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Development of hydrogel-based standards and phantoms for non-linear imaging at depth (2023)
Journal Article
Haseeb, F., Bourdakos, K. N., Forsyth, E., Setchfield, K., Gorman, A., Venkateswaran, S., …Bradley, M. (2023). Development of hydrogel-based standards and phantoms for non-linear imaging at depth. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 28(12), Article 126007. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.28.12.126007%5D

Significance: Rapid advances in medical imaging technology, particularly the development of optical systems with non-linear imaging modalities, are boosting deep tissue imaging. The development of reliable standards and phantoms is critical for valid... Read More about Development of hydrogel-based standards and phantoms for non-linear imaging at depth.

A Functional Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Upstream of the Collagen Type III Gene Is Associated with Catastrophic Fracture Risk in Thoroughbred Horses (2023)
Journal Article
Palomino Lago, E., Baird, A., Blott, S. C., McPhail, R. E., Ross, A. C., Durward-Akhurst, S. A., & Guest, D. J. (2024). A Functional Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Upstream of the Collagen Type III Gene Is Associated with Catastrophic Fracture Risk in Thoroughbred Horses. Animals, 14(1), Article 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14010116

Fractures caused by bone overloading are a leading cause of euthanasia in Thoroughbred racehorses. The risk of fatal fracture has been shown to be influenced by both environmental and genetic factors but, to date, no specific genetic mechanisms under... Read More about A Functional Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Upstream of the Collagen Type III Gene Is Associated with Catastrophic Fracture Risk in Thoroughbred Horses.

Light environment control for reducing energy loss and increasing crop yield in plant factories (2023)
Journal Article
Zou, H., Li, C., Zhang, A., Zhang, X., Chen, X., Wang, F., …Zhang, S. (2024). Light environment control for reducing energy loss and increasing crop yield in plant factories. Solar Energy, 268, Article 112281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.112281

Energy utilization for plant lighting is one of the primary constraints of the development of plant factories. Most researchers overlook the impact of energy attenuation during the propagation process on energy efficiency utilization, and the redistr... Read More about Light environment control for reducing energy loss and increasing crop yield in plant factories.

Atopic eczema in primary care: evidence update and implications for practice (2023)
Journal Article
Santer, M., Ridd, M. J., Harvey, J., Lax, S., Muller, I., Roberts, A., & Thomas, K. S. (2024). Atopic eczema in primary care: evidence update and implications for practice. British Journal of General Practice, 74(738), 40-42. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp24X736101

Most people with eczema have mild or moderate disease, and most are treated in primary care.1 This article aims to support health professionals in helping patients get control of eczema in time-limited consultations. Recent updated National Institute... Read More about Atopic eczema in primary care: evidence update and implications for practice.

Presentation and publication skills: How to review a paper (2023)
Journal Article
Deutz, N. E., Deutz, N. E., Delzenne, N., Davies, N. A., & Lobo, D. N. (2024). Presentation and publication skills: How to review a paper. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 59, 307-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.12.023

We provide comprehensive insights into the peer review process and guide potential reviewers through the steps of reviewing scientific manuscripts. We discuss essential aspects such as the reviewer’s responsibility in responding to invitations and ma... Read More about Presentation and publication skills: How to review a paper.

Exploring Effects of a Nostalgic Storytelling Virtual Reality Experience Beyond Hedonism (2023)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Benford, S., Spence, J., & Blake, H. (2024). Exploring Effects of a Nostalgic Storytelling Virtual Reality Experience Beyond Hedonism. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 27(3), 221-226. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2023.0183

In this study, we tested the effect of a nostalgic storytelling virtual reality (VR) experience (vs. a text-reading neutral VR experience as the comparison condition) on state-level eudaimonic well-being and explored the underlying mediating mechanis... Read More about Exploring Effects of a Nostalgic Storytelling Virtual Reality Experience Beyond Hedonism.

Dual Antiplatelet Treatment up to 72 Hours after Ischemic Stroke (2023)
Journal Article
Gao, Y., Chen, W., Pan, Y., Jing, J., Wang, C., Johnston, S. C., …Wang, Y. (2023). Dual Antiplatelet Treatment up to 72 Hours after Ischemic Stroke. New England Journal of Medicine, 389(26), 2413-2424. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2309137

BACKGROUND: Dual antiplatelet treatment has been shown to lower the risk of recurrent stroke as compared with aspirin alone when treatment is initiated early (≤24 hours) after an acute mild stroke. The effect of clopidogrel plus aspirin as compared w... Read More about Dual Antiplatelet Treatment up to 72 Hours after Ischemic Stroke.

The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on hospitalised adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2023)
Journal Article
Alqurashi, H. B., Robinson, K., O’Connor, D., Piasecki, M., Gladman, J. R. F., Gordon, A. L., & Masud, T. (2023). The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on hospitalised adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Age and Ageing, 52(12), Article afad236. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad236

Introduction Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is a treatment to prevent or reverse acquired disability in hospitalised adults. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of its effectiveness. Method We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cum... Read More about The effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on hospitalised adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Language and History in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial West (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A., & Woudhuysen, G. (2023). Language and History in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial West. In A. Mullen, & G. Woudhuysen (Eds.), Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP)

Harm from Residential Indoor Air Contaminants (2023)
Journal Article
Morantes, G., Jones, B., Molina, C., & Sherman, M. H. (2024). Harm from Residential Indoor Air Contaminants. Environmental Science and Technology, 58(1), 242-257. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c07374

This study presents a health-centered approach to quantify and compare the chronic harm caused by indoor air contaminants using disability-adjusted life-year (DALY). The aim is to understand the chronic harm caused by airborne contaminants in dwellin... Read More about Harm from Residential Indoor Air Contaminants.

Introducing a novel method for simulating stochastic movement and occupancy in residential spaces using time-use survey data (2023)
Journal Article
Zhang, R., Zhou, T., Ye, H., & Darkwa, J. (2024). Introducing a novel method for simulating stochastic movement and occupancy in residential spaces using time-use survey data. Energy and Buildings, 304, Article 113854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113854

In the context of growing concerns over energy consumption and sustainability, accurate modelling of occupancy patterns within residential buildings is critical. In this study, a novel stochastic occupancy model is introduced for simulating human beh... Read More about Introducing a novel method for simulating stochastic movement and occupancy in residential spaces using time-use survey data.

ESPEN practical guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis (2023)
Journal Article
Arvanitakis, M., Ockenga, J., Bezmarevic, M., Gianotti, L., Krznarić, Ž., Lobo, D. N., …Bischoff, S. C. (2024). ESPEN practical guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis. Clinical Nutrition, 43(2), 395-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2023.12.019

Both acute and chronic pancreatitis are frequent diseases of the pancreas, which, despite being of benign nature, are related to a significant risk of malnutrition and may require nutritional support. Acute necrotizing pancreatitis is encountered in... Read More about ESPEN practical guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis.

CapMatch: Semi-Supervised Contrastive Transformer Capsule With Feature-Based Knowledge Distillation for Human Activity Recognition (2023)
Journal Article
Xiao, Z., Tong, H., Qu, R., Xing, H., Luo, S., Zhu, Z., …Feng, L. (2023). CapMatch: Semi-Supervised Contrastive Transformer Capsule With Feature-Based Knowledge Distillation for Human Activity Recognition. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2023.3344294

This article proposes a semi-supervised contrastive capsule transformer method with feature-based knowledge distillation (KD) that simplifies the existing semisupervised learning (SSL) techniques for wearable human activity recognition (HAR), called... Read More about CapMatch: Semi-Supervised Contrastive Transformer Capsule With Feature-Based Knowledge Distillation for Human Activity Recognition.

COVID-19 in a Dutch Nursing Home: A Longitudinal Retrospective Care-Home-Level Case Study on Infection Rate, Survival Rate, and Daily Functioning (2023)
Journal Article
de Vries, D., Röhlinger, D., Everink, I., Winkens, B., Heffels, J., Gordon, A., & Schols, J. (2024). COVID-19 in a Dutch Nursing Home: A Longitudinal Retrospective Care-Home-Level Case Study on Infection Rate, Survival Rate, and Daily Functioning. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(1), Article 149. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13010149

During the pandemic, nursing homes in the Netherlands were heavily affected by COVID-19. This study assesses the impact of COVID-19 on infection rate, survival rate, and daily functioning over the course of two years among residents of a nursing home... Read More about COVID-19 in a Dutch Nursing Home: A Longitudinal Retrospective Care-Home-Level Case Study on Infection Rate, Survival Rate, and Daily Functioning.

Operational Research: Methods and Applications (2023)
Journal Article
Petropoulos, F., Laporte, G., Aktas, E., Alumur, S. A., Archetti, C., Ayhan, H., …Zhao, X. (2024). Operational Research: Methods and Applications. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 75(3), 423-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2023.2253852

Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include a variety of methods, models and algorithms that have been applied to a diverse and wide range of contexts. This encyclopedic article consists of two main sections: methods and appli... Read More about Operational Research: Methods and Applications.

Contingency, repeatability, and predictability in the evolution of a prokaryotic pangenome (2023)
Journal Article
Beavan, A., Domingo-Sananes, M. R., & McInerney, J. O. (2024). Contingency, repeatability, and predictability in the evolution of a prokaryotic pangenome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(1), Article e2304934120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2304934120

Pangenomes exhibit remarkable variability in many prokaryotic species, much of which is maintained through the processes of horizontal gene transfer and gene loss. Repeated acquisitions of near-identical homologs can easily be observed across pangeno... Read More about Contingency, repeatability, and predictability in the evolution of a prokaryotic pangenome.

Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy (2023)
Journal Article
Khan, G. (2023). Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy. Philosophy and Social Criticism, https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537231219944

In philosophy and political theory, the term paradox is often used synonymously with antinomy, contradiction and aporia. This article clarifies the meaning of these terms through tracing their respective etymology. We see that antinomy denotes a deep... Read More about Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy.

Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy (2023)
Journal Article
KHAN, G. (2023). Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy. Philosophy and Social Criticism,

In philosophy and political theory, the term paradox is often used synonymously with antinomy, contradiction, and aporia. This paper clarifies the meaning of these terms through tracing their respective etymology. We see that antinomy denotes a deep-... Read More about Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy.