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The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort. (2017)
Journal Article
McQueen, P., Gates, L., Marshall, M., Doherty, M., Arden, N., & Bowen, C. (in press). The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 10, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-017-0239-9

Background: The prevalence of foot osteoarthritis (OA) is much less understood than hip, knee and hand OA. The foot is anatomically complex and different researchers have investigated different joints with lack of methodological standardisation acros... Read More about The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort..

The feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: The iPOPP pilot trial protocol (2017)
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Healey, E., Jinks, C., Foster, N., Chew-Graham, Chew-Graham, C., Pincus, T., …McBeth, J. (2017). The feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: The iPOPP pilot trial protocol. Musculoskeletal Care, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1222

INTRODUCTION: This pilot trial will inform the design and methods of a future full-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) and examine the feasibility, acceptability and fidelity of the Increasing Physical activity in Older People with chronic Pain (... Read More about The feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for older people with chronic musculoskeletal pain: The iPOPP pilot trial protocol.

The infant motor system predicts actions based on visual statistical learning (2017)
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Monroy, C. D., Meyer, M., Schröer, L., Gerson, S. A., & Hunnius, S. (2019). The infant motor system predicts actions based on visual statistical learning. NeuroImage, 185, 947-954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.016

Motor theories of action prediction propose that our motor system combines prior knowledge with incoming sensory input to predict other people's actions. This prior knowledge can be acquired through observational experience, with statistical learning... Read More about The infant motor system predicts actions based on visual statistical learning.

Uncertainties in the production of p nuclides in thermonuclear supernovae determined by Monte Carlo variations (2017)
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Nishimura(西村信哉), N., Rauscher, T., Hirschi, R., Murphy, A. S. J., Cescutti, G., & Travaglio, C. (2018). Uncertainties in the production of p nuclides in thermonuclear supernovae determined by Monte Carlo variations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(3), 3133 -3139. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3033

Thermonuclear supernovae originating from the explosion of a white dwarf accreting mass from a companion star have been suggested as a site for the production of p nuclides. Such nuclei are produced during the explosion, in layers enriched with seed... Read More about Uncertainties in the production of p nuclides in thermonuclear supernovae determined by Monte Carlo variations.

L. S. Klejn and R. G. Collingwood on History, Archaeology, and Detection (2017)
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(2017). L. S. Klejn and R. G. Collingwood on History, Archaeology, and Detection. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 391 - 407. https://doi.org/10.1163/18722636-12341381

Collingwood is well-known for noting, in The Idea of History, similarities between the work of the historian and the work of the detective. In this essay I argue that it is not the historian who is similar to the detective but rather the archaeologis... Read More about L. S. Klejn and R. G. Collingwood on History, Archaeology, and Detection.

A Novel UK Prognostic Model for 30-day Mortality following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (2017)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2017). A Novel UK Prognostic Model for 30-day Mortality following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Heart, 1109-1116. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312489

Objective Existing clinical prediction models (CPM) for short-term mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) have limited applicability in the UK due to moderate predictive performance and inconsistent recording practices across... Read More about A Novel UK Prognostic Model for 30-day Mortality following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

The long-term impact of childhood wartime trauma on anxiety in later life: an exploration of the literature (2017)
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(2017). The long-term impact of childhood wartime trauma on anxiety in later life: an exploration of the literature. Mental Health Practice, https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.2017.e1215

At any point in time up to 10% of people over the age of 65 experience symptoms of anxiety. Yet the effects of anxiety in the older population are under-researched. Paternal separation in childhood has been cited as a factor for psychological well-be... Read More about The long-term impact of childhood wartime trauma on anxiety in later life: an exploration of the literature.

Effect sizes and their variance for AB/BA crossover design studies (2017)
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(2017). Effect sizes and their variance for AB/BA crossover design studies. Empirical Software Engineering, 1982 - 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-017-9574-5

Vegas et al. IEEE Trans Softw Eng 42(2):120:135 (2016) raised concerns about the use of AB/BA crossover designs in empirical software engineering studies. This paper addresses issues related to calculating standardized effect sizes and their variance... Read More about Effect sizes and their variance for AB/BA crossover design studies.

Possible detection of a bimodal cloud distribution in the atmosphere of HAT-P-32 A b from multiband photometry (2017)
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Tregloan-Reed, J., Southworth, J., Mancini, L., Mollière, P., Ciceri, S., Bruni, I., …Henning, T. (2018). Possible detection of a bimodal cloud distribution in the atmosphere of HAT-P-32 A b from multiband photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 474(4), 5485 - 5499. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx3147

We present high-precision photometry of eight separate transit events in the HAT-P-32 planetary system. One transit event was observed simultaneously by two telescopes of which one obtained a simultaneous multiband light curve in three optical bands,... Read More about Possible detection of a bimodal cloud distribution in the atmosphere of HAT-P-32 A b from multiband photometry.

ABT‑737 and pictilisib synergistically enhance pitavastatin‑induced apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells (2017)
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De Wolf, E., De Wolf, C., & Richardson, A. (2018). ABT‑737 and pictilisib synergistically enhance pitavastatin‑induced apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells. Oncology Letters, 15(2), 1979-1984. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7516

There is considerable interest in redeploying drugs for use in combination with other oncology therapeutics. The single‑agent activity of statins in ovarian cancer has been widely reported, however the drug concentration required to cause cell death... Read More about ABT‑737 and pictilisib synergistically enhance pitavastatin‑induced apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells.

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
Schmid, P., Zaiss, M., Harper-Wynne, C., Ferreira, M., Dubey, S., Chan, S., …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.

Compiled records of carbon isotopes in atmospheric CO2 for historical simulations in CMIP6 (2017)
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(2017). Compiled records of carbon isotopes in atmospheric CO2 for historical simulations in CMIP6. Geoscientific Model Development, 4405 -4417. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4405-2017

The isotopic composition of carbon (?14C and d13C) in atmospheric CO2 and in oceanic and terrestrial carbon reservoirs is influenced by anthropogenic emissions and by natural carbon exchanges, which can respond to and drive changes in climate. Simula... Read More about Compiled records of carbon isotopes in atmospheric CO2 for historical simulations in CMIP6.

Evaluation of a pharmacist-led telephone triage service in a GP Practice (2017)
Presentation / Conference
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.

Genres and Theatres: Wolfgang Rihm's Opera-Fantasy Dionysos (2017)
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(2017). Genres and Theatres: Wolfgang Rihm's Opera-Fantasy Dionysos. Contemporary Music Review, 279-310. https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2017.1399670

Wolfgang Rihm’s Dionysos: Szenen und Dithyramben—eine Opernphantasie received its world premiere in 2010. Based on Nietzsche’s poetry collection Dithyrambs of Dionysus, the libretto combines elements of Nietzsche’s biography with mythology relating t... Read More about Genres and Theatres: Wolfgang Rihm's Opera-Fantasy Dionysos.

Applying quantitative bias analysis to estimate the plausible effects of selection bias in a cluster randomised controlled trial: secondary analysis of the Primary care Osteoarthritis Screening Trial (POST). (2017)
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Barnett, L., Mallen, C., Lewis, A., & Peat, G. (2017). Applying quantitative bias analysis to estimate the plausible effects of selection bias in a cluster randomised controlled trial: secondary analysis of the Primary care Osteoarthritis Screening Trial (POST). Trials, 18, 585 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2329-1

BACKGROUND: Selection bias is a concern when designing cluster randomised controlled trials (c-RCT). Despite addressing potential issues at the design stage, bias cannot always be eradicated from a trial design. The application of bias analysis prese... Read More about Applying quantitative bias analysis to estimate the plausible effects of selection bias in a cluster randomised controlled trial: secondary analysis of the Primary care Osteoarthritis Screening Trial (POST)..

P83: A Pilot Study to assess Peak Systolic Velocity as A Possible Marker of Atherosclerotic Burden Using Ultrasound (2017)
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Koenig, C., Atherton, M., Cavazzuti, M., Ramachandran, S., Gomm, C., Strange, R., …Schenkel, T. (2017). P83: A Pilot Study to assess Peak Systolic Velocity as A Possible Marker of Atherosclerotic Burden Using Ultrasound. Artery Research, 20(C), 76-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2017.10.099

Introduction: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) has been associated with lower peak systolic velocity (PSV) on penile Doppler measurements [1]. This study establishes whether carotid ultrasound (US) PSV was associated with computational fluid dynamics (CF... Read More about P83: A Pilot Study to assess Peak Systolic Velocity as A Possible Marker of Atherosclerotic Burden Using Ultrasound.

The Military and the State in Iran: The Economic Rise of the Revolutionary Guards (2017)
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Forozan, H., & Shahi, A. (2017). The Military and the State in Iran: The Economic Rise of the Revolutionary Guards. MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL, 71(1), 67-86. https://doi.org/10.3751/71.1.14

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a multilayered political, ideological, and security institution that has steadily acquired an increasing role in Iran's economy in recent years. This article analyzes the growing economic and business i... Read More about The Military and the State in Iran: The Economic Rise of the Revolutionary Guards.