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Whole exome sequencing and the clinician
Whole exome sequencing (WES) is a recently developed technique in genetics research that attempts to identify causative mutations in complex, undiagnosed genetic conditions. Causative mutations are usually identified after...
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Trauma epidemiology after easing of lockdown restrictions
PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the delivery of trauma care. We examined the effect of lockdown easing on trauma presentation and management from one Major Trauma Centre (MTC). METHODS: Data was retrospectively...
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Dynamic hip screw fixation of subtrochanteric femoral fractures.
INTRODUCTION: A subtrochanteric proximal femur fracture occurs in the 5 cm of bone immediately distal to the lesser trochanter. UK national guidelines advise that adults with subtrochanteric fractures should be treated with an...
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Optimization of oil palm empty fruit bunches value chain in Peninsular Malaysia
Empty fruit bunches (EFB) are valuable palm oil mill waste that could be used to produce multiple products in the form of energy, chemicals, and materials. Therefore, efficient utilization of these biomass resources is essential...
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Modelling and Optimisation of Oil Palm Biomass Value Chains and the Environment–Food–Energy–Water Nexus in Peninsular Malaysia
This study aims to develop a decision model to optimize the oil palm biomass value chains by minimising the environmental impact whiles generating economy value from their bioproducts. The model considers two major components...
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The clinical characteristics and management of paediatric pelvic fractures
INTRODUCTION: Paediatric pelvic fractures (PPFs) are uncommon but signify serious trauma. A comprehensive multidisciplinary approach is needed due to a high number of associated injuries. This study aims to retrospectively...
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Cycling-related orthopaedic fractures admitted to the Major Trauma Centre in the cycling capital of the UK.
INTRODUCTION: The popularity of cycling in the United Kingdom is increasing, with a further rise likely due to recent government cycling promotion schemes. This study aims to characterise fractures sustained due to...
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Optimization of oil palm empty fruit bunches value chain in Peninsular Malaysia
Empty fruit bunches (EFB) are valuable palm oil mill waste that could be used to produce multiple products in the form of energy, chemicals, and materials. Therefore, efficient utilization of these biomass resources is essential...
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Modelling and Optimisation of Oil Palm Biomass Value Chains and the Environment–Food–Energy–Water Nexus in Peninsular Malaysia
This study aims to develop a decision model to optimize the oil palm biomass value chains by minimising the environmental impact whiles generating economy value from their bioproducts. The model considers two major components...
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Meta-analysis of up to 622,409 individuals identifies 40 novel smoking behaviour associated genetic loci.
A Mesut Erzurumluoglu, Mengzhen Liu, Victoria E Jackson, Daniel R Barnes, Gargi Datta, Carl A Melbourne, Robin Young, Chiara Batini, Praveen Surendran, Tao Jiang, Sheikh Daud Adnan, Saima Afaq, Arpana Agrawal, Elisabeth Altmaier, Antonis C Antoniou, Folkert W Asselbergs, Clemens Baumbach, Laura Bierut, Sarah Bertelsen, Michael Boehnke, Michiel L Bots, David M Brazel, John C Chambers, Jenny Chang-Claude, Chu Chen, Janie Corley, Yi-Ling Chou, Sean P David, Rudolf A de Boer, Christiaan A de Leeuw, Joe G Dennis, Anna F Dominiczak, Alison M Dunning, Douglas F Easton, Charles Eaton, Paul Elliott, Evangelos Evangelou, Jessica D Faul, Tatiana Foroud, Alison Goate, Jian Gong, Hans J Grabe, Jeff Haessler, Christopher Haiman, Göran Hallmans, Anke R Hammerschlag, Sarah E Harris, Andrew Hattersley, Andrew Heath, Chris Hsu, William G Iacono, Stavroula Kanoni, Manav Kapoor, Jaakko Kaprio, Sharon L Kardia, Fredrik Karpe, Jukka Kontto, Jaspal S Kooner, Charles Kooperberg, Kari Kuulasmaa, Markku Laakso, Dongbing Lai, Claudia Langenberg, Nhung Le, Guillaume Lettre, Anu Loukola, Jian'an Luan, Pamela AF Madden, Massimo Mangino, Riccardo E Marioni, Eirini Marouli, Jonathan Marten, Nicholas G Martin, Matt McGue, Kyriaki Michailidou, Evelin Mihailov, Alireza Moayyeri, Marie Moitry, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Aliya Naheed, Matthias Nauck, Matthew J Neville, Sune Fallgaard Nielsen, Kari North, Markus Perola, Paul DP Pharoah, Giorgio Pistis, Tinca J Polderman, Danielle Posthuma, Neil Poulter, Beenish Qaiser, Asif Rasheed, Alex Reiner, Frida Renström, John Rice, Rebecca Rohde, Olov Rolandsson, Nilesh J Samani, Maria Samuel, David Schlessinger, Steven H Scholte, Robert A Scott, Peter Sever, Yaming Shao, Nick Shrine, Jennifer A Smith, John M Starr, Kathleen Stirrups, Danielle Stram, Heather M Stringham, Ioanna Tachmazidou, Jean-Claude Tardif, Deborah J Thompson, Hilary A Tindle, Vinicius Tragante, Stella Trompet, Valerie Turcot, Jessica Tyrrell, Ilonca Vaartjes, Andries R van der Leij, Peter van der Meer, Tibor V Varga, Niek Verweij, Henry Völzke, Nicholas J Wareham, Helen R Warren, David R Weir, Stefan Weiss, Leah Wetherill, Hanieh Yaghootkar, Ersin Yavas, Yu Jiang, Fang Chen, Xiaowei Zhan, Weihua Zhang, Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao, Kaixin Zhou, Philippe Amouyel, Stefan Blankenberg, Mark J Caulfield, Rajiv Chowdhury, Francesco Cucca, Ian J Deary, Panos Deloukas, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Marco Ferrario, Jean Ferrières, Paul W Franks, Tim M Frayling, Philippe Frossard, Ian P Hall, Caroline Hayward, Jan-Håkan Jansson, J Wouter Jukema, Frank Kee, Satu Männistö, Andres Metspalu, Patricia B Munroe, Børge Grønne Nordestgaard, Colin NA Palmer, Veikko Salomaa, Naveed Sattar, Timothy Spector, David Peter Strachan, EPIC-CVD, GSCAN, Consortium for Genetics of Smoking Behaviour, CHD Exome+ consortium Understanding Society Scientific Group, Pim van der Harst, Eleftheria Zeggini, Danish Saleheen, Adam S Butterworth, Louise V Wain, Goncalo R Abecasis, John Danesh, Martin D Tobin, Scott Vrieze, Dajiang J Liu, Joanna MM Howson
Jan 17, 2019
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Meta-analysis of up to 622,409 individuals identifies 40 novel smoking behaviour associated genetic loci
A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu, Mengzhen Liu, Victoria E. Jackson, Daniel R. Barnes, Gargi Datta, Carl A. Melbourne, Robin Young, Chiara Batini, Praveen Surendran, Tao Jiang, Sheikh Daud Adnan, Saima Afaq, Arpana Agrawal, Elisabeth Altmaier, Antonis C. Antoniou, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Clemens Baumbach, Laura Bierut, Sarah Bertelsen, Michael Boehnke, Michiel L. Bots, David M Brazel, John C. Chambers, Jenny Chang-Claude, Chu Chen, Janie Corley, Yi-Ling Chou, Sean P. David, Rudolf A. de Boer, Christiaan A. de Leeuw, Joe G. Dennis, Anna F. Dominiczak, Alison M. Dunning, Douglas F. Easton, Charles Eaton, Paul Elliott, Evangelos Evangelou, Jessica D. Faul, Tatiana Foroud, Alison Goate, Jian Gong, Hans J. Grabe, Jeff Haessler, Christopher Haiman, Göran Hallmans, Anke R. Hammerschlag, Sarah E. Harris, Andrew Hattersley, Andrew Heath, Chris Hsu, William G. Iacono, Stavroula Kanoni, Manav Kapoor, Jaakko Kaprio, Sharon L. Kardia, Fredrik Karpe, Jukka Kontto, Jaspal S. Kooner, Charles Kooperberg, Kari Kuulasmaa, Markku Laakso, Dongbing Lai, Claudia Langenberg, Nhung Le, Guillaume Lettre, Anu Loukola, Jian’an Luan, Pamela A. F. Madden, Massimo Mangino, Riccardo E. Marioni, Eirini Marouli, Jonathan Marten, Nicholas G. Martin, Matt McGue, Kyriaki Michailidou, Evelin Mihailov, Alireza Moayyeri, Marie Moitry, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Aliya Naheed, Matthias Nauck, Matthew J. Neville, Sune Fallgaard Nielsen, Kari North, Markus Perola, Paul D. P. Pharoah, Giorgio Pistis, Tinca J. Polderman, Danielle Posthuma, Neil Poulter, Beenish Qaiser, Asif Rasheed, Alex Reiner, Frida Renström, John Rice, Rebecca Rohde, Olov Rolandsson, Nilesh J. Samani, Maria Samuel, David Schlessinger, Steven H Scholte, Robert A. Scott, Peter Sever, Yaming Shao, Nick Shrine, Jennifer A. Smith, John M. Starr, Kathleen Stirrups, Danielle Stram, Heather M. Stringham, Ioanna Tachmazidou, Jean-Claude Tardif, Deborah J. Thompson, Hilary A. Tindle, Vinicius Tragante, Stella Trompet, Valerie Turcot, Jessica Tyrrell, Ilonca Vaartjes, Andries R van der Leij, Peter van der Meer, Tibor V. Varga, Niek Verweij, Henry Völzke, Nicholas J. Wareham, Helen R. Warren, David R. Weir, Stefan Weiss, Leah Wetherill, Hanieh Yaghootkar, Ersin Yavas, Yu Jiang, Fang Chen, Xiaowei Zhan, Weihua Zhang, Wei Zhao, Kaixin Zhou, Philippe Amouyel, Stefan Blankenberg, Mark J. Caulfield, Rajiv Chowdhury, Francesco Cucca, Ian J. Deary, Panos Deloukas, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Marco Ferrario, Jean Ferrières, Paul W. Franks, Tim M. Frayling, Philippe Frossard, Ian P. Hall, Caroline Hayward, Jan-Håkan Jansson, J. Wouter Jukema, Frank Kee, Satu Männistö, Andres Metspalu, Patricia B. Munroe, Børge Grønne Nordestgaard, Colin N. A. Palmer, Veikko Salomaa, Naveed Sattar, Timothy Spector, David Peter Strachan, Pim van der Harst, Eleftheria Zeggini, Danish Saleheen, Adam S. Butterworth, Louise V. Wain, Goncalo R. Abecasis, John Danesh, Martin D. Tobin, Scott Vrieze, Dajiang J. Liu, Joanna M. M. Howson
Sep 25, 2020
Abstract: Smoking is a major heritable and modifiable risk factor for many diseases, including cancer, common respiratory disorders and cardiovascular diseases. Fourteen genetic loci have previously been associated with smoking...
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