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From ‘NEET’ to ‘Unknown’: Who is responsible for young people not in education, employment or training? (2017)
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Wrigley. (2017). From ‘NEET’ to ‘Unknown’: Who is responsible for young people not in education, employment or training?. Youth and Policy,

Situating his discussion in its recent historical context, Liam Wrigley examines how young people labelled as ‘NEET’ have now become ‘unknown’ or ‘lost’, arguing that this is due to a lack of clear strategy concerning actors that have been responsibi... Read More about From ‘NEET’ to ‘Unknown’: Who is responsible for young people not in education, employment or training?.

OH defects in quartz as monitor for igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes (2017)
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(2017). OH defects in quartz as monitor for igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes. American Mineralogist, 1832 -1842. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-6107

Oriented sections of more than 500 quartz grains from sediments, igneous, and metamorphic rocks from different localities in Sweden, Austria, Germany, and South Africa were analyzed by FTIR spectroscopy, and their OH defect content was determined wit... Read More about OH defects in quartz as monitor for igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary processes.

Sexual Dimorphism of the First Rib: A Comparative Approach Using Metric and Geometric Morphometric Analyses (2017)
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Heaton. (2017). Sexual Dimorphism of the First Rib: A Comparative Approach Using Metric and Geometric Morphometric Analyses. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1251-1258. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13421

This research investigated the sexual dimorphism of the first human rib using geometric morphometric and metric approaches on a sample of 285 specimens containing European Americans and African Americans from the Hamann-Todd collection. Metric measur... Read More about Sexual Dimorphism of the First Rib: A Comparative Approach Using Metric and Geometric Morphometric Analyses.

Anti-influenza activity of diazaadamantanes combined with monoterpene moieties (2017)
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Suslov, E., Zarubaev, V. V., Slita, A. V., Ponomarev, K., Korchagina, D., Ayine-Tora, D. M., …Salakhutdinov, N. (2017). Anti-influenza activity of diazaadamantanes combined with monoterpene moieties. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 27(19), 4531-4535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.08.062

The antiviral activity of several diaza-adamantanes containing monoterpenoid moieties against a rimantadine-resistant strain of the influenza A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (H1N1) virus was studied. Hetero-adamantanes containing monoterpene moieties at the amina... Read More about Anti-influenza activity of diazaadamantanes combined with monoterpene moieties.

"Keep Calm and Carry on': EU Legal Developments in 2016 (2017)
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Cotter. (2017). "Keep Calm and Carry on': EU Legal Developments in 2016. Journal of Common Market Studies, 88 - 101. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12580

For reasons not requiring much exposition, 2016 was an annus horribilis for the EU. A review of the EU judiciary’s 2016 activity reveals that the constituent courts of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), the Court of Justice and the General Court,... Read More about "Keep Calm and Carry on': EU Legal Developments in 2016.

How to Teach Health IT Evaluation: Recommendations for Health IT Evaluation Courses (2017)
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(2017). How to Teach Health IT Evaluation: Recommendations for Health IT Evaluation Courses. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-808-2-3

Systematic health IT evaluation studies are needed to ensure system quality and safety and to provide the basis for evidence-based health informatics. Well-trained health informatics specialists are required to guarantee that health IT evaluation stu... Read More about How to Teach Health IT Evaluation: Recommendations for Health IT Evaluation Courses.

Exploring the potential duty of care in clinical genomics under UK law. (2017)
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Fay. (2017). Exploring the potential duty of care in clinical genomics under UK law. Medical Law International, 158 - 182. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533217721966

Genome-wide sequencing technologies are beginning to be used in projects that have both clinical diagnostic and research components. The clinical application of this technology, which generates a huge amount of information of varying diagnostic certa... Read More about Exploring the potential duty of care in clinical genomics under UK law..

The potential clinical benefits of medicines optimisation through comprehensive geriatric assessment, carried out by secondary care geriatricians, in a general practice care setting in North Staffordshire, UK: a feasibility study. (2017)
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(2017). The potential clinical benefits of medicines optimisation through comprehensive geriatric assessment, carried out by secondary care geriatricians, in a general practice care setting in North Staffordshire, UK: a feasibility study. BMJ Open, e015278 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015278

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility and potential clinical benefits of medicines optimisation through comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) of frail patients with multiple conditions, by secondary care geriatricians in a general practice care... Read More about The potential clinical benefits of medicines optimisation through comprehensive geriatric assessment, carried out by secondary care geriatricians, in a general practice care setting in North Staffordshire, UK: a feasibility study..

Feasibility randomised multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy controlled trial of anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist versus intramuscular methylprednisolone for acute gout attacks in patients with chronic kidney disease (ASGARD): protocol st… (2017)
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Mallen, & Roddy. (2017). Feasibility randomised multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy controlled trial of anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist versus intramuscular methylprednisolone for acute gout attacks in patients with chronic kidney disease (ASGARD): protocol st…. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017121

Introduction Acute gout occurs in people with chronic kidney disease, who are commonly older people with comorbidities such as hypertension, heart disease and diabetes. Potentially harmful treatments are administered to these vulnerable patients due... Read More about Feasibility randomised multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy controlled trial of anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist versus intramuscular methylprednisolone for acute gout attacks in patients with chronic kidney disease (ASGARD): protocol st….

Eclipsing binary stars with a delta Scuti component (2017)
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Smalley. (2017). Eclipsing binary stars with a delta Scuti component. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 915 -931. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1241

Eclipsing binaries with a d Sct component are powerful tools to derive the fundamental parameters and probe the internal structure of stars. In this study, spectral analysis of six primary d Sct components in eclipsing binaries has been performed. Va... Read More about Eclipsing binary stars with a delta Scuti component.

Aluminum exposure at human dietary levels promotes vascular dysfunction and increases blood pressure in rats: a concerted action of NAD(P)H oxidase and COX-2 (2017)
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(2017). Aluminum exposure at human dietary levels promotes vascular dysfunction and increases blood pressure in rats: a concerted action of NAD(P)H oxidase and COX-2. Toxicology, 61-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2017.08.004

Abstract Aluminum (Al) is a non-essential metal and a significant environmental contaminant and is associated with a number of human diseases including cardiovascular disease. We investigated the effects of Al exposure at doses similar to human dieta... Read More about Aluminum exposure at human dietary levels promotes vascular dysfunction and increases blood pressure in rats: a concerted action of NAD(P)H oxidase and COX-2.

Do no harm: Risk aversion versus risk management in the context of pedagogic frailty (2017)
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(2017). Do no harm: Risk aversion versus risk management in the context of pedagogic frailty. https://doi.org/10.34105/j.kmel.2017.09.016

Innovation in teaching ensures that education remains fit for purpose in a changing world. The model of pedagogic frailty (Kinchin, Alpay, Curtis, Franklin, Rivers & Winstone, 2016) proposes that educators may perceive innovation as risky, which may... Read More about Do no harm: Risk aversion versus risk management in the context of pedagogic frailty.

Early Readmissions After Acute Myocardial Infarction (2017)
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Mamas, Kwok, C. S., Wong, C. W., Shufflebotham, H., Brindley, L., Fatima, T., …Mamas, M. A. (2017). Early Readmissions After Acute Myocardial Infarction. American Journal of Cardiology, 120(5), 723-728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.05.049

This study aims to evaluate the rate, predictors, and causes of 30-day readmissions in a single tertiary hospital in the United Kingdom. We conducted a retrospective study of all patients admitted between 2012 and 2014 with a diagnosis of acute myoca... Read More about Early Readmissions After Acute Myocardial Infarction.

Longitudinal association between foot and ankle symptoms and worsening of symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative (2017)
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(2017). Longitudinal association between foot and ankle symptoms and worsening of symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 1407-1413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.05.002

Objective
To assess whether foot and/or ankle symptoms are associated with an increased risk of worsening of knee pain and radiographic change in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods
The presence and laterality of foot/ankle symptoms we... Read More about Longitudinal association between foot and ankle symptoms and worsening of symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative.

Schistosoma mansoni cercarial elastase (SmCE): differences in immunogenic properties of native and recombinant forms (2017)
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El-Faham, M., Wheatcroft-Francklow, K., Price, H., Sayers, J., & Doenhoff, M. (2017). Schistosoma mansoni cercarial elastase (SmCE): differences in immunogenic properties of native and recombinant forms. Parasitology, 144(10), 1356-1364. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182017000658

The Schistosoma mansoni cercarial elastase (SmCE) has previously been shown to be poorly immunogenic in mice. However, a minority of mice were able to produce antibodies against SmCE after multiple immunizations with crude preparations containing the... Read More about Schistosoma mansoni cercarial elastase (SmCE): differences in immunogenic properties of native and recombinant forms.

A sensitivity analysis of the effect of pumping parameters on hydraulic fracture networks and local stresses during Shale Gas operations (2017)
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(2017). A sensitivity analysis of the effect of pumping parameters on hydraulic fracture networks and local stresses during Shale Gas operations. Fuel, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.05.004

The shale gas industry has significant impact on economies around the world, however, it is not without risk. One of the primary concerns is felt seismicity and recent earthquakes, caused by fault reactivation related to hydraulic fracturing operatio... Read More about A sensitivity analysis of the effect of pumping parameters on hydraulic fracture networks and local stresses during Shale Gas operations.

Efficacy And Safety Of The Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: A Systematic Review (2017)
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Mamas. (2017). Efficacy And Safety Of The Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: A Systematic Review. Heart, 1315-1322. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310852

Background:
Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (S-ICD) are an alternative to conventional transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (TV-ICD) in patients not requiring pacing. We sought to define the efficacy and safety of... Read More about Efficacy And Safety Of The Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: A Systematic Review.