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Long-Term Endurance and Power Training May Facilitate Motor Unit Size Expansion to Compensate for Declining Motor Unit Numbers in Older Age (2019)
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Piasecki, M., Ireland, A., Piasecki, J., Degens, H., Stashuk, D. W., Swiecicka, A., …McPhee, J. S. (2019). Long-Term Endurance and Power Training May Facilitate Motor Unit Size Expansion to Compensate for Declining Motor Unit Numbers in Older Age. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, Article 449. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00449

© 2019 Frontiers Media S.A. All Rights Reserved. The evidence concerning the effects of exercise in older age on motor unit (MU) numbers, muscle fiber denervation and reinnervation cycles is inconclusive and it remains unknown whether any effects are... Read More about Long-Term Endurance and Power Training May Facilitate Motor Unit Size Expansion to Compensate for Declining Motor Unit Numbers in Older Age.

Human vascular cell responses to the circulating bone hormone osteocalcin (2019)
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Millar, S. A., Anderson, S. I., & O'sullivan, S. E. (2019). Human vascular cell responses to the circulating bone hormone osteocalcin. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 234(11), 21039-21048. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.28707

The purpose of this study was to characterize the direct effects of uncarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOCN) on vascular cell biology in vitro, to assess its potential function in pathophysiological conditions such as atherosclerosis. Human aortic endothel... Read More about Human vascular cell responses to the circulating bone hormone osteocalcin.

Association between surgeon special interest and mortality after emergency laparotomy (2019)
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Boyd‐Carson, H., Doleman, B., Herrod, P. J. J., Anderson, I. D., Williams, J. P., Lund, J. N., …on behalf of the NELA Collaboration. (2019). Association between surgeon special interest and mortality after emergency laparotomy. British Journal of Surgery, 106(7), 940-948. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.11146

© 2019 BJS Society Ltd Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Background: Approximately 30 000 emergency laparotomies are performed each year in England and Wales. Patients with pathology of the gastrointestinal tract requiring emergency laparotomy are... Read More about Association between surgeon special interest and mortality after emergency laparotomy.

Patients with TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS) are hypersensitive to Toll‐like receptor 9 stimulation (2019)
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Negm, O. H., Singh, S., Abduljabbar, W., Hamed, M. R., Radford, P., McDermott, E. M., …Tighe, P. J. (2019). Patients with TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS) are hypersensitive to Toll‐like receptor 9 stimulation. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 197(3), 352-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.13306

Tumour necrosis factor receptor‐associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is an hereditary autoinflammatory disorder characterised by recurrent episodes of fever and inflammation. It is associated with autosomal dominant mutations in TNFRSF1A, which encod... Read More about Patients with TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS) are hypersensitive to Toll‐like receptor 9 stimulation.

The acute transcriptional response to resistance exercise: impact of age and contraction mode (2019)
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Deane, C. S., Ames, R. M., Phillips, B. E., Weedon, M. N., Willis, C. R., Boereboom, C., …Etheridge, T. (2019). The acute transcriptional response to resistance exercise: impact of age and contraction mode. Aging, 11(7), 2111-2126. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101904

Optimization of resistance exercise (RE) remains a hotbed of research for muscle building and maintenance. However, the interactions between the contractile components of RE (i.e. concentric (CON) and eccentric (ECC)) and age, are poorly defined. We... Read More about The acute transcriptional response to resistance exercise: impact of age and contraction mode.

Sexual dimorphism of brown adipose tissue function (2019)
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Robinson, L. J., Law, J., Astle, V., Gutiérrez García, M., Ohja, S., Symonds, M. E., …Budge, H. (2019). Sexual dimorphism of brown adipose tissue function. Journal of Pediatrics, 210, 166-172.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.03.003

Objective To determine whether brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity in school-age children differs between the sexes and to explore the impact of dietary intake, sedentary behavior, and picky/fussy eating. Study design Children aged 8.5-11.8 year... Read More about Sexual dimorphism of brown adipose tissue function.

Studying the Evolving Knowledge of Adverse Drug Reactions in Order to Facilitate the Rational Use of Medicines in Paediatric Patients (2019)
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Star, K., & Choonara, I. (2019). Studying the Evolving Knowledge of Adverse Drug Reactions in Order to Facilitate the Rational Use of Medicines in Paediatric Patients. Healthcare, 7(2), Article 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7020055

Pharmacovigilance, which is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other possible drug-related problems, generates knowledge to facilitate the rational use of medicines... Read More about Studying the Evolving Knowledge of Adverse Drug Reactions in Order to Facilitate the Rational Use of Medicines in Paediatric Patients.

Efficacy and Safety of Pioglitazone Monotherapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials (2019)
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Alam, F., Islam, M. A., Mohamed, M., Ahmad, I., Kamal, M. A., Donnelly, R., …Gan, S. H. (2019). Efficacy and Safety of Pioglitazone Monotherapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 5389. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41854-2

Pioglitazone, the only thiazolidinedione drug in clinical practice is under scrutiny due to reported adverse effects, it’s unique insulin sensitising action provides rationale to remain as a therapeutic option for managing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T... Read More about Efficacy and Safety of Pioglitazone Monotherapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.

Surgical interventions for the treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
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Hardy, E. J. O., Herrod, P. J., Doleman, B., Phillips, H. G., Ranat, R., & Lund, J. N. (2019). Surgical interventions for the treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.02.058

Background Pilonidal sinus disease (PNS) is not uncommon in children. Controversy remains over the best treatment and there is limited evidence. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to establish which techniques have the best outcomes in... Read More about Surgical interventions for the treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Biological variation of measured and estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic kidney disease (2019)
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Rowe, C., Sitch, A. J., Barratt, J., Brettell, E. A., Cockwell, P., Dalton, R. N., …Lamb, E. J. (2019). Biological variation of measured and estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic kidney disease. Kidney International, 96(2), 429-435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2019.02.021

When assessing changes in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) it is important to differentiate pathological change from intrinsic biological and analytical variation. GFR is measured using complex reference methods (e.g., iohexol clearance). In clinical... Read More about Biological variation of measured and estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Toward common data elements for international research in long-term care homes: advancing person-centered care (2019)
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Corazzini, K. N., Anderson, R. A., Bowers, B. J., Chu, C. H., Edvardsson, D., Fagertun, A., …Lepore, M. J. (2019). Toward common data elements for international research in long-term care homes: advancing person-centered care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20(5), 598-603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.01.123

To support person-centered, residential long-term care internationally, a consortium of researchers in medicine, nursing, behavioral, and social sciences from 21 geographically and economically diverse countries have launched the WE-THRIVE consortium... Read More about Toward common data elements for international research in long-term care homes: advancing person-centered care.

Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review) Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review) (2019)
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Elfzzani, Z., Kwok, T. C., Ojha, S., & Dorling, J. (2019). Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review) Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Article CD012240. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012240.pub2

Background Weaning refers to the period of introduction of solid food to complement breast milk or formula milk. Preterm infants are known to acquire extrauterine growth restriction by the time of discharge from neonatal units. Hence, the postdisc... Read More about Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review) Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in infants born preterm (Review).

Quick and simple: psoas density measurement is an independent predictor of anastomotic leak and other complications after colorectal resection (2019)
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Herrod, P. J., Boyd-Carson, H., Doleman, B., Trotter, J., Schlichtemeier, S., Sathanapally, G., …Lund, J. N. (2019). Quick and simple: psoas density measurement is an independent predictor of anastomotic leak and other complications after colorectal resection. Techniques in Coloproctology, 23(2), 129–134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-019-1928-0

Purpose: Radiologically-defined sarcopenia has been shown to predict negative outcomes after cancer surgery, however radiological assessment of sarcopenia often requires additional software and standardisation against anthropomorphic data. Measuring... Read More about Quick and simple: psoas density measurement is an independent predictor of anastomotic leak and other complications after colorectal resection.

An Organizational-Level Program of Intervention for AKI: A Pragmatic Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial (2019)
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Selby, N. M., Casula, A., Lamming, L., Stoves, J., Samarasinghe, Y., Lewington, A. J., …Caskey, F. J. (2019). An Organizational-Level Program of Intervention for AKI: A Pragmatic Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 30(3), 505-515. https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.2018090886

Background Variable standards of care may contribute to poor outcomes associated with AKI. We evaluated whether a multifaceted intervention (AKI e-alerts, an AKI care bundle, and an education program) would improve delivery of care and patient outc... Read More about An Organizational-Level Program of Intervention for AKI: A Pragmatic Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial.

Modifying a paediatric rational prescribing tool (POPI) for use in the UK (2019)
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Corrick, F., Choonara, I., Conroy, S., & Sammons, H. (2019). Modifying a paediatric rational prescribing tool (POPI) for use in the UK. Healthcare, 7(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7010033

Rational prescribing tools can be used by individual prescribers, organisations, and researchers to evaluate the quality of prescribing for research and quality improvement purposes. A literature search showed that there is only one tool for evaluati... Read More about Modifying a paediatric rational prescribing tool (POPI) for use in the UK.

Higher education outreach: examining key challenges for academics (2019)
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Johnson, M., Danvers, E., Hinton-Smith, T., Atkinson, K., Bowden, G., Foster, J., …Williams, S. (2019). Higher education outreach: examining key challenges for academics. British Journal of Educational Studies, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2019.1572101

How should academic staff engage in outreach with communities outside of the university? The need of academics to answer this question has intensified in the UK given the changing priorities of academic job roles, shaped by increasing institutional c... Read More about Higher education outreach: examining key challenges for academics.

Liver kinase B1—a potential therapeutic target in hormone-sensitive breast cancer in older women (2019)
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Syed, B. M., Green, A. R., Morgan, D. A., Ellis, I. O., & Cheung, K. (2019). Liver kinase B1—a potential therapeutic target in hormone-sensitive breast cancer in older women. Cancers, 11(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers11020149

Background: The role of liver kinase B1 (LKB1), a serine/threonine kinase, has been described in the development of PeutzJagher’s syndrome, where a proportion (~45%) of patients have developed breast cancer in their lifetime. Cell line studies have l... Read More about Liver kinase B1—a potential therapeutic target in hormone-sensitive breast cancer in older women.

Albuminuria regression and all-cause mortality among insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes: analysis of a large UK Primary Care cohort (2019)
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Anyanwagu, U., Donnelly, R., & Idris, I. (2019). Albuminuria regression and all-cause mortality among insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes: analysis of a large UK Primary Care cohort. American Journal of Nephrology, 49(2), 146-155. https://doi.org/10.1159/000496276

Background: Overt albuminuria (urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) >300mg/g) is an established risk factor for progression of nephropathy and total mortality. However, whether, a reduction in ACR translates into a reduction in mortality and/or car... Read More about Albuminuria regression and all-cause mortality among insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes: analysis of a large UK Primary Care cohort.

An investigation of potential sources of nutraceuticals from the Niger Delta areas, Nigeria for attenuating oxidative stress (2019)
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Nwidu, L. L., Alikwe, P. C. N., Elmorsy, E., & Carter, W. G. (2019). An investigation of potential sources of nutraceuticals from the Niger Delta areas, Nigeria for attenuating oxidative stress. Medicines, 6(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines6010015

Background: Diets rich in fruits, vegetables, and medicinal plants possess antioxidants potentially capable of mitigating cellular oxidative stress. This study investigated the antioxidant, anti-acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and total phenolic and fla... Read More about An investigation of potential sources of nutraceuticals from the Niger Delta areas, Nigeria for attenuating oxidative stress.