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Is the uptake, engagement, and effectiveness of exclusively mobile interventions for the promotion of weight-related behaviors equal for all? A systematic review (2023)
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Szinay, D., Forbes, C. C., Busse, H., DeSmet, A., Smit, E. S., & König, L. M. (in press). Is the uptake, engagement, and effectiveness of exclusively mobile interventions for the promotion of weight-related behaviors equal for all? A systematic review. Obesity Reviews, Article e13542. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13542

Mobile health interventions are promising behavior change tools. However, there is a concern that they may benefit some populations less than others and thus widen inequalities in health. This systematic review investigated differences in uptake of,... Read More about Is the uptake, engagement, and effectiveness of exclusively mobile interventions for the promotion of weight-related behaviors equal for all? A systematic review.

Complex-order PID controller design for enhanced blood-glucose regulation in Type-I diabetes patients (2023)
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Saleem, O., & Iqbal, J. (2023). Complex-order PID controller design for enhanced blood-glucose regulation in Type-I diabetes patients. Measurement and Control, https://doi.org/10.1177/00202940231189504

Type-I Diabetes (TID) is a chronic autoimmune disease that elevates the glucose levels in the patient’s bloodstream. This paper formulates a fractional complex-order Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control strategy for robust Blood Glucose (BG... Read More about Complex-order PID controller design for enhanced blood-glucose regulation in Type-I diabetes patients.

Expert Views on Medical Involvement in the Swiss Assisted Dying Practice: “We Want to Have Our Cake and Eat It Too”? (2023)
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Nyquist, C., Cohen-Almagor, R., & Kim, S. Y. H. (2023). Expert Views on Medical Involvement in the Swiss Assisted Dying Practice: “We Want to Have Our Cake and Eat It Too”?. AJOB Empirical Bioethics, https://doi.org/10.1080/23294515.2023.2232796

Background: Most jurisdictions that allow euthanasia and assisted suicide (AS) regulate it through the medical profession. However, the extent and nature of how medicine should be involved are debated. Swiss AS practice is unusual in that it is manag... Read More about Expert Views on Medical Involvement in the Swiss Assisted Dying Practice: “We Want to Have Our Cake and Eat It Too”?.

Antitussive efficacy of the current treatment protocol for refractory chronic cough: our real-world experience in a retrospective cohort study (2023)
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Zhang, M., Morice, A. H., Si, F., Zhang, L., Chen, Q., Wang, S., Zhu, Y., Xu, X., Yu, L., & Qiu, Z. (2023). Antitussive efficacy of the current treatment protocol for refractory chronic cough: our real-world experience in a retrospective cohort study. Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 17, https://doi.org/10.1177/17534666231167716

BACKGROUND: The management of refractory chronic cough (RCC) is a great challenge. Neuromodulators have long been used for RCC with imperfect efficacy. OBJECTIVES: We summarized the outcomes of the current treatments used at our specialist cough clin... Read More about Antitussive efficacy of the current treatment protocol for refractory chronic cough: our real-world experience in a retrospective cohort study.

Embedding new technology into clinical ultrasound practice: Is role extension for sonographers the key to improving patient pathways? (2022)
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Parker, P., Edwards, H., Twiddy, M., Whybrow, P., & Rigby, A. (2022). Embedding new technology into clinical ultrasound practice: Is role extension for sonographers the key to improving patient pathways?. Ultrasound, 31(2), 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742271X221139210

Introduction: MicroUS is a new imaging technique that may have potential to reliably monitor prostate disease and therefore release capacity in MRI departments. Firstly, however, it is essential to identify which healthcare staff may be suitable to l... Read More about Embedding new technology into clinical ultrasound practice: Is role extension for sonographers the key to improving patient pathways?.

Nebulised interferon-β1a (SNG001) in hospitalised COVID-19: SPRINTER phase III study (2022)
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Monk, P. D., Brookes, J. L., Tear, V. J., Batten, T. N., Mankowski, M., Adzic-Vukicevic, T., Crooks, M. G., Dosanjh, D. P., Kraft, M., Brightling, C. E., Gabbay, F. J., Holgate, S. T., Djukanovic, R., & Wilkinson, T. M. (2023). Nebulised interferon-β1a (SNG001) in hospitalised COVID-19: SPRINTER phase III study. ERJ Open Research, 9(2), Article 00605-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00605-2022

Background Despite the availability of vaccines and therapies, patients are being hospitalised with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Interferon (IFN)-β is a naturally occurring protein that stimulates host immune responses against most viruses, i... Read More about Nebulised interferon-β1a (SNG001) in hospitalised COVID-19: SPRINTER phase III study.

Classical and alternate complement factor overexpression in non-obese weight matched women with polycystic ovary syndrome does not correlate with vitamin D (2022)
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Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., Butler, A. E., & Atkin, S. L. (2022). Classical and alternate complement factor overexpression in non-obese weight matched women with polycystic ovary syndrome does not correlate with vitamin D. Frontiers in endocrinology, 13, Article 935750. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.935750

Introduction: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) exhibit complement factor expression changes that may be obesity-driven rather than an intrinsic facet of PCOS; furthermore, complement changes have been associated with vitamin D deficiency,... Read More about Classical and alternate complement factor overexpression in non-obese weight matched women with polycystic ovary syndrome does not correlate with vitamin D.

Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive Liver Function Tests in Liver Fibrosis and Changes in These Parameters Post-metabolic Surgery (2022)
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Jangjoo, S., Emami, N., Sahranavard, M., Shah, N. Z., Alidadi, M., Baratzadeh, F., Sathyapalan, T., Eid, A. H., Jangjoo, A., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2023). Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive Liver Function Tests in Liver Fibrosis and Changes in These Parameters Post-metabolic Surgery. Obesity Surgery, 33, 548–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06416-y

Purpose: This study aimed to ascertain the diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive liver function tests in liver fibrosis and assess their changes after metabolic surgery. Materials and Methods: 1005 individuals with severe obesity who were referred for... Read More about Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive Liver Function Tests in Liver Fibrosis and Changes in These Parameters Post-metabolic Surgery.

Multicenter Randomized Trial of Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Recent-Onset Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the LIBERATES Trial (2022)
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Ajjan, R. A., Heller, S. R., Everett, C. C., Vargas-Palacios, A., Higham, R., Sharples, L., Gorog, D. A., Rogers, A., Reynolds, C., Fernandez, C., Rodrigues, P., Sathyapalan, T., Storey, R. F., & Stocken, D. D. (2023). Multicenter Randomized Trial of Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Recent-Onset Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the LIBERATES Trial. Diabetes Care, 46(2), 441-449. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc22-1219

OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of modern glucose-monitoring strategies on glycemic and patient-related outcomes in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and recent myocardial infarction (MI) and assess cost effectiveness. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHOD... Read More about Multicenter Randomized Trial of Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Recent-Onset Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the LIBERATES Trial.

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Consequences of Myocardial Bridging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2022)
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Bruce, C., Ubhi, N., McKeegan, P., & Sanders, K. (2023). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Consequences of Myocardial Bridging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. The American journal of cardiology, 188, P110-P119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.10.059

Myocardial bridging (MB) is a congenital variant in which a segment of a coronary artery follows an atypical intramural course under a “bridge” of myocardium and is notably common in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This systematic review and meta-... Read More about Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Consequences of Myocardial Bridging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Deluge and disease: plague, the poetry of flooding, and the history of health inequalities in Andrew Marvell’s Hull (2022)
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Mottram, S. (2023). Deluge and disease: plague, the poetry of flooding, and the history of health inequalities in Andrew Marvell’s Hull. Seventeenth Century, https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2022.2142656

This article redresses a predominant focus on London among historians of health inequalities by turning to the port town of Kingston upon Hull and offering the first demographic analysis of burial records from Hull’s ‘great plague’ of 1637–38. The ar... Read More about Deluge and disease: plague, the poetry of flooding, and the history of health inequalities in Andrew Marvell’s Hull.

Smart Face Masks for Covid-19 Pandemic Management: A Concise Review of Emerging Architectures, Challenges and Future Research Directions (2022)
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Fagbola, T. M., Fagbola, F. I., Aroba, O. J., Doshi, R., Hiran, K. K., & Thakur, S. C. (2023). Smart Face Masks for Covid-19 Pandemic Management: A Concise Review of Emerging Architectures, Challenges and Future Research Directions. IEEE sensors journal, 23(2), 877-888. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2022.3225067

Smart sensing technology has been playing tremendous roles in digital healthcare management over time with great impacts. Lately, smart sensing has awoken the world by the advent of Smart Face Masks (SFM) in the global fight against the deadly Corona... Read More about Smart Face Masks for Covid-19 Pandemic Management: A Concise Review of Emerging Architectures, Challenges and Future Research Directions.

Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree (2022)
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Curry, J., Roberts, H., Smith, A., Riley, D., Pearson, M., & Forbes, C. C. (2022). Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8(1), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00395-1

Background: Lung cancer has one of the highest incidence and mortality rates worldwide. Physical activity can provide those diagnosed with lung cancer with several physical and psychological benefits. However, the examination of digitally delivered p... Read More about Developing and testing the ExerciseGuide UK website for people with lung cancer: reflections on the added value of patient and public involvement within a doctoral degree.

What China’s Environmental Policy Means for PV Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies (2022)
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Pouran, H. M., Karimi, S. M., Padilha Campos Lopes, M., & Sheng, Y. (2022). What China’s Environmental Policy Means for PV Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies. Energies, 15(23), Article 9037. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239037

This perspective paper elaborates on how the burden of environmental issues on public health and the economy led China’s government to declare its revised environmental policies or “war on pollution”. It explains the importance of photovoltaic solar... Read More about What China’s Environmental Policy Means for PV Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies.

Airborne transmission of biological agents within the indoor built environment: a multidisciplinary review (2022)
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Argyropoulos, C. D., Skoulou, V., Efthimiou, G., & Michopoulos, A. K. (2022). Airborne transmission of biological agents within the indoor built environment: a multidisciplinary review. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-022-01286-w

The nature and airborne dispersion of the underestimated biological agents, monitoring, analysis and transmission among the human occupants into building environment is a major challenge of today. Those agents play a crucial role in ensuring comforta... Read More about Airborne transmission of biological agents within the indoor built environment: a multidisciplinary review.

Group-based pulmonary telerehabilitation is feasible, safe, beneficial and well-received in patients who have been hospitalised with COVID-19 (2022)
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Simpson, A. J., Green, A., Nettleton, M., Hyde, L., Shepherdson, J., Killingback, C., Marshall, P., & Crooks, M. G. (2023). Group-based pulmonary telerehabilitation is feasible, safe, beneficial and well-received in patients who have been hospitalised with COVID-19. ERJ Open Research, 9(2), Article 00373-2022. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00373-2022

Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused worldwide mass hospitalisation. The need for multidisciplinary post-hospitalisation rehabilitation is becoming increasingly apparent, and telerehabilitation has been endorsed. The aim of stu... Read More about Group-based pulmonary telerehabilitation is feasible, safe, beneficial and well-received in patients who have been hospitalised with COVID-19.

Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study (2022)
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Bravington, A., Chen, H., Dyson, J., Jones, L., Dalgliesh, C., Bryan, A., Patnick, J., & Macleod, U. (2022). Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 72(725), e873-e881. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0036

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a preventable disease. Cases in women age >50 years are predicted to rise by 60% in the next two decades, yet this group are less likely to attend for screening than younger women. AIM: To seek novel solutions to the ch... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study.

MicroRNA Changes Up to 24 h following Induced Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes (2022)
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Ramanjaneya, M., Bettahi, I., Pawar, K., Halabi, N. M., Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., Abou-Samra, A. B., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2022). MicroRNA Changes Up to 24 h following Induced Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(23), Article 14696. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314696

Hypoglycemia, as a complication of type 2 diabetes (T2D), causes increased morbidity and mortality but the physiological response underlying hypoglycemia has not been fully elucidated. Small noncoding microRNA (miRNA) have multiple downstream biologi... Read More about MicroRNA Changes Up to 24 h following Induced Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes.

Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer (2022)
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Saxton, J. M., Pickering, K., Wane, S., Humphreys, H., Crank, H., Anderson, A. S., Cain, H., Cohen, J., Copeland, R. J., Gray, J., Hargreaves, J., McNally, R. J., & Wilson, C. (2022). Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer. BMC Cancer, 22(1), Article 1202. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10287-y

Background: Weight gain is commonly observed during and after breast cancer treatment and is associated with poorer survival outcomes, particularly in women with oestrogen receptor-positive (ER +) disease. The aim of this study was to co-design (with... Read More about Co-designed weight management intervention for women recovering from oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer.