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Measuring acute postoperative pain using the visual analog scale: the minimal clinically important difference and patient acceptable symptom state by Myles, P.S., Myles, D.B., Galagher, W, Boyd, D, Chew, C, MacDonald, N, Dennis, A

“…The 100 mm visual analog scale (VAS) score is widely used to measure pain intensity after surgery. Despite this widespread use, it is unclear what constitutes…”
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Estimating speaker direction on a humanoid robot with binaural acoustic signals by Barot, Pranav, Mombaur, Katja, MacDonald, Ewen N

“…To achieve human-like behaviour during speech interactions, it is necessary for a humanoid robot to estimate the location of a human talker. Here, we present a…”
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Have vaccine hesitancy models oversimplified a complex problem to our detriment? The Adapted Royal Society of Canada vaccine uptake framework by MacDonald, N.E., Dube, E., Comeau, J.L.

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Understanding flood regime changes in Europe: a state-of-the-art assessment by Hall, J, Arheimer, B, Borga, M, Brázdil, R, Claps, P, Kiss, A, Kjeldsen, T. R, KriaučiÅ«nienė, J, Kundzewicz, Z. W, Lang, M, Llasat, M. C, Macdonald, N, McIntyre, N, Mediero, L, Merz, B, Merz, R, Molnar, P, Montanari, A, Neuhold, C, Parajka, J, Perdigão, R. A. P, Plavcová, L, Rogger, M, Salinas, J. L, Sauquet, E, Schär, C, Szolgay, J, Viglione, A, Blöschl, G

“…There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is…”
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Mapping cellular-scale internal mechanics in 3D tissues with thermally responsive hydrogel probes by Mok, Stephanie, Al Habyan, Sara, Ledoux, Charles, Lee, Wontae, MacDonald, Katherine N., McCaffrey, Luke, Moraes, Christopher

“…Local tissue mechanics play a critical role in cell function, but measuring these properties at cellular length scales in living 3D tissues can present…”
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Assessment of biocompatibility of 3D printed photopolymers using zebrafish embryo toxicity assays by Macdonald, N P, Zhu, F, Hall, C J, Reboud, J, Crosier, P S, Patton, E E, Wlodkowic, D, Cooper, J M

“…3D printing has emerged as a rapid and cost-efficient manufacturing technique to enable the fabrication of bespoke, complex prototypes. If the technology is to…”
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Are we close to the ideal intravenous fluid? by MacDonald, N., Pearse, R.M.

“…The approach to i.v. fluid therapy for hypovolaemia may significantly influence outcomes for patients who experience a systemic inflammatory response after…”
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Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol may palliate altered chemosensory perception in cancer patients: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial by Brisbois, T.D., de Kock, I.H., Watanabe, S.M., Mirhosseini, M., Lamoureux, D.C., Chasen, M., MacDonald, N., Baracos, V.E., Wismer, W.V.

“…A pilot study (NCT00316563) to determine if delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) can improve taste and smell (chemosensory) perception as well as appetite,…”
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Representation of Multiple Body Parts in the Missing-Hand Territory of Congenital One-Handers by Hahamy, Avital, Macdonald, Scott N., van den Heiligenberg, Fiona, Kieliba, Paullina, Emir, Uzay, Malach, Rafael, Johansen-Berg, Heidi, Brugger, Peter, Culham, Jody C., Makin, Tamar R.

“…Individuals born without one hand (congenital one-handers) provide a unique model for understanding the relationship between focal reorganization in…”
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Do human brain areas involved in visuomotor actions show a preference for real tools over visually similar non-tools? by Macdonald, Scott N., Culham, Jody C.

“…Neuroimaging has revealed a left-lateralized network of brain areas implicated in understanding the conceptual and sensorimotor aspects of tool perception and…”
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Exploring substrate/ionomer interaction under oxidizing and reducing environments by Tesfaye, Meron, MacDonald, Andrew N., Dudenas, Peter J., Kusoglu, Ahmet, Weber, Adam Z.

“…Local gas transport limitation attributed to the ionomer thin-film in the catalyst layer is a major deterrent to widespread commercialization of…”
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Neural Measures of Pitch Processing in EEG Responses to Running Speech by Bachmann, Florine L, MacDonald, Ewen N, Hjortkjær, Jens

“…Linearized encoding models are increasingly employed to model cortical responses to running speech. Recent extensions to subcortical responses suggest clinical…”
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Pre-operative resuscitation discussion with patients undergoing fractured neck of femur repair: a service evaluation and discussion of current standards by Heylen, J., Kemp, O., Macdonald, N. J., Mohamedfaris, K., Scarborough, A., Vats, A.

“…Introduction The majority of neck of femur (NOF) fracture patients are frail and at a higher risk of cardiac arrest. This makes discussion of treatment…”
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Jeremiah (Dis)Placed: New Directions in Writing/Reading Jeremiah, written by A.R. Peter Diamond and Louis Stulman by MacDonald, N

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The building backlog of NHS elective cases post Covid-19 by Macdonald, N, Clements, C, Sobti, A, Rossiter, D, Unnithan, A, Bosanquet, N

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Permafrost-derived dissolved organic matter composition varies across permafrost end-members in the western Canadian Arctic by MacDonald, Erin N, Tank, Suzanne E, Kokelj, Steven V, Froese, Duane G, Hutchins, Ryan H S

“…Organic matter, upon dissolution into the aqueous state as dissolved organic matter (DOM), can undergo mineralization by microbes. There has been increasing…”
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Repeated pattern of gamma-ray flares in the light curve of the blazar 3C 279 by Blinov, D, Jorstad, S G, Larionov, V M, MacDonald, N R, Grishina, T, Kopatskaya, E, Larionova, E, Larionova, L, Morozova, D, Nikiforova, A, Savchenko, S, Troitskaya, Y, Troitsky, I

“…ABSTRACT The optical polarization plane of some blazars occasionally exhibits smooth hundred degree long rotations. Multiple theoretical models have been…”
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Preoperative systemic inflammation and perioperative myocardial injury: prospective observational multicentre cohort study of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery by Ackland, G L, Abbott, T E F, Cain, D, Edwards, M R, Sultan, P, Karmali, S N, Fowler, A J, Whittle, J R, MacDonald, N J, Reyes, A, Paredes, L Gallego, Stephens, R C M, Del Arroyo, A Gutierrez, Woldman, S, Archbold, R A, Wragg, A, Kam, E, Ahmad, T, Khan, A W, Niebrzegowska, E, Pearse, R M

“…Systemic inflammation is pivotal in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. As inflammation can directly cause cardiomyocyte injury, we hypothesised that…”
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Investigating time-efficiency of forward masking paradigms for estimating basilar membrane input-output characteristics by Fereczkowski, Michal, Jepsen, Morten L, Dau, Torsten, MacDonald, Ewen N

“…It is well known that pure-tone audiometry does not sufficiently describe individual hearing loss (HL) and that additional measures beyond pure-tone…”
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Multimodal cancer care research by Macdonald, N

“…Today, most oncologists would agree that Anderson’s statement is common sense and subscribe to its expressed wisdom. [...]…”
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