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Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils (2024)
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Mandal, J., Sharma, P. K., Mondal, D., Wood, M. D., Hutchinson, S. M., Kirby, J., & Srivastava, P. (2024). Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils. Current Pollution Reports, 10(1), 105-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40726-023-00288-1

Purpose of Review: The purpose of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of biochar in immobilizing arsenic (As) in contaminated paddy soils and its impact on As availability and bioaccumulation in rice, as well as rice plant biomass. Recent Fi... Read More about Meta-Analysis of Biochar as an Amendment for Arsenic Mitigation in Paddy Soils.

Using Voice Technologies to Support Disabled People (2024)
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Semary, H. E., Al-Karawi, K. A., & Abdelwahab, M. M. (in press). Using Voice Technologies to Support Disabled People. #Journal not on list, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.57197/jdr-2023-0063

In recent years, significant strides have been made in speech and speaker recognition systems, owing to the rapid evolution of data processing capabilities. Utilizing a speech recognition system facilitates straightforward and efficient interaction,... Read More about Using Voice Technologies to Support Disabled People.

Population-based interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people. (2024)
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Lewis, S. R., McGarrigle, L., Pritchard, M. W., Bosco, A., Yang, Y., Gluchowski, A., …Todd, C. (in press). Population-based interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people. Cochrane Library, 1(1), CD013789. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013789.pub2

Around one-third of older adults aged 65 years or older who live in the community fall each year. Interventions to prevent falls can be designed to target the whole community, rather than selected individuals. These population-level interventions may... Read More about Population-based interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries in older people..

Prevalence of Eimeria Species, Detected by ITS1-PCR Immobilized on FTA Cards, in Future Laying Hens and Breeding Hens in Six Provinces in Northeastern Algeria (2024)
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Ayadi, O., Djemai, S., & Hide, G. (2024). Prevalence of Eimeria Species, Detected by ITS1-PCR Immobilized on FTA Cards, in Future Laying Hens and Breeding Hens in Six Provinces in Northeastern Algeria. Acta parasitologica / Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-023-00773-z

Purpose Avian coccidiosis is an important and widely distributed disease that affects global agricultural economies through losses. In Algeria, there is limited epidemiological and ecological knowledge about this disease and this hinders implementat... Read More about Prevalence of Eimeria Species, Detected by ITS1-PCR Immobilized on FTA Cards, in Future Laying Hens and Breeding Hens in Six Provinces in Northeastern Algeria.

Understanding the Impact of Temperate Bacteriophages on Their Lysogens Through Transcriptomics. (2024)
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Krishnamurthi, R., González-Tortuero, E., Plahe, G., Goodhead, I. B., Fothergill, J. L., James, C. E., & Allison, H. E. (in press). Understanding the Impact of Temperate Bacteriophages on Their Lysogens Through Transcriptomics. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 10.3791/64945. https://doi.org/10.3791/64945

Temperate phages are found integrated as prophages in the majority of bacterial genomes. Some prophages are cryptic and fixed in the bacterial chromosome, but others are active and can be triggered into a replicative form either spontaneously or by e... Read More about Understanding the Impact of Temperate Bacteriophages on Their Lysogens Through Transcriptomics..

Effect of Sampling Frequency on a Unilateral Isometric Hamstring Strength Assessment Using Force Plates (2024)
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Ripley, N., McMahon, J., & Comfort, P. (in press). Effect of Sampling Frequency on a Unilateral Isometric Hamstring Strength Assessment Using Force Plates. #Journal not on list,

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of sampling frequency on the 90-90 (90-degrees hip and knee flexion) isometric hamstring assessment. Thirty-three elite female soccer players (age: 18.7 ± 3.7 years; height: 158.3 ± 5.9 cm; body m... Read More about Effect of Sampling Frequency on a Unilateral Isometric Hamstring Strength Assessment Using Force Plates.

Ternary Cobalt ferrite (CoFeO4) -Silver (Ag) -Titanium dioxide (TiO2) hybrid nanofluid hydromagnetic non-linear radiative-convective flow from a rotating disk with viscous dissipation, non-Darcy and non-Fourier effects: Swirl coating simulation (2024)
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Gnaneswara Reddy, M., Bhagya, K., Latha, S., Tripathi, D., Anwar Bég, O., Kuharat, S., & Burby, M. L. (2024). Ternary Cobalt ferrite (CoFeO4) -Silver (Ag) -Titanium dioxide (TiO2) hybrid nanofluid hydromagnetic non-linear radiative-convective flow from a rotating disk with viscous dissipation, non-Darcy and non-Fourier effects: Swirl coating simulation. #Journal not on list, https://doi.org/10.1080/10407782.2023.2299295

Ternary Cobalt ferrite (CoFeO4)-Silver (Ag)-Titanium dioxide (TiO2) hybrid nanofluid hydromagnetic non-linear radiative-convective flow from a rotating disk with viscous dissipation, non-Darcy and non-Fourier effects: Swirl coating simulation ABSTRAC... Read More about Ternary Cobalt ferrite (CoFeO4) -Silver (Ag) -Titanium dioxide (TiO2) hybrid nanofluid hydromagnetic non-linear radiative-convective flow from a rotating disk with viscous dissipation, non-Darcy and non-Fourier effects: Swirl coating simulation.

Prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis therapy (2024)
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Robertson, D. (2024). Prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis therapy. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 6(1), 12-14. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2024.6.1.12

Last month, the research round-up provided you with an overview of articles looking at the issue of prescribing cascades. This month we will investigate the prescribing of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) therapy for the prevention of HIV infection. T... Read More about Prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis therapy.

Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’ (2024)
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Karkou, V., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Thurston, S., Clark, R., Perris, E., Kaehne, A., & Pearson, M. (in press). Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’. PloS one, 19(1), e0296178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296178

Place-based arts initiatives are regarded as rooted in local need and as having capacity to engage local assets. However, many place-based arts initiatives remain poorly funded and short-lived, receiving little attention on how to scale up and sustai... Read More about Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’.

The GM AI Foundry: A Model for Upskilling SME's in Responsible AI (2024)
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Lawton, R., Boswell, S., & Smiee, K. C. (2024). The GM AI Foundry: A Model for Upskilling SME's in Responsible AI. https://doi.org/10.1109/ssci52147.2023.10371988

Building responsible and trustworthy AI solutions is now the norm, yet the challenge of bridging the ethical AI principles to practice gap especially for small to medium businesses is significant with the forthcoming European Union AI ACT (2023) beco... Read More about The GM AI Foundry: A Model for Upskilling SME's in Responsible AI.

Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery in People with or without Metabolic Syndrome: A 5-Year Observational Comparative Study (2024)
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Ragavan, S., Elhelw, O., Majeed, W., Alkhaffaf, B., Senapati, S., Ammori, B. J., …Syed, A. A. (in press). Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery in People with or without Metabolic Syndrome: A 5-Year Observational Comparative Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(1), 256. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13010256

Aim: Whilst bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity, the aim of this study was to evaluate whether postoperative weight loss is similar in patients with or without metabolic syndrome. Methods: We performed a 5-year observ... Read More about Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery in People with or without Metabolic Syndrome: A 5-Year Observational Comparative Study.

The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911 (2023)
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Darlington, R. (2023). The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911. #Journal not on list, 44-52

If the ‘Labour Revolt’ that swept Britain in the years leading up to the outbreak of the First World War between 1910 and 1914 was one of the most dramatic and violent explosions of industrial militancy and social conflict the country has ever experi... Read More about The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911.

A novel routing optimization strategy based on reinforcement learning in perception layer networks (2023)
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Tan, H., Ye, T., Rehman, S. U., ur Rehman, O., Tu, S., & Ahmad, J. (2023). A novel routing optimization strategy based on reinforcement learning in perception layer networks. Computer Networks, 237, 110105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2023.110105

Wireless sensor networks have become incredibly popular due to the Internet of Things’ (IoT) rapid development. IoT routing is the basis for the efficient operation of the perception-layer network. As a popular type of machine learning, reinforcement... Read More about A novel routing optimization strategy based on reinforcement learning in perception layer networks.

Numerical study of dissipative SW/MWCNT-nanofluid coating flow from a stretching wall to a porous medium with shape factor effects (2023)
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Waqas, M., Kausar, M. S., Anwar Bég, O., Kuharat, S., Khan, W. A., Shukhratovich Abdullaev, S., & Fadhl, B. M. (2023). Numerical study of dissipative SW/MWCNT-nanofluid coating flow from a stretching wall to a porous medium with shape factor effects. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.036

A mathematical model is developed for incompressible steady-state dissipative CNT-aqueous nanofluid boundary layer flow from a stretching sheet to a saturated isotropic porous medium. Three different CNT shapes (spheres, blades and platelets) are con... Read More about Numerical study of dissipative SW/MWCNT-nanofluid coating flow from a stretching wall to a porous medium with shape factor effects.

Public and professional involvement in a systematic review investigating the impact of occupational therapy on the self-management of rheumatoid arthritis (2023)
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Gavin, J. P., Rossiter, L., Fenerty, V., Leese, J., Adams, J., Hammond, A., …Backman, C. L. (in press). Public and professional involvement in a systematic review investigating the impact of occupational therapy on the self-management of rheumatoid arthritis. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1177/03080226231219106

Introduction: Public and health professional involvement (PHPI) is essential in healthcare research yet uncommonly integrated into systematic reviews. We incorporated and evaluated PHPI in a mixed methods review of occupational therapy for self-manag... Read More about Public and professional involvement in a systematic review investigating the impact of occupational therapy on the self-management of rheumatoid arthritis.

Using wearable technology data to explain recreational running injury: A prospective longitudinal feasibility study (2023)
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Neal, B. S., Bramah, C., McCarthy-Ryan, M. F., Moore, I. S., Napier, C., Paquette, M. R., & Gruber, A. H. (2024). Using wearable technology data to explain recreational running injury: A prospective longitudinal feasibility study. Physical Therapy in Sport, '65, 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.12.010

Objectives Investigate 1) if collecting and analysing wristwatch inertial measurement unit (IMU) and global positioning system (GPS) data using a commercially-available training platform was feasible in recreational... Read More about Using wearable technology data to explain recreational running injury: A prospective longitudinal feasibility study.

Advancing Disability Management in Information Systems: A Novel Approach through Bidirectional Federated Learning-Based Gradient Optimization (2023)
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Khan, S. B., Alojail, M., & Al Moteri, M. (in press). Advancing Disability Management in Information Systems: A Novel Approach through Bidirectional Federated Learning-Based Gradient Optimization. Mathematics, 12(1), 119. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12010119

Disability management in information systems refers to the process of ensuring that digital technologies and applications are designed to be accessible and usable by individuals with disabilities. Traditional methods face several challenges such as p... Read More about Advancing Disability Management in Information Systems: A Novel Approach through Bidirectional Federated Learning-Based Gradient Optimization.

Scavenging of Cation Radicals of the Visual Cycle Retinoids by Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Taurine, and Melanin (2023)
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Rozanowska, M., Edge, R., Land, E. J., Navaratnam, S., Sarna, T., & Truscott, T. G. (in press). Scavenging of Cation Radicals of the Visual Cycle Retinoids by Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Taurine, and Melanin. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(1), 506. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25010506

In the retina, retinoids involved in vision are under constant threat of oxidation, and their oxidation products exhibit deleterious properties. Using pulse radiolysis, this study determined that the bimolecular rate constants of scavenging cation ra... Read More about Scavenging of Cation Radicals of the Visual Cycle Retinoids by Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Taurine, and Melanin.