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The variability of measured and calculated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in statin-treated diabetes patients (2024)
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Kilpatrick, E. S., Kallner, A., Atkin, S. L., & Sathyapalan, T. (2024). The variability of measured and calculated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in statin-treated diabetes patients. Annals of clinical biochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1177/00045632241305936

Background: The Sampson-NIH and Martin-Hopkins low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) equations are advocated as being superior to the Friedewald calculation. However, their mathematical complexity means they may have different biological and an... Read More about The variability of measured and calculated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in statin-treated diabetes patients.

PEGylation of indium phosphide quantum dots prevents quantum dot mediated platelet activation (2024)
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Naylor-Adamson, L., Price, T. W., Booth, Z., Leonard, S. V. L., Gallo, J., Tung, L. D., Harvell-Smith, S., Thi Kim Thanh, N., Aslam, Z., Allsup, D., Hondow, N., Chamberlain, T., Schneider, J. E., Naseem, K., Bouillard, J. S. G., Stasiuk, G. J., & Calaminus, S. D. (in press). PEGylation of indium phosphide quantum dots prevents quantum dot mediated platelet activation. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tb01334d

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconducting inorganic nanocrystals, that have garnered interest in biological and medical spheres due, to their potential benefits in biomedical imaging and drug-delivery systems. Indium phosphide QDs shelled with zinc sulph... Read More about PEGylation of indium phosphide quantum dots prevents quantum dot mediated platelet activation.

The Magnet Effect of Price Limits: An Agent-Based Approach (2024)
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Dong, X., Chen, T., Gao, T., Li, H., & Li, Y. (online). The Magnet Effect of Price Limits: An Agent-Based Approach. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2024.2434042

In this paper, we study the magnet effect within the context of circuit breaker events that transpired in global stock markets during March 2020. Our analysis encompasses nine such events across six countries. Employing a time-distanced quadratic fun... Read More about The Magnet Effect of Price Limits: An Agent-Based Approach.

The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia (2024)
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Mendrik, F., Hackney, C. R., Cumming, V. M., Waller, C., Hak, D., Dorrell, R., Hung, N. N., & Parsons, D. R. (2025). The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia. Journal of hazardous materials, 484, Article 136762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136762

Rivers are primary vectors of plastic debris to oceans, but sources, transport mechanisms, and fate of fluvial microplastics (<5 mm) remain poorly understood, impeding accurate predictions of microplastic flux, ecological risk and socio-economic impa...

Wearables, wayfinding, and data visualisations for distance running (2024)
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Toner, J., Allen-Collinson, J., Jackman, P. C., Jones, L., & Addrison, J. (online). Wearables, wayfinding, and data visualisations for distance running. Performance enhancement & health, Article 100315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2024.100315

Data visualisations represent an important source of regulatory information and feedback for competitive and recreational runners alike. However, athletes' embodied or sensory engagements with data visualisations are often ignored by researchers in f... Read More about Wearables, wayfinding, and data visualisations for distance running.

LGBTQ+ Lives in Prisons: Addressing the Policy-Practice Gap (2024)
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Thomas, S., & Glazzard, J. (online). LGBTQ+ Lives in Prisons: Addressing the Policy-Practice Gap. International Journal of Prison Health, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPH-06-2024-0033

The purpose of this policy brief is to use lived experience and research to bridge the gap between LGBTQ+ policy and practice in prisons. We hope that this policy brief will ignite debate and lead to the development of policy, training and awareness... Read More about LGBTQ+ Lives in Prisons: Addressing the Policy-Practice Gap.

α-Synuclein Deletion Impairs Platelet Function: A Role for SNARE Complex Assembly (2024)
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Sennett, C., Jia, W., Khalil, J. S., Hindle, M. S., Coupland, C., Calaminus, S. D., Langer, J. D., Frost, S., Naseem, K. M., Rivero, F., Ninkina, N., Buchman, V., & Aburima, A. (2024). α-Synuclein Deletion Impairs Platelet Function: A Role for SNARE Complex Assembly. Cells, 13(24), Article 2089. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13242089

Granule secretion is an essential platelet function that contributes not only to haemostasis but also to wound healing, inflammation, and atherosclerosis. Granule secretion from platelets is facilitated, at least in part, by Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-... Read More about α-Synuclein Deletion Impairs Platelet Function: A Role for SNARE Complex Assembly.

Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England (2024)
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McDonagh, B., Worthen, H., & Mottram, S. (in press). Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England. Journal of Historical Geography,

The paper explores how early modern people lived with and responded to extraordinary flood events at a time of environmental, social and political crisis. By focusing on a period when flood risk management ‘failed’ and houses, land and business sat u... Read More about Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England.

Barriers and facilitators for cardiopulmonary resuscitation discussions with people with heart failure (2024)
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Barnes-Harris, M. M., Datla, S., Abel, A., Clark, A. L., & Johnson, M. J. (2024). Barriers and facilitators for cardiopulmonary resuscitation discussions with people with heart failure. PLoS ONE, 19(12), Article e0314631. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314631

Background Care planning with people with advanced heart failure enables appropriate care, and prevents futile interventions, such as cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Aim To explore what motivates clinicians to conduct, and people with heart fai... Read More about Barriers and facilitators for cardiopulmonary resuscitation discussions with people with heart failure.

Empowering informal caregivers and nurses to take a person-centred view: adaptation and clinical utility of the Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale (IPOS-Dem) for use in acute and community care settings (2024)
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de Wolf-Linder, S., Kramer, I., Reisinger, M., Murtagh, F. E., Schubert, M., & Ramsenthaler, C. (2024). Empowering informal caregivers and nurses to take a person-centred view: adaptation and clinical utility of the Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale (IPOS-Dem) for use in acute and community care settings. BMC Geriatrics, 24(1), Article 1030. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05608-8

Background: Dementia is a progressive and terminal illness. Symptoms are present for people with dementia across all stages, leading to poor quality of life and considerable carer burden. In acute and community care services, no holistic, person-cent... Read More about Empowering informal caregivers and nurses to take a person-centred view: adaptation and clinical utility of the Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale (IPOS-Dem) for use in acute and community care settings.

Multicellular model of neuroblastoma proposes unconventional therapy based on multiple roles of p53 (2024)
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Wertheim, K. Y., Chisholm, R., Richmond, P., & Walker, D. (2024). Multicellular model of neuroblastoma proposes unconventional therapy based on multiple roles of p53. PLoS Computational Biology, 20(12), Article e1012648. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012648

Neuroblastoma is the most common extra-cranial solid tumour in children. Over half of all high-risk cases are expected to succumb to the disease even after chemotherapy, surgery, and immunotherapy. Although the importance of MYCN amplification in thi... Read More about Multicellular model of neuroblastoma proposes unconventional therapy based on multiple roles of p53.

Geographical distribution of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia (2024)
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Alharthi, I. G., Cowx, I. G., & Harvey, J. P. (2024). Geographical distribution of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE, 19(12 December), Article e0311743. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311743

Species presence/absence data in different water bodies in different regions of Saudi Arabia were collated from the literature and collected from field surveys to determine the geographical distribution of fish species in the country. Freshwater fish... Read More about Geographical distribution of freshwater fishes in Saudi Arabia.

Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon (2024)
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Moccetti, P., Bolland, J. D., Adams, C. E., Rodger, J. R., Honkanen, H. M., Newton, M., Lothian, A. J., Nunn, A. D., & Joyce, D. A. (2024). Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon. Ecology and Evolution, 14(12), Article e70682. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70682

Migratory species typically undertake demanding long-distance journeys, across different habitat types during which they are exposed to multiple natural and anthropogenic stressors. Mortality during migration is typically high and may be human induce... Read More about Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon.

Establishing the Hydrological Controls on Water Surface Area Variations in Oxbow Lakes (2024)
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Ahmed, J. (2024). Establishing the Hydrological Controls on Water Surface Area Variations in Oxbow Lakes. Hydrological Processes, 38(12), Article e70013. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70013

Oxbow lakes are iconic fluvial landforms found in the floodplains of meandering rivers around the world. Their formation is associated with meander cutoff, a process that excises sections of river channel to optimise the downstream transmission of wa... Read More about Establishing the Hydrological Controls on Water Surface Area Variations in Oxbow Lakes.

The Lyα Dependence on Nebular Properties from the HETDEX and MOSDEF Surveys (2024)
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Chávez Ortiz, Ó. A., Leung, G. C. K., Finkelstein, S. L., Davis, D., Sutherland, R. S., Nicholls, D. C., Stephenson, M., Mentuch Cooper, E., Bagley, M., Gebhardt, K., House, L. R., Liu, C., Ciardullo, R., Gronwall, C., Hill, G. J., Farrow, D., & Schneider, D. P. (2024). The Lyα Dependence on Nebular Properties from the HETDEX and MOSDEF Surveys. The Astrophysical journal, 977(1), Article 107. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7a00

Investigating the impact of galaxy properties on emergent Lyα emission is crucial for reionization studies, given the sensitivity of Lyα to neutral hydrogen. This study presents an analysis of the physical characteristics of 155 star-forming galaxies... Read More about The Lyα Dependence on Nebular Properties from the HETDEX and MOSDEF Surveys.

Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning (2024)
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George, D. N., Dwyer, D. M., Haselgrove, M., & Le Pelley, M. E. (online). Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241305622

Johnston et al. report results which they argue demonstrate that crows engage in statistical inference during decision-making. They trained two crows to associate a set of stimuli with different reward probabilities (from 10% to 90%) before choice te... Read More about Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning.

Same data, different analysts: variation in 2 effect sizes due to analytical decisions in 3 ecology and evolutionary biology. (2024)
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Gould, E., Fraser, H. S., Parker, T. H., Nakagawa, S., Griffith, S. C., Vesk, P. A., Fidler, F., Hamilton, D. G., Abbott, J. K., Aguirre, L. A., Altschul, D., Atkins, J. W., Atkinson, J., Baker, C. M., Lindsay, S., & Bell, K. (2024). Same data, different analysts: variation in 2 effect sizes due to analytical decisions in 3 ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC biology, 23, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x

Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possible explanation for variation among results is differences a... Read More about Same data, different analysts: variation in 2 effect sizes due to analytical decisions in 3 ecology and evolutionary biology..

Exploring the perception and reality of professionalism in UK nursing (2024)
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Butler, S. (2024). Exploring the perception and reality of professionalism in UK nursing. Nursing Management, Article e2144. https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.2024.e2144

For the individual nurse, professionalism includes attributes such as ethical practice, accountability, empathy and a commitment to ongoing professional development. A lack of nursing professionalism can negatively affect public trust, patient satisf... Read More about Exploring the perception and reality of professionalism in UK nursing.