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The short-term impact of the alcohol act on alcohol-related deaths and hospital admissions in Scotland: a natural experiment [PDF]

, 2018
Background and aim: The introduction of the Alcohol Act in Scotland on 1 October 2011, which included a ban on multi-buy promotions, was likely associated with a fall in off-trade alcohol sales in the year after its implementation.
Babor, Beeston, Bellis, Black, Booth, Bray, Chikritzhs, Cleveland, Craig, Craig, Fretheim, Holmes, Holmes, Information Services Division, Jarosz, Jones, Leon, Linden, Ludbrook, Meng, Nakamura, Nakamura, Robinson, Robinson, St Clair, Stockwell, Vocht, Wagenaar, Wagenaar, Whyte, World Health Organization, Zhao   +31 more
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Biofilm‐Antagonist Ginger‐Based 3D‐Printable Photoresins for Complex Implant Designs Exhibiting Advanced Multifunctional Biomedical Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work offers unique Ginger‐based 3D‐printable resins that can print customizable high‐resolution complex designs. The customizable printing backbone of Zingerol prints also mimics various human bones' strength. Acquisition of in‐vivo biocompatibility in rat model with no severe inflammatory response, along with in‐vitro antioxidant and ex‐vivo anti‐
Simran Jindal, Majd Bisharat, Bassma Khamaisi, Krishanu Ghosal, Eid Nassar‐Marjiya, Qi Wu, Shadi Daoud, Idan Redenski, Samer Srouji, Shady Farah   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scaling and Intermittency in Animal Behavior [PDF]

, 1999
Scale-invariant spatial or temporal patterns and L\'evy flight motion have been observed in a large variety of biological systems. It has been argued that animals in general might perform L\'evy flight motion with power law distribution of times between ...
A Harnos, A.B Lawrence, Ben-Mizrachi, Bouchaud, Cole, G Horváth, G Vattay, Geisel, Geisel, Ghashghaie, Klafter, Mandelbrot, Manneville, Mantegna, Mantegna, Schlesinger, Shlesinger, Shlesinger, Viswanathan, West   +19 more
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Topology‐Optimized Stretchable Piezoelectric Sensors With Tailored Liquid‐Metal Circuits for Anisotropic Stress‐Adaptive Motion Monitoring

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic showing the leveraging of topology optimization, the printing of a tailored eutectic gallium‐indium liquid alloy electrode, and porous ceramic engineering to simultaneously enhance mechanical durability, stretchability, and sensing sensitivity to produce a highly deformable and stretchable sensor capable of monitoring complex and anisotropic ...
Hanmin Zeng, Qianqian Xu, Jianxun Zhang, Peiqiong Zhou, Jiachen Zhang, Jinlan Li, Senfeng Zhao, Kechao Zhou, Dou Zhang, Chris Bowen, Yan Zhang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Introduction of the 23-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV23) and Pneumonia Incidence and Mortality Among General Older Population in Japan: A Community-based Study

Journal of Epidemiology
Background: With global aging, especially in Asia, preventing pneumonia among seniors is vital. The necessity of introducing pneumococcal vaccines among the elderly has been highlighted, but there is a paucity of community-based real-world evidence on ...
Aya Sugiyama, Masaaki Kataoka, Kentaro Tokumo, Kanon Abe, Hirohito Imada, Bunlorn Sun, Golda Ataa Akuffo, Tomoyuki Akita, Shingo Fukuma, Noboru Hattori, Junko Tanaka   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serotonergic System‐Targeted Nucleic Acid Hydrogel Coordinates Excitability Restoration and Circuit Reconstruction for Spinal Cord Injury Therapy

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The study reports a DNA/RNA heteroduplex hydrogel (SeroPTEN‐CG) that undergoes DNase‐mediated hydrogel‐to‐nanogel transition for spinal cord injury therapy by targeting the serotonergic system, combining 5‐hydroxytryptamine (5‐HT)‐mediated excitability restoration to reactivate dormant interneurons with phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)‐targeted ...
Chunlin Li, Xiaoqing Zhao, Kai Jiang, Haixia Kang, Shuo Liu, Linlin Jiang, Baoshuai Bai, Haonan Cui, Ziyang Zhang, Menglei Dong, Ruizhi Zhang, Chenbo Zou, Shenghui Shang, Chi Zhang, Xiangchuang Fan, Lijuan Zhu, Huiquan Duan, Chuan Zhang, Shiqing Feng, Hengxing Zhou   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physician Incentives and Sex/Gender Differences in Depression Care: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Health Equity, 2020
Introduction: Physician incentives have been shown to reduce socioeconomic disparities in health care. The impact on sex/gender inequalities, however, has rarely been investigated.
doaj   +1 more source

Non‐Functionalized Graphene as an Electrical Sensing Surface for Bacterial Detection

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Pathogenic bacteria detection in food remains a major public health concern, driving the need for rapid, cost‐effective, and portable detection systems. This review focuses on the use of non‐functionalized graphene as an electrical sensing surface for bacterial detection, highlighting their unique properties, sensing mechanism, and current developments.
Jazmin Berthe, Sara Giancaterino, Luciana Castillo, Cristiana Boi, Silvia Barbosa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

High Stability of Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymer Transistors Under Aqueous Condition Toward Biosensing Platform

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
We are reporting the first‐time investigation of DPP‐based Organic Field‐Effect Transistor (OFET) devices with high‐stability of signal response in both of ambient and aqueous conditions with PBS solution. ABSTRACT Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)–based conjugated polymers show strong promise for electronic applications, including bioelectronic gas sensors ...
Chattarika Khamhanglit, Yudai Hemmi, Ami Ichikawa, YuanTong Gu, Kuniaki Nagamine, Hiroyuki Matsui, Prashant Sonar   +6 more
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The Influence of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Resistance Trends at a Secondary Care Hospital in Slovenia: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives. Our study aimed to determine the development of antibiotic resistance during the peri-pandemic period in a regional secondary care hospital using an interrupted time series analysis. Methods.
Samo Jeverica, Darja Barlič Maganja, Jani Dernič, Peter Golob, Alenka Stepišnik, Bojan Novak, Lea Papst, Anamarija Juriševič Dodič, Mladen Gasparini   +8 more
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