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Isaac Duncan-Cross @isaac-dc.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Having an incredible time meeting people and learning so much at #AAIC25 Toronto this week! Feel free to come say hi today at poster 606 if you're interested in predicting diagnostic timing in dementia!

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Ziedrich Pengels @thebigzeo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Calling my fellow speculative fiction fans, would you like to take part in a study looking at our community’s connection to the far-right? We are looking for participants for short virtual interviews discussing far-right activity you may have witnessed within your fandoms. #academicsky

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

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BMC medical journal heading

Title: Critically appraising the cass report:
Check for updates methodological flaws and unsupported claims

Authors: Chris Noone, Alex Southgate, Alex Ashman, Éle Quinn, David Comer, Duncan Shrewsbury, Florence Ashley, Jo Hartland, Joanna Paschedag, John Gilmore, Natacha Kennedy, Thomas E. Woolley, Rachel Heath, Ryan Goulding, Victoria Simpson, Ed Kiely, Sibéal Coll, Margaret White,
D. M. Grijseels, Maxence Ouafik, and Quinnehtukqut McLamore

Abstract

Background: The Cass Review aimed to provide recommendations for the delivery of services for gender diverse children and young people in England. The final product of this project, the Cass report, relied on commissioned research output, including quantitative and qualitative primary research as well as seven systematic reviews, to inform its recommendations and conclusions.
Methods We critically evaluated the Cass report and the research that was commissioned to inform it. To evaluate the Risk of Bias within the seven systematic reviews commissioned by the Cass Review, we applied the ROBIS tool - a domain-based assessment of risk of bias within systematic reviews. It focuses on four domains (i) study eligibility criteria, (ii) identification and selection of studies, iii) data collection and study appraisal, and (iv) synthesis and findings.

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Conclusions: We discuss these issues in relation to how evidence regarding gender affirming care is framed, the wider political context, and the future for gender affirming care. The Cass report's recommendations, given its methodological flaws and misrepresentation of evidence, warrant critical scrutiny to ensure ethical and effective support for gender-diverse youth.

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Michael Okun @michaelokun.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

How do motivational disturbances (apathy and ICD) and cognitive effort-based decision-making affect Parkinson's? What if you are slow motorically is there a way to truly assess motivation? YEP. You might be surprised as Bonnie Scott and Robert Eisinger at Fixel delight us in their new PRD journal.

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Isaac Duncan-Cross @isaac-dc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Thanks for coming along and giving such an interesting talk! 🧪

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Robotic fingers can tell objects apart by touch "Prosthetic appendage uses three layers of touch sensors to accurately differentiate between textures." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Robotic fingers can tell objects apart by touch

Prosthetic appendage uses three layers of touch sensors to accurately differentiate between textures.

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Mitakshara Medhi @mitakshara-medhi.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

To all women (above 18 years) residing in the UK, would you be comfortable sharing your experience in this survey? Survey link - universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... (It may take about 30 minutes) #women #Standing4WomenRights #WomensRights #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #womenintech

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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Co-occurrence of ADHD, dyslexia, and/or dyscalculia sometimes feels like salt on the wound. The underlying reasons that happen are not well understood, but it might be genes that influence common traits across multiple learning disabilities. 🧪 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Prevalence and co-occurrence rates in the subsample with data on all three developmental conditions. Of the children with ADHD, dyslexia, and/or dyscalculia, 77.3% had just one of these conditions.

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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Despite what you've been told, patience isn't a virtue - it's a coping strategy. ⌚️ New research untangles the concepts of patience and impatience, and proposes a new lens through which to understand them: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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Patience is a coping strategy, not a virtue | BPS

New research untangles the concepts of patience and impatience, and proposes a new lens through which to understand them.

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Fossil feathers of a Eurasian griffon vulture from the Pleistocene of Italy: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/... 🪶🧪 (📷 @she-paleo.bsky.social et al.)

Fossilized vulture feathers preserved in rock.

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Isaac Duncan-Cross @isaac-dc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Really enjoyed this read! Super interesting and valuable for anyone working/ living with a chronic illness

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