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Islam and Mental Disorders of the Older Adults: Religious Text, Belief System and Caregiving Practices (2020)
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Daher-Nashif, S., Hammad, S. H., Kane, T., & Al-Wattary, N. (2021). Islam and Mental Disorders of the Older Adults: Religious Text, Belief System and Caregiving Practices. Journal of Religion and Health, 60(3), 2051-2065. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01094-5

This paper illustrates the impact of Islamic religious texts on dementia care in the Middle East. It examines how old age and older adults mental disorders are framed in the Quran and Hadith, and how these texts are transformed to belief ideologies a... Read More about Islam and Mental Disorders of the Older Adults: Religious Text, Belief System and Caregiving Practices.

A Secure Integrated Framework for Fog-Assisted Internet-of-Things Systems (2020)
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Junejo, A. K., Komninos, N., & McCann, J. A. (2021). A Secure Integrated Framework for Fog-Assisted Internet-of-Things Systems. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 8(8), 6840-6852. https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2020.3035474

Fog-assisted Internet-of-Things (Fog-IoT) systems are deployed in remote and unprotected environments, making them vulnerable to security, privacy, and trust challenges. Existing studies propose security schemes and trust models for these systems. Ho... Read More about A Secure Integrated Framework for Fog-Assisted Internet-of-Things Systems.

Demographic, Regional, and State-Level Trends of Mortality in Patients With Aortic Stenosis in United States, 2008 to 2018. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Demographic, Regional, and State-Level Trends of Mortality in Patients With Aortic Stenosis in United States, 2008 to 2018. Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, e017433 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.017433

Background Aortic stenosis-related mortality might vary across demographic subsets, regions, and states in the United States. Methods and Results We reviewed the death certificate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging... Read More about Demographic, Regional, and State-Level Trends of Mortality in Patients With Aortic Stenosis in United States, 2008 to 2018..

Acceptability of bisphosphonates among patients, clinicians and managers: a systematic review and framework synthesis (2020)
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Paskins, Z., Crawford-Manning, F., Cottrell, E., Corp, N., Wright, J., Jinks, C., …Sahota, O. (2020). Acceptability of bisphosphonates among patients, clinicians and managers: a systematic review and framework synthesis. BMJ Open, 10(11), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040634

OBJECTIVE: To explore the acceptability of different bisphosphonate regimens for the treatment of osteoporosis among patients, clinicians and managers, payers and academics. DESIGN: A systematic review of primary qualitative studies. Seven databases... Read More about Acceptability of bisphosphonates among patients, clinicians and managers: a systematic review and framework synthesis.

A single amino acid residue regulates PTEN-binding and stability of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy protein SMN (2020)
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Rademacher, S., Detering, N. . T., Schüning, T., Lindner, R., Santonicola, P., Wefel, I., …Claus, P. (2020). A single amino acid residue regulates PTEN-binding and stability of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy protein SMN. Cells, 9(11), Article 2405. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9112405

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease caused by decreased levels of the survival of motoneuron (SMN) protein. Post-translational mechanisms for regulation of its stability are still elusive. Thus, we aimed to identify regulatory ph... Read More about A single amino acid residue regulates PTEN-binding and stability of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy protein SMN.

Developmental Modulation of Root Cell Wall Architecture Confers Resistance to an Oomycete Pathogen (2020)
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Gavrin, A., Rey, T., Torode, T. A., Toulotte, J., Chatterjee, A., Louis Kaplan, J., …Schornack, S. (2020). Developmental Modulation of Root Cell Wall Architecture Confers Resistance to an Oomycete Pathogen. Current Biology, 4165 - 4176.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.011

The cell wall is the primary interface between plant cells and their immediate environment and must balance multiple functionalities, including the regulation of growth, the entry of beneficial microbes, and protection against pathogens. Here, we dem... Read More about Developmental Modulation of Root Cell Wall Architecture Confers Resistance to an Oomycete Pathogen.

An empirical model to evaluate the effects of environmental humidity on the formation of wrinkled, creased and porous fibre morphology from electrospinning. (2020)
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Zhang, D., Davoodi, P., Li, X., Liu, Y., Wang, W., & Yan Shery Huang, Y. (2020). An empirical model to evaluate the effects of environmental humidity on the formation of wrinkled, creased and porous fibre morphology from electrospinning. Scientific reports, 18783 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74542-7

Controlling environmental humidity level and thus moisture interaction with an electrospinning solution jet has led to a fascinating range of polymer fibre morphological features; these include surface wrinkles, creases and surface/internal porosity... Read More about An empirical model to evaluate the effects of environmental humidity on the formation of wrinkled, creased and porous fibre morphology from electrospinning..

Tell me what you are like and I will tell you what you believe in: Social representations of COVID-19 in the Americas, Europe and Asia (2020)
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Cakal. (2020). Tell me what you are like and I will tell you what you believe in: Social representations of COVID-19 in the Americas, Europe and Asia

This study analyzes the range and content of Social Representations (SRs) about the COVID-19 pandemic in 21 geographical zones from 17 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia (N = 4430). Based on Social Representations Theory, as well as the psych... Read More about Tell me what you are like and I will tell you what you believe in: Social representations of COVID-19 in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

External validation of prognostic models predicting pre-eclampsia: individual participant data meta-analysis (2020)
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(2020). External validation of prognostic models predicting pre-eclampsia: individual participant data meta-analysis. BMC Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01766-9

BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Early identification of women at risk during pregnancy is required to plan management. Although there are many published prediction models for pre-eclamps... Read More about External validation of prognostic models predicting pre-eclampsia: individual participant data meta-analysis.

Trends of sex differences in outcomes of cardiac electronic device implantations in the United States (2020)
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Mohamed, M., Volgman, A., Contractor, T., Sharma, P., Kwok, C., Martin, G., …Mamas, M. (2020). Trends of sex differences in outcomes of cardiac electronic device implantations in the United States. European Heart Journal, 41(Supplement_2), https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0831

Background
There is limited evidence on the differences in procedural outcomes between sexes after de novo cardiac implantable electronic device implantation (CIED). Furthermore, it is unclear whether any sex-based disparities have changed over the... Read More about Trends of sex differences in outcomes of cardiac electronic device implantations in the United States.

Acute myocardial infarction in several mental illness: a nationwide analysis of prevalence, management strategies and outcomes (2020)
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Mohamed, M., Rashid, M., Farooq, S., Siddiqui, N., Parwani, P., Shiers, D., …Mamas, M. (2020). Acute myocardial infarction in several mental illness: a nationwide analysis of prevalence, management strategies and outcomes. European Heart Journal, 41(Supplement_2), https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3146

Background
Severe mental illness (SMI) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. However, it is unclear whether SMI patients are just as likely to receive guideline-recommended therapy for AMI as those without men... Read More about Acute myocardial infarction in several mental illness: a nationwide analysis of prevalence, management strategies and outcomes.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement and percutaneous coronary intervention versus surgical aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2020)
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Mamas, M. (2020). Transcatheter aortic valve replacement and percutaneous coronary intervention versus surgical aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.29110

OBJECTIVES: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the early and midterm outcomes of patients who underwent surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) against patients who had transcath... Read More about Transcatheter aortic valve replacement and percutaneous coronary intervention versus surgical aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant coronary artery disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis..

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in England: Insights From the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society PCI Database Cohort. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in England: Insights From the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society PCI Database Cohort. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, e009654 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.120.009654

BACKGROUND: The objective of the study was to evaluate changes in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice in England by analyzing procedural numbers, changes in the clinical presentation, and characteristics of patients and their clinical o... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in England: Insights From the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society PCI Database Cohort..

Prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services in the British uplands: A methodological critique of the EMBER project (2020)
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Ashby, M., & Heinemeyer, A. (2020). Prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services in the British uplands: A methodological critique of the EMBER project. Journal of Applied Ecology, 2112 - 2120. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13476

Due to its novelty and scale, the EMBER project is a key study within the prescribed burning evidence base. However, it has several significant but overlooked methodological flaws.
In this paper, we outline and discuss these flaws. In doing so, we a... Read More about Prescribed burning impacts on ecosystem services in the British uplands: A methodological critique of the EMBER project.

Findings from machine learning in clinical medical imaging applications - Lessons for translation to the forensic setting. (2020)
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Peña-Solórzano, C., Albrecht, D., Bassed, R., Burke, M., & Dimmock, M. (2020). Findings from machine learning in clinical medical imaging applications - Lessons for translation to the forensic setting. Forensic Science International, -. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110538

Machine learning (ML) techniques are increasingly being used in clinical medical imaging to automate distinct processing tasks. In post-mortem forensic radiology, the use of these algorithms presents significant challenges due to variability in organ... Read More about Findings from machine learning in clinical medical imaging applications - Lessons for translation to the forensic setting..

Creative destruction in science (2020)
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(2020). Creative destruction in science. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 291 - 309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.07.002

Drawing on the concept of a gale of creative destruction in a capitalistic economy, we argue that initiatives to assess the robustness of findings in the organizational literature should aim to simultaneously test competing ideas operating in the sam... Read More about Creative destruction in science.