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Developing and testing an internal audit tool of the psychosocial work environment in the oil and gas industry (2015)
Journal Article
Bergh, L. I. V., Hinna, S., Leka, S., & Zwetsloot, G. I. (2016). Developing and testing an internal audit tool of the psychosocial work environment in the oil and gas industry. Safety Science, 88, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2015.06.003

The objective of this paper is to present and discuss a pilot study for conducting internal psychosocial risk auditing in the oil and gas industry, focusing on offshore units. Psychosocial risk auditing is a proactive method for monitoring the status... Read More about Developing and testing an internal audit tool of the psychosocial work environment in the oil and gas industry.

Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data (2015)
Journal Article
Takwoingi, Y., Guo, B., Riley, R. D., & Deeks, J. J. (2015). Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 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.

Consensus on hearing aid candidature and fitting for mild hearing loss, with and without tinnitus: Delphi review (2015)
Journal Article
Sereda, M., Hoare, D. J., Nicholson, R., Smith, S., & Hall, D. A. (2015). Consensus on hearing aid candidature and fitting for mild hearing loss, with and without tinnitus: Delphi review. Ear and Hearing, 36(4), 417-429. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000140

Objectives:

In many countries including the United Kingdom, hearing aids are a first line of audiologic intervention for many people with tinnitus and aidable hearing loss. Nevertheless, there is a lack of high quality evidence to support that the... Read More about Consensus on hearing aid candidature and fitting for mild hearing loss, with and without tinnitus: Delphi review.

Women’s experiences of using vaginal trainers (dilators) to treat vaginal penetration difficulties diagnosed as vaginismus: a qualitative interview study (2015)
Journal Article
Macey, K., Gregory, A., Nunns, D., & das Nair, R. (2015). Women’s experiences of using vaginal trainers (dilators) to treat vaginal penetration difficulties diagnosed as vaginismus: a qualitative interview study. BMC Women's Health, 15(1), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-015-0201-6

Background

Recent research has highlighted controversies in the conceptualisation, diagnosis and treatment of vaginismus. Vaginal trainers are currently the most widely used treatment. Critiques have highlighted concerns that the evidence-base of... Read More about Women’s experiences of using vaginal trainers (dilators) to treat vaginal penetration difficulties diagnosed as vaginismus: a qualitative interview study.

“Having diabetes shouldn’t stop them”: healthcare professionals’ perceptions of physical activity in children with Type 1 diabetes (2015)
Journal Article
Quirk, H., Blake, H., Dee, B., & Glazebrook, C. (2015). “Having diabetes shouldn’t stop them”: healthcare professionals’ perceptions of physical activity in children with Type 1 diabetes. BMC Pediatrics, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-015-0389-5

Background

Healthcare professionals (HCP) working with children who have Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) have an important role in advising about and supporting the control of blood glucose level in relation to physical activity. Regular physical... Read More about “Having diabetes shouldn’t stop them”: healthcare professionals’ perceptions of physical activity in children with Type 1 diabetes.

Molecular sensing with hyperpolarized 129Xe using switchable chemical exchange relaxation transfer (2015)
Journal Article
Zamberlan, F., Lesbats, C., Rogers, N. J., Krupa, J. L., Pavlovskaya, G. E., Thomas, N. R., Faas, H., & Meersmann, T. (2015). Molecular sensing with hyperpolarized 129Xe using switchable chemical exchange relaxation transfer. ChemPhysChem, 16(11), https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201500367

A new approach for hyperpolarized 129Xe molecular sensors is explored using paramagnetic relaxation agents that can be deactivated upon chemical or enzymatic reaction with an analyte. Cryptophane encapsulated 129Xe within the vicinity of the paramagn... Read More about Molecular sensing with hyperpolarized 129Xe using switchable chemical exchange relaxation transfer.

Symptoms into words: how medical patients talk about fatigue (2015)
Book Chapter
Standen, P., Ward, C. D., Saunders, L., & Beer, C. (2015). Symptoms into words: how medical patients talk about fatigue. In C. D. Ward (Ed.), Meanings of ME: interpersonal and social dimensions of chronic fatigue (67-85). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137467324_7

Fatigue, which is the central symptom of CFS/ME, is notoriously difficult to define. We describe an investigation in which we raise two questions. First, does the way people use fatigue-related language reflect distinctive patterns? Second, is there... Read More about Symptoms into words: how medical patients talk about fatigue.

Does release of antimicrobial agents from impregnated external ventricular drainage catheters affect the diagnosis of ventriculitis? (2015)
Journal Article
Bayston, R., Ashraf, W., & Ortori, C. (2015). Does release of antimicrobial agents from impregnated external ventricular drainage catheters affect the diagnosis of ventriculitis?. Journal of Neurosurgery, 124(2), https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.12.JNS141900

OBJECT

Recently concern has arisen over the effect of released antimicrobial agents from antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drainage (EVD) catheters on the reliability of CSF culture for diagnosis of ventriculitis. The authors designed a... Read More about Does release of antimicrobial agents from impregnated external ventricular drainage catheters affect the diagnosis of ventriculitis?.

Discovery of a Novel Polymer for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion and Multilineage Differentiation (2015)
Journal Article
Smith, J. G. W., Celiz, A. D., Smith, J. G., Patel, A. K., Hook, A. L., Rajamohan, D., George, V. T., Flatt, L., Patel, M. J., Epa, V. C., Singh, T., Langer, R., Anderson, D. G., Allen, N. D., Hay, D. C., Winkler, D. A., Barrett, D. A., Davies, M. C., Young, L. E., Denning, C., & Alexander, M. R. (2015). Discovery of a Novel Polymer for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion and Multilineage Differentiation. Advanced Materials, 27(27), 4006-4012. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201501351

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. A scalable and cost-effective synthetic polymer substrate that supports robust expansion and subsequent multilineage differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) with defined commercial... Read More about Discovery of a Novel Polymer for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion and Multilineage Differentiation.