Investigating surgical site infection after hip fracture surgery by Masters, JPM

“…Finally a randomised controlled feasibility trial was undertaken comparing standard care to incisional negative pressure wound therapy in 464 patients. …”

Efficient and Homogenous Precipitation of Sulfur Within a 3D Electrospun Heterocatalytic Rutile/Anatase TiO2-x Framework in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Feng, Ping, Dong, Kang, Xu, Yaolin, Zhang, Xia, Jia, Haojun, Prell, Henrik, Tovar, Michael, Manke, Ingo, Liu, Fuyao, Xiang, Hengxue, Zhu, Meifang, Lu, Yan

“…Herein, free-standing carbon nanofibers embedded with oxygen-deficient titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-x/CNFs) has been fabricated by a facile electrospinning method, which can support active electrode materials without the need for conductive carbon and binders. By carefully controlling the calcination temperature, a mixed phase of rutile and anatase was achieved in the TiO2-x nanoparticles. …”
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Antibiotic therapy in the treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia: who and when? by Ng, Tat Ming, Ong, Sean W. X., Loo, Audrey Y. X., Tan, Sock Hoon, Tay, Hui Lin, Yap, Min Yi, Lye, David C., Lee, Tau Hong, Young, Barnaby Edward

“…Among 278 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, those treated with antibiotics had more diarrhoea (26, 34.7% vs. 24, 11.8%, p < 0.01), while subsequent admissions to the intensive care unit were not lower (6, 8.0% vs. 10, 4.9% p = 0.384). …”
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Proteomic network of antibiotic-induced outer membrane vesicles released by extensively drug-resistant Elizabethkingia anophelis by Chiang, Ming-Hsien, Chang, Fang-Ju, Kesavan, Dinesh Kumar, Vasudevan, Aparna, Xu, Huaxi, Lan, Kuo-Lun, Huang, Shu-Wei, Shang, Hung-Sheng, Chuang, Yi-Ping, Yang, Ya-Sung, Chen, Te-Li

“…Elizabethkingia anophelis, a nonfermenting Gram-negative bacterium, causes life-threatening health care-associated infections. E. anophelis harbors multidrug resistance (MDR) genes and is intrinsically resistant to various classes of antibiotics. …”
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Uncertainty & robustness for single-cell studies by Shiffman, Miriam

“…To distill relevant signal from biological phenomena, then, analyses must combine information in a careful and coherent way across cells. In light of these complexities, it is prudent that single-cell analyses incorporate notions of uncertainty and robustness to guide their interpretation and inform future decision making. …”
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Influence of water content and anisotropy on the strength and deformability of low porosity meta-sedimentary rocks under triaxial compression by Li, Diyuan, Wong, Louis Ngai Yuen, Liu, Gang, Zhang, Xiao-Ping

“…Before conducting the triaxial tests, the physical properties of meta-siltstone and meta-sandstone specimens have been carefully examined. The water contents of both tested rocks are very low, for instance, 0.17% for meta-siltstone and 0.10% for meta-sandstone. …”
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Production of ammonia feedstock by novel solid oxide electrolysis cell by Haziq Mahmud

“…The wet air co-electrolysis behaviours of the cells were examined carefully under various operation conditions. More importantly, a novel SOEC operation mode was investigated in order to enhance the wet air co-electrolysis reaction at the fuel electrode. …”
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Speeding up deep neural network training with decoupled and analytic learning by Zhuang, Huiping

“…The BRMP not only reduces the memory consumption while keeping its high training efficiency, but also takes care of the potential rank-deficient matrix inversion issue during the analytic learning.…”
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Best practices for ports and shipping companies to build resilience against pandemics by Tan, Hui En

“…Shipping companies such as the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk have also exercised care with regards to the safety of all of their employees during COVID-19. …”
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农作物秸秆污染防治及综合利用的公共政策研究 ：以江苏省淮安市为例 = On the public policies about pollution prevention and utilization of crops straw : taking HuaiAn city as an example... by 王立喜 Wang, Lixi, 王兴龙 Wang, Xinglong, 王江 Wang, Jiang, 王红红 Wang, Honghong, 孙志标 Sun, Zhibiao

“…With the rapid development of China's rural economy, substantial increase in income of farmers, crop stalks as fuel and other necessities of life, the traditional demand declining, a large number of straw were burned or abandoned and then trigger a series of air and water pollution, soil salinity, fire and traffic Accidents and other social, economic and ecological problems, the government care, social concerns, farmers concerned about the hot and difficult. …”
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Study of online reviewers in a UGC community by Phyu Mon Theint

“…In terms of writing style, intermittent reviewers are more careful about the choice of words and structure of their reviews while the frequent reviewers focus more on the analysis of the movies. …”
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Investigating protein adsorption at solid-liquid interfaces towards the development of functional biomaterial coatings by Park, Jae Hyeon

“…With the emphasis on the empirical establishment of fundamental insights, this dissertation dives in to the interfacial science of protein-surface interactions using carefully structured experimental designs and intuition-based analyses to form fresh arguments to explain protein adsorption. …”
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Treatment options to support the elimination of Hepatitis C: an open label, factorial randomised controlled trial by Cooke, G, Le Manh, H, Flower, B, McCabe, L, Vu Thu Kim, H, Vo Thi, T, Dang Trong, T, Nguyen Thanh, D, Le Thanh, P, Dao Bach, K, Nguyen Thi Chau, A, Pham Ngoc, T, Vu Thu Thu, H, Dang Thi, B, Nguyen Kim, T, Ansari, A, Le Ngoc, C, Vo Minh, Q, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, P, Le Thi, T, Nguyen Bao, T, Kestelyn, E, Kingsley, C, Van Doorn, R, Rahman, M, Pett, S, Thwaites, G, Barnes, E, Day, J, Nguyen Van Vinh, C, Walker, AS

“…Participants were simultaneously factorially randomised to one of four treatment strategies: 12 weeks standard-of-care (SOC); four weeks’ initial therapy with additional weekly PEGylated interferon (4w-DAA/IFN); induction/maintenance therapy with two weeks’ standard therapy followed by 10 weeks’ therapy 5 days/week; and response-guided therapy for 4,8 or 12 weeks determined by viral load on day 7. …”

Imagined futures and relational agency in nurses' writing transitions: a qualitative study across two writing group interventions in a higher education setting by Waite, M

“…The transition from a clinical setting presents difficulties in positioning oneself as a research writer leading to missed opportunities to disseminate outputs that potentially improve health care outcomes.</p> <p>This study explores the transitions of individual nurse clinicians and teachers as they engage with a writing group intervention to write a Master's dissertation or a research article. …”

Diagnostic performance of GENEDIA W and ActiveXpress+ COVID-19 antigens tests among symptomatic individuals in Peru and The United Kingdom by Palomino-Padilla, S, Finch, L, de Vos, M, Savage, H, Villa-Castillo, L, Hayward, G, Cook, E, LSTM diagnostics group, UTB-IMTAvH group, CONDOR steering group, Escadafal, C, Body, R, Adams, ER, Ugarte-Gil, C, Cubas-Atienzar, AI

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong>Nasopharyngeal swabs collected from 456 symptomatic patients at primary points of care in Lima, Peru and 610 symptomatic participants at a COVID-19 Drive-Through testing site in Liverpool, England were analyzed by Ag-RDT and compared to RT-PCR. …”

Evaluating the home-based intervention strategy (HIS-UK) to reduce new chlamydia infection among young men aged 16–25 years by promoting correct and consistent condom use: findings... by Stone, N, Graham, C, Bremner, S, McGrath, N, Bedford, R, Brown, KE, Newby, K, Clarke, A, Jackson, L, Morrison, L, Nadarzynski, T, To, Y

“…Objective: To compare the HIS-UK intervention to usual condom information and distribution care for effect on chlamydia test positivity. Methods: Trial design A 3-parallel arm randomised controlled trial (1:1:1 allocation, two intervention arms vs. control). …”

Biomarkers and cognition study, Singapore (BIOCIS): protocol, study design, and preliminary findings by Leow, Yi Jin, Wang, J. D. J., Vipin, Ashwati, Sandhu, Gurveen Kaur, Soo, See Ann, Kumar, Dilip, Mohammed, Adnan Azam, Zailan, Fatin Zahra, Lee, Faith Phemie Hui En, Ghildiyal, Smriti, Liew, Shan Yao, Dang, Chao, Tanoto, Pricilia, Tan, Isabelle Yu Zhen, Chong, Wayne Freeman Weien, Kandiah, Nagaendran

“…Background: The focus of medicine is shifting from treatment to preventive care. The expression of biomarkers of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) appear decades before the onset of observable symptoms, and evidence has emerged supporting pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to treat modifiable risk factors of dementia. …”
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Integrating Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Tests with Standard Cancer Screening: System Dynamics Model Development and Feasibility Testing by Fagery, Mussab, Khorshidi, Hadi A., Wong, Stephen Q., Karanfil, Özge, Emery, Jon, IJzerman, Maarten J.

“…Aim This article describes the development of a simulation model built to evaluate the additional patient diagnoses and the economic impact of incorporating MCED testing alongside Australia’s well-established standard of care (SOC) screening programs for colorectal, breast, cervical and lung cancers. …”
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Rationalisation of antifungal properties of α-helical pore-forming peptide, mastoparan B by Lim, Edward Jianyang, Goh, Eunice Tze Leng, Tram, Nhan Dai Thien, Periayah, Mercy Halleluyah, Ee, Rachel Pui Lai, Barkham, Timothy Mark Sebastian, Poh, Zhi Sheng, Verma, Navin Kumar, Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani

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Bio-mimicking acellular wet electrospun scaffolds promote accelerated integration and re-epithelialization of full-thickness dermal wounds by Chin, Jiah Shin, Madden, Leigh, Phillips, Anthony R. J., Chew, Sing Yian, Becker, David Lawrence

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