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Ethical issues in dialysis therapy (2017)
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Jha, V., Martin, D. E., Bargman, J. M., Davies, S., Feehally, J., Finkelstein, F., …Levin, A. (2017). Ethical issues in dialysis therapy. The Lancet, 389(10081), 1851-1856. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2816%2932408-4

Treatment for end-stage kidney disease is a major economic challenge and a public health concern worldwide. Renal-replacement therapy poses several practical and ethical dilemmas of global relevance for patients, clinicians, and policy makers. These... Read More about Ethical issues in dialysis therapy.

Chronic Cough In Children (2017)
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Hine, C., Gilchrist, F., & Carroll, W. (2017). Chronic Cough In Children. Paediatrics and Child Health, 27(3), 121 - 127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paed.2017.02.001

All children cough. Despite the ubiquity of this common symptom, it remains a concern for many parents and results in a significant number of health consultations. Nearly every child in the UK will present to their family doctor with cough as the pre... Read More about Chronic Cough In Children.

Factors affecting the prey preferences of jackals (Canidae) (2017)
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(2017). Factors affecting the prey preferences of jackals (Canidae). Mammalian Biology, 70 - 82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.02.005

Prey selection by carnivores can be affected by top-down and bottom-up factors. For example, large carnivores may facilitate food resources for mesocarnivores by providing carcasses to scavenge, however mesocarnivores may hunt large prey themselves,... Read More about Factors affecting the prey preferences of jackals (Canidae).

Fluorescent Labeling of Collagen Production by Cells for Noninvasive Imaging of Extracellular Matrix Deposition. (2017)
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Yang, Y. (2017). Fluorescent Labeling of Collagen Production by Cells for Noninvasive Imaging of Extracellular Matrix Deposition. Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods, 228 - 236. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.TEC.2017.0008

Extracellular matrix (ECM) is an essential component of tissues and provides both integrity and biological cues for cells. Collagen is one of the major proteins found within the ECM and therefore is an essential component of all engineered tissues. T... Read More about Fluorescent Labeling of Collagen Production by Cells for Noninvasive Imaging of Extracellular Matrix Deposition..

Accuracy of glomerular filtration rate equations for chronic kidney disease patients at the G3a stage: a single-center cross-sectional study (2017)
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Dou, Y., Sun, X., Liu, D., Zhang, L., Xiao, J., Cheng, G., …Zhao, Z. (2017). Accuracy of glomerular filtration rate equations for chronic kidney disease patients at the G3a stage: a single-center cross-sectional study. BMC Research Notes, 10, Article 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2400-8

Background Kidney disease improving global outcomes provided a new classification for chronic kidney disease (CKD) by subdividing the G3 stage into G3a and G3b stages based on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in 2012. Currently, a few methods are us... Read More about Accuracy of glomerular filtration rate equations for chronic kidney disease patients at the G3a stage: a single-center cross-sectional study.

The Contrasting Effects of Active and Passive Cooperation on Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from British Local Innovation Networks (2017)
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(2017). The Contrasting Effects of Active and Passive Cooperation on Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from British Local Innovation Networks. International Journal of Production Economics, 102-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.02.013

This paper studies the contrasting effects on innovations and productivity arising from active cooperation in innovation activities among competitors and from passive cooperation induced by these activities’ spillovers. A three-stage productivity fun... Read More about The Contrasting Effects of Active and Passive Cooperation on Innovation and Productivity: Evidence from British Local Innovation Networks.

The evolving (re)categorisations of refugees throughout the ‘Refugee/Migrant crisis’ (2017)
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(2017). The evolving (re)categorisations of refugees throughout the ‘Refugee/Migrant crisis’. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2302

The UK media’s reporting of events in 2015 contained constantly evolving categorisations of people attempting to reach Europe and the UK, each with different implications for their treatment. A discursive analysis of UK media outputs charts the devel... Read More about The evolving (re)categorisations of refugees throughout the ‘Refugee/Migrant crisis’.

What do older people experiencing loneliness think about primary care or community based interventions to reduce loneliness?: a qualitative study in England (2017)
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Chew-Graham. (2017). What do older people experiencing loneliness think about primary care or community based interventions to reduce loneliness?: a qualitative study in England. Health and Social Care in the Community, 1733-1742. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12438

Loneliness in later life is a common problem with poor health outcomes. However, interventions to prevent or ameliorate loneliness have a weak evidence base. The views of older people experiencing or at risk of loneliness in the community are importa... Read More about What do older people experiencing loneliness think about primary care or community based interventions to reduce loneliness?: a qualitative study in England.

Comparison of cure rates in women treated with cold-coagulation versus LLETZ cervical treatment for CIN2-3 on pretreatment cervical punch biopsies: a retrospective cohort study (2017)
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Papoutsis, D., Underwood, M., Parry-Smith, W., & Panikkar, J. (2017). Comparison of cure rates in women treated with cold-coagulation versus LLETZ cervical treatment for CIN2-3 on pretreatment cervical punch biopsies: a retrospective cohort study. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 295, 979-986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-017-4306-z

Purpose To compare the cure rates between women who were treated with cold-coagulation versus large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ) for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 (CIN2) or 3 (CIN3) on pretreatment cervical punch bio... Read More about Comparison of cure rates in women treated with cold-coagulation versus LLETZ cervical treatment for CIN2-3 on pretreatment cervical punch biopsies: a retrospective cohort study.

Synthesis and characterization of TPGS-gemcitabine prodrug micelles for pancreatic cancer therapy (2017)
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Khare, V., Al Sakarchi, W., Gupta, P., Curtis, A., & Hoskins, C. (2017). Synthesis and characterization of TPGS-gemcitabine prodrug micelles for pancreatic cancer therapy. RSC advances, 12598 - 12598. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA90021J

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.

Preeclampsia and Future Cardiovascular Health (2017)
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Wu, P., Haththotuwa, R., Shing Kwok, C., Babu, A., Kotronias, R. A., Rushton, C., …Mamas, M. A. (2017). Preeclampsia and Future Cardiovascular Health. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.116.003497

Background— Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disorder resulting in hypertension and multiorgan dysfunction. There is growing evidence that these effects persist after pregnancy. We aimed to systematically evaluate and quantify the evidence on th... Read More about Preeclampsia and Future Cardiovascular Health.

Cover Picture: Elucidation of the Physicochemical Properties Ruling the Colloidal Stability of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles under Physiological Conditions (ChemNanoMat 3/2017) (2017)
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Aires, A., Cabrera, D., Alonso‐Pardo, L. C., Cortajarena, A. L., & Teran, F. J. (2017). Cover Picture: Elucidation of the Physicochemical Properties Ruling the Colloidal Stability of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles under Physiological Conditions (ChemNanoMat 3/2017). ChemNanoMat, 3(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.201700044

Constraining the efficiency of angular momentum transport with asteroseismology of red giants: the effect of stellar mass (2017)
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Eggenberger, P., Lagarde, N., Miglio, A., Montalbán, J., Ekström, S., Georgy, C., …Hirschi, R. (2017). Constraining the efficiency of angular momentum transport with asteroseismology of red giants: the effect of stellar mass. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 599, Article A18. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629459

Context. Constraints on the internal rotation of red giants are now available thanks to asteroseismic observations. Preliminary comparisons with rotating stellar models indicate that an undetermined additional process for the internal transport of an... Read More about Constraining the efficiency of angular momentum transport with asteroseismology of red giants: the effect of stellar mass.

Real-time and non-invasive measurements of cell mechanical behaviour with optical coherence phase microscopy (2017)
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Gillies, D., Gamal, W., Downes, A., Reinwald, Y., Yang, Y., El Haj, A., & Bagnaninchi, P. O. (2017). Real-time and non-invasive measurements of cell mechanical behaviour with optical coherence phase microscopy. Proceedings of SPIE, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2251492

There is an unmet need in tissue engineering for non-invasive, label-free monitoring of cell mechanical behaviour in their physiological environment. Here, we describe a novel optical coherence phase microscopy (OCPM) set-up which can map relative... Read More about Real-time and non-invasive measurements of cell mechanical behaviour with optical coherence phase microscopy.

The Formation, Development and Contribution of the New Ideals in Education Conferences, 1914-1937 (2017)
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Howlett, J. (2017). The Formation, Development and Contribution of the New Ideals in Education Conferences, 1914-1937. History of Education, 459- 479. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2016.1268215

This paper seeks to explore the development, impact and contribution made by the New Ideals in Education conferences, which were held between 1914 and 1937. In particular, it will examine how the group emerged from the English Montessori Society and... Read More about The Formation, Development and Contribution of the New Ideals in Education Conferences, 1914-1937.

Comparison of the Swedish STarT Back Screening Tool and the Short Form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire in patients with acute or subacute back and neck pain (2017)
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(2017). Comparison of the Swedish STarT Back Screening Tool and the Short Form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire in patients with acute or subacute back and neck pain. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 89 -89. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1449-9

BACKGROUND: Patients with back and neck pain are often seen in primary care and it is important to provide them with tailored interventions based on risk stratification/triage. The STarT Back Screening Tool (SBT) is a widely used screening questionna... Read More about Comparison of the Swedish STarT Back Screening Tool and the Short Form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire in patients with acute or subacute back and neck pain.

Experimental infections of different carp strains with the carp edema virus (CEV) give insights into the infection biology of the virus and indicate possible solutions to problems caused by koi sleepy disease (KSD) in carp aquaculture (2017)
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(2017). Experimental infections of different carp strains with the carp edema virus (CEV) give insights into the infection biology of the virus and indicate possible solutions to problems caused by koi sleepy disease (KSD) in carp aquaculture. Veterinary Research, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-017-0416-7

Outbreaks of koi sleepy disease (KSD) caused by carp edema virus (CEV) may seriously affect populations of farmed common carp, one of the most important fish species for global food production. The present study shows further evidence for the involve... Read More about Experimental infections of different carp strains with the carp edema virus (CEV) give insights into the infection biology of the virus and indicate possible solutions to problems caused by koi sleepy disease (KSD) in carp aquaculture.

Red squirrels suffer from leprosy,Lepra-Erreger in britischen Eichhörnchen: Aussatz unter den Wipfelstürmern (2017)
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Bosch, S., Lurz, P. W., & Meredith, A. L. (2017). Red squirrels suffer from leprosy,Lepra-Erreger in britischen Eichhörnchen: Aussatz unter den Wipfelstürmern. Biologie in unserer Zeit, 47(1), 37-39. https://doi.org/10.1002/biuz.201710612

Auf den Britischen Inseln wurden bei Eichhörnchen mit Haut- und Fellveränderungen zwei Erreger der Lepra (Mycobacterium leprae und M. lepromatosis) als Ursache nachgewiesen. M. lepromatosis wurde erstmals 2008 beim Menschen und 2014 erstmals bei eine... Read More about Red squirrels suffer from leprosy,Lepra-Erreger in britischen Eichhörnchen: Aussatz unter den Wipfelstürmern.

Development and validation of prediction models for risk of adverse outcomes in women with early-onset pre-eclampsia: protocol of the prospective cohort PREP study. (2017)
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(2017). Development and validation of prediction models for risk of adverse outcomes in women with early-onset pre-eclampsia: protocol of the prospective cohort PREP study. Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, 6 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41512-016-0004-8

Background: Early-onset pre-eclampsia with raised blood pressure and protein in the urine before 34 weeks' gestation is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths in the UK. The benefits to the child from prolonging the pregnancy need to be balance... Read More about Development and validation of prediction models for risk of adverse outcomes in women with early-onset pre-eclampsia: protocol of the prospective cohort PREP study..