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Digging deeper into the dense Galactic globular cluster Terzan 5 with electron-multiplying CCDs: Variable star detection and new discoveries (2024)
Journal Article
Figuera Jaimes, R., Catelan, M., Horne, K., Skottfelt, J., Snodgrass, C., Dominik, M., Jørgensen, U. G., Southworth, J., Hundertmark, M., Longa-Peña, P., Sajadian, S., Tregolan-Reed, J., Hinse, T. C., Andersen, M. I., Bonavita, M., Bozza, V., Burgdorf, M. J., Haikala, L., Khalouei, E., Korhonen, H., …Rahvar, S. (2024). Digging deeper into the dense Galactic globular cluster Terzan 5 with electron-multiplying CCDs: Variable star detection and new discoveries. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689, Article A108. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347406

Context. High frame-rate imaging was employed to mitigate the effects of atmospheric turbulence (seeing) in observations of globular cluster Terzan 5.

Aims. High-precision time-series photometry with the highest angular resolution so far has been... Read More about Digging deeper into the dense Galactic globular cluster Terzan 5 with electron-multiplying CCDs: Variable star detection and new discoveries.

Characterisation of the warm-Jupiter TOI-1130 system with CHEOPS and a photo-dynamical approach (2024)
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Borsato, L., Degen, D., Leleu, A., Hooton, M. J., Egger, J. A., Bekkelien, A., Brandeker, A., Collier Cameron, A., Günther, M. N., Nascimbeni, V., Persson, C. M., Bonfanti, A., Wilson, T. G., Correia, A. C. M., Zingales, T., Guillot, T., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Piotto, G., Gandolfi, D., Abe, L., …Wolter, D. (2024). Characterisation of the warm-Jupiter TOI-1130 system with CHEOPS and a photo-dynamical approach. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 689, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450974

Context. Among the thousands of exoplanets discovered to date, approximately a few hundred gas giants on short-period orbits are classified as ‘lonely’ and only a few are in a multi-planet system with a smaller companion on a close orbit. The process... Read More about Characterisation of the warm-Jupiter TOI-1130 system with CHEOPS and a photo-dynamical approach.

Temporal Trends of Infant Mortality Secondary to Congenital Heart Disease: National CDC Cohort Analysis (1999–2020) (2024)
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Chobufo, M., Ali, S., Taha, A., Duhan, S., Patel, N., Gonuguntla, K., Ludhwani, D., Thyagaturu, H., Keisham, B., Shaik, A., Alharbi, A., Sattar, Y., Mamas, M., Kohli, U., & Balla, S. (2024). Temporal Trends of Infant Mortality Secondary to Congenital Heart Disease: National CDC Cohort Analysis (1999–2020). Birth Defects Research, 116(9), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.2398

Background
Infant mortality continues to be a significant problem for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Limited data exist on the recent trends of mortality in infants with CHD.

Methods
The CDC WONDER (Centers for Disease Control and... Read More about Temporal Trends of Infant Mortality Secondary to Congenital Heart Disease: National CDC Cohort Analysis (1999–2020).

Photo-dynamical characterisation of the TOI-178 resonant chain: Exploring the robustness of transit-timing variations and radial velocity mass characterisations (2024)
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Leleu, A., Delisle, J.-B., Delrez, L., Bryant, E. M., Brandeker, A., Osborn, H. P., Hara, N., Wilson, T. G., Billot, N., Lendl, M., Ehrenreich, D., Chakraborty, H., Günther, M. N., Hooton, M. J., Alibert, Y., Alonso, R., Alves, D. R., Anderson, D. R., Apergis, I., Armstrong, D., …Zivave, T. (2024). Photo-dynamical characterisation of the TOI-178 resonant chain: Exploring the robustness of transit-timing variations and radial velocity mass characterisations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688, Article A211. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450212

Context. The TOI-178 system consists of a nearby, late-K-dwarf with six transiting planets in the super-Earth to mini-Neptune regime, with radii ranging from to 2.9 R⊕ and orbital periods between 1.9 and 20.7 days. All the planets, but the innermost... Read More about Photo-dynamical characterisation of the TOI-178 resonant chain: Exploring the robustness of transit-timing variations and radial velocity mass characterisations.

Modelling take-off moment arms in an ornithocheiraean pterosaur (2024)
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Griffin, B. W., Martin-Silverstone, E., Pêgas, R. V., Meilak, E. A., Costa, F. R., Palmer, C., & Rayfield, E. J. (in press). Modelling take-off moment arms in an ornithocheiraean pterosaur. PeerJ, 12, Article e17678. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17678

Take-off is a vital part of powered flight which likely constrains the size of birds, yet extinct pterosaurs are known to have reached far larger sizes. Three different hypothesised take-off motions (bipedal burst launching, bipedal countermotion lau... Read More about Modelling take-off moment arms in an ornithocheiraean pterosaur.

TOI–757 b: an eccentric transiting mini–Neptune on a 17.5–d orbit (2024)
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Alqasim, A., Grieves, N., Rosário, N. M., Gandolfi, D., Livingston, J. H., Sousa, S., Collins, K. A., Teske, J. K., Fridlund, M., Egger, J. A., Cabrera, J., Hellier, C., Lanza, A. F., Van Eylen, V., Bouchy, F., Oelkers, R. J., Srdoc, G., Shectman, S., Günther, M., Goffo, E., …Yee, S. W. (2024). TOI–757 b: an eccentric transiting mini–Neptune on a 17.5–d orbit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1767

We report the spectroscopic confirmation and fundamental properties of TOI$-$757 b, a mini$-$Neptune on a 17.5$-$d orbit transiting a bright star ($V\, =\, 9.7$ mag) discovered by the TESS mission. We acquired high$-$precision radial velocity measure... Read More about TOI–757 b: an eccentric transiting mini–Neptune on a 17.5–d orbit.

Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Druitt, T., Kutterolf, S., Ronge, T., & Expedition 398 Scientists. (2022, December). Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field. Presented at Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field, Tarragona, Spain, to Heraklion, Greece

Site U1590 (2024)
Report
Kutterolf, S., Druitt, T., Ronge, T., Beethe, S., Bernard, A., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Chiyonobu, S., Clark, A., DeBari, S., Fernandez Perez, T., Gertisser, R., Hübscher, C., Johnston, R., Jones, C., Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., Koukousioura, O., Li, X., Manga, M., …Yamamoto, Y. (in press). Site U1590

Site U1595 (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Druitt, T., Kutterolf, S., Ronge, T., Beethe, S., Bernard, A., Berthod, C., Chen, H., Chiyonobu, S., Clark, A., DeBari, S., Fernandez Perez, T., Gertisser, R., Hübscher, C., Johnston, R., Jones, C., Joshi, K., Kletetschka, G., Koukousioura, O., Li, X., Manga, M., …Yamamoto, Y. (2022, December). Site U1595. Presented at International Ocean Discovery Program, Tarragona, Spain, to Heraklion, Greece

Google Internet searches related to inflammatory arthritis: An observational study using Google Trends data (2024)
Journal Article
Akthar, M., Mason, K. J., & Scott, I. C. (2024). Google Internet searches related to inflammatory arthritis: An observational study using Google Trends data. Musculoskeletal Care, 22(3), Article e1916. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1916

Objective: The Internet has transformed how patients access health information. We examined Google search engine data to understand which aspects of health are most often searched for in combination with inflammatory arthritis (IA). Methods: Using Go... Read More about Google Internet searches related to inflammatory arthritis: An observational study using Google Trends data.

Substrate-induced strain in molybdenum disulfide grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition (2024)
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Adams, L. J., Matthews, P. D., Morbec, J. M., & Balakrishnan, N. (in press). Substrate-induced strain in molybdenum disulfide grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition. Nanotechnology, 35(39), Article 395602. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ad5dc1

Transition metal dichalcogenides have been extensively studied in recent years because of their fascinating optical, electrical, and catalytic properties. However, low-cost, scalable production remains a challenge. Aerosol-assisted chemical vapor dep... Read More about Substrate-induced strain in molybdenum disulfide grown by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition.

The influence of circulating cold water cryotherapy with or without intermittent pneumatic compression on shoulder joint position sense (JPS) in recreationally active adults: A randomized crossover trial (2024)
Journal Article
Stanhope, E., Warnett, R., Burt, D., Cutler, S., Kell, J., & Naemi, R. (2024). The influence of circulating cold water cryotherapy with or without intermittent pneumatic compression on shoulder joint position sense (JPS) in recreationally active adults: A randomized crossover trial. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 40, 1008-1013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2024.07.022

Objectives
Cryotherapy is a widely used intervention in sports settings to facilitate the return of injured athletes to competition, despite a lack of high-quality evidence. Given the possibility cryotherapy may increase the risk of injury, by reduc... Read More about The influence of circulating cold water cryotherapy with or without intermittent pneumatic compression on shoulder joint position sense (JPS) in recreationally active adults: A randomized crossover trial.

The Changing Moral Environment—A Three-Wave Study Testing Four Moral Theories and the Fear of COVID-19 in Predicting Compliance with Behavioral Guidelines on COVID-19, Moralization Toward Non-Compliance, and Vaccination (2024)
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Kunnari, A., Francis, K. B., Sundvall, J., & Laakasuo, M. (2024). The Changing Moral Environment—A Three-Wave Study Testing Four Moral Theories and the Fear of COVID-19 in Predicting Compliance with Behavioral Guidelines on COVID-19, Moralization Toward Non-Compliance, and Vaccination. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2024.2373150

Governments across the globe imposed behavioral restrictions to halt the spread of the COVID-19. These preventive behaviors became a moralized issue and engagement in those behaviors varied. In moral psychology, there are various theoretical framewor... Read More about The Changing Moral Environment—A Three-Wave Study Testing Four Moral Theories and the Fear of COVID-19 in Predicting Compliance with Behavioral Guidelines on COVID-19, Moralization Toward Non-Compliance, and Vaccination.

Are the metal identity and stoichiometry of metal complexes important for colchicine site binding and inhibition of tubulin polymerization? † (2024)
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Besleaga, I., Raptová, R., Stoica, A.-C., Milunovic, M. N. M., Zalibera, M., Bai, R., Igaz, N., Reynisson, J., Kiricsi, M., Enyedy, É. A., Rapta, P., Hamel, E., & Arion, V. B. (in press). Are the metal identity and stoichiometry of metal complexes important for colchicine site binding and inhibition of tubulin polymerization? †. Dalton Transactions, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt01469c

Quite recently we discovered that copper(ii) complexes with isomeric morpholine-thiosemicarbazone hybrid ligands show good cytotoxicity in cancer cells and that the molecular target responsible for this activity might be tubulin. In order to obtain b... Read More about Are the metal identity and stoichiometry of metal complexes important for colchicine site binding and inhibition of tubulin polymerization? †.

Addressing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Women JACC State-of-the-Art Review (2024)
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Vervoort, D., Wang, R., Li, G., Filbey, L., Maduka, O., Brewer, L. C., Mamas, M. A., Bahit, M. C., Ahmed, S. B., & Van Spall, H. G. (2024). Addressing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Women JACC State-of-the-Art Review. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 83(25), 2690-2707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.028

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are responsible for approximately 35% of all deaths in women. In 2019, the global age-standardized CVD prevalence and mortality of women were 6,403 per 100,000 and 204 per 100,000, respectively. Althou... Read More about Addressing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Women JACC State-of-the-Art Review.

Minding some animals but not others: Strategic attributions of mental capacities and moral worth to animals used for food in pescatarians, vegetarians, and omnivores (2024)
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Ioannidou, M., Francis, K. B., Stewart-Knox, B., & Lesk, V. (2024). Minding some animals but not others: Strategic attributions of mental capacities and moral worth to animals used for food in pescatarians, vegetarians, and omnivores. Appetite, 200, Article 107559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107559

While moral concern for animals has become increasingly important for both consumer food choice and food policy makers, previous research demonstrated that meat eaters attribute lower moral status and mental capacities to animals raised for meat comp... Read More about Minding some animals but not others: Strategic attributions of mental capacities and moral worth to animals used for food in pescatarians, vegetarians, and omnivores.

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.

Primary care contact, clinical management and suicide risk following discharge from inpatient mental health care (2024)
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Musgrove, R., Carr, M. J., Kapur, N., Chew-Graham, C. A., Mughal, F., Ashcroft, D. M., & Webb, R. T. (in press). Primary care contact, clinical management and suicide risk following discharge from inpatient mental health care. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), BJGPO.2023.0165. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2023.0165

Background Evidence is sparse regarding service usage and the clinical management of people recently discharged from inpatient psychiatric care who die by suicide.

Aim To improve understanding of how people discharged from inpatient mental health... Read More about Primary care contact, clinical management and suicide risk following discharge from inpatient mental health care.

A Photoionization Model for the Infrared Coronal Line Emission in the Classical Nova V1716 Scorpii (2024)
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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.

The EDIBLES Survey: VIII. Band profile alignment of diffuse interstellar bands (2024)
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Ebenbichler, A., Smoker, J. V., Lallement, R., Farhang, A., Cox, N. L. J., Joblin, C., van Loon, J. T., Linnartz, H., Przybilla, N., Ehrenfreund, P., Cami, J., & Cordiner, M. (2024). The EDIBLES Survey: VIII. Band profile alignment of diffuse interstellar bands. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686, Article A50. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348871

Context. There have been many attempts to identify families of diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) with perfectly correlating band strengths. Although major efforts have been made to classify broadly based DIB families and important insights have been... Read More about The EDIBLES Survey: VIII. Band profile alignment of diffuse interstellar bands.