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Monomeric C-Reactive Protein in Serum With Markedly Elevated CRP Levels Shares Common Calcium-Dependent Ligand Binding Properties With an in vitro Dissociated Form of C-Reactive Protein (2020)
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Williams, R. D., Moran, J. A., Fryer, A. A., Littlejohn, J. R., Williams, H. M., Greenhough, T. J., & Shrive, A. K. (2020). Monomeric C-Reactive Protein in Serum With Markedly Elevated CRP Levels Shares Common Calcium-Dependent Ligand Binding Properties With an in vitro Dissociated Form of C-Reactive Protein. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, Article ARTN 115. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00115

A monomeric form of C-reactive protein (CRP) which precipitates with cell wall pneumococcal C polysaccharide (CWPS) and retains the ability to reversibly bind to its ligand phosphocholine has been produced through urea-induced dissociation at an opti... Read More about Monomeric C-Reactive Protein in Serum With Markedly Elevated CRP Levels Shares Common Calcium-Dependent Ligand Binding Properties With an in vitro Dissociated Form of C-Reactive Protein.

An out-of-programme experience in medical education (2020)
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Visani, B., Ahuja, N., & McKeown, A. (2021). An out-of-programme experience in medical education. InnovAiT, 14(6), 406-408. https://doi.org/10.1177/1755738019890114

In this article, we share our experiences as GP trainees in a full time out-of-programme experience (OOPE) in medical education, uniquely situated within the Primary Care Undergraduate Team at Imperial College London. We hope that sharing our experie... Read More about An out-of-programme experience in medical education.

Opportunities and challenges around adapting supported employment interventions for people with chronic low back pain: modified nominal group technique. (2020)
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Froud, R., Amundsen, P., Bartys, S., Battie, M., Burton, K., Foster, N., …Underwood, M. (2020). Opportunities and challenges around adapting supported employment interventions for people with chronic low back pain: modified nominal group technique. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1 - 8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1716863

Purpose: To identify and rank opportunities and challenges around adapting supported employment interventions for people with chronic low back pain (LBP).Methods: Delegates from an international back and neck research forum were invited to join an ex... Read More about Opportunities and challenges around adapting supported employment interventions for people with chronic low back pain: modified nominal group technique..

Testing for causality between FDI and economic growth using heterogeneous panel data (2020)
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Tsoukis, C. (2020). Testing for causality between FDI and economic growth using heterogeneous panel data. The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 1 - 20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2019.1704843

The causal relationship between FDI inflows and growth is of great policy interest, yet the state of concrete knowledge on the issue is rather poor. Our contribution is to investigate the causal relationship between the ratio of FDI to GDP (FDIG) and... Read More about Testing for causality between FDI and economic growth using heterogeneous panel data.

Virtual reality versus conventional clinical role-play for radiographic positioning training: A students' perception study. (2020)
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Sapkaroski, D., Mundy, M., & Dimmock, M. (2020). Virtual reality versus conventional clinical role-play for radiographic positioning training: A students' perception study. Radiography, 57 - 62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.08.001

INTRODUCTION: Simulated learning environments (SLEs) are commonly utilised by educational institutions. The aim of this study was to assess if students perceptions varied relating to the effectiveness of either a virtual reality (VR) simulation or tr... Read More about Virtual reality versus conventional clinical role-play for radiographic positioning training: A students' perception study..

ACTN3's R577X Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Allele Distribution Differs Significantly in Professional Football Players according to Their Field Position. (2020)
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(2020). ACTN3's R577X Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Allele Distribution Differs Significantly in Professional Football Players according to Their Field Position. Medical Principles and Practice, 92 - 97. https://doi.org/10.1159/000509089

INTRODUCTION: Football is characterised by intermittent high-intensity efforts varying according to the field position of a player. We aimed to ascertain whether polymorphisms in the ACTN3 gene are associated with different playing positions in elite... Read More about ACTN3's R577X Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Allele Distribution Differs Significantly in Professional Football Players according to Their Field Position..

Baseline self-report 'central mechanisms' trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort. (2020)
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Swaithes. (2020). Baseline self-report 'central mechanisms' trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 173 -181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.11.004

OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether baseline scores for a self-report trait linked to central mechanisms predict 1 year pain outcomes in the Knee Pain in the Community cohort. METHOD: 1471 participants reported knee pain at baseline and responded to... Read More about Baseline self-report 'central mechanisms' trait predicts persistent knee pain in the Knee Pain in the Community (KPIC) cohort..

Parental Attachment, Adult-Child Romantic Attachment, and Marital Satisfaction: An Examination of Cultural Context in Taiwanese and Thai Heterosexual Couples (2020)
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Huang. (2020). Parental Attachment, Adult-Child Romantic Attachment, and Marital Satisfaction: An Examination of Cultural Context in Taiwanese and Thai Heterosexual Couples. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 692 - 692. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030692

Relationship dynamics between married couples can differ considerably, with varying impacts on relationship satisfaction. However, very limited research attention has been paid to how intergenerational attachment, relating to an individual’s percepti... Read More about Parental Attachment, Adult-Child Romantic Attachment, and Marital Satisfaction: An Examination of Cultural Context in Taiwanese and Thai Heterosexual Couples.

Adrenal lesions found incidentally: how to improve clinical and cost-effectiveness (2020)
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Hanna, F., Issa, B., Lea, S., George, C., Golash, A., Firn, M., …Fryer, A. (2020). Adrenal lesions found incidentally: how to improve clinical and cost-effectiveness. BMJ Open Quality, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000572

INTRODUCTION: Adrenal incidentalomas are lesions that are incidentally identified while scanning for other conditions. While most are benign and hormonally non-functional, around 20% are malignant and/or hormonally active, requiring prompt interventi... Read More about Adrenal lesions found incidentally: how to improve clinical and cost-effectiveness.

Development and Evaluation of a Screening Tool to Aid the Diagnosis of a Cluster Headache (2020)
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(2020). Development and Evaluation of a Screening Tool to Aid the Diagnosis of a Cluster Headache. Brain Sciences, https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10020077

Cluster headache (CH), a severe primary headache, is often misdiagnosed and mismanaged. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a screening tool to aid the diagnosis of CH. We developed a novel 12-item screening tool. This was comprised of... Read More about Development and Evaluation of a Screening Tool to Aid the Diagnosis of a Cluster Headache.

Weakly nonlinear analysis of localized bulging of an inflated hyperelastic tube of arbitrary wall thickness (2020)
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Fu. (2020). Weakly nonlinear analysis of localized bulging of an inflated hyperelastic tube of arbitrary wall thickness. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 103804 - 103804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2019.103804

A weakly nonlinear analysis is conducted for localized bulging of an inflated hyperelastic cylindrical tube of arbitrary wall thickness. Analytical expressions are obtained for the coefficients in the amplitude equation despite the fact that the prim... Read More about Weakly nonlinear analysis of localized bulging of an inflated hyperelastic tube of arbitrary wall thickness.

The impact of changes to national hypertension guidelines on hypertension management and outcomes in the UK (2020)
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Mallen. (2020). The impact of changes to national hypertension guidelines on hypertension management and outcomes in the UK. Hypertension, 356-364. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13926

In recent years, national and international guidelines have recommended the use of out-of-office blood pressure monitoring for diagnosing hypertension. Despite evidence of cost effectiveness, critics expressed concerns this would increase cardiovascu... Read More about The impact of changes to national hypertension guidelines on hypertension management and outcomes in the UK.

The interaction of aluminium-based adjuvants with THP-1 macrophages in vitro: Implications for cellular survival and systemic translocation. (2020)
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(2020). The interaction of aluminium-based adjuvants with THP-1 macrophages in vitro: Implications for cellular survival and systemic translocation. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 110915 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110915

Within clinical vaccinations, recombinant antigens are routinely entrapped inside or adsorbed onto the surface of aluminium salts in order to increase their immunological potency in vivo. The efficacy of these immunisations is highly dependent upon t... Read More about The interaction of aluminium-based adjuvants with THP-1 macrophages in vitro: Implications for cellular survival and systemic translocation..

Adjudicating trade and investment disputes: convergence or divergence? (2020)
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(2020). Adjudicating trade and investment disputes: convergence or divergence?

Recent trends suggest that international economic law may be witnessing a renaissance of convergence – both parallel and intersectional. The adjudicative process also reveals signs of convergence. These diverse claims of convergence are of legal, emp... Read More about Adjudicating trade and investment disputes: convergence or divergence?.

The January 2016 eruption of recurrent nova LMC 1968 (2020)
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(2020). The January 2016 eruption of recurrent nova LMC 1968. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 655-679. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2960

We present a comprehensive review of all observations of the eclipsing recurrent Nova LMC 1968 in the Large Magellanic Cloud which was previously observed in eruption in 1968, 1990, 2002, 2010, and most recently in 2016. We derive a probable recurren... Read More about The January 2016 eruption of recurrent nova LMC 1968.

Nanostructured large-pore zeolite: the enhanced accessibility of active sites and its effect on the catalytic performance (2020)
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(2020). Nanostructured large-pore zeolite: the enhanced accessibility of active sites and its effect on the catalytic performance. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109805

Zeolites Y, ZSM-5, beta, mordenite and LTL were converted into hierarchical meso-microporous catalysts applying the surfactant templating strategy and the resulting materials were utilised as catalysts for esterification and aldol condensation reacti... Read More about Nanostructured large-pore zeolite: the enhanced accessibility of active sites and its effect on the catalytic performance.

Effect of hydrogenative regeneration on the activity of beta and Pt-Beta zeolites during the transalkylation of toluene with 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (2020)
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Almulla, F., Zholobenko, V., Tedstone, A., Jumah, A., Aldossary, M., & Garforth, A. (2020). Effect of hydrogenative regeneration on the activity of beta and Pt-Beta zeolites during the transalkylation of toluene with 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 109737 - 109737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2019.109737

Catalyst deactivation remains a main challenge in the transalkylation process. To develop a cost-effective catalyst, improving the regeneration characteristics of Beta and Pt-Beta catalysts was investigated. Both Beta and Pt-Beta catalysts were studi... Read More about Effect of hydrogenative regeneration on the activity of beta and Pt-Beta zeolites during the transalkylation of toluene with 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene.

The Hospital Frailty Risk Score and its association with in-hospital mortality, cost, length of stay and discharge location in patients with heart failure (2020)
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Shing Kwok, C., Zieroth, S., Van Spall, H. G. C., Helliwell, T., Clarson, L., Mohamed, M., …Mamas, M. A. (2020). The Hospital Frailty Risk Score and its association with in-hospital mortality, cost, length of stay and discharge location in patients with heart failure. International Journal of Cardiology, 184-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.09.064

Background: Little is known about frailty amongst patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) on a national level. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients admitted to hospital for HF in the United States. We examined how... Read More about The Hospital Frailty Risk Score and its association with in-hospital mortality, cost, length of stay and discharge location in patients with heart failure.