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Unusually High Mortality in Waterfowl Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Bangladesh (2017)
Journal Article
Haider, N. (2017). Unusually High Mortality in Waterfowl Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Bangladesh. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 144 - 156. https://doi.org/10.1111/TBED.12354

Mortality in ducks and geese caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) infection had not been previously identified in Bangladesh. In June–July 2011, we investigated mortality in ducks, geese and chickens with suspected H5N1 infection in a... Read More about Unusually High Mortality in Waterfowl Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Bangladesh.

Intentional and Unintentional Medication Non-Adherence in Psoriasis: The Role of Patients' Medication Beliefs and Habit Strength (2017)
Journal Article
Thorneloe, R. J., Griffiths, C. E., Emsley, R., Ashcroft, D. M., Cordingley, L., Biologic Interventions Register, B. A. O. D., …Warren, R. (2018). Intentional and Unintentional Medication Non-Adherence in Psoriasis: The Role of Patients' Medication Beliefs and Habit Strength. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 138(4), 785 - 794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2017.11.015

Medication non-adherence is a missed opportunity for therapeutic benefit. We assessed "real-world" levels of self-reported non-adherence to conventional and biologic systemic therapies used for psoriasis and evaluated psychological and biomedical fac... Read More about Intentional and Unintentional Medication Non-Adherence in Psoriasis: The Role of Patients' Medication Beliefs and Habit Strength.

An innovative long final year assistantship in general practice: description and evaluation (2017)
Journal Article
McKinley, R. K., Bartlett, M., Gay, S., Gibson, S., Panesar, A., & Webb, M. (2017). An innovative long final year assistantship in general practice: description and evaluation. Education for Primary Care, 35-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2017.1399829

We describe and evaluate an innovative immersive 15 week final year assistantship in general practice. Evaluation data was taken from five years of routinely collected School data and available national comparative data. The assistantship aims to ena... Read More about An innovative long final year assistantship in general practice: description and evaluation.

Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs and jaundice among pig handlers in Bangladesh (2017)
Journal Article
Haider, N., Khan, M., Hossain, M., Sazzad, H., Rahman, M., Ahmed, F., & Zeidner, N. (2017). Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs and jaundice among pig handlers in Bangladesh. Zoonoses and Public Health, 572 - 577. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12372

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of viral hepatitis in humans. Pigs may act as a reservoir of HEV, and pig handlers were frequently identified with a higher prevalence of antibodies to HEV. The objectives of this study were to identif... Read More about Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs and jaundice among pig handlers in Bangladesh.

A randomised trial of the influence of racial stereotype bias on examiners’ scores, feedback and recollections in undergraduate clinical exams (2017)
Journal Article
Yeates. (2017). A randomised trial of the influence of racial stereotype bias on examiners’ scores, feedback and recollections in undergraduate clinical exams. BMC Medicine, 179 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0943-0

Asian medical students and doctors receive lower scores on average than their white counterparts in examinations in the UK and internationally (a phenomenon known as “differential attainment”). This could be due to examiner bias or to social, psychol... Read More about A randomised trial of the influence of racial stereotype bias on examiners’ scores, feedback and recollections in undergraduate clinical exams.

Using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors’ memorable 'firsts' (2017)
Journal Article
Lefroy. (2017). Using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors’ memorable 'firsts'. Medical Education, 1037-1048. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13370

CONTEXT: Doctors must be competent from their first day of practice if patients are to be safe. Medical students and new doctors are acutely aware of this, but describe being variably prepared.

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to identify causal chai... Read More about Using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors’ memorable 'firsts'.

Qualitative research using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors' memorable 'firsts' (2017)
Journal Article
Lefroy, J., Yardley, S., Kinston, R., Gay, S., McBain, S., & McKinley, R. (2017). Qualitative research using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors' memorable 'firsts'. Medical Education, 1037-1048. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13370

CONTEXT: Doctors must be competent from their first day of practice if patients are to be safe. Medical students and new doctors are acutely aware of this, but describe being variably prepared.

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to identify causal chai... Read More about Qualitative research using realist evaluation to explain preparedness for doctors' memorable 'firsts'.

Mild Respiratory Illness Among Young Children Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011. (2017)
Journal Article
A, C., M, R., MJ, H., SU, K., MS, H., R, S., …K, S. (2017). Mild Respiratory Illness Among Young Children Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011. Journal of Infectious Diseases, S520 - S528. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix019

Background
In March 2011, a multidisciplinary team investigated 2 human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection, detected through population-based active surveillance for influenza in Bangladesh, to assess transmission and... Read More about Mild Respiratory Illness Among Young Children Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011..

'If it's a medical issue I would have covered it by now': learning about fibromyalgia through the hidden curriculum: a qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article
Silverwood, V., & Chew-Graham, C. (2017). 'If it's a medical issue I would have covered it by now': learning about fibromyalgia through the hidden curriculum: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Education, 160 -?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-017-0972-6

BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a long-term condition that affects between 1 and 5% of the general population and lies within the spectrum of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). FMS can be difficult to diagnose and is usually done so as... Read More about 'If it's a medical issue I would have covered it by now': learning about fibromyalgia through the hidden curriculum: a qualitative study.

Nanoscale correlation of iron biochemistry with amyloid plaque morphology in Alzheimer’s disease transgenic mouse cortex (2017)
Journal Article
Telling, N., Everett, J., Collingwood, J. F., Dobson, J., van der Laan, G., Gallagher, J. J., …Hitchcock, A. P. (2017). Nanoscale correlation of iron biochemistry with amyloid plaque morphology in Alzheimer’s disease transgenic mouse cortex. Cell chemical biology, 24(10), 1205-1215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.07.014

A signature characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is aggregation of amyloid-beta (Aß) fibrils in the brain. Nevertheless, the links between Aß and AD pathology remain incompletely understood. It has been proposed that neurotoxicity arising from... Read More about Nanoscale correlation of iron biochemistry with amyloid plaque morphology in Alzheimer’s disease transgenic mouse cortex.

Artificial Neural Network Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds for the detection of lung cancer (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Butcher, J. B., Rutter, A. V., Wootton, A. J., Day, C. R., & Sulé-Suso, J. (2017). Artificial Neural Network Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds for the detection of lung cancer. In Advances in Computational Intelligence Systems (183-190). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66939-7_15

Lung cancer is a widespread disease and it is well understood that systematic, non-invasive and early detection of this progressive and life-threatening disorder is of vital importance for patient outcomes. In this work we present a convergence of fa... Read More about Artificial Neural Network Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds for the detection of lung cancer.

How to Teach Health IT Evaluation: Recommendations for Health IT Evaluation Courses (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). How to Teach Health IT Evaluation: Recommendations for Health IT Evaluation Courses. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-808-2-3

Systematic health IT evaluation studies are needed to ensure system quality and safety and to provide the basis for evidence-based health informatics. Well-trained health informatics specialists are required to guarantee that health IT evaluation stu... Read More about How to Teach Health IT Evaluation: Recommendations for Health IT Evaluation Courses.

Microclimatic temperatures increase the potential for vector-borne disease transmission in the Scandinavian climate (2017)
Journal Article
Haider, N., Kirkeby, C., Kristensen, B., Jung Kjær, L., Havskov Sørensen, J., & Bødker, R. (2017). Microclimatic temperatures increase the potential for vector-borne disease transmission in the Scandinavian climate. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08514-9

We quantified the difference between the meteorological temperature recorded by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) weather stations and the actual microclimatic temperatures at two or three different heights at six potential insect habitats. W... Read More about Microclimatic temperatures increase the potential for vector-borne disease transmission in the Scandinavian climate.

Evolution and spread of Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex alphavirus in the Americas. (2017)
Journal Article
Forrester-Soto, Auguste, A., Dugan, V., Lin, D., Adams, A., Forrester, N., …Weaver, S. (2017). Evolution and spread of Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex alphavirus in the Americas. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005693

Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) complex alphaviruses are important re-emerging arboviruses that cause life-threatening disease in equids during epizootics as well as spillover human infections. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of VEE comple... Read More about Evolution and spread of Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex alphavirus in the Americas..

Partial-breast radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery for patients with early breast cancer (UK IMPORT LOW trial): 5-year results from a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. (2017)
Journal Article
Coles, C. E., Griffin, C. L., Kirby, A. M., Titley, J., Agrawal, R. K., Alhasso, A., …Bliss, J. M. (2017). Partial-breast radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery for patients with early breast cancer (UK IMPORT LOW trial): 5-year results from a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. The Lancet, 390(10099), 1048 - 1060. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2817%2931145-5

BACKGROUND: Local cancer relapse risk after breast conservation surgery followed by radiotherapy has fallen sharply in many countries, and is influenced by patient age and clinicopathological factors. We hypothesise that partial-breast radiotherapy r... Read More about Partial-breast radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery for patients with early breast cancer (UK IMPORT LOW trial): 5-year results from a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3, non-inferiority trial..

TMEFF2 shedding is regulated by oxidative stress and mediated by ADAMs and transmembrane serine proteases implicated in prostate cancer (2017)
Journal Article
Gaweł-Bęben, K., Ali, N., Ellis, V., Velasco, G., Poghosyan, Z., Ager, A., & Knäuper, V. (2017). TMEFF2 shedding is regulated by oxidative stress and mediated by ADAMs and transmembrane serine proteases implicated in prostate cancer. Cell Biology International, 42(3), 273 - 280. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.10832

TMEFF2 is a type I transmembrane protein with two follistatin (FS) and one EGF-like domain over-expressed in prostate cancer; however its biological role in prostate cancer development and progression remains unclear, which may, at least in part, be... Read More about TMEFF2 shedding is regulated by oxidative stress and mediated by ADAMs and transmembrane serine proteases implicated in prostate cancer.

Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 1896 -1911. https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280215592269

Hierarchical models such as the bivariate and hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic (HSROC) models are recommended for meta-analysis of test accuracy studies. These models are challenging to fit when there are few studies and/or spar... Read More about Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data.

Efficiency of the Clinical Veterinary Diagnostic Practices and Drug Choices for Infectious Diseases in Livestock in Bangladesh (2017)
Journal Article
Haider, N., Khan, S., Islam, A., Osmani, M., Rahman, M., Epstein, J., …Zeidner, N. (2017). Efficiency of the Clinical Veterinary Diagnostic Practices and Drug Choices for Infectious Diseases in Livestock in Bangladesh. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 1329 - 1333. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12502

As in most low-income countries, adequate laboratory facilities are not available in Bangladesh to assist veterinarians in diagnosing animal diseases. We aimed to determine the efficiency of veterinary diagnoses for two common ruminant diseases in Ba... Read More about Efficiency of the Clinical Veterinary Diagnostic Practices and Drug Choices for Infectious Diseases in Livestock in Bangladesh.

The unequivocal identification and visualisation of aluminium in human brain tissues using novel techniques. (2017)
Thesis
Mirza, A. (2017). The unequivocal identification and visualisation of aluminium in human brain tissues using novel techniques. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/409155

The aim of this thesis was to optimise a method for the unequivocal identification of aluminium (Al) in human brain tissue. The second aim was to devise a protocol that was simple to implement and as such could be carried out without the need for sop... Read More about The unequivocal identification and visualisation of aluminium in human brain tissues using novel techniques..