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Open AccessArt therapy masks reflect emotional changes in military personnel with PTSS
Among disabling post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are irritability, aggressive behavior, distressing memories and general impaired cognition and negative mood. Art therapy interventions, including mask-mak...
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Open AccessImpact of Circular Economy Measures in the European Union Built Environment on a Net-Zero Target
Environmental benefits of circular economy (CE) measures, such as waste reduction, need to be weighed against the urgent need to reduce CO2 emissions to zero, in line with the Paris Agreement climate goals of 1.5...
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Open AccessElectronic stripe patterns near the fermi level of tetragonal Fe(Se,S)
FeSe1−xSx remains one of the most enigmatic systems of Fe-based superconductors. While much is known about the orthorhombic parent compound, FeSe, the tetragonal samples, FeSe1−xSx with x > 0.17, remain relativel...
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Validity and reliability of the behavioral signs of respiratory instability (BSRI) © scale during activity for infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
There is no reliable evidence on how best to evaluate the overall status of infants with severe forms of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). The Behavioral Signs of Respiratory Instability (BSRI) scale was devel...
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Open AccessConfronting implicit bias toward patients: a sco** review of post-graduate physician curricula
Physicians’ behavior may unknowingly be impacted by prejudice and thereby contribute to healthcare inequities. Despite increasingly robust data demonstrating physician implicit bias (The Office of Minority Hea...
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Open Access“I can guess the month … but beyond that, I can’t tell” an exploratory qualitative study of health care provider perspectives on gestational age estimation in Rajasthan, India
Accurately estimating gestational age is essential to the provision of time-sensitive maternal and neonatal interventions, including lifesaving measures for imminent preterm birth and trimester-specific health...
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Open AccessHow are gender inequalities facing India’s one million ASHAs being addressed? Policy origins and adaptations for the world’s largest all-female community health worker programme
India’s accredited social health activist (ASHA) programme consists of almost one million female community health workers (CHWs). Launched in 2005, there is now an ASHA in almost every village and across many ...
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Open AccessICORG 10-14: NEOadjuvant trial in Adenocarcinoma of the oEsophagus and oesophagoGastric junction International Study (Neo-AEGIS)
Neoadjuvant therapy is increasingly the standard of care in the management of locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and junction (AEG). In randomised controlled trials (RCTs), the MAGIC regimen of ...
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The possible perils of targeted therapy
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Open AccessNational climate policy implications of mitigating embodied energy system emissions
Rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions require an almost complete transformation of the energy system to low carbon energy sources. Little consideration has been given to the potential adverse carbon consequen...
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Open Accessc-MYC is a radiosensitive locus in human breast cells
Ionising radiation is a potent human carcinogen. Epidemiological studies have shown that adolescent and young women are at increased risk of develo** breast cancer following exposure to ionising radiation co...
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Production of hydrogen from domestic wastewater in a pilot-scale microbial electrolysis cell
Addressing the need to recover energy from the treatment of domestic wastewater, a 120-L microbial electrolysis cell was operated on site in Northern England, using raw domestic wastewater to produce virtually...
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Measles virus causes immunogenic cell death in human melanoma
Oncolytic viruses (OV) are promising treatments for cancer, with several currently undergoing testing in randomised clinical trials. Measles virus (MV) has not yet been tested in models of human melanoma. This...
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Preparation and characterisation of carbon-supported palladium nanoparticles for oxygen reduction in low temperature PEM fuel cells
Pd nanoparticles have been synthesised using different reducing agents, including ethylene glycol (EG), formaldehyde and sodium borohydride and their activity for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) evaluated....
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DNA mismatch repair status affects cellular response to Ara-C and other anti-leukemic nucleoside analogs
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Comparisons of Gallium Nitride and Indium Nitride Properties after CF4 / Argon Reactive Ion Etching
We present a comparative study of the effects of low power reactive ion etching (RIE) on GaN and InN. This new, highly chemical, dry etching, using CF4 and Ar, has been developed for thin nitride films grown at l...
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A microbial fuel cell using manganese oxide oxygen reduction catalysts
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a potential method for enhanced water and waste treatment, which offer the additional benefit of energy generation. Manganese oxide was prepared by a simple chemical oxidation u...
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Carbon-supported manganese oxide nanoparticles as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (orr) in neutral solution
Manganese oxides (MnO x ) catalysts were chemically deposited onto various high specific surface area carbons. The MnO x /C electrocatalysts wer...
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Power from marine sediment fuel cells: the influence of anode material
The effect of anode material on the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFC), which utilise oxidisable carbon compounds and other components present in sediments on ocean floors, estuaries and other similar e...
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Inflammatory tumour cell killing by oncolytic reovirus for the treatment of melanoma
Reovirus is a promising unmodified double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) anti-cancer oncolytic virus, which is thought to specifically target cells with activated Ras. Although reovirus has been tested in a wide range o...
