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Endothelial progenitor cells: exploring the pleiotropic effects of statins (2017)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2017). Endothelial progenitor cells: exploring the pleiotropic effects of statins. World Journal of Cardiology, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v9.i1.1

Statins have become a cornerstone of risk modification for ischaemic heart disease patients. A number of studies have shown that they are effective and safe. However studies have observed an early benefit in terms of a reduction in recurrent infarct... Read More about Endothelial progenitor cells: exploring the pleiotropic effects of statins.

Evaluating on-line health information for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a descriptive study (2017)
Journal Article
Vivekanantham, A., Protheroe, J., Muller, S., & Hider, S. (2017). Evaluating on-line health information for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a descriptive study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 43 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1416-5

BACKGROUND: The Internet is increasingly used to access health information, although the quality of information varies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the readability, and quality of websites about polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS: Three... Read More about Evaluating on-line health information for patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a descriptive study.

Multilevel Modeling of Binary Outcomes with Three-Level Complex Health Survey Data (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Multilevel Modeling of Binary Outcomes with Three-Level Complex Health Survey Data. Open Journal of Epidemiology, 27 - 43. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojepi.2017.71004

Complex survey designs often involve unequal selection probabilities of clusters or units within clusters. When estimating models for complex survey data, scaled weights are incorporated into the likelihood, producing a pseudo likelihood. In a 3-leve... Read More about Multilevel Modeling of Binary Outcomes with Three-Level Complex Health Survey Data.

Patients' views on the causes of their polymyalgia rheumatica: a content analysis of data from the PMR Cohort Study (2017)
Journal Article
Tshimologo, M., Saunders, B., Muller, S., Mallen, C. D., & Hider, S. L. (2017). Patients' views on the causes of their polymyalgia rheumatica: a content analysis of data from the PMR Cohort Study. BMJ Open, e014301 -?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014301

OBJECTIVE: To explore primary care polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patient beliefs about the causes of their PMR. DESIGN: Qualitative content analysis was conducted on patients' written responses to the question of what they thought had caused their PMR... Read More about Patients' views on the causes of their polymyalgia rheumatica: a content analysis of data from the PMR Cohort Study.

An adaptive moving mesh method for thin film flow equations with surface tension (2017)
Journal Article
Naire. (2017). An adaptive moving mesh method for thin film flow equations with surface tension. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 365-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2017.01.019

We present an adaptive moving mesh method for the numerical solution of thin liquid film spreading flows with surface tension. We follow the r-adaptive moving mesh technique which utilises a mesh density function and moving mesh partial differential... Read More about An adaptive moving mesh method for thin film flow equations with surface tension.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Calibration strategy (2017)
Journal Article
Pancino, E., Lardo, C., Altavilla, G., Marinoni, S., Ragaini, S., Cocozza, G., …Koch, A. (2017). The Gaia-ESO Survey: Calibration strategy. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 598, A5. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629450

The Gaia-ESO survey (GES) is now in its fifth and last year of observations and has produced tens of thousands of high-quality spectra of stars in all Milky Way components. This paper presents the strategy behind the selection of astrophysical calibr... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: Calibration strategy.

The humanistic and economic burden of chronic wounds: a protocol for a systematic review (2017)
Journal Article
Järbrink, K., Ni, G., Sönnergren, H., Schmidtchen, A., Pang, C., Bajpai, R., & Car, J. (2017). The humanistic and economic burden of chronic wounds: a protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0400-8

Background: Chronic non-healing wounds present a substantial economic burden to healthcare system; significant reductions in quality of life for those affected, and precede often serious events such as limp amputations or even premature deaths. This... Read More about The humanistic and economic burden of chronic wounds: a protocol for a systematic review.

Assessing Music Perception in Young Children: Evidence for and Psychometric Features of the M-Factor (2017)
Journal Article
Lamont. (2017). Assessing Music Perception in Young Children: Evidence for and Psychometric Features of the M-Factor. Frontiers in Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00018

Given the relationship between language acquisition and music processing, musical perception (MP) skills have been proposed as a tool for early diagnosis of speech and language difficulties; therefore, a psychometric instrument is needed to assess mu... Read More about Assessing Music Perception in Young Children: Evidence for and Psychometric Features of the M-Factor.

Incidence and medical management of bisphosphonate-associated atypical femoral fractures in a major trauma centre: a retrospective observational study (2017)
Journal Article
Eisenstein, N., Kasavkar, G., Bhavsar, D., Shehzaad Khan, F., & Paskins, Z. (2017). Incidence and medical management of bisphosphonate-associated atypical femoral fractures in a major trauma centre: a retrospective observational study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1392-9

BACKGROUND: Atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) are rare events associated with increased duration of bisphosphonate exposure. Recommended management of AFFs include cessation of bisphosphonates and imaging of the contralateral femur. The aims of this... Read More about Incidence and medical management of bisphosphonate-associated atypical femoral fractures in a major trauma centre: a retrospective observational study.

Peculiar architectures for the WASP-53 and WASP-81 planet-hosting systems (2017)
Journal Article
Triaud, A. H., Neveu-VanMalle, M., Lendl, M., Anderson, D. R., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., …West, R. (2017). Peculiar architectures for the WASP-53 and WASP-81 planet-hosting systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(2), 1714 - 1733. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx154

We report the detection of two new systems containing transiting planets. Both were identified by WASP as worthy transiting planet candidates. Radial velocity observations quickly verified that the photometric signals were indeed produced by two tran... Read More about Peculiar architectures for the WASP-53 and WASP-81 planet-hosting systems.

Acupuncture and electro-acupuncture for people diagnosed with subacromial pain syndrome: A multicentre randomized trial (2017)
Journal Article
Barlas, P., Lewis, J., & Sim, J. (2017). Acupuncture and electro-acupuncture for people diagnosed with subacromial pain syndrome: A multicentre randomized trial. European Journal of Pain, 1007-1019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1001

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders have been identified globally as the second most common healthcare problem for 'years lived with disability', and of these shoulder conditions are amongst the most common, frequently associated with substantial p... Read More about Acupuncture and electro-acupuncture for people diagnosed with subacromial pain syndrome: A multicentre randomized trial.

Genetic Risks, Disclosure and Foreseeable Harm: An unanswered question after ABC v St George's Healthcare (2017)
Journal Article
Fay. (2017). Genetic Risks, Disclosure and Foreseeable Harm: An unanswered question after ABC v St George's Healthcare. Tort Law Review,

ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust was a missed opportunity. The case was a first opportunity for the UK courts to engage with a duty to disclose genetic risks to patients’ relatives, but Nicol J’s judgment focused on whether a duty was fair, jus... Read More about Genetic Risks, Disclosure and Foreseeable Harm: An unanswered question after ABC v St George's Healthcare.

Community-based planning in the devolved UK (2017)
Book Chapter
Pemberton. (2017). Community-based planning in the devolved UK. In Localism and Neighbourhood Planning: Power to the People? (183-198)

A critical analysis of neighbourhood planning. Setting empirical evidence from the UK against international examples, the Editors engage in broader debates on the purposes of planning and the devolution of power to localities.

Management of obstetric postpartum hemorrhage: A national service evaluation of current practice in the UK (2017)
Journal Article
Al Wattar, B., Tamblyn, J., Parry-Smith, W., Prior, M., & Van Der Nelson, H. (2017). Management of obstetric postpartum hemorrhage: A national service evaluation of current practice in the UK. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 10, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S121737

Background: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) continues to be one of the major causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in obstetrics. Variations in practice often lead to adverse maternity outcomes following PPH. Our objective was to assess the current... Read More about Management of obstetric postpartum hemorrhage: A national service evaluation of current practice in the UK.

Monitoring thyroid function in patients on levothyroxine: audit findings and suggested change in practice (2017)
Journal Article
Scargill, J. J., Livingston, M., Holland, D., Khan, A., Duff, C. J., Fryer, A. A., & Heald, A. H. (2017). Monitoring thyroid function in patients on levothyroxine: audit findings and suggested change in practice. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 71(1), Article ARTN e12877. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.12877

With demand for endocrine tests steadily increasing year-on-year, review of requesting behaviour is very pertinent. A wealth of data now exists to suggest that there is a significant degree of unnecessary requesting of pathology tests,1-3 including e... Read More about Monitoring thyroid function in patients on levothyroxine: audit findings and suggested change in practice.

The role of the van der Waals interactions in the adsorption of anthracene and pentacene on the Ag(111) surface (2017)
Journal Article
Abreu Da Silva Morbec, J. M., & Kratzer, P. (2017). The role of the van der Waals interactions in the adsorption of anthracene and pentacene on the Ag(111) surface. Journal of Chemical Physics, 034702 -034702. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4973839

Using first-principles calculations based on density-functional theory (DFT), we investigated the effects of the van der Waals (vdW) interactions on the structural and electronic properties of anthracene and pentacene adsorbed on the Ag(111) surface.... Read More about The role of the van der Waals interactions in the adsorption of anthracene and pentacene on the Ag(111) surface.

Staying connected: structural integration at the intervertebral disc-vertebra interface of human lumbar spines. (2017)
Journal Article
Owen, S., Sharp, C., Broom, N., McCall, I., Roberts, S., Wade, K., & Rodrigues, S. (2017). Staying connected: structural integration at the intervertebral disc-vertebra interface of human lumbar spines. European Spine Journal, 248 -258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-016-4560-y

PURPOSE: To investigate the microscopic fibrous integration between the intervertebral disc, cartilage endplates and vertebral endplates in human lumbar spines of varying degrees of degeneration using differential interference contrast (DIC) optics.... Read More about Staying connected: structural integration at the intervertebral disc-vertebra interface of human lumbar spines..

What Might it Mean for Political Theory to Be More ‘Realistic’? (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). What Might it Mean for Political Theory to Be More ‘Realistic’?. Philosophia, 487-501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-016-9799-3

This paper explores two different versions of ‘the realist turn’ in recent political theory. It begins by setting out two principal realist criticisms of liberal moralism: that it is both descriptively and normatively inadequate. It then pursues the... Read More about What Might it Mean for Political Theory to Be More ‘Realistic’?.

Generic prognostic factors for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: a systematic review. (2017)
Journal Article
Artus, M., Campbell, P., Mallen, C., Dunn, K., & van der Windt, D. (2017). Generic prognostic factors for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: a systematic review. BMJ Open, e012901 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012901

OBJECTIVES: To summarise the evidence for generic prognostic factors across a range of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. SETTING: primary care. METHODS AND OUTCOMES: Comprehensive systematic literature review. MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsychINFO and EMBASE we... Read More about Generic prognostic factors for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: a systematic review..