ResearchPod

Making small changes to our domestic habits can make a big difference to global energy use and resource consumption.

Dr Lotta Schencking and Professor Rainer Stamminger examine different dishwashing behaviours around the world and identify best practice tips for both manual dishwashing and washing dishes in an electric dishwasher.

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Read the original research: doi.org/10.1515/tsd-2022-2423

Current imaging options to assess the responses of liver cancer patients to treatment suffer from blurry resolution, making it hard to develop radiotherapy plans.

Eye90 Microspheres, developed by ABK Biomedical, enables superior CT-based dosimetry , allowing for more more accurate dose estimates for treatment planning.

This work was awarded the Best Paper of the Year in the journal EJNMMI, and is being further assess in the Route90  Study.

Read the original research:  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40658-022-00447-1

Leptospirosis, a neglected tropical disease caused by spiral-shaped bacteria called Leptospira, is a global health burden.

Professor Joseph Vinetz and colleagues at Yale University, USA, and his team’s recent findings mark the crucial beginning for long-awaited pan-leptospirosis vaccine development.

Read more in Research Features: doi.org/10.26904/RF-148-4837038797

Read the original research: doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.1092197

Chronic headaches are extremely debilitating conditions which significantly impact the quality of life.

Dr Giorgio Pietramaggiori and Dr Saja Scherer of Global Medical Institute, Switzerland employ minimally invasive treatments such as targeted Botox injections, surgical release of nerves, and fat transfer, which aim to offer relief for people suffering from chronic headaches when pharmacological alternatives fail.

Read more in Research Features: doi.org/10.26904/RF-149-5161384107

Read the original research: doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000009777

There are some things you can do to manage your personal health and the risk of developing cancer in your lifetime. But, wherever you go, you’ll take your DNA with you.

Dr Erika Spaeth joins us to discuss those mutations and how they combine into a measurable impact on cancer risk and prognosis. Plus, the development a new model to assess that multi-factoral risk with a greater deal of certainty to concerned patients for what their genetic fortune holds.

Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-022-06834-7

Family dogs are our best friends, but bites can still happen when they feel  threatened or afraid. Learning what they don't like and how they communicate this with humans can avoid triggering a reactionary bite.

Led by world-renowned veterinarian Dr. Nicholas H. Dodman, Professor Emeritus, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, USA, Be BiteSmart aims to support families in learning to recognise and respecting a dog’s behaviour to contribute to a safe and loving environment.

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 Read the original research: https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000008670

Since industrialisation, agriculture has been heavily dependent on synthetic fertilisers to boost crop growth and yield, resulting in environmental and economic challenges.

Dr Francesco Vuolo of Sacco Srl, Italy, is making use of dairy fermentation leftover from manufacturing industries to build a circular, green economy for a more sustainable future.

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Read the original research : https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091544

One persons mild pain could be debilitating for another. Chronic pain comes with even further complications for diagnosis and treatment, and affects a great many more than you may expect. 

Dr Lauren Harrison is a pediatric pain psychologist and pain researcher at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research on user-centered development of interventions for youth with chronic pain focuses on optimizing the development of digital tools when funds and technical knowledge are low.

Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065997

Many universities have kept online classes for some, if not all, of their teaching, but it requires lecturers to keep students attention and engagement.

Dr Bei Hong from Singapore Management University’s School of Economics explores how simple games on economics courses can grab students curiosity and facilitate learning in a more engaging and memorable way. 

Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.4337/aee.2022.01.04

Today, shopping is increasingly digital, the retailer and customer completely separated, and a customer’s value lies not in their friendly wave as they enter a store, but in the data displayed in their online behaviour. 

Dr Kimberly Thomas-Francois, Thompson Rivers University, Canada, and Professor Simon Somogyi, University of Guelph, Canada, are scholars of consumer behaviour in the food business and are particularly interested in how technology shapes food retailing – a concept called ‘digital grocery shopping’.

Read the Research Features article: doi.org/10.26904/RF-147-4481154037

Read the original Research: doi/10.1108/BFJ-06-2022-0510