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  1. Article ; Online: Exploring the state of health of electric vehicle batteries at end of use; hierarchical waste flow analysis to determine the recycling and reuse potential.

    Fallah, Narjes / Fitzpatrick, Colin

    Journal of remanufacturing

    2024  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 155–168

    Abstract: With the increasing adoption of electric vehicles, their end-of-life management is a timely matter. This requires recognizing the upcoming volume of retired electric-vehicle-batteries to the waste stream. The projection is further useful if we have an ... ...

    Abstract With the increasing adoption of electric vehicles, their end-of-life management is a timely matter. This requires recognizing the upcoming volume of retired electric-vehicle-batteries to the waste stream. The projection is further useful if we have an estimation of the remaining value within them to categorize the recycling or repurposing potential to allow appropriate policy development and facility planning. This qualification assessment is neglected in the current literature. Neglecting the health status of retired batteries in estimating their residual value might end up over or underestimating their reuse and recycling potential. This study aims to provide a hierarchical battery waste estimation based on their health and age of disposal in Ireland. These two factors are the fundamental parameters in determining the feasibility of repurposing or recycling retired batteries. Identifying this information, we defined three reuse scenarios with different state-of-health limits. Results indicate almost 50%, 30%, and below 10% repurposing potential in the year 2050 when setting a repurposing threshold of above 80%, 85%, and 90%, respectively. The authors also highlight the effect of non-regional repurposing on the recycling potential.
    Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13243-024-00137-4.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-26
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2636480-3
    ISSN 2210-4690 ; 2210-4690
    ISSN (online) 2210-4690
    ISSN 2210-4690
    DOI 10.1007/s13243-024-00137-4
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  2. Article: 'Slepen al the nyght with open ye': Personal reflections after 35 years of being on-call.

    Fitzpatrick, Chris

    Interface focus

    2020  Volume 10, Issue 3, Page(s) 20190095

    Abstract: The European Working Time Directive (2003) has had a significant impact in reducing the total number of hours worked per week, as well as shift-lengths. There is, however, no agreement on optimal shift-lengths and day/night work balance in different ... ...

    Abstract The European Working Time Directive (2003) has had a significant impact in reducing the total number of hours worked per week, as well as shift-lengths. There is, however, no agreement on optimal shift-lengths and day/night work balance in different medical specialities. Given the time it takes for clinical events to unfold, particularly in relation to labour, there may be advantages in retaining the 24 hours on-call shift for obstetricians--in the interests of patient care and training. Increasingly seen as a relic of the past, this shift-length merits further research, which should include the impact on clinician well-being.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2042-8898
    ISSN 2042-8898
    DOI 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0095
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  3. Article ; Online: Anorectal Mpox in men who have sex with men associated with sexually transmitted co-infections: a case series.

    Russell, Annie / Siddiq, Mohammed / Fitzpatrick, Colin / Richardson, Daniel

    Sexually transmitted infections

    2024  Volume 100, Issue 1, Page(s) 52–53

    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Homosexuality, Male ; Coinfection/epidemiology ; Mpox (monkeypox) ; Sexual and Gender Minorities ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology ; Sexual Behavior ; HIV Infections/complications ; HIV Infections/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-17
    Publishing country England
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 1420303-0
    ISSN 1472-3263 ; 1368-4973
    ISSN (online) 1472-3263
    ISSN 1368-4973
    DOI 10.1136/sextrans-2023-055906
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  4. Article ; Online: Factors associated with

    To, Benjaman / Chai, Ningyu / Fitzpatrick, Colin / Richardson, Daniel

    International journal of STD & AIDS

    2024  , Page(s) 9564624241249203

    Abstract: Background: Cryptosporidium: Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science for manuscripts published up to July 2023. A primary author conducted an initial screen of abstracts and full text eligibility, and risk of bias was assessed ...

    Abstract Background: Cryptosporidium
    Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science for manuscripts published up to July 2023. A primary author conducted an initial screen of abstracts and full text eligibility, and risk of bias was assessed independently by two authors using the Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools. We used the nine-point synthesis without meta-analysis method to synthesise narrative data. The review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42023374279).
    Results: Six manuscripts were included in the final review from the USA (
    Conclusions: Despite a small number of manuscripts in this review, we identified demographic and behavioural factors associated with
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1018089-8
    ISSN 1758-1052 ; 0956-4624
    ISSN (online) 1758-1052
    ISSN 0956-4624
    DOI 10.1177/09564624241249203
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  5. Article: Do parent media habits contribute to child global development?

    Fitzpatrick, Caroline / Johnson, Alexa / Laurent, Angélique / Bégin, Mathieu / Harvey, Elizabeth

    Frontiers in psychology

    2024  Volume 14, Page(s) 1279893

    Abstract: Background/objective: Parents of preschoolers' report using screen media frequently. More frequent screen use by parents may undermine child development by displacing time for foundational parent-child interactions. The objective of the present study is ...

    Abstract Background/objective: Parents of preschoolers' report using screen media frequently. More frequent screen use by parents may undermine child development by displacing time for foundational parent-child interactions. The objective of the present study is to examine the extent to which parent screen use contributes to child global development 1 year later.
    Methods: Data are from a cohort of 315 preschoolers from Nova Scotia, Canada and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents reported the number of hours per day they spent using screens, as well as child screen time and sex, and parent educational attainment. Our outcome is child global development scores, which combine assessments of communication, cognitive, personal-social, and motor skills measured at 4.5 using the
    Results: Parents in our sample spent on average 6.35 h per day using screen media outside of work (SD = 3.07) and children spent on average 3.43 h per/day using screens. Multivariate linear regression indicated that each 1-h increase in parents daily screen media use, corresponded to a 1.25 decrease in child global development scores,
    Conclusion: Our results indicate that parent screen use may represent a key component of children's media ecology. Given the importance of global development in early childhood for later health and achievement, the present results suggest that interventions should include parent screen use habits in media wellness interventions.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-10
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2563826-9
    ISSN 1664-1078
    ISSN 1664-1078
    DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1279893
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  6. Article ; Online: Sexually transmitted infection testing and prevalence among MSM using event-based dosing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis.

    Simmons, Kiersten / Fitzpatrick, Colin / Richardson, Daniel

    Sexual health

    2023  Volume 20, Issue 2, Page(s) 177–179

    Abstract: Event-based dosing (EBD) of HIV PrEP is as effective at preventing HIV transmission in MSM as daily dosing. There are limited data on the differences in STI testing frequency between MSM using EBD-PrEP and daily dosing. A total of 20% of 418 PrEP users ... ...

    Abstract Event-based dosing (EBD) of HIV PrEP is as effective at preventing HIV transmission in MSM as daily dosing. There are limited data on the differences in STI testing frequency between MSM using EBD-PrEP and daily dosing. A total of 20% of 418 PrEP users were using EBD-PrEP and had a lower number of sexual partners (22 (27%) vs 142 (42%), P =0.008), tested for STIs less frequently (115 (18%) vs 69 (50%), P <0.001), but were diagnosed with a similar number of STIs ((35% vs 34%, P =0.54) compared to daily users. More research is needed to understand the optimal frequency for STI testing in MSM using EBD PrEP.
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Homosexuality, Male ; HIV Infections/diagnosis ; HIV Infections/epidemiology ; HIV Infections/prevention & control ; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis ; Prevalence ; Sexual and Gender Minorities ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/diagnosis ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/prevention & control
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-28
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 2256731-8
    ISSN 1449-8987 ; 1448-5028
    ISSN (online) 1449-8987
    ISSN 1448-5028
    DOI 10.1071/SH22192
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  7. Article ; Online: Developmental Associations Between Media Use and Adolescent Prosocial Behavior.

    Fitzpatrick, Caroline / Boers, Elroy

    Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education

    2021  Volume 49, Issue 2, Page(s) 265–271

    Abstract: Youth today spend a tremendous amount of time with digital media. The purpose of the present study was to estimate developmental associations between screen media use between the ages of 15 and 17 and corresponding changes in prosocial behavior. ... ...

    Abstract Youth today spend a tremendous amount of time with digital media. The purpose of the present study was to estimate developmental associations between screen media use between the ages of 15 and 17 and corresponding changes in prosocial behavior. Participants (
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adolescent Behavior ; Altruism ; Child ; Humans ; Internet ; Longitudinal Studies ; Television ; Video Games
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1362906-2
    ISSN 1552-6127 ; 1090-1981
    ISSN (online) 1552-6127
    ISSN 1090-1981
    DOI 10.1177/10901981211035702
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  8. Article ; Online: An examination of bedtime media and excessive screen time by Canadian preschoolers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Fitzpatrick, C / Almeida, M L / Harvey, E / Garon-Carrier, G / Berrigan, F / Asbridge, M

    BMC pediatrics

    2022  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 212

    Abstract: Background: Risky media use in terms of accumulating too much time in front of screens and usage before bedtime in early childhood is linked to developmental delays, reduced sleep quality, and unhealthy media use in later childhood and adulthood. For ... ...

    Abstract Background: Risky media use in terms of accumulating too much time in front of screens and usage before bedtime in early childhood is linked to developmental delays, reduced sleep quality, and unhealthy media use in later childhood and adulthood. For this reason, we examine patterns of media use in pre-school children and the extent to which child and family characteristics contribute to media use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Methods: A cross-sectional study of digital media use by Canadian preschool-aged children (mean age = 3.45, N = 316) was conducted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic between April and August of 2020. Parents completed a questionnaire and 24-h recall diary in the context of an ongoing study of child digital media use. From these responses we estimated hours of average daily screen time, screen time in the past 24 h, average daily mobile device use, and media use before bedtime. Parents also answered questions about their child (i.e., age, sex, temperament), family characteristics (parental mediation style, parental screen time, education, income), and contextual features of the pandemic (ex., remote work, shared childcare). Daycare closures were directly assessed using a government website.
    Results: Our results indicate that 64% of preschoolers used more than 2 h of digital media hours/day on average during the pandemic. A majority (56%) of children were also exposed to media within the hour before bedtime. Logistic and multinomial regressions revealed that child age and temperament, restrictive parental mediation, as well as parent digital media use, education, satisfaction with the division of childcare, remote work, and number of siblings and family income were all correlates of risky digital media use by preschoolers.
    Conclusions: Our results suggest widespread risky media use by preschoolers during the pandemic. Parenting practices that include using more restrictive mediation strategies may foster benefits in regulating young children's screen time.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; Canada/epidemiology ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Humans ; Internet ; Pandemics ; Parenting ; Parents ; Screen Time
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2041342-7
    ISSN 1471-2431 ; 1471-2431
    ISSN (online) 1471-2431
    ISSN 1471-2431
    DOI 10.1186/s12887-022-03280-8
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  9. Article ; Online: Retention of internal teat sealants over the dry period and their efficacy in reducing clinical and subclinical mastitis at calving.

    Bates, A J / King, C / Dhar, M / Fitzpatrick, C / Laven, R A

    Journal of dairy science

    2022  Volume 105, Issue 6, Page(s) 5449–5461

    Abstract: Internal teat sealants (ITS) reduce the risk of new intramammary infections over the dry period by forming a physical barrier to pathogen ingress. As the first and last 2 wk of the dry period are high-risk periods for new infections, maintaining an ... ...

    Abstract Internal teat sealants (ITS) reduce the risk of new intramammary infections over the dry period by forming a physical barrier to pathogen ingress. As the first and last 2 wk of the dry period are high-risk periods for new infections, maintaining an effective barrier in this period is a key requirement. Few studies have systematically examined sealant retention and none have done so under New Zealand pastoral conditions, where cows frequently move to separate grazing for dry periods, typically 80 to 90 d long. This multi-herd study was a split-udder equivalence trial comparing 2 ITS formulations for retention and efficacy in preventing periparturient clinical and subclinical mastitis. Both ITS contained 65% (2.6 g) bismuth salts, which contribute to the barrier within the teat canal, emulsified in ≤1.4 g of mineral oil. However, one ITS additionally contained <10% amorphous silica. At dry-off, treatment was randomly allocated to diagonal teat-pairs within 409 cows on 4 farms. All cows met industry best practice criteria for ITS treatment alone. The study unit was quarter within cow and farm. Outcomes included clinical mastitis (CM) incidence for the last 7 d of the dry period and first 42 d of lactation, subclinical mastitis (SCM) incidence 96 h after calving, and quantity of residual after centrifuging 50 mL of colostrum collected from each quarter within 24 h of calving. Proportional outcomes were analyzed using Bayesian mixed models with a binomial distribution and logit link function, whereas the quantity of residual was analyzed using Bayesian finite mixture models and cluster bootstrapping. We set a region of probable equivalence (ROPE) of ±2.5% between proportions and ±0.2 g for residual weight. Records were available for 1,596 quarters (399 cows). We detected no meaningful difference in incidence of CM or SCM attributable to differences in sealant: the model predicted treatment differences of 0.00 with a 95% highest density interval (HDI) of ±1.00%. Across all cows and farms, the marginal difference in the percentage of quarters with CM was 0.11% (95% HDI: -2.11 to 2.49%), and for SCM 0.00 (95% HDI: -1.98 to 1.94%). Including the quantity of residual recovered at calving did not improve fit or predictive ability of the models predicting CM or SCM, and the coefficient spanned the null value. The distribution of the weight of material recovered at calving was multi-modal; for 25% of quarters, more residual was recovered than inserted. When the residual weight was less than or equal to the median residual weight (2.06 g; range: 0.19-6.03 g), there was a ≥90% probability that any treatment difference in residual was ≤0.2 g. When the residual weight was between the median and 75th percentile (4.40 g; 95% HDI: 4.00 to 4.75 g), there was no clear difference in residual between products. Above the 75th percentile, there was a 90% probability that the residual from quarters differed by product type (difference = 0.36 g, 90% HDI: 0.20 to 0.54 g). In conclusion, both products had equivalent efficacy for SCM and CM. As the quantity of residual increased, the difference in residual weight recovered increased but this may represent increases in debris rather than indicating a more effective barrier.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Bayes Theorem ; Cattle ; Cattle Diseases/drug therapy ; Female ; Lactation ; Mammary Glands, Animal ; Mastitis, Bovine/epidemiology ; Milk
    Chemical Substances Anti-Bacterial Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial, Veterinary
    ZDB-ID 242499-x
    ISSN 1525-3198 ; 0022-0302
    ISSN (online) 1525-3198
    ISSN 0022-0302
    DOI 10.3168/jds.2021-21585
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  10. Article ; Online: Sexually transmitted co-infections in men who have sex with men diagnosed with primary or secondary syphilis.

    Richardson, D / Devlin, J / Smith, H / Parashar, K / Fitzpatrick, C / Williams, D

    Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV

    2022  Volume 36, Issue 6, Page(s) e474–e475

    MeSH term(s) Coinfection ; Gonorrhea ; HIV Infections ; Homosexuality, Male ; Humans ; Male ; Prevalence ; Sexual and Gender Minorities ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/complications ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/diagnosis ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases/epidemiology ; Syphilis/complications ; Syphilis/diagnosis ; Syphilis/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 1128828-0
    ISSN 1468-3083 ; 0926-9959
    ISSN (online) 1468-3083
    ISSN 0926-9959
    DOI 10.1111/jdv.17961
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