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A 7-day high protein hypocaloric diet promotes cellular metabolic adaptations and attenuates lean mass loss in healthy males
Furber, Matt; Anton-Solanas, Ana; Koppe, Emma; Ashby, Charlotte; Roberts, Michael; Roberts, Justin (2017-08-31)Mitochondrial quantity and density are associated with increased oxidative metabolism. It has been demonstrated that a hypocaloric high fat/low carbohydrate (HF/LC) diet can up-regulate transcriptional markers of mitochondrial ... -
Absence of age effects on spontaneous past and future thinking in daily life
Warden, Elizabeth; Plimpton, Benjamin; Kvavilashvili, Lia (2019-06)Previous research on voluntary mental time travel (i.e., deliberately thinking about the past or future) has resulted in negative age effects. In contrast, studies on spontaneous past thoughts (i.e., involuntary autobiographical ... -
Across the Great Divide: reflecting on dual positions in Clinical Psychology to enhance equality and inclusion between those working in and those referred to services
Keville, Saskia (2018-11-14)In the United Kingdom there are guidelines and policies to facilitate boundaries within professional interactions which recognise power differences between those employed in services and those referred to them. However, ... -
Adding quetiapine to SRI in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: a randomized controlled treatment study
Fineberg, Naomi; Sivakumaran, T.; Roberts, A.; Gale, T.M. (2005)This study aimed to determine the efficacy and tolerability of adding quetiapine to a serotonin reuptake inhibitor in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Twenty-one adult treatment-resistant OCD patients ... -
Adherence Behavior in Subjects on Hemodialysis Is Not a Clear Predictor of Posttransplantation Adherence
Hucker, Abigail; Lawrence, Christopher; Sharma, Shivani; Farrington, Kenneth (2019-08-01)Introduction: Nonadherence is common in both hemodialysis (HD) and kidney transplant recipients and is a major risk factor for poor clinical outcomes. This retrospective study explored whether nonadherent HD patients become ... -
Adherence in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients assessed with a validated Italian version of the 5-item compliance questionnaire for rheumatology
Ometto, Francesca; Raffeiner, B.; Azzolina , D.; Botsios, C.; Astorri, D.; Friso, L; Favero, M; Done, John; Gregori, D; Doria, A (2019-11-28)OBJECTIVES: The 5-item Compliance Questionnaire for Rheumatology (CQR5) proved reliability and validity in respect of identification of patients likely to be high adherers (HAs) to anti-rheumatic treatment, or low adherers ... -
Adherence to prophylaxis in adolescents and young adults with severe haemophilia, A qualitative study with patients
Van Os, Sandra; Ryder, Nuala; Hart, Daniel; Troop, Nicholas (2018-09-24)Abstract Introduction: Reported levels of adherence to prophylaxis among young people with haemophilia (YPH) vary widely and are predominately based on estimations made by healthcare professionals and parents. Reasons for ... -
Adherence to prophylaxis in adolescents and young adults with severe haemophilia: a qualitative study with healthcare professionals
Van-Os, Sandra; Ryder, Nuala; Hart, Daniel; Troop, Nicholas (2020-01-28)Aim: to examine healthcare professionals’ (HP) perceptions and experiences in relation to adherence to prophylactic treatment among young people living with haemophilia (YPH). Methods: All HPs in four haemophilia centres ... -
Adherence to prophylaxis in adolescents and young adults with severe haemophilia: A quantitative study with patients
Van Os, Sandra; Troop, Nicholas; Sullivan, Keith; Hart, Daniel (2017-01-19)Introduction: haemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in one of the blood coagulation factors. For people affected by severe haemophilia, the deficiency can cause spontaneous internal bleeding. ... -
Affect systems, changes in body mass index, disordered eating and stress: An 18-month longitudinal study in women
Kupeli, Nuriye; Norton, Sam; Chilcot, Joseph; Campbell, Iain C.; Schmidt, Ulrike; Troop, Nicholas (2017-04-18)Background: Evidence suggests that stress plays a role in changes in body weight and disordered eating. The present study examined the effect of mood, affect systems (attachment and social rank) and affect regulatory ... -
Age effects in autobiographical memory depend on the measure
Mair, Ali; Poirier, Marie; Conway, Martin A. (2021-10-29)Studies examining age effects in autobiographical memory have produced inconsistent results. This study examined whether a set of typical autobiographical memory measures produced equivalent results in a single participant ... -
Age-related differences in the perception of gap affordances; Impact of standardized action capabilities on road-crossing judgements.
Stafford, James; Whyatt, Caroline; Craig, Cathy (2019-08-01)Recent road-crossing literature has found that older adults show performance differences between estimation and perception-action tasks suggesting an age-related difficulty in accurately calibrating the information picked ... -
Ageing and thought suppression performance: Its relationship with working memory capacity, habitual thought suppression and mindfulness
Erskine, James A K; Georgiou, George (2017-08-01)A study investigated how the ability to suppress thoughts in the laboratory was affected by type of thought suppressed (positive, negative, neutral), participants’ age and working memory ca- pacity (WMC). Linked variables ... -
An analysis of the value of multiple mentors in formalised elite coach mentoring programmes
Sawiuk, Rebecca; Groom, Dr Ryan; Taylor, Dr William (2017-04-04)ABSTRACT Background: Within the context of sports coaching and coach education, formalised mentoring relationships are often depicted as a mentor– mentee dyad. Thus, mentoring within sports coaching is typically conceptualised ... -
Anger, disgust, and presumption of harm as reactions to taboo-breaking behaviors
Gutierrez, Roberto; Giner-Sorolla, Roger (2007-11)Three experiments investigated the relationship between the presumption of harm in harmfree violations of creatural norms (taboos) and the moral emotions of anger and disgust. In Experiment 1, participants made a presumption ... -
Anosognosia for hemiplegia as a tripartite disconnection syndrome
Pacella, Valentina; Foulon, Chris; Jenkinson, Paul M; Scandola, Michele; Bertagnoli, Sara; Avesani, Renato; Fotopoulou, Aikaterini; Moro, Valentina; Thiebaut de Schotten, Michel (2019-08-06)The syndrome of Anosognosia for Hemiplegia (AHP) can provide unique insights into the neurocognitive processes of motor awareness. Yet, prior studies have only explored predominately discreet lesions. Using advanced ... -
Antidepressant Usage in Haemodialysis Patients: Evidence of Sub-optimal Practice Patterns
Guirguis, Ayman; Almond, Michael; Chilcot, Joseph; Davenport, A.; Wellsted, David; Farrington, Kenneth (2020-06-01)Background: Depression is common in patients on haemodialysis and associated with adverse outcomes. Antidepressant use is widespread though evidence of efficacy is limited. Objectives: To study antidepressant management ... -
Apixaban Enhances Endogenous Fibrinolysis in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Spinthakis, Nikolaos; Gue, Ying X.; Farag, Mohamed; Srinivasan, Manivannan; Wellsted, David; Lip, Gregory Y H; Arachchillage, Deepa RJ; Gorog, Diana (2019-09-01)AIMS: Approximately 20% of ischaemic stroke patients exhibit spontaneous arterial recanalization, attributable to endogenous fibrinolysis, which strongly relates to improved functional outcome. The impact of oral anticoagulants ... -
Application of a theoretical framework for behaviour change: Examining hospital workers real-time explanations for their non-compliance with hand hygiene guidelines
Chris, Fuller; Besser, Sarah Jane; John, McAteer; Joanne, Savage; Stone, Sheldon; Michie, Susan (2014-02-01)BACKGROUND: Insufficient use of behavioral theory to understand health care workers' (HCWs) hand hygiene compliance may result in suboptimal design of hand hygiene interventions and limit effectiveness. Previous studies ...