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Further correction: Synthesis and characterization of TPGS-gemcitabine prodrug micelles for pancreatic cancer therapy (2017)
Journal Article
Khare, V., Sakarchi, W., Gupta, P., Curtis, A., & Hoskins, C. (2017). Further correction: Synthesis and characterization of TPGS-gemcitabine prodrug micelles for pancreatic cancer therapy. RSC advances, 17367 - 17367. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA90041D

Further correction for ’Synthesis and characterization of TPGS-gemcitabine prodrug micelles for pancreatic cancer therapy’ by Vaibhav Khare et al., RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 60126-60137.

Diagnostic Performance of Clinical Examination Measures and Pain Presentation to Identify Patellofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Diagnostic Performance of Clinical Examination Measures and Pain Presentation to Identify Patellofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 157-161. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23238

Objective To assess the diagnostic performance of a comprehensive set of tests and measures to discriminate patellofemoral (PF) from tibiofemoral (TF) osteoarthritis (OA). Methods The Clinical Assessment of the Knee Study is a study of knee pain... Read More about Diagnostic Performance of Clinical Examination Measures and Pain Presentation to Identify Patellofemoral Joint Osteoarthritis.

Getting back to the dissecting room: an evaluation of an innovative course in musculoskeletal anatomy for UK-based rheumatology training (2017)
Journal Article
Hassell, A. B., & Paskins, Z. (2017). Getting back to the dissecting room: an evaluation of an innovative course in musculoskeletal anatomy for UK-based rheumatology training. Musculoskeletal Care, 405-412. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1188

Background The rheumatologist relies heavily on clinical skills to diagnose diverse conditions, something that is correlated with one's knowledge of clinical anatomy. More recently, rheumatology has offered further career flexibility with opportunit... Read More about Getting back to the dissecting room: an evaluation of an innovative course in musculoskeletal anatomy for UK-based rheumatology training.

Atypical Histiocytosis in Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) (2017)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Stevenson, K., del-Pozo, J., Moss, S., & Meredith, A. (2017). Atypical Histiocytosis in Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Journal of Comparative Pathology, 156(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2017.02.002

Four red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) were subjected to necropsy examination over a 3-year period as part of a broader surveillance study. The squirrels presented with cutaneous, subcutaneous and/or internal swellings and nodules that consisted micro... Read More about Atypical Histiocytosis in Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris).

Beyond patents: Scientific knowledge, and access to vaccine (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Beyond patents: Scientific knowledge, and access to vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2017.02.011

Knowledge is a public good. Patents provide property rights in knowledge, which gives the patentee the right to exclude others from utilising the knowledge for the life of the patent. Patents in the field of pharmaceuticals are controversial because... Read More about Beyond patents: Scientific knowledge, and access to vaccine.

Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation (2017)
Book
Featherstone. (2017). Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315212500

The key figure of the capitalist utopia is the individual who is ultimately free. The capitalist’s ideal society is designed to protect this freedom. However, within Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation, Featherstone argues that capitalist... Read More about Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation.

Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (Fagus sylvatica) (2017)
Journal Article
Hacket-Pain, A. J., Lageard, J. G. A., & Thomas, P. A. (2017). Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (Fagus sylvatica). Tree Physiology, 37(6), 744-754. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx025

Interannual variation in radial growth is influenced by a range of physiological processes, including variation in annual reproductive effort, although the importance of reproductive allocation has rarely been quantified. In this study, we use long s... Read More about Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (Fagus sylvatica).

Trastuzumab infusion reactions in breast cancer. Should we routinely observe after the first dose? (2017)
Report
Price, L., & Brunt, A. M. (2017). Trastuzumab infusion reactions in breast cancer. Should we routinely observe after the first dose?

Trastuzumab (Herceptin) is used in neoadjuvant, adjuvant and metastatic breast cancer. Infusion reactions are a common side effect most of which are mild and easily managed, anaphylaxis occurs rarely. The summary of product characteristics recommends... Read More about Trastuzumab infusion reactions in breast cancer. Should we routinely observe after the first dose?.

Does familial risk for alcohol use disorder predict alcohol hangover? (2017)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., Holloway, K., Grange, J., Kruisselbrink, D., Owen, L., & Jones, K. (2017). Does familial risk for alcohol use disorder predict alcohol hangover?. Psychopharmacology, 1795-1802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-017-4585-x

Aims Positive family history of alcohol use disorder (FHP), a variable associated with propensity for alcohol use disorder (AUD), has been linked with elevated hangover frequency and severity, after controlling for alcohol use. This implies that han... Read More about Does familial risk for alcohol use disorder predict alcohol hangover?.

Bridging the divide between theory and practice: taking a co-productive approach to vet-farmer relationships (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Bridging the divide between theory and practice: taking a co-productive approach to vet-farmer relationships. Food Ethics, 221-233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41055-017-0011-7

This article explores the practical difficulties faced by veterinary surgeons in bridging the divide between scientific and practitioner knowledge. By review of extant literature and an empirical example from the dairy industry, cattle lameness, the... Read More about Bridging the divide between theory and practice: taking a co-productive approach to vet-farmer relationships.

The Social before Sociocognitive Theory: Explaining Hypnotic Suggestion in German-Speaking Europe, 1900-1960 (2017)
Journal Article
Kauders, A. (2017). The Social before Sociocognitive Theory: Explaining Hypnotic Suggestion in German-Speaking Europe, 1900-1960. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 59(4), 422-439. https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2016.1239062

The article intends to retrace and review German discourse on hypnotic suggestion from 1900 onward, demonstrating the variety of arguments advanced to account for the social relationship in the hypnotic setting well before the emergence of sociocogni... Read More about The Social before Sociocognitive Theory: Explaining Hypnotic Suggestion in German-Speaking Europe, 1900-1960.

The youngest volcanic eruptions in East-Central Europe—new findings from the Ciomadul lava dome complex, East Carpathians, Romania (2017)
Journal Article
Karátson, D., Veres, D., Wulf, S., Gertisser, R., Magyari, E., & Bormann, M. The youngest volcanic eruptions in East-Central Europe—new findings from the Ciomadul lava dome complex, East Carpathians, Romania. Geology Today, 33(2), 60-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12181

Violent explosive eruptions occurred between c. 51 and 29 thousand years ago—during the Last Glacial Maximum in East-Central Europe—at the picturesque volcano of Ciomadul, located at the southernmost tip of the Inner Carpathian Volcanic Range in Roma... Read More about The youngest volcanic eruptions in East-Central Europe—new findings from the Ciomadul lava dome complex, East Carpathians, Romania.

Tropical forcing of increased Southern Ocean climate variability revealed by a 140-year subantarctic temperate reconstruction (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Tropical forcing of increased Southern Ocean climate variability revealed by a 140-year subantarctic temperate reconstruction. Climate of the Past Discussions, 231-248. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-231-2017

Occupying about 14?% of the world's surface, the Southern Ocean plays a fundamental role in ocean and atmosphere circulation, carbon cycling and Antarctic ice-sheet dynamics. Unfortunately, high interannual variability and a dearth of instrumental ob... Read More about Tropical forcing of increased Southern Ocean climate variability revealed by a 140-year subantarctic temperate reconstruction.

Tropical forcing of increased Southern Ocean climate variability revealed by a 140-year subantarctic temperature reconstruction (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Tropical forcing of increased Southern Ocean climate variability revealed by a 140-year subantarctic temperature reconstruction. Climate of the Past, 231 - 248. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-231-2017

Occupying about 14% of the world's surface, the Southern Ocean plays a fundamental role in ocean and atmosphere circulation, carbon cycling and Antarctic ice-sheet dynamics. Unfortunately, high interannual variability and a dearth of instrumental obs... Read More about Tropical forcing of increased Southern Ocean climate variability revealed by a 140-year subantarctic temperature reconstruction.

The youngest volcanic eruptions in East- Central Europe—new findings from the Ciomadul lava dome complex, East Carpathians, Romania (2017)
Journal Article
Gertisser. (2017). The youngest volcanic eruptions in East- Central Europe—new findings from the Ciomadul lava dome complex, East Carpathians, Romania. Geology Today, 62 -67. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12181/full

Violent explosive eruptions occurred between c. 51 and 29 thousand years ago—during the Last Glacial Maximum in East-Central Europe—at the picturesque volcano of Ciomadul, located at the southernmost tip of the Inner Carpathian Volcanic Range in Roma... Read More about The youngest volcanic eruptions in East- Central Europe—new findings from the Ciomadul lava dome complex, East Carpathians, Romania.

Distinguishing Posed and Spontaneous Smiles by Facial Dynamics (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Mandal, B., Lee, D., & Ouarti, N. (2017). Distinguishing Posed and Spontaneous Smiles by Facial Dynamics. In Computer Vision – ACCV 2016 Workshops (552-566). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54407-6_37

Smile is one of the key elements in identifying emotions and present state of mind of an individual. In this work, we propose a cluster of approaches to classify posed and spontaneous smiles using deep convolutional neural network (CNN) face features... Read More about Distinguishing Posed and Spontaneous Smiles by Facial Dynamics.

Mechanical and electronic properties of SiC nanowires: An ab initio study (2017)
Journal Article
Oliveira, J., Morbec, J., & Miwa, R. (2017). Mechanical and electronic properties of SiC nanowires: An ab initio study. Journal of Applied Physics, 104302 - 104302. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4977996

Using first-principles calculations, based on the density functional theory, we have investigated the mechanical and electronic properties of hydrogen-passivated 3C-, 2H-, 4H-, and 6H-SiC nanowires (NWs), analyzing the effects of the diameter on thes... Read More about Mechanical and electronic properties of SiC nanowires: An ab initio study.

Glycophenotype of breast and prostate cancer stem cells treated with thieno[2,3-b]pyridine anticancer compound. (2017)
Journal Article
Reynisson. (2017). Glycophenotype of breast and prostate cancer stem cells treated with thieno[2,3-b]pyridine anticancer compound. Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 759 - 769. https://doi.org/10.2147/DDDT.S121122

Tumor progression may be driven by a small subpopulation of cancer stem cells (CSCs characterized by CD44+/CD24- phenotype). We investigated the influence of a newly developed thienopyridine anticancer compound (3-amino-5-oxo-N-naphthyl-5,6,7, 8-tetr... Read More about Glycophenotype of breast and prostate cancer stem cells treated with thieno[2,3-b]pyridine anticancer compound..

Telemedicine is the way forward for the management of Cystic Fibrosis - The case against (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Telemedicine is the way forward for the management of Cystic Fibrosis - The case against. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 22-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2017.03.005

It is reasonable to suggest that Telemedicine could help in the management of chronic diseases by giving patients more flexibility to remain at home with opportunities to forward electronic data to healthcare professionals, reduce hospital emergency... Read More about Telemedicine is the way forward for the management of Cystic Fibrosis - The case against.

Socioeconomic deprivation as measured by the index of multiple deprivation and its association with low sex hormone binding globulin in women (2017)
Journal Article
Heald, A., Laing, I., McLernon, D. J., Donn, R., Hartland, A. J., Fryer, A. A., & Livingston, M. (2017). Socioeconomic deprivation as measured by the index of multiple deprivation and its association with low sex hormone binding globulin in women. The Open Biochemistry Journal, 11, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874091X0171101000

Objective: Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) is a marker of insulin resistance. Given established links between BMI and socioeconomic disadvantage, we investigated how SHBG varies by index of multiple deprivation (IMD). Research Design and Meth... Read More about Socioeconomic deprivation as measured by the index of multiple deprivation and its association with low sex hormone binding globulin in women.