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Multi-Study Proteomic and Bioinformatic Identification of Molecular Overlap between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) (2018)
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Šoltić, D., Bowerman, M., Stock, J., Shorrock, H. K., Gillingwater, T. H., & Fuller, H. R. (2018). Multi-Study Proteomic and Bioinformatic Identification of Molecular Overlap between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Brain Sciences, https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci8120212

Unravelling the complex molecular pathways responsible for motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) remains a persistent challenge. Interest is growing in the potential molecular similarities... Read More about Multi-Study Proteomic and Bioinformatic Identification of Molecular Overlap between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

New Water-Soluble Copper(II) Complexes with Morpholine-Thiosemicarbazone Hybrids: Insights into the Anticancer and Antibacterial Mode of Action. (2018)
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Reynisson. (2018). New Water-Soluble Copper(II) Complexes with Morpholine-Thiosemicarbazone Hybrids: Insights into the Anticancer and Antibacterial Mode of Action. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01031

Six morpholine-(iso)thiosemicarbazone hybrids HL1-HL6 and their Cu(II) complexes with good-to-moderate solubility and stability in water were synthesized and characterized. Cu(II) complexes [Cu(L1-6)Cl] (1-6) formed weak dimeric associates in the sol... Read More about New Water-Soluble Copper(II) Complexes with Morpholine-Thiosemicarbazone Hybrids: Insights into the Anticancer and Antibacterial Mode of Action..

Dopaminergic neurotransmission in patients with Parkinson’s disease and impulse control disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of PET and SPECT studies (2018)
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Martini, A., Dal Lago, D., Edelstyn, N., Salgarello, M., Lugoboni, F., & Tamburin, S. (2018). Dopaminergic neurotransmission in patients with Parkinson’s disease and impulse control disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of PET and SPECT studies. Frontiers in Neurology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.01018

Background Around 30% Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients develop impulse control disorders (ICDs) to D2/3 dopamine agonists and, to a lesser extent, levodopa. We aim to investigate striatal dopaminergic function in PD patients with and without ICD.... Read More about Dopaminergic neurotransmission in patients with Parkinson’s disease and impulse control disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of PET and SPECT studies.

Development and validation of a clinical rule for recognition of early inflammatory arthritis (2018)
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Mallen, C., & Hider, S. (2018). Development and validation of a clinical rule for recognition of early inflammatory arthritis. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023552

Objectives National and international guidelines recommend prompt referral of patients presenting with inflammatory arthritis (IA), but general practitioners (GPs) feel uncertain in their proficiency to detect synovitis through joint examination, th... Read More about Development and validation of a clinical rule for recognition of early inflammatory arthritis.

‘I don’t want my character to be a fairy princess’: Qualitative accounts of women gamers’ avatar choices (2018)
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Ford, R., & Cole, J. M. (2018). ‘I don’t want my character to be a fairy princess’: Qualitative accounts of women gamers’ avatar choices. Psychology of Women and Equalities Review, 1(2), 33-43. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2018.1.2.33

The ease with which we can now create digital selves means that virtual environments such as video games can be playgrounds for experimenting with alternative identities. Extensive experimental research exists examining what determines our virtual se... Read More about ‘I don’t want my character to be a fairy princess’: Qualitative accounts of women gamers’ avatar choices.

‘Kind of like a Barbie doll, but for grown men!’: Women gamers’ accounts of female bodies in digital games (2018)
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Cole, J. M., & Grogan, S. (2018). ‘Kind of like a Barbie doll, but for grown men!’: Women gamers’ accounts of female bodies in digital games. Psychology of Women and Equalities Review, 1(2), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpspowe.2018.1.2.19

Although various authors have argued women’s bodies in video games are unrealistically thin and large breasted, few studies have asked women who make frequent use of video games to discuss their experiences of viewing these kinds of images. In the pr... Read More about ‘Kind of like a Barbie doll, but for grown men!’: Women gamers’ accounts of female bodies in digital games.

Prognostic indicators of outcome for patients with skeletal metastases from carcinoma of the prostate (2018)
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Shepherd, K. L., Cool, P., & Cribb, G. (2018). Prognostic indicators of outcome for patients with skeletal metastases from carcinoma of the prostate. The Bone & Joint Journal, 100B(12), 1647-1654. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.100B12.BJJ-2018-0697.R1

Aims The purpose of this study was to identify prognostic indicators of outcome at presentation to the orthopaedic surgeon, in patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Our aim was to use this information in a pragmatic, clinic-based approach so tha... Read More about Prognostic indicators of outcome for patients with skeletal metastases from carcinoma of the prostate.

Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cells adhere to and inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2018)
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Wood, C. R., Al Dhahri, D., Al Delfi, I., Pickles, N. A., Sammons, R. L., Worthington, T., …Johnson, W. E. B. (2018). Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cells adhere to and inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 67(12), 1789-1795. https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000861

Factors affecting local regrowth after watch and wait for patients with a clinical complete response following chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer (InterCoRe consortium): an individual participant data meta-analysis (2018)
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(2018). Factors affecting local regrowth after watch and wait for patients with a clinical complete response following chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer (InterCoRe consortium): an individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 825 - 836. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253%2818%2930421-7

Background In patients with rectal cancer who achieve clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, watch and wait is a novel management strategy with potential to avoid major surgery. Study-level meta-analyses have reported wide va... Read More about Factors affecting local regrowth after watch and wait for patients with a clinical complete response following chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer (InterCoRe consortium): an individual participant data meta-analysis.

Agreement between subjective and objective measures of sleep duration in a low-middle income country setting. (2018)
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(2018). Agreement between subjective and objective measures of sleep duration in a low-middle income country setting. Sleep Health, 543 - 550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2018.08.008

OBJECTIVES: Describe sleep duration in adult Sri Lankans and determine the bias and agreement of self-report and actigraphic assessments. DESIGN: Validation sub-study nested within the Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (2012-2015). SETTING: Colombo, S... Read More about Agreement between subjective and objective measures of sleep duration in a low-middle income country setting..

Does alanyl-glutamine supplementation offer potential to improve peritoneal dialysate biocompatibility? (2018)
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Davies. (2018). Does alanyl-glutamine supplementation offer potential to improve peritoneal dialysate biocompatibility?. Kidney International, 1050 -1052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2018.09.012

Peritoneal dialysis technique survival remains challenging due to peritonitis and long-term alterations to peritoneal membrane function and integrity. Up to now, the development of less bio-incompatible dialysis solutions have not had a major impact... Read More about Does alanyl-glutamine supplementation offer potential to improve peritoneal dialysate biocompatibility?.