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Creating more comparable cohorts in observational palliative care studies: a proposed framework to improve applicability and replicability of research (2024)
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Kochovska, S., Murtagh, F. E., Agar, M., Phillips, J. L., Dudgeon, D., Lujic, S., …Currow, D. C. (in press). Creating more comparable cohorts in observational palliative care studies: a proposed framework to improve applicability and replicability of research. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241234227

Background Palliative care is characterised by heterogeneous patient and caregiver populations who are provided care in different health systems and a research base including a large proportion of observational, mostly retrospective studies. The inh... Read More about Creating more comparable cohorts in observational palliative care studies: a proposed framework to improve applicability and replicability of research.

Access Authentication Via Blockchain in Space Information Network (2024)
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Arshad, M., Jianwei, L., Khalid, M., Khalid, W., Cao, Y., & Khan, F. A. (2024). Access Authentication Via Blockchain in Space Information Network. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0291236. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291236

These authors contributed equally to this work. Abstract Space Information Network (SIN) has significant benefits of providing communication anywhere at any time. This feature offers an innovative way for conventional wireless customers to access enh... Read More about Access Authentication Via Blockchain in Space Information Network.

The impact of frequent wildfires during the Permian-Triassic transition: Floral change and terrestrial crisis in southwestern China (2024)
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Hua, F., Shao, L., Wang, X., Jones, T., Zhang, T., Bond, D., …Hilton, J. (2024). The impact of frequent wildfires during the Permian-Triassic transition: Floral change and terrestrial crisis in southwestern China. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 641, Article 112129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112129

Wildfires are considered to have played an important role in the land plants crisis during the Permian–Triassic (P–T) transition. However, the nature and impact of wildfires in the P–T terrestrial crisis remains unclear. Organic petrology data from a... Read More about The impact of frequent wildfires during the Permian-Triassic transition: Floral change and terrestrial crisis in southwestern China.

Capital inflow liberalization and bank credit risk (2024)
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Li, K., Chen, Z., & Andrikopoulos, A. (2024). Capital inflow liberalization and bank credit risk. Journal of International Money and Finance, 142, Article 103047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103047

Using a panel of annual data, covering 2207 banks operating in 45 emerging, and developing economies, over the period of 2009–2020, we study the impact of liberalization on capital inflows. Our results indicate that capital inflow liberalization has... Read More about Capital inflow liberalization and bank credit risk.

Wind Turbine Fault-Tolerant Control via Incremental Model-Based Reinforcement Learning (2024)
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Xie, J., Dong, H., Zhao, X., & Lin, S. (in press). Wind Turbine Fault-Tolerant Control via Incremental Model-Based Reinforcement Learning. IEEE transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3372713

A reinforcement learning (RL) based fault-tolerant control strategy is developed in this paper for wind turbine torque & pitch control under actuator & sensor faults subject to unknown system models. An incremental model-based heuristic dynamic progr... Read More about Wind Turbine Fault-Tolerant Control via Incremental Model-Based Reinforcement Learning.

‘My life is a mess but I cope’: An analysis of the language children and young people use to describe their own life-limiting or life-threatening condition (2024)
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Bristowe, K., Braybrook, D., Scott, H. M., Coombes, L., Harðardóttir, D., Roach, A., …Harding, R. (2024). ‘My life is a mess but I cope’: An analysis of the language children and young people use to describe their own life-limiting or life-threatening condition. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241233977

Background: Children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions have multidimensional needs and heterogenous cognitive and communicative abilities. There is limited evidence to support clinicians to tailor their communication... Read More about ‘My life is a mess but I cope’: An analysis of the language children and young people use to describe their own life-limiting or life-threatening condition.

Identifying container hotspots for table grape exports from South Africa to the UK: A case study (2024)
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Goedhals-Gerber, L. L., van Dyk, E., Getor, R. Y., Louw, B., & Mishra, N. (2024). Identifying container hotspots for table grape exports from South Africa to the UK: A case study. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 24, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101054

In view of table grapes being very sensitive to temperature variations, steps must be taken to maintain temperature at protocol levels to avoid deterioration of fruit quality and resultant food losses. This study assesses the implications of hotspots... Read More about Identifying container hotspots for table grape exports from South Africa to the UK: A case study.

Advancing high impedance fault localization via adaptive transient process calibration and multiscale correlation analysis in active distribution networks (2024)
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Gao, J., Guo, M., Lin, S., & Chen, D. (in press). Advancing high impedance fault localization via adaptive transient process calibration and multiscale correlation analysis in active distribution networks. Measurement, Article 114431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2024.114431

Fault localization is crucial for ensuring stability, particularly in high impedance faults (HIF) characterized by low current levels and prolonged transient processes (TP). Existing methods predominantly analyze differences in the fixed-length trans... Read More about Advancing high impedance fault localization via adaptive transient process calibration and multiscale correlation analysis in active distribution networks.

History taking for advanced clinical practitioners: what should you ask? (2024)
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Butler, S. (in press). History taking for advanced clinical practitioners: what should you ask?. Nursing Times, 120(3),

Good history taking is a vital component of patient assessment and high-quality care. This second article in our assessment and interpretation series for advanced nurse or midwife practitioners shows how a systematic approach to taking a history, com... Read More about History taking for advanced clinical practitioners: what should you ask?.

Impact of Targeted Agents on Survival of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Fit for Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab (FCR) Relative to Age- and Sex-Matched Population (2024)
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Molica, S., Shanafelt, T. D., Allsup, D., & Giannarelli, D. (2024). Impact of Targeted Agents on Survival of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Fit for Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab (FCR) Relative to Age- and Sex-Matched Population. Cancers, 16(6), Article 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16061085

To assess the impact of first-line treatment with targeted agents (TAs) or fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (FCR)-based chemo-immunotherapy (CIT) on overall survival (OS) compared to age- and sex-matched individuals in the general populat... Read More about Impact of Targeted Agents on Survival of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients Fit for Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab (FCR) Relative to Age- and Sex-Matched Population.

Extended Hydrogen-Bonded Molybdenum Arrays Derived from Carboxylic Acids and Dianilines: ROP Capability of the Complexes and Parent Acids and Dianilines (2024)
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Clegg, W., Elsegood, M. R., & Redshaw, C. (2024). Extended Hydrogen-Bonded Molybdenum Arrays Derived from Carboxylic Acids and Dianilines: ROP Capability of the Complexes and Parent Acids and Dianilines. Catalysts, 14(3), Article 214. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal14030214

From reactions involving sodium molybdate and dianilines [2,2′-(NH2)C6H4]2(CH2)n (n = 0, 1, 2) and amino-functionalized carboxylic acids 1,2-(NH2)(CO2H)C6H4 or 2-H2NC6H3-1,4-(CO2H)2, in the presence of Et3N and Me3SiCl, products adopting H-bonded net... Read More about Extended Hydrogen-Bonded Molybdenum Arrays Derived from Carboxylic Acids and Dianilines: ROP Capability of the Complexes and Parent Acids and Dianilines.

Compact rover surveying and laser scanning for BIM development (2024)
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Jafri, S. R. U. N., Hussain, S. M., Ahmed, A., Rizvi, S. A. H., Kazmi, K. H., & Iqbal, J. (2024). Compact rover surveying and laser scanning for BIM development. PLoS ONE, 19(3 March), Article e0301273. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301273

This paper presents a custom made small rover based surveying, mapping and building information modeling solution. Majority of the commercially available mobile surveying systems are larger in size which restricts their maneuverability in the targete... Read More about Compact rover surveying and laser scanning for BIM development.

The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: A Computationally Efficient Eccentric Binary Search Pipeline and Constraints on an Eccentric Supermassive Binary Candidate in 3C 66B (2024)
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Agazie, G., Arzoumanian, Z., Baker, P. T., Bécsy, B., Blecha, L., Blumer, H., …The NANOGrav Collaboration. (2024). The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: A Computationally Efficient Eccentric Binary Search Pipeline and Constraints on an Eccentric Supermassive Binary Candidate in 3C 66B. The Astrophysical journal, 963(2), 144. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1f61

A randomised controlled trial of Pre-Operative Oncotype DX testing in early-stage breast cancer (PRE-DX study) - Study protocol (2024)
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Northgraves, M., Cohen, J., Harvey, J., Huang, C., Palmieri, C., Pinder, S., …Cain, H. (2024). A randomised controlled trial of Pre-Operative Oncotype DX testing in early-stage breast cancer (PRE-DX study) - Study protocol. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0300339. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300339

Background The Oncotype DX® Breast Recurrence Score assay can guide recommendations made to patients with oestrogen receptor positive (ER+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) breast cancer regarding post-surgery adjuvant the... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of Pre-Operative Oncotype DX testing in early-stage breast cancer (PRE-DX study) - Study protocol.

Application of hybrid control algorithm for the vehicle active suspension system to reduce the vibration (2024)
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Anh Nguyen, T., Iqbal, J., Thu Huong Tran, T., & Binh Hoang, T. (2024). Application of hybrid control algorithm for the vehicle active suspension system to reduce the vibration. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 16(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/16878132241239816

This research proposes a hybrid control algorithm to enhance smoothness in a vehicle’s motion. The control signal is synthesized from two separate controllers, Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) and Sliding Mode Control (SMC), to achieve superior... Read More about Application of hybrid control algorithm for the vehicle active suspension system to reduce the vibration.

Hospital admissions in the last year of life of patients with heart failure (2024)
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AI Abel, A., Samuel, N. A., Cuthbert, J. J., Brown, O. I., Pellicori, P., Kazmi, S., …Clark, A. L. (2024). Hospital admissions in the last year of life of patients with heart failure. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 10(2), 168-175. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad047

Aim To explore the frequency, causes, and pattern of hospitalisation for patients with chronic heart failure (HF) in the 12 months preceding death. We also investigated cause of death. Methods Patients referred to a secondary care HF clinic were rout... Read More about Hospital admissions in the last year of life of patients with heart failure.

Parametrization of the Calcaneus and Medial Cuneiform to Aid Potential Advancements in Flatfoot Surgery (2024)
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Cai, Y., Pascoletti, G., Zioupos, P., Budair, B., Zanetti, E. M., Ringrose, T. J., & Junaid, S. (2024). Parametrization of the Calcaneus and Medial Cuneiform to Aid Potential Advancements in Flatfoot Surgery. Life, 14(3), Article 328. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14030328

Introduction: Flatfoot is a condition commonly seen in children; however, there is general disagreement over its incidence, characterization and correction. Painful flatfoot accompanied with musculoskeletal and soft tissue problems requires surgery t... Read More about Parametrization of the Calcaneus and Medial Cuneiform to Aid Potential Advancements in Flatfoot Surgery.

The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Search for Gravitational Wave Memory (2024)
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Agazie, G., Arzoumanian, Z., Baker, P. T., Bécsy, B., Blecha, L., Blumer, H., …The NANOGrav Collaboration. (2024). The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Search for Gravitational Wave Memory. The Astrophysical journal, 963(1), Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad0726

We present the results of a Bayesian search for gravitational wave (GW) memory in the NANOGrav 12.5 yr data set. We find no convincing evidence for any gravitational wave memory signals in this data set. We find a Bayes factor of 2.8 in favor of a mo... Read More about The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Search for Gravitational Wave Memory.

Adaptive optimal control of twin-rotor helicopter system; Meta-heuristics and Lyapunov based approach (2024)
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Rezoug, A., Messah, A., Ahmed Messaoud, W., Baizid, K., & Iqbal, J. (2024). Adaptive optimal control of twin-rotor helicopter system; Meta-heuristics and Lyapunov based approach. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 46, Article 162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-024-04714-3

This research proposes a novel hybrid control technique based on nonsingular terminal sliding mode (NTSM) control, metaheuristic optimization algorithms and adaptive super-twisting based on Lyapunov stability analysis for controlling Quanser aero sim... Read More about Adaptive optimal control of twin-rotor helicopter system; Meta-heuristics and Lyapunov based approach.

Reaction of Ph2C(X)(CO2H) (X = OH, NH2) with [VO(OR)3] (R = Et, nPr): Structure, magnetic susceptibility and ROP capability (2024)
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Glenister, M. A., Frese, J. W., Elsegood, M. R., Canaj, A. B., Brechin, E. K., & Redshaw, C. (2024). Reaction of Ph2C(X)(CO2H) (X = OH, NH2) with [VO(OR)3] (R = Et, nPr): Structure, magnetic susceptibility and ROP capability. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 53(12), 5351-5355. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt00078a

Reaction of [VO(OR)3] (R = Et, nPr) with 2,2′-diphenylglycine afforded the alkoxide-bridged dimers {[VO(OR)(μ-OR)][Ph2C(NH2)(CO2)]}2, whereas use of benzilic acid, in the presence of alkali metals, afforded 16-membered metallocycles {V8(O)4M(OR)8[Ph2... Read More about Reaction of Ph2C(X)(CO2H) (X = OH, NH2) with [VO(OR)3] (R = Et, nPr): Structure, magnetic susceptibility and ROP capability.