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Microbes and us: microbiology literacy in Greece (2024)
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Karayanni, H., Motsiou, E., Sapountzi, V., Meggou, L., Pagkoutsou, M., Triantafyllidi, A., …Efthimiou, G. (2024). Microbes and us: microbiology literacy in Greece. FEMS microbiology letters, 371, Article fnae008. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnae008

Microbes are ubiquitous and provide numerous services to humans and our planet. However, a query arises as to whether these microbial services are valued by the general public especially after unprecedented conditions like the COVID-19 pandemic. In t... Read More about Microbes and us: microbiology literacy in Greece.

Diuretic Treatment in Patients with Heart Failure: Current Evidence and Future Directions-Part II: Combination Therapy (2024)
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Cuthbert, J., Clark, A., & Cleland, J. (2024). Diuretic Treatment in Patients with Heart Failure: Current Evidence and Future Directions-Part II: Combination Therapy. Current Heart Failure Reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11897-024-00644-2

Purpose of Review Fluid retention or congestion is a major cause of symptoms, poor quality of life, and adverse outcome in patients with heart failure (HF). Despite advances in disease-modifying therapy, the mainstay of treatment for congestion loop... Read More about Diuretic Treatment in Patients with Heart Failure: Current Evidence and Future Directions-Part II: Combination Therapy.

Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication (2024)
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Ravindhran, B., Prosser, J., Lim, A., Lathan, R., Mishra, B., Hitchman, L., Smith, G. E., Carradice, D., Thakker, D., Chetter, I. C., & Pymer, S. (2024). Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication. BJS Open, 8(1), Article zrad166. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrad166

Background: Guidelines recommend cardiovascular risk reduction and supervised exercise therapy as the first line of treatment in intermittent claudication, but implementation challenges and poor patient compliance lead to significant variation in man... Read More about Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication.

Application of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Detecting the Impact of Usability from Evaluation of Mobile Health Applications (2024)
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Kayode, O., Al Jaber, T., & Gordon, N. (2024). Application of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Detecting the Impact of Usability from Evaluation of Mobile Health Applications. International Journal on Engineering Technologies and Informatics, 5(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.51626/ijeti.2024.05.00070

Mobile health (mHealth) applications have demonstrated immense potential for facilitating preventative care and disease management through intuitive platforms. However, realizing transformational health objectives relies on creating accessible tools... Read More about Application of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Detecting the Impact of Usability from Evaluation of Mobile Health Applications.

Potential cost savings of large-scale blue hydrogen production via sorption-enhanced steam reforming process (2024)
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Udemu, C., & Font-Palma, C. (2024). Potential cost savings of large-scale blue hydrogen production via sorption-enhanced steam reforming process. Energy Conversion and Management, 302, Article 118132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118132

As countries work towards achieving net-zero emissions, the need for cleaner fuels has become increasingly urgent. Hydrogen produced from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (blue hydrogen) has the potential to play a significant role in the... Read More about Potential cost savings of large-scale blue hydrogen production via sorption-enhanced steam reforming process.

Fault-Tolerant Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems Subject to Multiple Faults and Random Attacks (2024)
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Liu, C., Wang, W., Jiang, B., & Patton, R. J. (in press). Fault-Tolerant Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems Subject to Multiple Faults and Random Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2024.3351214

This paper explores the consensus control problem of nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs) under complex cyber-physical threats (CPTs), which encompass sensor/actuator faults, input/output channel noises, and random cyber-attacks. The multiple sensor/... Read More about Fault-Tolerant Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems Subject to Multiple Faults and Random Attacks.

Preliminary Characterization of Submarine Basalt Magnetic Mineralogy Using Amplitude-Dependence of Magnetic Susceptibility (2024)
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Yang, H., Tikoo, S. M., Carvallo, C., Bilardello, D., Solheid, P., Gaastra, K. M., …Widdowson, M. (2024). Preliminary Characterization of Submarine Basalt Magnetic Mineralogy Using Amplitude-Dependence of Magnetic Susceptibility. Geochemistry, geophysics, geosystems G³, 25(2), Article e2023GC011222. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011222

The past ∼200 million years of Earth's geomagnetic field behavior have been recorded within oceanic basalts, many of which are only accessible via scientific ocean drilling. Obtaining the best possible paleomagnetic measurements from such valuable sa... Read More about Preliminary Characterization of Submarine Basalt Magnetic Mineralogy Using Amplitude-Dependence of Magnetic Susceptibility.

High INtensity Interval Training in pATiEnts with Intermittent Claudication: A Qualitative Acceptability Study (2024)
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Pymer, S., Harwood, A., Ibeggazene, S., McGregor, G., Huang, C., Nicholls, A., Ingle, L., Long, J., Rooms, M., Chetter, I. C., & Twiddy, M. (2024). High INtensity Interval Training in pATiEnts with Intermittent Claudication: A Qualitative Acceptability Study. Annals of vascular surgery, 102, 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2023.11.043

Background: A novel high-intensity interval training (HIIT) program has demonstrated feasibility for patients with intermittent claudication (IC). The aim of this study was to explore patient perspectives of the HIIT program to inform refinement and... Read More about High INtensity Interval Training in pATiEnts with Intermittent Claudication: A Qualitative Acceptability Study.

Benthic biology influences sedimentation in submarine channel bends: Coupling of biology, sedimentation and flow (2024)
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Azpiroz-Zabala, M., Sumner, E. J., Cartigny, M. J., Peakall, J., Clare, M. A., Darby, S. E., …Johnson, J. (2024). Benthic biology influences sedimentation in submarine channel bends: Coupling of biology, sedimentation and flow. The Depositional Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.265

Submarine channels are key features for the transport of flow and nutrients into deep water. Previous studies of their morphology and channel evolution have treated these systems as abiotic, and therefore assume that physical processes are solely res... Read More about Benthic biology influences sedimentation in submarine channel bends: Coupling of biology, sedimentation and flow.

A Coumarin–Hemicyanine Deep Red Dye with a Large Stokes Shift for the Fluorescence Detection and Naked-Eye Recognition of Cyanide (2024)
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Li, D., Peng, S., Zhou, X., Shen, L., Yang, X., Xu, H., …Zhang, Q. (2024). A Coumarin–Hemicyanine Deep Red Dye with a Large Stokes Shift for the Fluorescence Detection and Naked-Eye Recognition of Cyanide. Molecules, 29(3), Article 618. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29030618

In this study, we synthesized a coumarin–hemicyanine-based deep red fluorescent dye that exhibits an intramolecular charge transfer (ICT). The probe had a large Stokes shift of 287 nm and a large molar absorption coefficient (ε = 7.5 × 105 L·mol−1·cm... Read More about A Coumarin–Hemicyanine Deep Red Dye with a Large Stokes Shift for the Fluorescence Detection and Naked-Eye Recognition of Cyanide.

A Programme for Women achieving Excellence in Research (PoWER): theoretically informed intervention design and evaluation (2024)
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Dyson, J., Westoby, C., Collins, T., Vakaj, E., Millman, C., Akinbobola, Y., …Cowdell, F. (in press). A Programme for Women achieving Excellence in Research (PoWER): theoretically informed intervention design and evaluation. International Journal for Academic Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2023.2293873

Academics in Higher Education are often expected both to teach and to research; this is a particular challenge for women both structurally and individually. Initiatives to address structural issues include AdvanceHE. Here, we focus on individual issu... Read More about A Programme for Women achieving Excellence in Research (PoWER): theoretically informed intervention design and evaluation.

Working in primary care: an advanced clinical practitioner’s perspective (2024)
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Coaten, J. (2024). Working in primary care: an advanced clinical practitioner’s perspective. British Journal of Nursing, 33(2), 90. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.2.90

Advanced Clinical Practitioners are very much a key role within the health care system and this commentary piece gives an honest opinion from an advanced clinical practitioners perspective of the role of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner working in p... Read More about Working in primary care: an advanced clinical practitioner’s perspective.

Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making (2024)
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Bravington, A., Boland, J. W., Greenley, S., Lind, M., Murtagh, F. E., Patterson, M., Pearson, M., & Johnson, M. J. (2024). Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making. PLoS ONE, 19(1 January), Article e0294218. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294218

Introduction Malignant bowel obstruction is a distressing complication of cancer, causing pain, nausea and vomiting, and often has a poor prognosis. Severe and rapidly developing symptoms, a lack of robust clinical guidelines and the need for multidi... Read More about Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making.

Relationships of Brain Cholesterol and Cholesterol Biosynthetic Enzymes to Alzheimer’s Pathology and Dementia in the CFAS Population-Derived Neuropathology Cohort (2024)
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Mistry, H., Richardson, C. D., Higginbottom, A., Ashford, B., Ahamed, S. U., Moore, Z., …Wharton, S. B. (2024). Relationships of Brain Cholesterol and Cholesterol Biosynthetic Enzymes to Alzheimer’s Pathology and Dementia in the CFAS Population-Derived Neuropathology Cohort. Neuroscience Research, 204, Article 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neures.2024.01.003

Altered cholesterol metabolism is implicated in brain ageing and Alzheimer's disease. We examined whether key genes regulating cholesterol metabolism and levels of brain cholesterol are altered in dementia and Alzheimer's disease neuropathological ch... Read More about Relationships of Brain Cholesterol and Cholesterol Biosynthetic Enzymes to Alzheimer’s Pathology and Dementia in the CFAS Population-Derived Neuropathology Cohort.

The Branding of Jihadi Terror: An Organizational Theory Understanding of Jihadi Terrorism (2024)
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Farooqi, M., & Dover, R. (in press). The Branding of Jihadi Terror: An Organizational Theory Understanding of Jihadi Terrorism. Studia Socjologiczno-Polityczne. New Series, 25-42. https://doi.org/10.26343/0585556X11802

Since 2001, jihadism as a socio-political movement of waging jihadi violence has been prominent in international relations and security. The dominant discourse has been that jihadism is a religious phenomenon, in which violence is drawn from 19th and... Read More about The Branding of Jihadi Terror: An Organizational Theory Understanding of Jihadi Terrorism.

Climate Change and the Modern Slavery Conundrum in Africa: Reimagining the Relevance of Human Rights Law (2024)
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Ogunniyi, D. (2024). Climate Change and the Modern Slavery Conundrum in Africa: Reimagining the Relevance of Human Rights Law. Human Rights Law Review, 24(1), Article ngad043. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngad043

Although climate change is among the main ecological crisis the world is grappling with today, relevant discourses on the subject often focus exclusively on the existential threats it presents ignoring other associated risks, including how it exacerb... Read More about Climate Change and the Modern Slavery Conundrum in Africa: Reimagining the Relevance of Human Rights Law.

Online Group Supervision as Pedagogy: A Qualitative Inquiry of Student Mental Health Nurses’ Discourses and Participation (2024)
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Howard, V., & Peirson, J. (2024). Online Group Supervision as Pedagogy: A Qualitative Inquiry of Student Mental Health Nurses’ Discourses and Participation. Issues in mental health nursing, https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2023.2283507

This study explored online group clinical supervision participation, as a component of pre-registration education following mental health nursing students’ clinical placements. Clinical supervision has historically been valued as a supportive strateg... Read More about Online Group Supervision as Pedagogy: A Qualitative Inquiry of Student Mental Health Nurses’ Discourses and Participation.

Experiences of a student with a visual impairment transitioning to higher education: A narrative inquiry (2024)
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Tomlinson, A., & Killingback, C. (2024). Experiences of a student with a visual impairment transitioning to higher education: A narrative inquiry. British Journal of Visual Impairment, https://doi.org/10.1177/02646196231225071

Transition to higher education is a considerable period of change for students, and can be a particularly challenging time for students with a visual impairment. The aim of this study was to understand the transition experiences of an undergraduate s... Read More about Experiences of a student with a visual impairment transitioning to higher education: A narrative inquiry.

Development and validation of spectrophotometric method and paper-based microfluidic devices for the quantitative determination of Amoxicillin in pure form and pharmaceutical formulations (2024)
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Oday, J., Hadi, H., Hashim, P., Richardson, S., Iles, A., & Pamme, N. (2024). Development and validation of spectrophotometric method and paper-based microfluidic devices for the quantitative determination of Amoxicillin in pure form and pharmaceutical formulations. Heliyon, 10(3), Article e24968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24968

There is a growing need for easy-to-use, low cost and portable quantitative assays to determine active pharmaceutical ingredients in the pharmaceutical industry. Here, we developed a batch spectrophotometric method and a method employing a paper-base... Read More about Development and validation of spectrophotometric method and paper-based microfluidic devices for the quantitative determination of Amoxicillin in pure form and pharmaceutical formulations.

Lipophrys pholis is larger, grows faster and is in better condition in protected than in unprotected rocky shores (2024)
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Compaire, J. C., Visintini, N., Soriguer, M. C., Johnson, M. L., Hull, S. L., & Barrett, C. J. (2024). Lipophrys pholis is larger, grows faster and is in better condition in protected than in unprotected rocky shores. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, 34(2), Article e4083. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4083

Intertidal fish are a key component of littoral food webs, contributing to the diets of birds and commercial fish species. Ascertaining their growth and condition can therefore help understand the health status of local communities. Lipophrys pholis... Read More about Lipophrys pholis is larger, grows faster and is in better condition in protected than in unprotected rocky shores.