Search Results - Marchant, S.

At universities, research involving data is often regarded as the domain of graduate students and faculty. However, undergraduate students also work with data within the research process, and it can be a core experience to prepare them for future education and careers. Research products from underg...

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Introduction: The incidence of lung cancer in patients presenting to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is variably reported as 1–9.2%.1–3 The radiographic features of pneumonia and lung cancer can be similar. Therefore, in the context of lower respiratory tract symptoms, a malignancy...

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Small-scale farming is highly vulnerable to climate variability due to the increased uncertainty in production processes caused by short-term changes in precipitation and temperatures. We investigated the key factors behind the social-ecological vulnerability to climate variability of small-scale fa...

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Understanding forest-cover change and its drivers is vital for global forest management and policy development. This study analyzed perceptions of historical drivers behind land-use/land-cover change (LULCC) and forest change in gazetted forests from 1966 to 2022 to evaluate the impact of human acti...

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Aims: NICE guidelines (NG97) emphasize the importance of assessing the anticholinergic burden of medications in older adults. Anticholinergic side effects of medications can worsen constipation, urinary retention, sedation and confusion, exacerbating cognition, falls and BPSD risks.

Ultra-low-supply-voltage (ULV) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) operating at 0.21 V or lower are attractive for Internet-of-Things (IoT) and embedded applications due to their extremely low power consumption. This paper surveys state-of-the-art ULV ADCs to evaluate current trends and design strat...

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This article proposes Bayesian adaptive trials (BATs) as both an efficient method to conduct trials and a unifying framework for the evaluation of social policy interventions, addressing the limitations inherent in traditional methods, such as randomized controlled trials. Recognizing the crucial ne...

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<h4>Background</h4>Research exploring internet use and self-harm is rapidly expanding amidst concerns regarding influences of on-line activities on self-harm and suicide, especially in young people. We aimed to systematically review evidence regarding the potential influence of the inter...

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Abstract BackgroundDigital mental health tools promise to enhance the reach and quality of care. Current tools often recommend content to individuals, typically using generic knowledge-based systems or predictive artificial intelligence (AI). However, predictive AI is problema...

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Background: Suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STBs) have a profound impact on individuals, communities, and healthcare systems. A wide range of factors have been shown to be associated with STBs. Within prior research it is also common to distinguish between proximal and distal factors, usually by d...

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<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a severe burden of modern medicine. Aldosterone antagonist is publicized as effective in reducing mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) or post myocardial infarction (MI). Our study aimed to assess the efficacy of AA...

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<b>Background/Objectives</b>: Acute kidney injury (AKI) remains an unsolved medical problem due to the lack of effective treatments, high mortality, and increased susceptibility to progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially in the elderly. Cellular senescence has been descri...

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Abstract The menstrual cycle influences function in various tissues in the body. We sought to determine if menstrual cycle phase could influence mitochondrial function in skeletal muscle in females. Twenty‐nine females with regular menstrual cycles were randomized to have a vastus lateralis muscle b...

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