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Older patient hospital admissions following primary care referral: the truth is in the referring
Health information has a major role in the planning of future healthcare provision. With current reconfiguration and cost saving measures, further demands are being placed on acute hospitals.
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Food and beverage advertising during children’s television programming
Increasing prevalence of overweight and obese children in developed countries poses a substantial threat to long-term health. One well-described factor is the amount of time spent watching television, with exp...
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The microbiome-gut-brain axis during early life regulates the hippocampal serotonergic system in a sex-dependent manner
Bacterial colonisation of the intestine has a major role in the post-natal development and maturation of the immune and endocrine systems. These processes are key factors underpinning central nervous system (C...
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The relationship between gender and age with monocyte tissue factor expression
Background In normal healthy individuals, the level of tissue factor (TF) expression on monocytes is low. However, studies have shown that patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have ...
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Hybrid coatings as transducers in optical biosensors
Sensitive coatings are described for a novel enzyme-based optical sensor for in-situ continuous monitoring of reactants, such as glucose, in biotechnological production processes. Glucose oxidase, incorporated...
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A novel luminescent lifetime-based optrode for the detection of gaseous and dissolved oxygen utilising a mixed ormosil matrix containing ruthenium (4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline)3Cl2 (Ru.dpp)
A novel luminescent lifetime optrode is presented for the detection of gaseous and dissolved oxygen. The optrode utilises ruthenium (4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline)3Cl2 as the sensing fluorophore immobilised in...
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Confirmation and refinement of an ‘at-risk’ haplotype for schizophrenia suggests the EST cluster, Hs.97362, as a potential susceptibility gene at the Neuregulin-1 locus
Two recent association studies have implicated the neuregulin-1 gene (NRG1) at chromosome 8p21–22 as a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia. Stefansson et al identified three ‘at-risk’ haplotypes (HapA, B and C)...