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General Practitioners Views of Implementing a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study. (2015)
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(2015). General Practitioners Views of Implementing a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study. PloS one, e0136119 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136119

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The STarT Back stratified primary care approach has demonstrated clinical and cost effectiveness in the UK, and is commonly used by General Practitioners (GPs). However, it remains unknown how this approach could be implemen... Read More about General Practitioners Views of Implementing a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study..

General Practitioners Views of Implementing a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study (2015)
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Hill, J. (2015). General Practitioners Views of Implementing a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study. PLoS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136119

Background and Objective The STarT Back stratified primary care approach has demonstrated clinical and cost effectiveness in the UK, and is commonly used by General Practitioners (GPs). However, it remains unknown how this approach could be implemen... Read More about General Practitioners Views of Implementing a Stratified Treatment Approach for Low Back Pain in Germany: A Qualitative Study.

An optimized proportional-derivative controller for the human upper extremity with gravity (2015)
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(2015). An optimized proportional-derivative controller for the human upper extremity with gravity. Journal of Biomechanics, 3692-3700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.08.016

When Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) is used to restore movement in subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI), muscle stimulation patterns should be selected to generate accurate and efficient movements. Ideally, the controller for such a neurop... Read More about An optimized proportional-derivative controller for the human upper extremity with gravity.

Remote Cell Activation for Bone Regeneration - a Pre Clinical Animal Study (2015)
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Markides, H., Telling, N., Henstock, J., & El Haj, A. (2015). Remote Cell Activation for Bone Regeneration - a Pre Clinical Animal Study. Tissue Engineering Part A, 21, S7-S8

We aim to develop a cell-based injectable solution for treatment of non-union bone fractures. Our approach is based on the use of functionalised magnetic particles (MNPs) targeted to the TREK-1 mecho-sensative receptor on the mesenchymal stem cell (M... Read More about Remote Cell Activation for Bone Regeneration - a Pre Clinical Animal Study.

Precision control of dissolved oxygen in mammalian cell culture media impacts on in situ volatile generation and promotes improved mesenchymal stem cell yield accompanied by reduced transcriptional variability (2015)
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Mohammad, A. Z., Sule Suso, J., & Forsyth, N. (2015). Precision control of dissolved oxygen in mammalian cell culture media impacts on in situ volatile generation and promotes improved mesenchymal stem cell yield accompanied by reduced transcriptional variability. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 86(S1), S16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.07.069

Mammalian cell culture is reliant on culture media to support in vitro growth and proliferation. Culture media contains salts, vitamins, and minerals at precise levels where subtle variations result in novel media formulations. Oxygen is a bioactive... Read More about Precision control of dissolved oxygen in mammalian cell culture media impacts on in situ volatile generation and promotes improved mesenchymal stem cell yield accompanied by reduced transcriptional variability.

Statecraft, scalecraft and urban planning: a comparative study of Birmingham, UK and Brisbane, Australia (2015)
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Pemberton, S., & Searle, G. (2015). Statecraft, scalecraft and urban planning: a comparative study of Birmingham, UK and Brisbane, Australia. European Planning Studies, 76-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2015.1078297

Recent discussions on state rescaling have pointed towards the need for a greater focus on how and why state activity may change over time in order to generate insights into the provenance, trajectories and outcomes of rescaling in different global r... Read More about Statecraft, scalecraft and urban planning: a comparative study of Birmingham, UK and Brisbane, Australia.

Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science (2015)
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Grange, J., & Lewis, A. M. (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac4716

Reproducibility is a defining feature of science, but the extent to which it characterizes current research is unknown. We conducted replications of 100 experimental and correlational studies published in three psychology journals using high-powered... Read More about Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science.

An Economic Evaluation of TENS in Addition to Usual Primary Care Management for the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: Results from the TATE Randomized Controlled Trial (2015)
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Lewis, M., Chesterton, L., Sim, J., Hay, E., Mallen, C., & Van Der Windt, D. (2015). An Economic Evaluation of TENS in Addition to Usual Primary Care Management for the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: Results from the TATE Randomized Controlled Trial. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135460

Background The TATE trial was a multicentre pragmatic randomized controlled trial of supplementing primary care management (PCM)–consisting of a GP consultation followed by information and advice on exercises–with transcutaneous electrical nerve sti... Read More about An Economic Evaluation of TENS in Addition to Usual Primary Care Management for the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: Results from the TATE Randomized Controlled Trial.

In vitro experiments of cerebral blood flow during aspiration thrombectomy: potential effects on cerebral perfusion pressure and collateral flow (2015)
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Roffe, Yang, & Naire. (2015). In vitro experiments of cerebral blood flow during aspiration thrombectomy: potential effects on cerebral perfusion pressure and collateral flow. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 969-972. https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-011909

BACKGROUND: Mechanical thrombectomy with stent retriever devices is associated with significantly better outcomes than thrombolysis alone in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Thrombus aspiration achieves high patency rates, but clinical outcome... Read More about In vitro experiments of cerebral blood flow during aspiration thrombectomy: potential effects on cerebral perfusion pressure and collateral flow.

Stakeholder citizenship: the complexities of Polish migrants' citizenship attachments in the context of the Scottish independence referendum (2015)
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(2015). Stakeholder citizenship: the complexities of Polish migrants' citizenship attachments in the context of the Scottish independence referendum. Citizenship Studies, 115 - 129. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2015.1054789

This article focuses on the experiences of Scotland’s largest foreign-born minority group, namely Poles, in the run-up to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014. We draw on 20 in-depth interviews to explore our participants’ intentions and just... Read More about Stakeholder citizenship: the complexities of Polish migrants' citizenship attachments in the context of the Scottish independence referendum.

Organic Farming: Biodiversity Impacts Can Depend on Dispersal Characteristics and Landscape Context (2015)
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Feber, R. E., Johnson, P. J., Bell, J. R., Chamberlain, D. E., Firbank, L. G., Fuller, R. J., …Macdonald, D. W. (2015). Organic Farming: Biodiversity Impacts Can Depend on Dispersal Characteristics and Landscape Context. PloS one, 10(8), Article e0135921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135921

Organic farming, a low intensity system, may offer benefits for a range of taxa, but what affects the extent of those benefits is imperfectly understood. We explored the effects of organic farming and landscape on the activity density and species den... Read More about Organic Farming: Biodiversity Impacts Can Depend on Dispersal Characteristics and Landscape Context.

“Click” Patterning of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon Surfaces and Their Characterization Using Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensors (2015)
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Wang, J., Wu, F., Watkinson, M., Zhu, J., & Krause, S. (2015). “Click” Patterning of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon Surfaces and Their Characterization Using Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensors. Langmuir, 31(35), 9646-9654. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02069

Two potential strategies for chemically patterning alkyne-terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on oxide-free silicon or silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) substrates were investigated and compared. The patterned surfaces were validated using a light-ad... Read More about “Click” Patterning of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon Surfaces and Their Characterization Using Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensors.

Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads: In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Predictability (2015)
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Audzeyeva, A., & Fuertes, A. (2015). Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads: In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Predictability. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2649216

This paper investigates the quarter-ahead predictability of Brazil, Mexico, Philippines and Turkey credit spreads for short and long maturity bonds during two separate periods preceding and following the Lehman Brothers' default. A model based on the... Read More about Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads: In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Predictability.

Cuticular Hydrocarbon Pheromones for Social Behavior and Their Coding in the Ant Antenna. (2015)
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Jones. (2015). Cuticular Hydrocarbon Pheromones for Social Behavior and Their Coding in the Ant Antenna. Cell Reports, 1261 - 1271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2015.07.031

The sophisticated organization of eusocial insect societies is largely based on the regulation of complex behaviors by hydrocarbon pheromones present on the cuticle. We used electrophysiology to investigate the detection of cuticular hydrocarbons (CH... Read More about Cuticular Hydrocarbon Pheromones for Social Behavior and Their Coding in the Ant Antenna..

Apparent Age Spreads in Clusters and the Role of Stellar Rotation (2015)
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(2015). Apparent Age Spreads in Clusters and the Role of Stellar Rotation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2070-2074. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1791

We use the Geneva Syclist isochrone models that include the effects of stellar rotation to investigate the role that rotation has on the resulting colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) of young and intermediate age clusters. We find that if a distribution o... Read More about Apparent Age Spreads in Clusters and the Role of Stellar Rotation.

Rule Induction-Based Knowledge Discovery for Energy Efficiency (2015)
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Fan. (2015). Rule Induction-Based Knowledge Discovery for Energy Efficiency. IEEE Access, 1423 - 1436. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2015.2472355

Rule induction is a practical approach to knowledge discovery. Provided that a problem is developed, rule induction is able to return the knowledge that addresses the goal of this problem as if-then rules. The primary goals of knowledge discovery are... Read More about Rule Induction-Based Knowledge Discovery for Energy Efficiency.

We See it as Being Heterosexualised, Being Put into a Care Home’: Gender, sexuality and housing/care preferences among older LGB individuals in the UK (2015)
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(2015). We See it as Being Heterosexualised, Being Put into a Care Home’: Gender, sexuality and housing/care preferences among older LGB individuals in the UK. Health and Social Care in the Community, e155 -e163. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12265

This paper considers the lack of choice in sheltered housing and residential/nursing care provision for older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals in the UK. While there is a growing body of knowledge about their concerns about current options... Read More about We See it as Being Heterosexualised, Being Put into a Care Home’: Gender, sexuality and housing/care preferences among older LGB individuals in the UK.

λ Bootis stars in the SuperWASP survey (2015)
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Paunzen, E., Skarka, M., Walczak, P., Holdsworth, D., Smalley, B., West, R., & Janík, J. (2015). λ Bootis stars in the SuperWASP survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453(2), 1241 -1248. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1652

We have analysed around 170 000 individual photometric WASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) measurements of 15 well-established ? Bootis stars to search for variability. The ? Bootis stars are a small group of late-B to early-F, Pop I, stars that sho... Read More about λ Bootis stars in the SuperWASP survey.