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Hypertension before and after posterior circulation infarction : analysis of data from the South London Stroke Register
(2012)Background: Postmortem data have shown that blood pressure before death correlates more closely with a narrowing of the vertebral arteries than any other vessel studied. This study explores a possible association between ... -
Hypertonic versus near isotonic crystalloid for fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients
(2004)Background: Hypertonic solutions are considered to have a greater ability to expand blood volume and thus elevate blood pressure and can be administered as a small volume infusion over a short time period. On the other ... -
HyperVein: A Hyperspectral Image Dataset for Human Vein Detection
(2024-02-08)HyperSpectral Imaging (HSI) plays a pivotal role in various fields, including medical diagnostics, where precise human vein detection is crucial. HyperSpectral (HS) image data are very large and can cause computational ... -
Hypervelocity Stars: Young and Heavy or Old and Light?
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2008)The first three hyper-velocity stars (HVS) unbound to the Galaxy were serendipitously discovered in 2005. The only suggested origin of hyper-velocity stars is the Galactic Centre as it hosts a super-massive black hole ... -
Hypoactivation and Dysconnectivity of a Frontostriatal Circuit During Goal-Directed Planning as an Endophenotype for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(2017-11-01)Background The symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been postulated to result from impaired executive functioning and excessive habit formation at the expense of goal-directed control and have been objectively ... -
Hypocholesterolemic and prebiotic effects of a whole-grain oat-based granola breakfast cereal in a cardio-metabolic "at risk" population
(2016-11-07)Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RTC) have confirmed the hypocholesterolaemic effect of oats and oat based fibers. However, the mechanisms by which oats or oat fractions lower cholesterol is not totally clear. ... -
Hypofrontality in Schizophrenia. A meta-analysis of functional imaging studies
(2004)Objective: Hypofrontality is not a well-replicated finding in schizophrenia either at rest or under conditions of task activation. Method: Studies comparing whole brain and frontal blood flow/ metabolism in schizophrenic ... -
Hypoglycaemic and anti-hyperglycaemic activity of Tabernanthe iboga aqueous extract in fructose-fed Streptozotocin type 2 diabetic rats
(2020-08-25)Root bark preparations of the Gabonese plant Tabernanthe iboga (T. iboga) has long been used in traditional medicine in Central and West African regions for the management of type 2 diabetes (T2D). This study is the first ... -
Hysteretic Damping as an Energy Parameter in Gigacycle Fatigue
(DVM, 2011)The mechanical behaviour of materials subjected to dynamic loading is now a classical subject but is still a big challenge. The fatigue limit of the materials, defined as the maximum dynamic load amplitude level for which ... -
Hα and Hel emission in the jets of pre-main sequence stars : implications for the heating mechanisms
(2003)Jets and winds in pre-main sequence (PMS) stars are often heated and ionized, and understanding their heating mechanism is desired to compare UV-to-IR spectral signatures with models and thus investigate their driving ... -
‘I am friends wt you & do Entertain no malice’: discord, disputes and defamation in Ulster Presbyterian church courts, c. 1700-1838.
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2021-11-02)Following the example of its parent church in Scotland, the Presbyterian church courts in Ireland exercised control over all aspects of its members’ lives. The making of marriage, sexual conduct, family feuds, alcohol ... -
'I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself': the metafictional meanings of lycanthropic transformation in Doctor Who
(Manchester University Press, 2020-01-31)This chapter was developed from a paper ('I was a teenage Whovian but I'm all right now-eee-ooooooooo-ooo-eeh-yooooooooo: the metafictional meanings of lycanthropic transformation in Doctor Who') delivered at the Open ... -
I could be you : the phenomenological dimension of social understanding
(1997)This paper discusses the phenomenological dimension of social understanding. The author's general hypothesis is that complex forms of social understanding that biological agents especially humans show are based on two ... -
"I didn't come out to go back in the closet": ageing and end of life care for older LGBT people
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-09-19)This chapter presents a particular gap in knowledge concerning the end-of-life care needs and experiences in the lives of older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people. The major academic study relating to ... -
‘I don't know much about art, but I know what I like’ : Resonance, relevance and illumination as assessment criteria for marketing research and scholarship
(1999)Questions the processes and methodologies of marketing research. Challenges the “scientific” hypothetico-deductive approach and asserts that interpretative and qualitative methods provide a more worthwhile framework for ... -
'I don't think I ever had food poisoning' : A practice-based approach to understanding foodborne disease that originates in the home
(2015-02-01)Food stored, prepared, cooked and eaten at home contributes to foodborne disease which, globally, presents a significant public health burden. The aim of the study reported here was to investigate, analyse and interpret ... -
"I Don't Think That's Something I've Ever Thought About Really Before": A Thematic Discursive Analysis of Lay People's Talk about Legal Gender
(2023-03-23)This article examines three divergent constructions about the salience of legal gender in lay people’s everyday lives and readiness to decertify gender. In our interviews (and survey data), generally participants minimised ... -
“I don’t think they give a monkey’s about me” – Exploring stakeholder power and community alienation at Glastonbury Festival“
(Routledge, 2017-11-20)As one of the main stakeholders affected by music festivals, it is becoming more and more recognised that the needs of the host community need to be met and satisfied in order to ascertain their support for future music ...