1.
A qualitative study into the difficulties experienced by healthcare decision makers when reading a Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy review
Zhivko
Zhelev,
Ruth
Garside,
Christopher
Hyde
Systematic Reviews 2013, 2 :32 (16 May 2013)
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Update on the collaborative interventions for circulation and depression (COINCIDE) trial: changes to planned methodology of a cluster randomized controlled trial of collaborative care for depression in people with diabetes and/or coronary heart disease
Peter
A
Coventry,
Karina
Lovell,
Chris
Dickens,
Peter
Bower,
Carolyn
Chew-Graham,
Andrea
Cherrington,
Charlotte
Garrett,
Chris
J
Gibbons,
Clare
Baguley,
Kate
Roughley,
Isabel
Adeyemi,
Chris
Keyworth,
Waquas
Waheed,
Mark
Hann,
Linda
Davies,
Farheen
Jeeva,
Chris
Roberts,
Sarah
Knowles,
Linda
Gask
Trials 2013, 14 :136 (11 May 2013)
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Acculturation and obesity among migrant populations in high income countries – a systematic review
Maryam
Delavari,
Anders
Sønderlund,
Boyd
Swinburn,
David
Mellor,
Andre
Renzaho
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :458 (10 May 2013)
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4.
A data-driven approach to preprocessing Illumina 450K methylation array data
Ruth
Pidsley,
Chloe
C Y
Wong,
Manuela
Volta,
Katie
Lunnon,
Jonathan
Mill,
Leonard
C
Schalkwyk
BMC Genomics 2013, 14 :293 (1 May 2013)
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5.
Telephone consultations in place of face to face out-patient consultations for patients discharged from hospital following surgery: a systematic review
Jo
Thompson-Coon,
Abdul-Kareem
Abdul-Rahman,
Rebecca
Whear,
Alison
Bethel,
Bijay
Vaidya,
Christian
A
Gericke,
Ken
Stein
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13 :128 (5 April 2013)
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The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP), a novel school-based intervention to prevent obesity in school children: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Katrina
M
Wyatt,
Jennifer
J
Lloyd,
Charles
Abraham,
Siobhan
Creanor,
Sarah
Dean,
Emma
Densham,
Wendy
Daurge,
Colin
Green,
Melvyn
Hillsdon,
Virginia
Pearson,
Rod
S
Taylor,
Richard
Tomlinson,
Stuart
Logan
Trials 2013, 14 :95 (4 April 2013)
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7.
Recent progress in the use of genetics to understand links between type 2 diabetes and related metabolic traits
Hanieh
Yaghootkar,
Timothy
M
Frayling
Genome Biology 2013, 14 :203 (28 March 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Tim Frayling and Hanieh Yaghootkar review how modern genetics is informing our understanding of the mechanisms underlying type 2 diabetes
8.
Effectiveness of a motivational interviewing intervention on weight loss, physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors: a randomised controlled trial with a 12-month post-intervention follow-up
Sarah
J
Hardcastle,
Adrian
H
Taylor,
Martin
P
Bailey,
Robert
A
Harley,
Martin
S
Hagger
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013, 10 :40 (28 March 2013)
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9.
BMC Ecology image competition: the winning images
Simon
Harold,
Yan
Wong,
Michel
Baguette,
Michael
B
Bonsall,
Jean
Clobert,
Nick
J
Royle,
Josef
Settele
BMC Ecology 2013, 13 :6 (22 March 2013)
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Guest judge Yan Wong and the Editorial Board of BMC Ecology announce the winners of their first Ecology Image Competition, and explain how each of the winning entries represents an evocative portrait of ecology in action.
10.
Do erythrocytes subjected to cardiopulmonary bypass exhibit changes in their membrane mechanical properties?
T
Clark,
S
Jewell,
M
Sair,
P
Petrov,
P
Winlove
Critical Care 2013, 17 (Suppl 2):P12 (19 March 2013)
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Do changes in red blood cell deformability in patients with septic shock correlate with changes in SOFA scores?
T
Clark,
S
Jewell,
M
Sair,
P
Petrov,
P
Winlove
Critical Care 2013, 17 (Suppl 2):P11 (19 March 2013)
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12.
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra ) in England and Wales
Elizabeth
A
Chadwick,
Joanne
Cable,
Alex
Chinchen,
Janet
Francis,
Edward
Guy,
Eleanor
F
Kean,
Sarah
C
Paul,
Sarah
E
Perkins,
Ellie
Sherrard-Smith,
Clare
Wilkinson,
Dan
W
Forman
Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6 :75 (19 March 2013)
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Editor’s summary
This is the first spatially widespread study of Toxoplasma gondii in UK wildlife, and the first extensive survey of T. gondii in Eurasian otters, a sentinel species of fresh waters. T. gondii infection is common and widespread in Eurasian otters, with significantly more infection in the east than the west of the UK. Image: The Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra
13.
An indigenous approach to explore health-related experiences among Māori parents: the Pukapuka Hauora asthma study
Bernadette
Jones,
Tristram
R
Ingham,
Fiona
Cram,
Sarah
Dean,
Cheryl
Davies
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :228 (15 March 2013)
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14.
Pancreatic cancer clusters and arsenic-contaminated drinking water wells in Florida
Wen
Liu-Mares,
Jill
A
MacKinnon,
Recinda
Sherman,
Lora
E
Fleming,
Caio
Rocha-Lima,
Jennifer
J
Hu,
David
J
Lee
BMC Cancer 2013, 13 :111 (12 March 2013)
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Interventions to reduce suicides at suicide hotspots: a systematic review
Georgina
R
Cox,
Christabel
Owens,
Jo
Robinson,
Angela
Nicholas,
Anne
Lockley,
Michelle
Williamson,
Yee Tak Derek
Cheung,
Jane
Pirkis
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :214 (9 March 2013)
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16.
Prediction of heterogeneous differential genes by detecting outliers to a Gaussian tight cluster
Zihua
Yang,
Zhengrong
Yang
BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14 :81 (5 March 2013)
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Transcriptome analyses of primitively eusocial wasps reveal novel insights into the evolution of sociality and the origin of alternative phenotypes
Pedro
G
Ferreira,
Solenn
Patalano,
Ritika
Chauhan,
Richard
Ffrench-Constant,
Toni
Gabaldón,
Roderic
Guigó,
Seirian
Sumner
Genome Biology 2013, 14 :R20 (26 February 2013)
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Editor’s summary
An RNA-seq analysis of the genetic mechanisms controlling alternative phenotypes in the primitive eusocial wasp Polistes canadensis
18.
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation for refractory angina (RASCAL study): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial
Sam
Eldabe,
John
Raphael,
Simon
Thomson,
Andrea
Manca,
Mark
de Belder,
Rajesh
Aggarwal,
Matthew
Banks,
Morag
Brookes,
Susan
Merotra,
Rashidat
Adeniba,
Ed
Davies,
Rod
S
Taylor
Trials 2013, 14 :57 (22 February 2013)
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Fertilisation and early developmental barriers to hybridisation in field crickets
Frances
Tyler,
Rolando
Rodríguez-Muñoz,
Tom
Tregenza
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13 :43 (15 February 2013)
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of shared care: protocol for a realist review
Rebecca
Hardwick,
Mark
Pearson,
Richard
Byng,
Rob
Anderson
Systematic Reviews 2013, 2 :12 (12 February 2013)
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Psychological treatments for common mental health problems experienced by informal carers of adults with chronic physical health conditions (Protocol)
Joanne
Woodford,
Paul
Farrand,
David
Richards,
David
J
Llewellyn
Systematic Reviews 2013, 2 :9 (31 January 2013)
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A pilot randomised controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy for antenatal depression
Alison
Burns,
Heather
O¿Mahen,
Helen
Baxter,
Kristina
Bennert,
Nicola
Wiles,
Paul
Ramchandani,
Katrina
Turner,
Debbie
Sharp,
Joanna
Thorn,
Sian
Noble,
Jonathan
Evans
BMC Psychiatry 2013, 13 :33 (22 January 2013)
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23.
Phage-induced diversification improves host evolvability
Hywel TP
Williams
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13 :17 (22 January 2013)
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The Children’s Attention Project: a community-based longitudinal study of children with ADHD and non-ADHD controls
Emma
Sciberras,
Daryl
Efron,
Elizabeth
J
Schilpzand,
Vicki
Anderson,
Brad
Jongeling,
Philip
Hazell,
Obioha
C
Ukoumunne,
Jan
M
Nicholson
BMC Psychiatry 2013, 13 :18 (10 January 2013)
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of telephone triage of patients requesting same day consultations in general practice: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial comparing nurse-led and GP-led management systems (ESTEEM)
John
L
Campbell,
Nicky
Britten,
Colin
Green,
Tim
A
Holt,
Valerie
Lattimer,
Suzanne
H
Richards,
David
A
Richards,
Chris
Salisbury,
Rod
S
Taylor,
Emily
Fletcher
Trials 2013, 14 :4 (4 January 2013)
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