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Open AccessWhat affected UK adults’ adherence to medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic? Cross-sectional survey in a representative sample of people with long-term conditions
Medicines non-adherence is associated with poorer outcomes and higher costs. COVID-19 affected access to healthcare, with increased reliance on remote methods, including medicines supply. This study aimed to i...
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Open AccessRepeatability of a bending stiffness test for snowboarding wrist protectors
Snowboarding wrist protectors are typically designed to limit impact forces and prevent wrist hyperextension. The standard for snowboarding wrist protectors (ISO 20320:2020) includes a test for measuring their...
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Creep Crack Growth Behavior of Alloys 617 and 800H in Air and Impure Helium Environments at High Temperatures
The environmental degradation of intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) materials in impure helium has been identified as an area with major ramifications on the design of very high-temperature reactors (VHTR). It...
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Phase field modeling for grain growth in porous solids
Concurrent evolution of grain size and porosity in solids is a technically important problem involving curvature-driven motion of grain boundaries and the pore motion by surface diffusion. A phase field approa...
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Open AccessEfficacy of chlorine solutions used for hand hygiene and gloves disinfection in Ebola settings: a systematic review
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Open AccessSkin side effects of chlorine solutions used for hand hygiene: a systematic review
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Open AccessDo different intraoperative glove practices reduce surgical site infections? A systematic review
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Experimental Method for Creep Crack Growth Testing in Controlled Environments at High Temperatures
Investigating creep crack growth under extreme environmental conditions is a challenging yet essential undertaking for the assessment of structural lifetimes of critical components subjected to extreme working...
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Creep Crack Growth in High-Temperature Impure Helium Environments
Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) designs for very-high-temperature reactors (VHTR) employ intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) for which the material demands are extreme. Currently, Alloy 617 and Alloy 800H a...
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An Apparatus for Creep Crack Growth Testing in Controlled Environments at High Temperatures
Investigating creep crack growth under extreme environmental conditions is a challenging yet essential undertaking for the assessment of structural lifetimes of critical components subjected to extreme working...
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Open AccessFrequent and strong antibody-mediated NK cell activation to HIV-1 Env in individuals with chronic HIV-1 infection
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Biologically inspired Continuous Arabic Speech Recognition
Despite many years of research into speech recognition systems, there are limited research publications available covering Arabic speech recognition. Although statistical techniques have been the most applied ...
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Servo-hydraulic System for Controlled Velocity Water Impact of Marine Sandwich Panels
Slamming, the impact between a marine craft’s hull and the water surface is a critical load case for structural design of marine vessels. The importance of hull slamming has led to a significant body of work t...
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Influence of Hydrogen Dilution on Properties of Silicon Films Prepared by D.C. Saddle-Field Glow-Discharge: Observation of Microcrystallinity
In the D.C. saddle field glow discharge deposition the transition from amorphous to microcrystalline silicon thin films occurs when the silane concentration in the gas phase drops below 10%. We report here the...
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Electrical and Optical Properties of Amorphous and Microcrystalline Hydrogenated Silicon Films Deposited Using Saddle Field Glow Discharge
Amorphous (a-Si:H) and microcrystalline (μc-Si:H) hydrogenated silicon films were obtained using DC saddle field glow discharge. The structure of the films was determined by Raman spectroscopy, SEM and TEM. Th...
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Advancements in Casualty Modelling Facilitated by the USGS Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) System
The advent of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) system, in conjunction with several recent advances and trends in related data sources and research ...
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Open AccessP19-01. Pre-clinical immunogenicity of mosaic Asian AE/B HIV-1 DNA vaccine in mice
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Open AccessP09-19 LB. CTL escape mutations in gag epitopes restricted by protective HLA class I alleles cause substantial reductions in viral replication capacity
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Advanced Structural Materials and Cladding
Advanced nuclear energy systems, both fission- and fusion-based, aim to operate at higher temperatures and greater radiation exposure levels than experienced in current light water reactors. Additionally, they...
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Modelling of Turbulent Form Drag in Convective Conditions
Large-eddy and mixing length model simulations of convective flows over hills have been performed for a range of hill slopes and stabilities. For low hills, the fractional speed-up and normalized pressure drag...
