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One-third of patients fail to return to work 1 year after surgery for colorectal cancer (2014)
Journal Article
Bhalla, A., Williams, J. P., Hurst, N., Speake, W., Tierney, G., Tou, S., & Lund, J. N. (2014). One-third of patients fail to return to work 1 year after surgery for colorectal cancer. Techniques in Coloproctology, 18(12), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-014-1232-y

Background Achieving full recovery after colorectal cancer surgery means a return to normal physical and psychological health and to a normal social life. Recovery data focusses on time to discharge rather than longer term functionality including... Read More about One-third of patients fail to return to work 1 year after surgery for colorectal cancer.

Synthesis and biological activity of gold(I) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes with long aliphatic side chains (2014)
Journal Article
Arcau, J., Andermark, V., Rodrigues, M., Giannicchi, I., Pérez-Garcia, L., Ott, I., & Rodríguez, L. (2014). Synthesis and biological activity of gold(I) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes with long aliphatic side chains. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014(35), 6117-6125. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201402819

© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Seven imidazolium salts have been synthesized from octadecylimidazole (Im18). These salts differ in the length of the alkyl chain length bound to the second nitrogen atom of the imidazolium ring [R... Read More about Synthesis and biological activity of gold(I) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes with long aliphatic side chains.

Crowd-sourcing applied to photograph-based automatic habitat classification (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Torres Torres, M., & Qiu, G. (2014, November). Crowd-sourcing applied to photograph-based automatic habitat classification. Presented at MAED 2014 - Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Regular and Data Challenge Workshop on Multimedia Analysis for Ecological Data, Orlando Florida USA

Habitat classification is a crucial activity for monitoring environmental biodiversity. To date, manual methods, which are laborious, time-consuming and expensive, remain the most successful alternative. Most automatic methods use remote-sensed image... Read More about Crowd-sourcing applied to photograph-based automatic habitat classification.

Formulations for modulation of protein release from large-size PLGA microparticles for tissue engineering (2014)
Journal Article

In this study we present an approach to pre-program lysozyme release from large size (100–300 μm) poly(dl-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microparticles. This approach involved blending in-house synthesized triblock copolymers with a PLGA 85:15.... Read More about Formulations for modulation of protein release from large-size PLGA microparticles for tissue engineering.

A comparative assessment of the curative potential of reduced intensity allografts in acute myeloid leukaemia (2014)
Journal Article

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) provides the best mechanism of preventing relapse in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). However non-relapse mortality (NRM) negates this benefit in older patients. Reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) permits SC... Read More about A comparative assessment of the curative potential of reduced intensity allografts in acute myeloid leukaemia.

Amniotic fluid phthalate levels and male fetal gonad function (2014)
Journal Article
Jensen, M. S., Anand-Ivell, R., Nørgaard-Pedersen, B., Jönsson, B. A., Bonde, J. P., Hougaard, D. M., …Toft, G. (2015). Amniotic fluid phthalate levels and male fetal gonad function. Epidemiology, 26(1), 91-99. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000198

Background: Prenatal exposure to phthalates may pose a threat to human male reproduction. However, additional knowledge about the in vivo effect in humans is needed, and reported associations with genital abnormalities are inconclusive. We aimed to s... Read More about Amniotic fluid phthalate levels and male fetal gonad function.

Agreement on the perception of moral character (2014)
Journal Article
Helzer, E. G., Furr, R. M., Hawkins, A., Barranti, M., Blackie, L. E., & Fleeson, W. (2014). Agreement on the perception of moral character. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(12), https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214554957

This study tested for inter-judge agreement on moral character. A sample of students and community members rated their own moral character using a measure that tapped six moral character traits. Friends, family members, and/or acquaintances rated the... Read More about Agreement on the perception of moral character.

Evidence for genes controlling resistance to Heligmosomoides bakeri on mouse chromosome 1 (2014)
Journal Article
Noyes, H., Githiori, J., Bradley, J. E., Kemp, S., & Behnke, J. M. (2015). Evidence for genes controlling resistance to Heligmosomoides bakeri on mouse chromosome 1. Parasitology, 142(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182014001644

Resistance to infections with Heligmosomoides bakeri is associated with a significant quantitative trait locus (QTL–Hbnr1) on mouse chromosome 1 (MMU1). We exploited recombinant mice, with a segment of MMU1 from susceptible C57Bl/10 mice introgressed... Read More about Evidence for genes controlling resistance to Heligmosomoides bakeri on mouse chromosome 1.

Understanding the rift, the (still) uneasy bedfellows of History and Organization Studies (2014)
Journal Article
Greewood, A., & Bernardi, A. (2014). Understanding the rift, the (still) uneasy bedfellows of History and Organization Studies. Organization, 21(6), https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508413514286

Although the use of History has become increasingly discussed and more widely applied within Organization Studies (OS), its relevance for OS still remains far from centrally accepted. This article historicizes the relationship between Sociology and H... Read More about Understanding the rift, the (still) uneasy bedfellows of History and Organization Studies.

The impact of vegetation on lithological mapping using airborne multispectral data: a case study for the North Troodos Region, Cyprus (2014)
Journal Article
Grebby, S., Cunningham, D., Tansey, K., & Naden, J. (2014). The impact of vegetation on lithological mapping using airborne multispectral data: a case study for the North Troodos Region, Cyprus. Remote Sensing, 6(11), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs61110860

Vegetation cover can affect the lithological mapping capability of space- and airborne instruments because it obscures the spectral signatures of the underlying geological substrate. Despite being widely accepted as a hindrance, few studies have expl... Read More about The impact of vegetation on lithological mapping using airborne multispectral data: a case study for the North Troodos Region, Cyprus.

Researching social work practice close up: using ethnographic and mobile methods to understand encounters between social workers, children and families (2014)
Journal Article
Ferguson, H. (in press). Researching social work practice close up: using ethnographic and mobile methods to understand encounters between social workers, children and families. British Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcu120

Research into child and family social work has largely stopped short of getting close enough to practice to produce understandings of what goes on between social workers and service users. This is despite the known problems in social worker engagemen... Read More about Researching social work practice close up: using ethnographic and mobile methods to understand encounters between social workers, children and families.

Constraining disformally coupled scalar fields (2014)
Journal Article
Brax, P., & Burrage, C. (2014). Constraining disformally coupled scalar fields. Physical Review D, D90(10), Article 104009. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.104009

Light scalar fields can naturally couple disformally to matter fields. Static, nonrelativistic sources do not generate a classical field profile for a disformally coupled scalar, and so such scalars are free from the constraints on the existence of f... Read More about Constraining disformally coupled scalar fields.

Social identity in people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research (2014)
Journal Article
Barker, A., das Nair, R., Lincoln, N., & Hunt, N. (2014). Social identity in people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research. Social Care and Neurodisability, 5(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/SCN-05-2014-0009

Purpose – Many aspects of the self are lost as a consequence of having multiple sclerosis (MS). A person's identity can be altered by negative self-concepts, which are associated with poor psychological wellbeing and can lead individuals to reconstr... Read More about Social identity in people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research.

Effect of a Symbiotic Gel (Lactobacillus acidophilus + Bifidobacterium lactis + Inulin) on Presence and Severity of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Hemodialysis Patients (2014)
Journal Article
Viramontes-Hörner, D., Márquez-Sandoval, F., Martín-del-Campo, F., Vizmanos-Lamotte, B., Sandoval-Rodríguez, A., Armendáriz-Borunda, J., …García-García, G. (2015). Effect of a Symbiotic Gel (Lactobacillus acidophilus + Bifidobacterium lactis + Inulin) on Presence and Severity of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Hemodialysis Patients. Journal of Renal Nutrition, 25(3), 284-291. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jrn.2014.09.008

Objective The study aimed to assess the effect of a symbiotic gel on presence and severity of gastrointestinal symptoms (GIS) in hemodialysis patients. Design A double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized, clinical trial was designed. The stu... Read More about Effect of a Symbiotic Gel (Lactobacillus acidophilus + Bifidobacterium lactis + Inulin) on Presence and Severity of Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Hemodialysis Patients.

Foliar trait contrasts between African forest and savanna trees: genetic versus environmental effects (2014)
Journal Article
Schrodt, F., Domingues, T. F., Feldpausch, T. R., Saiz, G., Quesada, C. A., Schwarz, M., …Lloyd, J. (2014). Foliar trait contrasts between African forest and savanna trees: genetic versus environmental effects. Functional Plant Biology, 42(1), 63-83. https://doi.org/10.1071/fp14040

Variations in leaf mass per unit area (Ma) and foliar concentrations of N, P, C, K, Mg and Ca were determined for 365 trees growing in 23 plots along a West African precipitation gradient ranging from 0.29 to 1.62 m a–1. Contrary to previous studies,... Read More about Foliar trait contrasts between African forest and savanna trees: genetic versus environmental effects.

Untangling the ATR-CHEK1 network for prognostication, prediction and therapeutic target validation in breast cancer (2014)
Journal Article
Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Middleton, F. K., Arora, A., Agarwal, D., Chen, T., Moseley, P. M., …Madhusudan, S. (2015). Untangling the ATR-CHEK1 network for prognostication, prediction and therapeutic target validation in breast cancer. Molecular Oncology, 9(3), 569-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.10.013

ATR‐CHEK1 signalling is critical for genomic stability. ATR‐CHEK1 signalling may be deregulated in breast cancer and have prognostic, predictive and therapeutic significance. We investigated ATR, CHEK1 and phosphorylated CHEK1 Ser345 protein (pCHEK1)... Read More about Untangling the ATR-CHEK1 network for prognostication, prediction and therapeutic target validation in breast cancer.

Improving umbilical cord blood processing to increase total nucleated cell count yield and reduce cord input wastage by managing the consequences of input variation (2014)
Journal Article

Background aims: With the rising use of umbilical cord blood (UCB) as an alternative source of hematopoietic stem cells, storage inventories of UCB have grown, giving rise to genetically diverse inventories globally. In the absence of reliable marker... Read More about Improving umbilical cord blood processing to increase total nucleated cell count yield and reduce cord input wastage by managing the consequences of input variation.

Evaluating the 'Focus on Normal Birth and Reducing Caesarean Section Rates Rapid Improvement Programme': a mixed method study in England (2014)
Journal Article

Background: Caesarean section plays an important role in ensuring safety of mother and infant but rising rates are not accompanied by measurable improvements in maternal or neonatal mortality or morbidity. The ‘Focus on Normal Birth and Reducing Caes... Read More about Evaluating the 'Focus on Normal Birth and Reducing Caesarean Section Rates Rapid Improvement Programme': a mixed method study in England.

Versatile cold atom source for multi-species experiments (2014)
Journal Article
Paris-Mandoki, A., Jones, M. D., Nute, J., Wu, J., Warriar, S., & Hackermüller, L. (2014). Versatile cold atom source for multi-species experiments. Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(11), Article 113103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4900577

We present a dual-species oven and Zeeman slower setup capable of producing slow, high-flux atomic beams for loading magneto-optical traps. Our compact and versatile system is based on electronic switching between different magnetic field profiles an... Read More about Versatile cold atom source for multi-species experiments.