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Colloidal III-V quantum dots: a synthetic perspective (2023)
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Gazis, T. A., Cartlidge, A. J., & Matthews, P. D. (2023). Colloidal III-V quantum dots: a synthetic perspective. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11(12), 3926-3935. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc05234b

With the advent of stricter environmental regulation, quantum dots based on cadmium, lead and other heavy metals have become anathema. III–V semiconductors constitute a promising alternative because they not only match but indeed surpass the optoelec... Read More about Colloidal III-V quantum dots: a synthetic perspective.

Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents (2023)
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Dunn, K., Montgomery, L. R., Andreucci, A., Kamper, S. J., van der Windt, D., Michaleff, Z. A., …Swain, M. S. (2023). Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd014773

Objectives This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (prognosis). The objectives are as follows: We aim to describe the overall prognosis (focusing on the pain course) and the negative impact(s) of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, an... Read More about Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents.

Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Types with In-Hospital Management and Outcomes of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (2023)
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Sethupathi, P., Matetic, A., Bang, V., Myint, P. K., Rendon, I., Bagur, R., …Mamas, M. A. (2023). Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Types with In-Hospital Management and Outcomes of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 52, 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2023.02.008

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important risk factor for adverse outcomes following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but large-scale studies investigating the differential impact of Type 1 DM (T1DM) and Type 2 DM (T2DM) on AMI outcomes ar... Read More about Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Types with In-Hospital Management and Outcomes of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Enabling Access to Pharmacy Law Teaching during COVID-19: Student Perceptions of MyDispense and Assessment Outcomes (2023)
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Slater, N., Mason, T., Micallef, R., Ramkhelawon, M., & May, L. (2023). Enabling Access to Pharmacy Law Teaching during COVID-19: Student Perceptions of MyDispense and Assessment Outcomes. Pharmacy, 11(2), Article ARTN 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy11020044

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not always possible to teach pharmacy practice and practical dispensing skills in person. Second-year pharmacy students (n = 147) were given access to a virtual simulation tool, MyDispense, to supplement their lea... Read More about Enabling Access to Pharmacy Law Teaching during COVID-19: Student Perceptions of MyDispense and Assessment Outcomes.

Algorithmic coincidence classification of mesh patterns (2023)
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Bean, C., Gudmundsson, B., Magnusson, T. K., & Ulfarsson, H. (2023). Algorithmic coincidence classification of mesh patterns. Information and Computation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ic.2023.105014

Permutations have connections to other mathematical objects such as Schubert varieties, sorting networks, and genome rearrangements. Often the connection is described in terms of patterns that are absent from the permutations. There can be ambiguity... Read More about Algorithmic coincidence classification of mesh patterns.

The EBLM project X. benchmark masses, radii and temperatures for two fully convective M-dwarfs using K2 (2023)
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Duck, A., Martin, D. V., Gill, S., Armitage, T., Rodríguez Martínez, R., Maxted, P. F. L., …Udry, S. (2023). The EBLM project X. benchmark masses, radii and temperatures for two fully convective M-dwarfs using K2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(4), 6305-6317. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad452

M-dwarfs are the most abundant stars in the galaxy and popular targets for exoplanet searches. However, their intrinsic faintness and complex spectra inhibit precise characterisation. We only know of dozens of M-dwarfs with fundamental parameters of... Read More about The EBLM project X. benchmark masses, radii and temperatures for two fully convective M-dwarfs using K2.

Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK (2023)
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Eissa, R., Cassidy, N., Gunn, D., Stimpson, I., Dashwood, B., Morgan, D., …Lee, J. (2023). Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. https://doi.org/10.46717/igj.56.1b.13ms-2023-2-21

Microtremor seismic surveys are routinely used to provide shear wave velocities that are converted to soil stiffness site profiles. In this paper, we look to assess the feasibility of using trains as seismic sources to characterize near-surface geolo... Read More about Using Passing Trains as Seismic Sources for Refraction Microtremor Site Characterisation Surveys: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK.

Predicting Risk of Cardiotoxic Effects in Breast Cancer: Are We There Yet? (2023)
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Averbuch, T., Mamas, M. A., & Van Spall, H. G. C. (in press). Predicting Risk of Cardiotoxic Effects in Breast Cancer: Are We There Yet?. Jama Network Open, 6(2), e230577. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.0577

People with breast cancer are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, myocardial injury, and heart failure (HF) due to underlying risk factors, a proinflammatory milieu, and cancer therapy–related cardiovascular toxic effects (CTR-CVT).1 Of the... Read More about Predicting Risk of Cardiotoxic Effects in Breast Cancer: Are We There Yet?.

Sex and country differences in gout: cross-country comparison between Sweden and the UK (2023)
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Dehlin, M., Muller, S., Mallen, C., Landgren, A., Watson, L., Jacobsson, L., & Roddy, E. (2023). Sex and country differences in gout: cross-country comparison between Sweden and the UK. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 52(6), 673-682. https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.2023.2177383

OBJECTIVE: Compare characteristics, sex differences, and management of gout in Sweden and the UK. METHOD: The results from two separate primary care gout surveys from Sweden and the UK were compared. Participants aged =18 years with gout were sent a... Read More about Sex and country differences in gout: cross-country comparison between Sweden and the UK.

Domes and semi-capsules as model systems for infrared microspectroscopy of biological cells. (2023)
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Solheim, J., Brandsrud, M., Kong, B., Banyasz, A., Borondics, F., Micouin, G., …Kohler, A. (2023). Domes and semi-capsules as model systems for infrared microspectroscopy of biological cells. Scientific reports, 13(1), Article 3165. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30130-z

It is well known that infrared microscopy of micrometer sized samples suffers from strong scattering distortions, attributed to Mie scattering. The state-of-the-art preprocessing technique for modelling and removing Mie scattering features from infra... Read More about Domes and semi-capsules as model systems for infrared microspectroscopy of biological cells..

Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) is successful in the management of acutely infected unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a case series (2023)
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Brivio, A., Al-Jabri, T., Martin, J., Barrett, D., & Maffulli, N. (2023). Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) is successful in the management of acutely infected unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a case series. Annals of Medicine, 55(1), 680-688. https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2023.2179105

Background Infections are rare and poorly studied complications of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) surgery. They are significantly less common compared to infections after total knee arthroplasties (TKAs). Optimal management of periprosthet... Read More about Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) is successful in the management of acutely infected unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a case series.

Holocene Rapid Climate Change: Pervasive Millennial-Scale Climate Variability across the North Atlantic (2023)
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Austin, W., Howe, J., Cage, A., & Smeaton, C. (2023). Holocene Rapid Climate Change: Pervasive Millennial-Scale Climate Variability across the North Atlantic. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16352

Rapid climate change (RCC) during the Holocene, particularly post-dating the demise of large Northern Hemisphere ice sheets after 8000 cal. yr BP, is a global phenomenon and is almost certainly driven by long-term changes in insolation, upon which so... Read More about Holocene Rapid Climate Change: Pervasive Millennial-Scale Climate Variability across the North Atlantic.

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HbA1c Testing: Prioritization of High-Risk Cases and Impact of Social Deprivation (2023)
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Holland, D., Heald, A. H., Hanna, F. F., Stedman, M., Wu, P., Sim, J., …Fryer, A. A. (2023). The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HbA1c Testing: Prioritization of High-Risk Cases and Impact of Social Deprivation. Diabetes Therapy, 14, 691-707. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-023-01380-x

INTRODUCTION: Studies show that the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected people with diabetes and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. During the first 6 months of the UK lockdown,?>?6.6 M glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) tests were missed. We... Read More about The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HbA1c Testing: Prioritization of High-Risk Cases and Impact of Social Deprivation.

‘The persuasion effects of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) video advertisements: A conceptual review’ (2023)
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Jayawardena, N. S., Thaichon, P., Quach, S., Razzaq, A., & Behl, A. (2023). ‘The persuasion effects of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) video advertisements: A conceptual review’. Journal of Business Research, 160, Article 113739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113739

Using the social psychology theory of elaboration likelihood model (ELM), we present a conceptual model of persuading consumer attitudes through virtual and augmented reality advertisements. We begin this paper with a systematic literature review tha... Read More about ‘The persuasion effects of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) video advertisements: A conceptual review’.

Automatic Detection of Skin Cancer Melanoma Using Transfer Learning in Deep Network (2023)
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Wang, X., Yang, Y., & Mandal, B. (2023). Automatic Detection of Skin Cancer Melanoma Using Transfer Learning in Deep Network. AIP conference proceedings, 2562, Article ARTN 020009. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0111909

As the deadliest type of skin cancer, melanoma has a high mortality rate and takes away thousands of lives in the UK every year. However, if detected at earlier stage, the survival rate largely increases. With the development of machine learning, man... Read More about Automatic Detection of Skin Cancer Melanoma Using Transfer Learning in Deep Network.

Exploration of utility of combined optical photothermal infrared and Raman imaging for investigating the chemical composition of microcalcifications in breast cancer (2023)
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Bouzy, P., Lyburn, I. D., Pinder, S. E., Scott, R., Mansfield, J., Moger, J., …Stone, N. (in press). Exploration of utility of combined optical photothermal infrared and Raman imaging for investigating the chemical composition of microcalcifications in breast cancer. Analytical Methods, 15(13), 1620-1630. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ay01197b

Microcalcifications play an important role in cancer detection. They are evaluated by their radiological and histological characteristics but it is challenging to find a link between their morphology, their composition and the nature of a specific ty... Read More about Exploration of utility of combined optical photothermal infrared and Raman imaging for investigating the chemical composition of microcalcifications in breast cancer.

Environmental Applications of Zeolites: Hydrophobic Sn-BEA as a Selective Gas Sensor for Exhaust Fumes (2023)
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Dubray, F., Jendrlin, M., Grand, J., Lakiss, L., El Fallah, J., Mintova, S., …Zholobenko, V. (2023). Environmental Applications of Zeolites: Hydrophobic Sn-BEA as a Selective Gas Sensor for Exhaust Fumes. Chemistry, 334 - 347. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry5010025

Environmental monitoring of pollutants, such as NOx and COx, which can be facilitated by a range of gas sensors, is of considerable fundamental and practical importance. This work has been focused on the synthesis and evaluation of zeolite beta with... Read More about Environmental Applications of Zeolites: Hydrophobic Sn-BEA as a Selective Gas Sensor for Exhaust Fumes.