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Domiciliary fractional exhaled nitric oxide and spirometry in monitoring asthma control and exacerbations (2023)
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Wang, R., Usmani, O. S., Chung, K. F., Sont, J., Simpson, A., Bonini, M., Honkoop, P. J., & Fowler, S. J. (2023). Domiciliary fractional exhaled nitric oxide and spirometry in monitoring asthma control and exacerbations. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 11(6), 1787-1795.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2023.02.009

Background: Domiciliary measurements of airflow obstruction and inflammation may assist healthcare teams and patients in determining asthma control and facilitate self-management. Objective: To evaluate parameters derived from domiciliary spirometry... Read More about Domiciliary fractional exhaled nitric oxide and spirometry in monitoring asthma control and exacerbations.

The long-term impact of glucose monitoring with the FreeStyle Libre on glycaemic control and hypoglycaemia awareness in people with type1 diabetes: Insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists national audit (2023)
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Shah, N., Deshmukh, H., Wilmot, E. G., Patmore, J., Christian, P., Barnes, D. J., Walton, C., Ryder, R. E. J., & Sathyapalan, T. (2023). The long-term impact of glucose monitoring with the FreeStyle Libre on glycaemic control and hypoglycaemia awareness in people with type1 diabetes: Insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists national audit. Diabetic medicine, 40(6), Article e15070. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.15070

Aims: To investigate the change in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), hypoglycaemia awareness and diabetes-related distress in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) using FreeStyle Libre (FSL) over a 2-year follow-up period. Methods: FSL user data from U.K wi... Read More about The long-term impact of glucose monitoring with the FreeStyle Libre on glycaemic control and hypoglycaemia awareness in people with type1 diabetes: Insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists national audit.

Experimental Evaluation of Continuous In-Situ Biomethanation of CO2 in Anaerobic Digesters Fed on Sewage Sludge and Food Waste and the Influence of Hydrogen Gas–Liquid Mass Transfer (2023)
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Poggio, D., Sastraatmaja, A., Walker, M., Michailos, S., Nimmo, W., & Pourkashanian, M. (2023). Experimental Evaluation of Continuous In-Situ Biomethanation of CO2 in Anaerobic Digesters Fed on Sewage Sludge and Food Waste and the Influence of Hydrogen Gas–Liquid Mass Transfer. Processes, 11(2), Article 604. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11020604

In-situ biomethanation combines conventional biogas production from the anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic matter with the addition of hydrogen to produce a higher quality biomethane gas. However, challenges surrounding its performance and control c... Read More about Experimental Evaluation of Continuous In-Situ Biomethanation of CO2 in Anaerobic Digesters Fed on Sewage Sludge and Food Waste and the Influence of Hydrogen Gas–Liquid Mass Transfer.

Improved control strategies for the environment within cell culture bioreactors (2023)
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Jones, J., Kindembe, D., Branton, H., Lawal, N., Montero, E. L., Mack, J., Shi, S., Patton, R., & Montague, G. (2023). Improved control strategies for the environment within cell culture bioreactors. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 138, 209-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2023.02.004

This paper describes the development of improved control strategies for the standard environmental conditions in a fed-batch bioreactor used for monoclonal antibody cell culture. The consequences of relying on fixed parameter PID based controllers ar... Read More about Improved control strategies for the environment within cell culture bioreactors.

The barriers and facilitators to hand hygiene practices in Nigeria: A qualitative study: “There are so many barriers the barriers are limitless.” (2023)
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Ataiyero, Y., Dyson, J., & Graham, M. (2023). The barriers and facilitators to hand hygiene practices in Nigeria: A qualitative study: “There are so many barriers the barriers are limitless.”. American Journal of Infection Control, 51(3), 295-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.10.013

Background: Health care associated infections (HCAIs) are a global challenge and hand hygiene is the primary measure to reduce these. In developing countries, patients are between 2 and 20 times more likely to acquire an HCAI compared with developed... Read More about The barriers and facilitators to hand hygiene practices in Nigeria: A qualitative study: “There are so many barriers the barriers are limitless.”.

Quantitative investigation of pengornithid enantiornithine diet reveals macrocarnivorous ecology evolved in birds by Early Cretaceous (2023)
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Miller, C. V., Pittman, M., Wang, X., Zheng, X., & Bright, J. A. (2023). Quantitative investigation of pengornithid enantiornithine diet reveals macrocarnivorous ecology evolved in birds by Early Cretaceous. iScience, 26(3), Article 106211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106211

The diet of Mesozoic birds is poorly known, limiting evolutionary understanding of birds’ roles in modern ecosystems. Pengornithidae is one of the best understood families of Mesozoic birds, hypothesized to eat insects or only small amounts of meat.... Read More about Quantitative investigation of pengornithid enantiornithine diet reveals macrocarnivorous ecology evolved in birds by Early Cretaceous.

Over a third of palliative medicine physicians meet burnout criteria: Results from a survey study during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
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Boland, J. W., Kabir, M., Spilg, E. G., Webber, C., Bush, S. H., Murtagh, F., & Lawlor, P. G. (2023). Over a third of palliative medicine physicians meet burnout criteria: Results from a survey study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliative medicine, 37(3), 343-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163231153067

Background: Palliative medicine physicians may be at higher risk of burnout due to increased stressors and compromised resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Burnout prevalence and factors influencing this among UK and Irish palliative medicine phy... Read More about Over a third of palliative medicine physicians meet burnout criteria: Results from a survey study during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science (2023)
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Loy, A. C. M., Teng, S. Y., How, B. S., Zhang, X., Cheah, K. W., Butera, V., Leong, W. D., Chin, B. L. F., Yiin, C. L., Taylor, M. J., & Kyriakou, G. (2023). Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 96, Article 101074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2023.101074

The emergence of single atom sites as a frontier research area in catalysis has sparked extensive academic and industrial interest, especially for energy, environmental and chemicals production processes. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have shown remar... Read More about Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science.

Masticatory biomechanics of red and grey squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris and Sciurus carolinensis) modelled with multibody dynamics analysis (2023)
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Cox, P. G., & Watson, P. J. (2023). Masticatory biomechanics of red and grey squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris and Sciurus carolinensis) modelled with multibody dynamics analysis. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2), Article 220587. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220587

The process of feeding in mammals is achieved by moving the mandible relative to the cranium to bring the teeth into and out of occlusion. This process is especially complex in rodents which have a highly specialized configuration of jaw adductor mus... Read More about Masticatory biomechanics of red and grey squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris and Sciurus carolinensis) modelled with multibody dynamics analysis.

End-Permian terrestrial ecosystem collapse in North China: evidence from palynology and geochemistry (2023)
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Zhang, P., Yang, M., Lu, J., Bond, D. P., Shao, L., Zhou, K., Xu, X., Xua, X., Wang, Y., He, Z., Bian, X., & Hilton, J. (2023). End-Permian terrestrial ecosystem collapse in North China: evidence from palynology and geochemistry. Global and planetary change, 222, Article 104070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104070

The Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction (ca. 252 Ma; PTME) is the most severe biocrisis of the Phanerozoic in both the oceans and on land. The crisis saw the collapse of terrestrial ecosystems in low, mid and high latitudes. Although terrestrial plant l... Read More about End-Permian terrestrial ecosystem collapse in North China: evidence from palynology and geochemistry.

Revisiting Student Evaluation of Teaching during the pandemic (2023)
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Fry, J. (2023). Revisiting Student Evaluation of Teaching during the pandemic. Applied Economics Letters, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2023.2178623

The pandemic has placed unprecedented pressures upon staff and students alike. Yet performance management of academics including Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) persists. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has intervened on... Read More about Revisiting Student Evaluation of Teaching during the pandemic.

Humanitarian management strategy for interstate movement of migrant workers in India during COVID-19 pandemic: an optimization based approach (2023)
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Mishra, N., Palit, N., & Chaudhuri, A. (2023). Humanitarian management strategy for interstate movement of migrant workers in India during COVID-19 pandemic: an optimization based approach. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05199-4

India faced a unique situation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic when millions of migrant workers, in different states had to be transported to their home states as workplaces shut down. The governments in respective states faced challenges of min... Read More about Humanitarian management strategy for interstate movement of migrant workers in India during COVID-19 pandemic: an optimization based approach.

PCSK6 and Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (2023)
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Oldham, J. M., Allen, R. J., Lorenzo-Salazar, J. M., Molyneaux, P. L., Ma, S. F., Joseph, C., Kim, J. S., Guillen-Guio, B., Hernández-Beeftink, T., Kropski, J. A., Huang, Y., Lee, C. T., Adegunsoye, A., Pugashetti, J. V., Linderholm, A. L., Vo, V., Strek, M. E., Jou, J., Muñoz-Barrera, A., Rubio-Rodriguez, L. A., …Noth, I. (2023). PCSK6 and Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 207(11), 1515-1524. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202205-0845OC

Rationale: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease characterized by limited treatment options and high mortality. A better understanding of the molecular drivers of IPF progression is needed. Objectives: To identify and validate... Read More about PCSK6 and Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Decentralized Fault Estimation and Distributed Fault-tolerant Tracking Control Co-design for Sensor Faulty Multi-agent Systems with Bidirectional Couplings (2023)
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Liu, C., Yu, Z., & Patton, R. J. (2023). Decentralized Fault Estimation and Distributed Fault-tolerant Tracking Control Co-design for Sensor Faulty Multi-agent Systems with Bidirectional Couplings. International journal of control, automation and systems, 21, 810-819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-021-1038-4

This study proposes a co-design framework of decentralized fault estimation and distributed fault-tolerant tracking control schemes of Lipschitz nonlinear multi-agent systems with external disturbances and unpredicted sensor faults. To begin with, th... Read More about Decentralized Fault Estimation and Distributed Fault-tolerant Tracking Control Co-design for Sensor Faulty Multi-agent Systems with Bidirectional Couplings.

Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity (2023)
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Mendrik, F., Fernández, R., Hackney, C. R., Waller, C., & Parsons, D. R. (2023). Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00690-z

Rivers are the major conveyor of plastics to the marine environment, but the mechanisms that impact microplastic (<5 mm) aquatic transport, and thus govern fate are largely unknown. This prevents progress in understanding microplastic dynamics and id...

Serum transthyretin and aminotransferases are associated with lean mass in people with coronary heart disease: Further insights from the CARE-CR study (2023)
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James, E., Goodall, S., Nichols, S., Walker, K., Carroll, S., O’Doherty, A. F., & Ingle, L. (2023). Serum transthyretin and aminotransferases are associated with lean mass in people with coronary heart disease: Further insights from the CARE-CR study. Frontiers in Medicine, 10, Article 1094733. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1094733

Background: Low muscle mass disproportionately affects people with coronary heart disease compared to healthy controls but is under-researched and insufficiently treated. Inflammation, poor nutrition, and neural decline might contribute to low muscle... Read More about Serum transthyretin and aminotransferases are associated with lean mass in people with coronary heart disease: Further insights from the CARE-CR study.

Pulsar scintillation studies with LOFAR: II. Dual-frequency scattering study of PSR J0826+2637 with LOFAR and NenuFAR (2023)
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Wu, Z., Coles, W. A., Verbiest, J. P., Ambalappat, K. M., Tiburzi, C., Grießmeier, J. M., Main, R. A., Liu, Y., Kramer, M., Wucknitz, O., Porayko, N., Osłowski, S., Bak Nielsen, A.-S., Donner, J. Y., Hoeft, M., Brüggen, M., Vocks, C., Dettmar, R. J., Theureau, G., Serylak, M., …Corbel, S. (2023). Pulsar scintillation studies with LOFAR: II. Dual-frequency scattering study of PSR J0826+2637 with LOFAR and NenuFAR. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(4), 5536-5543. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad429

Interstellar scattering (ISS) of radio pulsar emission can be used as a probe of the ionized interstellar medium (IISM) and causes corruptions in pulsar timing experiments. Two types of ISS phenomena (intensity scintillation and pulse broadening) are... Read More about Pulsar scintillation studies with LOFAR: II. Dual-frequency scattering study of PSR J0826+2637 with LOFAR and NenuFAR.

A review on curcumin colon-targeted oral drug delivery systems for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (2023)
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Sardou, H. S., Vosough, P. R., Abbaspour, M., Akhgari, A., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (online). A review on curcumin colon-targeted oral drug delivery systems for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammopharmacology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10787-023-01140-0

Synthetic drugs and monoclonal antibodies are the typical treatments to combat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, side effects are present when these treatments are used, and their continued application could be restricted by the high relapse... Read More about A review on curcumin colon-targeted oral drug delivery systems for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

An astronomical timescale for the Permian-Triassic mass extinction reveals a two-step, million-year-long terrestrial crisis in South China (2023)
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Hua, F., Shao, L., Zhang, T., Bond, D. P., Wang, X., Wang, J., Yan, Z., Lu, J., & Hilton, J. (2023). An astronomical timescale for the Permian-Triassic mass extinction reveals a two-step, million-year-long terrestrial crisis in South China. Earth and planetary science letters, 605, Article 118035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118035

The Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction (PTME) is the greatest biotic crisis of the Phanerozoic. In terrestrial settings, the PTME appears to have been diachronous and it has been suggested that losses initiated before the marine crisis. We examine orga... Read More about An astronomical timescale for the Permian-Triassic mass extinction reveals a two-step, million-year-long terrestrial crisis in South China.