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Does preoperative weight loss in a specialist medical weight management centre influence postoperative weight loss after bariatric surgery? (2022)
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Slater, C., Santhosh, S., Ellison, J., Majeed, W., Summers, L., Senapati, S., …Syed, A. (2022). Does preoperative weight loss in a specialist medical weight management centre influence postoperative weight loss after bariatric surgery?. Clinical Obesity, https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12560

Summary: Weight loss of 5%–10% is advised in medical weight management (MWM) programmes prior to bariatric surgery but it remains to be established whether it influences postoperative weight loss outcomes. We studied postoperative percent total weigh... Read More about Does preoperative weight loss in a specialist medical weight management centre influence postoperative weight loss after bariatric surgery?.

The Virtual Palaeosciences (ViPs) project: resources for online learning in or out of a pandemic (2022)
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Hutchinson, S. M., Bacon, K. L., Bunting, M. J., & Hurrell, E. R. (2022). The Virtual Palaeosciences (ViPs) project: resources for online learning in or out of a pandemic. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 48(1), 133-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2022.2129599

The Virtual Palaeosciences (ViPs) project is a collaborative initiative bringing palaeoscientists together to locate, access and share online educational resources (OERs). It began as a response to the 2020 shift to online learning when the COVID-19... Read More about The Virtual Palaeosciences (ViPs) project: resources for online learning in or out of a pandemic.

Using population surveys and models to reassess the conservation status of an endemic Amazonian titi monkey in a deforestation hotspot (2022)
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Silva, F. E., Pacca, L. G., Lemos, L. P., Gusmão, A. C., da Silva, O. D., Dalponte, J. C., …El Bizri, H. R. (2022). Using population surveys and models to reassess the conservation status of an endemic Amazonian titi monkey in a deforestation hotspot. Oryx, 56(6), 846-853. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605322000655

Assessing the conservation status of species is essential for implementing appropriate conservation measures. A lack of evidence of threats, rather than showing an absence of impacts, could reflect a lack of studies on how human activities could resu... Read More about Using population surveys and models to reassess the conservation status of an endemic Amazonian titi monkey in a deforestation hotspot.

A novel drone-station matching model in smart cities based on strict preferences (2022)
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Nath, D., Bandyopadhyay, A., Rana, A., Gaber, T., & Hassanien, A. (2022). A novel drone-station matching model in smart cities based on strict preferences. Unmanned Systems, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2301385023500115

There has been a considerable increase in the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in recent times, for a wide variety of purposes such as security, surveillance, delivery, search and rescue operations, penetration of inaccessible or un... Read More about A novel drone-station matching model in smart cities based on strict preferences.

Exploring waste tyres problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context (2022)
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Abuzukhar, M., Hardman, M., & Clark, A. (2022). Exploring waste tyres problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context. Current journal of applied science and technology, 41(35), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.9734/cjast/2022/v41i353956

Waste tyres represent one of the environmentally damaging fractions of the solid waste stream in Tunisia, where the problem of inefficient waste tyre management is endemic. This is easily identified by the piles of accumulating tyre waste located on... Read More about Exploring waste tyres problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context.

Reducing Energy Consumption and Improving Comfort by Retrofitting Residential Buildings in the Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone of China (2022)
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Tsang, C., Spentzou, E., J. Lomas, K., & He, M. (2022). Reducing Energy Consumption and Improving Comfort by Retrofitting Residential Buildings in the Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone of China. Journal of Architectural Engineering, 28(4), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29AE.1943-5568.0000568

China’s Hot Summer and Cold Winter zone, with a 550 million population, accounts for 45% of China’s building energy consumption; as such, building retrofits could offer substantial energy savings. This paper presents results from a dynamic thermal mo... Read More about Reducing Energy Consumption and Improving Comfort by Retrofitting Residential Buildings in the Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone of China.

Determinants of nutrition practice and food choice in UK construction workers (2022)
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Wronska, M., Coffey, M., & Robins, A. (2022). Determinants of nutrition practice and food choice in UK construction workers. Health Promotion International, 37(5), https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac129

Summary The workplace is considered an effective setting for health and wellbeing interventions, including programmes focusing on nutrition, and provides opportunities to tailor programmes to meet the specific needs of industry and employees. This st... Read More about Determinants of nutrition practice and food choice in UK construction workers.

Swirling bioconvective nanofluid flow from a spinning stretchable disk in a permeable medium (2022)
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Umavathi, J. C., Beg, O., Beg, T., & Kadir, A. (2023). Swirling bioconvective nanofluid flow from a spinning stretchable disk in a permeable medium. International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 43(5), 764-796. https://doi.org/10.1080/02286203.2022.2122928

Medical engineering is increasingly deploying nanotechnology and bio-inspired designs in the 21st century. Motivated by studying the spin coating of bio-nanofluid materials, gyrotactic bioconvection nanofluid swirling coating flow from a spinning d... Read More about Swirling bioconvective nanofluid flow from a spinning stretchable disk in a permeable medium.

Investigating the ‘curious’ case of civil war and foreign direct investment: evidence from Sudan (2022)
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Maher, D. (2023). Investigating the ‘curious’ case of civil war and foreign direct investment: evidence from Sudan. Review of International Political Economy, 30(4), 1510-1534. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2022.2107045

It is typically argued that civil war acutely inhibits inward flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). However, the evidence is inconsistent and does not support the assumed negative relationship between civil war and FDI. Some studies suggest that... Read More about Investigating the ‘curious’ case of civil war and foreign direct investment: evidence from Sudan.

A Qualitative Study Exploring the Impact the Self-Compassion App Has on Levels of Compassion, Self-Criticism, and Wellbeing (2022)
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Beaumont, E., Irons, C., & McAndrew, S. (2022). A Qualitative Study Exploring the Impact the Self-Compassion App Has on Levels of Compassion, Self-Criticism, and Wellbeing. OBM integrative and complimentary medicine, https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2203045

Self-guided, smartphone apps may be helpful in reducing symptoms associated with psychological distress and may boost wellbeing, and levels of compassion. To our knowledge this is the first study to examine the impact a 28-day app based on Compassion... Read More about A Qualitative Study Exploring the Impact the Self-Compassion App Has on Levels of Compassion, Self-Criticism, and Wellbeing.

Exploring the role of the UK renal social worker: the nexus between health and social care for renal patients (2022)
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Seekles, M., & Ormandy, P. (2022). Exploring the role of the UK renal social worker: the nexus between health and social care for renal patients. PLoS ONE, 17(9), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275007

Introduction Patients living with progressive chronic kidney disease may face a variety of ongoing physical, emotional, financial and/or social challenges along the disease pathway. In most UK renal units, psychosocial support has traditionally been... Read More about Exploring the role of the UK renal social worker: the nexus between health and social care for renal patients.

Edge effects and vertical stratification of aerial insectivorous bats across the interface of primary-secondary Amazonian rainforest (2022)
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Yoh, N., Clarke, J., López-Baucells, A., Mas, M., Bobrowiec, P., Rocha, R., & Meyer, C. (2022). Edge effects and vertical stratification of aerial insectivorous bats across the interface of primary-secondary Amazonian rainforest. PLoS ONE, 17(9), e0274637. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274637

Edge effects, abiotic and biotic changes associated with habitat boundaries, are key drivers of community change in fragmented landscapes. Their influence is heavily modulated by matrix composition. With over half of the world’s tropical forests pred... Read More about Edge effects and vertical stratification of aerial insectivorous bats across the interface of primary-secondary Amazonian rainforest.

Social work practice with self-neglect and homelessness: Findings from vignette-based interviews (2022)
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Harris, J., Martineau, S., Manthorpe, J., Burridge, S., Ornelas, B., Tinelli, M., & Cornes, M. (2023). Social work practice with self-neglect and homelessness: Findings from vignette-based interviews. The British Journal of Social Work, 53(4), 2256-2276. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac180

This article reports social workers’ attitudes and approaches to working with people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness (MEH) who self-neglect, and whether these people receive services, including safeguarding, differently from other popula... Read More about Social work practice with self-neglect and homelessness: Findings from vignette-based interviews.

Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti (2022)
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Logan, R. A. E., Quek, S., Muthoni, J. N., von Eicken, A., Brettell, L. E., Anderson, E. R., …Patterson, E. I. (2022). Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(18), https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01062-22

Cell fusing agent virus (CFAV) is an insect-specific flavivirus (ISF) found in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. ISFs have demonstrated the ability to modulate the infection or transmission of arboviruses such as dengue, West Nile, and Zika viruses. It is th... Read More about Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Cell Fusing Agent Virus in Aedes aegypti.

Fully remote intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD and complex PTSD (2022)
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Bongaerts, H., Voorendonk, E. M., Van Minnen, A., Rozendaal, L., Telkamp, B., & de Jongh, A. (2022). Fully remote intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD and complex PTSD. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2103287

Background: It is unknown whether remotely delivered intensive trauma-focused therapy not only is an effective treatment for PTSD, but also for Complex PTSD. Objective: Testing the hypothesis that a brief, fully remotely administered intensive tra... Read More about Fully remote intensive trauma-focused treatment for PTSD and complex PTSD.

Tectonic, climatic and autogenic controls on the late quaternary evolution of the Someș fluvial fan, North-East Pannonian Basin, Central Europe (2022)
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Persoiu, I., Sipos, G., Radoane, M., Hutchinson, S., Michczyńska, D., & Persoiu, A. (2022). Tectonic, climatic and autogenic controls on the late quaternary evolution of the Someș fluvial fan, North-East Pannonian Basin, Central Europe. Geomorphology, 417, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108450

The Someș fluvial fan is located in the NW extremity of the Great Hungarian Plain (Pannonian Basin). It was formed by the left-side tributaries of the Tisa River (a tributary of the Danube) as they developed westward, following the avulsion of the ma... Read More about Tectonic, climatic and autogenic controls on the late quaternary evolution of the Someș fluvial fan, North-East Pannonian Basin, Central Europe.

Rural vitalization promoted by industrial transformation under globalization: The case of Tengtou village in China (2022)
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Liu, Y., Dai, L., Long, H., Woods, M., & Fois, F. (2022). Rural vitalization promoted by industrial transformation under globalization: The case of Tengtou village in China. Journal of Rural Studies, 95, 241-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.09.020

Globalization has deeply changed the rural socio-economic form and spatial pattern, and caused a comprehensive and profound transformation of rural industries. By establishing a theoretical analysis framework for industrial transformation, this paper... Read More about Rural vitalization promoted by industrial transformation under globalization: The case of Tengtou village in China.

A Conformable Moments-Based Deep Learning System for Forged Handwriting Detection (2022)
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Nandanwar, L., Shivakumara, P., A. Jalab, H., W. Ibrahim, R., Raghavendra, R., Pal, U., …Blumenstein, M. (2022). A Conformable Moments-Based Deep Learning System for Forged Handwriting Detection. IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2022.3204390

Detecting forged handwriting is important in a wide variety of machine learning applications, and it is challenging when the input images are degraded with noise and blur. This article presents a new model based on conformable moments (CMs) and deep... Read More about A Conformable Moments-Based Deep Learning System for Forged Handwriting Detection.

Predictive analysis of Covid 19 disease based on mathematical modelling and machine learning techniques (2022)
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Rajarajeswari, P., Santhi, K., Saraswathi, R., & Beg, O. (2022). Predictive analysis of Covid 19 disease based on mathematical modelling and machine learning techniques. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization, https://doi.org/10.1080/21681163.2022.2120829

During the emergence of a novel pandemic, predictive modelling process is more important in the phase of public health planning and response. Relating models to data provides a view into unseen variables, such as the occurrence of cryptic transmiss... Read More about Predictive analysis of Covid 19 disease based on mathematical modelling and machine learning techniques.