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RevManHAL: towards automatic text generation in systematic reviews (2017)
Journal Article
Torres Torres, M., & Adams, C. E. (2017). RevManHAL: towards automatic text generation in systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews, 6(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0421-y

Background: Systematic reviews are a key part of healthcare evaluation. They involve important painstaking but repetitive work. A major producer of systematic reviews, the Cochrane Collaboration, employs Review Manager (RevMan) programme—a software w... Read More about RevManHAL: towards automatic text generation in systematic reviews.

Patient understanding of liver cirrhosis and improvement using multimedia education (2017)
Journal Article
Goldsworthy, M. A., Fateen, W., Thygesen, H., Aldersley, M. A., Rowe, I. A., & Jones, R. L. (2017). Patient understanding of liver cirrhosis and improvement using multimedia education. Frontline Gastroenterology, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2016-100761

Objective: For patients to engage with the long-term management of liver cirrhosis, sufficient understanding of their condition is essential. The aim of this study was to assess baseline patient knowledge and to test whether a condition-specific mult... Read More about Patient understanding of liver cirrhosis and improvement using multimedia education.

The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study (2017)
Journal Article
Stanyon, M., Goldberg, S. E., Astle, A., Griffiths, A., & Gordon, A. L. (2017). The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study. Age and Ageing, 46(4), 582–588. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw244

BACKGROUND: Registered Nurses (RNs) working in UK care homes receive most of their training in acute hospitals. At present the role of care home nursing is underdeveloped and it is seen as a low status career. We describe here research to define cor... Read More about The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study.

Quadrilateral suspensory and straight sesamoidean ligament calcifying desmopathy in an Arabian mare (2016)
Journal Article
Hui, S., Turner, S., Leaman, T., de Brot, S., & Barakzai, S. (2016). Quadrilateral suspensory and straight sesamoidean ligament calcifying desmopathy in an Arabian mare. Equine Veterinary Education, 30(8), 419-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.12705

A 5-year-old Arabian mare was referred for the investigation of recent behavioural change, generalised stiffness, and owner-reported polyuria and polydipsia. Clinical examination revealed severe pain associated with palpation along the entire length... Read More about Quadrilateral suspensory and straight sesamoidean ligament calcifying desmopathy in an Arabian mare.

Transgender and anxiety: a comparative study between transgender people and the general population (2016)
Journal Article
Bouman, W. P., Claes, L., Brewin, N., Crawford, J. R., Millet, N., Fernandez-Aranda, F., & Arcelus, J. (in press). Transgender and anxiety: a comparative study between transgender people and the general population. International Journal of Transgenderism, https://doi.org/10.1080/15532739.2016.1258352

Background: Anxiety disorders pose serious public health problems. The data available on anxiety disorders in the transgender population is limited by the small numbers, the lack of a matched controlled population and the selection of a nonhomogenous... Read More about Transgender and anxiety: a comparative study between transgender people and the general population.

Pre-market version of a commercially available hearing instrument with a tinnitus sound generator: feasibility of evaluation in a clinical trial. (2016)
Journal Article
Sereda, M., Davies, J., & Hall, D. A. (in press). Pre-market version of a commercially available hearing instrument with a tinnitus sound generator: feasibility of evaluation in a clinical trial. International Journal of Audiology, https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2016.1254822

OBJECTIVE:
This report considers feasibility of conducting a UK trial of combination devices for tinnitus, using data from the study which evaluated different listener programmes available within the pre-market version of Oticon Alta with Tinnitus S... Read More about Pre-market version of a commercially available hearing instrument with a tinnitus sound generator: feasibility of evaluation in a clinical trial..

Women’s views on anxiety in pregnancy and the use of anxiety instruments: a qualitative study (2016)
Journal Article
Evans, K., Morrell, C. J., & Spiby, H. (in press). Women’s views on anxiety in pregnancy and the use of anxiety instruments: a qualitative study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2016.1245413

Objective: To explore women’s experience of anxiety in pregnancy and views on the use of anxiety instruments in antenatal care.

Background: Anxiety in pregnancy is associated with adverse birth outcomes, developmental and behavioural problems in... Read More about Women’s views on anxiety in pregnancy and the use of anxiety instruments: a qualitative study.

Solution conformation and flexibility of capsular polysaccharides from Neisseria meningitidis and glycoconjugates with the tetanus toxoid protein (2016)
Journal Article
Abdelhameed, A. S., Morris, G. A., Almutairi, F., Adams, G. G., Duvivier, P., Conrath, K., & Harding, S. E. (in press). Solution conformation and flexibility of capsular polysaccharides from Neisseria meningitidis and glycoconjugates with the tetanus toxoid protein. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35588

The structural integrity of meningococcal native, micro-fluidized and activated capsular polysaccharides and their glycoconjugates – in the form most relevant to their potential use as vaccines (dilute solution) - have been investigated with respect... Read More about Solution conformation and flexibility of capsular polysaccharides from Neisseria meningitidis and glycoconjugates with the tetanus toxoid protein.

Developing Mn-doped lead sulfide quantum dots for MRI labels (2016)
Journal Article
Turyanska, L., Moro, F., Patanè, A., Barr, J., Köckenberger, W., Taylor, A., Faas, H., Fowler, M. J., Wigmore, P., Trueman, R. C., Williams, H. E. L., & Thomas, N. R. (2016). Developing Mn-doped lead sulfide quantum dots for MRI labels. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4(42), 6797-6802. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tb02574a

Magnetic interactions of Mn2+ions in lead sulfide (PbS) nanocrystals with protons in water are probed by NMR and MRI. A thin layer of capping molecules enables free solvent diffusion to the nanocrystal surface resulting in a decrease of proton relaxa... Read More about Developing Mn-doped lead sulfide quantum dots for MRI labels.

Out of hours workload management: Bayesian inference for decision support in secondary care (2016)
Journal Article
Pérez López, I., Brown, M., Pinchin, J., Martindale, S., Sharples, S., Shaw, D. E., & Blakey, J. (in press). Out of hours workload management: Bayesian inference for decision support in secondary care. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 73, 34-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2016.09.005

Objective: In this paper, we aim to evaluate the use of electronic technologies in Out of Hours (OoH) task-management for assisting the design of effective support systems in health care; targeting local facilities, wards or specific working groups.... Read More about Out of hours workload management: Bayesian inference for decision support in secondary care.