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Are two authors better than one?: Can writing on pairs affect the readability of academic blogs? (2016)
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(2016). Are two authors better than one?: Can writing on pairs affect the readability of academic blogs?. Scientometrics, 2119 -2122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2116-x

The literature on academic writing suggests that writing in pairs leads to more readable papers than writing alone. We wondered whether academic blog posts written alone or in pairs would vary in style. We collected a corpus of 104 posts published wi... Read More about Are two authors better than one?: Can writing on pairs affect the readability of academic blogs?.

Venous thromboembolism following colorectal resection (2016)
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(2016). Venous thromboembolism following colorectal resection. Colorectal Disease, 385-394. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.13529

Aim
The study investigated the rate of significant venous thromboembolism (VTE) following colorectal resection during the index admission and over 1 year following discharge. It identifies risk factors associated with VTE and considers the length of... Read More about Venous thromboembolism following colorectal resection.

Outcomes of a 'One Health' Monitoring Approach to a Five-Year Beaver (Castor fiber) Reintroduction Trial in Scotland. (2016)
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Goodman, G., Meredith, A., Girling, S., Rosell, F., & Campbell-Palmer, R. (2017). Outcomes of a 'One Health' Monitoring Approach to a Five-Year Beaver (Castor fiber) Reintroduction Trial in Scotland. EcoHealth, 14(S1), 139–143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-016-1168-y

The Scottish Beaver Trial, involving the translocation and release of 16 wild Norwegian beavers (Castor fiber) to Scotland, provides a good example of a ‘One Health’ scientific monitoring approach, with independent monitoring partners on ecology and... Read More about Outcomes of a 'One Health' Monitoring Approach to a Five-Year Beaver (Castor fiber) Reintroduction Trial in Scotland..

Performing Diabetes: Surveillance and Self-Management (2016)
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Lucherini. (2016). Performing Diabetes: Surveillance and Self-Management. Surveillance & Society, https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v14i2.5996

Sustaining the diabetic body involves visible practices of expert self-management: injecting insulin and testing blood sugar levels. Drawing form qualitative interviews I consider how people with diabetes manage the visibility of these practices rela... Read More about Performing Diabetes: Surveillance and Self-Management.

K-band integral field spectroscopy and optical spectroscopy of massive young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2016)
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Ward, J., Oliveira, J., Van Loon, J. T., & Sewiło, M. (2017). K-band integral field spectroscopy and optical spectroscopy of massive young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(2), 1512 -1552. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2386

We present K-band integral field spectroscopic observations towards 17 massive young stellar objects (YSOs) in the low-metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and two YSO candidates in the compact H?II regions N81 and N88 A (also in the SMC). These... Read More about K-band integral field spectroscopy and optical spectroscopy of massive young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Factors influencing students' receptivity to formative feedback emerging from different assessment cultures (2016)
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(2016). Factors influencing students' receptivity to formative feedback emerging from different assessment cultures. Perspectives on Medical Education, 276 -284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-016-0297-x

INTRODUCTION: Feedback after assessment is essential to support the development of optimal performance, but often fails to reach its potential. Although different assessment cultures have been proposed, the impact of these cultures on students' recep... Read More about Factors influencing students' receptivity to formative feedback emerging from different assessment cultures.

The development of a humor styles questionnaire for younger children (2016)
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James, L., & Fox, C. (in press). The development of a humor styles questionnaire for younger children. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 29(4), https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2016-0042

Despite the adaptation of the humor styles questionnaire for older children a measure suitable for children below the age of eleven was needed. The current research involved three separate studies leading to the creation of the humor styles questionn... Read More about The development of a humor styles questionnaire for younger children.

Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study (2016)
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Bartlam, B., Rathod, T., Rowlands, G., & Protheroe, J. (2016). Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016, Article 4723636. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/4723636

This article reports a mixed methods process evaluation of a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial comparing a Lay Health Trainer (LHT) intervention and usual care for those with poorly controlled Type 2 Diabetes Melitus (T2DM). Set in a depr... Read More about Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study.

Pre-eclampsia is associated with a twofold increase in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
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Wu, P., Shing Kwok, C., Haththotuwa, R., Kotronias, R. A., Babu, A., Fryer, A. A., Myint, P. K., Chew-Graham, C. A., & Mamas, M. A. (2016). Pre-eclampsia is associated with a twofold increase in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetologia, 59, 2518-2526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-016-4098-x

Aims/hypothesis: Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy-specific multi-system disorder and a state of physiological insulin resistance. Our aim is to systematically evaluate and quantify the evidence on the relationship between pre-eclampsia and the future ris... Read More about Pre-eclampsia is associated with a twofold increase in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Illness perceptions of gout patients and the use of allopurinol in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study (2016)
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Walsh, C. P., Prior, J., Chandratre, P., Belcher, J., Mallen, C., & Roddy, E. (2016). Illness perceptions of gout patients and the use of allopurinol in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 17, Article 394. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1252-z

Background
Patients’ perceptions of their illness are dynamic and can directly influence aspects of management. Our aim was to examine the illness perceptions of gout patients in UK primary care and associations with allopurinol use.

Methods
A h... Read More about Illness perceptions of gout patients and the use of allopurinol in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study.

Marieke Vervoort – and how the right to euthanasia can help some people to live better (2016)
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Wrigley. (2016). Marieke Vervoort – and how the right to euthanasia can help some people to live better

Belgian Paralympic athlete Marieke Vervoort, who won a silver medal in the T52 400 metre event at the 2016 Rio games, recently disclosed that she likely would already have attempted suicide if she had not been able to legally plan to undergo euthanas... Read More about Marieke Vervoort – and how the right to euthanasia can help some people to live better.

Constitutivism and Transcendental Practical Philosophy: How to Pull the Rabbit Out of the Hat (2016)
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Baiasu. (2016). Constitutivism and Transcendental Practical Philosophy: How to Pull the Rabbit Out of the Hat. Philosophia, 44, 1185-1208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-016-9746-3

Constitutivism aims to justify substantial normative standards as constitutive of practical reason. In this way, it can defend the constructivist commitment to avoiding realism and anti-realism in normative disciplines. This metaphysical debate is th... Read More about Constitutivism and Transcendental Practical Philosophy: How to Pull the Rabbit Out of the Hat.

Comparison Between Radial Approach and Femoral Approach With Vascular Closure Devices on the Occurrence of Access-Site Complications and Periprocedural Bleeding After Percutaneous Coronary Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2016)
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Rigattieri, S., Sciahbasi, A., Ratib, K., Alonzo, A., Cox, N., Chodór, P., Berni, A., Fedele, S., Pugliese, F. R., Cooper, C. J., Louvard, Y., Nolan, J., & Rao, S. V. (2016). Comparison Between Radial Approach and Femoral Approach With Vascular Closure Devices on the Occurrence of Access-Site Complications and Periprocedural Bleeding After Percutaneous Coronary Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Invasive Cardiology, 28(12), 473-479

Objectives. Periprocedural bleedings, often related to vascular access site, represent an important drawback of percutaneous coronary procedures and are associated with worse outcomes. Radial access (RA) and, potentially, femoral access (FA) with vas... Read More about Comparison Between Radial Approach and Femoral Approach With Vascular Closure Devices on the Occurrence of Access-Site Complications and Periprocedural Bleeding After Percutaneous Coronary Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Human Trafficking in Nepal: Post-Earthquake Risk and Response (2016)
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Gyawali, B., Keeling, J., & Kallestrup, P. (2017). Human Trafficking in Nepal: Post-Earthquake Risk and Response. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 11(2), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.121

As Nepal mourns the 1-year commemoration of the April 2015 earthquake and its aftershocks that killed more than 8500 people and left thousands injured and displaced, other more hidden repercussions of the resultant chaotic environment need attention:... Read More about Human Trafficking in Nepal: Post-Earthquake Risk and Response.

Ankle brachial index for the diagnosis of lower limb peripheral arterial disease. (2016)
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(2016). Ankle brachial index for the diagnosis of lower limb peripheral arterial disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CD010680 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD010680.pub2

BACKGROUND: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) of the lower limb is common, with prevalence of both symptomatic and asymptomatic disease estimated at 13% in the over 50 age group. Symptomatic PAD affects about 5% of individuals in Western populations... Read More about Ankle brachial index for the diagnosis of lower limb peripheral arterial disease..

Systemic peptide-mediated oligonucleotide therapy improves long-term survival in spinal muscular atrophy. (2016)
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Hammond, S., Hazell, G., Shabanpoor, F., Saleh, A., Bowerman, M., Sleigh, J., Meijboom, K., Zhou, H., Muntoni, F., Talbot, K., Gait, M., & Wood, M. (2016). Systemic peptide-mediated oligonucleotide therapy improves long-term survival in spinal muscular atrophy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(39), 10962 - 10967. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1605731113

The development of antisense oligonucleotide therapy is an important advance in the identification of corrective therapy for neuromuscular diseases, such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Because of difficulties of delivering single-stranded oligonuc... Read More about Systemic peptide-mediated oligonucleotide therapy improves long-term survival in spinal muscular atrophy..

The impact of a selective entry examination on children's feelings as they approach the transition to secondary school (2016)
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(2016). The impact of a selective entry examination on children's feelings as they approach the transition to secondary school. British Educational Research Journal, 945-961. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3242

In the current study we examined how different experiences of a selective entry examination influenced children's feelings about themselves, school and intelligence as they approached transition to secondary school. Children were recruited from three... Read More about The impact of a selective entry examination on children's feelings as they approach the transition to secondary school.

Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the ASAS catalogue - IX. Spotted pairs with red giants (2016)
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Hellier. (2016). Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the ASAS catalogue - IX. Spotted pairs with red giants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2234 - 2249. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1448

We present spectroscopic and photometric solutions for three spotted systems with red giant components. Absolute physical and orbital parameters for these double-lined detached eclipsing binary stars are presented for the first time. These were deriv... Read More about Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the ASAS catalogue - IX. Spotted pairs with red giants.

Towards new material biomarkers for fracture risk (2016)
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Greenwood, C., Clement, J., Dicken, A., Evans, J., Lyburn, I., Martin, R., Rogers, K., Stone, N., & Zioupos, P. (2016). Towards new material biomarkers for fracture risk. BONE, 93, 55-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2016.09.006

Osteoporosis is a prevalent bone condition, characterised by low bone mass and increased fracture risk. Currently, the gold standard for identifying osteoporosis and increased fracture risk is through quantification of bone mineral density (BMD) usin... Read More about Towards new material biomarkers for fracture risk.