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Indirect Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Activity and Outcomes of Transcatheter and Surgical Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis in England (2020)
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Mamas, & Nolan. (2020). Indirect Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Activity and Outcomes of Transcatheter and Surgical Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis in England. MedRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.05.20168922

Background Aortic stenosis requires timely treatment with either surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). This study aimed to investigate the indirect impact of COVID-19 on national SAVR and TAVR acti... Read More about Indirect Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Activity and Outcomes of Transcatheter and Surgical Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis in England.

Mothers of children removed under a care order: outcomes and experiences (2020)
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Richardson, V., & Brammer, A. (2020). Mothers of children removed under a care order: outcomes and experiences. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 42(3), 360 - 376. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2020.1796223

Focusing on accounts by women who have children taken into care, this paper reports on a socio-legal case study in England, investigating the life experiences of nine mothers, whose children have been made subject to care orders under the Children Ac... Read More about Mothers of children removed under a care order: outcomes and experiences.

A white dwarf bound to the transiting planetary system WASP-98 (2020)
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Southworth, J., Tremblay, P., Gänsicke, B. T., Evans, D., & Močnik, T. (2020). A white dwarf bound to the transiting planetary system WASP-98. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(4), 4416 - 4422. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2328

WASP-98 is a planetary system containing a hot Jupiter transiting a late-G dwarf. A fainter star 12? distant has previously been identified as a white dwarf, with a distance and proper motion consistent with a physical association with the planetary... Read More about A white dwarf bound to the transiting planetary system WASP-98.

Clickers versus Plickers: Comparing Two Audience Response Systems in a Smartphone-Free Teaching Environment (2020)
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Pearson. (2020). Clickers versus Plickers: Comparing Two Audience Response Systems in a Smartphone-Free Teaching Environment. Journal of Chemical Education, 2342-2346. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00464

This study compared the performance of two audience response systems (ARSs) without students requiring smartphone technology or Internet access during problem-based learning (PBL) activities. Clicker handsets linked to a radio frequency (RF) receiver... Read More about Clickers versus Plickers: Comparing Two Audience Response Systems in a Smartphone-Free Teaching Environment.

Clinical Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion in Native Coronary Arteries vs Saphenous Vein Grafts (2020)
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Shoaib, A., Johnson, T. W., Banning, A., Ludman, P., Rashid, M., Potts, J., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). Clinical Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion in Native Coronary Arteries vs Saphenous Vein Grafts. Journal of Invasive Cardiology,

Background. There are limited data comparing outcomes of patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) presenting with stable angina who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to either a saphenous vein grafts (SVG) or a chr... Read More about Clinical Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion in Native Coronary Arteries vs Saphenous Vein Grafts.

Discovery and characterization of the exoplanets WASP-148b and c - A transiting system with two interacting giant planets (2020)
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Hellier, Smalley, & Maxted. (2020). Discovery and characterization of the exoplanets WASP-148b and c - A transiting system with two interacting giant planets. Astronomy and Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038296

We present the discovery and characterization of WASP-148, a new extrasolar system that includes at least two giant planets. The host star is a slowly rotating inactive late-G dwarf with a V = 12 magnitude. The planet WASP-148b is a hot Jupiter of 0.... Read More about Discovery and characterization of the exoplanets WASP-148b and c - A transiting system with two interacting giant planets.

Association between systolic blood pressure and cardiovascular inpatient cost moderated by peer-support intervention among type 2 diabetes: two cohorts study (2020)
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Cai, Y., Graffy, J., Holman, D., Zhao, Z., Simmons, D., & Yu, D. (2021). Association between systolic blood pressure and cardiovascular inpatient cost moderated by peer-support intervention among type 2 diabetes: two cohorts study. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 45(2), 179-185.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjd.2020.07.008

Objective People with type 2 diabetes and increased systolic blood pressure (SBP) are at high risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). We aimed to investigate the association between CVD related hospital payments and SBP and test whether it is influen... Read More about Association between systolic blood pressure and cardiovascular inpatient cost moderated by peer-support intervention among type 2 diabetes: two cohorts study.

Derivation and validation of a risk score predicting early-onset risk of peritonitis among patients initialising peritoneal dialysis: a cohort study (2020)
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Ma, S., Cai, Y., Wang, Z., Zhao, Z., Xiao, J., & Yu, D. (2020). Derivation and validation of a risk score predicting early-onset risk of peritonitis among patients initialising peritoneal dialysis: a cohort study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 99, 301-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.009

Objectives Early onset peritonitis (EOP) increases risk of clinical complications in patients initialising peritoneal dialysis (PD). This study aimed to develop and validate a risk prediction model for EOP among patients initialising PD. Methods... Read More about Derivation and validation of a risk score predicting early-onset risk of peritonitis among patients initialising peritoneal dialysis: a cohort study.

The Predictive Value of CHA2DS2-VASc Score on In-Hospital Death and Adverse Periprocedural Events Among Patients With the Acute Coronary Syndrome and Atrial Fibrillation Who Undergo Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A 10-Year National Inpatient Sample (NIS) Analysis. (2020)
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Borovac, J. A., Shing Kwok, C., Mohamed, M. O., Fischman, D. L., Savage, M., Alraies, C., …Mamas, M. A. (2021). The Predictive Value of CHA2DS2-VASc Score on In-Hospital Death and Adverse Periprocedural Events Among Patients With the Acute Coronary Syndrome and Atrial Fibrillation Who Undergo Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A 10-Year National Inpatient Sample (NIS) Analysis. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 29, 61 - 68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2020.08.003

BACKGROUND: The predictive value of CHA2DS2-VASc score regarding the in-hospital death and periprocedural adverse events following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) among patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and concomitant atrial fibri... Read More about The Predictive Value of CHA2DS2-VASc Score on In-Hospital Death and Adverse Periprocedural Events Among Patients With the Acute Coronary Syndrome and Atrial Fibrillation Who Undergo Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A 10-Year National Inpatient Sample (NIS) Analysis..

The osmo-metabolic approach: a novel and tantalizing glucose-sparing strategy in peritoneal dialysis. (2020)
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Bonomini, M., Zammit, V., Divino-Filho, J. C., Davies, S. J., Di Liberato, L., Arduini, A., & Lambie, M. (2020). The osmo-metabolic approach: a novel and tantalizing glucose-sparing strategy in peritoneal dialysis. Journal of Nephrology, 34, Article 503–519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40620-020-00804-2

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a viable but under-prescribed treatment for uremic patients. Concerns about its use include the bio-incompatibility of PD fluids, due to their potential for altering the functional and anatomical integrity of the peritonea... Read More about The osmo-metabolic approach: a novel and tantalizing glucose-sparing strategy in peritoneal dialysis..

Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. (2020)
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(2020). Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-020-02951-8

BACKGROUND: Frailty and adverse drug effects are linked in the fact that polypharmacy is correlated with the severity of frailty; however, a causal relation has not been proven in older people with clinically manifest frailty. METHODS: A literature s... Read More about Current evidence on the impact of medication optimization or pharmacological interventions on frailty or aspects of frailty: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials..

Technology versus tradition: a non-inferiority trial comparing video to face-to-face consultations with a physiotherapist for people with knee osteoarthritis. Protocol for the PEAK randomised controlled trial. (2020)
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(2020). Technology versus tradition: a non-inferiority trial comparing video to face-to-face consultations with a physiotherapist for people with knee osteoarthritis. Protocol for the PEAK randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03523-8

BACKGROUND: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a global problem that causes significant pain and physical dysfunction, substantially impacting on quality of life and imposing enormous cost to the healthcare system. Exercise is pivotal to OA management, yet... Read More about Technology versus tradition: a non-inferiority trial comparing video to face-to-face consultations with a physiotherapist for people with knee osteoarthritis. Protocol for the PEAK randomised controlled trial..

Author Correction: A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. (2020)
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Simoni, A., Hammond, A. M., Beaghton, A. K., Galizi, R., Taxiarchi, C., Kyrou, K., …Crisanti, A. (2020). Author Correction: A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nature Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0658-1

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care (2020)
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Muller, Watson, Belcher, Mallen, Roddy, & Nicholls. (2020). Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 72(11), 1928-1935. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.41476

Objective To investigate the existence of distinct classes of gout flare trajectories and compare their gout-specific, comorbid, and sociodemographic characteristics. Methods In a prospective cohort study, adults with gout who were registered wi... Read More about Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care.

Explicit model for surface waves in a pre-stressed, compressible elastic half-space (2020)
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Prikazchikov, D. (2020). Explicit model for surface waves in a pre-stressed, compressible elastic half-space. https://doi.org/10.26577/ijmph.2020.v11.i1.02

The paper is concerned with the derivation of the hyperbolic-elliptic asymptotic model for surface wave in a pre-stressed, compressible, elastic half-space, within the framework of plane-strain assumption. The consideration extends the existing metho... Read More about Explicit model for surface waves in a pre-stressed, compressible elastic half-space.

Medical ethics: knowledge, attitude and practice among doctors in three teaching hospitals in Sri Lanka (2020)
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(2020). Medical ethics: knowledge, attitude and practice among doctors in three teaching hospitals in Sri Lanka. BMC Medical Ethics, 69 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-020-00511-4

BACKGROUND: Medical ethics deals with the ethical obligations of doctors to their patients, colleagues and society. The annual reports of Sri Lanka Medical Council indicate that the number of complaints against doctors has increased over the years. W... Read More about Medical ethics: knowledge, attitude and practice among doctors in three teaching hospitals in Sri Lanka.