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The Gaia-ESO Survey: Galactic evolution of lithium at high metallicity (2020)
Journal Article
Jeffries, R., & Wright, N. J. (2020). The Gaia-ESO Survey: Galactic evolution of lithium at high metallicity. Astronomy and Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038688

Context. Reconstructing the Galactic evolution of lithium (Li) is the main tool used to constrain the source(s) of Li enrichment in the Galaxy. Recent results have suggested a decline in Li at supersolar metallicities, which may indicate reduced prod... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: Galactic evolution of lithium at high metallicity.

Governing for and through harmonious community: The emergence of moral clinics in China (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Governing for and through harmonious community: The emergence of moral clinics in China. Urban Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020940640

In this article, we advocate the adoption of 'more temporal and processual characters' to understand contemporary community governance in China. We show that communities in China are seen both as producing moral problems and as being the solutions to... Read More about Governing for and through harmonious community: The emergence of moral clinics in China.

Temporal Trends in Pregnancy‐Associated Stroke and Its Outcomes Among Women With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (2020)
Journal Article
Wu, P., Jordan, K. P., Chew‐Graham, C. A., Coutinho, T., Lundberg, G. P., Park, K. E., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). Temporal Trends in Pregnancy‐Associated Stroke and Its Outcomes Among Women With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 9(15), https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.016182

Background Stroke is a serious complication of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), with potentially severe and long-term sequelae. However, the temporal trends, predictors and outcomes of stroke in women with HDP at delivery remain unknown.... Read More about Temporal Trends in Pregnancy‐Associated Stroke and Its Outcomes Among Women With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.

Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people with musculoskeletal disorders. The MI-NAV study. (2020)
Journal Article
Øiestad, B., Aanesen, F., Berg, R., Foster, N., Grotle, M., Løchting, I., …van Tulder, M. (2020). Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people with musculoskeletal disorders. The MI-NAV study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03475-z

BACKGROUND: Little research exists on the effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI) on return to work (RTW) in workers on long term sick leave. The objectives of this study protocol is to describe a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with the ob... Read More about Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people with musculoskeletal disorders. The MI-NAV study..

The evolution of sexually dimorphic cuticular hydrocarbons in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). (2020)
Journal Article
Drijfhout. (2020). The evolution of sexually dimorphic cuticular hydrocarbons in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13685

Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are organic compounds found on the cuticles of all insects which can act as close-contact pheromones, while also providing a hydrophobic barrier to water loss. Given their widespread importance in sexual behaviour and su... Read More about The evolution of sexually dimorphic cuticular hydrocarbons in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)..

Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for adults with mood and anxiety disorders in a post-conflict area of Pakistan: randomised controlled trial. (2020)
Journal Article
Farooq. (2020). Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for adults with mood and anxiety disorders in a post-conflict area of Pakistan: randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry, 623-629. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2020.138

BACKGROUND: With the development of evidence-based interventions for treatment of priority mental health conditions in humanitarian settings, it is important to establish the cost-effectiveness of such interventions to enable their scale-up. AIMS: To... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of WHO Problem Management Plus for adults with mood and anxiety disorders in a post-conflict area of Pakistan: randomised controlled trial..

Testing small study effects in multivariate meta-analysis. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Testing small study effects in multivariate meta-analysis. Biometrics, https://doi.org/10.1111/biom.13342

Small study effects occur when smaller studies show different, often larger, treatment effects than large ones, which may threaten the validity of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The most well-known reasons for small study effects include publi... Read More about Testing small study effects in multivariate meta-analysis..

Physical activity and liver health among urban and rural Chinese adults: results from two independent surveys (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., Chen, Y., Qin, R., Cai, Y., Bai, F., Yu, D., …Geng, B. (2021). Physical activity and liver health among urban and rural Chinese adults: results from two independent surveys. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, 19(1), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesf.2020.07.004

Background Increased physical activity has been associated with reduced risks of various physical and mental conditions. However, the association between physical activity and liver health in the Chinese general adult population is not clear. This s... Read More about Physical activity and liver health among urban and rural Chinese adults: results from two independent surveys.

Incentive-driven decision-making networks in de novo and drug-treated Parkinson’s disease patients with impulsive-compulsive behaviors: A systematic review of neuroimaging studies (2020)
Journal Article
Martini, A., Tamburin, S., Biundo, R., Weis, L., Antonini, A., Pizzolo, C., …Edelstyn, N. M. (2020). Incentive-driven decision-making networks in de novo and drug-treated Parkinson’s disease patients with impulsive-compulsive behaviors: A systematic review of neuroimaging studies. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 165-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.07.020

Background: In Parkinson’s disease (PD), impulsive-compulsive behaviors (ICBs) may develop as side-effect of dopaminergic medications. Abnormal incentive-driven decision-making, which is supported by the cognitive control and motivation interaction,... Read More about Incentive-driven decision-making networks in de novo and drug-treated Parkinson’s disease patients with impulsive-compulsive behaviors: A systematic review of neuroimaging studies.

The social practice of silence in intercultural classrooms at a UK university (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, S., Moskal, M., & Schweisfurth, M. (2022). The social practice of silence in intercultural classrooms at a UK university. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 52(4), 600-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2020.1798215

The paper offers an examination of the dynamics between silence, agency and power for students and instructors in intercultural classrooms at a UK university. Silent students are often stereotyped as passive learners or incompetent in critical thinki... Read More about The social practice of silence in intercultural classrooms at a UK university.

Trends of in-hospital and 30-day mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention in England before and after the COVID-19 era (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas, & Rashid. (2020). Trends of in-hospital and 30-day mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention in England before and after the COVID-19 era. MedRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.18.20155549v1

Objectives: To examine short-term primary causes of death after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a national cohort before and during COVID-19. Background: Public reporting of PCI outcomes is a performance metric and a requirement in many h... Read More about Trends of in-hospital and 30-day mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention in England before and after the COVID-19 era.

Computational modelling of attentional selectivity in depression reveals perceptual deficits (2020)
Journal Article
Grange. (2020). Computational modelling of attentional selectivity in depression reveals perceptual deficits. Psychological Medicine, 904-913. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720002652

Background Depression is associated with broad deficits in cognitive control, including in visual selective attention tasks such as the flanker task. Previous computational modelling of depression and flanker task performance showed reduced pre-pote... Read More about Computational modelling of attentional selectivity in depression reveals perceptual deficits.

Percutaneous Intervention or Bypass Graft for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2020). Percutaneous Intervention or Bypass Graft for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4081642

Background. The safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for stable left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) remains controversial.Methods. Digital databases were searched to compa... Read More about Percutaneous Intervention or Bypass Graft for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and the Myth of the Irrational Female (2020)
Book Chapter
King, S. (2020). Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and the Myth of the Irrational Female. In The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies (287-302). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_23

King’s chapter begins by describing the historical context of ‘premenstrual’ symptoms, which were first formally described in 1931. She then questions the prioritization of mood-based symptoms in the diagnostic criteria for Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS... Read More about Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and the Myth of the Irrational Female.

Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars I. Development of the method and application to AI Phoenicis (2020)
Journal Article
Smalley, & Maxted. (2020). Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars I. Development of the method and application to AI Phoenicis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2899-2909. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2167

Stars with accurate and precise effective temperature (Teff) measurements are needed to test stellar atmosphere models and calibrate empirical methods to determine Teff. There are few standard stars currently available to calibrate temperature indica... Read More about Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars I. Development of the method and application to AI Phoenicis.

Transcriptional profiling reveals altered biological characteristics of chorionic stem cells from women with gestational diabetes (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, L., Wang, C., Forsyth, N. R., & Wu, P. (2020). Transcriptional profiling reveals altered biological characteristics of chorionic stem cells from women with gestational diabetes. Stem Cell Research and Therapy, 11, Article 319. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-020-01828-y

Background Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a common complication of pregnancy. The impact of pregnancy complications on placental function suggests that extraembryonic stem cells in the placenta may also be affected during pregnancy. Neonatal tissue-d... Read More about Transcriptional profiling reveals altered biological characteristics of chorionic stem cells from women with gestational diabetes.

Dose-response association between physical activity and clustering of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among 26,093 Chinese adults (2020)
Journal Article
Shi, R., Cai, Y., Yang, Y., Yu, D., & Qin, R. (2020). Dose-response association between physical activity and clustering of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among 26,093 Chinese adults. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 20, Article 347. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01627-6

Background There is uncertain evidence in the dose-response association between overall physical activity levels and clustering of cardiovascular diseases modifiable risk factors (CVDMRF) in Chinese adults. This study examined the hypothesis whether... Read More about Dose-response association between physical activity and clustering of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among 26,093 Chinese adults.

A staggered high-dimensional Proper Generalised Decomposition for coupled magneto-mechanical problems with application to MRI scanners (2020)
Journal Article
Barroso, G., Seoane, M., Gil, A., Ledger, P., Mallett, M., & Huerta, A. (2020). A staggered high-dimensional Proper Generalised Decomposition for coupled magneto-mechanical problems with application to MRI scanners. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 370, 113271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113271

Manufacturing new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners represents a computational challenge to industry, due to the large variability in material parameters and geometrical configurations that need to be tested during the early design phase. Thi... Read More about A staggered high-dimensional Proper Generalised Decomposition for coupled magneto-mechanical problems with application to MRI scanners.