Evaluation of combined morphological and molecular techniques for marine nematode (Terschellingia spp.) identification nork Bhadury, P, Austen, M, Bilton, D, Lambshead, P, Rogers, A, Smerdon, G

“...Marine nematodes, which play an important role in many ecosystems, include a number of apparently cosmopolitan taxa that exhibit broad biogeographic ranges even though there is no obvious dispersal phase in their lifecycle. ...”

Simulation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory neutral current detectors nork Wan Chan Tseung, H

“...</p> <p>The simulation was applied to determine the fractional contents of the main types of alpha backgrounds in each NCD string. The number of neutron capture events in the array was extracted via a statistical separation, using Monte Carlo generated alpha background pulse shape parameter distributions and minimal energy information. ...”

Statistical power calculations for mixed pharmacokinetic study designs using a population approach nork Kloprogge, F, Simpson, J, Day, N, White, N, Tarning, J

“...Power calculations were performed for varying numbers of patients with sampling designs A and B. ...”

Multicentre prospective study on dengue classification in four South-east Asian and three Latin American countries nork Alexander, N, Balmaseda, A, Coelho, I, Dimaano, E, Hien, T, Hung, N, Jäenisch, T, Kroeger, A, Lum, L, Martinez, E, Siqueira, J, Thuy, T, Villalobos, I, Villegas, E, Wills, B

“...Inclusion of readily discernible complications (shock/severe vascular leakage and/or severe bleeding and/or severe organ dysfunction) was necessary to devise a system that identified patients requiring major intervention with sufficient sensitivity and specificity to be practically useful. Only a small number of subjects (5%) progressed to severe disease while under observation; several warning signs were identified, but much larger studies are necessary to fully characterize features associated with disease progression. ...”

Estimating the robustness and uncertainty of animal social networks using different observational methods nork Davis, G, Crofoot, M, Farine, D

“...Our results suggest that data collection methods should be designed to maximize the number of potential interactions (edges) recorded each observation. ...”

Prospective randomised controlled trial comparing sub-threshold micropulse diode laser photocoagulation and conventional green laser for clinically significant diabetic macular oed... nork Figueira, J, Khan, J, Nunes, S, Sivaprasad, S, Rosa, A, de Abreu, J, Cunha-Vaz, J, Chong, N

“...CONCLUSION: Sub-threshold micropulse diode laser photocoagulation is equally as effective as CGL treatment for CSMO. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISTRN 90646644....”

Why don't health workers prescribe ACT? A qualitative study of factors affecting the prescription of artemether-lumefantrine nork Wasunna, B, Zurovac, D, Goodman, C, Snow, R

“...Results: Health workers generally perceived AL as being tolerable and efficacious as compared to amodiaquine and sulphadoxine-pyremethamine. However, a number of key reasons for non-adherence were identified. ...”

Improving heat transfer performance in two-pass ribbed channel by the optimized secondary flow via bend shape modification nork Gao, T, Li, J, Gong, J, Zhu, J, Xia, Q

“...This paper, for the first time, numerically investigates this effect for four rib orientations, two rib angles and eight different bend shapes at Reynolds number of 30,000. The results show that the rib orientation determines the rotation direction and the transverse position of secondary flow in straight passages, while the bend shape determines the delivery of upstream secondary flow and the generation of local secondary flow. ...”

Preventing substance misuse: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 UK (SFP 10-14 UK). nork Segrott, J, Gillespie, D, Holliday, J, Humphreys, I, Murphy, S, Phillips, C, Reed, H, Rothwell, H, Foxcroft, D, Hood, K, Roberts, Z, Scourfield, J, Thomas, C, Moore, L

“...The trial has two primary outcomes - the number of occasions that young people report having drunk alcohol in the last 30 days, and drunkenness during the last 30 days, both dichotomised as 'never' and '1-2 times or more'. ...”

Genomics and structure/function studies of Rhabdoviridae proteins involved in replication and transcription nork Assenberg, R, Delmas, O, Morin, B, Graham, S, De Lamballerie, X, Laubert, C, Coutard, B, Grimes, J, Neyts, J, Owens, R, Brandt, B, Gorbalenya, A, Tucker, P, Stuart, D, Canard, B, Bourhy, H

“...However, the phosphoprotein polymerase co-factor and the structural matrix protein, which play a number of roles during viral replication and drives viral assembly, have both proved much more amenable to structural biology. ...”

Developing a theoretical understanding of therapy techniques: an illustrative analogue study. nork Freeman, D, Garety, P, McGuire, P, Kuipers, E

“...RESULTS: Compared with individuals with a confirmatory reasoning style, individuals with a disconfirmatory reasoning style in Wason's task were less hasty in their data gathering, considered a greater number of hypotheses during the task, had higher intellectual functioning, and had lower levels of depressive symptoms. ...”

Phylogenetic distribution of CMP-Neu5Ac Hydroxylase (CMAH), the enzyme synthetizing the proinflammatory human xenoantigen Neu5Gc nork Peri, S, Kulkarni, A, Feyertag, F, Berninsone, P, Alvarez-Ponce, D

“...The CMAH gene is thought to be present in most deuterostomes, but it has been inactivated in a number of lineages, including humans. The inability of humans to synthesize Neu5Gc has had several evolutionary and biomedical implications. ...”

CP violation in B->Dh decays where D->Ksh'h' nork Bjoern, M

“...This is demonstrated in a number of numerical studies that take the geometries of the LHCb and Belle II detectors into account....”

c-Myc antagonises the transcriptional activity of the androgen receptor in prostate cancer affecting key gene networks. nork Barfeld, S, Urbanucci, A, Itkonen, H, Fazli, L, Hicks, J, Thiede, B, Rennie, P, Yegnasubramanian, S, DeMarzo, A, Mills, I

“...We found c-Myc and the AR co-occupy a substantial number of binding sites and these exhibited enhancer-like characteristics. ...”

Current practice of carotid endarterectomy in the UK nork Rudarakanchana, N, Halliday, A, Kamugasha, D, Grant, R, Waton, S, Horrocks, M, Naylor, A, Rudd, A, Cloud, G, Mitchell, D

“...Conclusion: CEA is performed less commonly in the UK than in other European countries and probably remains underutilized in the prevention of stroke. Increasing the number of CEAs done in the UK, together with reducing surgical waiting times, could prevent more strokes....”

Uptake of Research Findings into Clinical Practice: A Controlled Study of the Impact of a Brief External Intervention on the Use of Corticosteroids in Pre-term Delivery nork Dopson, S, Hicks, N, Mant, J

“...There are a large number of studies addressing the impact of continuing medical education (Davis et al. 1995) and clinical guidelines (Grimshaw &amp; Russell 1993) on changing clinical practice, but comparatively little on the impact of purchasers of health care. ...”

Methods for the field evaluation of quantitative G6PD diagnostics: a review nork Ley, B, Bancone, G, von Seidlein, L, Thriemer, K, Richards, J, Domingo, G, Price, R

“...There is currently a lack of appropriate G6PD PoC tests, but a number of new tests are in development and are likely to enter the market in the coming years. ...”

Forgotten Men: Post-war memory of Indian Prisoners of War of the Japanese in World War Two nork Noles, K

“...<p>During the Second World War some sixty-seven thousand Indian personnel of the British Indian Army were captured by Imperial Japanese forces, including a large number at the surrender of Singapore in February 1942. ...”

Biochemical assessment of myocardial injury after cardiac surgery: effects of a platelet activating factor antagonist, bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts, and coronary endar... nork Taggart, D

“...Stepwise multiple regression analysis demonstrated that duration of cardiopulmonary bypass was the most important determinant of elevations in creatine kinase MB isoenzyme and cardiac troponin T up to 6 hours after the operation and that the use of a platelet activating factor antagonist and the number of internal thoracic artery grafts did not influence myocardial injury at any time. ...”

Simulations of the small-scale turbulent dynamo nork Schekochihin, A, Cowley, S, Taylor, S, Maron, J, McWilliams, J

“...The primary focus is on the case of large magnetic Prandtl numbers Prm, which is relevant for hot low-density astrophysical plasmas. ...”