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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) (2014)
Journal Article
Naheed, B., Uthman, O. A., O'Mahony, F., Kuiper, J. H., & O'Brien, P. M. S. (2014). Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues for premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd011330

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of GnRH agonists and antagonists in the management of PMS and PMDD.

Seeing the ‘black box’ differently: assessor cognition from three research perspectives (2014)
Journal Article
Gingerich, A., Kogan, J., Yeates, P., Govaerts, M., & Holmboe, E. (2014). Seeing the ‘black box’ differently: assessor cognition from three research perspectives. Medical Education, 48(11), 1055-1068. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.12546

Context Performance assessments, such as workplace-based assessments (WBAs), represent a crucial component of assessment strategy in medical education. Persistent concerns about rater variability in performance assessments have resulted in a new fie... Read More about Seeing the ‘black box’ differently: assessor cognition from three research perspectives.

Depression predicts future emergency hospital admissions in primary care patients with chronic physical illness (2014)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham. (2014). Depression predicts future emergency hospital admissions in primary care patients with chronic physical illness. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 54-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.10.002

Objective More than 15 million people currently suffer from a chronic physical illness in England. The objective of this study was to determine whether depression is independently associated with prospective emergency hospital admission in patients... Read More about Depression predicts future emergency hospital admissions in primary care patients with chronic physical illness.

Pluripotent Stem Cell miRNAs and Metastasis in Invasive Breast Cancer (2014)
Journal Article
Volinia, S., Nuovo, G., Drusco, A., Costinean, S., Abujarour, R., Desponts, C., …Croce, C. M. (2014). Pluripotent Stem Cell miRNAs and Metastasis in Invasive Breast Cancer. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 106(12), https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/dju324

Background The purpose of this study is to determine whether microRNA for pluripotent stem cells are also expressed in breast cancer and are associated with metastasis and outcome. Methods We studied global microRNA profiles during differentiati... Read More about Pluripotent Stem Cell miRNAs and Metastasis in Invasive Breast Cancer.

WASP 1628+10 - an EL CVn-type binary with a very-low-mass stripped-red-giant star and multi-periodic pulsations (2014)
Journal Article
Maxted. (2014). WASP 1628+10 - an EL CVn-type binary with a very-low-mass stripped-red-giant star and multi-periodic pulsations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 208-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1465

The star 1SWASP J162842.31+101416.7 (WASP 1628+10) is one of several EL CVn-type stars recently identified using the WASP database, i.e., an eclipsing binary star in which an A-type dwarf star (WASP 1628+10A) eclipses the remnant of a disrupted red g... Read More about WASP 1628+10 - an EL CVn-type binary with a very-low-mass stripped-red-giant star and multi-periodic pulsations.

The Trajectory of Penal Markets in a Period of Austerity: The Case of England and Wales (2014)
Book Chapter
Corcoran, M. S. (2014). The Trajectory of Penal Markets in a Period of Austerity: The Case of England and Wales. In Punishment and Incarceration: A Global Perspective: Volume 19 (53-74). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1521-613620140000019002

This paper reviews the economic turn in criminology to contextualise the prominence of market rationalities in penal privatisation and outsourcing in England and Wales. It illuminates how fiscal crisis and austerity have provided opportunities for t... Read More about The Trajectory of Penal Markets in a Period of Austerity: The Case of England and Wales.

Airline pricing under different market conditions: evidence from European Low Cost Carriers (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Airline pricing under different market conditions: evidence from European Low Cost Carriers. Tourism Management, 152 -163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.09.015

Traditional theories of airline pricing maintain that fares monotonically increase as fewer seats remain available on a flight. This implies a monotonically increasing temporal profile of fares. In this paper, we exploit the presence of drops in offe... Read More about Airline pricing under different market conditions: evidence from European Low Cost Carriers.

Exploiting the Pyrazole-Carboxylate Mixed Ligand System in the Crystal Engineering of Coordination Polymers (2014)
Journal Article
Hawes, C. S., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Kruger, P. E., Turner, D. R., & Batten, S. R. (2014). Exploiting the Pyrazole-Carboxylate Mixed Ligand System in the Crystal Engineering of Coordination Polymers. Crystal Growth and Design, 14(11), 5749-5760. https://doi.org/10.1021/cg501004u

The utility of the pyrazole-carboxylate mixed ligand system has been probed with the synthesis of five new coordination polymers, derived from bis-pyrazole ligand 4,4′-methylenebis(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazole) H2L1, large semirigid dicarboxylate coligan... Read More about Exploiting the Pyrazole-Carboxylate Mixed Ligand System in the Crystal Engineering of Coordination Polymers.

The s-process enrichment of the globular clusters M4 and M22 (2014)
Journal Article
Hirschi. (2014). The s-process enrichment of the globular clusters M4 and M22. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/795/1/34

We investigate the enrichment in elements produced by the slow neutron-capture process (s-process) in the globular clusters M4 (NGC 6121) and M22 (NGC 6656). Stars in M4 have homogeneous abundances of Fe and neutron-capture elements, but the entire c... Read More about The s-process enrichment of the globular clusters M4 and M22.

Observed methods of cuneiform tablet reconstruction in virtual and real world environments (2014)
Journal Article
Lewis, A., Woolley, S., Ch'ng, E., & Gehlken, E. (2015). Observed methods of cuneiform tablet reconstruction in virtual and real world environments. Journal of Archaeological Science, 53, 156-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.024

The reconstruction of fragmented artefacts is a tedious process that consumes many valuable work hours of scholars' time. We believe that such work can be made more efficient via new techniques in interactive virtual environments. The purpose of this... Read More about Observed methods of cuneiform tablet reconstruction in virtual and real world environments.

Carbon and greenhouse gas balances in an age-sequence of temperate pine plantations (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Carbon and greenhouse gas balances in an age-sequence of temperate pine plantations. Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5399-2014

Abstract. This study investigated differences in the magnitude and partitioning of the carbon (C) and greenhouse gas (GHG) balances in an age sequence of four white pine (Pinus strobus L.) afforestation stands (7, 20, 35 and 70 years old as of 2009)... Read More about Carbon and greenhouse gas balances in an age-sequence of temperate pine plantations.

Pain trajectory groups in persons with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: findings from the Knee Clinical Assessment Study and the Osteoarthritis Initiative (2014)
Journal Article
Nicholls, E., Thomas, E., van der Windt, D., Croft, P., & Peat, G. (2014). Pain trajectory groups in persons with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: findings from the Knee Clinical Assessment Study and the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 22(12), 2041 - 2050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2014.09.026

OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to characterize distinct trajectories of knee pain in adults who had, or were at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis using data from two population-based cohorts. METHOD: Latent class growth analysis was applied to measures... Read More about Pain trajectory groups in persons with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: findings from the Knee Clinical Assessment Study and the Osteoarthritis Initiative.

Complex rift geometries resulting from inheritance of pre-existing structures: Insights and regional implications from the Barmer Basin rift (2014)
Journal Article
Burley, S., Bladon, A., & Clarke, S. (2014). Complex rift geometries resulting from inheritance of pre-existing structures: Insights and regional implications from the Barmer Basin rift. Journal of Structural Geology, 136 - 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2014.09.017

Structural studies of the Barmer Basin in Rajasthan, northwest India, demonstrate the important effect that pre-existing faults can have on the geometries of evolving fault systems at both the outcrop and basin-scale. Outcrop exposures on opposing ri... Read More about Complex rift geometries resulting from inheritance of pre-existing structures: Insights and regional implications from the Barmer Basin rift.

Counting cell number in situ by quantification of dimethyl sulphide in culture headspace. (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Counting cell number in situ by quantification of dimethyl sulphide in culture headspace. Analyst, 4903 - 4907. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4AN01102C

A novel, non-invasive technique is reported for determining the numbers of cells in a culture by quantifying dimethyl sulphide (DMS) in the culture headspace as produced by the cellular enzymatic reduction of dissolved dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO). Mea... Read More about Counting cell number in situ by quantification of dimethyl sulphide in culture headspace..

A systematic review finds variable use of the intention-to-treat principle in musculoskeletal randomized controlled trials with missing data (2014)
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Joseph, R., Sim, J., Ogollah, R., & Lewis, M. (2015). A systematic review finds variable use of the intention-to-treat principle in musculoskeletal randomized controlled trials with missing data. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 15 - 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.09.002

OBJECTIVES: In randomized trials, the primary analysis should be consistent with the intention-to-treat (ITT) principle and should address missing data appropriately to draw valid inferences. This review focuses on current practices relating to the I... Read More about A systematic review finds variable use of the intention-to-treat principle in musculoskeletal randomized controlled trials with missing data.

Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary (2014)
Journal Article
Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Doyle, A., Faedi, F., Fumel, A., …West, R. (2014). Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(2), 1114 -1129. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1737

We report the discovery of the transiting exoplanets WASP-69b, WASP-70Ab and WASP-84b, each of which orbits a bright star (V ~ 10). WASP-69b is a bloated Saturn-mass planet (0.26 MJup, 1.06 RJup) in a 3.868-d period around an active, ~1-Gyr, mid-K dw... Read More about Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary.

Baseline Bleeding Risk and Arterial Access Site Practice in Relation to Procedural Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (2014)
Journal Article
Mamas, M. A., Anderson, S. G., Carr, M., Ratib, K., Buchan, I., Sirker, A., …Nolan, J. (2014). Baseline Bleeding Risk and Arterial Access Site Practice in Relation to Procedural Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 64(15), 1554-1564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.075

Background Transradial access (TRA) has been associated with reduced access site–related bleeding complications and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It is unclear, however, whether these observed benefits are influenced by b... Read More about Baseline Bleeding Risk and Arterial Access Site Practice in Relation to Procedural Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

A motivational intervention for patients with COPD in primary care: qualitative evaluation of a new practitioner role (2014)
Journal Article
Langer, S., Chew-Graham, C. A., Drinkwater, J., Afzal, C., Keane, K., Hunter, C., …Salmon, P. (2014). A motivational intervention for patients with COPD in primary care: qualitative evaluation of a new practitioner role. BMC Family Practice, 15, Article 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-15-164

BACKGROUND: Long-term conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are growing challenges for health services. Psychosocial co-morbidity is associated with poorer quality of life and greater use of health care in these patients but... Read More about A motivational intervention for patients with COPD in primary care: qualitative evaluation of a new practitioner role.