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From Mental Disorder To Shared Understanding: A Non-Categorical Approach To Support Individuals With Distress In Primary Care, Richard Byng, Nora Groos, Christopher Dowrick Jan 2019

From Mental Disorder To Shared Understanding: A Non-Categorical Approach To Support Individuals With Distress In Primary Care, Richard Byng, Nora Groos, Christopher Dowrick

Peninsula Medical School

This article argues that, rather than aiming for a psychiatric diagnosis, generalist professionals such as those working in primary care, as well as in other hospital and community settings, should use a non-diagnostic framework when encountering distress. The conceptual and empirical limitations of the psychiatric diagnostic system and evidence that psychological phenomena are dimensional suggest the need for an alternative approach; one that might also address problems of overdiagnosis and overmedication.1 There are three key problems with the current Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) systems of psychiatric classification. The process can be stigmatising; diagnoses are …


Evolution And Clustering Of Prodromal Parkinsonian Features In Gba1 Carriers, Stephen Mullin, Michelle Beavan, Jonathan Bestwick, Alisdair Mcneill, Christos Proukakis, Timothy Cox, Derralynn Hughes, Atul Mehta, Henrik Zetterberg, Anthony H.V. Schapira Jan 2019

Evolution And Clustering Of Prodromal Parkinsonian Features In Gba1 Carriers, Stephen Mullin, Michelle Beavan, Jonathan Bestwick, Alisdair Mcneill, Christos Proukakis, Timothy Cox, Derralynn Hughes, Atul Mehta, Henrik Zetterberg, Anthony H.V. Schapira

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Gender Incongruence In Children, Adolescents, And Adults: Response To Dr White, M Mccartney, S Bewley, D Clifford, R Byng Jan 2019

Gender Incongruence In Children, Adolescents, And Adults: Response To Dr White, M Mccartney, S Bewley, D Clifford, R Byng

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Data Security In Cloud Using Random Pattern Fragmentation And A Distributed Nosql Database, Nelson L. Santos, Bogdan Ghita, Giovanni L. Masala Jan 2019

Enhancing Data Security In Cloud Using Random Pattern Fragmentation And A Distributed Nosql Database, Nelson L. Santos, Bogdan Ghita, Giovanni L. Masala

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Teasing Apart The Impact Of Illness And Iq On Functional Neuroimaging Findings In Schizophrenia, S Graham, Tm Oh, V Manning, J Jiang, Ib Yeh, S Kang, Pj Mckenna Jan 2019

Teasing Apart The Impact Of Illness And Iq On Functional Neuroimaging Findings In Schizophrenia, S Graham, Tm Oh, V Manning, J Jiang, Ib Yeh, S Kang, Pj Mckenna

Peninsula Medical School

Schizophrenia is a major psychiatric disorder associated with cognitive impairment. Functional brain imaging (fMRI) studies of schizophrenia patients reveal a complex pattern of brain differences in the prefrontal cortex. Both decreased (hypofrontality) and increased (hyperfrontality) activity have been reported in patients – inconsistencies that this paper argues could be explained by differences in IQ between patients and healthy controls. This study demonstrates a novel method to tease apart IQ and schizophrenia effects on brain activity. Twelve schizophrenia patients were matched to twelve healthy controls matched to patients’ estimated (premorbid) IQ before their illness, and twelve healthy controls matched to patients’ …


Predictors And Trajectory Of Performance Status In Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Secondary Data Analysis Of The International European Palliative Care Cancer Symptom Study, Jw Boland, Victoria Allgar, Eg Boland, Stein Kaasa, Marianne J. Hjermstad, Miriam J. Johnson Jan 2019

Predictors And Trajectory Of Performance Status In Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Secondary Data Analysis Of The International European Palliative Care Cancer Symptom Study, Jw Boland, Victoria Allgar, Eg Boland, Stein Kaasa, Marianne J. Hjermstad, Miriam J. Johnson

Peninsula Medical School

Background: Performance status, a predictor of cancer survival, and ability to maintain independent living deteriorate in advanced disease. Understanding predictors of performance status trajectory could help identify those at risk of functional deterioration, target support for independent living and reduce service costs. The relationship between symptoms, analgesics and performance status is poorly delineated. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine whether demographics, analgesics, disease characteristics, quality-of-life domains and C-reactive protein predict the trajectory of Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) in patients with advanced cancer. Design: The study design is the secondary data analysis of the international prospective, longitudinal European …


Evaluation Of The Impact Of The Nice Head Injury Guidelines On Inpatient Mortality From Traumatic Brain Injury: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis, Carl Marincowitz, Fiona Lecky, Victoria Allgar, Trevor Sheldon Jan 2019

Evaluation Of The Impact Of The Nice Head Injury Guidelines On Inpatient Mortality From Traumatic Brain Injury: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis, Carl Marincowitz, Fiona Lecky, Victoria Allgar, Trevor Sheldon

Peninsula Medical School

ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) head injury guidelines on deaths and hospital admissions caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI).SettingAll hospitals in England between 1998 and 2017.ParticipantsPatients admitted to hospital or who died up to 30 days following hospital admission with International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding indicating the reason for admission or death was TBI.InterventionAn interrupted time series analysis was conducted with intervention points when each of the three guidelines was introduced. Analysis was stratified by guideline recommendation specific age groups (0–15, 16–64 and 65+).Outcome measuresThe monthly population mortality and admission rates …


Naxdmutations Cause A Novel Neurodegenerative Disorder Exacerbated By Febrile Illnesses, Bergen Nj Van, Y Guo, J Rankin, N Paczia, J Becker-Kettern, Ls Kremer, A Pyle, J Conrotte, Cj Ellaway, P Procopis, K Prelog, T Homfray, J Baptista, E Baple, M Wakeling, S Massey, Dp Kay, A Shukla, Km Girisha, Les Lewis, Sd Santra, R Power, P Daubeney, J Montoya, E Ruiz-Pesini, R Kovacs-Nagy, M Pritsch, U Ahting, Dr Thorburn, H Prokisch, R Taylor, J Christodoulou, C Linster, S Ellard, H Hakonarson Jan 2019

Naxdmutations Cause A Novel Neurodegenerative Disorder Exacerbated By Febrile Illnesses, Bergen Nj Van, Y Guo, J Rankin, N Paczia, J Becker-Kettern, Ls Kremer, A Pyle, J Conrotte, Cj Ellaway, P Procopis, K Prelog, T Homfray, J Baptista, E Baple, M Wakeling, S Massey, Dp Kay, A Shukla, Km Girisha, Les Lewis, Sd Santra, R Power, P Daubeney, J Montoya, E Ruiz-Pesini, R Kovacs-Nagy, M Pritsch, U Ahting, Dr Thorburn, H Prokisch, R Taylor, J Christodoulou, C Linster, S Ellard, H Hakonarson

Peninsula Medical School

Physical stress, including high temperatures, may damage the central metabolic nicotinamide nucleotide cofactors [NAD(P)H], generating toxic derivatives [NAD(P)HX]. The highly conserved enzyme NAD(P)HX dehydratase (NAXD) is essential for intracellular repair of NAD(P)HX. Here we present a series of infants and children who suffered episodes of febrile illness-induced neurodegeneration or cardiac failure and early death. Whole-exome or whole-genome sequencing identified recessive NAXD variants in each case. Variants were predicted to be potentially deleterious through in silico analysis. Reverse-transcription PCR confirmed altered splicing in one case. Subject fibroblasts showed highly elevated concentrations of the damaged cofactors SNADHX, R-NADHX and cyclic NADHX. NADHX …


Do Psychological Factors Relate To Energy Saving Behaviours In Inefficient And Damp Homes? A Study Among English Social Housing Residents, C Boomsma, Rv Jones, S Pahl, A Fuertes Jan 2019

Do Psychological Factors Relate To Energy Saving Behaviours In Inefficient And Damp Homes? A Study Among English Social Housing Residents, C Boomsma, Rv Jones, S Pahl, A Fuertes

School of Psychology

Social housing residents are vulnerable to rising energy costs. Reductions in energy use through behaviour change may be part of the solution but require an insight into the factors that relate to energy saving behaviour in this context. This paper responds to recent calls for an integrated approach to studying energy saving behaviours, investigating psychological (i.e. attitudes; perceived behavioural control; subjective norms), contextual (i.e. dwelling energy efficiency; problems with condensation, damp and mould), and socio-demographic factors (i.e. gender; age) together. Data was collected using a cross-sectional survey among social housing residents in South-West England. Dwelling characteristics were not found to …


Are Some Natural Environments More Psychologically Beneficial Than Others? The Importance Of Type And Quality On Connectedness To Nature And Psychological Restoration, Kayleigh J. Wyles, Mathew P. White, Caroline Hattam, Sabine Pahl, Haney King, Melanie Austen Jan 2019

Are Some Natural Environments More Psychologically Beneficial Than Others? The Importance Of Type And Quality On Connectedness To Nature And Psychological Restoration, Kayleigh J. Wyles, Mathew P. White, Caroline Hattam, Sabine Pahl, Haney King, Melanie Austen

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.


Implementation And Impact Of Co-Locating The Voluntary Sector With A Multidisciplinary, Cross-Sector Community Hub At The Integrated Care Organisation (Ico) In Torbay And South Devon, Uk, F Gradinger, J Elston, S Asthana, C Lilley-Woolnough, C Myers, M Fox, D Butler, R Byng Jan 2019

Implementation And Impact Of Co-Locating The Voluntary Sector With A Multidisciplinary, Cross-Sector Community Hub At The Integrated Care Organisation (Ico) In Torbay And South Devon, Uk, F Gradinger, J Elston, S Asthana, C Lilley-Woolnough, C Myers, M Fox, D Butler, R Byng

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Impact Of “Enhanced” Intermediate Care Located In A Health & Wellbeing Hub At The Integrated Care Organisation (Ico) In Torbay And South Devon, Uk, J Elston, F Gradinger, S Asthana, M Fox, L Dawson, D Butler, R Byng Jan 2019

Impact Of “Enhanced” Intermediate Care Located In A Health & Wellbeing Hub At The Integrated Care Organisation (Ico) In Torbay And South Devon, Uk, J Elston, F Gradinger, S Asthana, M Fox, L Dawson, D Butler, R Byng

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


The Core-10 In Screening For Current Mental Health Problems And Severe Mental Illness In Prisoners, Gwen O'Connor, Reg Morris Jan 2019

The Core-10 In Screening For Current Mental Health Problems And Severe Mental Illness In Prisoners, Gwen O'Connor, Reg Morris

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.


Optimising Feedback For Early Career Professionals: A Scoping Review And New Framework, Karen Mattick, Nicola Brennan, Simon Briscoe, Chrysanthi Papoutsi, Mark Pearson Jan 2019

Optimising Feedback For Early Career Professionals: A Scoping Review And New Framework, Karen Mattick, Nicola Brennan, Simon Briscoe, Chrysanthi Papoutsi, Mark Pearson

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Progression Of Hearing Loss In Neurofibromatosis Type 2 According To Genetic Severity, C. Oliver Hanemann, Beatrice Emmanouil, Rory Houston, Anne May, James D. Ramsden, Dorothy Halliday, Allyson Parry, Samuel Mackeith Jan 2019

Progression Of Hearing Loss In Neurofibromatosis Type 2 According To Genetic Severity, C. Oliver Hanemann, Beatrice Emmanouil, Rory Houston, Anne May, James D. Ramsden, Dorothy Halliday, Allyson Parry, Samuel Mackeith

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Determining The Impact Of A Bowel Management Protocol On Patients And Clinicians’ Compliance In Cardiac Intensive Care: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Dawn Warren, Bridie Kent Jan 2019

Determining The Impact Of A Bowel Management Protocol On Patients And Clinicians’ Compliance In Cardiac Intensive Care: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Dawn Warren, Bridie Kent

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.


The Importance Of Inter‐Individual Variation In Predicting Species' Responses To Global Change Drivers, Ella Guscelli, John I. Spicer, Piero Calosi Jan 2019

The Importance Of Inter‐Individual Variation In Predicting Species' Responses To Global Change Drivers, Ella Guscelli, John I. Spicer, Piero Calosi

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Using Meta‐Ethnography To Develop A Conceptual Model Of Peer‐Assisted Learning Of Nursing Students In Clinical Practice, Matthew C. Carey, Bridie Kent, Jos M. Latour Jan 2019

Using Meta‐Ethnography To Develop A Conceptual Model Of Peer‐Assisted Learning Of Nursing Students In Clinical Practice, Matthew C. Carey, Bridie Kent, Jos M. Latour

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.


Methods Of Usability Testing In The Development Of Ehealth Applications: A Scoping Review, Inocencio Maramba, Arunangsu Chatterjee, Craig Newman Jan 2019

Methods Of Usability Testing In The Development Of Ehealth Applications: A Scoping Review, Inocencio Maramba, Arunangsu Chatterjee, Craig Newman

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Background The number of eHealth applications has exponentially increased in recent years, with over 325,000 health apps now available on all major app stores. This is in addition to other eHealth applications available on other platforms such as PC software, web sites and even gaming consoles. As with other digital applications, usability is one of the key factors in the successful implementation of eHealth apps. Reviews of the literature on empirical methods of usability testing in eHealth were last published in 2015. In the context of an exponentially increasing rate of App development year on year, an updated review is …


Physical Activity Recognition By Utilising Smartphone Sensor Signals, A Alruban, H Alobaidi, N Clarke, F Li Jan 2019

Physical Activity Recognition By Utilising Smartphone Sensor Signals, A Alruban, H Alobaidi, N Clarke, F Li

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Current Cybersecurity Maturity Models: How Effective In Healthcare Cloud?, Oo Akinsanya, M Papadaki, L Sun Jan 2019

Current Cybersecurity Maturity Models: How Effective In Healthcare Cloud?, Oo Akinsanya, M Papadaki, L Sun

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This research investigates the effective assessment of healthcare cyber security maturity models for healthcare organizations actively using cloud computing. Healthcare cyber security maturity models designate a collection of capabilities expected in a healthcare organization and facilitate its ability to identify where their practices are weak or absent and where they are truly embedded. However, these assessment practices are sometimes considered not effective because sole compliance to standards does not produce objective assessment outputs, and the performance measurements of individual IS components does not depict the overall security posture of a healthcare organization. They also do not consider the effect of …


Privacy Enhancing Data Access Control For Ambient Assisted Living, Hendrik Kuijs, Timo Bayer, Christoph Reich, Martin Knahl, Nathan Clarke Jan 2019

Privacy Enhancing Data Access Control For Ambient Assisted Living, Hendrik Kuijs, Timo Bayer, Christoph Reich, Martin Knahl, Nathan Clarke

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Flexural Performance And Cost Efficiency Of Carbon/Basalt/Glass Hybrid Frp Composite Laminates, Dongdong Chen, Guangyong Sun, Maozhou Meng, Xihong Jin, Qing Li Jan 2019

Flexural Performance And Cost Efficiency Of Carbon/Basalt/Glass Hybrid Frp Composite Laminates, Dongdong Chen, Guangyong Sun, Maozhou Meng, Xihong Jin, Qing Li

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


#Brexit Vs. #Stopbrexit: What Is Trendier? An Nlp Analysis, M Palomino, A Murali Jan 2019

#Brexit Vs. #Stopbrexit: What Is Trendier? An Nlp Analysis, M Palomino, A Murali

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Online trends have established themselves as a new method of information propagation that is reshaping journalism in the digital age. We argue that sentiment analysis—the classification of human emotion expressed in text—can enhance existing algorithms for trend discovery. By highlighting topics that are polarised, sentiment analysis can offer insight into the influence of users who are involved in a trend, and how other users adopt such a trend. As a case study, we have investigated a highly topical subject: Brexit, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. We retrieved an experimental corpus of publicly available tweets referring …


Trends In Phenotype In The English Paediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Cohort Stratified By Genetic Severity, Dorothy Halliday, Beatrice Emmanouil, Grace Vassallo, Karine Lascelles, James Nicholson, Saleel Chandratre, Geetha Anand, Martin Wasik, Pieter Pretorius, D. Gareth Evans, Allyson Parry, Patrick Axon, Juliette Gair, Carolyn Smyth, Shazia K. Afridi, Rupert Obholzer, Vanessa Everett, Nicola Jarvis, Kirsty Henshaw, C. Oliver Hanemann, Wendy Howard, Anne May, Carolyn Redman, Rohini Rattihalli, Helen Tomkins Jan 2019

Trends In Phenotype In The English Paediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Cohort Stratified By Genetic Severity, Dorothy Halliday, Beatrice Emmanouil, Grace Vassallo, Karine Lascelles, James Nicholson, Saleel Chandratre, Geetha Anand, Martin Wasik, Pieter Pretorius, D. Gareth Evans, Allyson Parry, Patrick Axon, Juliette Gair, Carolyn Smyth, Shazia K. Afridi, Rupert Obholzer, Vanessa Everett, Nicola Jarvis, Kirsty Henshaw, C. Oliver Hanemann, Wendy Howard, Anne May, Carolyn Redman, Rohini Rattihalli, Helen Tomkins

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


Is There An Association Between Children's Screen Use And Cariogenic Diet?, Martha Paisi, Robert Witton, Anastasios Plessas Jan 2019

Is There An Association Between Children's Screen Use And Cariogenic Diet?, Martha Paisi, Robert Witton, Anastasios Plessas

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.


Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir For 12 Weeks In Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Undergoing Dialysis, Sergio M. Borgia, Janet Dearden, Eric M. Yoshida, Stephen D. Shafran, Ashley Brown, Ziv Ben-Ari, Matthew E. Cramp, Curtis Cooper, Matthew Foxton, Conrado Fernandez Rodriguez, Rafael Esteban, Robert Hyland, Sophia Lu, Brian J. Kirby, Amy Meng, Svetlana Markova, Hadas Dvory-Sobol, Anu O. Osinusi, Rafael Bruck, Javier Ampuero, Stephen D. Ryder, Kosh Agarwal, Raymond Fox, David Shaw, Shariq Haider, Bernard Willems, Yoav Lurie, Jose Luis Calleja, Edward J. Gane Jan 2019

Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir For 12 Weeks In Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Undergoing Dialysis, Sergio M. Borgia, Janet Dearden, Eric M. Yoshida, Stephen D. Shafran, Ashley Brown, Ziv Ben-Ari, Matthew E. Cramp, Curtis Cooper, Matthew Foxton, Conrado Fernandez Rodriguez, Rafael Esteban, Robert Hyland, Sophia Lu, Brian J. Kirby, Amy Meng, Svetlana Markova, Hadas Dvory-Sobol, Anu O. Osinusi, Rafael Bruck, Javier Ampuero, Stephen D. Ryder, Kosh Agarwal, Raymond Fox, David Shaw, Shariq Haider, Bernard Willems, Yoav Lurie, Jose Luis Calleja, Edward J. Gane

Peninsula Medical School

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Although off-label use of sofosbuvir-containing regimens occurs regularly in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection undergoing dialysis for severe renal impairment or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), these regimens are not licensed for this indication, and there is an absence of dosing recommendations in this population. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in patients with HCV infection with ESRD undergoing dialysis. METHODS: In this phase II, single-arm study, 59 patients with genotype 1-6 HCV infection with ESRD undergoing hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis received open-label sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (400 mg/100 mg) once daily for 12 weeks. Patients …


Belonging In Brexit Britain: Central And Eastern European 1.5 Generation Young People's Experiences, Naomi Tyrrell, Daniela Sime, Claire Kelly, Christina Mcmellon Jan 2019

Belonging In Brexit Britain: Central And Eastern European 1.5 Generation Young People's Experiences, Naomi Tyrrell, Daniela Sime, Claire Kelly, Christina Mcmellon

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Endo-Β-1,3-Glucanase (Gh16 Family) From Trichoderma Harzianum Participates In Cell Wall Biogenesis But Is Not Essential For Antagonism Against Plant Pathogens, Marcela Suriani Ribeiro, Renato Graciano De Paula, Aline Raquel Voltan, Raphaela Georg De Castro, Cláudia Batista Carraro, Leandro José De Assis, Andrei Stecca Steindorff, Gustavo Henrique Goldman, Roberto Nascimento Silva, Cirano José Ulhoa, Valdirene Neves Monteiro Jan 2019

Endo-Β-1,3-Glucanase (Gh16 Family) From Trichoderma Harzianum Participates In Cell Wall Biogenesis But Is Not Essential For Antagonism Against Plant Pathogens, Marcela Suriani Ribeiro, Renato Graciano De Paula, Aline Raquel Voltan, Raphaela Georg De Castro, Cláudia Batista Carraro, Leandro José De Assis, Andrei Stecca Steindorff, Gustavo Henrique Goldman, Roberto Nascimento Silva, Cirano José Ulhoa, Valdirene Neves Monteiro

Peninsula Medical School

Trichoderma species are known for their ability to produce lytic enzymes, such as exoglucanases, endoglucanases, chitinases, and proteases, which play important roles in cell wall degradation of phytopathogens. β-glucanases play crucial roles in the morphogenetic-morphological process during the development and differentiation processes in Trichoderma species, which have β-glucans as the primary components of their cell walls. Despite the importance of glucanases in the mycoparasitism of Trichoderma spp., only a few functional analysis studies have been conducted on glucanases. In the present study, we used a functional genomics approach to investigate the functional role of the gluc31 gene, which encodes an …


163 Development Of Clinical And Patient-Reported Quality Metrics For Multiple Sclerosis: A Uk Pilot Study Report, G Giovannoni, S White, N Mistry, S Calhoun, C Young, M Coutts, M Roberts, P Anderson, R Bernstein, J Hobart Jan 2019

163 Development Of Clinical And Patient-Reported Quality Metrics For Multiple Sclerosis: A Uk Pilot Study Report, G Giovannoni, S White, N Mistry, S Calhoun, C Young, M Coutts, M Roberts, P Anderson, R Bernstein, J Hobart

Peninsula Medical School

BackgroundQuality standards (QS) for people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) are suboptimal, ambiguous and restricted to certain patient subgroups and care pathways.AimDevelop and pilot MS metrics measuring service provision quality to identify areas for improvement.MethodsA multidisciplinary Working Group developed clinician and patient-reported metrics and standardised data collection forms through an iterative process.ResultsMetrics covered: referral; diagnosis; treatment; annual review; general management; education. Pilot (n=76) showed: 31% of PwMS were referred to MS specialist within 4 weeks of suspected/confirmed demyelination; 28% and 56% had uncomplicated MS confirmed and were offered specialist MS nurse appointment, respectively, within 4 weeks of specialist referral; 75% of …