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The Elusive Promise of Bioimpedance in Fluid Management of Patients Undergoing Dialysis (2020)
Journal Article
Davies, S. J. (2020). The Elusive Promise of Bioimpedance in Fluid Management of Patients Undergoing Dialysis. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 15(5), 597-599. https://doi.org/10.2215/cjn.01770220

There can be little doubt that bioimpedance measurements in patients undergoing dialysis have predictive value. In a systematic review of cohort studies in which multivariable survival models were reported, 32 out of 38 found that overhydration deter... Read More about The Elusive Promise of Bioimpedance in Fluid Management of Patients Undergoing Dialysis.

Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study. Colorectal Disease, 1359-1366. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15094

Aim To analyse trends in admission and surgery for rectal prolapse in adults in England between 2001 and 2012 as well as prolapse reoperation rates. Method Analysis of data derived from a comparative longitudinal population-based cohort study us... Read More about Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study.

Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study. Colorectal Disease, https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15094

Background This study analysed trends in admission and surgery for rectal prolapse in adults in England between 2001 and 2012 as well as prolapse reoperation rates. Methods Analysis of data derived from a comparative longitudinal population-base... Read More about Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study.

Datafication of epistemic equality: advancing understandings of teaching excellence beyond benchmarked performativity. (2020)
Journal Article
Hayes, & Cheng. (2020). Datafication of epistemic equality: advancing understandings of teaching excellence beyond benchmarked performativity. Teaching in Higher Education, 25(4), 493-509. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2019.1689387

The paper critiques key international teaching excellence and higher education outcomes frameworks for their lack of attention to epistemic equality. It subsequently argues that adequate ‘datafication’ of these frameworks, to demonstrate the extent t... Read More about Datafication of epistemic equality: advancing understandings of teaching excellence beyond benchmarked performativity..

Youth Culture (2020)
Book Chapter
Broughton, J., & Loewenthal, J. (2020). Youth Culture. . SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529714388.n638

This four-volume encyclopedia covers a wide range of themes and topics, including: Social Constructions of Childhood Children's Rights Politics/Representations/Geographies Child-specific Research Methods Histories of Childhood/Transnational Childhood... Read More about Youth Culture.

Practical Paediatric Prescribing, 1st Edition (2020)
Book
Carroll, W., Gilchrist, F. J., Mitchell, M., Sammons, H., & Srinivas, J. (2020). Practical Paediatric Prescribing, 1st Edition. Elsevier

Prescribing for children is problematic. Children are not small adults in terms of their physiology, and they cannot be subjects in clinical trials. This makes prescribing for them something of an art and a daunting one at that for trainees. Will Car... Read More about Practical Paediatric Prescribing, 1st Edition.

Recent Advances in the Chemical Synthesis and Evaluation of Anticancer Nucleoside Analogues. (2020)
Journal Article
Guinan, M., Benckendorff, C., Smith, M., & Miller, G. (2020). Recent Advances in the Chemical Synthesis and Evaluation of Anticancer Nucleoside Analogues. Molecules, 25(9), https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25092050

Nucleoside analogues have proven to be highly successful chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of a wide variety of cancers. Several such compounds, including gemcitabine and cytarabine, are the go-to option in first-line treatments. However, thes... Read More about Recent Advances in the Chemical Synthesis and Evaluation of Anticancer Nucleoside Analogues..

Hypofractionated breast radiotherapy for 1 week versus 3 weeks (FAST-Forward): 5-year efficacy and late normal tissue effects results from a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised, phase 3 trial (2020)
Journal Article
Brunt, A. M., Haviland, J. S., Wheatley, D. A., Sydenham, M. A., Alhasso, A., Bloomfield, D. J., …Management Group, F. T. (2020). Hypofractionated breast radiotherapy for 1 week versus 3 weeks (FAST-Forward): 5-year efficacy and late normal tissue effects results from a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised, phase 3 trial. The Lancet, 395(10237), 1613 - 1626. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2820%2930932-6

BACKGROUND: We aimed to identify a five-fraction schedule of adjuvant radiotherapy (radiation therapy) delivered in 1 week that is non-inferior in terms of local cancer control and is as safe as an international standard 15-fraction regimen after pri... Read More about Hypofractionated breast radiotherapy for 1 week versus 3 weeks (FAST-Forward): 5-year efficacy and late normal tissue effects results from a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised, phase 3 trial.

Determination of cut-off and correlates of delay in treatment-seeking of febrile illness: a retrospective analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Bajpai, R. C., Tiwari, P., & Chaturvedi, H. K. (2020). Determination of cut-off and correlates of delay in treatment-seeking of febrile illness: a retrospective analysis. BMC Public Health, 20(1), Article 572. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08660-2

Background Early diagnosis and treatment of malaria symptoms reduces the risk of severe complication and malaria transmission. However, delay in malaria diagnosis and treatment is a major public health problem in India. The primary aim of the study... Read More about Determination of cut-off and correlates of delay in treatment-seeking of febrile illness: a retrospective analysis.

Musculoskeletal pain phenotyping: Our end point should be clinical feasibility - A commentary to Meisingset et al. "Novel approach towards musculoskeletal phenotypes" (2020)
Journal Article
Stynes, S. (2020). Musculoskeletal pain phenotyping: Our end point should be clinical feasibility - A commentary to Meisingset et al. "Novel approach towards musculoskeletal phenotypes". European Journal of Pain, 24(6), 1005-1006. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1578

This journal recently published a paper by Meisingset et al., entitled "Novel approach towards musculoskeletal phenotypes.” The study's aim was to identify and validate phenotypes of patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) pain based on 11 common prog... Read More about Musculoskeletal pain phenotyping: Our end point should be clinical feasibility - A commentary to Meisingset et al. "Novel approach towards musculoskeletal phenotypes".

Laparoscopic ablation or excision with helium thermal coagulator versus electrodiathermy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate endometriosis: randomised controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
Misra, G., Sim, J., Jerreat, S., Coia, T., Ritchie, J., O'Brien, S., …El-Gizawy, Z. (2020). Laparoscopic ablation or excision with helium thermal coagulator versus electrodiathermy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate endometriosis: randomised controlled trial. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 127(12), 1528-1535. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16279

OBJECTIVE: To compare electrodiathermy with helium thermal coagulation in laparoscopic treatment of mild-to-moderate endometriosis. DESIGN: Parallel-group randomised controlled trial. SETTING: A UK endometriosis centre. POPULATION: Non-pregnant women... Read More about Laparoscopic ablation or excision with helium thermal coagulator versus electrodiathermy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate endometriosis: randomised controlled trial.

A simple checklist, that is all it takes: a cluster randomized controlled field trial on improving the treatment of suspected terrorists by the police (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). A simple checklist, that is all it takes: a cluster randomized controlled field trial on improving the treatment of suspected terrorists by the police. Journal of Experimental Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-020-09428-9

When it comes to interviewing suspected terrorists, global evidence points to harsh interrogation procedures, despite the likelihood of false positives. How can the state maintain an effective counterterrorism policy while simultaneously protecting c... Read More about A simple checklist, that is all it takes: a cluster randomized controlled field trial on improving the treatment of suspected terrorists by the police.

Bringing osteoporosis up to date: time to address the identity crisis (2020)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Ong, T., & Armstrong, D. J. (2020). Bringing osteoporosis up to date: time to address the identity crisis. Age and ageing, 49(3), 329 - 331. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa022

The WHO definition no longer relates to the population for whom osteoporosis drugs are recommended. Confusion about what osteoporosis is, and what bone density scan results mean, contributes to poor treatment uptake. A consistent international... Read More about Bringing osteoporosis up to date: time to address the identity crisis.

Structural characteristics associated with radiographic severity of first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis (2020)
Journal Article
Roddy, E., Buldt, A. K., Munteanu, S. E., Allan, J. J., Tan, J. M., Auhl, M., …Menz, H. B. (2021). Structural characteristics associated with radiographic severity of first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 73(7), 1023-1030. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24227

Objective To determine whether foot structure varies according to the presence and radiographic severity of first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis (first MTPJ OA). Methods Weight-bearing dorso-plantar and lateral radiographs were obtaine... Read More about Structural characteristics associated with radiographic severity of first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis.

Laparoscopic ablation or excision with helium thermal coagulator versus electrodiathermy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate endometriosis: randomized controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article
Misra, G., Sim, J., El-Gizawy, Z., Watts, K., Jerreat, S., Coia, T., …O'Brien, S. (2020). Laparoscopic ablation or excision with helium thermal coagulator versus electrodiathermy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate endometriosis: randomized controlled trial. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16279

Objective: To compare electrodiathermy with helium thermal coagulation in laparoscopic treatment of mild-to-moderate endometriosis. Design: Parallel-group randomized controlled trial. Setting: A UK endometriosis centre. Population: Non-pregnant women... Read More about Laparoscopic ablation or excision with helium thermal coagulator versus electrodiathermy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate endometriosis: randomized controlled trial.

Performative entrepreneurship: identity, behaviour and place in adventure sports Enterprise (2020)
Journal Article
Dobson, S., & McLuskie, P. (2020). Performative entrepreneurship: identity, behaviour and place in adventure sports Enterprise. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 16, 879 - 895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00661-2

AbstractThis research explores entrepreneurial identity and place in adventure sports within the emerging field of sports entrepreneurship. A growing body of literature has established the broad parameters of sports entrepreneurs mainly within the fi... Read More about Performative entrepreneurship: identity, behaviour and place in adventure sports Enterprise.

Imaging of aluminium and amyloid ß in neurodegenerative disease. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Imaging of aluminium and amyloid ß in neurodegenerative disease. Heliyon, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03839

Objectives: Recent research has confirmed the presence of aluminium in human brain tissue. Quantitative analyses suggest increased brain aluminium content in a number of neurodegenerative diseases including familial Alzheimer's disease, congophilic a... Read More about Imaging of aluminium and amyloid ß in neurodegenerative disease..