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Recent advances in robot-assisted echography: Combining perception, control and cognition (2020)
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Echography imaging is an important technique frequently used in medical diagnostics due to low-cost, non-ionising characteristics, and pragmatic convenience. Due to the shortage of skilful technicians and injuries of physicians sustained from diagnos... Read More about Recent advances in robot-assisted echography: Combining perception, control and cognition.

Centre for Fine Print research showcase (2020)
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ELSA in industrial robotics (2020)
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Purpose of Review Industry is changing; converging technologies allow a fourth Industrial Revolution, where it is envisaged that robots will work alongside humans. We investigate how the research community is responding to the ethical, legal, and so... Read More about ELSA in industrial robotics.

Are we family? A scoping review of how military families are defined in mental health and substance use research (2020)
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Introduction: While some families may experience poor mental health, substance use, and poor school performance due to service life, the usefulness and applicability of these research findings may be affected by how representative study participants... Read More about Are we family? A scoping review of how military families are defined in mental health and substance use research.

A systematic review of the psychosocial adjustment of children and adolescents with facial palsy: The impact of Moebius syndrome (2020)
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Introduction: Facial palsy is often associated with impaired facial function and altered appearance. However, the literature with regards to the psychological adjustment of children and adolescents with facial palsy has not been systematically review... Read More about A systematic review of the psychosocial adjustment of children and adolescents with facial palsy: The impact of Moebius syndrome.

The role of non-medical therapeutic approaches in the rehabilitation of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (2020)
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Purpose of the review: Non-medical therapeutic approaches are fundamental to the management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in order to promote the best outcome for patients. This review focuses on three key approaches underpinning CRPS reha... Read More about The role of non-medical therapeutic approaches in the rehabilitation of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Nitric oxide, other reactive signalling compounds, redox, and reductive stress (2020)
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Nitric oxide (NO) and other reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are key signalling molecules in plants, but they do not work in isolation. NO is produced in cells, often increased in response to stress conditions, but many other reactive compounds used i... Read More about Nitric oxide, other reactive signalling compounds, redox, and reductive stress.

Breath analysis for detection of viral infection, the current position of the field (2020)
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of rapid, cost effective, accurate, and non-invasive testing for viral infections. Volatile compounds (VCs) have been suggested for several decades as fulfilling these criteria. However currently v... Read More about Breath analysis for detection of viral infection, the current position of the field.

Body image concerns and psychological wellbeing among injured combat veterans with scars and limb loss: A review of the literature (2020)
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A narrative literature review aimed to determine the nature and prevalence of body image and psychosocial concerns and associated support needs among veterans with combat-related appearance-altering injuries. A systematic approach to a narrative revi... Read More about Body image concerns and psychological wellbeing among injured combat veterans with scars and limb loss: A review of the literature.

Equality in cleft and craniofacial care (2020)
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This review examines the issue of equality of care amongst those with cleft lip and/or palate in the European Union (EU) and beyond. Issues of equality both between and within national populations are considered, and it is argued that those from coun... Read More about Equality in cleft and craniofacial care.

The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to support psychological well-being in post-operative bariatric patients: A systematic review of evidence (2020)
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Background: Bariatric surgery is considered an effective obesity management intervention for individuals with a BMI greater than 40, or 35 with co-morbidities. However, research documents that psychological difficulties prevalent amongst individuals... Read More about The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to support psychological well-being in post-operative bariatric patients: A systematic review of evidence.

An overview of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection and the importance of molecular hydrogen as an adjunctive therapy (2020)
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SARS-CoV-2 is an emerging β-coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease that manifests primarily as a pulmonary infection that can rapidly progress into severe and acute respiratory distress in susceptible patients. Initial reports of severe pulmonary i... Read More about An overview of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection and the importance of molecular hydrogen as an adjunctive therapy.

Environmental change interventions to prevent unintentional home injuries among children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
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Introduction: Unintentional home injury is an important cause of death and disability among children, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic review aimed to synthesize evidence about the effectiveness of... Read More about Environmental change interventions to prevent unintentional home injuries among children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Safety climate factors in construction - A literature review (2020)
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It is an established fact that a mature safety climate and a rich safety culture contribute to achieving a safe workplace. This paper aims to explore and to make explicit the existing safety climate assessment tools and dimensions and suggests the le... Read More about Safety climate factors in construction - A literature review.

Are social costs the outcome of struggles over truth? (2020)
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© 2020, © 2020, Journal of Economic Issues / Association for Evolutionary Economics. Abstract: This article critically examines the institutional economics theory of social costs by way of reviewing The Dark Places of Business Enterprise: Reinstating... Read More about Are social costs the outcome of struggles over truth?.

Regulating the regulator: nitric oxide control of post-translational modifications (2020)
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Nitric oxide (NO) is perfectly suited for the role of a redox signalling molecule. A key route for NO bioactivity occurs via protein S-nitrosation, and involves the addition of a NO moiety to a protein cysteine (Cys) thiol (–SH) to form an S-nitrosot... Read More about Regulating the regulator: nitric oxide control of post-translational modifications.

How is extraversion related to social media use? A literature review (2020)
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With nearly 3.5 billion people now using some form of social media, understanding its relationship with personality has become a crucial focus of psychological research. As such, research linking personality traits to social media behaviour has proli... Read More about How is extraversion related to social media use? A literature review.

Against austerity and repression: Historical and contemporary manifestations of progressive politicisation in Turkey (2020)
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This paper aims to explore the growing and deepening trend of politics of repression coupled with prolonged crisis and austerity politics, reflecting on the potentials as well as limitations of progressive politics in such a constrained context. Aust... Read More about Against austerity and repression: Historical and contemporary manifestations of progressive politicisation in Turkey.

“Tourism, water, and gender”—An international review of an unexplored nexus (2020)
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This international literature review of the tourism–water nexus identifies a gender gap. Tourism development can affect water supply both quantitatively and qualitatively. Many regions will face considerable problems of water availability and quality... Read More about “Tourism, water, and gender”—An international review of an unexplored nexus.

Screen-printed carbon based biosensors and their applications in agri-food safety (2020)
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This review focuses on the ways in which screen-printed carbon electrodes have been tailored with different biorecognition elements, including enzymes, antibodies, and aptamers, often with other modifiers, such as mediators and nanoparticles, to prod... Read More about Screen-printed carbon based biosensors and their applications in agri-food safety.