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A Weft Knit Data Glove (2021)
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Ayodele, E., Raza Zaidi, S. A., Scott, J., Zhang, Z., Hayajneh, A., Shittu, S., & McLernon, D. (2021). A Weft Knit Data Glove. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 70, Article 4004212. https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2021.3068173

Rehabilitation of stoke survivors can be expedited by employing an exoskeleton. The exercises are designed such that both hands move in synergy. In this regard often motion capture data from the healthy hand is used to derive control behaviour for th... Read More about A Weft Knit Data Glove.

Platelet Protein-Related Abnormalities in Response to Acute Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes (2021)
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Moin, A. S. M., Al-Qaissi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2021). Platelet Protein-Related Abnormalities in Response to Acute Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes. Frontiers in endocrinology, 12, Article 651009. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.651009

Introduction: Patients with severe COVID-19 infections have coagulation abnormalities indicative of a hypercoagulable state, with thromboembolic complications and increased mortality. Platelets are recognized as mediators of inflammation, releasing p... Read More about Platelet Protein-Related Abnormalities in Response to Acute Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes.

Clinical Predictors for Analgesic Response to Radiotherapy in Patients with Painful Bone Metastases (2021)
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Habberstad, R., Frøseth, T. C. S., Aass, N., Bjerkeset, E., Abramova, T., Garcia-Alonso, E., Caputo, M., Rossi, R., Boland, J. W., Brunelli, C., Lund, J. Å., Kaasa, S., & Klepstad, P. (2021). Clinical Predictors for Analgesic Response to Radiotherapy in Patients with Painful Bone Metastases. Journal of pain and symptom management, 62(4), 681-690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.03.022

Background: Radiotherapy (RT) reduces pain in about 60% of patients with painful bone metastases, leaving many patients without clinical benefit. This study assesses predictors for RT effectiveness in patients with painful bone metastases. Materials... Read More about Clinical Predictors for Analgesic Response to Radiotherapy in Patients with Painful Bone Metastases.

‘Necessity is the mother of invention’: Specialist palliative care service innovation and practice change in response to COVID-19. Results from a multinational survey (CovPall) (2021)
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Dunleavy, L., Preston, N., Bajwah, S., Bradshaw, A., Cripps, R., Fraser, L. K., Maddocks, M., Hocaoglu, M., Murtagh, F. E., Oluyase, A. O., Sleeman, K. E., Higginson, I. J., & Walshe, C. (2021). ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’: Specialist palliative care service innovation and practice change in response to COVID-19. Results from a multinational survey (CovPall). Palliative medicine, 35(5), 814-829. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163211000660

Background: Specialist palliative care services have a key role in a whole system response to COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. There is a need to understand service response to share good practice and prepare for future care. Aim:... Read More about ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’: Specialist palliative care service innovation and practice change in response to COVID-19. Results from a multinational survey (CovPall).

Identification of macrophage activation-related biomarkers in obese type 2 diabetes that may be indicative of enhanced respiratory risk in COVID-19 (2021)
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Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., Diboun, I., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (in press). Identification of macrophage activation-related biomarkers in obese type 2 diabetes that may be indicative of enhanced respiratory risk in COVID-19. Scientific reports, 11(1), Article 6428. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85760-y

Hyperactivation of the immune system through obesity and diabetes may enhance infection severity complicated by Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The objective was to determine the circulatory biomarkers for macrophage activation at baselin... Read More about Identification of macrophage activation-related biomarkers in obese type 2 diabetes that may be indicative of enhanced respiratory risk in COVID-19.

“A most excellent medicine”: Malaria, Mithridate, and the death of Andrew Marvell (2021)
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Mottram, S. (2021). “A most excellent medicine”: Malaria, Mithridate, and the death of Andrew Marvell. Seventeenth Century, 36(4), 653-679. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2021.1901240

The poet Andrew Marvell (1621–78) died suffering from vivax malaria, a common disease in the seventeenth century, endemic in estuary regions of eastern England. This article explores Marvell’s death alongside the literature and history of malaria and... Read More about “A most excellent medicine”: Malaria, Mithridate, and the death of Andrew Marvell.

A Macromarketing Prescription for Covid-19: Solidarity and Care Ethics (2021)
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Hyman, M. R., Shabbir, H. A., Hyman, M., & Kostyk, A. (in press). A Macromarketing Prescription for Covid-19: Solidarity and Care Ethics. Journal of Macromarketing, https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467211001544

Contextualized in the current pandemic, this essay discusses social marketing and public policy efforts from a ‘social solidarity and care ethics’ perspective. It presents a prototypical inclusivity-based approach for managing pandemics, with adaptiv... Read More about A Macromarketing Prescription for Covid-19: Solidarity and Care Ethics.

Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: A multiprofessional scoping review protocol (2021)
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Hurst, H., Jones, E., Ormandy, P., Brettle, A., Nixon, A. C., Young, H., Mooney, A., Winterbottom, A., Bekker, H., Brown, E., Murtagh, F. E., Da Silva-Gane, M., Coyle, D., & Finnigan, R. (2021). Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: A multiprofessional scoping review protocol. BMJ open, 11(3), Article e040715. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040715

Introduction Reported outcomes for older people with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) often focus on survival and mortality and little attention is paid to symptom burden and health-related quality of life. Recognising frailty and providing inte... Read More about Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: A multiprofessional scoping review protocol.

Effect of COVID-19 on Mortality of Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2021)
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Karimi, L., Makvandi, S., Vahedian-Azimi, A., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). Effect of COVID-19 on Mortality of Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Pregnancy, 2021, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8870129

Background. Based on what is known at this time, pregnant women are at an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 compared to nonpregnant women. Additionally, pregnant women with COVID-19 might have an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outco... Read More about Effect of COVID-19 on Mortality of Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Metabolic consequences of obesity on the hypercoagulable state of polycystic ovary syndrome (2021)
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Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., Diboun, I., Elrayess, M. A., Butler, A. E., & Atkin, S. L. (in press). Metabolic consequences of obesity on the hypercoagulable state of polycystic ovary syndrome. Scientific reports, 11(1), Article 5320. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84586-y

© 2021, The Author(s). Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) women have a hypercoagulable state; however, whether this is intrinsically due to PCOS or, alternatively, a consequence of its metabolic complications is unclear. We determined plasma coagulatio... Read More about Metabolic consequences of obesity on the hypercoagulable state of polycystic ovary syndrome.

The health of mothers of children with a life-limiting condition; a comparative cohort study (2021)
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Fraser, L. K., Murtagh, F. E., Aldridge, J., Sheldon, T., Gilbody, S., & Hewitt, C. (2021). The health of mothers of children with a life-limiting condition; a comparative cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(10), 987-993. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-320655

Objective This study aimed to quantify the incidence rates of common mental and physical health conditions in mothers of children with a life-limiting condition. Methods Comparative national longitudinal cohort study using linked primary and secondar... Read More about The health of mothers of children with a life-limiting condition; a comparative cohort study.

Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) crisis on surgical training: Global survey and a proposed framework for recovery (2021)
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Wilson, A., Van Cleynenbreugel, B., Wellbelove, Z., Sharma, D., Sultan, J., Sanchez Salas, R., Patel, B., Robinson, D. B. T., Mavor, A., Murugesan, J., Malik, A., Panagiotou, D., James, O. P., Kalifatidis, D., Lam, W., Lewis, C. M. B., Gómez Rivas, J., Ho, M., Giorga, A., Glassman, D., …Chetter, I. (2021). Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) crisis on surgical training: Global survey and a proposed framework for recovery. BJS Open, 5(2), Article zraa051. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraa051

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic had a profound impact on surgical services, potentially having a detrimental impact on training opportunities. The aim of this global survey was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on surgical training and... Read More about Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) crisis on surgical training: Global survey and a proposed framework for recovery.

Multiorgan impairment in low-risk individuals with post-COVID-19 syndrome: A prospective, community-based study (2021)
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Dennis, A., Wamil, M., Alberts, J., Oben, J., Cuthbertson, D. J., Wootton, D., Crooks, M., Gabbay, M., Brady, M., Hishmeh, L., Attree, E., Heightman, M., Banerjee, R., & Banerjee, A. (2021). Multiorgan impairment in low-risk individuals with post-COVID-19 syndrome: A prospective, community-based study. BMJ open, 11(3), Article e048391. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048391

Objective To assess medium-term organ impairment in symptomatic individuals following recovery from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Design Baseline findings from a prospective, observational cohort study. Setting Community-based individuals from two UK c... Read More about Multiorgan impairment in low-risk individuals with post-COVID-19 syndrome: A prospective, community-based study.

Vitamin D Association With Macrophage-Derived Cytokines in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: An Enhanced Risk of COVID-19 Infection? (2021)
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Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., Butler, A. E., & Atkin, S. L. (2021). Vitamin D Association With Macrophage-Derived Cytokines in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: An Enhanced Risk of COVID-19 Infection?. Frontiers in endocrinology, 12, Article 638621. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.638621

© Copyright © 2021 Moin, Sathyapalan, Butler and Atkin. Background: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) often have vitamin D deficiency, a known risk factor for severe COVID-19 disease. Alveolar macrophage-derived cytokines contribute to the... Read More about Vitamin D Association With Macrophage-Derived Cytokines in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: An Enhanced Risk of COVID-19 Infection?.

Medication adherence in patients with severe asthma prescribed oral corticosteroids in the U-BIOPRED cohort (2021)
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Ahmed, H., Auffray, C., Bakke, P., Bush, A., Baribaud, F., Bates, S., Bel, E. H., Bigler, J., Bisgaard, H., Boedigheimer, M. J., Bønnelykke, K., Brandsma, J., Brinkman, P., Bucchioni, E., Burg, D., Caruso, M., Chaiboonchoe, A., Chanez, P., Chung, F. K., Compton, C. H., …Study Group, U.-B. (2021). Medication adherence in patients with severe asthma prescribed oral corticosteroids in the U-BIOPRED cohort. Chest, 160(1), 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.023

Background: Although estimates of suboptimal adherence to oral corticosteroids in asthma range from 30% to 50%, no ideal method for measurement exists; the impact of poor adherence in severe asthma is likely to be particularly high. Research Question... Read More about Medication adherence in patients with severe asthma prescribed oral corticosteroids in the U-BIOPRED cohort.

The association between diabetes-related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study (2021)
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Li, S., Fang, L., Lee, A., Hayter, M., Zhang, L., Bi, Y., Wu, X., Liu, L., Zhang, H., Yuan, Y., Gong, W., & Zhang, Y. (2021). The association between diabetes-related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study. Nursing Open, https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.800

Aim: The study aimed to explore the association between diabetes-related distress as a dependent variable and fear of hypoglycaemia as a independent variable in Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes, which can provide a basis for the development o... Read More about The association between diabetes-related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional descriptive study.