Publications by authors named "P L Hurst"
: The use of sport supplements may represent a risk factor for the use of doping in sports. To explore this putative risk, the current study examined the frequency of sport supplement use and associations between the use of sport supplements and the use of doping substances and methods in athletes. : The participants ( = 345; 56% male, 22 ± 5 years, 18-43 years) completed measures of sport supplement use, sport supplement beliefs, doping likelihood, and doping use.
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- Recent research has focused on anti-doping interventions, but there is limited evidence on their effectiveness across different populations, prompting the study of a psychological intervention by Kavussanu et al. (2022) in young Italian athletes.* -
- The study involved 121 athletes from 15 sport clubs in Italy who received either a psychological intervention, an educational intervention, or were placed in a no-intervention control group, with measures taken before, after, and two months later.* -
- Results showed that both interventions effectively reduced doping likelihood and increased anticipated guilt compared to the control group, with these positive effects maintained over time, emphasizing the importance of addressing psychological factors in anti-doping education.*
Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) has emerged as a scalable one-pot technique to prepare block copolymer (BCP) nanoparticles. Recently, a PISA process, that results in poly(l-lactide)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) BCP nanoparticles coined ring-opening polymerization (ROP)-induced crystallization-driven self-assembly (ROPI-CDSA), was developed. The resulting nanorods demonstrate a strong propensity for aggregation, resulting in the formation of 2D sheets and 3D networks.
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Outcomes of aortic surgery in patients with Takayasu arteritis.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
February 2025
Objective: To investigate the presentation, aortic involvement, and surgical outcomes in patients with Takayasu arteritis undergoing aortic surgery.
Methods: We queried our surgical database for patients with Takayasu arteritis who underwent aortic surgery from 1994 to 2022.
Results: There were a total of 31 patients with Takayasu arteritis who underwent aortic surgery.