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    • An aromatherapy massage intervention on sleep in the ICU : A randomized controlled feasibility study 

      Pattison, Natalie; O'Gara, Geraldine; Wigmore, Timothy; Dyer, Jeannie (2023-08-02)
      We conducted a feasibility randomized controlled trial exploring the effect of aromatherapy massage on sleep in critically ill patients. Patients were randomized to receive aromatherapy massage or usual care, and feasibility ...

    • Effect of chemical treatment on physico-chemical properties of a novel extracted cellulosic Cryptostegia grandiflora fiber 

      Udhayakumar, A.; Mayandi, K.; Rajini, N.; Devi, R. K.; Muthukannan, M.; Murali, M.; Ismail, S. O.; Mohammad , F.; Al-Lohedan , H. A. (2023-07-27)
      The increasing global need to achieve sustainability in product development demands the use of biodegradable materials from renewable resources in many engineering applications. Accordingly, various natural fibers were ...

    • Management of Bleeding and Hemolysis During Percutaneous Microaxial Flow Pump Support A Practical Approach 

      Van Edom, Charlotte J.; Gramegna, Mario; Baldetti, Luca; Beneduce, Alessandro; Castelein, Thomas; Dauwe, Dieter; Frederiks, Pascal; Giustino, Gennaro; Jacquemin, Marc; Janssens, Stefan P.; Panoulas, Vasileios F.; Pöss, Janine; Rosenberg, Alexander; Schaubroeck, Hannah A.I.; Schrage, Benedikt; Tavazzi, Guido; Vanassche, Thomas; Vercaemst, Leen; Vlasselaers, Dirk; Vranckx, Pascal; Belohlavek, Jan; Gorog, Diana A.; Huber, Kurt; Mebazaa, Alexandre; Meyns, Bart; Pappalardo, Federico; Scandroglio, Anna M.; Stone, Gregg W.; Westermann, Dirk; Chieffo, Alaide; Price, Susanna; Vandenbriele, Christophe (2023-07-24)
      Percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVADs) are increasingly being used because of improved experience and availability. The Impella (Abiomed), a percutaneous microaxial, continuous-flow, short-term ventricular assist ...

    • JWST UNCOVER: Extremely Red and Compact Object at z phot ≃ 7.6 Triply Imaged by A2744 

      Furtak, Lukas J.; Zitrin, Adi; Plat, Adèle; Fujimoto, Seiji; Wang, Bingjie; Nelson, Erica J.; Labbé, Ivo; Bezanson, Rachel; Brammer, Gabriel B.; van Dokkum, Pieter; Endsley, Ryan; Glazebrook, Karl; Greene, Jenny E.; Leja, Joel; Price, Sedona H.; Smit, Renske; Stark, Daniel P.; Weaver, John R.; Whitaker, Katherine E.; Atek, Hakim; Chevallard, Jacopo; Curtis-Lake, Emma; Dayal, Pratika; Feltre, Anna; Franx, Marijn; Fudamoto, Yoshinobu; Marchesini, Danilo; Mowla, Lamiya A.; Pan, Richard; Suess, Katherine A.; Vidal-García, Alba; Williams, Christina C. (2023-08-01)
      Recent JWST/NIRCam imaging taken for the ultra-deep UNCOVER program reveals a very red dropout object at z phot ≃ 7.6, triply imaged by the galaxy cluster A2744 (z d = 0.308). All three images are very compact, i.e., ...

    • A LOFAR prompt search for radio emission accompanying X-ray flares in GRB 210112A 

      Hennessy, A.; Starling, R. L. C.; Rowlinson, A.; Ruiter, I. de; Kumar, A.; Eyles-Ferris, R. A. J.; Ror, A. K.; Anderson, G. E.; Gourdji, K.; Horst, A. J. van der; Pandey, S. B.; Shimwell, T. W.; Steeghs, D.; Stylianou, N.; Veen, S. ter; Wiersema, K.; Wijers, R. A. M. J. (2023-11-01)
      The composition of relativistic gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets and their emission mechanisms are still debated, and they could be matter or magnetically dominated. One way to distinguish these mechanisms arises because a ...

    • Performance Analysis of an Improved Temperature Control Scheme with Cold Stored in Surrounding Rock for Underground Refuge Chamber 

      Zhang, Zujing; Guo, Weishuang; Mao, Ruiyong; Ge, Liang; Liang, Xing; Wu, Hongwei (2024-01-05)
      This article proposed an improved temperature control scheme that combines mine compressed air, ice storage and surrounding rock, for mine refuge chambers. The feasibility of cooling mine compressed air via an ice storage ...

    • Jonathan Harvey's 'Tombeau de Messiaen' : A fitting tribute to a great composer 

      Mead, Philip (2012-09-01)
      Philip Mead commissioned and first performed 'Tombeau de Messiaen' in 1994. It has since come to be recognised as a classic of the medium, being performed by many pianists around the world. This paper explores the work's"raison ...

    • Central radio galaxies in galaxy clusters joint surveys by eROSITA and ASKAP 

      Böckmann, K.; Brüggen, M.; Koribalski, B.; Veronica, A.; Reiprich, T. H.; Bulbul, E.; Bahar, Y. E.; Balzer, F.; Comparat, J.; Garrel, C.; Ghirardini, V.; Gürkan, G.; Kluge, M.; Leahy, D.; Merloni, A.; Liu, A.; Ramos-Ceja, M. E.; Salvato, M.; Sanders, J.; Shabala, S.; Zhang, X. (2023-09-25)
      Contact. The extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array (eROSITA) telescope on board the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission has completed the first eROSITA All-Sky Survey (eRASS:1). It detected 10 4 galaxy ...

    • Enhancing Cross-Subject Motor Imagery Classification in EEG-Based Brain–Computer Interfaces by Using Multi-Branch CNN 

      Chowdhury, Radia Rayan; Muhammad, Yar; Adeel, Usman (2023-09-15)
      A brain–computer interface (BCI) is a computer-based system that allows for communication between the brain and the outer world, enabling users to interact with computers using neural activity. This brain signal is obtained ...

    • Piezoelectric effects on bone modeling for enhanced sustainability 

      Oladapo, B. I.; Ismail, S. O.; Kayode, J. F.; Ikumapayi, Omolayo M. (2023-09-01)
      Bone tissue possesses piezoelectric properties, allowing mechanical forces to be converted into electrical potentials. Piezoelectricity has been demonstrated to play a crucial role in bone remodelling and adaptability. ...

    • A Catalog of Potential Post–Common Envelope Binaries 

      Kruckow, Matthias U.; Neunteufel, Patrick G.; Stefano, Rosanne Di; Gao, Yan; Kobayashi, Chiaki (2021-10-20)
      We present a catalogue containing 839 candidate post common envelope systems. Common envelope evolution is very important in stellar astrophysics, particularly in the context of very compact and short-period binaries, ...

    • Employee engagement in discussion: Goals, perspectives and recommendations 

      Jeske, Debora; Sheehan, Maura; Linehan, Carol; Moran, Michael (2017-10-09)
      This paper represents a summary of a debate on employee engagement that was conducted in a Business School setting. in this debate, representatives from key stakeholders group participated in this debate. The debate ...

    • Enabling Positive Transition to University: Evaluating an App-Based Positive Psychology Intervention with UK First Year Undergraduate Students 

      Bretherton, Roger; Longstaff, Frances; Askew, Joey; Yovcheva-Dimov, Zoe (2022-09-16)
      Background: Starting university is a key life transition, and a potential source of psychological distress in first year university students. Those who manage the university transition effectively report high levels of ...

    • Sustainable Valorisation of Animal Manures via Thermochemical Conversion Technologies : An Inclusive Review on Recent Trends 

      Rout, Prangya Ranjan; Pandey, Daya Shankar; Haynes-Parry, Macsen; Briggs, Caitlin; Manuel, Helmer Luís Cachicolo; Umapathi, Reddicherla; Mukherjee, Sanjay; Panigrahi, Sagarika; Goel, Mukesh (2022-09-10)
      Purpose: With its substantial CO2eq emissions, the agricultural sector is a significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter. Animal manure alone contributes 16% of the total agricultural emissions. With a rapidly increasing demand ...

    • Effects of exercise on obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Bottoms, Lindsay; Prat Pons, Montserrat; Fineberg, Naomi; Pellegrini, Luca; Fox, Oliver; Wellsted, David; Drummond, Lynne M; Reid, Jemma; Baldwin, David; Hou, Ruihua; Chamberlain, Samuel R; Sireau, Nick; Grohmann, Dominique; Laws, Keith (2023-09-25)
      Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the efficacy of exercise in reducing OCD symptoms. Methods: We searched PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, Scopus and grey literature ...

    • A Mutual-Coupling-Suppressed Dual-Band Dual-Polarized Base Station Antenna Using Multiple Folded-Dipole Antenna 

      Liu, Xuekang; Gao, Steven; Sanz-Izquierdo, Benito; Zhang, Haiwei; Wen, Lehu; Hu, Wei; Luo, Qi; Sumantyo, Josaphat Tetuko Sri; Yang, Xue-Xia (2022-12-01)
      An interleaved shared-aperture dual-band dual-polarized base station array antenna is proposed in this article. The lower-band (LB) element is realized by using a multiple folded-dipole antenna (MFDA) and four parasitic ...

    • A Robust Control Approach for Frequency Support Capability of Grid-Tie Photovoltaic Systems 

      Ardjoun, Sid Ahmed El-Mehdi; Denai, Mouloud; Chafouk, Houcine (2023-04-30)
      Distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) generation is growing rapidly around the world. However, unlike conventional synchronous generators, PV systems do not have any rotating masses to deliver inertia to support the grid ...

    • Elusive Fictional Truth 

      Bourne, Craig; Caddick Bourne, Emily (2022-01-03)
      We argue that some fictional truths are fictionally true by default. We also argue that these fictional truths are subject to being undermined. We propose that the context within which we are to evaluate what is fictionally ...

    • Polymycovirus Infection Sensitizes Aspergillus fumigatus for Antifungal Effects of Nikkomycin Z 

      Sass, Gabriele; Kotta-Loizou, Ioly; Martinez, Marife; Larwood, David J.; Stevens, David A. (2023-01-10)
      Infection with Aspergillus fumigatus polymycovirus 1 (AfuPmV-1) weakens resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus common reference strain Af293 biofilms in intermicrobial competition with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We compared the ...

    • Common envelope jets supernova r-process yields can reproduce $\rm [Eu/Fe]$ abundance evolution in the Galaxy 

      Grichener, Aldana; Kobayashi, Chiaki; Soker, Noam (2022-02-16)
      We use a numerical Galactic chemical evolution model and find that the common envelope jets supernova (CEJSN) r-process scenario can account for both the very early average ratio of europium to iron and its evolution at ...