All Outputs (1053)

Cognitive lifestyle jointly predicts longitudinal cognitive decline and mortality risk (2014)
Journal Article
Marioni, R. E., Proust-Lima, C., Amieva, H., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., Dartigues, J. F., & Jacqmin-Gadda, H. (2014). Cognitive lifestyle jointly predicts longitudinal cognitive decline and mortality risk. European Journal of Epidemiology, 29(3), 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-014-9881-8

Cognitive lifestyle measures such as education, occupation, and social engagement are commonly associated with late-life cognitive ability although their associations with cognitive decline tend to be mixed. However, longitudinal analyses of cognitio... Read More about Cognitive lifestyle jointly predicts longitudinal cognitive decline and mortality risk.

Investigating healthy life expectancy using a multi-state model in the presence of missing data and misclassification (2014)
Journal Article
van den Hout, A., Ogurtsova, E., Gampe, J., & Matthews, F. E. (2014). Investigating healthy life expectancy using a multi-state model in the presence of missing data and misclassification. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.42

Background: A continuous-time three-state model can be used to describe change in cognitive function in the older population. State 1 corresponds to normal cognitive function, state 2 to cognitive impairment, and state 3 to dead. For statistical infe... Read More about Investigating healthy life expectancy using a multi-state model in the presence of missing data and misclassification.

Psychometric properties of the Mandarin version of the Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): An exploratory study (2014)
Journal Article
Sun, X., Allison, C., Auyeung, B., Matthews, F. E., Norton, S., Baron-Cohen, S., & Brayne, C. (2014). Psychometric properties of the Mandarin version of the Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): An exploratory study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(7), 1565-1576. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-2024-3

Limited studies have investigated the latent autistic traits in the mainland Chinese population for autism spectrum conditions (ASC). This study explored the psychometric properties of a Mandarin Chinese version of the CAST in a sample consisting of... Read More about Psychometric properties of the Mandarin version of the Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): An exploratory study.

Potential for primary prevention of Alzheimer's disease: An analysis of population-based data (2014)
Journal Article
Norton, S., Matthews, F. E., Barnes, D. E., Yaffe, K., & Brayne, C. (2014). Potential for primary prevention of Alzheimer's disease: An analysis of population-based data. Lancet Neurology, 13(8), 788-794. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422%2814%2970136-X

Background: Recent estimates suggesting that over half of Alzheimer's disease burden worldwide might be attributed to potentially modifiable risk factors do not take into account risk-factor non-independence. We aimed to provide specific estimates of... Read More about Potential for primary prevention of Alzheimer's disease: An analysis of population-based data.

Drivers of inequality in disability-free expectancy at birth and age 85 across space and time in Great Britain (2014)
Journal Article
Wohland, P., Rees, P., Gillies, C., Alvanides, S., Matthews, F. E., O'Neill, V., & Jagger, C. (2014). Drivers of inequality in disability-free expectancy at birth and age 85 across space and time in Great Britain. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 68(9), 826-833. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204083

Background: Although mortality and health inequalities at birth have increased both geographically and in socioeconomic terms, little is known about inequalities at age 85, the fastest growing sector of the population in Great Britain (GB). Aim To de... Read More about Drivers of inequality in disability-free expectancy at birth and age 85 across space and time in Great Britain.

The Mandarin Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): Sex differences (2014)
Journal Article
Sun, X., Allison, C., Auyeung, B., Matthews, F. E., Sharp, S. J., Baron-Cohen, S., & Brayne, C. (2014). The Mandarin Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): Sex differences. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44(9), 2137-2146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2088-8

Sex differences in social and communication behaviours related to autism spectrum conditions (ASC) have been investigated mainly in Western populations. Little research has been done in Chinese populations. This study explored sex differences related... Read More about The Mandarin Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): Sex differences.

TDP-43 pathology in the population: Prevalence and associations with dementia and age (2014)
Journal Article
Keage, H. A., Hunter, S., Matthews, F. E., Ince, P. G., Hodges, J., Hokkanen, S. R., …Brayne, C. (2014). TDP-43 pathology in the population: Prevalence and associations with dementia and age. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 42(2), 641-650. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-132351

Objective: We aimed to determine the prevalence of transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDA (TDP-43) neuronal inclusions in a population-based sample, and associations with age group at death (≤90 and >90 years) and clinical dementia status... Read More about TDP-43 pathology in the population: Prevalence and associations with dementia and age.

Dementia: Time trends and policy responses (2014)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2014). Dementia: Time trends and policy responses. Maturitas, 79(2), 191-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.06.020

In recent years, dementia has been considered a public health priority and become a topic of major political interest. Recent reviews and studies have reported with varying degrees of alarm an impending and existing "dementia epidemic" with increasin... Read More about Dementia: Time trends and policy responses.

Assessing environmental features related to mental health: A reliability study of visual streetscape images (2014)
Journal Article
Wu, Y. T., Nash, P., Barnes, L. E., Minett, T., Matthews, F. E., Jones, A., & Brayne, C. (2014). Assessing environmental features related to mental health: A reliability study of visual streetscape images. BMC public health, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-1094

Background: An association between depressive symptoms and features of built environment has been reported in the literature. A remaining research challenge is the development of methods to efficiently capture pertinent environmental features in rele... Read More about Assessing environmental features related to mental health: A reliability study of visual streetscape images.

Development, appraisal, validation and implementation of a consensus protocol for the assessment of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in post-mortem brain tissue (2014)
Journal Article
Love, S., Chalmers, K., Ince, P., Esiri, M., Attems, J., Jellinger, K., …Kehoe, P. G. (2014). Development, appraisal, validation and implementation of a consensus protocol for the assessment of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in post-mortem brain tissue. American Journal of Neurodegenerative Disease, 3(1), 19-32

In a collaboration involving 11 groups with research interests in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), we used a two-stage process to develop and in turn validate a new consensus protocol and scoring scheme for the assessment of CAA and associated vasc... Read More about Development, appraisal, validation and implementation of a consensus protocol for the assessment of cerebral amyloid angiopathy in post-mortem brain tissue.

The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study protocol: A cross-sectional, lifespan, multidisciplinary examination of healthy cognitive ageing (2014)
Journal Article
Shafto, M. A., Tyler, L. K., Dixon, M., Taylor, J. R., Rowe, J. B., Cusack, R., …Matthews, F. E. (2014). The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study protocol: A cross-sectional, lifespan, multidisciplinary examination of healthy cognitive ageing. BMC Neurology, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-014-0204-1

Background: As greater numbers of us are living longer, it is increasingly important to understand how we can age healthily. Although old age is often stereotyped as a time of declining mental abilities and inflexibility, cognitive neuroscience revea... Read More about The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study protocol: A cross-sectional, lifespan, multidisciplinary examination of healthy cognitive ageing.

Mutation of the Arabidopsis LON2 peroxisomal protease enhances pexophagy (2014)
Journal Article
Bartel, B., Farmer, L. M., Rinaldi, M. A., Young, P. G., Danan, C. H., & Burkhart, S. E. (2014). Mutation of the Arabidopsis LON2 peroxisomal protease enhances pexophagy. Autophagy, 10(3), 518-519. https://doi.org/10.4161/auto.27565

Peroxisomes are critical organelles housing various, often oxidative, reactions. Pexophagy, the process by which peroxisomes are selectively targeted for destruction via autophagy, is characterized in yeast and mammals but had not been reported in pl... Read More about Mutation of the Arabidopsis LON2 peroxisomal protease enhances pexophagy.

The market valuation of intellectual capital : a study of the relationship between IC and the market to book ratios of 20 companies of the tourism and leisure sector of the LSE (2014)
Thesis
Delannoy, A. (2014). The market valuation of intellectual capital : a study of the relationship between IC and the market to book ratios of 20 companies of the tourism and leisure sector of the LSE. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221952

Through the growing interest on Intellectual capital the last ten years, this work explores relationship between IC and market valuation. This dissertation highlights the Value Added by Intellectual Capital in market prices of 20 companies of the Tra... Read More about The market valuation of intellectual capital : a study of the relationship between IC and the market to book ratios of 20 companies of the tourism and leisure sector of the LSE.

Exploring the implementation of total quality management in Saudi Arabia (2014)
Thesis
Alotaibi, M. N. (2014). Exploring the implementation of total quality management in Saudi Arabia. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221778

The study explores the implementation of Total Quality Management in Saudi Arabia. Particularly, it investigates the factors affecting the implementation of TQM in the educational sector, ‘the Ministry of Education’, to fill a gap of knowledge in the... Read More about Exploring the implementation of total quality management in Saudi Arabia.

Slavery, memory and orality : analysis of song texts from northern Ghana (2014)
Thesis
Saboro, E. (2014). Slavery, memory and orality : analysis of song texts from northern Ghana. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217687

This thesis explores memories of slavery and the slave trade among the Bulsa and Kasena of northern Ghana and focuses on late nineteenth century internal slave trafficking. Previous studies on memories of the slave trade in Ghana have focused on the... Read More about Slavery, memory and orality : analysis of song texts from northern Ghana.

A study of talent management in the context of Chinese private-owned enterprises (2014)
Thesis
Zhang, S. (2014). A study of talent management in the context of Chinese private-owned enterprises. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217440

Talent Management (TM) is still a new research field in China’s context. TM like other management disciplines is often embedded in a certain institutional context and influenced by certain social norms, cultural factors and government policies. TM is... Read More about A study of talent management in the context of Chinese private-owned enterprises.

To assess the relationships between physical and performance characteristics with the external demands of match play in professional u18 soccer players. (2014)
Thesis
Hunter, F. (2014). To assess the relationships between physical and performance characteristics with the external demands of match play in professional u18 soccer players. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217269

The aim of the study was to examine the change of intensity distribution when applying arbitrary (ARB) and 4 different individualised (IND) techniques to soccer match time motion data. 53 match observations (5Hz GPS) from 12 full time u18 elite so... Read More about To assess the relationships between physical and performance characteristics with the external demands of match play in professional u18 soccer players..

Mergers and acquisitions and institutional ownership in the United Kingdom (2014)
Thesis
Yang, S. (2014). Mergers and acquisitions and institutional ownership in the United Kingdom. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216858

This thesis focuses on the topic of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the UK from 2000 to 2010. This thesis investigates and clarifies the determinants of takeover strategies employed by acquirers including, deal payment method, choice of target, in... Read More about Mergers and acquisitions and institutional ownership in the United Kingdom.

Biomarkers of neurohormonal activation, on-going myocardial damage, haemostasis and inflammation in patients with stable chronic heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction and potential novel treatment (2014)
Thesis
Loh, P. H. (2014). Biomarkers of neurohormonal activation, on-going myocardial damage, haemostasis and inflammation in patients with stable chronic heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction and potential novel treatment. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216350

The prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) remains poor despite the progress in modern therapy. Btype natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a useful diagnostic and most consistent prognostic... Read More about Biomarkers of neurohormonal activation, on-going myocardial damage, haemostasis and inflammation in patients with stable chronic heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction and potential novel treatment.

Paper microfluidics for clinical diagnostics using colourimetric detection methods (2014)
Thesis
Dawson, A. L. (2014). Paper microfluidics for clinical diagnostics using colourimetric detection methods. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216333

Microfluidics is a technology currently aiming to advance the medical devices currently available in the developing and developed world through simultaneously creating point-of-care devices which are “as good” or better than current methods at a chea... Read More about Paper microfluidics for clinical diagnostics using colourimetric detection methods.