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Attending away from the body predicts increased physical symptom reports at six months in primary care patients (2018)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2018). Attending away from the body predicts increased physical symptom reports at six months in primary care patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 81 - 88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.08.002

Objective High symptom reporting (HSR) and medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are associated with considerable distress, disability, healthcare utilization and costs, but are poorly understood, and current treatments are of limited benefit. Most mo... Read More about Attending away from the body predicts increased physical symptom reports at six months in primary care patients.

A sextet of clusters in the Vela OB2 region revealed by Gaia (2018)
Journal Article
Wright. (2018). A sextet of clusters in the Vela OB2 region revealed by Gaia. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/sly144

Using Gaia DR2 data, combined with OmegaCAM ground-based optical photometry from the AD-HOC survey, and detailed Radial Velocity measurements from ESO-Gaia, we analyse in detail a 10 ×5 deg region around the Wolf-Rayet star ?2 Vel, including the prev... Read More about A sextet of clusters in the Vela OB2 region revealed by Gaia.

How collective action produces psychological change and how that change endures over time: A case study of an environmental campaign (2018)
Journal Article
Vestergren, S., Drury, J., & Hammar Chiriac, E. (2018). How collective action produces psychological change and how that change endures over time: A case study of an environmental campaign. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57(4), 855-877. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12270

Previous research on collective action has suggested that both intra- and intergroup interactions are important in producing psychological change. In this study, we examine how these two forms of interaction relate to each other over time. We present... Read More about How collective action produces psychological change and how that change endures over time: A case study of an environmental campaign.

Understanding drinking among midlife men in the United Kingdom: A systematic review of qualitative studies (2018)
Journal Article
Parke, H., Michalska, M., Russell, A., Moss, A. C., Holdsworth, C., Ling, J., & Larsen, J. (2018). Understanding drinking among midlife men in the United Kingdom: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 8, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2018.08.001

Objectives This study reviews qualitative research into the sociocultural meanings and subjective experiences that midlife men in the United Kingdom (UK) associate with their drinking. In the UK, average weekly alcohol consumption is highest among mi... Read More about Understanding drinking among midlife men in the United Kingdom: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Where backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry: implications for avian influenza prevention in Bangladesh (2018)
Journal Article
Rimi, N. A., Sultana, R., Ishtiak-Ahmed, K., Haider, N., Azziz-Baumgartner, E., Nahar, N., & Luby, S. P. (in press). Where backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry: implications for avian influenza prevention in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health, 18, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5819-5

Background
In Bangladesh, backyard poultry raisers lack awareness of avian influenza and infrequently follow government recommendations for its prevention. Identifying where poultry raisers seek care for their ill poultry might help the government b... Read More about Where backyard poultry raisers seek care for sick poultry: implications for avian influenza prevention in Bangladesh.

High-conflict divorce involving children: Parents’ meaning-making and agency (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). High-conflict divorce involving children: Parents’ meaning-making and agency. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 340 -361. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2018.1493652

Most research, policy discussion and intervention is based on outsider-expert understandings that categorise divorces as well as parents enmeshed in ‘high-conflict’ disputes in polarised and individualised terms. Little, however, is known about paren... Read More about High-conflict divorce involving children: Parents’ meaning-making and agency.

Interventions for treating distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis. (2018)
Journal Article
Gilchrist. (2018). Interventions for treating distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CD012798 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012798.pub2

BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis is the most common life-limiting autosomal recessive genetic disorder in white populations. Distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) is an important morbidity in cystic fibrosis. It is the result of the accumulation o... Read More about Interventions for treating distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis..

Asymptotic analysis of an anti-plane dynamic problem for a three-layered strongly inhomogeneous laminate (2018)
Journal Article
Prikazchikova, L., Ece Aydın, Y., Erbaş, B., & Kaplunov, J. (2018). Asymptotic analysis of an anti-plane dynamic problem for a three-layered strongly inhomogeneous laminate. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 25(1), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/1081286518790804

Anti-plane dynamic shear of a strongly inhomogeneous dynamic laminate with traction-free faces is
analysed. Two types of contrast are considered, including those for composite structures with stiff thick or thin outer layers. In both cases, the valu... Read More about Asymptotic analysis of an anti-plane dynamic problem for a three-layered strongly inhomogeneous laminate.

Self-reported sleep duration and quality and cardiovascular disease and mortality: a dose-response meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, & Mamas. (2018). Self-reported sleep duration and quality and cardiovascular disease and mortality: a dose-response meta-analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.118.008552

Abstract Background: There is growing evidence that sleep duration and quality may be associated with cardiovascular harm and mortality. Methods and Results: We conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis and spline analysis of prospective cohort st... Read More about Self-reported sleep duration and quality and cardiovascular disease and mortality: a dose-response meta-analysis.

Encountering offenders in community palliative care settings: challenges for care provision. (2018)
Journal Article
Lillie, A., Corcoran, M., Wrigley, A., & Read, S. (2018). Encountering offenders in community palliative care settings: challenges for care provision. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 368 - 375. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2018.24.8.368

BACKGROUND: There is very little research into the way that offender management strategies impinge on the practices and decision-making of palliative care personnel in community settings. AIMS: To improve understanding of the challenges that communit... Read More about Encountering offenders in community palliative care settings: challenges for care provision..

On the predictability of emerging market sovereign credit spreads (2018)
Journal Article
Audzeyeva. (2018). On the predictability of emerging market sovereign credit spreads. Journal of International Money and Finance, 140 - 157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2018.07.005

This paper examines the quarter-ahead out-of-sample predictability of Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines and Turkey credit spreads before and after the Lehman Brothers’ default. A model based on the country-specific credit spread curve factors predicts... Read More about On the predictability of emerging market sovereign credit spreads.

P4592Trends in prognosis and management of acute coronary syndromes using combined bleeding and ischaemic risk assessment - a retrospective analysis of MINAP data (2018)
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Mohamed, M. O., Kinnaird, T., Kwok, C. S., Rashid, M., Anderson, R., Martin, G., …Mamas, M. A. (2018). P4592Trends in prognosis and management of acute coronary syndromes using combined bleeding and ischaemic risk assessment - a retrospective analysis of MINAP data. European Heart Journal, 39(suppl_1), https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p4592

Background: Patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) represent a heterogeneous population with various risk factors for coronary ischaemia and bleeding. Current ESC guidelines recommend potent dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), and cardi... Read More about P4592Trends in prognosis and management of acute coronary syndromes using combined bleeding and ischaemic risk assessment - a retrospective analysis of MINAP data.

5258Trends and outcomes of use of coronary angiography in management of non-ST-Elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTEACS), a population based cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Rashid, M., Potts, J., Kwok, C., Mohammed, M., Shoaib, A., Esnsor, J., …Mamas, M. (2018). 5258Trends and outcomes of use of coronary angiography in management of non-ST-Elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTEACS), a population based cohort study. European Heart Journal, 39(suppl_1), https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.5258

Background: Non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTEACS) remains most vulnerable phenotype of acute myocardial infarction despite significant improvements in treatment and provision of guideline-recommended care. Coronary angiography (CA) is t... Read More about 5258Trends and outcomes of use of coronary angiography in management of non-ST-Elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTEACS), a population based cohort study.

P6029Impact of elixhauser comorbidity score on the outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (2018)
Journal Article
Nagaraja, V., Generaeux, P., Cohen, M., Suh, W., Alasnag, M., Potts, J., …Research Group, K. C. (2018). P6029Impact of elixhauser comorbidity score on the outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement. European Heart Journal, 39(suppl_1), https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p6029

Background: Patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) are often multi-morbid. Whilst the impact of individual comorbid conditions on clinical outcomes following TAVR have been previously assessed, the impact of more global mea... Read More about P6029Impact of elixhauser comorbidity score on the outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Building professionals’ intention to use smart and sustainable building technologies – An empirical study (2018)
Journal Article
To, W., Lee, P. K. C., & Lam, K. Building professionals’ intention to use smart and sustainable building technologies – An empirical study. PloS one, 13(8), e0201625. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201625

Smart and sustainable buildings save energy and material resources and provide a comfortable environment that enhances their occupants’ well-being and productivity. It is therefore crucial to understand how building professionals, including designers... Read More about Building professionals’ intention to use smart and sustainable building technologies – An empirical study.

Gout: Is there a role in management for the general practice nurse? (2018)
Journal Article
Finney, A., Viggars, R., & Roddy, E. (2018). Gout: Is there a role in management for the general practice nurse?. Practice Nurse,

This chapter focuses on gout, the most prevalent form of inflammatory arthritis. This chapter informs nurses of the signs, symptoms and treatments for gout. Current guideline recommendations are defined, and the educational needs for healthcare profe... Read More about Gout: Is there a role in management for the general practice nurse?.

Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan. (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan. European Journal of Heart Failure, 1179 - 1190. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1210

AIMS: Prognostic models for hospitalized heart failure (HHF) were developed predominantly for patients of European origin in the United States of America; it is unclear whether they perform similarly in other health care systems or for different ethn... Read More about Validation of U.S. mortality prediction models for hospitalized heart failure in the United Kingdom and Japan..

A prograding margin during global sea-level maxima: an example from Mahajanga Basin, northwest Madagascar (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). A prograding margin during global sea-level maxima: an example from Mahajanga Basin, northwest Madagascar. Basin Research, 671 - 687. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12270

The Mesozoic shelf margin in the Mahajanga Basin, northwest Madagascar, provides an example where inherited palaeobathymetry, coupled with sea-level changes, high sediment supply and fluctuations in accommodation influenced the stacking patterns and... Read More about A prograding margin during global sea-level maxima: an example from Mahajanga Basin, northwest Madagascar.