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“One of Us”: Examining the Authenticity and Parasocial Relationships of Stand-Up Comedian Podcast Hosts (2024)
Journal Article

Previous research has provided limited insight into why podcasts hosts are perceived to be authentic and has not examined how characteristics that are seen as being indicative of authenticity can relate to parasocial relationships (PSRs). In this stu... Read More about “One of Us”: Examining the Authenticity and Parasocial Relationships of Stand-Up Comedian Podcast Hosts.

The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (2024)
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Sajith, R., Ackers, L., Ackers-Johnson, S., Parker, D. J., & Stephens, M. (2024). The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, Article 1465750. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1465750

Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the scope of existing practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mel... Read More about The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.

Soil stressors on ecophysiology of bauxite mine impacted soil: heavy metal-acidity- organic matter nexus (2024)
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Soil ecophysiology is adversely affected by various environmental hazards, particularly in mining regions. While there has been substantial research on the effects of coal, mica, copper (Cu), and manganese (Mn) mining, on soil quality, the impact of... Read More about Soil stressors on ecophysiology of bauxite mine impacted soil: heavy metal-acidity- organic matter nexus.

The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review (2024)
Journal Article

Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the scope of existing practice,
nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and
educational programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes me... Read More about The practice, nature, and impact of nurse-led type 2 diabetic foot prevention services and educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.

A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Application of the REFLECT Framework to Psychological Services (2024)
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Lomas, C. (2024). A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Application of the REFLECT Framework to Psychological Services. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 14(11), 3316-3346. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojapps.2024.1411219

The REFLECT Psychological Services Audit Framework was developed to address critical gaps in the evaluation of mental health services, primarily within Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) and psychological services. This study aims to assess the fr... Read More about A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Application of the REFLECT Framework to Psychological Services.

Interpreting Noise Nuisance Law: Challenges, Emerging Issues, and the Need for Expanded Standards (2024)
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The enforcement of noise pollution laws is impeded by subjective interpretations within legislation, fragmented statutes, and inconsistent enforcement mechanisms.
Noise pollution has significant impacts on public health, ranging from sleep disrupti... Read More about Interpreting Noise Nuisance Law: Challenges, Emerging Issues, and the Need for Expanded Standards.

Turning Cancer Immunotherapy to the Emerging Immune Checkpoint TIGIT: Will This Break Through the Limitations of the Legacy Approach? (2024)
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Tripp, R. A., Cui, H., & Elkord, E. (2024). Turning Cancer Immunotherapy to the Emerging Immune Checkpoint TIGIT: Will This Break Through the Limitations of the Legacy Approach?. Vaccines, 12(12), 1306. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12121306

The discovery of immune checkpoints (ICs) has pushed cancer treatment into the next era. As an emerging immune checkpoint, the TIGIT/CD155 axis inhibits the cytotoxicity of T and NK cells through multiple pathways. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)... Read More about Turning Cancer Immunotherapy to the Emerging Immune Checkpoint TIGIT: Will This Break Through the Limitations of the Legacy Approach?.

Brief response to Terrar (2024)
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Eisner, D. A., Greensmith, D. J., & Trafford, A. W. (2024). Brief response to Terrar. Journal of Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1113/JP288008

Revisiting Critical Systems Thinking: Enhancing the Gaps Through Sustainability and Action Methodologies (2024)
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Critical systems thinking (CST) is a holistic framework that has proven instrumental in understanding and addressing complex problems across various domains, including social, environmental, and economic systems. Despite its longstanding reputation f... Read More about Revisiting Critical Systems Thinking: Enhancing the Gaps Through Sustainability and Action Methodologies.

“One of Us”: Examining the Authenticity and Parasocial Relationships of Stand-Up Comedian Podcast Hosts (2024)
Journal Article

Previous research has not provided limited insight into why podcasts hosts are perceived to be authentic or how and has not examined how characteristics that are seen as being indicative of authenticity can relate to parasocial relationships (PSRs).... Read More about “One of Us”: Examining the Authenticity and Parasocial Relationships of Stand-Up Comedian Podcast Hosts.

Evidence-Driven Approaches to Developing Specific Strength in the First Pull: A Narrative Review (2024)
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Joffe, S. A., Chavda, S., Sorensen, A., & Comfort, P. (in press). Evidence-Driven Approaches to Developing Specific Strength in the First Pull: A Narrative Review. Strength and Conditioning Journal, https://doi.org/10.1519/ssc.0000000000000874

A substantial body of literature has focused on weightlifting derivative lifts, primarily emphasizing the second pull phase because of its greater expression of force, velocity, and power output. The biomechanical resemblance of this phase to various... Read More about Evidence-Driven Approaches to Developing Specific Strength in the First Pull: A Narrative Review.

Adaptive federated learning for resource-constrained IoT devices through edge intelligence and multi-edge clustering (2024)
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Mughal, F. R., He, J., Das, B., Dharejo, F. A., Zhu, N., Khan, S. B., & Alzahrani, S. (2024). Adaptive federated learning for resource-constrained IoT devices through edge intelligence and multi-edge clustering. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 28746. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78239-z

In the rapidly growing Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, federated learning (FL) plays a crucial role in enhancing the performance of heterogeneous edge computing environments due to its scalability, robustness, and low energy consumption. However,... Read More about Adaptive federated learning for resource-constrained IoT devices through edge intelligence and multi-edge clustering.

The Physical Performance Uncertainty Facing Lacrosse Officials for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 (2024)
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Ripley, N., Fahey, J., & Quinn, M. (in press). The Physical Performance Uncertainty Facing Lacrosse Officials for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Strength and Conditioning Journal, https://doi.org/10.1519/ssc.0000000000000873

Sixes Lacrosse (SL) is a newly developed format of field lacrosse (FL) to be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Officials are crucial to upholding the rules of the game and maintaining player safety. There is currently no evidence of the matc... Read More about The Physical Performance Uncertainty Facing Lacrosse Officials for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.

Pain management in people with inflammatory arthritis: British Society for Rheumatology guideline scope (2024)
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Lay Summary: What does this mean for patients? Inflammatory arthritis includes conditions causing swollen and painful joints. The main types are rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. It... Read More about Pain management in people with inflammatory arthritis: British Society for Rheumatology guideline scope.

How Do Those Who Have Served Deserve to Be Treated? Military Veterans in the U.K. Social Security System (2024)
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Martin, P., Scullion, L., Young, D., Pardoe, J., Hynes, C., & Jones, K. (2024). How Do Those Who Have Served Deserve to Be Treated? Military Veterans in the U.K. Social Security System. Armed Forces and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327x241286860

Military service has often been a basis for civilian welfare entitlements. If mass wartime service justified collective provision, it is now suggested professional militaries have been co-opted to support reformed welfare models in which entitlement... Read More about How Do Those Who Have Served Deserve to Be Treated? Military Veterans in the U.K. Social Security System.

MAGNETO-CONVECTIVE FLOW IN A DIFFERENTIALLY HEATED ENCLOSURE CONTAINING A NON-DARCY POROUS MEDIUM WITH THERMAL RADIATION EFFECTS-A LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION (2024)
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A computational study is presented for the impact of thermal radiation on incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) free convection within a square-shaped enclosure that is differentially heated and contains a non-Darcian porous medium saturated with... Read More about MAGNETO-CONVECTIVE FLOW IN A DIFFERENTIALLY HEATED ENCLOSURE CONTAINING A NON-DARCY POROUS MEDIUM WITH THERMAL RADIATION EFFECTS-A LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION.

Aonchotheca annulosa and Aonchotheca murissylvatici, which is which? A reappraisal of the gastrointestinal Aonchotheca (Nematoda: Capillariidae) species common in wood mice and bank voles (2024)
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Behnke, J. M., & Jackson, J. A. (in press). Aonchotheca annulosa and Aonchotheca murissylvatici, which is which? A reappraisal of the gastrointestinal Aonchotheca (Nematoda: Capillariidae) species common in wood mice and bank voles. Parasitology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182024001471

Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus) are often employed as natural study models in infectious disease ecology. Yet the identities of some elements of their parasite fauna have been subject to long-standing confusion. One... Read More about Aonchotheca annulosa and Aonchotheca murissylvatici, which is which? A reappraisal of the gastrointestinal Aonchotheca (Nematoda: Capillariidae) species common in wood mice and bank voles.

Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis (2024)
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Endosymbiosis—where a microbe lives and replicates within a host—is an important contributor to organismal function that has accelerated evolutionary innovations and catalyzed the evolution of complex life. The evolutionary processes associated with... Read More about Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis.

MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies (2024)
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Mosquitoes transmit medically important human pathogens, including viruses like dengue virus and parasites such as Plasmodium spp., the causative agent of malaria. Mosquito microbiomes are critically important for the ability of mosquitoes to transmi... Read More about MosAIC: An annotated collection of mosquito-associated bacteria with high-quality genome assemblies.

The impact of technical and environmental conditions on the quality assessment in mammography (2024)
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Papathanasiou, S., Szczepura, K., & Thompson, J. (2024). The impact of technical and environmental conditions on the quality assessment in mammography. Radiography, 31(1), 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2024.10.013

Introduction
Mammography requires optimal image quality and that should be ensured during quality assurance. This study investigates the impact of environmental conditions and monitor specifications on quality con... Read More about The impact of technical and environmental conditions on the quality assessment in mammography.