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How to read a cohort study (2014)
Book Chapter
Tata, L. J. (2014). How to read a cohort study. In N. J. Talley, G. Richard Locke III, P. Moayyedi, J. West, & Y. A. Saito (Eds.), GI Epidemiology: Diseases and Clinical Methodology (15-29). (Second). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118727072.ch2

The cohort is the basis of all epidemiologic study designs as it is the closest way to study the natural progression of people's life course over which the temporal relationship between exposures and outcomes can be assessed. Although a cohort is def... Read More about How to read a cohort study.

Applying an International Human Rights Framework to State Budget Allocations: Rights and Resources (2014)
Book
O'Connell, R., Nolan, A., Harvey, C., Dutschke, M., & Rooney, E. Applying an International Human Rights Framework to State Budget Allocations: Rights and Resources. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203797839

Human rights based budget analysis projects have emerged at a time when the United Nations has asserted the indivisibility of all human rights and attention is increasingly focused on the role of non-judicial bodies in promoting and protecting human... Read More about Applying an International Human Rights Framework to State Budget Allocations: Rights and Resources.

Sustainable urban qualities in the emerging city of Doha (2014)
Journal Article
Wiedmann, F., Salama, A. M., & Mirincheva, V. (2014). Sustainable urban qualities in the emerging city of Doha. Journal of Urbanism, 7(1), 62-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2013.870088

Various urban qualities are required for sustainable urban development, which is a particular challenge in the case of emerging cities such as Qatar's capital, Doha. Therefore, this paper seeks to introduce a framework concerning how to investigate u... Read More about Sustainable urban qualities in the emerging city of Doha.

Spare Ribs? Early Modern Female Monasticism in the East Slavic Lands (2014)
Journal Article
Sharipova, L. (2014). Spare Ribs? Early Modern Female Monasticism in the East Slavic Lands. History Compass, 12(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12123

In contrast to the robust state of research on female Catholic monasticism in Central and Western Europe, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula, the history of Orthodox and Greek Catholic convents in the Balkans and Eastern Europe remains a largely unchart... Read More about Spare Ribs? Early Modern Female Monasticism in the East Slavic Lands.

Home energy efficiency and radon related risk of lung cancer: Modelling study (2014)
Journal Article
Milner, J., Shrubsole, C., Das, P., Jones, B., Ridley, I., Chalabi, Z., …Wilkinson, P. (2014). Home energy efficiency and radon related risk of lung cancer: Modelling study. BMJ, 348, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7493

Objective To investigate the effect of reducing home ventilation as part of household energy efficiency measures on deaths from radon related lung cancer. Design Modelling study. Setting England. Intervention Home energy efficiency interventions, mot... Read More about Home energy efficiency and radon related risk of lung cancer: Modelling study.

DNA polymerase β deficiency is linked to aggressive breast cancer: A comprehensive analysis of gene copy number, mRNA and protein expression in multiple cohorts (2014)
Journal Article
Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Russell, R., Agarwal, D., Moseley, P., Abayomi, M. A., Perry, C., …Madhusudan, S. (2014). DNA polymerase β deficiency is linked to aggressive breast cancer: A comprehensive analysis of gene copy number, mRNA and protein expression in multiple cohorts. Molecular Oncology, 8(3), 520-532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.01.001

Evidence for Batesian mimicry in a polymorphic hoverfly (2014)
Journal Article
Reader, T. (2014). Evidence for Batesian mimicry in a polymorphic hoverfly. Evolution, 68(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12308

Palatable Batesian mimics are avoided by predators because they resemble noxious or defended species. The striking resemblance of many hoverflies to noxious Hymenoptera is a “textbook” example of Batesian mimicry, but evidence that selection by preda... Read More about Evidence for Batesian mimicry in a polymorphic hoverfly.

The impact of amelogenesis imperfecta and support needs of adolescents with AI and their parents: an exploratory study (2014)
Journal Article
Sneller, J., Buchanan, H., & Parekh, S. (2014). The impact of amelogenesis imperfecta and support needs of adolescents with AI and their parents: an exploratory study. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 24(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/ipd.12086

BACKGROUND:
Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a rare inherited dental defect where enamel does not form properly on the teeth. Research has shown that adolescents with AI may experience adverse psychosocial effects; however the impact on parents has n... Read More about The impact of amelogenesis imperfecta and support needs of adolescents with AI and their parents: an exploratory study.

Rate of improvement of CF life expectancy exceeds that of general population: observational death registration study (2014)
Journal Article
Hurley, M., McKeever, T. M., Prayle, A. P., Smyth, A. R., & Fogarty, A. W. (2014). Rate of improvement of CF life expectancy exceeds that of general population: observational death registration study. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2013.12.002

Background: It is unclear why cystic fibrosis (CF) survival has improved. We wished to quantify increases in CF median age of death in the context of general population survival improvement.
Method: Death registration data analysis (US, England & Wa... Read More about Rate of improvement of CF life expectancy exceeds that of general population: observational death registration study.

Experimental and analytical performance evaluation of SiC power devices in the matrix converter (2014)
Journal Article
Safari, S., Castellazzi, A., & Wheeler, P. (2014). Experimental and analytical performance evaluation of SiC power devices in the matrix converter. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 29(5), https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2013.2289746

With the commercial availability of SiC power devices, their acceptance is expected grows in consideration to the excellent low switching loss, high temperature operation and high voltage rating capabilities of these devices. This paper presents the... Read More about Experimental and analytical performance evaluation of SiC power devices in the matrix converter.

Measuring temporal, spectral and spatial changes in electrophysiological brain network connectivity (2014)
Journal Article
Brookes, M. J., O'Neill, G. C., Hall, E. L., Woolrich, M. W., Baker, A., Palazzo Corner, S., …Barnes, G. R. (2014). Measuring temporal, spectral and spatial changes in electrophysiological brain network connectivity. NeuroImage, 91, 282-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.066

The topic of functional connectivity in neuroimaging is expanding rapidly and many studies now focus on coupling between spatially separate brain regions. These studies show that a relatively small number of large scale networks exist within the brai... Read More about Measuring temporal, spectral and spatial changes in electrophysiological brain network connectivity.

Synthesis of macrolactam analogues of radicicol and their binding to heat shock protein Hsp90 (2014)
Journal Article
Dutton, B. L., Kitson, R. R., Parry-Morris, S., Roe, S. M., Prodromou, C., & Moody, C. J. (2014). Synthesis of macrolactam analogues of radicicol and their binding to heat shock protein Hsp90. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 12(8), https://doi.org/10.1039/C3OB42211A

A series of macrolactam analogues of the naturally occurring resorcylic acid lactone radicicol have been synthesised from methyl orsellinate in 7 steps, involving chlorination, protection of the two phenolic groups, and hydrolysis to the benzoic acid... Read More about Synthesis of macrolactam analogues of radicicol and their binding to heat shock protein Hsp90.

A consistent determination of the temperature of the intergalactic medium at redshift z=2.4 (2014)
Journal Article
Bolton, J. S., Becker, G. D., Haehnelt, M. G., & Viel, M. (2014). A consistent determination of the temperature of the intergalactic medium at redshift z=2.4. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2374

We present new measurements of the thermal state of the intergalactic medium (IGM) at z∼2.4 derived from absorption line profiles in the Lyα forest. We use a large set of high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations to calibrate the relationship betwee... Read More about A consistent determination of the temperature of the intergalactic medium at redshift z=2.4.

The United Kingdom and the negotiation of the 1969 New York Convention on Special Missions (2014)
Journal Article
Young, J. W. (2014). The United Kingdom and the negotiation of the 1969 New York Convention on Special Missions. International History Review, 36(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2013.820777

During 1968-69, members of the United Nations, meeting in the Legal Committee of the General Assembly, negotiated a Convention on Special Missions, sometimes known as the New York Convention, setting out the privileges and immunities of ad hoc embass... Read More about The United Kingdom and the negotiation of the 1969 New York Convention on Special Missions.

A survey of the awareness, knowledge, policies and views of veterinary journal Editors-in-Chief on reporting guidelines for publication of research (2014)
Journal Article
Grindlay, D. J., Dean, R. S., Christopher, M. M., & Brennan, M. L. (2014). A survey of the awareness, knowledge, policies and views of veterinary journal Editors-in-Chief on reporting guidelines for publication of research. BMC Veterinary Research, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-10-10

Background: Wider adoption of reporting guidelines by veterinary journals could improve the quality of published veterinary research. The aims of this study were to assess the knowledge and views of veterinary Editors-in-Chief on reporting guidelines... Read More about A survey of the awareness, knowledge, policies and views of veterinary journal Editors-in-Chief on reporting guidelines for publication of research.

Neonatal phencyclidine administration and post-weaning social isolation as a dual-hit model of 'schizophrenia-like' behaviour in the rat (2014)
Journal Article
Gaskin, P. L., Fone, K., & Alexander, S. (2014). Neonatal phencyclidine administration and post-weaning social isolation as a dual-hit model of 'schizophrenia-like' behaviour in the rat. Psychopharmacology, 231(12), 2533-2545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-013-3424-y

Rationale: Schizophrenia is a debilitating disorder comprising positive, negative and cognitive deficits with a poorly defined neurobiological aetiology; therefore, animal models with greater translational reliability are essential to develop improve... Read More about Neonatal phencyclidine administration and post-weaning social isolation as a dual-hit model of 'schizophrenia-like' behaviour in the rat.

A spatial analysis of the JBA headquarters in Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2014)
Journal Article
Martin, P. (in press). A spatial analysis of the JBA headquarters in Splinter Cell: Double Agent. Entertainment Computing, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcom.2013.12.001

Three measures drawn from space syntax are proposed as means of describing game spaces with a view to a morphological critical analysis. These measures are: core integration and segregation, isovist area, and visibility/accessibility discrepancy (VAD... Read More about A spatial analysis of the JBA headquarters in Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

The archaeobotany of Neolithic and Bronze Age Crete: synthesis and prospects (2014)
Journal Article
Livarda, A., & Kotzamani, G. (2014). The archaeobotany of Neolithic and Bronze Age Crete: synthesis and prospects. Annual of the British School at Athens, 108, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245413000063

This paper explores the full potential of archaeobotanical research in the investigation of issues such as agricultural practices and resource management and mobilisation in shaping the social dynamics of Neolithic and Bronze Age Crete, through a syn... Read More about The archaeobotany of Neolithic and Bronze Age Crete: synthesis and prospects.

The antimalarial drug quinine interferes with serotonin biosynthesis and action (2014)
Journal Article
Islahudin, F., Tindall, S. M., Mellor, I. R., Swift, K., Christensen, H. E., Fone, K. C., …Avery, S. V. (2014). The antimalarial drug quinine interferes with serotonin biosynthesis and action. Scientific Reports, 4(3618), https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03618

The major antimalarial drug quinine perturbs uptake of the essential amino acid tryptophan, and patients with low plasma tryptophan are predisposed to adverse quinine reactions; symptoms of which are similar to indications of tryptophan depletion. As... Read More about The antimalarial drug quinine interferes with serotonin biosynthesis and action.

Availability and quality of coronary heart disease family history in primary care medical records: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment (2014)
Journal Article
Dhiman, P., Kai, J., Horsfall, L., Walters, K., & Qureshi, N. (2014). Availability and quality of coronary heart disease family history in primary care medical records: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment. PLoS ONE, 9(1), Article e81998. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081998

Background: The potential to use data on family history of premature disease to assess disease risk is increasingly recognised, particularly in scoring risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). However the quality of family health information in primary... Read More about Availability and quality of coronary heart disease family history in primary care medical records: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment.