Flow synthesis and multidimensional parameter screening enables exploration and optimization of copper oxide nanoparticle synthesis.

Copper-based nanoparticles (NPs) are highly valued for their wide-ranging applications, with particular significance in CO reduction. However current synthesis methods encounter challenges in scalability, batch-to-batch variation, and high energy costs. In this work, we describe a novel continuous flow synthesis approach performed at room temperature to help address these issues, producing spherical, colloidally stable copper(ii) oxide (CuO) NPs.

AFORS-HET-based numerical exploration of tunnel oxide passivated contact solar cells incorporating n- and p-type silicon substrates.

The development of a tunnel oxide interfacial layer capped by a highly doped poly-Si layer is considered one of the most promising methods to reduce charge carrier recombination and improve the performance of conventional PERC devices. The thickness and doping concentration of emitters and BSF layers greatly influence the tunnelling current in TOPCon devices. In this research, we evaluated the performance of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cells by conducting an in-depth analysis of various key parameters.

Transparent and conducting boron doped ZnO thin films grown by aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition.

ZnO based transparent conducting oxides are important as they provide an alternative to the more expensive Sn : InO that currently dominates the industry. Here, we investigate B-doped ZnO thin films grown aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition. B : ZnO films were produced from zinc acetate and triethylborane using either tetrahydrofuran or methanol (MeOH) as the solvent.

Surviving through story: Experiences of people with learning disabilities in the covid19 pandemic 2020-2021.

Background: History starts from where we are now - it is not just things that happened a long time ago. The global pandemic began in 2019. It has changed the lives of people with learning disabilities.

Modelling of packed bed and coated wall microreactors for methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production.

A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) study has been conducted to assess the performance of packed bed and coated wall microreactors for the steam reforming of methanol with a CuO/ZnO/AlO based catalyst (BASF F3-01). The results obtained were compared to experimental data from the literature to assess the validity and robustness of the models, and a good validation has been obtained. The performance of the packed bed and coated wall microreactors is similar at a constant reforming temperature.

How Does Obesity Influence the Risk of Vertebral Fracture? Findings From the UK Biobank Participants.

Obesity and osteoporotic-related fractures are two common public health problems, although it is unclear how obesity affects the risk of vertebral fractures. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between different measures of obesity and the risk of vertebral fracture, and to establish the various clinical factors that can predict such risk. We analyzed data obtained from 502,543 participants in the UK Biobank (229,138 men and 273,405 women), aged 40 to 69 years.

Task Integration Facilitates Multitasking.

The aim of this study was to investigate multi-task integration in a continuous tracking task. We were particularly interested in how manipulating task structure in a dual-task situation affects learning of a constant segment embedded in a pursuit-tracking task. Importantly, we examined if dual-task effects could be attributed to task integration by varying the structural similarity and difficulty of the primary and secondary tasks.

Do Baseline Executive Functions Mediate Prospective Memory Performance under a Moderate Dose of Alcohol?

Prospective memory (PM) is memory for delayed intentions. While deleterious effects of acute doses of alcohol on PM have been documented previously using between-subjects comparisons, the current study adopted a single blind placebo-controlled within-subjects design to explore whether the extent to which alcohol-related impairments in PM are mediated by executive functions (EFs). To this end, 52 male social drinkers with no history of substance-related treatment were tested using two parallel versions of a clinical measure of PM (the Memory for Intentions Test; Raskin et al.

The power of simplicity: a fast-and-frugal heuristics approach to performance science.

Performance science is a fairly new multidisciplinary field that integrates performance domains such as sports, medicine, business, and the arts. To give its many branches a structure and its research a direction, it requires a theoretical framework. We demonstrate the applications of this framework with examples from sport and medicine.

Acute post-exercise change in blood pressure and exercise training response in patients with coronary artery disease.

We tested the hypothesis that acute post-exercise change in blood pressure (BP) may predict exercise training responses in BP in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Patients with CAD (n = 116, age 62 ± 5 years, 85 men) underwent BP assessments at rest and during 10-min recovery following a symptom-limited exercise test before and after the 6-month training intervention (one strength and 3-4 aerobic moderate-intensity exercises weekly). Post-exercise change in systolic BP (SBP) was calculated by subtracting resting SBP from lowest post-exercise SBP.

A prospective observational study of machine translation software to overcome the challenge of including ethnic diversity in healthcare research.

Aim: This study investigates whether machine translation could help with the challenge of enabling the inclusion of ethnic diversity in healthcare research.

Design: A two phase, prospective observational study.

Methods: Two machine translators, Google Translate and Babylon 9, were tested.

SMART-ER: a Situation Model of Anticipated Response consequences in Tactical decisions in skill acquisition - Extended and Revised.

Situation Model of Anticipated Response consequences in tactical decisions (SMART) describes the interaction of top-down and bottom-up processes in skill acquisition and thus the dynamic interaction of sensory and motor capacities in embodied cognition. The empirically validated, extended, and revised SMART-ER can now predict when specific dynamic interactions of top-down and bottom-up processes have a beneficial or detrimental effect on performance and learning depending on situational constraints. The model is empirically supported and proposes learning strategies for when situation complexity varies or time pressure is present.

Impact and management of physiological calibration in spectral analysis of blood pressure variability.

Physiological calibration (Physiocal) improves the quality of continuous blood pressure (BP) signal from finger. However, the effects of Physiocal on spectral characteristics of systolic BP (SBP) variability are not well-known. We tested the hypothesis that the use of Physiocal may alter the results on SBP variability when compared with BP recording without Physiocal.

Implementing service improvement projects within pre-registration nursing education: a multi-method case study evaluation.

Background: Preparing healthcare students for quality and service improvement is important internationally. A United Kingdom (UK) initiative aims to embed service improvement in pre-registration education. A UK university implemented service improvement teaching for all nursing students.

The evaluation of research papers in the XXI century. The Open Peer Discussion system of the World Economics Association.

The paper starts with a brief discussion of the traditional peer review (TPR) system of research evaluation, its role, and the criticisms levelled at it. An analysis of specific problems in economics leads to a full discussion of the Open Peer Review (OPR) system developed by the World Economics Association (WEA) and the principles behind it. The system is open in the following two respects: (a) disclosure of names of authors and reviewers; and (b) inclusivity of potential reviewers in terms of paradigmatic approaches, country, and community.

A systematic review of oral assessment instruments: what can we recommend to practitioners in children's and young people's cancer care?

Background: Observing and recording the signs and symptoms of oral mucositis are an important part of oral care, essential to the prevention and treatment of mucositis. Structured oral assessment enables a more informed and accurate identification of signs and symptoms and will enable early and individualized interventions.

Objective: A United Kingdom-based mouth-care group conducted a systematic review of the published literature through to March 2004 and repeated in 2008.