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An automated quasi-continuous capillary refill timing device (2015)
Journal Article
Blaxter, L., Morris, D. E., Crowe, J. A., Henry, C., Hill, S. J., Sharkey, D., Vyas, H., & Hayes-Gill, B. R. (in press). An automated quasi-continuous capillary refill timing device. Physiological Measurement, 37(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/37/1/83

Capillary refill time (CRT) is a simple means of cardiovascular assessment which is widely used in clinical care. Currently, CRT is measured through manual assessment of the time taken for skin tone to return to normal colour following blanching of t... Read More about An automated quasi-continuous capillary refill timing device.

Inter-rater reliability of the AFTD-pitting test among elderly patients in a long-term medical facility (2015)
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Dai, M., Sugama, J., Tsuchiya, S., Sato, A., Matsumoto, M., Iuchi, T., Maeba, H., Okuwa, M., Sanada, H., & Moffatt, C. J. (2015). Inter-rater reliability of the AFTD-pitting test among elderly patients in a long-term medical facility. https://doi.org/10.15010/LRAP.2015.06.27.02

BACKGROUND and AIM: The pitting test has been reported in various methods as a standard for evaluating chronic oedema, but a unified method has not been determined. This makes it difficult to accurately specify the prevalence of oedema. The present s... Read More about Inter-rater reliability of the AFTD-pitting test among elderly patients in a long-term medical facility.

Effect of culture medium on propagation and phenotype of corneal stroma-derived stem cells (2015)
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Sidney, L. E., Branch, M. J., Dua, H. S., & Hopkinson, A. (2015). Effect of culture medium on propagation and phenotype of corneal stroma-derived stem cells. Cytotherapy, 17(12), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcyt.2015.08.003

Background: The limbal area of the corneal stroma has been identified as a source of mesenchymal-like stem cells, which have potential for exploitation as a cell therapy. However, the optimal culture conditions are disputed and few direct media compa... Read More about Effect of culture medium on propagation and phenotype of corneal stroma-derived stem cells.

Systematic review of pre-operative exercise in colorectal cancer patients (2015)
Journal Article
Boereboom, C., Doleman, B., Lund, J. N., & Williams, J. P. (2016). Systematic review of pre-operative exercise in colorectal cancer patients. Techniques in Coloproctology, 20(2), 81-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-015-1407-1

© 2015, Springer-Verlag Italia Srl. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the evidence for exercise interventions prior to surgery for colorectal cancer resection. The evidence for use of exercise to improve physical fitness and surgical... Read More about Systematic review of pre-operative exercise in colorectal cancer patients.

External memory aids for memory problems in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review (2015)
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Goodwin, R., Lincoln, N., das Nair, R., & Bateman, A. (in press). External memory aids for memory problems in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 27(8), 1081-1102. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2015.1113997

Approximately 40-60% of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) have memory problems, which adversely impact on their everyday functioning. Evidence supports the use of external memory aids in people with stroke and brain injury, and suggests they may re... Read More about External memory aids for memory problems in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review.

Colon wall motility: comparison of novel quantitative semi-automatic measurements using cine MRI (2015)
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Hoad, C., Menys, A., Garsed, K., Marciani, L., Hamy, V., Murray, K., Costigan, C., Atkinson, D., Major, G., Spiller, R. C., Taylor, S., & Gowland, P. A. (2016). Colon wall motility: comparison of novel quantitative semi-automatic measurements using cine MRI. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 28(3), 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.12727

Background

Recently, cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown promise for visualizing movement of the colonic wall, although assessment of data has been subjective and observer dependent. This study aimed to develop an objective and semi-au... Read More about Colon wall motility: comparison of novel quantitative semi-automatic measurements using cine MRI.

Use of biochemical tests of placental function for improving pregnancy outcome (2015)
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Heazell, A. E., Whitworth, M., Duley, L., & Thornton, J. (2015). Use of biochemical tests of placental function for improving pregnancy outcome. Cochrane Library, 2015(11), Article CD011202. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011202.pub2

BACKGROUND:

The placenta has an essential role in determining the outcome of pregnancy. Consequently, biochemical measurement of placentally-derived factors has been suggested as a means to improve fetal and maternal outcome of pregnancy.


OBJ... Read More about Use of biochemical tests of placental function for improving pregnancy outcome.

Hoxa cluster genes determine the proliferative activity of adult mouse hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (2015)
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Lebert-Ghali, C.-É., Fournier, M., Kettyle, L. M., Thompson, A., Sauvageau, G., & Bijl, J. J. (2016). Hoxa cluster genes determine the proliferative activity of adult mouse hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Blood, 127(1), 87-90. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2015-02-626390

Determination of defined roles for endogenous homeobox (Hox) genes in adult hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) activity has been hampered by a combination of embryonic defects and functional redundancy. Here we show that conditional homozy... Read More about Hoxa cluster genes determine the proliferative activity of adult mouse hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.

Structural organization of the corpus callosum predicts attentional shifts after continuous theta burst stimulation (2015)
Journal Article
Chechlacz, M., Humphreys, G. W., Sotiropoulos, S. N., Kennard, C., & Cazzoli, D. (2015). Structural organization of the corpus callosum predicts attentional shifts after continuous theta burst stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(46), https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2610-15.2015

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied over the right posterior parietal cortex (PPC) in healthy participants has been shown to trigger a significant rightward shift in the spatial allocation of visual attention, temporarily mimi... Read More about Structural organization of the corpus callosum predicts attentional shifts after continuous theta burst stimulation.