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Consultation patterns of children and adolescents with knee pain in UK general practice: analysis of medical records (2017)
Journal Article
Campbell, P., Protheroe, J., Rajani, A., Dunn, K., & Michaleff, Z. (2017). Consultation patterns of children and adolescents with knee pain in UK general practice: analysis of medical records. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1586-1

Background Knee problems are common in children and adolescents. Despite this, little is known about the epidemiology of knee problems in children and adolescents who consult in general practice. The aim of this study was to describe consultations b... Read More about Consultation patterns of children and adolescents with knee pain in UK general practice: analysis of medical records.

May Sinclair: Re-Thinking Bodies and Minds (Ed. Rebecca Bowler) (2017)
Book
Bowler, R. (2017). R. Bowler, & C. Drewery (Eds.). May Sinclair: Re-Thinking Bodies and Minds (Ed. Rebecca Bowler). Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474415750.001.0001

This monograph brings together the most recent research on Sinclair and re-contextualises her work both within and against dominant Modernist narratives. It explores Sinclair’s negotiations between the public and private, the cerebral and the corpore... Read More about May Sinclair: Re-Thinking Bodies and Minds (Ed. Rebecca Bowler).

Improving management of gout in primary care: a new UK management guideline. (2017)
Journal Article
Mallen, & Roddy. (2017). Improving management of gout in primary care: a new UK management guideline. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 284 - 285. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X691313

Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory arthritis, affecting 2.5% of adults in the UK.1 Despite its prevalence and the availability of potentially ‘curative’ urate-lowering therapies (ULT) such as allopurinol, gout remains undertreated in both primar... Read More about Improving management of gout in primary care: a new UK management guideline..

Biosecurity Conditions in Small Commercial Chicken Farms, Bangladesh 2011–2012 (2017)
Journal Article
Muhsina, M., Uddin, B., Rimi, N., Sultana, R., Haider, N., Nahar, N., …Zeidner, N. (2017). Biosecurity Conditions in Small Commercial Chicken Farms, Bangladesh 2011–2012. EcoHealth, 244 - 258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1224-2

In Bangladesh, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is endemic in poultry. This study aimed to understand the biosecurity conditions and farmers’ perception of avian influenza biosecurity in Bangladeshi small commercial chicken farms. During 2011–2... Read More about Biosecurity Conditions in Small Commercial Chicken Farms, Bangladesh 2011–2012.

Karyomapping and how is it improving preimplantation genetics? (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Karyomapping and how is it improving preimplantation genetics?. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 611-621. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737159.2017.1325736

INTRODUCTION: Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening (PGD/PGS) has been applied clinically for >25 years however inherent drawbacks include the necessity to tailor each case to the trait in question, and that technology to detect monogenic a... Read More about Karyomapping and how is it improving preimplantation genetics?.

Measurement of troponin and natriuretic peptides shortly after admission in patients with heart failure-does it add useful prognostic information? An analysis of the Value of Endothelin Receptor Inhibition with Tezosentan in Acute heart failure Studies (VERITAS). (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Measurement of troponin and natriuretic peptides shortly after admission in patients with heart failure-does it add useful prognostic information? An analysis of the Value of Endothelin Receptor Inhibition with Tezosentan in Acute heart failure Studies (VERITAS). European Journal of Heart Failure, 739 -747. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.786

OBJECTIVE: Plasma concentrations of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and troponin are often measured for diagnostic purposes when patients are admitted with heart failure, but their prognostic value when measured soon after admission is uncertain. We... Read More about Measurement of troponin and natriuretic peptides shortly after admission in patients with heart failure-does it add useful prognostic information? An analysis of the Value of Endothelin Receptor Inhibition with Tezosentan in Acute heart failure Studies (VERITAS)..

Human adipose derived stem cells are superior to human osteoblasts (HOB) in bone tissue engineering on a collagen-fibroin-ELR blend (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Human adipose derived stem cells are superior to human osteoblasts (HOB) in bone tissue engineering on a collagen-fibroin-ELR blend. Bioactive Materials, 71 - 81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioactmat.2017.04.001

The ultrastructure of the bone provides a unique mechanical strength against compressive, torsional and tensional stresses. An elastin-like recombinamer (ELR) with a nucleation sequence for hydroxyapatite was incorporated into films prepared from a c... Read More about Human adipose derived stem cells are superior to human osteoblasts (HOB) in bone tissue engineering on a collagen-fibroin-ELR blend.

Evaluation of synthetic oviposition stimulants to enhance egg collection of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) (2017)
Journal Article
Kempraj, V., Aurade, R., Kamala Jayanthi, P., & Bruce, T. (2017). Evaluation of synthetic oviposition stimulants to enhance egg collection of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Journal of Pest Science, 781 -786. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0845-0

Tephritid flies are pests of horticultural importance throughout the globe. The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), is particularly feared because it attacks many commercial fruits and vegetables causing huge economic losses. The steril... Read More about Evaluation of synthetic oviposition stimulants to enhance egg collection of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae).

Monitoring pulsating giant stars in M33: star formation history and chemical enrichment (2017)
Journal Article
Van Loon. (2017). Monitoring pulsating giant stars in M33: star formation history and chemical enrichment. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/869/1/012062

We have conducted a near-infrared monitoring campaign at the UK InfraRed Telescope (UKIRT), of the Local Group spiral galaxy M33 (Triangulum). A new method has been developed by us to use pulsating giant stars to reconstruct the star formation histor... Read More about Monitoring pulsating giant stars in M33: star formation history and chemical enrichment.

Monitoring survey of pulsating giant stars in the Local Group galaxies: survey description, science goals, target selection (2017)
Journal Article
Van Loon. (2017). Monitoring survey of pulsating giant stars in the Local Group galaxies: survey description, science goals, target selection. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/869/1/012068

The population of nearby dwarf galaxies in the Local Group constitutes a complete galactic environment, perfect suited for studying the connection between stellar populations and galaxy evolution. In this study, we are conducting an optical monitorin... Read More about Monitoring survey of pulsating giant stars in the Local Group galaxies: survey description, science goals, target selection.

Internal dynamics condition centennial-scale oscillations in marine-based ice stream retreat (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Internal dynamics condition centennial-scale oscillations in marine-based ice stream retreat. Geology, 787-790. https://doi.org/10.1130/G38991.1

Rates of ice stream retreat over decades can be determined from repeated satellite surveys and over millennia by palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Centennial time scales are an important temporal gap in geological observations of value in process... Read More about Internal dynamics condition centennial-scale oscillations in marine-based ice stream retreat.

The VMC Survey - XXIV. Signatures of tidally stripped stellar populations from the inner Small Magellanic Cloud (2017)
Journal Article
Van Loon. (2017). The VMC Survey - XXIV. Signatures of tidally stripped stellar populations from the inner Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2980 - 2995. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx205

We study the luminosity function of intermediate-age red clump stars using deep, near-infrared photometric data covering ~20 deg2 located throughout the central part of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), comprising the main body and the galaxy's easte... Read More about The VMC Survey - XXIV. Signatures of tidally stripped stellar populations from the inner Small Magellanic Cloud.

How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance? (2017)
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(2017). How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?. International Business Review, 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.11.004

This paper examines the impact of sub-national institutions on the performance of foreign firms in China. Building on institutional theory, we envisage that the negative effect of sub-national institutional constraints is moderated by firm size and a... Read More about How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?.

How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance? (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?. International Business Review, 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.11.004

This paper examines the impact of sub-national institutions on the performance of foreign firms in China. Building on institutional theory, we envisage that the negative effect of sub-national institutional constraints is moderated by firm size and a... Read More about How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?.

Politics, Pastiche, Parody and Polemics: The DIY Educational Inspiration of the Clash (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). Politics, Pastiche, Parody and Polemics: The DIY Educational Inspiration of the Clash. In The Clash takes on the World: Transnational Perspectives on The Only Band That Matters

The Clash, for many of us growing up in the 1970s outwith the metropolitan dominance of London, offered if not the only at least the most consistent and concerted experience of the explicit politics of punk, as well as a critical transnational and mu... Read More about Politics, Pastiche, Parody and Polemics: The DIY Educational Inspiration of the Clash.

Legacy Effect of Coronary Perforation Complicating Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusive Disease: An Analysis of 26 807 Cases From the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Database (2017)
Journal Article
Kinnaird, T., Anderson, R., Ossei-Gerning, N., Cockburn, J., Sirker, A., Ludman, P., …Mamas, M. A. (2017). Legacy Effect of Coronary Perforation Complicating Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusive Disease: An Analysis of 26 807 Cases From the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Database. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 10(5), https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.116.004642

Extreme and complex variation in range-wide abundances across a threatened Neotropical bird community (2017)
Journal Article
Devenish, C., Buchanan, G. M., Smith, G. R., & Marsden, S. J. (2017). Extreme and complex variation in range-wide abundances across a threatened Neotropical bird community. Diversity and Distributions, 23(8), 910-921. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12577

Aim Understanding patterns and drivers of variation in abundance across full species ranges is crucial in conservation science, but our knowledge of these forms and processes is limited, especially in the tropics. This study aims to: (1) identify pa... Read More about Extreme and complex variation in range-wide abundances across a threatened Neotropical bird community.