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Guided Tissue Regeneration Techniques Involving Blood-Derived Products In Periradicular Surgery: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Protocol, G Baniulyte, K Ali, L Burns

Peninsula Dental School

No abstract provided.

Investing To Prevent: Description Of An Innovative Approach To Commissioning A Supervised Toothbrushing Programme Across Multiple Local Authorities In England, Zoe Allen, Robert Witton

Peninsula Dental School

No abstract provided.

Is Social Enterprise Good For Dentistry?, Robert Witton

Peninsula Dental School

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Chlorhexidine Mouthwash On The Oral Microbiome, Zoë L.S. Brookes, Louise A. Belfield, Ann Ashworth, Patricia Casas-Agustench, Mahwish Raja, Alexander J. Pollard, Raul Bescos

Peninsula Dental School

No abstract provided.

Environmental Concentrations Of Antifouling Paint Particles Are Toxic To Sediment-Dwelling Invertebrates, Christina Muller-Karanassos, William Arundel, Penelope K. Lindeque, Thomas Vance, Andrew Turner, Matthew Cole

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Protein-Functionalized Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogels As Scaffolds For Monolayer Organoid Culture, Reid L Wilson, Ganesh Swaminathan, Khalil Ettayebi, Carolyn Bomidi, Xi-Lei Zeng, Sarah E Blutt, Mary K Estes, K Jane Grande-Allen

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Stem cell-derived, organotypic in vitro models, known as organoids, have emerged as superior alternatives to traditional cell culture models due to their unparalleled ability to recreate complex physiological and pathophysiological processes. For this reason, they are attractive targets of tissue-engineering efforts, as constructs that include organoid technology would be expected to better simulate the many functions of the desired tissue or organ. While the 3D spheroidal architecture that is the default architecture of most organoid models may be preferred for some applications, 2D monolayer arrangements remain the preferred organization for many applications in tissue engineering. Therefore, in this work, we …

Alcohol Consumption And The Risk Of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia In A Us Veterans Population, Hudson M Holmes, Andre G Jove, Mimi C Tan, Hashem B El-Serag, Aaron P Thrift

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

BACKGROUND: Chronic alcohol use is a risk factor for non-cardia gastric adenocarcinoma. However, it is less well understood whether alcohol use is a risk factor for premalignant mucosal changes, namely gastric intestinal metaplasia. We examined the association between various parameters of alcohol use and risk of gastric intestinal metaplasia.

METHODS: We used data from 2084 participants (including 403 with gastric intestinal metaplasia) recruited between February 2008-August 2013 into a cross-sectional study at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas. All participants underwent a study upper endoscopy with systematic gastric mapping biopsies. Cases had intestinal metaplasia on …

An Online Museum Of Stories: Literary Travel Writing For Cultural Tourism Development, C Mansfield, J Potočnik Topler

Plymouth Business School

With rising tourism interest in cultural heritage, destination management organisations, museums and other cultural institutions are seeking methods of unlocking the intangible cultural heritage of local residents and sharing that before it is lost. This is specific knowledge of the uses and practices of disappearing spaces in towns, of plants and their uses as foodstuffs, and in clothing and of work practices that were more in-tune with local, sustainable production. This contribution outlines new methods for building the ethnographic museum as a museum of stories, and proposes a model that explores narrative through literary travel writing for a new public.

The Use Of Breast Milk Fortifier In Preterm Infants By Paediatric Dietitians In The Uk, Sophie Jupe, Kate Maslin

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

The Ghent Altarpiece After World War Ii: Restitution, Restoration, And Redemption, Jenny Graham

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Few Old Master paintings possess as turbulent an object history as the Ghent altarpiece, now restored, since World War II, to the city’s cathedral for which it was made. While most accounts focus on the longue durée perspective, especially the work’s looting by Napoleon and Hitler, this article examines the altarpiece’s history following its return to Belgium in 1945. The altarpiece was subject to increased sensitivity at home after its wartime wanderings, and a major controversy ensued when the government backed a radical conservation project, which took place under the direction of Paul Coremans at the Royal Museum in Brussels …

Type-1 Owa Operators In Aggregating Multiple Sources Of Uncertain Information: Properties And Real-World Applications In Integrated Diagnosis, Shang Ming Zhou, Francisco Chiclana, Robert I. John, Jonathan M. Garibaldi, Lin Huo

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Scope, Context And Quality Of Telerehabilitation Guidelines For Physical Disabilities: A Scoping Review, Krithika Anil, Jennifer A. Freeman, Sarah Buckingham, Sara Demain, Hilary Gunn, Ray B. Jones, Angela Logan, Jonathan Marsden, Diane Playford, Kim Sein, Bridie Kent

School of Health Professions

ObjectiveTo identify the available guidance and training to implement telerehabilitation movement assessments for people (adults and children) with a physical disability, including those recovering from COVID-19.DesignRapid scoping review.Included sources and articlesPubMed, CINAHL, PsychInfo, Cochrane, Embase, Web of Science, PEDro, UK Health Forum, WHO, National Archives and NHS England were searched using the participant–concept–context framework from 2015 to August 2020. Primary studies that recruited individuals with physical disabilities and guidance documents aimed at providers to implement movement-related telerehabilitation were included.Results23 articles (11 primary research studies, 3 systematic reviews and 9 guidance documents) were included out of 7857 that were identified from …

Loneliness In Care Homes, Is It A Phenomenon? And What Can We Do To Improve The Situation?, Patricia Schofield

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Commentary on: Clare G, Pete L, Tim H, et al. What is the prevalence of loneliness amongst older people living in residential and nursing care homes? Age & Ageing 2020;49(5):748–57.doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa049.

Exmed: An Ai Tool For Experimenting Explainable Ai Techniques On Medical Data Analytics, Marcin Kapcia, Hassan Eshkiki, Jamie Duell, Xiuyi Fan, Shangming Zhou, Benjamin Mora

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Inter-Organisational Relationships For Social Impact: A Systematic Literature Review, Dariusz Siemieniako, Krzysztof Kubacki, Maciej Mitręga

Plymouth Business School

No abstract provided.

Learning From Pre-Hospital Journeys: Uncertain Illness Trajectories For Young Children With Serious Infectious Illness, S Neill, D Roland, B Carter, L Riches, N Bayes, J Hughes, L Bray, S Palmer-Hill, Ed Carrol, J O'Donnell, P Pandey

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

What Is The Global Prevalence Of Dental Healthcare Needs And Unmet Dental Needs Among Adolescents?, Martha Paisi, Robert Witton, Philip Radford, Anastasios Plessas

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Where Next For The Design, Delivery, And Evaluation Of Community-Based Physical Activity Prescription? Emerging Lessons From The United Kingdom, E. J. Oliver, B. Buckley, C. J. Dodd-Reynolds, J. Downey, C. Hanson, H. Henderson, J. Hawkins, J. Steele, M. Wade, P. M. Watson

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Despite widespread use, community-based physical activity prescription is controversial. Data limitations have resulted in a lack of clarity about what works, under what circumstances, and for whom, reflected in conservative policy recommendations. In this commentary we challenge a predominantly negative discourse, using contemporary research to highlight promising findings and “lessons learnt” for design, delivery, and evaluation. In doing so, we argue for the importance of a more nuanced approach to future commissioning and evaluation. Novelty: Amalgamating learning from multiple research teams to create recommendations for advancing physical activity prescription.

Ecotoxicology Of Active Ingredients In Changing Marine Environments, Cameron Hird

School of Biomedical Sciences

Active ingredients (AIs), including pesticides and pharmaceuticals, are designed to have a specific mode-of-action (MoA) in target organisms. Despite this, there is substantial evidence of their occurrence in marine environments having the potential to impact non-target species with effects both as a result of, and independent from, their MoA. Furthermore, due to a large proportion of AIs being readily ionisable, there is growing evidence that their uptake and effects are sensitive to environmental parameters such as pH, which can be driven by changes in pCO2,both in natural cycles and as a consequence of anthropogenic activities.In this thesis I investigate the …

Evidence-Based Research Series-Paper 2 : Using An Evidence-Based Research Approach Before A New Study Is Conducted To Ensure Value, Hans Lund, Carsten B. Juhl, Birgitte Nørgaard, Eva Draborg, Marius Henriksen, Jane Andreasen, Robin Christensen, Mona Nasser, Donna Ciliska, Mike Clarke, Peter Tugwell, Janet Martin, Caroline Blaine, Klara Brunnhuber, Karen A. Robinson

More Faculty of Health Research

No abstract provided.

Evidence-Based Research Series-Paper 3: Using An Evidence-Based Research Approach To Place Your Results Into Context After The Study Is Performed To Ensure Usefulness Of The Conclusion, Hans Lund, Carsten B. Juhl, Birgitte Nørgaard, Eva Draborg, Marius Henriksen, Jane Andreasen, Robin Christensen, Mona Nasser, Donna Ciliska, Peter Tugwell, Mike Clarke, Caroline Blaine, Janet Martin, Jong Wook Ban, Klara Brunnhuber, Karen A. Robinson

More Faculty of Health Research

No abstract provided.

An Intersectional Analytical Critique Of The Troubled Families Programme In Cornwall, Rebecca Carter Dillon

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

An Intersectional Analytical Critique of the Troubled Families Programme in Cornwall This thesis provides an intersectional analytical critique of the Troubled Families (TF) Programme in Cornwall, a county which is amongst the most deprived in Northern Europe (ONS, 2017). The TF Programme was launched in England in 2012 in an effort to ‘turn around’ the lives of ‘troubled’ families, in response to the urban riots of August 2011 (RCVP, 2012). While interim evaluations of the Programme have recognised that many ‘troubled’ families are in income poverty (MHCLG, 2019c), the official TF policy documentation does not acknowledge how ‘troubled’ families’ abilities …

Knowledge Mobilisation Crossing Boundaries: A Multi-Perspective Framework For Agri-Food Value Chains, S. Liu, G. Zhao, H. Chen, A. Fernandez, D. Torres, L. Antonelli, H. Panetto, M. Lezoche

Plymouth Business School

No abstract provided.

To The Bitter End: Affect, Experience And Chemical Ecology, H Drayson

School of Art, Design and Architecture

This article explores taste in its chemical, gustemological and affective senses, asking what we speak of when we talk about “bitter experience.” Drawing lines of connection between human affect and chemical ecology, it suggests a way of thinking about taste as a chemical entanglement of affective qualities and ecological relations. Two observations underpin the argument. First, the ambiguous resonance of bitter-tasting compounds in human culture is grounded in their ambiguous medical meaning, the same drug may serve as poison or cure. Second, plants interact with many other life-forms by producing chemical compounds, many of which are bitter tasting, that have …

Radiome: Challenges During The Development Of A Real Time Tool To Support People With Dementia, G Shakeri, S Brewster, S Venkatesh, D Moffat, A Kirke, E Miranda, S Banerjee, A Street, J Fachner, H Odell-Miller

School of Art, Design and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Transport, Weathering And Pollution Of Plastic From Container Losses At Sea: Observations From A Spillage Of Inkjet Cartridges In The North Atlantic Ocean, Andrew Turner, Tracey Williams, Tom Pitchford

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Hazardous Metal Additives In Plastics And Their Environmental Impacts, Andrew Turner, Montserrat Filella

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Historically, many additives and catalysts used in plastics were based on compounds of toxic metals (and metalloids), like arsenic, cadmium, chromium(VI), and lead. Despite subsequent restrictions, hazardous additives remain in plastics in societal circulation because of the pervasiveness of many products and the more general contamination of recycled goods. However, little is understood about their presence and impacts in the environment, with most studies focusing on the role of plastics in acquiring metals from their surroundings through, for example, adsorption. Accordingly, this paper provides a review of the uses of hazardous, metal-based additives in plastics, the relevant European regulations that …

The Role Of Kelp In The Transport And Fate Of Negatively Buoyant Marine Plastic, Andrew Turner, Tracey Williams

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Methionine Feeding On Oxidative Stress, Intracellular Calcium And Contractility In Cardiomyocytes Isolated From Male And Female Rats, Shatha A. Demerchi, Nicola King, James R. Mcfarlane, Pierre D.J. Moens

School of Biomedical Sciences

Homocysteine (Hcy) is a breakdown product of methionine metabolism. The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) correlates with an increase in plasma Hcy levels. The aim of this study was to investigate whether 1% methionine supplementation of adult rats altered intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, intracellular Ca2+ content, and contractile activity in freshly isolated cardiomyocytes. This was measured under normal conditions and during oxidative stress in freshly isolated cardiomyocytes. Single rat cardiomyocytes from both sexes were isolated by enzymatic and mechanical dispersion techniques. Fluorescence microscopy was used to measure ROS production and intracellular Ca2+ concentration. Cell contraction was measured using …

Htk Versus Multidose Cardioplegias For Myocardial Protection In Adult Cardiac Surgery: A Meta‐Analysis, Alexander C. Reynolds, Sanjay Asopa, Amit Modi, Nicola King

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.