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Curcumin for the management of periodontal diseases: a review (2020)
Journal Article
Forouzanfar, F., Forouzanfar, A., Sathyapalan, T., Orafai, H. M., & Sahebkar, A. (2020). Curcumin for the management of periodontal diseases: a review. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 26(34), 4277-4284. https://doi.org/10.2174/1381612826666200513112607

Periodontal disease is one of the most common causes of tooth loss among adults. Research shows that inflammation is one of the crucial components in the initiation and progression of periodontitis. Various herbal medicines have recently been receivi... Read More about Curcumin for the management of periodontal diseases: a review.

Adopting the use of a legacy digital artefact in formal educational settings: opportunities and challenges (2020)
Journal Article
Gouseti, A., Abbott, D., Burden, K., & Jeffrey, S. (2020). Adopting the use of a legacy digital artefact in formal educational settings: opportunities and challenges. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 29(5), 613-629. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2020.1822435

This paper explores how a legacy digital artefact can be adopted within formal education settings and looks at the pedagogical and other opportunities created by its use within three primary and secondary classrooms in the UK. Through a comparative c... Read More about Adopting the use of a legacy digital artefact in formal educational settings: opportunities and challenges.

Structural response analysis of road pavement solar collector (RPSC) with serpentine heat pipes under validated temperature field (2020)
Journal Article
Zhou, B., Pei, J., Richard Hughes, B., SNM Nasir, D., Vital, B., Pantua, C. A. J., …Zhang, J. (2021). Structural response analysis of road pavement solar collector (RPSC) with serpentine heat pipes under validated temperature field. Construction and Building Materials, 268, Article 121110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121110

Road Pavement Solar Collector (RPSC) is one of the inevitable products of the diversified development of pavement, which can reduce the temperature of the road surface to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect. The arrangement of the heat pipes... Read More about Structural response analysis of road pavement solar collector (RPSC) with serpentine heat pipes under validated temperature field.

On developing and validating dynamic systems: simulation engineering (2020)
Journal Article
Polack, F., & Alden, K. (2020). On developing and validating dynamic systems: simulation engineering. Journal of Object Technology, 19(3), 3:1-13. https://doi.org/10.5381/jot.2020.19.3.a6

Dynamic systems, where the behaviour is the dominant characteristic, pose engineering challenges that are often neglected in model-based software engineering. However, supporting simulation development from design models is important in demonstrating... Read More about On developing and validating dynamic systems: simulation engineering.

Nurses’ perceptions of caring activities in nursing (2020)
Journal Article
Akansel, N., Watson, R., Vatansever, N., & Özdemir, A. (in press). Nurses’ perceptions of caring activities in nursing. Nursing Open, https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.653

Aim
This study aimed to determine nurses’ perceptions of caring activities in nursing.

Design
A descriptive study design.

Methods
A Turkish translation of the 25‐item version of the Caring Dimensions Inventory was completed by 260 nurses wor... Read More about Nurses’ perceptions of caring activities in nursing.

Light-Responsive, Reversible Emulsification and Demulsification of Oil-in-Water Pickering Emulsions for Catalysis (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Li, Z., Shi, Y., Zhu, A., Zhao, Y., Wang, H., Binks, B. P., & Wang, J. (in press). Light-Responsive, Reversible Emulsification and Demulsification of Oil-in-Water Pickering Emulsions for Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202010750

© 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH Pickering emulsions are an excellent platform for interfacial catalysis. However, developing simple and efficient strategies to achieve product separation and catalyst and emulsifier recovery is still a challenge. Herein, we rep... Read More about Light-Responsive, Reversible Emulsification and Demulsification of Oil-in-Water Pickering Emulsions for Catalysis.

Expert Consensus on the Tapering of Oral Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Asthma. A Delphi Study (2020)
Journal Article
Suehs, C. M., Menzies-Gow, A., Price, D., Bleecker, E. R., Canonica, G. W., Gurnell, M., & Bourdin, A. (2021). Expert Consensus on the Tapering of Oral Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Asthma. A Delphi Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 203(7), 871-881. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202007-2721oc

Rationale: There is a need to minimize oral corticosteroid (OCS) use in patients with asthma to prevent their costly and burdensome adverse effects. Current guidelines do not provide recommendations for OCS tapering in patients with asthma.

Object... Read More about Expert Consensus on the Tapering of Oral Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Asthma. A Delphi Study.

Normative reference values for estimated cardiorespiratory fitness in apparently healthy British men and women (2020)
Journal Article
Ingle, L., Rigby, A., Brodie, D., & Sandercock, G. (2020). Normative reference values for estimated cardiorespiratory fitness in apparently healthy British men and women. PLoS ONE, 15(10), Article e0240099. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240099

Copyright: © 2020 Ingle et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and sour... Read More about Normative reference values for estimated cardiorespiratory fitness in apparently healthy British men and women.

The Role of Models and Formulations in the Management of Behaviors that Challenge in Dementia (2020)
Journal Article
Medea, B., Roberts, M., Dunn, R., & Andrew James, I. (2020). The Role of Models and Formulations in the Management of Behaviors that Challenge in Dementia. Open Access Journal of Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, 5(5), Article 555671

The British Psychological Society’s Briefing Paper for Behaviors that Challenge (BtC) in dementia states that psychological formulation helps in the development of effective and well targeted treatments [1]. While not explicitly using the term psycho... Read More about The Role of Models and Formulations in the Management of Behaviors that Challenge in Dementia.

Hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes exacerbates amyloid-related proteins associated with dementia (2020)
Journal Article
Moin, A. S. M., Al-Qaissi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (in press). Hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes exacerbates amyloid-related proteins associated with dementia. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.14220

Objective
Hypoglycemia in diabetes (T2D) may increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). We hypothesized that hypoglycemia‐induced amyloid‐related protein changes would be exacerbated in T2D.

Methods
A prospective, parallel study in T2D (n=2... Read More about Hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes exacerbates amyloid-related proteins associated with dementia.

CONVEX (CONtinuously Varied EXtrusion): A new scale of design for additive manufacturing (2020)
Journal Article
Moetazedian, A., Budisuharto, A. S., Silberschmidt, V. V., & Gleadall, A. (2021). CONVEX (CONtinuously Varied EXtrusion): A new scale of design for additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 37, Article 101576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101576

This study introduces a new microscale design approach, CONVEX, based on the idea of CONtinuously Varying EXtrusion widths of deposited filaments in material extrusion additive manufacturing (MEAM). The CONVEX design approach breaks free from the tra... Read More about CONVEX (CONtinuously Varied EXtrusion): A new scale of design for additive manufacturing.

Noise reduction of plenum windows on the façade of a high-rise residential building next to heavy road traffic (2020)
Journal Article
Li, X., Tang, S. K., Yim, S. Y., Lee, R. Y., & Hung, T. (2020). Noise reduction of plenum windows on the façade of a high-rise residential building next to heavy road traffic. Building and Environment, 186, Article 107353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107353

Extensive traffic noise transmission loss measurements were carried out inside selected residential units of a standalone 32-storey housing block located next to a very busy and noisy main trunk road in the present study. A total of 35 units, which w... Read More about Noise reduction of plenum windows on the façade of a high-rise residential building next to heavy road traffic.

Taboo Or Not Taboo: (In)visibilities Of Death, Dying And Bereavement (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hård Af Segerstad, Y., Bell, J., Giaxoglou, K., Pitsillides, S., & Yeshua-Katz, D. Taboo Or Not Taboo: (In)visibilities Of Death, Dying And Bereavement. Presented at Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers., 2020

The notion that ‘death is a taboo’ pervades private, public and academic discourses around death, dying and bereavement in contemporary Western societies. The rise of digital media within the last decades further complicates the appreciation of the s... Read More about Taboo Or Not Taboo: (In)visibilities Of Death, Dying And Bereavement.

Bioimprint Mediated Label-Free Isolation of Pancreatic Tumor Cells from a Healthy Peripheral Blood Cell Population (2020)
Journal Article
Pelle, M., Das, A. A. K., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (in press). Bioimprint Mediated Label-Free Isolation of Pancreatic Tumor Cells from a Healthy Peripheral Blood Cell Population. Advanced Biosystems, Article 2000054. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202000054

New techniques are required for earlier diagnosis and response to treatment of pancreatic cancer. Here, a label-free approach is reported in which circulating pancreatic tumor cells are isolated from healthy peripheral blood cells via cell bioimprint... Read More about Bioimprint Mediated Label-Free Isolation of Pancreatic Tumor Cells from a Healthy Peripheral Blood Cell Population.

Esterification of residual palm oil using solid acid catalyst derived from rice husk (2020)
Journal Article
Semilin, V., Balan, W. S., Janaun, J., Chung, C. H., Zhu, Z., Haywood, S. K., Touhami, D., Chong, K. P., Yaser, A. Z., Lee, P. C., & Zein, S. H. (2021). Esterification of residual palm oil using solid acid catalyst derived from rice husk. Journal of hazardous materials, 404(Part B), Article 124092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124092

In this study, carbon-silica based acid catalysts derived from rice husks (RH) were successfully synthesised using microwave (MW) technology. The results showed that MW sulphonation produced Sulphur (S) content of 17.2–18.5 times higher than in raw R... Read More about Esterification of residual palm oil using solid acid catalyst derived from rice husk.

Recovery of oil from palm oil mill effluent using polypropylene micro/nanofiber (2020)
Journal Article
Semilin, V., Janaun, J., Chung, C. H., Touhami, D., Haywood, S. K., Chong, K. P., Yaser, A. Z., & Zein, S. H. (2021). Recovery of oil from palm oil mill effluent using polypropylene micro/nanofiber. Journal of hazardous materials, 404, Article 124144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124144

Residual palm oil that goes into the river untreated can become detrimental to the environment. Residual oil discharge during milling process into palm oil mill effluent (POME) is unavoidable. About 1 wt% of residual oil in POME causes major problems... Read More about Recovery of oil from palm oil mill effluent using polypropylene micro/nanofiber.

Tackling fuel poverty through household advice and support: Exploring the impacts of a charity-led project in a disadvantaged city in the United Kingdom (2020)
Journal Article
Ramsden, S. (2020). Tackling fuel poverty through household advice and support: Exploring the impacts of a charity-led project in a disadvantaged city in the United Kingdom. Energy research & social science ERSS, 70, Article 101786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101786

This article explores the impacts of a charity project which aimed to help people vulnerable to fuel poverty improve their energy efficiency and reduce energy costs, through providing energy monitors and advice at a household-level. The research make... Read More about Tackling fuel poverty through household advice and support: Exploring the impacts of a charity-led project in a disadvantaged city in the United Kingdom.

Management of adults with primary frozen shoulder in secondary care (UK FROST): a multicentre, pragmatic, three-arm, superiority randomised clinical trial (2020)
Journal Article
Ahrens, P., Baldwick, C., Bidwai, A., Butt, A., Candal-Couto, J., Crowther, M., Malal, J. G., Drew, S., Garg, S., Hawken, R., Kelly, C., Kent, M., Kumar, K., Lawrence, T., Little, C., Macleod, I., Motkur, P., Matthews, T., Venateswaran, B., McClelland, D., …Toye, F. (2020). Management of adults with primary frozen shoulder in secondary care (UK FROST): a multicentre, pragmatic, three-arm, superiority randomised clinical trial. Lancet, 396(10256), 977-989. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2820%2931965-6

© 2020 The Author(s). Publishedx by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Background: Manipulation under anaesthesia and arthroscopic capsular release are costly and invasive treatments for frozen shoulder, bu... Read More about Management of adults with primary frozen shoulder in secondary care (UK FROST): a multicentre, pragmatic, three-arm, superiority randomised clinical trial.

A precise mass measurement of PSR J2045 + 3633 (2020)
Journal Article
McKee, J. W., Freire, P. C., Berezina, M., Champion, D. J., Cognard, I., Graikou, E., …Theureau, G. (2020). A precise mass measurement of PSR J2045 + 3633. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499(3), 4082-4096. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2994

We present the results of a timing analysis undertaken with the goal of obtaining an improved mass measurement of the recycled pulsar J2045 + 3633. Using regular high-cadence observations with the Effelsberg, Nançay, and Lovell radio telescopes, toge... Read More about A precise mass measurement of PSR J2045 + 3633.