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The end of an era?
(2018-03-01)In 1972, American orthopaedic surgeon Charles Neer published his seminal paper, “Anterior Acromioplasty for the Chronic Impingement Syndrome in the Shoulder: A Preliminary Report.” It wasn't a robust scientific paper; ... -
Moving on: the BodyMind ApproachTM for medically unexplained symptoms
(2017-06-19)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to summarise practice-based evidence from an analysis of outcomes from a county-wide pilot study of a specialised primary care clinic employing an original approach for patients with ... -
Sexuality after stroke : An exploration of current professional approaches, barriers to providing support and future directions
(2016-07-16)Purpose Sexual difficulties post-stroke are common, yet frequently neglected within rehabilitation. This study aimed to explore the process by which healthcare professionals approach and work with the topic of sexuality ... -
How sickle cell disease patients experience, understand and explain their pain : An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis study
(2016-01-08)Objectives Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the UK's most common blood disorder causing sickle shaped red blood cells to block small blood vessels inducing both acute and chronic pain. A crucial factor in determining quality ... -
Association of HLA-DRB1 haplotypes with rheumatoid arthritis severity, mortality, and treatment response
(2015-04-28)IMPORTANCE: Advances have been made in identifying genetic susceptibility loci for autoimmune diseases, but evidence is needed regarding their association with prognosis and treatment response. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether ... -
Conservative care for ESRD in the United Kingdom : a national survey
(2015-01-07)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Conservative kidney management (CKM) has been developed in the United Kingdom (UK) as an alternative to dialysis for older patients with stage 5 CKD (CKD5) and multiple comorbidities. This national ... -
The mortality and hospitalization rates associated with the long interdialytic gap in thrice-weekly hemodialysis patients
(2015-09-30)Excess mortality and hospitalization have been identified after the 2-day gap in thrice-weekly hemodialysis patients compared with 1-day intervals, although findings vary internationally. Here we aimed to identify factors ... -
Allopurinol as a therapeutic option in cardiovascular disease
(2017-04-01)Epidemiological studies indicate that hyperuricaemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Alongside uric acid formation, increased xanthine oxidase activity also results in the formation of oxidative ... -
The potential utility of some legal highs in CNS disorders
(2016-01-04)Over the last decade there has been an explosion of new drugs of abuse, so called legal highs or novel psychoactive substances (NPS). Many of these abused drugs have unknown pharmacology, but their biological effects can ... -
Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton
(University of Hertfordshire Press, 2016-05-01)First published in 1944, Magdalen King-Hall's Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton is a historical novel set in late-seventeenth-century England. It tells the story of Barbara Skelton, a well-born young woman trapped ... -
Batum
(2016-04-01)Batum takes as its starting point the experience of near drowning in the Black Sea of Batumi, Georgia. As such, the film is induced with a desire for an auto-ethnographical self-interrogation. Images that feature in the ... -
Yellow and White : Portrait (drawings) of the White Field (Antarctica) and the Yellow Mountains (China)
(AIP Gallery, 2015-05-09)A solo exhibition in AIP Gallery, Redtory district, Guangzhou, China. 9th May - 9th July 2015 (extended for viewing by gallery/public demand to 9th October 2015). The show consisted of a selection original drawings and ... -
Upside Down World - Hong Kong
(2014-09-27)Upside Down World comprises a suite of photographs and drawings supplemented by additional drawing made 'live' on location in a gallery setting. Based on the form of a mandala, the rapidly made images aim to create a ... -
Cinematic Terror : A Global History of Terrorism on Film
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2014-11-20)Cinematic Terror takes a uniquely long view of filmmakers' depiction of terrorism, examining how cinema has been a site of intense conflict between paramilitaries, state authorities and censors for well over a century. In ... -
Introduction: Tourism in Asia: region and context
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-09-15)Growth in Asian tourism since the early 1990s has been little short of astonishing in terms of levels of growth, the expansion of new markets, new destinations and the creation of the world’s most dynamic and growth-oriented ... -
Editorial: The Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Asia
(Routledge, 2016-09-15)Asia is regarded as the fastest growing area for international and domestic tourism in the world today and over the next 20 years. Given the economic, social and environmental importance of tourism in the region, there is ... -
Conclusion : Prospects for tourism in Asia
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-09-15)One of the immediate problems the researcher faces in reconstructing patterns of tourism visitation, activity and expenditure is the absence of up-to-date, reliable and consistent tourism statistics. Whilst the United ... -
Tourism in East and North East Asia : Introduction
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-09-15)Tourism in east and northeast Asia includes some of the world’s most important countries for inbound and outbound tourism, as well as areas that are either extremely isolated or which are only now beginning to be substantially ... -
Developing tourism in South and Central Asia : Introduction
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-09-15)One of the darker sides of us, the South Asians seems to be our habit of thinking that we know what is right and nobody should bother to teach us. We are very good teachers but not necessarily good students. Now we should ...