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Effectiveness of low dose computed tomography to detect fractures in paediatric suspected physical abuse: a systematic review. (2024)
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Doyle, E., Bugeja, L., Dimmock, M. R., Lee, K. L., Ng, J., & Bassed, R. B. (in press). Effectiveness of low dose computed tomography to detect fractures in paediatric suspected physical abuse: a systematic review. International Journal of Legal Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-024-03214-2

The skeletal survey X-ray series is the current 'gold standard' when investigating suspected physical abuse (SPA) of children, in addition to a non-contrast computed tomography (CT) brain scan. This systematic literature review synthesised findings o... Read More about Effectiveness of low dose computed tomography to detect fractures in paediatric suspected physical abuse: a systematic review..

Support for primary care prescribing for adult ADHD in England: national survey (2024)
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Price, A., Becker, K., Ward, J., Ukoumunne, O., Gudka, R., Salimi, A., …Newlove-Delgado, T. (in press). Support for primary care prescribing for adult ADHD in England: national survey. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), BJGP.2023.0595. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0595

Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder with effective pharmacological treatments that improve symptoms and reduce complications. NICE guidelines recommend primary care practitioners prescri... Read More about Support for primary care prescribing for adult ADHD in England: national survey.

Practice Education in Social Work: Achieving Professional Standards (3rd ed.) <i>Practice Education in Social Work: Achieving Professional Standards</i> (3rd ed.) Paula Beesley and Sue Taplin, St Albans: Critical Publishing, 2023, 191 pp., £26.99, IBSN: 978-1-915713-09-4 (2024)
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Franklin, H. (in press). Practice Education in Social Work: Achieving Professional Standards (3rd ed.) Practice Education in Social Work: Achieving Professional Standards (3rd ed.) Paula Beesley and Sue Taplin, St Albans: Critical Publishing, 2023, 191 pp., £26.99, IBSN: 978-1-915713-09-4. Practice, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2024.2337728

A narrative synthesis of the effectiveness and acceptability of musculoskeletal first contact physiotherapy practitioner roles in primary care (2024)
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Bicker, G., Hadley‐Barrows, T., Saunders, A., Mairs, H., & Stevenson, K. (2024). A narrative synthesis of the effectiveness and acceptability of musculoskeletal first contact physiotherapy practitioner roles in primary care. Musculoskeletal Care, 22(2), Article e1875. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1875

Background Musculoskeletal (MSK) First Contact Practitioners (FCP), diagnostic clinicians with expertise in the assessment and management of undifferentiated MSK conditions in primary care have been widely employed in the United Kingdom since 2020.... Read More about A narrative synthesis of the effectiveness and acceptability of musculoskeletal first contact physiotherapy practitioner roles in primary care.

Ethnophilosophy as a Global Development Goal (2024)
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Tartaglia, J. (2024). Ethnophilosophy as a Global Development Goal. Metaphilosophy, 55(2), 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/meta.12678

The ethnophilosophy debate in African philosophy has been primarily concerned with the nature and future direction of African philosophy, but I approach it in search of lessons about philosophy in general. I show how this ongoing debate has been obsc... Read More about Ethnophilosophy as a Global Development Goal.

Hospital corridors as lived spaces: The reconfiguration of social boundaries during the early stages of the Covid pandemic (2024)
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Faux-Nightingale, A., Kelemen, M., Lilley, S., Robinson, K., & Stewart, C. (2024). Hospital corridors as lived spaces: The reconfiguration of social boundaries during the early stages of the Covid pandemic. Sociology of Health & Illness, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13777

This article explores the meanings and uses of a hospital corridor through 98 diary entries produced by the staff of an English specialist hospital during the early stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Drawing on Lefebvre's (1991, The production of space... Read More about Hospital corridors as lived spaces: The reconfiguration of social boundaries during the early stages of the Covid pandemic.

The Increased Dissolution and Oral Absorption of Itraconazole by Nanocrystals with an Endogenous Small-Molecule Surfactant as a Stabilizer (2024)
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Chang, S., Yang, Q., Liu, J., Yin, L., Han, J., Zong, L., & Pu, X. (in press). The Increased Dissolution and Oral Absorption of Itraconazole by Nanocrystals with an Endogenous Small-Molecule Surfactant as a Stabilizer. Molecules, 29(8), Article 1769. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29081769

The aim of this study was to develop cholic-acid-stabilized itraconazole nanosuspensions (ITZ-Nanos) with the objective of enhancing drug dissolution and oral absorption. A laboratory-scale microprecipitation–high-pressure homogenization method was e... Read More about The Increased Dissolution and Oral Absorption of Itraconazole by Nanocrystals with an Endogenous Small-Molecule Surfactant as a Stabilizer.

Magnetic origin of the discrepancy between stellar limb-darkening models and observations (2024)
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Kostogryz, N. M., Shapiro, A. I., Witzke, V., Cameron, R. H., Gizon, L., Krivova, N. A., …Valenti, J. (in press). Magnetic origin of the discrepancy between stellar limb-darkening models and observations. Nature Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02252-5

Stars appear darker at their limbs than at their disk centres because at the limb we are viewing the higher and cooler layers of stellar photospheres. Yet, limb darkening derived from state-of-the-art stellar atmosphere models systematically fails to... Read More about Magnetic origin of the discrepancy between stellar limb-darkening models and observations.

Powers Persistence And Temporary Intrinsics (2024)
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Allen, S. (in press). Powers Persistence And Temporary Intrinsics. Philosophical Studies, Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Persistence and (De Re) Modality,

David Lewis uses the problem of temporary intrinsics to motivate a perdurantist account of persistence in which four-dimensional individuals consist of temporal parts. Other philosophers use his argument to conclude that apparently persisting indivi... Read More about Powers Persistence And Temporary Intrinsics.

The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit (2024)
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Davis, Y. T., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Freckelton, A. V., Mortier, A., Brahm, R., Sebastian, D., …Udry, S. (2024). The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae842

In the hunt for Earth-like exoplanets it is crucial to have reliable host star parameters, as they have a direct impact on the accuracy and precision of the inferred parameters for any discovered exoplanet. For stars with masses between 0.35 and 0.5... Read More about The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit.

The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres. (2024)
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Sebastian, D., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Brogi, M., Baycroft, T. A., Standing, M. R., Maxted, P. F. L., …Nielsen, M. B. (2024). The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), 2572–2589. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae459

High-contrast eclipsing binaries with low mass M-dwarf secondaries are precise benchmark stars to build empirical mass-radius relationships for fully convective low-mass ($\rm M_{\star } &amp;lt; 0.35\, M_{\odot }$) dwarf stars. The contributed light... Read More about The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres..

Identifying veterinary surgeons’ barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland (2024)
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Crawford, P. E., Hamer, K., Lovatt, F., Behnke, M. C., & Robinson, P. A. (2024). Identifying veterinary surgeons’ barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland. Veterinary Record Open, 11(1), Article e278. https://doi.org/10.1002/vro2.78

Background: In order to improve antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), including changes in antimicrobial prescribing and use, an enhanced understanding is needed of the barriers that veterinary surgeons (vets) encounter to institute such change. Methods:... Read More about Identifying veterinary surgeons’ barriers to, and potential solutions for, improving antimicrobial stewardship among sheep farmers in Northern Ireland.

Sustaining professionalism: Teachers as co‐enquirers in curriculum design (2024)
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Swift, D., Clowes, G., Gilbert, S., & Lambert, A. (in press). Sustaining professionalism: Teachers as co‐enquirers in curriculum design. The Curriculum Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.267

In England, the development of teachers' curriculum design capabilities has been identified as a ‘challenge remaining’ (Department for Education [DfE]. (2022). Opportunity for all: Strong schools with great teachers for your child. https://www.gov.uk... Read More about Sustaining professionalism: Teachers as co‐enquirers in curriculum design.

Changes in educational inequalities in knee and hip osteoarthritis surgery and non-surgery specialist care visits over time in Sweden. (2024)
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Lindéus, M., Peat, G., Englund, M., & Kiadaliri, A. (2024). Changes in educational inequalities in knee and hip osteoarthritis surgery and non-surgery specialist care visits over time in Sweden. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 6(2), Article 100470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2024.100470

ObjectiveTo examine changes in prevalence and socioeconomic inequalities in knee and hip OA outcomes, in more specific surgery and non-surgery specialist care visits, from 2001 to 2011 in Sweden and to what extent sociodemographic factors can explain... Read More about Changes in educational inequalities in knee and hip osteoarthritis surgery and non-surgery specialist care visits over time in Sweden..

Risk of adverse outcomes during gabapentinoid therapy and factors associated with increased risk in UK primary care using the clinical practice research datalink: a cohort study. (2024)
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Muller, S., Bailey, J., Bajpai, R., Helliwell, T., Harrisson, S. A., Whittle, R., …Ashworth, J. (in press). Risk of adverse outcomes during gabapentinoid therapy and factors associated with increased risk in UK primary care using the clinical practice research datalink: a cohort study. PAIN, https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003239

Growing evidence from pharmacovigilance data and postmortem toxicology reports highlights the misuse potential of gabapentinoids. This study aimed to investigate the risk of serious adverse outcomes (drug misuse, overdose, major trauma), and their ri... Read More about Risk of adverse outcomes during gabapentinoid therapy and factors associated with increased risk in UK primary care using the clinical practice research datalink: a cohort study..

Filling in the gaps: A grounded theory of the experiences and needs of healthcare staff following a colleague death by suicide in the UK. (2024)
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Causer, H., Spiers, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., Efstathiou, N., Gopfert, A., Grayling, K., …Riley, R. (in press). Filling in the gaps: A grounded theory of the experiences and needs of healthcare staff following a colleague death by suicide in the UK. Death Studies, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2337202

Health-workers are more likely to die by suicide than their counterparts in other occupational groups. The suicide of a staff member can be widely felt by colleagues, leading to complex emotional and cognitive responses. Exposure to suicide heightens... Read More about Filling in the gaps: A grounded theory of the experiences and needs of healthcare staff following a colleague death by suicide in the UK..

Influence of Social Vulnerability Index on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Expenditures upon Discharge (2024)
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Ibrahim, R., Lin, L., Sainbayar, E., Pham, H. N., Shahid, M., Le Cam, E., …Mamas, M. A. (in press). Influence of Social Vulnerability Index on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Expenditures upon Discharge. Journal of Investigative Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/10815589241247791

Medicare beneficiaries’ healthcare spending varies across geographical regions, influenced by availability of medical resources and institutional efficiency. We aimed to evaluate whether social vulnerability influences healthcare costs among Medicare... Read More about Influence of Social Vulnerability Index on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Expenditures upon Discharge.

The efficacy of the Self‐Administered Interview: A systematic review (2024)
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Bird, E., Wiener, J., Huang, C., & Attard‐Johnson, J. (in press). The efficacy of the Self‐Administered Interview: A systematic review. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Article e1632. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1632

Obtaining accurate information from eyewitnesses is a crucial element in criminal investigations. Interview strategies such as the Cognitive Interview (CI) and the Self‐Administered Interview (SAI) have been developed and implemented to minimise inac... Read More about The efficacy of the Self‐Administered Interview: A systematic review.

To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report (2024)
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McHugh, C., Francis, K. B., Everett, J. A., & Timmons, S. (2024). To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 113, Article 104616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2024.104616

Moral judgments are increasingly being understood as showing context dependent variability. A growing literature has identified a range of specific contextual factors (e.g., emotions, intentions) that can influence moral judgments in predictable ways... Read More about To beckon or not to beckon: Testing a causal-evaluative modelling approach to moral judgment: A registered report.

Cardiac markers in left-sided breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy: a prospective study (2024)
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Chufal, K., Ahmad, I., Prakash, A., Miller, A., Umesh, P., Koul, V., …Gairola, M. (in press). Cardiac markers in left-sided breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy: a prospective study. Cardio-Oncology, 10(1), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40959-024-00225-1

Objectives To investigate the association between radiotherapy (RT) and cardiac biomarkers in women with left-sided breast cancer. Methods This prospective observational study recruited patients with stage I-III left-sided breast cancer without... Read More about Cardiac markers in left-sided breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy: a prospective study.