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Symptoms of airway reflux predict exacerbations and quality of life in bronchiectasis (2013)
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Mandal, P., Morice, A. H., Chalmers, J. D., & Hill, A. T. (2013). Symptoms of airway reflux predict exacerbations and quality of life in bronchiectasis. Respiratory medicine, 107(7), 1008-1013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2013.04.006

Aim We have explored the association of the upper airway symptoms related to cough with exacerbation frequency, sputum microbiology and inflammatory markers in patients with non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Methods Patients with bronchiectasis com... Read More about Symptoms of airway reflux predict exacerbations and quality of life in bronchiectasis.

The kinin–kallikrein system: physiological roles, pathophysiology and its relationship to cancer biomarkers (2013)
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Kashuba, E., Bailey, J., Allsup, D., & Cawkwell, L. (2013). The kinin–kallikrein system: physiological roles, pathophysiology and its relationship to cancer biomarkers. Biomarkers, 18(4), 279-296. https://doi.org/10.3109/1354750x.2013.787544

The kinin–kallikrein system (KKS) is an endogenous multiprotein cascade, the activation of which leads to triggering of the intrinsic coagulation pathway and enzymatic hydrolysis of kininogens with the consequent release of bradykinin-related peptide... Read More about The kinin–kallikrein system: physiological roles, pathophysiology and its relationship to cancer biomarkers.

Identifying individual psychosocial and adherence support needs in patients with psoriasis: a multinational two-stage qualitative and quantitative study (2013)
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Bewley, A., Burrage, D. M., Ersser, S. J., Hansen, M., & Ward, C. (2014). Identifying individual psychosocial and adherence support needs in patients with psoriasis: a multinational two-stage qualitative and quantitative study. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 28(6), 763-770. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.12174

Background Psoriasis has a serious impact on patients' lives. However, adherence to medications is often poor, potentially compounding the burden of disease. Identifying patients who need support with psychosocial problems, or issues with adherence,... Read More about Identifying individual psychosocial and adherence support needs in patients with psoriasis: a multinational two-stage qualitative and quantitative study.

Chronic cough hypersensitivity syndrome (2013)
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Morice, A. H. (2013). Chronic cough hypersensitivity syndrome. Cough, 9(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-9974-9-14

Chronic cough has been suggested to be due to three conditions, asthma, post nasal drip, and reflux disease. A different paradigm has evolved in which cough is viewed as the primary condition characterised by afferent neuronal hypersensitivity and di... Read More about Chronic cough hypersensitivity syndrome.

Polycystic ovary syndrome has no independent effect on vascular, inflammatory or thrombotic markers when matched for obesity (2013)
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Kahal, H., Aburima, A., Ungvari, T., Rigby, A. S., Dawson, A. J., Coady, A. M., Vince, R. V., Ajjan, R. A., Kilpatrick, E. S., Naseem, K. M., & Atkin, S. L. (2013). Polycystic ovary syndrome has no independent effect on vascular, inflammatory or thrombotic markers when matched for obesity. Clinical Endocrinology, 79(2), 252-258. https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.12137

Introduction Previous studies investigating cardiovascular (CV) risk in obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have been potentially confounded by not adequately accounting for body weight. Objective To assess if PCOS increases CV risk ind... Read More about Polycystic ovary syndrome has no independent effect on vascular, inflammatory or thrombotic markers when matched for obesity.

Seeing triggers acting, hearing does not trigger saying: Evidence from children's weak inhibition (2013)
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Simpson, A., Cooper, N. R., Gillmeister, H., & Riggs, K. J. (2013). Seeing triggers acting, hearing does not trigger saying: Evidence from children's weak inhibition. Cognition, 128(2), 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2013.03.015

There is evidence to suggest action imitation is automatic in adults and children. Children's weak inhibitory control means that automatic activation can have dramatic effects on behaviour. In three developmental studies, we investigated whether verb... Read More about Seeing triggers acting, hearing does not trigger saying: Evidence from children's weak inhibition.

Differential cytotoxic activity of a novel palladium-based compound on prostate cell lines, primary prostate epithelial cells and prostate stem cells (2013)
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Ulukaya, E., Frame, F. M., Cevatemre, B., Pellacani, D., Walker, H., Mann, V. M., Simms, M. S., Stower, M. J., Yilmaz, V. T., & Maitland, N. J. (2013). Differential cytotoxic activity of a novel palladium-based compound on prostate cell lines, primary prostate epithelial cells and prostate stem cells. PLoS ONE, 8(5), Article e64278. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064278

The outcome for patients with advanced metastatic and recurrent prostate cancer is still poor. Therefore, new chemotherapeutics are required, especially for killing cancer stem cells that are thought to be responsible for disease recurrence. In this... Read More about Differential cytotoxic activity of a novel palladium-based compound on prostate cell lines, primary prostate epithelial cells and prostate stem cells.

Contagious scratching: shared feelings but not shared body locations (2013)
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Ward, J., Burckhardt, V., & Holle, H. (2013). Contagious scratching: shared feelings but not shared body locations. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 7(122), Article ARTN 122. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00122

A commentary on: The neural basis of contagious itch and why some people are more prone to it by Holle, H., Warne, K., Seth, A. K., Critchley, H. D., and Ward, J. (2012). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 109, 19816–19821.

Comparison of 12-W versus 14-W endovenous laser ablation in the treatment of great saphenous varicose veins: 5-year outcomes from a randomized controlled trial (2013)
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Samuel, N., Wallace, T., Carradice, D., Mazari, F. A., & Chetter, I. C. (2013). Comparison of 12-W versus 14-W endovenous laser ablation in the treatment of great saphenous varicose veins: 5-year outcomes from a randomized controlled trial. Vascular and endovascular surgery, 47(5), 346-352. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538574413487265

Introduction: Endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment for lower limb varicose veins in the short and midterm results. This study reports the 5-year outcomes of EVLA technique at different power settings. Me... Read More about Comparison of 12-W versus 14-W endovenous laser ablation in the treatment of great saphenous varicose veins: 5-year outcomes from a randomized controlled trial.

Contextual match and cue-independence of retrieval-induced forgetting: testing the prediction of the model by Norman, Newman, and Detre (2007). (2013)
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Hanczakowski, M., & Mazzoni, G. (2013). Contextual match and cue-independence of retrieval-induced forgetting: testing the prediction of the model by Norman, Newman, and Detre (2007). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39(3), 953-958. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030531

Retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) is the finding of impaired memory performance for information stored in long-term memory due to retrieval of a related set of information. This phenomenon is often assigned to operations of a specialized mechanism r... Read More about Contextual match and cue-independence of retrieval-induced forgetting: testing the prediction of the model by Norman, Newman, and Detre (2007)..

A caspase-3 'death-switch' in colorectal cancer cells for induced and synchronous tumor apoptosis in vitro and in vivo facilitates the development of minimally invasive cell death biomarkers (2013)
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Simpson, K. L., Cawthorne, C., Zhou, C., Hodgkinson, C. L., Walker, M. J., Trapani, F., Kadirvel, M., Brown, G., Dawson, M. J., MacFarlane, M., Williams, K. J., Whetton, A. D., & Dive, C. (2013). A caspase-3 'death-switch' in colorectal cancer cells for induced and synchronous tumor apoptosis in vitro and in vivo facilitates the development of minimally invasive cell death biomarkers. Cell Death and Disease, 4(5), e613-e613. https://doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2013.137

Novel anticancer drugs targeting key apoptosis regulators have been developed and are undergoing clinical trials. Pharmacodynamic biomarkers to define the optimum dose of drug that provokes tumor apoptosis are in demand; acquisition of longitudinal t... Read More about A caspase-3 'death-switch' in colorectal cancer cells for induced and synchronous tumor apoptosis in vitro and in vivo facilitates the development of minimally invasive cell death biomarkers.

Effects of presentation format and list length on children's false memories (2013)
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Swannell, E. R., & Dewhurst, S. A. (2013). Effects of presentation format and list length on children's false memories. Journal of cognition and development : official journal of the Cognitive Development Society, 14(2), 332-342. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2011.638689

The effect of list length on children's false memories was investigated using list and story versions of the Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) procedure. Short (7 items) and long (14 items) sequences of semantic associates were presented to children age... Read More about Effects of presentation format and list length on children's false memories.

Social problem solving, social cognition, and mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease (2013)
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Anderson, R. J., Simpson, A. C., Channon, S., Samuel, M., & Brown, R. G. (2013). Social problem solving, social cognition, and mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease. Behavioral Neuroscience, 127(2), 184-192. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030250

Cognitive impairment is a recognized feature of Parkinson's disease (PD), which, even if mild, can impact some aspects of a patient's ability to deal with everyday life. The current study examined the ability to solve social problems in three groups... Read More about Social problem solving, social cognition, and mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease.

Forecasting asthma-related hospital admissions in London using negative binomial models (2013)
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Soyiri, I. N., Reidpath, D. D., & Sarran, C. (2013). Forecasting asthma-related hospital admissions in London using negative binomial models. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 10(2), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1177/1479972313482847

Health forecasting can improve health service provision and individual patient outcomes. Environmental factors are known to impact chronic respiratory conditions such as asthma, but little is known about the extent to which these factors can be used... Read More about Forecasting asthma-related hospital admissions in London using negative binomial models.

Effectiveness of a telehealth and telecare learning resource within an undergraduate nursing curriculum. (2013)
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Barrett, D. (2013). Effectiveness of a telehealth and telecare learning resource within an undergraduate nursing curriculum. Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 1(1), 12-18

This paper discusses the impact of a telehealth and telecare eLearning resource on a cohort of undergraduate nursing students in the United Kingdom. The resource was designed to raise awareness of telehealth and telecare applications, and to introduc... Read More about Effectiveness of a telehealth and telecare learning resource within an undergraduate nursing curriculum..

CH-01 is a hypoxia-activated prodrug that sensitizes cells to hypoxia/reoxygenation through inhibition of Chk1 and aurora A (2013)
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Cazares-Körner, C., Pires, I. M., Swallow, I. D., Grayer, S. C., O'Connor, L. J., Olcina, M. M., Christlieb, M., Conway, S. J., & Hammond, E. M. (2013). CH-01 is a hypoxia-activated prodrug that sensitizes cells to hypoxia/reoxygenation through inhibition of Chk1 and aurora A. ACS Chemical Biology, 8(7), 1451-1459. https://doi.org/10.1021/cb4001537

The increased resistance of hypoxic cells to all forms of cancer therapy presents a major barrier to the successful treatment of most solid tumors. Inhibition of the essential kinase Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) has been described as a promising cancer... Read More about CH-01 is a hypoxia-activated prodrug that sensitizes cells to hypoxia/reoxygenation through inhibition of Chk1 and aurora A.

High and low, but not intermediate, PRAME expression levels are poor prognostic markers in myelodysplastic syndrome at disease presentation (2013)
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Liberante, F. G., Pellagatti, A., Boncheva, V., Bowen, D. T., Mills, K. I., Boultwood, J., & Guinn, B. A. (2013). High and low, but not intermediate, PRAME expression levels are poor prognostic markers in myelodysplastic syndrome at disease presentation. British journal of haematology, 162(2), 282-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.12352

The skills and brain drain what nurses say (2013)
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Likupe, G. (2013). The skills and brain drain what nurses say. Journal of clinical nursing, 22(9-10), 1372-1381. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04242.x

Aims and objectives. To explore sub-Saharan African nurses' reasons for moving to the UK, their views on the skills and brain drain, and what can be done to stem the situation. Background. The UK and other developed nations such as the USA, Canada an... Read More about The skills and brain drain what nurses say.

Constraint theory: A cognitive, motivational theory of dependence (2013)
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Hammersley, R. (2014). Constraint theory: A cognitive, motivational theory of dependence. Addiction research & theory, 22(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3109/16066359.2013.779678

Aims: A new theory of substance dependence is presented that models dependence as the absence of cognitive constraints on substance use. Methods: (1) Critical review of the predominant paradigm that assumes that substance dependence is a pathological... Read More about Constraint theory: A cognitive, motivational theory of dependence.