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Aluminum and Amyloid-ß in Familial Alzheimer's Disease. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Aluminum and Amyloid-ß in Familial Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 1627-1635. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-191140

Genetic predispositions associated with metabolism of the amyloid-ß protein precursor underlie familial Alzheimer's disease; a form of dementia characterized by early disease onset and elevated levels of cortical amyloid-ß. Human exposure to aluminum... Read More about Aluminum and Amyloid-ß in Familial Alzheimer's Disease..

Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi (2020)
Journal Article
J. Chaplin, W., M. Serenelli, A., Miglio, A., Morel, T., Mackereth, J. T., Vincenzo, F., …Yıldız, M. (2020). Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi. Nature Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0975-9

Over the course of its history, the Milky Way has ingested multiple smaller satellite galaxies. While these accreted stellar populations can be forensically identified as kinematically distinct structures within the Galaxy, it is difficult in general... Read More about Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi.

Galaxy Plot: A New Visualization Tool of Bivariate Meta-Analysis Studies. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Galaxy Plot: A New Visualization Tool of Bivariate Meta-Analysis Studies. American Journal of Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwz286

Funnel plots have been widely used to detect small study effects in the results of univariate meta-analyses. However, there is no existing visualization tool that is the counterpart of the funnel plot in the multivariate setting. We propose a new vis... Read More about Galaxy Plot: A New Visualization Tool of Bivariate Meta-Analysis Studies..

Charitable Purposes, Demonstrable Benefit and the Role of the Charity Commission: The Fourth Pemsel Head Recast (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Charitable Purposes, Demonstrable Benefit and the Role of the Charity Commission: The Fourth Pemsel Head Recast. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 445-465

The Charities Act 2011 requires that charitable purposes must fit within one or more of the statutory descriptions of ‘charity’ and, demonstrably, be in the public benefit. From the perspective of the now dismantled fourth Pemsel head of charity, thi... Read More about Charitable Purposes, Demonstrable Benefit and the Role of the Charity Commission: The Fourth Pemsel Head Recast.

New venture evolution of migrants under institutional voids: Lessons from Shonga Farms in Nigeria (2020)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., & Mickiewicz, T. (2020). New venture evolution of migrants under institutional voids: Lessons from Shonga Farms in Nigeria. International Small Business Journal, 38(5), 404 - 423. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242619896266

This article inductively builds theory on how transaction costs may be alleviated and institutional voids bridged in developing economies, based on the case study of successful migrant entrepreneurial involvement in Nigerian agriculture: Shonga Farm... Read More about New venture evolution of migrants under institutional voids: Lessons from Shonga Farms in Nigeria.

The Nation/State Fantasy A Psychoanalytical Genealogy of Nationalism (2020)
Book
Mandelbaum, M. (2020). The Nation/State Fantasy A Psychoanalytical Genealogy of Nationalism

This book explores the origins of nationalism and the ideal of nation/state congruency since early-modern European thought, their transformation over time and endurance in contemporary political thought and IR theory.

Rates, Predictors and the Impact Cannabis Misuse on In-hospital Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (From the National Inpatient Sample). (2020)
Journal Article
Rashid, Mamas, & Nolan. (2020). Rates, Predictors and the Impact Cannabis Misuse on In-hospital Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (From the National Inpatient Sample). International Journal of Clinical Practice, e13477 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13477

BACKGROUND: Whether cannabis use worsens outcomes in coronary heart disease is unknown and no previous study has evaluated outcomes for patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) according to cannabis use. METHODS: We analysed pati... Read More about Rates, Predictors and the Impact Cannabis Misuse on In-hospital Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (From the National Inpatient Sample)..

Evaluation of the Impact of the PABBS Suicide Bereavement Training on Clinicians' Knowledge and Skills. (2020)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2020). Evaluation of the Impact of the PABBS Suicide Bereavement Training on Clinicians' Knowledge and Skills. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 351- 358. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000646

Background: Health-care professionals do not routinely receive training on how best to support parents bereaved by suicide. Evidence-based training - Postvention Assisting Those Bereaved by Suicide (PABBS) - was designed to address this gap. Aims: Th... Read More about Evaluation of the Impact of the PABBS Suicide Bereavement Training on Clinicians' Knowledge and Skills..

Management Strategies and Clinical Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Leukemia Patients: Insights from Nationwide United States Hospitalizations. (2020)
Journal Article
Mohamed, M., Lopez-Mattei, J., Iliesc, C., Parwani, P., Bharadwaj, A., Kim, P., …Mamas, M. (2020). Management Strategies and Clinical Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Leukemia Patients: Insights from Nationwide United States Hospitalizations. International Journal of Clinical Practice, -. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13476

BACKGROUND: Patients with leukemia are at increased risk of cardiovascular events. There are limited outcomes data for patients with a history of leukemia who present with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS: We queried the Nationwide Inpat... Read More about Management Strategies and Clinical Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Leukemia Patients: Insights from Nationwide United States Hospitalizations..

Electrophysiological properties of neurons grown on soft polymer scaffolds reveal the potential to develop neuromimetic culture environments (2020)
Journal Article
Evans, M. G., Al-Shakli, A., & Chari, D. M. (2020). Electrophysiological properties of neurons grown on soft polymer scaffolds reveal the potential to develop neuromimetic culture environments. Integrative Biology, 395-403. https://doi.org/10.1093/intbio/zyz033

Tissue engineering methodologies for various physiological systems are seeing a significant trend towards 3-D cell culture in or on ‘soft’ polymeric hydrogel materials, widely considered to provide a more biomimetic environment for cell growth versus... Read More about Electrophysiological properties of neurons grown on soft polymer scaffolds reveal the potential to develop neuromimetic culture environments.

Idealisation in semantics: truth-conditional semantics for radical contextualists (2020)
Journal Article
Dupre. (2020). Idealisation in semantics: truth-conditional semantics for radical contextualists. Inquiry, 1 - 30. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2020.1712225

In this paper, I shall provide a novel response to the argument from context-sensitivity against truth-conditional semantics. It is often argued that the contextual influences on truth-conditions outstrip the resources of standard truth-conditional a... Read More about Idealisation in semantics: truth-conditional semantics for radical contextualists.

Spacers and Valved Holding Chambers—The Risk of Switching to Different Chambers (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Spacers and Valved Holding Chambers—The Risk of Switching to Different Chambers. Journal of allergy and clinical immunology in practice, 1569 - 1573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2019.12.035

Spacers are pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI) accessory devices developed to reduce problems of poor inhaler technique with pMDIs. Spacers that feature a 1-way inspiratory valve are termed valved holding chambers (VHCs); they act as aerosol res... Read More about Spacers and Valved Holding Chambers—The Risk of Switching to Different Chambers.

Genetically engineered distal airway stem cell transplantation protects mice from pulmonary infection (2020)
Journal Article
Dale, T., & Forsyth, N. (2020). Genetically engineered distal airway stem cell transplantation protects mice from pulmonary infection. EMBO Molecular Medicine, https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201810233

Severe pulmonary infection is a major threat to human health accompanied by substantial, which increases medical costs, prolonged inpatient requirements, and high mortality rates. New anti-microbial therapeutic strategies are urgently required to add... Read More about Genetically engineered distal airway stem cell transplantation protects mice from pulmonary infection.

The libertine (2020)
Book Chapter
Featherstone, M. (2020). The libertine. In Crime, Harm and Consumerism (39-53). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429424472-4

My objective in this chapter is to explore the moment where crime, harm, and the consumer experience meet through the figure of the libertine. In order to develop my reading of this figure, I start by focusing on the work of the Marquis de Sade, and... Read More about The libertine.

How are we tempted into debt? Emotional appeals in loan advertisements in UK newspapers (2020)
Journal Article
Czarnecka, B., & Mogaji, E. (2020). How are we tempted into debt? Emotional appeals in loan advertisements in UK newspapers. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 38(3), 756-776. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbm-07-2019-0249

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of emotional appeals in advertisements for loans and explored consumers’ perceptions of advertisements featuring such appeals in order to explore how emotional meanings are transferred to consu... Read More about How are we tempted into debt? Emotional appeals in loan advertisements in UK newspapers.

Sensing the Danger Signals: cis-Jasmone Reduces Aphid Performance on Potato and Modulates the Magnitude of Released Volatiles (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Sensing the Danger Signals: cis-Jasmone Reduces Aphid Performance on Potato and Modulates the Magnitude of Released Volatiles. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00499

In response to herbivory, plants synthesize and release variable mixtures of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) as indirect defense traits. Such induction of indirect plant defense can also be “switched on” by certain chemicals known as primin... Read More about Sensing the Danger Signals: cis-Jasmone Reduces Aphid Performance on Potato and Modulates the Magnitude of Released Volatiles.

Complex high-risk and indicated percutaneous coronary intervention for stable angina: Does operator volume influence patient outcome? (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2020). Complex high-risk and indicated percutaneous coronary intervention for stable angina: Does operator volume influence patient outcome?. American Heart Journal, 15 - 25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.12.019

BACKGROUND: Complex high-risk and indicated revascularization using percutaneous coronary intervention (CHIP-PCI) is an emerging concept that is poorly studied. OBJECTIVE: To define temporal changes in CHIP-PCI volumes, and the relationship between o... Read More about Complex high-risk and indicated percutaneous coronary intervention for stable angina: Does operator volume influence patient outcome?.

Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. Obesity Surgery, 1168 - 1170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-04379-1

We report a patient with obesity who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy after pre-operative ultrasound mark up to enable safe port insertion due to presence of venous collaterals in the abdominal wall as a result of congenial IVC anomaly. This... Read More about Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy..