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The weight of office? A scoping review of mental health issues and risk factors in elected politicians across democratic societies (2024)
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Background: The mental health and capacity to govern of democratically-elected politicians have become burgeoning topics of interest. Notably, in fulfilling demanding and high-stress roles, political officeholders could encounter distinctive risk fac... Read More about The weight of office? A scoping review of mental health issues and risk factors in elected politicians across democratic societies.

A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics & orthotics: Part 2 of 2—orthotics (2024)
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Introduction: Traditionally, orthosis manufacturing is time and labor-intensive. Digitalization of some of the fabrication process is already ubiquitous, yet extension across device types could reduce the burden of manual labor and advance automation... Read More about A scoping review of digital fabrication techniques applied to prosthetics & orthotics: Part 2 of 2—orthotics.

Wear and use of prostheses in sport by adolescents with upper limb absence: A preliminary mixed-methods study (2024)
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M. Chinn, N., P. J. Kenney, L., Chadwell, A., E. Williams, A., & Head, J. (2024). Wear and use of prostheses in sport by adolescents with upper limb absence: A preliminary mixed-methods study. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, https://doi.org/10.1097/PXR.0000000000000394

Background:

There is minimal research on sports participation in adolescents with upper limb absence (ULA) and specifically on the impact of prosthesis provision.

Objectives:

This study explored using activity monitoring sensors and interv... Read More about Wear and use of prostheses in sport by adolescents with upper limb absence: A preliminary mixed-methods study.

Can the Plantar Pressure and Temperature Data Trend Show the Presence of Diabetes? A Comparative Study of a Variety of Machine Learning Techniques (2024)
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This study aimed to explore the potential of predicting diabetes by analyzing trends in plantar thermal and plantar pressure data, either individually or in combination, using various machine learning techniques. A total of twenty-six participants, c... Read More about Can the Plantar Pressure and Temperature Data Trend Show the Presence of Diabetes? A Comparative Study of a Variety of Machine Learning Techniques.

Domain‐independent adaptive histogram‐based features for pomegranate fruit and leaf diseases classification (2024)
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Prajwala, M., Palaiahnakote, S., Prajwal Kumar, P., Maheshwarappa Gopinath, S., Basavanna, M., & P. Lopresti, D. (2024). Domain‐independent adaptive histogram‐based features for pomegranate fruit and leaf diseases classification. CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, https://doi.org/10.1049/cit2.12390

Disease identification for fruits and leaves in the field of agriculture is important for estimating production, crop yield and earnings for farmers. In the specific case of pomegranates, this is challenging because of the wide range of possible dise... Read More about Domain‐independent adaptive histogram‐based features for pomegranate fruit and leaf diseases classification.

‘The first initial bit was trying to get her to speak to me’: trauma informed relationship-based practice with female offenders in care (2024)
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This article reports on findings from a research project that explored how youth offending practitioners applied a trauma informed approach to relationship-based practice when working with girls who were in both State care and in contact with the Cri... Read More about ‘The first initial bit was trying to get her to speak to me’: trauma informed relationship-based practice with female offenders in care.

Calcium flux balance in the heart: how many of the important questions are really unanswered? (2024)
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Eisner, D. A., Greensmith, D. J., & Trafford, A. W. (2024). Calcium flux balance in the heart: how many of the important questions are really unanswered?. Journal of Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1113/jp287849

The Journal of Physiology recently published an Opinion article which criticised our interpretation of work carried out over several years relating to calcium flux balance in cardiac myocytes (Terrar, 2024). Here,
we reply and show the importance o... Read More about Calcium flux balance in the heart: how many of the important questions are really unanswered?.

Knowledge sharing through scenario development: Experiences of an interdisciplinary and international research project (2024)
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Pößneck, J., Kabisch, S., Kowaltowski, D. C. C. K., van Oel, C. J., Soliman-Junior, J., Tzortzopoulos, P., & Koolwijk, J. S. J. (2024). Knowledge sharing through scenario development: Experiences of an interdisciplinary and international research project. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1177/03080188241291828

This paper discusses knowledge sharing through scenario development as applied in the interdisciplinary and international research project uVITAL. It focused on user-oriented upgrading of the social housing stock. The aim was to gain deeper insights... Read More about Knowledge sharing through scenario development: Experiences of an interdisciplinary and international research project.

An Adaptive Pacing Intervention for Adults Living With Long COVID: A Narrative Study of Patient Experiences of Using the PaceMe app (2024)
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Adaptive pacing (AP) is a self-management technique which seeks to balance energy and rest in individuals with chronic health conditions. Adaptive pacing can help people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome learn how to manage thei... Read More about An Adaptive Pacing Intervention for Adults Living With Long COVID: A Narrative Study of Patient Experiences of Using the PaceMe app.

Against the grain: International migrants, the children of migrants and national life expectancy in Sweden, 1990–2019 (2024)
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Wallace, M., & Drefahl, S. (2024). Against the grain: International migrants, the children of migrants and national life expectancy in Sweden, 1990–2019. SSM - Population Health, 28, 101726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101726

International migrants and their children represent increasing shares of the populations of major host countries and have growing potential to affect estimates of national mortality. Yet, while many studies have observed mortality d... Read More about Against the grain: International migrants, the children of migrants and national life expectancy in Sweden, 1990–2019.

Reversing the tide of trouble: harnessing invasive water hyacinth biochar to mitigate groundwater fluoride contamination (2024)
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Mandal, J. (2024). Reversing the tide of trouble: harnessing invasive water hyacinth biochar to mitigate groundwater fluoride contamination. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-06310-w

Fluoride, a geogenic contaminant, has gained significant global attention due to its adverse health effect. Currently available technologies for its removal are often expensive and inaccessible to many communities. Biochar, a cost-efficient and susta... Read More about Reversing the tide of trouble: harnessing invasive water hyacinth biochar to mitigate groundwater fluoride contamination.

Employing Xception convolutional neural network through high-precision MRI analysis for brain tumor diagnosis. (2024)
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Sathya, R., Mahesh, T. R., Bhatia Khan, S., Malibari, A. A., Asiri, F., Rehman, A. U., & Malwi, W. A. (in press). Employing Xception convolutional neural network through high-precision MRI analysis for brain tumor diagnosis. Frontiers in Medicine, 11, 1487713. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1487713

The classification of brain tumors from medical imaging is pivotal for accurate medical diagnosis but remains challenging due to the intricate morphologies of tumors and the precision required. Existing methodologies, including manual MRI evaluations... Read More about Employing Xception convolutional neural network through high-precision MRI analysis for brain tumor diagnosis..

Harnessing the Power of MicroRNA Cargoes in Small Extracellular Vesicles Released from Fresh-Frozen Human Brain Sections (2024)
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Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) are crucial mediators of cell-cell communication, transporting diverse cargoes like proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids (microRNA, mRNA, DNA). The microRNA sEV cargo has potential utility as a powerful non-invasive... Read More about Harnessing the Power of MicroRNA Cargoes in Small Extracellular Vesicles Released from Fresh-Frozen Human Brain Sections.

Supporting & Protecting Repeat Missing Children from Different Residential Environments: A Scoping Review (2024)
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Bennett, K., Salisbury, P., o'Keefe, R., Vincent, S., & McCarthy, B. (2024). Supporting & Protecting Repeat Missing Children from Different Residential Environments: A Scoping Review. #Journal not on list, 2(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.55917/2769-7045.1012

Repeat missing children pose a significant financial burden onto services, including the police, social services, and health providers. Recognising that 37 to 65 percent of missing child reports each year are repeats, efforts have been made by academ... Read More about Supporting & Protecting Repeat Missing Children from Different Residential Environments: A Scoping Review.

Centre-level fluid management practices in the BISTRO trial and their lack of association with participant fluid status and blood pressure in non-anuric haemodialysis patients (2024)
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Introduction: Fluid assessment and management is a key aspect of good dialysis care and is affected by patient-level characteristics and potentially centre-level practices. In this secondary analysis of the BISTRO trial we wished to establish whether... Read More about Centre-level fluid management practices in the BISTRO trial and their lack of association with participant fluid status and blood pressure in non-anuric haemodialysis patients.