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The Alma Learning Programme at Plymouth University: Learning to learn in permanent beta

Menendez-Alonso, E (SCONUL, 2013-11-01)

Antagonistic Interactions between Benzo[a]pyrene and Fullerene (C60) in Toxicological Response of Marine Mussels

Barranger, A; Langan, LM; Sharma, V; Rance, GA; Aminot, Y; Weston, NJ; Akcha, F; Moore, MN; Arlt, VM; Khlobystov, AN; Readman, JW; Jha, AN (MDPI AG, 2019-07-08)

This study aimed to assess the ecotoxicological effects of the interaction of fullerene (C60) and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) on the marine mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis. The uptake of nC60, B[a]P and mixtures of ...

Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in elemental speciation

Clough, R; Harrington, CF; Hill, SJ; Madrid, Y; Tyson, JF (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019-06-25)

This review covers advances in elemental speciation by a range of coupled techniques, including HPLC-ICP-MS, HPLC-HG-AFS and GC-ICP-MS.

Atomic spectrometry update: review of advances in the analysis of metals, chemicals and materials

Carter, S; Clough, R; Fisher, A; Gibson, B; Russell, B; Waack, J (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018-10-12)

This review covers advances in the analysis of advanced materials, metals, fuels and lubricants, nano structures, ceramics, refractories, organic and inorganic chemicals, catalysts and nuclear materials by a range of ...

Biosynthesis of ambrein in ambergris: evidence from isotopic data and identification of possible intermediates

Rowland, SJ; Sutton, PA; Wolff, GA (Taylor & Francis, 2019-07-30)

Body mass index and dental caries in young people: a systematic review

Paisi, M; Kay, E; Bennett, C; Kaimi, I; Witton, R; Nelder, R; Lapthorne, D (BMC, 2019-04-23)

Building research-informed teacher education communities: A UCET framework.

La Velle, LM; Kendall, A

Candidate Ethnic Origins and Voter Preferences: Examining Voting Bias in Local Elections in Britain

Thrasher, M; Borisyuk, G; Rallings, C; Webber, R (2013)

Capital punishment, my sixth great grandfather, and me—an essay by J Robert Sneyd

Sneyd, JR (2019-04-11)

After finding out about a distant forebear’s execution, J Robert Sneyd acted as an expert witness in a US court to try to prevent the use of a new drug for lethal injection, appalled that untrained government workers were ...

Cause-and-effect in Mediterranean erosion: The role of humans and climate upon Holocene sediment flux into a central Anatolian lake catchment

Roberts, N; Allcock, SL; Barnett, H; Mather, A; Eastwood, WJ; Jones, M; Primmer, N; Yigitbasioglu, H; Vanniere, B (2018-11-20)

Changes in the EEG amplitude as a biomarker for early detection of Alzheimer's disease.

Al-Nuaimi, AH; Jammeh, E; Lingfen Sun; Ifeachor, E (United States, 2016-08)

The rapid increase in the number of older people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other forms of dementia represents one of the major challenges to the health and social care systems. Early detection of AD makes it ...

Coast/breakwater-integrated OWC: A theoretical model

Zheng, S; Zhang, Y; Iglesias, G (Elsevier, 2019-07)

Comparative costs and activity from a sample of UK clinical trials units

Hind, D; Reeves, BC; Bathers, S; Bray, C; Corkhill, A; Hayward, C; Harper, L; Napp, V; Norrie, J; Speed, C; Tremain, L; Keat, N; Bradburn, M (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017-12)

Correction to: Dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma (Dex-CSDH) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Kolias, AG; Edlmann, E; Thelin, EP; Bulters, D; Holton, P; Suttner, N; Owusu-Agyemang, K; Al-Tamimi, YZ; Gatt, D; Thomson, S; Anderson, IA; Richards, O; Whitfield, P; Gherle, M; Caldwell, K; Davis-Wilkie, C; Tarantino, S; Barton, G; Marcus, HJ; Chari, A; Brennan, P; Belli, A; Bond, S; Turner, C; Whitehead, L; Wilkinson, I; Hutchinson, PJ; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC) and Dex-CSDH Trial Collaborators (England, 2019-03-18)

After publication of the original article [1], the authors notified that that one of the BNTRC institutional collaborator names was misspelled.

Current epidemiology of cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery in the UK and Ireland (2004-2013).

Fernández-Méndez, R; Richards, HK; Seeley, HM; Pickard, JD; Joannides, AJ; UKSR collaborators (England, 2019-07)

OBJECTIVES: To determine current epidemiology and clinical characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery, including revisions. METHODS: A retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study was conducted based ...

Dex-CSDH randomised, placebo-controlled trial of dexamethasone for chronic subdural haematoma: report of the internal pilot phase.

Edlmann, E; Thelin, EP; Caldwell, K; Turner, C; Whitfield, P; Bulters, D; Holton, P; Suttner, N; Owusu-Agyemang, K; Al-Tamimi, YZ; Gatt, D; Thomson, S; Anderson, IA; Richards, O; Gherle, M; Toman, E; Nandi, D; Kane, P; Pantaleo, B; Davis-Wilkie, C; Tarantino, S; Barton, G; Marcus, HJ; Chari, A; Belli, A; Bond, S; Gafoor, R; Dawson, S; Whitehead, L; Brennan, P; Wilkinson, I; Kolias, AG; Hutchinson, PJA; Dex-CSDH trial collaborative and BNTRC collaborative. (England, 2019-04-10)

The Dex-CSDH trial is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of dexamethasone for patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma. The trial commenced with an internal pilot, whose primary objective ...

Dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma (Dex-CSDH) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Kolias, AG; Edlmann, E; Thelin, EP; Bulters, D; Holton, P; Suttner, N; Owusu-Agyemang, K; Al-Tamimi, YZ; Gatt, D; Thomson, S; Anderson, IA; Richards, O; Whitfield, P; Gherle, M; Caldwell, K; Davis-Wilkie, C; Tarantino, S; Barton, G; Marcus, HJ; Chari, A; Brennan, P; Belli, A; Bond, S; Turner, C; Whitehead, L; Wilkinson, I; Hutchinson, PJ; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC) and Dex-CSDH Trial Collaborators (England, 2018-12-04)

BACKGROUND: Chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) is a common neurosurgical condition, typically treated with surgical drainage of the haematoma. However, surgery is associated with mortality and morbidity, including up to ...