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Impact of procedure type on revisional surgery and secondary reconstruction after immediate breast reconstruction in a population-based cohort (2023)
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Background: Women considering immediate breast reconstruction require high-quality information about the likely need for secondary reconstruction and the long-term risk of revisional surgery to make fully informed decisions about different reconstruc... Read More about Impact of procedure type on revisional surgery and secondary reconstruction after immediate breast reconstruction in a population-based cohort.

Factors related to adverse long-term outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury in children: A scoping review (2023)
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Objective: To identify demographic, premorbid and injury-related factors, or biomarkers associated with long-term (≥3 months) adverse outcomes in children after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Design: Scoping review of literature. Patients: Child... Read More about Factors related to adverse long-term outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury in children: A scoping review.

Flood vulnerability and risk assessment of historic urban areas: Vulnerability evaluation, derivation of depth-damage curves and cost–benefit analysis of flood adaptation measures applied to the historic city centre of Tomar, Portugal (2023)
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Around 45% of natural hazards reported worldwide are related to floods, and current indications show that exposure to floods and inherent losses will keep escalating. Historic centres are particularly vulnerable in this context due to the structural... Read More about Flood vulnerability and risk assessment of historic urban areas: Vulnerability evaluation, derivation of depth-damage curves and cost–benefit analysis of flood adaptation measures applied to the historic city centre of Tomar, Portugal.

Computational design exploration of a segmented concrete shell building floor system (2023)
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The construction industry is responsible for nearly half of the UK's carbon dioxide emissions and the use of an extremely large volume of concrete - the world's most widely used man-made material - accounts for more than 7% of global carbon dioxide e... Read More about Computational design exploration of a segmented concrete shell building floor system.

Machine learning models, trusted research environments and UK health data: Ensuring a safe and beneficial future for AI development in healthcare (2023)
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Digitalisation of health and the use of health data in artificial intelligence, and machine learning (ML), including for applications that will then in turn be used in healthcare are major themes permeating current UK and other countries' healthcare... Read More about Machine learning models, trusted research environments and UK health data: Ensuring a safe and beneficial future for AI development in healthcare.

From raising awareness to a behavioural change: A case study of indoor air quality improvement using IoT and COM-B model (2023)
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The topic of indoor air pollution has yet to receive the same level of attention as ambient pollution. We spend considerable time indoors, and poorer indoor air quality affects most of us, particularly people with respiratory and other health conditi... Read More about From raising awareness to a behavioural change: A case study of indoor air quality improvement using IoT and COM-B model.

Self-adapting security monitoring in Eucalyptus cloud environment (2023)
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This paper discusses the importance of virtual machine (VM) scheduling strategies in cloud computing environments for handling the increasing number of tasks due to virtualization and cloud computing technology adoption. The paper evaluates legacy me... Read More about Self-adapting security monitoring in Eucalyptus cloud environment.

Toward designing a secure authentication protocol for IoT environments (2023)
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Authentication protocol is a critical part of any application to manage the access control in many applications. A former research recently proposed a lightweight authentication scheme to transmit data in an IoT subsystem securely. Although the desig... Read More about Toward designing a secure authentication protocol for IoT environments.

Use of illness severity scores to predict mortality in interstitial lung disease patients hospitalised with acute respiratory deterioration (2023)
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Introduction: Hospitalisations relating to acute respiratory deteriorations (ARD) in Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) have poor outcomes. Factors predicting adverse outcomes are not fully understood and data addressing the use of illness severity scor... Read More about Use of illness severity scores to predict mortality in interstitial lung disease patients hospitalised with acute respiratory deterioration.

Allometric relations between DBH and sapwood area for predicting stand transpiration: Lessons learned from the Quercus genus (2023)
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Catchment-scale transpiration is commonly determined by the use of sap-flow sensors, and its quantification, which is critical for water and forest management, relies crucially on the total catchment’s sapwood area (As). Species-specific allometric r... Read More about Allometric relations between DBH and sapwood area for predicting stand transpiration: Lessons learned from the Quercus genus.

Time-varying price dynamics of clean and dirty energy portfolios (2023)
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This paper investigates the dynamic relationships between four key instruments related to clean and dirty energy assets: WTI futures, United States Oil Fund (USO), EnergySelect Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), and iShares Global Clean Energy ETF (ICLN). Econo... Read More about Time-varying price dynamics of clean and dirty energy portfolios.

Optimising management of complex regional pain syndrome to improve clinical outcomes throughout the therapy care pathway in England: Protocol for a qualitative interview and observational study with patients and clinicians (2023)
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Introduction: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a disabling and distressing chronic pain condition characterised by a range of sensory, motor, autonomic and trophic symptoms. Guidelines recommend early referral for therapies that promote movem... Read More about Optimising management of complex regional pain syndrome to improve clinical outcomes throughout the therapy care pathway in England: Protocol for a qualitative interview and observational study with patients and clinicians.

Country guidance, country of origin information and the international protection needs of persons fleeing armed conflicts (2023)
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The article explores whether the European Union Agency for Asylum's country guidance (CG) reflects the international protection needs of persons fleeing armed conflicts. It uses the Agency's guidance on Iraq as a case study through the lens of object... Read More about Country guidance, country of origin information and the international protection needs of persons fleeing armed conflicts.

The impact of remote arts on prescription: Changes in mood, attention and loneliness during art workshops as mechanisms for wellbeing change (2023)
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Purpose: To assess the impact of art workshops delivered remotely, during the coronavirus pandemic, on the wellbeing of participants. To measure the impact of participating in art workshops on immediate experience (mood, attention and loneliness). To... Read More about The impact of remote arts on prescription: Changes in mood, attention and loneliness during art workshops as mechanisms for wellbeing change.

A novel mirror neuron inspired decision-making architecture for human–robot interaction (2023)
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Inspired by the role of mirror neurons and the importance of predictions in joint action, a novel decision-making structure is proposed, designed and tested for both individual and dyadic action. The structure comprises models representing individual... Read More about A novel mirror neuron inspired decision-making architecture for human–robot interaction.

Error-type -A novel set of software metrics for software fault prediction (2023)
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In software development, identifying software faults is an important task. The presence of faults not only reduces the quality of the software, but also increases the cost of development life cycle. Fault identification can be performed by analysing... Read More about Error-type -A novel set of software metrics for software fault prediction.

Value-for-money and the small charity (2023)
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This article opens a new research pathway by examining value-for-money (VFM) in the charity sector. There is an initial exploration of literature regarding the definitions of VFM and how it is assessed. Research findings highlight that small charitie... Read More about Value-for-money and the small charity.

Haptic human-robot collaboration for walker-assisted navigation based on admittance controllers (2023)
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In recent years, advances in robotics and the constant growth of gait-related pathologies led to the development of different assistive devices. Smart walkers provide natural and intuitive strategies for gait assistance, such as path-following and gu... Read More about Haptic human-robot collaboration for walker-assisted navigation based on admittance controllers.

Investigating the barriers to the adoption of blockchain technology in sustainable construction projects (2023)
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Blockchain technology (BT) can execute transactions verifiable and permanently, which can help foster the idea of embracing sustainability pillars within industries. Therefore, BT holds considerable promise for the industrial and service sectors; how... Read More about Investigating the barriers to the adoption of blockchain technology in sustainable construction projects.

Soft-sensor system for grasp type recognition in underactuated hand prostheses (2023)
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This paper presents the development of an intelligent soft-sensor system to add haptic perception to the underactuated hand prosthesis PrHand. Two sensors based on optical fiber were constructed, one for finger joint angles and the other for fingerti... Read More about Soft-sensor system for grasp type recognition in underactuated hand prostheses.