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Improving simulated consumption context with virtual Reality: A focus on participant experience (2022)
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Yang, Q., Nijman, M., Flintham, M., Tennent, P., Hidrio, C., & Ford, R. (2022). Improving simulated consumption context with virtual Reality: A focus on participant experience. Food Quality and Preference, 98, Article 104531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2022.104531

Context can have a significant impact on liking, emotional response and product choice, and Virtual Reality (VR) is a promising tool to evoke realistic consumption contexts in a controlled testing environment. This study compared an innovative approa... Read More about Improving simulated consumption context with virtual Reality: A focus on participant experience.

Positive psychotherapy for psychosis in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial (2022)
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Chu, M. H.-W., Lau, B., Leung, J., Chan, S. C., Tang, B., Lau, C. L., …Slade, M. (2022). Positive psychotherapy for psychosis in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial. Schizophrenia Research, 240, 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2021.12.044

Recovery-oriented practice has been advocated in mental health services in Hong Kong since 2009. Well-being has become an important area of focus for mental health services. Positive Psychotherapy for Psychosis (PPP) is a well-being-focused intervent... Read More about Positive psychotherapy for psychosis in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial.

Serum Cytokine Alterations Associated with Age of Patients with Nephropathia Epidemica (2022)
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Shakirova, V., Khaertynova, I., Markelova, M., Tarlinton, R., Behnke, J., Martynova, E., …Khaiboullina, S. (2022). Serum Cytokine Alterations Associated with Age of Patients with Nephropathia Epidemica. BioMed Research International, 2022, Article 4685288. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4685288

Nephropathia epidemica (NE) is a zoonotic disease caused by hantaviruses transmitted from rodents, endemic in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. The disease presents clinically with mild, moderate, and severe forms, and time-dependent febrile, oligur... Read More about Serum Cytokine Alterations Associated with Age of Patients with Nephropathia Epidemica.

Single-atom Cu anchored catalysts for photocatalytic renewable H2 production with a quantum efficiency of 56% (2022)
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Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Wang, H., Xiao, B., Zhang, W., Zhao, X., …Liu, Q. (2022). Single-atom Cu anchored catalysts for photocatalytic renewable H2 production with a quantum efficiency of 56%. Nature Communications, 13, Article 58. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27698-3

Single-atom catalysts anchoring offers a desirable pathway for efficiency maximization and cost-saving for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. However, the single-atoms loading amount is always within 0.5% in most of the reported due to the agglomerat... Read More about Single-atom Cu anchored catalysts for photocatalytic renewable H2 production with a quantum efficiency of 56%.

Analysing the Relationship Between Mental Load or Mental Effort and Metacomprehension Under Different Conditions of Multimedia Design (2022)
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Schnaubert, L., & Schneider, S. (2022). Analysing the Relationship Between Mental Load or Mental Effort and Metacomprehension Under Different Conditions of Multimedia Design. Frontiers in Education, 6, Article 648319. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.648319

Cognitive load theory assumes effort may only lead to comprehension if the material-induced load leaves enough resources for learning processes. Therefore, multimedia materials should induce as little non-relevant load as possible. Metacognition rese... Read More about Analysing the Relationship Between Mental Load or Mental Effort and Metacomprehension Under Different Conditions of Multimedia Design.

Health care providers’ awareness on medical management of children with autism spectrum disorder: cross-sectional study in Russia (2022)
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Mukhamedshina, Y. O., Fayzullina, R. A., Nigmatullina, I. A., Rutland, C. S., & Vasina, V. V. (2022). Health care providers’ awareness on medical management of children with autism spectrum disorder: cross-sectional study in Russia. BMC Medical Education, 22, Article 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-03095-8

Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental range of conditions that involves difficulties with social interaction and restricted/repetitive behaviors. Unfortunately, health care providers often experience difficulties in di... Read More about Health care providers’ awareness on medical management of children with autism spectrum disorder: cross-sectional study in Russia.

How hydrocolloids can control the viscoelastic properties of acid-swollen collagen pastes (2022)
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Sobanwa, M., Foster, T. J., Yakubov, G., & Watson, N. J. (2022). How hydrocolloids can control the viscoelastic properties of acid-swollen collagen pastes. Food Hydrocolloids, 126, Article 107486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2022.107486

The interactions between proteins and polysaccharides are of considerable importance in the food industry. In this study, the effect of adding non-charged methylcellulose (MC), hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC), medium (GM) and high (GH) molecular... Read More about How hydrocolloids can control the viscoelastic properties of acid-swollen collagen pastes.

Extensive primary production promoted the recovery of the Ediacaran Shuram excursion (2022)
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Cañadas, F., Papineau, D., Leng, M. J., & Li, C. (2022). Extensive primary production promoted the recovery of the Ediacaran Shuram excursion. Nature Communications, 13, Article 148. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27812-5

Member IV of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation records the recovery from the most negative carbon isotope excursion in Earth history. However, the main biogeochemical controls that ultimately drove this recovery have yet to be elucidated. Here, we r... Read More about Extensive primary production promoted the recovery of the Ediacaran Shuram excursion.

Temporal transcriptomic changes in long non-coding RNAs and messenger RNAs involved in the host immune and metabolic response during Toxoplasma gondii lytic cycle (2022)
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Wang, S. S., Zhou, C. X., Elsheikha, H. M., He, J. J., Zou, F. C., Zheng, W. B., …Zhao, G. H. (2022). Temporal transcriptomic changes in long non-coding RNAs and messenger RNAs involved in the host immune and metabolic response during Toxoplasma gondii lytic cycle. Parasites and Vectors, 15, Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05140-3

Background: Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are important regulators of various biological and pathological processes, in particular the inflammatory response by modulating the transcriptional control of inflammatory genes. However, the role of lncRNA... Read More about Temporal transcriptomic changes in long non-coding RNAs and messenger RNAs involved in the host immune and metabolic response during Toxoplasma gondii lytic cycle.

Functional Characterization of 17 Protein Serine/Threonine Phosphatases in Toxoplasma gondii Using CRISPR-Cas9 System (2022)
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Liang, Q. L., Nie, L. B., Li, T. T., Elsheikha, H. M., Sun, L. X., Zhang, Z. W., …Wang, J. L. (2022). Functional Characterization of 17 Protein Serine/Threonine Phosphatases in Toxoplasma gondii Using CRISPR-Cas9 System. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, Article 738794. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.738794

Protein serine/threonine phosphatases (PSPs), found in various plants and protozoa, are involved in the regulation of various biological processes. However, very little is known about the role of PSPs in the pathogenicity of the apicomplexan protozoa... Read More about Functional Characterization of 17 Protein Serine/Threonine Phosphatases in Toxoplasma gondii Using CRISPR-Cas9 System.

R&D restructuring during the Great Recession and young firms (2022)
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Garcia-Vega, M. (2022). R&D restructuring during the Great Recession and young firms. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 81, Article 102819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2021.102819

In this paper, I examine whether the Great Recession of the late 2000s (henceforth abbreviated as GR) had an effect on the organization of R&D in young versus older firms. Using a difference-in-difference approach and propensity score reweighting est... Read More about R&D restructuring during the Great Recession and young firms.

Pre-hospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with stroke mimics: data from the RIGHT-2 randomised-controlled ambulance trial (2022)
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Tunnage, B., Woodhouse, L. J., Dixon, M., Anderson, C. S., Ankolekar, S., Appleton, J. P., …Bath, P. M. (2022). Pre-hospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with stroke mimics: data from the RIGHT-2 randomised-controlled ambulance trial. BMC Emergency Medicine, 22(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00560-x

Background: Prehospital stroke trials will inevitably recruit patients with non-stroke conditions, so called stroke mimics. We undertook a pre-specified analysis to determine outcomes in patients with mimics in the second Rapid Intervention with Glyc... Read More about Pre-hospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with stroke mimics: data from the RIGHT-2 randomised-controlled ambulance trial.

Agr Quorum Sensing influences the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in Clostridium autoethanogenum (2022)
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Piatek, P., Humphreys, C., Raut, M., Wright, P. C., Simpson, S., Köpke, M., …Winzer, K. (2022). Agr Quorum Sensing influences the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in Clostridium autoethanogenum. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 411. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03999-x

Acetogenic bacteria are capable of fermenting CO2 and carbon monoxide containing waste-gases into a range of platform chemicals and fuels. Despite major advances in genetic engineering and improving these biocatalysts, several important physiological... Read More about Agr Quorum Sensing influences the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in Clostridium autoethanogenum.

Machine-learning the Sato–Tate conjecture (2022)
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He, Y. H., Lee, K. H., & Oliver, T. (2022). Machine-learning the Sato–Tate conjecture. Journal of Symbolic Computation, 111, 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsc.2021.11.002

We apply some of the latest techniques from machine-learning to the arithmetic of hyperelliptic curves. More precisely we show that, with impressive accuracy and confidence (between 99 and 100 percent precision), and in very short time (matter of sec... Read More about Machine-learning the Sato–Tate conjecture.

The Bayesian Spatial Bradley–Terry model: Urban deprivation modelling in Tanzania (2022)
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Seymour, R. G., Sirl, D., Preston, S. P., Dryden, I. L., Ellis, M. J., Perrat, B., & Goulding, J. (2022). The Bayesian Spatial Bradley–Terry model: Urban deprivation modelling in Tanzania. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 71(2), 288-308. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssc.12532

Identifying the most deprived regions of any country or city is key if policy makers are to design successful interventions. However, locating areas with the greatest need is often surprisingly challenging in developing countries. Due to the logistic... Read More about The Bayesian Spatial Bradley–Terry model: Urban deprivation modelling in Tanzania.

SIOP Ependymoma I: Final results, long term follow-up and molecular analysis of the trial cohort: A BIOMECA Consortium Study (2022)
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Ritzmann, T. A., Chapman, R. J., Kilday, J.-P., Thorp, N., Modena, P., Dineen, R. A., …Grundy, R. G. (2022). SIOP Ependymoma I: Final results, long term follow-up and molecular analysis of the trial cohort: A BIOMECA Consortium Study. Neuro-Oncology, 24(6), 936–948. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noac012

Background SIOP Ependymoma I was a non-randomised trial assessing event free and overall survival (EFS/OS) of non-metastatic intracranial ependymoma in children aged 3 to 21 years treated with a staged management strategy. A further aim was to asses... Read More about SIOP Ependymoma I: Final results, long term follow-up and molecular analysis of the trial cohort: A BIOMECA Consortium Study.

New SVPWM used post a two-phase failure in FOC five-phase PMSM drives (2022)
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Saleh, K., & Sumner, M. (2023). New SVPWM used post a two-phase failure in FOC five-phase PMSM drives. International Journal of Electronics, 110(2), 312-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207217.2021.2025448

One of the pronounced features of the multi-phase machines compared to the conventional three-phases machine is their high-fault capability. This merit is quite important as it contributes to minimising the number of interruptions in industrial opera... Read More about New SVPWM used post a two-phase failure in FOC five-phase PMSM drives.

Preventive hoof trimming in dairy cattle: Determining current practices and identifying future research areas (2022)
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Pedersen, S. I., I. L. Pedersen, S., N. Huxley, J., D. Hudson, C., J. Green, M., & J. Bell, N. (2022). Preventive hoof trimming in dairy cattle: Determining current practices and identifying future research areas. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1267

Background: The extent to which preventive hoof trimming is implemented on Great Britain's (GB) dairy farms is unknown. The aims of this study were to determine common practices and capture producers’ input on key areas that require further research.... Read More about Preventive hoof trimming in dairy cattle: Determining current practices and identifying future research areas.

Critiquing imaginaries of ‘the public’ in UK dialogue around animal research: Insights from the Mass Observation Project (2022)
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McGlacken, R., & Hobson-West, P. (2022). Critiquing imaginaries of ‘the public’ in UK dialogue around animal research: Insights from the Mass Observation Project. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 91, 280-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.12.009

With an established history of controversy in the UK, the use of animals in science continues to generate significant socio-ethical discussion. Here, the figure of ‘the public’ plays a key role. However, dominant imaginaries of ‘the public’ have sign... Read More about Critiquing imaginaries of ‘the public’ in UK dialogue around animal research: Insights from the Mass Observation Project.