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Automated glaucoma diagnosis using deep learning approach (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Bander, B., Al-Nuaimy, W., Al-Taee, M. A., & Zheng, Y. (2017, March). Automated glaucoma diagnosis using deep learning approach. Presented at 2017 14th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD)

Glaucoma is one of the common causes of blindness worldwide. It leads to deterioration in vision and quality of life if it is not cured early. This paper addresses the feasibility of developing an automatic feature learning technique for detecting gl... Read More about Automated glaucoma diagnosis using deep learning approach.

Development of an individualised, supervised and progressed therapist led exercise programme for Plantar Heel Pain (Plantar Fasciitis) (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Humphreys, K., Larkin, T., Chesterton, L., Thomas, M., Roddy, E., Hendry, G., Shufflebotham, J., Foster, N., Duffy, H., User Group, K. R., & Thomas, M. Development of an individualised, supervised and progressed therapist led exercise programme for Plantar Heel Pain (Plantar Fasciitis)

Purpose: To describe the development, and content of a physiotherapist and podiatrist led individualised, supervised and progressed exercise programme for use in a feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) testing interventions for Plan... Read More about Development of an individualised, supervised and progressed therapist led exercise programme for Plantar Heel Pain (Plantar Fasciitis).

MANTA - A randomized phase II study of fulvestrant in combination with the dual mTOR inhibitor AZD2014 or everolimus or fulvestrant alone in estrogen receptor-positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Schmid, P., Zaiss, M., Harper-Wynne, C., Ferreira, M., Dubey, S., Chan, S., Makris, A., Nemsadze, G., Brunt, A., Kuemmel, S., Ruiz Cabrero, I., Perelló, A., Kendall, A., Brown, J., Kristeleit, H., Conibear, J., Saura, C., Grenier, J., Máhr, K., Schenker, M., …Cortes Castan, J. (2017, December). MANTA - A randomized phase II study of fulvestrant in combination with the dual mTOR inhibitor AZD2014 or everolimus or fulvestrant alone in estrogen receptor-positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer. Paper presented at 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas

Background: Resistance to endocrine therapy remains a major clinical challenge with aberrant PI3K/ mTOR pathway activation being one of the main drivers. Randomised clinical trials have demonstrated a substantial benefit of adding everolimus to endoc... Read More about MANTA - A randomized phase II study of fulvestrant in combination with the dual mTOR inhibitor AZD2014 or everolimus or fulvestrant alone in estrogen receptor-positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Evaluation of a pharmacist-led telephone triage service in a GP Practice (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kit Yan, C., White, S., Patel, B., & Chapman, S. (2017, December). Evaluation of a pharmacist-led telephone triage service in a GP Practice. Poster presented at Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Winter Summit 2017, London, UK

Poster abstract from Conference; Royal Pharmaceutical Society Winter Summit 2017.

A Preliminary Core Domain Set for Clinical Trials of Shoulder Disorders: A Report from the OMERACT 2016 Shoulder Core Outcome Set Special Interest Group (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchbinder, R., Page, M. J., Huang, H., Verhagen, A. P., Beaton, D., Kopkow, C., Lenza, M., Jain, N. B., Richards, B., Richards, P., Voshaar, M., van der Windt, D., Gagnier, J. J., & Set Special Interest Group, T. S. C. O. A Preliminary Core Domain Set for Clinical Trials of Shoulder Disorders: A Report from the OMERACT 2016 Shoulder Core Outcome Set Special Interest Group. Presented at OMERACT 2016 — International Consensus Conference on Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (May 2016), Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Objective. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Shoulder Core Outcome Set Special Interest Group (SIG) was established to develop a core outcome set (COS) for clinical trials of shoulder disorders.

Methods. In preparation for OMERACT 201... Read More about A Preliminary Core Domain Set for Clinical Trials of Shoulder Disorders: A Report from the OMERACT 2016 Shoulder Core Outcome Set Special Interest Group.

Real-world use of fumaric acid esters in psoriasis: results from the British Association of Dermatologists Biologic Interventions Register (BADBIR) (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mason, K. J., Lunt, M., Hunter, H. J., Jabbar-Lopez, Z. K., Kirby, B., Kleyn, C. E., Kreppel, S., McElhone, K., Reynolds, N. J., Warren, R. B., Griffiths, C. E. M., & Grp, B. A. D. B. I. R. S. (2017, November). Real-world use of fumaric acid esters in psoriasis: results from the British Association of Dermatologists Biologic Interventions Register (BADBIR). Paper presented at Psoriasis Gene to Clinic, 8th International Congress, The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK

A real-world comparison of effectiveness and safety outcomes between clinical trial-eligible and -ineligible patients in the British Association of Dermatologists Biologic Interventions Register (BADBIR) (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mason, K., Barker, J., Smith, C., Hampton, P., Lunt, M., McElhone, K., Warren, R., Yiu, Z., Griffiths, C., & Burden, A. (2017, November). A real-world comparison of effectiveness and safety outcomes between clinical trial-eligible and -ineligible patients in the British Association of Dermatologists Biologic Interventions Register (BADBIR). Paper presented at Psoriasis Gene to Clinic, 8th International Congress, The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK

25 Vascular access site and outcomes among 26,807 CTO-PCI cases from the national angioplasty audit (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kinnaird, T., Anderson, R., Gallagher, S., Large, A., Strange, J., Ludman, P., de Belder, M., Nolan, J., Hildick-Smith, D., & Mamas, M. 25 Vascular access site and outcomes among 26,807 CTO-PCI cases from the national angioplasty audit. Presented at British Cardiovascular Intervention Society - January 2017, London, UK

Background Use of radial access in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention (CTO-PCI) warrants further investigation. Using the BCIS PCI database, access site choice and outcomes after CTO-PCI were assessed.

Methods Data were ana... Read More about 25 Vascular access site and outcomes among 26,807 CTO-PCI cases from the national angioplasty audit.

A Robust Data-Driven Approach to the Decoding of Pyloric Neuron Activity (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
dos Santos, F., Andras, P., Collins, D. J., & Lam, K. P. (2017, October). A Robust Data-Driven Approach to the Decoding of Pyloric Neuron Activity. Presented at IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Systems, Lorient, France

The combination of intra and extra-cellular recording of small neuronal circuits such as stomatogastric nervous systems of the crab (Cancer borealis) is well documented and routinely practised. Voltage sensitive dye imaging (VSDi) is a promising tech... Read More about A Robust Data-Driven Approach to the Decoding of Pyloric Neuron Activity.

Determining Firing Strengths Through a Novel Similarity Measure to Enhance Uncertainty Handling in Non-singleton Fuzzy Logic Systems (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pekaslan, D., Kabir, S., Garibaldi, J. M., & Wagner, C. (2017, November). Determining Firing Strengths Through a Novel Similarity Measure to Enhance Uncertainty Handling in Non-singleton Fuzzy Logic Systems. Presented at 9th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IJCCI 2017), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Non-singleton Fuzzy Logic Systems have the potential to tackle uncertainty within the design of fuzzy systems. The inference process has a major role in determining results, being partly based on the interaction of input and antecedent fuzzy sets (in... Read More about Determining Firing Strengths Through a Novel Similarity Measure to Enhance Uncertainty Handling in Non-singleton Fuzzy Logic Systems.

Towards an Accurate Identification of Pyloric Neuron Activity with VSDi (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
dos Santos, F., Andras, P., & Lam, K. (2017, September). Towards an Accurate Identification of Pyloric Neuron Activity with VSDi. Presented at 26th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy

Voltage-sensitive dye imaging (VSDi) which enables simultaneous optical recording of many neurons in the pyloric circuit of the stomatogastric ganglion is an important technique to supplement electrophysiological recordings. However, utilising the te... Read More about Towards an Accurate Identification of Pyloric Neuron Activity with VSDi.

A Multiresolution Approach to the Extraction of the Pyloric Rhythm (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
dos Santos, F., Andras, P., & Lam, K. P. (2017, July). A Multiresolution Approach to the Extraction of the Pyloric Rhythm. Presented at 2017 40th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP)

This paper describes our work toward the development of a computationally robust methodology to identify the pyloric neurons in the stomatogastric ganglion of Cancer pagurus using voltage-sensitive dye imaging. The multi-resolution signal decompositi... Read More about A Multiresolution Approach to the Extraction of the Pyloric Rhythm.

Microclimatic temperatures of Danish cattle farms: a better understanding of the variation in transmission potential of Schmallenberg virus (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haider, N., Carolina Cuellar, A., Jung Kjær, L., Havskov Sørensen, J., & Bødker, R. (2017, September). Microclimatic temperatures of Danish cattle farms: a better understanding of the variation in transmission potential of Schmallenberg virus. Paper presented at 11th EPIZONE Annual Meeting, Cité des Science et de l’ índustrie, Parc de la Vilette, Paris, France