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Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Patients with COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study (2021)
Book Chapter
Moayed, M. S., Vahedian-Azimi, A., Mirmomeni, G., Rahimi-Bashar, F., Goharimoghadam, K., Pourhoseingholi, M. A., Abbasi-Farajzadeh, M., Hekmat, M., Sathyapalan, T., Guest, P. C., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Patients with COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study. In P. C. Guest (Ed.), Clinical, Biological and Molecular Aspects of COVID-19 (229-236). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59261-5_19

© 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Aim: Patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection can develop several psychological consequences. Epidemiological data on mental health... Read More about Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Patients with COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study.

At the city edge : situating peripheries research in South Africa and Ethiopia (2021)
Book Chapter
Meth, P., Todes, A., Charlton, S., Mukweda, T., Houghton, J., Goodfellow, T., Belihu, M., Huang, Z., Asafo, D., Buthelezi, S., & Masikane, F. (2021). At the city edge : situating peripheries research in South Africa and Ethiopia. In M. Keith, & A. A. de Souza Santos (Eds.), African cities and collaborative futures : urban platforms and metropolitan logistics (30-52). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526155351.00008

Mathematical modeling of sustainable energy production using nanotechnology (2021)
Book Chapter
Behjani, M. A., Ismail, M. S., Ahmed, W., Pourkashanian, M., & Hassanpour, A. (2021). Mathematical modeling of sustainable energy production using nanotechnology. In W. Ahmed, M. Booth, & E. Nourafkan (Eds.), Emerging Nanotechnologies for Renewable Energy : Micro and Nano Technologies (559-590). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821346-9.00013-4

This chapter reviews the main mathematical and computational techniques used for the modeling of nanotechnology-based sustainable energy systems. The application of nanotechnology in the sustainable energy sector predominantly consists of the use of... Read More about Mathematical modeling of sustainable energy production using nanotechnology.

Pharmacological Management of Cough (2021)
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Brindle, K., & Morice, A. (2021). Pharmacological Management of Cough. In S. Heon Cho, & W.-J. Song (Eds.), Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Cough (55-63). Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4029-9_7

The pharmacological management of chronic cough is largely stagnated for the past 40 years. Drug development in acute cough has also been hampered because, despite the burgeoning market in over-the-counter remedies, the drugs used are generic, and so... Read More about Pharmacological Management of Cough.

Victorian Stage Magic, Adventure and the Mutilated Body (2021)
Book Chapter
Wynne, C. (2021). Victorian Stage Magic, Adventure and the Mutilated Body. In C. Bloom (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Steam Age Gothic (691-710). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40866-4_37

The period of ‘high imperialism’ in the late nineteenth century converges with what was known as the ‘Golden Age’ of stage magic. I examine how imperial adventure narratives of the late century and stage magicians both deploy illusions to showcase We... Read More about Victorian Stage Magic, Adventure and the Mutilated Body.

Caledonian and pre-Caledonian orogenic events in Shetland, Scotland: evidence from garnet Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology (2021)
Book Chapter
Walker, S., Bird, A. F., Thirllall, M. F., & Strachan, R. A. (2021). Caledonian and pre-Caledonian orogenic events in Shetland, Scotland: evidence from garnet Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology. In J. B. Murphy, R. A. Strachan, & C. Quesada (Eds.), Pannotia to Pangaea: Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic Orogenic Cycles in the Circum-Atlantic Region (305-331). The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP503-2020-32

Garnet Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd ages from the Shetland Caledonides provide evidence of a polyorogenic history as follows: (1) c. 1050 Ma Grenvillian reworking of Neoarchaean basement; (2) c. 910 Ma Renlandian metamorphism of the Westing Group; (3) c. 622–606... Read More about Caledonian and pre-Caledonian orogenic events in Shetland, Scotland: evidence from garnet Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology.

Global warming and mass extinctions associated with large igneous province volcanism (2021)
Book Chapter
Bond, D. P., & Sun, Y. (2021). Global warming and mass extinctions associated with large igneous province volcanism. In R. E. Ernst, A. J. Dickson, & A. Bekker (Eds.), Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Environmental and Biotic Changes (83-102). American Geophysical Union. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119507444.ch3

The coincidence of large igneous province (LIP) eruptions with at least three, if not all, of the Big Five biotic crises of the Phanerozoic implies that volcanism is a key driver of mass extinctions. Many LIP-induced extinction scenarios invoke globa... Read More about Global warming and mass extinctions associated with large igneous province volcanism.

Cardiac Injury in COVID-19: A Systematic Review (2021)
Book Chapter
Moayed, M. S., Rahimi-Bashar, F., Vahedian-Azimi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Guest, P. C., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). Cardiac Injury in COVID-19: A Systematic Review. In P. C. Guest (Ed.), Clinical, Biological and Molecular Aspects of COVID-19 (325-333). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59261-5_29

© 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is responsible for the current pandemic which has already resulted in considerable mortality worldwide. Th... Read More about Cardiac Injury in COVID-19: A Systematic Review.

Diatom Biofilms: Ecosystem Engineering and Niche Construction (2021)
Book Chapter
Paterson, D. M. .., & Hope, J. A. (2021). Diatom Biofilms: Ecosystem Engineering and Niche Construction. In R. Gordon, S. A. Cohn, & K. M. Manoylov (Eds.), Diatom Gliding Motility: Biology and Applications (135-158). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119526483.ch6

Ecology is complex and while there is a modern drive towards a holistic or “ecosystem approach” for managing marine systems, we are still a long way from fully understanding the interactions between the various components of different ecosystems and... Read More about Diatom Biofilms: Ecosystem Engineering and Niche Construction.

Natural Insulin Sensitizers for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Possible Molecular Mechanisms (2021)
Book Chapter
Yaribeygi, H., Sathyapalan, T., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). Natural Insulin Sensitizers for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Possible Molecular Mechanisms. In A. Sahebkar, & T. Sathyapalan (Eds.), Natural Products and Human Diseases (401-410). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73234-9_26

Diabetes mellitus is a growing health challenge globally which is increasing in epidemic proportion. Naturally occurring pharmacological agents are more likely to provide beneficial therapeutic effects without undesirable side effects compared to the... Read More about Natural Insulin Sensitizers for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Possible Molecular Mechanisms.

Learning technologies for learning in health and well-being (2020)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N. (2020). Learning technologies for learning in health and well-being. In P. Gökcin Özuyar, W. Leal Filho, T. Wall, A. Marisa Azul, & L. Brandli (Eds.), Good Health and Well-Being. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95681-7

The United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Goal 3, for healthy lives and promoting well-being, notes that 45% of all countries have less than one physician per 1000 people, that figure rising to 90% for less developed countries (United Nations, 2018). Giv... Read More about Learning technologies for learning in health and well-being.

Technologies for analysing and improving healthcare processes (2020)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N. (2020). Technologies for analysing and improving healthcare processes. In W. Leal Filho, T. Wall, A. Azul, L. Brandli, & P. Özuyar (Eds.), Good Health and Well-Being. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95681-7

The right to a healthy life is a natural expectation and recognised as a human right (WHO, 2017) – and is further recognised as such in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, where Goal 3 focusses on “good health and well-being” (United Na... Read More about Technologies for analysing and improving healthcare processes.

History, Debates and Key Reference Works of Cultural Studies in Europe (2020)
Book Chapter
García-Jiménez, L., Hernandez-Perez, M., & Subtil, F. (2020). History, Debates and Key Reference Works of Cultural Studies in Europe. In F. Oliveira Paulino, G. Kaplún, M. Vicente Mariño, & C. Leonardo (Eds.), Research traditions in dialogue. Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe (123-152). Media XXI

This chapter outlines some of the main features that characterize cultural studies in Europe by providing a historical, theoretical, and bibliographical review of their main authors, debates, and texts. In particular, we start by tracing historically... Read More about History, Debates and Key Reference Works of Cultural Studies in Europe.

Conducting a mixed methods study to explore staff perceptions in providing care to individuals with co-occurring mental health problems and illicit substance use (2020)
Book Chapter
Howard, V. (2020). Conducting a mixed methods study to explore staff perceptions in providing care to individuals with co-occurring mental health problems and illicit substance use. In SAGE Research Methods: Cases. Part 2. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529709650

This case study examines key issues in designing, developing, and conducting a research study to explore the perceptions of inpatient staff to individuals with co-occurring mental health problems and illicit substance use. The use of mixed methods re... Read More about Conducting a mixed methods study to explore staff perceptions in providing care to individuals with co-occurring mental health problems and illicit substance use.

The International Nature of Cultural Studies (2020)
Book Chapter
Custodio, L., Vicente Mariño, M., García-Jiménez, L., Hernandez-Perez, M., Subtil, F., & Rizo, M. (2020). The International Nature of Cultural Studies. In F. Oliveira Paulino, . G. Kaplún, M. Vicente Mariño, & L. Custódio (Eds.), Research Traditions in Dialogue: Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe (179-184). Media XXI

'Our Concerns with Indians are now greatly extended’: Cherokees, Westward Indians, and Interpreting the Quebec Act from the Ohio Valley, 1763-1774 (2020)
Book Chapter
Ray, K. (2020). 'Our Concerns with Indians are now greatly extended’: Cherokees, Westward Indians, and Interpreting the Quebec Act from the Ohio Valley, 1763-1774. In O. Hubert, & F. Furstenberg (Eds.), The Quebec Act of 1774: Transnational Contexts, Meanings, and Legacies (304-333). McGill-Queen's University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780228004639

About this book:

A compelling re-examination of the Quebec Act.

Brings together essays by historians from North America and Europe to explore this seminal event using a variety of historical approaches. It weaves together perspectives from spa... Read More about 'Our Concerns with Indians are now greatly extended’: Cherokees, Westward Indians, and Interpreting the Quebec Act from the Ohio Valley, 1763-1774.