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Transvaginal sonographic assessment of cervical length and wedging for predicting outcome of labor induction at term: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2013)
Journal Article

Objective To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the predictive capacity of transvaginal sonographic assessment of the cervix for the outcome of induction of labor. Methods We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library... Read More about Transvaginal sonographic assessment of cervical length and wedging for predicting outcome of labor induction at term: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Fleas and smaller fleas: virotherapy for parasite infections (2013)
Journal Article

Bacteriophages are viruses of bacteria that are used for controlling bacterial food-borne pathogens and have been proposed for more extensive usage in infection control. Protists are now recognised to harbour viruses and virus-like particles. We prop... Read More about Fleas and smaller fleas: virotherapy for parasite infections.

The putative influence of the agr operon upon survival mechanisms used by Clostridium acetobutylicum (2013)
Journal Article

The bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum produces acids as an energy-yielding process during exponential growth. An acidic environment, however, is toxic to the cells and two survival mechanisms are in place to prevent them from dying. Firstly, durin... Read More about The putative influence of the agr operon upon survival mechanisms used by Clostridium acetobutylicum.

Nurturing health-related online support groups: Exploring the experiences of patient moderators (2013)
Journal Article

The aim of this study was to examine the views of moderators across a diverse and geographically broad range of online support groups about their moderator experiences and to explore both the personal benefits as well as challenges involved. Thirty-t... Read More about Nurturing health-related online support groups: Exploring the experiences of patient moderators.

Bis-thioether-substituted perylene diimides: Structural, electrochemical, and spectroelectrochemical properties (2013)
Journal Article

The synthesis and separation of the 1,6- and 1,7- isomers of N,N′-bis(alkyl)diadamantylthio-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide are reported. Investigations of the structural, electrochemical, spectroscopic, and spectroelectrochemical prope... Read More about Bis-thioether-substituted perylene diimides: Structural, electrochemical, and spectroelectrochemical properties.

The role of lectins in allergic sensitization and allergic disease (2013)
Journal Article

Allergic diseases are a global public health issue affecting millions of persons around the world. However, full understanding of the molecular basis of this group of chronic inflammatory disorders remains rather elusive. Recently, the role of carboh... Read More about The role of lectins in allergic sensitization and allergic disease.

A Rich Vein? Novel Disseisin and the Trowell Coalmine Case of 1258 (2013)
Journal Article

Functional link between bone morphogenetic proteins and insulin-like peptide 3 signaling in modulating ovarian androgen production (2013)
Journal Article

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are firmly implicated as intraovarian regulators of follicle development and steroidogenesis. Here we report a microarray analysis showing that treatment of cultured bovine theca cells (TC) with BMP6 significantly (... Read More about Functional link between bone morphogenetic proteins and insulin-like peptide 3 signaling in modulating ovarian androgen production.

Diagnostic criteria for erosive lichen planus affecting the vulva: an international electronic-Delphi consensus exercise (2013)
Journal Article

Background: There is no defined set of criteria for diagnosing erosive lichen planus affecting the vulva (ELPV) and there is geographical variation in management. Objectives: To reach consensus on clinicopathological diagnostic criteria for ELPV.... Read More about Diagnostic criteria for erosive lichen planus affecting the vulva: an international electronic-Delphi consensus exercise.

Luminance cues constrain chromatic blur discrimination in natural scene stimuli (2013)
Journal Article

Introducing blur into the color components of a natural scene has very little effect on its percept, whereas blur introduced into the luminance component is very noticeable. Here we quantify the dominance of luminance information in blur detection an... Read More about Luminance cues constrain chromatic blur discrimination in natural scene stimuli.

Geography and the Paris Academy of Sciences: politics and patronage in early 18th-century France (2013)
Journal Article

This essay considers the politics and patronage of geography in early-modern France. It examines how the Paris Academy of Sciences, widely acknowledged as the 18th century's pre-eminent scientific society, came to recognise geography as an independen... Read More about Geography and the Paris Academy of Sciences: politics and patronage in early 18th-century France.

Molecular networks of human muscle adaptation to exercise and age (2013)
Journal Article

Physical activity and molecular ageing presumably interact to precipitate musculoskeletal decline in humans with age. Herein, we have delineated molecular networks for these two major components of sarcopenic risk using multiple independent clinical... Read More about Molecular networks of human muscle adaptation to exercise and age.

Act now against new NHS competition regulations (2013)
Journal Article

An open letter to the BMA and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges calls on them to make a joint public statement of opposition to the amended section 75 regulations

On the delineation of tropical vegetation types with an emphasis on forest/savanna transitions (2013)
Journal Article

Background: There is no generally agreed classification scheme for the many different vegetation formation types occurring in the tropics. This hinders cross-continental comparisons and causes confusion as words such as ‘forest’ and ‘savanna’ have di... Read More about On the delineation of tropical vegetation types with an emphasis on forest/savanna transitions.

Social anxiety disorder in psychosis: a critical review (2013)
Book Chapter

Recovering complete plant root system architectures from soil via X-ray ?-computed tomography (2013)
Journal Article

Background: X-ray micro-Computed Tomography (μCT) offers the ability to visualise the three-dimensional structure of plant roots growing in their natural environment – soil. Recovery of root architecture descriptions from X-ray CT data is, however,... Read More about Recovering complete plant root system architectures from soil via X-ray ?-computed tomography.

Cross-cultural adaptation of the short-form condom attitude scale: Validity assessment in a sub-sample of rural-to-urban migrant workers in Bangladesh (2013)
Journal Article

Background: The reliable and valid measurement of attitudes towards condom use are essential to assist efforts to design population specific interventions aimed at promoting positive attitude towards, and increased use of condoms. Although several st... Read More about Cross-cultural adaptation of the short-form condom attitude scale: Validity assessment in a sub-sample of rural-to-urban migrant workers in Bangladesh.

Thyroid hormones and their placental deiodination in normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancy (2013)
Journal Article

Pre-eclampsia is associated with lower serum selenium concentrations and glutathione peroxidase expression/activity; total thyroid hormones are also lower. Objectives, study design and main outcome measures: We hypothesised that the placental seleno... Read More about Thyroid hormones and their placental deiodination in normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancy.

The assessment of weight status in children and young people attending a spina bifida outpatient clinic: a retrospective medical record review (2013)
Journal Article

PURPOSE: Children with disabilities are two to three times more likely to become overweight or obese than typically developing children. Children with spina bifida (SB) are at particular risk, yet obesity prevalence and weight management with this p... Read More about The assessment of weight status in children and young people attending a spina bifida outpatient clinic: a retrospective medical record review.

Exploring the role of independent organisations in care coordination for older people in England (2013)
Journal Article