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Palliative care after stroke
BACKGROUND: Palliative care is an integral aspect of stroke unit care. In 2016, the American Stroke Association published a policy statement on palliative care and stroke. Since then there has been an expansion in the literature...
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A standardised nomenclature for long non-coding RNAs.
The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) is the sole group with the authority to approve symbols for human genes, including long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes. Use of approved symbols ensures that publications and biomedical...
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The risks of using unapproved gene symbols.
The use of approved nomenclature in publications is vital to enable effective scientific communication and is particularly crucial when discussing genes of clinical relevance. Here, we discuss several examples of cases where the...
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Hamilton's Photograph a Finalist in London Competition
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Renaissance judges Michael Hoppen, Brian Aris, Philippe Gardner, Brigitte Lardinois and Lorna-Mary Webb from Rhubarb-Rhubarb narrowed the finalists from more than 4,500 entries submitted from around the world. Hamilton's...
Published by: Winthrop University
Studies on the Granule-Moving System of Melanocytes of Fundulus Heteroclitus
Lorna Green
Jan 01, 0001
Pigment granules in melanocytes of Fundulus heteroclitus exhibit both local movements and long distance intracellular migrations in response to hormones. These movements have been studied and a theory of the granule moving...
Published by: Rockefeller University
The importance of being the HGNC.
The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) has been providing standardized symbols and names for human genes since the late 1970s. As funding agencies change their priorities, finding financial support for critical biomedical...
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An Experimental Investigation into the Effect of State-Anxiety on State-Paranoia in People Experiencing Psychosis
Megan Cowles, Lorna Hogg
Jan 01, 2019

Background: There is strong evidence to suggest that anxiety is associated with paranoia in clinical and non-clinical samples. However, no research to date has directly manipulated anxiety to investigate if state-Anxiety has...

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Coblation intracapsular tonsillectomy
OBJECTIVES: To identify paediatric intracapsular Coblation tonsillectomy procedures from routine administrative data in England, and determine their safety. DESIGN: Retrospective observational cohort study of four ENT centres...
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When Same-Sex Couples Say ‘I Do’

Weddings are collective rituals that enable couples to show their solemn commitment to an invited audience. In this sense, weddings can thus be viewed as important forms of ‘display work’. While there are clear commonalities...

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An Experimental Investigation into the Effect of State-Anxiety on State-Paranoia in People Experiencing Psychosis
Megan Cowles, Lorna Hogg
Jan 01, 2019

Background: There is strong evidence to suggest that anxiety is associated with paranoia in clinical and non-clinical samples. However, no research to date has directly manipulated anxiety to investigate if state-Anxiety has...

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The Femme Fatale in Vogue

This article explores how marketing influences ideologies of femininity. Tracing the evolution of femme fatale images in Vogue magazine in 1890s America, we develop a typology around four archetypal forms of the femme fatale...

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Family members affected by a close relative's addiction
This article outlines the stress-strain-coping-support (SSCS) model which underpins the whole programme of work described in this supplement. The need for such a model is explained: previous models of substance misuse and the...
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Methods of assessment for affected family members
The article begins by making the point that a good assessment of the needs and circumstances of family members is important if previous neglect of affected family members is to be reversed. The methods we have used in research...
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Statistical distributions for monthly aggregations of precipitation and streamflow in drought indicator applications
Drought indicators are used as triggers for action and so are the foundation of drought monitoring and early warning. The computation of drought indicators like the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and standardized...
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Periodicity in the autocorrelation function as a mechanism for regularly occurring zero crossings or extreme values of a Gaussian process
The problem of zero crossings is of great historical prevalence and promises extensive application. The challenge is to establish precisely how the autocorrelation function or power spectrum of a one-dimensional continuous...
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Statistical distributions for monthly aggregations of precipitation and streamflow in drought indicator applications
Drought indicators are used as triggers for action and so are the foundation of drought monitoring and early warning. The computation of drought indicators like the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and standardized...
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A tale of two studies on auditory training in children
Lorna F Halliday
Oct 03, 2019
In a previous article, Moore, Rosenberg and Coleman (Brain and Language, 2005, 94, 72-85) reported evidence for significant improvements in phonological awareness in mainstream children following 6 h of exposure to a...
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When Same-Sex Couples Say ‘I Do’

Weddings are collective rituals that enable couples to show their solemn commitment to an invited audience. In this sense, weddings can thus be viewed as important forms of ‘display work’. While there are clear commonalities...

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