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Living with Coronavirus (COVID-19) : a brief report (2020)
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Khurshid, A., Ahmed, M., Aziz, A., & Amin, R. (2020). Living with Coronavirus (COVID-19) : a brief report. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences (Online), 24(20), 10902-10912. https://doi.org/10.26355/eurrev_202010_23455

The world will never be same after the current COVID-19 pandemic. We may have to live with the coronavirus for a long time. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has resulted in a major burden on the global health... Read More about Living with Coronavirus (COVID-19) : a brief report.

EULAR definition of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (2020)
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Nagy, G., Roodenrijs, N., Welsing, P., Kedves, M., Hamar, A., van der Goes, M., …van Laar, J. (2021). EULAR definition of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80(1), 31-35. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217344

Background: Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These patients can be considered to have ‘difficult-to-treat RA’. However, unif... Read More about EULAR definition of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Climate and land-use as the main drivers of recent environmental change in a mid-altitude mountain lake, Romanian Carpathians (2020)
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Haliuc, A., Buczkó, K., Hutchinson, S., Ács, É., Magyari, E., Korponai, J., …Veres, D. (2020). Climate and land-use as the main drivers of recent environmental change in a mid-altitude mountain lake, Romanian Carpathians. PLoS ONE, 15(10), e0239209. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239209

Recent decades have been marked by unprecendented environmental changes which threaten the integrity of freshwater systems and their ecological value. Although most of these changes can be attributed to human activities, disentagling natural and anth... Read More about Climate and land-use as the main drivers of recent environmental change in a mid-altitude mountain lake, Romanian Carpathians.

Investigating the impact of a psychoanalytic nursing development group within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) (2020)
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Foster, C. (2020). Investigating the impact of a psychoanalytic nursing development group within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 34(6), 481-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2020.08.008

Objective To evaluate the impact of an adapted psychoanalytic work discussion group for mental health nurses working in adolescent PICU. Background There is no prior research investigating interventions that effectively support and enable adoles... Read More about Investigating the impact of a psychoanalytic nursing development group within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Graduate programs in acoustics at the University of Salford, United Kingdom (2020)
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Hargreaves, J. (2020). Graduate programs in acoustics at the University of Salford, United Kingdom. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 148(4), 2745. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5147628

Salford is one of the UK's leading centers for research and teaching in acoustics and audio. The courses are delivered by a research-active academic team at the very pinnacle of the profession, with an attractive staff to student ratio. Our taught co... Read More about Graduate programs in acoustics at the University of Salford, United Kingdom.

BIM implementation practices of construction organizations in the UK AEC industry (Second Edition paper) (2020)
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Adedotun, O., & Pye, C. (2020). BIM implementation practices of construction organizations in the UK AEC industry (Second Edition paper). PM world journal, IX(10),

The aim of this research was to investigate the implementation practices and application of BIM technology by construction organisations through the project phases from inception to operational use in the United Kingdom. The aim and objectives of the... Read More about BIM implementation practices of construction organizations in the UK AEC industry (Second Edition paper).

Parenting programmes for incarcerated fathers : clinical and research recommendations (2020)
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Allely, C. (2020). Parenting programmes for incarcerated fathers : clinical and research recommendations. Journal of correctional education (Online), 71(2), 2-19

There is a significant gap in our knowledge and understanding regarding how to most effectively support incarcerated parents (particularly incarcerated fathers) to ensure that they can be the most effective parents they can possibly be. Currently, th... Read More about Parenting programmes for incarcerated fathers : clinical and research recommendations.

Designing refugees’ camps : temporary emergency solutions, or contemporary paradigms of incomplete urban citizenship? Insights from Al Za’atari (2020)
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Aburamadan, R., Trillo, C., & Makore, B. (2020). Designing refugees’ camps : temporary emergency solutions, or contemporary paradigms of incomplete urban citizenship? Insights from Al Za’atari. City, Territory and Architecture, 7, 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40410-020-00120-z

Millions of people have been forcibly displaced around the world at an alarming rate. In 2018, approximately 70.8 million people (UNHCR 2018) were living in refugee camps. These camps are the most immediate response to the emergency. However, they ha... Read More about Designing refugees’ camps : temporary emergency solutions, or contemporary paradigms of incomplete urban citizenship? Insights from Al Za’atari.

The evolution of an asset-based community led alcohol harm intervention in the North West England (2020)
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Cook, P., Ure, C., Hargreaves, S., Burns, E., Coffey, M., & Audrey, S. (2020). The evolution of an asset-based community led alcohol harm intervention in the North West England. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Sup. 5), v690. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.434

Background Communities in Charge of Alcohol (CICA) is an Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) place-based approach to reducing alcohol harm. Local volunteers, from areas with multiple indicators of deprivation, train to become accredited 'Alc... Read More about The evolution of an asset-based community led alcohol harm intervention in the North West England.

Urban green infrastructure size, quality and proximity and health outcomes in older populations (2020)
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Cook, P., Dennis, M., Wheater, C., James, P., & Lindley, S. (2020). Urban green infrastructure size, quality and proximity and health outcomes in older populations. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Sup. 5), v88-v89. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.232

Background A city's multi-functional network of green and blue spaces has an important role underpinning the health and wellbeing of its residents. Although evidence of positive links between nature and health is plentiful, little is known about... Read More about Urban green infrastructure size, quality and proximity and health outcomes in older populations.

Differential gene expression of tumor-infiltrating CD33 + myeloid cells in advanced- versus early-stage colorectal cancer (2020)
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Toor, S., Taha, R., Sasidharan Nair, V., Saleh, R., Murshed, K., Abu Nada, M., & Elkord, E. (2021). Differential gene expression of tumor-infiltrating CD33 + myeloid cells in advanced- versus early-stage colorectal cancer. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 70(3), 803-815. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-020-02727-0

Abstract: Colorectal cancer (CRC) has high mortality rates, especially in patients with advanced disease stages, who often do not respond to therapy. The cellular components of the tumor microenvironment are essentially responsible for dictating dise... Read More about Differential gene expression of tumor-infiltrating CD33 + myeloid cells in advanced- versus early-stage colorectal cancer.

Psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic: Protocol and results of first three weeks from an international cross-section survey - focus on health professionals (2020)
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Rathod, S., Pallikadavath, S., Rahman, M., Young, A. H., Graves, L., Brooks, A., …Phiri, P. (2020). Psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic: Protocol and results of first three weeks from an international cross-section survey - focus on health professionals. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 1, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2020.100005

Background The psychological impact of COVID-19, resultant measures and future consequences to life will be unveiled in time. Aim To investigate the psychological impact of COVID-19, resultant restrictions, impact on behaviours and mental wellbe... Read More about Psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic: Protocol and results of first three weeks from an international cross-section survey - focus on health professionals.

Caring for critically ill children with suspected or proven COVID-19 infection : recommendations by the scientific sections' collaborative of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (2020)
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Rimmensberger, P., Knebjer, M., Deep, A., Bansal, M., Hoskote, A., Javouhey, E., …Brierley, J. (2021). Caring for critically ill children with suspected or proven COVID-19 infection : recommendations by the scientific sections' collaborative of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 22(1), 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000002599

Objective: In children Coronavirus Disease 2019 is usually mild but can develop to severe hypoxemic failure or a severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS), the latter considered to be a post-infectious syndrome, with cardiac involvement alone or... Read More about Caring for critically ill children with suspected or proven COVID-19 infection : recommendations by the scientific sections' collaborative of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care.

Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle-based digital hemispherical photography for estimating leaf area index: a feasibility assessment (2020)
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Brown, L., Sutherland, D., & Dash, J. (2020). Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle-based digital hemispherical photography for estimating leaf area index: a feasibility assessment. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41(23), 9064-9074. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2020.1802527

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential to provide highly detailed information on vegetation status useful in precision agriculture. However, challenges are associated with existing techniques for UAV-based retrieval of vegetation biophysi... Read More about Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle-based digital hemispherical photography for estimating leaf area index: a feasibility assessment.

Inter-rater reliability of paediatric emergency assessment : physiological and clinical features (2020)
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Heal, C., Cotterill, S., Rowland, A., Garratt, N., Long, T., Brown, S., …Roland, D. (2021). Inter-rater reliability of paediatric emergency assessment : physiological and clinical features. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 106(2), 149-153. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-318664

Objective The Paediatric Admission Guidance in the Emergency Department (PAGE) score is an assessment tool currently in development that helps predict hospital admission using components including patient characteristics, vital signs (heart rate, te... Read More about Inter-rater reliability of paediatric emergency assessment : physiological and clinical features.

Intranasal delivery of polymer-anchored lipid nanoconstructs of artemether-lumefantrine in plasmodium berghei ANKA murine model (2020)
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Kaur, R., Gorki, V., Singh, G., Kaur, R., Katare, O., Nirmalan, N., & Singh, B. (2021). Intranasal delivery of polymer-anchored lipid nanoconstructs of artemether-lumefantrine in plasmodium berghei ANKA murine model. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 61, 102114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2020.102114

Cerebral malaria is a serious plasmodial infection that calls for immediate treatment for parasitic clearance from brain. Oral regimen of cerebral malaria is an impracticable option, it being often associated with problems like impaired consciousness... Read More about Intranasal delivery of polymer-anchored lipid nanoconstructs of artemether-lumefantrine in plasmodium berghei ANKA murine model.

Habitat suitability for primate conservation in north-east Brazil (2020)
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Moraes, B., Razgour, O., Souza-Alves, J., Boubli, J., & Bezerra, B. (2020). Habitat suitability for primate conservation in north-east Brazil. Oryx, 54(6), 803-813. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605319001388

Brazil has a high diversity of primates, but increasing anthropogenic pressures and climate change could influence forest cover in the country and cause future changes in the distribution of primate populations. Here we aim to assess the long-term su... Read More about Habitat suitability for primate conservation in north-east Brazil.

Increased perceptual distraction and task demand enhances gaze and non-biological cuing effects (2020)
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Gregory, S., & Jackson, M. (2021). Increased perceptual distraction and task demand enhances gaze and non-biological cuing effects. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74(2), 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021820959633

This study aims to improve understanding of how distracting information and target task demands influence the strength of gaze and non-biological (arrow and moving line) cuing effects. Using known non-predictive central cues, we manipulated the degre... Read More about Increased perceptual distraction and task demand enhances gaze and non-biological cuing effects.