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A qualitative exploration of two risk calculators using video-recorded NHS health check consultations (2020)
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(2020). A qualitative exploration of two risk calculators using video-recorded NHS health check consultations. BMC Family Practice, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01315-6

Abstract Background The aim of the study was to explore practitioner-patient interactions and patient responses when using QRISK®2 or JBS3 cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk calculators. Data were from video-recorded NHS Health Check (NHSHC) consultat... Read More about A qualitative exploration of two risk calculators using video-recorded NHS health check consultations.

Retrospective and concurrent perspectives of the transition into senior professional female football within the United Kingdom (2020)
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McGreary, M., Morris, R., & Eubank, M. (2021). Retrospective and concurrent perspectives of the transition into senior professional female football within the United Kingdom. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 53, Article 101855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101855

In the United Kingdom (UK), professional female football has grown exponentially in recent years, including with the advent of the Women's Super League. Given this growth, the present study aimed to (a) to explore the junior-to-senior transition in t... Read More about Retrospective and concurrent perspectives of the transition into senior professional female football within the United Kingdom.

The Stellenbosch Consensus on Legal National Responses to Public Health Risks (2020)
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(2020). The Stellenbosch Consensus on Legal National Responses to Public Health Risks. International Organizations Law Review, 90 - 157. https://doi.org/10.1163/15723747-2020023

The International Health Regulations (ihr), of which the World Health Organization is custodian, govern how countries collectively promote global health security, including prevention, detection, and response to global health emergencies such as the... Read More about The Stellenbosch Consensus on Legal National Responses to Public Health Risks.

Periodization in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation: A Novel Framework (2020)
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(2020). Periodization in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation: A Novel Framework. Medical Principles and Practice, 1 - 8. https://doi.org/10.1159/000511228

More than 250,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur each year in the USA, and approximately 65% of these injuries undergo reconstructive surgery. Appropriate rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction can yield predictably good outcomes, w... Read More about Periodization in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation: A Novel Framework.

Two Young Planetary Systems around Field Stars with Ages between 20 and 320 Myr from TESS (2020)
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Hellier. (2020). Two Young Planetary Systems around Field Stars with Ages between 20 and 320 Myr from TESS. Astronomical Journal, 2 - 2. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/abba22

Planets around young stars trace the early evolution of planetary systems. We report the discovery and validation of two planetary systems with ages ?300 Myr from observations by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The Myr old G star TO... Read More about Two Young Planetary Systems around Field Stars with Ages between 20 and 320 Myr from TESS.

The LENT index predicts 30 day outcomes following hospitalization for heart failure (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). The LENT index predicts 30 day outcomes following hospitalization for heart failure. ESC Heart Failure, https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13109

AIMS: The LE index (Length of hospitalization plus number of Emergent visits =6 months) predicts 30 day all-cause readmission or death following hospitalization for heart failure (HF). We combined N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)... Read More about The LENT index predicts 30 day outcomes following hospitalization for heart failure.

Compassion fatigue and the effectiveness of support structures for diagnostic radiographers in oncology. (2020)
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(2020). Compassion fatigue and the effectiveness of support structures for diagnostic radiographers in oncology. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 22-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2020.11.008

INTRODUCTION: Diagnostic radiographers working in oncology will have frequent contact with the same patients over a prolonged period. This can be mentally exhausting for the radiographer. Compassion fatigue (CF) occurs after repeated exposure to stre... Read More about Compassion fatigue and the effectiveness of support structures for diagnostic radiographers in oncology..

Randomized Trial Replication Using Observational Data for Comparative Effectiveness of Secukinumab and Ustekinumab in Psoriasis: A Study From the British Association of Dermatologists Biologics and Immunomodulators Register. (2020)
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Iskandar, I., Warren, R., Lunt, M., Mason, K., Evans, I., McElhone, K., …Ashcroft, D. (2020). Randomized Trial Replication Using Observational Data for Comparative Effectiveness of Secukinumab and Ustekinumab in Psoriasis: A Study From the British Association of Dermatologists Biologics and Immunomodulators Register. JAMA Dermatology, 157(1), 66-73. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.4202

Importance: Treatments for psoriasis may be less effective in everyday practice than in clinical trials. Emulating a target trial using data from the British Association of Dermatologists Biologics and Immunomodulators Register (BADBIR) can provide t... Read More about Randomized Trial Replication Using Observational Data for Comparative Effectiveness of Secukinumab and Ustekinumab in Psoriasis: A Study From the British Association of Dermatologists Biologics and Immunomodulators Register..

Cardiac arrest and related mortality in emergency departments in the United States: Analysis of the nationwide emergency department sample. (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Cardiac arrest and related mortality in emergency departments in the United States: Analysis of the nationwide emergency department sample. Resuscitation, 166 - 173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.10.005

AIMS: The aim of this study is to analyse the causes of cardiac arrests (CA) in the emergency departments (ED) in the United States and their clinical outcomes according to whether they had a primary or a secondary diagnosis of CA. METHODS: Data from... Read More about Cardiac arrest and related mortality in emergency departments in the United States: Analysis of the nationwide emergency department sample..

Race and racism: are we too comfortable with comfort? (2020)
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Silverwood. (2020). Race and racism: are we too comfortable with comfort?. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0143

After the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests, there has been a renewed appetite to tackle racism in all aspects of life. Within medicine and especially primary care, many people seem unclear about the racial disparities in hea... Read More about Race and racism: are we too comfortable with comfort?.

Creative Individuals are Social Risk-takers: Relationships between Creativity, Social Risk-Taking and Fear of Negative Evaluations (2020)
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(2020). Creative Individuals are Social Risk-takers: Relationships between Creativity, Social Risk-Taking and Fear of Negative Evaluations. Creativity. Theories-Research-Applications, 309 - 320. https://doi.org/10.2478/ctra-2020-0016

Abstract If the importance of social psychological factors in creativity has been widely emphasized, research across the social sciences mainly focused on identifying contextual factors that increase or decrease individuals’ creative behaviors. Few s... Read More about Creative Individuals are Social Risk-takers: Relationships between Creativity, Social Risk-Taking and Fear of Negative Evaluations.

“Return of the repressed”: Exposure to police violence increases protest and self-sacrifice intentions for the Yellow Vests (2020)
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(2020). “Return of the repressed”: Exposure to police violence increases protest and self-sacrifice intentions for the Yellow Vests. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1171 - 1186. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220920707

Worldwide, it is not uncommon to observe violent police reactions against social movements. These are often rationalized by decision makers as efficient ways to contain violence from protesters. In France for instance, the ongoing Yellow Vests prote... Read More about “Return of the repressed”: Exposure to police violence increases protest and self-sacrifice intentions for the Yellow Vests.

Validation and development of models using clinical, biochemical and ultrasound markers for predicting pre-eclampsia: an individual participant data meta-analysis. (2020)
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(2020). Validation and development of models using clinical, biochemical and ultrasound markers for predicting pre-eclampsia: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Health Technology Assessment, 1 - 252. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24720

BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Early identification of women at risk is needed to plan management. OBJECTIVES: To assess the performance of existing pre-eclampsia prediction models and... Read More about Validation and development of models using clinical, biochemical and ultrasound markers for predicting pre-eclampsia: an individual participant data meta-analysis..

The prognostic value of Tei index in acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review (2020)
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(2020). The prognostic value of Tei index in acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review. Echo Research and Practice, 49 - 58. https://doi.org/10.1530/ERP-20-0017

Background: Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is used in the risk stratification of patients with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, the prognostic value of the Tei index, an alternative measure of... Read More about The prognostic value of Tei index in acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review.

A Simple 3D-Only Evolutionary Bipedal System with Albatross Morphology for Increased Performance (2020)
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Channon. (2020). A Simple 3D-Only Evolutionary Bipedal System with Albatross Morphology for Increased Performance. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI47803.2020.9308500

Bipedal walking is a difficult behaviour to encode into an evolutionary neural network, particularly in three-dimensional environments. Agents must be constantly maintaining balance alongside their primary objectives. Here we re-implement a simple ev... Read More about A Simple 3D-Only Evolutionary Bipedal System with Albatross Morphology for Increased Performance.