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Des caractéristiques de la goutte associées à la dépression mais pas à l’anxiété en soins primaires : conclusions initiales d’une étude de cohorte prospective (2017)
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Mallen, Prior, Roddy, & Muller. (2017). Des caractéristiques de la goutte associées à la dépression mais pas à l’anxiété en soins primaires : conclusions initiales d’une étude de cohorte prospective. Revue du Rhumatisme, 84(5), 423-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhum.2017.05.004

Objectifs Déterminer la prévalence de l’anxiété et de la dépression dans le contexte de la goutte, examiner les liens entre certaines caractéristiques de la goutte et ces comorbidités et identifier le rôle de l’allopurinol dans ces relations. Mét... Read More about Des caractéristiques de la goutte associées à la dépression mais pas à l’anxiété en soins primaires : conclusions initiales d’une étude de cohorte prospective.

Predictors of response to prefabricated foot orthoses or rocker-sole footwear in individuals with first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis (2017)
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Roddy. (2017). Predictors of response to prefabricated foot orthoses or rocker-sole footwear in individuals with first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 185 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1558-5

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (1st MTPJ OA) is a common and disabling condition commonly managed with footwear and orthotic interventions. The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with a succe... Read More about Predictors of response to prefabricated foot orthoses or rocker-sole footwear in individuals with first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: dynamical models of flattened, rotating globular clusters (2017)
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Jeffreson, S., Sanders, J., Evans, N., Williams, A., Gilmore, G., Bayo, A., …Zaggia, S. (2017). The Gaia-ESO Survey: dynamical models of flattened, rotating globular clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(4), 4740 -4762. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1152

We present a family of self-consistent axisymmetric rotating globular cluster models which are fitted to spectroscopic data for NGC 362, NGC 1851, NGC 2808, NGC 4372, NGC 5927 and NGC 6752 to provide constraints on their physical and kinematic proper... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: dynamical models of flattened, rotating globular clusters.

Psycho-social influences upon older women's decision to attend cervical screening: a review of current evidence (2017)
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Hope, K., Moss, E., Redman, C., & Sherman, S. (2017). Psycho-social influences upon older women's decision to attend cervical screening: a review of current evidence. Preventive Medicine, 60-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.002

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide (WHO, 2016). In many developed countries the incidence of cervical cancer has been significantly reduced by the introduction of organised screening programmes however, in the UK, a f... Read More about Psycho-social influences upon older women's decision to attend cervical screening: a review of current evidence.

IL-6 promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of human peritoneal mesothelial cells possibly through the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway. (2017)
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Yu. (2017). IL-6 promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of human peritoneal mesothelial cells possibly through the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, F310 - F318. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00428.2016

Long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy results in functional and structural alteration of the peritoneal membrane, including epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a local pleiotropic cytokine, hypothesized to play an... Read More about IL-6 promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of human peritoneal mesothelial cells possibly through the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway..

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Structural and dynamical properties of the young cluster Chamaeleon I (2017)
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Sacco, G., Spina, L., Randich, S., Palla, F., Parker, R., Jeffries, R., …Zaggia, S. (2017). The Gaia-ESO Survey: Structural and dynamical properties of the young cluster Chamaeleon I. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 601, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629698

Investigating the physical mechanisms driving the dynamical evolution of young star clusters is fundamental to our understanding of the star formation process and the properties of the Galactic field stars. The young (~2 Myr) and partially embedded c... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: Structural and dynamical properties of the young cluster Chamaeleon I.

Light-induced unfolding and refolding of supramolecular polymer nanofibres. (2017)
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Adhikari, B., Yamada, Y., Yamauchi, M., Wakita, K., Lin, X., Aratsu, K., …Shimizu, N. (2017). Light-induced unfolding and refolding of supramolecular polymer nanofibres. Nature communications, 8, Article 15254. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15254

Unlike classical covalent polymers, one-dimensionally (1D) elongated supramolecular polymers (SPs) can be encoded with high degrees of internal order by the cooperative aggregation of molecular subunits, which endows these SPs with extraordinary prop... Read More about Light-induced unfolding and refolding of supramolecular polymer nanofibres..

Cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions for the management of osteoarthritis: a systematic review of the literature (2017)
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(2017). Cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions for the management of osteoarthritis: a systematic review of the literature. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1540-2

Background The primary purpose of this study is to assess the existing evidence on the cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions for the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis by systematically reviewing published economic evaluation studies.... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of surgical interventions for the management of osteoarthritis: a systematic review of the literature.

Talking about sunbed training: Social representations and identify-work (2017)
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Lamont. (2017). Talking about sunbed training: Social representations and identify-work. Social Science and Medicine, 161-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.05.020

Rationale Despite the publicised health risks associated with its usage, sunbed tanning remains popular in many Western countries. Previous research indicates that knowledge of the harmful effects does not necessarily lead to a reduction in sunbed u... Read More about Talking about sunbed training: Social representations and identify-work.

The SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy program: the life-cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Point source classification - III (2017)
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Jones, O., Woods, P., Kemper, F., Kraemer, K., Sloan, G., Srinivasan, S., …Volk, K. (2017). The SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy program: the life-cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Point source classification - III. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(3), 3250 -3282. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1101

The Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope observed nearly 800 point sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), taking over 1000 spectra. 197 of these targets were observed as part of the SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy program; the re... Read More about The SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy program: the life-cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Point source classification - III.

Evidence for strategies that improve recruitment and retention of adults aged 65 years and over in randomised trials and observational studies: a systematic review (2017)
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Lacey, R., Wilkie, R., Wynne-Jones, G., Jordan, J., Wersocki, E., & McBeth, J. (2017). Evidence for strategies that improve recruitment and retention of adults aged 65 years and over in randomised trials and observational studies: a systematic review. Age and ageing, 46(6), 895- 903. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx057

Background: adults aged =65 years are often excluded from health research studies. Lack of representation reduces generalisability of treatments for this age group. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies that improve recruitment and r... Read More about Evidence for strategies that improve recruitment and retention of adults aged 65 years and over in randomised trials and observational studies: a systematic review.

miR-21 Promotes Fibrogenesis in Peritoneal Dialysis. (2017)
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Lambie, & Davies. (2017). miR-21 Promotes Fibrogenesis in Peritoneal Dialysis. American Journal of Pathology, 1537-1550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.03.007

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a life-saving form of renal replacement therapy for those with end-stage kidney disease. Mesothelial cells (MCs) line the peritoneal cavity and help define peritoneal response to treatment-associated injury, a major reason... Read More about miR-21 Promotes Fibrogenesis in Peritoneal Dialysis..

Medicine authentication technology as a counterfeit medicine-detection tool: a Delphi method study to establish expert opinion on manual medicine authentication technology in secondary care (2017)
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(2017). Medicine authentication technology as a counterfeit medicine-detection tool: a Delphi method study to establish expert opinion on manual medicine authentication technology in secondary care. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-+013838

Objectives This study aims to establish expert opinion and potential improvements for the Falsified Medicines Directive mandated medicines authentication technology. Design and intervention A two-round Delphi method study using an online questionn... Read More about Medicine authentication technology as a counterfeit medicine-detection tool: a Delphi method study to establish expert opinion on manual medicine authentication technology in secondary care.

Where does good quality qualitative health care research get published? (2017)
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(2017). Where does good quality qualitative health care research get published?. Primary Health Care Research and Development, https://doi.org/10.1017/s1463423617000251

This short report aims to give some insight into current publication patterns for high quality qualitative health research, using the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 database. We explored patterns of publication by range and type of journal,... Read More about Where does good quality qualitative health care research get published?.

Genetic and other risk factors for suicidal ideation and the relationship with depression (2017)
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(2017). Genetic and other risk factors for suicidal ideation and the relationship with depression. Psychological Medicine, 2438-2449. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291717000940

There is a genetic contribution to the risk of suicide, but sparse prior research on the genetics of suicidal ideation. Active and passive suicidal ideation were assessed in a Sri Lankan population-based twin registry (n = 3906 twins) and a matched... Read More about Genetic and other risk factors for suicidal ideation and the relationship with depression.

Premature death among primary care patients with a history of self-harm (2017)
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Chew-Graham. (2017). Premature death among primary care patients with a history of self-harm. Annals of Family Medicine, 246-254. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2054

PURPOSE Self-harm is a public health problem that requires a better understanding of mortality risk. We undertook a study to examine premature mortality in a nationally representative cohort of primary care patients who had harmed themselves. METH... Read More about Premature death among primary care patients with a history of self-harm.