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Top-down and bottom-up guidance in normal aging during scene search (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Top-down and bottom-up guidance in normal aging during scene search. Psychology and Aging, 433-451. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000485

Age-related differences in visual search have been extensively studied using simple item arrays, showing an attentional decline. Little is known about how aging affects attentional guidance during search in more complex scenes. To study this issue, w... Read More about Top-down and bottom-up guidance in normal aging during scene search.

Implementing patient direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy in primary care: views of patients, general practitioners, physiotherapists and clinical commissioners in England. (2021)
Journal Article
Protheroe. (2021). Implementing patient direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy in primary care: views of patients, general practitioners, physiotherapists and clinical commissioners in England. Physiotherapy, 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2020.07.002

PURPOSE: Musculoskeletal problems are the leading cause of chronic disability. Most patients in the UK seek initial care from general practitioners (GPs), who are struggling to meet demand. Patient direct access to National Health Service physiothera... Read More about Implementing patient direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy in primary care: views of patients, general practitioners, physiotherapists and clinical commissioners in England..

Use of Pulmonary Computed Tomography for Evaluating Suspected Stroke-Associated Pneumonia (2021)
Journal Article
Roffe. (2021). Use of Pulmonary Computed Tomography for Evaluating Suspected Stroke-Associated Pneumonia. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105757

Objectives Accurate and timely diagnosis of pneumonia complicating stroke remains challenging and the diagnostic accuracy of chest X-ray (CXR) in the setting of stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is uncertain. The overall objective of this study was t... Read More about Use of Pulmonary Computed Tomography for Evaluating Suspected Stroke-Associated Pneumonia.

Incidence and mortality due to thromboembolic events during the COVID-19 pandemic: Multi-sourced population-based health records cohort study. (2021)
Journal Article
Mamas, & Rashid. (2021). Incidence and mortality due to thromboembolic events during the COVID-19 pandemic: Multi-sourced population-based health records cohort study. Thrombosis Research, 17 - 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2021.03.006

BACKGROUND: Evidence supports an excess of deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. We report the incidence and mortality of thrombo-embolic events (TE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Multi-sourced nationwide cohort study of adults (age =18 years... Read More about Incidence and mortality due to thromboembolic events during the COVID-19 pandemic: Multi-sourced population-based health records cohort study..

Delivery of chondroitinase by canine mucosal olfactory ensheathing cells alongside rehabilitation enhances recovery after spinal cord injury (2021)
Journal Article
Prager, J., Ito, D., Carwardine, D. R., Jiju, P., Chari, D. M., Granger, N., & Wong, L. (2021). Delivery of chondroitinase by canine mucosal olfactory ensheathing cells alongside rehabilitation enhances recovery after spinal cord injury. Experimental Neurology, 1- 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113660

Spinal cord injury (SCI) can cause chronic paralysis and incontinence and remains a major worldwide healthcare burden, with no regenerative treatment clinically available. Intraspinal transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) and injectio... Read More about Delivery of chondroitinase by canine mucosal olfactory ensheathing cells alongside rehabilitation enhances recovery after spinal cord injury.

Missed acute myocardial infarction: an underrecognized problem that contributes to poor patient outcomes. (2021)
Journal Article
Mallen. (2021). Missed acute myocardial infarction: an underrecognized problem that contributes to poor patient outcomes. Coronary Artery Disease, 345-349. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCA.0000000000000975

Ischemic heart disease is the number one killer in the world. While improvements in the management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have resulted in lower mortality rates, there are still cases where AMI is missed with rates varying depending on... Read More about Missed acute myocardial infarction: an underrecognized problem that contributes to poor patient outcomes..

Clinical utility of a traditional score system for the evaluation of the peritoneal dialysis exit-site infection in a national multicentric cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Rigo, M., Pecoits-Filho, R., Lambie, M., Francisco Tuon, F., Barretti, P., Proença de Moraes, T., & Investigators, B. (2021). Clinical utility of a traditional score system for the evaluation of the peritoneal dialysis exit-site infection in a national multicentric cohort study. Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 41(3), 292-297. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860820949032

Exit-site infection (ESI) is an important risk factor for peritonitis in patients under chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD). The International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) recommend its diagnosis as the presence of purulent drainage in the exi... Read More about Clinical utility of a traditional score system for the evaluation of the peritoneal dialysis exit-site infection in a national multicentric cohort study.

Modelling Feedback Effects on the Production of Short Time Intervals (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Modelling Feedback Effects on the Production of Short Time Intervals. Timing and Time Perception, 56 - 74. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134468-bja10038

Abstract People produced time intervals of 500 to 1250?ms, with accurate feedback in ms provided after each production. The mean times produced tracked the target times closely, and the coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) declined with... Read More about Modelling Feedback Effects on the Production of Short Time Intervals.

Safety and efficacy of umbilical cord-derived Wharton's jelly compared to hyaluronic acid and saline for knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized, controlled, single-blind, multi-center trial. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Safety and efficacy of umbilical cord-derived Wharton's jelly compared to hyaluronic acid and saline for knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized, controlled, single-blind, multi-center trial. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, -. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02497-0

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder in the United States of America (USA) with a fast-rising prevalence. Current treatment modalities are limited, and total knee replacement surgeries have shown disadvantages, especially... Read More about Safety and efficacy of umbilical cord-derived Wharton's jelly compared to hyaluronic acid and saline for knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized, controlled, single-blind, multi-center trial..

Potential of biomarkers during pharmacological therapy setting for postmenopausal osteoporosis: a systematic review. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Potential of biomarkers during pharmacological therapy setting for postmenopausal osteoporosis: a systematic review. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 1- 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02497-0

BACKGROUND: Biochemical markers of bone turnover (BTMs), such as the bone alkaline phosphatase (bALP), procollagen type I N propeptide (PINP), serum cross-linked C-telopeptides of type I collagen (bCTx), and urinary cross-linked N-telopeptides of typ... Read More about Potential of biomarkers during pharmacological therapy setting for postmenopausal osteoporosis: a systematic review..

Evolution of Wolf-Rayet stars as black hole progenitors (2021)
Journal Article
Higgins, E. R., Sander, A. A. C., Vink, J. S., & Hirschi, R. (2021). Evolution of Wolf-Rayet stars as black hole progenitors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505(4), 4874-4889. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1548

Evolved Wolf-Rayet stars form a key aspect of massive star evolution, and their strong outflows determine their final fates. In this study, we calculate grids of stellar models for a wide range of initial masses at five metallicities (ranging from so... Read More about Evolution of Wolf-Rayet stars as black hole progenitors.

Structural insights into protein folding, stability and activity using in vivo perdeuteration of hen egg-white lysozyme (2021)
Journal Article
Ramos, J., Laux, V., Haertlein, M., Erba, E. B., McAuley, K. E., Forsyth, V. T., …Langkilde, A. E. (2021). Structural insights into protein folding, stability and activity using in vivo perdeuteration of hen egg-white lysozyme. IUCrJ, 8, 372-386. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252521001299

This structural and biophysical study exploited a method of perdeuterating hen egg-white lysozyme based on the expression of insoluble protein in Escherichia coli followed by in-column chemical refolding. This allowed detailed comparisons with perdeu... Read More about Structural insights into protein folding, stability and activity using in vivo perdeuteration of hen egg-white lysozyme.

Nurture, Pleasure and Read and Resist!: Abolition Feminist Methodology for a Collective Recovery? (2021)
Journal Article
Emmerich, F., & Adams, F. (2021). Nurture, Pleasure and Read and Resist!: Abolition Feminist Methodology for a Collective Recovery?. Feminist Legal Studies, 29, 399–410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-021-09463-5

COVID-19 has magnified intersecting inequalities that are central to the functioning of capitalism. At the height of the crisis, the value of an economy based on the exchange of goods and services faded away to expose the importance of care across th... Read More about Nurture, Pleasure and Read and Resist!: Abolition Feminist Methodology for a Collective Recovery?.

Methodology over metrics: Current scientific standards are a disservice to patients and society. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). Methodology over metrics: Current scientific standards are a disservice to patients and society. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 219-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.05.018

Covid-19 research made it painfully clear that the scandal of poor medical research, as denounced by Altman in 1994, persists today. The overall quality of medical research remains poor, despite longstanding criticisms. The problems are well known, b... Read More about Methodology over metrics: Current scientific standards are a disservice to patients and society..

Systematic review of training environments with motor imagery brain–computer interface: Coherent taxonomy, open issues and recommendation pathway solution (2021)
Journal Article
Al-Qaysi, Z. T., Ahmed, M. A., Hammash, N. M., Hussein, A. F., Albahri, A. S., Suzani, M. S., …Salih, M. M. (2021). Systematic review of training environments with motor imagery brain–computer interface: Coherent taxonomy, open issues and recommendation pathway solution. Health and Technology, 11(4), 783-801. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-021-00560-8

The brain–computer interface (BCI) technique represents one of the furthermost active interdisciplinary study domains and includes a wide knowledge spectrum from a different disciplines such as medicine, neuroscience, machine learning and rehabilitat... Read More about Systematic review of training environments with motor imagery brain–computer interface: Coherent taxonomy, open issues and recommendation pathway solution.

MO680INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF ICODEXTRIN PRESCRIPTION PRACTICE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH FLUID REMOVAL, BLOOD PRESSURE, PATIENT AND TECHNIQUE SURVIVAL* (2021)
Journal Article
Davies. (2021). MO680INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF ICODEXTRIN PRESCRIPTION PRACTICE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH FLUID REMOVAL, BLOOD PRESSURE, PATIENT AND TECHNIQUE SURVIVAL*. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfab101.002

Abstract Background and Aims Icodextrin is designed to maintain ultrafiltration during the long dwell, especially when there is a risk of increased fluid reabsorption (fast peritoneal solute transfer rate, PSTR), without the need for excessive use o... Read More about MO680INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF ICODEXTRIN PRESCRIPTION PRACTICE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH FLUID REMOVAL, BLOOD PRESSURE, PATIENT AND TECHNIQUE SURVIVAL*.

MO681PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TIME ON THERAPY AND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN DEATH, TRANSFER TO HEMODIALYSIS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: RESULTS FROM THE PDOPPS (2021)
Journal Article
Lambie, & Davies. (2021). MO681PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TIME ON THERAPY AND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN DEATH, TRANSFER TO HEMODIALYSIS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: RESULTS FROM THE PDOPPS. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation,

Abstract Background and Aims Comparing and interpreting regional differences in peritoneal dialysis (PD) time on therapy needs to consider differences in the rates of permanent transfer to hemodialysis (HDT), death or kidney transplantation. Here we... Read More about MO681PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TIME ON THERAPY AND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN DEATH, TRANSFER TO HEMODIALYSIS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: RESULTS FROM THE PDOPPS.

European Union Child Guarantee-challenges raised by the welcome promise of free healthcare for marginalized children. (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). European Union Child Guarantee-challenges raised by the welcome promise of free healthcare for marginalized children. European Journal of Public Health, 943-950. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab062

BACKGROUND: Children are dependent on the way in which society provides healthcare, with primary and preventive care being initial components. They also have a generally acclaimed right to health, and to lack of impediment to access to healthcare. In... Read More about European Union Child Guarantee-challenges raised by the welcome promise of free healthcare for marginalized children..

Quantifying Missingness in Wearable Heart Rate Recordings (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Collins, T., Woolley, S. I., Oniani, S., & Pandyan, A. (2021, May). Quantifying Missingness in Wearable Heart Rate Recordings. Presented at Medical Informatics Europe 2021, Virtual

Wrist-worn photoplethysmography (PPG) heart rate monitoring devices are increasingly used in clinical applications despite the potential for data missingness and inaccuracy. This paper provides an analysis of the intermittency of experimental wearabl... Read More about Quantifying Missingness in Wearable Heart Rate Recordings.