantum computing at the frontiers of biological sciences.

Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health (2021)
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Mitchell, P., Sheppard, E., & Cassidy, S. (2021). Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 39(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12350

Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health This article explores how the experience of living in a largely neurotypical society could hinder development of abilities which allow smooth interactions between a... Read More about Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health.

English version of the food disgust scale: Optimization and other considerations (2021)
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Thibodeau, M., Yang, Q., Ford, R., & Pickering, G. (2021). English version of the food disgust scale: Optimization and other considerations. Journal of Sensory Studies, 36(2), Article e12639. https://doi.org/10.1111/joss.12639

© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC. The disgust elicited by food plays an important role in food choice and consumption. Recently, Hartmann and Siegrist (Food Quality and Preference, 2018, 63, 38–50) developed and validated in German the food disgust scale... Read More about English version of the food disgust scale: Optimization and other considerations.

Vibrations of pyrrole, N-substituted pyrroles, and their cations (2021)
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Davies, A. R., Kemp, D. J., & Wright, T. G. (2021). Vibrations of pyrrole, N-substituted pyrroles, and their cations. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 376, Article 111410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jms.2020.111410

The vibrations of pyrrole, N-deuteropyrrole, N-fluoropyrrole, N-aminopyrrole and N-methylpyrrole are studied. The evolution of the vibrational wavenumbers of pyrrole is examined, as the mass of the nitrogen-bonded hydrogen atom is artificially increa... Read More about Vibrations of pyrrole, N-substituted pyrroles, and their cations.