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Vector-Focused Approaches to Curb Malaria Transmission in the Brazilian Amazon: An Overview of Current and Future Challenges and Strategies (2020)
Journal Article
Matos Rocha, E., de Melo Katak, R., Campos de Oliveira, J., da Silva Araujo, M., Cechetto Carlos, B., Galizi, R., …A. Souza-Neto, J. (2020). Vector-Focused Approaches to Curb Malaria Transmission in the Brazilian Amazon: An Overview of Current and Future Challenges and Strategies. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 161. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5040161

In Brazil, malaria transmission is mostly confined to the Amazon, where substantial progress has been achieved towards disease control in the past decade. Vector control has been historically considered a fundamental part of the main malaria control... Read More about Vector-Focused Approaches to Curb Malaria Transmission in the Brazilian Amazon: An Overview of Current and Future Challenges and Strategies.

Engineered RNA-Interacting CRISPR Guide RNAs for Genetic Sensing and Diagnostics (2020)
Journal Article
Galizi, R., Duncan, J. N., Rostain, W., Quinn, C. M., Storch, M., Kushwaha, M., & Jaramillo, A. (2020). Engineered RNA-Interacting CRISPR Guide RNAs for Genetic Sensing and Diagnostics. The CRISPR Journal, 398 - 408. https://doi.org/10.1089/crispr.2020.0029

CRISPR guide RNAs (gRNAs) can be programmed with relative ease to allow the genetic editing of nearly any DNA or RNA sequence. Here, we propose novel molecular architectures to achieve RNA-dependent modulation of CRISPR activity in response to specif... Read More about Engineered RNA-Interacting CRISPR Guide RNAs for Genetic Sensing and Diagnostics.

Impact of COVID-19 on cardiac procedure activity in England and associated 30-day mortality (2020)
Journal Article
Mohamed, M. O., Banerjee, A., Clarke, S., de Belder, M., Patwala, A., Goodwin, A. T., …Mamas, M. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on cardiac procedure activity in England and associated 30-day mortality. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 7(3), 247-256. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaa079

Background: Limited data exists on the impact of COVID-19 on national changes in cardiac procedure activity, including patient characteristics and clinical outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods and Results: All major cardiac pr... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 on cardiac procedure activity in England and associated 30-day mortality.

The efficacy of appropriate paper-based technology for Kenyan children with cerebral palsy. (2020)
Journal Article
Samia, P., Williams, F., Taylor, S., Lindoewood, R., Barton, C., & Buckley, J. (2020). The efficacy of appropriate paper-based technology for Kenyan children with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1 - 11. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1830442

PURPOSE: Appropriate paper-based technology (APT) is used to provide postural support for children with cerebral palsy (CP) in low-resourced settings. This pilot study aimed to evaluate the impact of APT on the children's and families' lives. MATERIA... Read More about The efficacy of appropriate paper-based technology for Kenyan children with cerebral palsy..

Artificial intelligence and machine learning in orthopedic surgery: a systematic review protocol. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Artificial intelligence and machine learning in orthopedic surgery: a systematic review protocol. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 478 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-020-02002-z

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are interwoven into our everyday lives and have grown enormously in some major fields in medicine including cardiology and radiology. While these specialties have quickly embraced AI... Read More about Artificial intelligence and machine learning in orthopedic surgery: a systematic review protocol..

Identification of undiagnosed atrial fibrillation patients using a machine learning risk prediction algorithm and diagnostic testing (PULsE-AI): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
Nathan R., H., Chris, A., Lee, B., A. John, C., David, C., D. Wyn, D., …Alexander T., C. (2020). Identification of undiagnosed atrial fibrillation patients using a machine learning risk prediction algorithm and diagnostic testing (PULsE-AI): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2020.106191

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of stroke, enhanced stroke severity, and other comorbidities. However, AF is often asymptomatic, and frequently remains undiagnosed until complications occur. Current screening approaches... Read More about Identification of undiagnosed atrial fibrillation patients using a machine learning risk prediction algorithm and diagnostic testing (PULsE-AI): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Trial characteristics associated with the underrepresentation of women as lead authors in heart failure clinical trials (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2020). Trial characteristics associated with the underrepresentation of women as lead authors in heart failure clinical trials. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1919-1930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.08.062

Background Clinical trials change practice in cardiology, and leading them requires research training, mentorship, sponsorship, and networking. Women report challenges in obtaining these opportunities. Objectives The purpose of this review was t... Read More about Trial characteristics associated with the underrepresentation of women as lead authors in heart failure clinical trials.

‘Counter-spurt’ but not ‘de-civilization’: fascism, (un)civility, taboo, and the ‘civilizing process’ (2020)
Journal Article
Kallis. (2020). ‘Counter-spurt’ but not ‘de-civilization’: fascism, (un)civility, taboo, and the ‘civilizing process’. Journal of Political Ideologies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2020.1825278

Norbert Elias described the rise of fascism and the violent spasm of the Holocaust as examples of extreme ‘counter-spurts’ towards ‘re-barbarisation’ in his overall schema of recent human history as a ‘civilizing process’. But the shift towards the n... Read More about ‘Counter-spurt’ but not ‘de-civilization’: fascism, (un)civility, taboo, and the ‘civilizing process’.

Thinking Aloud. A qualitative analysis of stressors and coping responses in cricket bowlers during a competitive match (2020)
Journal Article
McGreary, M., Birch, P., Eubank, M., & Whitehead, A. (2021). Thinking Aloud. A qualitative analysis of stressors and coping responses in cricket bowlers during a competitive match. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 13(6), 972-989. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2020.1829013

Stressors and coping in cricket bowlers have yet to be explicitly examined. The present study aimed to investigate stressors and coping verbalisations of cricket bowlers during a competitive match using a Think Aloud (TA) method. TA provides access t... Read More about Thinking Aloud. A qualitative analysis of stressors and coping responses in cricket bowlers during a competitive match.

Modelling the impact of the mandatory use of face coverings on public transport and in retail outlets in the UK on COVID-19-related infections, hospital admissions and mortality (2020)
Journal Article
Heald, A. H., Stedman, M., Tian, Z., Wu, P., & Fryer, A. A. (2021). Modelling the impact of the mandatory use of face coverings on public transport and in retail outlets in the UK on COVID-19-related infections, hospital admissions and mortality. International Journal of Clinical Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13768

Introduction The rapid spread of the pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV26 2/)(COVID-19) virus resulted in governments around the world instigating a range of measures, including mandating the wearing of... Read More about Modelling the impact of the mandatory use of face coverings on public transport and in retail outlets in the UK on COVID-19-related infections, hospital admissions and mortality.

Ordovician carbon isotope stratigraphy of China: A synthesis (2020)
Book Chapter
Li, C., & Zhang, Y. (2020). Ordovician carbon isotope stratigraphy of China: A synthesis. In M. Montenari (Ed.), Stratigraphy & Timescales (353-386). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2020.08.010

In this paper we review the published carbon isotope records (δ13Ccarb) of the Ordovician System from Chinese terranes, principally South China, North China, Tarim and Xizang (Tibet). All the δ13Ccarb values from a number of sections in each terrane... Read More about Ordovician carbon isotope stratigraphy of China: A synthesis.

Factors associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes in patients with psoriasis: insights from a global registry-based study (2020)
Journal Article
Mahil, S. K., Dand, N., Mason, K. J., Yiu, Z. Z. . N., Tsakok, T., Meynell, F., …study group, P. (2021). Factors associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes in patients with psoriasis: insights from a global registry-based study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 147(1), 60-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2020.10.007

BACKGROUND: The multi-morbid burden and use of systemic immunosuppressants in people with psoriasis may confer greater risk of adverse COVID-19 outcomes but data are limited. OBJECTIVE: Characterize the course of COVID-19 in psoriasis and identify fa... Read More about Factors associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes in patients with psoriasis: insights from a global registry-based study.

Evidence-based treatment recommendations for neck and low back pain across Europe: A systematic review of guidelines. (2020)
Journal Article
Corp, N., Mansell, G., Stynes, S., Wynne-Jones, G., Morsø, L., Hill, J., & Van Der Windt, D. (2021). Evidence-based treatment recommendations for neck and low back pain across Europe: A systematic review of guidelines. European Journal of Pain, 25(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1679

Background and objective: This systematic review synthesised evidence from European neck and low back pain (NLBP) clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to identify recommended treatment options for use across Europe. Databases and Data Treatment: Compr... Read More about Evidence-based treatment recommendations for neck and low back pain across Europe: A systematic review of guidelines..

Excess mortality in England and Wales during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2020). Excess mortality in England and Wales during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 213 - 223. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214764

BACKGROUND: Deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic result directly from infection and exacerbation of other diseases and indirectly from deferment of care for other conditions, and are socially and geographically patterned. We quantified excess mortalit... Read More about Excess mortality in England and Wales during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic..

Development of an automated radiotherapy dose accumulation workflow for locally advanced high-risk prostate cancer - A technical report. (2020)
Journal Article
Knight, K., Panettieri, V., Dimmock, M., Ong, A., Tuan, J., Tan, H., …Wright, C. (2020). Development of an automated radiotherapy dose accumulation workflow for locally advanced high-risk prostate cancer - A technical report. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 203 - 210. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.442

An automated dose accumulation and contour propagation workflow using daily cone beam computed tomography (CBCTs) images for prostate cases that require pelvic lymph nodes irradiation (PLNs) was developed. This workflow was constructed using MIM® sof... Read More about Development of an automated radiotherapy dose accumulation workflow for locally advanced high-risk prostate cancer - A technical report..

Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) is found where few are looking: assessing mosquito diversity and density outside inhabited areas using diverse sampling methods. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) is found where few are looking: assessing mosquito diversity and density outside inhabited areas using diverse sampling methods. Parasites and Vectors, 516 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04403-9

BACKGROUND: One of the promising current approaches to curb malaria lies in genetic vector control, the implementation of which will require an improved understanding of the movement of genetic constructs among mosquito populations. To predict potent... Read More about Anopheles gambiae (s.l.) is found where few are looking: assessing mosquito diversity and density outside inhabited areas using diverse sampling methods..

Ethnic differences in mortality and hospital admission rates between Maori, Pacific, and European New Zealanders with type 2 diabetes between 1994 and 2018: a retrospective, population-based, longitudinal cohort study (2020)
Journal Article
Yu, D., Zhao, Z., Osuagwu, U. L., Pickering, K., Baker, J., Cutfield, R., …Simmons, D. (2021). Ethnic differences in mortality and hospital admission rates between Maori, Pacific, and European New Zealanders with type 2 diabetes between 1994 and 2018: a retrospective, population-based, longitudinal cohort study. The Lancet Global Health, 9(2), e209-e217. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X%2820%2930412-5

Background Type 2 diabetes affects Indigenous and non-European populations disproportionately, including in New Zealand, where long-term temporal trends in cause-specific clinical outcomes between Maori, Pacific, and European people remain unclear.... Read More about Ethnic differences in mortality and hospital admission rates between Maori, Pacific, and European New Zealanders with type 2 diabetes between 1994 and 2018: a retrospective, population-based, longitudinal cohort study.

Identification of a Functional Small Noncoding RNA of African Swine Fever Virus (2020)
Journal Article
Dunn, L. E., Ivens, A., Netherton, C. L., Chapman, D. A., & Beard, P. M. (2020). Identification of a Functional Small Noncoding RNA of African Swine Fever Virus. Journal of Virology, 94(21), https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01515-20

African swine fever (ASF) poses a major threat to pig populations and food security worldwide. The disease is endemic to Africa and Eastern Europe and is rapidly emerging into Asia, where it has led to the deaths of millions of pigs in the last 12?mo... Read More about Identification of a Functional Small Noncoding RNA of African Swine Fever Virus.