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Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries (2021)
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Ogunbode, C. A., Pallesen, S., Böhm, G., Doran, R., Bhullar, N., Aquino, S., …Lomas, M. J. (2023). Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries. Current Psychology, 42, 845–854. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01385-4

Climate change threatens mental health via increasing exposure to the social and economic disruptions created by extreme weather and large-scale climatic events, as well as through the anxiety associated with recognising the existential threat posed... Read More about Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries.

Correction to: Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2020), 42, 5, (1359-1385), 10.1007/s10653-019-00426-z) (2021)
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Hawrami, K. A. M., Crout, N. M., Shaw, G., & Bailey, E. H. (2021). Correction to: Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2020), 42, 5, (1359-1385), 10.1007/s10653-019-00426-z). Environmental Geochemistry and Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-00851-z

In the original publication of the article, the affiliation of the first author. ‘‘Karzan A. M. Hawrami’’ was incorrectly published as ‘‘Sulaymaniyah Polytechnic University, Technical Institute of Halabja, Zamaqi, Halabja, Iraq’’. The correct affilia... Read More about Correction to: Assessment of potentially toxic elements in vegetables cultivated in urban and peri-urban sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and implications for human health (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, (2020), 42, 5, (1359-1385), 10.1007/s10653-019-00426-z).

Protected Long-Distance Guiding of Hypersound Underneath a Nanocorrugated Surface (2021)
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Yaremkevich, D. D., Scherbakov, A. V., Kukhtaruk, S. M., Linnik, T. L., Khokhlov, N. E., Godejohann, F., …Bayer, M. (2021). Protected Long-Distance Guiding of Hypersound Underneath a Nanocorrugated Surface. ACS Nano, 15(3), 4802–4810. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c09475

In nanoscale communications, high-frequency surface acoustic waves are becoming effective data carriers and encoders. On-chip communications require acoustic wave propagation along nanocorrugated surfaces which strongly scatter traditional Rayleigh w... Read More about Protected Long-Distance Guiding of Hypersound Underneath a Nanocorrugated Surface.

Managing volunteers who support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards: The NURTURe model (2021)
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Charalambous, L. (2021). Managing volunteers who support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards: The NURTURe model. Nursing Management, 28(2), https://doi.org/10.7748/NM.2021.E1981

Volunteers are widely used to support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards. However, it appears that traditional volunteer management models do not fully address the challenges posed by managing volunteers in that se... Read More about Managing volunteers who support patients with dementia or cognitive impairment on acute hospital wards: The NURTURe model.

Mapping groundwater recharge in Africa from ground observations and implications for water security (2021)
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MacDonald, A. M., Lark, R. M., Taylor, R. G., Abiye, T., Fallas, H. C., Favreau, G., …West, C. (2021). Mapping groundwater recharge in Africa from ground observations and implications for water security. Environmental Research Letters, 16(3), Article 034012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd661

© 2021 British Geological SurveyUKRI. Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Groundwater forms the basis of water supplies across much of Africa and its development is rising as demand for secure water increases. Recharge rates are a key component for asse... Read More about Mapping groundwater recharge in Africa from ground observations and implications for water security.

Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores (2021)
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Gonciaruk, A., Hall, M. R., Fay, M. W., Parmenter, C. D. J., Vane, C. H., Khlobystov, A. N., & Ripepi, N. (2021). Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 3920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83179-z

Gas storage and recovery processes in shales critically depend on nano-scale porosity and chemical composition, but information about the nanoscale pore geometry and connectivity of kerogen, insoluble organic shale matter, is largely unavailable. Usi... Read More about Kerogen nanoscale structure and CO2 adsorption in shale micropores.

Bistability and time crystals in long-ranged directed percolation (2021)
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Pizzi, A., Nunnenkamp, A., & Knolle, J. (2021). Bistability and time crystals in long-ranged directed percolation. Nature Communications, 12, Article 1061. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21259-4

Stochastic processes govern the time evolution of a huge variety of realistic systems throughout the sciences. A minimal description of noisy many-particle systems within a Markovian picture and with a notion of spatial dimension is given by probabil... Read More about Bistability and time crystals in long-ranged directed percolation.

Characterisation of a multi-view fringe projection system based on the stereo matching of rectified phase maps (2021)
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Shaheen, A., Sims-Waterhouse, D., Bointon, P., Takushima, S., Piano, S., & Leach, R. K. (2021). Characterisation of a multi-view fringe projection system based on the stereo matching of rectified phase maps. Measurement Science and Technology, 32(4), Article 045006. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/abd445

Multi-view fringe projection systems can be effective solutions to address the limitations imposed by the limited field of view, line-of-sight issues and occlusions when measuring the geometry of
complex objects, associated with single camera-projec... Read More about Characterisation of a multi-view fringe projection system based on the stereo matching of rectified phase maps.

Maternal presenteeism: theorizing the importance for working mothers of 'being there' for their children beyond infancy (2021)
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Edgley, A. (2021). Maternal presenteeism: theorizing the importance for working mothers of 'being there' for their children beyond infancy. Gender, Work and Organization, 28(3), 1023-1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12619

This study theorizes why full-time working women with partners and school-age children deploy talk of maximal irreplaceable maternal care. The concept of maternal presenteeism frames women's personal beliefs, perceptions, and ambitions as subject to... Read More about Maternal presenteeism: theorizing the importance for working mothers of 'being there' for their children beyond infancy.

How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation (2021)
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Devi, R., Chadborn, N. H., Meyer, J., Banerjee, J., Goodman, C., Dening, T., …Gordon, A. L. (2021). How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation. Age and Ageing, 50(4), 1371-1381. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab007

Background
Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) bring together multidisciplinary teams in a structured process to improve care quality. How QICs can be used to support healthcare improvement in care homes is not fully understood.

Methods
A... Read More about How Quality Improvement Collaboratives Work to Improve Healthcare in Care Homes: A Realist Evaluation.

Emotional arousal impairs association memory: roles of prefrontal cortex regions (2021)
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Fujiwara, E., Madan, C., Caplan, J., & Sommer, T. (2021). Emotional arousal impairs association memory: roles of prefrontal cortex regions. Learning and Memory, 28(3), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.052480.120

The brain processes underlying impairing effects of emotional arousal on associative memory were previously attributed to two dissociable routes using high-resolution fMRI of the MTL (Madan et al. 2017). Extrahippocampal MTL regions supporting associ... Read More about Emotional arousal impairs association memory: roles of prefrontal cortex regions.

Serum glucose, lactate dehydrogenase and hypertension are mediators of the 1 effect of body mass index on severity of COVID-19 (2021)
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Yan, H., Vijay, A., Jiang, F., Zheng, N., Hu, Y., Ye, H., …Aithal, G. P. (2021). Serum glucose, lactate dehydrogenase and hypertension are mediators of the 1 effect of body mass index on severity of COVID-19. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 4(2), Article e00215. https://doi.org/10.1002/edm2.215

Background: COVID-19 has a broad clinical specturm. We investigated the role of serum markers measured on admission on severity as assessed at discharge and investigated those which relate to the effect of BMI on severity.
Methods: Clinical and la... Read More about Serum glucose, lactate dehydrogenase and hypertension are mediators of the 1 effect of body mass index on severity of COVID-19.

Optimal investment for a retirement plan with deferred annuities (2021)
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Owadally, I., Jang, C., & Clare, A. (2021). Optimal investment for a retirement plan with deferred annuities. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 98, 51-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.insmatheco.2021.02.001

We construct an optimal investment portfolio model with deferred annuities for an individual investor saving in a retirement plan. The objective function consists of power utility in terms of consumption of all secured retirement income from the defe... Read More about Optimal investment for a retirement plan with deferred annuities.

MoS2/Epitaxial graphene layered electrodes for solid-state supercapacitors (2021)
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Amjadipour, M., Bradford, J., Zebardastan, N., Motta, N., & Iacopi, F. (2021). MoS2/Epitaxial graphene layered electrodes for solid-state supercapacitors. Nanotechnology, 32(19), Article 195401. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/abe1f1

The potential of transition metal dichalcogenides such as MoS2 for energy storage has been significantly limited so far by the lack of conductivity and structural stability. Employing highly conductive, graphitic materials in combination with transit... Read More about MoS2/Epitaxial graphene layered electrodes for solid-state supercapacitors.

For a Better GLOBE: A Minimum Effective Tax Rate for Multinationals (2021)
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Picciotto, S., Kadet, J., Cobham, A., Faccio, T., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Jansky, P. (2021). For a Better GLOBE: A Minimum Effective Tax Rate for Multinationals. Tax Notes International,

This article suggests a variant on the proposal for a global anti-base erosion tax (GloBE), which is more equitable, far less complex, and more practical, as it could be introduced by a coalition of willing states.
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The international efforts to... Read More about For a Better GLOBE: A Minimum Effective Tax Rate for Multinationals.

Technological innovation and structural change for economic development in China as an emerging market (2021)
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Cai, Z., Tan, K. H., Zhang, L., Du, J., Song, M., & Zhou, X. (2021). Technological innovation and structural change for economic development in China as an emerging market. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 167, Article 120671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120671

As an emerging and transforming market, China has emphasized the key role of technological innovation and industrial structural change in economic growth. Using a nonlinear econometric model and provincial data from 2000 to 2014, this study investiga... Read More about Technological innovation and structural change for economic development in China as an emerging market.

Complex Relationship Between Cardiac Fibroblasts and Cardiomyocytes in Health and Disease (2021)
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Hall, C., Gehmlich, K., Denning, C., & Pavlovic, D. (2021). Complex Relationship Between Cardiac Fibroblasts and Cardiomyocytes in Health and Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(5), Article e019338. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.120.019338

Cardiac fibroblasts are the primary cell type responsible for deposition of extracellular matrix in the heart, providing support to the contracting myocardium and contributing to a myriad of physiological signaling processes. Despite the importance o... Read More about Complex Relationship Between Cardiac Fibroblasts and Cardiomyocytes in Health and Disease.

Outcomes in Antiplatelet‐Associated Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the TICH‐2 Randomized Controlled Trial (2021)
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Law, Z. K., Desborough, M., Roberts, I., Al‐Shahi Salman, R., England, T. J., Werring, D. J., …Sprigg, N. (2021). Outcomes in Antiplatelet‐Associated Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the TICH‐2 Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(5), Article e019130. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.120.019130

Background
Antiplatelet therapy increases the risk of hematoma expansion in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) while the effect on functional outcome is uncertain.

Methods and Results
This is an exploratory analysis of the TICH‐2 (Tranexamic Acid in... Read More about Outcomes in Antiplatelet‐Associated Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the TICH‐2 Randomized Controlled Trial.