Rediscovering the Mullins effect with deep symbolic regression (2024)
Journal Article
Abdusalamov, R., Weise, J., & Itskov, M. (2024). Rediscovering the Mullins effect with deep symbolic regression. International Journal of Plasticity, 179, Article 104037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2024.104037

The Mullins effect represents a softening phenomenon observed in rubber-like materials and soft biological tissues. It is usually accompanied by many other inelastic effects like for example residual strain and induced anisotropy. In spite of the lon... Read More about Rediscovering the Mullins effect with deep symbolic regression.

Impact of Neighborhood Social Deprivation on Delays to Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Wait‐Times and Clinical Consequences (2024)
Journal Article
Zaheer, A., Qiu, F., Manoragavan, R., Madan, M., Sud, M., Mamas, M. A., & Wijeysundera, H. C. (2024). Impact of Neighborhood Social Deprivation on Delays to Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Wait‐Times and Clinical Consequences. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(12), https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.123.032450

Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the standard of care for severe aortic stenosis treatment. Exponential growth in demand has led to prolonged wait times and adverse patient outcomes. Social marginalization may contr... Read More about Impact of Neighborhood Social Deprivation on Delays to Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Wait‐Times and Clinical Consequences.

Meta‐analysis and systematic review for anomaly network intrusion detection systems: Detection methods, dataset, validation methodology, and challenges (2024)
Journal Article
Maseer, Z. K., Kadhim, Q. K., Al‐Bander, B., Yusof, R., & Saif, A. (in press). Meta‐analysis and systematic review for anomaly network intrusion detection systems: Detection methods, dataset, validation methodology, and challenges. IET Networks, https://doi.org/10.1049/ntw2.12128

Intrusion detection systems built on artificial intelligence (AI) are presented as latent mechanisms for actively detecting fresh attacks over a complex network. The authors used a qualitative method for analysing and evaluating the performance of ne... Read More about Meta‐analysis and systematic review for anomaly network intrusion detection systems: Detection methods, dataset, validation methodology, and challenges.

Entomological survey of sibling species in the Anopheles funestus group in Tanzania confirms the role of Anopheles parensis as a secondary malaria vector. (2024)
Journal Article
Mapua, S. A., Samb, B., Nambunga, I. H., Mkandawile, G., Bwanaly, H., Kaindoa, E. W., …Tripet, F. (2024). Entomological survey of sibling species in the Anopheles funestus group in Tanzania confirms the role of Anopheles parensis as a secondary malaria vector. Parasites and Vectors, 17(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06348-9

Malaria transmission in Tanzania is driven by mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae complex and Anopheles funestus group. The latter includes An. funestus s.s., an anthropophilic vector, which is now strongly resistant to public health insecticides, an... Read More about Entomological survey of sibling species in the Anopheles funestus group in Tanzania confirms the role of Anopheles parensis as a secondary malaria vector..

NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter (2024)
Journal Article
Battley, M. P., Collins, K. A., Ulmer-Moll, S., Quinn, S. N., Lendl, M., Gill, S., …Zhao, Y. (2024). NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686, Article A230. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449307

Context. Long-period transiting exoplanets bridge the gap between the bulk of transit- and Doppler-based exoplanet discoveries, providing key insights into the formation and evolution of planetary systems. The wider separation between these planets a... Read More about NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter.

Long-term impact of type 2 diabetes onset on dementia incidence rate among New Zealanders with impaired glucose tolerance: A tapered-matched landmark analysis over 25 years (2024)
Journal Article
Yu, D., Wang, Z., Osuagwu, U. L., Pickering, K., Baker, J., Cutfield, R., …Simmons, D. (2024). Long-term impact of type 2 diabetes onset on dementia incidence rate among New Zealanders with impaired glucose tolerance: A tapered-matched landmark analysis over 25 years. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13855

INTRODUCTION
We aimed to investigate the association between the onset of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and dementia incidence rates (IR) in the population with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) identified in primary care in New Zealand (NZ) over 25 years.... Read More about Long-term impact of type 2 diabetes onset on dementia incidence rate among New Zealanders with impaired glucose tolerance: A tapered-matched landmark analysis over 25 years.

F@#$ pain! A mini-review of the hypoalgesic effects of swearing (2024)
Journal Article
Hay, C. M., Sills, J. L., Shoemake, J. M., Ballmann, C. G., Stephens, R., & Washmuth, N. B. (in press). F@#$ pain! A mini-review of the hypoalgesic effects of swearing. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1416041. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1416041

Swearing, or the use of taboo language, has been repeatedly shown to induce hypoalgesia. While reliable hypoalgesic effects have been observed across studies, the mechanisms by which swearing influences pain and the optimal dosage of swearing remain... Read More about F@#$ pain! A mini-review of the hypoalgesic effects of swearing.

Could breathing frequency become a pragmatic means to monitor exercise intensity in atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease? (2024)
Journal Article
Buckley, J. P., Terada, T., Lion, A., & Reed, J. L. (2024). Could breathing frequency become a pragmatic means to monitor exercise intensity in atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease?. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 31(Supplement_1), i282. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae175.197

Introduction Innovations Fund of the Alternate Funding Plan for the Academic Health Sciences Centre of the Ministry of Ontario, Canada; New Investigator Award in Clinical Rehabilitation from the Canadian Institute for Health Research; Heart and Strok... Read More about Could breathing frequency become a pragmatic means to monitor exercise intensity in atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease?.

Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars – V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608–59 (2024)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Miller, N. J., Sebastian, D., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Martin, D. V., & Duck, A. (2024). Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars – V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608–59. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4577-4583. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1434

EBLM J0608$-$59/TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 is a 12$^{\rm th}$-magnitude, F9 V star in an eclipsing binary with a much fainter M dwarf companion on a wide, eccentric orbit (P = 14.6 d). The binary is orbited by two circumbinary planets: one transiting on a 95-d... Read More about Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars – V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608–59.

Syngeneic mesenchymal stem cells loaded with telomerase-dependent oncolytic adenoviruses enhance anti-metastatic efficacy. (2024)
Journal Article
Yang, M.-L., Hu, C.-Y., Lee, Y.-C., Chang, C.-C., Chen, Y.-C., Lee, P.-R., …Wu, P. (in press). Syngeneic mesenchymal stem cells loaded with telomerase-dependent oncolytic adenoviruses enhance anti-metastatic efficacy. Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Article szae039. https://doi.org/10.1093/stcltm/szae039

Oncolytic adenoviruses have emerged as a promising therapeutic approach for cancer therapy. However, systemic delivery of the viruses to metastatic tumors remains a major challenge. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) possess tumor tropism property and can... Read More about Syngeneic mesenchymal stem cells loaded with telomerase-dependent oncolytic adenoviruses enhance anti-metastatic efficacy..

Manufacturing of 3D-Printed Hybrid Scaffolds with Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Coating in Static and Dynamic Culture Conditions (2024)
Journal Article
Baba Ismail, Y. M., Reinwald, Y., Ferreira, A. M., Bretcanu, O., Dalgarno, K., & El Haj, A. J. (in press). Manufacturing of 3D-Printed Hybrid Scaffolds with Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Coating in Static and Dynamic Culture Conditions. Materials, 17(12), Article 2811. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17122811

Three-dimensional printing (3DP) has emerged as a promising method for creating intricate scaffold designs. This study assessed three 3DP scaffold designs fabricated using biodegradable poly(lactic) acid (PLA) through fused deposition modelling (FDM)... Read More about Manufacturing of 3D-Printed Hybrid Scaffolds with Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Coating in Static and Dynamic Culture Conditions.

Utopia and Time: Conservative and Radical Utopias in the Age of the Anthropocene (2024)
Book Chapter
Featherstone, M. (2024). Utopia and Time: Conservative and Radical Utopias in the Age of the Anthropocene. In Rethinking Democracy for Post-Utopian Worlds (3-15). London: Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com]. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53491-1_1

My objective in this chapter is to develop a Freudian-Heideggerian understanding of the concept of utopia that conceives of the impulse to imagine ideal societies in terms of a modern tendency to both think about possible futures and create new world... Read More about Utopia and Time: Conservative and Radical Utopias in the Age of the Anthropocene.

Predictors of outcome following an epidural steroid injection for disc-related sciatica: a Delphi consensus study. (2024)
Journal Article
Stynes, S., Foster, N., O'Dowd, J., Ostelo, R., & Konstantinou, K. (in press). Predictors of outcome following an epidural steroid injection for disc-related sciatica: a Delphi consensus study. European Spine Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-024-08342-2

Trial data shows modest reductions in leg pain, disability and surgery avoidance following epidural steroid injections (ESI) for severe sciatica. Despite their common use, there is no clear evidence about which patients are more likely to benefit fro... Read More about Predictors of outcome following an epidural steroid injection for disc-related sciatica: a Delphi consensus study..

BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts (2024)
Journal Article
Freckelton, A. V., Sebastian, D., Mortier, A., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Maxted, P. F. L., Acuña, L., …Willett, E. (2024). BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4085-4098. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1405

Planets orbiting binary systems are relatively unexplored compared to those around single stars. Detections of circumbinary planets and planetary systems offer a first detailed view into our understanding of circumbinary planet formation and dynamica... Read More about BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts.

Validity and Reliability of an Arabic Version of the Survey Instrument for Natural History, Aetiology and Prevalence of Patellofemoral Pain Studies: A Cross-Sectional Study (2024)
Journal Article
Darabseh, M. Z., Aburub, A., Altaim, T. A., Al Abbad, B., & Bashaireh, K. (in press). Validity and Reliability of an Arabic Version of the Survey Instrument for Natural History, Aetiology and Prevalence of Patellofemoral Pain Studies: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(6), Article 732. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060732

Background and Objectives: Knee pain, specifically patellofemoral pain (PFP), may lead to limitations in physical activity and social participation. Identifying knee pain that is attributed to PFP is not an easy job for healthcare professionals. To o... Read More about Validity and Reliability of an Arabic Version of the Survey Instrument for Natural History, Aetiology and Prevalence of Patellofemoral Pain Studies: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Sex disparities in the use and outcomes of septal reduction therapies for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (2024)
Journal Article
Diaz-Arocutipa, C., Moreno, G., Giráldez, M., Hernandez, A. V., Mamas, M. A., & Vicent, L. (2024). Sex disparities in the use and outcomes of septal reduction therapies for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. CJC Open, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2024.05.013

Background
There is limited data examining potential sex-based disparities in the utilization and complications of septal reduction therapy (SRT) in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Our aim was t... Read More about Sex disparities in the use and outcomes of septal reduction therapies for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Sex differences in Life's Essential Eight and its Association with mortality among US adults without known cardiovascular disease. (2024)
Journal Article
Kaur, G., Kobo, O., Parwani, P., Chieffo, A., Gulati, M., & Mamas, M. A. (2024). Sex differences in Life's Essential Eight and its Association with mortality among US adults without known cardiovascular disease. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 18, Article 100685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100685

The American Heart Association's (AHA) Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score is a helpful tool to quantify cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics. We sought to assess sex differences in relation to LE8 and its components along with association with mortality.... Read More about Sex differences in Life's Essential Eight and its Association with mortality among US adults without known cardiovascular disease..

Scalable Transdiagnostic Early Assessment of Mental Health (STREAM): a study protocol. (2024)
Journal Article
Williams, E. H., Thompson, N. M., McCray, G., Crespo-Llado, M. M., Bhavnani, S., Gajria, D., …Chakrabarti, B. (2024). Scalable Transdiagnostic Early Assessment of Mental Health (STREAM): a study protocol. BMJ Open, 14(6), Article e088263. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088263

Early childhood development forms the foundations for functioning later in life. Thus, accurate monitoring of developmental trajectories is critical. However, such monitoring often relies on time-intensive assessments which necessitate administration... Read More about Scalable Transdiagnostic Early Assessment of Mental Health (STREAM): a study protocol..

A Photoionization Model for the Infrared Coronal Line Emission in the Classical Nova V1716 Scorpii (2024)
Journal Article
Woodward, C. E., Shaw, G., Starrfield, S., Evans, A., & Page, K. L. (2024). A Photoionization Model for the Infrared Coronal Line Emission in the Classical Nova V1716 Scorpii. Astrophysical Journal, 968(1), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad4097

A near-infrared spectrum of nova V1716 Scorpii (PNV J17224490-4137160), a recent bright ( Vmax=7.3 mag), Fermi-LAT detected γ-ray source, was modeled using the photoionization code CLOUDY. Abundances were estimated for He, C, N, O, Si, Al, Mg, Fe, Ne... Read More about A Photoionization Model for the Infrared Coronal Line Emission in the Classical Nova V1716 Scorpii.

Cognitive therapy for depression in tuberculosis treatment: protocol for multicentre pragmatic parallel arm randomised control trial with an internal pilot. (2024)
Journal Article
Fonseka, N., Khan, Z., Lewis, M., Kibria, Z., Ahmad, F., Khan, M. F., …Farooq, S. (2024). Cognitive therapy for depression in tuberculosis treatment: protocol for multicentre pragmatic parallel arm randomised control trial with an internal pilot. BMJ Open, 14(6), Article e083483. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083483

Introduction and objectivesThere is an unmet need to develop high-quality evidence addressing tuberculosis (TB)-related mental health comorbidity, particularly in the context of lower-middle-income countries. This study aims to examine the effectiven... Read More about Cognitive therapy for depression in tuberculosis treatment: protocol for multicentre pragmatic parallel arm randomised control trial with an internal pilot..