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Self-Assembled Amyloid Peptides with Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) Motifs As Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Self-Assembled Amyloid Peptides with Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) Motifs As Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 1404 - 1416. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00570

Self-assembled peptides gain increasing interest as biocompatible and biodegradable scaffolds for tissue engineering. Rationally designed self-assembling building blocks that carry cell adhesion motifs such as Arg-Gly–Asp (RGD) are especially attract... Read More about Self-Assembled Amyloid Peptides with Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) Motifs As Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering.

Gaia-ESO Survey: Global properties of clusters Trumpler 14 and 16 in the Carina nebula (2017)
Journal Article
Damiani, F., Klutsch, A., Jeffries, R., Randich, S., Prisinzano, L., Maíz Apellániz, J., …Zaggia, S. (2017). Gaia-ESO Survey: Global properties of clusters Trumpler 14 and 16 in the Carina nebula. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 603, Article A81. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629020

Aims. We present the first extensive spectroscopic study of the global population in star clusters Trumpler 16, Trumpler 14, and Collinder 232 in the Carina nebula, using data from the Gaia-ESO Survey, down to solar-mass stars. Methods. In addition t... Read More about Gaia-ESO Survey: Global properties of clusters Trumpler 14 and 16 in the Carina nebula.

Cousins, Genetic Diagnosis and Liability of Clinicians: Smith & Another v University of Leicester NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 817 (QB) (2017)
Journal Article
Fay. (2017). Cousins, Genetic Diagnosis and Liability of Clinicians: Smith & Another v University of Leicester NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 817 (QB). Medical Law Review, 672-683. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwx032

This comment analyses the recent High Court decision in Smith & Another v University of Leicester NHS Trust. In this case, the court struck out a claim brought by a patient’s second cousins regarding their failure to provide the patient with an accur... Read More about Cousins, Genetic Diagnosis and Liability of Clinicians: Smith & Another v University of Leicester NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 817 (QB).

Sensing dignity: embodiment and ethics (2017)
Presentation / Conference
(2017, July). Sensing dignity: embodiment and ethics. Presented at Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, Universita’ degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, ITALY

The prevailing Kantian concept of dignity employed in the growing workplace dignity literature and in business ethics often presents an undertheorised concept of dignity which concentrates mainly upon an absence of indignities (such as bullying or ha... Read More about Sensing dignity: embodiment and ethics.

Autonomous Meridian Sensory Response: from Internet subculture to audiovisual therapy (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Autonomous Meridian Sensory Response: from Internet subculture to audiovisual therapy. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVA2017.79

ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) is the name given to a pleasant sensation that can be felt most commonly on the scalp and can be triggered by various gentle sounds (like whispers, crinkles or tapping), smooth and repetitive visual stimuli... Read More about Autonomous Meridian Sensory Response: from Internet subculture to audiovisual therapy.

An initial investigation into endothelial CC chemokine expression in the human rheumatoid synovium (2017)
Journal Article
Rump, L., Mattey, D. L., Kehoe, O., & Middleton, J. (2017). An initial investigation into endothelial CC chemokine expression in the human rheumatoid synovium. Cytokine, 97, 133-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2017.05.023

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a destructive and chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease. Synovial inflammation is a major feature of RA and is associated with leukocyte recruitment. Leukocytes cross the endothelial cells (ECs) into the synovial tissue... Read More about An initial investigation into endothelial CC chemokine expression in the human rheumatoid synovium.

An initial investigation into endothelial CC chemokine expression in the human rheumatoid synovium. (2017)
Journal Article
Rump, L., Mattey, D. L., Kehoe, O., & Middleton, J. (2017). An initial investigation into endothelial CC chemokine expression in the human rheumatoid synovium. Cytokine, 133 - 140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2017.05.023

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a destructive and chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease. Synovial inflammation is a major feature of RA and is associated with leukocyte recruitment. Leukocytes cross the endothelial cells (ECs) into the synovial tissue... Read More about An initial investigation into endothelial CC chemokine expression in the human rheumatoid synovium..

Rotation of Planet-Hosting Stars (2017)
Book Chapter
Maxted, P. (2017). Rotation of Planet-Hosting Stars. In Handbook of Exoplanets. Springer

The rotation rate of a star has important implications for the detectability, characterization, and stability of any planets that may be orbiting it. This chapter gives a brief overview of stellar rotation before describing the methods used to measur... Read More about Rotation of Planet-Hosting Stars.

Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Against Men: Voices of Victimization Among Ex-Servicemen of the British Armed Forces (2017)
Journal Article
Taylor, P., Keeling, J., & Mottershead, R. (2019). Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Against Men: Voices of Victimization Among Ex-Servicemen of the British Armed Forces. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 27(2), 119-142. https://doi.org/10.1177/1054137317717964

This study presents the personal testimonies of male British ex-Armed Forces personnel who have experienced violence and abuse victimization that was perpetrated by civilian female partners. In this research, we argue that to embark upon any understa... Read More about Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Against Men: Voices of Victimization Among Ex-Servicemen of the British Armed Forces.

Taking on the doctor role in whole-task simulation. (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Taking on the doctor role in whole-task simulation. Clinical Teacher, https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.12678

BACKGROUND: Untimed simulated primary care consultations focusing on safe and effective clinical outcomes were first introduced into undergraduate medical education in Otago, New Zealand, in 2004. We extended this concept and included a secondary car... Read More about Taking on the doctor role in whole-task simulation..

Feasibility of a randomized single-blind crossover trial to assess the effects of the second-generation slow-release dopamine agonists pramipexole and ropinirole on cued recall memory in idiopathic mild or moderate Parkinson’s disease without cognitive impairment (2017)
Journal Article
Shepherd, T. A., Edelstyn, N. M., Longshaw, L., Sim, J., Watts, K., Mayes, A. R., …Ellis, S. J. (2017). Feasibility of a randomized single-blind crossover trial to assess the effects of the second-generation slow-release dopamine agonists pramipexole and ropinirole on cued recall memory in idiopathic mild or moderate Parkinson’s disease without cognitive impairment. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0154-7

BACKGROUND: The aim was to assess the feasibility of a single-centre, single-blind, randomized, crossover design to explore the effects of two slow-release dopamine agonists, ropinirole and pramipexole, on cued recall in Parkinson's disease. As the d... Read More about Feasibility of a randomized single-blind crossover trial to assess the effects of the second-generation slow-release dopamine agonists pramipexole and ropinirole on cued recall memory in idiopathic mild or moderate Parkinson’s disease without cognitive impairment.

Assessment of the face validity. feasibility and utility of a patient-completed questionnaire for polymyalgia rheumatica: a postal survey using the QQ-10 questionnaire (2017)
Journal Article
Twohig, H., Jones, G., Mackie, S., Mallen, C., & Mitchell, C. (2017). Assessment of the face validity. feasibility and utility of a patient-completed questionnaire for polymyalgia rheumatica: a postal survey using the QQ-10 questionnaire. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-017-0150-y

Background The development of a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), a condition that causes pain, stiffness and disability, is necessary as there is no current validated disease-specific measure. Initial literat... Read More about Assessment of the face validity. feasibility and utility of a patient-completed questionnaire for polymyalgia rheumatica: a postal survey using the QQ-10 questionnaire.

Taking on the doctor role in whole-task simulation (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Taking on the doctor role in whole-task simulation. Clinical Teacher, 236-239. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.12678

Background Untimed simulated primary care consultations focusing on safe and effective clinical outcomes were first introduced into undergraduate medical education in Otago, New Zealand, in 2004. We extended this concept and included a secondary car... Read More about Taking on the doctor role in whole-task simulation.

Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts. (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 457 - 466. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.117.153643

Background: Genes and the environment contribute to variation in adult body mass index [BMI (in kg/m2)], but factors modifying these variance components are poorly understood.Objective: We analyzed genetic and environmental variation in BMI between m... Read More about Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts..