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Low-fidelity Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus polymerase mutants to improve live-attenuated vaccine safety and efficacy. (2018)
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Forrester-Soto. (2018). Low-fidelity Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus polymerase mutants to improve live-attenuated vaccine safety and efficacy. Virus Evolution, vey004 - vey004. https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/vey004

During RNA virus replication, there is the potential to incorporate mutations that affect virulence or pathogenesis. For live-attenuated vaccines, this has implications for stability, as replication may result in mutations that either restore the wil... Read More about Low-fidelity Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus polymerase mutants to improve live-attenuated vaccine safety and efficacy..

Thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives are potent anti-platelet drugs, inhibiting platelet activation, aggregation and showing synergy with aspirin. (2018)
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Reynisson. (2018). Thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives are potent anti-platelet drugs, inhibiting platelet activation, aggregation and showing synergy with aspirin. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1997 - 2004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.11.014

Drugs which inhibit platelet function are commonly used to prevent blood clot formation in patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) or those at risk of stroke. The thieno[3,2-c]pyridine class of therapeutic agents, of which clopidogrel is the mos... Read More about Thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives are potent anti-platelet drugs, inhibiting platelet activation, aggregation and showing synergy with aspirin..

An evaluation of the clinical skills and experience within an orthopaedic Integrated Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (2018)
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Feist-Wilson, S., & Heron, N. (2018). An evaluation of the clinical skills and experience within an orthopaedic Integrated Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), bjgpopen17X101217 - bjgpopen17X101217. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101217

Background General practice in the UK is ‘in crisis’. With 20% of GP workload relating to musculoskeletal (MSK) problems, an orthopaedic Integrated Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (ICATS) could help support assessment of these patients in p... Read More about An evaluation of the clinical skills and experience within an orthopaedic Integrated Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service.

Facebook in general practice: a service evaluation in one health economy. (2018)
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(2018). Facebook in general practice: a service evaluation in one health economy. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), bjgpopen17X101181 - ?. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101181

Background: Social media has been utilised in a variety of healthcare settings. While its potential for extending healthcare services is recognised by the NHS, potential pitfalls exist. The place, benefits and practical problems of using Facebook in... Read More about Facebook in general practice: a service evaluation in one health economy..

A Clinical and Biological Guide for Understanding Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia and Its Prevention (2018)
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(2018). A Clinical and Biological Guide for Understanding Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia and Its Prevention. Oncologist, 84 -96. https://doi.org/10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0263

Chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA) is the most visibly distressing side effect of commonly administered chemotherapeutic agents. Because psychological health has huge relevance to lifestyle, diet, and self-esteem, it is important for clinicians to f... Read More about A Clinical and Biological Guide for Understanding Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia and Its Prevention.

Rotator cuff disorders: a survey of current (2016) UK physiotherapy practice. (2018)
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(2018). Rotator cuff disorders: a survey of current (2016) UK physiotherapy practice. Shoulder and Elbow, 52 - 61. https://doi.org/10.1177/1758573217717103

Background: Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal presentation, with disorders of the rotator cuff (RC) regarded as the most frequent cause. Conservative treatment is often the initial management; however, findings from a previous survey showed c... Read More about Rotator cuff disorders: a survey of current (2016) UK physiotherapy practice..

The INCLUDE study: INtegrating and improving Care for patients with infLammatory rheUmatological DisordErs in the community; identifying multimorbidity: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. (2018)
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Healey, E., Herron, D., Hider, S., Bucknall, M., Cooke, K., Finney, A., …Chew-Graham, C. (2018). The INCLUDE study: INtegrating and improving Care for patients with infLammatory rheUmatological DisordErs in the community; identifying multimorbidity: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Comorbidity, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/2235042X18792373

Background: Patients with inflammatory rheumatic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica and ankylosing spondylitis are at increased risk of common comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and anxiety and dep... Read More about The INCLUDE study: INtegrating and improving Care for patients with infLammatory rheUmatological DisordErs in the community; identifying multimorbidity: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial..

OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb: The First Spitzer Bulge Planet Lies Near the Planet/Brown-dwarf Boundary (2018)
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Ryu, Y., Yee, J., Udalski, A., Bond, I., Shvartzvald, Y., Zang, W., …von Essen, C. (2018). OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb: The First Spitzer Bulge Planet Lies Near the Planet/Brown-dwarf Boundary. Astronomical Journal, 155(1), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa9be4

We report the discovery of OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb, which is likely to be the first Spitzer microlensing planet in the Galactic bulge/bar, an assignation that can be confirmed by two epochs of high-resolution imaging of the combined source–lens baseline... Read More about OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb: The First Spitzer Bulge Planet Lies Near the Planet/Brown-dwarf Boundary.

Nanostructured Zeolites: The Introduction of Intracrystalline Mesoporosity in Basic Faujasite-Type Catalysts (2018)
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Al-Ani, A., Darton, R. J., Sneddon, S., & Zholobenko, V. (2018). Nanostructured Zeolites: The Introduction of Intracrystalline Mesoporosity in Basic Faujasite-Type Catalysts. ACS Applied Nano Material, 1(1), 310-318. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.7b00169

A combination of postsynthesis modifications and ion exchange aiming to obtain basic cation-rich hierarchical zeolites X and Y was utilized in this work for the preparation of catalysts for biofuel production from vegetable oils. The secondary mesopo... Read More about Nanostructured Zeolites: The Introduction of Intracrystalline Mesoporosity in Basic Faujasite-Type Catalysts.

Tool Features to Support Systematic Reviews in Software Engineering: A Cross Domain Study (2018)
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(2018). Tool Features to Support Systematic Reviews in Software Engineering: A Cross Domain Study. https://doi.org/10.5277/e-Inf180104

Context: Previously, the authors had developed and evaluated a framework to evaluate systematic review (SR) lifecycle tools. Goal: The goal of this study was to use the experiences of researchers in other domains to further evaluate and refine the... Read More about Tool Features to Support Systematic Reviews in Software Engineering: A Cross Domain Study.

How do sectoral policies support climate compatible development? An empirical analysis focusing on southern Africa (2018)
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(2018). How do sectoral policies support climate compatible development? An empirical analysis focusing on southern Africa. Environmental Science and Policy, 9 -15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.009

Promoting inclusive and sustainable economic and social development whilst simultaneously adapting to climate change impacts and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions – Climate Compatible Development (CCD) – requires coherent policy approaches that spa... Read More about How do sectoral policies support climate compatible development? An empirical analysis focusing on southern Africa.

A dearth of OH/IR stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2018)
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Goldman, S. R., Van Loon, J. T., Gómez, J. F., Green, J. A., Zijlstra, A. A., Nanni, A., …Oliveira, J. M. (2018). A dearth of OH/IR stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(3), 3835-3853. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2601

We present the results of targeted observations and a survey of 1612-, 1665-, and 1667-MHz circumstellar OH maser emission from asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and red supergiants (RSGs) in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), using the Parkes and A... Read More about A dearth of OH/IR stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Effectiveness and costs of a vocational advice service to improve work outcomes in patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary care: a cluster randomised trial (SWAP trial ISRCTN 52269669). (2018)
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Wynne-Jones, G., Artus, M., Bishop, A., Lawton, S., Lewis, M., Jowett, S., …Van Der Windt, D. (2018). Effectiveness and costs of a vocational advice service to improve work outcomes in patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary care: a cluster randomised trial (SWAP trial ISRCTN 52269669). PAIN, 159(1), 128-138. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001075

Musculoskeletal pain is a common cause of work absence and early intervention is advocated to prevent the adverse health and economic consequences of longer-term absence. This cluster randomised controlled trial investigated the effect of introducing... Read More about Effectiveness and costs of a vocational advice service to improve work outcomes in patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary care: a cluster randomised trial (SWAP trial ISRCTN 52269669)..

A cross-national study to objectively evaluate the quality of diverse simulation approaches for undergraduate nursing students (2018)
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(2018). A cross-national study to objectively evaluate the quality of diverse simulation approaches for undergraduate nursing students. Nurse Education in Practice, 248-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.10.010

Abstract The aim of this paper is to report the results of a cross-national study that evaluated a range of simulation sessions using an observation schedule developed from evidence-based quality indicators. Observational data were collected from 17... Read More about A cross-national study to objectively evaluate the quality of diverse simulation approaches for undergraduate nursing students.

The VMC survey - XXVI. Structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud from RR Lyrae stars (2018)
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Van Loon. (2018). The VMC survey - XXVI. Structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud from RR Lyrae stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3131-3146. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2514

We present results from the analysis of 2997 fundamental mode RR Lyrae variables located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). For these objects, near-infrared time series photometry from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds system (VMC) and visu... Read More about The VMC survey - XXVI. Structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud from RR Lyrae stars.

Remote regulation of magnetic particle targeted Wnt signalling for bone tissue engineering (2018)
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(2018). Remote regulation of magnetic particle targeted Wnt signalling for bone tissue engineering. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2017.09.008

Wnt signaling is critically involved in the differentiation of human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSC). Wnt proteins therefore have considerable therapeutic value, but are expensive and difficult to produce. UM206 is a synthetic peptide and ligand for th... Read More about Remote regulation of magnetic particle targeted Wnt signalling for bone tissue engineering.

Investigating Heterogeneity of Effects and Associations Using Interaction Terms (2018)
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Mamas. (2018). Investigating Heterogeneity of Effects and Associations Using Interaction Terms. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 79-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.09.012

Effect heterogeneity, the variability of an association or exposure across subgroups, usually warrants further investigation. The aim of this deeper analysis is to identify effect modifiers (or moderators) and quantify their relationship with the exp... Read More about Investigating Heterogeneity of Effects and Associations Using Interaction Terms.

Cross-examining young alleged complainers in Scottish criminal courts (2018)
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Andrews, S. J. (2018). Cross-examining young alleged complainers in Scottish criminal courts. Criminal Law Review, 34-57

Presents the results of research into lawyers’ questioning techniques of children in cases of alleged sexual offences. A sample of 36 Scottish court transcripts was drawn, involving 56 children between the ages of five and 17. The analysis indicates... Read More about Cross-examining young alleged complainers in Scottish criminal courts.