Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Angelo Azzi
Summary: This article evaluates the meaning, appropriate usage, and misusage of the terms oxidative stress, oxidative eustress, and oxidative distress. It reveals that oxidative stress and oxidative damage are often incorrectly used as synonyms. The term eustress, intended to signify good stress, is also found unsuitable for indicating signaling by reactive molecules that can have variable effects. The defined oxidative distress is identified as oxidative damage rather than oxidative stress. Additionally, damaging oxidations and signaling oxidant events, both positive and negative, can coexist in different locations within a cell, tissue, or body. The measurement of oxidant events in body fluids or tissue samples can only reflect the combined effects of non-separable events, sometimes with opposite effects. Officially approved therapies to prevent or cure oxidative stress or oxidative damage are currently lacking.
News Item
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
J. Meenakshi
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the public has relied on scientists and doctors for crucial information. Effective science communication is a valuable skill that experts have shared their tips on.
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Jaromir Myslivecek
Summary: Social species form organizations to support individuals, as isolation may be a stressor. When studying the effects of social isolation on cholinergic signaling, it is important to consider the differences in isolation schemes and receptor subtypes.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Marcia Ribeiro, Livia Alvarenga, Ludmila F. M. F. Cardozo, Julie A. Kemp, Ligia S. Lima, Jonatas S. de Almeida, Viviane de O. Leal, Peter Stenvinkel, Paul G. Shiels, Denise Mafra
Summary: Coffee, a globally consumed beverage, is rich in caffeine, antioxidants, and phenolic compounds. It can modulate the composition of the gut microbiota and mitigate inflammation and oxidative stress. It has beneficial effects on diseases such as depression, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Business
Aekyoung Kim
Summary: This research reveals that exposure to happiness primes leads consumers away from happiness-claimed products due to a decrease in perceived happiness potential attributed to the products. However, factors such as happiness goal satiation, cognitive load, and motivation to seek happiness mitigate the negative effect of happiness primes on product evaluation.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Francesca Lopez
Summary: This article calls for educational psychology to contribute to the greater good, discusses the lack of engagement of the field in contemporary schooling controversies, and highlights the attacks against anti-racist approaches. Recommendations and implications for educational psychology are provided.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST
(2022)
Review
Evolutionary Biology
Brian Charlesworth, Jeffrey D. Jensen
Summary: This article discusses the genetic, demographic, and selective forces that limit the observed levels of DNA sequence variation in natural populations, and highlights the potentially important role of population size change in this process.
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hairong Gao, Lili Zhangzhong, Wengang Zheng, Guangfeng Chen
Summary: Precise and intelligent irrigation technology is crucial for maintaining necessary agricultural growth rates without further damaging the environment. The rapid development of machine learning algorithms provides opportunities for improving irrigation efficiency, making it an important solution for the modernization of irrigation systems.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Katherine A. Collett, Stephanie A. Hirmer, Holger Dalkmann, Constance Crozier, Yacob Mulugetta, Malcolm D. McCulloch
Summary: Transport demand in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasing due to population growth and economic development, leading to a rise in emissions. Despite the limited presence of electric vehicles in the region, they have the potential to offer benefits to governments, power systems, and vehicle owner-operators.
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Respiratory System
Douglas E. Wood
Summary: For a long time, men have dominated the field of surgery, especially in cardiothoracic surgery, creating a masculine culture that hinders the recruitment and success of female surgeons. Women in surgery face numerous challenges and barriers due to gender biases and unequal opportunities, with men playing a crucial role in promoting gender equality and empowering women to succeed in the profession.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE
(2021)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Weiming Tang, Dan Wu, Fan Yang, Cheng Wang, Wenfeng Gong, Kurt Gray, Joseph D. Tucker
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, pay-it-forward programs have become more widespread, offering healthcare providers an opportunity to reduce costs, increase uptake of interventions like testing and vaccines, and promote sustainability through gift-giving.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Thomas Weise, Zhize Wu, Xinlu Li, Yan Chen, Joerg Laessig
Summary: Fitness assignment process transforms the features of a candidate solution to a scalar fitness, which is used for selection. Frequency fitness assignment (FFA) assigns a fitness value based on the encounter frequency of the objective value during selection and aims to minimize it. FFA algorithms are unbiased and invariant under objective function value transformations, leading to improved performance in certain difficult problems.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Spyridon Methenitis, Ioanna Stergiou, Smaragdi Antonopoulou, Tzortzis Nomikos
Summary: Subclinical, low-grade inflammation is a key factor in many chronic diseases, and understanding the anti-inflammatory properties of diet is challenging. Exercise-induced muscle damage may serve as a useful model for evaluating the effects of diet on inflammation in humans.
Article
Business
Jay Kandampully, Anil Bilgihan, Milos Bujisic, Andreas Kaplan, Cheryl Burke Jarvis, Yupal Shukla
Summary: Service transformation requires a revolutionary strategic mindset within service firms, often involving technology and digitalization for long-term success. The process can range from minor linear reformation to cyclical and ongoing creative destruction and reincarnation.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
History & Philosophy Of Science
Eugene Chislenko
Summary: This paper explores the possibility of akratic belief and defends it through intuitive examples and attribution arguments, ultimately concluding that akratic belief is possible.
Article
Rehabilitation
H. C. Hanger, Tim J. Wilkinson
Summary: This study found that there was no change in the number of staff injuries during the trial period of low impact flooring in an Older Persons Health ward. This suggests that low impact flooring is safe for both patients and staff.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Joy Rudland, Mike Tweed, Chrystal Jaye, Tim J. Wilkinson
Summary: Learner neglect is a new concept in education and this study aimed to explore the application of Glaser's framework in clinical learning environments. The study identifies categories of neglectful behaviors and proposes a new framework for learner neglect.
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Sandra E. Carr, Ben J. Canny, Andy Wearn, Dianne Carmody, Antonio Celenza, Basia Diug, Michelle Leech, Tim J. Wilkinson
Summary: For a small but significant number of medical students, interruptions in academic progression can occur due to academic difficulties, health concerns, or external influences. By sharing experiences and learning from setbacks, both students and medical educators can help more students graduate successfully.
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Dale Sheehan, Tim J. Wilkinson
Summary: Research has shown that the focus on how health professionals learn in clinical workplace environments has been on the supervisor-trainee relationship and the affordances of the workplace, with less attention paid to the broader environment. It is important to recognize and acknowledge an organization's values and culture as they impact clinical learning, and to make tacit factors visible through reflection and observation.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Roshit K. Bothara, Malama Tafuna'i, Tim J. Wilkinson, Jen Desrosiers, Susan Jack, Philip K. Pattemore, Tony Walls, Faafetai Sopoaga, David R. Murdoch, Andrew P. Miller
Summary: This study explores the outcomes and experiences of the Global Health Classroom (GHCR) model between medical students from New Zealand and Samoa. The results show that students acquired intended learning outcomes related to patient care, health systems, culture, and determinants of health in their partner country. Learning with international peers in the virtual classroom made global health education more tangible for students, indicating reciprocity between students from both countries.
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
(2021)
Editorial Material
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Rola Ajjawi, Paul E. S. Crampton, Shiphra Ginsburg, Gonzaga A. Mubuuke, Karen E. Hauer, Jan Illing, Karen Mattick, Lynn Monrouxe, Vishna Devi Nadarajah, Nu Viet Vu, Tim Wilkinson, Liz Wolvaardt, Jen Cleland
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Mike Tweed, Tim Wilkinson
Summary: This study aimed to provide guidance on accommodations for medical students with long term conditions. By developing an approach based on authenticity and feasibility, inconsistencies in practice were identified and highlighted the importance of discussions among regulators, employers, educational institutions, and the disability sector.
Editorial Material
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Joy R. Rudland, Sarah C. Rennie
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Hamish J. Newman, Amanda J. Meyer, Tim J. Wilkinson, Nalini Pather, Sandra E. Carr
Summary: This study provides a review of technology-enhanced teaching methods in neuroanatomy education and compares their effectiveness to traditional teaching methods. The study finds that technology-enhanced teaching is not inferior and shows promising results in complex spatial anatomy and reducing cognitive load.
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Wendy C. Y. Hu, Hugh C. B. Dillon, Tim J. Wilkinson
Summary: This study investigates the applicability of judicial decision-making principles to educational assessment decision-making in medical education. Through interdisciplinary exchange and dialogic inquiry, four principles for fair, reasonable, and transparent assessment decision-making were identified, described, and applied. Case vignettes were used to test the applicability of these principles.
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Pete M. Ellis, Tim J. Wilkinson
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the inability to access clinical placements led us to reflect on key elements of the experience, recognize the importance of work readiness for new graduates, and identify seven aspects of clinical experience that need to be explicitly defined in learning objectives and assessments.
NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Review
Ethnic Studies
Karen Keelan, Suzanne Pitama, Tim Wilkinson, Cameron Lacey
Summary: Indigenous older people in aged residential care tend to be younger, have more complex health conditions, and are less likely to receive dental and mental health services. Their preferences for care are more likely to be evident in facilities where the staff composition reflects the residents' Indigenous makeup.
ALTERNATIVE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
(2021)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Yassar Alamri, Erik Monasterio, Tim J. Wilkinson
Summary: The study found that a considerable proportion of medical students have been involved in research activities, and those engaged in research are more likely to continue in the field in the future, although they show less interest in internal medicine sub-specialties as potential future careers. Targeted curricular and faculty support may be necessary to encourage research curiosity in students who have not yet been involved in research.
ADVANCES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Yassar Alamri, Erik Monasterio, Lutz Beckert, Tim J. Wilkinson
Summary: This study found that medical students are more influenced by external motivation when participating in research, with those engaging in extracurricular research activities generally having more external motivation, being older, and more likely to have completed a previous research degree.
ADVANCES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Holly J. Mee, Hugh Carl Hanger, Tim Wilkinson, James Michael Beharry, Teddy Wu
Summary: The study found improvements in door-to-any-reversal-agent and scan-to-PCC times over time, but they remain significantly longer than IS thrombolysis times. Monitoring of reversal is inadequate, particularly for WRICH receiving PCC.
NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2021)