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A global mean sea surface temperature dataset for the Last Interglacial (129–116?ka) and contribution of thermal expansion to sea level change (2020)
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(2020). A global mean sea surface temperature dataset for the Last Interglacial (129–116?ka) and contribution of thermal expansion to sea level change. Earth System Science Data, 3341 -3356. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-3341-2020

A valuable analogue for assessing Earth's sensitivity to warming is the Last Interglacial (LIG; 129–116?ka), when global temperatures (0 to +2?°C) and mean sea level (+6 to 11?m) were higher than today. The direct contribution of warmer conditions to... Read More about A global mean sea surface temperature dataset for the Last Interglacial (129–116?ka) and contribution of thermal expansion to sea level change.

Grids of stellar models with rotation: V. Models from 1.7 to 120 Msun at zero metallicity (2020)
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Murphy, L. J., Groh, J. H., Ekström, S., Meynet, G., Pezzotti, C., Georgy, C., …Martinet, S. (2021). Grids of stellar models with rotation: V. Models from 1.7 to 120 Msun at zero metallicity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(2), 2745-2763. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa3803

Understanding the nature of the first stars is key to understanding the early universe. With new facilities such as JWST we may soon have the first observations of the earliest stellar populations, but to understand these observations we require deta... Read More about Grids of stellar models with rotation: V. Models from 1.7 to 120 Msun at zero metallicity.

Characterization of regional meniscal cell and chondrocyte phenotypes and chondrogenic differentiation with histological analysis in osteoarthritic donor-matched tissues (2020)
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Wang, J., Roberts, S., Kuiper, J., Zhang, W., Garcia, J., Cui, Z., & Wright, K. (2020). Characterization of regional meniscal cell and chondrocyte phenotypes and chondrogenic differentiation with histological analysis in osteoarthritic donor-matched tissues. Scientific reports, 10, Article 21658. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78757-6

Meniscus degeneration is closely related to the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, there is currently a lack of quantitative and objective metrics to assess OA meniscal cell phenotypes. In this study we investigated the phenotypic mark... Read More about Characterization of regional meniscal cell and chondrocyte phenotypes and chondrogenic differentiation with histological analysis in osteoarthritic donor-matched tissues.

From proband to provider: is there an obligation to inform genetic relatives of actionable risks discovered through direct-to-consumer genetic testing? (2020)
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Parsons. (2020). From proband to provider: is there an obligation to inform genetic relatives of actionable risks discovered through direct-to-consumer genetic testing?. Journal of Medical Ethics, 205 - 212. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106966

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is a growing phenomenon, fuelled by the notion that knowledge equals control. One ethical question that arises concerns the proband's duty to share information indicating genetic risks in their relatives. However, s... Read More about From proband to provider: is there an obligation to inform genetic relatives of actionable risks discovered through direct-to-consumer genetic testing?.

Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Dengue fever in Kassala state, eastern Sudan (2020)
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Siam, H., Samy, A., Mohamed, W., Khalid, F., Gumaa, S., Mboera, L., …Ahmed, A. (2020). Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Dengue fever in Kassala state, eastern Sudan. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e0008918 - e0008918. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008918

Dengue is a rapidly growing public health threat in Kassala state, eastern Sudan. The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence, entomological transmission indices, and socioeconomic risk factors associated with dengue in this regio... Read More about Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Dengue fever in Kassala state, eastern Sudan.

Dementia Research Activity in Sri Lanka: A Review (2020)
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Abhayasinghe, K., Dissanayake, L., Saunders, B., Campbell, P., & Sumathipala, A. (2020). Dementia Research Activity in Sri Lanka: A Review. Journal of Neurodegenerative Disorders, 3(1), 89-100. https://doi.org/10.36959/459/603

Background: As a result of the global rise in life expectancy, dementia has become a major global health concern; it is considered to be one of the most burdensome conditions of later life. Despite 66% of older adults with dementia living in Low-and-... Read More about Dementia Research Activity in Sri Lanka: A Review.

Penalisation and shrinkage methods can produce unreliable clinical prediction models especially when sample size is small (2020)
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(2020). Penalisation and shrinkage methods can produce unreliable clinical prediction models especially when sample size is small. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 88-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.12.005

Objectives When developing a clinical prediction model, penalization techniques are recommended to address overfitting, as they shrink predictor effect estimates toward the null and reduce mean-square prediction error in new individuals. However, sh... Read More about Penalisation and shrinkage methods can produce unreliable clinical prediction models especially when sample size is small.

Abelian fixed point free endomorphisms and the Yang-Baxter equation (2020)
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Koch, A., Stordy, L., & Truman, P. J. (2020). Abelian fixed point free endomorphisms and the Yang-Baxter equation

We obtain a simple family of solutions to the set-theoretic Yang-Baxter equation, one which depends only on considering special endomorphisms of a finite group. We show how such an endomorphism gives rise to two non-degenerate solutions to the Yang-B... Read More about Abelian fixed point free endomorphisms and the Yang-Baxter equation.

Patients' Views on the Implementation Potential of a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study. (2020)
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Karstens, S., Lang, S., & Saunders, B. (2020). Patients' Views on the Implementation Potential of a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study. Health Services Insights, 13, https://doi.org/10.1177/1178632920977894

Stratified care for low back pain (LBP) has been shown to be clinically- and cost-effective in the UK, but its transferability to the German healthcare system is unknown. This study explores LBP patients' perspectives regarding future implementation... Read More about Patients' Views on the Implementation Potential of a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study..

A note on estimating the Cox-Snell R2 from a reported C statistic (AUROC) to inform sample size calculations for developing a prediction model with a binary outcome. (2020)
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(2020). A note on estimating the Cox-Snell R2 from a reported C statistic (AUROC) to inform sample size calculations for developing a prediction model with a binary outcome. Statistics in Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8806

In 2019 we published a pair of articles in Statistics in Medicine that describe how to calculate the minimum sample size for developing a multivariable prediction model with a continuous outcome, or with a binary or time-to-event outcome. As for any... Read More about A note on estimating the Cox-Snell R2 from a reported C statistic (AUROC) to inform sample size calculations for developing a prediction model with a binary outcome..

Percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians: A risk scoring system to predict 30-day outcomes in the elderly. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians: A risk scoring system to predict 30-day outcomes in the elderly. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 1300 - 1307. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.29406

OBJECTIVE: Octogenarians are a high-risk group presenting for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We aimed to create a 30-day mortality risk model for octogenarians presenting with both acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and chronic stable angina (C... Read More about Percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians: A risk scoring system to predict 30-day outcomes in the elderly..

Hyper-personalization, co-creation, digital clienteling and transformation (2020)
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Jain, G., Paul, J., & Shrivastava, A. (2021). Hyper-personalization, co-creation, digital clienteling and transformation. Journal of Business Research, 124, 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.11.034

The purpose of this study is to extend the technology-based service adoption model in the fashion industry using digital clienteling and examine the impact of the customer innovativeness, willingness to co-create, and customer involvement on their ad... Read More about Hyper-personalization, co-creation, digital clienteling and transformation.

Epidemiology of COVID-19 infection in young children under five years: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
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Bhuiyan, M., Stiboy, E., Hassan, M., Chan, M., Islam, M., Haider, N., …Homaira, N. (2021). Epidemiology of COVID-19 infection in young children under five years: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine, 39(4), 667 - 677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.11.078

Introduction Emerging evidence suggests young children are at greater risk of COVID-19 infection than initially predicted. However, a comprehensive understanding of epidemiology of COVID-19 infection in young children under five years, the most at-r... Read More about Epidemiology of COVID-19 infection in young children under five years: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The complete evaluation of tube potential on clinical image quality when using direct digital detectors for pelvis and lumbar spine radiography: Re: 'An evaluation of the effect of tube potential on clinical image quality using direct digital detectors for pelvis and lumbar spine radiographs' by Peacock, Steward and Riley. (2020)
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(2020). The complete evaluation of tube potential on clinical image quality when using direct digital detectors for pelvis and lumbar spine radiography: Re: 'An evaluation of the effect of tube potential on clinical image quality using direct digital detectors for pelvis and lumbar spine radiographs' by Peacock, Steward and Riley. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.429

Correspondence, Re: ‘An evaluation of the effect of tube potential on clinical image quality using direct digital detectors for pelvis and lumbar spine radiographs’ by Peacock, Steward and Riley.

May Sinclair and the Brontë myth: rewilding and dissocializing Charlotte (2020)
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Bowler. (2020). May Sinclair and the Brontë myth: rewilding and dissocializing Charlotte. Feminist Modernist Studies, 1 - 17. https://doi.org/10.1080/24692921.2020.1850146

This article surveys May Sinclair’s writing on the Brontë sisters in order to chart her revisionist impulse with relation to their reputation, her anxiety about her own literary reputation, genius in women and intellectual self-sufficiency. I argue t... Read More about May Sinclair and the Brontë myth: rewilding and dissocializing Charlotte.