A Proposal for Expansion of the Medical Specialty of Rehabilitation Medicine by Manoj Sivan, Mahesh Cirasanambati, Elie Okirie, Faraz Jeddi, Matthew Smith, Bhaskar Basu, Sachin Watve, Renjith Bose, Sudha Balakrishnan, Abayomi Salawu, Yogendra Jagatsinh, Vicki Williams, Sreedhar Kolli, Robert Simpson, Simon Shaw, Shyam Swarna, Vijay Kolli

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The Intestinal and Skin Microbiome in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis and Their Influence on the Course of the Disease: A Literature Review by Małgorzata Mazur, Hanna Tomczak, Martha Łodyga, Katarzyna Plagens-Rotman, Piotr Merks, Magdalena Czarnecka-Operacz

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Chk1 and the Host Cell DNA Damage Response as a Potential Antiviral Target in BK Polyomavirus Infection by Lydia E. Hainley, Martina S. Hughson, Amithi Narendran, Ralph Smith, Justin Arthur, Alida Hayner-Buchan, David J. Conti, John M. Lehman, Thomas D. Friedrich

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Memristor‐Based Intelligent Human‐Like Neural Computing by Shengbo Wang, Lekai Song, Wenbin Chen, Guanyu Wang, En Hao, Cong Li, Yuhan Hu, Yu Pan, Arokia Nathan, Guohua Hu, Shuo Gao

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STIMULATE-ICP: A pragmatic, multi-centre, cluster randomised trial of an integrated care pathway with a nested, Phase III, open label, adaptive platform randomised drug trial in in... by Denise Forshaw, Emma C. Wall, Gordon Prescott, Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, Angela Green, Emily Attree, Lyth Hismeh, William D. Strain, Michael G. Crooks, Caroline Watkins, Chris Robson, Rajarshi Banerjee, Paula Lorgelly, Melissa Heightman, Amitava Banerjee

“…<h4>Ethics and dissemination</h4> The protocol was reviewed by South Central—Berkshire Research Ethics Committee (reference: 21/SC/0416). …”
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Platform Randomised trial of INterventions against COVID-19 In older peoPLE (PRINCIPLE): protocol for a randomised, controlled, open-label, adaptive platform, trial of community tr... by Hayward, G, Butler, CC, Yu, L-M, Saville, BR, Berry, N, Dorward, J, Gbinigie, O, van Hecke, O, Ogburn, E, Swayze, H, Bongard, E, Allen, J, Tonner, S, Rutter, H, Tonkin-Crine, S, Borek, A, Judge, D, Grabey, J, de Lusignan, S, Thomas, NPB, Evans, PH, Andersson, MI, Llewelyn, M, Patel, M, Hopkins, S, Hobbs, FDR

“…<br> <strong>Ethics and dissemination</strong> Ethical approval Ref: 20/SC/0158 South Central - Berkshire Research Ethics Committee; IRAS Project ID: 281958; EudraCT Number: 2020-001209-22. …”

Treating common mental disorder including psychotic experiences in the primary care improving access to psychological therapies programme (the TYPPEX study): protocol for a stepped... by Ashford, P-A, Knight, C, Heslin, M, Clark, AB, Kanaan, M, Patel, U, Stuart, F, Kabir, T, Grey, N, Murray, H, Hodgekins, J, Reeve, N, Marshall, N, Painter, M, Clarke, J, Russo, D, Stochl, J, Leathersich, M, Pond, M, Fowler, D, French, P, Swart, AM, Dixon-Woods, M, Byford, S, Jones, PB, Perez, J

“…Ethics and dissemination The study received the following approvals: South Central—Berkshire Research Ethics Committee on 28 April 2020 (REC reference 20/SC/0135) and Health Research Authority (HRA) on 23 June 2020. …”

Protocol for the development and analysis of the Oxford and Reading Cognitive Comorbidity, Frailty and Ageing Research Database - Electronic Patient Records (ORCHARD-EPR) by Boucher, E, Jell, A, Singh , S, Davies, J, Smith, T, Pill, A, Varnai, K, Woods, K, Walliker, D, McColl, A, Shepperd, S, Pendlebury, S

“…<p><strong> Methods and analysis </p></strong> ORCHARD-EPR uses routinely acquired individual patient data on all patients aged ≥65 years with unplanned admission or Same Day Emergency Care unit attendance at four acute general hospitals serving a population of >800 000 (Oxfordshire, UK) with planned extension to the neighbouring Berkshire regional hospitals (>1 000 000). Data fields include diagnosis, comorbidities, nursing risk assessments, frailty, observations, illness acuity, laboratory tests and brain scan images. …”

Accelerating clinical development of a live attenuated vaccine against Salmonella Paratyphi A (VASP): study protocol for an observer-participant-blind randomised control trial of a... by McCann, N, Emary, K, Singh, N, Mclean, F, Camara, S, Jones, E, Kim, YC, Liu, X, Greenland, M, Conlin, K, Hill, J, Verheul, M, Robinson, H, Angus, B, Ramasamy, MN, Levine, MM, Pollard, AJ

“…</p> <p><strong>Ethics and dissemination:</strong>&nbsp;Ethical approval for this study has been obtained from the Berkshire Medical Research Ethics Committee (REC ref 21/SC/0330). …”

Adele Smith - Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) by Smith, A

“…Re-search suggests that greater clinical complexity increases the likelihood of re-referring to TT, which results in poorer clinical outcomes. Berkshire Talking Therapies (BTT) raised concerns about service users (SUs) with multiple referrals; they wanted to understand the factors sur-rounding re-referral rates.…”

Phenotypic correlations between reproductive characteristics related to litter and reproductive cycle length in sows by Błażej Nowak, Anna Mucha, Wojciech Kruszyński, Magdalena Moska

“…The study estimated phenotypic correlations between reproductive traits in sows classified as maternal (Polish Large White, Polish Landrace, and Yorkshire) and paternal (Duroc, Berkshire, and Hampshire) components, kept on farms located in Poland and in the United States. …”
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The jigsaw puzzle of pedigree: whole-genome resequencing reveals genetic diversity and ancestral lineage in Sunong black pigs by X.W. Ye, J.M. Gu, C.Y. Cao, Z.Y. Zhang, H. Cheng, Z. Chen, X.M. Fang, Z. Zhang, Q.S. Wang, Y.C. Pan, Z. Wang

“…The Sunong black pig is a new composite breed under development generated from Chinese indigenous pig breeds (i.e., Taihu and Huai) and intensive pig breeds (i.e., Landrace and Berkshire), which is an important genetic material for studying breeding mechanisms. …”
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Angucycline Glycosides from Mangrove-Derived Streptomyces diastaticus subsp. SCSIO GJ056 by Chun Gui, Yena Liu, Zhenbin Zhou, Shanwen Zhang, Yunfeng Hu, Yu-Cheng Gu, Hongbo Huang, Jianhua Ju

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Normal high-sensitivity cardiac troponin for ruling-out inpatient mortality in acute COVID-19. by Alexander Liu, Robert Hammond, Kenneth Chan, Chukwugozie Chukwuenweniwe, Rebecca Johnson, Duaa Khair, Eleanor Duck, Oluwaseun Olubodun, Kristian Barwick, Winston Banya, James Stirrup, Peter D Donnelly, Juan Carlos Kaski, Anthony R M Coates

“…<h4>Method</h4>We tested the diagnostic value of hs-cTnT in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients (≥18 years old) admitted to the Royal Berkshire Hospital (UK) between 1st March and 10th May 2020. …”
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A systematic survey of adults’ health-protective behavior use during early COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, and the United States, and vaccination hesitancy an... by J. Christopher Perry, Vera Bekes, Claire J. Starrs

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Multinational cost‐effectiveness analysis of empagliflozin for heart failure patients with ejection fraction >40% by Spyros Kolovos, Leana Bellanca, Harinala Groyer, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Alexandra Solé, Jennifer Gaultney, Stephan Linden

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Genotype and Environment Affect the Grain Quality and Yield of Winter Oats (<i>Avena sativa</i> L.) by Catherine J. Howarth, Pilar M. J. Martinez-Martin, Alexander A. Cowan, Irene M. Griffiths, Ruth Sanderson, Susan J. Lister, Tim Langdon, Sarah Clarke, Nick Fradgley, Athole H. Marshall

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Hybridization alters the gut microbial and metabolic profile concurrent with modifying intestinal functions in Tunchang pigs by Jiayi He, Jiayi He, Yunchao Zhang, Yunchao Zhang, Hui Li, Yanshe Xie, Yanshe Xie, Guiqing Huang, Guiqing Huang, Chen Peng, Chen Peng, Pengju Zhao, Pengju Zhao, Zhengguang Wang, Zhengguang Wang

“…However, the differences in the gut environment between hybrid and purebred boars, which can have significant impacts on their health and productivity, have been poorly understood.MethodsIn the current study, metagenomics was used to detect the gut microbial diversity and composition in hybrid Batun (BT, Berkshire × Tunchang) pigs and purebred Tunchang (TC) pigs. …”
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An International Validation of a Clinical Tool to Assess Carers’ Quality of Life in Huntington’s Disease by Aimee Aubeeluck, Edward J. N. Stupple, Malcolm B. Schofield, Alis C. Hughes, Lucienne van der Meer, Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, Aileen K. Ho, Aileen K. Ho

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RNase A Domain-Swapped Dimers Produced Through Different Methods: Structure–Catalytic Properties and Antitumor Activity by Riccardo Montioli, Rachele Campagnari, Sabrina Fasoli, Andrea Fagagnini, Andra Caloiu, Marcello Smania, Marta Menegazzi, Giovanni Gotte

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