David Brady, Jason Beckfield, Martin Seeleib‐Kaiser
Previous scholarship is sharply divided over how or if globalization influences welfare states. The effects of globalization may be positive causing expansion, negative triggering crisis and reduction, curvilinear contributing to convergence, or insignificant. We bring new evidence to bear on this d...
Joseph Butchart, Laura Brook, Vivienne Hopkins, Jessica L. Teeling et al.
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the tumor necrosis factor α inhibitor etanercept is well tolerated and obtain preliminary data on its safety in Alzheimer disease dementia. METHODS: In a double-blind study, patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease dementia were randomized (1:1) to subcutaneo...
Timothy Russell, Nick Golding, Joel Hellewell, Sam Abbott et al.
BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic or subclinical SARS-CoV-2 infections are often unreported, which means that confirmed case counts may not accurately reflect underlying epidemic dynamics. Understanding the level of ascertainment (the ratio of confirmed symptomatic cases to the true number of symptomatic ind...
Charles R. Kerr, Stuart J. Connolly, Hoshiar Abdollah, Robin S. Roberts et al.
BACKGROUND: The Canadian Trial of Physiological Pacing (CTOPP) reported that the risk of stroke or cardiovascular death was similar between patients receiving ventricular versus physiological pacemakers at the end of the original follow-up period of 3 years. However, the occurrence of atrial fibrill...
Derek Klarin, Shefali S. Verma, Renae Judy, Ozan Dikilitas et al.
Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an important cause of cardiovascular mortality; however, its genetic determinants remain incompletely defined. In total, 10 previously identified risk loci explain a small fraction of AAA heritability. Methods: We performed a genome-wide association stu...
Noppachart Limpaphayom, David L. Skaggs, Gordon McComb, Mark D. Krieger et al.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate complications of halo use in children. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Halos have been used in children for correction of spinal deformity and immobilization of the spine. Complications of halo use in children have been reported, including pin-s...
Brady Lund, Ting Wang, Amrollah Shamsi, Jamilu Abdullahi et al.
The 21 authors of this study, 19 of whom are non-native English speakers, reflect on the barriers to publishing academic journal articles in top international journals. Each author responded to the same set of questions pertaining to educational (PhD) opportunities for emerging scholars, financial c...
Paolo Peterlongo, Jenny Chang-Claude, Kirsten B. Moysich, Anja Rudolph et al.
BACKGROUND: BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers are at substantially increased risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. The incomplete penetrance coupled with the variable age at diagnosis in carriers of the same mutation suggests the existence of genetic and nongenetic modifying factors. In thi...
Xavier Ekolle Ndode‐Ekane, Idrish Ali, Cesar Santana‐Gomez, Pedro Andrade et al.
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to assess reproducibility of the epilepsy outcome and phenotype in a lateral fluid percussion model of posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) across three study sites. METHODS: A total of 525 adult male Sprague Dawley rats were randomized to lateral fluid percussion-induce...
David M. Pigott, Samir Bhatt, Nick Golding, Kirsten A. Duda et al.
Each year 1–2 million people are diagnosed with a tropical disease called leishmaniasis, which is caused by single-celled parasites. People are infected when they are bitten by sandflies carrying the parasite, and often develop skin lesions around the bite site. Though mild cases may recover on thei...
J. McAleese, K. Drinkwater, A. Bedair, Anthony Williams et al.
AIMS The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) audit of radical radiotherapy (RR) for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in 2013 concluded that there was under-treatment compared to international comparators and marked variability between cancer networks. Elderly patients were less likel...
Megan Smith, Andy Jones, Pashtana Zormati, Louca‐Mai Brady et al.
BACKGROUND: Growing evidence suggests that mental health issues heavily impact Muslims, the largest, fastest growing minority religious group in the UK. High prevalence of anxiety and depression has been reported in young women aged 18 to 30 largely from Bangladeshi and Pakistani Muslim communities ...
David Brady, Jason Beckfield, Martin Seeleib‐Kaiser
Previous scholarship is sharply divided over how or if globalization influences welfare states. The effects of globalization may be positive causing expansion, negative triggering crisis and reduction, curvilinear contributing to convergence, or insignificant. We bring new evidence to bear on this d...
Book reviewed in this article: HOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: THE LESBIAN AND GAY STUDIES READER Edited by Henry Abe love, Michèle Aina Barale, and David M. Hampering HOMOSEXUALITY, QUEER THEORY, AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: FEMINISM MEETS QUEER THEORY: BOOKS FROM DIFFERENCES Edited...
Paul McLoughlin, Noel McCaffrey, R. G. O’Regan, M. K. Hammad et al.