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The relationship between high-sensitivity troponin taken on admission to critical care, regardless of whether there was a clinical indication for testing, and one year mortality (2021)
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Hinton, J., Augustine, M., Gabara, L., Mariathas, M., Allan, R., Borca, F., …Curzen, N. (2021). The relationship between high-sensitivity troponin taken on admission to critical care, regardless of whether there was a clinical indication for testing, and one year mortality. European Heart Journal, 42(Supplement_1), https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.1381

Introduction High-sensitivity troponin (hs-cTn) assays now form a key component of the diagnostic pathways for patients presenting to emergency medical services with chest pain. However, hs-cTn concentrations above the manufacturer-provided upper li... Read More about The relationship between high-sensitivity troponin taken on admission to critical care, regardless of whether there was a clinical indication for testing, and one year mortality.

Incidence and one year outcome of periprocedural myocardial infarction following cardiac surgery: are the universal definition and SCAI criteria fit for purpose? (2021)
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Hinton, J., Augustine, M., Gabara, L., Mariathas, M., Allan, R., Borca, F., …Curzen, N. (2021). Incidence and one year outcome of periprocedural myocardial infarction following cardiac surgery: are the universal definition and SCAI criteria fit for purpose?. European Heart Journal, 42(Supplement_1), https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.1442

Introduction The diagnosis and clinical implication of periprocedural myocardial infarction (PPMI) following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is contentious, especially given its importance in the interpretation of trial data. Two accepted def... Read More about Incidence and one year outcome of periprocedural myocardial infarction following cardiac surgery: are the universal definition and SCAI criteria fit for purpose?.

Temporal trends in the inclusion of patient-reported outcomes in heart failure randomized trials published in high-impact medical journals: a systematic bibliometric review (2021)
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Eliya, Y., Averbuch, T., Le, N., Xie, F., Thabane, L., Mamas, M., & Van Spall, H. (2021). Temporal trends in the inclusion of patient-reported outcomes in heart failure randomized trials published in high-impact medical journals: a systematic bibliometric review. European Heart Journal, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.3171

Background Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are important measures of health, particularly in symptomatic conditions such as heart failure (HF), and regulatory agencies have encouraged their collection in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Purpose... Read More about Temporal trends in the inclusion of patient-reported outcomes in heart failure randomized trials published in high-impact medical journals: a systematic bibliometric review.

Revisiting the Cygnus OB associations (2021)
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Wright. (2021). Revisiting the Cygnus OB associations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2370 - 2385. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2663

OB associations play an important role in Galactic evolution, though their origins and dynamics remain poorly studied, with only a small number of systems analysed in detail. In this paper, we revisit the existence and membership of the Cygnus OB ass... Read More about Revisiting the Cygnus OB associations.

Behavioural activation to prevent depression and loneliness among socially isolated older people with long-term conditions: The BASIL COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial. (2021)
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Chew-Graham. (2021). Behavioural activation to prevent depression and loneliness among socially isolated older people with long-term conditions: The BASIL COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, e1003779 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003779

BACKGROUND: Older adults, including those with long-term conditions (LTCs), are vulnerable to social isolation. They are likely to have become more socially isolated during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, often due to advice to "shi... Read More about Behavioural activation to prevent depression and loneliness among socially isolated older people with long-term conditions: The BASIL COVID-19 pilot randomised controlled trial..

How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway (2021)
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Drury, J., Stott, C., Ball, R., Barr, D., Bell, L., Reicher, S., & Neville, F. (2022). How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway. Political Psychology, 43(4), 651-669. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12786

Waves of riots are politically and psychologically significant national events. The role of police perceptions and practices in spreading unrest between cities has been neglected in previous research, even though the police are significant actors in... Read More about How Riots Spread Between Cities: Introducing the Police Pathway.

1263 Does Multimorbidity Influence the Likelihood of Receiving A Total Hip Replacement for Osteoarthritis? (2021)
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Ferguson, R., Prieto-Alhambra, D., Peat, G., Jordan, K., Valderas, J., Yu, D., …Silman, A. (2021). 1263 Does Multimorbidity Influence the Likelihood of Receiving A Total Hip Replacement for Osteoarthritis?. British Journal of Surgery, 108(Supplement_6), https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab259.1038

Introduction Limited data are available on the influence of multimorbidity on the outcomes of total hip replacement for patients with hip osteoarthritis. Thus, patients with multimorbidity and their clinicians across the UK are making decisions on wh... Read More about 1263 Does Multimorbidity Influence the Likelihood of Receiving A Total Hip Replacement for Osteoarthritis?.

Increasing awareness of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a preventative cause of non-traumatic spinal cord injury (2021)
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Chen. (2021). Increasing awareness of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a preventative cause of non-traumatic spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 1216 - 1218. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-021-00711-8

AbstractDegenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a common non-traumatic spinal cord disorder and characterized by progressive neurological impairment. Generally, it is still underdiagnosed and referral to spine specialists is often late, when patien... Read More about Increasing awareness of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a preventative cause of non-traumatic spinal cord injury.

Research priorities to address the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the next decade (2021)
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Pooler. (2021). Research priorities to address the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the next decade. Journal of Global Health, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.11.15003

Background The global prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has increased markedly in recent decades. Given the scarcity of resources available to address global health challenges and respiratory medicine being relatively under-i... Read More about Research priorities to address the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the next decade.

Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis (2021)
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(2021). Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis. Applied Sciences, 9376 - 9376. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11209376

Introduction: Outpatient total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is attracting growing interest. This meta-analysis compared patient reported outcome measures (PROMs), infection, readmission, revision, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and mortality rates of outpati... Read More about Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis.

The spectral material culture in ordinary life: Re-imagining obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) (2021)
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Parish, J. (2021). The spectral material culture in ordinary life: Re-imagining obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Sociological Review, 70(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261211049034

In 2020 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was ranked by the World Health Organisation as one of the top-10 most disabling diseases. Today, it is the fourth most common mental disorder in the United Kingdom. This research is based upon ethnographic... Read More about The spectral material culture in ordinary life: Re-imagining obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

The spectral material culture in ordinary life: Re-imagining obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (2021)
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Parish. (2022). The spectral material culture in ordinary life: Re-imagining obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Sociological Review, 70(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261211049034

In 2020 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was ranked by the World Health Organisation as one of the top-10 most disabling diseases. Today, it is the fourth most common mental disorder in the United Kingdom. This research is based upon ethnographic... Read More about The spectral material culture in ordinary life: Re-imagining obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers (2021)
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Tashiro, K., Katayama, K., Tamaki, K., Pesce, L., Shimizu, N., Takagi, H., …Yagai, S. (2021). Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. Angewandte Chemie, 133(52), 27192-27199. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202110224

AbstractSynthesis of one‐dimensional nanofibers with distinct topological (higher‐order structural) domains in the same main chain is one of the challenging topics in modern supramolecular polymer chemistry. Non‐uniform structural transformation of s... Read More about Non‐uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers.

Developing clinical prediction models when adhering to minimum sample size recommendations: The importance of quantifying bootstrap variability in tuning parameters and predictive performance (2021)
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Martin, G. P., Riley, R. D., Collins, G. S., & Sperrin, M. (2021). Developing clinical prediction models when adhering to minimum sample size recommendations: The importance of quantifying bootstrap variability in tuning parameters and predictive performance. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 30(12), 2545-2561. https://doi.org/10.1177/09622802211046388

Recent minimum sample size formula (Riley et al.) for developing clinical prediction models help ensure that development datasets are of sufficient size to minimise overfitting. While these criteria are known to avoid excessive overfitting on average... Read More about Developing clinical prediction models when adhering to minimum sample size recommendations: The importance of quantifying bootstrap variability in tuning parameters and predictive performance.

Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. (2021)
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Tashiro, K., Katayama, K., Tamaki, K., Pesce, L., Shimizu, N., Takagi, H., …Yagai, S. (2021). Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(52), 26986-26993. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202110224

Synthesis of one-dimensional nanofibers with distinct topological (higher-order structural) domains in the same main chain is one of the challenging topics in modern supramolecular polymer chemistry. Non-uniform structural transformation of supramole... Read More about Non-uniform Photoinduced Unfolding of Supramolecular Polymers Leading to Topological Block Nanofibers..

Suicide, self-harm and suicidal ideation during COVID-19: A systematic review (2021)
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Farooq, S., Tunmore, J., Ali, W., & Ayub, M. (2021). Suicide, self-harm and suicidal ideation during COVID-19: A systematic review. Psychiatry Research, 306, Article ARTN 114228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114228

We aimed to do a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies describing suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and suicide and associated risk factors during COVID-19 pandemic. We searched following electronic databases using relevant search terms: M... Read More about Suicide, self-harm and suicidal ideation during COVID-19: A systematic review.

Elastic Surface Waves Induced by Internal Sources (2021)
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Prikazchikov, D., Chevrychkina, A., Chorozoglou, A., & Khajiyeva, L. (2021). Elastic Surface Waves Induced by Internal Sources. Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 258, 545 - 552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-021-05565-2

The paper is focused on the surface wave field induced by an internal time-harmonic point source embedded in the elastic half space. By using the superposition principle, we first analyze the disturbances caused by the embedded source in an unbounded... Read More about Elastic Surface Waves Induced by Internal Sources.

The association between socioeconomic status, sex, race/ethnicity and in-hospital mortality among patients hospitalized for heart failure (2021)
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Mamas. (2021). The association between socioeconomic status, sex, race/ethnicity and in-hospital mortality among patients hospitalized for heart failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.09.012

Background The association between socioeconomic status (SES), sex, race/ethnicity and outcomes during hospitalization for heart failure (HF) has not previously been investigated. Methods We analyzed HF hospitalizations in the United States National... Read More about The association between socioeconomic status, sex, race/ethnicity and in-hospital mortality among patients hospitalized for heart failure.