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Quantum Dot Imaging Agents: Haematopoietic Cell Interactions and Biocompatibility (2024)
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Naylor-Adamson, L., Price, T. W., Booth, Z., Stasiuk, G. J., & Calaminus, S. D. (2024). Quantum Dot Imaging Agents: Haematopoietic Cell Interactions and Biocompatibility. Cells, 13(4), Article 354. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13040354

Quantum dots (QDs) are semi-conducting nanoparticles that have been developed for a range of biological and non-biological functions. They can be tuned to multiple different emission wavelengths and can have significant benefits over other fluorescen... Read More about Quantum Dot Imaging Agents: Haematopoietic Cell Interactions and Biocompatibility.

Earth Observation to Address Inequities in Post-Flood Recovery (2024)
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Friedrich, H. K., Tellman, B., Sullivan, J. A., Saunders, A., Zuniga-Teran, A. A., Bakkensen, L. A., …Bola, G. B. (2024). Earth Observation to Address Inequities in Post-Flood Recovery. Earth's Future, 12(2), Article e2023EF003606. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003606

Floods impact communities worldwide, resulting in loss of life, damaged infrastructure and natural assets, and threatened livelihoods. Climate change and urban development in flood-prone areas will continue to worsen flood-related losses, increasing... Read More about Earth Observation to Address Inequities in Post-Flood Recovery.

Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches (2024)
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Welsh, J. A., Goberdhan, D. C., O'Driscoll, L., Buzas, E. I., Blenkiron, C., Bussolati, B., …Witwer, K. W. (2024). Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 13(2), Article e12404. https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.12404

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), through their complex cargo, can reflect the state of their cell of origin and change the functions and phenotypes of other cells. These features indicate strong biomarker and therapeutic potential and have generated bro... Read More about Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches.

A feasibility survey to inform trial design investigating surgical site infection prevention in vascular surgery (2024)
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Lathan, R., Hitchman, L., Long, J., Gwilym, B., Wall, M., Juszczak, M., …Chetter, I. (2024). A feasibility survey to inform trial design investigating surgical site infection prevention in vascular surgery. Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland, 3(2), 76-83. https://doi.org/10.54522/jvsgbi.2024.116

Introduction: Current surgical site infection (SSI) prevention guidance indicates low-quality evidence supporting many of their recommendations. Subsequently, there is substantial variation in practice and often implementation of unsubstantiated inte... Read More about A feasibility survey to inform trial design investigating surgical site infection prevention in vascular surgery.

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.

Clinical characteristics and impact of inducible laryngeal obstruction in the UK national registry (2024)
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Haines, J., Simpson, A., Slinger, C., Selby, J., Pargeter, N., Fowler, S., & Hull, J. (in press). Clinical characteristics and impact of inducible laryngeal obstruction in the UK national registry. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2024.01.030

Background Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) describes inappropriate laryngeal closure during respiration, with airflow obstruction occurring at the glottic and/or supraglottic level, leading to breathlessness. Objective There is a paucity of... Read More about Clinical characteristics and impact of inducible laryngeal obstruction in the UK national registry.

Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication (2024)
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Ravindhran, B., Prosser, J., Lim, A., Lathan, R., Hitchman, L., Mishra, B., …Chetter, I. (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.

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 (INITIATE): a qualitative acceptability study (2024)
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Pymer, S., Harwood, A., Ibeggazene, S., McGregor, G., Huang, C., Nicholls, A., …Twiddy, M. (2024). High INtensity Interval Training In pATiEnts with intermittent claudication (INITIATE): a qualitative acceptability study. Annals of vascular surgery, 102, Article 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2023.11.043

Introduction A novel high-intensity interval training (HIIT) programme has demonstrated feasibility for patients with intermittent claudication (IC). The aim of this study was to explore patient perspectives of the HIIT programme to inform refinemen... Read More about High INtensity Interval Training In pATiEnts with intermittent claudication (INITIATE): 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.

Improving Rice Yield Prediction Accuracy Using Regression Models with Climate Data (2024)
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Mohamad Mohsin, M. F., Umana, M. K., Hassan, M. G., Sharif, K. I. M., Ismail, M. A., Salleh, K., …Gordon, N. (2024). Improving Rice Yield Prediction Accuracy Using Regression Models with Climate Data. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2002 CCIS, 258-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9592-9_20

Rice production is critical to food security, and accurate yield predictions are required for planning and decision-making. However, precisely predicting rice yields using machine learning models can be difficult due to the complicated interactions o... Read More about Improving Rice Yield Prediction Accuracy Using Regression Models with Climate Data.

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.

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. (in press). 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.