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Erratum: Correction to: Service Users' Views and Experiences of Alcohol Relapse Prevention Treatment and Adherence: New Role for Pharmacists? (Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) (2022) 57 5 (602-608)) (2022)
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Dhital, R., Coleman, R., Day, E., Drummond, C., Lingford-Hughes, A., Marsden, J., Phillips, T., Sinclair, J., Strang, J., Weinman, J., Whittlesea, C., Widyaratna, K., & Donoghue, K. (2022). Erratum: Correction to: Service Users' Views and Experiences of Alcohol Relapse Prevention Treatment and Adherence: New Role for Pharmacists? (Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) (2022) 57 5 (602-608)). Alcohol and Alcoholism, 57(5), 642. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agac016

Fabrication of Angiogenic Sprouting Coculture of Cell Clusteroids Using an Aqueous Two-Phase Pickering Emulsion System (2022)
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Wang, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2022). Fabrication of Angiogenic Sprouting Coculture of Cell Clusteroids Using an Aqueous Two-Phase Pickering Emulsion System. ACS Applied Bio Materials, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00168

Tumor cell spheroids and 3D cell culture have generated a lot of interest in the past decade due to their relative ease of production and biomedical research applications. To date, the frontier in tumor 3D models has been pushed to the level of perso... Read More about Fabrication of Angiogenic Sprouting Coculture of Cell Clusteroids Using an Aqueous Two-Phase Pickering Emulsion System.

Anatomy of the pancreas and spleen (2022)
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Bazira, P. J., & Mahadevan, V. (2022). Anatomy of the pancreas and spleen. Surgery (Oxford), 40(4), 213-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2022.02.002

The pancreas is a large, retroperitoneal organ situated immediately behind the posterior wall of the lesser sac, in the floor of the supracolic compartment of the abdominal cavity. Although principally an exocrine gland, the pancreas also performs cr... Read More about Anatomy of the pancreas and spleen.

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of face-to-face and electronic brief interventions versus screening alone to reduce alcohol consumption among high-risk adolescents presenting to emergency departments: three-arm pragmatic randomized trial (SIPS Junior high risk trial) (2022)
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Deluca, P., Coulton, S., Alam, M. F., Boniface, S., Donoghue, K., Gilvarry, E., Kaner, E., Lynch, E., Maconochie, I., McArdle, P., McGovern, R., Newbury‐Birch, D., Patton, R., Pellat‐Higgins, T., Phillips, C., Phillips, T., Pockett, R. D., Russell, I. T., Strang, J., & Drummond, C. (2022). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of face-to-face and electronic brief interventions versus screening alone to reduce alcohol consumption among high-risk adolescents presenting to emergency departments: three-arm pragmatic randomized trial (SIPS Junior high risk trial). Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15884

Background and aims: Alcohol use increases throughout adolescence. Emergency department (ED) attendance is an opportunity for alcohol screening and brief intervention (ASBI), which is effective for adults. This trial evaluated the effectiveness and c... Read More about Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of face-to-face and electronic brief interventions versus screening alone to reduce alcohol consumption among high-risk adolescents presenting to emergency departments: three-arm pragmatic randomized trial (SIPS Junior high risk trial).

Vascularized Co‐Culture Clusteroids of Primary Endothelial and Hep‐G2 Cells Based on Aqueous Two‐Phase Pickering Emulsions (2022)
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Wang, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2022). Vascularized Co‐Culture Clusteroids of Primary Endothelial and Hep‐G2 Cells Based on Aqueous Two‐Phase Pickering Emulsions. Bioengineering, 9(3), Article 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9030126

Three‐dimensional cell culture has been extensively involved in biomedical applications due to its high availability and relatively mature biochemical properties. However, single 3D cell culture models based on hydrogel or various scaffolds do not me... Read More about Vascularized Co‐Culture Clusteroids of Primary Endothelial and Hep‐G2 Cells Based on Aqueous Two‐Phase Pickering Emulsions.

Service Users' Views and Experiences of Alcohol Relapse Prevention Treatment and Adherence: New Role for Pharmacists? (2022)
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Dhital, R., Coleman, R., Day, E., Drummond, C., Lingford-Hughes, A., Marsden, J., Phillips, T., Sinclair, J., Strang, J., Weinman, J., Whittlesea, C., Widyaratna, K., & Donoghue, K. (2022). Service Users' Views and Experiences of Alcohol Relapse Prevention Treatment and Adherence: New Role for Pharmacists?. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 57(5), 602-608. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agac011

Aims: To understand service users' views and experiences of alcohol relapse prevention medication, views of a telephone behavioural modification intervention delivered by pharmacists and the use of Contingency Management (CM) to support acamprosate a... Read More about Service Users' Views and Experiences of Alcohol Relapse Prevention Treatment and Adherence: New Role for Pharmacists?.

A qualitative exploration of women's perspectives and acceptability of including new cancer awareness information in all‐clear breast or cervical screening results (2022)
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Bamidele, O. O., Green, T., Tookey, S., Walabyeki, J., & Macleod, U. (2022). A qualitative exploration of women's perspectives and acceptability of including new cancer awareness information in all‐clear breast or cervical screening results. European Journal of Cancer Care, https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13574

Objective: This study explored women's perspectives on the acceptability of including new cancer information with an all-clear breast or cervical screening result letter (using ovarian cancer as a case study). Methods: In 2016, six focus group discus... Read More about A qualitative exploration of women's perspectives and acceptability of including new cancer awareness information in all‐clear breast or cervical screening results.

Environmental Sustainability in Respiratory Care: An Overview of the healthCARe-Based envirONmental Cost of Treatment (CARBON) Programme (2022)
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Wilkinson, A., Maslova, E., Janson, C., Xu, Y., Haughney, J., Quint, J. K., Budgen, N., Menzies-Gow, A., Bell, J., & Crooks, M. G. (2022). Environmental Sustainability in Respiratory Care: An Overview of the healthCARe-Based envirONmental Cost of Treatment (CARBON) Programme. Advances in Therapy, 39, 2270–2280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-022-02076-7

Introduction: Faced with the challenges of climate change, countries are seeking to decarbonise their economies. A greater understanding of what comprises the carbon footprint of care in healthcare systems will identify potential strategies for reduc... Read More about Environmental Sustainability in Respiratory Care: An Overview of the healthCARe-Based envirONmental Cost of Treatment (CARBON) Programme.

Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility (2022)
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Ghalandari, T., Baetens, R., Verhaert, I., SNM Nasir, D., Van den bergh, W., & Vuye, C. (2022). Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility. Applied energy, 313, Article 118908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118908

Solar energy harvesting as a renewable and sustainable energy source has been widely investigated in recent years across engineering fields. The use of Pavement Solar Collectors (PSC) can lead to clean energy production, an increase in road safety, p... Read More about Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility.

Identification of difluorinated curcumin molecular targets linked to traumatic brain injury pathophysiology (2022)
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Sahebkar, A., Sathyapalan, T., Guest, P. C., & Barreto, G. E. (2022). Identification of difluorinated curcumin molecular targets linked to traumatic brain injury pathophysiology. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 148, Article 112770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2022.112770

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects approximately 50% of the world population at some point in their lifetime. To date, there are no effective treatments as most of the damage occurs due to secondary effects through a variety of pathophysiological p... Read More about Identification of difluorinated curcumin molecular targets linked to traumatic brain injury pathophysiology.

Symptom burden and lived experiences of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals on the management of malignant bowel obstruction: A qualitative systematic review (2022)
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Baddeley, E., Mann, M., Bravington, A., Johnson, M. J., Currow, D., Murtagh, F. E., Boland, E., Obita, G., Oliver, A., Seddon, K., Nelson, A., Boland, J. W., & Noble, S. (in press). Symptom burden and lived experiences of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals on the management of malignant bowel obstruction: A qualitative systematic review. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163221081331

Background: Malignant bowel obstruction occurs in up to 50% of people with advanced ovarian and 15% of people with gastrointestinal cancers. Evaluation and comparison of interventions to manage symptoms are hampered by inconsistent evaluations of eff... Read More about Symptom burden and lived experiences of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals on the management of malignant bowel obstruction: A qualitative systematic review.

Treatment of chronic cough: P2X3 receptor antagonists and beyond (2022)
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Sykes, D. L., Zhang, M., & Morice, A. H. (2022). Treatment of chronic cough: P2X3 receptor antagonists and beyond. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 237, Article 108166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2022.108166

For years chronic cough (CC) has presented an enormous physical, psychological, and social burden on those who experience it, with no approved pharmacological therapies to assuage their symptoms. With our improved understanding of the pathophysiologi... Read More about Treatment of chronic cough: P2X3 receptor antagonists and beyond.

Anti-Proliferative Potential of Fluorinated Curcumin Analogues: Experimental and Computational Analysis and Review of the Literature (2022)
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Hatamipour, M., Hadizadeh, F., Jaafari, M. R., Khashyarmanesh, Z., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2022). Anti-Proliferative Potential of Fluorinated Curcumin Analogues: Experimental and Computational Analysis and Review of the Literature. Current medicinal chemistry, 29(8), 1459-1471. https://doi.org/10.2174/0929867328666210910141316

BACKGROUND: Curcuminoids, flavoring, and coloring agents in food have potent antioxidant, anti-tumor activity, and anti-inflammatory effects. However, they are rapidly metabolized to lesser active metabolites. Therefore, various studies have been con... Read More about Anti-Proliferative Potential of Fluorinated Curcumin Analogues: Experimental and Computational Analysis and Review of the Literature.

A cucurbit[6]uril-carbon dot system: a potentially new bioimaging agent. (2022)
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Zhang, S., Tian, Y., Liu, M., Hong-Meng, T., Li, C. R., Zeng, X., Xiao, X., & Redshaw, C. (2022). A cucurbit[6]uril-carbon dot system: a potentially new bioimaging agent. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 6, 973-980. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2qm00022a

We report novel cucurbit[6]uril (Q[6])/carbon quantum dots (CQDs) prepared by solvothermal and nitrogen doped methods. The m-Q[6]-CQDs have been characterized by FTIR, XRD and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The obtained m-Q[6]-CQDs exhibit good wa... Read More about A cucurbit[6]uril-carbon dot system: a potentially new bioimaging agent..

The Predictive Role of Parathyroid Hormone for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease following Bariatric Surgery (2022)
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Jamialahmadi, T., Nematy, M., Abdalla, M., Jangjoo, A., Goshayeshi, L., Kroh, M., Moallem, S. A., Abbasifard, M., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2022). The Predictive Role of Parathyroid Hormone for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease following Bariatric Surgery. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2022, Article 7319742. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7319742

Background. Morbid obesity is frequently complicated by chronic liver diseases, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and fibrosis. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is found to be elevated in morbid obesity... Read More about The Predictive Role of Parathyroid Hormone for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease following Bariatric Surgery.

Acute aerobic exercise-conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin-6-induced regulation of DNA damage (2022)
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Orange, S. T., Jordan, A. R., Odell, A., Kavanagh, O., Hicks, K. M., Eaglen, T., Todryk, S., & Saxton, J. M. (2022). Acute aerobic exercise-conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin-6-induced regulation of DNA damage. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer, 151(2), 265-274. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33982

Epidemiological evidence shows that regular physical activity is associated with reduced risk of primary and recurrent colon cancer. However, the underlying mechanisms of action are poorly understood. We evaluated the effects of stimulating a human c... Read More about Acute aerobic exercise-conditioned serum reduces colon cancer cell proliferation in vitro through interleukin-6-induced regulation of DNA damage.

COVID-19: Impact on Pediatric Palliative Care (2022)
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Scott, H. M., Coombes, L., Braybrook, D., Roach, A., Harðardóttir, D., Bristowe, K., Ellis-Smith, C., Higginson, I., Gao, W., Bluebond-Langner, M., Farsides, B., Murtagh, F. E., Fraser, L. K., & Harding, R. (in press). COVID-19: Impact on Pediatric Palliative Care. Journal of pain and symptom management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.330

Context: Children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their families are potentially vulnerable during COVID-19 lockdowns due to pre-existing high clinical support needs and social participation limitations. Objecti... Read More about COVID-19: Impact on Pediatric Palliative Care.

The prognostic significance of serum interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) in hormonally dependent breast cancer (2022)
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Todorović-Raković, N., Milovanović, J., Greenman, J., & Radulovic, M. (2022). The prognostic significance of serum interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) in hormonally dependent breast cancer. Cytokine, 152, Article 155836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2022.155836

Background: Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is a pleiotropic immunomodulatory cytokine. Because of its contradictory and even dualistic roles in malignancies, its potential as a biomarker remains to be unraveled. Aim: To evaluate the prognostic significance of... Read More about The prognostic significance of serum interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) in hormonally dependent breast cancer.

Diagnostic and Prognostic Protein Biomarkers of β-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes and Their Modulation with Glucose Normalization (2022)
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Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2022). Diagnostic and Prognostic Protein Biomarkers of β-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes and Their Modulation with Glucose Normalization. Metabolites, 12(3), Article 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12030196

Development of type-2 diabetes(T2D) is preceded by β-cell dysfunction and loss. How-ever, accurate measurement of β-cell function remains elusive. Biomarkers have been reported to predict β-cell functional decline but require validation. Therefore, w... Read More about Diagnostic and Prognostic Protein Biomarkers of β-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes and Their Modulation with Glucose Normalization.

Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy (2022)
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Tambe, N., Pires, I. M., Moore, C., Wieczorek, A., Upadhyay, S., & Beavis, A. (2022). Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy. Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express, 8(3), Article 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/ac56eb

Objectives: Increased radiation doses could improve local control and overall survival of lung cancer patients, however, this could be challenging without exceeding organs at risk (OAR) dose constraints especially for patients with advanced-stage dis... Read More about Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy.