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Allostatic load and pain severity in older adults: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2017)
Journal Article
Sibille, K. T., McBeth, J., Smith, D., & Wilkie, R. (2017). Allostatic load and pain severity in older adults: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Experimental Gerontology, 51 - 58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2016.12.013

Pain is common in older adults, is frequently experienced as stressful, and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Stress regulatory systems are adaptive to challenge and change, allostasis, until demands exceed the adaptive capacity c... Read More about Allostatic load and pain severity in older adults: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

The Arctic in the Twenty-First Century: Changing Biogeochemical Linkages across a Paraglacial Landscape of Greenland (2017)
Journal Article
Law, A. (2017). The Arctic in the Twenty-First Century: Changing Biogeochemical Linkages across a Paraglacial Landscape of Greenland. Bioscience, 118-133. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw158

The Kangerlussuaq area of southwest Greenland encompasses diverse ecological, geomorphic, and climate gradients that function over a range of spatial and temporal scales. Ecosystems range from the microbial communities on the ice sheet and moisture-s... Read More about The Arctic in the Twenty-First Century: Changing Biogeochemical Linkages across a Paraglacial Landscape of Greenland.

Adherence to medication in the community: audit cycle of interventions to improve the assessment of adherence (2017)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., & Choudry, A. (2017). Adherence to medication in the community: audit cycle of interventions to improve the assessment of adherence. BJPsych Bulletin, 41 - 44. https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.115.053520

Aims and method To investigate whether medication adherence is monitored during follow-up in out-patient reviews. A retrospective audit was carried out with a sample of 50 follow-up patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disord... Read More about Adherence to medication in the community: audit cycle of interventions to improve the assessment of adherence.

Perineal resuturing versus expectant management following vaginal delivery complicated by a dehisced wound (PREVIEW): a nested qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Perineal resuturing versus expectant management following vaginal delivery complicated by a dehisced wound (PREVIEW): a nested qualitative study. BMJ Open, e013008 -?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013008

OBJECTIVE: To explore women's lived experiences of a dehisced perineal wound following childbirth and how they felt participating in a pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT). DESIGN: A nested qualitative study using semistructured in... Read More about Perineal resuturing versus expectant management following vaginal delivery complicated by a dehisced wound (PREVIEW): a nested qualitative study.

More than a little act of kindness?: Towards a typology of volunteering as unpaid work (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). More than a little act of kindness?: Towards a typology of volunteering as unpaid work. Sociology, 1239-1256. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517692512

Definitions of volunteering are widespread and complex, yet relatively little attention is given to volunteering as unpaid work, even though it intersects with the worlds of paid employment and the domestic sphere, cutting across individual/collectiv... Read More about More than a little act of kindness?: Towards a typology of volunteering as unpaid work.

The Green Shoots of Recovery: a realist evaluation of a team to support change in general practice (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). The Green Shoots of Recovery: a realist evaluation of a team to support change in general practice. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014165

Objective A multidisciplinary support team for general practice was established in April 2014 by a local National Health Service (NHS) England management team. This work evaluates the team's effectiveness in supporting and promoting change in its fir... Read More about The Green Shoots of Recovery: a realist evaluation of a team to support change in general practice.

Introduction to The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology (2017)
Book Chapter
D'Oro. (2017). Introduction to The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology. In The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology (x-xiv). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316344118

Training on Kielland’s forceps: A survey of trainees’ opinions (2017)
Journal Article
Al Wattar, B., Mahmud, A., Janjua, A., Parry-Smith, W., & Ismail, K. (in press). Training on Kielland’s forceps: A survey of trainees’ opinions. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 37(3), 280-283. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443615.2016.1196476

We conducted a cross-sectional survey including specialist trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology in the Health Education West Midlands region, UK, to capture their views and assess training opportunities on the use of Kielland’s forceps. Half of the... Read More about Training on Kielland’s forceps: A survey of trainees’ opinions.

Infrared Thermography as a Diagnostic Tool for Pododermatitis in Captive Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) (2017)
Journal Article
Tolpinrud, A., O'Brien, M. F., Justice, W. S., Barrows, M., Steele, O. D., Gent, S., & Meredith, A. (2017). Infrared Thermography as a Diagnostic Tool for Pododermatitis in Captive Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus). Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research (JZAR), 5(1),

This cross-sectional study investigated the use of infrared thermography as a diagnostic tool for pododermatitis in captive greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus). Photographs and thermal images were obtained for 775 feet from 408 flamingos held a... Read More about Infrared Thermography as a Diagnostic Tool for Pododermatitis in Captive Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus).

The Typical Advantage of Object-Based Attention Reflects Reduced Spatial Cost (2017)
Journal Article
Yeshurun, Y., & Rashal, E. (2017). The Typical Advantage of Object-Based Attention Reflects Reduced Spatial Cost. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43(1), 69-77. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000308

5-Fr sheathless transradial cardiac catheterization using conventional catheters and balloon assisted tracking; a new approach to downsizing (2017)
Journal Article
Mamas, M. A., George, S., Ratib, K., Kwok, C. S., Elkhazin, A., Sandhu, K., …Nolan, J. (2017). 5-Fr sheathless transradial cardiac catheterization using conventional catheters and balloon assisted tracking; a new approach to downsizing. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, 18(1), 28-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2016.09.003

Eigenvalue Problem in a Solid with Many Inclusions: Asymptotic Analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Maz'ya, V. G., Movchan, A. B., & Nieves, M. J. (2017). Eigenvalue Problem in a Solid with Many Inclusions: Asymptotic Analysis. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation: A SIAM Interdisciplinary Journal, 15(2), 1003-1047. https://doi.org/10.1137/16m1079348

Fabrication and characterization of 3D complex hydroxyapatite scaffolds with hierarchical porosity of different features for optimal bioactive performance (2017)
Journal Article
Chen, Z., Zhang, X., Yang, Y., Zhou, K., Wragg, N., Liu, Y., …Liu, C. (2017). Fabrication and characterization of 3D complex hydroxyapatite scaffolds with hierarchical porosity of different features for optimal bioactive performance. Ceramics International, 43(1 Part A), 336-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.09.160

To improve the biological performance of hydroxyapatite scaffolds in bone tissue engineering, graphite was used as porogen to create additional micro/nanoporosity to macroporosity, resulting in hierarchical porosity. For maximum imitation of natural... Read More about Fabrication and characterization of 3D complex hydroxyapatite scaffolds with hierarchical porosity of different features for optimal bioactive performance.

Sebastian Groes, British Fiction of the Sixties: The Making of the Swinging Decade (2017)
Journal Article
Bentley, N. (2017). Sebastian Groes, British Fiction of the Sixties: The Making of the Swinging Decade. Literature and History, 26, 150--153. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306197317706851s

Working-Class Writing and the Decline of Class Consciousness (2017)
Book Chapter
Bentley, N. (2017). Working-Class Writing and the Decline of Class Consciousness. In B. Schoene, & E. Pollard (Eds.), Accelerated Times: British Literature in Transition, Volume 5: 1980-2000. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316344071.011

Coupling of vinculin to F-actin demands syndecan-4 proteoglycan (2017)
Journal Article
Cavalheiro, R., Lima, M., Jarrouge-Boucas, T., Viana, G., Lopes, C., Coulson-Thomas, V., …Nader, H. (2017). Coupling of vinculin to F-actin demands syndecan-4 proteoglycan. Matrix Biology, 63, 23--37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matbio.2016.12.006

Investigating the relationship between temperature, conformation and calcium binding in heparin model oligosaccharides (2017)
Journal Article
Hughes, A., Meneghetti, M., Huang, T., Hung, S., Elli, S., Guerrini, M., …Yates, E. (2017). Investigating the relationship between temperature, conformation and calcium binding in heparin model oligosaccharides. Carbohydrate Research, 438, 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2016.12.002

Glycosaminoglycans such as heparan sulfate (HS) are major components of the cell surface and extracellular matrix (ECM) of all multicellular animals, connecting cells to each other as well as to their environment. The ECM must, therefore, both sense... Read More about Investigating the relationship between temperature, conformation and calcium binding in heparin model oligosaccharides.

UKCPA viewpoint: Yellow Card reporting (2017)
Journal Article
Gunnell. (2017). UKCPA viewpoint: Yellow Card reporting

“Deflecting elastic prism” and unidirectional localisation for waves in chiral elastic systems (2017)
Journal Article
Carta, G., Jones, I., Movchan, N., Movchan, A., & Nieves, M. (2017). “Deflecting elastic prism” and unidirectional localisation for waves in chiral elastic systems. Scientific reports, 7, Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00054-6

For the first time, a design of a “deflecting elastic prism” is proposed and implemented for waves in a chiral medium. A novel model of an elastic lattice connected to a non-uniform system of gyroscopic spinners is designed to create a unidirectional... Read More about “Deflecting elastic prism” and unidirectional localisation for waves in chiral elastic systems.

Impact of HIV on inpatient mortality and complications in stroke in Thailand; A National Database Study (2017)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2017). Impact of HIV on inpatient mortality and complications in stroke in Thailand; A National Database Study. Epidemiology and Infection, 1285-1291. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095026881600340X

The co-existence of stroke and HIV has increased in recent years, but the impact of HIV on post-stroke outcomes is poorly understood. We examined the impact of HIV on inpatient mortality, length of acute hospital stay and complications (pneumonia, re... Read More about Impact of HIV on inpatient mortality and complications in stroke in Thailand; A National Database Study.