1.
Critical research gaps and translational priorities for the successful prevention and treatment of breast cancer
Suzanne
A
Eccles,
Eric
O
Aboagye,
Simak
Ali,
Annie
S
Anderson,
Jo
Armes,
Fedor
Berditchevski,
Jeremy
P
Blaydes,
Keith
Brennan,
Nicola
J
Brown,
Helen
E
Bryant,
Nigel
J
Bundred,
Joy
M
Burchell,
Anna
M
Campbell,
Jason
S
Carroll,
Robert
B
Clarke,
Charlotte
E
Coles,
Gary
JR
Cook,
Angela
Cox,
Nicola
J
Curtin,
Lodewijk
V
Dekker,
Isabel
dos Santos Silva,
Stephen
W
Duffy,
Douglas
F
Easton,
Diana
M
Eccles,
Dylan
R
Edwards,
Joanne
Edwards,
D
Evans,
Deborah
F
Fenlon,
James
M
Flanagan,
Claire
Foster
et al.
Breast Cancer Research 2013, 15 :R92 (1 October 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Current knowledge 'gaps' in the understanding of breast cancer are examined, and research should focus on these to improve future clinical care.
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Towards a methodology for cluster searching to provide conceptual and contextual "richness" for systematic reviews of complex interventions: case study (CLUSTER)
Andrew
Booth,
Janet
Harris,
Elizabeth
Croot,
Jane
Springett,
Fiona
Campbell,
Emma
Wilkins
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2013, 13 :118 (28 September 2013)
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3.
The effectiveness of salicylic acid plasters compared with 'usual' scalpel debridement of corns: a randomised controlled trial
Lisa
J
Farndon,
Wesley
Vernon,
Stephen
J
Walters,
Simon
Dixon,
Mike
Bradburn,
Michael
Concannon,
Julia
Potter
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2013, 6 :40 (24 September 2013)
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Editor’s summary
A parallel group randomised trial shows that the use of salicylic acid plasters results in a higher proportion of resolved corns, a prolonged time to corn recurrence, less pain and reduced corn size compared to scalpel debridement
4.
Lifestyle Matters for maintenance of health and wellbeing in people aged 65 years and over: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Kirsty
Sprange,
Gail
A
Mountain,
John
Brazier,
Sarah
P
Cook,
Claire
Craig,
Daniel
Hind,
Stephen
J
Walters,
Gill
Windle,
Robert
Woods,
Anju
D
Keetharuth,
Tim
Chater,
Kath
Horner
Trials 2013, 14 :302 (21 September 2013)
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5.
Cytokine-induced changes in the gene expression profile of a human cerebral microvascular endothelial cell-line, hCMEC/D3
Miguel
Lopez-Ramirez,
David
Male,
Chunfang
Wang,
Basil
Sharrack,
Dongsheng
Wu,
Ignacio
Romero
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 2013, 10 :27 (19 September 2013)
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6.
Preventing and lessening exacerbations of asthma in school-age children associated with a new term (PLEASANT): study protocol for a cluster randomised control trial
Michelle
J
Horspool,
Steven
A
Julious,
Jonathan
Boote,
Mike
J
Bradburn,
Cindy
L
Cooper,
Sarah
Davis,
Heather
Elphick,
Paul
Norman,
W
Henry
Smithson,
Tjeerd
vanStaa
Trials 2013, 14 :297 (16 September 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
| PubMed
7.
A biomechanical study comparing two fixation methods in depression fractures of the lateral tibial plateau in porcine bone
Caroline
M
Blakey,
Michael
Rennison,
Guy
P
Stephen,
Paul
M
Sutton
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013, 5 :15 (30 August 2013)
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| PubMed
8.
Hierarchical Bayesian modelling of gene expression time series across irregularly sampled replicates and clusters
James
Hensman,
Neil
D
Lawrence,
Magnus
Rattray
BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14 :252 (20 August 2013)
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9.
An audit of sample sizes for pilot and feasibility trials being undertaken in the United Kingdom registered in the United Kingdom Clinical Research Network database
Sophie
AM
Billingham,
Amy
L
Whitehead,
Steven
A
Julious
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2013, 13 :104 (20 August 2013)
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10.
Is a large scale community programme as effective as a community rehabilitation programme delivered in the setting of a clinical trial?
Elizabeth
C
Goyder,
Mark
Strong,
Angela
Green,
Michael
W
Holmes,
Gail
Miles,
Orla
Reddington,
Rod
Lawson,
Andrew
Lee,
Gurnam
Basran
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2013, 13 :103 (13 August 2013)
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11.
A qualitative study of cardiac rehabilitation patients’ perspectives on taking medicines: implications for the ‘medicines-resistance’ model of medicine-taking
Simon
White,
Paul
Bissell,
Claire
Anderson
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13 :302 (9 August 2013)
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12.
Can head trauma trigger celiac disease? Nation-wide case–control study
Jonas
F
Ludvigsson,
Marios
Hadjivassiliou
BMC Neurology 2013, 13 :105 (9 August 2013)
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13.
Comparison of legislation, regulations and national health strategies for palliative care in seven European countries (Results from the Europall Research Group): a descriptive study
Karen
Beek,
Kathrin
Woitha,
Nisar
Ahmed,
Johan
Menten,
Birgit
Jaspers,
Yvonne
Engels,
Sam
H
Ahmedzai,
Kris
Vissers,
Jeroen
Hasselaar
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13 :275 (17 July 2013)
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14.
Hydrocarbon divergence and reproductive isolation in Timema stick insects
Tanja
Schwander,
Devin
Arbuthnott,
Regine
Gries,
Gerhard
Gries,
Patrik
Nosil,
Bernard
J
Crespi
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13 :151 (16 July 2013)
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Development and evaluation of a de-identification procedure for a case register sourced from mental health electronic records
Andrea
C
Fernandes,
Danielle
Cloete,
Matthew
TM
Broadbent,
Richard
D
Hayes,
Chin-Kuo
Chang,
Richard
G
Jackson,
Angus
Roberts,
Jason
Tsang,
Murat
Soncul,
Jennifer
Liebscher,
Robert
Stewart,
Felicity
Callard
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2013, 13 :71 (11 July 2013)
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16.
Multi-scale modelling with spikes and rate codes: a demonstration in a model of the basal ganglia
Alexander
Blenkinsop,
Kevin
Gurney
BMC Neuroscience 2013, 14 (Suppl 1):P154 (8 July 2013)
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Decision-making out of neural events: from discrimination information to psychometric power laws
Javier
A
Caballero,
Nathan
Lepora,
Kevin
N
Gurney
BMC Neuroscience 2013, 14 (Suppl 1):P153 (8 July 2013)
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A novel recovery algorithm of time encoded signals
Dorian
Florescu,
Daniel
Coca
BMC Neuroscience 2013, 14 (Suppl 1):P130 (8 July 2013)
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Sparse somatosensory coding: towards explaining and predicting the response properties of rodent afferent pathway neurons
Mathew
H
Evans
BMC Neuroscience 2013, 14 (Suppl 1):P127 (8 July 2013)
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20.
We now know what fly photoreceptors compute
Uwe
Friederich,
Stephen
A
Billings,
Mikko
Juusola,
Daniel
Coca
BMC Neuroscience 2013, 14 (Suppl 1):O5 (8 July 2013)
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A patient-specific study of type-B aortic dissection: evaluation of true-false lumen blood exchange
Duanduan
Chen,
Matthias
Müller-Eschner,
Hendrik
von Tengg-Kobligk,
David
Barber,
Dittmar
Böckler,
Rod
Hose,
Yiannis
Ventikos
BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2013, 12 :65 (6 July 2013)
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22.
Sexual dimorphism dominates divergent host plant use in stick insect trophic morphology
Denis
Roy,
Ole
Seehausen,
Patrik
Nosil
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13 :135 (3 July 2013)
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A systematic review of phenotypic responses to between-population outbreeding
Raj
Whitlock,
Gavin
B
Stewart,
Simon
J
Goodman,
Stuart
B
Piertney,
Roger
K
Butlin,
Andrew
S
Pullin,
Terry
Burke
Environmental Evidence 2013, 2 :13 (26 June 2013)
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Could a brief assessment of negative emotions and self-esteem identify adolescents at current and future risk of self-harm in the community? A prospective cohort analysis
Rhiannon
Phillips,
Melissa
R
Spears,
Alan
A
Montgomery,
Abigail
Millings,
Kapil
Sayal,
Paul
Stallard
BMC Public Health 2013, 13 :604 (22 June 2013)
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25.
Did hospital mortality in England change from 2005 to 2010? A retrospective cohort analysis
Richard
M
Jacques,
James
Fotheringham,
Michael
J
Campbell,
Jon
Nicholl
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13 :216 (13 June 2013)
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