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The molecular characterisation of Escherichia coli K1 isolated from neonatal nasogastric feeding tubes (2015)
Journal Article
Masood. (2015). The molecular characterisation of Escherichia coli K1 isolated from neonatal nasogastric feeding tubes. BMC Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1210-7

Background
The most common cause of Gram-negative bacterial neonatal meningitis is E. coli K1. It has a mortality rate of 10–15 %, and neurological sequelae in 30–50 % of cases. Infections can be attributable to nosocomial sources, however the pre-c... Read More about The molecular characterisation of Escherichia coli K1 isolated from neonatal nasogastric feeding tubes.

Criminal Investigation Through the Eye of the Detective: Technological Innovation and Tradition (2015)
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(2015). Criminal Investigation Through the Eye of the Detective: Technological Innovation and Tradition. Surveillance & Society, https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v13i3/4.5403

Technological elements and scientific knowledge are steadily transforming both the traditional image of the detective and the nature of contemporary police work. However, despite the potential utility of scientific methods and new technologies in cri... Read More about Criminal Investigation Through the Eye of the Detective: Technological Innovation and Tradition.

The relative importance of perceived doctor's attitude on the decision to consult for symptomatic osteoarthritis: a choice-based conjoint analysis study. (2015)
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Coxon, D., Frisher, M., Jinks, C., Jordan, K., Paskins, Z., & Peat, G. (2015). The relative importance of perceived doctor's attitude on the decision to consult for symptomatic osteoarthritis: a choice-based conjoint analysis study. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009625

Objectives Some patients spend years with painful osteoarthritis without consulting for it, including times when they are experiencing persistent severe pain and disability. Beliefs about osteoarthritis and what primary care has to offer may influenc... Read More about The relative importance of perceived doctor's attitude on the decision to consult for symptomatic osteoarthritis: a choice-based conjoint analysis study..

Lifecourse transitions, gender and drinking in later life (2015)
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Frisher, M., Holdsworth, C., MENDONÇA, M., DE OLIVEIRIA, C., PIKHART, H., & SHELTON, N. (2017). Lifecourse transitions, gender and drinking in later life. Ageing and society, 37(3), 462-494. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X15001178

Older people consume less alcohol than any other adult age group. However, in recent years survey data on alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom have shown that while younger age groups have experienced a decline in alcohol consumption, drinking b... Read More about Lifecourse transitions, gender and drinking in later life.

Lassa virus isolates from Mali and the Ivory Coast represent an emerging fifth lineage. (2015)
Journal Article
Forrester-Soto. (2015). Lassa virus isolates from Mali and the Ivory Coast represent an emerging fifth lineage. Frontiers in Microbiology, 1037 - 1037. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01037

Previous imported cases of Lassa fever (LF) into the United Kingdom from the Ivory Coast and Mali, as well as the detection of Lassa virus (LASV) among the Mastomys natalensis population within Mali has led to the suggestion that the endemic area for... Read More about Lassa virus isolates from Mali and the Ivory Coast represent an emerging fifth lineage..

A dedicated undergraduate gynaecology teaching clinic: the Keele experience (2015)
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(2015). A dedicated undergraduate gynaecology teaching clinic: the Keele experience. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 227-229. https://doi.org/10.3109/01443615.2015.1050651

Much discussion in the literature centres on how best to teach medical students the intricacies of gynaecological assessment and the subsequent formulation of a management plan. At Keele University skills are initially developed in a simulated settin... Read More about A dedicated undergraduate gynaecology teaching clinic: the Keele experience.

Children's humor types and psychosocial adjustment (2015)
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(2015). Children's humor types and psychosocial adjustment. Personality and Individual Differences, 86 - 91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.09.047

Attempting to understand how humor styles relate to psychological adjustment by correlating these two constructs fails to address the emerging understanding that individuals use combinations of humor styles, and that different combinations may be dif... Read More about Children's humor types and psychosocial adjustment.

Communicating Cardiovascular Disease Risk to People with Psoriasis: What Techniques do Practitioners Use? (2015)
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Keyworth, C., Nelson, P. A., Chew-Graham, C. A., Kane, K., Pearce, C. J., Griffiths, C. E. M., …Cordingley, L. (2016). Communicating Cardiovascular Disease Risk to People with Psoriasis: What Techniques do Practitioners Use?. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 23(2), 168-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-015-9517-8

Background
Psoriasis can be associated with unhealthy lifestyle behaviours such as smoking, excess alcohol use and insufficient physical activity, consequently increasing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Health care practitioners are expected to d... Read More about Communicating Cardiovascular Disease Risk to People with Psoriasis: What Techniques do Practitioners Use?.

Making a difference with psychology: reporting on a module to develop psychological literacy in final year undergraduates (2015)
Journal Article
Kent, A., & Skipper, Y. (2015). Making a difference with psychology: reporting on a module to develop psychological literacy in final year undergraduates. Psychology Teaching Review, 35-47

Improving students' psychological literacy has become a key part of the new British Psychological Society accreditation. This is fuelling an emphasis on helping students to apply their degree knowledge critically and innovatively, both to enhance the... Read More about Making a difference with psychology: reporting on a module to develop psychological literacy in final year undergraduates.

Language complexity modulates 8- and 10-year-olds’ success at using their theory of mind abilities in a communication task (2015)
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(2015). Language complexity modulates 8- and 10-year-olds’ success at using their theory of mind abilities in a communication task. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.09.006

Basic competence in theory of mind is acquired during early childhood. Nonetheless, evidence suggests that the ability to take others’ perspectives in communication improves continuously from middle childhood to the late teenage years. This indicates... Read More about Language complexity modulates 8- and 10-year-olds’ success at using their theory of mind abilities in a communication task.

Security spheres: a phenomenology of maritime spatial practices (2015)
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Ryan. (2015). Security spheres: a phenomenology of maritime spatial practices. Security Dialogue, 46(6), 568-584. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967010615598049

This article explores maritime protection zones (MPZ), which are being created in the territorial waters of a number of European states. Through the work of Gaston Bachelard and Peter Sloterdijk, the article analyses maritime zonation as a paradigmat... Read More about Security spheres: a phenomenology of maritime spatial practices.

Beyond Occult Economies: Akan spirits, New York Idols and Detroit automobiles (2015)
Journal Article
Parish. (2015). Beyond Occult Economies: Akan spirits, New York Idols and Detroit automobiles. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 5(2), 101-120. https://doi.org/10.14318/hau5.2.009

While it has been extensively recorded how the West African occult economy allows for a metanarrative critique of modernity, this article analyzes a convergence between witchcraft discourses and the capitalist market, looking through the local lens o... Read More about Beyond Occult Economies: Akan spirits, New York Idols and Detroit automobiles.

The Early Infrared Temporal Development Of Nova Delphini 2013 (v339 Del) Observed With The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (sofia) And From The Ground (2015)
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(2015). The Early Infrared Temporal Development Of Nova Delphini 2013 (v339 Del) Observed With The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (sofia) And From The Ground. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/812/2/132

We present ground-based infrared photometry, JHK spectroscopy, and 5–28 µm SOFIA FORCAST spectroscopy documenting the early temporal development of Nova Delphini 2013 (V339 Del). We derive a distance of ~4.5 kpc using data available from the early ex... Read More about The Early Infrared Temporal Development Of Nova Delphini 2013 (v339 Del) Observed With The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (sofia) And From The Ground.

Self reported quality care for knee osteoarthritis: comparisons across Denmark, Norway, Portugal and UK (2015)
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Østerås, N., Jordan, K. P., Clausen, B., Cordeiro, C., Dziedzic, K., Edwards, J., …Hagen, K. B. (2015). Self reported quality care for knee osteoarthritis: comparisons across Denmark, Norway, Portugal and UK. RMD Open, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000136

Objectives To assess and compare patient perceived quality of osteoarthritis (OA) management in primary healthcare in Denmark, Norway, Portugal and the UK.

Methods Participants consulting with clinical signs and symptoms of knee OA were identified... Read More about Self reported quality care for knee osteoarthritis: comparisons across Denmark, Norway, Portugal and UK.

Tolerating uncertainty: Perceptions of the future for ageing parent-carers and their adult children with intellectual disabilities (2015)
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(2015). Tolerating uncertainty: Perceptions of the future for ageing parent-carers and their adult children with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12221

Background
Improved life expectancy means that more adults with intellectual disabilities are now living with ageing parents. This study explored older families' perceptions of the future.

Methods
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with n... Read More about Tolerating uncertainty: Perceptions of the future for ageing parent-carers and their adult children with intellectual disabilities.

Common and unique associated factors for medically unexplained chronic widespread pain and chronic fatigue. (2015)
Journal Article
McBeth, J., Tomenson, B., Chew-Graham, C., Macfarlane, G., Jackson, J., Littlewood, A., & Creed, F. (2015). Common and unique associated factors for medically unexplained chronic widespread pain and chronic fatigue. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 484 - 491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.10.004

OBJECTIVE: Chronic widespread pain and chronic fatigue share common associated factors but these associations may be explained by the presence of concurrent depression and anxiety. METHODS: We mailed questionnaires to a randomly selected sample of pe... Read More about Common and unique associated factors for medically unexplained chronic widespread pain and chronic fatigue..

Bifurcation of a dielectric elastomer balloon under pressurized inflation and electricactuation (2015)
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Fu, Y., Xie, Y., & Liu, J. (2015). Bifurcation of a dielectric elastomer balloon under pressurized inflation and electricactuation. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 182-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2015.08.027

It is previously known that under inflation alone a spherical rubber membrane balloon may bifurcate into a pear shape when the tension in the membrane reaches a maximum, but the existence of such a maximum depends on the material model used: the maxi... Read More about Bifurcation of a dielectric elastomer balloon under pressurized inflation and electricactuation.

Revealing hidden depression in older people: a qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2015). Revealing hidden depression in older people: a qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial. BMC Family Practice, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-015-0362-2

Background
The prevalence of depressive symptoms in older people may be as high as 20 %. Depression in older people is associated with loss, loneliness and physical co-morbidities; it is known to be under-diagnosed and under-treated. Older people ma... Read More about Revealing hidden depression in older people: a qualitative study within a randomised controlled trial.

Mitochondrial Replacement: ethics and identity (2015)
Journal Article
Wrigley, A., Wilkinson, S., & Appleby, J. (2015). Mitochondrial Replacement: ethics and identity. Bioethics, 631-638. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12187

Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) have the potential to allow prospective parents who are at risk of passing on debilitating or even life-threatening mitochondrial disorders to have healthy children to whom they are genetically related. Eth... Read More about Mitochondrial Replacement: ethics and identity.