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PD-1 expression, among other immune checkpoints, on tumor-infiltrating NK and NKT cells is associated with longer disease-free survival in treatment-naïve CRC patients (2022)
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Al-Mterin, M., Murshed, K., & Elkord, E. (2022). PD-1 expression, among other immune checkpoints, on tumor-infiltrating NK and NKT cells is associated with longer disease-free survival in treatment-naïve CRC patients. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-022-03337-8

A variety of variables, such as microsatellite instability or inflammatory mediators, are critical players in the development and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). Natural killer (NK) and natural killer T (NKT) cells are involved in the prognos... Read More about PD-1 expression, among other immune checkpoints, on tumor-infiltrating NK and NKT cells is associated with longer disease-free survival in treatment-naïve CRC patients.

Homes and health in the Outer Hebrides: A social prescribing framework for addressing fuel poverty and the social determinants of health (2022)
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Lawler, C., Sherriff, G., Brown, P., Butler, D., Gibbons, A., Martin, P., & Probin, M. (2023). Homes and health in the Outer Hebrides: A social prescribing framework for addressing fuel poverty and the social determinants of health. Health and Place, 79, 102926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102926

Health services are increasingly being reshaped with reference to addressing social determinants of health (SDoH), with social prescribing a prominent example. We examine a project in the Outer Hebrides that reshaped and widened the local health serv... Read More about Homes and health in the Outer Hebrides: A social prescribing framework for addressing fuel poverty and the social determinants of health.

Development of electric scooter alerting sounds using psychoacoustical metrics (2022)
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Walton, T., Torija Martinez, A., & Elliott, A. (2022). Development of electric scooter alerting sounds using psychoacoustical metrics. Applied Acoustics, 201(109136), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.109136

In recent years electric micromobility transportation, including electric scooters, has seen a surge in popularity due to technological advances and the move to lower emission transport. Although offering a range of societal benefits, such as reduced... Read More about Development of electric scooter alerting sounds using psychoacoustical metrics.

Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment (2022)
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Aging is accompanied by a host of social and biological changes that correlate with behavior, cognitive health and susceptibility to neurodegenerative disease. To understand trajectories of brain aging in a primate, we generated a multiregion bulk (N... Read More about Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment.

Supplementations of industrial multichamber parenteral nutrition bags in critically ill children: safety of the practice (2022)
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Jandot, E., Savelli, M., Pinte, G., Sutherland, A., Quessada, T., & Valla, F. (2022). Supplementations of industrial multichamber parenteral nutrition bags in critically ill children: safety of the practice. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, https://doi.org/10.1002/ncp.10935

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is sometimes required in critically ill children because of contraindication or intolerance to full enteral nutrition. European guidelines recommend favoring multichamber bag PN (MCB PN), when possible, for quality purposes... Read More about Supplementations of industrial multichamber parenteral nutrition bags in critically ill children: safety of the practice.

Accessing and sustaining work after service: the role of active labour market policies (ALMP) and implications for HRM (2022)
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Jones, K., Scullion, L., Hynes, C., & Martin, P. (2022). Accessing and sustaining work after service: the role of active labour market policies (ALMP) and implications for HRM. International Journal of Human Resource Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2022.2133574

This article considers the extent to which active labour market policies (ALMPs) support the sustained inclusion of veterans in the civilian labour market. Drawing on the first in-depth research into veteran’s interactions with the UK’s public employ... Read More about Accessing and sustaining work after service: the role of active labour market policies (ALMP) and implications for HRM.

Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of EMDR Therapy in Adults with PTSD and Mild Intellectual Disability or Borderline Intellectual Functioning and Mental Health Problems: A Multiple Baseline Study (2022)
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Verhagen, I., van der Heijden, R., de Jongh, A., Korzilius, H., Mevissen, L., & Didden, R. (2023). Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of EMDR Therapy in Adults with PTSD and Mild Intellectual Disability or Borderline Intellectual Functioning and Mental Health Problems: A Multiple Baseline Study. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(4), 291-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2022.2148791

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Little is known about the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in people with mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning (MID-... Read More about Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of EMDR Therapy in Adults with PTSD and Mild Intellectual Disability or Borderline Intellectual Functioning and Mental Health Problems: A Multiple Baseline Study.

Podcasting library services post COVID-19 pandemic era: its potential and challenges for distant learners (2022)
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Adetayo, A., Abata-Ebire, B., & Oladipo, Y. (2022). Podcasting library services post COVID-19 pandemic era: its potential and challenges for distant learners. Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning, 16(3-4), 203-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/1533290x.2022.2149663

The study investigated the willingness of students to remotely tune into podcast programmes aired by libraries and the associated challenges. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The sample included 245 Adeleke University undergra... Read More about Podcasting library services post COVID-19 pandemic era: its potential and challenges for distant learners.

Effects of intensive trauma-focused treatment of individuals with both post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder (2022)
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Kolthof, K. A., Voorendonk, E. M., Van Minnen, A., & De Jongh, A. (2022). Effects of intensive trauma-focused treatment of individuals with both post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2143076

Background: Research indicates that intensive trauma-focused therapy can be effective in alleviating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, these studies have relied on self-report of BPD... Read More about Effects of intensive trauma-focused treatment of individuals with both post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder.

Drivers and potential distribution of anthrax occurrence and incidence at national and sub-county levels across Kenya from 2006 to 2020 using INLA (2022)
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Anthrax is caused by, Bacillus anthracis, a soil-borne bacterium that infects grazing animals. Kenya reported a sharp increase in livestock anthrax cases from 2005, with only 12% of the sub-counties (decentralised administrative units used by Kenyan... Read More about Drivers and potential distribution of anthrax occurrence and incidence at national and sub-county levels across Kenya from 2006 to 2020 using INLA.

Disaster experiences, associated problems and lessons in southwestern coastal Bangladesh: exploring through participatory rural appraisal to enhance resilience (2022)
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The southwestern coastal part of Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to different kinds of disasters due to the changing climatic conditions. With the lenses of rural communities here an approach to examine how were the different disasters experiences, w... Read More about Disaster experiences, associated problems and lessons in southwestern coastal Bangladesh: exploring through participatory rural appraisal to enhance resilience.

A systematic review of outcomes of high tibial osteotomy for the valgus knee (2022)
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Coakley, A., McNicholas, M., Biant, L., & Tawy, G. (2022). A systematic review of outcomes of high tibial osteotomy for the valgus knee. ˜The œKnee (Amsterdam. Online), 40, 97-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2022.11.007

Osteoarthritis is a prolific condition in an increasingly ageing and obese population. Research into treatments of this condition and their efficacy are vital. Outcomes of high tibial osteotomy (HTO) for the varus knee is widely reported. There is le... Read More about A systematic review of outcomes of high tibial osteotomy for the valgus knee.

A multi‐scale analysis of basketball throw in virtual reality for tracking perceptual‐motor expertise (2022)
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To benefit from virtual reality (VR) as a complementary tool for training, coaches must determine the proper tools and variables for tracking sports performance. We explored the basketball shooting at several scales (basket-ball, ball-player, and pla... Read More about A multi‐scale analysis of basketball throw in virtual reality for tracking perceptual‐motor expertise.

RSM optimization and yield prediction for biodiesel produced from alkali-catalytic transesterification of pawpaw seed extract: thermodynamics, kinetics, and Multiple Linear Regression analysis (2022)
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Ngige, G., Ovuoraye, P., Igwegbe, C., Fetahi, E., Okeke, J., Yakubu, A., & Onyechi, P. (2022). RSM optimization and yield prediction for biodiesel produced from alkali-catalytic transesterification of pawpaw seed extract: thermodynamics, kinetics, and Multiple Linear Regression analysis. Digital chemical engineering, 6, 100066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dche.2022.100066

Optimization of alkali transesterification of pawpaw seed extract to biodiesel using NaOH catalyst was carried out to analyze kinetics, thermodynamic parameters, and optimum conditions. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Multiple Linear Regressio... Read More about RSM optimization and yield prediction for biodiesel produced from alkali-catalytic transesterification of pawpaw seed extract: thermodynamics, kinetics, and Multiple Linear Regression analysis.